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- Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:33 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Tech] New PC System questions
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2887
Actually, I ended up going with pretty much the system you put together for Jeff, at least for most of the major components. Our requirements are pretty similar (low noise, moderate cost, upgradability, etc), and I've started to come to grips with the fact that I'm not the hardcore gamer that I used...
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:34 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Tech] New PC System questions
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2887
I'm just about ready to order everything, per 32's basic build plans. However, I'm considering an SLI capable motherboard, just in case I want to stick in another video card sometime in the future - I'm just not sure if SLI worth it at this point. What's the cost-benefit like if I plan on maybe usin...
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:06 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Tech] New PC System questions
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2887
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:36 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Tech] New PC System questions
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2887
And actually, I've decided to use pretty much the same parts list in upgrading my current computer. It's been years since I've done so, and it's now basically crap for gaming. Now that my finances have finally stabilized, I figure it's time. I'm only changing the parts list in two primary ways... I'...
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:12 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Tech] New PC System questions
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2887
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:58 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] IC: The Old Dogs of War Redux - Intro
- Replies: 179
- Views: 6170
The way Blake answered the phone gave Roger a few pieces of information. First, he stated just the one name, which meant that he was not interested in excessive formalities or pleasantries. It was possible that the man was using his first name, but the simple “Go ahead,” order made him think otherwi...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:42 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:42 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] IC: The Old Dogs of War Redux - Intro
- Replies: 179
- Views: 6170
It wasn't exactly an issue that someone had found him. He hadn't taken any precautions to hide himself. Hell, he was still using is own legitimage SIN, for the most part. In fact, he had kind of been hoping that someone might take notice of him. The last few months in Seattle had been wicked slow. T...
- Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:26 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:54 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Goodbye Cruel Forum
- Replies: 10
- Views: 456
Goodbye everyone, Since there has been discussion regarding whether or not my posts to this community are relevant, I have decided to no longer post here. Well I tried pleasing everyone and it's just waisting my time. If I were a hacker, I swear to Goddess you people and your stupid forum would be d...
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:44 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:11 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:52 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Thu May 31, 2007 12:58 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Sun May 27, 2007 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Sat May 26, 2007 2:49 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
I'm pretty rules complete at this point. I've got a lot of the background in my head - just need to work on typing it out in a workable form. Jeff, I'm going to email you what I have for stats at this point and a rough background to give you some context for the numbers. [edit] Jeff, check your emai...
- Tue May 22, 2007 11:10 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: [Television]Heroes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 431
Sylar may well be dead, though I do like how they made it uncertain whether he went down that manhole himself or was dragged under by something else. There was also some strange tentacle or sludge that that was oozing up through the manhole after they showed it, which leads me to believe that somet...
- Tue May 22, 2007 12:13 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Honor Killing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 681
- Tue May 22, 2007 11:45 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Honor Killing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 681
That's the same legal mechanism - it's not _legal_ to kill someone. But it is legal to kill someone. To use your example, killing someone in self defense is perfectly legal. Sure, often a trial takes place to determine that it wasn't an illegal killing (and thus murder or some variant thereof), but...
- Mon May 21, 2007 11:50 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Starcraft 2
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1167
- Sat May 19, 2007 11:46 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Starcraft 2
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1167
- Sat May 19, 2007 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Fri May 11, 2007 2:37 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 507
- Thu May 10, 2007 10:57 pm
- Forum: Gatherings
- Topic: A Gathering Idea...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1467
- Tue May 08, 2007 12:49 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
I'm probably going to be taking my character in a slightly more combat-oriented direction. He certainly won't be a 'borged-out attack machine by any means, but will be something a bit more than the pacifist taser-flinger that I had originally imagined. Still very light on the cyber, mostly senseware...
- Sun May 06, 2007 4:15 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Queer or Female? Too Bad."
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3267
- Sun May 06, 2007 2:25 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "Queer or Female? Too Bad."
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3267
- Sat May 05, 2007 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
Ok, going with Jeff's most recent cast list, here's what I have as general archetypes for the players: lordhellion - decker Kai - pysad/social adept 3278 - aspected spellcaster Deev - undisclosed magic type Scamp - physical security expert Reika - demolitions/techie Now, I don't necessarily see anyo...
- Fri May 04, 2007 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
Hellion's working the decker angle. I could also work in some light decking skills if I go with the security guy. Non-rigged wheelman is a possibility, as well. I'm looking at a lightly cybered transplant who's relatively new to the Seattle scene, and a bit old to work his way into a new city's unde...
- Fri May 04, 2007 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:14 am
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:17 pm
- Forum: Words Without End
- Topic: [Dungeons and Dragons]Grappling?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 383
Grappling requires more rolls to resolve. However, it also provides some other combat options. A normal unarmed attack is made just like your generic attack roll: d20 + modifiers vs target's AC. To start a grapple, you have to first make an unarmed attack roll vs the target's touch AC, not their nor...
- Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:23 pm
- Forum: The Game's the Thing
- Topic: [Shadowrun] OOC: Old Dogs of War Redux
- Replies: 336
- Views: 8158
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:52 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Why I hate politics [Hurricane Katrina]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 600
The Coast Guard also was ready and swung into action immediately, and had assets coming in the moment it was clear. Well, that's a part of the problem (or the bonus on the CG side). The CG is a relatively autonomous entity. A couple days before the hurricane even hit, they had rescue choppers on th...
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:12 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Firefly
- Replies: 16
- Views: 513
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:26 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Firefly
- Replies: 16
- Views: 513
- Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:59 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: "New" tattoo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 406
- Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:03 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: (Somewhat) NWS - Why Anakin really switched to the Dark Side
- Replies: 23
- Views: 839
- Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:55 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Culture and Schools
- Replies: 17
- Views: 417
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:53 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Culture and Schools
- Replies: 17
- Views: 417
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:50 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Dear God! The Pope vs Harry Potter
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1162
The pope. In addition to being the head of the Catholic church, he's the head of the Vatican City, a UN-recognized country. The pope has a lot of political power, certainly enough to rival many other heads of state. Where has Mr. Ratzinger professed an acceptance of those two other book titles you ...
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:52 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Dear God! The Pope vs Harry Potter
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1162
- Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:48 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Boo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 362
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:47 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Batman Begins
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1400
- Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:55 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Batman Begins
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1400
- Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:11 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Batman Begins
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1400
- For some reason, Bale thinks he needs to do a funny voice when he's in the batsuit. While it does make him sound more like Michael Keaton, it's kinda weird, like he's posing instead of being. Personally, I found that to be a huge ass plus, because he is kind of posing when he's in the costume. It...
- Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:11 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Batman Begins
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1400
If you're looking to something that's about as close to plausibility as can be managed while still remaining a comic book super hero story, it's absolutely fantastic. I've read that some people don't like Bale once he actually gets in the suit, but I completely disagree. He really puts the Dark in D...
- Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:32 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: MJ innocent or what ...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 276