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Hachface

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Thanatos

Casual Eddy wrote: »

Thanatos do you still play titan quest?

I got a lady to like level 9 and made her a hunter, what should i make my secondary skillset?

I'm not really an expert, but I think I'm going to go rogue with my hunter.

However, level 10 is super early to be picking a secondary mastery. I was well into my 20s before I took Spirit with my pyromancer dude, and haven't even considered buying up any secondary mastery for my hunter who is 12ish. Really, the only guy I've jumped straight into a secondary mastery with at level 10 was my Defender, and that's because Defender/Dream looked hella awesome.

You should look at what skills complement your base class well, and what attributes the secondary class will use; like, another class that had complementary skills, and uses a lot of agility would be good for a Hunter; something like Pyromancer, probably not so much.

firewaterword

Now be on your way, lest I release my finely groomed mastiffs.

Kalkino

Gods, I'm torn. Lego vs the New Yorker

Hachface

I daresay manchildren.

Kilroy

Are those giants warts on his head, or badly drawn hair?

Feral

I'm good enough for this chat.

Is this chat good enough for me?

Irond Will

no one can coöpt this chat

Kalkino

I only buy groceries hand crafted by Prince Charles, as do all good people of character

Casual Eddy

Thanatos wrote: »

Casual Eddy wrote: »

Thanatos do you still play titan quest?

I got a lady to like level 9 and made her a hunter, what should i make my secondary skillset?

I'm not really an expert, but I think I'm going to go rogue with my hunter.

However, level 10 is super early to be picking a secondary mastery. I was well into my 20s before I took Spirit with my pyromancer dude, and haven't even considered buying up any secondary mastery for my hunter who is 12ish. Really, the only guy I've jumped straight into a secondary mastery with at level 10 was my Defender, and that's because Defender/Dream looked hella awesome.

You should look at what skills complement your base class well, and what attributes the secondary class will use; like, another class that had complementary skills, and uses a lot of agility would be good for a Hunter; something like Pyromancer, probably not so much.

ok nifty. we should play some time!

Hachface

Kilroy wrote: »

Are those giants warts on his head, or badly drawn hair?

We call those "society goiters." It's a rich person's disease.

Feral

Arch wrote: »

Feral wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

when the plot or main action of the work becomes sideline for spectacle that generally doesn't follow the previous scene

I don't know if I am communicating it well enough; I dislike when someone will begin to sing and then suddenly the world is different and everyone is dancing and they are leaping through the air and flying around a helicopter and then they land back down and no one bats an eye, yet the musical number carries important significance for advancing the plot

The ridiculous abstraction of the inner monologue, coupled with an abandonment of "show don't tell" to me, absurds the plot and message of the movie to where I cannot approach any important themes it is attempting to deal with seriously.

Okay.

Have you ever seen Hedwig and the Angry Inch?

Admittedly, no

not because I have been actively avoiding it, because i give all these things fair chance. I just have never seen it

I have a love/hate relationship with musical theater, mostly for the reasons you mention. I can accept it in a Disney movie because it's a Disney movie and I'm not there to take it seriously. But yes sometimes when people start singing and dancing I kind of check out a little.

Hedwig was my gateway drug. I was able to accept it because it's about a rock band, and the songwriter in the band is also the protagonist so it's reasonable that the songs themselves contain important plot information about that character's history.

When it gets fanciful (there is literally a "flying through the air" moment) it's obviously meant to be a representation of what that character is feeling & imagining.

Also, it's fucking awesome and I love it.

TehSloth

Speaking of snobs, hatin on Gallagher is lame. He's like George Carlin, at one time, he was actually funny, but then he got older and insufferably bitter.

Arch

Feral wrote: »

I'm good enough for this chat.

Is this chat good enough for me?

Looks like it has your approval

soooo sorry

RMS Oceanic

Irond Will endorsement = game over. Bye, Rapture!

Mazzyx wrote: »

Actually Death Note in general is a horrible ending. And doesn't even fit with similar stories and how they end. It basically is a big bs. Should of ended with...

L dieing, Light winning and the world being changed.

The Japanese Live Action Films have a better ending.

It gets as far as Rem killing L. Then Light tries to use the Death Note to make his father bring the other Death Note from him. When Sorichiro arrives however, he doesn't have the book. And this is after Light ranted to him about how he's changing the world. Light and Misa are arrested, and suddenly L reappears. It turns out he wrote his own name in the notebook, giving him 23 Death Note-proof days to take down Light, at which he has succeeded. Figuring the game is up, Ryuk kills Light and buggers off.

Hachface

Irond Will wrote: »

no one can coöpt this chat

Will, thank you for your coöperation in enforcing the house style. If there were elections for moderators, I would reëlect you.

Silas Brown

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Irond Will endorsement = game over. Bye, Rapture!

Mazzyx wrote: »

Actually Death Note in general is a horrible ending. And doesn't even fit with similar stories and how they end. It basically is a big bs. Should of ended with...

L dieing, Light winning and the world being changed.

The Japanese Live Action Films have a better ending.

It gets as far as Rem killing L. Then Light tries to use the Death Note to make his father bring the other Death Note from him. When Sorichiro arrives however, he doesn't have the book. And this is after Light ranted to him about how he's changing the world. Light and Misa are arrested, and suddenly L reappears. It turns out he wrote his own name in the notebook, giving him 23 Death Note-proof days to take down Light, at which he has succeeded. Figuring the game is up, Ryuk kills Light and buggers off.

Holy fuck. That is way better. I'm kind of pissed at the anime now.

Thanatos

TehSloth wrote: »

Speaking of snobs, hatin on Gallagher is lame. He's like George Carlin, at one time, he was actually funny, but then he got older and insufferably bitter.

He's also super-conservative.

Feral

A chat merge? Weird!

Hachface

TehSloth wrote: »

Speaking of snobs, hatin on Gallagher is lame. He's like George Carlin, at one time, he was actually funny, but then he got older and insufferably bitter.

George Carlin's final HBO special is actually extremely funny.

Arivia

Excellent, merged [chat]s.

Now someone explain how I'm all about sexuality.

firewaterword

Oh good, my snob lives on.

Kilroy

God, modding Oblivion is infuriatingly difficult.

I should not have to work this hard to make a game not be shit.

Elldren

TehSloth wrote: »

Speaking of snobs, hatin on Gallagher is lame. He's like George Carlin, at one time, he was actually funny, but then he got older and insufferably bitter.

And insanely racist

Irond Will

Hachface wrote: »

Irond Will wrote: »

no one can coöpt this chat

Will, thank you for your coöperation in enforcing the house style. If there were elections for moderators, I would reëlect you.

the new yorker is amazing

i miss having a subscription

but i don't miss the guilt i felt for invariably falling behind in keeping up with it

Arch

Feral wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

Feral wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

when the plot or main action of the work becomes sideline for spectacle that generally doesn't follow the previous scene

I don't know if I am communicating it well enough; I dislike when someone will begin to sing and then suddenly the world is different and everyone is dancing and they are leaping through the air and flying around a helicopter and then they land back down and no one bats an eye, yet the musical number carries important significance for advancing the plot

The ridiculous abstraction of the inner monologue, coupled with an abandonment of "show don't tell" to me, absurds the plot and message of the movie to where I cannot approach any important themes it is attempting to deal with seriously.

Okay.

Have you ever seen Hedwig and the Angry Inch?

Admittedly, no

not because I have been actively avoiding it, because i give all these things fair chance. I just have never seen it

I have a love/hate relationship with musical theater, mostly for the reasons you mention. I can accept it in a Disney movie because it's a Disney movie and I'm not there to take it seriously. But yes sometimes when people start singing and dancing I kind of check out a little.

Hedwig was my gateway drug. I was able to accept it because it's about a rock band, and the songwriter in the band is also the protagonist so it's reasonable that the songs themselves contain important plot information about that character's history.

When it gets fanciful (there is literally a "flying through the air" moment) it's obviously meant to be a representation of what that character is feeling & imagining.

Also, it's fucking awesome and I love it.

Yeah this is how I feel. I will probably like Hedwig for the same reason I liked Tenacious D, for the same reason I liked Dr Horrible, for the same reason I liked Cannibal! The Musical...and so on

Most of these approach the song and dance with a generous portion of self-aware humor.

Related: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is so meta-humorous that I almost can't deal.

RMS Oceanic

I guess Rapture isn't snobby enough to join this [Chat].

firewaterword

TehSloth wrote: »

Speaking of snobs, hatin on Gallagher is lame. He's like George Carlin, at one time, he was actually funny, but then he got older and insufferably bitter.

Apparently (based on some junk in chat a bunch back) he's turned into a ranting, racist, Tea Party dickbag.

Kalkino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=807vebt-mmQ

Thanatos

Casual Eddy wrote: »

Thanatos wrote: »

Casual Eddy wrote: »

Thanatos do you still play titan quest?

I got a lady to like level 9 and made her a hunter, what should i make my secondary skillset?

I'm not really an expert, but I think I'm going to go rogue with my hunter.

However, level 10 is super early to be picking a secondary mastery. I was well into my 20s before I took Spirit with my pyromancer dude, and haven't even considered buying up any secondary mastery for my hunter who is 12ish. Really, the only guy I've jumped straight into a secondary mastery with at level 10 was my Defender, and that's because Defender/Dream looked hella awesome.

You should look at what skills complement your base class well, and what attributes the secondary class will use; like, another class that had complementary skills, and uses a lot of agility would be good for a Hunter; something like Pyromancer, probably not so much.

ok nifty. we should play some time!

I do want to come back to that sometime, but I'm on a bit of a Monday Night Combat kick at the moment. If you ever catch me online, though, ask; I may jump in.

Hachface

Irond Will wrote: »

Hachface wrote: »

Irond Will wrote: »

no one can coöpt this chat

Will, thank you for your coöperation in enforcing the house style. If there were elections for moderators, I would reëlect you.

the new yorker is amazing

i miss having a subscription

but i don't miss the guilt i felt for invariably falling behind in keeping up with it

A Kindle subscription has really helped me keep up with my snobby news reading.

It also helps that I have a kinda long commute by train.

Silas Brown

Arivia wrote: »

Excellent, merged [chat]s.

Now someone explain how I'm all about sexuality.

3/4 of your posts are about kinky sex things.

Zampanov

Whenever someone mentions snobs it makes me think of this guy

TehSloth

Silas Brown wrote: »

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Irond Will endorsement = game over. Bye, Rapture!

Mazzyx wrote: »

Actually Death Note in general is a horrible ending. And doesn't even fit with similar stories and how they end. It basically is a big bs. Should of ended with...

L dieing, Light winning and the world being changed.

The Japanese Live Action Films have a better ending.

It gets as far as Rem killing L. Then Light tries to use the Death Note to make his father bring the other Death Note from him. When Sorichiro arrives however, he doesn't have the book. And this is after Light ranted to him about how he's changing the world. Light and Misa are arrested, and suddenly L reappears. It turns out he wrote his own name in the notebook, giving him 23 Death Note-proof days to take down Light, at which he has succeeded. Figuring the game is up, Ryuk kills Light and buggers off.

Holy fuck. That is way better. I'm kind of pissed at the anime now.

Yeah, the live action is WAY better, I mean, it has the kid form Battle Royale as Light. Also, Felix Gaeta from Battlestar is the voice for L.

Mazzyx

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Irond Will endorsement = game over. Bye, Rapture!

Mazzyx wrote: »

Actually Death Note in general is a horrible ending. And doesn't even fit with similar stories and how they end. It basically is a big bs. Should of ended with...

L dieing, Light winning and the world being changed.

The Japanese Live Action Films have a better ending.

It gets as far as Rem killing L. Then Light tries to use the Death Note to make his father bring the other Death Note from him. When Sorichiro arrives however, he doesn't have the book. And this is after Light ranted to him about how he's changing the world. Light and Misa are arrested, and suddenly L reappears. It turns out he wrote his own name in the notebook, giving him 23 Death Note-proof days to take down Light, at which he has succeeded. Figuring the game is up, Ryuk kills Light and buggers off.

It is pretty bad as well. I have seen it. I choose to believe there is no second movie and that the comic ends at the point I mentioned.

Irond Will

Feral wrote: »

A chat merge? Weird!

boom i've got mad modding skillz

wouldn't want to make fww have to reënter his post

Elldren

Arivia wrote: »

Excellent, merged [chat]s.

Now someone explain how I'm all about sexuality.

You're like, a girl

and sometimes you talk about sex

qed

Rust

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Irond Will endorsement = game over. Bye, Rapture!

Mazzyx wrote: »

Actually Death Note in general is a horrible ending. And doesn't even fit with similar stories and how they end. It basically is a big bs. Should of ended with...

L dieing, Light winning and the world being changed.

The Japanese Live Action Films have a better ending.

It gets as far as Rem killing L. Then Light tries to use the Death Note to make his father bring the other Death Note from him. When Sorichiro arrives however, he doesn't have the book. And this is after Light ranted to him about how he's changing the world. Light and Misa are arrested, and suddenly L reappears. It turns out he wrote his own name in the notebook, giving him 23 Death Note-proof days to take down Light, at which he has succeeded. Figuring the game is up, Ryuk kills Light and buggers off.

that was probably the best of the bunch, yeah

on one hand, the post-L shenanigans in the anime were dull and Near's gambit to beat Light was total bullshit (my mysterious assistant copied this notebook line-for-line perfectly in three days!)

on the other hand, no one wants light to win, because light is an insufferable little fuck and needed to go down in flames

Feral

Arch wrote: »

Yeah this is how I feel. I will probably like Hedwig for the same reason I liked Tenacious D, for the same reason I liked Dr Horrible, for the same reason I liked Cannibal! The Musical...and so on

Most of these approach the song and dance with a generous portion of self-aware humor.

Related: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is so meta-humorous that I almost can't deal.

There's some pretty heavy existential stuff kind of bubbling right beneath the surface in Hedwig.

If you want a musical that is ridiculously goofy but a lot of (stupid) fun, try Reefer Madness.

Arch

Are you NOT all about sexuality as a means of expression Arivia? Because I definitely get that vibe, but if I am pulling an O'chu and reading into this what I want* please correct me


*

You really expect me to let you get away with that Organichu? but still, you knew I was gonna jab back at you.

Arch

Feral wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

Yeah this is how I feel. I will probably like Hedwig for the same reason I liked Tenacious D, for the same reason I liked Dr Horrible, for the same reason I liked Cannibal! The Musical...and so on

Most of these approach the song and dance with a generous portion of self-aware humor.

Related: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is so meta-humorous that I almost can't deal.

There's some pretty heavy existential stuff kind of bubbling right beneath the surface in Hedwig.

If you want a musical that is ridiculously goofy but a lot of (stupid) fun, try Reefer Madness.

Seen it, loved it, watched it every night for a week

(I left my other movies at home)