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Just got to the end of Heroes and Monsters (S3 Ep11) in RWBY. Well that is certainly a stakes raising episode

Oh and the music is exceptional which is how I originally found it after Spotify played some of the soundtrack for me

Started watching RWBY. That first season was super rough, i'm not sure i would have been able to persist with it if it hadn't been so short and auto played to season 2. Even now the animation is an eyesore but it's not as bad as season 1 which it feels like I could have put together on a laptop in my spare tine (I assume that's how it was made).

It has enough hooks to keep me invested for now though and I assume quality must pick up for it to have as many seasons as it does

Edit: I'm midway through season 3

Final Fantasy VII
Gran Turismo
Resident Evil
Metal Gear Solid

Surprised that Castlevania is picking up so many votes. Maybe it just wasn't as big in Europe but I literally never even saw it or knew of it's existence until long after the PS1 life cycle was done

Arsenal were 5 points off the title last season and only took 13 points from a possible 27 to finish the season (including losing 3 out of their final 6 games). Villa were 10 points off 4th.

Arsenal last year were far better than anyone expected so ended up far closer to title contenders than Villa did to CL contenders

Over the last 4 seasons

4th: 71, 71, 67, 66
5th: 67, 69, 66, 62

Whoever finishes 4th/5th will outdo the points total for those finishes in recent years. There is no 'giving it away'

And let's be realistic, it's going to be Spurs/Villa in some order at 4th and 5th. Man Utd have no shot given they have to win out (zero chance) and hope both those teams drop a lot of points. Utd would only have 72 points and a far inferior GD even in the highly unrealistic scenario they win 8 in a row (which would involve beating Liverpool and Arsenal somehow). Utd will be lucky to get to 66 points

Unless Arsenal win the league then Villa finishing 5th would be more impressive to me

Natalie posted...

It's also worth sharing that Trials of Death has been beaten not once but twice now, with this incredible unintended route having been discovered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTbEoZonl9A

See I watch this stuff and it's always just so chaotic that I have absolutely no idea what is going on or how this would differ from the intended method as all of them seem to do this sort of nonsense

I've definitely spent like $25 on drinks at venues before for shitty drinks that aren't remotely worth it. At the Nier concert last week my wife's 'double' wine glass was $22 which was crazy as it was on tap. I've been to South Beach and paid stupid prices before because they basically scam you by not telling you prices

The most I've intentionally paid for a drink knowing the cost is about $35 for a whiskey but realistically it was still a massive upcharge versus bottle cost. I regularly drink whiskey at home that is $80-120 a bottle but on a per drink basis that doesn't work out that bad. Usually when I go out drinking with my friends at the bar we go on $2 drinks night (beers are typically $5-8 per pint in Orlando)

Food wise I'd never spend more than like $15-20 if it's just me and I regularly eat gas station food for lunch. However if I'm taking my wife out for dinner we will go places that end up being $100-150 for the both of us. Which I guess probably has $40-50 ish for a single meal plate

Couldn't imagine doing one of these without species clause but good for you for making it work

All I thought was 'No way is it that time again, it hasn't been anywhere near a year'

I used to use it back in like 2020 or so but stopped as it just kept going up and up. Seems to have flattened out a bit. I remember it went from like $45 to $65 (when I cancelled it) over 3-4 pay increases in like a year. I think it was how frequent they were that pissed me off. The service itself was good.

Oh wait no, I remember exactly why I cancelled it. The price increases was indeed pissing me off but they lost the local channel that showed Orlando Magic and Orlando City Soccer games on which was the only reason I paid for it.

As my season is completely in the gutter and I am likely trying to overhaul everything next season. The following players are on the trade block

DE Melvin Ingram (92 - 29yo)
HB Christian McCaffrey (90 - 27yo)

Both are expiring but young so you would be trading for them with the intent to resign them next year rather than treating them as rentals. For the cost a rental would fetch, I'd just keep them

Their OVRs may have changed during the season with how trash the team has been but I can have KCF verify if there's any interest

I think it was in the $650-750 range. I forget the exact number as I did a trade in and it was ~$400 after that. I know the one before that was $570 off of eBay but was usually $800 retail.

I've just been sticking with OnePlus the last 3 phones as they seem to give decent bang for the buck and have the features / specs I'm looking for.

I own quite a lot of them although I do have a record player. Most of them have basically been played once and that's it though

He's not going to be that guy but I do also think he's better than he showed at the Bears. He may need to sit and watch a bit though.

His contract situation probably led to his lack of value too but I get why nobody would want to give him a starting gig right now

Would have rather kept him for that price even if he was backup for whoever we draft.

I could end up being wrong but I'm also just not as high as everyone else seems to be on Caleb and I watch a lot of college football so it's not like I've only seen highlights

When I saw Randall Park was in this I was hoping they would also cast John Krasinski

QBs going to sleep easier tonight

If something was running completely ass and like 10-15 FPS then I'd care. That's what used to happen in crowded raid settings back in the day. But if something is 30 FPS then it's fine.

TV shows are shot in 24-30 FPS. Live sports are usually 30 FPS. But I never hear people complain about shitty FPS when watching TV shows and demand 60 FPS

I did a quick Google search to see if I crazy and the only one that notices the difference between the two graphics settings and I'm not. Other people also say that performance mode is blurry / smudgy in comparison

Yes, plenty of times. I just don't feel the difference is as big a deal as people make out.

Yeah, I'm on the opposite end of that spectrum. I have never understood why 30 FPS was such a deal breaker to so many people but I see it's a very common issue so I know I'm likely in the minority

Maybe it's the years of playing MMOs on maxed out settings and I just got so used to lower FPS that FPS doesn't bother me as long as it's at least 30. Whereas stationary graphics I'm more likely to notice the difference

UshiromiyaEva posted...

That's...still my stance? Not sure how you're misreading that. The two modes look exactly the same except Graphics runs worse than Performance. Spinning the camera in Graphics mode makes me feel dizzy.

The two modes look exactly the same to you.

I would rather have 30 FPS and high resolution than 60 FPS and lower resolution

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Every single screenshot I've seen of Graphics to Performance comparison showing how the Performance mode looks "worse" has been a 10x zoomed screenshot of Tifa's shoulder or some shit.

The game looks identical on both modes when actually playing it. The only people who actually notice a difference are the same people who post GIFs of Cloud getting out of the water and not dripping onto the floor and screaming"Oh the PS5 is fucking COOKED!".

Weren't you on the opposite end of this earlier saying you toggled on graphics mode and were saying how do people play like this saying it was bad? I've had zero issues with graphics mode and would say that any difference you're noticing is akin to what you're saying about graphics mode above

I'd say regardless of play, City are the favorites just because they have so much experience in this situation. They are just a different animal in the backend of the season who seemingly rarely ever drop points year after year

First Yoshitaka Murayama and now this? Right in the fucking childhood. What a miserable month

Justin Fields jerseys on sale for $27. I'd imagine they know he's gone. All the other jerseys in the same sale are for players no longer on their team

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

only way to keep in touch with family

This is basically what I use it for.

Well that and the cat rescues I help out

MysteriousStan posted...

Geez I must have been looking in the wrong places or something cause when I checked prices for the Nier concert last year (for a concert last month in Rosemont) the prices were ridiculous. Like $150+ or something like that for just myself. I don't like Nier that much to drop that much on a concert.

Was this at time of sale or aftermarket? Because the Nier concert where I am sold out in the venues members only presale and then all the aftermarket tickets were ridiculous

I was able to get tickets by being awake at 3am when they happened to drop the cancellations of which there were like 12 tickets total.

Edit: Kinda linked in with the above comment. Hatsune Miku also sold out in the members only presale at the same venue and now doesn't even have anything on the aftermarket

Ah fuck. I think I spoiled myself. My deluxe edition finally arrived at 10pm last night so haven't been able to play it yet. I was flicking through the art book and realized my mistake too late as it shows bosses / zones so I now presumably know where the game cut off point is

It may seem common sense but it was something I didn't realize until I went to my first Distant Worlds. It isn't actually a travelling orchestra, they teach locals the setlist. I assume some of the people travel but for the most part it's locals

andylt posted...

How much is it to go to something like this?

Tickets I just bought for the Nier nosebleeds were $45 plus fees (so like $53)

For Distant Worlds in 2023 I paid $147 per ticket for 3 rows from the front. I only paid that much because they were the only seats I could get. I don't think it's worth paying the extra to be that far forward.

For the FF7 Remake concert in I want to say 2021 I think I paid roughly $70-85 per ticket for mid level row 1 overlooking the mezzanine balcony

It's going to be venue specific but I know in the place I go there really isn't any bad seats and I'd only consider getting super close stuff for plays rather than concerts. For Distant Worlds type stuff you end up watching a huge screen projection rather than people on stage most of the time

These are all at the Dr Phillips Center in Orlando

I had tickets for the one in Orlando the week COVID shut everything down.

Luckily I did get to go to the do-over they did like a year or so later but it was FF7 Remake themed instead of just FF in general. I did then go to another one down the line which was FF in general.

Going to the Nier one at the end of this month too.

I always really enjoy orchestra stuff

I am not having much luck. Amazon still don't have an estimated delivery date for me.

I managed to snag a copy from GameStop online early this morning for pickup on my lunch but then they cancelled it. I'm sure someone in store just set it aside for someone else as when I called them they confirmed they had my order and had it for me

This is for the deluxe version. I'm sure I could find the non deluxe physical easily

LeonhartFour posted...

I never play demos of stuff I know I'm buying no matter what

still haven't even gotten a shipped confirmation from Amazon yet

Yeah me neither. I don't even have an estimated date.

YoBlazer posted...

Gonna go to Wal-Mart at around 9pm my time and try to talk them into selling it to me tonight. Really doubt it'll work, but I'll hopefully at least confirm they have it in stock so I can pick it up early tomorrow.

Do your Walmarts open until midnight? All the ones by me close at 11. Oh nevermind, you mean selling it early

Thanks Amazon

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0208157e.jpg

Emeraldegg posted...

The amazing part to me is how the guy put out a statement afterward saying the reason it fell so flat is because they had ordered a piece of holographic paper that didn't arrive on time.

Like this sort of thing? My wife saw images of this online and thought it looked cool. When we got there it's literally like a 20*20 room that is just white floors and white walls and you throw on some VR headpiece thing. I was like nope, not paying for that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/72714ecc.jpg

Never seen the original cartoon show but binge watched this over 2 days and I enjoyed it. Nowhere near as much as One Piece (which I also had never seen) but it was definitely enjoyable at least

That's exactly how I feel about it. It's the same with any of the big clubs, nothing is ever going to stick regardless of how much they ignored financial fair play.

City are probably the worst offenders but I'm also sure there's plenty of other big clubs who are guilty of breaches and aren't even being charged. If City were treated the same way they were talking about treating Everton and double charging them for the same time period, then they basically should have had multiple points deductions every year and should have just been thrown out for the sheer amount of offenses committed if they are indeed guilty of that many. Of course that's not going to happen.

They're going to end up with a fine at worst because the league won't be able to or won't want to fight them on any long drawn out legal battle that would definitely happen with any punishment that actually matters.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f6097642.jpg

Man, I'm having deja vu because I could have sworn I saw this exact conversation a couple of days back somewhere

In fact for sure I did because people were debating in the comments how he aged after death so it must have been like on Facebook or something

To be fair, top 4 was already going to be quite a stretch even if we were fully healthy. Even when we win we look like ass and we have some horrific results early season where we got our teeth kicked in by lesser sides. Nothing we have done since has suggested we would suddenly pick up enough form to convincingly grab a top 4 spot. We are basically relying on everyone else imploding

I saw this thread then I saw this on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1759957364822700201