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Full Throttle posted...

Breana (Deceased), her step mom and dad -

I never would've guessed.

I dunno..... There are some kids of mixed couples that I know of where they have almost no features of the mother or father. Two of my Scouts have a Black father and Japanese mother and personally I see no Asian aspects in their appearance. Another two couples are Mexican and Japanese but that one I do see some Asian aspects in the kids.
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Greenfox111 posted...

Everytime we wipe at 1% during an ffxiv raid

But those are the most memorable experiences! :P Think my friend's guild in World of Warcraft had the most 1% wipes on the server that they became known for it.
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Honestly. Nothing. Mostly because of that feeling of when I get a gift for someone, there's that concern if I my gift was of equal or more value compared to what they gave me. I don't mind being on the "losing end" of the exchange but I don't want the giftee to be on the "losing end".
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DrCidd posted...

Seeing as how they're on one of the airships that comes along to help you get into the giant of babil. Plus in the prayer room with the elder right before the final boss. And they're even present in the game's ending.

Dynalo posted...

or apparently even before the ending. Been a while since I've played it.

I'm just gonna take both your words as it has also been more than a decade since I last played the SNES version of Final Fantasy IV.
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Yes. Two classmates missed out on the class graduation because she was giving birth at the time.
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I'm kinda torn between Cyan seeing his wife and son boarding the Phantom Train versus the twins, Porom and Palom, sacrificing themselves. Of course I've told in the sequel, The After Years, they're both cured of the petrification so I guess Cyan's family dying was the saddest for me.
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Somewhere in the middle. Certain things might annoy me but I try to keep my mouth shut about it. Sometimes I find myself getting into a discussion about something online only to realize I'm arguing with a stranger, online, and win or lose, I've just wasted my time typing up a paragraph for nothing.
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As much as I enjoy the Monster Hunter World series, they never quite feel like Game of the Year material to me. Definitely on the fun side and each fight with different weapons always feels different enough for me that I feel it has a lot of replay value. But something about the overall "simplicity" of the game to me makes me feel it is not GotY material.
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Is this when we find out Gates is actually a Cylon?
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Just realized "Within one week" and "Within days" are essentially the same. The latter shoulda been "On Christmas Eve"
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Mead posted...

I agree with the reddit user that suggested that Todd Howard angered an old gypsy woman

Haha. Thank you for the laugh. That being said, which AAA developer/producer have shown to be the least responsible thus far among their games? Have EA dropped the ball more times than others or is there another?
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Regardless of how much or little shopping you do for Christmas, when do you usually start it? Do you do it throughout the year while keeping an eye out for sales or wait till the very end and you're stuck scrambling through delayed online orders or filled parking lots of angry shoppers.

Personally I tend to start around end of November/start of December and try to have whatever gifts I'm giving by two weeks from Christmas. I try to avoid going to the mall like a plague within a week or Christmas but only do so to pick up some cookies that I give out every year for work.

So what's your usual approach when shopping for gifts?

Comments are appreciated,

Thank you
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wwinterj25 posted...

Of course I wouldn't buy a food product that's been pissed on. If you're asking if I'd still buy said companies products? The answer is yes. Many unsavoury things go on when food is involved yet I still buy products from the companies. Ignorance is bliss.

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GanonsSpirit posted...

Billy Batson will always be my Captain Marvel.

I'm more accustomed to his other name, Shazam.
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I curse but it's words like "Bloody Hell", "Poopie head", "Fudge monkey", etc. Sound more toddlers cursing.
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I actually enjoyed Final Fantasy VIII and the Draw and Guardian Force system. Was nice to be able to customize my party and made anyone into physical powerhouses, mages, or healers. That being said, the story was kinda weird to me.
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EclairReturns posted...

I can still remember the time I bought Tales of Berseria for forty American dollars. They took it out of another case, put it in the original case, and was so annoyed at them for expecting me to pay full MSRP price that much money for a game that has been clearly used

I just had to Google it and on another forum one user mentioned it is because they don't want to risk actual discs being in the boxes while openly displayed which I can understand even if other retail stores do that. That being said, did you requested a sealed copy or just walked away?
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Overall I enjoyed it. To any long time fans of the series though, did it seem too actiony? I've only seen the SAC series and those had a mix of action and cyber warfare. Kinda which the latter was given more light.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

That movie was dead to me the moment they decided to try and adapt the original anime/manga and not Stand Alone Complex.

Wouldn't the SAC series be too big to squeeze into a movie setting. Granted I guess they could ignore the side stories and focus only either on the Laughing Man or Individual Eleven incidents.
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Zangulus posted...

Paternal:

Grandmother dies in 1944 due to a tornado, along with twin uncles.
Grandfather remarries.
Grandfather died sometime in the late 70s (I think.)
Grandmother remarries.

Eventually they both died.

Maternal:

Grandmother died a few years ago.
Grandfather is still alive.

Grandfather, who I am named after, isn't actually my grandfather. My mother never knew her her birth father was.

Wowza. Quite the family history there, unfortunately with many of tragedy. Thank you for sharing.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

and then you get assimilated by the Borg.

I do wonder what it is like living on the fringes or a colony world or what it even takes to living on core worlds like Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar Prime, etc.
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Monopoman posted...

they don't hit you with fees the second you buy something

Usually that is the case but there are situations where the 0% interest unless you pay the minimum doesn't apply. I made balance transfer once to a credit card during a promotional period where there's 0% interest for X months on the balance transfer. But because of that, regular purchases get charged an interest fee, a very small percentage, everyday until I pay it off. It wasn't that bad and once I understood that, I simply stop using that credit card till I paid off the balance transfer.
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Zeus posted...

The low fantasy real world+ is always nice. Things are pretty cool here, but magic, fantasy races, etc, would make them cooler.

Thinking bout it a bit, a world like the movie Bright could be interesting. Allow us to maintain the comfort and familiarity of our world while introducing some fantasy aspects.
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A quick search on Google suggest her powers came from her DNA merging with a Kree? Can any comic guru explain why it was special in her case and why something as simple as this lead to her obtaining her powers and being so powerful?
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wwinterj25 posted...

Sure. It helps the person asking to do their job and it normally isn't a problem for me to just show them it.

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Joshs Name posted...

Can I pick fantasy but with modern plumbing.

Hah! That was probably the first thing that crossed my mind. Would I consider living in the world of Alda/Lord of the Rings despite the danger in the world? Sure. But the thought of no plumbing is kinda a deterrent.

I've done backpacking where I had no showers for days and had to do my business in a hole that I feel I can only do that so long before it gets tiresome.
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Tough to say. If I was born into such world it would feel normal to me thus nothing about it would feel special. If I was thrust into such a world and the setting I'd imagine it might be interesting at first until reality sets in.

That being said, I would find it interesting to go from our world into the Star Trek universe though I'd be stump if I'll be able to be of any use. I can't help but think entering the Federation Academy would be beyond my capability. For something more down to Earth, I would choose the Star Gate universe but of course I wouldn't be privy to anything going on with the SGC.
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I feel guilty for having not seen Princess Bride yet. That being said, I really enjoyed Stardust.
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GanglyKhan posted...

One of them for like 2 years, the other about 4.

Did you use yours for all of your purchases? I still use a debit card for like 75% of stuff.

Ah. Probably a combination of both for you then. Limited usage and not a long time of having it. I use mind BoA rewards card for maybe 90+% of my purchases.
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Depends, is the food good enough to swing by for lunch/dinner? I wouldn't go drinking alone but I'd go for the food.
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I think another question might be what motivation could parents give to get their children to care about their grades/future.

Depending on the policies in place and whatnot, to some teachers it is just a job and they won't care what their students end up as. Maybe it was because I took AP and Honor classes so my teachers enjoyed teaching our classes more cause they knew we chose to be there to learn. It's weird because I'm told one of my AP teachers almost treated her non-AP students like trash.

Of course given the type of students in the non-AP/Honor classes, I don't exactly blame her. I took non-AP Economics mostly because I didn't need the AP version at that point and bloody hell it was like pulling teeth trying to get some of my fellow classmates to participate in group projects.
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I say both. "Merry Christmas and happy holidays"
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jramirez23 posted...

For example, did your teachers use important consequences to motivate you to do the work?

Yes. Not getting a C or lower and as a result a stern talk and maybe a beating from my parents was enough of an incentive to maintain a B average. I recall my teachers put weight on almost everything, attendance, homework, projects, and exams and personally I wasn't against any of those being used toward my final grade.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Probably not good, since all I have is 2 credit cards

How long have you been using them for? I got my first credit card with BoA in 2012 and wasn't till last year that I purchased my new car so probably just had time to build up my credit.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

I don't have friends. lol

pipebomb_phil posted...

I just feel like I have no life with this schedule. Hell, any schedule that doesn't allow me to have all afternoon to do whatever I want.

In that case just shift your usual activities to be done in the morning instead of the afternoon. That's what my friend who's work 2-10pm kinda do. He'll be gaming from 11pm to 1 or 2am, sleep, maybe game some more around noon and then leave for work at 1pm.

Is there any particular reason why you can't do your usual activities in the morning before work instead of the previous afternoon after work?
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It helps if your friends share a similar schedule with you. Myself and majority of my friends are the 8am-5pm type with some variants (I'm 6am-4pm) while a few friends own their own business so their hours varies and another friend has a rotating schedule every two weeks.

How likely and how often we get together or even play games together online various depending on everyone's schedule of course. One friend use to work Friday through Sunday 9pm-9am so we almost never seen him on weekends. Now he works Monday through Friday 2pm-10pm so we're able to play games with him more often but not till he's home around 11pm. Late as it is, I don't tend to go to sleep till 1am so we're still able to squeeze in some co-op.
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Somewhere between 25-35 would be fine with me but I chose 30-39.
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According to Bank of America app, 791. It was at 818 at one point and I honestly don't know how. The only major payment I'm doing regularly is my car payment but I'm also regularly doing balance transfer from previous major expenses. I would assume the latter is kinda a black mark.
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I had the typical Asian parents growing up. Could my parents have kept me in line as a kid without physical force? Sure. Did it get the message across when they used physical force? It sure did.

Whether or not their actions when they resorted to physical force influenced me in becoming the person I am today, I truly don't know. But I do not resent my parents for what they did whenever I was out-of-line or did something stupid.

Both of them worked their arse off to so that my sister and I would have the opportunities we did throughout our childhood. I know they loved us even if it was sometime on the receiving end of a broom, metal coat hanger, back of the hand, etc.
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Entity13 posted...

=)

That's was great. thanks for sharing it. As a Final Fantasy XIV player that was really enjoyable. I was expecting Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer at first.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

What's your experience with kickstarter?

I've backed a handful of games, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, and Torment: Tides of Numenera and overall I'd say the results have been good. D:OS 2 especially was worth backing up after how much fun my friend and I had with D:OS.

Of course I've also backed up one or two that flopped. Project Phoenix is probably never going to release at this point and if it does, it's might not be anything like what the developers said it'll be.
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KJ StErOiDs posted...

As long as it's food, I'll try anything at least once.

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Technically six grandparents for me, my mom and two uncles were adopted by their uncle and aunt when they were less than five years old, but none of them are still alive. The last one, my adopted grandmother, passed away 20 some years ago. I only personally met three of the six. Naturally my mom and two uncle's parents passed away well before I was born and my dad's father also passed away before I was born.

Zangulus posted...

Ive had 7 grandparents.

And I thought I was going to be the only oddball one with more than four. If you don't mind answering, did it involved some folks re-marrying or getting adopted?
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Any folks here read the books? Kinda tempted to read em before the movie even if that might affect my expectations.
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Kinda torn. I'm quite interesting in playing it again with the animated cutscenes and two new jobs but not sure how long I can mentality last with this given my habit of grinding out jobs, Faith, and Brave. I yearn for the day SQEX finally port it over to PC.
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Bumpity bump!
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_AdjI_ posted...

"Seafood" covers the broadest range of things, so it'd be the best option

ungubby posted...

People who aren't saying seafood must not realize there are hundreds (if not thousands) of variety of fish...

Speaking of seafood, is cost a factor here or not for us? I do agree seafood, as a whole, is the most broad but also tend to be more costly compared to the likes of land critters. Variety is nice but I'd stick to pork given the typical cost of most seafood and how much edible parts you actually get out of them.
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My mom and majority of my aunts, uncles, mentors, etc. are 60+ years old. Kinda morbid but I know in the next 10-20 years I might be attending a string of funerals. On the flip-side, various college friends from several years ago have been getting married and/or having kids. The cycle repeats.
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GanglyKhan posted...

It's REALLY effective for helping with mental math and should be taught in conjunction with the "standard" format.

Anyone who doesn't see advantages to it hasn't used it for long enough and/or didn't understand it. That being said, it has diasdvantages too, but isn't that like the case with anything in life?

My brother-in-law explained to me in that it's meant to help students think and not just memorize how to solve problems which I think is a good thing. Having gone up to Calculus AB in high school in the old format, I can agree with him as most stuff was just me memorizing how to solve a problem or memorizing a similar problem to solve the current one I have and not necessarily thinking of how to solve it. That being said, I do think it might be a little excessive for anything but colleges, Master programs, etc.
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Pork. Mostly because it's the most commonly used meat in various Chinese dishes.
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I recently bought the game for less than $2 due to both a sale and some Google Play credit. Having never played the WotL version I figure I'll start fresh, enjoy the cutscenes, and try out the two new classes.

However the controls just feels weird. It wouldn't be so bad if there were some digital D-Pad and buttons but between the lack of directional buttons and constantly having to touch twice to confirm commands it feels really slow and clunky. As someone who love to grind in this game and max out everyone's jobs, levels, faith, and brave I'm not sure how long I can tolerate this.

To anyone who played this on Android, what are your opinions of it?

Comments are appreciated,

Thank you
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