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I'll pass on a review of the Fall simuldub lineup. Mostly because everything I like is bleeding into the new season minus SSSS.Gridman, ZOMBIE LAND SAGA, and Goblin Slayer. There rest was underwhelming, absolute trash, or not dubbed. As someone that enjoys a fanservice fest now and then, I don't get the appeal of SENRAN KAGURA, After 3 eps, I was like "holy shit this is so bad". I guess because it tries to be so serious. Anyways, I watched the first ep of Magical Girl Spec Ops, and it was pretty awesome. I think this is closer to what I was expecting from Raising Project. Seeing a magical girl slice up a bunch of people with a karambit was pretty awesome. Boogiepop and Others is interesting so far so I'll stick with it. Still waiting for Mob Psycho 100 season 2 to start the dub, and I guess I'll ride the hype train for The Rising of the Shield Hero when it starts.
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I thought SAO had a simuldub? I could of sworn I saw it up on the Funimation app (I could be wrong, never actually looked into it since I watch in on CR). Honestly you're not missing much in the way of SAO. The beginning 6-7 eps were pretty much all set up for the current plot and we only recently started getting into some good ass fights but honestly its just more SAO without what made S1 and Mother's Rosario so awesome. I'm honestly not impressed by it (and by what I hear this arc really isn't that great in the books also (though it's technically still the current arc) but it could just be that I'm SAO'd out now that we've done 3 seasons, two short arcs, a movie, and the alternate SAO that aired (that was actually pretty good).
No idea what Rinshi is, never heard of it but a quick google search says it's based off a 4 panel manga that is based on the author's life so that might be why it's so out there (those type of shows usually are).
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Nah, SAO is just a simulcast. I guess thats part of the thing with the CR split, there are 4-5 simulcasts this season when they use to be all dub outside of One Piece.
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Ah, well Toonami will start airing it on the 9th of Feb if you really want to watch it.
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Hands down, tonight's episode of GoT was their crowning achievement. I can't see the last 3 eps topping it. Simply incredible.
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With only a few episodes left I was expecting a large majority of characters to die just so the show wouldn't have to finish up a bunch of plot lines. lol. I figured it was going to be lazy writing with this season only being 5 episodes. I imagine a board room meeting.. Producer: "We have 5 episodes left with about 300 plot lines going on.. whats the best way to resolve this massive story?" Other guy: "Kill 90% of the characters, no plot lines to resolve if they're dead." Other Other guy: "Instead of killing everyone, lets bring in Ghost with no reason as to how he survived or where hes been for the last 4 seasons.. then everyone will focus on that wolf and ignore the other 8 seasons of unresolved plot lines."
All those NPCs lost in that battle. I bet she left multiple groups of sully and dothraki guarding different locations along their path. She conquered alot of kingdoms on her way to the north. She'll probably pull those troops in for the final battle against Cersei. If not, then they're pretty screwed. That was a horrible strategy with the dothraki.. don't lead with a dragon breath attack or anything.
That ultra dark was dumb. When my tv is outputting lines of grey/black like dark lens flares because its so damn dark nothing can be seen it really made the quality look piss poor. Considering GOT budget is massive they could have done that alot better, especially since they had so many epic battles in pure day light in previous episodes.
Jorah would have given his life for her on so many occasions.. at least he died doing what he swore to do.
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Its 6 episodes though 😛 The next ep is 78 min, and the last 2 eps will be 79 min. The Battle for Winterfel is the seasons longest ep at 82 min.
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Lol. At least they have 3 more eps to finish up. I hope we get to see Cersei killed off.
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Please Sony don't do what MS did and have a lame ass montage of a bunch of generic people talking about a console's vague specs you don't get to look at. Don't bother having a presser until physical hardware is ready to see and they're are games to announce for it. 🙄 I hope you missed E3 for this reason, and you're own event will not feature this garbage.
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I didn't watch it but the gist seems to be.. "most powerful console ever (like they all say every single time a new console comes out), 120 fps, 8k support, backwards compatibility support, blah blah..." no details on whether that 8k support is for movies/streaming movies only or if its for games.. 120 fps, but no details with at what resolutions to achieve that. It almost seemed like they were testing the waters. Ever since they did their last big reveal with the Xbox One, with no used games, must have a kinect sold with it, etc.. and it initially flopped and got ripped apart by the community.. its like MS wants to be as vague as possible so they can read peoples comments on what they actually want to make sure they have a solid product now before they finalize it.
What I want to hear from Sony is backwards compatibility of all digitally purchased games. They are making the PS5 backwards compatible, but both MS and Sony are not giving details on their consoles backwards compatibility. Is the backwards compatibility only for disc games? Or can we finally use our digital libraries over multiple consoles like all PC players have been able to do since the beginning of the Steam store and more recently the Epic store?
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The more I've thought about this, the more I'm convinced both consoles will be digitally backwards compatible. They both want to be all digital and streaming one day, but mostly for PS+ and Games with Gold. Remember how shitty the free games were, until basically the end of the consoles life cycle? When the consoles launch they'll have a strong last gen line up to give out for free monthly rather than random indy shovelware for the first years. It's too perfect not too do.
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That's a damn fine point right there. I hope that happens.
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Random thought. How much is too much? I remember when I was young, and my parents had adult social gathering with friends, there was Budwiser, Miller, and Coors. Maybe some others here and there. When I came of age the selection got a bit more vast. I don't really drink beer anymore as the constant pissing and bloating isn't worth the small buzz it provides. Holy cow today there is so many damn beers tho. Like 6000 IPAs alone. How do you even decide? Especially if you're as adventurous as someone like me. You'd never be able to settle on a favorite because you want to try something new too much. There is so much that I'd forget something I liked after trying 30 more beers over the course of months. It kinda reminds me of damn yogurt. When I started in the grocery business there was 3 types of yogurt. Breyer's Cream Savers, Yoplait, and store brand. Now there's a 20 foot section of yogurt at every store... and let me tell you... MILLIONS of dollars go in the garbage every year from it going out of date. Its the biggest food waste in America. Anyways. Overall I don't drink anywhere near as much as I use to and when I do its bourbon/whiskey only. I have my tried and true, but I'd always like to venture out and try something here and there when something new would appear on the shelf... but now Bourbon is the same way. WTF My curiosity gets the better of me and I've tried nothing but new stuff the last 3 bottles I've gotten the past year. They've all been pretty good, but nothing mind blowing. I'm going to pick up something new again tomorrow for the kick off of Season 2 for COD. I'll stand there like an idiot for 20 min trying to decide, knowing that I won't be back for another 2 months. By that time 10 new bourbons will be out. I don't know whether to complain about it or be happy that the market is so robust after there was apparently going to be a bourbon shortage according to some reports a few years ago. I don't, and I never will drink cheap. If I can't afford the good stuff I go without. And now that I go through a bottle every 2-3 months rather than 1 a week or two like in my 20s. I'm willing to spend even more per bottle. I tried some Prichard Bourbon last time, it was pretty good but had some sweet tones like brandy I didn't care for too much. I like my bourbon to be rough and tough with that good oaky taste that incinerates your sinuses upon hitting your tongue. Before that I had Clyde May's Alabama Whiskey which was really good. There are a lot of staples that are releasing new stuff I want to try unless its that fruit infused crap. Uh damn Millennials ruining alcohol with there fruit flavors. White Claw is an abomination of mankind and shouldn't exist. /endrant.
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You haven't experienced crap until you are stuck at home in a blizzard and only have an old bottle of canadian ltd.
I haven't had Chick-Fil-A in years, same with Sonic and Popeyes. 5 guys and Wendys are my go to for a good fast food burger. I don't each nearly as much fast food or restaurant food any more, maybe once a week or every other week. Lately its been once a week tho and I've had to settle with burger king or KFC because the selections aren't that great around here, but Arbys does make a decent brisket sandwich when I'm craving bbq. The best chicken tenders I've ever eaten are from Raising Cane's. I wish they'd open one here near me. Every time I visit ohio I go there for the chicken sandwich, its 3 tenders on a bun. Damn thing is delicious. That and white castle. lol. Gotta eat at least a couple sliders.
Since I sometimes go a month or more without eating a particular fast food, when I go back to it, I'll notice the difference in sizes immediately. lol. Theres been a couple times where the jr bacon cheesburger from Wendys has shrunk noticeably twice over the years. And KFC chicken tenders have shrunk so much over the years, if I order a 3 piece meal I usually get 4 pieces of boneless fried chicken that doesn't even resemble tenders anymore, just white meat chicken thats too long to be considered a nugget. Raising Cane's tho on the other hand, thats a f*cking chicken tender.
Back to booze, Bookers was good, but damn it was strong. My tongue has gotten alot more sensitive to salt and alcohol as I age. Weird, but now if something is too high in alcohol it basically burns my tongue. Any mouth wash I use has to be zero alcohol or I'll basically burn my damn tongue. Anything over 35-40% alcohol for me now has to be watered down with something. x_x
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You really gotta try that Popeye's Chicken Sandwich, its magical. The chicken paddy is massive. Its pretty simple though, It's just a big succulent chicken paddy with some zesty sauce and pickles. I love Arby's but its the furthest chain from me so I don't go too often. Their social media is on point though. Raising Cains. ah yes, that's very Similar to Foosackly's but Foo is better (better sauce selection, and bacon queso fries option). There is also another tender chain called PDQ which I really liked, but ours shut down for some reason. I'm surprised they even have a Cains up that far north. Foo is superior because its a local thing and the chicken is super fresh. but Cains is really good. So is Zaxby's but its at the bottom of both Cains and Foo.
Five Guys is so good, but I don't consider them fast food since they cook to order like Whataburger but their prices are pretty high around here. I mean Whataburger is too. You'll pay a good $9-11 for a combo at Whataburger, but its like $15+ at Five Guys for the equivalent. I get the double cheeseburger fully dressed... what can I say? Whataburger is a Texas chain, so everything is big. Their medium drink is the size of a route 44 at Sonic. In-N-Out is really good too, but there aren't any here. I got to go to one in Vegas and it was really tasty.
I fucking hate BK. Fuck them. Their customer service is absolute trash at every single one I've ever been to in several states. Their burgers are hot garbage. The bun is too dense, and they nuke the damn thing before they give it to you. If I only had a choice between McD's and BK. I'd pick McD's instantly for the rest of my life. BK's chicken fries are the only reason I, on very rare occasions, go there. McD's McRib is my weakness. I don't care how many chemicals are in it. Its delicious trash tier BBQ. . But I do crave some McNuggets every now and then. KFC is poor man's Popeyes IMO. The chicken is good, but all their sides are garbage in comparison. Nothing.. and I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, beats Popeye's biscuits. Its like they make some Pillsbury Grands and toss them in a pool of salted liquid butter to marinade for a bit. You can feel your soul dehydrate with every bite but its soooooo good.
The biggest travesty in downsize is McD's Big N Tasty.. which I call the Small n Tasteless now. I remember when it came out in the early 90s. I was a young teen. But the paddy was so big it jutted out of each side of the bun. The Monster Burger from Hardee's is a close second. Back when they had super models half naked eating them on TV, they were so good. The monster burger was insanely huge... and then Ruby Tuesdays had the ultimate colossal burger which was even bigger.
Back to Booze like you said. Bookers is so good, but yes it BUUURNS. I prefer Blanton's because its unfiltered like Bookers but the taste is way smoother in a Gentleman's Jack type way..... But way to be a pansy on mouth wash. I use the maximum 7 action burning Listerine. If it doesn't feel like my gums are melting, I feel like its not working. I endure the pain for 40 seconds before spitting it out. The incineration of my gums, tongue, and cheek lining, convinces me that all germs have been eradicated.
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Lady loves those BK chicken fries which is why we go there. Arbys is right there so I'll hit up BK for her and then Arbys for me sometimes, especially if its happy hour at Arbys. I think its 2-4 pm at Arbys, during happy hour all the sliders are knocked down to $1 each and I'll order a combo and a couple extra jalapeno roast beef sliders, or just skip a combo and get nothing but a variety of sliders. lol. I got thinking about it and its hard to consider Five Guys fast food since there is no drive through. I suppose its more of the fast causal restaurant. What I don't get is why some of these fast food places have different menus depending on what state you're in. I know they're all franchises, so maybe the individual owners don't have to carry certain things. But 5 guys in ohio that my parents go to sells a variety of shakes and even have sweet potato fries. All the 5 guys near me don't offer either of those. And your McD's still sells the Big N Tasty!? I haven't seen one of those in years. First they shrank and then they were gone. That was my go to sandwich, but no McD's near me have had these in forever. McD's here is horrible with their staff. Incompetence. They have double lane drivethroughs and every time theres one drive through that gets served faster. Last time I was at one, I got in the second lane, the first lane had 3 cars have their order taken before I was served. wtf. I ordered a Quarter pounder deluxe and when I got my food I got the bacon quarter pounder. At that point I wasted so much time there I didn't feel like going in to complain.
Most of the fast food places you've mentioned I've had to google. I've never seen them. There is a popeyes in my region, but its like a 30 minute drive one way. I plan on going there eventually. If I want a really good more gourmet style burger I'll go to Red Robin. I've only eaten there once, but damn if that burger wasn't delicious and the honey mustard sauce they have is truly unique for dipping fries in. lol.
McD's rib sandwich is a rip off. I say that because I swear to god they are using Banquet Rib patties.
Thats the mcrib right there. Its $1 at walmart, microwave it, put it on a bun with a couple pickles and you can have a mcrib whenever you want. It tastes good to me and I eat them often enough that when the McRib comes out, I swear the tastes is so damn similar that the McRib looses all "limited time!" appeal to me. Banquet even sells just the rib patties in a family six 6 pack so you don't have to even deal with those potatoes and hard corn.
Ultimate burn listerine. Screw that. lmao!
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Just picked up KOTOR off steam for $10. Waiting for it to finish downloading
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I've never played through playing at max settings. My old computer couldn't handle it. It looks a lot better.
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good choice. I was thinking of picking it up myself since my xbox copy is packed away and I've been wanting to give it a play through again
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Nice.
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http://io9.com/the-12-most-abusive-women-in-anime-1456915354 good list. loll
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I agree! Akane did beat quite a few people in Ranma.
I found out from lady a couple weeks ago that this has a word: "Misandry!"
"hatred of men", "violence against men", and more.
http://male-tears.tumblr.com/post/63418479146
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Medusa was a poor choice for the list. Her violent acts weren't out of comendy. For violence with evil intent Lucy from Elfen Lied would be #1 no contest.
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I'm surprised Boa Hancock from One Piece isn't in the list. Shes deemed the most beautiful woman in the world, and if someone hits on her, she instant kills them for being lecherous. Not just one guy either, she instant kills entire groups of men in mere seconds.
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Netflix added Heaven's Lost Property... don't waste your time.. bleh...
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I never heard of it before. At least they're adding more anime.
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They haven't been very good ones. Okamisan is the only one I've really liked so far. B Gata H Kei was pretty funny, but it seems they been dumping most of the ones with heavy fan service. Heaven's Lost Property is 99% fan service of the main character trying to perv on his friends and 1% of a story that might have been good if they actually would have focused on it. lol
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Damnit Eppy I'm probably 10 years behind on a lot of it.
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Watched some Titanfall Alpha... meh... not what I expected it to be.
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LOL, you and your campaign. VG247 has the footage... people were playing it like COD, corner camping and what not, and titans are too easy to get... I watched a guy get notified that his titan was ready in 30 seconds, and he died, but still got his titan when the time frame has passed. This is why its only 6 vs. 6. It should be hard to get your titan. The AI grunts seem pointless.. they just run around aimlessly.
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I didn't see a grunt really shoot at the player, or even try to engage, they looked like they were just running around to run around. Its funny just how much like COD this game is... from the kill cam, to the logo of your faction when the match starts.
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I watched a couple videos. They should have called it Call of Duty: Titanfall.
After watching the gameplay, I think it will be another CoD style game, but better.. however I don't think we'll see amazing "only in titanfall" epic moments like in Battlefield.
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Ugh. I'm reading Operation Metro is still lopsided in favor of the RU side in Second Assault... I wish they would have picked Tehran Highway or Grand Bazaar instead.
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I don't recall seeing Operation Metro 24/7 servers when the rentals came out. I doubt it was a fan favorite. lol
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That map never made sense to me. Half the time in conquest it would start out under ground and then eventually everyone would start spawning on the top of the map half way thru the ticket count, while other people would be capping a flag from underneath still.
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Conquest was the worst, but rush was even more terrible for attackers. The 2nd two MCOMS were almost impossible to set off because of how easy it was to squad camp.
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Someone at Medicom must have screwed up.. speedtest says my internet is at 55mbps 0_o.
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Shhh.....Don't tell anyone, they might take it away.
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lol its back to normal. I think whoever was working during the severe weather must have raised the cap temporarily to reduce calls until the storms passed.
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Maybe the cable went out in areas and they increased the data cap for all the netflix users? hmm.. I wish Time Warner would do something like that next time the tv goes out.
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Watched the first ep of Attack on Titan... interesting. I'll keep watching as long as they post the dub every week after it airs on Toonami.
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Its done by the same guy that did High School of the Dead and Death Note... so far the violence is evident of that.
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I did not know that. Now I definitely want to watch it.
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The most grossly over-rated series to come out in recent time. Good luck guys! You'll be left waiting for any depth or intelligence in plot outside of the overly predictable and not to forget, emo story.
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Sony E3 conference tomorrow!
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Destiny, Hardline, The Division, God of War, The Last Guardian, and anything Star Wars is what I'm looking forward to.
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I'll take Mass Effect news and a new Jet Moto (yeah not happening) as well.
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Imagine if they announce half-life 3 for ps4.
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I MUST HAVE THIS!!!!!
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I know..... Makes me want to grind crucible. I'd probably get all blues.
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Whenever I played crucible, it was always the same thing.. I'd get nothing and the top 3 players would get 2 pieces of blue armor with high light points.
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Crucible is always random. I've gotten stuff for being in last place before. Hawkmoon is like my Monte Carlo, it's a random drop from high end stuff or decrypts from engrams.
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I FINALLY GOT A VOID WEAPON FUSION RIFLE!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I got another legendary engram and got Zombie Apocalypse. Now I have a complete void load out.
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Damn lucky bastard. Wish I had some of that awesome luck you keep having
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You got the zombie lmg I have! Does it have field scout upgrade for max ammo? If you got one with armor piercing then I hate you.
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Got the Bell and Ho-Ho Tron from doing Toypocalypse. Talk about luck. Now I can sell all my currency on the TP and make a good bit of gold! #guildwars2
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I got the pirate one in Lions Arch because a mesmer was porting it, I tried one in Caledon, but i decided to try it again later. It was really late.
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A lot of people are doing the jump puzzles and its making it worse on me, especially when you have to activate a console to create jump platforms that aren't permanent.
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I'm glad we got those jumping puzzles done. I watched the walkthroughs linked on dulfy's site before attempting any of them. Good find on that last chest. I think that was the same one we went to before. I forgot all about it.
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Got my Invective to 365... I'm ready for some Iron Banner!
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It's a bit slower, but it does 4 rounds at a time. Plus you can pick up special so you have the best of both worlds.
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That's not bad at all.
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You really need it. Next time your exotic bounties pop and its there, pick it. Its amazing in Iron Banner. Only Felwinter's Lie can beat you if they get an accurate shot on it. The rate of fire is scout rifle level, and its range it's second to Felwinter. Plus it has a wicked optic on it. This is my favorite Exotic... even if I got Gjallarhorn, this would still be my favorite because it wrecks in PVE and PVP. Gjallarhorn is just a OP situational PVE weapon.
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Hammer Guardian is so broken right now. I crafted an ascended hammer and started wrecking champions in Orr.
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Until they disabled it, I don't think it even made a difference seeing as the auto attack did 40k per hit. I was doing 120k every 2 seconds just about finishing the autochain. So stacked with 5 guardian's our combined DPS was like 300k x how ever many groups of 5 guardians there was. I'll probably try it out in PvP tomorrow, I'm going to try to catch dungeon night if i can get off early enough.
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Wow, they didn't even have to use Siege weapons in WvW to tear down doors.
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that is insane dps.
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PSYCHO-PASS season 2 was a lot weaker than season 1. Still pretty good overall.
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Kinda sorta, but they tried hard for it not to be and fell flat. Akane's Jr Inspector is such a weak character you never care about her and she's really annoying more than anything. They spend little time on Ginoza as an enforcer and cast him aside like a minor character and painfully force appearances of Kogami as part of Akane's conscience.
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There will most likely be a season 3 and season 2 felt like a filler tbh because of it.
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Well that sounds like a disappointing season 2. I'll watch it at some point, probably when Netflix gets it if they do.
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Now that Beta Weekend is over, all my characters feel lame. Hurry up Anet!
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Not likely . It's clearly the golden child class. I'm just hoping for the reaper improvements that are unanimous among the community. I really want to do the story with my Necro.
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Even though I only got to do one mission I already miss Kaz, Marjory, Rox, Braham, and Taimi... ;_;
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They really are a good cast. I'm going to replay LS2 with my warrior soon just to see them all again.
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Reaper withdraw is a real thing @_@ #GW2HoT
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Just you wait until your first beta ends!
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Awwwww yisssss... full relapse time next Friday.
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Seeing a team full of thieves when I'm on my Mesmer makes me smile. It makes getting all 3 dailies in one match so easy. #TyrannosaurusRekt
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Ugh, I hate days when Guard and Mes aren't winners It should be daily winner... That would probably cut down on the amount of level 2s.
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Generic daily winner I mean.
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I lucked out with a ranger win in my first round. I really need to learn the class better. If not for me leveling her up I'd be that level 2 guy trying for that class specific daily winner.
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LOL The Cycler Rifle is a f'n monster. Favorite hand card in the game. #SWBFbeta
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Headshot should stay the same. The cool down def needs a nerf. I hope the damage stays above 75% though. I'd take a bigger cooldown in favor of high damage.
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Head shot should always be a one hit kill so I'm all for that. If they dropped the damage down to 80% and upped the cool down a little more then I'd be perfectly happy with it because it's honestly the only real sniper rifle in the game (that we know of currently).
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Definitely. Not to mention there is a decent pause when you swap back to your primary. Close range body shots are a gamble. It's easy to get to cover and regen as well. It's just a fun weapon all around.
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Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is being Streamed by Funimation, Hulu, and Crunchyroll... interesting.
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Gundam has turned into an anime about children playing with Gundam toys. If this new series has adults, action and death it could make Gundam good again. But with the name orphan in it I'm guessing it'll be the typical Gundam series of a small orphan child expertly piloting a Gundam and saving man kind... again. X_x
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Or I should say... two orphan boys that expertly pilot Gundam and become destined to fight each other repeatedly. It would still be better than children playing with models tho.
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I've actually heard great things about Build Fighters (a lot of people seem to like it). I was thinking about checking it out. I was talking more along the lines of Rec and AGE, I've heard nothing but terrible things about them (and the crappy thing is Rec was made by Tomino (the father of Gundam), makes me wonder if the last good thing out of that man is going to be Turn-A).
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Finished TWD Compendium 3. It will probably be another year before compedium 4 comes out. X_x
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They just finished the Negan arc and introduced the next antagonist. We'll see Negan on the season finale. They have enough content to stretch it for 2-3 seasons. This will be a longer conflict than the Governor.
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I want to say they started the TV series when the comic started the prison arc.
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Ah. So theres a chance the series will pass the comic eventually? I wonder if that happens, if they'll put the show on hiatus, or make a new filler arc or two like animes do.
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I finisned Aldnoah.Zero on Netflix. It was def one of the better mecha anime I've seen in a while. Serious plot, good political drama, awesome mecha design, and great action every episode. The emotionless child prodigy was a turnoff are first, but the supporting cast made it work.
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I finished season 1 tonight. I thought the ending was perfect. Then season 2 started and negated it all. wtf. I'll finish season 2 this upcoming week. I hate emotionless child prodigies. If not for the lack of a female character preaching about pacifisim, this show could have been called "Gundam: Aldnoah.Zero"
SpoilerThe Vers could have owned the earth so easily. But instead of fighting with a big army or at least with a squad, all their OP knights decided to be 1 many armies. I thought after the first couple died, they'd have wised up and grab some support troops, but nope.. they just keep falling like dominoes.
The Vers empire doesn't make sense to me. If the power to initiate the power source could be transferred with a kiss and was tied to their genetic structure, the knights could have overthrown the emperor, force them to activate everything they need and keep him and his family in jail cells or restricted restraints to prevent them from killing themselves and thus deactivating the tech. There was no need for an actual cast system in their society as far as I can tell. Same with this little wheel chair girl in season 2. The Vers Empire's selective breeding of this power is probably why all these knights died against one kid prodigy / vulcan that had nothing more than an education and logic on his side. Since they were born into their privilege they didn't care about actual battle tactics or common sense like bringing support troops to a fight.
Same with the princess. She is the typical weak character that is only important because she simply exists, acts as a plot device in only 1 or 2 key moments and is only important because of her parents, much like Eureka in Eureka 7 and Elizabeth Liones from Seven Deadly Sins.
I did like the battles in this. One of the things that really separate this from a gundam series is the lack of repeat fighting. At least for the first season. If this was gundam, everyone would fight, get more pissed at each other, then escape and go their separate ways, get some new suit upgrade, rinse and repeat. But with Aldnoah.Zero, they kill people and the plot progresses. Yay. The plot came together good in the end of season 1 and season 2 was just about to do some space battles right before I shut it off. Looks promising so far.
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Yeah, season 2 gets a lot better as it goes on. So do the battles. The whole feudal system makes the vers interesting.
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I finished this up yesterday. It definitely got better in season 2.
SpoilerI liked the other characters, like the PTSD guy, but no character got a hero moment in the entire series because Inaho was involved in every single enemy death. Just when I think one of the other characters was going to shine, Inaho intervened by shooting the enemy from space even tho he wasn't involved with the fight at all. Ruined that fight for me. lol. I'd have rather seen some good guys die as long as I could have seen a single fight that didn't involve Inaho.
Inaho's eyeball was so powerful he could watch a battle in space while standing on the earth's surface. He basically had a satellite with an AI system in his head. His eyeball was the most advanced technology they had compared to Vers' mars tech. They could have put that AI and vision system into all their mechs for a huge advantage.
A main character with a special left eye and a feudal system setting made the second season feel a bit too much like Code Geass. Even Slaine with his dodging ability in his mech was pretty much the same ability of that other guy in Code Geass.
I didn't like Inaho.
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