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    North Korea sets off its 3rd nuclear test

    you have to love google maps. a hop skip and a jump to the east you'll find the Hwasong prison labor camp. on some level it is pretty funny that the nuke center and the gulag are plainly there on google for anyone to see. On the other hand, think about the people imprisoned there who are forced...
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    Should conservative climate deniers be despised for the threat they pose...

    The Earth has been in an Ice Age since the beginning of the Pleistocene, about 2.5 million years ago. In formal science, an Ice Age is defined as a period where the Earth still has ice year round at the pole(s). Ice ages are punctuated by glacial minimums and maximums, where the extent of the...
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    Do Angry Young White Men Deserve ‘Empathy’ For Their Gradual Loss Of Privilege? Read

    In strict terms being able-bodied is a privilege as well, but a much more widespread one with less visibility than racial privilege. Why do you think people get disability checks? If you are able bodied you can run! Go up stairs! Appreciate many forms of art! Hike! Enter buildings without access...
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    Lee sin is ridiculous this patch. I've seen him wreck as jungle contrary to what Nik said above. He's always been capable of insane plays but now it seems like his damage output is much higher due to the itemization changes. based on the last few games i've been in i'm starting to consider him a...
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    Unarmed 22 year old white mother killed over cigarettes

    But, you see, that anti-black diatribe wasn't racist because
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    Yeah on some junglers the sustain and extra damage from spirit stone has been helpful. I've liked it on maokai, nunu, and cho. on WW i'm curious about the lizard elder upgrade because you get the extra true damage which works with his ult i believe. has anyone tried that?
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    some random thoughts after playing: Pickpocket is awesome, but only on certain champs that can auto safely. I ran a game as support gp with pickpocket so every parlay harass was money in the bank get tha $$$$. Playing support (my most played role) i feel so much richer than i ever did in s2...
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    **OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

    Those were the days. My first char was a wizard - kiting mobs with blizz/hydra/teleport across like 5 screens (uphill both ways in the snow) just to kill an elite pack, and some packs you couldn't even so much as look at, like the undead guys in act 2 that make poison clouds upon death. Then...
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    **OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

    Yes.
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    **OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

    Comparing offhands works fine for sources/mojos/quivers/shields. I'm not sure about dual wielding though. the one i use is on d3up.com, where you can 'import' your character and then input a simulated item (could be real stats that you saw on the AH or made up stats) and it will compare the...
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    **OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

    Unfortunately yes, it doesn't calculate your offhand :( DPS calcs that 'simulate' items for your character can get around this, though.
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    Yeah for whatever reason dota games feel more volatile than league (though i like league more). i think part of it is that many dota spells are high cost/risk and high reward, whereas many spells in lol are low risk and spammable - so that 1 spell in dota matters a lot more than 1 spell in...
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    **OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

    I main WD too but i'm just getting back into the game after 1.05. Would you say 4piece zunimassa is worth it for the extra mana regen? I've got the helm/chest but haven't sprung for the ring/boots yet. Also i recently figured out that although pierce the veil increases your dps on the screen...
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    i don't know why but i love everything about this.
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    League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

    There is - if you go a certain amount of time without playing a ranked game you start to lose 25 elo/week. However what you might be seeing is that the profile shows your highest rank attained in one place and i think in the friends list you can see their actual current rank at the moment...