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    *** 2016 NBA Playoff thread ***

    I dunno about that personally. He's a great/the greatest shooter but I think with the way the game is trending you'll also see the impact of more emphasis on the development of the 3pt shot in the coming years - I think it'll be something players will have and practice earlier and harder. They...
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    Warcraft the Movie

    It was pretty and had nice production values. As someone at least moderately familiar with Warcraft it was definitely cool seeing many characters/concepts/places brought to life. However if you strip that away or are someone with no exposure to/interest in Warcraft I think it doesn't fare so...
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    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time free on Uplay

    Sands of Time is a great game, highly recommend it. You'll most likely be happier playing with a controller however.
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    Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26 billion

    I guess some people somewhere think LinkedIn is important. I wouldn't think of it as a good investment personally. But it seems like LinkedIn is at least retaining it's independence and staff and simply becoming part of Microsoft's "portfolio" so to speak so it shouldn't be too disruptive.
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    Sunspring Sci-fi shortfilm written by AI

    I found this thoroughly entertaining. The full article is pretty cool too and explains more thoroughly what the AI "read", how it influenced the creative process and how the script was interpreted.
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    Overwatch

    I don't think they're out of whack in that it's unintentional at least. I'm not a huge fan of it but I think it was a conscious design decision to try to provide a more consistently satisfying experience for the majority of players. Most people aren't ridiculously good FPS players but they still...
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    Overwatch

    Solo queue is definitely not an ideal way to play. I think they could (and hopefully will) improve the in-game communication tools though. I like the radial menu but aside from "Group up" and "Ult status" it really isn't terribly helpful - personally I keep voice chat disabled entirely since I'm...
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    Overwatch

    There's fewer because of the pay-wall but to call it "troll-free" is just naive lol. I haven't seen many/any 'dead weight' players purposefully sabotaging their team at least but there's been plenty of your typical so edgy trash talk.
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    What music are you listening to now?

    So it turns out both Blink 182 and No Doubt are better than I remembered. Goddamn "Don't Speak" is a great song. Also "Oi to the world" is awesome, both the cover by No Doubt and the original by The Vandals.
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    *** 2016 NBA Playoff thread ***

    Goddamnit OKC :(
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    Overwatch

    Based entirely off feel (and only a few anecdotal tests in the shooting range) I don't think I have a problem with/have noticed the tick rate but I do think the hitboxes are fairly generous. For instance as Widowmaker in the test range you can headshot the stationary robots while the center of...
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    Ubisoft Humble Bundle

    I can't see it from work but imo any of Farcry 3/Blood Dragon/4 are worth the alleged "pain" of Uplay. That said it never posed a problem for me - just install client, install game, done. Those games are great and that's what matters most.
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    Overwatch

    Overwatch VOIP does not expose your IP address, no.
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    Do you listen to spoken dialogue in games or skip through it?

    Usually, yes, but I also tend to enable subtitles at the same time too.
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    *** 2016 NBA Playoff thread ***

    Go Thunder, I would love to see someone derail the Warriors lol. It's fun in the same way rooting against the Patriots is fun :D
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    101st 1/506 Airborne sex crime cover up.

    I'm about 2/3rds done and, man, I have a hard time following along all the captains/sergeants/majors/colonels/commanders. No idea who is who aside from Queen, Santoro and Mason. And while it sounds like they could have done a better job reporting it it does also sound like the guys he targeted...
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    Louisiana bill to limit stripper weight

    :colbert: Hard to know the exact intent - could be a joke, could be a poison pill as was mentioned. Either way it's still a valid bill and amendment. Dumb? Sure. Bullshit? Not really.
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    Louisiana bill to limit stripper weight

    Funny but still sad. It's incredible the petulant people that get elected.
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    Overwatch

    Yeah, I just bought the regular edition straight through the battle.net application. Good enough for me.
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    Overwatch

    That's great and all but, man, why the hell does it take so long to slot a single person into a 5v6 game then? lol, I was fortunate enough to play with a group of 6 pretty often but after initially queueing successfully it seemed like once one of us left or if someone on the other team quit it...
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    Civ 6 Announcement and Date

    I just hope multiplayer works better than Civ V. Once there were more than 3-4 people playing we'd run into all sorts of problems starting/connecting/loading/etc.
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    Overwatch

    Technically, yes, but I guess I think of that implementation as more of a single capture point conquest because victory is still simply based off of 'winning the point'. I think a King of the Hill mode could add wrinkles to shift victory from being about "winning the point" to "occupying the...
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    Overwatch

    People probably want deathmatch lol. I'm happy with the modes and maps, the modes are nothing new but I think they're done well. I think the overtime implementation is fun and can get pretty intense, Capture Point 'intervals' are a nice touch and most of the maps aren't too heavy on chokepoints...
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    Overwatch

    There is such a thing as too many characters (eg: LoL) but there's only about 20 in Overwatch and there's not an egregious amount of overlap in terms of what each one brings to the table. I played a lot during the beta and the only noticeably underplayed characters were Zenyatta and Symmetra...
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    Overwatch

    Woohoo, it's back as of last night. It's a blast when playing with friends but after we quit I tried a few quick play games solo and it really wasn't anything to write home about in comparison. I think since the teams are limited to 6v6 (whereas most games scale higher than that) the relative...
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    Hearthstone

    No doubt, it's just not possible for a lot of spells to hurt the caster in anyway (though I hear Sprint is fun if you're in fatigue lol). I think as long as it doesn't go nuts with damage to your face or board clear (or secrets maybe) you can weather it. But every now and then it will just...
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    Hearthstone

    Yeah, playing a bit more I think I just had some bad luck with Yogg when he wrecked me. Other times I've seen him it seems to trend to more of a 'neutral' effect overall. Could go any way though. I'm surprised that when one of Yogg's spells kills/removes Yogg himself that the effect still...
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    Hearthstone

    Nah, that sounds correct. Kind of like how polying Stalagg would prevent Feugan's deathrattle from doing anything, etc.
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    Hearthstone

    Well keep in mind there is yet ANOTHER card which will put Cthun back into your deck if it's been killed lol. It's a neutral rare that's like.. 7/8 for 8 or something along those lines.
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    Hearthstone

    Haven't played much but not sure I'm going to enjoy this expansion. The fact that a lot of the Cthun buff cards are both pretty good in their own right and provide the Cthun synergy is a bit curious. And maybe I was just unlucky but I got Yoggsaron'd pretty hard last night - it cast a ton of...
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    Twin Peaks - what a beautifully crafted show

    I'm still bummed that Harry Ontkean isn't involved. Though I think I read something about his retirement being medical related - so it's possible he just couldn't. Also Michael Cera? Very much looking forward to it, I keep meaning to watch my BluRay release of TP that I got a few years ago...
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    Hearthstone

    Yeah, KelThuzad wipes the floor with Rafaam unless Rafaam draws extremely well to remove some strong minions without actually killing them. Got my win and that's enough of this one for me.
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    Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg dead @ 45

    Aw man, that sucks. A bit before my time but I still liked a lot Tribe's work.
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    Student who had sex with teacher now scarred for life

    I'm usually on the side of the fence that these cases are overblown and less 'damaging' than they are portrayed. But I can understand the prospect of a fifteen year old hearing "I'm pregnant" and panicking or getting scared - no teen is ready for fatherhood.
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    Folding paper 7 times with a 10 ton hydraulic press

    "I decided to integrate big nuts to the phone and it penetrated" "The integration of nuts to the clock went very well" This is awesome.
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    Stardew Valley

    Seriously, Harvest Moon 64 is awesome you Johnny-come-latelies. It's one of the few original cartridges I actually kept.
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    The difference of ASP.net

    ASP.net Marvel vs Capcom
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    Burger King's "disgusting disgrace" (anyone tried their hot dog yet?)

    I don't think I'd eat a "good" hotdog let alone one from BK.