Off Topic IV

Post #301 » by **fatlever** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:47 pm

anyone else here playing skyrim? that game has been my 2nd job for the past 2 weeks and probably will continue for the next 10.

Post #302 » by **Diop** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:35 am

I haven't yet Fats but I'm intending to get it. Heard a lot of good things about it.

Looks huge as well.

Post #303 » by **Diop** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:22 pm

Also, did you know they have made it into a movie?

doc.end · Post #304 » by **doc.end** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:36 pm

ESPN gives us some love http://espn.go.com/nba/bracket

SWedd523 · Post #305 » by **SWedd523** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:39 pm

I must be missing something

doc.end · Post #306 » by **doc.end** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:48 pm

They've just changed it. There was a bracket for 2012 playoffs with nonsense rankings, one oculd say placholders but it wasn't alphabethical or any logical order. We were seeded as No.1 of East facing No. 8 Chicago, Washington was No.5, Miami, LAkers missing playoffs etc. There has been a thread about in on GB.

Edit: Standings here http://espn.go.com/nba/standings/_/group/2 still unchanged.

SWedd523 · Post #307 » by **SWedd523** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:53 pm

Damn Kemba and Bismack must be better than we thought

Post #308 » by **fatlever** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:55 pm

Sachmo wrote:I haven't yet Fats but I'm intending to get it. Heard a lot of good things about it.

Looks huge as well.

it is awesome. much much much better than oblivion. the graphics are amazing. the topography of the land is amazing. the caves and dungeons are all unique (unlike oblivion) and many make you go "WOW" when you walk in. the combat is improved. the NPCs are improved. there are like 20 people you can have as follows and maybe 30 that you can marry (if that is your thing). it might be my favorite game ever and i am only fraction of the way done.

doc.end · Post #309 » by **doc.end** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:21 pm

Does it run smoothly?

Post #310 » by **fatlever** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:14 pm

i'm playing on xbox and its has been pretty smooth for me. i think i've had 3 freezes so far, which for a game this size, isnt bad. the only load times are when you enter a building, cave, fortified city etc... those loads are about 10-20 seconds, lengthy but not as bad as fallout 3, new vegas. you can run from one side of the map to the other (which would take you a while) without a load screen.

ohara · Post #311 » by **ohara** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:20 pm

http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/29/patrice-o ... active_one

Man, I hate this. This cat was one funny dude. And 41 is way too early for anyone to stroke out. RIP guy. You were good.

Elden Payton · Post #312 » by **Elden Payton** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:09 pm

ohara wrote:http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/29/patrice-oneal-dead/?adid=interactive_one

Man, I hate this. This cat was one funny dude. And 41 is way too early for anyone to stroke out. RIP guy. You were good.

Thanks for the heads up ohara.

RIP Patrice.

Fred Williamson · Post #313 » by **Fred Williamson** » Sat Dec 3, 2011 4:22 pm

Cotto vs Margarito tonight... boy, it's like Christmas. I can't wait

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imyMWSU_AYI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

penquin11 · Post #314 » by **penquin11** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:03 pm

fatlever wrote:
Sachmo wrote:I haven't yet Fats but I'm intending to get it. Heard a lot of good things about it.

Looks huge as well.

it is awesome. much much much better than oblivion. the graphics are amazing. the topography of the land is amazing. the caves and dungeons are all unique (unlike oblivion) and many make you go "WOW" when you walk in. the combat is improved. the NPCs are improved. there are like 20 people you can have as follows and maybe 30 that you can marry (if that is your thing). it might be my favorite game ever and i am only fraction of the way done.

Skyrim rocks, I have it for PC and have complete what seems to be a million quests, and despite that there are still to many things to count left to do.
Things Ive Done:
Beat the Imperials as Stromcloaks
Done Many Bad things as a Assassin of the Dark Brotherhood (I dont want to spoil anything)
Done Many Badass things as thieves guild
Done many things as headmaster of the Magic School
Slayed the Top Dragon
Encountered the Blades (who are sort of jerks)
Killed 44 Dragons
And Many Many Many other things......
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In other news does anyone play Battlefield 3 here?

Post #315 » by **fatlever** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 4:30 pm

awesome, another skyrim fan. there are 6 of us at work who have been cracked out on that game since 11/11. all of us went and got it on opening day and we are all still playing every day.

i've been taking it slow though, level 25, mostly been doing theives guild. i havent even really started on the main quest yet. its been a month and i am still amazed when i walk around in the world. i must have 50 pending quests waiting for me.

penquin11 · Post #316 » by **penquin11** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 5:41 pm

yeah I know what that is like, I once had so many quests that newer quests would not show up in my journal until older ones were completed.

What part are you on in the Thieves Guild quest line? Like I said I dont want to spoil anything as I am a monster in the game, having completed the main quest line, the civil war quest line, the main theives guild line (sort of), the Mage school quest line, the Dark Brotherhood Q line, among other things. I have to have uncovered at least 4/5ths of all of the map locations and such in my adventuring. I still get a kick out of unrelenting force voicing bandits and such off tall bridges or mountains, it doesnt get better than that. Also since I have it on PC I can access the console and suddenly decide to spawn 20 Imperials and 20 Stormcloacks, leading to a cool battle scene (though Stormcloaks seem to win most of the time). I wish as a Stormcloak officer I could order soldiers to follow me but I cannot figure out how (if its possible at all). I love the smithing system in the game as my dragon plate armor makes me basically invulnerable (it has like 400 armor when upgraded to legendary) and since I have fully upgraded the heavy armor skill I am not encumbered at all by my heavy armor. Also I found this absolutely sick ancient helmet that has reverse hornes (facing down) and is badass as hell. Not to mention my duel blades (one is nightengale blade and the other is the great dragonbane) both do above 100 damage and their spell enchantments make them even more powerful.

Anyways has anyone noticed how Frigen slow horses go in skyrim, literally it is faster to just run to your destination and cut through the terrain.....

Also what are your 5 most glorious moments in game? Here are my 5
1. As part of the Civil war quest Line during one of the battles I got the chance to kill a apposing traitor general, as I use duel blades during the fight I knocked the **** out of the person and as our general was yelling "FOR SKYRIM!!!!" I knocked the enemy to their knees and continued to cut their head off, It was the most well timed kill ever and went perfectly with the story line.
2. I am sort of a noob with a bow and arrow in Skyrim so any kill I get with one is glorious. I remember that I had just commited murder along a route to Dragonbridge?(f*ck my memory) and 2 imperials on horses came charging at me from a distance away, I pulled out my bow aimed 2cm above one of their head and next thing you know I was leveling up in my marksman skill. Apparently when I took the shot it grazed the first cavalry-men's head killing him and continued to nail what latter turned out to be a buck of some sort in the head, killin it too.
3. I had taken up a mission to go and take out a bandit camp and rescue some night elves so I got my companion (who is armed to the teeth with gear I provided him) and headed out on what turned out to be a super epic journey.on the way walking I ended up running into giants, sabre tooth kitties, bandits, dragons/dragon priests, **** you name it I ran into it. Needless to say upon arriving at the camp I was quite relieved. Unfortunately I was a pretty high level by now, and the bandits at the camp werent pussies, as a matter of fact they were wearing freaking glass armor, and so an epic battle ensued. I remember at the climax of the fight my comapion and I ended up back to back while surounded by countless foes while up on this wall, at this point I was totally screwed, Im not usually one to carry around many potions or such because of my armor but the journey had been harsh and I had not expected this much resistance from my foes. Then I started hearing some unusual sounds comming from below me, I checked and as it turned out some really unlucky hunters had made their way to the camp some how, but lucky for me they were all archers willing to aide me (a total stranger) in battle, and so the odds were evened!
4. I was running for my life from this dragon as I had no armor or weapons equiped (as I was about to do a quest) and then some scrawny gal runs up with a butter knife and absolutely f*cked up the dragon, I was amazed.....
5. I was trying to go hunting in the wild when some wolves started after me, as I was a low level and suck at archery I had no choice but to run (this is why I am not an archer), I found myself caught at the edge of some sort of massive cliff and thought I was a gonner, so the wolves came charging and I simply side stepped and continued to watch the two wolves fall off the mountain to their death....

doc.end · Post #317 » by **doc.end** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:18 pm

Survivor had very sick ending of tribal council yesterday. Rest of the same is gonna be emotionally brutal. Last episode wasn't one of the best but very dense in what it was about.

Edit: Is anyone here watching current season anyway?

vorbis · Post #318 » by **vorbis** » Fri Dec 9, 2011 5:09 am

probably not worth a new thread, but i just wanted to say holy **** @ CP3 nonsense this evening. why didn't they just outlaw the trading of superstars? NO was getting a reasonable haul for Paul, but the trade was blocked because of where he was headed. All under the ruse of the "best interests" of NOH and the NBA. unbelievable. well, maybe it's believable.

penquin11 · Post #319 » by **penquin11** » Fri Dec 9, 2011 3:42 pm

"The Nba was protecting the Hornets"
bull: lets see what the Cavs got for Lebron leaving in free agency

Cavs: NOTHING AT F*CKING ALL

Lets see what the Hornets were going to get between the Lakers and Houston Trades:
Kevin Martin, Louis Scola, Lamar Odom, Gorgiac (whatever), several NBA draft picks at least one of which was likely to be a Lotto pick
Hornets after trade:
PG Jack/Gorgiac
SG Martin/Green
SF Odom/Ariza
PF West/Landry
C Okafor/Gray
Not only would these trades give the a good deal of talented players but they also would have the depth to trade guys like Ariza, Green, and Gray in order to seal up a true starting PG, not to mention they could just buy Billups off the Waiver wire. If they could seal up a true PG then they would definitely be in the playoffs this year and near the top of their division....

Case 2: Hornets trade with Warriors
Hornets would get a overated guard named Ellis and a point guard who really isnt a poing guard in Curry...... Ellis would be untradable because everyone knows he is overated and short, and Curry would not be able to fill the shoes of CP3, meanwhile the Warriors Lotto picks would be good but not great with the Warriors grabbing CP3 and possibly Nene....
Analysis: NO gets **** over

I am so disgusted by this that I am not even sure I wantto watch the NBA ever again. Literally I am not sure If I even give a flying **** about the NBA anymore. I would much rather watch the NCAA.

e4Nf6 · Post #320 » by **e4Nf6** » Fri Dec 9, 2011 4:19 pm

I actually thought the Lakers gave up too much. Without Odom and Gasol they are super thin up-front. It's a little much to expect the often injured/acting-like-a-12-year-old Andrew Bynum to get every rebound.