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I just finished Shiki. To use an infamous quote: it was one of the animes in the world. Yes, any adjective is purposefully missing. The art: the scenery is done really well, but the character designs are WAAAYYY out there. Even for an anime. You know the meme? Well it's hard to spot the main character in Shiki because somehow the studio decided everybody needs crazy hair in this show. And the clothes, dear Lord the clothes. I would like to mention one character in particular: Tatsumi. The real crime is done by the person that gave that man his shopping privileges. The storytelling: Pretty interesting. I don't want to spoil anything, but the reason this turned up on my radar was because it seemed to fit my weak spot listed above. The story itself is not super special, but good enough. The characters lack depth. And it's quite difficult to find a really likeable character in this series. Did I like it: I guess...? Recommended? It seems to get hyped up more than it deserves, but a decent 7 (MyAnimeList) is not bad. And at least it's a story in full.
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My result is a little skewed the wrong way, I don't remember our upload being higher than our download we've been on fiber now for a while. We don't need higher speeds than this IMO.
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Timotheus replied to pevil's topic in Key Largo Beach Resort and General Discussion
That's awesome! Love the green ever since I tried creating a noob Anbu "cosplay" when I was in college I have massive respect for people who lose themselves in this stuff. I really miss MSN a lot, it was such a convenient piece of software to keep in touch with friends. Whatsapp in a browser is what comes closest for me right now I guess, but it's just not the same. After MSN there was this brief void called skype which was utterly horrible to use compared to MSN, and then everybody in my circle moved on to social media. That never worked out for me. We had a local version of Facebook called Hyves, I "used" that for a bit - ie I had an account but never logged in. So I stopped using that, and a year or so later the company went belly-up. And I had a facebook account for a bit, but grew to hate all the giveaway and lottery spam from everyone, and all the ads, so deleted that as well. That marked the end to be able to get in touch with a lot of people, but I just couldn't be bothered at that point. And now I just have a twitter account which I so far have only really used to complain to an airline webcare team because our flight got delayed 7 hours without notice. I think I've had that account 7 years or so it's just something I occasionally use to be able to read certain posts I get sent... -
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Timotheus replied to pevil's topic in Key Largo Beach Resort and General Discussion
Hiya pevil welcome back! That age is nearing steadily for me too, I hit 37 this year. As to what happened in my life in a nutshell: finished college, got a job, still there lol, got married, and a proud father since last year. My gaming time tanked, but I try to find the time to play every now and then. I mainly play Project Zomboid when I can, occaisionally some Plate Up! with the wifey, and I will go back to D4 when the expansion releases. It’s weird to think back when I first touched Sacred, many many years ago, and this board surviving all this time. I randomly saw Llama in.. what was that game again, it ‘s still in beta I think.. Last Epoch. I have Rotluchs added on there but haven’t touched the game in ages. I wish I had kept in touch with the OG’s but with Skype/MSN dieing, and not having any accounts on other gaming platforms, this was the last place I would find them after the SIF closed up. And with the SIF closing, I lost contact with quite a few people too. What game is UO? Can’t wait to see the pictures -
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Timotheus replied to Timotheus's topic in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!
No relatives, no nothing. We just really liked Canada the first time we went there (Vancouver & Rockies). It was a last minute decision to be honest, we've never booked a holiday this late. Lotta pre-travel stress, but everything went as smooth as we could hope for and Mick did great. We were unsure how the would do on a long flight but it went really well. It's been a few weeks now but time flies and I haven't really been in the mood for forums these past few weeks... -
Hello and Nice to meet you everybody :)
Timotheus replied to xeyp's topic in DarkMatters: Introductions.
Hi xeyp, welcome to the FDM I've been roaming this place since 2007, and played S1 religiously in my late teens, early 20s. It really is a shame you felt intimidated to play S1 online because that has been my most positive online experience - maybe because Sacred was a bit of an obscure game and the people you would find online time after time were as into the game as you (and I) were. The Sacred International Forum (SIF) was very active - I spent a lot of time there - and it was a really fun and welcoming community. Sadly, as with most things online, they dissapear. Thankfully these games can still be enjoyed offline. Maybe I should jot down my first experience with S1 as well somewhere. Your post was a very interesting read, and resembles mine quite a lot if I'm honest. Stick around, we're quite a nice bunch of people -
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Timotheus replied to Timotheus's topic in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!
We will actually be doing something that has made me anxious so we'll see how things end up... We're heading to Toronto you know, all three of us... The first few days we'll spend in the city and then it's time to pick up an RV and head to Niagara Falls. I'm just a little bit nervous about only the ENTIRE trip We've thought about heading over to Montreal as well, but decided against it to drastically limit our travel times after arrival. It's weird, Tam and I have traveled to the States, Canada, Australia, and quite a few places in Asia, no problem. But with the kiddo around, I'm suddenly feeling... Like a dad I guess. -
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Timotheus replied to Timotheus's topic in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!
The summer break is coming up. I will be off for 4 weeks, crazy stuff. Can't wait. Also, haven't had that many weeks off in a row since high school. Don't think I will remember my passwords by the time I have to return to work -
Did someone lock the doors? Whyzzit so quiet here? Barkeep, hit me up with a little nightcap, our little one is going through sleep regression - again - and I can use all the help I can get!
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Time zone differences are brutal. I really can't game like I did 20 years ago, you know, having a job and a family now and the 6-7 hour time difference I have to you gogo means that we mostly just managed to catch one another as I was right about to log off for the evening. By the way, haven't touched D4 in months. Will probably end up playing the expansion though. (Sidenote: Jeez 20 years since Sacred came out, what a crazy realization...)
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Our little guy could not wait to get out, Tam's leave was about to start when her water broke. He was born 3 days later, almost 5 weeks early. They spent 2 weeks in the hospital, there was some medical stuff after, but all well and good now. Just getting used to a constant lack of time and sleep I prefer not to throw pics of the kiddo online hope you don't mind it's his choice in my opinion, not mine. And since he can't choose yet, I prefer to keep him offline. @Delta! Your place looks amazing you should be proud! The painters are here to do our window sills and stuff, some much needed maintenance!
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Currently I'm not really playing D4 anymore. I did however install Diablo Immortal on my phone, played through it. Meh game at best. I think I'm headed back into SP games for a bit, enjoying Project Zomboid again. I do think I'll get back to D4 just not sure when. Or on what system, I picked up D4 on XBOX since it's crossplay, so I can play with my PC character there as well. My PC is showing it's age and I'm on the verge of retiring it. Might continue playing on my Lenovo gaming laptop, might switch to console all together. All in all, with our little guy my gaming time got sparse
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Hi @Rotluchs I think this time I succeeded (I tried Rotluchs a bit ago but I never got confirmation it worked) because I got a system message saying Bobcat has been added to my friends list.
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Probably not powered @gogoblender because I don't think it will be beefy enough to run an external monitor like that. But yeah, it will connect to a regular monitor via HDMI and apparently they are working on Freesync support. Although the deck is too underpowered for that to really matter, I think.
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Well, I'm pretty sure you could use a dock for the steam deck and hook a controller up to it. That way you get the best of both worlds, similar to how the Nintendo Switch can be used. I really like concept of these devices. More than one reviewer tells me that in the end, the Steam Deck is the most polished gaming experience. Even though the Legion Go and the Ally are more powerful and offer more versatility, with these being full-fledged W11 devices. The appeal of a Steam Deck is so clear to me. But I wonder whether I would prefer a laptop. Also, I am so jealous of everyone in the US and Canada. I hate the fact that we don't get the transparent/orange accented limited edition here.
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@gogoblender There is a cpu upgrade though, however it is not necessarily what you might expect. The new chip in the OLED version is a die-shrink from 7 to 6 nanometer. This does not increase performance, but it ensures the Steam Deck can be cooled easier because smaller chips use less power, which in turn means (according to Valve) that it is able to run at the maximum speed all the time. So there's not necessarily a performance uptick when you look at max FPS, but the minimum and averages could be better. Plus, battery life is better! I watched the Linus Tech Tips review and oh boy, I am seriously considering this thing...
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Well, you pretty much always have to buy games on console and PC right, so it's not that strange to me that I would have to buy the game again. What I find weird however is that (I assume) I would need to log in with my Battle.net account anyway. The Steam deck is a handheld PC, think of it like a Nintendo Switch on steroids. It runs SteamOS, an operating system based on Linux. Valve is investing quite a bit of effort in the experience, meaning you can play a lot of games in your Steam library on it. Also, you're able to hook it up to a dock and use it as a little gaming pc with a monitor, keyboard and mouse. So from couch gaming to desktop mode and vice versa in seconds. Some other major companies are working on devices like these. ASUS came up with the ROG Ally which is more powerful than the Steam Deck, has a better screen, and runs Windows, so pretty much all game launchers work. However it suffers from these capabilities when you look at battery life, and there are quite a few mentions of it killing microSD cards because of a hardware fault: And Lenovo has the recently launched Legion Go, which is very similar to the Ally but it has detachable controllers like the Nintendo Switch: My personal ranking from worst to best would be Lenovo Legion Go < ASUS ROG Ally < Valve Steam Deck. Just because it seems like Valve is really serious about this. If ASUS actually would release a second generation of their Ally, or I could pick up an interesting deal (second hand maybe?) that would be my pick. But I am unsure how far ASUS will take this new hybrid form between console and PC. (Note: you can buy refurbished Steam Decks in the Steam Store for a pretty discount. And keep an eye out for further discounts during Steam sales and the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend!) I am very curious how D3/D4 would run on these systems. It's a very interesting concept to me.
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I have to kite him most of the times, haven't run into him too much on my latest plays. Granted, it's been a bit. By the way, D4 is available on Steam now. I'm a little annoyed I cannot carry over my purchase from Battle.net though. It's understandable but I do not like it. I am very interested in the Steam Deck, but a few off-Steam game purchases are keeping me from making the decision to completely ditch my gaming PC. And I do not like purchasing games twice that early on.
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Where do you get the 500 damage points difference from? The base DPS differs only 139? Or is the difference 500 when equipped? 2 min later: Nevermind, you mean the attack power difference. I have no idea how that works... 5 min later: Did some digging, still don't get it. From what I'm reading here and there it looks like attack power is only useful for melee characters? And it does not seem to take into account any modifiers like Crit, +dmg, etc.
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Ice Shards is a core skill, and I'm fairly certain it chills enemies. Simply put, the modifiers on your legendary wand give you a 28% damage boost on the first hit of Ice Shards, and even more with successive hits (I have no idea how the multipliers are implemented - it could be 28.5+17.2% increase or they could be applied as separate factors). That probably outweighs the base damage boost from your unique wand. Also, none of the modifiers on your unique wand increase damage dealt, whereas literally all of the modifiers on your legendary wand do.
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In the game time I've had lately I have only been playing some CS2 bot matches (just to get a feel for the new visuals and setup - CS is for when I only have an hour or so to kill so I play bot matches to chill) and I have really enjoyed picking up Project Zomboid again. I have given up playing seasonal content, will just be playing Eternal Realm. I do not have the time to invest and so far the content seems really mid-tier. Will give a shout when I'm back in D4!
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Timotheus replied to Timotheus's topic in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!
I can understand that, but still. They are worse in daily driving AFAIK? Did they come stock? I know TÜV is a thing there but I assume upgrading to a big brake kit (ie 4-6piston, slotted or drilled rotors) would be less expensive. Edit: looking at some Brembo pricing right now, okay maybe not: 7k-20k. Nevermind