I completely agree. I feel that the second installment pulled even more RPG elements out of the game. One of my favorite parts of the first Mass Effect was regularly having to upgrade guns, ammo types, and weapon mods but for reasons that I don't understand the sequel has TWO shotguns/pistols/assault rifles/etc.. in the whole galaxy, a regular one and a better one.
In the town where I live they put in a red light camera on an intersection with the downslope of a hill stopping about 7-10 car lengths back with no pedestrian crossings. The speed limit in this area is 40 mph. I live in IA so for a good portion of winter the roads are icy due to the highs are in the 25-34 F range and with the lows being in the 10-20 range.
"Driving without due care and attention"
If you are driving at a safe speed on a nice sunny day, lets say 30-40 mph, you will NOT have enough time to stop without endangering all the cars behind you on the hill, who may or may not have ABS, as they move from compacted snow to patchy ice or solid ice on a downgrade. I say run the fucking light 1-3 seconds after it turned red so you don't cause a 7 car pile-up.
If the cops are taking these types of things into account then I'm fine with it. Otherwise it's total bullshit.
A childhood friend of mine lived at the end of a culdasac at the top of a hill with a manhole cover in the center. We must have been about 14 and had been lighting fireworks off for several years.
We just discovered how awesome "Artillery Shells" are when you light them off but don't put them in the tube. One of us decided that we had to know what they sounded like when they exploded while in the manhole. So we proceeded to throw about 6-10 of them down there and they did sound really cool.
My friends mom came home. Thank [deity of choice] that we ran out of artillery shells and had put the manhole cover back. We were just throwing bottle rockets and black cats down the little pry hole at this point. She exploded, no pun intended, on us and had a police officer come over and tell us: "If even the smallest spark got down there you would ignite the explosive sewer gas and blow the whole block up!" We tried not to laugh and rolled our eyes.
I can completely understand this. Its a brand association thing.
[not to troll] Personally I hate, and do not purchase products from, Apple("It just works" with all the hipsters being deutsch bags), Old Navy(Old lady and gay dudes frolicking around), as well as any other company whose ad campaigns I deam annoying enough not to purchase their products.
For some people the fact that the Xbox was the only choice for Halo might have done it.
Yep. That's one reason I didn't buy a 360.
One thing I've never understood is how a console having a certian game can play a part in making you not want to buy it.
I did a quick search of PS3 , 360, and Wii exclusives. There is alot that I would HATE on each console and a few that I would love on each one as well.
If someone could explain why OP could could hate X360 for being the only console that has Halo while it also is the only console that has Ninga Gaiden II, Fable, and Mass Effect I will feel satisfied.
p.s. I do understand how a console not having a certian game can play a part in your decision but not the other way around
I find that TXTing is much more convienent than calling. Sometimes you don't actually want to talk on the phone with someone and only want to say: "[insert bar name] 5:30?", "Disc?", "When are you coming to [location]?", etc... You arn't interested in having a conversation with them unless there is a reply or needs to be a negotiation on what bar or time.
Likewise I'm not interested in talking to someone about going to the bar if I'm not feeling well or am not in town and you can get by with a simple "No", "busy", or "out of town".
I agree with what you are saying about people over using texts but they are quite usefull and I usually still hear some sort of excuse if someone is late even if they did text and say they were going to be late.
It is almost like inventions happen because the right prerequisites are there, and not because of some monetary incentive.
When I was in high school one of my goals in life was to create a high five machine but, one of my friends informed me that it had already been patented. I even had a simple sketch of what I planned to do when he informed me. The foundation for the primary prerequisite, a high five, had been already invented and it was realized that people without friends could not participant in this by themselves.
I don't know how you can beat Civ 2 in 5 hours. The only I can think of is spending 3 hours to get Gunpowder unlocking Leo's Workshop. If you don't beat it in a quick sweep after your warriors have been upgraded to Musketeers you are looking at a long strung out game. Please enlighten me if there is another way. Playing on a small map is for pussies so that doesn't count:|
"netbooks got their name because 'a Japanese man on a plane fell asleep with a laptop on his thighs and was horribly burned, so the industry has dropped the name laptop."
So fires are the reason why they call Desktops PCs!;)
It seems that tendencies to be happy, not to smoke, and not to become obese
I don't understand this.
If I were to become obese all I would have to think of to be happy is all eats and treats that got me there. The closest I ever got was 1 point under Obese on the WiiFit.
Attempting to quit smoking has never made me a happier person. The closest I got was a couple days but I was preaty happy when I started back up:)
1.92 million dollars is some fucking criminal, life-ruining BULLSHIT. Bankruptcy and garnished wages for life is not an acceptable outcome for a truly petty crime.
Teaching cell phone safety to the public is about as likely to happen as someone winning the lottery jackpot 37 times in a row by finding discarded tickets in the street.
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I completely agree. I feel that the second installment pulled even more RPG elements out of the game. One of my favorite parts of the first Mass Effect was regularly having to upgrade guns, ammo types, and weapon mods but for reasons that I don't understand the sequel has TWO shotguns/pistols/assault rifles/etc.. in the whole galaxy, a regular one and a better one.
It has been at least 50 years since heat-seeking missiles were invented. They can hunt down a fighter with far more accuracy than a human pilot can...
If you don't know it is there you can't fire a missle at it.
Borderlands.
Worst world changing announcement ever.
Agreed. This article is:
+1 Informative followed by the...
+500 REDUNDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My apologies for trolling and/or flamebaiting.
In the town where I live they put in a red light camera on an intersection with the downslope of a hill stopping about 7-10 car lengths back with no pedestrian crossings. The speed limit in this area is 40 mph. I live in IA so for a good portion of winter the roads are icy due to the highs are in the 25-34 F range and with the lows being in the 10-20 range.
"Driving without due care and attention"
If you are driving at a safe speed on a nice sunny day, lets say 30-40 mph, you will NOT have enough time to stop without endangering all the cars behind you on the hill, who may or may not have ABS, as they move from compacted snow to patchy ice or solid ice on a downgrade. I say run the fucking light 1-3 seconds after it turned red so you don't cause a 7 car pile-up.
If the cops are taking these types of things into account then I'm fine with it. Otherwise it's total bullshit.
[cheesht]I find your lack of faith disturbing.
A childhood friend of mine lived at the end of a culdasac at the top of a hill with a manhole cover in the center. We must have been about 14 and had been lighting fireworks off for several years.
We just discovered how awesome "Artillery Shells" are when you light them off but don't put them in the tube. One of us decided that we had to know what they sounded like when they exploded while in the manhole. So we proceeded to throw about 6-10 of them down there and they did sound really cool.
My friends mom came home. Thank [deity of choice] that we ran out of artillery shells and had put the manhole cover back. We were just throwing bottle rockets and black cats down the little pry hole at this point. She exploded, no pun intended, on us and had a police officer come over and tell us: "If even the smallest spark got down there you would ignite the explosive sewer gas and blow the whole block up!" We tried not to laugh and rolled our eyes.
Kids do stupid stuff
It can't be summed up any better than that.
I can completely understand this. Its a brand association thing.
[not to troll] Personally I hate, and do not purchase products from, Apple("It just works" with all the hipsters being deutsch bags), Old Navy(Old lady and gay dudes frolicking around), as well as any other company whose ad campaigns I deam annoying enough not to purchase their products.
For some people the fact that the Xbox was the only choice for Halo might have done it.
Yep. That's one reason I didn't buy a 360.
One thing I've never understood is how a console having a certian game can play a part in making you not want to buy it.
I did a quick search of PS3 , 360, and Wii exclusives. There is alot that I would HATE on each console and a few that I would love on each one as well.
If someone could explain why OP could could hate X360 for being the only console that has Halo while it also is the only console that has Ninga Gaiden II, Fable, and Mass Effect I will feel satisfied.
p.s. I do understand how a console not having a certian game can play a part in your decision but not the other way around
Just kidding.
I find that TXTing is much more convienent than calling. Sometimes you don't actually want to talk on the phone with someone and only want to say: "[insert bar name] 5:30?", "Disc?", "When are you coming to [location]?", etc... You arn't interested in having a conversation with them unless there is a reply or needs to be a negotiation on what bar or time.
Likewise I'm not interested in talking to someone about going to the bar if I'm not feeling well or am not in town and you can get by with a simple "No", "busy", or "out of town".
I agree with what you are saying about people over using texts but they are quite usefull and I usually still hear some sort of excuse if someone is late even if they did text and say they were going to be late.
The cake is a lie!
Do I have to remind you that we never try to pull someone out of the cake once they reach a certian age...
You chase tail wasting time and money often to accomplish nothing.
Thats what I feel like every weekend when I check my bank account after visiting my local gentelmans club. I never seem to learn my lesson:)
Seriously... miles?
I know. Everyone knows that you are supposed to use miles for length and gallons for volume.
It is almost like inventions happen because the right prerequisites are there, and not because of some monetary incentive.
When I was in high school one of my goals in life was to create a high five machine but, one of my friends informed me that it had already been patented. I even had a simple sketch of what I planned to do when he informed me. The foundation for the primary prerequisite, a high five, had been already invented and it was realized that people without friends could not participant in this by themselves.
Now he has nothing to do but spend $1M on 40's, hookers, and smokes.:/
I don't know how you can beat Civ 2 in 5 hours. The only I can think of is spending 3 hours to get Gunpowder unlocking Leo's Workshop. If you don't beat it in a quick sweep after your warriors have been upgraded to Musketeers you are looking at a long strung out game. Please enlighten me if there is another way. Playing on a small map is for pussies so that doesn't count:|
Like South Park put it "Fuck you dolphin!! And Fuck you Whale!!" err... "Fuck you chicken!! And Fuck you cow!!"
directions from my computer in my parents basement to the mini-fridge in my parents basement?
Mod Parent UP
"netbooks got their name because 'a Japanese man on a plane fell asleep with a laptop on his thighs and was horribly burned, so the industry has dropped the name laptop."
So fires are the reason why they call Desktops PCs! ;)
I don't understand this.
If I were to become obese all I would have to think of to be happy is all eats and treats that got me there. The closest I ever got was 1 point under Obese on the WiiFit.
Attempting to quit smoking has never made me a happier person. The closest I got was a couple days but I was preaty happy when I started back up :)
But not in my book.
You good sir have obviously not been going to the one with the play zone.
1.92 million dollars is some fucking criminal, life-ruining BULLSHIT. Bankruptcy and garnished wages for life is not an acceptable outcome for a truly petty crime.
BLAH BLAH BLAH...
You seem to forget that "When you steal my music, YOU ARE STEALING FOOD FROM MY DAUGHTERS PLATE."
~Lars
If anything I for one think that 1.92 Mil is about 10-100 maybe even 10000 times too small... THINK ABOUT THE FUCKING CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!
;)
Buzz Aldrin: "Knocken people to infinity and beyond!!!"
Teaching cell phone safety to the public is about as likely to happen as someone winning the lottery jackpot 37 times in a row by finding discarded tickets in the street.
Here is some Evidence ?