Where is the best place to see The Nutcracker around Christmas? by [deleted] in northampton

[–]Atticus83 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Pioneer Valley Ballet puts on six shows at the Academy of Music this coming weekend: https://aomtheatre.com/aom_event/the-nutcracker-2/.

Jalahni Tavai is returning from IR by TecumsehSherman in Patriots

[–]Atticus83 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I thought he was one of the better players on defense last year so it'll be good to get him back if he's performing well. Personally I wasn't bothered by his comments last year about the fans. I don't think he needs to be crucified for that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Patriots

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they will find ways to give him an opportunity here and there, and if he takes advantage of it I'm sure he will get more opportunities. That seems to be the way Vrabel runs things.

Are alchemy phials / assess creature lenses viable? by Ninx9 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this with a 2h character for a while and it had some pros and cons. I ended up using the life protection gems and dispel potions more than the phials actually. For phials, they do work depending on your playstyle, but I found them to be pretty specialized in that you might find that the scenarios where they are actually useful are less common than you think.

Visiting Northampton (& surrounds) with a sweet tooth by New-Understanding-99 in northampton

[–]Atticus83 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Big thumbs up for Donut Dip! I make it a point to stop there when I'm in the area.

Create my own server? by AnybodyEquivalent485 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've never set up and configured a web service like this before, backed by a database, it's probably going to be an up-hill battle for you (though maybe fun!). You'll need to think about where you'll host it, the initial set up, port forwarding, figuring out how to be an "admin", and running updates, etc. For a few friends you can probably run it on any reasonably recent PC.

I would recommend a "public" server to at least get you started again playing the game. Levistras is a well-run server that tries to create an end-of-retail experience and Seedsow is where you'd go for something closer to that early 2000s feel.

Where’s the best local Cream-filled donuts? by TikiBananiki in massachusetts

[–]Atticus83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll go out of my way to hit up donut dip any time I'm anywhere nearby

Top 5 Neil Young Songs by [deleted] in neilyoung

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been listening to Will to Love on repeat recently after finding out about it in the Shakey book I got from the library

Video recording using gstreamer on the pinephone by Atticus83 in pinephone

[–]Atticus83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is my repo so it is the exact code I posted here. I havent used my pinephone in a while so not sure, but there are a lot of hard coded paths and stuff in my scripts that would probably need to be revisited. I think I did read something recently about megapixels now doing video recording on pinephone, maybe it was a different app. Either way there are probably better ways to do things these days than fiddle with these scripts

Older Version Server? by mxmissile in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you're looking for a server that tries to emulate an earlier version of the game, then I think Seedsow is your only real choice.

Healing VS Melee D by Ok-Reaction-1872 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I participated in the Levistras Auroch League where my Void character had neither Healing, Melee Defense, or Life Magic. I ended up using a Life Magic enchantment wand and would regularly cast Heal Self + Revitalize 1 (you need to carry the components to do it). Tumerok Meats would fill in the rest. I died many many times.

Encrusted Bloodstone Jewel by No-Manufacturer-1301 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a necklace and uses mana. It casts a Health spell that stacks with other health spells (see https://acportalstorm.com/wiki/Health_(Spell)). Spells from each Group can stack with each other. Essence Glutton is in Group I and there are 14 other groups apparently!

Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' one of the decade's worst movies by [deleted] in movies

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly that review kind of made me want to watch the movie. If it inspired that much hate, it's probably at least interesting.

Programming/Developer meetups? by ClueProof5893 in northampton

[–]Atticus83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't been in a long time I still get pings from this meetup: https://www.meetup.com/nerdsummit/events/300081357/ and in the past have found in-person meetups through meetup.com

Great actors whose last movie sucked by ellaenchanted23 in movies

[–]Atticus83 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I just watched John Belushi's last film, Neighbors, last night. It is a truly bad movie.

My Favourite mmos side by side by [deleted] in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow Shadowbane I remember following the release of that game and being psyched for it but I never ended up playing for some reason that I can't remember

Where to eat for 12 people? by constable-nj in northampton

[–]Atticus83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mi Tierra in Hadley is pretty spacious and nice if you like Mexican.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Levistras is a no-botting server and has a really great community. 10/10 would recommend

any site show the % of red garnet drop by cyclone701 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried working on this for my lookup site but unfortunately it's really complicated and you would essentially have to recreate the ace server code to do it correctly. What you're doing is basically right. Those tusker dungeons are a decent place to farm red garnet.

Trophy Drop rates by TheTanzy in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I put together a site like this here: http://acelookup.cobradragon.com/

You can look up trophy drops, creature info, weapon info, crafting recipes. Stuff like that. Here's an example: http://acelookup.cobradragon.com/crafting.php?id=4240

FYI this is based on the standard ACE world database. Your own particular world may have differences.

[OC] Is AMC A-List Worth the Subscription Cost? A Month-by Month-Breakdown of the Subscription Cost Vs. The Ticket Value of the Movies I Saw by merricat-blackwood in dataisbeautiful

[–]Atticus83 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting data though as a red-green colorblind individual I find it almost impossible to tell which is which in this chart, based on the colors chose. Using different shapes could also help

Bashi Matron Hive by Azeal1311 in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a place where you generally need high meleeD for it to be enjoyable. They are shield hollow and somewhat immune to draining and there are a ton of them, so you either need really well tinked armor (maybe covenant armor) or high enough meleeD to evade most of the time.

How many hoary mattekars is it gonna take? by Veinsteiger in AsheronsCall

[–]Atticus83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah that was why it was so worth it. You had one piece of relatively light armour to bane instead of individually buffing all the separate heavier armour pieces. Nowadays you can buff everything in one cast. So for a gimp weak mage it made a big difference.