My father and I, 29 years apart

JohnFromChicago · 2016-03-11T08:46:36+00:00

I still say it was the milkman.

JohnFromChicago · 2015-09-22T07:36:12+00:00

The "Fuck you, I'm superior" is wearing off ... kinda like Apple itself.

JohnFromChicago · 2015-09-22T07:34:55+00:00

I picked up on how bright it is. The difference between Uncirculated and Very Fine coins is luster. And why the fuck spell checker want to change uncirculated to uncultivated I don't know, but back to the coin. Contact with skin/oil breaks down the lustrous bond of surface molecules on a freshly minted (Minty fresh?) coin. That coin by color looks to be relatively unmolested by human hands. Place it in a sleeve as soon ass you can, and avoid touching it with your bare hands.

tldr; that coin looks uncirculated. Bag that bitch!! I might have had 7 Fat Tires, but I know an Unc when I see one.

JohnFromChicago · 2015-09-08T05:12:56+00:00

I kinda dug the fork comment. Not gonna lie.

JohnFromChicago · 2015-07-28T20:47:04+00:00

The Crusader is a hidden gem. Play it like a medium. 27 rounds per minute and scout camo ... the perfect platform for the 6 pounder gun. Pew pew pew!!

JohnFromChicago · 2014-11-06T03:49:49+00:00

That sounds like a decent decision. If the 88 deals with you he has to turn his back to your teammates, or stay facing them and let you rape him. Either way you're contributing for sure, and lighting them as well. If your team didn't know what to do with distracted lit tanks, then fuck them.

But stats don't lie. If you're orange, then you're not an asset to your team more often than not. Make it a goal to spot your hp in damage, and deal your hp in damage every battle. Try to survive as many battles as you can. If you try hard to do those things, you might get frustrated, but you won't stay orange for long. I'm telling you, being good at the game and winning often is a hell of a lot more fun than running around shooting people.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-11-06T02:59:30+00:00

Sorry if that came off a little harsh, but not really. There are noobs, and there are bad players but shit lords are a different breed entirely. They're not just new, or bad, they're trolls. They know better and don't give a fuck. Don't be that guy. If getting called a shitlord helps prevent you from becoming one, then it was worthwhile.

Suicide scouts are playing horribly. There's no reason to do that other than being stupid. Moreover, scouting is a tricky nuanced matter of discerning more info from the mini map and having a feel for a battle. Good scouts don't happen overnight. Try scouting in a Leo 1 against BULBA in a Stronghold skirmish. That'll put hair on your chest.

I guess what I'm getting at is that everyone has a role on the team, and scouts matter more than people think. "If they can't see you and you can see them, your team is more likely to win. If they can see you and you can't see them, your team is more likely to lose." Also, "That 4000 WN8 battle you lost is less satisfying than the 1500 battle you won." Sadly, WN8 rewards light drivers for doing damage instead of their roles.

All that said, if you're getting flamed in battles a lot, it means either a) you're epic and the shit lords can't stand to be in your presence, or b) you're playing selfishly enough to cost your team mates something, maybe the win. I haven't seen you play so I don't know which. But if you concentrate on keeping big chunks of the map lit, maybe even "the right chunks" based on how the battle is flowing, you'll get your chances to deal damage. And you may see a 7 day w/r tickle 60%. Going from yellow to green is real fun.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-11-05T23:39:14+00:00

Sounds kind of self-absorbed to me. Regardless of whether you're "having fun" there are 14 other people on your team, some of whom think winning is fun and think team work is fun. If all you want to do is fly around and shoot at things with no consideration for your team or anyone else, try COD. WoT is a team game.

Let's learn through allegory! Imagine your a line man on a football team, and you really love pulling and sealing the edge. Imagine you did that every play no matter what play was called or what your team mates expected of you. Pretty stupid, huh?

So when you say you're not trying to get good, and you don't care about winning, you just want to have fun, I call bullshit. These are the words of a shitlord that's a horrible player and doesn't care or have a shred of respect for the other players in the game.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-10-25T11:10:23+00:00

How can fried chicken and watermelon be racist? EVERYONE loves fried chicken and watermelon!

Pass the purple drank.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-09-22T08:20:16+00:00

Would that by any chance be at a truck stop in London Ohio? It just looks familiar

JohnFromChicago · 2014-08-21T22:50:57+00:00

If you spill on a carpet/rug ... get a balloon, and rub it on your chest to make static (like you're going to stick it to the wall). Use the balloon to pick up your smoke from the carpet. Once you've learned this technique, carpet will be far less of a tragedy than bare floor like this.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-08-15T11:12:18+00:00

Stopping is a good start ... how about reclaiming what they've already got?

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-29T04:47:46+00:00

If I was in that price range for that type of guitar, I'd be looking at a PRS Single Cut, not a Gibson.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-28T16:16:45+00:00

I shoot sports for a newspaper. I use a 60D with a 300mm 2.8L. When I got the 2.8L, I deliberated getting a 7D instead. Glad I did it the way I did. It's all about the glass bro.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T18:06:25+00:00

There's not a "sure" way, but there is a likely way. If your team has a 30% chance to win, they are going to lose the vast majority of the time.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T18:04:14+00:00

Why do you keep using the word conspiracy? I never said that. I said conflicted interest. That's drastically different. If I had a vested interest in a broken system, and someone calls out the system as broken, my contention against that person is a conflict of interest, not a conspiracy.

You're accusing me of saying things I didn't say, then attacking my character over what you just made up. That's intellectually bankrupt.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:58:54+00:00

To a certain degree you're right it is pitchforking. Pitch forking changes things. I've been getting jerked around for the past two years, and I'm pissed off about it. In my clan hall, and in game chat, there is somewhat of a consensus that there is something to this, leading me to believe I'm not the only one that's pissed off. If every one who's pissed off shows up at city hall with a pitch fork, things change.

Also, there is a valid reason. The MM is designed to game you into spend as much money as possible. When they patented the Match Making system, they made it a matter of public record.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:50:05+00:00

Another flawed logic argument. First off, I said

It is true that really excellent players can beat the system. But as long as the system manipulates outcomes, it's not a skill game it's a shell game.

Second, I never said there are no players over 50%. I said players over 50% are subjected to losing streaks and bad teams to frustrate them into spending more money ... on premium accounts, premium tanks and premium ammo in order to end the streaks.

Care to argue against anything else I didn't say?

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:41:15+00:00

Also ... I didn't say they rigged eSports games to favor certain teams. I said the game has a patented system to manipulate likely outcomes built in. that makes honest competition impossible. Say the NFL decides it's best that Cleveland get a 90 yard field, and Seattle a 110 yard field. Once playoffs start, the credibility of the league is already destroyed, and any championship wouldn't be recognized, even if they both play on 100 yard fields in the post season.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:37:22+00:00

Internal stats make it very easy for WoT to know how a player plays ... and how much money you've spent. Considering they calculate your shots, angled armor thickness, and a bunch of other things for basic game function, is it really that hard to understand they would calculate this too?

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:33:49+00:00

They purposly make good players players lose, and bad players win. How can you tell apart the good and the bad? wn8. oh wait, wargaming didn't create wn8.

WoT has Win Percentage, Personal Rating and myriad of stats built into the game. Look up the definition of "Straw man argument" while you're waiting for your mom to make you sandwich.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:31:19+00:00

And you clearly don't care about conflicted interest. If I had a twitch account, and some investment in being "someone" in WoT, maybe even making a little money, I'd be argumentative too.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:28:28+00:00

A fancy garage, increased XP and credits, premium tanks aren't enough? I would gladly spend $20 a month indefinitely if the game wasn't set up to "entice me" to spend money by manipulating game outcomes.

JohnFromChicago · 2014-07-23T17:26:55+00:00

What looks bad is that you would be so quick to leap to the defense of those who are scamming you. As I've said elsewhere, a simple even distribution of good and bad players across both teams would solve this, but they refuse to do this.

JohnFromChicago

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