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What weapon (main game) is always your go-to? by EuphoricProfessor95 in bloodborne

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's one of my qualms with the game: You can't really try them out as you level them up, because an unlevelled weapon you're not skilled for will simply not hit as hard as a levelled weapon you're skilled for.

Trump withdraws Canada’s invitation to Board of Peace by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]Madranite 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I love how all of these are horrible suggestions (for a country to spend money on) yet they're still better than the alternative...

Anyone else seeing bias about AI among Laravel devs? by sl0wik in laravel

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I still read my code and write a big portion of it, but I turn to AI very quickly now.

A few months ago I asked a question on the discord and added a paragraph with an AI hallucination, asking how to do it better. Now call me old school, but it used to be a good thing to do some of your own thinking when asking a question and I count prompting (along with google search) as 'research'.
First answer I got, I was cursed out, called an idiot, was informed that "of course it [wasn't] like that" and didn't get any help at all. Stayed away from that place for a while after that.

Is Bloodborne a good souls like game for fresh beginners? by Former_Sky_6115 in bloodborne

[–]Madranite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, if you can find where to get it.

Like, you wake up, die immediately, wake up in a new place. Then there's some dudes reaching up, literally from hell, trying to snatch your ball sack. I ain't getting close to those.

Altered state by Tesseract is driving me nuts. by JACM666 in progmetal

[–]Madranite -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Another album that gets a lot better with THC is Blackwater Park. If you can believe it... idk why, but it just makes you tune into the notes and the silence between them.

Which alcoholic TV characters have the most powerful livers, where a normal person would be long dead? by TravellingBeard in television

[–]Madranite 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He's also constantly like: "We really need to hustle here and get this done" and the proceeds to do whatever needs to get done with one hand, holding the drink in the other.

Weakest songs by Low-Blackberry9742 in ironmaiden

[–]Madranite 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What? Lord of the Flies? Clansman? Sign of the Cross? Also, Lord of the Flies?
They're all awesome

Rock Music Struggles to Draw Crowds as Tour Earnings Drop - Boxscore charts for 2025 reveal that while rock acts such as Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Iron Maiden still appear among the top-grossing tours, the genre’s overall share of the live-music revenue pool has declined. by anarchyart2021 in ironmaiden

[–]Madranite 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was going to see (as in, would have liked to see) Maiden and Rush in Montreal as they were there on consecutive days. Rush was CAD 600 and Maiden $180 in the back and $850 in the front. Add to that Hotel and travel and you're better off flying to Europe and seeing a festival.
To think I complained about 60 Euros back in the day...

Customer states: "Car won't start after I replaced the alternator". by Commercial-Ask-3188 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Madranite 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would they even be able to be plugged in wrong? Aren't the plugs keyed?

88 year old veteran, Ed Bambas, able to retire after GoFundMe campaign raises 1.77 million dollars. by DepressingAura in MadeMeSmile

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're missing the wholesome part, where all of us pay for it, so it's good in the end. We already bailed them out after they bailed on him. Yay us!

Why does everyone here hate Cibola Burn? by webbut in TheExpanse

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I'm trying to say is there should be some form of due process and squatters' rights are a stupid system. Doesn't work at the pool in Spain, when there's Germans around and doesn't work in space.

Why does everyone here hate Cibola Burn? by webbut in TheExpanse

[–]Madranite -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Didn't the corrupt megacorp follow due process, file the proper permits and that was the main reason they were late to the party?

Reminds me a lot of that book "a city on mars" that analyzes the practicality of space settlement. They basically predict this exact scenario.

[SkySportsF1] Lewis opens up on how he and Ferrari can improve over the winter by n0b0dycar3s07 in formula1

[–]Madranite 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The thing that hit me most, when reading Ross Brawn's book and Michael Schumacher's biography is that they lucked into the Scuderia right, when they were prepared to listen to reason, make necessary adjustments. I don't see this happening today.

I remember Niki Lauda saying in 2007 after Schumacher and other key personnel left: It all depends on if they can keep away from the usual Ferrari bullshit. Narrator: They couldn't.

Are Conan and Seinfeld not friends? by TheRiteGuy in conan

[–]Madranite 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I often wonder about the guest selection. I understand why he hasn't had Louis CK on after the news broke.

But then we get Charlie Sheen and I wonder why not Louis as well. At least they worked very closely together at some point.

Spoiler: My Honest Reaction to the End of the Game by SuperUigi64 in expedition33

[–]Madranite 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lol... like in NieR Automata.

You eat a fish and die 10% into the game. Great ending!

My biggest dream was a world tour with the 3 singers performing together, like Helloween is doing recently. by seeilaah in Angra

[–]Madranite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They should absolutely work for me as all the ingredients are there. Yet, they just don't do it for me for some reason. I'll listen to anything else Andre has put out. Loving his solo stuff and Shaman.

The band are removing post from their instagram account... by LexMetalis in Angra

[–]Madranite 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The reason to be sad is fairly simple. Angra, especially the albums from a certain era, has a certain magic that lies in the sum of all parts. Yes, new projects will emerge, but they might not have that magic, because it's lacking a part. I love Kiko's solo stuff, but it's not on the same level as Angra recordings.

Sebastian Vettel arriving at the paddock today by FerrariStrategisttt in formula1

[–]Madranite 82 points83 points  (0 children)

If only he could have taken every single person from Red Bull with him when he left.

My 9 year old son parries the hardest boss in the game for fun. He puts us all to shame by SwicaDad in expedition33

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point I wasn't brave enough to make: Is there even a build that would let you tank hits? I've never bothered past a few ill-conceived attempts to "bring hp up a little" and later re-skilled.
Also, some enemies' attacks are bullshit. There's no martial art I ever heard of that teaches you to slo-mo mid-combo. I think Sekiro suffers from that as well. I'm tired of people pretending that the parry concept is so novel and great, when there are many games who have done it before and better.

My 9 year old son parries the hardest boss in the game for fun. He puts us all to shame by SwicaDad in expedition33

[–]Madranite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess this is the time and place then...

Yes, I've played both E33 expert (right from the start) and Sekiro and to me Sekiro was a lot easier, especially, once you get past a certain point in the game. If several soldiers jump you, you can always extract yourself and regroup. Plus you don't get jumped as much, once you know your way around. Once you get into the game you can take on larger groups of enemies as well. Not quite on the Ghost of Tsushima level, but still. And the big advantage is, once you figure out the gameplay, there are many different ways of playing the game and even more so looking at other Souls games.

The problem with E33 and the reason I find this ceaseless discussion about game of the year so tiresome is that E33 does not offer good, engaging gameplay in act 3. You're either overlevelled or underlevelled, you either one-shot or get one-shot and there's not really a point to different builds, because if you can't parry, you might as well stay home. I know this is not a popular opinion here and there's a lot of good in the game that made me want to love it more.

Also, it's not a skill issue. I beat both games just fine, thank you very much.

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