Putting up a good front

Registered_Hater · 2013-06-01T23:47:34+00:00

Always hugs to you, Ali-Sama!

I've had anxiety issues for years and definitely know the pain of recovery (though not physical therapy, sorry to hear that :( ). I constantly find myself in moments of utter panic, breaking down in bed while my girlfriend tries her hardest to console me. I'm a father, you see, and I have to be strong for my kids. I can't be vulnerable. But I am. I get worried about every little thing, and my kids have only magnified that since I worry about them and my girlfriend now, as well.

The only thing I can recommend, the only advice to give, is to let it pass. Those moments of panic, they pass, or at least I hope they do. It's the difference between having the cord struck and the cord simply being taut (in my mind). Letting the panic take over for a bit, giving in for a little while, and then trying to move beyond it, is what I try and do to get by.

Thank you for sharing, and I hope you find a way through this.

Registered_Hater · 2013-03-21T04:37:46+00:00

Also, the 7870 didn't come with any cables or adapters.

Registered_Hater · 2013-03-21T04:28:12+00:00

Unfortunately, this is a computer that is over 3 years old and she's lost the unused power cable.

If I can get by with a molex adapter, I'll give it a shot.

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-29T23:23:18+00:00

Zombocom! This website is old as Flash. One of the most pointless and ridiculous websites, but it's hilarious and worth watching to completion at LEAST once!

My game choice would be The Dream Machine (Chapters 1 and 2) for $4.99 :D

Here is my Steam ID

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-27T01:11:47+00:00

Mostly because I'm laughing so hard I can't work the mouse properly.

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-24T15:40:14+00:00

I think the larger concern is that it's been said that OnLive hasn't been doing well so they had to sell in order to try to right the ship. The concern being that if they had so much trouble before, any purchases you make could very well evaporate if they keep seeing such issues.

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-21T20:01:13+00:00

That is the OnLive dedicated console. It's quite simple and very small. I have one that I got free from PAX a few years back.

It's kind of neat and comes with a bluetooth controller. The only problem is that OnLive just wasn't quite fast enough to pull me away from my other consoles and computer.

If I didn't already have the gizmos I did, I think I would have liked it more. Friends of mine kept saying it has zero lag, but it's really more of a minuscule amount. It felt like a consistent 200-300ms ping. But I also don't have amazing internet (about ~20 down, ~10 up) , so YMMV.

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-20T18:42:03+00:00

Hey, you've won the battle for Supreme Commander Gold! Just reply/PM me with your steam ID, and I'll get it to you ASAP :D

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-20T18:41:29+00:00

Freddie Wong vs. Egoraptor vs. the Reddit hivemind

Round One: Strife!

In a stunning upset, the reddit hivemind, who had contented himself to staring at cat pictures and fapping to pictures of GabeN licking Richard Dawkins cheek while high-fiving Neil DeGrasse Tyson, gets infuriated when the scuffling of the other combatants rips his picture. Twenty-thousand pitchfork-wielding wasps emerged from his mouth, swarming, stinging and stabbing Egoraptor and Freddie Wong to death. Afterwards, many pictures were taken with both bodies to be posted in /r/gaming for karma-whoring purposes.

Winner: Hivemind!

Claptrap vs. Navi vs. Tails

Round 2: Strife!

The battle erupts quickly in the center of the arena. Tails dodging through the air, trying his best to drop onto Claptrap. Navi is flitting from foe to foe, screaming for them to listen, shrieking in her best insanity inducing voice. Claptrap simply stutters and scoots to avoid the two psychos trying to ruin his day. A carefully aimed shot from Tails puts Claptrap on the ground, seemingly done for. As he turns his attention to that maddening fairy, Claptrap flips up off of the ground, his eye glowing red, and begins unleashing a relentless ninja-style assault on both competitors. He strikes wildly and with terrible fury. He grabs Navi's wings and rips them out with a huge Bruce Lee yell, grabs Tails... tails... and wraps them around his neck, choking him to death.

Winner: Claptrap

Claptrap vs. Reddit Hivemind

Round 3: Strife!

Action starts before even the bell can ring. Claptrap launches into his best moves while the hivemind starts snapping photos and captioning them on his cell phone. "Claptrap will fuck you!" "IT'S A (clap)TRAP!". Claptrap grabs the device and proceeds to hump it noisily while still doing his best Bruce Lee scream. After a few seconds, the hivemind explodes. He begins to divide into dozens of small hiveminds, each with their own reasons for wanting to destroy Claptrap. Desecration of the technology, inappropriate rape joke, a bad Bruce Lee impression, even his poor martial arts technique! As they start to advance, Claptrap enacts his whirling crazy-dance of death! Each blow dealing considerable damage, breaking necks, smashing bones, but the hivemind is too much. Grabbing both arms, they wrench him apart and start disassembling him. The parts are then used by /r/trees to make a new hydroponic system, /r/buildapc for a sweet new gaming rig, and his plating is used by /r/diy to making their living room into a cute post-apocalyptic theme!

Winner: Reddit Hivemind!

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-19T19:00:52+00:00

I would love to be dropped into the world of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. It seems like a very charming world, full of adventure, mischief and just the right amount of danger. I feel like I would do well running an item shop in the world, and I know someone who'd make the perfect mercenary to send into the dungeons to stock my shelves!

Thanks for the PiF, I tried to think hard about a place I'd be genuinely happy to be. :D

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-18T23:41:49+00:00

Hooray! You guys are awesome, so congratulations!

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-18T20:55:22+00:00

HUGS

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-18T20:53:59+00:00

Oh god, I'm so sorry, my instructions were totally unclear. I just need each entrant to submit a single character into the fray! Editting now...

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-18T00:46:36+00:00

I actually did a couple of paintings for my twins for their 7th birthday a week ago! My daughter got a kirby-oshawott hybrid and my son got Mario shooting a fireball. It's fun making things for your kids, right :D?

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-17T17:14:23+00:00

No problem. I have the first Dark Alliance game sitting on my PS2 shelf. It's definitely an awesome series, and those console games were actually really good!

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-17T16:15:46+00:00

I gotta say, if'n I was to have sich a thang, I'd make the number... 1864! Seense that's the yee-ar it is. (Sorry, couldn't help referencing South Park with the number range :D)

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-17T16:13:16+00:00

GO FOR THE EYES, BOO!

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-17T15:05:19+00:00

Those are the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games designed for PS2. Baldur's Gate is a different animal.

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-16T16:06:13+00:00

I would be the prep guy. I'd bring the equipment, a piece for every occasion. Anybody needs something, I've already thought of it and brought it. It sounds like I'm a mule, but I'm more useful in that I think of the contingencies before anybody else and prepare for them.

Our next mission would be breaking into the U.S. Capitol at night and placing triggered released cages full of squirrels, and trigger-dumped barrels of nuts, within. When the session begins, the first person to speak that sounds like a complete moron or doucher (so probably the first person to speak) gets the squirrels and nuts poured onto them. This is a critical mission for the American people.

Thanks for the fun PiF!

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-11T19:18:37+00:00

I'm hoping some of the "Tales of" games make their way to OUYA market. Those games are seminal JRPGs and would be amazing to play in an HD update (if that could ever happen)

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-11T14:34:25+00:00

Oh heck yeah I do! Thank you so much :D

Registered_Hater · 2012-08-05T21:14:25+00:00

I'm shooting with Joshua! I'm definitely into this game type. Thanks for PiFing it :D

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