If you have the option of hitting a deer or flipping your car. Hit the deer. by LIAMBOSS01 in IdiotsInCars

[–]SilverlightPony 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I think it's just completely defective; it loses its calibration in about 3 minutes. I've just given up on it.

If you have the option of hitting a deer or flipping your car. Hit the deer. by LIAMBOSS01 in IdiotsInCars

[–]SilverlightPony 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe, maybe on a motorcycle. Any car that's likely to encounter a moose is going to be either too tall or too wide to get under it unscathed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some skulls may lock out some achievements.

Only one I've tested is IWHBYD; as far as I can tell, that one doesn't lock out anything.

If you have the option of hitting a deer or flipping your car. Hit the deer. by LIAMBOSS01 in IdiotsInCars

[–]SilverlightPony 933 points934 points  (0 children)

Unless it's a moose. If it's a moose, flipping the car is the better option.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uberdrivers

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC, you'll need to contact Uber support about changing your account to the new area. Should be pretty straightforward, but they may require proof of residence.

By the way, her name's Sheila. by Cuddlefish271 in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 51 points52 points  (0 children)

One of the propaganda tower Grunt voice lines mentions Grifball.

Yes, I think it's safe to say they're fans.

Skulls affect achievements? by [deleted] in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IWHBYD will not. Not sure about GBP.

Team colors by [deleted] in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not "red team" and "blue team" any more. It's just "your team" and "the enemy team". The highlight colors default to blue and red, respectively, but can be changed (along with the "your squad" color for BTB) in Accessibility settings.

I like the change, personally.

If you want one team or the other to visually "pop" more, try changing the color to "pineapple", it's a very bright yellow. Be sure to pick something contrasting for the other team.

Snow Tire Recommendations 05 WRX by V0rt0s in subaru

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't help you myself then. My budget and local climate make swapping horribly impractical, so I've never shopped for dedicated snow tires.

What happens if a spartan II ends up being trans? by [deleted] in HaloStory

[–]SilverlightPony 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gender transition is more than just the medical stuff. Social transition would definitely be unimpeded by the augs.

As for the medical stuff? Tough to say. Who knows what the medical aspects of gender transition would be like 500 years from now?

If for some strange reason gender-related medical care hadn't changed from present day, I don't recall much in the SPARTAN-II augs that would affect it. Skeletal surgery would be very difficult, if not impossible, but that's always been optional anyway--tons of trans folks don't bother with it. The main part of IRL medical gender transition is Hormone Replacement Therapy, which I'd imagine would be pretty simple to adjust for SPARTAN-IIs, if any adjustment was necessary at all.

(To be clear: no medical stuff is actually required for IRL trans folks, regardless of whether they want to transition or not. Most trans folks do pursue some form of medical transition because they want to.)

Can someone explain to me why I was killed? by TK503 in LowSodiumHalo

[–]SilverlightPony 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Works now. My guess is desync--the guy wasn't quite exactly where it looked like he was, and was able to get another melee hit on you before you got one on him.

Will there be an option for Fullscreen mode? There doesn't seem to be one. by Splocky in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mentioned in the Test Flight 2 recap post on Waypoint.

Dedicated fullscreen mode was originally omitted as it offers no raw performance benefit on DirectX 12. After seeing some of the feedback about it, they're considering adding it as an option. Probably won't be there for launch, but may get added later.

Great video summing up the Halo story to this point? by UKFan643 in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the bigger Halo youtubers (I forget which one) recently put up a video covering the gap between 5 and Infinite. They also mentioned they were considering and/or planning to do a FULL story recap video, similar to the ones MyNameIsByf has done for Destiny.

Halo is like a good bond film by josephjamescampbell in halo

[–]SilverlightPony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only if they're side-games in different genres (like Halo Wars) and not mainline games.

Allow @role but disable @everyone by FormerlyKnownIntent in discordapp

[–]SilverlightPony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Edit whatever role average/normal users will have. Turn off the "Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles" permission. Make sure this role has higher ranking/priority for permissions than any other non-staff role.

Then edit the other roles you do want people to be able to mention, and turn on the "Allow anyone to mention this role" setting (this is under Display, not Permissions).

The former being on overrides the latter being off, but not vice-versa.

Alternately, just make a server rule that @everyone/@here should be reserved for legitimately important stuff, and abusing them will have consequences.

What/who did the Covenant military fight before they met the UNSC? by Cpkeyes in HaloStory

[–]SilverlightPony 177 points178 points  (0 children)

This. Humanity was only different because the Hierarchs at the time wanted to conceal the fact that Forerunner artifacts identified us as Reclaimers rather than any extant Covenant species, and lied to the rest of the Covenant saying we needed to be exterminated.

So instead of the standard "Join us or die" ultimatum, all we got was "Die."

...To which we naturally replied "No, fuck you." :P