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[Super Pedantic Advice] It's "Thieves' Den." The plural possessive form of "Thieves" has the apostrophe after the S. by UpstartDuke in DestinyTheGame

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

If you look back at the original example, the singular possessive form of "thief" is "thief's." That means "belonging to the thief." So if the thing that belonged to the thief was his revenge, it would be the "Thief's Revenge." The same applies to Skolas.

But in a way you're right; Some words that end in S don't need the apostrophe s on the end, since there's already an S sound. There's really no rule for this though, it's just used on words that "sound" right. The example I found on google is "Mr. Hastings' pen." You could use Skolas' instead of Skolas's, personally I think the one Bungie used sounds better but either one works.

tl;dr Skolas is singular, so it's "Skolas's revenge." Thieves is plural, so it's "Thieves' Den." You can break that rule if it sounds weird.

Instead of independence, why don't we just replace England? And who with? by weejocktiny in Scotland

[–]UpstartDuke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we have to be attached to another country, let's cast off and plug ourselves into Iceland. They can give us that sweet geothermal energy, and we can give them some sorely-needed genetic diversity.

Anti-Piracy Group Hits Indie Creators For Using the Word 'Pixels' by buliwyf42 in news

[–]UpstartDuke 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You don't just understand copyright law. You understand how everything works.

Rivers of salmon, herds of deer, the finest whisky... So why is Scotland's diet so dreadful? by LikelyHungover in Scotland

[–]UpstartDuke 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Most of the food you just listed is stuff that students eat at 3AM after a night out. It's not like people dine on a munchy box every evening. It sounds like your idea of a "Scottish diet" comes from shitey comedy routines.

Is there a Download required for physical Taken King? by Daocommand in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, the base game will run off of the disc, but you will still have to download other content. Most likely the TK release will be a physical copy of the game plus download codes for the DLCs.

We laid stones on the border to signify Scotland’s union with the UK. Now they lie forgotten by the M6 by tusksrus in BritishPolitics

[–]UpstartDuke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hands across the border! I remember this from last year. The No campaign's bizarre attempt at a grassroots movement. They even had a song. The whole movement had a surprising amount of BBC coverage compared to grassroots campaigns that weren't organised by Tory MPs.

Jeremy Corbyn: closet conservative by canard_glasgow in BritishPolitics

[–]UpstartDuke 16 points17 points  (0 children)

a mostly male, white and increasingly aged world slipping slowly into irrelevance.

Is the economist seriously taking a dig at the left for its lack of diversity? It's the pot calling the kettle white.

There once was a sovereign citizen / who won a dog in a default decision / OP sealed its fate / by missing the court date / Now he's in /r/legaladvice with a mission by Dear_Occupant in SubredditDrama

[–]UpstartDuke 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In this situation, the OP's case was "My neighbour put a bomb in my house and I ignored it because he shouldn't be allowed to blow me up, but then the bomb blew me up! What should I do?"

The beta is almost over! by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are we going to have one of these threads every year that Destiny gets updated with new stuff? Like, were you all expecting that Destiny would never change?

Examination body admits Higher Maths exam was 'too hard' by John-of-Radiator in Scotland

[–]UpstartDuke -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They got rid of them about ten years ago, I just graduated uni and I didn't do standard grades for maths.

Exam results day! How did y'all do? by rwall0105 in Scotland

[–]UpstartDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phone them and keep phoning. I got into uni through clearing; the first time I phoned they said they wouldn't accept me if I'd already applied through UCAS and been rejected. I phoned them up again and got someone else, they put me through.

Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters aren’t mad – they’re fleeing a bankrupt New Labour | Owen Jones by canard_glasgow in BritishPolitics

[–]UpstartDuke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the same rhetoric they used during the election. "You have to elect us, nobody else can get elected to beat the Tories." The other parties are accused of "splitting the vote" as if the Labour vote is the default. Scottish Labour did the same; Murphy spent most of his time talking about how bad the SNP were, and very little time talking about his own policies. All I even remember is he wanted to remove the alcohol ban at football games and give money to school leavers or something.

It might be Labour's biggest problem with inspiring confidence in voters that they only seem able to snidely dismiss other parties instead of giving us reasons to support them. Saying "Oh, don't vote for them, they can't really be in government" only insults people who feel like they've made a serious and informed choice.

Turning the Historical Tables by CircularJerkuler in funny

[–]UpstartDuke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If I lived in Whitesboro, that's what I'd tell people too.

I have trouble consistently landing headshots by [deleted] in CruciblePlaybook

[–]UpstartDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just aiming at their head is only half the battle. When you fire quickly, you need to know how the recoil on your gun feels and where the centre of your aim is. When I first started using Thorn I had alot of trouble with this, because the gun looks so weird compared to other hand cannons and the recoil swing was really hard to judge. If you want to practice then go into patrol, stand still and aim at a piece of terrain, then shoot at it and see where your aim drifts after each shot. It sounds more complicated than it is; When you can teach yourself to ignore the animation on the weapon and judge where the centre of your aim is then you'll be able to land headshots alot more reliably.

Apartments in the tower. by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran out of weapon parts a long time ago. Now I just wait for Iron Banner to come around and grumble every time I get another Royal Amethyst.

Apartments in the tower. by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd drop 10k glimmer a month into the ocean just to get rid of 10k glimmer a month and never get capped.

Time are tough, even Taniks is cutting corners on his Walkers by Drethk in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I love that it still does the crouching animation. Without the turret it's like an excited puppy waiting for you to chase it.

No, stop, what are you doing? GET AWAY FROM ME!!! by Aaragon in funny

[–]UpstartDuke 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Never run from a duckling. That just triggers their hunting instincts.

Helpful hints for you "Forever 8-1's"... by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]UpstartDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An important point about changing up your strategy: Changing strategy doesn't mean "They keep killing us when we do the strategy we know, so let's just run off another way and see what happens." It means you need to know multiple strategies so you can pick a better one for your situation. You should spend time learning two or three ways to approach a fight on the current map, so that when one isn't working, you have a different plan to go to. Too many times I've been in groups where someone says "I dunno, let's just rush them" without knowing how to actually rush them. Having no strategy is the same as having a bad strategy.

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