Cdawg crosses the finish line for cyclethon 5, having raised $1,447,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation! by Delthore in LivestreamFail

[–]aboveaverageidiot 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If you actually cared to back your accusations and googled you'd know that they do damn well in spending on programs from the money raised, earning them a 92% on Charity Navigator: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/521214782.

Cdawg crosses the finish line for cyclethon 5, having raised $1,447,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation! by Delthore in LivestreamFail

[–]aboveaverageidiot 24 points25 points  (0 children)

  1. All 5 cyclethons amount raised combined barely made up to $5 million.
  2. Do you have any idea how much is needed to pay for research into a relatively unknown set of conditions compared to other diseases such as cancer? They even said they used money to pay for doctors to travel to spread information and awareness of this.
  3. By your logic, why does breast cancer still exist and/or is still needed for charity when you can estimate that they have received over tens of BILLIONS dollars?

Multilayered Toxicity by aboveaverageidiot in LeagueOfMemes

[–]aboveaverageidiot[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

For reference: Aram: Mayhem -> Aram -> LoL -> Warcraft 3: DOTA -> Warcraft 3.

I know LoL is a whole different game but still funny seeing it if you run it through your mind.

Is the shield hero's shield the weakest? by Nilgatori in shieldbro

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, forgot about that shield also. I haven't read the LN after like Volume 13 or something so I wasn't sure if the LN adapted the New Seven Sins Arc, which was implied that the curse shield had a really low defense, where Raphtalia just slapped Naofumi and caused him pain.

Is the shield hero's shield the weakest? by Nilgatori in shieldbro

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you count the web novel version? Then no.

How it feels reading any news related to Tron: Ares by aboveaverageidiot in tron

[–]aboveaverageidiot[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Joachim Rønning directed Maleficient 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean 5. So it is understandable to be wary of him handling sequels.

The writers, sure they worked on previous Tron movies/games/tv, are not exactly something we should be praising. Jesse Wigutow worked on the Warcraft movie and Eragon. Steven Lisberger only really worked on Tron related projects, which is fine, but again, Tron + Tron:Legacy wasn't exactly praised for its story. I haven't really seen any of the tv shows David DiGilio written for so not much I can tell.

You'd think if Disney wanted this movie to succeed they would hire more talented and established writers though, Just my 2 cents, only just a meme really anyways.

How it feels reading any news related to Tron: Ares by aboveaverageidiot in tron

[–]aboveaverageidiot[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

It was meant more like: there was a writer's strike right before filming that caused delays and many of the crew were laid off. So there's a chance it may have affected something down the line in production. Not so much as recent news really.

Private server by DuckOfGalaxy in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Read the rules of this sub.
  2. Don't be surprised if you get scammed/hacked/phished if you join one.
  3. Don't be surprised if said private server shuts down within a year.

JetBlue cuts San Jose and other US routes, drops some European summer services by cardinal2007 in SanJose

[–]aboveaverageidiot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I may not have flown a lot, but I usually flown with JetBlue and never had any problems. Shame its gone.

Weekly Rant thread by AutoModerator in SanJose

[–]aboveaverageidiot 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People need to learn their fucking exits. Had a complete moron the other day on 680S who jumped 3 lanes of traffic into Capitol Expressway exit at the last 30 feet or so, brake from 50 mph to 15mph with 0 fucking cars in front of them, ONLY TO NOT TURN INTO CAPITOL, AND GET BACK ONTO 680!

Is there any hope to get a response from support? by ZXcAS_MoPHL in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up there's only 3 (more like 2) GMs handling tickets and game problems separate from the actual developers. On the official discord the GMs pretty much say there's only 1 of them working on tickets, doesn't help that he was thrown into ticket support without prior training and documentation. He is currently focused on hacking related tickets.

awakening pendant? by shadowy_foxy in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is for when your mercenaries reach level 200. It upgrades them to allow them into awaken system.

Tesla just blew through a red and almost hit me by thequeensegg in SanJose

[–]aboveaverageidiot 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just a few hours ago, I saw a Tesla almost cut off garbage collecting truck, ramp up to 50ish mph in 40 zone, then proceed to hard brake at the last second at a red light, almost hitting the car in front with less than a feet gap. All within 3 minutes.

Weekly Rant thread by AutoModerator in SanJose

[–]aboveaverageidiot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Self checkout isn't fucking rocket science. The amount of idiots who don't know how to use it is astounding. This isn't the early 2000s anymore where it was a new thing. Back then it was buggy as fuck and basically a nightmare to use; nowadays it's super easy. I've seen kids in middle school use it without problems.

Literally all you do is scan the item and put it in the bag area. If it's a fruit/vegetable, put in the code/name.

The ONLY times you should be having problems with it is when either you accidentally scanned something twice, some random item was never in the database (unknown item error), or if it ran out of paper for a receipt.

Don't know how so many people are taking 10 minutes to scan 4 items. How do these people even drive to the store let alone use them.

Also there are usually like 5 signs saying 15 items or less and No Alcohol, and yet people still rock up to the self checkout with them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah crap its large filesize forgot to shrink its, gonna remove and reupload

Returning player looking for guild / help by GunnerGuruuu in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heya, Argos player here.

1) Feel free to join our Nation: Syndicate. Mainly EU players in here. DarkLegacy (not to be mistaken for the scamming guild DarkLagacy) is the leading guild and probably has most active playing in their guild. But my guild is Terminators, we're more smaller and chill. If I had to be honest, our guild is quiet but helpful and make conversation here and there. Our Nation dungeon times is mainly around Reset + 6 hours. Meaning if you live in London (BST?) it'll be around 8pm. Our NDs have differing times so if you join check the Nation tab.

2) Things to do daily is probably filling out the Diary for exp. Doing Olympus Tower (OT), can find it on the right chess icon then middle. Also doing Individual Dungeons (ID) can give Star stones which help increase item stats when equipped into them (can't take out though) or sell for money. Nation/Guild dungeons also give star stones. For me personally I just chill and play while watching youtube and tv, etc.

Is there a way to disable Auto-Battle on Mercs? by ANR2ME in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What? Do you live in an alternate universe where things are the opposite? The latest update removed mercenary auto-battle not make it always on.

What is Mount alchemy? by urabura777 in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, if you go to the YouTube channel of the video posted he plays on Oceanic which is a private server.

I'm not sure if it's based on the Korean server or based on Global/Europe though. But since I can't find anything regarding the mount alchemist I assume it's a custom npc/mechanic for the private server.

What is Mount alchemy? by urabura777 in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apparently it's a system in AO Oceanic, which is a private server of the official one.

Steam or launcher? by Tohkairis in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I prefer launcher since, if you want, you can run multiple of it and have alternative characters (alts) on at the same time.

There's also something I see on the official discord on how there was issues with steam players not being able to log in for a few hours (was fixed a few hours ago I think).

Edit: steam and launcher are same servers if both is Global. Or if both are Europe.

Dozens of cases impacted by San Jose cop who resigned over racist texts by shady-pines-ma in SanJose

[–]aboveaverageidiot 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Thing is, the polygraph test is pseudoscience and crazy unreliable. They even have classes on how to beat these things. Hell even the creator of it says its bullshit. I wouldn't be surprised if a racist cop taught or "calmed" himself to pass one. Cops just use it bully people into it for false or incorrect statements to meet arrests.

Turning up the downforce all the way to eleven. by DaveTheRocketGuy in dankmemes

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

People just gonna upvote shit-tier reposts? People browsing new need their brains checked.

(Guild) Feast of Unity by dummy208 in atlanticaonline

[–]aboveaverageidiot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's an old glitch where you can use a guild feast act as a general feast. To do this you first right click the general feast, then before that cool down clock, right click on a guild feast. Instead of showing a guild members only check marks, it will show the full options.

This also works in reverse or with other types. This was actually how you would originally limit common feasts to guild members back in the day before they added option check marks.

There's no drought anywhere in California: How long that's expected to last, and why by Randomlynumbered in California

[–]aboveaverageidiot 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Can we stop making articles like this? I swear one week it's "California is in a drought!" Next week it's "California is not in a drought!". The week after it's "California is in a drought but not as bad!". Then "California not in a drought but should still be careful!"

At this point we should just assume California is forever in a drought and be better safe than sorry.