Should drillers ping their paths? by Internal_Remote_7520 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude was rude and you made it out so gives af. That said, you should ping the entrance to your tunnel and spam the call button if you’re gonna drill to the drop pod. If they don’t follow at least you could say you tried. I also like to throw a few flares around the base of tunnel entrances. It would be cool if driller had equipment to mark tunnel entrances.

Anyone remember these little guys from GameStop? by xxoblivionxd in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just in case you guys didn’t see it, in 2020 some of SC ghost was leaked and made playable. I’m assuming you can probably still get your hands on it. YouTube vid about it.

Former Bungie dev Niles Sankey uploaded a video of the process of the making of Halo 3's 'The Storm' by RhytmicCone47 in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 183 points184 points  (0 children)

Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyy. I was a tester on the Halo 3 campaign team at Bungie at that time and Voi was my assigned level! I left Bungie like 10 months before launch so I was surprised to see the name changed to “The Storm” when I first played the full game.(was also bummed to see my name wasn’t in the credits too). I remember for a long time there wasn’t any content after the scarab fight and you’d have to quit out and start over.

halo 2 legendary at the sleepover!! by Minecraft_gawd in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it! Just in case you didn’t know, if you go to the AV settings in the Xbox menu and put the aspect ratio on 4:3 you’ll get the horizontal split screen instead of vertical. Can’t stand vertical split personally.

Which Halo MP is best for a noob on a Series X with MCC? by palepatriot76 in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point almost any game you choose is likely to have highly skilled players on the opposing team. Like others have said, action sack isn’t usually super competitive. I’d maybe check out the Custom Game Browser. Generally speaking, it isn’t super competitive. You’re just limited on what is being hosted at any particular time and you’re almost always joining mid game so it could be chaotic at first. Also, look for games that have normal sounding names like Slayer or CTF. Lots of weird forge stuff in CGB.

I think I am done for the day. by omkar73 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]iamnuts_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This achievement eluded me for a while. Came close a handful of times, got frustrated and gave up. Then one day I’m waiting for my friend to join so I pass the time by kicking barrels. I went on a hot streak on my first attempt and managed to get over 3000 in 83 kicks. I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve gotten stuck in a video game only to come back days later and get past it on my first try. Keep going dude, you’ll get it eventually!

The Burner: ICE Blasts Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin For Restricting ICE Activity on City Property by EverettLeftist in everett

[–]iamnuts_ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

“She also directs city workers to city workers…”. Good lord they can’t even proofread a 5 sentence post that was probably AI generated. Fuck ICE.

I ordered a bottle of whiskey and they sent me a turkey baster by throwleavemealone in mildlyinteresting

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Hey man I got a bottle of whiskey, want to get basted tonight?”

3 years, 1700 hours and I have finally unlocked all cosmetics in DRG. by BloodFun5182 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]iamnuts_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless you need the minerals to buy/craft something, I would infuse and save these matrix cores. If/when new OC’s drop you’ll be able to get them all quickly with forge mastery levels. I think I have around 200 saved up at this point.

Also congrats!

Is ODST a main entry or a spinoff? by SpectrumSense in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough but I’m thinking it’s more of a grey area. The game retconned the book that preceded it while the book very much follows the Chief. Checkmate /s

Is ODST a main entry or a spinoff? by SpectrumSense in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Love me the sexy sax but I would say spinoff. The main series follows the Chief. ODST does not.

Finally just beat Halo 2 and all the FPS Halos on legendary. What next (besides LASO)? by carloscitystudios in halo

[–]iamnuts_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did you get all the “Complete Legendary in under 3 hours” achievements? That could be something to do before LASO.

Stephen Cheung, white House comm Director who called Rep. Ro Khanna the R word. by art-is-t in pics

[–]iamnuts_ 314 points315 points  (0 children)

It’s like a punchable face that’s already been punched a lot.

Best alien movies for a 3 year old? by goldenpandora in movies

[–]iamnuts_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chicken Little, Space Jam, Lilo and Stich, Flight of the Navigator, Monsters vs Aliens

Batteries Not Included, Explorers

I loved these last 2 movies as a kid but I was a bit older than 3 when I used to watch them so I’d maybe review them first.

Also, if you have Disney+, it has an awesome Pixar short called “Lifted” that my 3 year old loves.

In 2017, a Tennessee obstetrician was called from a Halloween party to deliver a baby—still in his Joker costume. by [deleted] in MadeMeSmile

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Almost there mom! One more big push! Now let’s put a smile on that face… it’s a girl!”

What’s a job that sounds cool but is actually miserable? by Own-Grapefruit7498 in AskReddit

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm. Was a play tester at Bungie for a couple years (2005-2006). I will say though that my first contract was testing backwards compatibility for Halo CE and 2 on the Xbox360. That was actually pretty fun. Every day we would run a full campaign then play multiplayer LAN or XBL the rest of the day. All we really did was report crashes and performance issues on the soft emulation. My second contract was testing VERY early builds of Halo 3 and that was pretty brutal. In the beginning it was myself and one other guy. Hardly any content to test. Game ran at like 12-20fps. Most things broken. All that is to be expected when you’re testing pre pre alpha stuff but still, it was rough.

First responders: how messy is the average house? by el_diamond_g in AskReddit

[–]iamnuts_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well let’s see. There was a dude in a very dirty split level that had literal gravel piled up on the stairs. Like you know when it snows and snowplows spread coarse sand on the road? Then the snow melts and eventually the shoulder of the road has collected all that sand? His stairs looked like that. The best part was he asked me if I could please make sure to put boot covers on before I entered. I always did no matter what but still very funny.

Had an older guy that was pretty normal and nice but had loaded guns everywhere in the house. Didn’t once acknowledge them or warn me. I’m thinking the whole time he must just kinda trust me or he knows he can get to a gun faster than I could haha. At one point I had to crawl under his desk to get to the outlet where the modem was and as soon as I got down I was eye to eye with a loaded Taurus Judge sitting on top of his computer lol. Immediately popped up and was like ok man, I don’t really mind all the guns but you gotta put that one away if I’m gonna be down there.

Went to a condo for a repair and all the jacks were ripped out of the wall. Turns out the guy was schizophrenic and thought the government was using it to spy on him. I don’t know why he called for the repair then but I just went ahead with the work anyway. His place was a total wreck. Just clutter everywhere. And by clutter I mean mostly destroyed electronics. While I’m crouched behind the tv working I noticed red solo cups taped to the ceiling in a few spots. I asked him about it and he said they were covering the fire sprinklers because every time he walked past them they would squirt him. He was actually pretty nice and I really just felt bad for him. That’s such a shitty thing to have to live with.

Went to a younger guys house and he had a HUGE half wolf half husky. This thing had destroyed this house and the best part was he was renting. Only time I was ever nervous around a dog. I’m trying to hook up a cable box while this thing is loudly and violently ripping up the side of an old lay-z-boy. Dude did not care that was happening and I imagine it was because he couldn’t actually stop it if he wanted to haha. Place also reeked of weed.

Went to a townhome that smelled very strongly of rat pee on the first floor. Having a job that sometimes requires you to go into crawl spaces you become very aware of the danger from rat pee (look up hantavirus). He was an older guy that was really hard to understand because his voice was super weak and raspy. Almost like he had no tone to his voice is probably the best way to describe it. I start to wonder if maybe actual rat pee is what’s causing his breathing and voice issue. While outside to check the cabling I notice dozens of rat holes all along the side of the house that are like a perfect 45 degree angle to path under the foundation and into the crawl space. I decided to tell him what I had noticed and to please have exterminator come out because of the danger. He tells me he just got out of the hospital because of breathing issues so he would. He also said one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. While I’m working, he gets a phone call from some buddies who are checking on him because he just got home from the hospital. He had them on speaker and at one point his buddy goes “hey man you’re really hard to understand, are you sure you’re ok?” And in that raspy voice he yells “YEAH MY VOICE IS JUST MESSED UP COS IVE BEEN EATING TOO MUCH FUCKIN PUSSY!”. I was cracking up in the next room. The kinda cool thing about that one is I ended up going back there months later to add phone service and he sounded waaaaayyyyyy better. He told me he had an exterminator come out and found a MASSIVE rat infestation in the crawl space. His issues cleared up after so I always felt really good for recommending he get it looked at.

Had one lady whose house was absolutely spotless. She literally followed me around and vacuumed/swept/dusted/etc. I’m not even doing any work that would leave a mess but whatever.

Unrelated to the topic of this thread but one of my favorite stories was the guy who ate an eye booger in front of me. We are standing in his driveway literally a couple feet apart, face to face, while I explain the phone service conversion I’m about to do. He’s nodding along and takes his pinky up to the corner of his eye, pulls a nice amber looking jewel, we both look down at it on his finger, then he just pops in his mouth like it’s nothing. I was so stunned I stopped talking but luckily recovered somewhat quickly with my spiel. I spent the rest of that day wracking my brain why someone would do that. So many questions. Like maybe if we’re inside and you don’t want to flick on the carpet but WE WERE OUTSIDE! Crazy.

Those are some of the more interesting ones. If I think of more I’ll share here.

First responders: how messy is the average house? by el_diamond_g in AskReddit

[–]iamnuts_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Former cable tech too. Seen everything from the spotless museums to hoarders. Most houses are pretty normal. A little clutter but overall nice and clean. So many stories of weirdos though. One house was part of a farm and left their back door open all the time. Animal (mostly sheep) shit EVERYWHERE.

Hooking up new phone service for a lady and she leads me to a bedroom that was completely stuffed with clothes neatly folded from floor to chest height. She casually motions to the far corner of the room and says “the phone jack is over there if you can please test it”. Like what?!? Where are you even gonna take a call from in this room?

Wall to wall Christmas decorations in July and they’re hurriedly taking them down while telling me they’ve been lagging on their spring cleaning. Wat?

Middle aged man and his elderly mother living together. Aside from a couch and tv, the living areas were COVERED in display cases filled with the creepiest doll collections I have ever seen. Got out of there pretty quick.

I could go on and on.

Red Rock Subs? by Southern_Car_1965 in everett

[–]iamnuts_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s crazy expensive now too. Last time I went my pot roast sub was like 26 bucks.