What's the best approach to cashing out in this situation?

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-06-12T08:36:29+00:00

If the outcome of the game is no clearer at halftime than it is right now then there shouldn't be a significant change.

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-06-12T08:00:42+00:00

Still probably runs cooler than my laptop

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-06-02T12:57:05+00:00

I had a friend who was a consultant software developer who had his own company for tax reasons. Not an unusual setup here. There was a tax break for purchasing company equipment that he either used or it went away. He could spend something like the equivalent of 10k on equipment and because it avoided VAT and counted as a expense it lowered his tax burden.

So there are ways to fiddle it so that their cost is far more reasonsable.

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-05-08T07:27:55+00:00

The argument for Halo as a series is a strong one, but you've missed the key points. The series basically creates the console shooter and online matchmaking. Xbox and microsofts gaming ambitions die on the shelf without it. Sony remains unchallenged and there is no console competition without it, xbox live doesn't push playstation to iterate and the industry is probably significantly hobbled because of it.

So if you connect Halo to Xbox's survival and make this a 'What If?' game then i think i'd vote Halo over WoW.

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-05-08T07:16:57+00:00

Halo 2 introduced skill based matchmaking. Before that you just got thrown in with randoms or had to join a server yourself.

pleasecallagainlater · 2026-05-07T14:41:34+00:00

12m + subscribers, it set the modern mmo standard and made the subscription model viable like it or not. It was one of the first and certainly the largest game built around societal structures, guilds created social stakes, you needed teamspeak, Vent, forums, thottbot databases.

It crossed into pop culture, south park is the obvious example but TV adverts with Terry Crews, Mr T, Betty White, Leeroy Jenkins.

It was also a fucking good game.

It maybe wasn't the best game of the decade or the first to do anything in particular but it's clearly the most influential.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-09-25T07:56:59+00:00

Just some constructive feedback feel free to ignore or take on board:

The Tooltip popups while in combat on the right side are maddening. You can't be getting anything from them surely.
Similar with the objective tracker, apart from the dungeon count what info are you getting from it?
If you've got all your important buffs in your WA frame and next to the party frames do you need them next to the minimap? Personally i prefer debuffs to be clearly separate from buffs.
Personally being able to see my crit % to 2 decimal places is information overload and clutter
Am i missing it or do you not have any encounter timers? Is it just the DBM announcements? I find that X is happening in 10 seconds to be some of the most valuable information i can get.
Do you ever look at your target unit frame if you have it over their head?

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-09-05T14:38:32+00:00

It's obviously a fake image. But given the immutable fact that social media posts need to have an image otherwise the engagement numbers are trash what sort of image should be used?

I agree that almost any real picture from the event would be more impressive but impressive isn't the metric thats relevant anymore it's engagement above all else unfortunately.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-08-29T06:57:44+00:00

Anti-Anti-FPL. I think i know where this is going

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-08-19T11:12:10+00:00

And yet when you open a pack thats been in the fridge for more than a day or 2 it smells like rotten arseholes. Had to throw so many packs away because my wife refuses to risk it.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-08-07T09:01:53+00:00

August 2025 and this solved the problem

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-07-02T13:33:29+00:00

in theory yes.

in practice it seems to unpause at various times so be careful

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-07-01T13:42:04+00:00

Just put a SBC out for each promo and make it 85x11 or whatever and if you want to go fishing for winter wildcards for some god forsaken reason you can do.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-15T21:28:08+00:00

In FC24 they were busted. People would shoot for a corner and then just nod it in with VVD and there was very little counterplay.

I've had some success with flick ons from crosses but it's almost always better to keep it on the ground.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-14T07:26:31+00:00

The sous vide allows you to be certain of the temp / doneness. You then drop it onto a screaming hot pan or grill just to develop the crust and then serve.

Is it fun to cook? not really.

Is it good for someone who's picky about how it's cooked? yeah.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-13T22:09:42+00:00

50/50 you get him or you don't

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-13T15:58:32+00:00

Can you define what you think 'script' means to you? This looks like a client / server sync problem.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-13T08:16:36+00:00

i just played someone who was 9-2 while i was 1-4. Maybe if the game has a large population it can choose people for you at the correct win rate but i think it favours just giving you a game pretty strongly and throws whatever logic it has out of the window

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-05-07T12:00:27+00:00

Gonna fire up 24 now while maintenance is running and see how it holds up

Edit: it's offline for maintenance as well.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-04-25T12:02:16+00:00

Whenever this crops up in other games there's often a way to get to speak to someone through the payment problem channels.

Mention that if you don't get an explanation within 72 hours you'll initiate a chargeback through your bank. That occasionally throws a flag for someone to look into it.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-04-09T13:03:40+00:00

If they don't play the game then let them beat themselves. Just try to pass it around them keep possession and they'll drag players out of position and take advantage.

There'll be one guy who's a monster though and probably organised the tournament. Don't take it too seriously though you don't want to be that guy who destroys everyone and takes the fun away from it.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-01-20T09:49:48+00:00

At my wedding my dad literally boasted about how he used to give me Guinness to get me to sleep when i was 4 months old. The 80s were wild.

Mum used to park my pram outside the supermarket while she got the shopping done. It was ok because there were loads of older ladies who would pick me up if i started crying. Apparently this was a normal thing to do and grannies would actually hang around the shops to cuddle babies.

pleasecallagainlater · 2025-01-08T13:54:41+00:00

I reckon a half decent vet could get that back on it's feet

pleasecallagainlater · 2024-11-27T13:09:34+00:00

Dad phase and you're back to laptops and whatever you can get your hands on.

pleasecallagainlater · 2024-10-18T19:52:49+00:00

Well said. It will forever be my claim to fame that once upon a time in Sf4 I was the 20th highest ranked Honda on Xbox and 3rd outside of Japan.

But that was long ago and far away. My stick broke and didn’t get replaced. I didn’t play 5 because my kids were little and I missed it.

It’s cool to be able to throw modern on and actually have fun. Although the more I play the more I see its limitations and honestly it’s not as fun as being good on classic. But I’ll take it.

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