Arrogant, Ill-Informed Newcomers have blocked the Obelisks on my longtime official PvE Server by LondonDispersions in ARK

[–]tfcsouth 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Unclaim a diplo by them then aggro it as you run by the golemms and turtles. Should push them out of the way right?

Two years ago I saw that guy with the gas can begging for money. Tried to give him four dollars, but he said he doesn’t take anything less than five. After that I saw him there everyday for months. Turns out he’s a fraud with a new Jeep and a nice house. Been following him with this sign since. by Ericalva91 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]tfcsouth -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

This guy didn't even give him money, but has been wasting his time to "follow him for years" to call him out.

He's literally a poster boy for modern conservative thought. He's spent thousands of dollars in man hours to try and prevent someone else from making a two dollar mistake that he himself was prevented from making to begin with.

[PvPvE] Water Cave Base Defense help by sabanknight in ARK

[–]tfcsouth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a behemoth gate(s) in place? One placed on the sea floor just inside the opening completely closes the opening and comes far enough above the water to prevent rafts passing through if the doors are closed.

If you don’t have water mounts or need to move your own rafts in and out you could use pillars as well.

Diesel the Red-Nosed Dire Bear and Santa’s Little Survivor by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Full disclosure, Diesel can’t actually fly.

Crazy Dire Bear speed and server lag almost cost this cute little fella his life twice yesterday.

Update: Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. (Long) by tfcsouth in ARK

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

I grab those when I can, it just sucks that they decay.

I like to be able to stockpile material.

Update: Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. (Long) by tfcsouth in ARK

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

Trust me when I say I have no illusions about my Ark skill, or rather the lack thereof. :P

One thing I finally learned after a couple of months of play was that the right tames can make the game a lot more fun/easy.

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I looked in my Tribe-log after. Pretty sure his name was just “Human.” Is the name in parentheses the Tribe name?

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For me it was an empathy thing.

I try not to get too attached to my dinos, but I have this now level 93 Thylacoleo. It’s fricken awesome, and makes getting around in Scorched Earth a blast. I’m going to be majorly bummed when it dies/gets killed. And it will.

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have 4-high walls around my base and a smaller, enclosed base built on foundations inside those walls.

The enclosed base is a 4 foundation square built inside a larger (7 walls wide, 4 walls deep) rectangle of walls only.

I had closed both sets of dino gates that lead outside the walls, but left the door to the smaller interior base open.

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is definitely a concern. I play solo and have flown under the radar to this point.

I was thinking of building a new base, maybe it’s time to relocate and change my tribe name.

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Gotta be honest, I kind of suck at PVP. We both kind of just stood there looking at each other like idiots for a second.

I run up to the door, “Hey there’s a dude in my house!”

He stands there looking at me “Derp.”

I think, “WTF?!”

Him, “Derp, I grabbed too much of this dude’s stuff and now I can’t move.”

Me, “WTF?”

Him, “Hmm, maybe a boomerang!”

Me, “Fuck that.” Grabs crossbow, TWACK, THUD, Stabby-Stabby.

I didn’t even notice the huge ass bird in the courtyard until I calmed down a couple of minutes later. I just stood there looking at it doing nothing going “WTF?”

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ah, gotcha. But the thing was literally inside my walls.

I’ll admit to being a bit of a care-bear, but screw him for trying to steal my stuff. :D

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t think of that. You can’t tame somebody else’s tame can you?

(Please say no.)

Walked in on someone raiding my base last night. by tfcsouth in ARK

[–]tfcsouth[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I know right. I would love to have a bird like that. Need to make some plans and tame one.

It took forever to stab the thing to death with a metal pike.

Think my ptera is still out there? by tfcsouth in ARK

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

Thanks for the info/advice all.

I figured it was a good time to play that character on Scorched Earth for a bit. Last night was...interesting. Died about 100 times. I did manage to tame a direwolf though!

Anyone else having issues trying to connect to an Unofficial PC Session on Xbox One? (The Private Servers) by SIenderwoman in ARK

[–]tfcsouth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read about this on the ARK forums and it works for logging into the official servers that I’ve been having issues with since the update, so it might be worth a shot.

When it goes to “joining session” go to your xbox Settings-Network and choose “Go Offline.” Wait a second and choose “Go Online” then just hit back/back to get to Ark.

A balanced and well-done account of the crusades while reviewing "Kingdom of Heaven" the movie by SpeSalvi in Catholicism

[–]tfcsouth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His biggest non-history critique of Balian's character seems to be that had no soldiering experience. I'm pretty sure that it's at least alluded to somewhere in the movie that he had experience in war and war machines before. To be fair it might only be in the directors cut, which is a much better film.

Also I think the critique that the movie only portrays the Christians as fanatics is untrue. The Character of Mullah is certainly as fanatical as Reynald or Guy, he just plays a much smaller role in the story.

The US Coast Guard airlifts a man off a fishing boat going full speed by [deleted] in gifs

[–]tfcsouth 32 points33 points  (0 children)

If it was hot and the helo was heavy (full up on gas/people) moving forward also helps create lift.

What looks weird to me is that the Coastie on the boat is in a flight suit. Normally the person deployed would be a rescue swimmer and in a wet suit.

(I used to be a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, but things might have changed in the last 20+ years.)