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xenotime | science | t5_mouw | c7q8inc | I caught I while away on field work. One girl came along after being ill for a few days before hand, by the end of the week 13 out of 30 of us had it. One loo between 10 people is not ideal! I only vomited once when I had it- (had the poos for days) and that was after 3 days of nothing but cherry powerade. I passed out... | Norovirus turned me into a neon pink vomit tornado |
Airazz | science | t5_mouw | c7q8zw5 | So once a friend of mine invited me to his birthday party at his grandma's house (it was very big and nice and we were like 13 years old, so this was all acceptable), his mom drove us there. On the last day of a week-long party he got the virus.
When driving back, he launched a stream of vomit out the window. It was ... | We're driving down the road, vomit's spraying all around... |
imperialxcereal | science | t5_mouw | c7qdtgd | Had it going around Indiana a few years ago.
FUCK THIS VIRUS IN THE FACE.
My boyfriend was feeling sick and I was like, "That sucks" since I'm the one who usually has a shit immune system and gets sick. I honestly felt fine one minute, started to feel a bit bad then out of nowhere it started. I thought maybe I was ... | If you suspect you have norovirus and can afford to go to the hospital do it. Don't suffer through it. You will seriously want to wish death upon yourself, no joke. |
Sixtoed | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c7r0gz3 | I've had this when I've gone to "download" a game when I've already copied it into my steamapps directory (from/to my laptop or something), and it's just checking/verifying the data for what it has left to download. | Steam quirk when files already exist |
I_PWN_SMURFS | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7rpuff | You see darius heading your way like a bull and is followed (!) by his teammates. He is getting to you on flash + grab range - I flash
You see singed running towards you on his ult - I flash before I get flinged
You see jax setting up his stun and going into range for his jump (or flash jump) - I flash
etc.
All ... | bruiser heading(!) on face with my teammates closer = dont flash
bruiser heading(!) on face with his teammates closer = flash |
SinnerPT | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7rnit6 | First of all you should have ran cleanse because they were running some strong cc. You cannot afford to get initiated on by shens taunt and be debuffed by the damage reduction or get stunned by sona or feared by nocturne. Your net , your trap and your range should be enough to keep the divers at bay. In these cases pla... | Run cleanse if comp has good CC , use your skills to maximum utility ( especially traps ) , Look out for key cooldowns that lock you up and take advantage, know the enemies damage, be careful with the aggro your positioning brings, have an escape plan. |
IHTFPhD | science | t5_mouw | c7s7995 | Stupid article on several levels, but just want to express something - the scale of energy in electrical devices is on a totally separate level than the mechanical energies humans are used to in day to day life.
There is about 720 Joules per gram in a lithium ion battery. 720 Joules in gravitational potential energy ... | The scale of electric energy is just too much greater than the scale of kinetic energy. You simply can't harvest grid-level waste energy from human kinetic energy. |
PhoOhThree | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7smzdp | I main mid but since I am at school, i'll respond to your questions in this thread and I can't go on my client.
(IGN: Pho Oh Three)
My s2 Elo Range(2.2k-2.8k) played with all kinds of high elo top tier people.
My S3 Elo(2k+)
Generally in lower tier Elo range, Eve can stomp really well because in lower tier, lan... | The higher that you get, people know how to counter Eve well. Eve is mostly banned so start to learn other OP heroes. |
Dryus | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7szq73 | I don't think this is a very good suggestion. Not to sound like I'm one of those "exclusive" assholes per se, but I paid real money for skins that I like and want to show off.
-If Lee Sin is free, I want to play him. In champ select everyone and their mother is thinking " oh god its free week lee prepare to kick away... | no pls. |
pmmcl | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c7t6nw6 | Going to 4chan for something other than /b/ is like reading Playboy for the articles. Sure, there's some good stuff in those other boards, but anyone that has an intelligent, thoughtful conversation anywhere there could likely be better served on another site. There's a reason /b/'s so popular -- without it, 4chan is j... | We're talking internet message boards here. Let's tone down the histrionics about 20-ish% or so. |
Barten01 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7tyrut | Hi Leo!
My name is also Leo and I'm also from Brazil :O I played a few months from 1-30 and silver in ranked on the NA server and transferred to BR during the second wave of free transfers.
Personally, I know the NA server has a lot of trolls and flamers I just feel the BR ones are more passionate. They use VERY co... | Happens to everyone. Flamers, ragers and trolls come in every shape and size. Play with friends |
iDontCareL | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7uufim | Just looking at it right off the bat (didn't read through it but skimmed through) some format-like changes would make the guide much more appealing and easier to read.
In some parts it seems that you've forgotten how to separate long posts into paragraphs. In the areas where it looks like you have paragraphs there is... | Paragraphs with a space separating them. |
drunken_trophy_wife | TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | c7we9k4 | They're both right. Female redditors are, on average, pretty young. They buy cheap-QUALITY clothing at stupid prices because they have significant disposable incomes and little discernment. They're more excited about the styles and corporate images being offered by these chains than they are by their quality and pricin... | That's because the people recommending sites don't have a clue.
Edit: yep, I'm standing by this. I'll change my mind as soon as I see one of these threads and no one has posted & upvoted Forever 21. |
Rosefae | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | c7web51 | My boyfriend as a cache of standard responses that aren't supposed to make any contextual sense, and they're sort of an inside joke with us. Things like "No, you" or "Me too" or "Your face". It maintains the flow of conversation like "uh-huh" for normal people and neither of us pay particular attention to it most of th... | SO accidentally calls me flat, apologizes profusely. |
Granite_Man | nfl | t5_2qmg3 | c7wjmc9 | I don't give a shit about the opinion of people who work at the NFL Network. I work in live sports television at one of the largest and most watched regional sports networks in the country, does that mean my opinion counts more than yours? By your logic it apparently does.
Arguing other people's opinions to try and m... | So to recap, opinions don't matter, facts do.
EDIT: Spelling |
Black_Astra | tifu | t5_2to41 | c7xionz | Pfft thats nothing. Last semester I had problems sleeping so "Call Me Maybe" was my alarm clock sound to get me up in the mornining. One day I accidentally pressed "remind me" and 30 minutes later in class the song goes off. A week went by and everyone just stopped caring. | you're fine. |
monsteryaki | relationships | t5_2qjvn | c7xp1kb | you're a young guy my friend, keep your options open.
to be honest, i feel that at this stage of your life you need different women to fulfill your certain needs. I know that i may be condoning cheating on your girlfriend but you're a young guy your hormones are through the roof and let's face it. at this age (i am 20 ... | if your girl won't put out, then you need a next girl to "vent" to |
jimbojamesiv | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | c7zpndk | Don't get me wrong, since you're not the only one by a long shot, but all you did was toss out a cliche to minimize the topic under discussion.
With all due respect, there is actually a huge amount of wrong with having opinions based upon faulty premises or complete ignorance. All you've got to do is visit Reddit for... | Everyone's opinion is not equal. |
alchemist87 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c7zte3q | If its boring, don't watch.
I actually love watching asian teams, just because how much better they are than the rest, the bar is set higher, so if you want to win the money prize, get better, take the game serious and just practice more.
If they can do it, anybody else can. The only thing asians do different is that... | Love watching asians playing, other regions need to take the game serious or will keep getting stomped like amateurs. |
badjuice | relationships | t5_2qjvn | c810028 | Are you being sarcastically funny, or did you seriously just say that?
I would say that something is something if it matches the definition. If that is not the case, then everything isn't anything and something can be anything.
Since we are talking of definitions, and this is a public forum, I assume we are using t... | I started my post framing that we were going to call him bisexual or gay ( HENCE THE "BY DEFINITION ", meaning, if you want to know what I mean, consult a fucking dictionary, kind of like what I just fucking did in this post) so that I would have a selection of different words with different connotations in the context... |
ColonelUber | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | c82oo7o | I recommend you start playing other roles. I main ADs for most of my games since I play with friends in normals more often than I play solo queue, and it works great cause we can give each other feedback and we trust each other to make things work right.
But in solo queue, ADC is by far the hardest role to carry fro... | Learn all the roles, stop playing ADC so much because it's a difficult position to carry from. |
Trolker | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c83wku5 | Ok, I haven't seen anybody else do this, but this is my "standard" >combo every single time I use thresh.
>Basically it drags enemy towards you, drags them a SECOND time >towards you, AND THEN you dash to be behind them, and you can E >them towards your ADC even more!
>You can press your Q and hit someone to drag the... | Hook somebody with Q to pull them a small ways, walk backwards right when it hits to drag them a >2nd time then immediately press Q again, and you will dash to them and you can E them. So the result is=You >pulled them twice, you dashed to them, and then E'd them even further.
FTFY |
Oiranaru | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c84g895 | This. I've been doing this since the first day Thresh came out, and it drastically increases the amount of time you have a person under your control. Why not utilise the two pulls of the chain before flying to them, then knock them back with Flay? Ofc, there are times and places where you just wanna fly to them ASAP t... | Yank them then come to them. |
Codeegirl | sex | t5_2qh3p | c84tjrd | Absolutely. A lot of guys see it as unattractive because "it's gross when guys in porn do it." Understandable why a straight male would not be turned on by a male's voice. As a female, nothing gets me going like hearing any vocalizations.... Because I am sexually attracted to men. | YES. |
Twigglett | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | c855bwb | I don't think it's considered necessary nowadays. It's personal preference. Do whichever you're comfortable with. Calling means you put her on the spot; but texting means you have the agonizing wait for a reply! I mean, whichever you choose, she might be like "Urgh, I hate when guys text to ask me out" OR "...call to a... | Texting is fine. It's up to you. |
JWL2012 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c85gpbu | I dont know about a bible trivia game, but I would play the shit out of a bible fighter game... Mortal Kombat style, with satan at the top tier. Jesus would be one of the starting fighters to choose from, along with Gabriel, Cain and Abel, Adam (Eve would be in the back cheering) and a few others. God would be DLC. You... | BIBLICAL KOMBAT! |
AnticScarab3 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c85gvzf | Staunch]( just means that he's very firm in his beliefs. That just means that he's not really considering other faiths, as he already knows what he believes.
I would describe myself as a staunch atheist, but that doesn't mean I talk about it 24/7. In fact, I don't think any of my friends even know that I'm an atheist... | That's not what "staunch" means. |
icantthinkofit | politics | t5_2cneq | c85ney8 | They cant pay taxes if they cant get legal documents.
This is completely false. The IRS will issue a taxpayer ID to anyone without a social security number. A US Citizen or illegal alien have the same legal obligations to pay income and payroll taxes. Employers who pay cash and don't report wages lose the tax benefit... | Dey dernt pay taxes" is a myth. |
KernalM | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | c87lr8u | Don't put so much faith in course listings. Like deadundead said, it's not a general Islamic History class, it's specifically about women. When you bring up the "meat' of the course you seem to be under the impression that that "meat" is Islamic History, it's not. It's Islamic History as applies to women. When I took a... | Women/Gender in X classes are always more focused on the role of women/gender than the field itself. |
haskell3 | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | c87szia | Morsi's aid is wrong!**
US refused to accept German Jews prior to WW2 - and they got murdered by NAZIs.
1937 : Hitler asks European countries and US to accept German Jews (he was a bit shy of final solution back then).
1938 : US organizes Évian Conference about Jewish question . The only country that agre... | Jews went to america - but they were not welcome there and were sent back to die in NAZI concentration camps. |
haskell3 | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | c87tlk1 | Morsi's aid is sooo wrong!
US vehemently refused to accept German Jewish refugees - it was sending them back to Germany in fact.
1937 : Hitler asks European countries and US to accept German Jews (he was a bit shy of final solution back then).
1938 : US organizes Évian Conference about Jewish qu... | Jews went to america - but they were not welcome there and were sent back to die in NAZI concentration camps. |
TomaMask | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c88ay6h | Actually, the buggy thing is that her 3rd Q cast slams the ground instantly, and the animation of Riven doing a front flip comes later, what isn't supposed to happen. And also when you want to do 3rd Q and fast W, it feels delayed as fuck. | Riven's 3rd Q cast isn't synced with her model animation. |
Gutterblade | science | t5_mouw | c893e6b | Seriously, might be a bit selfish, but i always cheer a little when i read progress in the Alzheimer field ! It runs in my family, my grandfather had it, the brother of my dad who's only 60 is developing it, and my dad ( 56 ) will most likely be next, and then there's me.
Ofcourse i know and i am grateful that i -pro... | I hate Alzheimers, and i applaud science's advance in this field. |
Gutterblade | science | t5_mouw | c8988ya | I've read some time ago ( digging from memory please correct me if i'm wrong! ) that some new research pointed towards our lifestyle of high sugar levels 24/7 in our bloodstream contributes to AD possibly too.
They had an example graph of how normally this enzym would remove the stacking of a protein on nervecells, b... | It shows that when sugar levels increase in the brain, the protein -amyloid-beta- attaches itself faster.
EDIT - FOUND SOURCE - It's from a special on Alzheimers that was aired a few weeks back here. it's in Dutch but google translate might help :) |
cheshawa | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c892i1e | If there's players out there good enough to go pro, they'll go pro regardless of gender; just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it never will.
From memory, the LoL infographic about players showed that over 90% of LoL players are male , meaning less than 10% are female. That 10% include girls who only... | It'll happen when someone skilled and dedicated enough comes along, and not before. |
Radisong | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c89y3s8 | From what I've been playing with it seems as if the people who you are playing with/against are a prime determining factor in how many points you receive.
I am currently a silver 5 but when I play with some gold friends they all complain about getting 10-15 points from a win while I get 20-30 league points. I played w... | If you want to have a decent win/loss point ratio you should duo que with friend of higher elo |
Pixelrag3 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c8bimbg | Actually I wasn't being condescending to OP, I was mearly stating that he was proud of his achievement and wanted to show it to reddit rather than it being informative like the title would suggest. | You need to stop crying. |
bookworm48 | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | c8cxo4a | It's worth it for me. The day you get it in, start taking ibuprofen before you go. It's just gonna hurt badly that day no matter what. You're having a new, relatively large, object inserted through your cervix. It feels like horrible cramps, but it doesn't last too long. Overall, it is almost not noticeable once the IU... | I strongly advise getting an IUD and haven't had any negative effects with mine. |
GiantAxon | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | c8egopy | The Ontario medical association put an email out about this a long time ago. They were worried that they couldn't detect it. Looks like they can, now. But, who knows, right?
I'll take this opportunity to educate the masses with a lesson from the last SARS outbreak. If your doctor asks you to wear a mask in the waiti... | we might be fucked, also, when it goes down, wear a fucking mask if you're sick. |
kingofmagnet | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | c8gpldx | says that
> Selling Tear of the Goddess and its upgrades removes the bonus mana.
and
> The bonuses from Seeker's Armguards passive disappear upon upgrading it to Zhonya's Hourglass. However the stats on Zhonya's Hourglass are already equal or higher than a fully stacked Seeker's Armguard and Needlessly Large Rod co... | No, no and no. |
PoppawitthebigMoppa | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c8gybfh | I absolutely love Gamefly. I've been a member for over a year and even adding up the membership cost I know I've saved tons and tons of money by renting instead of buying. So often I buy a cheap-ish game, or even a new one and stop halfway through or get bored after beating it once, then I sell it back to gamestop for ... | I love gamefly and highly recommend it! |
SRCarrn | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | c8hd7t1 | Before I get too deep into this, I want to make sure you understand these points:
Jungling is very dependent on your team, just as your team depends on you
You will get blamed a lot for them losing lane
> Because of this, you need to make sure your communication is constant, friendly, and clear
Some thi... | Always talk to your team, and always pat attention to the map. Add me in game on Carrn (NA) if you would like to chat/play
Edited for spelling |
potsmoking_princess | sex | t5_2qh3p | c8hpdql | This.
I am currently with my second sexual partner, and with him I have never faked an orgasm, nor will I ever. When I lost my virginity with my first partner, I faked it because I thought that it would make him happier and having an orgasm was just what you were supposed to do. I decided not to do that with my cur... | Just be honest about what works for you and what doesn't, it'll help you both in the long run. |
tj1226 | TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | c8ip9aj | Right? Whedon always makes me feel like a lady and a person. I wanted to include Dollhouse but I feel like that might be a little grown up plus so far I've really met girls who enjoyed it and most guys said it wasn't well planned enough or they found the plot superficial.
Also have you seen Princess Cookie? I must ha... | I geeked out... |
jrock954 | politics | t5_2cneq | c8il3v8 | Native Floridian here. I know this'll be buried, but I just have to say this. I've lived in Broward county my whole life (area code 954) and since the Tea Party took control here I have watched this place turn into an absolute disgrace. I worked in private security here and volunteered in soup kitchens. I have seen in ... | Half of Florida keeps fucking the other half. |
The_Original_Gronkie | politics | t5_2cneq | c8irjfg | Crist got my attention back when he was attorney general under Jeb Bush. When the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 devastated the state, the insurance companies started crying about how damaged they were and all wanted to raise the rates. Now remember, the hurricanes basically hit a couple of states, did bad damage, yes, b... | Charlie Crist is the kind of independently thinking politician that we need in this country. |
The_Original_Gronkie | politics | t5_2cneq | c8iszz6 | Sorry, I'm going to hijack the top comment because there is a major issue with Rick Scott that wasn't addressed in the article or any of the comments that I read, and it needs to be heard. It is one of the most blatant conflicts of interest I have ever witnessed.
One of Rick Scott's first moves (after killing the po... | Rick Scott is fucking crook who belongs in prison. And he looks like a penis with ears. |
IrishTek | politics | t5_2cneq | c8ito9m | My school had a college adviser come only once during my senior year when I happened to be out from mono. When I asked when I could talk to one, my school counselor told me to just go to the school I wanted to go to and ask.
The first semester and a half, I didn't know how to get student loans, assuming they were al... | Yes, we need college advisers. |
Furin | technology | t5_2qh16 | c8iq97m | Story time:
An artist uploaded his own videos. They were later blocked by his record label, apparently. He then contacted his label... and was told that they didn't block his videos, GEMA did because they were in conflict with YouTube. The artist then contacted GEMA and he was told that they in fact were in conflict ... | YouTube and GEMA are both stupid. |
Ka1ser | technology | t5_2qh16 | c8iqv6s | The younger ones and those who actually spend a lot of time on the internet know the direness of this situation pretty well.
The older ones in contrary, those who don't use the internet so often, mostly don't know about this. This also leads to the situation that, when the topic is discussed, the "older generation" m... | the younger ones yes, the older ones not neccesarily |
mizmemelemelicious | news | t5_2qh3l | c8ltozf | Ok. Why does everyone expect broke college students to buy movies?
Or is it that you have an issue with them having morals they don't actually fully support yet?
I don't own much in the way of movies... I don't go see very many in theaters either... but I don't pirate (anymore, and never movies). Why? Because the d... | I just spent way too long typing out this sometimes rambling reply. You should just read this shit and marvel. |
Cyrustd | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c8ll9c7 | Muramana is a great item on Ryze, anyone can tell you. Iceborn gauntlet is not an item I like building early on. Ryze like any other mage will also land auto attacks in teamfights if he isn't pressured so the slow can be useful, but the damage on the iceborn gauntlet proc is barely noticible. The two items (muramana an... | those items don't synergize that much, they just add on. Muramana is great. Iceborn gauntlet is okay but usually not worth the cost. |
ProtoDong | technology | t5_2qh16 | c8ls5n4 | You don't sound like someone who knows security (especially for someone who supposedly attended BlackHat.
Bad runtime environment vulnerabilities have existed ever since the beginning. These generally can be easily mitigated by disabling browser plugins. So no they are hardly regarded as "major" vulnerabilities des... | I do this for a living and you have a lot to learn. |
TheAnimus | technology | t5_2qh16 | c8lwcct | It is doubtful you can hang up in the time it takes to make the connection.
As a Brit, ages ago at uni, when playing with an imate-SP5 (a smartphone pre-iphone, that had 'apps') I'd been writing such an app in the free-for-all that was WM.
Slight bug in it stopped the lock screen from working, get distracted slam p... | Emergency services get lots of miss dials and won't care if you get through, "I'm so sorry operator, my headset is broken", and no one will care. Yes its logged, but not in your name. |
MSUn4nn3r5 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c8lx7aj | Tried giving a tip once, will probably not attempt again.
We're about to win the game, and their 2-13 Heimer started complaining about all the slow my Rumble had. I simply suggested "Heimer, next time if you want try to build for a rylai's, it'll give you some nice slow"
His Response: "stfu I know how to play my ch... | Dumb people gonna be dumb |
Micahsm | wow | t5_2qio8 | c8mx2bf | I never had a healer complain about healing leveling up as a brewmaster, I guess I was just lucky to do my research?
I honestly fell In love with brewmasters :) but healers and everyone needs to know, we gave very few "normal" tank cool downs.
Typically I have to use 2 in one for it to be an effective single one (Z... | Healers and others are awesome to help out brewmasters with outside CDs. |
tinkerbelle91 | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | c8nt7a0 | I have another perspective for you.
I have done this. I was actually giving another poster advise on this the other day.
My SO and I lived together for about a year, having previously been constantly in each other's company. After we moved out of that flat and I was getting ready to find somewhere new, he told me h... | So that was a long-ass post, but basically, I did it, it's great and it does work if you're both prepared to try. |
CoomassieBlue | relationships | t5_2qjvn | c8nu47c | Hi there OP,
Since /r/ihaveissues is one of the subreddits within our community, cross-posts onto /r/relationships aren't permitted - it's kind of like putting two of the same notices on different corners of a bulletin board. However, thank you very much for being sure to include a | You'll get great advice from /r/ihaveissues. |
robato | politics | t5_2cneq | c8ozhq8 | As the Pandarian say, "Slow down..."
What good would it have done if Reid did away with the filibuster right now? The Republicans still control the house, and there will still be no legislation passed.
Rather than fix the filibuster now and suffer all the political fall out for nothing, wait until the Democrats co... | no point in doing it now because of the House. |
jaredisawesome | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | c8qzt31 | Some people like simple. When looking at different computers out today there is much variety in the windows department. Laptops not only range from $500-$1700 but so much of it is absolute crap. I was reading earlier about an HP computer where the motherboard had melted through. While this is a rare occasion windows co... | Reliability, Image, Brand loyalty. |
JamponyForever | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | c8rm6eg | There's a lot of identity wrapped up in being a "Mac Person" or a "PC Person" or a "Linux Person."
This isn't a mistake. Computers are now marketed the same way cars are. You buy a Camero because you're "badass and I know it." You buy a Lexus because "fuck off Proletarian swine!"
Its the same marketing.
I use my ... | Your computer is not who you are. They're just tools. Pick the right tool for the right job. |
Wavozz | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c8tork2 | anyone remeber the thread about clear titles? he could have even just put the | in the title |
TheSuperlativ | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c8tkrkr | Another thing he said which really made me change my perception on losses: "The season is really long, like it's almost a year. You're in no rush".
This has led me to not care all too much about losses, and focus on improving my game in general. I realised that I can't win every single game, it's just not possible.... | Phreak says there is plenty of time. From this I make; you should stop caring, but still try to win. Mainline is; you can't be afraid to lose if you want to win, no guts no glory, you wanna gain something you gotta risk something. Etc. |
Karebear921 | TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | c8vdclr | I have gone through a similar situation. I lost my infant son 2 and a half years ago. My relationships with everyone I knew before have changed. Everyone. It breaks my heart. I must say that your letter was actually really good for me to read. I think that as time passes, those of us who have lost a a baby begi... | You're a good friend. She is not her old self anymore and . her whole life seems wrong. Sending stranger internet hugs to you both. |
distortednet | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c8vpzy1 | EA lied.
at launch they said they could handle the load of people trying to log in to play the game, since its always on. This was untrue.
To "optimize" the servers they started stripping game features from the client. As a result press had to re-score the game with a much lower score, since this isn't the game the... | of what i know so far anyways. if anyone has any corrections, feel free to correct me ;x |
Carighan | Games | t5_2qhwp | c8yhomt | I wasn't stating anything about that. That's why I am so annoyed now, what did I do to question your philosophical views on piracy for the health of the industry?
All I did was criticize how you seem to use piracy-numbers as a metric of how well (or rather, how un-well) a game did. More piracy = more problem.
Which ... | Piracy is not an indicator of success or lack of success. Sales are. |
Otaku_Son | gaming | t5_2qh03 | c8yvd9h | Now you're just being a dickwad. But yes, I hate games with achievements and stay logged off everytime I'm forced to play one of those fucking horrible games with achievements. And if by some weird chance I am logged in, I just use Rick's SAM to lock those achievements again.
> I just feel it makes getting achieve... | herp herp PENIS! |
irondraconis | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c9155qn | CLG will go 0-3 and liftlift will be replaced by Choax after the second game, with Hotshotgg moving from Top lane, to Mid lane, to ADC by the third game. Aphromoo will have plenty of presence in the lane by playing Leona in every game and continually feeding the ADC double kills only to have the ADC get blown up by sea... | Next week is a big week for CLG...
Edit In b4 OccWorld hates for dropping names and poking fun. |
bigcitycrows | science | t5_mouw | c91wbrq | Although you are being downvoted, you have a valid question. Not to go all Dr. Ian Malcolm, but they died off long before human involvement- unlike most of the species on that list.
My guess would be for the positive public relations of such an accomplishment, and the novelty aspect of a zoo having one. Though, of co... | conservation and baby steps, though unfortunately with the money factor they might need something big-and-impractical to show off like a wooly mammoth. |
againstagamemnon | science | t5_mouw | c91xdk8 | Way too many birds on that list.
I'm all about bringing back the thylacine, though. I was obsessed with the thylacine in 7th grade. Still am, to be quite honest. I didn't think there was viable DNA, though. The program at the Australian Museum only yielded fragmented DNA, and to my knowledge all attempts to recreat... | HOLY FUCK THYLACINE. |
LordHellsing11 | science | t5_mouw | c91ya2z | If the dodo bird knew does get de-extinct, then perhaps it wan't so dumb. Perhaps it knew that we were its only predators, and therefore set a an elaborate ruse?
It could tell we were an intelligent race. So, they fooled us all by acting completely fucking stupid. But that knew that by getting completely fucking slau... | Who's stupid now? |
WOL6ANG | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c91up31 | The more games you play then the variability of having bad teammates or even good teammates (luck of the draw) approaches zero and your skill will be the determining factor that shines through. It is the same way with poker and even sports.
Would you rather go a game to 21 with a pro basketball player for $100,000 or... | Anything can happen in one game/point/match. |
xmodusterz | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c9384vu | Yes, there is already a solution for this problem. THE TRIBUNAL. It's very rare that anyone gets banned enough from bad games to make it to the tribunal and even more rare that the tribunal bans them. Keep in mind the people in the tribunal are the bottom like 10% of players so as "everyone" is reporting feeding games ... | we already have a solution, the tribunal. |
CommanderAnaximander | Games | t5_2qhwp | c942mjp | As an aspiring animator, it can basically be summed up as: Art is more expensive than one gives it credit for.
To elaborate, each character in Skullgirls is animated with hand-drawn frames, ranging anywhere from 1200-1800 frames. For one character. Throw in that some characters have multiple stances or modes, and... | Games are crazy expensive.
EDIT: [Here's a video that quickly summarizes the art process of Skullgirls.]( |
CommanderAnaximander | Games | t5_2qhwp | c942oy1 | Hopefully you won't mind me copying and pasting my reply to somebody else explaining why this is the case.
As an aspiring animator, it can basically be summed up as: Art is more expensive than one gives it credit for.
To elaborate, each character in Skullgirls is animated with hand-drawn frames, ranging anywhere ... | Games are crazy expensive. |
Penguin223 | science | t5_mouw | c95gr20 | Maybe I can try to explain.
Limits are a way to find the value of something that doesn't exist, but assuming it does exist. I know that is a insane sentence but I shall try to give it some grammatical Paxil.
Imagine a straight line. Now take an exact point out of that line. So this line has a break in it at said ex... | since something cannot happen within a negative period of time, we just have to look at what happens when something gets continually faster till time is zero.
I hope that explained something to someone and doesn't fuck anyone over who is in Cal 1 because it was a simplification (or because I stupided up something). S... |
ThiefMaster | science | t5_mouw | c95h0yh | So... How do we use this to build a F | ive? |
ben3141 | science | t5_mouw | c957l8v | Quantum entanglement can be used to transmit a quantum state using classical information; since a classical description of a quantum state is very long, this is sort of like "useful information". At some level, it's incomparable to classical information, since you can't recover the full classical description of a quant... | you can use entanglement to transmit quantum information via a classical channel, which is not possible without entanglement. |
Hyper1on | science | t5_mouw | c957wv9 | Imagine a train, and two lightning bolts striking the field next to the train, one near the end of the train and one near the front. An oberver at the end of the train might be closer to one bolt than the other, so the light from the nearer bolt will arrive sooner and the two events do not appear to be simultaneous. So... | It's really difficult to tell if something is instantaneous. |
BassheadPanda | science | t5_mouw | c95e2x2 | Terrible analogy. The "spin" of the particle isn't established until measured. For your analogy to work (better), you would have to explain that heads or tails isn't actually decided until you open the box. What actually makes it "spooky" is that viewing one half INSTANTLY determines what the other half is... This in... | Quantum mechanics reveals faster-than-light communication which is traditionally thought to be impossible. |
rxh339 | Games | t5_2qhwp | c973f0j | I can't talk about the new game, only played the old one, but that for years. First, you need a huge amount of time to get enough RPs (realmpoints, kinda like your experience for RvR kills) to get a couple of those abilities, so specialising on one character would benefit you.
You are at an advantage when you fight a... | You are at disadvantage when you twink and meet equally skilled people that are several ranks higher than you, in a group that (almost) always can be overcome by outplaying them though and you will not be the only person to twink stuff. |
DrBeefyEUW | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97lpib | Remember some of my games as xerath.
i played him pretty ok for the first 30 matches. ok k/d. regular flash/ignite. nothing special.
Then when i got better i decided to switch out ignite cause i usually wasnt in range for it anyways depending on the enemy mid pick. I picked tp - people flamed. I picked cleanse - people... | I got super fed with CV on Xerath and carried and people still reported me for "trolling". btw it had great synergize when using w at wraith camp and shooting ur spells over the wall to have permanent vision. |
Younka | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97n4ah | I just finished a game with trollpick trynd bot for adc, because he felt like it and "normal is for fun". In which universe fun is feeding the whole game and leaving the lane, so that other adc could get fed?
Am i mad? Yea, i am, because i play mostly normals, and i play them seriously - to win and learn the game, no... | Don't be a selfish bastard - some people play normals for real and do not wish to waste time and nerves, because you want to try something new. That's what bots and customs are for. Peace. |
Criously | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97na67 | I agree that people should be allowed to play what they want, but at least be competent, if you want to dick around with crappy champions, go do customs or bots, in normals you should at least be adequate with the champion you want to play, or else you are just bringing down the experience of the other people on your t... | Do what you want without ruining the other peoples experiences. |
HeavyMetalHero | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97owbn | The main reason Amumu (and similar champs) faceroll bronze is that nobody knows how to recognize all but the hardest of initiations. They win because they can actually start fights on out of position targets; for starters, in Bronze at least one person is out of position somewhere on the map at any given time, so you ... | amumu is easy to play (mechanically) and even if he's balanced well most of the player base is not skilled enough to avoid being killed by him, so he wrecks everything below gold >50% of the time |
GrammarRays | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97tkds | Honestly, there is no such thing as a 'troll-pick'. What many, if not most of the League of Legends community does, is follow the meta; most players play with the set conventional play styles (e.g. 1, 1, 2 lanes, 2v1 lanes). What most people fail to realize is that the meta is not written in stone; there is no set way ... | No such thing as troll pick, meta is not written in stone, LoL is a sand-box type game
(I don't get how the bullet points work...) |
SpiketailDrake | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97ul60 | Back when Evelyn just got a rework everyone was complaining that she was still terrible.
Well, I happened to watch some LoL tournament where a guy (Shooshie? Shushi? Some chubby white european guy with black hair) was claiming that she's an amazing mid. Well, he played Eve, and even though his team lost miserably, he... | play what you want and have fun! |
mk49sk | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97whmu | He didn't just bring it back up after years of promising he would. When he did, he completely wiped out much of the database / forums containing private developer forums for heroes and items. Many of those champions are in League today (like Teemo.) He refused to acknowledge it even after many old DotA developers gave ... | Imagine all the posts on Reddit that got high upvotes about a new champion concept was given the green light for themselves to balance it / edit the character so that it will finally be developed. Then Pendragon closing the reddit forums or League forums and releasing that champion under a different game and giving no ... |
Unicormy | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c97zaf8 | I only take issue in ranked, or if someone picks a champion for a role that doesn't fit. Jax support, Nami top, w/e. Certain champions have exceptionally low win rates, and that's where problems arise. I can't know if someone specializes in a champion, and that brings a risk to me when I'm committing my time and rating... | If it doesn't go badly, or if they know the champ very well, it's fine. If not, it's a risk that might get you reported. |
FinalCatalyst | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c984pss | that's hilarious bc i just played a game where i didn't ban malphite right bc everybody knows there are much higher priority bans. So this guy flames that i didn't ban malphite, then picks zed instead of an ap champ. then he proceeds to die to malphite and those are malph's only two kills in the whole game. meanwhile i... | U R NOOB U DIDNT BAN MALPH HE SO OP" |
VERTIKAL19 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c989mph | This is a bit of human nature, because humans are narrow-minded. Most people especially on lower ELOs tend to just copy things they saw on stream and have a pretty straight mindset, which tells what is good and what is bad, how you have to play. Those people tend not to accept other oppinions that are out of the genera... | Most Humans are narrow-minded and won't think nor acccept odd oppionions (Just a thesis, nothing i can prove its just my Experience so far). Accept odd picks. People should not rage.
If you find some severe errors in my english please forgive me because I am not a native English speaker because as the Submitter I am ... |
Moneypouch | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c98a28y | In normals you can play whatever you want but in ranked you better not be fp'ing that shaco or picking him into their tanky/aoe team. That is tantamount intentional feeding as your pick has made every teamfight a 4v5. Ranked is about winning and if you are not picking the champ that gives you the greatest chance to win... | You don't deserve to be flamed but your teammates don't deserve a lower win % just because you think x champ is more fun. |
JustARogue | Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | c97wfi5 | I'm guessing this has been asked before but I'm having trouble finding it
Meaning you didn't try at all? It's really not that hard to use the search bar. The sidebar even tells you to search before posting on common topic.
>Please read the FAQ and use the search function before posting.
Please put more effort i... | Act like a normal person. Treat people and things as you would like them to treat you and your things. |
Lonxu | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c99ygk0 | LP gains are based on the MMR (elo) distance to next promotion series.
Player 1 @ Silver 1 has 1600 MMR, 70 LP.
Player 2 @ Silver 1 has 1500 MMR, 90 LP.
Gold 5 is 1550 MMR.
Player 1 wins a game and gains 30 LP -> enters series. He already had the MMR needed for promotion series so the system really wants him th... | Shit LP gains are caused by MMR distance to series being much greater than the LP would indicate. Keep playing and winning more than 50% and you will get to promotion series, sooner or later. The MMR gains for losses and wins are the same, it's just that they're hidden. |
Arrythenameless | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | c9c5fw8 | I main Leona support. She's all about hp, imo. I generally go 0/9/21 for the Defense tree HP and armor and for the extra CDR, starting gold, etc the utility tree provides. I find the extra ward and biscuit are invaluable early on. It allows me to recover if a trade goes poorly, or to stay in lane if we get the kill.
... | Always come to lane with at least 2 wards. Philo Stone is great. Past that, HP, HP, HP. And sightstone. |
TheEnormousPenis | politics | t5_2cneq | c9cndc2 | Yeah and none of that would have stopped the recent shootings. Newtown guys mother had a safe and the guns weren't his. He wouldn't be the one passing any checks so your background check crap and mental health crap wouldn't make a bit of difference. | You'll never write enough laws. |
bigsbeclayton | nfl | t5_2qmg3 | c9fo5t9 | I've gotten it for two straight years now having lived in a big city. I do believe the other posters are correct in that you won't be able to get it if DirectTV is available in your area (I live in a big city, so it's not possible for me to get it). But I'll answer your questions anyway.
1) HD can be hit or miss on t... | the quality is ok, I would probably just get DirecTV satellite service over the PS3 version if I could.
2) The value of it depends on where you live and what games are on TV I would think. You're a pack fan, and the pack have a pretty good national following, so they probably have a lot more games on TV than other te... |
Teephphah | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | c9gqnpy | I'm a guy too, and I agree that you're being a pushy dick. She's dealing with it in her way and on her time table. That's not good enough for you. You're going to ride in on your white horse and FIX IT, by God! And you're going to do so right this very minute!
I see this as being at least as much about your anger a... | Shut up. Listen. |
nosico | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | c9kngzo | Swain enthusiast here, just dropping in to point out that Karthus E does more damage than Swain's ult (even on an optimal number of targets - 3 or less) coupled with the fact that without Karthus's passive Swain can't itemise for heavy AP like Karthus can. | Pick Karthus instead |
clark_ent | politics | t5_2cneq | c9kwvj4 | Time to fact check your ridiculous claim:
There are 1.3 million immigrants to Sweden yearly. Your link shows an increase of 5,000 crimes which is hardly statistical noise that can be correlated. Your link doesn't even say Muslims are creating the crime, just that crime has increased. In fact, your link says most immi... | We have you down for cause/correlation fallacy, cherry picking, and ecological fallacies. That's the problem with racism, there's no common sense or even logic in it. All racism does is create fallacious thinking |
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