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They pretty much agreed on everything in the first third of the debate. Obama won, though.

I don't have tickets to the Winter Classic. I haven't looked at the prices either, but I just assumed they'd be around $75 since it's at such a huge stadium and they want to set an attendance record. Edit: I could probably manage the $89 tickets, but nothing more than $130. Probably won't find cheap tickets even if there is a game.

I'm voting on Friday by absentee when I go home for the weekend. My choices for significant positions include: President: Mitt Romney (R-MA): Businessman Vice-President: Paul Ryan (R-WI): Economist Senator: Pete Hoekstra (R-MI): Businessman Congressman: Dr. Syed Taj (D-MI): Physician In each case, I don't actually like any of the four candidates. They're just not as terrible as the incumbent parties in those positions. Oh, and, of the four, only Paul Ryan is a lawyer or career politician, so that's a huge plus. At least Paul Ryan is an economist as well.

I don't have my car on campus, so going to see the Griffins isn't really an option. I can watch the Plymouth Whalers in the OHL and my old high school when I go home, though. If all else fails, I have season tickets for the hockey games at State at least. We will be playing in the GLI during my Christmas break, so I will go to that if I have the chance.

There's already a topic for this: http://forum.tip.it/topic/297805-favorite-sport/ Anyway, Watching: Hockey > football > soccer > Olympics > everything else Playing: Soccer > ultimate Frisbee > basketball > football

Alright that should work. I'll be leaving for church at like 8 GMT on Sunday, so we should have plenty of time. EDIT: I didn't see you on RS, so we probably won't have enough time now. I still have to write a research paper, prepare for a calculus exam, and play a soccer game after Church tonight, so we might have to reschedule.

I still have my deflector and the left over points from when we did it the first time. I'm free on Sunday if you'd like to do it then.

I really wanted to go to that Winter Classic too :(.

Vikings' defense was incredible yesterday. Congrats to them. Also, the ONE year I don't have Percy Harvin in fantasy, he's dominating :sad:.

Ahh ok so I guess it's fair to say the bears suck then... Yeah, [bleep] the Bears. On topic: Obama's anti-Internet stance frightens me. He claims to have taken the platform of the opposite, but I have a hard time believing that considering the following: Anti-"Piracy" Crackdown: http://www.dailytech...px?newsid=18815 Internet Kill Switch: http://www.theage.co...00618-yln6.html Internet ID for Americans: http://www.cbsnews.c...837-501465.html Signing ACTA: http://tech.fortune....evil-twin-acta/ Wheras Romney and the GOP fall here: Opposing SOPA/PIPA: http://www.techdirt....-sopapipa.shtml Anti-Net Neutrality: http://www.huffingto..._n_1841228.html

Hmm, I still haven't received my note. Are they still distributing them? My membership has been constant since December 2005, so I'm sure that's not the issue. Nevermind, just logged in and received it.

[spoiler=Solution?]He locked the door with a deadbolt and chain. How could the sister have come in with the chain on the door? Sister was probably dead and a ghost.

http://tvtropes.org/...in/FridgeHorror "No, not last week's leftover tuna casserole. Fridge Horror is, simply put, when something becomes terrifying after the fact. Maybe you thought about this or that plot point a little too hard, and suddenly you realize that everyone was trapped in stasis forever, or that the lovable child will grow up in a world where everyone around her is dead. This can be either intentional or unintentional by the author."

It's kind of funny to see it posted so often on /x/ when they hate Reddit so much. Maybe they allow it because because everything else on there now discusses either magik or how the ghosts of Illuminati alien demon disinfo agents are paid by the reptilian Zionists to spread disinfo on /x/. Anyway, the guy who wrote the pasta made a book out of the story called Penpal. I plan on purchasing it off of Amazon at some point in the future.

My article was a giant "troll?" Read the featured article this week so you learn to say "I don't like this" instead of "your an troll."

Tim Howard with the shut out against United. Not a bad start to the season. Felt so wrong seeing RVP in a United kit, though :?.

Thanks for catching that. It's fixed now.

I don't know if any of you have read this Creepy Pasta, but it's worth bumping the thread to showcase it. It's long, but definitely worth the read. [spoiler=Part 1 - Footsteps] [spoiler=Part 2 - Balloons] [spoiler=Part 3 - Boxes] [spoiler=Part 4 - Maps] [spoiler=Part 5 - Screens] [spoiler=Part 6 - Friends]

You misunderstood me. I have mentioned before that the only people who defended dung were the ones who had invested the most time into it. It would be similar to the console wars you see on internet forums. Let's say someone purchased a PS3 for $600. They may suffer from buyer's remorse for the lack of quality exclusive titles. Of course, they now feel the need to justify their purchase by demeaning PC, Xbox, and Wii gamers while praising the "glorious" PS3 for its "incredible" graphics and Blu-Ray capabilities. (inb4 console war) Woah, woah, woah, that hurts.... right there *puts fist to heart* For the second article, I really thought that the SOF would be in first place, however I wholly agree with the #1 and #2 choices shown. I also agree with leeching being a part of the list, but due to the fact that it is not in the spirit of the game, in my opinion, instead of the idea that it is connected to RWTing. Again, this is my personal opinion, and I can see other disagreeing with it. The things they test aren't "out of this world" with these events, it's more about the concepts and code behind events such as "Head to Head", or the cheese wheel race which are novel ideas that have never been implemented in Runescape and could be horribly received by the community. Let's be honest, the cheese wheel race stinked because of the dubious collisions that happened, I'm glad it was only implemented as an optional event. Just a little vidya humor to help illustrate a point :razz:. Anyway, I actually agree with you about leaching not being within the spirit of the game, but I would be a hypocrite for saying that myself. As for the Gielinor Games, I wouldn't want to see any of those mechanics reused. Cheese wheel was kind of fun at first until I ran the race ~250 times without ever making it all the way. I haven't felt that level of frustration since pre-patched Olaf's Quest (on release day) and the Underground Pass. If anything, Jagex needs to start emulating the older holiday events because those were actually fun. Diango's workshop, anyone?

Ah, yes. I remember being very excited when they were discussing that USB because my dad had one for his high security clearance at his job. I think I would much rather prefer the smartphone option now, though, seeing as I just purchased a Droid. Two-step verification is a great idea and it would probably end up saving customer service a lot of time in the end.

If they're testing out new things with the engine, certainly we could have some new, unique quests once in a while? I'm going to have to be skeptical of Jagex's claim unless they deliver some awesome content.

I just don't think Jagex has the ability to make a system so sophisticated that could make the distinction between a player making a potion for a skill door or a player at the start of the base killing all the resource spots while the rest of the team is 5+ rooms away. I still think it will enforce the wrong type of activity (doing things for the sake of being busy) but I see where you're coming from and at least the reasoning behind the suggestion is impossible to ignore. Fair enough, I see what you mean here. You raise a good point about Jagex's competency regarding such a distinction and how it could easily be circumvented. I'm sure that a better solution exists, but it would take a better mind than mine to come up with one. Well I just assumed you wouldn't make such a bold statement without first going out and experiencing at least a portion of the current community. >_>' I guess the "research" for such a thing doesn't really take more than 30 seconds to log in and see a ton of spammers autotyping "Sell Blablahleechteam - #1 clan of all time!@#!" Might have just been a personal hang-up then on my part not to look past that. I'm sorry @_@ My research on this topic was taken from the RSOF and these forums. I haven't been playing the game much recently anyway. No worries, though.

Perhaps the Pest Control style activity measurement would be better. Someone has to do so much (killing, solving puzzles, opening skill doors, making potions, etc.) or will receive fewer tokens or less experience, but not be kicked for going afk for a few minutes. This would at least require them to do something more than just the puzzles that require the whole team. I also see what you mean by the "busy idiot" problem, but that would probably be more of an issue with a time-based activity bar. As it stands in Pest Control, I can often go greater than 20x the minimum requirement, but could easily stop after reaching the minimum. I would rather force someone to do something rather than let them watch Netflix for 45 minutes. I actually have never ventured to world 117 or any (un)official Dungeoneering worlds to Dungeoneer, so I don't know what you mean there. I haven't Dungeoneer'd with strangers since it first came out because everyone tried to micromanage the team, go AFK, or rage quit after one death. That probably didn't help my opinion of the skill.

I read the trope and I don't feel that it applies here because all I'm asking for is a simple activity bar/meter. It worked in Soul Wars and Pest Control, so there's no reason it shouldn't work here. It's not like I'm asking for the whole thing to be removed just because I don't like it. I don't doubt that some people genuinely enjoy it. It's the ones who become angry and flame you for disagreeing that try to justify their waste of time who, in reality, don't enjoy dung.

You misunderstood me. I have mentioned before that the only people who defended dung were the ones who had invested the most time into it. It would be similar to the console wars you see on internet forums. Let's say someone purchased a PS3 for $600. They may suffer from buyer's remorse for the lack of quality exclusive titles. Of course, they now feel the need to justify their purchase by demeaning PC, Xbox, and Wii gamers while praising the "glorious" PS3 for its "incredible" graphics and Blu-Ray capabilities. (inb4 console war) These people with 120 dung that sell floors could be seen in a similar way. Once they have invested all the time necessary for 120, they're not going to let anyone tell them the skill just plain sucks and that chaotics will be outclassed within the next year. They're justifying their time investment by profiting off of those who hate the skill enough to not want to play it. The fact that they create the market for this is ironic, as they will defend its legitimacy as a skill to death when the very people they sell the floors to quite obviously don't feel the same way.