My Gold Pass expired in last week’s tour (on Sunday). I decided to not renew it because this game has become insanely greedy over the last few tours, with cups where the only top shelf gear is through pipe or purchase. The thing is, I was ranked 1st on tier 30 before my pass expired, and a few hours after it did, I dropped to 4th. This is nothing abnormal but after that sudden drop, I tracked the score of the first 3 drivers and the 2 users behind me. Guess what? Their scores didn’t change at all neither on Monday nor Tuesday... this could mean nothing but it made me be done with spending a single more cent on this game (fuck your coin glider reward for GP users this tour). Just wanted to share my thoughts, it’s a matter of days until I quit this game forever.
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I was at the San Francisco show back in September and when I found out Bon Iver was playing the same arena that the warriors and huge music acts like Metallica have played I was skeptical. I didn’t think they would reach a wide enough audience. But when I saw the entire arena fill up with dedicated fans it was the most beautiful experience. Everyone was there out of pure love for the music the band creates. It was a feeling of community. It was a beautiful thing.
I need to be kinder.
Honestly, imagine how much you would hit the roof if it turned out your ex had been spying on you from inside your own house.
Brosnan's character, in fact, is helpful, thoughtful and dedicated and quite rightly has Daniel pegged as a deadbeat. His chat at the swimming pool with an acquaintance about how much he loves the children is actually really sweet - yet we're meant to see him as the enemy.
Edit: I spelled Pierce Brosnan's name wrong. I'm just going to go throw myself off a bridge.
This is a long one. Kick back with a coffee, or read this on the crapper. I play on console btw.
Why We Love Trials
Trials of Osiris is why I've been enjoying this season so far. Not just the game mode itself, which is awesome for reasons I'll brainstorm below, but just the sheer anticipation of it. Talking about loadouts and tactics with clanmates; actually doing PVE because light levels matter; trying out different weapons to see what works; practicing Elimination; listening to Youtubers speculate... The hubbub around Trials is almost as fun as Trials itself.
The game mode didn't disappoint. I love it. Bungie got lucky with Trials in D1; we know it's luck because the D2 version wasn't anywhere near as good, which suggested Bungie never truly understood the magic of Trials.
Here is my guess on why we love it so much:
- The style of play is distinct. It feels fresh to play even after we've poured hundreds of hours into the normal Crucible game modes. In Trials, getting that first pick is super tense; and going for the ensuing collapse is a big burst of adrenaline. That tenseness, followed by that burst of adrenaline, is uniquely wonderful.
- Trials is essentially an online tournament. It's the logical conclusion for designing a local tournament format for an online game. You get closer to the trophy by moving up the brackets (i.e. card matching, when it works): win 7 times and you're the champion. Tournaments are exciting and that helps explain why Trials is exciting.
- There is a clear outcome in one session. Trials is not like Survival where reaching 5500 can take multiple sessions with many different teammates. In Trials, it's one passage card, one team, one session. By the end, you'll have achieved success or failure. This is why Trials is so Youtuber/Twitch friendly; it is finite and therefore more carriable.
- The prestige factor. The emblem and armor are peacock worthy. It's hard to get serious about 6s when there is so much random chaos and connections are awful; Trials is where performance matters. I admire a 1.0 K/D flawless player more than the 1.7 K/D in Quickplay who cannot go flawless.
Incidentally, I initially thought locking Trials armor to flawless runs was by design, and a brilliant one. In that scenario, a player fully decked in Trials armor is visually wow in a way that an emblem is not. But I understand why many complained about that level of elitism.
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I kept my weekend clear so I had time to get my
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Whether you love him, hate him, or (as I suspect is the prevalent sentiment here) feel bemused indifference towards him, this man perhaps embodied America more than anyone else:
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Literal boomer
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Fat
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From Missouri
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Unironic opioid addict
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Fucking fat
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Divorced
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Sex tourist
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Epic gamer
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So very fat
It's definitely been a while since Rush's peak. To give you an idea of how long it's been, I'd say he stopped being a major cultural force at around the time Richard Dawkins stopped being called "left-wing." But he's still an important rightoid, arguably even a unifying force, since Rush himself is a Zodiac Killer kind of guy but his fanbase undoubtedly went for Daddy (and in many ways Rush paved the way for Daddy's style of politics).
But again, I'm less interested in his politics and more amazed at just how American Rush was. To wit:
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Loves sportsball but was always too unathletic to be any good at it.
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Somehow got hired by ESPN as a commentator way the hell back in the early 2000s, but got forced to resign after he had a gamer moment on air about then-Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.
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McNabb has publicly said, via his Reddit AMA of all things, that he's still angry. Stay tuned for anything McNabb might say when Rush snuffs it.
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Immediately after ESPN got rid of him, tabloids revealed that he was being investigated for illegally obtaining oxycontin, meaning that he was an early adopter when it came to opioids. His opioid use was so heavy that it caused hearing loss, so he was no amateur.
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He later tried to buy partial ownership in the
St. Louis(lol) Rams, but was thwarted in part because the players told him to fuck off. -
After a trip to the Dominican Republic, he was caught trying to smuggle a bottle of Viagra prescribed to someone else through customs at Palm Beach International Airport. His exact words on the incident: "I had a great time in the Dominican Republic. Wish I could tell you about it." I'm not saying he pulled an Epstein, but [he totall
I bought the reflective rain jacket and mine is literally falling apart. I’ve sewn the inside left pocket twice now, and now the seam for the inside of the left arm.
If it's a normal mirror, there will be a space of glass between your finger and its reflection.
