Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105

[Mordokai]

You tried Baldur's Gate, the Fallout series is almost a must to play!

Well, except Tactics perhaps. But even that one has it's bright sides.

[Archonic Energy]

Originally Posted by thanatos5150

I've never played Fallout, and you can't make me!

*gets duct-tape, cable-ties, matchsticks, a PC, a chair with arm rests, some petrol, a spark plug, some microswitches, a battery, some cables, and a copy of the fallout trilogy*

do you want to bet?


Gamewise i'm back into X3.
with the release of the new terran conflict, i've decided to dust down my X52.
and re-enter my number 2 time sink...

[The Rose Dragon]

How many people collected those porn magazines in Fallout 2 for the prostitution lady in New Reno?

Man, was it in New Reno? Was its name even New Reno?

I should play that game again sometime.

[TwoBitWriter]

Originally Posted by The Rose Dragon

How many people collected those porn magazines in Fallout 2 for the prostitution lady in New Reno?

Man, was it in New Reno? Was its name even New Reno?

I should play that game again sometime.

New Reno, my favorited city in Fallout 2... sigh...
It was really exciting when you are a teenager...

[Cristo Meyers]

Originally Posted by Mordokai

You tried Baldur's Gate, the Fallout series is almost a must to play!

Well, except Tactics perhaps. But even that one has it's bright sides.

A: finding a copy of BG II was sheer luck on my part.

B: do you know how far behind on games I am? I still have to beat: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval 2, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, and Baldur's Gate 2!

[Morty]

When I played Fallout 2 the first time, I chose a pre-generated character, the thief Mingan. Of course, I was 10 years old back then, so I had hardly any clue what's going on.
When I played F2 the next time, this time in appropriate age and in Polish(although I'd understood it in English as well) I made an eloquent, smart guy who could nevertheless shoot. It went well until

Spoiler

I had to fight my way through the Enclave because I didn't put any points in Science. At which point I gave up.

[Mordokai]

Originally Posted by Cristo Meyers

A: finding a copy of BG II was sheer luck on my part.

B: do you know how far behind on games I am? I still have to beat: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval 2, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, and Baldur's Gate 2!

Most of them are known to me only by name, that's why I'm going to pressume they are console games, of which I know next to nothing. And BG 2, I assume you have to finish it?

Look, I can't make you play games and that wasn't my intention. I just wanted to give you a good advice. Imagine Mi'ir wandering around in post-apocalyptic version of Baldur's Gate Fallout can make those dreams come true!

Well, almost true.

[Cristo Meyers]

only works if he's the reason it's a post-apocalyptic world...

[Mordokai]

Well, he can make it more hellish, if he wishes to

[TwoBitWriter]

Originally Posted by Cristo Meyers

only works if he's the reason it's a post-apocalyptic world...

Nope, generic Nuclear War between the US and everyone, I believe.

We conquered Canada!

[Oregano]

I have loads of games to complete as well, some years old. but I have neither the time nor energy.

[CurlyKitGirl]

*sigh*
Just remembered I've got to make detailed notes for a timed essay tomorrow about the Elizabethan Settlement. Problem is, A2 essays for history require one heck of a lot of detail per 'section'. A section being a paragraph, but I find that ten paragraphs in one essay is too few so I sub - divide those paras.
But it's a ridiculous question; can't say, it has to do with religion obviously; but the answer is so clear. But I've got to find evidence against and for it, present clearly and concisely and then conclude.

It's also done in exam conditions with the allowance that we get our essay plan to help us if we do one tonight.
Stupid dates, names, facts and interpretations.
And historians. We have to learn and quote historians.
Starkey; what'd we do without you and your wonderfully mobile eyebrows?

[Thanatos 51-50]

Actually, I have a copy of Fallout three sitting in my Amazon shopping cart.

[Cristo Meyers]

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

*sigh*
Just remembered I've got to make detailed notes for a timed essay tomorrow about the Elizabethan Settlement. Problem is, A2 essays for history require one heck of a lot of detail per 'section'. A section being a paragraph, but I find that ten paragraphs in one essay is too few so I sub - divide those paras.
But it's a ridiculous question; can't say, it has to do with religion obviously; but the answer is so clear. But I've got to find evidence against and for it, present clearly and concisely and then conclude.

It's also done in exam conditions with the allowance that we get our essay plan to help us if we do one tonight.
Stupid dates, names, facts and interpretations.
And historians. We have to learn and quote historians.
Starkey; what'd we do without you and your wonderfully mobile eyebrows?

I love when they assign an essay, tell you to give your answer concisely and then turn around and give you a mandated level of detail per paragraph.

It's like that stupid 5-sentence paragraph, 5 sentence essay format they shoved down our throats in high school, only worse.

[Oregano]

They don't do that where I go, in fact if anything the target amount is too much for me, I have really small hand writing and physically can't write that fast and I prefer having concise and precise answers.

But then I get told to write more.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Originally Posted by Cristo Meyers

It's like that stupid 5-sentence paragraph, 5 sentence essay format they shoved down our throats in high school, only worse.

I always ignored that - frequently to write something lie 6-7 ten-or-so sentance paragraphs.

Just as often, though, you would get a bunch of really short, three word paragraphs which I used to make point.
I never got scolded for an irregular essay format. Never.

[Jibar]

I recently acquired Fallout 2 and have given it a whirl.
What did I learn through my day of play?

1. Don't spec for guns when you don't know how to even get a gun.
2. Don't attempt to fight a Rat God with two throwing knives, a spear and a third of your max HP.
3. OHYMGOD I HAVE A GUN NOW I'M HAPPY.
4. And then I died. Again. Like the 50th time.
5. And now I have a sledgehammer! And some armour that I stole off Cassidy. Let's go Gecko hunting guys.
6. There's MORE!?
7. Gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun.
8. Dead.

Originally Posted by Haruki-kun

@Jibar: What game do you mean? Is there a new KH out that I didn't hear of? o.O

A trailer is up for 358/2 Days on Gametrailers. They show the multiplayer, and someone is clearly playing as Larxene. Which must mean the Chain of Memories lot are playable.

...except none of my friends like Kingdom Hearts, so I won't be able to play multiplayer. NEED VEXEN!

*sob*

Anyway: Essay.


9. Gun.

[Cristo Meyers]

My school just must've been exceptionally anal about it then. For a while they were literally handing us worksheets for us to fill out each sentence in its proper place. It was so inane...

By about the 7th grade I had gotten so sick of it that I completely stopped doing them and just wrote the bloody essay.

[Oregano]

Originally Posted by Jibar

A trailer is up for 358/2 Days on Gametrailers. They show the multiplayer, and someone is clearly playing as Larxene. Which must mean the Chain of Memories lot are playable.

...except none of my friends like Kingdom Hearts, so I won't be able to play multiplayer. NEED VEXEN!

*sob*

There goes another reason I need a PSP(it's on PSP right?) but I want loads of games and the DSi when it's out.

[Quincunx]

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

*sigh*
Just remembered I've got to make detailed notes for a timed essay tomorrow about the Elizabethan Settlement. Problem is, A2 essays for history require one heck of a lot of detail per 'section'. A section being a paragraph, but I find that ten paragraphs in one essay is too few so I sub - divide those paras.
But it's a ridiculous question; can't say, it has to do with religion obviously; but the answer is so clear. But I've got to find evidence against and for it, present clearly and concisely and then conclude.

It's also done in exam conditions with the allowance that we get our essay plan to help us if we do one tonight.
Stupid dates, names, facts and interpretations.
And historians. We have to learn and quote historians.
Starkey; what'd we do without you and your wonderfully mobile eyebrows?

(looks at Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World sitting on the bookshelf)
Define 'detailed notes'--are they comparable to biographical notes about your sources, or the info itself? Probably you need more detail than I currently have, though. I do so miss those slabs of textbook from Humanities.

[TwoBitWriter]

Originally Posted by Jibar

I recently acquired Fallout 2 and have given it a whirl.
What did I learn through my day of play?

1. Don't spec for guns when you don't know how to even get a gun.
2. Don't attempt to fight a Rat God with two throwing knives, a spear and a third of your max HP.
3. OHYMGOD I HAVE A GUN NOW I'M HAPPY.
4. And then I died. Again. Like the 50th time.
5. And now I have a sledgehammer! And some armour that I stole off Cassidy. Let's go Gecko hunting guys.
6. There's MORE!?
7. Gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun.
8. Dead.

Funny enough, if you know what you are doing, you can get the 10mm pistol and a Leather Jacket pretty early on... More than enough to take on the Rat God. The Jacket ain't much, but its probably the best your gonna have for a while and much better than bare skin and your Agility.

Edit: @Curly: I read Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World in my History of the British Empire class!
Taught by a professor from New York, go figure.

[The Rose Dragon]

By the way, 10mm Pistol and its Burst Mode upgrade are the best weapons you can use until you get the Solar Gun, Gauss Pistol (and ammo) or Jackhammer.

Unless you're wearing Power Armor Mk. II and trained to be the best unarmed combatant you can be, in which case you just run up and hit them hard.

Strangely, it's easier to get Power Armor Mk. II than it is to get Power Armor itself.

And you still can't fight the final boss unarmed, since he's cheating.

Seriously, how do you defeat him without getting those turrets to work for you?

[Jibar]

Originally Posted by TwoBitWriter

Funny enough, if you know what you are doing, you can get the 10mm pistol and a Leather Jacket pretty early on... More than enough to take on the Rat God. The Jacket ain't much, but its probably the best your gonna have for a while and much better than bare skin and your Agility.

Oh I'm only level 3. Which I think is early enough...
All I know is that now I have three spare 10mms and nobody with enough cash to shift them on.
When I'm done with essays I'll be hopping back on with my new pals and bringing gun vengeance upon the Rat God.
Maybe I should give them weapons...

Originally Posted by Oregano

There goes another reason I need a PSP(it's on PSP right?) but I want loads of games and the DSi when it's out.

DS. The PSP game is Birth By Sleep, which is why I need a PSP. After all that build up in II Final Mix+, I sure as hell ain't letting it slip away.

[Dragonrider]

I just did all my Spanish homework in 15 minutes...but I'm all uptight about the chem lab I have to go to in an hour. Because THEN after a THREE HOUR LAB I have to come home, make dinner, and go to karate...the last of which I haven't done in two weeks and my parents are like "Do you not like it anymore?? You either need to quit or go every class!" and I'm like "I CAN'T, IT'S TOO MUCH!!!" "I can't deal with teaching four ADHD six-year-olds after a three-hour chem lab, I just can't!!" and then I promise to go on Thursday and then Thursday comes around and....

SIGH.

I hate Tuesdays.

[Oregano]

Originally Posted by Jibar

DS. The PSP game is Birth By Sleep, which is why I need a PSP. After all that build up in II Final Mix+, I sure as hell ain't letting it slip away.

But..but...the graphics look so good. Fantastic, it looked too good for DS, there's still another reason to get a PSP though.

[Wolfbane]

Just be glad you guys never had my English 4 teacher. She absolutely HATED any boy in her class. I only aced 2 of the essays in that class. One was a Point of Fact which I ended up proving that Zombies exist(they actually do, Haiti has well over a thousand cases a year), and the other one was on how Reading affected my life. I barely made an 80 average on the other essays.

One time she assigned a Point of Value essay in which every guy(including me) did something on Boys vs. Girls and the girls did the opposite. Every boy in the class got a 78 and below, all of the girls got 85 and up.

[The Rose Dragon]

Originally Posted by Jibar

Oh I'm only level 3. Which I think is early enough...
All I know is that now I have three spare 10mms and nobody with enough cash to shift them on.
When I'm done with essays I'll be hopping back on with my new pals and bringing gun vengeance upon the Rat God.
Maybe I should give them weapons...

Note: the bone-nose guy is best at melee. Giving him a pistol will result in disaster.

Also, the geeky drug producer is, strangely enough, one of the best ranged attackers if you can find a gun that he can carry (he has a Strength of 3 and most weapons require at least 4).

I forgot most of the names. Except Dogmeat. Let's face it, Dogmeat rules.

[Exachix]

As I can't find the rant thread..

AHHHHHHHH! This maths is stupid.

It's to be handed in for tomorrow, and I have no sodding clue how to do it. No frelling idea. Well, vauge ones, that don't work (things that our lecturer has taught us!)

I'm going to fail... I really am...

[The Rose Dragon]

What? Failing at math?

Surely it is unheard of!

Math was always my best subject in school. And biology was my worst.

I went on to major in molecular biology and genetics.

Then I screwed up at statistics. But I never attended or paid attention to the class, so I'm justified.

[TwoBitWriter]

Originally Posted by The Rose Dragon

Note: the bone-nose guy is best at melee. Giving him a pistol will result in disaster.

Also, the geeky drug producer is, strangely enough, one of the best ranged attackers if you can find a gun that he can carry (he has a Strength of 3 and most weapons require at least 4).

I forgot most of the names. Except Dogmeat. Let's face it, Dogmeat rules.

Skynet is very good if you have a high enough Science (at least 130%) Don't even bother trying to get a brain for him unless you have a skill that good. In fact, don't even bother with him at all if you aren't good at Science.