BlackArachnia
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Quote:Personally, my fiance and I hate microwaves. The food tastes weird after heating it. Meat becomes rubbery, water tastes stale. Eggs and bacon taste bad.Originally Posted by Manofmanychars
Microwaves are only unhealthy if you stick your head in it. Matter of fact, it's a lot healthier than the carcinogens that natural gas and coal can get all over your food. Microwaves are as bad for you as electric stoves. Also, microwaves destroy bacteria more effectively than anything save pure alcohol. Takes about a minute at about 1300 watts (the setting of an average microwave, they don't have adjustable settings in the States) to boil enough water for about two cups of coffee/tea/hot chocolate or bowls of instant oatmeal/ramen/whatever. Many modern apartments and houses come with microwaves built into them (usually above the stove), so they don't take up any real space (although we usually have enough counter that we can spare enough for a small microwave). Also, due to them being on for drastically less time, they wind up using less power than other electric cooking appliances. Also, most Americans have oven mitts (and ovens). Lastly, microwaveable food in America actually tastes good if you pick the right brands (Healthy Choice is pretty much cardboard), sorry to disappoint you. Especially since the "microwaveable" food you talk about was actually made for both the microwave AND the oven. By the way, you say "store-bought" as though you somehow farm and hunt your own food.
Also, as you might have inferred from the references to them, Americans, by not living in a third-world country like Europe(
), are able to own a microwave AND an oven (with stove!). So, we can make our food and drinks however we want, without an electric kettle (we can use a regular kettle, or just microwave the water if we're impatient, or, here's a novel idea, just boot up our coffee maker, since we're typically getting coffee). -
As an American that loves tea, I will add my 2 inf in.
I prefer an herbal tea, preferably without caffeine. I hate lipton but I do use it with other teas for sun tea.
As they said, boil the water, and place either the tea bag in, or the tea ball which contains the loose leaf tea. Tea balls can be found at the local shopping center, super market, what ever.
As for bag tea, I discovered this from a brit that used to work with my fiance. Tea pyramids. Basically the bag is in a pyramid shape. You will have to look around for it someone that sells it, but in Chico, Ca, I found some import tea at Zuchini and Vine. Harney and Sons Fine Teas. They sell the pyramid tea.
Celestial Seasonings is my favorite herbal tea, with a preference for Sleepy Time tea. The other brands just do not compare. (I am talking about American Tea companies here, import teas are a whole different ball game.)
Sweetener. It all dependss on what type of tea. For brewed cold tea, and sun tea, I suggest a 1/4 cup of C&H sugar OR less per gallon. For hot teas, honey is the only way to go. Honey, like tea, has lots of different flavors, but I just standard honey usually.
I never put milk or cream in my tea. It tastes wrong. Though I may be brewing the tea to long, and I will have to try that later on this weekend.
Nor do I dunk anything in my tea. I loathe biscotti, and rarely dunk in my coffee either.
For the record, I drink a flavored coffe usually, with 3 scoops per 12 cup pot, and I drink it black. I prefer the aroma of coffee, not the bitterness, so I drinker a slighty weaker coffee, partiularly compared to the strong teas I drink. -
Quote:This. Unless the charcter is offensive, (those I petition immediately) I ignore a toon unless two out of the 3 factors lend themselves to copying. If someone named Kal-El is running around, looks like Superman, and has no bio, I will petition them. I just do not make a scene about it.Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
This has been a contentious issue for several years now.
In the past, there have been posters who have expressed different "levels" of what hey consider to be over the line with the Homage vs. Rip-off debate.
One of the many was a 2/3rds rule: If 2 of the following hit too close, you've gone too far: (Name+Bio+Costume/powersets).
But it varies from one poster to another. -
With all the furor over the new forum rules, I think the mods realized they were in for a world of grief, and 'accidently' flicked the forum switch while yawning.
"Oh? The forums down? Ooops" *snicker* -
Quote:Wrong. Search the forums for the response on this.Originally Posted by Sanguis_NA
They could see if they could combine the global name with the character name, sort of what CO did.
And otherwise, server mergers of the lesser populated servers into a bigger one wont be much of a deal imho. Even necessary. Also, merging Euro servers with US servers, even just the same server list would be nice. Euro servers have been getting less and less populated...
Oh, and a name purge has to be done. Characters which have been inactive for 12 months or longer should have their names freed up. If they reactivate and no one took the name, they can keep it. If someone else took the name, they get a free name change.
Inactive characters are taking up too much names imho. There's bound to be tens of thousands of level 1 alts with all the cool names because the original player wanted to reserve them, but he hasn;t played in years.
I do not want the system the competitor instituted for showing ones global.
I do not want to have to rename my toons.
I do not want to lose toons due to the server limit of 36 characters.
I DO NOT WANT to be on your crowded <bleep> server just because you feel the population is dying, (Which is wrong) or you can't find a group.
All these have been said many times. -
The last major patch they did interfered with my internet provider and got them blocked. THere was about a week where I could not log in, literally. The log in screen kept erroring out.
Hopefully this will not be that bad.
My question to a dev, if this has not been asked yet, is; Do I need to remove what items I have up on the auction house to prevent errors? I do not feel like losing stuff. -
Quote:And where would you put the poor thing. Last I recall you live on an island lol.Originally Posted by Slashman
I am so getting a cheetah...
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Quote:Some people in a berserk rage do just that. Scary.Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
ya know, i recall having a discussion about how taunt works, and why it is not realistic, that no villain, no matter how stupid or drug addicted would continue attacking a target that they clearly were not going to have any noticeable effect on just because they keep making insulting comments. I keep getting proven wrong in real life.
But that is not what you are talking about lol. -
Quote:So do cats. It's kinda cute watching a kitty cat pant.Originally Posted by Durakken
Dogs use their tongue to get cool... They have no sweat glands.
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Jake, by my own admission, my sense of humor is a bit off, but that was not a funny story. It is a good cautionary tale though.
I rarely play a tanker, and I rarely team. As a scrapper, I refuse to take taunt.
Yes I know it's useful, but to be honest, it is ony useful in a team, and only marginally so. I can't use it to pull effectively while soloing, so it becomes a wasted power.
On the other hand, despite the fact that I solo alot, both my brutes and tanks take taunt. -
Quote:I can just see Emmert logging in with some of his Cryptic buddies into a Statesman's TF.Originally Posted by Durakken
I bet CO and DCUO devs likely have accounts for CoH and each other to keep an eye on each other. CO has already employed pretty messed up marketing in the past so it's likely that if there is that type of marketing mentioned... it would be from them.
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"See, now that is a a super hero! Look how powerful I am!" -
Quote:GG suffers from a nervous twitch. It's not winking. *grin*Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
It doesn't mean anything. Few of the posts do.
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The problem is that all the cool kids can't read.
Overall I agree that we should mark out LFG button appropriately. I keep mine marked not looking. A play session does not go by when I do not receive at least one tell or blind invite from someone who is either rude or can't read. Now, I do not go on a rant as much as I used to, but if the same person hits me up multiple times, or I keep getting spammed, I switch to decline all invites.
The tool does work, but people need to learn how to use it. -
Those are wonderful! Thank you both very much!
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Arete has a wonderful list up but alas I can not use it. Does anyone have a link to a crafting badge list that I can use? I am unable to use excel so that leaves that program out.
Danke for your time. -
Quote:Send me the link. I do not use AE alot, I admit, but I prefer to here from a forum poster over random searches.Originally Posted by The Lone Hero
Hey Black, if you're interested I made a tokusatsu themed mission arc (only two missions, planning on making it a fiver).
Tokusatsu Hero Force
You might like it, it's meant to be used for rp purposes but I'm sure somone who can enjoy Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman and etc can enjoy it. -
Quote:Oh yeah, there is a name to get me genericed and or banned lol.Originally Posted by Jasra
Dark Melee or Dark Blast
Oh Sentai, with an "S". nm -
I had not thought of the mace for the VEAT but that would work. THere is also the widows, which focus on martial arts or claws, which would work well I think.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will check back again and see if anything has been added. Once I make a decision, I will post it here. -
OK this is an opinion thread. I am looking to make a setai ranger style toon. Does anyone feel that VEAT would do the trick?
What are other power sets people could use other than dual blade, katana, and martial arts?
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Quote:Need to check my settings I think.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Exactly. The /hide feature has several options available that allows us to customize it to fit our needs.
Hide Options
- Hide and block all Invite Options
- Hide from Tells (Private Messages)
- Hide from Global Chat Channels
- Hide from Global Friends
- Hide from Server Friends
- Hide from Supergroup
- Hide from Searches
For example option 2 will put a muzzle on an annoying pest long enough to discourage him without having to clutter up ones ignore lists and it will still allow one to be seen on searches.
Option 1 will stop annoying blind invites leaving one free to turn it off when one decides to accept a politely worded tell looking for a teammate.
Option 1 and 7 are perfect for the soloist seeking peace and quiet. -
Quote:No it was not. With all you of you reasonable people acting like hot heads, I felt the knee jerk reaction in going opposite lol.Originally Posted by The_Dude73
This was not a manly post.
The trailer did nothing for me, truly. It's just to many big names to really make it interesting. It's one thing that there will be little character development, I can take that in a movie. It's just that there will be little screen time. With all those big names vying for their share of the pot, it's going to be a confusing mess of a film, fun action or not.
Give me a fun film with 2 or 3 of those actors and you will have my attention. With all those actors, it's a waste. -
Quote:I am more inclinced to follow the new Faultline missions, and try to get the early badges rather than deal with the Hollows. I like the Ourobos stuff, and enjoy being able to go back and do missions I missed.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Heh, I actually like the Hollows. I generally skip the initial contact, street hunt to level 5 or 6 and start the Hollows arcs. By the end of it I'm usually level 14 or 15 and have 30-some merits already. Then I run Posi and Synapse and start working on the contacts that will get me to the Freaklympics and Freakshow War arcs (a couple of my favorite arcs in the game, either side)
After them I'll run Croatoa. Occasionally I'll run Striga if I find myself in the early 20s with nothing to do.
Redside I generaly just follow whichever contact I feel like running at the moment, no particular rhyme or reason to it.
(Devs!! Please allow for Ourobos mayhem and safeguard missions, and please allow the redside to get the glodbrickers pack from Ourobos!!)
As for TFs, I prefer not to run those at all. Some of my toons want to run the Katie Hannon run for the hat, and the Imperious TF(?) for the armor, but that's it. My first experience with a TF sucked.
The tanks and other players were very good, and new what they were doing, but it took us 5 and 1/2 hours to run it. We did not schedule for it, so it ruined our day.
In the end, each to their own.
At least the Hollows has a story arc in it. -
As pretentious as Eat, Pray, Love..
It will be a decent rental though I admit the FX alone are going to be awesome on the big screen. And I hate to burst anyone's testosterone bubble, but movies with that much ego rarely do well in theatre. despite being favorites.
Now, fortunately for me, my fiance would prefer The Expendables to Eat, Pray, Love. I mean, seriously, that is definately a rental at best. -
Quote:Been thinking about this awhile now, but I would love for them to drop all the street hunt missions and the hazard zone missions that are not connected to a story arc. I hate being sent into Perez to fight CoT at lvl 7, or being asked to delve deep into Boomtown to take on Clockwork at lvl 12. I mean the spawn size alone can wipe most of my toons out, never mind that many of the spawns are Orange and Red.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
I never said I liked redside due to a perceived lack of variety. I am a very goal-oriented person. It makes more sense for me thematically to go find out if those rumors about the Council Vampyre are true, than to be sent hopping, skipping and jumping across two zones to go talk to some fool in the Hollows, and then go hunt down some silly idiot's lost bracelet, and then to run hither, thither and yon to find out exactly how many Skulls are haunting Hell's Highway or whatever other banality lowbie hero contacts throw at me.
My level 33 tank recently endured a string of, I think it was four Council hunt missions in a row, for a contact. Four. Some may view this as "variety," people like me see it as poor storytelling. Its not really an inducement for me to run a lot of heroside contact stuff.
But especially as a level four, I don't find it compelling to be sent to an opposite corner of the map for each mission, or to be sent to the opposite corners of different zones - that's just a nuisance, not good storytelling. I won't even get into not being given a phone number until mission #12 of a contact storyline. Stupid?! I guess so, at least over here. Mileage will vary. -
Quote:What? They don't sparkle?Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
When was the last time? 99 forevers ago
I am delighted to hear this issue has been addressed; my lowbie heroes might actually peek into the zone for once, instead of avoiding it with the fervor of vampires avoiding daylight.
Ok kidding, kidding.
I personally still avoid the Hollows. I am not fond of hazard zones anyway, and I have already did the missions once, and did not enjoy them. Forcing myself to do them again makes no sense. At best I do is take Wincott's missions and auto-complete them.