CrazyJerseyan

Got you and thanks for the reply; I ask b/c I dont do melee toons much for PvP or PvE. Im figuring the tried and true Rage on SS beats out everything still, but IDK.

WB.

You think Katana or BS beats out SS for a regin Brute?

Leg humps FTW lol...good call sir.

We now need to expand the issue into stray dogs, animal shelters and NPCs assigned to play City Dog Catchers.
Also make sure you guys clean up after your pooches please...I super jumped into a mess the other day.

First glance at the character in the picture and Id say shes the quiet, meditative type...enjoys jogging on the beach that leads to a lot introspective analysis...maybe the corporate type.
Also...she has done a couple of prison stints, participates in unisex fight clubs and gets off on a little gangbanging when she can fit it into her busy schedule.

Good costumes overall, but thats a killer Battlecat.

Give me a few hours to run a LRSF and some farming before we have to take care of business.

**edit**
CoH should definitely buy some spots on the show and have game boxes strewn about on the floor of any store they raid for supplies from now on.
Maybe even see Glenn/Maggie getting it on...on top of Statesman/Lord Recluse.

Conan homage or no (I agreed last time you pointed this out and great observation)...its just the epitome of lazy storytelling and lazy parenting.

Thanks CF, thats my new thing now

I actually wouldnt be surprised; I dont personally battlerap and wouldnt advise you trying what I was joking about...a couple of racial slurs and you wouldnt look too hot getting stomped on and your glasses crushed by 70 pairs of Timberlands and Air Force1s.
I personally cut them loose in everyday usage though...my boss, siblings, misc work associates etc.
Everyone regardless of race gets called creative versions of the n-word.

Im working night shift tonight, so here we are with some TLDR

Reference the show...

I dont see how Carl made sure it wasnt a Lurker; he didnt call for help or poke it with something from a safe distance I dont think (would have to watch the episode again). If I remember correctly, he was just slow in reaching for the satchell.
Its safe to say that knowing how protective Lori is...she would have flipped out if she realized Carl was going through vehicles.


This is all generally speaking, Im sure someone else growing up in an urban setting sees it differently than me and obviously this doesnt apply to everyone...

Maturity is the wrong word...maybe more seasoned? Rural inviduals are somewhat like the newly arrived, green soldiers in a warzone compared to the veterans that have seen a little more.

You could be right, but I think that concept depends on where your interests are versus the idea of being "blind" to something. It seems like a peson doesnt have as much of an appreciation for the simpler things if theyre always focused on something maybe more complex. I was exposed to farming/hunting but it wasnt anything I was interested enough in continuing to do once I tried it. Like anything, it was cool and I am glad I had a chance to give it a shot.
Growing up in the city, I had been robbed a couple of times as a teenager and exposed to some wacky stuff that I obviously wouldnt want my kids to go through, so busting my hump farming food and tending livestock would have been a nice deal in my eyes and probably much preferred to the daily worrying about the hustle and grind. I can see your point about not wanting to raise kids in the city but not all cities are as rough and tumble as all rural areas arent as countryish.

Im not sure how rural your lifestyle is and this isnt a city life VS rural life deal, but Im saying that I personally felt better equipped to handle different issues compared to some of my country counterparts. Having dealt with so many different ethnicities of people, being exposed to a host of different situations, there wasnt much that shellshocked or surprised me when introduced to different lifestyles and even living in different countries.

For example, I was surprised initially when some (not all) of my more rural soldiers had never dealt with people outside of their own ethnic group prior to joining the military, which sometimes was an issue. Some of my rural female soldiers seemed to easily fall for the slick/fast talking guys and that was definitely a problem I had to deal with a lot. On the other side, city dwellers were sometimes "too smart" for their own good which caused them to often get into trouble. I never had that issue b/c I grew up with the constant threat of my father literally, not figuratively, killing me if I stepped out of line. My father btw was a good old country boy from the Carolinas but even he has a couple of stories of how he was taken advantage of after moving to the city b/c he just wasnt exposed to certain situations and it took him some time to adjust. I can honestly say that after living in N Carolna, Texas, Arizona etc the only adjustment I had to make was to stop looking so hard at what a person's or situation's angle was versus getting caught up in that angle if you know what I mean. I can see the pros and cons of both rural/suburban and urban living.

Back on topic, if you have kids in a post apocalyptic zombie world, youd be crazy to let them stray a few feet from you considering adults who are better equipped to handle physical threats and able to make quicker assessments are being attacked, killed and eaten regularly.

Youre a good guy. I cant wait to use racial slurs at every opportunity against everyone. Im thinking you could get away with it while battling, nothing is as hard hitting as a well placed and well thought out racial slur...embrace the hate.

I was thinking the same thing

To the poster's credit, its always funny when players in a PvP zone become upset with getting killed while they are conducting RP events, farming or badge hunting. If they say, "Im just here to get the so & so badge", Ill leave them be...but when its, "you dirty mfing, son of a b!%$& !!! go eff yourself!!!", then Ill try to farm them until they leave and maybe they come back with some manners.

I agree, but your scenario is definitely different than the show's situation of Carl rifling through vehicles with no adults in view. If the body in the truck was actually one of those lazy zombies, Carl would have been dead...done deal.

Youre rite, it is great. Ive lived in some places like what you describe when I moved off on my own (was in Germany for 3 years, I couldnt get much nicer than that), but I didnt have that as an option growing up. Im not complaining and I actually prefer having lived in the city early on and adopting my current viewpoint. Ive dealt with so many people that have grown up in those "nice" areas but were shellshocked when outside of that comfort zone.

I wouldnt want my kids to grow up where I did, but Ive always thought that its easier to transition from a difficult lifestyle where you may have to mature quicker like in a urban environment versus growing up carefree and possibly being thrust into a fastpaced lifestyle. People do it all the time and I can see the pros/cons of both.

Good times

and you guys must live in some pretty nice areas...

**edit - I dont disagree with most of what you guys are saying, but I know that based on growing up where I did and then being in the military, I tend to look at the world through worst case scenario goggles more times than not. Im living decent enough now, but as kids we dealt more with exposure to crime, gangs and drug activity versus Lyme disease and tetanus shots. I wouldnt keep children locked in a basement for their own safety, but tying it back into the topic...I wouldnt let 9yos move around without me in a world infested with zombies either.

Dealing with #s is usually my strongpoint as well, but Id kill myself if my kid happened to be #115 if there was anything that I could have done to reduce the chances of something like that happening. Im sure the parents out there that have lost their kids (bless them) have literally gone crazy thinking what they could have done differently...sometimes nothing, but sometimes everything.

What you say could be true man, but I see the news/hear radio reports of kids being abducted, molested and/or killed pretty regularly (cpl times a month?). I dont know the stats, so Im not saying it does or doesnt happen more now than it did in the 70s but bottomline, I wouldnt let my kids out of my sight while at the mall...let alone outside, in an unsecure area during world war zombie attack.

Also, I have to say that many kids are indeed "idiots". Not in the sense that they are inherently unintelligent, but more along the lines of their lack of experience and lack of maturity hasnt allowed them to develop a sense of great judgement.

As far as the show, I dont remember the adults walking a far stretch of the highway, clearing the area/vehicles (may have missed it). I just remember seeing Carl looking into a truck at a dead body and grabbing stuff...the whole time Im thinking, "I guess the TV version of this kid gets eaten in the front seat of a Ford pickup...lazy storytelling"


Sorry to hear about your brother, that sucks (no pun intended).

Yes sir, about 20mins from NYC to be exact. Like you point out, theres probably way less to worry about with kids outside of a city environment than urban areas. You guys probably had to worry about catching horses humping each other and being ambushed by swarms of ticks/catching lyme disease though huh?

Seriously though, Id rather see kids eat dirt pies all day than worry about antibiotic soaps and such. Gotta say also, in 2011...I would stand with my kids at the end of the driveway waiting for the bus too. Im sure the stats point towards a greater freaquency of it happening in cities, but I see reports of kids getting snatched up by weirdos all the time these days. Lets not even bring into the equation a zombapacolypse...dun dun DUUUUUUUN!

Win lol

And cheesecake is so delicious, but Im more of a chocolate cake guy.