MentalMaden

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  1. Some of these stories sound more like Olivia Munn than Felicia Day. Munn has been quoted that she really was never into the culture and just used it as a springboard. Everything I've ever seen on Day seems to point towards her being pretty sincere.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ketch View Post
    1:04... that's all I could take and I don't even hate country.
    I might have gotten :20 in before I gave up. You're tougher than I am. And I do hate country.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Frost Warden View Post
    Talk of resolving plot threads? I'm more concerned about more plot threads that seem to keep emerging with each book. We still have a lot from the first 3 books, to introduce in books 4/5:

    1. Griff / Jon Connington
    2. Aegon or Faux Aegon
    3. The Sphinx
    4. Not Pate (also not the Pig Boy)
    5. Warrior's Sons / Poor Fellows / newly militarized Church
    6. Dr, Frankenstein, i.e. Qyburn
    7. Tycho Nestoris, envoy of the Iron Bank
    8. The Martells
    .
    Lot's O' Red Herrings in there.
  4. FYI, production is starting July 9th for Season 3 which means casting news will coming hot and fast any time now. Can't wait!
  5. Let me guess. At first he's a charming yet reluctant vampire hunter who constantly alienates himself from his peers and his superiors. But his natural talent and willingness to take risks to himself and others (while the things people criticize him for) is actually what allows him to save the day eventually winning him over to his peers and superiors. And he eventually becomes the greatest there ever was.

    Van Maverick, you can be my (bat)wing man anytime.
    Or race my car.
    Or play linebacker.
    Or be my agent.
    Or be my lawyer.
    Or raise money for my school project.
    Or rack up some eightball.
    Or be my secret agent.
    Or run my bar.
  6. Fun discussion topic time.........

    (I pinched this from the Westeros forums. I saw the thread title and thought "what a stupid subject", then I saw how many different responses it got and was hooked.)


    Stannis truely loves his daughter Shireen. Yes or No? Discuss.


    (Personally I say yes and she may be the only person he does love)
  7. My fire/storm/stone went for as much +rec and +end. I know people feel like you have to go for +def, but I'll just say she was easily beating +3 and +4 spawns in Cimerora in the mid 40s with ease and can run +2/6-8 missions without blinking and without the "benefits" (note quotes) of soft capping. It's such an end hog I highly recommend +end +rec as a priority.

    YMMV
  8. Yeah, the best part of assumptions is Martin's ability to squash them.
  9. Poorly worded and articulated on my part. Not the same 5 year gap, but some kind of jump forward. Like I said at the pace of the books (not the real world pace) we'll never see certain things that seem to be important i.e. Rickon's return and Sam becoming the maester of Castle Black. Two things I think will be important to the end of the series. I think the 5 year gap is the same as GRRM originally intending it to be a trilogy. The story got bigger and he realised he had to move things around. I think some of the original ideas of the 5 year gap are still unadressed now that we haven't had one, and I think at some point (even deep into the last book) we'll see some kind of leap forward. I won't bet my life on it, but I feel pretty confident.

    (Also I apologize if I'm scrambling a bit. I'm writing this while eating Pad Thai at lunch)
  10. From everything I've heard he has said yes it would just be two books, but they would be rather large.

    Speculation time:

    I think the next book will be paced pretty much the same as the series but I have a feeling the last book will have the 5-year-jump that he'd originally planned a few books back. I think we'll get the build up to the big event/battle and for the most part the end of the "action". I think the realm will be left in a bit of a vacuum as it cleans up the mess of the first six books and I think the series will jump forward in time for the last book where he'll tie up things in a pretty little noose........err I mean bow. The next book may have a bit of a cliff hanger and I can see the last book starting off immediately following and the five year jump happening in the middle of that book to serve as an extended epilogue.

    It just seems like a few of the characters need to age faster than the pace of the books, and I'm convinced some of them will be important down the road. (i.e.: Rickon) And they need to age him at some point.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
    Momma Bear Pam and Baby Bear Tara - If Tara can give up the emo victim BS, she'll be worth watching as a character again. And if anyone can beat that out of her, it's Pam. Hopefully she'll use a paddle.
    If we get a vampire Tara that is more like early Season 1 Tara absolutely, but yeah emo, victim Tara......please no.


    Some book spoilers..................................... although at this time I don't think they really relate to the show. Still I'll warn.
    _________________________________________



    I wonder if maybe Tara ends up being the roomate of Sookies that gets into the relationship with Pam instead of the witch from New Orleans? It would explain the inclusion of her sudden change in lifestyle last season and allow them to compress a character that they haven't introduced yet.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Karu View Post
    I In teams... a Brute without Taunt is either a clueless noob or a highly competent, a bit selfish player.
    Or they team with people that regularly and almost exclusively play tanks. While they are taunting and grouping, we're smashing.
  13. I still really hate "Sanguinistas". /shudder

    And I don't buy that the Authority is sincere about mainstreaming. They all seem a little too into the Vampire Bible. I think it's all a political ruse. My guess is mainstreaming is merely a way to "fatten up and calm the herd" before the slaughter.

    Oh yeah, and Pam. Just let her fry. I know you're having maker issues right now. Please, for all of us, let Tara burn to ash. Please.
  14. MentalMaden

    Taken 2 trailer

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. DJ View Post
    Challenge accepted.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starflier View Post
    Wait for it...
    It's gonna be legen............................................. ..















    ..........................dary.
  15. MentalMaden

    Taken 2 trailer

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mental_Giant View Post
    The only appropriate title is

    Taken Too: Electric Boogaloo
    Mental already got to mine, but I made a minor improvement.

    or

    Mom: Taken 2
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Local_Man View Post
    But what did you think of that video? I thought it was funny as hell.
    It was funny. Since I came to the books because of season 1 the longest I had to wait for a book was three weeks after I finished Feast until Dance was released last July. So I don't have built in me the angst that a lot of the early readers have about GRRM finishing.
  17. Finally LocalMan has joined the discussion! (About time)

    This isn't just about the show, Local. We've brought up theories and debates about the books in general just as much. So feel free to add anything you like.
  18. Control Panel-->Performance and Maintenance--->system (processor and RAM should right there) then to hardware for vid card.
  19. Do you know which processor, how much RAM and the video card you are using?
  20. It may be an issue with your hardware or simply your settings. It's not necessarily an issue from the game itself. That's why we've asked for your specs or recommended you go to a system requirements sight for analysis.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Imapiccolo View Post
    well my graphics is the one on top of window
    Ok. More info please. We can't make any recommendations just off that. Computers are far to varied.

    Processor?
    RAM?
    Video card?
    Which version of Windows?
    Are you in Ultra Mode?
    Anti A on or off?
    World/character textures set at?
    Are you running a bunch of stuff in the background, etc.

    The more info we can get the easier it will be to help you. Not trying to be demanding, but not a lot of help just knowing you play in window mode.
  22. How about posting your processor, RAM, vid card, etc to start. It's hard to find the problem when all we have to go off is that you are laggy and you weren't before. The more information the easier it will be to help you. Also what settings do you use ingame. Not just windowed. Ultra mode on/off? Resolution? All those graphic settings etc.