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			By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2023-04-30 19:45:22			
			
						
                     
                 
                haha that was just awful. I need to get a bit more gear before partying up again You should stream or VOD the goings-on of your linkshell. I'd love to see it                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Bahamut.Ravael 2023-04-30 20:07:41			
			
						
                     
                 
                A.I isn't in itself going to make anyone rich. 
It's going to allow you and anyone who generates any kind of value, to do so, just that faster. Depending on the type of work, often far better quality too. 
It's a productivity enhancer. One still needs to offer value in exchange for value. 
Oh yeah, it certainly has a lot of value for optimizing work. For example, I do a lot of macro coding in Excel using VBA. Traditionally this meant copying and pasting code from other files, painstakingly creating it from scratch, or looking for solutions on the internet where some guru will make a forum post with code that is 100x more complicated than it needs to be. But now I can just ask ChatGPT to do it and it gives me simple code that only requires minor adjustments.                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Bahamut.Ravael 2023-04-30 20:14:18			
			
						
                     
                 
                
As you wish! I still lurk occasionally, but usually by the time I find a post that I am interested in replying to it is already days old.
 
I have been more occupied lately due to trying to do too many gaming things at once. I'm a completionist, so anything I add to my plate is a big undertaking. I recently made the mistake of doing a 100% Crisis Core Reunion challenge run on Hard mode. Beating Minerva was a painful experience.                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Valefor.Prothescar 2023-04-30 20:32:02			
			
						
                     
                 
                Beating Minerva was a painful experience. 
LUCKY PUNCH 
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LUCKY PUNCH 
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			By Leon Kasai 2023-04-30 20:32:47			
			
						
                     
                 
                Valefor.Prothescar said:  »could just be the drive, can't tell you exactly just based on that but yeah. Yeah, as far as I can tell it's my D: drive. ***'s installing/running fine on C:, but even just basic stuff like copying image files from D: is taking longer than it should. Problem of course, is that literally everything is installed/saved on D:. Gonna be a long few days copying my files over to an external drive. ( ._.)/                                      
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Bahamut.Ravael 2023-04-30 20:45:17			
			
						
                     
                 
                Valefor.Prothescar said:  »Beating Minerva was a painful experience. 
LUCKY PUNCH 
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LUCKY PUNCH 
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Pretty much. She has 77,777,777 HP on Hard difficulty. Max damage is 99,999. Dark Souls got nothin' on trying to punch Minerva 778+ times without screwing up.
 
Gil Toss appears to be the more viable method, but of course you have to farm a crapload of gil to make it work.                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Asura.Vyre 2023-04-30 21:31:19			
			
						
                     
                 
                Valefor.Prothescar said:  »Beating Minerva was a painful experience. 
LUCKY PUNCH 
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LUCKY PUNCH 
LUCKY PUNCH 
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LUCKY PUNCH 
Pretty much. She has 77,777,777 HP on Hard difficulty. Max damage is 99,999. Dark Souls got nothin' on trying to punch Minerva 778+ times without screwing up.
 
Gil Toss appears to be the more viable method, but of course you have to farm a crapload of gil to make it work. If you do a torch only Bloodborne run, and include the Chalice Dungeon boss, Watchdog of The Old Lords...
 
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			By Viciouss 2023-04-30 21:41:12			
			
						
                     
                 
                Book Update: I had to hit the brakes on production due to an error on the back cover. So, with any luck that will be resolved this week and the hard cover will be good to go. It's also going up on Barnes and Noble and a few other sites, but first the back cover needs to be fixed. Hang in there!                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Garuda.Chanti 2023-04-30 22:08:43			
			
						
                     
                 
                As you wish! I still lurk occasionally, but usually by the time I find a post that I am interested in replying to it is already days old. You have never necroed a post before?
 Quote:  I have been more occupied lately due to trying to do too many gaming things at once. I'm a completionist, so anything I add to my plate is a big undertaking. I recently made the mistake of doing a 100% Crisis Core Reunion challenge run on Hard mode. Beating Minerva was a painful experience. /comfort                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                                                            
                                                    
                                                                            
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			By Asura.Thunderjet 2023-05-01 06:05:26			
			
						
                     
                 
                When is patch are they again delaying?                                     
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Asura.Eiryl 2023-05-01 07:40:36			
			
						
                     
                 
                Book Update: I had to hit the brakes on production due to an error on the back cover. So, with any luck that will be resolved this week and the hard cover will be good to go. It's also going up on Barnes and Noble and a few other sites, but first the back cover needs to be fixed. Hang in there! 
This makes sense, but I never knew this was how it was done (now)
 
If you buy a book, it's not sitting in a box or on a shelf, they print it up and glue it in real time. The ones they don't expect to sell large quantities they print to order/"on demand".
 
So every one of the print on demand books is a one of a kind original. I found that interesting.
 
(also, the Barnes and Noble nearest me just closed last week, hurray for books)                                      
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                                                            
                                                    
                                                                            
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			By Asura.Thunderjet 2023-05-01 07:42:17			
			
						
                     
                 
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			By Pantafernando 2023-05-01 07:53:24			
			
						
                     
                 
                No wonder people simply dont take players for healer 
Because Apururu is such a great healer…. He/she never ran out of mp and generally is on point in cures.
 
My resubbed char also have ygnas but damn… ygnas is crap near apururu.
 
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			By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2023-05-01 08:03:38			
			
						
                     
                 
                
                
             
                            
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                                                            
                                                    
                                                                            
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			By Asura.Thunderjet 2023-05-01 08:07:34			
			
						
                     
                 
                Ragnarok.Jessikah said:  »DAMN your so fast with the memes, to be fair it was not bad From Vanilla to TBC the first xpac                                      
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2023-05-01 08:29:33			
			
						
                     
                 
                DAMN your so fast with the memes, to be fair it was not bad From Vanilla to TBC the first xpac I mean it does seem like the majority of WoW players are in that boat so I'm guessing it has gotten worse. But I'll be honest, I was never able to get into it. I tried it shortly after its original release and it wasn't for me. And the things that I didn't like about it then are things that have never changed up to now.
 
The fact that those same mechanics that I didn't like about WoW are the same mechanics that virtually every MMO used as a starting point because of its popularity really hamstrung my options going forward.                                      
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
            
                
			
			By Pantafernando 2023-05-01 08:32:37			
			
						
                     
                 
                Welp, i decided to not to play Xenoblade 3, but to watch the playthrough. 
 
I found a very decently edited video with 5h only for cutscenes and meaningful battle. 
 
What i can say, after 1h30 of cutscene is that this have a very solid storytelling. 
 
So far, it got fully interested to see whats next. 
 
Sound seems way better than the main game. 
 
Matthew strong accent though while very characteristic of him, seems like too much. 
 
Finally Nael, while i just saw two or three cutscenes of her, seems kinda awkward seeing her child face with her eh…. Bulky legs.                                     
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2023-05-01 08:49:45			
			
						
                     
                 
                I beat the last of the PlayStation Armored Core games yesterday. I'd never played any of those three before. But I'm trying to beat them all in preparation for the release of AC6 in August, a challenge I set for myself back in December. 
Master of Arena really was amazing. It was the perfect amount of challenge where if I failed once I could do it the next time with a slight tweak to my loadout or strategy. The story was good, with an interesting twist at the end and a really well built-up final level with a satisfying conclusion.
 
The only issue I had with the first generation Armored Core games (that they fixed by the second) is that you can only have one build at a time. Now I move onto AC2 on the PS2, which also happened to be my introduction to the series back in the day.                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Garuda.Chanti 2023-05-01 08:58:41			
			
						
                     
                 
                (also, the Barnes and Noble nearest me just closed last week, hurray for books)  /comfort
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			By Wordspoken 2023-05-01 10:12:59			
			
						
                     
                 
                No wonder people simply dont take players for healer 
 
Because Apururu is such a great healer…. He/she never ran out of mp and generally is on point in cures. 
 
My resubbed char also have ygnas but damn… ygnas is crap near apururu. 
 
I could unlock Monb, but idk, i dont feel safe to resrt to his potions for heal Fun fact:you can tell tarutaru genders by their names - male names are twoparted, females singleword.                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2023-05-01 10:24:43			
			
						
                     
                 
                Fun fact:you can tell tarutaru genders by their names - male names are twoparted, females singleword. Exactly. The males use a hyphen and read like a coupled magic spell, while the females have a repeated syllable at the end.
 
Example: Ajido-Marujido, the brother. Apururu, the sister.                                      
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
            
                
			
			By Blazed1979 2023-05-01 10:26:50			
			
						
                     
                 
                A.I isn't in itself going to make anyone rich. 
It's going to allow you and anyone who generates any kind of value, to do so, just that faster. Depending on the type of work, often far better quality too. 
It's a productivity enhancer. One still needs to offer value in exchange for value. 
Oh yeah, it certainly has a lot of value for optimizing work. For example, I do a lot of macro coding in Excel using VBA. Traditionally this meant copying and pasting code from other files, painstakingly creating it from scratch, or looking for solutions on the internet where some guru will make a forum post with code that is 100x more complicated than it needs to be. But now I can just ask ChatGPT to do it and it gives me simple code that only requires minor adjustments. how concerned are you that A.I is turning out to be the greatest moloch ever? 
I give my profession 2-3 years max before strategists, transformation, change management, marcoms and other corporate-type jobs are entirely A.I'd. Digital Marketing was already pretty ripe for being entirely automated. 
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			By Valefor.Prothescar 2023-05-01 14:24:34			
			
						
                     
                 
                Spent one of my Nintendo vouchers on tears of the kingdom. $20 discount!                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
                        
         
        
        
        
            
            
                
			
			By gistofanything 2023-05-01 18:13:25			
			
						
                     
                 
                Ragnarok.Jessikah said:  »haha that was just awful. I need to get a bit more gear before partying up again You should stream or VOD the goings-on of your linkshell. I'd love to see it I used to stream... I don't know if I want to set that stuff all up again, but maybe! :^)                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Draylo 2023-05-01 20:20:48			
			
						
                     
                 
                How does someone get a voucher :)                                     
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Asura.Hya 2023-05-01 22:25:42			
			
						
                     
                 
                Valefor.Prothescar said:  »Spent one of my Nintendo vouchers on tears of the kingdom. $20 discount! My dumb *** saw the voucher and bought Tears of the Kingdom and Fire Emblem Engage. Only to realize I don't have Nintendo+ anymore so the purchases didn't qualify. :^)                                             
                                     
                
             
                            
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			By Valefor.Prothescar 2023-05-01 23:03:35			
			
						
                     
                 
                How does someone get a voucher :) 
Can't anymore I believe. They were selling them for $50 each for a bit. When they announced the $70 price for games going forward I bought as many as they let me have.
 
nvm seems you can still get them 
 https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/nintendo-switch-game-vouchers/                                     
                
             
                        
         
        
        
        
            
                
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			By Asura.Eiryl 2023-05-02 07:32:42			
			
						
                     
                 
                Oh cool. Writer's Guild on strike, now we're REALLY gonna find out what AI/ChatGPT can do.  
 
It's gonna be an "interesting" year(?) 
 
Hope you like real housewives of wyoming, spouseswap mormon edition, bigbrother in south africa, my 900lb life, pre-teen mom 
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			By Pantafernando 2023-05-02 09:29:41			
			
						
                     
                 
                Yeah 
 
I had ressubed one of my mules to help cleaving. 
 
She will retire again after my sexy mithra get all jobs at 99. 
 
Despote that, still hurt me that i spent 38M to buy a SMN collar +2 for SeMi (sexy mithra). 
 
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        This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here. 
 
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you. 
 
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day! 
 
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do. 
 
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