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by Jice Virago
February 15, 2012, 3:54 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

If this is a dead period for you, then 13-2 is ok filler, I guess. If you are at all like me (playing Amalur until ME3 comes out), its not really worth your time. And really, 8 was not the worst RPG of all time (hi2u every Star Ocean after 2), let alone the worst FF. The worst thing about it system ...
by Jice Virago
February 14, 2012, 1:39 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

FF7 was far from the best game in the series. Everyone just remembers it more fondly because it was the first one on the PS platform, the first to make the jump to 3d graphics engine, and everyone had a hardon for Sephiroth because of his theme music. Discounting Tactics, the best games were 4 and 6...
by Jice Virago
February 13, 2012, 8:47 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Only if by going back to their roots you mean six more hours of cutscenes and side bosses that require you to grind for days to be able to attempt them.....
by Jice Virago
February 13, 2012, 2:48 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

As a recovering Square Kool Aid Drinker, I understand your rage at my heresy. I bought every piece of shit in a box with a picture of a moogle on it for the last two decades, even dogs like Erghiez, The Bouncer, and X-2. I am one of the minority who actually played and loved Dirge of Cerebus. I paid...
by Jice Virago
February 13, 2012, 2:24 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Investing on the election
Replies: 73
Views: 13945

Re: Investing on the election

Aslanna- Considering most of these same financial institutions hired a bunch of patsies for the robo signing bullshit, you may want to revisit that statement a little. Avestan- Just because you are not paying your guy a bonus does not mean the investment funds are not paying him to get your money in...
by Jice Virago
February 11, 2012, 1:36 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning
Replies: 16
Views: 3940

Re: Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning

Playing it and early impression is that its kind of mashy, but in a good action RPGish kind of way. Graphics are perfect for the game genre target they were going for. Camera still needs some work and some form of target lock would be nice, but pretty fun so far. Just what I needed after spending a ...
by Jice Virago
February 11, 2012, 1:33 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

I expect to not have to spend 99% of my time mashing three buttons and not staring at anything other than life/break bars. I expect a measure of control over my party members that extends beyond "I hope this retard heals me correctly" , "please don't stand next to me assholes so we do...
by Jice Virago
February 11, 2012, 1:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Investing on the election
Replies: 73
Views: 13945

Re: Investing on the election

Any time a bank or investment manager is trying to get you to take additional risk it is so they can get another casino chip on the table to play with. After what happened with the housing crisis, why the fuck should anyone trust these assholes Avestan? Especially in an environment where they can m...
by Jice Virago
February 10, 2012, 5:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Investing on the election
Replies: 73
Views: 13945

Re: Investing on the election

Any time a bank or investment manager is trying to get you to take additional risk it is so they can get another casino chip on the table to play with. After what happened with the housing crisis, why the fuck should anyone trust these assholes Avestan? Especially in an environment where they can ma...
by Jice Virago
February 10, 2012, 4:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9071

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

They spent a lot of money making this game look pretty when all you do is stare at life bars and rotate between two paradigms for 60 hours of grinding.....
by Jice Virago
February 7, 2012, 8:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Investing on the election
Replies: 73
Views: 13945

Re: Investing on the election

I don't invest. My stuff is all in stable retirement funds with a Chinese bank that was smart enough to ignore the entire housing bubble (aka Union Bank of California's owner) and I am just sticking with the plan of stable low yield shit with zero risk. I do not want to get fucked out of my money ri...
by Jice Virago
February 6, 2012, 2:09 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Plus, quite frankly, they deserved to win the game in Lambeau. Coach McCarthy fucked us hard with his sad lack of preperation and motivating the team. The offense came out and took a giant shit in front of the home crowd. The Giants came to play and executed well, without any dirty pool. A real fan ...
by Jice Virago
February 6, 2012, 1:23 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

A lot of Giants fans can be annoying, but thats just because they are New Yorkers, who are annoying in general. Its' a gritty old school team who's most negative player (Buress) in rescent years shot himself in the foot, figuratively and litterally, to end up getting booted off the team. They took o...
by Jice Virago
February 1, 2012, 3:55 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: New XBox might not allow used games
Replies: 48
Views: 9530

Re: New XBox might not allow used games

Except.... the disks are tied to a console that no longer exists so unless MS has a plan for this you are hosed? Also, after the whole nuking people's personal shit on Megauploads or whoever that was, I do not consider clouds to be anything resembling a reliable form of data backup.
by Jice Virago
February 1, 2012, 1:46 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: New XBox might not allow used games
Replies: 48
Views: 9530

Re: New XBox might not allow used games

Yeah, fuck the XBox. The last game I played on a 360 was the Xbox 1 port of Jade Empire. Any serious gamer does not want to get fucked out of their games every time their console dies, which is often with the 360.
by Jice Virago
January 24, 2012, 8:04 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Newt wins SC
Replies: 71
Views: 14153

Re: Newt wins SC

Jimmy Carter, Mike Dukakis, and John Kerry were all canidates that were not corperate shills in the last 40 years. All were Dems, of course. I think the last guy to get the GOP nomination who was not an outright shill for a major corp interest in this country would have to be Ike, though Nixon's bow...
by Jice Virago
January 24, 2012, 7:51 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Well, you got the religious nuts. We got the fair weather douche bags. The Jebus freaks will stick around a lot longer, though. The fair weather fucks bail the moment the team loses and act like that counts for loyalty. Loyalty is not Masteen ejaculating every time Tebow managed to sore his only 7 p...
by Jice Virago
January 24, 2012, 5:03 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

After getting away with cheating all those years with no real consequence, I am hoping for the reverse actually. Fuck Bellicheck and his revolving door of free agent vets willing to play for less money to collect a ring. If the Pats lose to the Giants again it will just cement the asterisk on all th...
by Jice Virago
January 23, 2012, 6:49 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Newt wins SC
Replies: 71
Views: 14153

Re: Newt wins SC

This is the direct result of two brands of opposing stupidity in direct opposition finally keeping the GOPers from falling in line, like they usually do. The Crispies are willing to overlook Newt banging other women out of wedlock if it means cockblocking the Mormons, because the only thing that the...
by Jice Virago
January 23, 2012, 5:49 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Disappointing to see both games come down to stupid errors when both were such good chess matches. Condiff will be tending bar this time next year after blowing a chipshot. Reffing was not as bad as last week, but still pretty sloppy. I can't believe how much dirty play went on both sides of the Rav...
by Jice Virago
January 16, 2012, 4:53 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Coach McFatty is the most overated dick brained coach in the entire NFL, quite possibly for the last decade. Losing to the Giants does not suprise me, as I have been saying for weeks that they were the biggest threat to the Packers going into the playoffs. What suprises me is watching the defense do...
by Jice Virago
January 9, 2012, 3:43 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Well damn. I didn't think either team had a touchdown in them, but it wound up being the best game of the weekend. I could practically hear Masteen blowing his load from the midwest when they scored on the first play in OT. Much as I hate to admit it, I pretty much share Winnow's view on this game a...
by Jice Virago
January 4, 2012, 4:59 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Most pirated games of 2011
Replies: 23
Views: 11832

Re: Most pirated games of 2011

No argument there, considering most people who believe the damn thing have not read it as many times.....
by Jice Virago
January 4, 2012, 3:40 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: What's your current backlog?
Replies: 5
Views: 1428

Re: What's your current backlog?

Some of these I got on the cheap at Best Buy, other I just have not got around to starting, mostly due to RL, Dark Souls, or Skyrim consuming all of my free time: Uncharted 3 GTA 4 (yes, really) Catherine Deus Ex 2 Bulletstorm Infamous Carnival of Blood My wife's backlog is pretty impressive too and...
by Jice Virago
January 4, 2012, 3:35 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Most pirated games of 2011
Replies: 23
Views: 11832

Re: Most pirated games of 2011

The only thing I have pirated in the last 20 years has been emulator roms of arcade and pinball machines, which the parent companies cannot really make money off of anyhow and would not fit in my livingroom otherwise. I actually own the original media for all of the emulator roms I have that are ava...
by Jice Virago
January 4, 2012, 3:21 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

I am the master baiter! But I maintain that its easier for a WR to pile up huge numbers when he is the only one getting the ball tossed to him, as opposed to places where the ball gets spread around to double digit numbers of recievers every game. I consider Megatron's numbers suspect for much the s...
by Jice Virago
January 3, 2012, 7:56 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Meh, I goofed my seeding... I still have the Ravens over the Pats in the AFC Championship. Should the Pats and the Pack make the SB, I really do not see the Pats winning. Billicheck can't pull a lot of his underhanded bullshit when the entire media world is looking directly at him. And as bad as the...
by Jice Virago
January 3, 2012, 3:20 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Most pirated games of 2011
Replies: 23
Views: 11832

Re: Most pirated games of 2011

Especially trust fund babies.....

I think the last game I actually pirated was Mac game my freshman year of college...? Black Tower or something like that?
by Jice Virago
January 3, 2012, 2:22 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Scwartz needs to save challenges for crucial situations instead of burning them early. To be fair, coach McFatty is usually guilty of the same thing. The GB/Det game largely confirms what I have been saying about Flynn all along, namely that he is at least comparable to Rodgers in talent level. He d...
by Jice Virago
January 1, 2012, 1:46 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Sherlock Holmes
Replies: 4
Views: 1241

Re: Sherlock Holmes

Evidently you guys are unfamiliar with the source material. This sort of ridiculous escape from certain death was a major feature of every Holmes / Prof M. confrontation in the books, and not big on realism there either. Not sure how you came by the action complaint, if anything the first one had mo...
by Jice Virago
December 19, 2011, 1:10 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

I've been saying that the KC game was going to be the McCarthy Brain Fart game of the year. Fact is, McCarthy is a good Offensive Coordinator, but not really a good head coach. He just has one of the most amazing talent pools of any offensive team in the entire league and a Defensive Coordinator who...
by Jice Virago
December 16, 2011, 4:50 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Schedule - they've only been manhandled once this year, by Baltimore in the season opener, who they gave 7 freaking turnovers to. Conversely they were able to manhandle the 2nd highest rated offense fromt he Patriots, pretty easily. Now they have had their share of "weak" teams, but by th...
by Jice Virago
December 15, 2011, 8:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Oh Canada!
Replies: 9
Views: 3519

Re: Oh Canada!

They are going to need someplace to put the political prisoners when the austerity riots start.
by Jice Virago
December 13, 2011, 8:16 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

They are number one against the pass because they play in a division full of shitty pass offense. Jesus Christ on a cross with nails, look at who they fucking played this season. Bengals, Browns, Baltimore (who fucking torched them), Arizona, Rams, Sea Hawks, Jets, Indi, Houston, Chiefs, Jags, and t...
by Jice Virago
December 13, 2011, 6:19 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Fair enough, but even you have to admit that that is not anywhere near the same as what routinely happens in GB. I mean, the fucking 4th string TE caught a TD pass this weekend.
by Jice Virago
December 13, 2011, 4:42 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

You also have to figure in the fact that Rodgers spreads around the ball so much that no one reciever is going to rack up a ton of stats, whereas the Cardinals have literally no one else but Fitz to toss it to. Its still good work on his part to pick up his numbers down the stretch, with people know...
by Jice Virago
December 12, 2011, 1:27 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

At least the Cardinals beat a real opponent this week, I will say that for them. A big part of it is indeed Fitz getting off his ass and racking up some yards the last couple games, but I think they (like the Broncos) are getting wins through their defense. They still won't make the playoffs, though...
by Jice Virago
December 6, 2011, 1:39 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

Buy every petty soul gem with or without souls on every vendor you know stocks them (mage college is great for this) and make a weapon with the soul trap enchant on it. Go out into the wilderness and kill every small animal that moves to fill the empties. Then enchant all of those iron daggers you s...
by Jice Virago
December 5, 2011, 7:23 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Endless War vs. Isolationism
Replies: 16
Views: 3280

Re: Endless War vs. Isolationism

Not to suddenly reverse gears and become a hawk, but I have to wonder how much the service industries that support those projects were factored into the math. Of course, internal infastructure generates the same kind of service industry business, has tangible visible bennefits to the electorate, and...
by Jice Virago
December 5, 2011, 6:21 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

Mage quest line bugged out on me right at the point where I come back to tell the archmage about the staff and the elf takes over the main room. Fucking unfixable bug too. Can't believe they left such an obvious problem with a main questline in. Maybe it gets patched, but who knows... In other news,...
by Jice Virago
December 5, 2011, 12:42 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Terrible officiating on both sides of the game mired what was arguably the best game of the year between GB and the Giants. It was nice to see the Packers actually have to work for a win for a change, through the defense goes from adequite to bad when Woodson is out. Giants leverage launching guys o...
by Jice Virago
December 1, 2011, 3:50 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192670

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Do you do her in the pooper and pretend to give her a reach around while she wears it?
by Jice Virago
November 30, 2011, 1:11 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

Yeah, I will never see that stuff since I am playing it on the PS3. But I like the relative security and stability of playing on console (and the UI is not as nightmarish, though still bad). I understand the reasons for some of the balancing issues, I just wish they did not exist at immersion breaki...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 10:51 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Dark Souls
Replies: 52
Views: 9711

Re: Dark Souls

After getting chain invaded by people with stacks of bombs and retardedly upgraded armor, I checked the interwebs and figured out it was from people using the dragon head soul cheat to keep their levels artificially low while pumping their gear. I got sick of it in the Archives and Crystal Caverns, ...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 7:13 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

haha Im level 40 and I still have not gone to see the guys about the shout power, so I have like one ability I can use? Guess I should do that....
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 5:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Endless War vs. Isolationism
Replies: 16
Views: 3280

Re: Endless War vs. Isolationism

There is also the issue that until an actual credible defense against the nuclear genie is magically created, we cannot be isolationist and let the rest of the world go to shit. Globalization is, however, the barbarian horde that brought down this empire. Its laughable that people thought we would b...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 5:14 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

I did not really set out to powerlevel, in fact the only online knowledge I have had of this game came entirely from this thread. But I guess I sort of wound up falling into one of the power builds of the game (stealth rape being the other, I hear) because it fit the concept of what I was setting ou...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 3:44 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

Tried that and it just makes the problem worse, since skill ups come faster. In fact, the only major change I saw in raising the difficulty is that mages tend to one shot you if warding is not up. On the other hand, putting the slider up to master does not change the fact that you can duck and chain...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 12:51 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 35023

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

I thought kiting broke the game, but christ Enchanting and Smithing fuck everything up. Sitting around L40 with maxed enchanting and smithing, running around with full dragonscale double enchanted so that expert destruction spells cost something like 5 mana to doublecast and my 2h weapon damage is l...
by Jice Virago
November 29, 2011, 12:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Endless War vs. Isolationism
Replies: 16
Views: 3280

Re: Endless War vs. Isolationism

Isolationism might have worked back when we actually manufactured stuff here, but now that we are basically nothing but a consumer state its impossible.