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by Jice Virago
June 7, 2012, 4:20 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
Replies: 68
Views: 19573

Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3

Two healers is a waste, especially if both are mendicant. And the AI sucks at running Sorcerers. One Pawn Mage is all the magic you should be running in your party, especially with the idiotic way people set up their pawns.
by Jice Virago
June 4, 2012, 12:20 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
Replies: 68
Views: 19573

Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3

It looks like there's a major turn of events at the stage where I am (Jice is probably past it by now) so I logged out before saving so I can make sure I've done everything I want to before the "event". I'm guessing I'm about halfway through the game. I've been deliberately avoiding the m...
by Jice Virago
May 30, 2012, 2:48 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News 2012
Replies: 62
Views: 26209

Re: NFL News 2012

I think bringing in a dirty player from the Saints who is likely going to be suspended most of the year is going to hurt the team chemistry of the Packers. As dumb as it sounds, a lot of how I feel about their likely success will be determined once the Driver situation is resolved. I think if they c...
by Jice Virago
May 30, 2012, 2:43 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
Replies: 68
Views: 19573

Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3

Yeah there is a gold mine to be made if your pawn is actually a competant healer. So many retardedly made pawns on PSN....
by Jice Virago
May 30, 2012, 11:59 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
Replies: 68
Views: 19573

Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3

The Good- Environments and pacing better thought out than Skyrim. Class and gear balance is spot on. Game is actually challenging. Crafting system actually encourages running around exploring to gather materials. Best feeling of exploration of any game I have played in years. Combat feels fun and in...
by Jice Virago
May 18, 2012, 3:17 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: President Obama Enters the 21st Century
Replies: 21
Views: 2912

Re: President Obama Enters the 21st Century

To be fair, he lives in Phoenix AZ, where fags and darkies are run out of town or put into chain gangs by local KKK chapter leader Sherrif Joe. He probably genuinely does not know what transgender means, outside of some cyber hookup mishaps from Second Life.
by Jice Virago
May 18, 2012, 3:15 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Diablo 3!!
Replies: 288
Views: 79210

Re: Diablo 3!!

I don't think you're even playing the same game that everyone else plays. Care to elaborate on that a bit? I mean, even comparing it to D2, its kind of a step back in customizing. In D2 you picked what stats to increase and what skills to advance in the tree. This game soes everything and its just ...
by Jice Virago
May 17, 2012, 6:38 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Diablo 3!!
Replies: 288
Views: 79210

Re: Diablo 3!!

I have the elective on. I just do not like the loss of the trees and no choice in stat progression. I mean, yeah you can select from among runes that your character has, but thats it. With every single skill keying off of weapon damage (and tanking being non existant at harder levels), you basically...
by Jice Virago
May 17, 2012, 12:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama...the arrogant douchebag of the century
Replies: 21
Views: 3421

Re: Obama...the arrogant douchebag of the century

So, explaining how current presidential policy relates to past administrations is the height of arrogance? Compared to "I'm the decider!", seriously? Its better than the wholesale revisionism the GOP engages in on the Reagan and Bush 1&2 years all the time, thats for sure. I guess when...
by Jice Virago
May 17, 2012, 12:45 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Diablo 3!!
Replies: 288
Views: 79210

Re: Diablo 3!!

Its an enjoyable game, but honestly, first impression is that I like Dungeon Siege 3 better. Lack of real choice for character design and only one stat meaning anything (weapon damage) is really depressing. And, yeah fuck their stupid DRM shit when my wife and I are in the same room playing together...
by Jice Virago
May 14, 2012, 2:44 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Haha you got trolled by Square, despite all the warnings in this thread! Anyhow, I would be suprised if there is a 13-3, given the reception its gotten and Square's rescent fiscal issues. The good news (depending how you feel about remakes) is that it might mean we get a modernized remake of FF7 as ...
by Jice Virago
May 10, 2012, 3:47 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Avengers
Replies: 125
Views: 66760

Re: The Avengers

Mentioning that the Black Window should not be on screen with the Avengers demonstrates you're clueless about the history of the Avengers. While Black Widow was an acceptable choice (although not Scarlett as the actress), Janet van Dyne (Wasp, later Janet Pym after she married wife beater Hank Pym ...
by Jice Virago
May 10, 2012, 3:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: President Obama Enters the 21st Century
Replies: 21
Views: 2912

Re: President Obama Enters the 21st Century

The last time Dems had all three branches was under Bill Clinton, I believe. Seems like the country was doing fairly well at that point. Reagan was the deficit machine and Cheney was the one who famously said "deficits don't matter", but don't let me stop you from drinking the Tea Party Ko...
by Jice Virago
May 10, 2012, 1:00 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Avengers
Replies: 125
Views: 66760

Re: The Avengers

Its a really good movie, probably second only to Dark Knight, though the comparisons are not fair since Avengers was all action and little plot and the scope and tone of both movies is vastly different. I also do not think DKR will match it in terms of sales, but I think that will have much more to ...
by Jice Virago
May 10, 2012, 12:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: President Obama Enters the 21st Century
Replies: 21
Views: 2912

Re: President Obama Enters the 21st Century

Using the power of Jeebus to get ignorant hillbillies to vote against their own self interests is how these douchebags have remained in power for years. Whats changed rescently is that they have gotten so desperate that its gone from being a method of shoring up the base to their actual platform. On...
by Jice Virago
May 1, 2012, 1:52 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Mass Effect 3
Replies: 27
Views: 3199

Re: Mass Effect 3

Once you get past the first couple stages (with the bugged walk meshes) and you can start using the good squad members, its not too bad. I am not looking forward to the quad banshee fight at the end, though. Take Stasis as your ally power for when you have to tackle centurians and spam charge nova l...
by Jice Virago
April 25, 2012, 6:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Batshit Insane 2012
Replies: 257
Views: 45959

Re: Batshit Insane 2012

Not to mention to rational people watching one religious kook say "This guy's imaginary friend is not real, but mine is!" is full of all sorts of delicious irony. I guess if there is one thing that mobilizes the base more than racial intollerance its religious intolerance.... Speaking fro...
by Jice Virago
April 24, 2012, 3:18 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Mass Effect 3
Replies: 27
Views: 3199

Re: Mass Effect 3

Still playing the hell out of the MP on this on the PS3. The fanboi nerdrage over the ending is overblown, but it certainly could have had a more fleshed out ending. I am on my third playthough to see if I can clearn it on Insanity with a VG.
by Jice Virago
April 24, 2012, 3:16 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: PSVita
Replies: 166
Views: 35146

Re: PSVita

Wife got one and loves it, though the backtouch pad mechanic is pretty much a useless gimmick. Screen quality is incredible and the battery life is not as bad as people are making it out to be. Its probably the most action responsive hand held I have ever touched.
by Jice Virago
April 23, 2012, 2:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?
Replies: 147
Views: 27264

Re: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?

This is a shit situation, regardless of how it is resolved. Further, the US Justice system is so marred by racial and economic issues that capitol punishment is not a standard we should be applying. I am not informed enough to comment on the relative impartiality of the european justice system, but ...
by Jice Virago
April 16, 2012, 4:34 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?
Replies: 147
Views: 27264

Re: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?

If we are back on topic, as already stated, they should give the guy a bullet to the brainpan. The guy seems to be totally aware of what he was doing and purely evil in his intent. I am generally not for capitol punishment, but this is pretty much a slam dunk, here. Being evil is not nessecarily bei...
by Jice Virago
April 16, 2012, 11:20 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Batshit Insane 2012
Replies: 257
Views: 45959

Re: Batshit Insane 2012

Thats not entirely true, though. Remember that when Clinton took the White House, that was the beginning of the mainstreaming of the right wing hate machine. Rush was actually on a nightly nationally syndicated television show bashing him and the entire GOP media empire pretty much demonized him 24/...
by Jice Virago
April 12, 2012, 8:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?
Replies: 147
Views: 27264

Re: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?

Well, if you want to drive down this road, I'm your huckleberry. Taking a casual stroll through the comic book forum and just doing a simple search for anything you have posted with a JPG in it kind of puts you in the creeper catagory. I mean, I love some crude porn as much as the next guy but your ...
by Jice Virago
April 12, 2012, 3:24 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 1900 Predictions for year 2000
Replies: 8
Views: 1688

Re: 1900 Predictions for year 2000

Self pwnage is the best pwnage.
by Jice Virago
April 12, 2012, 3:22 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?
Replies: 147
Views: 27264

Re: 80+ Shot dead in Norway and no post?

I'm guessing she is deriving entertainment from trolling you. I know, because I occasionally debase myself by doing it periodically, as well. Its a guilty pleasure I am ashamed to admit that I occasionally indulge in, like watching Xanadu or reading a Garfield book. I am not proud of it, but it is o...
by Jice Virago
April 3, 2012, 2:37 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Jailtime for trolling in Arizona
Replies: 11
Views: 2373

Re: Jailtime for trolling in Arizona

Arizona is the Alabama of the West.
by Jice Virago
March 21, 2012, 7:37 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192153

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

The O-Line is just fine. The reason Tebow got sacked so much was due to the line not knowing where the fuck dude was going to go on any given play. When a QB cannot figure out 3, 5, 7 drops, that makes things tough! Manning will be in good hands with the widebodies. So their 42 sacks allowed last s...
by Jice Virago
March 21, 2012, 7:30 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192153

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

yeah, a financial incentive to hit harder is nowhere near the same thing. Three things: 1) Incentivising the injury of other players is arguably worse, morally and ehtically, than stealing signals from an opposing team. Are you really going to compare taping signals to get ahead to actions that end...
by Jice Virago
March 21, 2012, 4:37 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192153

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

Regardless of how your personal bias may make you feel about the morals of attempting to intentionally injure other players and their affect on the outcome of the games, quite simply having even a nickle bounty on anyone is a violation of the salary cap rules. The Saints were caught before, warned, ...
by Jice Virago
March 21, 2012, 4:08 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 192153

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

I guess the Saints can now be lumped in with the Patriots for teams with an asterisk after every SB win.
by Jice Virago
March 13, 2012, 7:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish
Replies: 24
Views: 4824

Re: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish

The ignorance on our President's religion also makes me even more embarrassed about my state. It wouldn't be bad if they just didn't care what religion he followed, but I know that the ones that think he is Muslim also look at that negatively. "Muslim" is just a code word for the new most...
by Jice Virago
March 13, 2012, 6:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish
Replies: 24
Views: 4824

Re: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish

And for Jice. We have never been a 'Democracy'. We are a Republic. A true democracy would be equivalant to anarchy. Give me enough money, and I could sway 51% of the population to vote me in as Emperor for life. We had a true democracy for a brief period (under the Articles of Confederation), but i...
by Jice Virago
March 13, 2012, 6:46 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Newt wins SC
Replies: 71
Views: 14142

Re: Newt wins SC

Unintentional humor is a specialty of the crispies, or the willfully ignorant in general really.
by Jice Virago
March 13, 2012, 6:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Steve Jobs dead
Replies: 107
Views: 34414

Re: Steve Jobs dead

Jesus got a lot more popular after he croaked, too. Plus Jobs is a role model for greedy self absorbed materialistic hipster douchebags, which makes him the second comming to some of these people.
by Jice Virago
March 13, 2012, 2:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Mass Effect 3
Replies: 27
Views: 3199

Re: Mass Effect 3

Nerd rage over the endings is amusing, but I had no issue with the ending I got (Synth on full paragon femshep), given the scale of the plot. I might have made some of the dialog involving the reaper leader less ambiguous and fleshed out the backstory a bit, though. Nice idea, if borrowed from older...
by Jice Virago
March 8, 2012, 8:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Muslim Attacks Atheist. Muslim Judge Dismisses Case, Blames
Replies: 49
Views: 6660

Re: Muslim Attacks Atheist. Muslim Judge Dismisses Case, Blames

Sorry, no. Demags is absolutely right on this. If he is such a devote Muslim or whatever fucking imaginary belief system he adheres to, why the fuck is the guy out celebrating Halloween with his son in the first place? Correct me if I am wrong, but participating in Pagan holidays is a major no no fo...
by Jice Virago
March 7, 2012, 12:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole
Replies: 83
Views: 10324

Re: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole

First off, this is about control. Religion exists by controlling people, usually through fear. Letting women have any sort of control over their own destiny, let alone the ability to have sex for any reason other than cranking out babies, is an anamathea to these institutions. Second, the Mormons an...
by Jice Virago
March 7, 2012, 12:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish
Replies: 24
Views: 4824

Re: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish

This entire argument proceeds from the assumption that we have an actual Democracy in place. We haven't had one for a while. The last couple decades (since Reagan, basically) we have essentially been a Plutocracy and we were really a socialist replublic a long time before that. We are a Democracy in...
by Jice Virago
March 7, 2012, 12:41 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Mass Effect 3
Replies: 27
Views: 3199

Re: Mass Effect 3

Did you take a moment to rub one out before returning to ME3? Oh wait, you are not Winnow.... On a serious note, the horse face factor had me adjusting the appearance of my femshep. The new graphics engine is nice, but their face animations/construction leave a lot to be desired. Looks like they was...
by Jice Virago
March 1, 2012, 4:37 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS3 thread!
Replies: 1556
Views: 319016

Re: The Official PS3 thread!

My wife and I had several of the first run PS3s specifically for the backwards compatability. They all started having problems middle of last year and we replaced them one by one. I miss the backwards compatability a fair amount, but most of the games I want to replay have been comming out on either...
by Jice Virago
February 29, 2012, 8:55 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Not a fan of Dark Tower, so I am unfamiliar with the references, but....

After the way 13-1 ended and the massive fan outrage, something a little less depressing and a lot less ambiguous would have been nice....
by Jice Virago
February 29, 2012, 12:50 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

And while we are on the subject of endings: SPOILERS (for anyone who actually cares about this game) So, you spend the entire game looking for Lightning and not only does she die at the end, but so does Serah? In fact, they pretty much killed off the entire cast, though they missed killing the most ...
by Jice Virago
February 28, 2012, 1:18 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

So, your response is to put your fingers in your ears and go "La La La!" then....?

When two people who completely despise each other as much as Winnow and I completely agree on something, it probably means there is some truth to be had there.
by Jice Virago
February 28, 2012, 12:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Newt wins SC
Replies: 71
Views: 14142

Re: Newt wins SC

Then there is the chance that a stupidly high amount of fanatical christians will come out to vote VS a smaller amount of sane people. Hopefully events in the recent past will push enough people to get up off of their ass, but I don't have an extremely high amount of faith in the majority of the pe...
by Jice Virago
February 27, 2012, 7:53 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

I think he likes the part of Japan that includes pedos, pokemon, and tentical rape.
by Jice Virago
February 27, 2012, 5:49 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

If you thought that ending was good, well then I think we are going to have to agree to disagree. Was it as bad as FF13, Star Ocean 4, or DA2? No. But it was not good by any measure.
by Jice Virago
February 27, 2012, 12:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139386

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

He is saying that greed as a motive makes the "9-11 Inside Job" theory mroe plausable to him. He was not commenting on the evidence of said theory. But, honestly, speculation (and the complete deregulation thereof) is whats driving gas up more than any single factor. Those assholes are fuc...
by Jice Virago
February 27, 2012, 12:43 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Replies: 52
Views: 9067

Re: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Mark it on the fucking calendar. I agree 100% with what Winnow said and could not state it any more succinctly than he did.
by Jice Virago
February 23, 2012, 4:14 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning
Replies: 16
Views: 3935

Re: Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning

I am a good chunk into this game, playing as a Finesse / Mage hybrid. It is very button mashy and low on the challenge, but its very fun. Unlike the technically superior Skyrim, its crafting system does not break the entire game and there is a nice smooth progression through the game. Camera is stil...