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General Discussion / Re: [ლ( ლ)] He comes (Happy thread)
« on: October 17, 2013, 08:29:07 pm »
... m'not sure, but you might want to see a doctor about that.
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Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Patch 3.11 - Lucian, the Purifier
« on: October 17, 2013, 07:52:42 pm »
Yeah, you loco bruddah.
... nah, I could just be underestimating things.
Personally, though, if a person's sunk more than a few days, maybe a week or two, of active game time into a single game I'd be saying something has gone sideways. Either they're playing it over a very extended period, there's something either bloody incredible (which may include replayability!) or massively addicting (which tails in the last point) about the game, or they're kinda' bugnuts for whatever reason. That 3.5k hours would probably fall under "very extended period" (though naturally, that's "includes, but is not limited to"). Because if it were over the course of a single year? You'd be spending something like one every three hours -- not even waking hours, mind, but hours period -- or so (very rough figure) playing Halo 3. And, I'm sorry. Someone that does that is flippin' insane. Not saying that's necessarily a bad thing or whatever, but clearly crazy is clearly crazy.
... nah, I could just be underestimating things.
Personally, though, if a person's sunk more than a few days, maybe a week or two, of active game time into a single game I'd be saying something has gone sideways. Either they're playing it over a very extended period, there's something either bloody incredible (which may include replayability!) or massively addicting (which tails in the last point) about the game, or they're kinda' bugnuts for whatever reason. That 3.5k hours would probably fall under "very extended period" (though naturally, that's "includes, but is not limited to"). Because if it were over the course of a single year? You'd be spending something like one every three hours -- not even waking hours, mind, but hours period -- or so (very rough figure) playing Halo 3. And, I'm sorry. Someone that does that is flippin' insane. Not saying that's necessarily a bad thing or whatever, but clearly crazy is clearly crazy.
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General Discussion / Re: Calm and Cool Progressive Discussion Thread
« on: October 17, 2013, 07:24:40 pm »
Child support? Data? Well. This might be something that can help. What it tells you (beyond just plugging it in) is that there's a formula, per state, on how to calculate the child support rate. This would appear to be a convenient list of individual provisions for each state. Those'd be some places to start your search. If you were really trying to brass tacks things, you'd probably have to hunt down the minutes or whatever of individual child support cases and find out what the judge's reasoning is, since there is some wiggle room beyond the state's given rate based on varying circumstances.
Also, yeah, it's not uncommon for it to be hard to find up to date research on stuff like this. Studies often take a bloody long time.
Also, yeah, it's not uncommon for it to be hard to find up to date research on stuff like this. Studies often take a bloody long time.
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Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Patch 3.11 - Lucian, the Purifier
« on: October 17, 2013, 07:06:04 pm »I haven't even played that many games (~2500 in total, I think), every serious player probably played way more.... that's definitely "many", Z. Even if the crazies are playing more, lowballing that at 20 minutes per game on average comes up to over 800 hours sunk into Lol. That's more than a solid month of constant play. That would definitely be what you'd call "many games".
Over the past couple of years I think I've played... hell, maybe a hundred, two hundred games? That's still a bunch and very hefty time investment.
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Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Patch 3.11 - Lucian, the Purifier
« on: October 17, 2013, 04:29:03 pm »
That's... I don't remember anything Riot offering actually giving in-game advantages? Not for RP, anyway. Rune pages have a convenience factor, I guess? But unless I'm missing something major it's not like they, like, let you load up two rune pages at once or something. Just have another pre-set whatsit laying about. Which... has no bearing on the gameplay itself, s'far as I'm aware.
... but yeah, completely alien. Skins are like that, for me. I can't actually grok paying money for them, since they have absolutely zero effect on anything. Not even convenience.
... but yeah, completely alien. Skins are like that, for me. I can't actually grok paying money for them, since they have absolutely zero effect on anything. Not even convenience.
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General Discussion / Re: [ლ( ლ)] He comes (Happy thread)
« on: October 17, 2013, 05:21:25 am »
Woke up to the Impresario trying trying to stick itself in my head. Good feels.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Maximum Pedantry Edition
« on: October 16, 2013, 11:12:08 pm »
But free market, descan! Only it can ensure a working educational sys-*chokesputter* Hahahahahaha yeah, sorry, sorry. Nah, if we didn't have private schools where would our landed nobility send their spawn?
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General Discussion / Re: [ლ( ლ)] He comes (Happy thread)
« on: October 16, 2013, 10:57:22 pm »
Somewhat belated, but I tell to you, entire internet. +1 style points, elderly lady in my classroom. Your cellphone's ring tone is the pink panther theme.
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General Discussion / Re: Livestream - PACIFIC RIM
« on: October 16, 2013, 10:48:50 pm »
-8 or -9, I think. -7? Somewhere in there. Two hours down from me. I think. And m'GMT -6.
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General Discussion / Re: FearfulJesuit's American Politics Megathread Two: Awkward Boehner Edition
« on: October 16, 2013, 10:07:28 pm »
Bipartisan lynching session?
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General Discussion / Re: ♪ The Great Music Thread ♫
« on: October 16, 2013, 09:52:49 pm »
If this is dubstep, I think I like it...
... incidentally, yes, I first ran into that on saltybet. Just in case someone was thinking it.
... incidentally, yes, I first ran into that on saltybet. Just in case someone was thinking it.
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General Discussion / Re: Livestream - PACIFIC RIM
« on: October 16, 2013, 09:50:43 pm »
Ah, probably this weekend. My interest is as powerful as my current exhaustion and tomorrow morning waking hour. E: Ooh, time. Yes. Thursday night through monday morning. Anything in there is perfect of this poster.
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General Discussion / Re: FearfulJesuit's American Politics Megathread Two: Election Boogaloo
« on: October 16, 2013, 09:26:22 pm »
For what it's worth, this has become the fifth time B-person has spat on the Hastert (and gods, do I keep wanting to spell that Hastur) rule.
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General Discussion / Re: FJ's American Politics Megathread Two: DUAE HORAE donec CRISIS EVITATA?
« on: October 16, 2013, 09:21:40 pm »
It'd be a hell of a thing if he didn't, huh.
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General Discussion / Re: FJ's American Politics Megathread Two: DUAE HORAE donec CRISIS EVITATA?
« on: October 16, 2013, 09:19:04 pm »
And passed. Temporary relief achieved.