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do explain more, i can't seem to process the idea(siiiiiiiick) that my statement is a ironic joke, joke non of the less but ironic?

Stating you're going to capitalize on something via a set of sentences that capitalized absolutely nothing (except maybe /?), along with the general aversion-to-shift-and/or-capslock thing you have going.

... ARM device? Like a Peewee or a Zeus?

Honestly, I'd expect CORE to get better functionality out of a computer program, but... who knows.

... actually, yeah, give me the squad with the sniper. I want to shoot the fancy gubbins off the squad leader thingies, if you can aim that specifically. Or the broadside(?), whichever is more likely to actually kill something. Keep my dudes on the wall, though. The stuff that's not the sniper can, uh. Shoot whatever they're most likely to hit?

How detailed or generalized commands are we aiming for, here?

Definitely PTW. I have no idea what's going on, as I have zero familiarity with the WH40k rules, but it should be neat watching.

Incidentally, given that that the map's up, can we also get a list of visible enemy units or somethin'?

Not going to claim anything, though. Howevermuch tempting it is to lay claim to the basilisk and start dropping shots on heavy enemy concentrations (though I don't even know if that's a good idea ).

E: Incidentally, what are you using to run this thing, program wise? I could swear I've seen whatever it is that you're using to generate that map, but I've forgotten what it's called

That describes my dad so well. The only thing he uses his GPS for is to confirm if he is right. Which he never is, so the GPS must be lying.

Ah, memories.

The most wonderful thing to hear as a passenger is the driver saying something along the lines of, "I know a shortcut." After being rattled off directions spat out by a map program of some sort.

Cue having time for an extended nap before you reach the place. It's kinda' amazing people get anywhere at all when it comes to extended trips, given how hard a time so many seem to have following simple "turn here" instructions >_>

E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials

Okay, yeah, little enraging. FCAT's done some solid damage to the state of education down here in Florida from what I've seen, just as an example related to that shit. That they're pushing to further expand that BS for the benefit of some group's pocketbook is... not pleasing to the sensibilities. Not surprising, but definitely a consummate "dick move".

I wasn't even aware FCAT was feeding that much money to a single corporation, actually. It puts things in a bit of perspective related to how hard they've been shoveling that shit all over our schools down here. Not really sure how I can contribute to fixing the problem, though. I've definitely voted against anything related to it (though I can't recall if it's shown up on a ballot... just that if it did, I voted against it) and most of the folks I interact with to any notable degree would be violently opposed to crap like that (Most teachers loving hate the FCAT and the school grading system, and not because of some bullshit like it endangers their job.) due to either being in the education system or in regular contact with those who are. So... I'unno. Have to keep an eye on voting measures.

Go skeleton for beefiness, pick up impending doom for single targets. Probably other stuff you can do, too, but if you're looking for a single-enemy fuck-you-too-sir, there's not much in the game better than impending doom. That talent is a goddamn menace.

I mean, they've got other stuff they can do (and once you get things rolling, especially with fire, everything just melts because you've probably got 100% respen and so much +fire damage faerosi cringe in horror), but I just spent like four or five hundred turns playing smack and away with a bastard with impending doom.

I also just realized ID's a goddamn necromancer talent, not archmage. Right. Yeah, conceptually they're more about the AoE layering, so, like, do that. Drop inferno and freezing vapors and whatever BS the arcane trees are crapping all over stuff with nowadays and then teleport away and let crap melt. Can't teleport, pop bone armour and laugh 'cause you just shat out a 1.5k hp shield at like level twenty or some crap or throw up stone wall and go nyah nyah nyah. Hit the frakkers with mud slide or tidal wave or whatev' and then PD yourself (or movement infusion -- if you're not undead, you can use those) to the edge of their range and let them wade through your fields of death all over again. Or PD them to the other end, either way. Basically, archmagi have a crapload of options -- specialization isn't necessarily a bad thing, but even a specialist mage wants all that tasty-as-hell utility. Get it, use it, yeah.

Regarding the orc patrols... it might be worth throwing an idea post up on the forums suggesting rares get squelched in those. They were quite doable for however many betas there were before the breeding pits were implemented, but I do imagine the inclusion of rares has been a nasty stealth buff. Or play with the opt-in advn parties addon, which I think covers orc patrols, too. Well, or code up an addon with an alternative

In other news, I've been reminded that yeek berserkers kinda' rock the house. I'd forgotten about that, and have noticed a neat synergy where the global boost mostly makes up for the penalty from precise strikes, which means I can go str/dex/con and still have fairly ludicrous crit rate (59% at level 24, whee). Anyway, yeah, enjoying this so far. Fair bit flimsier than your normal 'zerker, of course, but that still means I've got like 700 HP and a hefty chunk of HP regen.

Survived the trip, ahahaha! Didn't even start raining on the way, which is good because I had no clue if the AC in my car is functioning and it was goddamn sweltering in there without the windows down. What ants survived the initial purging didn't come visit either, nor did the spiders or the lizards (I would have been cool with the lizards visiting, though I spent like half the trip half-way trying to come with lyrics for the epic ballad, "There's a Lizard Shitting in my Hair."), and the vehicle managed to neither explode nor stop functioning. Plus it managed to get up to and stay at 65 (mph) for a while, which is the first time it's done that in a long while.

Now... now I've got about two weeks worth of food, no one to turn on TVs except me, and no one else in the house for the interim. To hell with pants, get cold. Ahahahahaheeheeheeee.

Also quiet. Blissful, blissful quiet. And a king sized mattress that's actually worth a shit, unlike all the mattresses I've ever slept on for longer than a day. Got things I'd like to get done before I head back home, but for the next day or two... mentlegen and dylas, I am curling up into a little ball of chilled comfort and not moving. Except when I walk around chattering to myself (in delicious AC assisted cold, at least until tomorrow or so when it's supposed to cool down again for a little while), since I can do that without waking people up.

This bed is really rather comfortable.