Bay 12 Games Forum

@Starver: Dude(tte), the last driving game I played was in like '97, '98. Something like that. It had been years since the last time I played one when I got my license. It was mostly just knowing the whole turn-wheel-other-way-when-reversing thing that games taught me.

As for failure rates, I have no clue. Wouldn't even know where to look. Being a bit more fair, I don't even know how representative that test is for the rest of the state... just that it was sufficient to get a permit. So it might not be as bad in areas that can't be acceptably described as bumfuckistan, for all that it matters when all that means is taking a trip to the more lax areas.

@RK: Yeah, lil'amazing the death count isn't higher, innit? Primary reason I even bothered to go through the course is so I would be (will be, anyway) able to carry a knife legally. Mind you, basically the entire male population in my area (and a good chunk of the female population, too) carry decently sized knives as a matter of course anyway, regardless of permit. Being fair, they do come in handy pretty often. Not just for stabbing people things, either!

And yeah, that's part of the reason that insidious urge for a highscore occasionally pops up while driving. Extra points if you can get another car to take out some civvies instead. Skillshot equivalent, y'ken?

Heeheeheehee... want to know what Florida's concealed carry course was? A 45 minute or so lecture, followed by an eight or so question true/false test -- where all the answers were true -- and firing a round from a pistol into a target in the back room of the gunshop that was hosting it. That, a $200 processing free on the background check/paper work, and you're done if you the clear the check.

Competence check it was not. Blindfolded drunk idiot, etc., etc.

Why does age and gender mean a bloody thing when it comes to enjoyment? What's fun and pleasing is fun and pleasing. Society's age expectations for R&R can go bugger themselves with a rusty spork. If there were adult sized jungle gyms in the park, I'd be crawling around the damn things. Muttermuttermumblemumble.

Je ne parle pas anglais. Vrai? Mais non. Or something. I can still count to ten, damnit, and find telecharger on a webpage, and that's 98% of what I've used french for since my two years of dual enrollment in high school. It is sufficient.

Buggery hell. Open shed/barn thing to get something out and find a trio of dead kittens laying on the floor of the thing. Still fairly fresh and in one piece (i.e. it could have been much worse/messier), but m'mood could have done without that.

Vaguely hilarious, but one of the B12 ARAMs I specced had Eve going something like 12/6 and either first or second on 'er team in kills. I... I couldn't really figure out how her player was doing it Those spike things were getting spammed constantly though...

Out of curiosity for ARAMs... are they genuinely all random, or just heroes you have/are free?

I'd imagine considerably more than just 100%, though UK's rates probably aren't zero (exotic pets, etc.).

Actually, I'm cool with explosions and heavy metal. The higher quality stuff, anyway. It's basically just TV.

But yeah, if I ever get a chance to just wander around, China'd be up there on the list of places to wander. Whichever part's coldest and/or most heavily forested.