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As is implied in the first response... Strange things are afoot in the Accursed Farms.

Hero Siege. It's remarkably good.

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Yeah, not enough details about the settings and running programs to give a good answer to why it's crashing. Also, is it crashing when you run the game, randomly at any time, when you're not running the game, when you're doing something else specifically?

I meant right in front of my Homeworld Remastered post... It was there, then disappeared, and reappeared afterwards with the addition of Sleeping Dogs.

Now there's another reason for me to learn 3d modeling, and get a 3d printer... I do have a design, similar to the claw, but a lot more durable than a 2 week breaking point.

It died years ago, and it was a shame then too...

Actually, Ross did say that he plans on doing something to bring some kind of closure to The Tunnel... It may not be part 3, but it'll definitely answer some questions.

I coulda sworn you had a post right in front of mine with everything except the Sleeping Dogs line...

I played the "How do you get your phone updated to the newest firmware without hard bricking it?" game for the past 2 hours. I won. It wasn't easy either. It took a bit to figure out that I needed to update my fastboot and recovery, then I had to deal with accidentally installing the fastboot image on top of the recovery image, then I had to deal with finding a version of the fastboot and recovery images that were actually for the Zenfone 6 instead of the 5, then I had to properly flash them, and then flash the updated firmware... Now I'm waiting for the OS to finish its initial bootup so I can root it. Other than that, Fallout 4. (trying to find a stable selection of mods)

Was just gifted the Homeworld Remastered Collection. Merry Christmas!

The Minuteman music replacer mod that I have is what I used as a template for putting a large selection of Pegboard Nerds songs in there. Also, I'm up to 175 mods installed, but I'm getting a glitch that makes all robots be invisible, intangible things... They don't even use weapons, so there's something seriously botched. I'll make a new list (with NSFW spoilers) when I get a stable set of mods.

That reminds me of when I first started playing a F2P Online FPS called "KOS: Kill On Sight". It was the first attempt to make a US server, and it had just gone into open beta. I was a part of a hack site that made a nice free hack for the game, and about 15 of us from that site started beta testing. We were actually all really good players even without the hacks, but we made sure and made it fun for everyone in the matches we were in, even to the point of sitting out just so that it would be a close match. (we would of course make sure we got a good score first) Anyways, about 2 months into the beta, another site made a hack very similar to ours, except with an aimbot. Now that made all of us (we were all in the top 30 players) rather pissed off, since they were all about griefing and trolling. Fortunately, I was an epic counter to their aimbot. I had figured out how to use ping times to my advantage rather early on, and started camping corners waiting for their aimbotters to be alongside the buildings, then I'd pop out for an extremely short time, and headshot them. (I had learned how to compensate for spread and recoil quite well) This pissed them off to no end, because I got much higher killcounts and KDR than their best aimbots. It also got me in good with the entire rest of the playerbase, and the devs. (I would report anyone I saw hacking that wasn't being nice about it) I actually started off by telling the devs that I knew they were aimbotting because I was using a hack myself, and exactly what hack I was using. I even went so far as to say that I didn't care if I got banned, I just wanted these aimbotters gone. The devs immediately started kicking anyone I pointed out as hackers, and publicly acknowledged that they recognized I was a hacker, but that they had no intention whatsoever of banning me. Then another 6 months down the road, some idiot came on with a new aimbot, and I creamed him while the entire rest of both teams just spectated. He got banned very quickly, then went and spammed to the forums that I was hacking, and he demanded I get banned too. I posted a direct response to him... "Of course I'm hacking too, why do you think I kicked your aimbotting ass so easily? The devs know this, but since I'm not a dick about it, they don't care." I then got a supporting response from the two english speaking GMs, and 1 dev. Aimbotters were never a problem after that. Oh, after about 6 months of time when they were in open beta, they moved to 'open beta 2' which moved the game core from the Japanese version to the Korean version. This effectively killed the game. It went from smooth, responsive, and balanced progression, (and not that huge a difference in killing efficiency between the starter weapons, and the top-tier weapons) to low framerates, laggy, and every gun being identically sucky and almost identical in performance. They effectively pushed out all their top players by moving to a sucky core game, but that wasn't really their fault. The company they were licencing from said they had to use the Korean code and couldn't use any of the Japanese code, even though they tried everything to keep the better and more fun Jap code. Last I heard, the game was overrun by hackers, and died less than 2 years after release, but the Jap version is still going.

YAY for UHF!!!

I have two from the old days of Wow... (before Burning Crusade for the first, and just after BC for the second) Here's a map for reference for the first story: http://quashnick.net/blog/media/2/20080506-azeroth.jpg I was a level 34 Dwarf Hunter, (could only really access about 1/2 of the world without instant death) and just had a random idea to swim around the entire Eastern Kingdoms continent... Now, at that time, I was a rather big name on the server due to my philanthropic nature. (started a guild, and then paid for over half of the level 40 mounts and rider training in the guild before I even had the levels to get my own, even ran low level people through dungeons in innovative ways for a very low price and in record time) So I got a few of my guildmates to broadcast what I was planning on doing in all of the major cities. Leaving from Menethil Bay, I swam east, and actually got 30 people following me... They made it to the Thandol Span bridge before giving up. (it took 10-15 minutes to get that far, and they bored easily) So I ended up soloing for about an hour and a half, risking the deep waters of rapid death to make it past some sections. Considering that about 3/4 of the continent was inaccessible from the water back then, I was boldly (I decided to swim 'naked') going where no one had gone before... Anyways, so I finally get to the Swamp of Sorrows, an area I am around 10 levels too low to even consider looking at from a distance, and I see over 50 of the highest level players on the server clearing a path for me. I made it almost halfway through the area, and the server crashes. I log in the next day in the middle of a large mob of things that 1-hit kill me, and promptly try to swim to safety, but die instead. At least I came up with a way to get 50 of the top 75 players on the server to kill things for me. lol To my knowledge, I am the only player to ever see that entire coastline. (and since it no longer exists, that is mine alone) I also have absolute confidence that my character has more time swimming than any other two characters ever to grace the pre-Cataclysm environment. (and I'm fairly sure it still has more, even though it's been sitting untouched for 3 years) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So I had just gotten my flying mount at level 60, along with about half of my guild... I start playing around with it, and figured out that unmounting from high enough kills you on impact, so that gives me an idea. I got everyone I knew that had flying mounts, and was willing to do this with me, and assembled over the highest populated outdoor area I could find. We then flew as high as possible, and spaced ourselves randomly apart over a rather large area. Think what it must've been like, standing there, minding your own business, turning in quests, and then WHAM! It starts raining naked people of various races and levels. We actually had someone freak out and call a GM about it. (he laughed like crazy when he saw the carnage, and heard what happened, and all participants got a special 10x boost to XP gain for a week) I lost my last remaining screenshot of it with my former last HDD crash, but it leaves an impact on people when 113 'naked' bodies fall out of the sky in a game that is relatively family-friendly. (there was someone who was still playing from back then that remembered it almost 8 years later)

So they give you a glass of water when you ask for input?

Nice!

Dark Matter, and Leverage. Can't really decide on just one. Why does my question always seem to never get posted?

Yes? No real preference. Own a tiny private island or small landlocked country?

2523 - (a) Allowance of deduction Where a donor transfers during the calendar year by gift an interest in property to a donee who at the time of the gift is the donor’s spouse, there shall be allowed as a deduction in computing taxable gifts for the calendar year an amount with respect to such interest equal to its value. (b) Life estate or other terminable interestWhere, on the lapse of time, on the occurrence of an event or contingency, or on the failure of an event or contingency to occur, such interest transferred to the spouse will terminate or fail, no deduction shall be allowed with respect to such interest— (1) if the donor retains in himself, or transfers or has transferred (for less than an adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth) to any person other than such donee spouse (or the estate of such spouse), an interest in such property, and if by reason of such retention or transfer the donor (or his heirs or assigns) or such person (or his heirs or assigns) may possess or enjoy any part of such property after such termination or failure of the interest transferred to the donee spouse; or (2) if the donor immediately after the transfer to the donee spouse has a power to appoint an interest in such property which he can exercise (either alone or in conjunction with any person) in such manner that the appointee may possess or enjoy any part of such property after such termination or failure of the interest transferred to the donee spouse. For purposes of this paragraph, the donor shall be considered as having immediately after the transfer to the donee spouse such power to appoint even though such power cannot be exercised until after the lapse of time, upon the occurrence of an event or contingency, or on the failure of an event or contingency to occur. An exercise or release at any time by the donor, either alone or in conjunction with any person, of a power to appoint an interest in property, even though not otherwise a transfer, shall, for purposes of paragraph (1), be considered as a transfer by him. Except as provided in subsection (e), where at the time of the transfer it is impossible to ascertain the particular person or persons who may receive from the donor an interest in property so transferred by him, such interest shall, for purposes of paragraph (1), be considered as transferred to a person other than the donee spouse. © Interest in unidentified assets Where the assets out of which, or the proceeds of which, the interest transferred to the donee spouse may be satisfied include a particular asset or assets with respect to which no deduction would be allowed if such asset or assets were transferred from the donor to such spouse, then the value of the interest transferred to such spouse shall, for purposes of subsection (a), be reduced by the aggregate value of such particular assets. (d) Joint interests If the interest is transferred to the donee spouse as sole joint tenant with the donor or as tenant by the entirety, the interest of the donor in the property which exists solely by reason of the possibility that the donor may survive the donee spouse, or that there may occur a severance of the tenancy, shall not be considered for purposes of subsection (b) as an interest retained by the donor in himself. (e) Life estate with power of appointment in donee spouseWhere the donor transfers an interest in property, if by such transfer his spouse is entitled for life to all of the income from the entire interest, or all the income from a specific portion thereof, payable annually or at more frequent intervals, with power in the donee spouse to appoint the entire interest, or such specific portion (exercisable in favor of such donee spouse, or of the estate of such donee spouse, or in favor of either, whether or not in each case the power is exercisable in favor of others), and with no power in any other person to appoint any part of such interest, or such portion, to any person other than the donee spouse— (1) the interest, or such portion, so transferred shall, for purposes of subsection (a) be considered as transferred to the donee spouse, and (2) no part of the interest, or such portion, so transferred shall, for purposes of subsection (b)(1), be considered as retained in the donor or transferred to any person other than the donee spouse. This subsection shall apply only if, by such transfer, such power in the donee spouse to appoint the interest, or such portion, whether exercisable by will or during life, is exercisable by such spouse alone and in all events. For purposes of this subsection, the term “specific portion” only includes a portion determined on a fractional or percentage basis. (f) Election with respect to life estate for donee spouse (1) In generalIn the case of qualified terminable interest property— (A) for purposes of subsection (a), such property shall be treated as transferred to the donee spouse, and (B) for purposes of subsection (b)(1), no part of such property shall be considered as retained in the donor or transferred to any person other than the donee spouse. (2) Qualified terminable interest propertyFor purposes of this subsection, the term “qualified terminable interest property” means any property— (A) which is transferred by the donor spouse, (B) in which the donee spouse has a qualifying income interest for life, and © to which an election under this subsection applies. (3) Certain rules made applicable For purposes of this subsection, rules similar to the rules of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of section 2056(b)(7)(B) shall apply and the rules of section 2056(b)(10) shall apply. (4) Election (A) Time and manner An election under this subsection with respect to any property shall be made on or before the date prescribed by section 6075(b) for filing a gift tax return with respect to the transfer (determined without regard to section 6019(2)) and shall be made in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe. (B) Election irrevocable An election under this subsection, once made, shall be irrevocable. (5) Treatment of interest retained by donor spouse (A) In generalIn the case of any qualified terminable interest property— (i) such property shall not be includible in the gross estate of the donor spouse, and (ii) any subsequent transfer by the donor spouse of an interest in such property shall not be treated as a transfer for purposes of this chapter. (B) Subparagraph (A) not to apply after transfer by donee spouse Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any property after the donee spouse is treated as having transferred such property under section 2519, or such property is includible in the donee spouse’s gross estate under section 2044. (6) Treatment of joint and survivor annuitiesIn the case of a joint and survivor annuity where only the donor spouse and donee spouse have the right to receive payments before the death of the last spouse to die— (A) the donee spouse’s interest shall be treated as a qualifying income interest for life, (B) the donor spouse shall be treated as having made an election under this subsection with respect to such annuity unless the donor spouse otherwise elects on or before the date specified in paragraph (4)(A), © paragraph (5) and section 2519 shall not apply to the donor spouse’s interest in the annuity, and (D) if the donee spouse dies before the donor spouse, no amount shall be includible in the gross estate of the donee spouse under section 2044 with respect to such annuity. An election under subparagraph (B), once made, shall be irrevocable. (g) Special rule for charitable remainder trusts (1) In general If, after the transfer, the donee spouse is the only noncharitable beneficiary (other than the donor) of a qualified charitable remainder trust, subsection (b) shall not apply to the interest in such trust which is transferred to the donee spouse. (2) Definitions For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “noncharitable beneficiary” and “qualified charitable remainder trust” have the meanings given to such terms by section 2056(b)(8)(B).[1] (h) Denial of double deduction Nothing in this section or any other provision of this chapter shall allow the value of any interest in property to be deducted under this chapter more than once with respect to the same donor. (i) Disallowance of marital deduction where spouse not citizenIf the spouse of the donor is not a citizen of the United States— (1) no deduction shall be allowed under this section, (2) section 2503(b) shall be applied with respect to gifts which are made by the donor to such spouse and with respect to which a deduction would be allowable under this section but for paragraph (1) by substituting “$100,000” for “$10,000”, and (3) the principles of sections 2515 and 2515A (as such sections were in effect before their repeal by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981) shall apply, except that the provisions of such section 2515 providing for an election shall not apply. This subsection shall not apply to any transfer resulting from the acquisition of rights under a joint and survivor annuity described in subsection (f)(6).

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