Heliocentrical

IDK if I'll continue to play outside of whenever Ross plays as I've found that PlanetSide 2 gets really repetitive after a certain point. Go walk a few paces, get immediately sniped in the face, wait for for the auto spawn queue to pop, click on the auto spawn button rinse and repeat. I wish auto spawn was a toggle instead of a button as this would help cut down on the repetition. Most of my play time was 75% dying and 25% actually playing the game. I thought I would be at least slightly decent at ranged combat as I've played lots of shooters. But PlanetSide 2 begs to differ so ranged combat's right out. All I'm reasonably good at doing is driving sunderers around, doing melee stealth kills as the Inflitrator and rezing people as a medic. None of which I found to be very fun. Overall I'm not having a very good time.

Oh wow, these are just wonderful. I didn't know you could sexual identify as the band Primus. That must be, interesting to say the least. Look, I've got my own gender. Thanks Tumblr, I never knew I wanted one until now. Hey, don't judge the Chaos Marines for their life choices.

@CaptainInArm I keep getting killed over and over again in PlanetSide 2. What can I do / not do to prolong my characters life? Also what is the best way to get in as many kills before you yourself are killed?

Despite all my rage I am still just Nicholas Cage. That reminds me. I need to learn how photoshop Nicholas Cage's face on to all the members of Smashing Pumpkins. But I don't have photoshop so it is a sad day indeed.

Still, my interest is practically nonexistent. I'm kinda "Meh" about getting a GF. I'd rather go work on my skills and pursue other interests.

TBH I think actively looking for someone is the wrong way to go about it. IMO it seems unnaturally forced. I'd much rather casually meet someone that just so happens to click with me chemistry wise. I'm a pretty sociable person so it probably just hasn't happened yet. This isn't something that I require in order to be happy. If it happens cool, if it doesn't happen I'm fine with that too.

For whatever reason my arm started hurting today. It's totally fine but it aches like crazy. It's making me want to start yelling at it to knock it off.

Wasn't the meetup kinda screwed over by one of the recent patches? I don't really understand the patch notes but Ross made the patch out to be like it effectively killed any chance of a meetup in PlanetSide 2.

A fair conclusion that I agree with. Until I gave it context I didn't really consider that perspective of procreation. I admit, it's something that I should be more careful about rather then simply throwing the responsibility away. With that being said I've literally seen only a few women outside of my own mother IRL and my work field isn't known for it's gender diversity either. I don't know, maybe it's just my environment but women seem to be rarer then unicorns over here.

@Vapymid Okay I can kinda see where you're coming from but I still think there's a problem. So that we're on the same page let me provide an example of a larger entity that believe exists, Knowledge. What we know and tell others so that they know contributes to the grand body that is all of knowledge. If we only know one thing that no one else knows then that part of knowledge dies. But what happens if other people know that knowledge? If you subtract yourself from that equation now then your not going to affect that part. Maybe you were taught a specific way in order to obtain that knowledge but then how much does that specific way of teaching affect knowledge retention? Retention will vary from person to person but you will non the less be catering to those who retain knowledge from that particular type of teaching. But I can't really see that for the entity of procreation. Is it the combine genes of you and your partner? is that what's unique? I mean I guess so but if that's the case then we're all unique. Which would defeat the concept of being unique.

I thought this would make for an interesting topic. What kind of settings do you like/dislike when it comes to the games you play? For me in particular good settings are crucial in order to keep me invested and playing the game. Like: Planescape Torment: Planescape Torment is fantastic, ever wanted to meet the king of a highly intelligent rat species or find a bronze orb that smells of rotten custard? How about talking to someone who's every sentence usually involves fire and/or burning? You can do all of that and more. The Planescape Torment's setting is so completely barmy and I love it. Elder Scrolls III Morrowind: You're on an volcanic island full of ancient towers, ruins, and strongholds. Not mention lots of mushroom towers and buildings made out of Gigantic crab shells. Need I say more? Dislike: Fallout Series: Maybe it's just me but I don't find post-apocalyptic settings appealing and the Fallout Series is no exception. Sure it's got the 50s iconography but outside of that there isn't much to it. I've played both Fallout 3 and New Vegas and I didn't find either of their settings to be very interesting. Deus Ex 1: Deus Ex 1 reeks of 90s cheese, The Matrix cheese and cheese in general. At times I found Deus Ex 1 to be so obnoxious that I couldn't stand it and was genuinely frustrated by it. It doesn't help that I didn't like the "Futuristic" setting either. Some people find these aspects of Deus Ex to be charming but I seriously don't get it. I thought Human Revolution did the setting infinitely better.

Or not, it's up to them whether they choose to breed or not. But most people tend to be naturally inclined to breed so there's no pressure on them to do so since that's what they want to do anyway. For me having children makes me think of how I'm dragging them down with me into this miserable existence we call life and that's why I'm hesitant. Something that I think in of itself isn't worth it. IMO If I truly care about my kids then not having them is the best option I can see for them. If I say "This person should exist because I say so" then that comes across to me as egotistical because I can't ask the person whether or not they want to exist. As far as I'm concerned there will be no decision because I will not be made to force anyone's hand. Why would you say we need to procreate? What is it about my innate biology that is worth preserving? What am I leaving for worse by not participating in procreation? There's billions of humans on Earth and they're all generic as I am with ups in downs in their respective gene pools. The difference between consumption and procreation is that one's an optional impulse and other isn't. Oh sure, I might mentally torment myself by going against a biological impulse, but it won't outright kill me unlike say hunger and dehydration. I'm not saying I'm wise. I've boiled down what I believe procreation to be and that is pure impulse. If that impulse didn't exist then no one would procreate and thus humans wouldn't be around. Any sort of importance that their bloodlines may have had during their lifetimes are long gone. Now you could argue that human life is intelligent due to the industries that we've produce over the course of several hundred years and that would be one reason to procreate in order to remain relevant to those industries as those industries grow.

What are your specs?

Planescape Torment by far. There has been no game that has surpassed it within the 17 years of it's existence in terms of writing. If you were a god what would you be a god of?

VR technology will be revolutionary but I think it's going to be seriously handicapped by it being in a niche market. If they ever stop selling units at any point their market will burn out and the VR technology will die with it as result.

I would argue the opposite is more egotistical. I wouldn't have forced my ancestors to spend time and energy on my existence and I wouldn't force my children to deal with their existence either. As time progresses and the global population continues to expand our existence as individuals becomes less and less important. Odds are I could meet someone just like me and then my existence has no point. Since I have relatives who are more than capable of continuing the line so unless every single one of them says "No I'm not going to have kids" or died before they had kids my existence is entirely expendable. Also due this circumstance procreation has become more of a choice rather than an obligation and my choice is no. I will not push people around like that. I do not believe that life for life sake justifies it's existence when we have billions of people on this earth. I'm more of the opinion that my existence is a byproduct of that biological impulse that we humans have to breed. As far as impulses go its done more than it's job. I'm aware enough that I have these impulses as well and so I actively push against them so that I don't become a victim of their control. This more bordering on philosophy at this point. I apologize for that comment. I don't want to come across as pretentious and poison our discussion by doing so. I would also like to state that this is my opinion and I only apply it to me. If you feel that way about bloodlines then that's totally fine. I always try to look for opinions that are opposite to my own in order to correct mistakes that I might have otherwise overlooked.

Ross, the video game that's set during the Spanish Inquisition already exists. It's called Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader and it frames the Spanish Inquisition in a totally different light. In Lionheart's world(Which is based on historic fantasy like you mentioned) the evil that the Spanish Inquisition fights is real. There are demons, people with demons living inside of them, goblins and countless other really nasty things. So the fears of the Spanish Inquisition in this game are justified and if you want to play the good guy their one of the factions to join. The game has real time combat too. LCbsRprjVm4 https://www.gog.com/game/lionheart_legacy_of_the_crusader

I didn't mean to imply that Vapymid was. I was just wondering how he reached the conclusion that he did as I've reached a conclusion that sharply contrasts with his. I've provided reasons for why I feel this way and I would like to see Vapymid's reasons.

I've never really understood the whole bloodline argument. What if you've got really shitty genes? Wouldn't you be a little self-conscious about passing them on in that case? Also what is it about my bloodline in particular that makes it so important that I'd want to preserve it? It's not like I'm some rare, endangered species that if I don't mate my entire species will be wiped out. The only things in my opinion that would be worth passing on to are knowledge and philosophy which are much easier to pass on than a bloodline since you have other means of imparting them outside of procreation. Even if I somehow manage to find someone who's taken interest enough in me to become my lifelong partner(Which in of itself is rather ludicrous. I'm not an interesting person by any stretch of the imagination.) Odds are my kids won't have same interests as me so it's not in my best interest to have them. I would much rather master a craft and then impart that wisdom unto passionate students who are already interested in the same topics as me. IMO the objective of procreating is so much more of a hassle to the point of it not being feasible and won't guarantee in the type of preservation that I'm interested in.

Oh my fucking god I want to explode, the stupid fucking clip on my PSU's 24 pin connector will not go over the mobo's clip no matter how much pressure I put on it. I stopped because I felt like if I didn't I would've flexed the mobo. I pushed it in as far as I could, felt a click and yet when I take a look at it with a flashlight it looks like it's not over the mobo clip. I can't entirely tell due to perspective and my PC appears to be running just fine. Maybe I'm hallucinating but fucking hell the feelling of not being completely sure is annoying as shit.

I have a very specialized set of skills. Subject #24 I honestly don't find many things in life meaningful. At one point I tried to care about a lot of things but when I tried to boil down as to why I cared about them they crumbled to dust before me. Eventually I came to the conclusion that I would only frustrate myself further by caring and became apathetic. I am after all a single, solitary person that doesn't have the power to make things better for himself or other people. Apathy has also affected me quite a bit. Instances where I previously was caring I am now indifferent to or even sometimes cruel. I just didn't care because my ability to do so was gone.

Finally someone let me out of my cage.

Whether the game was good or not is irrelevant. It's about the principle of killing games and Nosgoth is another one to add to the pile of bodies. Ross didn't cover Darkspore because it was good. Would you say that people who're bad at their jobs should be murdered?

It was from this Youtube comment chain that was full of hipsters complaining about how this one webcomic's art style wasn't "High Art" as if it was supposed to be. I can't find it again but it's as stupid as it sounds. Sorta brought this on myself for reading Youtube comments.