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At 12/23/14 04:03 PM, satanbrain wrote: Dragon age II as it should have been. Many features were improved. More variety. A vast open world. Better AI. Excellent.

agreed 100% I have to give them props for listening to the complaints about Dragon Age 2, and fixing them in this one.

I'm older than most of you young whippersnappers, so I remember it when it was cool.

Surge was the shiz when I was in jr high.

How much caffeine is in it now?

Who else is playing? How are you liking it? Hating it? Beat it?

I couldn't find another thread on it, so if an official discussion already exists, link me yo.

When I started playing, there was a lot of that irritated me, but now I am comfortable with it, I am really enjoying it. It's HUGE. I hate to say the S word, but there may be more to explore than Skyrim.

I played Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2 and this one is definitely the best of the 3. It also features tons of characters and places from the other 2 games so if you haven't played any Dragon Age games, you may not like Inquisition.

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googled screenshot, not mine:

I tried to watch it, I got through like 10 minutes of it and I just couldn't go on.

I've let you all down, and I'm sorry.

I am such an old person................

Today, our local Ford dealership was doing black Friday oil changes.

Get your oil and fluids/filters changed for 4 bucks.

At 11/28/14 09:51 PM, Painbringer wrote:

At 11/28/14 04:00 PM, Bit wrote: Happy birthday,

beat me to it.

CCCCCCC

I will still share my cake with you.

At 11/28/14 07:32 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote:

At 11/28/14 06:39 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

Thanks gal! I hope you are doing well!!!

BettER at least. I had a hysterectomy on the 6th to treat adenomyosis. Still a little swollen but much better than before. Almost off the painkillers at least.

That runs in my family so I am sure I will need that surgery as well eventually. I am glad you are ok after the surgery!!!

At 11/28/14 06:47 PM, Vinnyy wrote: Happy Birthday, SevenSeize!

Thank you!

At 11/28/14 07:05 PM, VicariousE wrote:

At 11/28/14 04:09 PM, stafffighter wrote: The people need the return of the spatula of freedom!

In my house, the spatula of terror was the thing to worry about. Sucker hurts but good ._.

We had to go out back and pick out our own switch...or we got the belt.

At 11/28/14 04:04 AM, EJR wrote: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Thank you, and I'm still hungry, so we can still go get Mexican or Chinese.

Thank you so much! I am late to my own birthday thread, so you are not late at all.

I haven't been around nearly as much this last year and I hate it. My job has me working 60, 70, 80 hours a week--at least 12 hours a day if not more-- and I am not making nearly enough money for these hours. (Salary paid, no over time etc)

I am looking for something else. :-(

Thank you for remembering my day!
<3 <3 <3

At 11/27/14 09:19 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Happy birthday @SevenSeize, one of the bestest friends ever.

aw shucks!!!!

At 11/27/14 09:19 PM, Knights wrote: Holy shit, is she still alive?! At any rate, happy bday. My second cousin's birthday is tomorrow on Black Friday, and I think that's even worse. Still, at least neither of them are on Christmas.

barely dude, barely.

and agreed, Christmas birthdays are the worst!

At 11/27/14 09:21 PM, BrenTheMan wrote: Happy birthday, you seriously brave lady.

Thank you!!! :-)

At 11/27/14 09:32 PM, Heretic-Anchorite wrote: I also haven't seen her in way too long.

Have a nice birthday anyway if you happen to read this.

Thank you as well

At 11/28/14 03:57 AM, DELUCA2400 wrote: Happy Birthday!!

Thank YOU!

At 11/28/14 04:15 AM, Zerodecoole wrote: Happy Birthday!!

Thank you!

At 11/28/14 03:52 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote:

Same here. :( Happy birthday!

Thanks gal! I hope you are doing well!!!

At 11/28/14 04:00 PM, Bit wrote: Happy birthday,

*shares cake with you*

At 11/28/14 04:09 PM, stafffighter wrote: The people need the return of the spatula of freedom!

I'm using it to make your cookies.

At 11/28/14 04:56 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Pretty much the best person to grace this site.
Happy birthday!!

Thank you :-) <3

At 11/28/14 06:28 PM, Grub-Xer0 wrote: Happy burfdai

Thank ya!

At 11/28/14 04:42 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 11/28/14 04:18 PM, CresIsis wrote: Happy birthday Amaranthus!

This seriously had me laughing

Anyway, happy birthday. You had any gravy with that cake? ;D

You know what guys, I'll take it.

I am also a huge fan of the first two games. Did you see the latest post on @makopudding 's page when someone else asked him? It was just a few days ago.

"Your post is appreciated. And I apologize for being under the radar. I hate sharing no news, but unfortunately sometimes that's all I've got. In the games industry sometimes you aren't allowed to talk about projects and I was under a 2 year contract preventing me from working on the game. But now that is over and we are doing our best to bring part 3 to life. I can't say much more right now but a lot of thought and work has gone into it and Gretel isn't forgotten. Its very hard to make free games for your only living, so obviously we've had other jobs that have also prevented us from completing the game. But I won't be satisfied unless Gretel gets finished. Thanks for posting and caring."

He's gotta get paid! :-)

At 10/19/14 04:06 PM, frootza wrote:

Wasn't a fan of where BioWare went with some of their other games (Dragon Age?) and still wish they would revisit Jade Empire but who knows what will happen? I feel like while the ending did finish quite nicely and I was satisfied with it, that there was so much more they could have done with the story in a sequel.

I am playing Dragon Age Origins right now and it is decent. It was a free download on Origin last week and I figured why the hell not.

I guess they put it up for free because the new Dragon Age is coming out next month, and I'll probably play just because I like RPGs.

My favorite RPG will always be Fallout, but my favorite Fallout is Fallout 2.

At 10/15/14 05:16 PM, Shauna wrote: The first symptoms of Ebola are typically cold or flu like symptoms. Who had these when I visited my local doctors office? Everyone. You can get without traveling to Africa, after all, how many people are said to have contracted this now in the US? Officially 4, but the maybes are in the 100's now. When I saw this on front entrance door, I shivered.

I agree with you on the maybes. We have already had to notify tons of people on account of other local people who have gone to Africa and then come back in recent days. I live in a smaller city so they are having trouble keeping it a secret.

I gotta tell you something unrelated as well. Last week at work, I showed the Murshaq video to a bunch of coworkers. Every one of them was like, "WTF IS THIS SHIT?"........... losers, all of them. Can't see any damn humor in anything, before they all die of ebola......

At 10/2/14 10:48 PM, Jin wrote:

$20, the lowest tier for a digital copy of the game. You won't find me in-game. :c

I saw some of the people who paid like a grand and got to go meet them!

When funding something I always expect the worst - not getting anything out of it. I'm glad it even released, and for the budget I'd say it was pretty well made. An inexperienced team won't get a game of this quality done with more money.

It could be complete garbage and I'd still buy it and play it. I love the original Fallouts so much, I am such a huge fan of Brian Fargo and Chris Avellone and Feargus Urquart and Tim Cain etc. I'm sure I misspelled all their names and some of them may not have worked on Wasteland 2--- but that entire team is full of creative folks and I will play anything they work on.

I'll probably go for a higher tier if they have another kickstarter.

I funded $35 for project eternity, and $20 for Mighty No. 9.
Eternity is looking good but I dare say Mighty No. 9 will be a massive disappointment.

I really need to start following kickstarter more. I am missing out on some good games. :-(

Have you completed Wasteland 2? As a supporter does that mean you got to play it early/beta test it?

At 9/30/14 09:08 AM, Jin wrote: As a kickstarter funder, yes.

How much did you fund? If you don't mind me asking. Do you have a location/item in the game named for you?

I will agree with the other poster that I was FAR more excited upon viewing the kickstarter, I was expecting more for the money they raised.

But I am enjoying playing. It doesn't feel like fallout but it does feel like it was designed by the same people and I am enjoying that.

That and the pop culture easter eggs. I have 100 copies of the ET atari game.

At 9/29/14 10:16 PM, ProjectAwesomes wrote:

that's so nice of them. so the student loan helped fund the whole studying without pay?? that's, wow. im guessing its only for "studends" aka teens-people in their twenties?

Yeah when you get to college they will explain how to apply for a student loan. Just remember a loan is not a grant and you do have to pay it back! I'm still paying mine off because I took out as much as I could every semester just to buy food and gas and such. I am very lucky I had scholarships.

mmhmm... i understood most of the part, but forgive me if i ever nudge you on this topic again lol xD

It's cool!

I still get paper bills but I love having apps on my phone to tell me, "Your account is getting low" etc.

so you get a paper bill, and pay it off online or... is online-apps only for reminders?

I can pay online or using my phone as well, for some, not all of my bills. TECHNOLOGY!!!!

i know. i know... its my family is off country and all, so i cant really apply for one. i might once we get back home and all.
itll be a good idea to save up, youre right. then i might be able to buy a tablet, a mic, give the whole animation thing ive been studying alone since i was 14 a go, and yeah. if all goes well i might skip the whole college thing, if that's wise

You have to be happy too. If animating is really what you'd like to pursue, you should!

yeah, but a 17 or 18 year old calling and supposed to answer complicated retirement questions? cmon xD
that's also whats bothering me tho. i feel like il go to a bank, and make a fool of myself with my lack of adult like knowledge... but i guess there'll have to be sacrifices. and maybe it wont be so bad since i have you to help me out more or less :-)

lol They won't laugh at ya.

You can do it, don't worry!

At 9/29/14 01:31 PM, ProjectAwesomes wrote:

howd you afford college, paid the rent, and got a job with your baby anyway?

I took out student loans to buy food and gas and pay my bills. Luckily I had studied very hard and had very high ACT/SAT scores so I had several scholarships. My tuition and books were paid for.
I was still super poor and went without a lot. I made good friends in college who started to realize when I went to my car during lunch, it wasn't because I wasn't hungry, it was because I couldn't afford food. They started taking turns spotting me for a slice or pizza or a cup of coffee. That was nearly 10 years ago and I am still friends with all of those girls and I will always be eternally grateful to them for showing me kindness.

lol xD much appreciated! I don't mind listening to yours. I like to get even lol

No problem!

gotcha double of what it says. don't I just need to pay off what it tells me? why do I need to give the bank more money

They have the interest set very high. So if your payment is only 20 bucks, that's not touching the principal, it's only paying on the interest. What ends up happening is you pay 20 bucks every month, while interest adds more money to your account!! It ends up taking 5 years to pay off a 500 dollar credit card! You don't want to pay it off, or have nothing on the card, because that hurts your credit. You need an open card, with at least half of it available, and you making regular payments above what they asked.
Let's say you move out and get a mastercard with a 1,000 limit. Use that card for your extra purchases for the month.Try not to have more than 500 bucks spent on it at a time. Then when they send your bill, remember to pay more than you owe. You will build credit in no time and then you'll be able to buy a car/house/etc by your mid 20s.

I have 4 credit cards now, but they aren't maxed out. I put a little on one, then pay it down. The credit companies extend my credit all the time, on their own, because I use my cards, but do not max them out, and pay on them regularly. They are great to have for emergency large purchases like a fridge or oven or washing machine going out. I use my credit cards for vacations. I love to travel. I'll go on 2 or 3 large trips a year and then several mini trips. I use my cards for this, then pay them back down all year.

so that's how it works, via online

I still get paper bills but I love having apps on my phone to tell me, "Your account is getting low" etc.

interesting... so if I stick to one bank company, itll raise my credit record, and itll raise my mortgage to actually buy a house? guessing il have to pay some of it off every so often, but its no different than what you do with rent.
and good for you! that's smarts

I honestly had no idea how to buy a house! I asked around and chose a real estate agent who many of my home owning friends approved of. She handled everything! She argued with the people selling the house. She had it inspected for me, and made them fix the things wrong with it. She talked them down on the price and made them include appliances with it. and I did NOT have to pay her. She makes money off a sale, which she made the people selling the house pay as well! All I did was tell her "This is what I am willing to spend, not a penny more." and then I signed on the line.

I pay taxes and a mortgage every month. (It ends up being around 1300 bucks a month) No different then paying rent!

okay. thank you so much for standing out from the rest of the meanies here lol
I ask for a guiding adult and I get "get a job" or "hey, heres a site! don't mind us!"

Oh you do need a job. I cannot stress enough how important hard work is. My unhappiest friends are the ones who will not work. Always looking for somewhere to stay, always asking to borrow gas money.
Just no matter what you do, work hard at it. Not everyone is cut out for college, and that's fine. I know tons of folks without college degrees making twice what I make.

im turning 17 soon. am I really going to need a cane and a retirement house soon? lol

I'm 30. I swear, it feels like I was 17 yesterday. I don't feel 30!!!! 30 is old right??? I feel like I was just in high school!
As you get older, time speeds up.
I wish I had taken better care of my body when I was 17. I wish I had started putting up money.

The years are about to start flying. :-)

At 9/28/14 03:25 PM, ProjectAwesomes wrote:

what im asking is for some guidance. my parents have sort of been threatening to kick me out since I can remember. and the more im aging the more its becoming "Oooooo i just cant wait until your 18..." or "you know, your brother is 18, he can be responsible for you" even tho he has no knowledge of the world, and were screwed. i refused the offer knowing where its leading to. #homeless

I WAS kicked out when I was 18, with a newborn baby---which don't get me wrong was my fault and I made some poor choices---but yeah it wasn't fun doing college with a newborn and being poor as hell.
I was fortunate I had some help from other family members but those were dark times. I often did not have electricity, or food. I know these are first world problems, but I didn't have a computer or internet or cable. I had a tv that got one channel when I could afford to pay my electric bill. I had a house phone. That's it..... I didn't have central air or heat, I was living in a shed that had been converted into a house so I had a window unit and gas heater in one room and often I just stayed in that one room.
I think the not having food was the worst honestly. Coming home to nothing sucked.

ive been planning, learning, and so on "GET TO THE POINT SEINFE-" alright!

i need help knowing how independent living works. i need someone i can nag with PMs and him/her being okay with that.

i need to learn how you guys live your life, how it all works. now i know im supposed to ask an adult//close family i trust, but i dont have any! all i have is you guys. "hey you know, theres always yahoo an" NOO! go f*ck yourself yahoo answers! nobody loves you!... *sigh* bunch of douches.

You can always PM me, we don't know each other, but I don't mind just offering honest advice ....or listening...because I'm a chick and we do that listening to feelings crap.

the question i need answered right now are
1: how does a credit card/ paying bills for a home works?

Credit cards are only a good idea when you are well established or have steady income. Don't ever get another if you have one maxed out already. Most have very high interest rates and I have seen soooooo many friends get sucked into the credit trap.
Also when you do get a credit card, make sure you can pay DOUBLE what the bill says. If the bill says you owe 65 bucks, try to pay 130 etc. If you pay the minimum, on anything, you will never ever pay it off.

That said, you have to build credit. When I was 21 and trying to buy a car boy was that a pain in the ass because I didn't have ANY credit. Try getting a credit card with a low limit, and keep a balance on it---don't just keep it empty--- but don't let it get maxed out or stay maxed out.

Try to set up your bills to come out of your banking account. Keep up with your banking account using mobile aps or the computer if you can.

2: how can i manage all this rent/bills/food and stuff yet still have some money or time to myself?

lol this is a question everyone asks every month. Some months you will be short, but once you get used to your budget, it won't be hard! My bank notifies me if my account has less than 50 bucks in it, and then I know I'd better stop spending!
Do not buy things you can't afford. Back when all those people lost their homes and everyone wanted to blame the banks, I coulda slapped some folks. If you make 25K a year---DON'T BUY A HOUSE FOR 500K!!!!!

When I began shopping for my first house at 27 years old (I rented before then, and worked on my finances and credit record) I was told I was preapproved for a mortgage for $700,000.00!!!!!! I only make 40K a year! I am not a moron, so I picked out a house waaaay under budget.

You'll figure out what your budget is too but for right now, don't worry so much about the future. Planning and worrying are 2 very different things. :-)

3: idk il nag you about the rest, dont worr-

Do start putting away money for retirement, or sign up for a retirement program. I went to college, finished, got a salary paying job, and I have a state retirement, but I also have a little money in the stock market. (I do 100 a month) and I don't do anything with it, my broker does. So you won't get a headache or anything from it, it is just extra money there for your retirement.

now i know you guys, you always give me sophisticated answers, and words i dont even know, like poop

POOP!!!!

so please explain this like youre explaining it to a retarded 16 year old.

um poop?

and you dont have to answer these. i just need people who are okay with me nagging them with questions in PM here

i swear. if i get sophisticated answers, yet no offers to annoy someone with my curious georges SJFJKRJEKWJFIWJEFIJ

I'm gonna do this so hard. I don't watch a lot of scary movies so I will be stealing ideas from you people.

Is anyone playing Wasteland 2? I looked for threads and didn't see any so if you've already made a thread by all means link me and I'll lock this one.

It's made by the same folks who worked on Fallout 1, Fallou2, and Arcanum--among tons of other good games.

It's been released as a beta forever as it was funded by Kickstarter, but it was "officially released" September 18th so I'm a few days into it.

At 9/25/14 06:48 PM, VicariousE wrote: Yeah, thanks to all those cowboy and indian flicks of almost a century ago, I have no idea how much of me is indigenous. I'm supposedly part Black Foot, but have no way to prove it. There's a family bible around somewhere, but my Ma's side of the family is quite anal about such things. I really could've used it when I tried to go to college. Even if I could prove only 10% of me came from North America, I could've had at least some financial backing.

Plus it didn't help that my great-great aunt was a bit wonky in the head (by Western standards). Hope @sevenseize sees this...

Hai guy! Yes I am half Native American (small tribe that is similar to Seminole) and I've heard a lot of what FUNK/op stated.
@reverend is Native American as well. (sorry if he already stopped by, I skimmed the thread. shame on me and shame on my family!!!!!!)

I don't feel like I have anything new or original to add but I'm replying because you took your time to ask for thoughts and opinions.

At 9/5/14 02:23 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: I still can't say I'm much of a fan of the dark blueish colour scheme over the warmer orange one.

I am also a huge fan of our orange and warmer color theme, but that said, the color change does not take away from the layout. (Still user friendly, flows well) If you made it rainbow with sparkles, the newer layout samples are still nice.

I agree with those who said they favor the simplistic styles.

I agree with ZJ it is imperative we keep Tankman somewhere/everywhere/in our hearts.

At 9/5/14 02:35 PM, LoboF wrote: any chance to bring the user pages custom banners back?

I won't lie, I liked those too. I feel like the ability to really customize our user pages helps us compete with the social websites a little more. Even if half the headers were titties.

At 9/5/14 03:40 PM, TomFulp wrote: What was different with the old voting system that you miss - the voting animation and the blam and save animations?

While not necessary, I miss the blam/save animations.......I miss everything from like 2005. Tom can you just make a time machine and take me back to 2005?????

StrawberryClock is teh king of teh portal and such.....

I know it is a huge pain in the ass and a tremendous amount of work for you guys. You're on the right track combining your changes with mobile and changing things in steps.

I love you more than all these other people.

At 6/13/14 09:56 AM, TomFulp wrote:

Finally, I just realized I wasn't following Erasmus when I saw this outside of my feed:
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/erasmus/jabberwocky

I thought I was, and I wasn't either! I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON!!!!
Following Erasmus now, very talented Newgrounder.

I tried to ban him for his birthday but it's not letting me ban other moderators.

At 6/1/14 11:59 AM, Mismo wrote:

I thought that documentary was on Animal Planet?

Well since I never watch Animal planet I'm pretty sure it was also on Discovery channel. Fucking atrocious no matter though really.

That horrible mermaid documentary was on Animal Planet. Now they're running some horrible thing about BigFoot. Animal Planet is just as shitty as Discovery Channel lately.

At 6/7/14 10:09 AM, Ericho wrote: I was surprised that Cosmos wasn't on something like the Discovery Channel, but Neil deGrasse Tyson is smart enough to distance himself from people who believe in gnomes. If only Seth Macfarlane could show how smart he is by working on that show by making a good movie and not "A Million Ways To Die In The West". BTW, that's considered to be worse than anything Trey Parker and Matt Stone worked on, hee hee.

I think maybe this is his way of getting his feet in the water, regarding science documentaries and such. I haven't seen A Million Ways yet but I will confess I liked Ted. :-(

At 6/7/14 02:41 PM, Painbringer wrote:
TLC was the original science and educational channel when I was growing up.

Shows like Connections, The Secret Life of Machines, and Hometime were my favorites back in the day.

Yeah this is another channel that's gone to garbage lately. Toddlers and Tiaras and I think Honey Boo Boo and all that horrible shit. Isn't there a show about some dude with 5 wives who are always fighting? That might be another channel. I hate reality TV..... teen mom and all that crap.

And it stays on air because people pretend they don't like it, but watch it anyway! I have so many friends who are like, "OMG I hate Toddlers and Tiaras the way those poor babies are treated but I just gotta watch because I cant believe they put fake nails and push up bras on their 3 year olds" No, you don't have to watch! Stop giving these morons money!

At 6/9/14 03:33 AM, NGPulp wrote: Apparently Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes did some parts of the strip 'Pearls Before Swine' in a 3-strip guest artist thing.

I saw this story yesterday and it is one of the best things ever.

Seriously, after Calvin and Hobbes ended he was never seen much again.

Until recently when he did that poster for the movie "Stripped" and now this.

I wondered where he went. I never knew about the struggles he had with the comic industry in wanting him to merchandize and sell out but I'm glad he decided what he did was art and that he was not going to compromise his ideas for money.

At 6/9/14 05:56 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I'm really glad that Watterson never sold out like JIm Davis did.

^^^^
yep that

At 5/28/14 04:56 PM, TomFulp wrote:

Brewster continues to entertain with "Door to Door."
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/639794
Some of his other movies:

I am in love with Brewster and everything he has made this year. But everyone who entered is so talented.
Good job all people/robots!

At 5/29/14 02:19 PM, Sensationalism wrote: They make fabric paint. Anything else will probably stain all your other clothes when you wash it.

We use acryllic and fabric paint to make shirts and yep acryllic will stain other clothes.

At 5/29/14 12:25 PM, SCTE3 wrote: So many awesome things I remember watching and playing.

ditto, can't even pick a favorite.

I am a little partial to JeremyLokken's Bill the Merman though