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Noticed and am currently playing. Don't give a damn about most of the dialogue though, since most of it is random/missable banter (reading all the banter takes more time than completing the actual GAME)

I wiki'd Selena Gomez since I didn't know who she is. Then I started clicking and reading and ended up at the wiki of sacred prostitution.

first crush and kiss were from a girl named Suzanne. First real, pretty obsessive love was a girl named Tessa. Always had a stormy relationship with her, though we never hooked up. I'm amused how I'm like the only one in my group of friends who actually dares to ask girls out.

I usually read books about the philosophy of life. Also various books on psychology. Tried Nietzsche and found it almost impossible to read through, read and at various points agree with Machiavelli. Tried reading a book by Sonya Lyubomirsky and found she doesn't do whatever she set out to do. She sets out to prove that various forms of self help therapies can be very effective and all she does, at best, is name some empirical evidence, while leaving out the behind-lying mechanisms. Also I recently read Lolita. I didn't see any of the black humor most people say it has, but it certainly is a very well-written tale and very enjoyable.

It happened for me. Ended up spending it with my brother and mutual friends, drinking and blowing up stuff with home made bombs and lighting fireworks after my new years eve's date dumped me. "t was a fun night, though.

I don't really know how you play, but do you crown as soon as a unit hits lvl10 or something?

I will also list somethings to do, then. These relate to not dealing with a specific problem but with unhappiness in general. 1. Show your gratitude. It might seem strange to list this, but showing gratitude is sort of acknowledging the good things that happen in your life. You could take some time every week and jot down some things that happened you are grateful for or feel good about. Hugging someone, someone complimenting you, someone doing something small for you, someone making you laugh when you need to laugh. They can be small things, they can be very important things, write them down. 2. cultivate your optimism. This one also seems like bullshit, but stay with me. Optimism to people who disagree with me is thinking everything will turn out good and blindly seeing good in everything. While that in itself is noble, it is highly delusional. Optimism is accepting the good AND the bad in life, but attaching a higher value to the good. It might also mean learning to see there is actually something good. 3. Be friendly. Might also be surprising, but being friendly makes you feel better about yourself. You are hardwired to. And you WANT to feel good about yourself. Don't force yourself to put on a smile or sound nice. Being friendly is about the deed itself, not the smile you wear while doing it. Carry your (grand)ma's groceries some time, help someone who asks for help on the street. You might consider helping other people for your gain selfish. Let me just say it isn't. Nothing can be done without some sort of moral compromise. 4. cherish your friendships. Also pretty obvious. One reason to do this is having good friendships will result in having a strong safety net to get you back out, if you fall in the pits. Secondly social interaction is pleasant. Also, don't take your friends (or your lover) for granted. note: And don't give me that people are dumb and annoying. If your IQ were 150 you'd have somewhat of a right to say that, but you aren't nearly as smart. What you want to talk about are things that have meaning, substance. What other people want to talk about is what they did last weekend, what they're going to do the next one, what books or films they've watched recently and how they think of them. They will stop wanting to talk with you if you try to force them into talking about important matters. There is a time and place for that, but most importantly an amount of trust you must have acquired for them to start opening parts of their real selves to you. People are shy, scared even. They don't want to open themselves because they're afraid they'll get hurt. You could open yourself to them first, or be a fun person to be with at first, and then understand and don't judge them when they start to open up a bit to you. Serious discussion also forces you to open up parts of yourself. note 2: you should obviously keep up with normal life if you want to have stuff to talk about. Read books, watch recent movies, listen to popular songs at least once to have an actual opinion about them. If you've seen or (partly)read or heard or (partly)played it and thought it was crap, at least you've gained an opinion about it. 5. learn to forgive. Obviousness abounds, it seems. Forgiving is giving closure, whether or not you tell the people who wronged you that you forgive them. I forgive my father for his alcoholism, I forgive my friend for not being there when I needed him most, I forgive the guy who ran me down with his car, I forgive my brother for humiliating me in public. There are a lot of things you are likely to be angry about. Things that happened or someone close to you that appal you, go against your most fundamental beliefs. I don't have to explain to you how trying to get revenge is self destructive and how there is no logical reason to do it. Same as for forgiving. It doesn't take into account your hurt feelings, but the only thing you can do that won't make you end up worse is eventually forgiving. Getting it out of your mind is a temporary solution at best. Sometimes you can't find in yourself the ability to forgive, and I guess that means you need more time to heal. Sometimes you even end up needing so much time you're dead before you forgave whoever wronged you. If it has to be like that then let it be like that, but don't use it as an excuse.

Obvious bad troll is obvious.

Sieg Zeon!

I'm 12 years old and what is this?

RR all day, every day

Own it and was pretty good at it. Stopped playing it after the servers I frequented were stopped and because I got battlefield bad company 2. Which is also the game I recommend you get. MW is all about kill streaks and K/D, BFBC2 is more about squad tactics.

A waste of time it is... I won't be so selfish to say that they aren't worthy of my time or thought. But if I am to blame myself for what happened, that what they did was only a reaction to something I had previously done to them, I have to assume that they aren't guilty of anything at all. They have been forgiven. Though I'm quite sure I will always remember the scenes I've been through, I don't feel embarrassed about myself anymore. Hate is what has consumed me for a long time. And I know it's impossible to pass on wisdom, but still. Let it go. The only thing you can do is move on.

was expecting some sort of herpes-related thread, oh well... True. I've been bullied myself for the greater part of my life, at first blaming my much above average intelligent. Then I wondered why other intelligent people didn't get bullied and learned it had to do with their far superior social abilities.After that, I looked back at my own history and came to the conclusion I was an antisocial asshole when I was younger and got bullied because of that. On a note; social abilities can be learned, once you understand there is some sort of system behind it and what that is.

Hmm. I can be happy with all of your ratings. I think some units should be somewhat lower and others somewhat higher, but that wouldn't be more than a 1.0 difference. On another note, I think this rating thread should be pinned/stickied because it will be valuable for people trying to get into this game and who are wondering which characters to use (without having to refer to gamefaqs guides)

Soo... what does that make them? Traps?

I recently did a playthrough favouring Mist to at least some extent. She had a chapter 17 promotion, got a steel sword forge immediately after and I used her offensively whenever I thought the risk was low enough, and didn't get her to B sword. She does next to nothing damage with non-forged weapons due to her pathetic Str and still below average damage with maxed Mt steel forge. I'm not even sure if she consistently doubles or not. Yes, she is potentially the best sonic sword user available to you, the problem is getting her to use the damn thing. If you don't want to spend 1-2 arms scrolls on her, of course. Which IMO is not worth it since there's always other people who can make good use of those, and the sonic sword. Manith anyone?

Elincia is very much like Mist in how you use her. Neither can take a hit nor do decent damage. Using Elincia means you just don't have to go through the trouble of getting Mist to promote, though I admit that is quite easy if you just make Mist your main healer for most of the game. In my opinion, Elincia is the best endgame filler. She's useful enough with her healing and then canto'ing out of danger and doesn't try to be a frontliner like the other lategame joiners. I'll take some consistent use over finishing off left overs here and there. You haven't punished Mist very harshly for having sad offense and ass defense. Yes, Mist joins way earlier and has use as a supportbot, too. But I think a 5.5 point gap between them is a little too much. 3.0 seems more reasonable for Elincia to me.

Then why are some people saying the way to judge characters used in tier lists is the only good way to judge a character?

And he most likely doubles for not-so-great damage. You could always give gat/brom the boots. It helps them tremendously in regards to usefulness, since mov is really the only thing standing in the way of them being frontline material. And of course supports become more viable for them with that sexy added move. You'd be surprised how well a KW+A zihark Brom dodges. He faces hitrates along the lines of 40-50%(displayed)

Pfff. I had originally planned to write another in-depth post, but it seems pointless to me. All right, read. I and Brighton do not disagree with the way you try to judge a character in tier lists. But. That does not mean we find the resulting tier list to be anything but incentive for further debate. That is what I think it all comes down to.

False hope, schmall schope. I have lied to myself about my hope a lot. But ultimately, there is only one thing that has kept me from suicide, and I guess you could call that bit hope. Or not having the guts to actually do it. Thing is, I've learned that in great clichés lies great wisdom. At the end of the day, what you make of your situation is what matters. I am lonely and unhappy with that, I have started making friends and am happy with that. This list continues, but I'll list nothing more. How I value these two depends on how I want to see life, or how I value life depends on how I value these. And that is one thing I would call a reality. Also a friend of mine suggested I spend new years eve with her. Out of pity, yes. Or maybe out of love for thy fellow man. But I said that if it were possible, yes please.

A lot of philosophy which I'm not going to explain is behind Meteor's statements. I suggest you read "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. It is the book I think best explains that philosophy. Over the past year, I have come to at least not dislike myself as much as I used to, and started getting to know people around me better and better. It's not what I would call friendship, but a start is a start. Reading what you wrote... it makes me think you are in a situation much like mine.

Then tell me why almost every FE7-and-beyond character guide on gamefaqs bases ratings mostly on 20/20 stats. There are a ton of facets of a character that make up his or her usefulness, and it is ultimately up to you to decide which of those facets you actually use to determine someone's usefulness. And of course how heavily you weigh each facet is very important, too. It doesn't mean that what you believe to be "good" or "mediocre" is wrong, but only applicable within the set of facets and circumstances -- each with attached value -- you use to compare. It is completely and totally irrelevant outside of that. And above all of this, tier lists apply only in theoretical realm(if not fixed mode) because stat gains are dependant on statistical chance. While it IS true that stats and the such tend to follow averages, it is far more likely for them to deviate from averages (to a certain probable extent) than to completely adhere to them. I understand that average stats are the only viable way of measuring theoretically, but they do not apply beyond that. Or else tell me why I should use my fail 20/-- Hector who has 8Str, 11Def and low skl and spd. Theoretically Hector is good; one of the best characters, even. But practically, he is utter crap AND a liability to my team. So sure, in the in-the-end theoretical tier list, PEMN does not apply; but it DOES in practice. So quit yammering on about PEMN this PEMN that. Attaching different values and such is also the reason why a good amount of people here don't agree with, say, FE10!Sothe getting a 9.0 in Red fox' ratings. Then you wonder to yourself why anyone would even bother responding to bias. Is murder good? Is murder in self defense good? Is murder in war good? Three questions, different answer per person. Rules of relativity apply yet again. It is you with your own set of preferences, circumstances and whatnot who makes the decision what is good or not and it applies only to you. The words good, mediocre and their entire line are as subjective to opinion as they come. I think people should stop praising the tier lists so high in the air, they are undeserving of such devotion.

Trust me, girls have a way of knowing. Girls who I rarely ever talk to come to ask me if my birthday was xx of the xxxxxx'th. And they always guess correctly. Also I have the very same problem, I can't even remember my mother's birthday. It's the 20th-21st-22nd but I don't know exactly which one. I usually just wait around for someone to celebrate her for her birthday.