Johann
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On 10/14/2019 at 11:20 AM, mampfoid said:
Hope you do!
Neat Rutger btw., payed off pass by for the GHB rerun!
On 10/18/2019 at 3:55 PM, Landmaster said:Ayyye nice! Congrats!
Thanks! Incidentally, before quitting I had nearly enough grails to +10 another GHB unit, and I'd have earned it all back again in the time I've been gone. Thing is, I wasn't super excited about the units (maybe Zephiel, Narcian, Clive, or Lyon), so continuing to get grails felt more like a chore that depended on the "but what if I neeeed them someday" feeling.
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23 hours ago, eclipse said:
So in other words, "stuff you're born with" as opposed to "stuff you do" (but then there's the issue of religious discrimination, which I think is equally unacceptable). The only thing I'll discriminate against is harmful behavior. I try to be tolerant, but I also want to be safe.
By necessity, it's ok to not tolerate intolerant behavior, even if that sounds like a contradiction.
Figure that a homophobe can admit they're wrong and change their ways, and people will generally let them go about their life. Conversely, for gay people, nothing short of not existing will appease homophobes. Homophobic behavior is intrinsically harmful behavior because the natural conclusion to their line of thinking means the eradication of gay people, one way or another. Consequently, tolerating homophobia means tolerating the erasure of gay people, and thus being intolerant of homophobia is necessary to protect gay people.
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Haven't played in a few months but I saw the Rutger GHB battle was back, so I decided to finish what I started
Don't even know what's new to the game but at least I won't have to spend extra grails if I ever come back
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On 10/11/2019 at 9:55 AM, Shrimperor said:
One big Problem: Everything, including stuff we need in our daily lives, has china involved in some way. Boycott will basically mean living like in the 1950s.
It's like with Climate Poltics: People won't change without a political will to change.
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3 hours ago, Dr. Tarrasque said:
Projection, hypocrisy and playing victim is what Republicans do best.
EDIT: The Trumpians are actually chanting "LOCK HIM UP" when Biden's mentioned at a Trump rally. Not surprising but you'd think they'd at least pretend to have a reason like with Hillary.
I've seen people who genuinely believe that everything we know that is negative about Trump or the GOP has been completely fabricated. I don't mean just Ukraine and Russia stuff, but even things going way back well before 2016. You literally cannot discuss anything with them because any source you provide is dismissed as fake. They are happy to go down with the ship.
edit: Almost forgot that Yovanovitch testifies tomorrow, so a decent chance we'll learn some new stuff
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2 hours ago, Rezzy said:
Let me know if you get a Switch/3H and we'll have to exchange Friend Codes. I don't remember if you've said you twin brother before or not, that sounds fun. Glad my Titania put in work for you.
That sounds fun, one of my biggest dreams is just to hang out and go to the movies or shopping or out to eat or something as a girl and not stand out.I do have a Switch, actually, and 3H for that matter, but I haven't started it yet. Nonetheless, I think it lists anyone I had added from Heroes on the recommended friends thing, so I can add ya there.
And yeah that was my intention with the chicken fingers and such haha
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7 minutes ago, Excellen Browning said:
You are aware that the president has legal immunity and can't be jailed, right?
Not exactly legal immunity per se, there are some limitations as outlined in the Constitution that would warrant removing a president from office. Not to mention, executive privilege ends when a president leaves office, which is an inevitability one way or another. The significance of Congress using the Capitol Police is that they can bring in anybody else without needing the authority of the Executive or Judicial branches, and in a situation like this, that's what would bring him down.
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21 minutes ago, Shoblongoo said:
^^^
Daily reminder that these investigations are meaningless and the White House will continue to lie and obstruct until Congress remembers that it has this power.
You ignore a subpoena.
You perjure yourself under oath.
You go to jail.
See--right now no one around Trump is taking this seriously because they've been lying and obstructing for years. And it hasn't happened yet.
And they don't think its ever going to happen. They don't think Pelosi has the stones to do it.
A reality check is needed.
The credible threat of prison time is quite literally the only thing professional crooks of this caliber will respect and understand, when deciding whether to comply with their duty under the law or to defy it.Yeah, this whole thing is almost certainly going to depend on whether or not the House Dems actually use that power to enforce their authority. Otherwise, it would only work if they got their hands on an incredible amount of valuable testimony and damning evidence (like the full recordings of the calls).
edit: relevant article: Two Giuliani Associates Who Helped Him on Ukraine Charged With Campaign-Finance Violations
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On 10/9/2019 at 1:54 AM, Excellen Browning said:
It's not an impeachment yet, because the impeachment process hasn't actually started yet. You need to have a majority vote in the House for that.
There is no Constitutional Crisis™
Does this mean the White House can just not cooperate with Congress investigations? Well, that's been their position throughout the Trump presidency, mostly on the claims of executive privilege. But the courts have consistently found that nonsense, and forced the White House to comply with subpoenas, and forced people to testify before Congress.
The actual vote for articles of impeachment hasn't happened yet-- having them this early would undermine the investigations, for one thing. But the inquiry itself is very much within the articles of the Constitution, as well as the House's own rules, so dismissing their authority can result in the subjects of the inquiry being in contempt of Congress.
And yeah, the White House has zero say on the matter. The letter about refusing to cooperate has the legal defense strength of a roll of toilet paper. If Congress issues subpoenas, ignoring them can result in being arrested by the Capitol Police (the legislative branch's law enforcement agency).
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22 minutes ago, Jotari said:
Honestly I don't even know the context, I just found the comment amusing. I don't see why politics should in anyway be involved with basketball (or any sport) at all. Especially when the players aren't even representing their country. The NBA is an American only leave, right?
The significance is that the Rockets were the team that signed Yao Ming, who was the first Chinese player in the NBA (first Asian, for that matter). This was the start of China's interest in basketball, and I guess they have their own league over there too, with a sort of all-stars game they'll host where they invite the Rockets over. I'm sure someone else can explain all this better than I could, but the point is that people in China pay attention to the Rockets.
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On 10/8/2019 at 9:51 PM, Rezzy said:
Oh, hi Johann, hadn't seen you for a while, glad to see you're doing well. Hope I didn't scare you too much. As someone who's grown up over the past 3 decades or so, it's a difference world from the 90s, when I first started feeling this way. It was barely even talked about back then, except as the occasional joke.
I still like using your Grima in Allegiance Battles.Haha of course you didn't scare me! I just have avoided coming here as a way of preventing myself from getting lured back into Heroes, and I guess avoiding potential spoilers for Three Houses. Glad Grima is helping though. Incidentally, your Titania the MVP of all MVPs out of anyone on my friend list, and that includes my twin brother who I could have swap in whatever I wanted.
14 hours ago, Rezzy said:Yeah, it's been rough not really being able to be myself all these years. Ironically, online is closer to the true Rezzy than IRL has been.
It might not mean a whole lot coming from someone on the internet, but if we knew each other in real life, I'm absolutely sure we'd be friends and doing stuff like ordering an absurd amount of chicken fingers.
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It warms my heart just knowing you're doing well, doubly so that everyone here has been supportive. The world has a lot to learn about how to treat trans people with respect, so I initially feared something terrible had happened when I saw the thread title. Even if it feels a little mushy to say so on the internet, we all love you.
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Byleth recast! Hell yeah! Get fucked and go broke, old dude, and welcome new guy!
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7 minutes ago, Stroud said:
Wow, if this really is the case I might go a bit wild on colorless. Its the first time I feel like one Color has 3 worthwhile heroes. Of course it slightly depends on the new one. We will see..
Yeah, it's a pretty solid grouping if it ends up like that. Still, I personally will hold back unless the new hero is Astra.
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I'm still baffled that "my friends" was never an option
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7 minutes ago, Anacybele said:
I hope this means GD Ike and RD Ike will be together on one banner next month, because I want more merges for them both! ...Well, merges at all in the case of GD Ike. I never actually pulled more than one of him.
Very good chance of that happening. It's a bit early to say for sure, but next month is probably going to be something like:
- Legendary Ike
- Legendary Roy
- Valentine Ike
- Gunnthra
- Valentine Greil (or Mist if Greil is on July's banner)
- New Legendary Hero (Water/Pair Up - my money is on Corrin)
- Naga
- Legendary Tiki
- Valentine Soren
- Duma
- Legendary Robin
- Caineghis (unless he appears on July's banner, but that's looking much less likely now)
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2 hours ago, silverserpent said:
He could only be saying sorry because his prior behavior is impacting his work now.
Yeah, pretty much anytime someone with a long history of bad behavior is caught and immediately apologizes, it's just for damage control. If they had a genuine change of heart, it's more likely that they'd come forward about it on their own.
Hope they recast Byleth and replace his voice work. Dunno how much is in Three Houses for them to replace, but I know it takes very little time for them to record FEH stuff.
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Back from a week long vacation, and yeah Byleth being on this banner strongly implies that the new hero will be colorless. I would suspect also that it means the hero will be either Dark or Anima to mix it up a bit, but then who knows. It's looking like:
- Legendary Marth
- HS Elise
- M Byleth
- Legendary Hector
- Legendary Lyn
- Valentine Mist
- Fjorm
- Legendary Azura
- HS Ryoma
- Eir
- Legendary Alm
- New Mythic Hero - whatever
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2 hours ago, Anacybele said:
I see. I love Hrid and don't mind investing into Fjorm, so I can definitely play with them more!
Smite and Atk Smoke 3 aren't hard to get. The former is on Mordecai, Bartre, and Effie I think and they're 3-4 star pulls, and Atk Smoke 3 is on Kaze whom I strangely pull a lot now after already making him +10... xP
Yeah, definitely worth it. Hrid doesn't really need anything special since his default kit is so good, and Fjorm really just needs some minor things like Atk Smoke 3 and an A skill that doesn't depend on others being nearby (since you won't always have the option of keeping your allies close). I gave my Fjorm Mirror Stance 2, which comes from 4* Gharnef, so no real loss of investment there.
Mordecai and Bartre are especially great to save for when you need a bonus unit and all you have are free units from TT. Give them Smite and either Fury 2 or Atk/Def Link and you've got yourself a helpful party member who can either buff allies on Smite or, in a pinch, actually fight. Fury is nice on those bonus units if they have a stat that's really high since they can be the target of Chills, which is a big help for the rest of the team.
I'm not a Corrin fan, even with his powerful Support boost, just because so many maps are designed specifically to punish baiting from a safe distance. Put a soft support unit too close and an Ophelia or whatever will get Dance'd and warp over to kill them. If you can't get Corrin (or Marth or Kaden) close to your tank safely, then you're better off bringing someone else.
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@Anacybele An alternative solution to most of these suggestions is to just focus on a few specific Legendary heroes like Hrid, Fjorm, etc. That's what I do anyway. They don't need special investment to make functional, and pulling extra copies isn't usually necessary (it sure helps though). It's great since you won't have to use extra Light/Astra blessings either on new units or rotating out the most solid units.
In my experience, the most valuable skills for AR are Atk Smoke 3 and Smite.
3 hours ago, Hilda said:Those are kinda minimum requirement if you want to run any kind of competent infantry Omega Tank (Null C or Null Follow up)
I'd say the minimum requirement is just having good Def and Res. My Fjorm uses Shield Pulse for her B slot and she can usually take on entire Defense maps by herself. Before Naga was added, I used my Hawkeye quite a bit too and he'd regularly wipe out entire Flier teams.
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1 hour ago, Anacybele said:
And I'm definitely cutting it close like I thought. I'm 95 lift away from tier 20 and I should have two more battles I can do tomorrow.
I think you'll make it, and even you don't, it sounds like you've learned a lot from this week. You're definitely getting better at this.
One thing that could potentially help make your final runs easier is if you take a look at your Rematch options from Defense Results. Though you only get to see the enemy's first unit, sometimes it's possible to gauge what their map is like based on that unit's skills. Here's a few things to consider:
- Units who attacked earlier in the week might be a bit easier, especially if they had a hard time with your map. The idea here is that later challengers are probably closer to your score later in the week, while anyone who struggles or doesn't put in much effort would not likely keep up with your score, and thus probably not face you so late. Don't rely on this though.
- If their Offense Fortress is relatively low, then their Def fortress might be high, so avoid foes with low Offense forts
- If their lead unit has Infantry Pulse, don't challenge them, because you know what the rest of the team is gonna look like. Likewise you might see something similar with Legendary Hector, so be wary of him as a lead.
- Brave Lyn, Veronica, or any Firesweep units should probably also be skipped. Might be setting yourself up for an onslaught of foes you can't counter
- Seliph, Lilina, and Ophelia should probably also be skipped. Those setups are pretty much the same sort of devastating offense (in Seliph's case, Miracle + WoM baiting)
- If it's Legendary Azura, I'd be wary of them, especially if they have a Dance seal (like Earth Dance).
- Likewise, if their lead unit has a Rally skill, I'd say skip it. Rally skills are usually used on high offense units as a way to not suicide on tanks and also punish baiting
- A flier with a goad or ward skill tells you it'll be a Flier Ball map, which are very dangerous, skip those too
- Yune as a lead is usually a good sign, since she's very frail and has a hard time using most of her skills. I see Yune-lead challengers as easy wins since Hrid will always kill her in one shot, even if he's debuffed and she isn't
- If their lead unit is lacking a seal or other major skill slot (not counting assist), that's often a sign of a careless map build. It doesn't guarantee it's easy, but it does show that the player might not care about their Def map or goofed and forgot to Lock their team.
- Awkward skill/seal choices are also worth noticing. There's a guy on my rematch with a +10 Jeorge using Cupid Arrow (not very threatening) and Blaze Dance seal (does nothing for Jeorge). I could be wrong, but I doubt this guy has any tricks up his sleeve.
- If the main unit is weaponless, that's probably a free win, lucky you
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11 hours ago, Specta said:
ahhh man that makes sense. frustrating place to be in as an instructor, though!!
LMAO oh shit did you die
They go back to being normal humans after a while. The good thing is that they never act out, but then I never had any problems with that teaching at the community college either.
yes, but only later when my mom dropped me off a cliff to save Elijah Wood. For real though, after all them hornets, my hand looked like a boxing glove
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3 hours ago, Specta said:
oh my GOD yes
and one thing that drives me crazy is a lot of "smarter" kids i've taught in high school or tutored in college would make zero effort to be understood because it was somehow the other person's problem if they ~couldn't understand~ like... no... part of the onus is on you to communicate the issue in a way your audience can comprehend...
on a lighter note i'm having a splendid time imagining you just being followed by a lazy squad of bees that sting you at inopportune moments. cheers for that
Oh yeah that's a bad mindset. I blame myself if I can't explain any of the stuff to them effectively. The biggest problem at my school is that the student body is regimented and disciplined, and it takes them a while to feel comfortable asking questions or speaking up, so I usually don't know what's getting through or not until the quizzes or whatever.
As for the bees, that's basically how it went down. At one point I unknowingly walked over a ground hornet nest and had myself a My Girl moment
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It's why some people dodge the draft (see Trump and George W), but for many it's about protesting a given war itself on moral grounds. The US were not the good guys in the Vietnam war, and being sent there to fight could have meant giving your life up for no good reason (and probably taking innocent lives as well).
Slashing the military budget is really about cutting back on things like expensive new stealth bombers or missile systems, or mismanagement. The US outspends all other nations on military budget:
Notice how many of these countries are our allies. One of the biggest criticisms of military spending is that much of it goes to weapons manufacturers who have lobbied to get contracts for new weaponry. Another criticism is tied to how we choose to use our military and arms production to violently interfere with the affairs of other countries for our own benefit (or more accurately, the benefit of a given administration and lobbyists).
There's no sound argument against spending more for veteran services, especially on the grounds of a lack of funds. Yet, we choose to spend an overwhelming amount of money on being the world's top imperial power, to the benefit of a very specific few, and at the expense of literally everybody else on the planet.