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Xeogaming Forums - - Posts by Astrophel
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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
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Posted on 04-06-16 11:51 PM, in 2016 US Presidential Circus... er, no... no, I mean Circus Link
The entire nomination process has never actually been democratic, and has frequently involved rule abuse and active campaigns to change the rules to the obvious benefit of one candidate over the other.

Why any of you are at all surprised by this i'lll never know

Put me in the Hillary camp. For all his talk of "revolution" and "changing the system", Sanders has no practical plans for how to actually accomplish any of his stated goals, they all count on things just going his way. Apparently he's been asleep for the last eight years.

Do I want things to change? Yes. It's a shit system.

Do I think he can do it?

lol

Realistically I'm not even sure he could beat any of the Republican candidates, but I'd still vote for him over Trump or Cruz. This, however, is the faintest praise imaginable. There's little I wouldn't vote for against those two. John Wayne Gacy would make it a difficult debate, perhaps; I don't know yet how I'd feel voting for a reanimated corpse.

Kasich? Someone seemingly grounded in reality vs someone with (completely unrealistic in a presidential term) goals i actually agree with? Tough decision. Would probably sit that one out.


Tangentially related to the entire fiasco...

The entire concept of an "outsider" candidate having inherent merit is terrifying to me. Running a government actually does require a specific skill set, no matter what people might want to believe. There's a prevailing tendency in this country to give the opinions of the unqualified some special value specifically because they're not part of some nebulous "establishment" that has been painted as the enemy. You see it in politics (example: the entire Trump shitshow), but also in alternative medicine, climate change denial, and at the extreme end, conspiracy theorists.

A lot of people don't want to admit that the experts might actually know something they don't. Ironically, many of them are the same ones that bitch about "participation ribbons". Go figure.

I don't often post about politics, so have a rant.

Later Edit: Yeah, nevermind, Kasich's really not much better. "Have you ever been stopped by a policeman that's an idiot?" Jan 21, 2011, unprompted rant.


(Last edited by Astrophel on 04-16-16 12:09 AM)
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 04-20-16 09:13 PM, in What are you listening to (revived)? Link
Various parts of the Iji soundtrack while playing Warframe, in particular Kinda Green for Spy missions and 3 Cans Later for most combat missions.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 04-29-16 05:32 PM, in Currently playing? Link
Final Fantasy VI: Brave New World, on an SNES, with a reproduction cartridge.

I'd link to the store I got it from, but they closed the Etsy one and the standalone website replacement isn't up just yet (should be in a few days). Really good quality, though; pretty much indistinguishable from an official SNES cart.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 06-07-16 10:54 PM, in The Happy Thread Link
Forgot to say this here.

Me and Kazinsal may have the first video on Tetris DS on the internet. No, not that one, the THQ one.

It's nice to actually get to something first, y'know? Plus, one of my plans for the channel was to make a video for something from The Cutting Room Floor.


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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
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Posted on 06-10-16 12:30 AM, in 2016 US Presidential Circus... er, no... no, I mean Circus Link
Originally posted by Rogue
is currently attacking a judge simply for being "Mexican"


Also, the guy's a native citizen of the US. Not that it'd be better morally or ethically if he were actually Mexican, but at least it would've had factual accuracy on one point.

My problem with Sanders' supporters as well as Trump's is that neither of them seem to get how governance actually works. The president does not simply legislate into Mordor. That's the job of Congress. You know, the legislative branch.

My problem with Sanders more specifically is, look at the last eight years. Do you honestly think there's even the faintest chance of accomplishing anything that he wants to? Unlike in a lot of cases, I do think he genuinely wants what he said he does, but if you'll forgive some crassness I want a blowjob from Larkin Love; reality isn't exactly aligning that way, now is it?

Also, he could've been a lot better about dealing with his more insane supporters. If he had been, maybe there wouldn't be so many of them talking about throwing in with Trump.

My problems with Trump, where to fucking begin. I've never seen someone so eminently unqualified. To openly use your own racism to question a judge's qualifications is not something that should be accepted, ever. The man has literally had casinos go bankrupt - plural. A casino's as close as you can legally get to printing money short of working at the Federal Mint, and yet here we are. How the fuck are people swallowing his "I'm a great business man" bullshit?

Literally all he's good at is marketing himself and fucking people over for his own benefit - see also, Trump University.

He claims he'd pick "the best people", but when does he intend to start? He should've already had someone properly handling the issues of "white nationalist" groups actively campaigning for him, not to mention this magical bit of incompetence. If, that is, "incompetence" is what it actually is - far more likely given recent remarks is that he's intentionally courting the racists.

And maybe, just maybe, he'd be able to come up with some less transparent excuses.

So that leaves Hillary, or the libertarian maybe. Ah, Libertarians. Where to begin, where to begin...

How about here.

Yeah, there's a lot of reasons I dislike the Libertarian movement. I'd elaborate more, but I'm already getting to be a bit wordier than I intended.

But more to the point, look at what I've said about Trump, compare that to my previous statements on politics - it shouldn't be many because I normally try to avoid the subject. It should be pretty obvious that to me, the most important thing right now is to make sure that egotistical asshole never sets foot in the White House.


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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

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Posted on 06-28-16 07:11 PM, in UK voted to leave the EU Link
Cameron's a fucking idiot. This never had to come to a vote, but he was so fucking sure there'd be overwhelming support to stay in the EU that he just had to do it.

Now look where his stunt went.

Fucking idiot.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-07-16 05:42 PM, in Currently playing? Link
Star Trek Online, for the new expansion.

Also, got roped back into World of Warcraft, on Wyrmrest Accord. Me and the Fuckers from Cordilon have two guilds, one on each side - Order of the Red Feather for Alliance, Oath of Embers for Horde.

I'm Thexare#1972 on battle.net
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-07-16 06:33 PM, in Games Beaten 2016 Link
Final Fantasy 5 (GBA) - Once so far for the Four Job Fiesta, working on round 2.

Gundam Breaker 3 (PS4) - I'll get some pictures sometime, really happy with how Alecto and Tisiphone turned out. Not as sold on Megaera so far though.

EDIT: XMS-F1 Alecto and XMS-F3 Tisiphone.



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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
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Posted on 07-08-16 02:52 AM, in Games Beaten 2016 Link
Oh, forgot to mention having finished Avernum 2: Crystal Souls this year.

Also, added those pictures to the last post.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

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Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-10-16 09:50 PM, in Games Beaten 2016 Link
They're nowhere near as mechanically deep as AC, honestly. They're more like a hack-and-slash. Any given Head will have the same stats at any given upgrade level, but some have one or two special features, the same applies to all main parts. The shield on Alecto has a triple particle cannon as an added feature, for example.

Weapons vary a bit more, since there's a few different movesets for each melee category and a couple firing modes available for each ranged category, with certain weapons having exclusive access to some attacks, like the Twin Buster Rifle from Wing Gundam.

But they're fun and they have great customization. GB3 was the first one to get a full English translation, for the Asia regional release, and thankfully Sony did one thing right by staying region-free.



I wasn't the biggest fan of Armored Core 5 either. Verdict Day was an improvement, but not enough of one. Honestly I just want to return to the style of 3 through Nexus, both the gameplay and tone.
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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-25-16 05:19 PM, in 2016 US Presidential Circus... er, no... no, I mean Circus Link
I think she may also be targeting Virginia specifically - before Obama won the state, it was solidly Republican for about 40 years. Keeping Virginia also makes the electoral college math harder for Trump.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

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Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-25-16 05:50 PM, in Fuck you Link
Had to call the cops on my uncle last night.

He started yelling at everyone in the apartment, over the course of hwat was really just a nonsensical rant. About the only quasi-coherent point I was able to find in it was that he's convinced he does so much to help us. All that useless fucker does is ask for money and make a mess.

I will be happy if I never see him again in my life. Unfortunately, my grandmother is far less willing to cut ties.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 07-31-16 08:31 PM, in Currently playing? Link
I've tried picking it up a few times, but it never really sticks anymore. I still have an idea bouncing around in my head for a vaguely Diablo-ish balance conversion scaled for smaller groups (or even solo play), but that'd take a lot of rebalancing and I don't know how to adjust those files. I think it involves decompiling and recompiling code for the skills.

The quests bit would be tedious but relatively easy, since those are pretty intuitive text files, same for mob spawns. Not sure about mob stats though.
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Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 08-01-16 06:59 AM, in Currently playing? Link
It sounds familiar. The most recent one I was on was Dawn of Midgard, but that one appears to be "temporarily" closed.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 08-13-16 10:01 PM, in Games Beaten 2016 Link
The baby, the baby, the baby
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 08-15-16 05:16 PM, in Birthdays for August 13: Xeogaming (12) Link
Oh man, tell me about it. I remember babysitting my cousin Jessie and her being an obnoxious little shit that was only briefly pacified via Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 3.

Now she's a supervisor at KFC.
Astrophel
Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything;
Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering









Since: 10-03-04
From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta

Since last post: 2268 days
Last activity: 1118 days
Posted on 08-17-16 07:45 PM, in 2016 US Presidential Circus... er, no... no, I mean Circus Link
I'm just gonna drop this in here.
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