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  1. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Given how much feedback from the previous beta was taken into account... do we really need quarter-long betas?
  2. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    7.3.5 was bugfixes and level scaling below 100 (6 months after Argus). The last content patch was 7.3. Same reason I ignored 1.12, I only took the last actual content patch of the expansion.
  3. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Patch 7.3 -> 8.0 = 13 months. Patch 6.2 -> 7.0 = 13 months. Patch 5.4 -> 6.0 = 13 months. Patch 4.3 -> 5.0 = 10 months. Patch 3.3 -> 4.0 = 10 months. Patch 2.4 -> 3.0 = 7 months. Patch 1.11 -> 2.0 = 6 months (I'm ignoring 1.12 which had no new content). We haven't had anything that fast since LK.
  4. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    The pill or the dick?
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    World of Warcraft: Classic

    PvP servers are awesome. Always. Nothing better. (sarcasm tags missing)
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    World of Warcraft: Classic

    That's mainly how it happened back then, I think. People right now are far more organized and aware of the thing.
  7. Ukerric

    Magic: Legends

    Le sigh.
  8. Ukerric

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Never has been any genre so mislabeled.
  9. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    Interesting that almost all big losers are Planeswalkers... (even excluding the stupid stained glass versions)
  10. Ukerric

    Happy New Years, you dirty hoors!

    We're only waking up to this brand new Decade. Happy new lots!
  11. Ukerric

    Will Wight

    It also lets him switch themes. Uncrowned is all about progression, getting ready to win the tournament.
  12. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Well, we've already had one, so it is more likely.
  13. Ukerric

    How do you pronounce your forum name?

    Given that voice coms weren't widely used back in 1999 when I picked my Dwarven Cleric's name (Ukerric = You Cleric?), I didn't pay much attention to how it could be voiced.
  14. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    There's maybe two "dangerous" stars that could cause meaningful damage to the biosphere, but not on the order of an ELE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernova_candidates
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Why? At 600 LY, a supernova isn't dangerous. The estimated range at which a supernova could trigger a mass extinction is estimated between 100 and 50 LY. At 150 LY, you'd get the equivalent of a couple CT-scans per year, which might get an uptick in cancer rates. At 600LY, it's totally...
  16. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It could be a post on Gizmodo instead...
  17. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It's the kind of extraordinary claim still requiring extraordinary evidence. Since it's the same team doing different experiments and getting results, it won't really gain traction until a couple of other labs find similar boson traces. But if it is confirmed... oh boy. Given the low energy, it...
  18. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Boeing... software... sounds legit. I liked the articles just before the launch, where Bridenstine was quoted saying "This is NASA's Christmas gift to America!" And no need of another test, of course.
  19. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Sounds interesting. At the moment, I'm pushing through China's history : China's Last Empire: The Great Qing, with the history of the last Chinese dynasty, which had to contend with the incursion of the Europeans (mostly the British, at least at first), the Opium Wars, and then the fall with the...
  20. Ukerric

    Everquest Mysteries

    "You open the options windows to increase the gamma... You have fallen to your death! LOADING PLEASE WAIT! You have entered North Queynos!"
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    MTG thread

    Wait, that pyromancer isn't supposed to be Chandra then?
  22. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    First trade I ever did was swapping that ugly volcanic island for two lands. Two lands in my deck is better than just one! More mana!
  23. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    Most misleading title. Pretty much the only way electronics work is due to quantum effects. If you're talking about qubits specifically, put qubits in the title.
  24. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    It's their damn fault for picking a PvP server. It's not as if you didn't knew this would be a thing. But no. You can play the game the way you want or play the game the stupid bodycampers want, so of course you're going to pick the latter. I have zero sympathy for people who complain about...
  25. Ukerric

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    Well, you could try to log in with another account. Then you download the games on that account so you can play them for free when you finally can log in with your normal account (yes, apparently this is/was a real thing)
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    So, who's left?

    NASA was trying to get a space MMO, but it was aimed for school teaching. I don't even know where that one ended - if there was anything beyond some tech demo to submit to the RFP. An Expanse-type space MMO would be great. Build up your outposts, find like-minded people to maintain it, exploit...
  27. Ukerric

    RIP Brad McQuaid

    Yea, this is the RIP thread, not the Rise of the Fallen one...
  28. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Someone at Activision taught those Blizzard peons about FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and how it triggers impulse buys.
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    RIP Brad McQuaid

    RIP. 51 is always too early.
  30. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Well, of course, if you accelerate using a 10km ring instead of a 1000km one...
  31. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Which equates to 6.2 km/s. And that's where you made a "small" unit error. See above (you're calculating in km/h, not km/s). You need to accelerate to 6.2km/s plus 11.2km/s escape velocity (because you're losing said velocity as you move out of Earth's gravity well on your way to Mars) for...
  32. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Half of the fun was looking forward to the next completely twisted sex joke he'd find. Alas, after a while, he ran out, so he entirely shelved the sex parts (there's only very occasional allusions) and focused on the slaughter gallows humor. With the occasional weird joke (like that immensely...
  33. Ukerric

    AssHat 2019 Voting Round 4 REDONE!!

    Teekey xequecal Brando Lendarios
  34. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The idea behind this is that you can't just "get lucky with titantforge anymore". Now, you have to grind before being allowed to use your "new titanforged" items. This will supposedly remove the "fuck, this noob got better items than me in the first week, waaaaah!"... which isn't the complaint...
  35. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    But, but, but, muh world pvp?
  36. Ukerric

    AssHat 2019 Voting Round 1

    Teekey TheBeagle Pharone Uber Uberest wormie Jasker Zaide Sieger Brando Tarisk ardesco Foler
  37. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    They're considered the gold standard of Western version of Xianxia ("Immortal Heroes") style. If you like this type of narrative, Wight is the best western author (and probably the best, period). Chinese fantasy goes into three different categories usually: Wuxia ("Martial Heroes") which is the...
  38. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Sup Sylvanas. Remember me? I hear you had been naughty, do I need to spank you around again? Remember all those games we played when I raised you from the dead... ahhh good times...
  39. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's not about heaven or hell as much as inclination oriented. Bastion = Those who would serve a cause Ardenweald = Those who would forget all and rather be reborn Revendreth = Those who did shit and need to learn their lessons Maldraxxus = Those who care about what needs to be done, and fuck...