Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[UTProf]

I'm a Destiny guy. Still. Kinda funny actually. When I first started playing, I was freaked out gaming with other random humans. After a while I got used to it, and now when I play offline games it's lonely, and I always end up back in Destiny. So yeah, community is a real consideration.

That freaked me out too! When players were running right through me I was reacting like they were NPCs. Now I'm running through people without thinking about it. When I play offline games, I really need a story to get immersed in. Combat alone isn't always interesting enough because MMOs can do that well and it can be hilarious or challenging as hell to take on a combat challenge with other people.

Destiny looks like a great game. I've definitely been tempted by it. Would you recommend it?

 

[Christian Lowe]

Oooh. I think I'd die a little inside if that happened. I've invested way too much time in ESO but after we lost everything in the fire it was one thing that I still owned because it was stored in the cloud. My possessions there are all digital/pixels but they're something that I had before that still exists and in a weird way that kinda grounds me a bit because not everything was taken away. I started decorating a home there and it was very therapeutic for me. I'm at a high enough level now that it would be almost impossible to regain it if I got locked or banned.

Is there anything you can do to recover the account? I know they can't always fix things but I had my Red Dead Redemption account hacked and was eventually able to get Rockstar to restore it to me.

Look up jagex customer service. It’s infamously bad. I’m just screwed. It happened in November of last year.

 

[jave36]

ESO. I love the Elder Scrolls and in the absence of a followup to Skyrim, ESO has become my main time waster. I'd never played an MMO before but I found that the community was very welcoming. When the OH was in the hospital for a month last year (and then off and on for most of it) they helped me pass the time and get through the stress of all that. I was really surprised by some of the really great people I met. The game is fun but the people are what keeps me coming back.

ETA: If you're a gamer... I'm searching for a good one. I'm in withdrawals after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Witcher series to death and not having anything but an MMO.

The star wars mmo is the best single player mmo out there (by that I mean the parts for which you don't HAVE to be in a group with others). Incredible story and great voice acting. Multiple distinct storylines for excellent replayability.

Obviously Oblivion, but if you're played skyrim you've probably played that.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

So my wife and I were in the right place right time today and confronted a child predator.

We are vacationing in Florida this week. We were letting the kids play around the green space in Seaside when this younger man came and started talking to my boys. Harmless looking. After we saw my son start to chase this young man like tag, alarm bells went off and mama bear swooped into action, she ran down there and asked what the guy was doing. He said laughingly he had missed his workout today and asked the kids if they wanted to make a $100 and chase him around like tag. Mama was having none of that and ran the guy off.

I finally come out of the coffee shop and get brought up to speed on the situation and said no no we need to find this guy. So I walk around for awhile until he finally comes out of this ice cream shop. In my best manners I asked him what TF is his situation. A flustered response from this cat and I quickly realize this guy isn’t right, but he’s smart, he’s preying. He hides in plain sight, finds a group of kids, targets the outlier child that is a little insecure of himself, and tempts him away from the pack. We tell him what he’s doing is a probably a crime, and certainly was out of line and starting something he didn’t want rectified by these parents, and he reiterated he was committing no crime, alarm bell #2 (he knows to keep the situation at arms length). I tell him to piss off. Wife photographs him.

Walking away I find my wife alerting some restaurant owners and they get security involved. While we wait for police to arrive I decide to go do a little detective work and go into the ice cream shop. I ask the employees if they’ve seen anything strange out of that guy. They quickly said “oh yea” he was there last night talking to 10 teenage or younger boys sharing high-school Harry stories and trying to buy them ice cream. After one boy got uncomfortable he called security and they ran this guy off.

I walk out of the store and another man said “hey I saw you talking to that guy, he said something inappropriate to my daughter and I about whipped his arse right on the spot.”

Well the sheriffs department is on this one now and I expect this gets resolved, turns out he is a Hurricane ida evacuee from last month.

TLDR; parents please watch your kids. Some sick freaks out there.

I’ve got a great story from Malaysia about running a guy down who groped one of our ministry children. I chased him across lanes of traffic, jumped off a small bridge into a creek bed and down into the woods… all over the courses of about a mile. I caught him out of breath and laid hands on him till the child’s teenage brother caught up to us and promptly gave him a rap on the break. He tried to stab me with a broken piece of glass in the woods… may have broken the skin, I can’t remember… and I applied my backhand in displeasure. anyways dragged him out of there and there happened to be two police cars there. The girl ID’d him at the station

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Same. Hard and eventually catches up but it can be done.

 

[jave36]

I agree with the latter. We are also leaving out genetics.

The lifting/cardio debate is interesting. They all burn the same calories. But I believe the lifters usually prefer more protein in their diet for muscle, and now, we are getting back to a diet debate.

Muscle burns calories just by existing. More muscle = higher metabolism. And building new muscle also eats up calories. Cardio is just that, to improve your cardiovascular system (cholesterol, heart, etc....)

But ya, genetics is probably the biggest variable.

 

[SpringBokVol]

I’ve got a great story from Malaysia about running a guy down who groped one of our ministry children. I chased him across lanes of traffic, jumped off a small bridge into a creek bed and down into the woods… all over the courses of about a mile. I caught him out of breath and laid hands on him till the child’s teenage brother caught up to us and promptly gave him a rap on the break. He tried to stab me with a broken piece of glass in the woods… may have broken the skin, I can’t remember… and I applied my backhand in displeasure. anyways dragged him out of there and there happened to be two police cars there. The girl ID’d him at the station


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What is giving a rap on the break entail?

 

[Jackcrevol]

What is giving a rap on the break entail?

'you all in this together...' ...'goddang bastards think they can cheat me.'

'You're drunk Ike, go home.'

'See...give somebody a rap on the beak (edit: beezer) and get some respect 'round here' 'dont take no lip from no bardtenders neither'

'You tell Earps, I see 'em on the street, and Doc Holiday, I'm gonna send to hell on a shutter'

Just off top of my head.

 

[UTProf]

Question - Did anyone here try Cyberpunk? I almost bought it but was concerned that CDProjekt Red was going so far away from what they knew that I decided not to pre-purchase or purchase at launch. They'd only ever done the Witcher and tbh, the Wild Hunt is the culmination of all that. By that I mean, it took them three times to create something great. Without the experience of making previous two games, I don't think they get their storytelling or mechanics right the way they did in The Wild Hunt.

I know they put out a broken game, especially for consoles but I wonder if the game is fixable or not. A lot big games like that have been disasters at launch and eventually recovered but I don't know if Cyberpunk is deep enough story wise to be one of those.

 

[Revived2002]

We'll be starting walk-ons by November, like 2016

Outside of team success, I just hope the guys stay healthy and get to play.

Yep. ~30 guys transferring out makes a difference, just like the pundits said it would

 

[IhateGA]

ESO. I love the Elder Scrolls and in the absence of a followup to Skyrim, ESO has become my main time waster. I'd never played an MMO before but I found that the community was very welcoming. When the OH was in the hospital for a month last year (and then off and on for most of it) they helped me pass the time and get through the stress of all that. I was really surprised by some of the really great people I met. The game is fun but the people are what keeps me coming back.

ETA: If you're a gamer... I'm searching for a good one. I'm in withdrawals after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Witcher series to death and not having anything but an MMO.

I am still Doin World of Warcraft myself, tried ESO though, just never could get into it. As far as offline games, Witcher 3 is the greatest ever made, but its ruined all other RPG for me. Nothing compares to what they did.

 

[UTProf]

I am still Doin World of Warcraft myself, tried ESO though, just never could get into it. As far as offline games, Witcher 3 is the greatest ever made, but its ruined all other RPG for me. Nothing compares to what they did.

Have you played Red Dead Redemption 2? It's better than the Witcher and I say that as someone who thought the Witcher was the best before I played Red Dead.

As for WoW, I really want to play it but I absolutely hate that it's a forced buy in. ESO has a much better way of getting you to sub.

ETA: Depending on when you tried ESO, it's worth giving it another shot if you already own it. That game was a disaster at launch but it's turned into a very good game. If you're more into PVP I wouldn't recommend it. PVE and endgame are great tho.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

Have you played Red Dead Redemption 2? It's better than the Witcher and I say that as someone who thought the Witcher was the best before I played Red Dead.

As for WoW, I really want to play it but I absolutely hate that it's a forced buy in. ESO has a much better way of getting you to sub.

+1 for RDR2. One of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played.

 

[UTProf]

+1 for RDR2. One of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played.

It's amazing. I wish I could forget the story and experience it again for the first time once again. It was so good at immersion that I felt lonely when it was over. I missed my "friends" and all the good times at camp. I actually think Rockstar is doing people a grave disservice by selling RDO separately. Some folks are going to buy that because it's cheaper and they're going to miss out on one of the best games of all time.

 

[SmokinBob]

If you guys directed all your hate at picking apart the other team, instead of ours, we'd have a fanbase.

 

[InstrumentalVol]

Have you played Red Dead Redemption 2? It's better than the Witcher and I say that as someone who thought the Witcher was the best before I played Red Dead.

As for WoW, I really want to play it but I absolutely hate that it's a forced buy in. ESO has a much better way of getting you to sub.

ETA: Depending on when you tried ESO, it's worth giving it another shot if you already own it. That game was a disaster at launch but it's turned into a very good game. If you're more into PVP I wouldn't recommend it. PVE and endgame are great tho.

RDR1 is my favorite game of all time. With a beautiful soundtrack (shoutout to Jose Gonzalez, the GOAT acoustic artist in my opinion) RDR2 is equally good with even better storytelling. Thanks for mentioning it, now I have to fire it up again!

 

[Smokeytom]

So my wife and I were in the right place right time today and confronted a child predator.

We are vacationing in Florida this week. We were letting the kids play around the green space in Seaside when this younger man came and started talking to my boys. Harmless looking. After we saw my son start to chase this young man like tag, alarm bells went off and mama bear swooped into action, she ran down there and asked what the guy was doing. He said laughingly he had missed his workout today and asked the kids if they wanted to make a $100 and chase him around like tag. Mama was having none of that and ran the guy off.

I finally come out of the coffee shop and get brought up to speed on the situation and said no no we need to find this guy. So I walk around for awhile until he finally comes out of this ice cream shop. In my best manners I asked him what TF is his situation. A flustered response from this cat and I quickly realize this guy isn’t right, but he’s smart, he’s preying. He hides in plain sight, finds a group of kids, targets the outlier child that is a little insecure of himself, and tempts him away from the pack. We tell him what he’s doing is a probably a crime, and certainly was out of line and starting something he didn’t want rectified by these parents, and he reiterated he was committing no crime, alarm bell #2 (he knows to keep the situation at arms length). I tell him to piss off. Wife photographs him.

Walking away I find my wife alerting some restaurant owners and they get security involved. While we wait for police to arrive I decide to go do a little detective work and go into the ice cream shop. I ask the employees if they’ve seen anything strange out of that guy. They quickly said “oh yea” he was there last night talking to 10 teenage or younger boys sharing high-school Harry stories and trying to buy them ice cream. After one boy got uncomfortable he called security and they ran this guy off.

I walk out of the store and another man said “hey I saw you talking to that guy, he said something inappropriate to my daughter and I about whipped his arse right on the spot.”

Well the sheriffs department is on this one now and I expect this gets resolved, turns out he is a Hurricane ida evacuee from last month.

TLDR; parents please watch your kids. Some sick freaks out there.

Dang I’ll be down in Seaside in 2 weeks! No kids to worry about, but I’ll be keeping an eye open regardless!

 

[BigOrange15]

I’ve got a great story from Malaysia about running a guy down who groped one of our ministry children. I chased him across lanes of traffic, jumped off a small bridge into a creek bed and down into the woods… all over the courses of about a mile. I caught him out of breath and laid hands on him till the child’s teenage brother caught up to us and promptly gave him a rap on the break. He tried to stab me with a broken piece of glass in the woods… may have broken the skin, I can’t remember… and I applied my backhand in displeasure. anyways dragged him out of there and there happened to be two police cars there. The girl ID’d him at the station


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> Applied my backhand in displeasure

Lmao based.

 

[UTK]

Have you played Red Dead Redemption 2? It's better than the Witcher and I say that as someone who thought the Witcher was the best before I played Red Dead.

As for WoW, I really want to play it but I absolutely hate that it's a forced buy in. ESO has a much better way of getting you to sub.

ETA: Depending on when you tried ESO, it's worth giving it another shot if you already own it. That game was a disaster at launch but it's turned into a very good game. If you're more into PVP I wouldn't recommend it. PVE and endgame are great tho.

FFXIV is by far the best MMO out there today imo. WoW and ESO aren't worth the time of day lol

 

[VOL608]

I can’t put my finger on it, but I just don’t like the way he looks. He just looks.. goofy. Idk lol

Heupel looks like Chumley from Pawn Stars

 

[volinexile17]

"Run" was an oversimplification by me. Weight training is actually the better way to lose weight and raise metabolism. If you lifted 3 times a week and ran 2 times a week (and had done so your whole life), you could probably eat whatever you wanted. Almost everyone I know who has maintained that lifestyle since becoming an adult can eat horribly and not worry about it.

This issue is insanely more complex than any of us are making it out to be though. Hundreds of factors, and we're limiting it to just 2.

Until you’re 55, diabetic, and your heart explodes.

 

[volbeast33]

Until you’re 55, diabetic, and your heart explodes.

When the so called “healthiest” man alive dropped dead while jogging….I said screw it….. I honestly think there are two main things to staying healthy is being a healthy weight( no matter what food that you consume) and living as stress free of a life as you can….. stress is harder on your body than any kind of diet.

 

[volbeast33]

I agree with the latter. We are also leaving out genetics.

The lifting/cardio debate is interesting. They all burn the same calories. But I believe the lifters usually prefer more protein in their diet for muscle, and now, we are getting back to a diet debate.

They don’t burn calories the same….Breaking down muscles burns calories while you rest….. it is a waste of time to do cardio unless you are training for competition, imo.

 

[DC54]

Does anyone listen to John Reed? Is that guy always that negative or does he hate Tennessee football?

 

[Rishvol]

When the so called “healthiest” man alive dropped dead while jogging….I said screw it….. I honestly think there are two man things to staying healthy is being a healthy weight( no matter what food that you consume) and living as stress free of a life as you can….. stress is harder on your body than any kind of diet.

You should probably see a doctor about that