Avali Nexus

(03-28-2016, 01:31 AM)Umbra Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 12:51 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]I though it d to encourage replay value without being a grind(will be in next discussion), I mean one moment you can be build A then you can play build B so on quickly without saying "ugh I have to start a new character" or "I have to buy this cash item"

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Quote:"ugh I have to start a new character"

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That's the thing. MMOs want your money. They also want you to get addicted and/or play their game a lot so they get even more money.

That's why I stopped playing maplestory YEARS ago. And I really dont like the grinding aspect of a game, it just feels just like a slower pace of other paid games(and worst when a paid games that is a MMO and and leveling is just as bad as every free MMOs)

(03-28-2016, 01:31 AM)Umbra Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 12:51 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]I though it d to encourage replay value without being a grind(will be in next discussion), I mean one moment you can be build A then you can play build B so on quickly without saying "ugh I have to start a new character" or "I have to buy this cash item"

Quote:without being a grind

Quote:"ugh I have to start a new character"

Quote:"I have to buy this cash item"

That's the thing. MMOs want your money. They also want you to get addicted and/or play their game a lot so they get even more money.

So far, this game* doesn't seem very heavy on the money aspect. You can buy stuff, yeah, including premium which gives you some extra but unnessessary features, but it is by no means shoved in your face. Heck, there's even a currency exchange where you can trade lots of money for premium currency.
*Game is Blade and Soul. Recently released in NA and EU. Published by NCSoft. Gameplay is similar to Aeon, I guess, if anyone's played that. Good time so far, doesn't feel too grindy either. Voice acting is pretty awful. I'm mostly just skipping the story in this one.

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(03-28-2016, 02:00 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 01:31 AM)Umbra Wrote: [ -> ]

That's why I stopped playing maplestory YEARS ago. And I really dont like the grinding aspect of a game, it just feels just like a slower pace of other paid games(and worst when a paid games that is a MMO and and leveling is just as bad as every free MMOs)

Maplestory is published by Nexon.
There's your problem.

(03-28-2016, 02:36 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 01:31 AM)Umbra Wrote: [ -> ]That's the thing. MMOs want your money. They also want you to get addicted and/or play their game a lot so they get even more money.

So far, this game* doesn't seem very heavy on the money aspect. You can buy stuff, yeah, including premium which gives you some extra but unnessessary features, but it is by no means shoved in your face. Heck, there's even a currency exchange where you can trade lots of money for premium currency.
*Game is Blade and Soul. Recently released in NA and EU. Published by NCSoft. Gameplay is similar to Aeon, I guess, if anyone's played that. Good time so far, doesn't feel too grindy either. Voice acting is pretty awful. I'm mostly just skipping the story in this one.

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(03-28-2016, 02:00 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]That's why I stopped playing maplestory YEARS ago. And I really dont like the grinding aspect of a game, it just feels just like a slower pace of other paid games(and worst when a paid games that is a MMO and and leveling is just as bad as every free MMOs)

Maplestory is published by Nexon.
There's your problem.

The localized version by A$ia$oft(Asiasoft) is even worst

apperently there's a species of local spider that is named, Heteropoda davidbowie

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*attempt to kick a hole through the tent but failed*
*just rips the tent off from the ground up*
50-200USD for a medical checkup! the fuck is wrong with you America! how can you guys even got through a sick day(or two) without a medical certificate!?!?!

(03-28-2016, 08:15 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]apperently there's a species of local spider that is named, Heteropoda davidbowie

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*attempt to kick a hole through the tent but failed*
*just rips the tent off from the ground up*
50-200USD for a medical checkup! the fuck is wrong with you America! how can you guys even got through a sick day(or two) without a medical certificate!?!?!

By bearing through it, usually.

(03-28-2016, 10:08 AM)Reks Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 08:15 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]apperently there's a species of local spider that is named, Heteropoda davidbowie

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*attempt to kick a hole through the tent but failed*
*just rips the tent off from the ground up*
50-200USD for a medical checkup! the fuck is wrong with you America! how can you guys even got through a sick day(or two) without a medical certificate!?!?!

By bearing through it, usually.

but what if it's severe and you have to stay home but without a doctor's note will be penalized for being absent for work without reason

nothing makes sense

(03-28-2016, 10:53 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 10:08 AM)Reks Wrote: [ -> ]By bearing through it, usually.

but what if it's severe and you have to stay home but without a doctor's note will be penalized for being absent for work without reason

If you're still alive enough to be on your feet, you MUST work regardless. Missing work means a cut in your pay that you probably can't afford, and some bosses will fire people who miss work 'too often'.

Only people who are allowed to stay home from work when they are sick but still functional are medical workers and food service workers.

At least that's the way it appears to work around here. Insurance or not, if you don't work you don't get paid, and you've got bills to pay.

(03-28-2016, 12:59 PM)OdinYggd Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 10:53 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]but what if it's severe and you have to stay home but without a doctor's note will be penalized for being absent for work without reason

If you're still alive enough to be on your feet, you MUST work regardless. Missing work means a cut in your pay that you probably can't afford, and some bosses will fire people who miss work 'too often'.

Only people who are allowed to stay home from work when they are sick but still functional are medical workers and food service workers.

At least that's the way it appears to work around here. Insurance or not, if you don't work you don't get paid, and you've got bills to pay.

the bigger complaint is that is it right to charge up to 50-200USD just for a medical checkup, and that was with insurance I've heard, I'm pretty sure other non third world members here dont even pay that much for a doctor's visit to the clinic, in case of third world(here) a clinic visit dont even exceed 50RM is it's just a mild skicned(fevers

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forgot to add that was in private clinics, I remembered this back in primary(elementary) school that citizens will be charged nearly minimum 1RM in governmental hospital-clinic, that was more than a decade ago, things might have changed by now

How Null murdered 200 passa.gers on a jet liner by dropping a bomb on top of it.

I've started playing Pokken Tournament. It's really fun!
Garchomp is really fun to play, too.

(03-28-2016, 08:15 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]*attempt to kick a hole through the tent but failed*
*just rips the tent off from the ground up*
50-200USD for a medical checkup! the fuck is wrong with you America! how can you guys even got through a sick day(or two) without a medical certificate!?!?!

(03-28-2016, 10:08 AM)Reks Wrote: [ -> ]By bearing through it, usually.

(03-28-2016, 10:53 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]but what if it's severe and you have to stay home but without a doctor's note will be penalized for being absent for work without reason

(03-28-2016, 12:59 PM)OdinYggd Wrote: [ -> ]If you're still alive enough to be on your feet, you MUST work regardless. Missing work means a cut in your pay that you probably can't afford, and some bosses will fire people who miss work 'too often'.

Only people who are allowed to stay home from work when they are sick but still functional are medical workers and food service workers.

At least that's the way it appears to work around here. Insurance or not, if you don't work you don't get paid, and you've got bills to pay.

(03-28-2016, 01:14 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]the bigger complaint is that is it right to charge up to 50-200USD just for a medical checkup, and that was with insurance I've heard, I'm pretty sure other non third world members here dont even pay that much for a doctor's visit to the clinic, in case of third world(here) a clinic visit dont even exceed 50RM is it's just a mild skicned(fevers

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forgot to add that was in private clinics, I remembered this back in primary(elementary) school that citizens will be charged nearly minimum 1RM in governmental hospital-clinic, that was more than a decade ago, things might have changed by now

Can we all just agree that capitalism is a terrible thing for the average citizen?
Quite glad we aren't that far on the scale in Canada. We wouldn't stand for losing our healthcare and (already declining) benefits.

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Some of the people of the internet should band together, go to some unused land, and make a new country! Proportional representation, non-broken politics, laws that make sense, a government that doesn't spy on its people, laws forcing companies to give people a decent amount of time off work and pay people can at the very least live well with, healthcare, bills for housing and services that aren't ludicrous! A country dedicated to the bettering of science, technology, and medicine - one that isn't held back by governmental selective funding, interference from corporations, etc. One where everyone is accepted so long as they in turn accept everyone else.
The amount of people in North America who want this kind of country alone could probably band together and get it done. Add in those from the entire other 90% of the planet and you've got yourself... [insert country name here]

Wishful thinking, yes. Wishful thinking is what gets me through the day.

(03-28-2016, 09:18 PM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 08:15 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]*attempt to kick a hole through the tent but failed*
*just rips the tent off from the ground up*
50-200USD for a medical checkup! the fuck is wrong with you America! how can you guys even got through a sick day(or two) without a medical certificate!?!?!

(03-28-2016, 10:08 AM)Reks Wrote: [ -> ]By bearing through it, usually.

(03-28-2016, 10:53 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]but what if it's severe and you have to stay home but without a doctor's note will be penalized for being absent for work without reason

(03-28-2016, 12:59 PM)OdinYggd Wrote: [ -> ]If you're still alive enough to be on your feet, you MUST work regardless. Missing work means a cut in your pay that you probably can't afford, and some bosses will fire people who miss work 'too often'.

Only people who are allowed to stay home from work when they are sick but still functional are medical workers and food service workers.

At least that's the way it appears to work around here. Insurance or not, if you don't work you don't get paid, and you've got bills to pay.

(03-28-2016, 01:14 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: [ -> ]the bigger complaint is that is it right to charge up to 50-200USD just for a medical checkup, and that was with insurance I've heard, I'm pretty sure other non third world members here dont even pay that much for a doctor's visit to the clinic, in case of third world(here) a clinic visit dont even exceed 50RM is it's just a mild skicned(fevers

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forgot to add that was in private clinics, I remembered this back in primary(elementary) school that citizens will be charged nearly minimum 1RM in governmental hospital-clinic, that was more than a decade ago, things might have changed by now

Can we all just agree that capitalism is a terrible thing for the average citizen?
Quite glad we aren't that far on the scale in Canada. We wouldn't stand for losing our healthcare and (already declining) benefits.

...

Some of the people of the internet should band together, go to some unused land, and make a new country! Proportional representation, non-broken politics, laws that make sense, a government that doesn't spy on its people, laws forcing companies to give people a decent amount of time off work and pay people can at the very least live well with, healthcare, bills for housing and services that aren't ludicrous! A country dedicated to the bettering of science, technology, and medicine - one that isn't held back by governmental selective funding, interference from corporations, etc. One where everyone is accepted so long as they in turn accept everyone else.
The amount of people in North America who want this kind of country alone could probably band together and get it done. Add in those from the entire other 90% of the planet and you've got yourself... [insert country name here]

Wishful thinking, yes. Wishful thinking is what gets me through the day.

Where are you going to found this country? You'll have to annex land from an established nation and instantly anger the UN.

(03-28-2016, 09:33 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 09:18 PM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]Can we all just agree that capitalism is a terrible thing for the average citizen?
Quite glad we aren't that far on the scale in Canada. We wouldn't stand for losing our healthcare and (already declining) benefits.

...

Some of the people of the internet should band together, go to some unused land, and make a new country! Proportional representation, non-broken politics, laws that make sense, a government that doesn't spy on its people, laws forcing companies to give people a decent amount of time off work and pay people can at the very least live well with, healthcare, bills for housing and services that aren't ludicrous! A country dedicated to the bettering of science, technology, and medicine - one that isn't held back by governmental selective funding, interference from corporations, etc. One where everyone is accepted so long as they in turn accept everyone else.
The amount of people in North America who want this kind of country alone could probably band together and get it done. Add in those from the entire other 90% of the planet and you've got yourself... [insert country name here]

Wishful thinking, yes. Wishful thinking is what gets me through the day.

Where are you going to found this country? You'll have to annex land from an established nation and instantly anger the UN.

Quote:Wishful thinking

I know it will never happen.

You guys know those coke freestyle machines? They're even crazier than I thought.
They let me mix vanilla into a Sprite, which is lemon/lime Iirc. Honestly it's pretty okay, like a less sweet cream soda.

Inflammatory opinion time!
I have found that in all the world of politics, THE stupidest thing to do, is argue economics with a Republican.

(03-28-2016, 10:06 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]You guys know those coke freestyle machines? They're even crazier than I thought.
They let me mix vanilla into a Sprite, which is lemon/lime Iirc. Honestly it's pretty okay, like a less sweet cream soda.

get on my level, i mix cherry, raspberry, and lime into ginger ale.
it works, oddly enough. bit strange but it works.

So this is really interesting on multiple levels, but also kinda squicky:
WARNING: Empty Eye Socket. Prosthetic Eye Removal and Replacement.
http://imgur.com/gallery/3JH5awp

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(03-28-2016, 10:06 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]You guys know those coke freestyle machines? They're even crazier than I thought.
They let me mix vanilla into a Sprite, which is lemon/lime Iirc. Honestly it's pretty okay, like a less sweet cream soda.

(03-29-2016, 12:36 AM)Ehksidian Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-28-2016, 10:06 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]You guys know those coke freestyle machines? They're even crazier than I thought.
They let me mix vanilla into a Sprite, which is lemon/lime Iirc. Honestly it's pretty okay, like a less sweet cream soda.

get on my level, i mix cherry, raspberry, and lime into ginger ale.
it works, oddly enough. bit strange but it works.

I have never heard of this. Sounds interesting, but I doubt we have any here sadly...

(03-29-2016, 02:16 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]So this is really interesting on multiple levels, but also kinda squicky:
WARNING: Empty Eye Socket. Prosthetic Eye Removal and Replacement.
http://imgur.com/gallery/3JH5awp

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(03-28-2016, 10:06 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]You guys know those coke freestyle machines? They're even crazier than I thought.
They let me mix vanilla into a Sprite, which is lemon/lime Iirc. Honestly it's pretty okay, like a less sweet cream soda.

(03-29-2016, 12:36 AM)Ehksidian Wrote: [ -> ]get on my level, i mix cherry, raspberry, and lime into ginger ale.
it works, oddly enough. bit strange but it works.

I have never heard of this. Sounds interesting, but I doubt we have any here sadly...

Coke has been pushing them on fast food joints to replace the typical soda fountains. They have a thorough stock of almost every coke product plus a few partners, and a stock of flavorings that they can mix into your drink while it's poured. So it has a kinda wonky touchscreen interface that presents all the different products by brand, and then the possible flavor combos.
They are indeed pretty awesome.

(03-29-2016, 02:19 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]Coke has been pushing them on fast food joints to replace the typical soda fountains. They have a thorough stock of almost every coke product plus a few partners, and a stock of flavorings that they can mix into your drink while it's poured. So it has a kinda wonky touchscreen interface that presents all the different products by brand, and then the possible flavor combos.
They are indeed pretty awesome.

correction: they're pushing them out here in georgia. when i went to florida there were none in any location, including the college. which is odd, since my current college is smaller and is a (technically) lower quality than my next college...but the current one has two freestyle machines in the cafeteria. only good thing about the cafeteria though lmao.