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Looking for a consistent ranked squad to grind to masters with this season. Ash/Conduit main but can flex to whatever the team needs. Im chill, have a mic, good comms and can use discord if preferred. Currently gold 2(have hit masters b4 if that matters)
no ragers no one under 18 no one that quits after 1-2 games
not a sweat but can shoot my gun, if your interested drop IGNs or shoot a message 👍

Like the title says this me ranting about a few things. I'm level 124 with just over 400 hours of playtime and these are things I see a lot. There's a lot of level 50+ level players that still don't have a clue about what's going on. Let's start with boosters. Stamina and hellpod optimization are a must. I can't believe the number of random squads I join and nobody has chosen either one of them. And any planet that has harsh weather conditions makes muscle a must. Snow, sand and mud will slow you down. Boosters that benefit you the whole game are way more valuable than boosters that are situational. Some of you still don't know that there's a ping button and insist on shooting teammates to get their attention. You get no experience for kills so please stop attacking every enemy that you see, only kill what you need to. Don't reinforce teammates in a crowd full of enemies. All of you weapons can kill from a distance stop running up on the enemy putting yourself between them and your squad. All you doing is taking away the teams options for stratagems because they're trying not to kill you too. If you're playing with a full squad don't take more than one resupply without asking if anyone needs it. And while we're on resupplies if you're away from the rest of the team don't call one down for yourself without asking your team first. If you want to go lone wolf then you need to know how to find ammo without putting a burden on the rest of the team. And the last thing I want to mention is extraction. Why is it so hard to get on the plane? Everybody wants to stand around and fight instead of just getting on the plane. The mission is over. You want to fight some more then get on the plane and start a new mission. Why do some of you always have to throw that 500 kg at the plane before you get in? Ok rants over.

I don't know what happened within the last month of this game being out, but it seems a wave of brain dead fuck heads have invaded. Every lobby I get into it's the same now; my teammates are complete dogshit. They never play objective, they always scatter, they'll never respawn me even though I stop what I'm doing to respawn them, they'll purposefully shoot and throw grenades and strategems at me, and the list just goes on. Most of my friends don't even play anymore because of the constant nerfing and balance issues, so it's hard to find enjoyment in the game when every mission I'm beating my head in with a metal plate so I can be on the same mental level as whatever idiots I'm playing with. It makes me feel like the community is falling apart with just how many of these types of randoms I run into. I genuinely want to know if anyone else has this issue because it's been driving me insane. I miss having fun with this game and it sucks that I end up with level 70s who don't know how to close a fucking bug hole or raise a damn flag.

to voice call tonight, not textpals
To regularly shoot the shit and study with 🤷‍♀️ I’m pretty outgoing and chatty most of the time, but also am pretty comfortable with silence with people I click with.
I’m in tech and have had a really shit several months at work. So, emotional support + accountability partners are a plus 💀 happy to mock if you’re in the same role or just bully you into studying. If this is up I’m still looking!
I’m a southeast Asian who’s into technology/startups, weightlifting, travel (just had an LA trip and I’m looking for a reason to go to NYC again), and writing.
I just finished Baby Reindeer on Netflix and tend to watch a lot of psych thrillers/horrors like that. I just got a switch so I’m open to game suggestions lol. Some kdrama and anime (not a lot) too!
Some other hangout ideas:
I like music + enjoy dueting on piano or singing
I’m trying to learn poker and Chinese
it’d be fun to bounce ideas off of someone else who’s interested in startups
I’m open to something more flirty/nsfw but don’t like to lead with that
so ya ~ if you’re in software and have discord lmk :) include your age also and a short intro. If you've reached out before I might've just lost ur msg
(I also like sleep calls sometimes)

With the newest beta, I started a new game again. 350 hours played so far. I saw someone recommend walking everywhere. I don’t have that patience ALL the time. But the little details everywhere are incredible. All the technical marking on the ship parts, airlocks, computers, Vladimir’s workout logs on The Eye. There is SO much detail EVERYWHERE.
Also, compare the facial animations of Starfield to any other Bethesda game (or honestly any other game, period). To come from Morrowind/Oblivion faces to THIS is a testament to all those involved.
Plus when you look at the landscapes people shoot with photo mode, the worlds are beautiful, too.
The visuals in Starfield are a labor of love. THANK YOU!

How would you deal with the following playesituation?
I, DM. They, party of 5, lv1, on riding horses. Fighter goes in, jumps off, hits a bandit, enters the bush for cover. Barbarian goes in, kills a bandit, goes to take cover behind a tree. Rogue shoots, goes with barbarian. Wizard charges in, casts sound effect of Minor Illusion in bandit captain's face to distract him and tramples him with the horse. Bandit captain takes d6 damage and falls prone. Druid charges in with spear against prone target. Next turn, Druid and Wizard are unconscious Wizard player argues that it's not realistic. Being trampled by a horse should kill you right away. He's very "angry" against the flawed game. Game is not real. Bandit Captain should have died in one shot under horse's hooves. I forward argument about mechanics that keep the game balanced and that I can't let a non damage cantrip plus a free charge action with a simple riding horse kill the captain (who has 65hp) like that. I appreciate the creativity, and found a compromise in a d6 damage + prone, why is he not happy with it? He concludes we should just agree to disagree that the game is "flawed" and it doesn't make sense.

Lots of people on this sub are hung up about several players on this team. Which i understand as I love them just as much. However, from a pure basketball standpoint we need to take a look.
J-will is not an nba level player. He is a center shooting nearly 39% FG while being undersized and the slowest dude in the nba. He is unplayable.
Giddey- we all know about Giddey. I don’t think he’s bad but he’s a bad fit for us. He has to have the ball in his hands and would fit much better on a team like the spurs.
Dort- I don’t actually know what we should do with Dort. This series wasn’t a good look for him but he’s still one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. However, his beyond negative basketball IQ on offense costs us nearly 10 possessions every game.
Chet- Chet’s fine he’s just not a center and has been asked to do too much.
Coach mark- man I love coach mark but his coaching these playoffs were downright HORENDOUS. Taking SGA out during a run. Playing j-will over Chet during a run. Not calling a timeout. Playing giddey. Dude it was actually disgusting to watch.
All in all we have a great team but there’s a lot of homer takes here all year that this team in particular can win a championship when that is not the case.

The adjustments for game 7 for both coaches will be really interesting.
For Denver, Will Jokic shoot 10+ 3s, with the way Minnesota is now going under screens to avoid switching and just giving him the shot? Will he post of 10+ times again like G5? Which Murray will show up this time? What it just a bad game for MJP?
What will Minnesota's Offense look like? A LOT of ISO plays for Ant + some P&Rs with Conley? How will they get KAT (or NAZ)? more involved? Which role player will show up this time? My vote is for NAW.
IMO, I'm gonna guess for Denver, a lot more Gordon+Jokic P&Rs for Denver and off ball screens for MPJ. As well as constant Double teams on ANT.
And for Minnesota, a LOT more shot attempts in the paint, hopefully leading to more FTs, especially ANT. And I'm gonna bet the house ANT is gonna be in attack mode, and less of a playmaker. And unless guys like Gordon start making outside shots, they won't stop doubling Jokic either.
My prediction: 108:102, first real close game and Minnesota wins G7

So, another post discussed rare events that had a chance of occurring in matches and I thought this was a hilarious and fun idea! The post
Here are some ideas for occurrences

• Roadkill: While on the main road too any map the Black Maria truck from the original film will pass by you will be able to see it coming from the distance and if you don't wait for it to pass you will be met with an escape screen and then get ran over, family and victims can be killed by the incoming Black Maria if they are not careful.
• Thunder: If you are playing on the Nancy's House map with the night/weather setting then thunder will crack in the clouds and lightning can be seen hitting the ground from the sky, there is a small chance family, or victims are struck by said lightning which will perform an electrocution stun that lasts for 7 seconds.
• Feral Hogs: Feral Hogs can occasionally sneak onto random maps and attack family or murder victims knocking them over like Leland and biting ferociously, the family must kill hogs to get rid of them and victims can kill hogs after a couple bone shanks.
• Loose Bull: Rarely a Texas bull will break out of its cage in the Slaughterhouse map and stampede into any victims or family, the bull can send either team flying in the air until it is killed, and it can trample victims to death.
• Bandits: Bandits can appear on the Family House or Nancy's House and try to burglarize the property coming in groups of 2 to 3, they will force victims to surrender or threaten to shoot them which deals high damage, they can be executed by family with a single blow and victims with bone shanks can murder bandits with bone shanks however their partners in crime may just cap the victim for doing that. The victims can attempt to compromise with the bandits telling them that they are in a killer's house, one bandit will keep an eye on the victims while the other bandit searches for the family to take care of them.
• Hippies: 70s hippies can drive up on family property and start exploring it for themselves, they will smoke pot causing Cook to say something like "Sissy better not be smoking that stink around here" or "Whoever's blowing weeds get it" and victims can ask for help causing the Hippies to lead the victim to their van.
• Photographer & Hiker: A simple photographer like Maria Flores or average hiker, they will explore the property taking photos and will be frightened by brutalized victims and family causing them to run away off the property, they can be executed.
• Hurricane: The Family House or Nancy's House can rarely get hurricanes which will suck victims and family into the air throwing them away and rag dolling them, it will eventually blow off of the property.
• Plane Crash: This would be a reference to the awful movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Next Generation where Leatherface gets hit by a plane out of nowhere, there'd be a Piper Cub J-3 that occasionally flies over the property and there's a 2% chance that it crashes into the front lawn of the Family House, and it kills anyone in its way victim or family.
• Sheriff: If hippies or photographer escapes the property they will call the sheriff, the sheriff will jump the fence onto the property and cautiously inspect the area, victims can run up and ask the sheriff for help, he will try to force family to surrender and shoot them dead if they refuse, but he can also be 1-shot by family if they get close enough, family mains DO NOT anybody escape.

Note: Maybe there could be offerings that increase the likelihood of an event occuring.

Well as the title says.. Ill try to talk as much as possible. Sometimes my schedule gets crazy but I'm not big on ghosts so I'll always reply, may be a few minutes, maybe even a few hours but yeah.. I've been feeling a bit lonely here lately and could use a friend. Someone to talk to about any and everything. Conspiracy theories, video games, and spooky things are a few of my interests. Feel free to shoot me a message 😊

Now that the thunder are eliminated, I’m certainly not opposed to giving him a look. Especially if we move on from Kuzma - which has to happen soon - a look at Giddey (age 21 by the way) would be worth it. He’s got positional size, craftiness, and certainly someone Dawkins knows well — and likes. Giddey could develop into our point guard of the future or a complimentary piece in our future core.
In my view the front office has two easy slam dunks this offseason — and no, I am not persuaded by one good shooting game by the newest prospect out of France. These moves are to draft Clingan at 2 and trade for Josh Giddey. I am hopeful that the FO has their mind made up about the first and can excuse the second through a Tyus Jones S&T or a Kuzma for Giddey + draft capital swap.
Ultimately a rotation like this would be a blast with so much to build around:
Poole-Giddey-Bilal-Deni-Clingan
(26th pick) - (Thunder FRP) - Kispert - Vuk - Bagley
Thoughts?

It's that time of the year again! Star Citizen is having another free fly event. Until May 29th, it's free to play the game! If you sign up with my referral code and decide to get a game package, in addition to the 5,000 UEC you get to help start your journey, you'll also get access to the ships I have; provided we're on at the same time. I have over 30 ships in my hangar, and more including the loaners. This means you will be able to save money and time purchasing ships by using mine before you decide to buy anything more. Whether you want combat, hauling, mining, the choices are yours. Just shoot a friend request to "Litodrift3rboi" and I'll get you set up. I can even take you on a tour and give you some training. Depending on how much money and gear I have, I can also get you set up with some resources to make your experience easier.
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This probably gets posted daily/weekly etc but I'd like to say, I'm asking for a somewhat different reason.
For context - I've loved airsoft since I was a wee boy (9-10 yrs olds). I still remember the first BB Gun, my mum bought me. It was a bright orange/black, double eagle M41G. I absolutely loved it until I broke, like the rest of the cheap springers and hopper fed AEGs I was bought afterwards.
Now, I'm sitting at age 23, more invested than ever. I've bought a few high quality entry guns since the start of the year. I'd honestly love to attend matches, there a few local events near me that allows you to go through the UKARA process but here's the big problem.
I had a horrific accident that left me 55% burned at 13. if I take a pellet to a scar or a sensitive area. it'll most likely "burst" (bleed). If I get shot on the left side of my left leg. I'll psychically be out of the game, with how thin the skin is due to he skin grafts, there's also a genuine possibility, it could penetrate the skin, because even the fabric of my joggers can start to cause scrapes, scratches, irritation etc on my burnt leg. If the BB didn't penetrate the pain from the round(s) would definitely send me back home, once I've got my balance back.
(We aka me and my friend, only know this from experience. We only used spring pistols. None of them penetrated the skin while i was full clothed however that's the worry with the higher FPS guns being allowed on the field and despite us just using springers, the pain was quite unbearable especially the few that did hit my scars.)
So as an alternative, I've turned my large back garden into a medium/long shooting range. The targets are scattered over a large area, where my shed used to be. The lads have far more fun when over now and even the neighbour will come over, from weekend to weekend when he's bored. So it's good fun and everyone's safe (since I'm a bit of a gun "safety sally" or An "RSO" when its not my turn. I dont want anyone getting unnecessarily hurt)
Now, I'm wondering if being a collector is a valid defense (if its not, it should be imo) or if there's a valid defense id fit under given my psychical circumstances id appricate to know because its frustrating to see things, I'd love to own like the ICS L86 LSW on patrolbase for close to £700 but there's no point in buying it because I can only buy that replica in a ugly blue, bright green or red.
If there's a category I fall under, great but if I don't... that's a bit of a kick in the nuts (to say it kindly). I just feel it's a bit silly to jump through all these hoops, when I could go to Dublin, visit my family for a few weeks then potentially buy the same rifle(s) via ROI websites and have it delivered to their house with no questions asked except for my I.D (and possible some questions by customs)
I understand the point of the UKARA system but I feel people like me are left in a gray area. I don't want to cause trouble or harm. I just want a more "immersive" experience, that you just don't get with bright coloured airsoft gun.
Just a bit of help would be appreciated. I don't want to break the law. I don't want to ruin the sport by having a bad accident and I definitely dont want to ruin the sport for myself for the same reason.
Thank you and kind regards.
TL:DR - I'm 55% burned, id love to own RIFs for my private airsoft range. I can't handle low FPS spring bb guns due to the scars/skin grafts i have on m body. I'm looking for a valid defense that isn't a UKARA because my body can't handle low FPS spring pistols, let alone high FPS airsoft guns at matches.
Ps. Sorry for any typos or grammatical errors.

The premise is is the title. DMC meets Borderlands. Let me explain.
The game is a 3rd person action game with similar controls to DMC, but but but but, it has RPG elements, and weapon drops. It's "open world" having big open areas you load into, but it isn't entirely all one connected world with a single over world (like how borderlands does it).
You're character would explore each zone and do questst and side quests for characters in that area until you unlock a new area, which you'd repeat this process.
Each class would have its own skills trees, weapons categories they can equip (EX: Sword, spear, hammer, etc). The skill tree contains active and passive skills to purchase and upgrade. The active skills must be equip, the player would use the D-Pad to activate them.
The player can learn new combos, but classes that use sword would share the same sword combos, this applies to all the weapon categories. Each class has two weapon categories they can use, so each would have a unique combination.
While every weapon type shares combos, that is entirely true, legendaries can modify how certain combos work. For instance, the base combo X, X, (Pause), X will always do the same combo, but legendary weapons can modify what that action does, allowing for unique combos. Like DMC the player has moves associated with (lock-on) tap forward, X. Which can also change with legendary gear.
Each class has three individual trees they have: Weapon Tree, Skill Tree, Style Tree
Weapon Tree: Gain technique points to unlock new weapon combos and skills as well as unique abilities, this unique skill is based on the class you choose. (Example: Circle (PlayStation) would be your unique maneuver. Similar to Dante's Sword Master or Gunslinger, except this unique skill would be based on your class. And evolves through this.
Skill Tree: The player gains skill points used to unlock and upgrades passives and active skills. Active skills would have cool downs, similar to action skills from borderlands, they can be simple such as shooting off fireballs, or they can be complex and change your basic combo routes. Alternatively, a characters unique action could be in their skill tree instead, potentially allowing them to unlock new unique skills which could be toggles in the D-Pad.
Style Tree: This feels more like skills you unlock through leveling up and you'd choose which best fits your build, essentially the player can activate an ability, but under the condition the player has a certain rank (D,C,B,A,S ,SS,SSS) When they press the ability button it will trigger a special powerful attack, the higher the rank, the more powerful the attack, after using this skill naturally it has a cool down. So it's best to wait to use it. Originally I thought that this would only be for one class, but if style is a huge element all character should have access to such a skill.
This game would also be Co-op but could be ran solo. This sounds like a fun game I'd wanna play. Could you imagine doing combos with the boys and unlocking sweet new weapons for your character? Flip yeah

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All you have to do is jump and strike mid-air, the game will lock on to a criminal and shoot a web to yank Peter down to the ground

So far, CB has guarded Ant for 21:30 and 100.4 partial possessions over the 6 games. He's scored 14 points during that time on 4/11 shooting with 6/6 FT.
Here are some interesting stats for Anthony Edwards:
Nuggets series total:
Ant scores 26.7 points per 36 on 66% TS
While being defended by CB:
9.7 points per 36 on 51.3% TS
We've seen nearly 52 total minutes of equivalent game time by my calculations, and Ant is 4/11 with 14 points in that time.

Hello there! My name's Candy (yes, it's my real name, haha), and I'm currently residing in Argentina! Juggling my full-time studies leaves me with scarce moments to forge new friendships, which is why I thought this platform might be a great opportunity to connect. As for my interests, I'm an avid lover of felines and gaming, so those topics are always on the table for discussion! Additionally, I find joy in home workouts and indulging in movies, especially those centered around paranormal phenomena. shoot me a DM with your age and where are u from! c:

This happened over year ago when I first started DMimg. It was for a Darkest Dungeon inspired One Shot where the players had to investigate a farm taken over by The Colour of Madness.
Me - Me
Kodiak - problem player
Luciano - other player (if you're reading this Luciano, I'm sorry you had to deal with Kodiak)
Now, to be honest, The problems with Kodiak started before we had even started; and I should have kicked him then and there. It started with me just wanting to see their character sheets before I even started. I'd already checked Luciano's, simply reading it over before handing it back to him.
Kodiak: Why do you wanna see my sheet?
Me: I just wanna check it, I'm not gonna do anything do it, my word.
Kodiak: I don't believe you
Luciano: They didn't do anything to my sheet
This went on for a while before he caved and let me check it...or so I thought. After only a couple seconds of me reading it, Kodiak pulled it away, I just threw my arms up and got on with the game.
The game started with me saying that theres was a note in the players mailboxes telling them that they've been specially selected for a job that may require their expertise.
Kodiak: I dont go
Me: ...why?
Kodiak: its what my character would do.
Me: (internally: oh for fuc-) Kodiak, lets just get on with the game. Please.
Kodiak: Nope, I'll be gone at 4:30 anyways.
After a bit more back and forth, I made up a bs excuse for why they needed to go to the questgiver.
Me: ok, a magical gun materializes behind your head
Kodiak: you cant do that
Me: Well, you're not going.
Kodiak: you can't just kill me, I need to make a role first. You're a bad DM.
Again, more back and forth, eventually Kodiak caves...again. Luciano had fun with it and got me laughing till my sides hurt by begging the gun to shoot his player.
After a while, they get to the quest giver. Both Luciano and Kodiak start asking about what monsters they're gonna encounter and I let it slip that I included a joke boss that can apply a 1d20 DoT.
Kodiak: Why does it do that much damage?
Me: Its a joke boss, I made it.
Kodiak: can I go fight it?
Me: depends if-
Kodiak: let me fight it so it can kill me
Me: why do you want to die?
Kodiak: you're a bad DM. Thats why
Luciano: Kodiak, you didn't even want to play.
They got into their first combat encounter against some twig blights, and shortly after, Kodiak left. I tried to be nice to him but his response was:
Kodiak: Go fuck yourself. Learn to DM.
The rest of the sesssion was fine, Luciano mostly said how boring it was without another player, and I agreed, but we were both enjoying the roleplay.
TL;DR: Player says they dont want to play, then proceeds to play, halts campaign at ecery opportunity, and then leaves