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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 11, 22:44:02

This might be fairly insignificant really, but here's one of the things that annoy me the most: people that smell like they've showered in perfume, it absolutely reeks and some people just have so much on you'd think they use half a bottle when they put it on.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 09, 09:39:35

My razer orbweaver is falling apart. It's only 18 months old and I'm crazy disappointed with how cheaply it was made. I think it cost my like $120 when I bought it, that kind of price should warrant at least a 3 year lifespan.

It's not fun trying to play a game and having my hands all sticky because the glue from the palm and wrist pads are coming loose and the pads are sliding off exposing the glue.

Razer, I am dissapointed. I've been a loyal customer for almost a decade. I expect better than this from you.

Hmmm, might wanna send them a complaint about it then, because what you have sounds like either the product itself is horribly made or you have a defective product, wouldn't really know myself, swapped to logitech a while back.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 07, 19:05:19

Splatoon, the seeker sub-weapon, it is SO annoying in one particular map in the splatfest going on right now, walleye warehouse I think it was.

The other team can just send those down a hallway and there's absolutely NOTHING my team can do to counter it, and that is because for some reason these things can't be shot down at all, the only counter is getting out of the way, but look, that just gave the other team not only free ink space, it also gave them free access down the corridor AND forced me to take cover. Ugh!

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Nov 05, 16:39:22

Sorry, just a bit irritable lately, wouldn't it have been easier to just cut through the tree in two places using constructs, then just roll the cut portion out of the way? Not to mention you basically just left a massive mark that we have been here, mana signature all over it and probably done a fair bit of damage on nearby vegitation, the earth you moved has to go somewhere. You could've also blocked underground rivers, accidentally tore open a massive underground cave for everyone to fall into, cause one to collapse, cause a landslide if used anywhere near hills and so-on. Chibalt listed the possibilities one after another, sure, moving the earth around was an easy way to get rid of an obstacle, but probably not the most efficient, that and the path was reeking of Book's mana to him.
That and you basically made a rather large signal flare for anyone who can feel magic, judging by the smell I think it'll last... One day, maybe half a week tops. Yes I can smell magic, no, I will not describe how it smells.


(Sorry if the logic is annoying here, but, well, moving large amounts of dirt around like that would have consequences, both long and short term, plus I don't think magic is without residue, and you just planted quite a bit in the ground, not to mention I think it'd definitely make noise, and the dirt has to go somewhere.)

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Nov 05, 15:36:57

Chibalt watched with a straight face as the ground opened up, swallowed the tree and then closed up again. A few seconds passed, then his hoof met his face. Couldn't you have just cut right through to make a passage instead of using geomancy? Not to say that it wasn't effective, but, well... A bit overkill...

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 04, 21:54:29

I just realized that my latest advertisement from Hot Topic had as the mail title: "At least we waited til November to push our holiday stuff".

Why must this be a valid statement worthy of at least some praise?! 

Because everyone knows that apparently the second goes from october to november then BAM! Christmas freaking everywhere.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 04, 08:05:13

Can someone call Stephen Hawking and inquire about the black hole that's mysteriously opened inside my bank account? I don't know what the heck's going on. I went from $3600 down to $3100 in one week and my rent hasn't even hit yet, where the HECK is all my money going?!?!

Plus I've got a boatload of moving expenses coming up in a week. Gah.

That sounds like a problem, can't you check with the bank or something about where all that money went?

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning OOC

2015 Nov 03, 12:02:10

I'm still interested, though frankly it seems the rest of the characters couldn't troubleshoot themselves out of a paper bag. Come on people, have your characters actually do stuff, think of what is and isn't possible in the rules of the RP.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Nov 02, 14:31:36

It was a small apple.

Y'know, oranges and apples were originally quite small, but also much more flavorful than the bigger oranges and apples we have today. The bigger oranges and apples we have are the result of people breeding bigger fruit to provide people with more food, but it has resulted in watered-down fruit. They didn't really pay attention to flavor.

That's why I stopped eating apples for a while, until we found some lady apples at the grocery store.
That's also why those tiny oranges that're meant for kids are sweeter and more flavorful than big oranges.

Buuut, hey, if it weren't for that breeding, corn would still be the size of your thumb. That's the power of GMOs.

Meant for kids? Really? There's people that think that just because something is small then it's meant for kids? I just find that really silly, and yeah, smaller fruit has a ton more taste, though there's also some issues with taste variance between types too, I've tried Norwegian strawberries plucked here in norway, and then imported strawberries, the norwegian ones had much more taste, though I wouldn't be surprised if the imported ones either were GMO to be as big as possible and based on a smaller breed or if it's just something about difference in taste between types.

And yeah, one thing that also annoys me a ton, when I find actual SOUR candy, and then it gets pulled later and replaced with sweet candy marketed as sour, ugh.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Oct 26, 17:53:51

Yes... Yes... YES!!! YES!!!!!
Thank you!
Someone who actually knows sword stuff!

I could write a full novel about just why the European Basteredsword(That's it's real name, not cussing) is still a good sword.
Yes, Katanas had better forging techniques, but only because they had much worse metals.
Their forging techniques only got them to CATCH UP to regular swords due to their poor metals.

Katana's have their place, but they are over rated and are not the "Best sword".
Different swords are used for different things...it's a fact of life, there's rarely a "best" anything, unless your last name is "best".

Speed does play a good part in sword combat, though it is useless to be fast if you don't have proper technique and experience.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Oct 25, 07:21:18

A naked American man stole my balloons.

Welp, that must've been awkward.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Oct 23, 17:20:05

Parents won't let me. They say it isn't woth it.

Your parents have strange priorities.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Oct 22, 17:43:17

A few taps was enough, the sound was somewhat hollow and dull-sounding. Rotten... This shouldn't be much trouble. It might splinter a bit, so back up a little! He called out, waiting a few moments before turning around and winding up a solid buck aimed right at the portion of the tree obstructing the road, his hooves flaring up in blue flame right as the buck connected, the resulting release of energy being what could best be described as an inside-out explosion of blue flame disintegrating a good half or so of the tree while also sending the large stallion spinning, the latter recovering with practiced ease and quickly recovering to look over the fruits of his efforts.

Agh, this is why I hate rotten stuff, way harder to break in one piece. Chibalt grumbled, hopping a little to get back full feeling in his legs, channeling magic through one's limbs didn't really come completely without some discomfort, particularly when not through a horn.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Oct 22, 15:41:55

I guess I could have a go, if you don't mind Sir...s. Chibalt piped up as he stepped forwards to look over the tree, mostly in terms of just how large it was and if it was rotten, the latter checked simply by tapping it with his quarterstaff.

(Can I just assume the tree is rotten or? Well, that is assuming there's a tree fallen over the path, it was a bit vague.)

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning OOC

2015 Oct 20, 15:23:20

I think Waaaaah is having some kind of RL issue perhaps, hasn't been on since 18th.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Oct 19, 16:04:28

Ok, this was quite a long time ago, but it still bugs me.
One day I went around my friends' house, and I was really tired. We played Monster Hunter, beat a boss we hadn't been able to for a while, and were really happy. I accidently dropped my stylus while on this big chair, and nearly lost it. As I turned about to geet it though, I just...fell asleep. Just like that. Straight from being really happy about winng, to IMMIDIATELY nodding off in less than a second. I have no idea if I was really that tired, or if I had low blood sugers or something...

That is pretty bizarre, and shouldn't really happen unless you had a crazily strong sugar crash or something like that, it's just plain not normal that you can just fall asleep in the middle of doing something without even noticing, that is usually impossible.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Oct 19, 10:01:09

Chibalt huffed and rolled his eyes, then walked to the edge of the river, looking at it for a bit before blue flames appeared around his hooves. Sorry, but I can't exactly carry anyone over, so, see ya on the other side. He said loudly to the ponies on this side of the river before crouching down and then jumping clear across the river, kicking up a fair bit of soil where he kicked off at that. His landing on the other side was pretty casual considering he made a jump impossible for most ponies with no run to give themselves speed, the large stallion finding a tree to lean against as he sat down and watched the rest.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning OOC

2015 Oct 17, 12:05:38

I was pretty much waiting for the characters who can physically/magically produce a method of crossing to do so, something they haven't really even done.

Please people, do not have your characters so incredibly indecisive.

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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you

2015 Oct 14, 18:21:21

My doctor urged me to lower my sodium intake. I could open up a salt mine in my bloodstream. My blood pressure if fine now but if I continue eating like I do I'm going to have problems in my middle age.

You see, this is kinda problematic for me. I never add salt to anything. Ever. Frozen food and takeout is just naturally salty as all get-out. God knows I don't have the willpower to commit to cooking all my food so I'm faced with a dilemma.

I hear the FDA is pushing for stricter regulation on the sodium content of food but the food manufacturing industry is fighting it...especially my very employer, Tyson Foods, whom I own stocks in.

Can't forget where my profit sharing check comes from...money is thicker than salt...uh, I think.

Try making stuff in frying pans, tastes pretty good and is pretty easy.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning (Sign-up RP)

2015 Oct 06, 22:54:47

Chibalt facehoofed, hard. Why couldn't they just do something already?! Fine then! Geomancy, anyone here except for me know how to use it?!

(Just saying this before anyone gets the wrong idea, with channeling through his staff alligned to a runic filter, he can use geomancy, but the cost in energy would be more than enough to be useless in a fight. Basically he'd spend most of his energy creating hopping stones to cross with and be pretty tired afterwards.
Also, Geomancy is basically manipulating earth itself through magic, stone metals, you name it, but cost increases with distance the material is pulled from, the amount of it and the needed movement itself.)

(Sorry, a bit long-winded there )