Recent content by rcs619

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    Poll: Lasers weapons or Kinetic Weapons

    Oh yeah. By and large, plasma weapons are probably too impractical to actually work. Even if we had the tech. That's why a lot of sci-fi cops out and just have them shoot neat little pellets. I should point out that it wouldn't be good against heavy armor. You can use heat-resistant materials...
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    Poll: Lasers weapons or Kinetic Weapons

    That is a potential issue, yes. Since the shooter is on the backside of the blast, and between the length of the barrel and the fact that the blast is being directed away, maybe they could get away with just some extra armor or a blast-shield on the gun itself (if it's a heavy weapon on a mount...
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    Poll: Lasers weapons or Kinetic Weapons

    As silly and impractical as bolters are, gyrobolt weapons actually hold a lot of promise. They accelerate over long distances instead of losing velocity from right out of the muzzle, and they're potentially ideal for zero-gravity fighting since they shouldn't have much recoil. You only need a...
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    The Birth of a Nation - A Controversy Generation Machine

    It is the time of year for oscar-bait to come out, I suppose. But yeah, the Turner rebellion was definitely counter-productive. It actually got some people previously against slavery in the south or on the fence to flip in favor of slavery. Turns out that sometimes terrorism just hardens the...
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    The Birth of a Nation - A Controversy Generation Machine

    Yeah, that seemed like a weird choice. I guess "Slavery is bad and Turner really wanted to kill himself some white people over it" is too ambiguous? Maybe they were worried Turner might seem like kind of a bad guy if he didn't have a personal, noble reason for doing what he did? And let's be...
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    Overwatch's Next Hero, Sombra, Halloween Event, Leaked

    Yeah, another tank buster would be nice. Reinhardt and Roadhog you can play around, and Winston is super easy to kill if he just yolo's in like an idiot. Zarya is tougher though, since those barriers also power her up and your only choices are to either try and power through them (and pump up...
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    Overwatch's Next Hero, Sombra, Halloween Event, Leaked

    Yepyep. Definitely need more villains to balance out the heroes. As far as looks, I like what I can see so far. She definitely looks like she could have stepped out of The Matrix, or some kind of cyberpunk thing. I just hope she's not wearing high heels. If Blizzard can avoid giving her high...
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    Denial - Proving the Holocaust Happened

    Yeah, World War II defies almost all logic when you actually break down the numbers on it, and I really don't think most people realize just how bad it was. The holocaust was horrendous, but mostly because of how cold and industrialized the whole process was. The way pseudoscience, politics and...
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    Latest Overwatch Ban Wave Results in Some Hilarious Complaints

    Actually it's pretty common for MMO's and online games to check for external cheating programs being run while the game is up. I know EVE Online did it, and I believe a few other online games like World of Tanks and World of Warships were able to look for cheating programs being run in tandem...
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    Latest Overwatch Ban Wave Results in Some Hilarious Complaints

    The salt has truly intensified. For those interested, I have uncovered a visual simulation of what has been going on these last couple days... What a bunch of losers, lol.
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    Are these people serious!?

    See, that seems to be the big misconception. You don't actually own Overwatch. You paid Blizzard 40 to 60 bucks for a license to access their game, and before you could do anything you had to agree to an EULA where you gave Blizzard permission to potentially revoke that license if you did...
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    Are these people serious!?

    Yeah, they're just a bunch of losers. Why the hell would you even play a competitive game if you're just going to cheat? What's even the point? Otherwise, suck it up and gitgud. Or, maybe just play the game, do the best you can, and try to have fun like normal people. For those who don't...
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    World of Warships / World of Tanks - General discussion

    Oh hey, I'm another biologist who has a massive hobby-interest in history. I'd say I'm more focused on military aviation, but tanks are also extremely cool. Also big hobby-interest in astronomy too, because space is pretty amazing :D Mostly, it's the internet. I assume no one actually knows...
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    World of Warships / World of Tanks - General discussion

    Note that I didn't say anything was inherently wrong with World of Tanks anywhere in my post :P I prefer War Thunder's take on tanks because I find it much more interesting, but I don't begrudge WOT fans. I just think the whole hide-and-seek, live-or-die based on just a couple of shots sort...
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    World of Warships / World of Tanks - General discussion

    Yeah, that's a misconception that a lot of people seem to have with tanks. They're often billed as unstoppable armored juggernauts, and from the perspective of the average person on the ground they can be, but they aren't quite as tough as you'd expect them to be once they're going up against...