Recent content by TangoOneSix

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    Poll: To Halo or not to Halo...4...That is the question.

    It's too early to tell, but I'm actually curious. There's plenty of room in the Halo Universe for interesting stuff. If Master Chief and Cortana were involved in a wholly new adventure, far away from the Covenant or the Flood... There's plenty of room for the formula to change and grow...
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    BioWare Still Unsure About Tali Reveal

    Kind of like the "No Russian" mission in MW2. It would definitely break the flow of the game, however. Alternately, for a little bit of irony, they could make it so the only way to see Tali's face would be to have her die. She takes a fatal hit in combat, perhaps in the reclamation of her...
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    Help me, fellow Escapists (I can't seem to focus)

    You ever consider doing something new entirely? Sometimes, a change of pace entirely can help you find new motivation and decisiveness. Do you play any instruments? If not, it's never a bad idea to buy yourself an inexpensive guitar or something similar, just to learn and practice. It...
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    Buy a gaming PC or buy Steam Sale games??

    I'd say save and get components to build a computer. Consider it an investment. Steam sales happen all the time, sometimes multiple times a year for the same game. For 320, you'll be hard pressed to buy or build any capable PC, but if you save a bit, you can throw together something decent...
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    Make a complaint about the game(s) you are currently playing.

    Fallout: New Vegas. It STILL doesn't work, after everything from reinstalling, system restore, restart and sacrificing goats.
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    The Unbearable Lightness of Licking Lampposts

    Interestingly enough, I actually AM Mr. Never Actually Licked A Lamppost in Winter (definitely not the name I used in the email I sent, but it has a nice ring to it). I told her about the situation - the advice given, plus overwhelming majority of responses (and common sense) were right...
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    I leave for basic training on tuesday, any last minute advice?

    Second what LetalisK says. Big thing to remember - you're part of a team. Don't be a spotlight ranger, aka making yourself look good when you're being observed and dragging ass everywhere else. Every one of your failures belongs to the whole team. Likewise, your triumphs are not your own...
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    Witnessing death.

    Used to volunteer at the sign in desk in an emergency room. It was a busy night, I was alone at the desk for the time being, as all the personnel were in the ER itself, or just behind me in the triage area - my job was to sign patients in and call for assistance if needed. A person came in...
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    Your favorite rule of combat.

    If the enemy is in range, so are you. If you can see the enemy, they can see you. Incoming fire has the right of way. Friendly fire isn't. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire. Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire. This is why aircraft...
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    You have just been married...

    I just married my Fallout: New Vegas character. She's hot (her butt is perfectly formed and moves in irresistible ways when she walks, like all female video game characters), does good deeds for the Mojave wasteland and dresses like a cowgirl. YES.
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    Ok, the main character of the last game you played attacked you... How screwed are you?

    A level 7 Mojave Wasteland Wanderer from Fallout: New Vegas. She's a female, since I hadn't ever made a female character before. For now, she prefers a scoped varmint rifle and a 10mm pistol for close range work. Still roaming the desert, killing geckos and Powder Gangers and defending the...
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    New glasses giving me trouble, even though prescription hasn't changed?

    I'm pretty much blind as a bat, so I have to wear some sort of corrective lenses to function. For most of my life I had glasses - a couple of years back, my prescription stabilized enough to get contact lenses, which were far more convenient. I still kept glasses around, wearing them at night...
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    I need help helping my boyfriend.

    I'm in Army ROTC, and I know some people doing NROTC, Marine option. Yes, the training is tough, but you'd be surprised at how resilient the human body can be. It sounds like he wants to eventually go into Marine Special Operations Command - an admirable goal, but it will be hard. Marine...
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    Am I wrong to be a little angry at my girlfriend for...?

    I've been dating this girl for some time, since April. I'd been interested and we were going out for small things since March, but it never got that serious until recently. Either way, all that's irrelevant. Anyway, I chose a hell of a time to start really liking this girl: the weeks before...
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    Two girls, one very confused guy

    Hello everyone, LONG TEXT AHEAD I'm somewhat in a pickle. I'm 21 years old, in college and officially single. I have been for several months since my ex dumped me back in October 2010. I guess you could say it took me a while to get back on the horse. And as soon as I'm really...