jrhodes

He was always a standout in everything I saw him in and Captain Holt was such a great character.

So I've put in about fifteen hours now and I'm really struggling to get into this game. I feel like if I don't save scum, everything just goes to shit really fast.

Some of the battles I win first time, others seem literally impossible and I just have to try and find a way to avoid them.

I'm spending most my time running around the map aimlessly, just hoping to come across a fun mission or something that draws me in and I'm not finding anything.

I think I'm going to take a break and tell myself I'll come back to it...but likely I won't.

Bought the game a few days ago and I have a couple of questions.

Is offensive magic ever good in BG3? I've found healing and buffing useful but offensive magic really weak. You often have to be stood a lot closer than I'd have expected for the magic to reach enemies and then you can only cast a few times before you're out of spell slots. And if your mage gets trapped next to an enemy it's essentially game over for them.

I made a ranger and have been using Astarion and Lae'zel. My character and Astarion do a lot of long distance fighting and Lae'zel tanks/does some serious damage in close range. No one has really leapt out as a reliable fourth character in battles. Can you make another character besides the Origins to join your team?

DA BEARS!

Indianapolis Colts vs Cincinnati Bengals 4

Los Angeles Rams vs Baltimore Ravens 5

Minnesota Vikings vs Las Vegas Raiders 3

Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs 1

Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys 2

New Orleans Saints vs Atlanta Falcons (3)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Indianapolis Colts (1)

Cleveland Browns vs Denver Broncos (4)

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Houston Texans (2)

Buffalo Bills vs Philadelphia Eagles (5)

1 hour ago, Skummy said:

I've talked on here before about knowing someone who is now in their late 30s, if not early 40s, who still insists that she revived Aeris and unlocked Zack as a playable character in FF7. 

I remember a rumour that if you got to level 99 before leaving Midgar that either Zack would join your party or Cloud would become Zack.

I actually tried the challenge over a summer holiday and got to about level 56 before becoming utterly bored by the grind. I think I did the maths on it too shortly before the point of quitting and realized it was going to take an insane amount of time.

Another memory I have is completely boning myself the first time I played FFVII because, for some reason, I felt like using magic was cheating. So I didn't ever equip materia. I got to the prison in the Golden Saucer before the game became too difficult. A friend clued me in that I should be using materia so I just started again.

6 hours ago, Maxx said:

Farewell to Berober

 

And that leaves @jrhodes as the inaugural EWB Guillotine League champion!  Congratulations!

OFF with all your heads and ON with my crown!

2 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

I was watching that game and was so confident we had it wrapped up that I actually left to go do something else. I should know better by now

With that and the Broncos game we should really be 5-6.

The coaching is so bad at times that it's really hard to get a feel for if Justin Fields is the guy or not. He deserves a different coaching staff but any staff that wants to come in is almost certainly going to want to draft their own guy at QB with the Panthers #1 pick.

Ah, so it is out this year. I thought I'd seen that was the case somewhere else but then Amazon's dates flummoxed me.

Doubt she'd be bothered by the steelbook so I'll probably get her the regular blu-ray.

Cheers @TheWho87 and @Benji

I'm not a Doctor Who fan but my wife is and I want to get her the new David Tennant episodes as a late Christmas present.

We're in the US so it looks like I'll need to import it. Just wanted to make sure this is what I should be buying.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Anniversary-Specials-Steelbook/dp/B0CLPJX1PF/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2VRO35JGWR966&keywords=doctor+who&qid=1700508362&sprefix=doctor+who%2Caps%2C469&sr=8-3 

Edit: Just noticed this isn't released until the end of 2024...so a very late Christmas present!

It's really hard not to hate the Bears' coaching staff.

On 06/11/2023 at 16:05, Captain Kirk said:

My 11 year old mind was blown when I got through Midgar and realised there was a whole new world to explore the second biggest game I’d played at that point was Crash Bandicoot having three islands. So that moment just before that realisation in the soundtrack I’ve always loved, not even sure what I love about it.

Do love ‘Price of Freedom’ also though.

I had the exact same experience. I'd never played a RPG before and had mainly stuck to sports games and the odd platformer.

I assumed the entire game would be set in Midgar and would see us systemically destroy the mako reactors one by one.

I remember being involved in a trade for Ezekiel Elliot in this league but that must have been a good three or four years ago.

We have a trade brewing.

It's the giants of Jakeques Pierre Brissrhodes versus the titans of Benry VIII, making them both seem normal sized.

@Maxx A few players are still on teams that have been guillotined. Seems to be IR guys.

It's James Conner, Keaton Mitchell, Justin Jefferson and Pat Friermuth.

9 hours ago, LL! said:

Somehow Justin Herbert handily won the Chargers game while doing absolutely nothing and has cost me my head. Incredible. 

Surprised you didn't start Allen considering their match-ups.

12 hours ago, Maxx said:

Buffalo’s weird insistence on never adding new weapons for Allen is biting them again.  Diggs has been limited to 2 catches so far and what do you know?  They’re down 14 and their offense is looking lost.

They drafted Dalton Kincaid in the 1st round this year and he's doing pretty well for them.

I certainly think they should have been in on someone else like DeAndre Hopkins this year as well though.

1 hour ago, Busch Wyatt said:

Commanders trade DE Montez Sweat to the Bears for a 2nd round pick.

2nd year in a row a terrible Bears team has traded away a 2nd rounder for no apparent reason.  And Sweat, unlike Chase Claypool, is on an expiring contract!

 I have to assume the Bears are working on an extension for Sweat, otherwise it's another awful trade.

Even with the extension, Sweat is 27 and I can't see the Bears turning things around in the next couple of years.

Think my head is safe this week.