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Hozz

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  1. Played some over the weekend. Enough to get a full party (4 in this game) and get midway through character level 2 (EA is capped at level 4). It's an ok game but it feels WAY more like a Divine Divinity OS game than a BG game, and not because of the turn based combat. Its all the goddamn surface and physics effects. There are lots of places you have to jump. Too many barrels filled with oil. And it seems that every elemental damage item or spell leaves some kind of surface effect even if its only under the target. I thought this was out of hand by the second OS. It's not as bad here but its noticeable and takes away from the DND 5E experience...which is new to me btw...I'm not sure what the last DND CRPG I played was but I don't think it was 5E. There is a visual dice roll mechanic when you attempt skill checks in conversations, its pretty cool but it encourages save scumming IMO. Also you get stuck with whatever character did the talking (or was talked to) so like if you need wizardy type skill check but your fighter started the conversation, SOL. I don't like that. Inventory is a mess. 95% of the containers in the world are empty and 50% of the loot you pick up is trash, and not even vendor trash due to each character having a Strength influenced carry limit. The spell effects are pretty varied and well done. FWIW I have a 2060 and had a lot of graphics issues with their native Vulkan engine until I upgraded to the latest Nvidia driver. They also have a DX11 option that did work for me but its not as good looking IMO. I'm sure I will play again but I'm not jonesing for it which says a lot about the game. DND game with turn based combat is 100% my wheelhouse. Does anyone remember Temple of Elemental Evil? I played the shit out of that and that game SUCKED outside of the combat engine. Lastly, aside from the limited number of classes (just 6) and the content and level cap...it does not feel like an early access title to me. Like if I had just bought the game sight unseen, knowing nothing about OS or BG, I would be thinking this was a 'finished' game at the point I am at. Which is not to say its flawless by any means but just that it has more polish and less bugs than other release day games I've played.
  2. Yeah this is kind of me. I am sure I will play it at some point though. It's hard to believe BG2 came out 20 years ago. It immediately became my favorite CRPG of all time, at the time. I should be more enthusiastic about BG3 given that. Even though I enjoyed both of the OS games, I'm not sure this a game Larian can knock out of the park. The OS games had a level of...whimsy? that doesn't belong in a BG game but I'm afraid will be.
  3. Early Access version live today. 83G download on Steam.
  4. He actually lost to UConn his first season at UH.
  5. First time OU has lost twice in a row since 99. Lol how nice for them. More proof Tom isn't the guy. Without looking it up I'd bet he's lost twice in a row his first 3 years here and its probably only a matter of time to make that 4 for 4.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    My bad I'm pretty tuned up over this. I'd like a bourbon, thank you.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    This is probably the dumbest shit I've read on here all day. I love Major. I am in the Major>Simms camp. That said, there is fucking no way he was better at Texas than Sam. Your other two mentions don't even warrant a comment. But I will comment. Brown...are you kidding me? If you seriously think he was a better QB than Sam at Texas then we don't speak the same language and can't have a discussion. Gardere beat OU 4 times and that's awesome but he was in no way better than Sam outside of that OU W-L record.
  8. I was stunned this was 14-14 at one point. Aggy offense vastly overperformed my expectations. Waddle is so fucking good. Whatever NFL team gets him next year, look out. Dude is a difference maker.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    I mean, yeah. Patterson is a better coach than Herman. You disagree? Sam is setting records here. Is Duggan going to do that at TCU? Honestly, I have no fucking idea because I don't follow them. Maybe he is relatively better for them than Sam is for us, but I highly doubt it. Sam is the third best QB Texas has had in the 40 years I've been watching. Not good enough for you? He's not the reason we lost today even though he had a bad game.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    I don't think so unless you want to say all the players had some responsibility which is of course technically true. The reason we lost was shit coaching. If you want to blame a player, the player to blame is Ingram not Ehlinger.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    This is a shit take. Duggan had a great game. He's not going to play like that most weeks and TCU will be lucky to be a .500 team. If Duggan ever has a season, numbers wise, better than Sam, I'll be shocked. This game was typical TCU v Texas in the Big 12 era, Patterson coaching circles around our fucking idiots.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    Sam is a great college QB. He had an off day today accuracy wise but he was in no way responsible for the loss. He's our best player and its not at all close. This was, 100%, a coaching loss. Our coaches are letting these players down all week long and then especially on game day with retard level football IQ decisions.
  13. That is Charlie Strong levels of bad. For such a smart guy, Herman fucks up easy shit every game that fans on the couch can diagnose. His performance against inferior talent is indefensible at this point. He must go.
  14. Not only that but he was stuffed and on a pile. The ball was over the 1.5 yard line when he tried the extension...even if he had maintained control no way was the ball crossing the plane. He should not have even been in the game though and we should have been running clock not running tempo. Our coaches have a lower football IQ than drunk fans. Its fucking sad.
  15. What a shit show of a game. So many fucking flags. The first quarter was almost unwatchable. Despite all the numerous fuck ups, we should have won the game once we got that three point lead late. An average high school coaching staff could have protected that lead at that point in the game with our talent. This was a game that showed, without a doubt, that our coaches suck during the week and even more so on game day. Calling two runs with 55 seconds left to end the first half. 1:28 was enough time to throw the ball with no timeouts, but 55 seconds was not? Is that in the fucking binder? WRs that consistently run routes a yard or two short of the line to gain. This shit is maddening and its coachable. Shit tackling and taking bad angles in pursuit. Every defensive snap there's a chance I'll snap. New coaching staff, same shitty fundamentals Playing to keep a lead instead of to score. When we ran, and then ran the fucking option on first and then second down from our own 7, up 3 with like 6:30 left, I knew we were fucked. I had hope, but I knew at the same time. Oh and then to cap the 3 and out Jake Smith runs a route 2 yards short. Good job coach. And then of course TCU takes the lead back on perhaps the worst defensive call of the season so far. What kind of alignment was that versus a QB that you called the most Sam Ehlinger QB in the Big 12 on the game winning TD? Jesus Christ. Ball security. I mean, you're on the 1.5 yard line on a pile why are you trying to extend the football? Don't fumble on the goal line and we win the game. And why are we going tempo here in the first place? What the fuck? The ending was Patterson taking a huge shit on Herman's masked up face. He knew the rules and the clock and rather than punt like pretty much every other coach would have, he dunked on Herman like Pippen over Ewing. And then when the refs didn't know the rules, they trusted Patterson to help them out and changed like the fourth call in the game at his direction. Fucking absurd. Fuck this shit and fuck this guy. He is convinced he is smarter than everyone, but is constantly fucking up easy shit.
  16. Amazon Fresh is a superb service if you have it available. Free two hour delivery window for any order over $35, so usually with this option it takes 2 hours and change to get to you. $5 if you want a 1 hour window sooner. You do tip but what is not having to go to the store worth to you? Probably more than the tip they suggest. Probably more than double. They do beer/wine too but then you have to show id to accept delivery whereas normally they just set it on the porch and text you. I had one bad experience where a bag of cold items was not at all accounted for (usually they have insulated bags for longer trips or they just prioritize delivery for orders with cold items) and was like room temp when I got it. Amazon processes the 'return' like any other order but then at the end they tell you 'Just kidding, we don't want rotten shit sent back to us. Keep it." For the most part inventory is a mix of Wholefoods brands and regular HEB type stuff you don't find in a Whole Foods. The meat has been nicer HEB level meat. Often times it is Pat LaFrieda brand stuff for HEB prices. Produce has been as good or better than what my wife normally picks out by hand. They have a real hard time keeping certain things in stock but for pretty much any type of grocery store item they are always going to have some option in stock just maybe not the size brand or count that you wanted. We have placed 6 orders of around $80-$150 total per order and literally aside from the one bag of stuff not being cold, they have made zero mistakes in terms of shorting us, wrong item, etc. Another thing that is nice about it is multiple people can shop from multiple devices (on the same account) over the course of a week or however long and it keeps the cart synced across them all. Sometimes things go out of stock this way or the price changes, but its pretty prominently displayed at the top of the order when this happens so at least you know and can adjust if need be. So it's kind of a high tech grocery list that delivers itself when you want it to.
  17. sportsurge.net has been fine for me since r/cfbstreams went away but I didn't want to chance it so I got the Sling trial a few hours before Texas Gameday was starting. I set everything up to record Gameday, the game itself and the post game. But then when I went to recordings...if it was something in progress it would just dump me to live. I could pause it but not rewind. So that sucked. UI in general not as slick as YouTube TV. Also the audio was slightly out of sync and it was very noticeable when someone was on camera talking. Finally, the video quality was poor. Much worse than YouTube TV. I have been with YouTube TV since it was like $30/month and the last price hike really fucking sucked but everything I have looked at to replace it just doesn't match the overall product that YouTube TV is and I guess they know it.
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    Wasteland 3

    I am playing on a PC. The load times are terrible. I have an SSD for Windows and an SSD for my games. My machine will cold boot to the login screen in 9-10 secs. Loading a save or transitioning an area takes ~30 seconds in the game. That said, the game is awesome. Any fans of Fallout 1/2 or Wasteland 2, this game is worth your time and money.
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    Wasteland 3

    Pleasant surprise...I didn't realize it was so close to release until a week or so ago. Steam shows an unlock at 7p central tonight.
  20. These are up for sale now.
  21. As was mentioned this came from a commercial for the EPL on NBC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRqypM7jb5Y&t
  22. I finished a week or so ago. I thought it was one of the best games I've ever played.
  23. Read something about the ratings...they are down like 60% from last season. Speculation in the article was that it was the lowest rated Hard Knocks premier ever.
  24. whoops
  25. I signed up for a trial to get on board with Hard Knocks starting back up. There is no HBO Max app for Roku still but you can login into the old HBO app on there with your HBO Max account. It does not seem to have all the Max content but it has all the HBO content. You can also chromecast from the app on either Android or IOS.
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