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Zimm108 said:
Incoming parent rant...

So remember how I said my kids Cub Scout pack is run by a bunch of idiots? Didn't think so. Anyway, tonight was his pinewood derby race. First, it started 20 minutes after when it was supposed to. Once it started, they raced all the cars in each den and going by the fastest times after three heats to determine the places. Six cars in my kids den and he goes only against one other car in his heat. Slaughters it every time w/ a 3.4 second time. After watching the other heat with the other 3 cars, it looked like a clear 2nd place for him

Then they announce the winners and he didn't get 2nd. I'm like OK maybe I missed a time. Then they announce 3rd and its the kid that he beat in every race. My kid was disappointed and cried a little but came around quickly and got a good lesson on how to lose. But I was confused on what the standings were so I went to look at the sheets. They wrote done my kid's time under the guy he raced against, and that kids shitty times for my kid. On top of that, my kids times were better than the times for the kid they gave 2nd place too.

So my kid, who on the sheet was last place, should have actually been 2nd if they weren't incompetent bozos. Then they asked if the kid they gave 3rd to was still there, and I'm like no dumbasses you don't take away his trophy because that makes an even bigger mess. I just wanted to see the times for our own piece of mind. They said they'd get him a medal or something to make up for it, but they took away his moment and that pisses me off the most. I mean, how hard is it to write down times in a notebook and then figure out which numbers are bigger than the others. Ugh. I'd pull him out if he didn't enjoy it so much.

End rant. Gah.

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I swear we discussed this here once before because a similar thing happened to me when I was a scout. The kid that beat me had a car that was over the weight limit, so instead of disqualifying him and letting me advance they chopped his car up until it made weight. Bastards scarred me for life.


 
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I finished Machinarium tonight and got all the trophies. Out of all the Plus games I have, I think this is only the second one I've played, with the other being NBA Jam.

Good game. It was better than Braid, in my opinion.

 
kanamit said:
I swear we discussed this here once before because a similar thing happened to me when I was a scout. The kid that beat me had a car that was over the weight limit, so instead of disqualifying him and letting me advance they chopped his car up until it made weight. Bastards scarred me for life.
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I remember you talking about that.

 
Frustrating, Zimm. But it sounds like you did the right thing. Your kid knows what place he should have been. I'm still at the point where I just have to keep my kid alive. Don't know how is gonna go when I have to start imparting life lessons and shit.
 
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pitfallharry219 said:
I finished Machinarium tonight and got all the trophies. Out of all the Plus games I have, I think this is only the second one I've played, with the other being NBA Jam.

Good game. It was better than Braid, in my opinion.
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Braid and Machinarium aren't really comparable games. It's like comparing apples and ebola-infected horse shit.

 
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[quote name="Equistina" post="12449450" timestamp="1422407975"]She's pretty. You know how the other day I mentioned since someone brought it up about staring at females chests sometimes? I accidentally did that with her . When they introduced me to her her chest was immediately in my face in my defense, so I didn't mean to --;;

I think she bats for your team not wren though

Sorry wren![/quote]
In that case, I'm asking for myself. :)
 
[quote name="TheCro" post="12449650" timestamp="1422413558"]Trivia Crack is like...baby trivia, but fuckin A. These questions on Trivia Pursuit are insane. Must be made for a different audience because the entertainment ones are mostly shit I've never heard of.[/quote]
Yeah some of these questions are hard. And I suck at the geography ones, especially internationally. I'm glad I downloaded the movie pack since I'm a film buff. Now it's going a lot smoother. I just have to finish the last couple betting achievements in F&F mode then onto CTB.
 
[quote name="kanamit" post="12449719" timestamp="1422415384"]Where does Limbo stand on that gaming totem pole? What about Spelunky? Inquiring minds want to know.[/quote]
How about Journey?
 
Cleaner7 said:
Yeah some of these questions are hard. And I suck at the geography ones, especially internationally. I'm glad I downloaded the movie pack since I'm a film buff. Now it's going a lot smoother. I just have to finish the last couple betting achievements in F&F mode then onto CTB.
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They don't seem to have any of the DLC on PSN. Guess it got delisted. Doin CTB first. About to finish up. Got maybe 3 questions before the wedges.

Also, I feel like the question "Who did Tom Cruise marry in 2006?" should be listed under entertainmen, not history.

 
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Zimm108 said:
Incoming parent rant...

So remember how I said my kids Cub Scout pack is run by a bunch of idiots? Didn't think so. Anyway, tonight was his pinewood derby race. First, it started 20 minutes after when it was supposed to. Once it started, they raced all the cars in each den and going by the fastest times after three heats to determine the places. Six cars in my kids den and he goes only against one other car in his heat. Slaughters it every time w/ a 3.4 second time. After watching the other heat with the other 3 cars, it looked like a clear 2nd place for him

Then they announce the winners and he didn't get 2nd. I'm like OK maybe I missed a time. Then they announce 3rd and its the kid that he beat in every race. My kid was disappointed and cried a little but came around quickly and got a good lesson on how to lose. But I was confused on what the standings were so I went to look at the sheets. They wrote done my kid's time under the guy he raced against, and that kids shitty times for my kid. On top of that, my kids times were better than the times for the kid they gave 2nd place too.

So my kid, who on the sheet was last place, should have actually been 2nd if they weren't incompetent bozos. Then they asked if the kid they gave 3rd to was still there, and I'm like no dumbasses you don't take away his trophy because that makes an even bigger mess. I just wanted to see the times for our own piece of mind. They said they'd get him a medal or something to make up for it, but they took away his moment and that pisses me off the most. I mean, how hard is it to write down times in a notebook and then figure out which numbers are bigger than the others. Ugh. I'd pull him out if he didn't enjoy it so much.

End rant. Gah.

How are you?
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That's silly, winning by time trials is silly, particularly if you are racing them against each other anyway. You do single elimination bracket (with 2-3 races per bout, switching sides of the track each race) with a losers bracket to determine placing for 3rd place and below. That also eliminates any "accidents"/ tinkering from the process.

Time trials...

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tylerh1701 said:
I've got a feeling we're gonna get "Spelunky'd" on this one.

AKA we're going to get it on Plus at launch except that it's also cross-buy so everyone who already owns it (which has got to be everyone at this point, right?) would have got it for free anyway.
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I'd be OK with that since I played it via the Journey collection so I wouldn't get it cross buy anyway. I would definitely be more interested in playing it again than a lot of the other games that have been on Plus lately.

 
tylerh1701 said:
That sucks Zimm. Good chance for him to learn that life isn't always fair as well. And at least he'll always know that he kicked most those kid's asses!
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Yeah we told him that adults make mistakes sometimes too and you just have to be calm and talk about them and roll with it. Good time to learn that by example. Also his grandparents told him I went and defended him and saved the day so that was cool too.

kanamit said:
I swear we discussed this here once before because a similar thing happened to me when I was a scout. The kid that beat me had a car that was over the weight limit, so instead of disqualifying him and letting me advance they chopped his car up until it made weight. Bastards scarred me for life.
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Yeah that story sounds familiar too. Some of these den/pack leaders like to put in the screw job for their own kids and it's very ironic.

guardian_owl said:
That's silly, winning by time trials is silly, particularly if you are racing them against each other anyway. You do single elimination bracket (with 2-3 races per bout, switching sides of the track each race) with a losers bracket to determine placing for 3rd place and below. That also eliminates any "accidents"/ tinkering from the process.

Time trials...
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Yeah I didn't understand their methods either. Didn't even let the kids put the cars on the track, which is something they should do I think. Basically they just did everything and we watched. I think they had some kind of bracket program on a laptop, but I think the 20 minute delay was them trying to figure it out, and then ultimately failing. So they went w/ the pen and paper method.

While I was up there I heard other parents telling them that the standings were off in their dens and that so-and-so should have gotten the trophy instead of so-and-so because his time was better. Just a big clusterfuck all around. I honestly don't know how they haven't run the pack into the ground at this point.

 
Every time I fire up my PS4 I'm reminded how it's the superior system but then the PS3 shouts yo bitch remember all the fuck ing games you bought for me!? I have them on separate shelves just to play it safe. 

 
Bumslie said:
Tyler, Derek & Gator here's that post I mentioned in Tylers stream. Starts at 2:05am. Right after my post he asks again. Haha

https://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/341854-dying-light-ps4-season-pass-is-the-actual-game/page-13
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Jesus what a fucktard.

Where do these assholes come from? One good deal and CAGs come out of the woodwork like crazy, it's fucking weird. I didn't recognize hardly anyone in that thread!

I did recognize one guy though, my boy "Tyger". The same Tyger that couldn't go less than $3 on a rental of the GOW: Ascension online pass. So I could get one trophy. That takes less than 10 minutes.

Some of those gamesharing motherfuckers are so cheap it's pathetic.

 
tylerh1701 said:
What scene are we talking about? There was one scene way late in the game where I couldn't believe I was actually doing what I was doing in a video game.
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I am assuming, based on the quote just previous, we're talking about...

...when you're gnome size and fighting the boss gnome on the bed while your parents are fucking above you, having to dodge so you don't get hit by your dad's nutsack.

 
Zimm108 said:
I am assuming, based on the quote just previous, we're talking about...

...when you're gnome size and fighting the boss gnome on the bed while your parents are fucking above you, having to dodge so you don't get hit by your dad's nutsack.
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Oh yeah. That part is amazingly good.

 
Thermopyle said:
Am I missing something in SR2, or do I really have to go back to gang headquarters every time I want to get my followers?
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you can grab random saints off the street by pressing up on the dpad(if controls are the same on both systems), or call for the main character homies on your phone.

 
Derextreme said:
you can grab random saints off the street by pressing up on the dpad(if controls are the same on both systems), or call for the main character homies on your phone.
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When I go to my phone the only option is Homies, and hitting accept on that does nothing. Maybe there's some point in the game where that functionality starts working?

 
Thanks to those who gave the tips on Resistance.  I just finished the game and manged to get all the trophies due to that except 1.  I have another 85 kills to get to 1000 and I will be done with it.

Not a bad game.

Thanks again kilik for the online pass.  I wouldn't have played it otherwise.

 
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Zimm108 said:
Incoming parent rant...
So remember how I said my kids Cub Scout pack is run by a bunch of idiots? Didn't think so. Anyway, tonight was his pinewood derby race. First, it started 20 minutes after when it was supposed to. Once it started, they raced all the cars in each den and going by the fastest times after three heats to determine the places. Six cars in my kids den and he goes only against one other car in his heat. Slaughters it every time w/ a 3.4 second time. After watching the other heat with the other 3 cars, it looked like a clear 2nd place for him

Then they announce the winners and he didn't get 2nd. I'm like OK maybe I missed a time. Then they announce 3rd and its the kid that he beat in every race. My kid was disappointed and cried a little but came around quickly and got a good lesson on how to lose. But I was confused on what the standings were so I went to look at the sheets. They wrote done my kid's time under the guy he raced against, and that kids shitty times for my kid. On top of that, my kids times were better than the times for the kid they gave 2nd place too.

So my kid, who on the sheet was last place, should have actually been 2nd if they weren't incompetent bozos. Then they asked if the kid they gave 3rd to was still there, and I'm like no dumbasses you don't take away his trophy because that makes an even bigger mess. I just wanted to see the times for our own piece of mind. They said they'd get him a medal or something to make up for it, but they took away his moment and that pisses me off the most. I mean, how hard is it to write down times in a notebook and then figure out which numbers are bigger than the others. Ugh. I'd pull him out if he didn't enjoy it so much.

End rant. Gah.

How are you?
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fuck that shit... your frustration is very much understood. Sounds like your son has a new memory of how dad stood up for him though and moments like those are always a good thing.

And besides, everyone knows tangible trophies are overrated. Time to introduce him to these beauties...

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jkam said:
Every time I fire up my PS4 I'm reminded how it's the superior system but then the PS3 shouts yo bitch remember all the fuck ing games you bought for me!? I have them on separate shelves just to play it safe.
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Who gets custody of the Vita?

PS3 has the more established relationship but PS4 is the better parent for sure.

 
GatorBeerGeek said:
Thanks to those who gave the tips on Resistance. I just finished the game and manged to get all the trophies due to that except 1. I have another 85 kills to get to 1000 and I will be done with it.

Not a bad game.

Thanks again kilik for the online pass. I wouldn't have played it otherwise.
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I don't have an online pass but ill do a quick run just to enjoy the game. What tips did they give ya or any that really helped? Thanks. also if anyone has an extra pass? lol

n Bums I just ran through Mordor and played it for fun. I read some of the trophy descriptions but nothing too crazy, just upgrade elf shot and everything was awesome. I think it took me about 2 weeks on n off or so.

 
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Zimm108 said:
Incoming parent rant...

So remember how I said my kids Cub Scout pack is run by a bunch of idiots? Didn't think so. Anyway, tonight was his pinewood derby race. First, it started 20 minutes after when it was supposed to. Once it started, they raced all the cars in each den and going by the fastest times after three heats to determine the places. Six cars in my kids den and he goes only against one other car in his heat. Slaughters it every time w/ a 3.4 second time. After watching the other heat with the other 3 cars, it looked like a clear 2nd place for him

Then they announce the winners and he didn't get 2nd. I'm like OK maybe I missed a time. Then they announce 3rd and its the kid that he beat in every race. My kid was disappointed and cried a little but came around quickly and got a good lesson on how to lose. But I was confused on what the standings were so I went to look at the sheets. They wrote done my kid's time under the guy he raced against, and that kids shitty times for my kid. On top of that, my kids times were better than the times for the kid they gave 2nd place too.

So my kid, who on the sheet was last place, should have actually been 2nd if they weren't incompetent bozos. Then they asked if the kid they gave 3rd to was still there, and I'm like no dumbasses you don't take away his trophy because that makes an even bigger mess. I just wanted to see the times for our own piece of mind. They said they'd get him a medal or something to make up for it, but they took away his moment and that pisses me off the most. I mean, how hard is it to write down times in a notebook and then figure out which numbers are bigger than the others. Ugh. I'd pull him out if he didn't enjoy it so much.

End rant. Gah.

How are you?
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I remember when I was your son's age (or maybe a bit older) and we did those races. Taught me what a bunch of cheaters people were. One kids dad was adding weight to his sons car after the weigh in. Several other kids fathers were using tubes of graphite like it was going out of style in between races. The cheater won IRC. Sorry you son had to go through this but I think it is pretty typical for these races.

 
Zimm108 said:
That scene was the best. I tried explaining it to my wife and got the what the fuck is wrong with you eyes.
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tylerh1701 said:
What scene are we talking about? There was one scene way late in the game where I couldn't believe I was actually doing what I was doing in a video game.
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Zimm108 said:
I am assuming, based on the quote just previous, we're talking about...

...when you're gnome size and fighting the boss gnome on the bed while your parents are fucking above you, having to dodge so you don't get hit by your dad's nutsack.
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yeah the scene is pretty sick. It was great.
 
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