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Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:10 am
by Bob the Gunslinger
Instant Sunrise wrote:Welp, it seems that nobody on TEO watches Futurama.

):

Some of us do. Some of us also saw the joke when it appeared over here first.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:45 am
by adr
btw praise MIDI

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:30 am
by RogueIce
Oxymoron wrote:Meh.

I have to be honest, the fact you need money in order to buy ammos and repair the tank after each match kinda kills it for me, especially once you want to get past tier 3 where it become grind grind grind.

This is especially tedious if you're like me and just play once in a while and aren't part of a coordinated team. Then it become just painful with little to no gratification.
In all fairness, that's more or less similar to other MMOs like WoW and TOR that do the whole equipment durability thing, which make you spend money every so often to "repair" your gear (and if you die it takes a major hit, but any damage will chip away at it).

I mean granted it's not the same: sure durability costs do technically cut into your ability to buy new gear as you level (which could be likened to buying new turrets and new tanks in WoT) but the big difference is that most people will get their new gear off of drops and quest rewards, which is not an option in WoT. You have to spend the money to get a new tank and buy a new turret/engine/radio/whatever unlike in other MMOs where you can get a new sword/armor/shield/whatever as loot from a mob or quest giver. So it does tend to increase the grind.

But again, in fairness, I think you'd almost have to expect a grind in World of Tanks because of the very way it's set up. Face it: you can always say you're playing WoW, STO, TOR or other MMOs for the "story" and all that, so you can suffer the grind a little easier. But since WoT doesn't have any kind of story all that's left is the grind. Really it's not a lot different than, say, APB: Reloaded in that respect. APBR is nothing but a grind, and while it kinda-sorta has more of a story than WoT (at least insofar as a background story of "crime out of control, lots of vigiliantes take to the streets" as opposed to "vaguely WWII even though for some reason the Allies, Axis and Commies will have their tanks on the same side because...") said story means absolutely nothing to the gameplay which is essentially Grand Theft Auto the MMO.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:19 am
by Infinity Biscuit
You could also, you know, play it for fun :L

If you're just doing it for the grind then you should probably find healthier things to do with your time.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:21 am
by timmy
Man Dalton cracks me up :neckbeard:
Dalton wrote:Thank you Hall Monitor Roberts. Make sure you wipe the shit off your nose.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:32 am
by uraniun235
Instant Sunrise wrote:There's a thread over there about the new teaser poster that's just BEGGING for a Futurama reference, which I provided, and it went clear over everybody's heads.
Is that the "spaceship is built for space so it can withstand 0-1 ATM?" gag? Maybe I'm just unlucky or grumpy, but I've seen that one tossed around just often enough to find it worn out.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:50 am
by Darth Tedious
when did that pop up in Futurama?

apparently I don't watch it enough

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:54 am
by Dr Roberts
The ship begins to get crushed because it's designed for space 0-1 atm

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:59 am
by Dr Roberts
timmy wrote:Man Dalton cracks me up :neckbeard:
Dalton wrote:Thank you Hall Monitor Roberts. Make sure you wipe the shit off your nose.
I had a reply then my connection fucked up and I couldn't be bothered to do it again.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:06 pm
by timmy
Hahaha shame orb

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:26 pm
by Darth Tedious
Dr Roberts wrote:The ship begins to get crushed because it's designed for space 0-1 atm
I figured that, I meant what episode did it happen in?

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:13 pm
by Zablorg
i saw Men In Black 3 today

i thought it was pretty rad

didn't it receive pretty middling reception though? idk

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:23 pm
by Aaron
The Deep South maybe? When they wind up in Atlanta.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:37 pm
by Gands
Yep, that's the one.

Good Zoidberg content.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:04 pm
by timmy
That raises FURTHER questions!

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:33 pm
by Zod
Where the fuck did this snow come from? Ugh. If only all of the warmer cities weren't complete shitholes to live in.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:25 am
by adr
winter storm Freyr hit us on Thor's day

we've been betrayed by the asgard

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:35 am
by Oxymoron
Image

???

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:09 am
by RogueIce
adr wrote:winter storm Freyr hit us
Image

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:35 am
by Zod
So I just got done doing some speed dating thing and had thirty two minute first dates. Fuck me my throat is dry from all the talking.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:06 am
by Darth Tedious
Zod wrote:So I just got done doing some speed dating thing and had thirty two minute first dates. Fuck me my throat is dry from all the talking.
Meet anyone nice/interesting/appealing?

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:10 am
by Zod
Darth Tedious wrote:
Zod wrote:So I just got done doing some speed dating thing and had thirty two minute first dates. Fuck me my throat is dry from all the talking.
Meet anyone nice/interesting/appealing?
A few of them were fun to talk to and/or kinda hot. Some of them were incredibly awkward to talk to and some of them were just so-so. About what I expected for the amount of people.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:53 am
by Djinnkitty83
After several years of putting it off, Rhi finally sat me down and forced me to watch The Room with her.

I feel... strangely complete.

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:05 am
by Phantasee
hey zabs did you ever win whatever it was you were running for? iirc it was a bunch of acronyms

Re: The Return of Testing Chat Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:07 am
by Phantasee
anyway i just checked out the member pics thread over on sdn and man tim do you look devastatingly handsome or what

beard, gun, whoooooooooo