Open Bar: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Slept. Found out by way of accident that apparently I have a new boss. Can't wait to see how that goes. I am excite. Not. Spent the morning reading a book. It was glorious.

You seem to go through 'em pretty fast.

[Odibex Grallspice]

Bosses or books?

[Cain]

Also, Skyrim update - dragon battle was epic.  First battle of the game, against a "nerfed" dragon, using Dragon Combat Overhaul and Deadly Dragons mod (mod loading in that order).  15 minutes of dodging flames to epic Nordic singing while a giant flying lizard pushed everyone's shit in.  Super-secret "hide in a tower" tactics were too powerful though, so I won.

Ah man, I've been spending my between term time to try to complete GTA V story. You've got me wanting to abandon that noble goal and revisit Skyrim.

My children do not know that I bought a new computer, which I use to watch porn and do homework in my room.

I can now play Skyrim, although one of the kids lost my disk so I don't know exactly how. At least, not without alerting my son to the existence of my new computer.

It should be running via the Steam application.

Open Steam -> Library -> All games -> Skyrim.

You'd need to download Steam, and know his password/login information, but that aside it's pretty easy.

Or else you could just buy it via Steam.  They've got Xmas sales on, Skyrim + all DLC is now $30.

[Cain]

Also, Skyrim update - dragon battle was epic.  First battle of the game, against a "nerfed" dragon, using Dragon Combat Overhaul and Deadly Dragons mod (mod loading in that order).  15 minutes of dodging flames to epic Nordic singing while a giant flying lizard pushed everyone's shit in.  Super-secret "hide in a tower" tactics were too powerful though, so I won.

Ah man, I've been spending my between term time to try to complete GTA V story. You've got me wanting to abandon that noble goal and revisit Skyrim.

With enough mods, Skyrim is actually good in terms of gameplay and storyline, as well as open world fun.

I personally recommend, in addition to the above two: Civil War Overhaul, Duel-Combat Realism (Hardcore), ACE Realistic Fighting, Ultimate Follower Overhaul, Dragon Soul Relinquishment, Achieve That!, Armor Disguises, Enemy AI Overhaul, Immersive Patrols, Deadly Poisons, Crossbows revamped, all of the Unofficial Patches, any mod your computer can handle to make the game look pretty and all the bugfixes your CPU can handle.

Edit to add: I'm playing on Expert, and the first mini-boss of the game, the final draugr by the Word Wall, forced me to reload three times to actually defeat him.  He had Shouts.  Multiple.  And insane cooldowns on them.  It was scary

[Cain]

I woke up in a frisky mood, and WINDOWS DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE.

Why am I not given a choice in this matter?

Windows 8, I assume?

I've set my options so they automatically download, but don't install until I PRESS THE BUTTON.  Because then I can weed out all that useless bloatware which probably exists to tell Windows I'm running pirated programs (read: programs made by people other than MS).

Yes. Windows 8, which ABSOLUTELY IS HANDS-DOWN THE WORST OS I HAVE EVER USED. THE. WORST. And I started using computers in 1983.

I intend to never upgrade.  NEVER.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

2 chapters done.  Might be one more today.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Or not.  There's no point writing on a Friday.  I'll pick it back up on Monday.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Well, the excitement has reached pants-pissing levels.

See you guys on Monday.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Also, Skyrim update - dragon battle was epic.  First battle of the game, against a "nerfed" dragon, using Dragon Combat Overhaul and Deadly Dragons mod (mod loading in that order).  15 minutes of dodging flames to epic Nordic singing while a giant flying lizard pushed everyone's shit in.  Super-secret "hide in a tower" tactics were too powerful though, so I won.

Ah man, I've been spending my between term time to try to complete GTA V story. You've got me wanting to abandon that noble goal and revisit Skyrim.

With enough mods, Skyrim is actually good in terms of gameplay and storyline, as well as open world fun.

I personally recommend, in addition to the above two: Civil War Overhaul, Duel-Combat Realism (Hardcore), ACE Realistic Fighting, Ultimate Follower Overhaul, Dragon Soul Relinquishment, Achieve That!, Armor Disguises, Enemy AI Overhaul, Immersive Patrols, Deadly Poisons, Crossbows revamped, all of the Unofficial Patches, any mod your computer can handle to make the game look pretty and all the bugfixes your CPU can handle.

Edit to add: I'm playing on Expert, and the first mini-boss of the game, the final draugr by the Word Wall, forced me to reload three times to actually defeat him.  He had Shouts.  Multiple.  And insane cooldowns on them.  It was scary

I'm playing on PS3. Probably hosed on the mods. My computer is choppy at best when I try Skyrim. The civil war mods look cool as hell, though. A big battle is something I was always wanting in the game.

[Telarus]

Yah, that actually makes me want to play Skyrim. (Note, no 'again'). Thanks Cain.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Slept. Found out by way of accident that apparently I have a new boss. Can't wait to see how that goes. I am excite. Not. Spent the morning reading a book. It was glorious.

You seem to go through 'em pretty fast.

Apparently. The owner of the place I work at now apparently likes to shuffle people through at a rapid clip to give 'em all a wide range of experience. The peons aren't worth notifying, however. :P

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Here's a good way to spend 3/4ths of an hour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjN24bC7jM

I have to go to work soon. It will be interesting. The internet is dead today; here, #nw, Ravelry. Hopefully work is slow tonight. Otherwise I'm going to have a problem. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Here's a good way to spend 3/4ths of an hour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjN24bC7jM

Thanks.  Beats sitting around.

[Salty]

If there is such a thing as precognition it must be wholly useless.

Every time something ends like this for me I get some physical thing. My stomach sours, my right eye twitches, severe fatigue.

Maybe my bacteria/other systems pick up in clues my mind is too busy to focus on.

Maybe it doesnt matter because it makes no difference.

Just about a week ago I told a friend, "Somebody is going to piss me the fuck off, my eye is twitching like hell."

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If there is such a thing as precognition it must be wholly useless.

Every time something ends like this for me I get some physical thing. My stomach sours, my right eye twitches, severe fatigue.

Maybe my bacteria/other systems pick up in clues my mind is too busy to focus on.

Maybe it doesnt matter because it makes no difference.

Just about a week ago I told a friend, "Somebody is going to piss me the fuck off, my eye is twitching like hell."

Maybe it's more like "Something is pissing me off, but I'm not gonna look at it".  But it's still pissing you off, so you get stressed physically until you DO look at it.