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  5. Posted

    40 minutes ago, LAN_Megalodon said:

    People don't have the social cues they normally have in an irl conversation, so I agree, it's really fudgeing annoying to have some higher up butt into the middle of a civil conversation and yell 'EXCUSE ME PLEASE ONLY ONE ON THE MIC" just because one of you didn't realize the other wasn't done yet. Like I've seen this enough times and it's honestly like "okay, what do you think annoys people more here, the fact that two people were briefly talking at the same time, or someone grinding the entire discourse to a halt to holler at them not to do something neither of them were intending to do?" 

    Equally enough times I've seen people just not fudgeing caring what's going on or who's talking before them and it just devolves into noise, so while the first situation is annoying, the rule is a necessary evil imo.

    thank you

  6. Posted

    +1 in all my interactions with Tuna, and yes we're friends so this is bound to be biased, I have always sensed that he has real passion for xG and is genuinely interested in improving it. He seems to know a lot about the community. Also, he is usually* fun to be around and has a positive attitude.

    *Tuna, I do have some feedback for you, though. Your forum behavior shows another side to you. You often respond to things in a very pointed way, and while I applaud you for standing up for what you believe in, you don't have to be so negative and destructive about it. You can still stand up for your beliefs but be chill and polite about it. I think people would respect you more, too. I hope you understand what I mean. ?

    Anyways, good luck!

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  7. Posted

    This soup is absolutely amazing. It originates from a former high school classmate. She submitted it as part of our cooking class, and as such we all got to walk away with a recipe. She said it comes from her grandmother, who came from Mexico. ?

    Caldo de Quedo (soup)

    1 cup onion, chopped

    3 cloves garlic, minced

    2 tbsp vegetable oil

    3 cups potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces

    1 can diced tomatoes 

    2.5 cups water

    1.5 cups milk

    1 tsp oregano

    8 ounces queso freso

     

    1) In a large pot, sauté onions and garlic in oil until soft.

    2) Add potatoes, tomatoes, water, and oregano and bring to a boil

    3) Reduce heat to a simmer until potatoes are cooked though

    4) Add milk, season w/ salt and pepper to taste

    5) Crumble up the queso fresco into tiny pieces, stir into the soup 

     

  9. Posted

    +1 

    Yes, we are friends, so ofc this is biased, buuuutttt...

    Spetik is a really chill dude. I've always known him to be friendly, easy to talk to, knowledgeable, and quick to call out something that's wrong. He would make an excellent addition to the TF2 warlords staff team.

  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, ProjectXenome said:

    I don't know why so many people claim to not see me online very much. The logs shown kinda prove I'm on daily at least. I guess I'm not reconizeable enough.

    No no, that's not what I meant when I said I haven't seen you in-game. The real reason I haven't seen you is because I rarely ever go on the surf server. Like @Kypari said, your activity is fine ?

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  11. Posted

    Like others have said, I wish I knew you better, it just felt like you weren't so approachable. In fact, I always thought something along the lines of "oh I'm just not in Bone's elite friend groups" or "I'm not cool enough to hang with him".

    Anyways, I've always admired your writing skills, analytical ability, how knowledgeable you are, and just general intelligence. ?

    You devotion and contributions to xG are unquestionable. You're one of like 2 sponsors, you were an TF2 DM, you did a lot for deathrun, and actually made us a server, TF2 gamemode rotation! And even though the server doesn't get much traffic, it will always be on my server list and was (and still is) a good idea for a server.

    I was absolutely shocked with I saw this thread, I didn't want it be to true. Now, I'm shocked at just how much I considered you one of xG's support beams.

    Thank you for all your work, you'll be missed, goodbye. 

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  13. Posted

    *This might be old news for TF2 players and I guess even more so for CS:GO players, as far as I was away for 4 months, but I checked and didn't see a post about it in the TF2 discussion.

    There's a new kind of scam that's been spreading like wildfire. Basically, someone randomly adds you over Steam and asks you to "help them out" by visiting a certain website. They will say you can get a $20.00 coupon free to spend. This website masquerades as a sort of Steam Market-like website where you can supposedly buy and sell items for real-world money. This is not a marketplace website. This website will say that you need to deposit $70.00 worth of items before you can use it. 

    Naturally, it steals your items. However, it gets worse. The website then says you need to refer people to the website in order to use your coupon and get your items back, which to a scam victim is a $90.00 value they need to secure, and this is why the scam is spreading like wildfire.

    I don't know about the rest of you, but I have had such scammers add me literally at least once a day. Watch out! Don't even accept random friend requests!

     

    This youtube video explains it well 

     

  14. Posted

    18 hours ago, ProjectXenome said:

    Clash royal makes me sad because everyone is better than me in the game. ?

     

    Here's my battle deck, hope it helps you out: https://link.clashroyale.com/deck/en?deck=26000040;28000013;26000025;26000009;27000003;26000039;28000008;26000017&id=8VG2UL0C9

    Play the support behind the golem, inferno towers is amazing defense against Mega Knights, PEKKA, Golem, etc. Zap is fast damage (goblins, skeleton army). Play clone on golem and support once it reaches princess tower (golem will explode 3 extra times, support safe behind non-cloned golem). Guards also benefit from cloning due to shields. Mega minion also works great for melee fighters like knight or valkyrie. ?

  15. Posted · Edited by james8470
    forgot something (see edit history)

    13 hours ago, ProjectXenome said:

    I didn't know you could apply spells to cosmetics. How does that work?

    It's an old feature. Years ago during halloween events, you could find items on halloween maps. These items were spells that you could apply to weapons. Spells that were not applied to weapons/cosmetics were eventually removed by valve, so now only spelled items or cosmetics exist. 

    There are a few different kinds of spells, they only work during full moon or halloween event or on servers that have halloween mode on (like xG servers):

    1) Footprint spells (fire-looking footprints of various colors)

    2) "Paint" spells (will slowly cycle though a range of colors)

    4) Voice spells (change the pitch of your in-game voice to be deeper, things like "MEDIC!" or "Help me!")

    3) Weapon effect spells (only three kinds, Exorcism [ghosts appear on player you kill] and pumpkin bombs [explosives blow up like pumpkins and have purple smoke trails], Halloween Fire [Flamethrowers have green flames])

     

    Read more about them here: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Halloween_Spells

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  18. Posted

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    Game Name: Clash Royale

     

    Platform: Smartphone (Android, iOS)

     

    Time Spent: 500-1000 hours

     

    Do you recommend?

    Yeah!

     

    What you rate the game:  9

     

    Initial Thoughts: I just randomly decided to get a phone game, picked off Clash Royale because it had amazing reviews on the app store and looked cool.

     

    Gameplay and Story: There's no real lore or story to it. However, the gameplay is amazing. It's simple, fun, fast-paced, engaging, and very addictive. When you battle someone (The main formats are 1v1 and 2v2), you deploy "cards" onto your side of the area. These cards include troop cards such as the Archers or Knight, spell cards such as Zap or Fireball, and building cards such as Goblin Hut or Inferno Tower. Each card costs a certain amount of elixer, which slowly builds up throughout battle. As they say, using your elixer efficiently is the key to victory. Here's what a battle deck might look like:

    image.png.ce7ada178160e0988d883ed7c7fb263d.png

    Your goals are to defend your two princess towers and, more importantly king tower. You win by destroying the enemy king tower or one or two of their princess towers before the game timer is up. Here's what the gameplay looks like:

    image.png.7bdb3649ae0defc2e074b567d7edff5e.png 

    The ultimate goal of the game is to rank up though the various arenas by defeating opponents in 1v1 battles and unlocking the new cards that come with each new arena you manage to get to. Things like clans and the shop can support you in this. You can use gold (earned from battle and a few other things) to buy cards from the shop, or request cards from a clan you may choose to join.

    Also, recently introduced, clan wars. You battle on behalf of you clan to rank up though a different set of arenas. Every week, you'll receive a chest full of cards with loot based on how well you clan did. It's pretty fun.

     

    Backstory: Clash Royale is pretty simple in many aspects, including backstory. There is none! There's no real lore or anything to it.

     

    Pros: (At least 2 reasons)

    - The game is kept well-updated

    - Fast, fun, addictive gameplay

    - Easy to learn, easy to play but a lot of strategies involved, too. 

    - Kid-friendly

     

    Cons: (At least 2 reasons)

    - The shop (for real-world money) is often a rip-off, refrain from buying anything. Most of the cards you can get with the stuff you buy will be just as easy to get as you rank up though the arenas.

    - Sometimes, you can just randomly get kicked by a abusive kid co-leader or elder (ranked players) in your clan.

    Final Thoughts:

     

    Clash Royale is an amazing, free, fun game for your phone. It's just a nice quick-play type of game, but it is still fun to play for longer durations, too.

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  19. Posted

    Looking in the bigger picture, don't you think the issue of bias is because of how xG is structured?

    Small Clan --> Community-Based --> Relies on friendships* --> Those not in friendship circles take flack

    *also it's relatively easy to become staff

    It's a blessing and a curse. It means people work on the servers because they have passion, and not just for status or money, but it also means it's harder for the staff to hold themselves accountable.

    Just offering a somewhat different perspective.

     

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  23. Posted

    On January 24, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Tatost said:

    you going on a huge sex trip?

    omg how did you know?

    On January 24, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Aegean said:

    Take care man, hopefully all is well and you're leaving just for school purposes, let us know if you need anything!

    Yup it actually was for school ?

     

    I'm back! For good, this time.

    What's new? How is every1 doing?

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