prophetik music

this is correct. stink man was the worst theme ever. i'll go down the list arbitrarily. 1. X3 - Blizzard Buffalo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL3m1izjzHY 2. X3 - Gravity Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TanI96EdE 3. X4 - Jet Stingray 4. X4 - Storm Owl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vse756mAMfo 5. X4 - Magma Dragoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHuzsD0Z3Qs

how do you mute someone? this sounds deliciously awesome. solo-queueing has been a drudgery lately because invariably when i only get kills on three out of four ganks out of the jungle i get the "gg jungle sux" or something from a teammate. i call more mias when i jungle than when i don't, simply because i don't have to stare at redbuff while i kill it usually, and because i'm always watching for pushed lanes and enemy ganks.

and i already got a PM telling me to participate. nice =D alright, folks, who should i do? never played the games. nothing could be worse than carnival failtrain man or whoever i was last time...that was the worst theme of all time.

figured it out. proxy issue.

skype is easiest, but a ptt mumble server is probably more functional in-game.

the game is not multithreaded, so a quad core isn't required. just a decent clock speed.

so i've heard so much awesomeness about sins of a solar empire. i love space games (although RTS aren't usually my thing). is it really as good of a single-player game as they say? if so, where do i start? should i start with the original game and go from there, or should i just get rebellion and start in there somewhere?

the chance of me affording my seventh magfest is virtually nil, as i'll be a new dad as of a month before and will be freaking out just trying to make bills, let alone go to a convention. sadface =(

that does it =) i'll test it more tomorrow. only issue is that it appears to permanently delete it, rather than move it to the recycle bin (which would be preferable). time for more testing.

getting closer! @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b *.txt') do ( find /i "eservices" < %%a > nul if not errorlevel 1 echo del %%a ) pause this one only runs locally, but it finds the file. unfortunately, it just prints "del [filename]" and then gives me the press any key dialog, rather than deleting it and then giving me the press any key dialog. can anyone tell me why this doesn't work? is this permissions or syntax? also, if i can get it to run on a folder rather than locally, that's even better.

returns the same here =( i tested it on a folder that only contained a copy of the cookie and it didn't find it.

i'm trying to delete a cookie with specific contents using a batch file. the cookie has the word "eservices" in it. every once and a while it goes nuts and i lose some functionality in my work browser, and i'm trying to get a quick one-click solution for that. here's what i've got. @ECHO OFF CD C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files del /Q *eservices*.txt pause supposedly, this should delete any cookie with the word "eservices" in it, but i just get an error: "Could Not Find C:\Documents and Settings\bburr\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*eservices*.txt" there's the problem - the cookie's name is some jumble of letters and numbers. i'm trying to delete a cookie that has the word IN it, not in the name. ideas, anyone? i can get you a copy of the cookie if you want.

we went with the rezound for me and the iphone 4 for her. i wanted her to get a phone that was technophobe-proof, with GPS and a decent camera for...upcoming events. i wanted a decent phone, period. looks like we got a good deal overall.

is the server still down? i know it was out last night.

extra time would be awesome! i could compete then, which normally i'd be out.

i wish i'd have had time to get something together for this, but moving really put a crimp in it =/

ok, time to actually buy. rezound is 80$. preowned razr is 100$. preowned droid 4 is 50$. iphone 4 (not 4s) is 50$. incredible A is free. i'm thinking the rezound is the way to go. yes/no?

updated finally!

wish i'd seen this ages ago. if you're still around, give me a ping. i build systems for OCRers for next to nothing.

if you're building zil for early-game harass, he's severely limited by his mana costs and can't harass too effectively because of it. i understand that he does have utility and can work with certain team comps, i just feel that almost always a different support is a better pick. shen gets you just as many kills in bot lane, and is way more innately tanky, and also has one of the best ults in the game. while karma's percentage heal is great for certain characters, kayle's is by far the best in terms of the hp it can give your carries (which are all that matter, honestly, anyways). i understand her heal isn't as good for a 2x mogs tank just from those items, but a 2x mog's tank also has over a hundred hp regen per five (and probably another 60 or 70 from other items and base regen) and shouldn't necessarily be receiving those heals. also, they're a 2x mogs tank...if they need heals they're doing something wrong =) and kayle's harass is lower mana cost and almost as good as zil's, between the smite and her ranged auto-attack. with no damage built she can still go to town on someone easily. heals on a support are there to support the carry, and kayle's is the best (although soraka's super close). like, if you look at the course of a game, who needs that heal more - a low-hp carry, or a heavy, heavy tank? a percentage heal isn't much worth at all in that case.

but nunu's ult does 750 damage base at level 3 with no ap. zil has one offensive spell. utility is only effective if you can do something with it. sona has her ult and various buffs for the entire team. soraka has mr boost, amazing heals, shreds enemy defenses, and space bananas! janna has tons of cc, a great shield/dps buff, and her ult which if used correctly can win teamfights almost singlehandedly. nunu has almost infinite sustain in-lane, the longest slow in the game, an as/movespeed boost, and a crazy ult. blitz has three forms of cc, hidden tankiness with his passive, and is a game-changer if played well. taric has great heals, easy mana regen, armor boost, and (imo) a fantastic ult that is basically a short baron buff. shen has that dash that always gets kills, a dagger that heals his carry, and an awesome ult. jarvan...well, don't botlane jarvan, but his ult basically makes it impossible to towerdive him. naut has tons of cc, gap-closing abilities, and crazy innate tankiness with almost no items. kayle has the best heal in the game pound for pound, a better ult than zil, excessive ranged dps, and a great slow. plus almost no one can 1v1 her at early levels if you have a brain. i don't think zil matches up with any of them. he has a movespeed buff/debuff, his bombs, and his ult - but kayle has the same stuff and can do it better. nunu does the speed/slow thing better because of his sustain and better damage. shen has a better ult as well, and gives you that huge taunt and healing in-lane. zil may be effective to a point, but so are a lot of better options.

usage numbers are weird. i mean, zil is used more than singed? zil doesn't get played much because he has no sustain, and he's either a support character that can't offtank, heal, or easily set up kills easily (nunu, shen, blitz, etc) or an ap burst mage with one spell. i think his character concept is super cool, but i think he has zero place on a normal team until dual top comes back (and even they he's mostly worthless). he can be decent late game but invariably he's got nothing built by then and either evaporates or uses his speed boost to run away. there are a lot of champs that used to be great but aren't anymore. sivir is a trainwreck now, nerfed to oblivion. eve is always mentioned as a terrible champ now that she has no stun. corki's a decent player but never gets played anymore. same with malphite (whose numbers aren't bad, so i don't know why he's here) and alistar (some of the best tank CC in the game if you can afford CDR).

i honestly can't tell if he's being serious or not...

well, he's a burst champ. there are loads of ap characters that do that kind of stuff - like ahri and others. it's just that he's AD rather than AP. xin is a similar playstyle (as does talon, but talon has higher mana costs and is squishier, but with a bigger cap) and can do most of the same stuff. fiora's another one that makes you pay for not noticing her mana levels and range. you just have to play against him differently...it's the same as trying to do a melee bot against a ranged ad/support character, you need to build and play differently than normal to beat them. i went 12-3-15 as ap mummy bruiser against a darius top. started doran's shield, farmed poorly, but beat the shit out of him despite him having tons of MR to start. you beat him the same way you beat talon or other tops - they're squish to start, so boss them around and prevent them from farming, then keep the upper hand. remember that once their kit is out, they need to wait before they can do stuff again. mummy's tantrum passive all but ignores darius's bleeding, and i built tons of regen and a hextech early to prevent him from really being able to do lasting damage against me, and to be able to heal up quick. they ganked me twice (udyr both times), but i got kills out of it each time because darius's grab basically gives me a free tantrum every time thanks to his abilities almost immediately refreshing it. got two successful ganks against him basically under his tower because he just couldn't build anything worthwhile all early game, and then went for catalyst, wota, spellpen boots, roa, and started on a ga before the game was over. all that said, his cooldowns will likely get longer after this patch, and they might reduce the range on his q, but it's far from op atm. his mana and regen are trash, so he will blow through it quick if he's hitting it every time you're in range.

i think the nerfs to darius are spot on and what they should have been - ult refresh only if you land the killing blow with it, significantly less bleeding damage, etc. if they balance him to roughly what riven is now (in lane, i realize he's different from her in late-game), i think that's a huge positive. he's super fun to play, anyways, so he's joining mao and kennen as my go-to feel-better bot-stomper characters right now =)