User talk:Shard

Valuable section
ilu Shard   is for   Raine,   etc.  23:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

I miss my Shard bear =(
-- adrin  03:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * My new Lian Li case was supposed to take 2 weeks to get here. I ordered it 3 weeks ago.
 * I've run into the new infect mechanic from MtG and have realized they didn't playtest that set at all, which is odd because usually they do test things before release. I think infect might be the first keyword they'll errata for balance reasons in 18 years.
 * I heard phoenix is dominating zerg in SC2. Poor zerg. Good thing I play random. Oh, crap, same thing.
 * I'll give you plenty of Adrinaline when I have my new computer case. I'm too lazy to take everything out of my old one just to replace the motherboard, then having to do it all again when the case comes. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 04:11, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't heard a whole lot of phoenix problems, I'll ask some zerg about it though. I'm responding to this alone because it's the only thing in your response that I could be bothered to follow without googling. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 05:30, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, apparently master/diamond level zerg are most afraid of phoenix rushes, late game DT harass, and generally good FF/storm micro. I wonder why phoenix harass would be so potent though, half decent queen micro and ovie placement with 2 spores per base shuts it down hard. It's really difficult to transition out of as well. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 08:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Nah man, Phoenices have awesome synergy with Colossi! Morphy 18:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I almost never use colossi in PvZ or PvT anymore, because it's just a matter of time before corruptors or vikings come out and exploit the badness that is the stalker, so I just rely on chargelots/immortals/staying ahead on ups in the midgame, until templar come out. I much prefer it that way, but critical mass colossus/phoenix/gateway is probably a force to be reckoned with, I'm just a sucker for the templar. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 23:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You actually call the overlords "ovies"? lol. --Boro [[image:User_Borotvaltgandalf_Sig.jpg|10px‎]] 17:56, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I do, not sure if anyone else does, why? -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 22:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A lot of people call them ovies. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 11:49, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I havent played sc2 in months now. been too addicted to lotro. i still am only about 60% into the game after 4 months of playing. we got my Trial Adrin account to the end of Guildwars proph in under 2 hours lol. -- adrin [[Image:User_Adrin_mysig.jpg|20px]] 23:26, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Galaxy Editor Question
I've been playing around with stuff in there, and I made EMP into a skill that doesn't reveal cloaked units. The problem I'm having is that the targeting area around the mouse is gone/invisible for some reason. Any idea what I did wrong? -- Tha Reckoning  16:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Make an actor cursor. Also, ask SC2 map making questions at a sc2 map making site, like SC2mapster.com, which I also visit often. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 11:48, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you were gone too long, so I did that. I just duplicated the emp cursor splat and added it to the new skill. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 21:32, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Solving differential equations
That's what Maple's for bro xD Morphy 10:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Happy birthday!!!
SHARD BEAR!! -- *Yasmin Parvaneh*  02:50, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday, man. ^w^ -- Unending  User Unendingfear Sig2.png fear  03:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * ^ You're officially a year closer to being old, man. Happy bday! -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 03:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday noob -- adrin [[Image:User_Adrin_mysig.jpg|20px]] 04:34, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * How old are you, now? 54? -- R i ddle 04:43, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Shardbear is already an old man at heart. :3
 * Happy birthday, pumpkin! &mdash;  Raine Valen  [[Image:User_Raine_R.gif|19px]]  4:52, 5 Feb 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa! it's been two years since I got into the wiki with my noobish ideas. I'm getting older (turning 18 soon. To soon). --Boro [[image:User_Borotvaltgandalf_Sig.jpg|10px‎]] 19:43, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I hate birthdays... ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 05:14, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year! Infested Hydralisk  19:46, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Protoss Proxy Rushes
Did you intend for that comment to have anything to do with 1v1? I can see how it'd be stupidly powerful in team games, but most cheese is. I don't have so much of a problem out of protoss rushes anymore, not even since people figured out the 4gate + warp past the wall trick. 3 gate robo stops all that business cold. What makes a protoss proxy more game breaking than any other cheese? -- Tha Reckoning  15:01, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Maybe that it is pretty easy to fortify such positions with photon cannons? Maybe that it is good for psychological warfare (VERY important part everywhere)? Maybe it is that one can carry a probe in a warp prism that warps in pylon(s)+photon cannons and estabilishes a beachhead right in YOUR face MINERAL LINE? --Boro [[image:User_Borotvaltgandalf_Sig.jpg|10px‎]] 18:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Rushes don't usually involve warp prisms. I can see how a cannon rush would be hard to beat in team games, but in 1v1 it's obvious from the moment you scout your opponent that he's cannon rushing, so tight building placement around the nexus is enough to beat that. It's just as easy as beating every other cheese, at least as protoss. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 20:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I meant it for all formats. It's 1) Very easy to do and 2) Hard to stop / come back from, which is enough to call it overpowered, at least for a strategy game. When I say rushing, I really mean rushing, either with cannons (the sucky one, which is still highly effective against other protoss) and proxy gate, which is basically a free win if they don't find it early enough. The reason you never see a zerg or terran proxy (they do exist) is because the worker needed to do the rush has to stop what it's doing and risk getting ganked by other workers, or else your rush fails. Probes don't suffer from this downside because they can start a building, then run away and regain shields, start another building, regain shields, etc. If they attack your buildings, you can cancel them at little cost and start another one, again without your probe being confined to the building. Worst case for the protoss: They take at least 4 guys off their minerals to DPS the cannon or pylon you're building, so even if your rush fails, you took 4 of their workers off minerals for at least 20 seconds, which is worth more money than you invested in the canceled buildings.
 * The other reason, but not the cause, is that zealots have lightsabers. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 07:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I think a large proponent of that is pylon on the low ground > stuff on the high ground. I can't tell you how many fucking minute and a half late 4gate's I've lost to because I couldn't kill the pylons fast enough, and he warped in onto the ramp past the FF to get vision into my base. Full on rage ensues. -- Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 12:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The real issue is that SC2's ramp vision mechanics are just retarded, plus they gave air units gigantic vision radii (*cough* medivacs). An inch up the ramp is enough to see the next cliff level. SC2 either needs a cliff advantage mechanism (like BW, but less random), or their air units need to be less omniscient. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 23:55, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's making it to where I'm not comfortable with anything in PvP but 4gate. I can already beat all my masters friends 90% of the time with that style of 4gate unless they 4gate themselves, or have gosu 180 average apm. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 07:33, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

shard bear
come back. ur compooter's fixed -- adrin  03:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah yeah. I want to see you disseminating the new dervish update. --Boro [[image:User_Borotvaltgandalf_Sig.jpg|10px‎]] 07:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've already seen it, and I don't care anyway. School + life is keeping me busy. Maybe I'll hop on vent sometime this week so you can hear my sexy voice. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 07:04, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * shard... you have no life. next excuse pls -- adrin [[Image:User_Adrin_mysig.jpg|20px]] 07:05, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Starcraft 2! <font color="#000000">Infested <font color="#CD0000">Hydralisk  14:54, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * He's never on, so that one's out too. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 16:06, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * My SC2 account got blocked for the 3rd time for "unusual inactivity." I should just not log on ever until I have more free time. I'm tired of changing my password. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 04:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * WTF is that?? Is Bnet penalizing ppl now for not watching their ads frequently enough? Or did it just become sentient at some point and is being a spiteful attention whore? -- ilr [[image:User_ilr_deprav.png]] 04:52, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess so. I even asked them to disable that feature for my account and they said no. They block inactive accounts for security reasons. . . like if someone steals your account then doesn't play it. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 05:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Uncoolness, you're missing out on teh awesome new maps1!!!1111! -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning  13:21, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh Shard, make sure you vote for me on Duran Duran's Facebook art contest. The link is on my facebook, or just msn me.-- *Yasmin Parvaneh* [[Image:User_yasmin_parvaneh_sig.png]] 02:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I did, and I saw it was on the first page of the most popular art. You might be winning! ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 09:06, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I hope so...If I do my friends Melissa and Justina can meet them in LA ON April 14, and it will counter the $90 I had to spend with a scalper to get the tickets.-- *Yasmin Parvaneh* [[Image:User_yasmin_parvaneh_sig.png]] 06:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Street Fighter 4
I just started playing it a bit, but I'm not altogether impressed with it. Were the other ones different, or do I need to play it a lot more to appreciate it? This one seems a bit lame/button mashy. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning  03:27, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Low level play is pretty button mashey, but that's not the main feature of the game. It appeals to high level players, where you actually have to know what you're doing. All street fighter games (and most fighters in general) are like SF4. I like it except for the grab mechanics. Instant-speed transcendent-priority attacks never seem right to me. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 04:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to block that low power kick? I can't ever seem to. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 01:49, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What low power kick? ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 02:42, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Down + trigger, the sweep thing that knocks you off your feet. I don't much like the grabs either, mostly because the only way I've found to block it is to grab at the same time. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 02:50, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Try blocking while ducking? ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 11:13, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Iirc that doesn't work, but I could be wrong. I haven't played in a few days, no time. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 02:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

No idea why posting, but still
I happened to wander back down to this place (in search of, of all things, the anal therapy post) and decided to lurk some of the old folks who were kind to this poor old troll. I wasn't gonna post anything, but, I saw your rant about LoL. Never could resist a good rant.

Yeah, LoL blows. Is what you get from a free game. You should try instead Heroes of Newerth, which is a great DoTA port with some really cool heroes in. Most of the old classics are ported over, and some of the lolwat heroes are not (no broodmother, or terrorblade, or medusa, or batrider, or, godforbid, meepo) And the best part, most of the heroes they add in are usually very weak, and then incrementally buffed to effectiveness, so you rarely get any IMBA heroes (in fact, most of the top picked heroes are old DoTA favourites). It's a great way to kill time (if you have it) and I'd love to play with you sometime.

Also, StarCraft. Man, have I missed this. Now that my school year is over, I can finally get an American account (boo @ blizzard for the continent separation, you guys suck) and grind my way out of plat league (double exam week, 1k bonus pool, ladder resets, fml). I main terran, so it's really hard to lose (ohlololol terran is borken). Screwing around with galaxy yet? Must be massive fun. I am far too damn lazy.

Since I am here after, what, 6 months? Gosh, it feels like a year, maybe it is. I might as well ask how GW is doing. Many words were said, many bans were had, and Izzy was trolled, and there was no progress. Anything change yet? Is amity broken yet? Or do you guys even care?

At any rate, just saying hi. I know I didn't leave much of a legacy behind, but hey, would be nice to know something remains. -- Nuke
 * Were you perma'd? Also, do want sc2 ign. -- <font color="Black">Tha Reckoning User- Tha Reckoning Another Sig.png 01:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, you were nice, by which I mean you were a dick, which is my idea of nice. GW is still crap; the only reason to play the game anymore is using the characters as some sort of depraved masturbatory fuel (this would explain a lot of weird texmods out there). As for anal therapy, I'm afraid I can't help you — I tried to help a friend shove a kilogram of pure fucking scag into his rectum once, but I can't afford another misdemeanor or sexual assault charge until the judge gets over that whole ugly thing with his kids. –Jette 02:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't play GW on live anymore. I've spent most of the semester doing work rather than playing games, but now that summer is coming, I'll probably be online more. They've tried fixing GW's problems, but they're mostly targeting specific GvG builds rather than the fundamental problems that are still everywhere else. They added Flux to the game, which gives everyone a buff in pvp each month (or week?). One's coming up that looks insanely fun and most likely broken. My SC2 is ShardFenix (#887). I'll 1v1 you, but if you're trying to escape platinum, you'll probably beat me. I'm admittedly a platinum player, and I haven't done 1v1 in a long time. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 11:16, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh, I assume american account? It really blows how they separate the servers. My ID is NuclearVII, so if you are a wanker on Euro, send friend request and we be the bestest buds.
 * Jette, I was refering to this post Brains made me take down eons ago. I still think it's funny: On another note, I'd like to mention my new occupation. Henceforth, I shall be known as NuclearVII, the Anus Therapist. After a long, hard day of work, all parts of your body and mind will require relaxation. If the needs of your rectal region seem particularly grave, that your nether regions are stressed to the point of giving in, you can call on me. I'll use a combination of rhythmic massages and special lotions to ease your pain and bless you with divine comfort. I'm a board certified therapist, as such, I'm qualified to work with both men and women. I also do group therapy, but need prior knowledge to prepare my lotions in large quantity and calibrate my instruments. I do not normally charge, as the work itself is reward enough (unless if you're ugly).
 * No, they didn't perma me. What was it, 3 months? I have not the slightest clue, but I suppose who cares is the appropriate response. I suppose I can find my pass, but that's just too much work. -- Nuke

IT maturation exam(high level)
Is finally over. On linux! --Boro 12:16, 10 May 2011 (UTC)