User talk:Tha Reckoning/Archive5

Hai

First. Also, is someone else playing on your account or something, now? I think the last time I PM'd it it wasn't you, and I've been reluctant to do so since. Ryuu - talk 22:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I got a new account, ass. You have the wrong on FL'd, that was an old german friend's account who had loaned it to me but is playing it now. You've talked to me a few times on the new one, then un FL'd me. Hence I'm going to kick canadians in the face. Does that ring a bell? -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 22:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I actually recall friendlisting your new one, now that you mention it. Hmmmmm. Do you actually play, or? Maybe I accidentally removed it again. Because, you had like, a non-AJish name. -_- Ryuu - talk 22:36, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

So, to confirm. You're not online now, I can remove this guy from my list. And, I can make sure you're on my list how? Ryuu - talk 22:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Tr Goes Monk. Very non AJ-ish, as it only contains TR, initials for Tha Reckoning, my first ever GW handle. I can see how that doesn't gel with my char naming choices very well. -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 22:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh yeah, I remember removing that. -_- k. Ryuu - talk 22:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Derp. -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 22:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

They just don't make them like this anymore...

His facial expression is priceless. This is probably my favorite comedy scene ever. Such smart asses. [1]--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 05:56, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

You have really good timing, I was pissed before I saw that, thanks =D -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 06:18, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Indeed she does. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 14:19, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

At least that's what Harold Ramis told me..... -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 19:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

You're too funny.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 20:42, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_Ramis&action=historysubmit&diff=351408268&oldid=350958484 Is that you? -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 18:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Wow I wished I'd thought of making that edit. That's awesome. --*Yasmin Parvaneh* 18:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I have stuff to add on to what I told you the other night. It's somewhat good, somewhat bad, I'll be on MSN in about 2 hours. If you're gonna be around then, I can fill you in, unless you'd rather Harold Ramis did that instead? -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 18:56, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm at work, so I'll be on MSN all day. I have an interview with a new groundskeeper at 1pm, so I won't respond then, but the interviews today have all been about 15 mins long.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 19:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm between classes right now, but I'll be home later -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 19:15, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

[2] I'm so excited I found this!!! I remember this skit!! Harold seems to like guns (this skit, Stripes...) I was looking for his Leonard Nemoy impersonation, but I haven't found it yet. I wish the quality wasn't so crap-tacular.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 23:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

That one kinda hurt to watch, I'll be honest. Anyway, stripes is on right now, are you watching? -- Tha Reckoning 20:57, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

The quality on those are shitty. I should put new ones up on youtube whenever I get the SCTV dvd set (hint hint Adrin). Not presently watching it, no...I'm still at work, but I have it on dvd and my hard drive at home. Its been a shitty week (I have a delightful worker's comp issue at work) and I'm looking forward to watching that and maybe "Star Trek: Wrath of Khan". You can't feel bad when you watch Shatner...you just can't.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 00:32, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

[3] --Riddle 00:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

OMG lol thats awesome. See...that is a QFT if I ever saw one.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 19:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Ban

Sorry I missed your aniversery of your ban ): but happy belated ani. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 11:24, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Huh, I missed it too -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 11:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Your Sig Image...

...is scary-close to the real deal *cough* — Jon Lupen 00:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Buuuut it's not. -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 01:41, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

*shrugs* Just sayin'. — Jon Lupen 01:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that is where I got the idea, I just photoshopped it a little. -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 02:02, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I pulled it and the original into photoshop and compared the two. It is the original, bar the circle and text and just a little smaller. — Jon Lupen 02:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. What's your point? -- Tha Reckoning File:User Tha Reckoning Sig2.jpg 07:29, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Template:Copyvio, Guild_Wars_Wiki:Deletion_policy#General_deletion Ryuu - Meow~ ♥ 07:37, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

My point is, you are using a piece of a band's copy-written artwork. I trust you know what this entails, and what the correct course of action is, whether or not you actually do anything is up to you. That being said, I'm going to leave it at that. — Jon Lupen 17:36, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Rawr! Also, go away Ryuu, nobody wants your catness here. -- Tha Reckoning 01:06, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

"Rawr!" is dinosaur for "I love you." — Jon Lupen 01:13, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

"Meow!" is Ryuu for "Raine, you should pet me." Ryuu - Meow~ ♥ 14:49, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

hi

You are an idiot. ^_^ Byeeeeeeeeeee! - Mini Me talk 17:11, 2 April 2010

Deletion criteria

Since it is U1 (user request), you can add "|speedy" to move things along a bit quicker, if you'd like. -- FreedomBound 19:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I figured speedy was more for emergencies, since I hardly never read policies. -- Tha Reckoning 19:08, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

There's basically just a list of things that don't need to have a delay for possible discussion, user request is one of them. -- FreedomBound 19:17, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Since you didn't want to get TV

Here. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 01:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

They all look the same to me >.> -- Tha Reckoning 02:02, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

It's the pants, not the upper part. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 02:40, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeh, I know. The manskirt in the second one is no go. Also, wtf is with the headpiece? Get a full face helmet, it's more scary. -- Tha Reckoning 02:42, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm getting alot of people telling me that they don't like man skirts, so I'm throwing that one out. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 14:37, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Isn't the point what you like and not what other people like?--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 17:36, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I do that, but I'm having a hard decision between armors. Cause My money is limited, unlike everyone elses' →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 21:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

SS Rits

GG →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 14:15, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

When 2 people wipe before I can build a Dhammer chain WITH enraging charge, they're doing it wrong. That rit monkeystomped them, loled, and then my monk crumbled. It was gg before I got to do anything but res lol -- Tha Reckoning 15:03, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

You can enjoy this.

--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 20:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I very much hope I never play against you, because you are vindictive =P -- Tha Reckoning 20:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

[4]--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 06:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Lulz

at your new pic you just uploaded >_> --Neil2250 , Render Lord 18:05, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, pblock is fun when you can see what's going on. -- Tha Reckoning 18:06, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

i still cherish the time i got disconnected every time i salvaged something <3 --Neil2250 , Render Lord 18:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

MSN

If you have a second...I have a case of the Mondays, it sucks.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 18:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh hey, just got home, sure. -- Tha Reckoning 00:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I missed you, I was watching a movie in the other room.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 04:01, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

No worries, I've been busy too. -- Tha Reckoning 06:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Adrin's working late tonight so I can help you on those HM missions.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 16:48, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Sig

Test 1. -- Tha Reckoning 04:23, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Hiya. :D

Hey, I totally forgot you had a Wiki page, how've you been? :3 Ish Magebane. Elysea 22:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Ohai. I recently discovered Halo 3 live, so GW has taken a really really far back burner. Tbh I don't even want to play anymore, it's so meh. It's like a joke, and I'm waiting for someone to be like "Psych!" but nobody ever does, because Anet is seriously that bad. -- Tha Reckoning 23:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I have seen the like of Briar and such, but this guy who keeps posting on my newest suggestion must be the king of clueless people. I am literally rolling on the floor laughing. Well, rolling in my chair. Koda Kumi 14:15, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

It's sometimes hard to tell who's trolling and who's not, so I just write them all off as trolls. Ever since I spent 5 seconds looking through some of Super Igor's stuff, I've convinced myself that nobody could be that stupid >.> -- Tha Reckoning 15:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Lol, I'm back on the wiki for 10 minutes and already involved in drama. I think it's a new record. D: Elysea 22:10, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Link meeeeeeeee; I'm lazy. — Raine Valen 22:13, 2 Sep 2010 (UTC)

[5] Oh lawdy, I seem to have gotten Scythe's attention. O.o --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Elysea (talk).

Watch out. You're apparently on his "ban list" now too Zzz. Karate Jesus 22:26, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh shi- at least I know I'm in good comapny. Elysea 22:31, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

♥ you, too.

Actually, Scythe and Alice are both banned now. So I guess this is over for a couple of days. — Raine Valen 22:33, 2 Sep 2010 (UTC)

I think you attract drama, Erin. Weirdo. -- Tha Reckoning 00:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Erin is a pro name. If only it had an A in it! — Raine Valen 0:50, 3 Sep 2010 (UTC)

I give up. Humanity is lost. Koda Kumi 15:40, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Computers

If you know lots about them, I have questions. -- Tha Reckoning 20:32, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

That would be me, I guess. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 13:45, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Honestly, I can't even remember why I posted this. I think Wyn fixed it though, she always knows about that sort of thing. My first instinct for computer questions would be Wyn, Auron or Shard/Yas/Adrin (they're all secretly joined together, you don't get one without the others). As Yashardrin wasn't on MSN, and I don't have a handy quick way to get ahold of Auron, Wyn was the natural answer. Besides, she kicks ass and has fixed my PC a few times now. -- Tha Reckoning 17:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh hai there. You know you can also text me, right? And there's also this new fangled thing called "Facebook", that works too.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 02:13, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Do I have your #? Also, what's social networking? You should check out my superman suit. -- Tha Reckoning 10:14, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Don't do this

True, but the same goes for any "X is balanced because Y" statement. You can't prove balance, only imbalance. 83.163.190.111 13:27, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

"You can't prove balance, only imbalance. " Good lord thats like Anets slogan..--Neil • 13:30, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't need to prove something's balanced, by that logic. I just have to prove it's not imbalanced. This is how a dichotomy works, and that makes it balanced. Are you Oni or Morphon, IP? -- Tha Reckoning 13:40, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Well and that's exactly the problem. There are a billion ways in which something can be imbalanced. You'd have to check all of them and you would still never have a convincing proof because people could always come up with more. 83.163.190.111 16:22, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

That's where common sense and knowing how things actually go on in game come in handy. You get a gist of how something can feasibly be used and abused by playing and watching games, so you narrow down the imbalances. There are rules in most games that narrow down the billion ways into something manageable. -- Tha Reckoning 16:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

There are certainly ways to improve balance in a game (I agree with you there), but these methods rarely account for implicit imbalances. Those are the ones that are the hardest to deal with and, unfortunately, the ones that are the most numerous and hardest to predict. 83.163.190.111 17:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you give an example of an implicit imbalance that continuing to playtest/observe matches over time wouldn't reveal? I can't think of any. Most imbalances in MMO's get widespread pretty fast. -- Tha Reckoning 18:08, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Chess is a better example as it has been around for so long that these kind of imbalances pop up. Implicit imbalances are caused by certain pieces of information being very easy to reach, but having drastic effects on how a game plays out. Even if the counter requires less information than the problematic element, it will still cause imbalances up to the level where the ability to counter this specific strategy is widespread. An example of this on the lower levels are openings that involve an extremely early queen development. Not countering this specific strategy properly can have nasty consequences, such as losing a rook as early as move 4. Examples on somewhat higher levels include people being extremely versed in one opening (which is easily accomplished because openings have been analyzed thoroughly). If two such people with a roughly equal knowledge on the game but knowledge on different openings play each other, the one who gets into his own known opening tree will have a vast advantage. On even higher levels, this specific imbalance largely dissolves as people get the ability to forcefully transpose into openings they're more comfortable in. The subtle nature of these imbalances makes them hellish to deal with.. 83.163.190.111 18:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I don't see how that's subtle, or hellish to deal with, and I can't think of anything in SC2 or any other game that fits that description. -- Tha Reckoning 19:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

One problem is that the same thing that's causing these imbalances is also what's causing a certain amount of game-depth. The fact that the queen is allowed to be moved in the first couple of moves makes openings such as the Scandinavian opening possible. Removing this attribute will therefore also inherently have a negative impact on the game: you're removing an entire branch of play.

Another problem is the fundamental nature of these imbalances. As a matter of fact, this same theory can be applied on the rules of a game themselves: if you know certain rules of the game that your opponent doesn't know and your opponent knows some others that you don't know, you will be at a disadvantage if you get in a situation where your set of known rules don't apply and those of your opponent do. Thus, imbalances are created up to the point where knowledge of all the rules is widespread. This may seem trivial, but it can actually be of importance if a game's rules are unnecessarily complex and fits the sentiment that games that are easy to understand but somehow still very rich in strategy, such as the boardgame Go, are notoriously well-designed. 83.163.190.111 14:17, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

It's been a while, but I'm bored. I can't really relate anything in sc2 terms to an early queen style of play in chess because of how radically different I believe the games are. I don't agree that nerfing a few early game strategies like the 2rax shells push or the thor rush would have a negative impact on the game, because if the people aren't good enough to skillfully use standard plays to win through superior micro and macro, then why should they be allowed to win with those kinds of strategies? I feel you shouldn't relate chess to sc2 in that sense. -- Tha Reckoning 11:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Obvious examples I can think of right now are stupid things like 6pool or a worker rush. Terrible for your economy and completely unsound (just like the queen opening is terrible for your development), but deadly if not countered properly. They are imbalances, although rather trivial ones. I agree with the sentiment that it would be best if no such imbalances would exist. Unfortunately, many of these imbalances abuse mechanics you don't want to nerf/change, so those imbalances (ie, the ones that are linked to good play) will probably never fully disappear. The imbalances that CAN be fixed without removing good parts of the game are usually the ones that don't generate good play in the first place. These should be dealt with without mercy. Morphy 15:42, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

" These should be dealt with without mercy." I agree. -- Tha Reckoning 01:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Chrono Boost

50% build time increase * 20 seconds = 10 seconds shaved off whatever you use it on. Trust me. I'm always right. ~Shard 07:40, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

I read your balance ideas

And I laughed for about 10 minutes. Do you even play this game? --Silven 00:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

If you mean the GW's ones, lolno. I've been doing my best to avoid terribad games. If you mean the SC2 ones (damn I'm going to regret this, people on the interwebz are so stupid) what's wrong with them, and why? If you can't come up with concrete reasons, I don't give two shits in a hankie what you have to say. -- Tha Reckoning 11:47, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

GW ones, and it's pretty clear you don't. SC2 my brother payed for so he won't let me play ranked =( but im undefeated in about 30 games I've played in custom and against friends --Silven 22:14, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

What are my GW ones anyway, I should go check these out. -- Tha Reckoning 02:57, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Anyone good with computers

Should come talk to me, I have a somewhat funny problem I need help with. -- Tha Reckoning 18:34, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Once again. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 21:08, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Shut it, some kind of adware was playing the marvelous breadfish over and over and I couldn't figure out wtf it was. -- Tha Reckoning 12:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

2/10

I was going to go with 1/5 to be original, but I decided to stick with the classics and automatically converted it because I'm nerdy like that. -- Armond Warblade{{Bacon}} 20:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I mean it was at best 1/10 though, come on. I did better when I pretended not to know how many seconds were in a minute someplace. -- Tha Reckoning 03:38, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

This is truth! Also I am excellent at brain. Lesson learned: use larger, not smaller, scale. -- Armond Warblade{{Bacon}} 04:38, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

How long has it been since you were sober, Armond? -- Tha Reckoning 06:27, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Btw

Congratulations on your promotion to Diamond ^^. Morphy 18:21, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, but it's just in time for Diamond to be the new plat, so, yeah. -- Tha Reckoning 21:36, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Birthday present

[6] Idk if it's your birthday though. Waar Kijk Je Naar 19:40, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

My focus is in the can lately. Thank you for looking after my spelling. :> -- Oiseau | 00:52, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Don't you smiley face me, I'm still cranky cause you never added me in sc2, like you said you would. THAT'S RIGHT, I REMEMBER. -- Tha Reckoning 02:02, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Vote for me...

...on Duran's art contest. MSN me or go on my Facebook for the link. Make your girlfriend vote too.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 02:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Small thing

If you're serious about your balance attempts (and confident that they're good), you're probably better off showing your mod to the gentlemen on teamliquid. As you have noticed, the official fora are infested with trolls. Morphy 19:28, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, ik right. I actually opened a thread on TL with it initially, but it just collected views and nothing else. As is it's probably just going to fizzle out and die anyway. I've just been trolling 2s with Treestomper lately anyway. I can't collect any replays, especially from masters + players, so it's just going to die down when the people are done trolling the thread, no biggie. -- Tha Reckoning 21:07, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

SC2 (again)

You're american, right? *shudder*

Maybe we should create a seperate page and not haunt shard anymore. NuVII 01:22, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I second this. →[ »Halogod (talk)« ]← 01:28, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, what's it like playing on Euro servers? Here is full of BM and pretty much the same cookie cutter crap over and over. -- Tha Reckoning 03:53, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I think both husky and day9 mention this, but Euro play is second only to Korean play with respect to innovativeness. Is that even a word? Anyhow, get on back to the mainland. NuVII 11:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I've heard koreans like to go for the fastest, easiest win possible, whereas the mentality in NA is that macro games are much more fulfilling. Did you get a NA account yet? -- Tha Reckoning 16:02, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Can't afford yet :( NuVII 09:55, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, my money tree died too. By money tree, I mean whatever energy I had to work 75 hour weeks. Now that I'm down to 40 I'm like "Man, this sucks". But, I do have free time! -- Tha Reckoning 12:22, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Same. College doesn't begin till august, and parents feed me all I want :D NuVII 22:04, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Hurry and get your NA account, I need a 2s partner with a pulse, lol -- Tha Reckoning 01:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

You could have haunted me for some 2v2s. Speaking of which, me and Adrin failed our placement match (on purpose) and got rank 1 diamond. The other team was gold. Yay matchmaking! ~Shard 04:06, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

You're always too busy with a life, and other weird things like that, shame on you. -- Tha Reckoning 17:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of SC2, balance, and mods

I think I'll be getting back into SC+ since my workload this year won't be very large. I need someone on my skill level who can test it. ~Shard 04:14, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

I'll get you my cell # (which I'm not stupid enough to leave on the wiki, the trolling from Auron alone would be monstrous) and then you can sound the AJ call and I will answer if I'm not at work/busy with Lia. -- Tha Reckoning 17:04, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Why are you never on!?!?!?!?!?!?!??! -- Tha Reckoning 04:53, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Because I have a VIP subscription in LOTRO that I want to abuse. I'll be on SC2 every now and then. ~Shard 03:34, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Probably the most what-the-shit match you have ever seen. (Watch it fully and don't read the comments!!!) InfestedHydralisk 00:31, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I like how Idra talked so much noise about MC after his wins, only to go on and get smashed by MC later. -- Tha Reckoning 03:22, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, he didn't really lose game 1... so much what the fuck moments in that game. InfestedHydralisk 22:52, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Idra was playing pretty poorly in those games, and raging even more than his usual amount. It's not really a good example of anything other than him letting his nerves get the best of him considering he was in a good position when he gg'd from some of those games. Those matches were some of the least entertaining (skillwise anyway) of the series for me. 24.118.99.65 23:12, 22 June 2011 (UTC)