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3:00 PM

4 male vs 9 females (10 if you count both samara/morinth) if you go with jacob in 2, you have to take a girl in 3, if you don't stick with garrus/thane, you have to take a girl

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Part of the reason her voice actor is better is that she handles Renegade lines so much better.

Unless I'm missing something

@TylerShads because the devs were lazy and didn't want to make a whole set of male options when the assumed more people would play the male character?

I'm guessing a large number of them are males who want to see lesbian romance in a game.

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@TylerShads You're missing Kaidan.

3:00 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz yeah I've heard she's way better than the guy as renegade

I plan to replay and play as renegade though

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@BenBrocka Yeah.

@TylerShads She's in the military, what do you expect.

Hm, does my rep carry over in a new game +?

@LessPop_MoreFizz true, but im counting unique

@BenBrocka renegade is the only way to play

My 99% paragon rep could be a problem then...

3:01 PM

@GnomeSlice ...?

@BenBrocka Yes

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@GnomeSlice Seriously? That's your argument?

and I don't care I just noticed that looking at the romance options for 3

lololollolololololol

@AshleyNunn I'm surprised that you seem surprised.

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3:02 PM

@TimStone I am not surprised. Just irritated.

Ah. :)

crap. Well is it actually any different if I just pick all renegade options even though I have like a billion paragon rep?

Confirmed: REquired REnegade across all 3 games in order to get the best ending.

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@TylerShads Also, Thane romance can't be continuted in ME 3.

Well, not in a way that counts for Paramour.

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Do I even want to know what 'scale itch' is.

3:04 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz you can bang him technically

@BenBrocka I don't know, but I don't think so. From what I read/see it doesn't matter what your Para/Rene score are as long as you have enough to pick the option you want.

@BenBrocka But that's mostly supposition and not fact.

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@TylerShads Yeah, I know, but it's more of a farewell fling.

Also, after this playthrough, I'ma do a full Paragon with maximum losses vs my full Renegade with only Required squad losses

@TylerShads Bang him Technically would be a good Geth love song

@GnomeSlice krogans say that somebody "doesn't have the scales" to do something (i.e. scales being equivalent to some part of krogan junk)

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3:05 PM

@GnomeSlice In Mass Effect 2, Grunt, your Krogan crew member, begins to experience a strange itching under his scales.

@BenBrocka lulz

Along with "There was a Hole" by Legion

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@GnomeSlice It is... hinted at... that this might be an STD.

Follow up question: What's a krogan.

@LessPop_MoreFizz inter-species relationships ftw

3:06 PM

They have a quad.

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@LessPop_MoreFizz Mordin mentions that you can only get it from Varren so uh... yeah.

@FallenAngelEyes grossss

As a blue, I feel I must at least say to watch words carefully, because I was about to type something I shouldn't about what I just said xD

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@FallenAngelEyes Did you finish the mission on the Citadel?

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not yet. Went to bed last night after we talked and I've been scanning the galaxy today.

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3:07 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Okay, I will wait to spoil things.

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I'm done though I think, so heading there now.

I need to get some work done today I think, back later on, cheers everyone

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@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh Jesus Christ.

Are krogans hunchbacks or something? Never seen one without the hunchback suit

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3:08 PM

@BenBrocka They have humps.

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@BenBrocka Their humps are used for nutrient storage

Lovely lady lumps?

One vote away from admiral! (until serial upvoting correction makes me lose like 7 +5s :P )

Peanuts!

FallenAngelEyes

they're also a note of pride for the krogan, as a large hump means you're fed well and are thusly strong and able to take out your enemies

3:10 PM

I hope it's cashews.

@Sterno UPVOTE ALL THE THINGS

@Sterno I should serial downvote you to counteract the serial upvote temporarily.

@Sterno NOOOO they be taking my peanuts :(

Make sure people earn their TVs.

stuffs all the peanuts in his mouth at once

3:11 PM

I would assume that if you hit 25 or 35 or whatever, but then it corrects you back down, you wouldn't win it even if it said you did. I'd hope so, anyway

naaw waat! cmmm aaaa meee rah!

I leave for a week and suddenly chat is abuzz with peanuts

what did I miss, anyway?

@IanPugsley We've discovered that you and your wife could make serious cash if she franchised out her baby-punching business.

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@IanPugsley Admiralty. You missed Admiralty.

@IanPugsley You missed the peanut contest.

@agent86 won.

3:13 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I know this, and am extremely saddened.

@OrigamiRobot what were the rules of the peanut contest?

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Also, grats @Sterno

Now for the race to general between @BenBrocka and @yx.

they're both within 4 upvotes.

@IanPugsley The rules were: Whoever gives @agent86 the most peanuts, wins.

Grabbing all the peanuts I can before it corrects me!

are the peanuts apparently reserved for people of high rank only?

@IanPugsley They're in the Admirals lounge. They're a greedy lot who don't like to share.

3:16 PM

fouur more +5s for general

@IanPugsley yeah, LPMF almost ate them all before I made it, and then Sterno was all like "I AM COMING FOR YOUR PEANUTS" so I had to chow down while I still had time.

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also, congrats Sterno :)

Can't see it as well now, but when I logged in this morning I saw those were all in a 5 minute window

So it's not to last long, sadly :P

In other news, Bethesda allows 'Scrolls' to be used just this once

3:18 PM

Isn't this more a Mass Effect Series Q?

Assholes

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Q: Who is the Illusive Man?

As a new player of Mass Effect 3, having not played the previous games, I'm rather confused by the appearance of 'The Illusive Man' in an early cutscene. He's been mentioned quite a bit in dialog since then, too. Clearly he is quite integral to the plot, but Mass Effect 3 doesn't give him any int...

@Sterno Congrats, if it sticks

It'll get back there eventually by the end of contest, I'm sure

@BenBrocka it could probably be tagged mass-effect-2 as well. he makes appearances in both games.

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3:19 PM

@BenBrocka I was in the middle of typing up a superlong answer to this and gave up after I saw @agent86's edits

@FallenAngelEyes sorry :(

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@BenBrocka Oh, man, I always thought it was Elusive, because I had never seen it, only heard it, and the two words sound pretty much the same to me. It makes more sense this way.

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Q: What upgrades are available at the upgrade terminal near Glyph in Liara's Room?

I've been advised by Glyph when new upgrades arrive at the terminal in Liara's room and thus far each has offered a choice of two benefits that I have to choose between. What are the upgrades that are available? Do they transfer in NG+ so that I could theoretically double up on the bonus or pick...

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Q: What was the Thor adventure game available through Software of the Month Club in the mid 90s

I remember my older brother having a Zelda-esque Viking game starring Thor which he got from a CD from Software of the Month club in the mid 90s. Anyone know what this game was called? I think it was a DOS game but it may have been for Windows.

pc identify-this-game dos

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Q: In Mass Effect 3, What are the Race/Class Combinations & Hidden Bonus ones?

Multiplayer Related Question I am unable to access any Mass Effect 3 Wikia pages from my internet as it is restriction due to a work gateway, however I was discussing something with a few collegues of mine. We were wondering what Class/Race combinations are available on ME3 multiplayer. And hid...

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@AshleyNunn My friends and I just call him TIM

it's shorter, and we can make Monty Python jokes out of it

3:23 PM

@AshleyNunn yeah, I think most people think it's "elusive" - you only really talk to him via hologram, and he's almost always alone

or they read "illusive" and think "elusive"

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@agent86 Am I the only one that always plays games like this with Subtitles on?

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@LessPop_MoreFizz Nope, I do as well.

I play pretty much every game with subtitles on.

@LessPop_MoreFizz I always do

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Also, more people need to click that youtube link.

I turn them off when the kiddo's are watching, just in case there's cursing. otherwise though I like them on

my wife's got a hearing issue, so she can't really watch anything without subtitles

I've just gotten used to them

3:25 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I did.

Someone needs to throw some science at this:

Guess what just arrived!

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Q: How does the burning damage over time effect interact with your destruction skill-gain?

When you slap your Fire Spell of Choice on your Arch-Nemesis Mob of Choice in Skyrim the evildo-er (or rightous pr--k) takes a healthy does of instant fire damage, and has a worthwhile DoT effect applied to him as well. My question is, does your destruction skill increase from ONLY the initial ...

@AshleyNunn the words are literally half a phoneme different, so it's an easy mistake to make

@RonanForman Rude!

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3:25 PM

I always turn on closed-captioning and subtitles in movies as well

I wish ME3 had captions

@FallenAngelEyes this also means I can skip a lot of dialog since I read faster than they deliver their lines. very helpful in games where the voice acting is terrible

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because inevitably, someone else you're watching stuff with is gonna sneeze or make a comment and you're otherwise going to miss it

@BenBrocka It... does?

@BenBrocka it... does...

I'm often not paying too much attention so captions can be helpful

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3:26 PM

@agent86 Same

I find most game dialogue easy to miss.

The PS3 version doesn't seem to, I'll have to double check..

@BenBrocka options, narrative, subtitles

I explicitly looked for it

I always turn on subtitles.

3:27 PM

Installing origin, my computer feels dirty.

@BenBrocka I know precisely where it is :) I've turned it on and off like a dozen times now. I'm certain they didn't cut it in the PS3 version...

I'll have to look for it

I looked in the Sound options though

Will anyone be free with skype in about an hour?

@BenBrocka Press start. Options menu. Narrative submenu. Subtitles option, if that wasn't clear.

Yeah yeah I'll look

3:30 PM

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PmzTAmoA3-c

I don't even recall a "narrative" menu though

and it drives me crazy that every game puts it in a different location. Sometimes it's display, other times sound, etc

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@BenBrocka it's where you set conversation mode and helmet visibility

@BenBrocka it's the menu where you can change dialog to "action mode"

although they don't call it that in the menu

Didn't know you could change that either

3:34 PM

@GnomeSlice If I have subtitles off, I can never tell what's going on at all.

Probably goes back to that "not listening to lyrics in music" thing we share.

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@StrixVaria I need to actually read the lyrics alongside the song the first time I hear it or else they don't stick

@FallenAngelEyes I don't ever bother with lyrics in the first place.

I know the words to maybe 3 songs despite listening to music almost nonstop.

@StrixVaria Heh.

And one of them is Cubert by System of a Down, where the words are complete nonsense anyway.

@StrixVaria this

@StrixVaria ...not this

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3:36 PM

@StrixVaria I've found that some people are more lyrics people and some are more sound people when it comes to music.

@FallenAngelEyes This x1000

On an unrelated note, this song has pretty ridiculous lyrics:

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One of my ex-girlfriends was very much a lyrics person, and she'd love a song despite the sound not being to her taste if she liked the lyrics.

Nonsense. The way I listen to music is the only way other people are allowed to listen to music

For example, I like the sound of The Dresden Dolls, but whenever I notice the words, I am almost embarrassed that I'm listening to it.

@StrixVaria I know a few songs like that.

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3:37 PM

I'm more of a sound person though, so I've sometimes had difficulty fulling enjoying a song where the sound wasn't much to my taste, even though the lyrics really appealed.

I care what the lyrics sound like, but not what the are.

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@StrixVaria I've been told I'd like them based on their lyrical content, haha. I've heard it's kind of esoteric and weird.

Here's a good example:

@OrigamiRobot Of course. That's part of the sound.

That's why I <3 Opeth.

@StrixVaria But sometimes certain words consistently sound nice.

3:38 PM

Man, Datarock is so weird.

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@StrixVaria I like Opeth a lot, even though I'm not into dirty deathgrowls as much. The music makes it outstanding for me though.

@StrixVaria some albums yes, some albums no

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That's why I was quite fond of Damnation

@FallenAngelEyes You should listen to a band called 'Insomnium'.

Okay, my username is Nanor_131. Feel free to add me.

3:39 PM

If you can get past the vocal style, they're incredible.

@IanPugsley When I found Opeth, they already had about 8 albums, so it all blends together for me.

I couldn't tell you what album a given song is from.

@StrixVaria I like Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries

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@GnomeSlice Thanks, I'll try to remember!

I know those names.

@FallenAngelEyes Hang on a tick.

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3:40 PM

@IanPugsley They released Ghost of Perdition on RB3, I was really happy

though it's uh, kinda long to play, haha

@StrixVaria Ghost Reveries had Ghost of Perdition, The Baying of the Hounds, and the Grand Conjuration

@FallenAngelEyes Looks like I'm digging my drums out of the closet tonight.

@FallenAngelEyes I think even that one is a cut version, lol

@IanPugsley I love Ghost of Perdition.

That's my go-to Opeth song.

3:41 PM

@StrixVaria everybody loves Ghost of Perdition :P

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@StrixVaria What system do you have RB for?

I used to be a huge metalhead.

@IanPugsley I probably don't.

@FallenAngelEyes ...Wii...

@OrigamiRobot you don't count, you don't love anything

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3:41 PM

We should play somet---oh

@StrixVaria awwwwww

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....oh

It's not mine. It's my GF's.

@FallenAngelEyes 360?

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@IanPugsley Yessir

3:42 PM

Feb 29 at 21:46, by OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice beep boop I love everyone.

I would have gotten it for 360.

@FallenAngelEyes yusss we should play sometime

@IanPugsley Too bad I have ALL the instruments!

Play ALL the instruments!

The only instrument I'm missing on Wii is a normal 5-button guitar.

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3:42 PM

@IanPugsley Woo~ I haven't played in a while, I need to fire it up soon.

I have the stupid 120-button guitar though, which is impossibly difficult.

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I have... too many plastic instriuments...

@OrigamiRobot given that you're over all the durn time I can't imagine getting a guitar/mic back will be a big problem

@FallenAngelEyes What instrument do you prefer?

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@StrixVaria I own the Squier

3:43 PM

@StrixVaria that's a thing that exists?

Insomnium's instrumentation is fantastic.

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@OrigamiRobot Bass is my best

@FallenAngelEyes I don't know models.

I just know number of buttons.

I wish they'd drop the vocalist.

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@StrixVaria The real one

3:43 PM

@FallenAngelEyes ...mine too :(

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with the conductive fretboard

The one with actual strings?

We will clash.

Crazy.

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@OrigamiRobot Haha dammit!

@StrixVaria Yes. It was hell to find and get shipped over here.

3:44 PM

Huh, a guitar with strings. That'll never catch on.

@FallenAngelEyes it's cool, we'll play without him (I'm mainly guitar, very occasionally vocals)

@FallenAngelEyes I bought the one with the thumb rest and double strum bar.

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And is also crap for playing bass.

@OrigamiRobot I have that too

@FallenAngelEyes It's so nice!

@IanPugsley Well now I'm not giving you anything back!

I prefer playing drums, except for songs with rolls + bass at the same time, like Don't Fear the Reaper in RB1, which instantly murders my bar.

I can play complicated rhythms all day long.

Roll + Bass Drum? Dead.

3:45 PM

@OrigamiRobot nuuuu

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Dec 19 '11 at 21:24, by FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 Haha. I have 2 GH guitars for PS2, 1 GH 5 guitar, 1 full RB1 set (microphone, guitar, drums), 1 precision bass guitar, RB3 keyboard and drums, and the real Squier for 360, then 1 Fender Squier Affinity Jazz bass, and a Yamaha guitar.

that's my collection of plastic+real instruments in the house

@FallenAngelEyes oof

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well, "tiny apartment" is more like it

I've got one of the first iteration of each instrument (RB1 drums, guitar, mic, RB2 keyboard)

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@IanPugsley I didn't own a 360 until 2009, so I got the RB Beatles Value pack for my first purchase of instruments

...and then 3 weeks later, they announced RB3

3:47 PM

My favorite instrument is the 360 guitar for GH2. The "XPlorer".

I cannot play plastic guitar if it's not on that.

@StrixVaria I can't stand most of the GH guitars :(

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I only have GH1 and 2 for PS2, never got them for 360 :/

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Q: How do I throw grenades?

In Mass Effect 3 how can I throw grenades? I've been picking them up, but have no idea how to use them. There does not seem to be a keybinding for throwing grenades. Do I need a grenade launcher weapon or something?

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Q: Mass Effect 3 Multilplayer Pass: How Many Xbox Live Points does this cost & multi disc usage

I am aware mass effect 3 has 2 discs. I know Multiplayer works on both. I also have 2 xbox's. Firstly, If i were to purchase a 2nd multiplayer online pass, could we both use Disc 1 & Disc 2 each, provided we have the seperate online pass? And how much is an multiplayer online pass on Mass ...

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Q: Does having Javik along on the first playthrough of Mass Effect 3 give more exposition?

Since Javik is a Prothean who has already dealt with the reapers and understandings things a bit better, if you complete Mass Effect 3 with him as a squad member do you gain more insight about the history of the Reapers?

Here's a fun game. See if you can guess the gender of this vocalist.

@GnomeSlice yeah, yeah, dude sounds like a lady

3:48 PM

@IanPugsley I wanted to murder the original RB guitar. No clicking = rage

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@GnomeSlice That lead singer's great

@StrixVaria Yeah, that drove me nuts, but I do prefer the RB frets to GH frets

@FallenAngelEyes the frets are the more important thing for me too

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My fingers aren't very long, so the RB frets are easier for me. GH frets have a tendency to "stick" for me, because I'm pulling them downwards a bit, and they stick on the side a little

I also prefer GH frets.

So the RB guitar was complete trash for me.

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I could do GH frets on the older guitars, but not on the GH5 one :/

3:50 PM

Songs I could dominate with the XPlorer were impossible for me with the RB guitar.

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but the older ones were tiiiiiny

The newest GH game I played was GH3.

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compared to their size now

@StrixVaria I bought GH: World Tour only for Tool

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and Guitar Hero 5 mostly for APC

3:52 PM

@Wipqozn Another one you might like: newgrounds.com/audio/listen/354925

Nemesis Theory is the shit.

RB3 holds a special place in my heart because of the addition of Metric, Tegan and Sara, and The Distillers

I actually recommended those exact bands after either RB1 or RB2's "suggest bands!" website where you could activate your bonus songs with retail purchase

@IanPugsley That Metric song completely baffled me on drums at first.

I know it is unlikely but I like to pretend that I am responsible for their addition :P

I recommended Dream Theater.

And more Mastodon.

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I'm still waiting for Nightwish :(

3:54 PM

@StrixVaria I miss liking Mastodon

Blackguard is pretty good.

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though I am extremely happy Sonata Arctica has 1 song on RBN

@IanPugsley I like Mastodon's drummer more than I like Mastodon.

I've still got a bunch of metal in my music library.

@StrixVaria I like Mastodon a lot but I've liked their newer albums less

3:55 PM

@IanPugsley Yeah, that sounds about right.

You should check out Baroness.

I absolutely Remission and Leviathan, everything else has been pretty meh

Seriously though, if you guys haven't listened to Insomnium, you need to. Check out the 'Across the Dark' album.

They sound just like Mastodon.

@StrixVaria I've tried Baroness out a bunch of times, can't get into them

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@IanPugsley I still find myself amazed that Metric agreed to do songs for the Scott Pilgrim movie

3:56 PM

@IanPugsley A Horse Called Golgotha.

@LessPop_MoreFizz haha yeah, pretty great

That's their best song, IMO.

@LessPop Black Sheep is a great song though

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@IanPugsley You do know why I'm amazed, right?

I saw Metric live once when they opened for Muse.

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3:56 PM

Envy Adams == Emily Haines.

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@LessPop_MoreFizz I never heard of them before that and it made me interested in checking them out

They didn't play for very long, and then Muse was so ridiculously incredible that I forgot everything about Metric's performance.

@GnomeSlice Very nice.

@LessPop_MoreFizz lol

3:57 PM

Grah, I should just upload this stuff in HD. These are all shitty uploads.

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@IanPugsley I mean that quite literally.

Envy Adams is basically an unflattering caricature of Emily Haines.

Honestly though, Insomnium is one of the greatest melodic metal bands I've ever heard.

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Now you're installing? What were you doing for the past 10 minutes?

@RonanForman Fun with Origin?

3:59 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think I know what movie I'm watching when I get home.

So much so.

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was not actually aware of the influence

lololol @ Origin

@RonanForman it took me two days to download and install BF3

I have it on disk.

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3:59 PM

@IanPugsley so obvious with the side by side though, no?

For that reason.

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