VinegarStrokes

re: The Traitors - Season 4 (7 episodes in)

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/6/26 at 5:18 pm to Thracken13

The good thing for Ron is that he at least got some good standup content out of the experience. We saw him live last weekend and he was top notch (and he really hates Dorenda lol)

re: Way too late Sekiro first playthrough thread

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/5/26 at 10:17 am to VinegarStrokes

for me right now, the biggest challenge is keeping all of the various skills in mind and using them at the appropriate time. After beating the bull I've circled back to what appears to be the starting/tutorial area by the building with the hold in the wall (where you first meet the heir). The guard in front of that building destroyed me and I realized that there was a swipe counter I should have used. That'll take some getting used to as opposed to the standard souls games where the weapons dictate move sets.

re: Way too late Sekiro first playthrough thread

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/5/26 at 10:14 am to StansberryRules

I think I'm off and running now, finally. Cleared the Burning Bull this morning using the firecrackers. Got an axe, flame thrower, and a raven ability (which I haven't used yet).

re: Mr. Mercedes

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/4/26 at 7:47 pm to msap9020

I'm also curious. Meant to give this a try after watching The Outsider on HBO but it ended up falling of my radar. I'm wondering how Mr Mercedes compares to that one.

re: Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos in God of War Prime adaptation

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/4/26 at 12:23 pm to TankBoys32

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Hurst voiced Thor in the Nordic series. Didn’t realize he is 6 foot 6.

Thor was a fat fricker in the nordic series, and I love it :lol:

re: Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos in God of War Prime adaptation

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/4/26 at 12:22 pm to TheePalmetto

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It’s simple, direct and personal.

which doesn't make for a good live action series

re: Can Siri and Google just ignore women's sports for me?

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/4/26 at 11:43 am to SwaggerCopter

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There is nothing more annoying than when I quick search for a college team, and I am confused for a second (Oh shite does Duke suck now?), only to realize the incredible smart phone in my hand is showing me the score of a women's sporting event.

Are you telling me that I have a phone that tracks all of my data and searches, and it isn't smart enough to know I never want to know the results of a game between girls?

starting threads on women's sports doesn't exactly help clear out the subject matter from your algorithm

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re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/4/26 at 8:57 am to iwyLSUiwy

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By this logic, if HBO waiting to start production on Game of Thrones, we'd still be waiting on them to start production on Game of Thrones.

no, not by that logic at all. you didn't read the post. i might be 100% wrong...who cares? But that's not the point that I made.

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re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/3/26 at 11:33 am to BluegrassBelle

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don't see how you can blame HBO here. It's worth noting that when they signed the deal with him he was telling them he was just finishing up Dance (it dropped after the 1st season in 2011). At that point the longest he had gone between books was 5 years and he was telling everyone (publishers included) that he had WoW largely written. There were 8 years from beginning to end of the series. Nobody anticipated he was going to hit the wall that hard.

Easy…if HBO doesn’t prematurely start production on an incomplete series, the fat frick doesn’t get lazy and distracted from his current project. Their inability to wait led to a shite show of a final 2-3 seasons and then they doubled down by adding more productions to the fat frick’s plate. They made and are making a lot of money for themselves and for the fat frick but the readers have suffered. This is indisputable

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re: How bad is the difficulty spike in Elden Ring?

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/3/26 at 8:52 am to Carson123987

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Funnily enough, Demon's Souls has the hardest NG+ lol

yeah...getting platinum was a huge bitch in this game. For Elden Ring, you can run through and finish the NG+ and ++ in 5-6 hours to get platinum (if you need to)

re: Sam Neil Appreciation Thread

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/3/26 at 7:58 am to ManBearTiger

re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/3/26 at 7:56 am to iwyLSUiwy

that interview confirms my suspicion, and problem that of many others, that the HBO series ultimately screwed the fans of the books. Martin should have been forced/encouraged to finish the saga first before HBO starting the tv series and giving him a cent. He's letting the feelings from watching characters on the screen affect his ability to finish the story he wanted to write. And now, he's being encouraged to write more content for the new shows that are coming out, which are ultimately much easier for him to complete.

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re: Artemis II Mission - 2nd wet dress rehearsal attempt targeted 2/13, launch window open 3/3

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/3/26 at 7:36 am to LanierSpots

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Elon said a couple of times that he was not gonna spend any time on the moon because he did not feel like there was any gain to it. He felt like Mars was a better destination in the end.

that's the whole point of this though, supposedly. Much easier and efficient to launch from the moon to go to mars on a "regular basis" than it is to launch from earth every time.

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re: How bad is the difficulty spike in Elden Ring?

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 2/2/26 at 5:36 pm to StansberryRules

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Demon Souls the world itself was extremely hard. The boss fights were unfortunately mostly "gimmick" fights and yes thus very easy. Given it was the "first" souls game I'm sure people struggled just on inexperience alone.

This is spot on. Every level, until you reach the one shortcut unlock, you restart from the beginning every single time. Some areas more than others this was absolutely maddening

re: Gaming industry sucks

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/31/26 at 12:11 pm to Geekboy

Cool story.

I have more games in my backlog than I can possibly find the time to play, and the ones I do play provide hundreds of hours of entertainment. I love the gaming industry

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re: Bottom 10 MLB Farm Systems entering 2026 according to ESPN:

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/30/26 at 11:32 pm to UAinSOUTHAL

The Braves have had a bottom 10 ranked farm system every year for the past 5 or so years, and every year they promote a kid to the big league club who is in the running for rookie of the year. Acuna, Soroka, Ian Anderson (twice), Harris, Strider, Baldwin. 3 winners, a couple of runners up. The point of the farm system is to produce valuable big league players and they’ve done it every single year.

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re: His & Hers on Netflix

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/30/26 at 11:24 pm to jchamil

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watching, but we completely missed anything about Catherine being Lexi. What were the clues we missed?

For us it wasn’t really any specific clues. Her husband was acting suspicious and after showing the fat chick in a video or flashback early on there was never any mention of her as an adult. It was more of a hunch on our part.

re: How bad is the difficulty spike in Elden Ring?

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/30/26 at 2:36 pm to Devious

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Man, this fight was so hard for me. I bet it took me over a hundred attempts and two weeks.

I think it's just all about the build. I just finished watching the Babe1Babe2 Elden Ring stream series on Youtube where the guy had his 70 yr old dad play through the game. He was horrible in the mechanics of the game but over time had built up a 120 level strength tank character and he ended up beating Malenia in 30 or so attempts. he did use a level 7 mimic tear but honestly I think he could have done it without eventually.

The guy used the rusted anchor for pretty much the entire run through the game. He deviated at times to try different weapons, including blasphemous blade, but always reverted back to the anchor. Really hilarious series to follow over the past few months.

re: The Traitors - Season 4 (7 episodes in)

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/30/26 at 2:27 pm to SpqrTiger

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Is this a non-pro cast?

I liked the show’s concept, but I didn’t like the heavy reliance on reality show stars. I want to see new people, not “all-stars” who form cliques based on the network their show was on.

I'm guessing their research found that your position wasn't the majority. The first season had many regular folks and a few reality stars, and has morphed into pretty much all reality stars as you said. In that time their viewership numbers have increased.

They are actually about to start production on a "Civilians" season for Traitors US and are accepting applications to try out for the cast. Good move now that they have established a big fanbase.

The Traitors - Season 4 (7 episodes in)

Posted by VinegarStrokes on 1/30/26 at 9:50 am

Anyone out there watching Season 4? This has easily been the best cast so far, in terms of gameplay. The traitors in particular have played a really strong game to this point, although there are cracks starting to form. You can tell folks have started to develop strategies based on previous seasons, whereas before the contestants seemed to be winging it.