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  • I once rolled a hundred and fifty D6s worth of lasguns for a Warhammer 40,000 game, when I managed to catch a full squad of Chaos Marines in the rapid fire range of a platoon which had just come onto the board.

    It only killed six of the ten marines.
    This and the absurd price is what always drives me away from 40k. There's nothing fun about rolling 150 fucking dice and meticulously looking for the numbers you need before you can even begin to figure out what damage you've done.

    Cities of Death is the cooler and more affordable 40k option, IMO. Or Infinity, or Heavy Gear Blitz, if you don't want to shovel money into the coffers of that great Gaming Evil we call Games Workshop.
  • If you roll that many dice at once, you should have the option to remove at least one of their pieces from the board using a 8-iron and a good backswing.
  • edited April 2012
    It's pretty fucking rare to roll that many dice. I build my army around throwing down as many lasguns as possible and I rarely break thirty shots a unit. Most conventional 40k strategy revolves around small knots of heavier weapons with higher lethality, throwing a dozen dice at most. The main reason I build my army that way is because the part of the hobby I dig the most is painting lots of dudes; it's not a creative exercise to me, but a calming, mechanical one, the same activity slot as unwrapping 3d models or reading the dictionary, it lets me turn my brain off for a while but still feel like I'm doing something constructive. And I really enjoy ranking up a hundred little redcoats at the start of the game.

    Besides, if you are playing with experienced players, forty or fifty dice can go down and you'll have them counted up within five seconds. There are guys at my local store who are downright supernatural at that.
    Post edited by open_sketchbook on
  • Late on this for not having home internet for a bit but, people who went to PAX East did any of y'all play Aliens Colonial Marines? If you did or just got a reasonable look at it what did you think?
  • Jeremy told me about this last night and I listened to it on the way to work this morning:

    How That Tupac Hologram At Coachella Worked.

    He was all excited to tell me and he said, they got Tupac to appear on stage. I replied, "Oh like how they do Hatsune Miku?" Jeremy doesn't really know about Hatsune Miku, so he didn't really didn't understand my lack of enthusiasm when he was telling me the story.

    Isn't this the same thing as it? I guess the only real difference is that Tupac was an actual real person vs. Hatsune Miku. It's cool and all, but at the same time I'm very "meh" about all of it since I know of Hatsune Miku and of course Sharon Apple from Macross Plus.
  • edited April 2012
    Magic School Bus explained this 16 years ago. (skip to 16:39)

    Post edited by trogdor9 on
  • Do you mean to say the magic school bus had a hand in Tupac's death?
  • edited April 2012
    Guys, it's called the Pepper's Ghost effect and it's older than your grandparents. The system in use is called Musion Eyeliner.
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  • Can someone who currently goes to RIT give me a quick rundown on how it is academically? I guess I'm mostly interested in job prospects and good class to shitty class ratios. How would you compare it to other schools around the same exclusivity? It turns out I will not have a chance to visit before I have to make my final decision.
  • Can someone who currently goes to RIT give me a quick rundown on how it is academically? I guess I'm mostly interested in job prospects and good class to shitty class ratios. How would you compare it to other schools around the same exclusivity? It turns out I will not have a chance to visit before I have to make my final decision.
    When I was there it was balls hard academically. Lots of drop outs, transfers, etc. Job prospects were A+++. If you actually knew how to apply for jobs, were in a worthwhile major, and you graduated, and were willing to move to a place with jobs, job getting was almost a guarantee. I would say 80% of my classes were good. That may be because I knew how to register, and what to register for.
  • Can someone who currently goes to RIT give me a quick rundown on how it is academically? I guess I'm mostly interested in job prospects and good class to shitty class ratios. How would you compare it to other schools around the same exclusivity? It turns out I will not have a chance to visit before I have to make my final decision.
    Depends a lot on the major. What are you going for again? IT?
  • Engineering (Undecided)
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    I don't know too much about RIT's engineering program. I know that it's hard and I know that you're still pretty much guaranteed to get a job, but that's it. I don't know anything about the quality of the courses though.
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    You know how to build a hot tub? If not, learn.
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    You know how to build a hot tub? If not, learn.
    huh?
  • edited April 2012
    Engineering (Undecided)
    The impression I get is that RPI (do I correctly recall that you got accepted there?) is a better school for most engineering majors, whereas RIT is primarily notable for computer majors, as well as chemical engineering and optics.
    As a non-RIT student, I can't really comment on class quality.

    Anyways, my positions on RIT and other engineering schools is well-known:
    1. If you can get into a university with equivalently good engineering programs and decent liberal arts programs, pick the university without question.
    2. They're decent if you don't want to go to grad school or do research. Unfortunately, I want to do both of those things (and don't understand why people wouldn't).
    Post edited by Linkigi(Link-ee-jee) on
  • RPI is definitely a stronger school for engineering. RIT isn't a bad choice, not by any means, but RPI is pretty much the best engineering school in New York, and one of the best in the country.
  • 2. They're decent if you don't want to go to grad school or do research. Unfortunately, I want to do both of those things (and don't understand why people wouldn't).
    I have to say I fit into the professional world significantly more than I ever did in the academic world. It's not that I wouldn't want to do those things... it's that I enjoy other things more.
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    You know how to build a hot tub? If not, learn.
    huh?
    Engineering majors at RIT are known for building ad-hoc hot tubs during the cold months of the year. I would find a picture to demonstrate, but cursory googling yielded no results.
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    You know how to build a hot tub? If not, learn.
    huh?
    Engineering majors at RIT are known for building ad-hoc hot tubs during the cold months of the year. I would find a picture to demonstrate, but cursory googling yielded no results.
    Bunch of wooden planks in a ring. Big ass tarp covering the whole thing. Fill the tarp with hot water.
  • That's a bath.
  • Could always come to Australia. We have some damned good schools.
  • What are they like for Masters positions in History?
  • edited April 2012
    What are they like for Masters positions in History?
    I hear pretty good things, but I can't personally vouch for them like Engineering programs or the like, because I don't directly know anyone that's gone for a history degree.

    Post edited by Churba on
  • Engineering (Undecided)
    You know how to build a hot tub? If not, learn.
    huh?
    Engineering majors at RIT are known for building ad-hoc hot tubs during the cold months of the year. I would find a picture to demonstrate, but cursory googling yielded no results.
    Bunch of wooden planks in a ring. Big ass tarp covering the whole thing. Fill the tarp with hot water.
    I feel like I could at least get some combustion going on. Or maybe harness solar power directly as heat. Probably less dangerous.
  • And significantly cooler.
  • Stirling engine+dynamo MCHP. The firebox is your boiler and powers the engine, the dynamo powers lights and jets. Use a handsome wood tub (I'm sure you can get an old one somewhere, and port holes in the wood for lights and jets, sealing the gaps with silicone epoxy.
  • And significantly cooler.
    I just need to harvest energy from a large enough area. Or, from close eniugh to the Sun. Satellite-powered hottub, anyone?
  • RPI is definitely a stronger school for engineering. RIT isn't a bad choice, not by any means, but RPI is pretty much the best engineering school in New York, and one of the best in the country.
    I agree, then again I went to RPI for engineering and worked my way over to CS. RPI is a bit more expensive though, if that's an issue.

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