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Arms_Akimbo posted:Maybe it'll play itself like lineage Lineage II revolution is a great incremental game
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Thanks, but wordplay aside, that is the correct answer. It's one of the weirder stories because it's almost like a greek myth. Jesus got mad at a fig tree and cursed it with his godly powers. I don't think I really ever got if there was a moral behind it, but it was more like one of those "lets explain why nature does this thing" which seems really out of place for the New Testament.
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Nov 3, 2018 13:04
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Maybe the guy that wrote that version of the bible was pissed about his neighbour's fig tree that kept making a mess of his yard over the fence and clogging up his gutters but their housing strata wouldn't agree to get him to cut it down.
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Nov 3, 2018 19:21
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Fig trees ooze a milky sap that gets mega itchy if you let it dry on your skin. Also there's the wasp thing. I assume these are both because of Jesus.
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Nov 3, 2018 20:17
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Fig trees are like stinging dicks okay
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Nov 3, 2018 20:27
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What are the current hot idle click button games, I need something to make time go by at a new job.
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Potsticker posted:Thanks, but wordplay aside, that is the correct answer. It's one of the weirder stories because it's almost like a greek myth. Jesus got mad at a fig tree and cursed it with his godly powers. I don't think I really ever got if there was a moral behind it, but it was more like one of those "lets explain why nature does this thing" which seems really out of place for the New Testament. I never heard any explanations of it either, but this suggests that it's a parable about the nation of Israel - apparently people back then thought fig trees that didn't bear figs were worthless, so the warning was that just as the figless fig tree would completely wither away at Jesus' power, so too would the nation of Israel for rebelling against their God (if they didn't shape up or something). It's still a very weird story and that interpretation doesn't come across clearly at all.
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Potsticker posted:Thanks, but wordplay aside, that is the correct answer. It's one of the weirder stories because it's almost like a greek myth. Jesus got mad at a fig tree and cursed it with his godly powers. I don't think I really ever got if there was a moral behind it, but it was more like one of those "lets explain why nature does this thing" which seems really out of place for the New Testament. Ignatius M. Meen posted:I never heard any explanations of it either, but this suggests that it's a parable about the nation of Israel - apparently people back then thought fig trees that didn't bear figs were worthless, so the warning was that just as the figless fig tree would completely wither away at Jesus' power, so too would the nation of Israel for rebelling against their God (if they didn't shape up or something). It's still a very weird story and that interpretation doesn't come across clearly at all. OK I was super skeptical of that article, but having read a thesis on the fig tree now it seems like the two dominant interpretations are: (1) roughly consistent w/ the article -- Jesus curses the tree, then goes to clear the temple of the lovely moneychangers, then they come back and find the fig tree withered. So, this story must be about the destruction of Israel and the second temple, which is roughly contemporaneous to when Mark would have been writing the Gospel (probably -- not 100% clear though) (2) the middle section with the temple isn't related, and this is just about Jesus's power over nature and miracles. This has the advantage of working as an interpretation even if Mark was writing during the earlier part of the estimated time range, which was prior to the Jewish Revolt and the destruction of the temple. In both cases they seem to make a solid argument that some sort of figs would have been expected at that time of year given that the tree had leaves, but they may have been lovely small baby figs anyways.
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Wandle Cax posted:What are the current hot idle click button games, I need something to make time go by at a new job. Almost a hero
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Praxis Prion posted:Almost a hero they said idle, AAH is anything but
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Nov 4, 2018 08:08
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I'm still playing Tap Wizard, it's very hands off and a game you can have running at your desk and interact with it once every now and then which I think is why I like it so much. It's pretty great, although I'm definitely in the backend of the game now and things have for sure slowed down. I'm done with it now but I played Idle Apocalypse for a while there, it also has a nontraditional take on the tapping thing, only tapping in short bursts to charge your generator which then runs for a while before powering down. There's kind of a materials grind in that one where you produce mats to make creatures who get you advanced mats that you need to make advanced creatures, etc.
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Montalvo posted:help me i'm addicted to holedown I played this for like 2 hours yesterday and it was pretty great. Went to play more today and my save was gone. I really want to play but don't want to have to restart all three time 
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Nov 4, 2018 16:39
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Harminoff posted:I played this for like 2 hours yesterday and it was pretty great. Went to play more today and my save was gone. I really want to play but don't want to have to restart all three time This happened to me when I first started too, but I managed to persist. It hasn't happened since.
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I'm late to the party I know, but in my quest to play all of the goddamn idlers/clickers I just picked up Egg, Inc for the first time and this game's pretty good! It seems simple enough so far but has been pretty fair doling out the premium currency. Is there anything I should consider paying for in this game? I saw the $5 upgrade for the silos to let you collect more while away but getting 2 hours from the two silos you can buy seems alright for now so I wasn't sure.
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Nov 5, 2018 16:11
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Kheldarn posted:As reported in the iOS Games thread, some Chinese company did a lovely knock off of Diablo, and now Blizzard is paying them to resin it to Diablo. They say avoid at all costs.
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Syrinxx posted:Is there any more info/links on this? I'm super disappointed with the entire timeline of Diablo poo poo leading up to/including Blizzcon and would like to be able to write this lovely sounding game off ASAP All I have are this post from the iOS thread: big cummers ONLY posted:I still play WoW and D3. Both only on ocassion but when I'm into them, I binge the hell out of them. But that is in spite of all their horrific fuckups. 2018 blizz ain't 2002 blizz. This post from the D3 thread: Holyshoot posted:a big yikes if this is true And this from reddit. It appears Blizzard deleted the anti-NetEase comments from their forums.
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Nov 5, 2018 17:29
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Blizzard is doing the classic "we know best" stance. They are gonna run their diablo series straight into the game and then blame gamers on their failures. Unfortunately since we are in the hell dimension, they will be fine financially and continue to make bad decision after bad decision for at least 15 years more.
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There's a new Kingdom Rush game up for pre-register. Kingdom Rush Vengeance. You play as the bad guys and it looks like it's gonna be insanely good
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Shwqa posted:Blizzard is doing the classic "we know best" stance. They are gonna run their diablo series straight into the game and then blame gamers on their failures. Gamers will still play it and drop thousands chasing the best numbers because Blizzard fans are dumb. All they have to do is give you something in Wow every 50 bucks and boom instant money
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Oh I stopped a while ago, sorry dude. Also, a lot of the "players" you loot in the game are AI. Pretty deceptive. PUBG mobile rocks though. It's an amazingly well done port. Did they just redo the entire game in Unreal?
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People need to realize Blizzard is gone. If someone can correct me if I'm wrong, there are no founders of blizzard in any leadership or head developer positions are blizzard any longer. At this point it's all generation 2 or 3 leadership there. Activision has had a hold of the company for nearly a decade now, and their influence shows. The rumor floating around too is that FY19 they were adjusting the bonus structure there and it's what cause Morheim to finally leave himself. Blizzard might still be Blizzard in name, but the people with the true passion for games that founded the company are gone.
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I've discovered picross and now I have a problem
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RBA Starblade posted:I've discovered picross and now I have a problem It's fine, just look for the rows and columns you can fill in first and soon you'll be on your way to the next problem.
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The problem is insolvable for the inferior minded!
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RBA Starblade posted:I've discovered picross and now I have a problem Actually the problem was that you had not yet discovered Picross. What you have now is the solution.
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RBA Starblade posted:I've discovered picross and now I have a problem This is why I'm not touching any picross app until Pictlogica Final Fantasy gets a Global release. I'll never have a picross problem that way! 
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So, what IS everyone's favorite picross game these days? I've been playing Hungry Cat, but the interstitial stuff is annoying me and IDGAF about buying poo poo for cats.
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Zotix posted:People need to realize Blizzard is gone. If someone can correct me if I'm wrong, there are no founders of blizzard in any leadership or head developer positions are blizzard any longer. At this point it's all generation 2 or 3 leadership there. Activision has had a hold of the company for nearly a decade now, and their influence shows. The rumor floating around too is that FY19 they were adjusting the bonus structure there and it's what cause Morheim to finally leave himself. This is the fate of every publicly traded company. every decision made that doesn't produce the maximum amount of dollars violates the public trust and is a breach of responsibility on the part of the company.
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AlexDeGruven posted:So, what IS everyone's favorite picross game these days? Hungry Cat is still mine. I also don't care about the fluff in the recent overhaul, but the core game is still fantastic. After that it's probably PixelPuzzle then Griddlers Plus.
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Speaking of fluff that tries to get in the way of gameplay... ... I must admit, I play Homescapes a lot  I actually really like the polished take on match-3, especially with the addition of the 2x2 airplane boost. But there's this house decoration but bullshit that's only useful for getting bonuses for the actual game.It's F2P, which I normally hate, but the 5-lives-and-then-wait-for-the-timer ACTUALLY helps me not get burnt out on the whole drat thing. How... How did the mechanic I hate cause me to actually enjoy a game with it in it?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Speaking of fluff that tries to get in the way of gameplay... Lol you know this game has a force you to lose levels built into right?
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Mr Hootington posted:Lol you know this game has a force you to lose levels built into right? If that's true, I'm not at all surprised. I like matching things, Bejeweled-style, and I'll never pay anything for this game, ever. The way I see it, whether or not I'm paying money to get further, I'll still a) be matching things, and b) come up against a wall that'll take me a while to get over. It's weird how pointless paying for anything in this game is. That applies to a lot of games, I'm sure.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:If that's true, I'm not at all surprised. I like matching things, Bejeweled-style, and I'll never pay anything for this game, ever. The way I see it, whether or not I'm paying money to get further, I'll still a) be matching things, and b) come up against a wall that'll take me a while to get over. It is. A lot of the big match games do it. If you are winning a ton the difficulty of levels increases passivley and the rarity of the object you need to win is decreased. This is supposed to frustrate you to buy lives or power ups to get over the hurdle. Most of these games also have a thing where if you do not log in for a few days the next log in will get you a nice win streak to get you rehooked.
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Epic Seven launches Thursday for those of you into those games. Apparently it's one of the most polished good looking gacha games. I'll probably try to weave it in alongside Dragalia as long as I can.
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holy crap you nerds i just wanted to  the existence of a cruddy free2pay bible quiz game
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Zotix posted:Epic Seven launches Thursday for those of you into those games. Apparently it's one of the most polished good looking gacha games. I'll probably try to weave it in alongside Dragalia as long as I can. To add on to this the main draw of EPIC 7 is the unique game engine it runs on "Yuna engine" it brings the ANIME to life. So it feels different from all the cookie cutter games, its still a gatch game but packaged in a kawaifu Anime engine. 
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Anyone playing Project Highrise on a phone? Worth it? I haven't played the game at all, but I'm willing to check it out, and I have the credits to burn.
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The Pixel Puzzle update changed the cooldown for boss puzzles to 3 hours! I've been playing mostly Hungry Cat between boss puzzles because I'm afraid I'll run into the situation where I run out of non-boss puzzles. I just found out about Picross a week ago in this thread and I'm now obsessed. Thanks to everyone for suggesting it.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:holy crap you nerds i just wanted to Nerds wouldn't post on Something Awful! I thought it was being posted because Jesus cursing a tree is a pretty thing.
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I downloaded this Hungry Cat Picross game and I have to say it's a bit addictive. I stayed up till well past midnight and ended up around level 150 and I had planned on going to bed early.
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