I need an A in chemistry, got my exam at 8:00AM monday. I've not studied.

We_Are_Legion · 2012-05-19T13:24:09.738732+00:00

I don't know, convince me I can still do it.

I can't guarantee you'll ace the exam if you study, but I can guarantee you won't ace it if you don't.

zakislam · 2012-05-19T13:12:21.240221+00:00

FTA:

The last thing you want to do is have the final confrontation with Mehrunes Dagon as he's stomping across the Imperial City, and you see like 15 guys behind you waiting to kill him because they're on the same quest.

This implies that it's an A-or-B choice -- either instance it, or have a Mehrunes Dagon wandering out in real-time. It's not an A-or-B choice if you want to innovate a little bit.

This tells me there won't be any out-of-the-box approaches in this title.

Using highly-regarded IP is a great opportunity to bring something different to the genre that people will actually try, and it's sad to see that it's getting pissed away.

vibrantorange · 2012-05-19T11:16:23.338113+00:00

Beware ANY new feature.

The year EA introduces a new feature, it's buggy and underwhelming -- it takes until the next season for it to get pretty good. In NHL 12 it was player physics. Good addition, but a little funny since it didn't apply in every situation.

So in NHL 13 we'll have a better physics system, but a buggy AI system. Great.

After getting into FIFA12 this year, I'm now convinced that EA NHL developers are just playing catch-up to FIFA -- the online GM mode is in FIFA12. The polish on FIFA has made me embarrassed to play NHL.

kmad · 2012-05-19T11:02:43.055934+00:00

To be fair, it's a Toronto-based site/paper (Toronto Star), so I expected a bit of Leaf commentary to be thrown in.

The picture of Nash on this story though is so stupid lol.

Anything I've read locally about the Devils' financial troubles seems to come from the NY Post, and always sounds like one guy stirring up shit and naming tons of mysterious "sources", so it's not worth taking too seriously. Usually it reads like a tabloid.

Fans here either don't know about it (most fans I know don't have a clue), or the Post desensitized us to the idea.

Devils certainly have some trouble -- the club DID get forwarded money they were owed from the league for operating expenses -- but at this point I won't believe anything outside an official announcement.

Juliptherabbit · 2012-05-19T03:15:31.567968+00:00

He gets annoyed and says he is helping me and that he loves when people help him.

Tell him you play for fun, and it's not fun when he decides to play your turn FOR you. You're really not even playing at that point; it's him playing against himself, with you watching. How is that fun?

If he wants to show you a trick, tell him to show you the mistakes after you make them. Your BF trying to prevent your mistakes is like a math teacher taking his students' tests for them.

It's like yeah teacher, we know YOU can do this; but you're not helping your students that way.

Jtom1492 · 2 days

I can only imagine how difficult it would be to balance a never ending war

Planetside made the great decision of having 3 factions, which self-regulates these never-ending wars. If two factions get caught in a stalemate long enough, the third start taking both their territory.

In cases where one faction gets extremely strong, the other two have no problem ganging up on them. A few strong guilds often floated to become a de facto "leadership" of each faction and communicating with the "heads" of each faction wasn't that hard.

From what I remember, there was a lot of territory in Planetside to contest, and it was damned near impossible to defend all or even most of it at once.

KewThrow · 2 days

1) Am I insane?

You're getting there. You are two people unable to deal with your relationships in a healthy way. You emotionally cheated on your ex; she's physically cheating on her BF.

2) Should I drop the whole argumentativeness issue

An issue is an issue. Deal with it or end things, but don't ignore it. Although it's a symptom that you both are either incompatible, or not emotionally stable enough for a relationship.

3) She's expressed her need ... to not just start up a relationship as soon as her boyfriend walks out the door. I agree with this, but it's going to be hard for the both of us. We're completely insane about each other.

You're getting played, man. If she were that head over heels for you, she wouldn't need to "take it slow". She wouldn't need a "process" to breakup with her ex.

If she wanted only you, she'd be with only you already. This "she can't wait to be rid of her BF" garbage assumes she's a victim. She's no victim; she's chosen to stay with him and use you for attention.

So no, you can't force it. That's why she's definitely not into you the way you're into her.

FrustratedGF · 2 days

It sounds like that's not the OP quoting her man verbatim. It sounds like the OP emotionally twisted her BF's words in order to dismiss his argument.

I doubt her BF actually said, "seeing your parents is an inconvenience".

OP just has to understand that friends and parents introduce completely different expectations when they're brought over.

FrustratedGF · 2 days

Exactly. The OP even explained the difference without realizing it:

My parents ... wanted to drop by. They have to travel by train for 3 hours to do so

... My boyfriend told me yesterday that two of his friends were coming over today so they could hang out together

His friends don't affect her schedule; her parents affect his schedule. If both people's schedules will be affected, both people need notice.

Inviting the parents over affects his schedule, and OP kind of admitted that he'd have to spend time with them.

chili_cheese_dog · 2 days

After the first "no" Torts gave, the reporters were downright intimidated.

I kind of liked seeing that. I liked seeing the timid way the reporter asked about Gaborik.

Pierre got the only good commentary out of Torts I had heard, and that was on the bench during the first: "We're way too slow tonight." That about sums it up.

BluesForMySweetheart · 3 days

how do you judge what's legitimate?

There are two levels of "no" when deciding not to do things: "I can't" and "I won't".

Under "I won't", there are two levels: "I won't because it's not a healthy thing for me to do", and "I won't because I don't want to do what it takes to make this work".

Under "I can't" should only be filed things that are not possible. If it's just a really bad idea (like robbing a bank), see the first part of "won't". If it'd just be a big inconvenience (I "have no time"), see the 2nd part of "won't".

Phunkie · 3 days

I dated somebody back in November. It lasted about two months.

The first sign that you might be a stalker: You've been bothering your ex for a longer time (4-6 months) than you two were dating (2 months).

whenever I decide to be civil with him with even just a greeting, he always just blows me off ... It kinda actually bothers me. A lot. And a part of me feels like I need to fix it.

You're not thinking at all about his feelings. Everyone deals with a breakup their own way -- most people need distance. In fact, most people don't want to talk to their exes. But instead of respecting those feelings, which he made pretty clear by blowing you off, you kept trying.

So when you say you want to "fix it", what are you trying to fix? You're not trying to help him; you're trying to fix his disapproval of you. It's about you.

That's why I'd call what you're doing "stalking". He wants nothing to do with you, and you keep bothering him.

I'm about to leave him alone for the rest of my life now. I've tried to do my part in being nice and civil. Can't do much anymore, right?

Please do, please just leave him alone now. You're acting like he owes you friendship or at least cordiality; he doesn't owe you anything. What he wants is to be left alone.

youngerforolder123 · 3 days

You're in your young 20's, you said -- what do you want from a relationship at this point in your life? Are you looking for a serious thing that might lead to marriage?

Have you graduated college? How is your career; are you just starting out?

If you two are like 10 years apart, a 35-and-25 relationship is a bigger challenge than a 45-and-35 relationship. It's less likely that a 25 year old single guy and a 35 year old mom have needs that line up.

If you both want something serious, you WILL be evaluated based on your potential to be a father. So if the idea of being a stepdad to multiple kids in 2-3 years sounds like a bad idea (it involves your career being established; hard to move with kids), stay away.

There are so many other fish in the sea that it's hard to justify this one woman who comes with a whole host of her own problems, unless you're financially and emotionally ready for children.

Anomaly100 · 3 days

If I were his campaign advisor, I'd say the exact same thing.

Romney is running for president solely on business savvy. Even Obama had more foreign policy exposure than he did.

Even besides that, most of his foreign affairs team worked under Bush. Anytime he answers a foreign policy question, this will be brought up, and nobody wants to be compared to the President who charted the course for two US wars.

They're going to do with Romney what they did in the start of the primaries: Have him speak at rallies, but avoid any tough interviews for now. When the SuperPAC money gets spent and ads roll in, then he can engage; the money will drown out a lot of the stupid.

yunogirl · 3 days

Now my boyfriend thinks I'm choosing the opinion of others over his opinion and feels betrayed and jealous. What do I do?

Tell this insecure BF of yours that you didn't choose their opinion over his; you chose YOUR opinion. Period. To suggest otherwise is an insult to your intelligence, like you're some sheep who will do what she's told.

Your choice was not about him; it was about you. Tell him if that's not okay for a game, it's not okay for a relationship.

captain_wizard · 3 days

What's with the games?

The games aren't often done for logical reasons. She probably just likes the attention, and telling you flat out that she isn't interested would end that. She's got power over something now.

You know what she wants out of you; now it's up to you whether to keep allowing that.

Redditacct1 · 3 days

I am worried of messing up something that could potentially be "the one"

For starters, try to get this idea out of your head. Thinking about marriage when you start dating some guy is a great way to make yourself move too fast. Way too "cart before the horse".

He's not potentially "the one" -- he's potentially a caring person, and after that maybe a potential boyfriend. After a week you know very little to base compatibility on.

So planning the next 2 months in advance with this guy is itself a little scary. Pare that back and worry about a week at a time. If you two become an official couple, you can then start planning further ahead.

Also... cut back the texting. He's not your boyfriend, so don't text non-stop. Check in a few times per day, that's fine, but save as much of the bonding as you can for when you're face-to-face. If you two never feel like you're apart, it'll be easy to get sick of each other. Let him miss you.

BasuraAccount · 4 days

In my past FWB/FB experiences I know that in order for it to work the was it's supposed to...

But you don't want a FWB, do you? You said what killed it for you is that he didn't want a relationship. It sounds like you want a relationship, but will settle for sex.

Starting a FWB arrangement with this mindset is setting yourself up to develop feelings for this guy that he'll never return. If that happens, eventually things will end and your work environment will devolve.

I get wanting an FWB if you're fresh out of a relationship and you're not emotionally ready for another. But it doesn't sound like that's the case with you. On paper it sounds like a good idea to be FWB to tide you over, but emotionally it rarely works out that way.

Just be sure before you get involved that this is what you actually want out of a guy. If not, don't get on the plane if you don't like where it's flying.

throwawayjanedoe2245 · 4 days

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

-- Maya Angelou

anutensil · 4 days

Don't overestimate the intellectual independence of the average voter.

It's rare to find a person whose views are not sharply influenced by only one side's perspective. I'm the only person I know who reads news on both Fox News and MSNBC.

One's environment plays the biggest role in one's habits and views, including politics.

But then again, I live in a state ruined by Democrats (NJ) in a country ruined by Republicans, and it's easy to have less bias when I hate both parties.

aromero · 4 days

The xbox is the number 1 gaming system and that happened all under ballmer

Man, I remember the MS-bashing when the original XBOX was released, then the additional bashing when MS said it'd take them a long time to turn a profit. Back then Sony was crushing it.

The XBOX is an example of how Microsoft can be successful when they decide to fully dedicate themselves to a product line.

It's too bad they didn't put that kind of effort into integrating the Zune software with everything (that it's an app on XBOX is just silly)

reeds1999 · 4 days

Everything eventually moves on.

When MySpace was ready to crash and burn, Facebook had been around, good enough and poised for people to jump ship to. If there was no Facebook option, people would've stayed on MySpace.

It feels like G+ is that option for people now, unless Diaspora down the road surprises everyone. All it takes is Facebook making some monster mistakes and some rumors about charging people a monthly fee.

therivera · 4 days

And most people who change, do so when hitting the bottom after a life-altering event, or at least a very substantial event... such as a bad breakup.

Often when I hear "my GF doesn't want to change", the irony is that she's most likely to change when she's dumped.

Wolverine9 · 4 days

Plus it's the new thing to make up the craziest story possible and call yourself out on it at the end -- this is the 3rd or 4th one I've seen in the last few weeks.

I guess it's better than making stuff up and NOT calling yourself out on it though.

Frost220 · 4 days

I think because I have a few weekly events she thinks i'm a slave to my responsibilities. Hence the demands.

"I think" is not good enough -- you guys need to talk about the motives behind her demands.

I would suggest asking her an important loaded question: What is her ideal relationship situation for the two of you? How often, in her ideal world, are you out with friends? How often with her?

She's giving you a lot of general, "you-deal-with-it" type complaints to control you: "too much" this, "not enough" that. No, you can't satisfy her by knowing what she doesn't want -- you need to know what she DOES want.

"More attention" is not specific enough; you need something concrete, as her "more" and your "more" may be a world apart. This should get her to open up about her real problems, and that's what needs to get aired.

In the meantime: Counter-demand... either she agrees to talk this out like adults or she can move out.

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