Sengoku Mafia - Page 95

On August 14 2019 19:20 Loanshark wrote:
C'mon, let's get this show on the road.

On October 30 2017 06:12 CubEdIn wrote:
I have a 27" curved monitor and there's hardly any difference between it and a regular one. Heck, most people can't even tell when they sit down in front of my computer, the radius is so large and you're so close to it that it's virtually unperceivable.
I think the difference would be more noticeable on an ultrawide screen (21: 9 aspect ratio or more), at a large diagonal (34" I think were the LG ones). But for 27" I don't think you'll see much difference. I would be more worried about the viewing distance. If you're fairly close to it, you WILL see pixels at 1080p.

Bottom line: it won't make much difference. It's not worth the extra money (if you have a choice) but it also won't hurt your gaming experience in any way. Some say the curve is actually helpful, I don't see it, but I definitely don't hate it for any reason. Good luck with your purchase.

On August 10 2016 12:05 LSB wrote:Liquid is falling apart. None of the cores are willing to TP. People are just leaving their teammates to die

On March 27 2014 00:52 Lexpar wrote:
Thanks all. I'd share the band, but I like the anonymity here. Not sure what to do with the lady advice. I think waiting is safe. If she knows, which she might, then its fine. I dunno.

Have a great day everyone

On August 22 2019 09:38 Brownbear wrote:Normal smiling handshake between fly and notail, clearly they've patched things up at least a bit :D

On June 20 2022 14:59 annul wrote:
tl mafia will never die until caller finishes sengoku

we are all stuck in jumanji

On August 15 2015 05:03 Beneather wrote:
/in

On May 22 2014 14:12 Kenpachi wrote:
TL! You have been amazing to me, especially in the first 2-3 years since I joined. I found a love for Brood War, I grew passionate for it and followed the proscene heavily for about a year. Slowly this website became my e-home, being opened every time I went online to check the Liquibets, then to Tournament results, reading LR threads, participating in Fantasy Drafts, briefly discussing my first relationship in the dating thread, SO MUCH!

I cannot stress how much I have come to love this site, the wonderful opinions, even if belligerent, were enlightening to perspectives I don't normally have. My favorite memories of TL itself would have been my anxious days in the Mafia forum. The community there, I will miss you guys (I'm done with league too!) You guys, seriously dealt with my shit for 3 years I'd be proud to even be acquaintances with most of you guys. Even named a gimmick after me, I do feel accepted after my stint during my early high school years. I can't play mafia anymore, I'm sorry to say, I never had time this year, so I suspect I'll never ever have time again.

Even with the rise of SC2 and the subordination of BW, I grew fond of the LoL subforum and I do believe it gave me a great deal of perspective to help me think about the game a little more. Like I said, I enjoyed the opinions on this forum. By far, the best personalities on the internet. But I am done with this. I am saying bye. I'm not even that important! It only sates me to bid farewell.

Ban me FOREVER

User was banned for this post.

On June 01 2022 10:48 Nemesis wrote:
That means I have something to look forward to then when I get to Vol 5.

Watched Evangelion Rebuild 4th movie. I almost forgot this existed as it's been too long since it was continued.
+ Show Spoiler +

On December 05 2017 05:38 seRapH wrote:
Regardless of Larva's rep, this kind of backlash was easily foreseeable, imo. That Larva didn't expect to be banned for what he saw as relatively innocuous shows a lack of consideration. Unfortunate, really, that it went down like this, but at least the tournament is gaining some notoriety

On March 11 2020 11:27 Veldril wrote:


Yes, South Korea is very diligent in testing for infection that's why they could flattening out the curve very effectively and didn't get their healthcare system overwhelmed. The 0.5-1% mortality rate (which is still higher than flu) is when the healthcare system can handle the case within its capacity.

On the other hand, Italy who also did a lot testing but only after the outbreak breach the containment have high mortality rate despite a lot of testing, being at around 4% currently. That's because their healthcare system got overwhelmed and their high number of elderly people. In fact, at this point the healthcare system in Lombardy got overwhelmed to the point that the triage system kicked in, which means doctors have to choose to save people who are more likely to survive and left people who haw low chance of surviving to die.



https://time.com/5799586/italy-coronavirus-outbreak/


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-10/virus-spread-pushes-italian-hospitals-toward-breaking-point

So yes, Covid-19 has a lower mortality rate than early report as long as the healthcare system can handle it within their capacity but expect the mortality to be higher if the beds in the hopspital is running out and they have to start treating patients in the corridor instead.

On June 29 2018 11:48 Hesmyrr wrote:
Is there going to be LR thread?

On August 01 2017 14:10 bumatlarge wrote:
You have to spend time to be able to wear there gear though. There is no way to pay your way through that. You can pay to buy anything you are able to wear. I guarantee the top players aren't pouring real cash into this.

Server has been going down a lot due to sheer number of people they didn't anticipate would play the game. The fact that servers are still going down now means that many people are still playing at least.

On August 24 2012 11:40 drag_ wrote:

I assume since you're from America you're driving an automatic, and so in answer to your question, be happy you're not driving a manual.

On December 07 2017 15:27 jcarlsoniv wrote:Speaking as an ex-gymnast, this is unfortunately not a surprising situation. I'm glad it's coming to light.

I don't at all think that this should be used to justify abstaining from the Olympics, though. There are plenty of other reasons to take issue with the IOC, but I would be very sad to see us not participate.

On April 17 2022 22:52 ghrur wrote:


Okay, good, this is a very important point. The emphasis is mine. I can understand the notion, but again, let us just be clear here. Twitter and Facebook do not need to implement this "free marketplace of ideas." They are not legally obligated to do so as 1A does not apply to them, and we should agree that, legally speaking, they can be as capricious as they'd like with what they allow on their property. Do we agree on that point? I take this quote as a yes given you state they "should implement," not that they "must implement" or "are compelled to implement" or some such synonym.

In that case, what we're arguing about is solely our opinion on what their moderation style should be, not what they are legally or socially bound to do (which is nothing, based upon current Supreme Court decisions and understandings of 1A). I think this is a good starting point of agreement.



Given that private entities are not bound by the first amendment (see above), allow me to try to understand your claims above.
1. Assumption: Principle behind 1A is to create a free marketplace of ideas.
2. Claim: Principle behind 1A is not discussed within Masterpiece Cakeshop
3. Claim: Social media (Twitter, Facebook, et al.) are the modern day "public square" (allow me to change your wording here as "means of discourse" is not mentioned anywhere in the Packingham opinion).
4. Claim: Therefore, social media should implement the principles behind 1A.

Please let me know if I have mischaracterized your claims or misunderstood them in some way. As for why they're wrong, I'll respond below.

1. The guiding principle behind 1A is NOT to create "a free marketplace of ideas." Instead, I'd argue a more reasonable principle behind the first amendment is to inhibit government from infringing upon a person's rights. First, let's start with the text.

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Note that markets or private entities are not mentioned. Only "Government" is mentioned. This is because, in the historical context of the situation, the primary concern of the writers were about preventing their(our) government from becoming a tyrannical structure similar to the one they had just overthrown. In fact, you can read Madison's original discussions and objectives when creating the Bill of Rights here. Note that Madison does not mention terms such as "market," "market place," "trade," or "exchange." Instead, the contents of the Bill of Rights are simply to protect the natural rights of the people (e.g. Speech) from the government, and the object is to "limit & qualify power ... in a particular manner." Thus, it's clearly shown that the guiding principle behind 1A is not "the free marketplace of ideas," but rather to control the government and ensure the liberties of the people. Interpreted in a modern day sense, Facebook and Twitter are not governments. In fact, based upon case law, they are people themselves which is why Masterpiece Cakeshop indeed applies to our discussion upon this point. To prevent Facebook or Twitter from engaging in moderation as they'd prefer is to inhibit the natural right of speech that these entities are promised based upon the law of the land. Once again, if you want to say they should do X, Y, or Z, that's a valid opinion for you to hold, but it has no support within our current legislative or judicial framework.

2. This is factually false. In fact, the point of case law is specifically to interpret the meaning of our laws, including 1A, and the point of originalism is to apply the historical principles behind the creation of a law to its interpretation. Note that Clarence Thomas is an originalist, and he indeed wrote a concurring opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop which states "The First Amendment, applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibits state laws that abridge the “freedom of speech." My counterargument here is that Supreme Court opinions do indeed take into account the principle behind 1A when deciding their cases, and I'd argue that they're the foremost experts of such interpretation! Hence why they're on the Supreme Court. And as such, the "principle behind 1A" is not a "free marketplace of ideas," but rather necessary limitations on government in order to prevent abuse of power from a government onto its people. In fact, that is the guiding principle behind all 10 amendments, not just 1A. Nowhere within any of these amendments, nor within the text of 1A, nor within any of the sources you've brought forth (i.e. None...).

3. This is a misreading of the opinion, which I have already answered. If you claim Facebook are the modern day "public square," then based upon the opinion you're quoting, do you agree that WebMD, Amazon, and
vampirefreaks.com are also equivalent "public squares" in your interpretation? Because these are the only sites aside from Facebook which are mentioned in Packingham, and these are the examples given by the opinion. If you agree these are all equivalent "public squares," then I'd argue we're back to my claim, which is that the modern day "public square" is not social media, but rather the internet at large. If you disagree that WebMD, Amazon, and vampirefreaks.com are the equivalent (based upon Packingham), could you please provide the case law show casing why that's the case?

4. Again, this is a should, not a must or are compelled to. We can argue about it, but at the end of the day, what Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, TL, etc. decide to implement in terms of their moderation is up to them. I'm fully supportive of having private businesses be able to decide how to engage with their private property, and at the end of the day, whether or not Twitter or Facebook keeps a piece of data on their hard drives should be completely up to them. The hard drive and the servers are their private property, and for "society" or "government" to force them to use their private property in a given way sounds antithetical to the property rights within the United States. I'm surprised you'd support that.

On June 20 2022 09:53 Pandain wrote:


Neeb-Astrea is actually probably amongst the strongest teams. Would have only ranked Korea and maybe Germany above it, and now Germany is knocked out.

On July 12 2019 08:40 Ace wrote:


dope shit. Maybe one day we can all discuss the realities of life :D

On May 10 2012 06:41 zerroth wrote:
Thank you for being responsible and deciding to abort the baby. There has been a lot of controversy over the legalization of the procedure but I believe that it is important for people such as yourself. I hope things go well with your relationship and you continue to make smart and responsible decisions.

On November 03 2017 01:46 kingjames01 wrote:
I'm most excited about the Jaedong vs Bisu showmatch and the CodeCraft segments!

On June 21 2022 11:54 Chezinu wrote:


Yeah, I've been waiting for over a decade. I really think I can win this despite Ace being unlynchable. Patience is key.

On September 10 2013 12:48 ~OpZ~ wrote:
I wanna see some people getting into the Noir....

I can see this one going good. *grabs popcorn*

On December 24 2020 09:19 DCLXVI wrote:
Given that I am shooting for a 3080 and most of my computer time is gaming/streaming is it insane to pair it with a 5900x instead of a 5600x? The last time I build a computer (12 years ago) I kept the same cpu+board the whole time and just upgraded gpu/ram/ssd - I am wondering if that is still a viable plan?

I figure if I'm not going to get a new motherboard/ram for the life of this build I might as well get the best cpu for the socket and the 12 cores would carry me longer. Is that reasonable or would I be better off getting a 5600 now for half the price of the 5900 and then hoping the 5900 price drops in 5+ years? Or was I just lucky in getting a cpu last time that kept up well enough for a dozen years and I can't hope for that again?

All of this assuming I can get my hands on either one of course .,.

On July 26 2019 02:42 Coagulation wrote:
Im putting my old baby girl down tomorrow. Im hurting more than I ever have in my life. Im sorry I wont be around to finish.