Out of the Blue [Feb 05, 2015, 10:37 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Had a weird experience playing Borderlands 2 on Monday with my mutant
cohorts, as we tried to kill Pete the Invincible in another of the game's
over-the-top boss-fights. There's an exploit that makes this near unwinnable
battle possible involving a weird wall hop to get to a safer position to do
battle, but I was the only one of our crew who could not accomplish this
seemingly simple maneuver, which involved spamming the jump button to get on a
ledge. We theorized my keyboard was at fault, but a little Googling shows my
Logitech G510 gets high marks for not having any USB ghosting issues, so I don't
know what's up. The irony here is that I am considered the best player in the
group at reaching difficult spots, often hanging around the rooftops of
Sanctuary like the proper Batman Zer0 I am, but this one ledge
remained maddeningly out-of-reach.
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had same experience, one of our group couldnt get it. was weird, but the npc did enough for us to win.
often hanging around the rooftops of Sanctuary like the proper Batman Zer0 I am
MELEE ZER0 OR DEATH!
I don't recall having many issues with Pete when I solo'd him, but it's possible he gets disproportionately tougher if you tackle him with a full team.
Creston wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 10:31:often hanging around the rooftops of Sanctuary like the proper Batman Zer0 I am
MELEE ZER0 OR DEATH!
Sorry, I'm all about the sniping.
I don't recall having many issues with Pete when I solo'd him, but it's possible he gets disproportionately tougher if you tackle him with a full team.
Well this was super ultimate baddassery mode, or whatever it was, so it was not trivial to say the least.
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When it comes to jogging, less is more, study argues.
Surprised at that finding. It will be interesting to see future studies that look at the effect to see if it holds up.
Surprised at that finding. It will be interesting to see future studies that look at the effect to see if it holds up.
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Blue wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 11:06:
Well this was super ultimate baddassery mode, or whatever it was, so it was not trivial to say the least.
Only thing I don't love about that game is how much your gear matters. Zer0 with a Trespasser can knock off Mr. "Invincible"'s helmet in one shot, making the fight very short... But it takes forever otherwise.
Blue wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 11:06:
Sorry, I'm all about the sniping.
I.... but... I don't even...
Well this was super ultimate baddassery mode, or whatever it was, so it was not trivial to say the least.
I think I only fought him on Ultimate Vault Hunter mode with my Krieg build, which is essentially immortal anyway, so that would probably explain that.
But I've definitely seen bosses become truly insane when faced with multiple people. The first time me and my buddy fought ehh... the big robot dude, who supposedly beat the original vault hunters, he was absolutely kicking our ass. So I was shitting bullets when I had to fight him solo, only to watch him die in like 20 seconds.
jdreyer wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 13:33:
When it comes to jogging, less is more, study argues.
Surprised at that finding. It will be interesting to see future studies that look at the effect to see if it holds up.
i've always suspected that was the case cuz i've heard lots of stories of long distance runners developing degenerative conditions. it's a high impact activity after all, both to your joints and to your cardiovascular system. then again, maybe i'm just rationalizing my recent streak of lazing out of hitting the gym XD
1badmf wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 18:04:jdreyer wrote on Feb 5, 2015, 13:33:
When it comes to jogging, less is more, study argues.
Surprised at that finding. It will be interesting to see future studies that look at the effect to see if it holds up.
i've always suspected that was the case cuz i've heard lots of stories of long distance runners developing degenerative conditions. it's a high impact activity after all, both to your joints and to your cardiovascular system. then again, maybe i'm just rationalizing my recent streak of lazing out of hitting the gym XD
Hmm, I've read that distance runners actually have fewer knee injuries compared to the general population. I've been a distance runner all my life, although I only get a few hours in a week nowadays. I'm right around their suggested level, but it's hard to fathom that doubling what I'm doing now would really hurt me.
Runner's World (not surprisingly) picked apart the study a bit:
The main problem is that sample sizes are large in the "less exercise" groups, which means they have a statistically significant reduction in mortality, but they are tiny in the "more exercise" groups, which means they don't have a statistically significant reduction in mortality. This allows the authors to make the shamefully disingenuous argument that "strenuous joggers have a mortality rate not statistically different from that of the sedentary group"–which is almost a foregone conclusion, given that the sample size is less than a tenth as large.(Emphasis mine) And I thought this was funny:
Yes, the conclusion of the study (that "strenuous" jogging is as bad as being sedentary) is based on two deaths over more than a decade of follow-up. (Thank goodness a third person didn't die, or public health authorities would be banning jogging.)
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