OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Or Ogrezilla and LOGiK's Nerd Thread ;)

[Gurglesons]

The Shield is my favorite tv show. So damn good.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Hey @Ogrezilla - Arcane S2 E4

Spoiler

Ha ha, I was right. Jinx is not a full on baddie. She's turning into an anti-hero, wanker.

I can confidently say I didn't see pretty much any of s2 going how it has

Finished all of act 2.

Spoiler: Arcane s2ep6

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I can confidently say I didn't see pretty much any of s2 going how it has

Finished all of act 2.

Spoiler: Arcane s2ep6

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I feel a little vindicated.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I feel a little vindicated.

1. This is definitely gone a way that I think playing the games actually made it harder to predict what's going to happen
2:

Spoiler: Arcane S2Ep3

I'll be pedantic to not be fully wrong, I'm not above this . I'd say she is on a path to be a redeemed villain and may become an anti-hero, but in season 1 she was a full-on villain imo not an anti-hero.

3:

Spoiler: Arcane S2Ep6

We'll see how everyone deals with this newest round of trauma she could certainly go back to being a villain at this point. I'm very curious to see if Jinx and Cait can ever really coexist for a length of time.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I probably mentioned this but I don't think I ever gave legit confirmation: I started my new job about 5 weeks ago and I'm absolutely loving it. I'm doing much more design work rather than just running models and my manager is legitimately great. I also know I'm making a great first impression, because I'm already presenting analysis work a month after starting.

I'm officially leaving Seattle this Saturday, gonna spend a week in Pittsburgh and then relocate down to Rockville, MD.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I probably mentioned this but I don't think I ever gave legit confirmation: I started my new job about 5 weeks ago and I'm absolutely loving it. I'm doing much more design work rather than just running models and my manager is legitimately great. I also know I'm making a great first impression, because I'm already presenting analysis work a month after starting.

I'm officially leaving Seattle this Saturday, gonna spend a week in Pittsburgh and then relocate down to Rockville, MD.

Congrats. Moving and new jobs are stressful but you think you were happy to be moving back to this side of the country at least right? Good to hear the job itself is good too.

I'm a year into my new job and it's great. It's hard to overstate the importance of a good manager/team. On paper I probably would prefer my previous job / responsibilities but in practice its not even close, the new one is a million times better. It's satisfying to hear that the guy that came in and drove half the company away has now finally been let go from my previous job; too little too late.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Congrats. Moving and new jobs are stressful but you think you were happy to be moving back to this side of the country at least right? Good to hear the job itself is good too.

I'm a year into my new job and it's great. It's hard to overstate the importance of a good manager/team. On paper I probably would prefer my previous job / responsibilities but in practice its not even close, the new one is a million times better. It's satisfying to hear that the guy that came in and drove half the company away has now finally been let go from my previous job; too little too late.

100% yes on moving back to the east coast. I have basically everything packed already and my PODs is getting delivered today. The concern I have is flying with my pets on Saturday, but I think I have everything for that sorted out.

My company gave me a $15k signing bonus to pay for relocation and I think my total relocation costs are coming in at around $10k. After taxes there won't be much left, but it's at least nice I'm not paying out of pocket to move.

I have become pretty disgruntled with Seattle in general so I'm super happy to be leaving, and the fact that I'm moving to the DC metro area (an area I can see myself staying in) makes it much better. I can actually get a house for $400k in Maryland, rather than needing like $800k for Seattle.

 

[Ogrezilla]

100% yes on moving back to the east coast. I have basically everything packed already and my PODs is getting delivered today. The concern I have is flying with my pets on Saturday, but I think I have everything for that sorted out.

My company gave me a $15k signing bonus to pay for relocation and I think my total relocation costs are coming in at around $10k. After taxes there won't be much left, but it's at least nice I'm not paying out of pocket to move.

I have become pretty disgruntled with Seattle in general so I'm super happy to be leaving, and the fact that I'm moving to the DC metro area (an area I can see myself staying in) makes it much better. I can actually get a house for $400k in Maryland, rather than needing like $800k for Seattle.

ah yes, famously low cost DC Metro

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Non-spoiler thoughts of Arcane Season 2 so far:

1. I'm not liking it as much of the first season. Likely because I had no expectations back then but very high ones now.
2. I like Vi's new look.
3. Still gorgeous. Hoping the local theater shows this on the big screen at some point in the future.
4. I honestly forgot a lot of the first season and Netflix's recap wasn't good enough. Had to watch a recap on YouTube.

Spoiler observation(s) for the end of episode six:

Spoiler

Jayce, you done f***ed up. Still, probably my favorite of the six so far.

And was that a Cowboy Bebop reference?

 

[Empoleon8771]

ah yes, famously low cost DC Metro

Anything is cheap relative to Seattle

 

[Ogrezilla]

Non-spoiler thoughts of Arcane Season 2 so far:

1. I'm not liking it as much of the first season. Likely because I had no expectations back then but very high ones now.
2. I like Vi's new look.
3. Still gorgeous. Hoping the local theater shows this on the big screen at some point in the future.
4. I honestly forgot a lot of the first season and Netflix's recap wasn't good enough. Had to watch a recap on YouTube.

Spoiler observation(s) for the end of episode six:

Spoiler

Jayce, you done f***ed up. Still, probably my favorite of the six so far.

And was that a Cowboy Bebop reference?

Probably not as good as season 1, but close enough that I'm still very happy with it. It all still looks great. I rewatched the 1st season like a week before this one came out so that helped.

Spoiler: Arcane S2Ep6

not convinced Jayce f***ed up. Or at least not here. Dude clearly saw some shit.

 

[Empoleon8771]

On one of my last days in Seattle, we got hit with category 1 hurricane force winds and it knocked out power for the entire city

SeaTac is still up so I’m not super worried yet, but damn I’m not expecting to have power for the last couple days I’m in Seattle.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

We're finally getting a bathtub added back to the upstairs (main) bathroom. The renovation work should be done today. I believe two owners ago had it removed for mobility purposes. We're planning to move somewhere warm by the time we're that age, but, hey, maybe Pittsburgh's climate will be nice by then.

 

[LOGiK]

I probably mentioned this but I don't think I ever gave legit confirmation: I started my new job about 5 weeks ago and I'm absolutely loving it. I'm doing much more design work rather than just running models and my manager is legitimately great. I also know I'm making a great first impression, because I'm already presenting analysis work a month after starting.

I'm officially leaving Seattle this Saturday, gonna spend a week in Pittsburgh and then relocate down to Rockville, MD.

I loved the area, South east of DC more so than North west of it, but spent a lot of time in the middle.
It's expensive but if you got the job, I figure you'd really like the area.
I don't go for cities, but I liked DC for a few reasons that grew on me.
DC / Baltimore just the whole area is basicallly one big place, the traffic will make you question humanity. Seen some of the wildest dumbest stuff that would be top 10 all time cops dumbassry.

1. This is definitely gone a way that I think playing the games actually made it harder to predict what's going to happen
2:

Spoiler: Arcane S2Ep3

I'll be pedantic to not be fully wrong, I'm not above this . I'd say she is on a path to be a redeemed villain and may become an anti-hero, but in season 1 she was a full-on villain imo not an anti-hero.

3:

Spoiler: Arcane S2Ep6

We'll see how everyone deals with this newest round of trauma she could certainly go back to being a villain at this point. I'm very curious to see if Jinx and Cait can ever really coexist for a length of time.

OH CRAP i forgot about arcane and me taking my good ole time getting to watching S2...
how is it, s2 that is, in one word?

edit, add:
did you know quoting spoiler comments REVEALS the spoiler inside of the spoiler tag?? lovely feature!

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Anyone player stalker 2?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

On one of my last days in Seattle, we got hit with category 1 hurricane force winds and it knocked out power for the entire city

SeaTac is still up so I’m not super worried yet, but damn I’m not expecting to have power for the last couple days I’m in Seattle.

Yeah some cyclone shit my wife was yelling at me about while I was outside rinsing out my bins. It definitely got breezy.

I loved the area, South east of DC more so than North west of it, but spent a lot of time in the middle.
It's expensive but if you got the job, I figure you'd really like the area.
I don't go for cities, but I liked DC for a few reasons that grew on me.
DC / Baltimore just the whole area is basicallly one big place, the traffic will make you question humanity. Seen some of the wildest dumbest stuff that would be top 10 all time cops dumbassry.



OH CRAP i forgot about arcane and me taking my good ole time getting to watching S2...
how is it, s2 that is, in one word?

edit, add:
did you know quoting spoiler comments REVEALS the spoiler inside of the spoiler tag?? lovely feature!

-------
Anyone player stalker 2?

Season 2 has been ok. Kind of felt like they were going to go down this path with Jinx. @Ogrezilla came at me with his many pant pockets to tell me she wouldn't go down this path but all his pockets had more holes than his crocs.