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Sackmanjones

Streaming some Daily Challenge Followed by Slender..... http://www.twitch.tv/sackmanjones42

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Oh I have a good one and if anyone can explain what happened then you deserve a cookie.

Last month, I went ahead and put together a brand new PC. All parts were replaced except for my network adapter and monitor at the time. On my older PC, I was getting a consistent 10MB/s download speed wirelessly. When I completed my new PC, everything seemed to be working splendidly, that is until I tried to download a new game. I noticed that my download speeds became slower and more erratic, bouncing from various speed levels. The pc is in the same spot as my old one, so I didn't understand the change, figured it may be the network card so I went ahead and bought a new one. Installed it, still same issue. Tried almost every PCEI slot, still the issue persisted.

I was totally stumped, however I kinda moved on and started to think about getting a new monitor, the one I had was a few years old and only 1080p and I wanted one of them fancy G-Sync monitors. So I purchased one and would take a few days to get to my house. Still battling this download issue, I started to notice a strange pattern, whenever my old monitor would shut off, and I would wake it up, the download speeds would be back to a consistent 10MB/s. but right after I woke the monitor up, the speeds dropped. I noticed this about 2 or 3 times, thought to myself "Is my monitor the problem here? No, that's crazy, how is that even possible!".

New monitor showed up, unhooked my old one and set the new one up. Tried to download a new game and bam, my consistent internet speeds returned even better than they were before. I have absolutely zero ideas as to why my computer monitor was somehow affecting my internet speeds, but it was, I can reproduce the results with it too without any explanation as to why. I have accepted that I will probably never know the answer to this question, however if anyone can give me some ideas as to why this was going on, that would be super cool!

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As someone who got into D&D earlier this year, it’s a ton of fun and I would love to see some more unplugged. However, as it has already been said, there needs to be interest. D&D is a great game as long as everyone is willing to play, but being dragged through it is fun for nobody.

Just learning how to play can be tough on camera too, I imagine they’d have to do like their own short adventures first off camera before creating a feature. That way basic rules are known and not everything is just winged off the cuff. That is how the first D&D unplugged session went and while it was fun to watch, the game functions better and is more entertaining if their is at least some structure and base rules known.

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Man, my game glitched and he got stuck looking st the mysterious pen thing. And did not move for about 15 minutes. So I really had no choice but to force his face into the pen and run for dear life! I failed but still had a good time.

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I understand how you feel. I used to be in the same boat, I’m paying for premium and look at all the content I’m not watching! I mean it’s great at how much stuff is coming out everyday, I a m not complaining one bit. It’s much better to have a surplus than sitting there trying to think of old videos to watch cause nothing new is out.

That being said, when they really started cranking things out I just told myself that I am going to watch what I want, it’s okay if I miss stuff because at the end of the day I pay money to support the guys cause I think their content is awesome, whether I watch it or not. I enjoy the podcasts every week, and I watch the content that strikes me as interesting.

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Wow, glad to see I am not the only one who had to rewind the podcast to make sure I heard correctly. I'm glad Jeff addressed this when it came up initially as I was wrestling with the idea of trying to get a hold of him to let him know. Pretty horrifying to see the video with these little notes placed in that had no meaning but with context just makes it all the more disgusting.

Fair warning, the podcast gets really intense and certainly pulls no punches on any episodes. I think if I had a second life I would almost certainly pursue a career as a detective, the stuff is pretty fascinating to me but is also extremely tragic.

@citizencoffeecake is he really that bad? I am honestly asking, I just started listening about a month ago so I don't really know any ordeals he has been through and only know him as the host of the show. I guess from some of the past episodes I've listened to it wouldn't surprise me as I think he does one or two that is seemingly in response to something he said or did?

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Currently watching a stream of this game and this guy is literally floating 50 feet in the air. May wanna hold off for a bit on this one.... Attached is the video where it stated, actually quite hilarious

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Yup I’m in the same boat. I’ve got so many investigations but don’t know whether to just grind them or not. So far I kinda have been to try and get specific armor but that requires me to avoid capture quests. I wanna ask what is the benefit of capturing a monster rather than killing it but don’t really wanna spoil that for myself...

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@dafdiego777: this effect will be felt overtime if it is not overturned by the courts. Everyone is going to pay for this sooner or later if it comes to fruition. Broadband giants will sit in the dark and wait until the public is less riled up and will slowly creep out their new powers on people. This shit is unthinkably stupid and I still don’t understand how it has gotten this far.

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I did not know they were making an animated spider man movie. But this actually looks super cool.

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Man, god bless Geoff for keeping it together. That was embarrassing. He almost looked like he was gonna break when he stopped them from showing the trailer but made it through.