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This sounds like the start to a really good anime movie.

NHS is good for community service hours. I guess it looks fine. You can do other things to look better to colleges.

You could try picking up fire emblem.

In my experience, college exam averages tend to stick around 75. Allows for a normal distribution that's less skewed. Don't stop getting perfect scores. They're good for your health.

*cough* integral symbol and d theta at step 5 *cough cough*

Edit: Oh wait, I think I see what you meant. I've never seen anybody do that.

Yeah, idk. It's the same with composers. People condemn Wagner for being anti-Semitic and Hitler's favorite composer, but does that change the value of his music? Not really, imo. It's a tricky thing.

I'd agree that it's valid to separate the art from the artist sometimes, but I think it's important to know where your money goes. Obviously, for Wagner, it's not really an issue anymore, but if you (the general 'you') buy the work of an artist alive now who has ideas you don't agree with or who takes part in events you don't support, you're giving them money that helps enable those actions or give them influence in culture. Some people take it farther and think that even appreciating their work is too much support. It's not that the stuff they make directly or even subtly reflects their world outlook, but that somebody might believe that the artist doesn't deserve their support given some disagreement.

Why should that be changed? Does it matter a whole lot? The most recent lyrics are nearly 63 years old and I don't think anyone's planning on changing them. Back then, at the time it was written, the concentration of Christians in America was higher, so the worship of God was a norm for nearly everyone.

If you don't want to say the pledge, or if you want to be an atheist, that's completely fine. I'm just saying America isn't going to remove 2 words from its pledge for those who take them way too seriously. Those 2 words aren't there to force religion on innocent kids.

I don't think "It's too much effort" (and it most certainly isn't) is a good reason to keep it in. It's kids who recite the pledge, not full-grown adults who can make their own decisions. In my opinion, not only is it more ethical, but it's more powerful for a person to choose their own faith, if any. Why then should kids be expected (though not typically required) to add in a couple lines that reference a particular religion? Regardless of why it was put there in the first place.

I realized I was typing this up on a page I hadn't refreshed. Doesn't much change what I want to say though.

The general rule in my mind is that games that are clearly designed differently are different games, regardless of whether they have the same name and gameplay. All those versions of Tetris are then their own games. If they share a soundtrack, it's up to the song and discretion of the arrangers then to make different arrangements.

If the same game was intended to get a wide release on multiple systems, it gets a [MUL]. Metal Gear Solid V (multiple systems at once), Rocket League (ported to Xbox and then OS X/Linux after it gained popularity), and GTA V (intended release on PC was intentionally delayed 2 years after initial release), would fall under this category despite their differing types of releases.

Re-released, remastered, and remade games belong to their original console(s). None of the things on the Wii VC that were ported from previous systems deserve the [MUL] tag. Ocarina of Time has been remade and re-released too many times, but it will forever have the [N64] tag. Shadow of the Colossus, which was remade for the PS3 and is being remade again for the PS4 will only ever get the [PS2] tag.

There are a few other edge cases that might sneak by (e.g. Dark Souls was ported to PC after major success on console as a single package that had the DLC built in under the name Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition), but those rules seem to be relatively consistent from my experience.


Imagine yourself as a user. "I really want to play this Tetris music from the game I found on my Gameboy." Why should I be presented with NES sheets? Basically, different games are their own entity even if they have the same name. If you can call it a port, it probably doesn't need its own section.

I'll spin that and say it might mean A might tend to have more trouble with meeting expectations and deadlines where T has a better grasp of reality and understanding of consequences. American culture (and others) is obsessed with the negative effects of excessive stress. But "reacting to stress" doesn't mean better or worse.

Now that they're submitted and accepted

Hollow Knight:
   Hollow Knight
   Resting Grounds

You can grab them right now from the submission page. I'm working on getting it on my arrangement page, but it might even end up on the site before that.

Both times I've taken it I've gotten INFJ, which people apparently don't expect.

Typically, @here is better etiquette.

Probably the Discord support team.

I'm currently playing Dark Souls. I'm at the part where

Spoiler

I'm in the Duke's Archive. I've found big hat logan in the giant cell and cleared out the room with all the chancellors and am about to face the boss of the area.

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. I've got to say that it's an okay game with an apparent challenge so far. Though if you do play it, i really recommend equipping the master key at the start of the game. It's extremely useful when you have to go to Blighttown which is the spawn of satan with its poison damage. I've died like 5000 times, though which is annoying.

Next boss isn't too bad, but you're probably going to get upset at him the first time. Also, even though the gameplay is great and fun and challenging, the beauty in Dark Souls comes from the lore and the story. Do your best to understand why characters say and do what they do. Read item descriptions and pay attention to where you found them. Exhaust everybody's dialogue. Speculate. This is a carefully made Japanese game; everything has meaning down to the smallest animation nuances and item placements. Dark Souls will not explain itself to you, and if you don't take the time to try to understand and appreciate what it might be saying, you'll just be confused at the ending.

If you guys ever in your life get a chance to see a total solar eclipse, take a day or two off to drive to it. It is a hundred times better than 95% coverage.