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In D2 we had items that obviously had some backstory to them (set items, many uniques). I found myself wondering things such as "Who was the Immortal King? Where was his gear made, and why?"

My idea is to have a bit of lore on the item itself. It could explain where the item was made, its known wielder, battles it played a part in...so on. Example:


Flamebellow: Balrog Blade

This sword was forged with magical flames. Granting its wielder the power of fire, its purpose was to fight back the frost demon assault on Harrogath during the sixth century. It's owner, the famed warrior Scott, fell in battle during the fire demon invasion during the early seventh century.


Except it wouldn't sound retarded because it would be written by professional writers.

I think this would do a lot to make you really feel how epic your gear is. It would be really interesting to read the backstories of your favorite gear. It could do a lot to fill in the gaps of lore to those of us who haven't read the novels. Opinions?

It should be possible to play through the game without having to grind for items. Occasional rerunning of areas for xp is fine, but I don't see how you can have fun running Baal 10+ times.

The game, IMO is the journey to high levels and the end of your skill plan. Getting through normal isn't enough because you don't even really use all of your skills. IMO nightmare was the best part of D2. A bit harder, but not so hard that you couldn't make it through by just playing.

Playing untwinked with any class should be very possible.

And Mindless, I sincerely doubt any of us here are noobs. We've all beaten hell, multiple times. The point is, how did we do it? The most common answer would be by MFing for items so you actually had a chance to survive in hell.

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Finally another smart person when it comes to repetitions. Enough of that 1-5 rep crap.

Just because your training goals are different than mine doesn't mean it's "stupid" of me (or anyone else) to do low reps. The truth is you should vary your reps because different numbers train different energy systems and ultimately different aspects of fitness.

1-5 Reps: Strength & Power
8-12: Mass
15+ Endurance

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The world from the Elder Scrolls games hands down.

Oooh good call. I would totally be an alchemist. I've always wondered what skooma would be like. And then there's all those colorful mushrooms everywhere..

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well heres what your not geting though. those really fat people are a product of society. Society is against human survival and health and for example lets say someone weighs 300+ pounds. Could you imagine how hard it would be to get out of that deep routine of constantly eating, not exercising and doing whatever. And then add in that they probably waist their whole lives trying to make money at whatever job it may be and completely neglect the body. Unless they have really healthy and active friends to help them then it would be incredibly hard to self motivate considering they probably dont have such motivation because they let it go this far in the first place. Being skinny can be fixed, you dont feel like your going to have a heart attack from geting off the couch

It's just the unwillingness to do anything about it that I hate. Everyone's looking for an easy solution where they won't have to do anything. Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy.

And like I said, they can take it slowly. They don't have to immediately overhaul their life. How hard is it really to replace soda with water? To bring a lunch rather than getting fast food, even just a couple times a week. In the long run, TINY changes like this make a big difference.

If you're fat and unhappy, do something about it. Don't expect a miracle drug to fix years of bad habits. If you're fine being the way you are, that's great, and don't let anyone make you feel like it's bad.

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I will only accept this comment as respectable if you were fat before lol.

Well, I had the same problem in that I wasn't happy with myself. I felt I was too skinny. Everyone saw me as a weakass. Now I'm up to 165lbs up from 135ish a year ago. Similar body fat (~10%).

That's cool stuff Archie. Strength training is my thing. It's like a drug. A sweet, delicious drug. I seriously get withdrawals if I don't work out for a few days. I'll just get kind of depressed and easily angry. I remember not being able to bench 100lbs a year ago. Now that's not even warm-up material.

I need to come up with a good mantra..

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I'm overweight at 6'3 and 187lbs.

I used to be 210lbs a month ago. I lost weight by running and doing crunches. It's easy.

That's what I hate about people. If you're overweight and want to lose weight, do something about it or quit complaining. Cut out one bad food you regularly eat and you'd be surprised how much of an effect it could have. For instance, cut out the soda. One 12oz soda is 100% your daily value of sugar.

Lengthy workouts ya got there Archie. I imagine by your reps and the other thread that you're into body building?

Would 60% be more accurate then? I was just trying to convey that I wanted it to be faster than a jog. A moderate run, I guess.

There seemed to be some interest in the Squat thread for a thread like this, so here we go. Post your workout routine and share advice/insight.

I start with soft tissue work using a tennis ball, followed by about 6 mobility exercises/dynamic stretches.

I.
Squat 5x5 @ 205-220lbs (getting pretty tough)
Overhead Press 5x5 @ 105 lbs (big time stalling here)
Deadlift 3x5 @ 135, 185, 240lbs

II.
Overhead Squat 5x5 @ 95lbs (added this not that long ago)
Bench Press 5x5 @ 165lbs (major stalling)
Pullups 3x6
Dips 3x12

Workouts every other day alternating between I and II. I plan on adding a fast (~75-80% exertion) 1 mile run once a week.

The problem with machines is that they force you into unnatural movements. Smith machines are especially bad. I remember going from machines to free weights and having to drop the weight by as much as 50% because like Kenzai said, machines don't let you use your stabilizer muscles.

Isolation is fine, but not if you're starting out and don't have much muscle to begin with. Get your base with compound exercises, and add a few isolation exercises to your regime as you advance. I am against ever using isolation as the basis for your routine, though. If it works for you, fine.

Pushups are great, simple, and infinitely variable for advancement.

The problem with crunches is they can put strain on your neck because many people have a tendency to lead with their head. For this reason I prefer reverse crunches.

Strength training. Pretty much all compound exercises. Squats, overhead squats, deadlifts, overhead press, bench press, pullups, dips. Other random things once in awhile if I'm bored. I should run once in awhile, but don't.

What do you do?

I've heard of Infinite Intensity too. I think I'll make a trip to the ol' book store on my next pay day.

lol

Well if you did have it, do you think it would be a good buy, hypothetically speaking?

I've been debating getting that very book at Barnes & Noble. Do you have it?
I know Mark does a lot of work with CrossFit, and they're basically the authority on fitness in my mind.

Haha yeah, those quads could frighten small children.

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Olympic lifters smaller than bodybuilders. :D:D Okay, now that I stopped crying from laughing so hard.

My point was that "bodybuilders" train for mass, not strength. Their muscles ARE much larger. Yes, it also has to do a lot with definition, but their muscles are larger.

Though yeah, now I realize I made a mistake saying that olympic lifters are much smaller. It's because when I think of olympic lifters, I think of Ivan Stoitsov:

It's really not worth arguing because we can't see what movement he is actually doing. You might be thinking I'm talking about a straight leg deadlift, which I know he is not doing. But whether it is a deadlift or squat can not be determined unless we actually see what he is doing.

I didn't see the picture. I was just basing my interpretation on his explanation.

As for the looking at the ceiling. I wasn't saying that if you are 1 foot away from the wall that you look at the corner. :confused: I was saying that if you are looking perfectly horizontal or looking down, you are not going to have good form. Period.

I don't see how this is true. Keeping your back from rounding has nothing to do with your head position. Keeping your glutes tight and knees out, upper back/shoulders tight is all it takes. Are you saying this is bad form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjfEnUT2A-g
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