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UncleSmoothie posted:What airlines are you flying? I have never had a USB port on a transatlantic flight and I do about four or five of them a year.
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UncleSmoothie posted:What airlines are you flying? I have never had a USB port on a transatlantic flight and I do about four or five of them a year. Emirates and Qantas.
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Jul 25, 2014 09:06
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~Coxy posted:Emirates and Qantas. Seatguru.com has been pretty accurate for me when searching available amenities for certain flights.
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Jul 25, 2014 09:32
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UncleSmoothie posted:Those are great but they eat battery like whoa. Dude won't make it all the way through his flight. My laptop can charge plugged in USB devices and it has a big rear end battery if it comes to that. While I don't plan on literally playing a single game for ten hours straight it's just that I want to bring something that won't make me claw my eyes out if I did. Since a bunch of PC/console ports have been mentioned, any comments on the Baldur's Gate I or KOTOR ports?
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Jul 25, 2014 10:21
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~Coxy posted:Emirates and Qantas. I fly Qantas domestically within Australia and they tend to even have them there. Check the websites as well.
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Jul 25, 2014 11:50
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The rear end Stooge posted:I tried it because of this Jezebel article. Jesus Christ, F2P is the worst.
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Jul 25, 2014 12:58
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I just heard an ad the other day that Delta now has a USB port at every seat on all "long-haul international flights". There's also this (slightly outdated) LifeHacker article. If you don't have an external battery pack, I highly recommend one. MassDrop currently has the Satechi Portable Energy Station, which is the one I've been using for a year. 10,000mAh, both 2A and 1A output; I can usually get several full iPhone/iPad recharges out of a single battery pack charge. Sorry if I sound like an infomercial but it's a seriously useful thing to have in your bag.
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Jul 25, 2014 14:01
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United is the worst, I use them to fly from Japan and the States and half of the airplanes don't even have personal TVs, they just have the big one in the middle. Forget USB or any kind of chargers.
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Jul 25, 2014 14:24
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Original_Z posted:United is the worst, I use them to fly from Japan and the States and half of the airplanes don't even have personal TVs, they just have the big one in the middle. Forget USB or any kind of chargers. That used to be the best part of flying. Craning to get a look at a film you didn't choose to see. Don't complain about that poo poo, man, that's my loving nostalgia.
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Jul 25, 2014 14:31
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Hmmm, so far I've only gotten those rope cards on sky force. Anyone get something different? And do I have to activate them somehow? It seems like I can't pick up guys from any further then normal.
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Jul 25, 2014 14:35
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Daedalus Esquire posted:Hmmm, so far I've only gotten those rope cards on sky force. Anyone get something different? I got hanger space +1 (so I have 11 "tries" instead of 10) and two plane production +5% (my "tries" regen faster). They activated automatically. I think you are not really going to notice rope length increase unless it is 50% or so since it's so tiny to begin with. It sucks that you have to finish the level to keep the card, since I'm at the point where all I really need to work on are stars on the hardest levels/difficulties which I can't reliably clear every time.
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Jul 25, 2014 15:12
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Just popping in to say Cathay 4 Lyfe.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:40
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Avadon 2: The Corruption on sale for $5 (50% off) for the first time. Spiderweb Software titles rarely drop any further and sales are relatively rare, so now's as good a time as any. I'm playing through the first right now on iPad, and I much prefer it that way compared to desktop/laptop.
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Jul 25, 2014 17:28
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JagGator posted:I got hanger space +1 (so I have 11 "tries" instead of 10) and two plane production +5% (my "tries" regen faster). They activated automatically. I think you are not really going to notice rope length increase unless it is 50% or so since it's so tiny to begin with. Hmmm. I guess that makes sense. Any idea if they stack? I appear to have 3 cards present in my...deck(?) under spot 17 (the rope card).
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Jul 25, 2014 18:09
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The rear end Stooge posted:I thought this Kim Kardashian game was supposed to be an escape from life's drudgeries I'm not sure what's worse, people playing that game or that its animation and artstyle looks like a Newgrounds flash game, and probably plays like the games my sister used to play on our old 486 when we were kids.
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Jul 25, 2014 21:39
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Anyone else notice that their magnet has been severely gimped in the most recent Sky Force update? I was already on the line about deleting it, this pushed me over. I don't enjoy not being able to pass a level because I don't have a strong enough weapon to 100% enemies, enemy shots that appear in similar colors to powerups, and lovely NESesque music. Back to Mushihimesama.
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Jul 25, 2014 21:43
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??? Mine doesnt seem to have been
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Jul 25, 2014 21:50
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If you're looking to scratch a MOBA itch on iPad you might try out Kingdom Rush Frontiers. It's tower defense where you control a moba-like hero. There's not any multiplayer, which could own, but it is a good game. In fact if there are any more games like that on iOS I'd play them but I don't know of any.
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Jul 25, 2014 23:02
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Daedalus Esquire posted:Hmmm, so far I've only gotten those rope cards on sky force. Anyone get something different? And do I have to activate them somehow? It seems like I can't pick up guys from any further then normal. I think the card just applies itself. If you tap the card after the level it tells you what it does, or there's a card icon on the top left of the map.
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Jul 25, 2014 23:46
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Feenix posted:This game have MFI controller support? I just bought traps n' gemstones and am disappointed it does not support mfi. It does support ion arcade controllers if that helps.
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Jul 26, 2014 01:18
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What do you have to do to get cards in sky force? Also canabalt is on sale in case anyone held on for like, five years. (Like me)
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Jul 26, 2014 01:28
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Helmacron posted:What do you have to do to get cards in sky force? I have two 5% faster plane cards so far but I don't think I did anything special. I am almost certain one came from a lighthouse but I could be mistaken.
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Jul 26, 2014 01:52
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They pop out of things the way powerups do, but much more rarely. It seems you get at most one card per flight.
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Jul 26, 2014 02:37
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The Royal Scrub posted:If you're looking to scratch a MOBA itch on iPad you might try out Kingdom Rush Frontiers. It's tower defense where you control a moba-like hero. There's not any multiplayer, which could own, but it is a good game. In fact if there are any more games like that on iOS I'd play them but I don't know of any. Not anything *close* to a MOBA.
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Jul 26, 2014 04:32
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obi_ant posted:Not anything *close* to a MOBA. I'll concede that it's a pretty far stretch but at least it's a recommendation for a really good game that might scratch some of that itch; for the people saying "I've never played a MOBA before, which one should I try out on iOS" it's like, jeeze, they're all pretty rough, if you have a computer just play DOTA2 for free. The tutorials are pretty solid and it was my first MOBA game and I've found it easy enough to play "casually". Or wait for Heroes of the Storm which is Hearthstone to DOTA's Magic: The Gathering and is fun as hell:
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Jul 26, 2014 05:22
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goferchan posted:I'll concede that it's a pretty far stretch but at least it's a recommendation for a really good game that might scratch some of that itch; for the people saying "I've never played a MOBA before, which one should I try out on iOS" it's like, jeeze, they're all pretty rough, if you have a computer just play DOTA2 for free. The tutorials are pretty solid and it was my first MOBA game and I've found it easy enough to play "casually". Or wait for Heroes of the Storm which is Hearthstone to DOTA's Magic: The Gathering and is fun as hell: With their newly announced pay-for-power system it'll even feel like you're playing an iOS game!
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Jul 26, 2014 05:27
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Original_Z posted:United is the worst, I use them to fly from Japan and the States and half of the airplanes don't even have personal TVs, they just have the big one in the middle. Forget USB or any kind of chargers. Weird, I've been using them for international business flight out of the east coast and throughout Europe and have yet to see one where every seat doesn't get it's own tv. However I have yet to fly one that has USB ports.
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Jibo posted:Weird, I've been using them for international business flight out of the east coast and throughout Europe and have yet to see one where every seat doesn't get it's own tv. However I have yet to fly one that has USB ports. United uses its oldest shitbird planes for the trans-Pacific flights. I fly from Australia to the USA three or four times a year, and I fly United because I've got elite status and a bunch of perks. Their planes are terrible, their "food" only gets to be called that because it's technically possible to digest it, and worst of all they just discontinued free booze on international flights.
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Jul 26, 2014 05:36
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Here's a fun article about the shittiness of American air carriers: http://qz.com/236417/americas-airlines-are-the-worlds-most-profitable-and-least-comfortable/
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Jul 26, 2014 05:39
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Somewhere an eagle is crying a single, proud tear as it gets ripped to shreds by an overbooked airplane.
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Jul 26, 2014 06:54
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Not surprising. First time I flew a non-US airline it was Icelandair and their economy offers more amenities, like a bunch of free TV and movies, than any US airline I've ever seen. When they forgot the food I asked for they apologized and gave it free of charge. It was actual food too and not a plastic-wrapped mystery meat in Last time I had free (very limited) entertainment on a domestic flight in economy was coast to coast and I think it was US Air, 4-5 years ago. Flights themselves cost almost double what they did 5 years ago too. Flying in the US sucks. The only good thing in the last several years was they finally stopped making people turn off electronics since the whole "well your phone/tablet could interfere with the airplane during takeoff" thing had been disproved repeatedly.
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Jul 26, 2014 07:11
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I fly first class and I've never seen an outlet or USB on any of the domestic flights I've taken. AA did give me a tablet running a derivative of droid that showed tv shows and movies and things which was cool I guess except that I brought an iPad loaded with movies and felt like a total boner. It was depressing because I barreled through Monster Hunter Unite on my phone and didn't really watch the movies and then realized it was a huge drain and when I landed my battery was dead so I had to sit against an outlet like an rear end in a top hat at the airport AFTER I landed.
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Jul 26, 2014 07:26
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Get a cheap usb battery off monoprice, 2000mah is roughly an iPhone charge. You can get vastly bigger than that these days for not a lot of money.
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Jul 26, 2014 07:59
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obi_ant posted:Not anything *close* to a MOBA. Not that I called it a moba but blasting creeps and getting gold with a hero that has 4 abilities sounds kinda close to me. Good thing I called it tower defense where you control a hero though! Close call!
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Jul 26, 2014 14:48
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Sky Force seems like a pretty neat game. It still has the problem of things shooting you in the back where your finger is blocking and I wish there was more feedback when you got hit but otherwise really solid.
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Yodzilla posted:Sky Force seems like a pretty neat game. It still has the problem of things shooting you in the back where your finger is blocking and I wish there was more feedback when you got hit but otherwise really solid. It is. A lot of fun, too. And the few times the "under you" stuff happens you start to memorize it and can avoid. I agree though, it's just a case of unavoidable touch control-itis.
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Jul 26, 2014 16:24
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You can change the controls and see behind yourself way easier with the other setting.
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Jul 26, 2014 16:42
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Or use a stylus like I am, that gives me enough sight where I need it.
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Jul 26, 2014 16:44
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Does no one else just....lift their hand? You won't be beating any of the challenging parts on your first try, you'll learn when to use only your fingertip and then you can go back to resting your greasy palms on your device.
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To kind of bring this back on track some, the best way to make sure you are able to use your device for the duration of your flight is to get an iPad Air. I always have my sound off unless I'm playing like Theatrythm and keep my brightness a smidge lower than default and it lasts through domestic flights and then some. I'm working 4 10s right now and when I charge it over night it will last all the way through my work day and still have 20-30% battery left. I had an iPad 2 and it didn't last half as long.
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