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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: November 04, 2008, 12:03:31 PM »

And why is one of them smoking? Hes not old enough (by the looks of it.).

There really is no age restriction for actually smoking. There is an age restriction on buying cigarettes, though. Anyway, it doesn't matter what age you are. You shouldn't smoke period.

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Mario Chat / Re: Super Mario Galaxy - All of Luigi's 150 Purple Coins Speedrun

« on: November 04, 2008, 12:00:35 PM »

There is another video of someone pulling it off in under 2 minutes, but Kimimaru's is faster by about 4 seconds, and the other person thought that his/her speedrun was perfect. It even says it in the description of the other person's video.

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Mario Chat / Re: Super Mario Galaxy - All of Luigi's 150 Purple Coins Speedrun

« on: November 02, 2008, 02:57:03 PM »

Great job! Your video was very entertaining to me, as usual.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: November 02, 2008, 01:33:36 PM »

Chocolate (pronounced /ˈtʃɒklət/ or /-ˈələt/) comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree. Native to lowland, tropical South America, cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Central America and Mexico, with its earliest documented use around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground and liquified, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate). Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have some physiological effects in humans, but the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure. Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, as it seems to possess substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals.

Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavors in the world. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot chocolate.

                       
                                                        Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: October 25, 2008, 09:16:07 AM »

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: October 24, 2008, 08:28:33 PM »

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archeologists, having been found in very refined forms already in settlements dating back to 5000 years ago in Persia.

Combs can be used for many purposes, including:

Keeping long hair in place.
Decorating the hair.
Matting sections of hair for dreadlocking
Keeping a kippa in place.
Separating cotton fibers from seeds and other debris. The cotton gin, a mechanized version of the comb, is one of the machines that ushered the Industrial Revolution.
Making music. Stringing a plant's leaf or a piece of paper over one side of the comb and humming with cropped lips on the opposite side dramatically increases the high-frequency harmonic content of the hum produced by the human voice box, and the resulting spread sound spectrum can be modulated by changing the resonanting frequency of the oral cavity. This was the inspiration for the kazoo. Moreover, the comb is also a lamellophone. Comb teeth have harmonic qualities of their own, determined by their shape, length, and material. A comb with teeth of unequal length, capable of producing different notes when picked, eventually evolved into the thumb piano and musical box.
Making comb-marbled paper
Combs are also a favorite spot for police investigators to collect hair and dandruff samples that can be used in ascertaining dead or living people's identities, as well as their state of health, toxicological profiles, and so forth. The phrase often used by police detectives: "we are combing through the evidence" relates to the actual use of an over-sized, novelty "Acme" comb at the scene of a crime.

Sharing combs is a common source of parasitic infections, as one user can leave a comb with plenty of eggs or even live parasites, facilitating the transmission of lice, fleas, crabs, mites, fungi, and other undesirables.

Combs can be made out of a number of materials, most commonly wood or plastic. Ivory and tortoiseshell were once common but concerns for the animals that produce them have reduced their usage. When made from wood, Combs are largely made of boxwood, cherry wood or other fine grained wood. Good quality wooden combs are usually handmade and polished.

A hairbrush, which is larger than a comb, is also commonly used for shaping, styling and cleaning the hair.

A little known fact is that the spaces between the teeth on a comb are called combdrums.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Why Melee Is Better Than Brawl

« on: October 11, 2008, 09:24:43 PM »

While basically all the final smashes are avoidable, Super Sonic stands out as very broken. This isn't that big of a concern to me though, as Sonic otherwise is a pretty crappy character.

I wouldn't call any classify any character as something along the lines of "bad." While Sonic's final smash may be very powerful, he's still a good character without it. He may be harder to play than some other characters, but with the right strategy, he can beat down tough foes easily. He only has a few powerful attacks, but if you use a good strategy, you can nail opponents with them.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Why Melee Is Better Than Brawl

« on: October 10, 2008, 07:12:26 PM »

Besides what you listed, what do you find so much better about Melee? In the few instances that I watched a so-called "professional" Melee match, all I saw was 2 players wavedashing like crazy. If you just simply go up to them and hit them, it would most likely work, and I have done that before against many players who wavedash like crazy.

"larger one-player mode"  --One-player Smash? Not even part of the discussion. Single-player in a fighting game is as worthwhile as single-player tug-of-war.

You can say that for basically every fighting game, since the Mortal Kombat series, the Street Fighter series, the Super Smash Bros. series, and almost every other fighting game series have a single-player mode.

Normal Mario, especially normal Brawl Mario, blows

I really disagree with that statement. You must not know how to play Mario in an efficient manner, since I can play him very well in Brawl. I win most of my matches when I play Mario, regardless of the character my opponent uses.

You should think of it like this: Every character in Brawl is good if you know how to play him/her the right way. I can play a huge variety of characters in Brawl very well, even some that people claim to be "terrible," and still manage to win.

[It Looks Better]

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Video Game Chat / Re: Why Melee Is Better Than Brawl

« on: October 10, 2008, 06:50:02 PM »

It Looks Better
Brawl looks like poop on a real TV. And I don't mean a nice smooth turd requiring no wiping. I mean a gnarly greenish string that comes in three parts and requires an entire roll of 2-ply before you can leave. But Melee, being 4:3, ends up more visually compressed and looking surprisingly better.

I'd have to disagree with you on that. For me, Brawl's graphics are very clear and better than Melee's, and I have a decent TV. Brawl has way more textures and has better blending patterns than Melee. When I go back and play Melee, I realize how very little detail is emphasized on the characters, as opposed to Brawl. Melee also looks pretty blurry compared to Brawl when I play it.

The incredible power to kill granted by a Smash Ball negates everything done in the match requiring actual skill and gameplay.

If you really want to play a match requiring actual skill and gameplay, simply turn off all of the items.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: October 08, 2008, 08:25:00 PM »

The earliest known shoes date from about 8000 to 7000 BCE and were found in Oregon, USA in 1938. However, the materials used for making shoes (typically tanned leather) do not normally last for thousands of years, so shoes were probably in use long before this. Physical anthropologist Erik Trinkaus believes he has found evidence that the use of shoes began in the period between about 40,000 and 26,000 years ago, based on the fact that the thickness of the bones of the toes (other than the big toe) decreased during this period, on the premise that going barefoot results in greater bone growth before this period.

The earliest designs were simple affairs, often mere "foot bags" of leather to protect the feet from rocks, debris, and cold. Since a shoe uses more leather than a sandal, their use was more common amongst people in cold climates. By the Middle Ages, turn-shoes had been developed with toggled flaps or drawstrings to tighten the leather around the foot for a better fit. As Europe gained in wealth and power, fancy shoes became status symbols. Toes became long and pointed, often to ridiculous proportions. Artisans created unique footwear for rich patrons, and new styles developed. Eventually the modern shoe, with a sewn-on sole, was devised. Since the 17th century, most leather shoes have used a sewn-on sole. This remains the standard for finer-quality dress shoes today.

Since the mid-20th Century, advances in rubber, plastics, synthetic cloth, and industrial adhesives have allowed manufacturers to create shoes that stray considerably from traditional crafting techniques. Leather, which had been the primary material in earlier styles, has remained standard in expensive dress shoes, but athletic shoes often have little or no real leather. Soles, which were once laboriously stitched on, are more often glued today.

                                                 

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Latest News / Re: Mario & Luigi 3 Coming in 2009

« on: October 02, 2008, 08:39:34 PM »

Cool! Can anyone give me a direct link to the video that shows gameplay, please? I can't seem to find it on the website.

EDIT: Thanks!

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Mario Chat / Re: Super Paper Mario Max Stats (May contain spoilers)

« on: October 01, 2008, 09:10:27 AM »

I have a question about the games in the Flipside Arcade. Do they ever end, or do they go on forever?

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: September 28, 2008, 08:18:11 AM »

A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.

The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (1940–1945), although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers.[1] Modern computers are based on tiny integrated circuits and are millions to billions of times more capable while occupying a fraction of the space.[2] Today, simple computers may be made small enough to fit into a wris****ch and be powered from a watch battery. Personal computers, in various forms, are icons of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "a computer"; however, the most common form of computer in use today is the embedded computer. Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are used to control other devices — for example, they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital cameras, and children's toys.

The ability to store and execute lists of instructions called programs makes computers extremely versatile and distinguishes them from calculators. The Church–Turing thesis is a mathematical statement of this versatility: any computer with a certain minimum capability is, in principle, capable of performing the same tasks that any other computer can perform. Therefore, computers with capability and complexity ranging from that of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer are all able to perform the same computational tasks given enough time and storage capacity.

                                                       

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Video Game Chat / Re: New Nintendo DS model?

« on: September 28, 2008, 07:59:28 AM »

I don't like this idea for many reasons. First, everyone who has a Nintendo DS probably already has one by now. Second, it feels like they're creating too many new revisions for the Nintendo DS. There's no need for a camera and other things like that, since everyone probably has them already. A Nintendo DS can't compete with cell phones. They're nothing alike, so I don't know what Nintendo's trying to get at. I bought a Nintendo DS to play its games, not play music or use a camera.

All I know is that IF this comes out, I'm not buying it because it will be a waste of my money.

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Forum Games / Re: A Mario Story: You Add ONE Sentence to the Tale II

« on: September 28, 2008, 07:53:10 AM »

Everyone nervously waited to see what horrendous monstrosity was approaching them; it turned out to be a living gigantic Pogo Stick with arms who goes by the name of Fredielos.