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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: megamush on December 20, 2007, 08:59:21 AM
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Its megamush again, this topic is the place where you can post all the things that either make you really mad, that [tick] you off, or you just hate!
Mine are...
- telemarkers
- horrible videogames
- gamestop/ebgames
- waiting until christmas to open presents
- when people speak other launguages and I can't understand
- when you can't spell a really easy word
thats all for now, don't be afraid to post what makes you mad!!!!!!!!!!
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That's what this thread is for, puddin'. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9323.0)
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Actually, it would be this one (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=5997.0).
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I wanted to make a new one like those 2.
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The Man, as well as the establishment.
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This topic is unneeded. There's no point in making more than one topic with the same premise. It's just dumb.
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- waiting until christmas to open presents
Patience is a virtue.
- when people speak other launguages and I can't understand
Learn it.
- when you can't spell a really easy word
Firefox has spell check.
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- when you can't spell a really easy word
- when people speak other launguages and I can't understand
One of your many spelling mistakes.
Also what the dukar is a telemarker?
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One of your many spelling mistakes.
Also what the dukar is a telemarker?
a telemarketer is a person that calls your house and tries to sell you stuff!
P.S. sorry for the misspelling
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what is dukar?
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Dukar is...well, perhaps Lizard Dude should explain. Take it away, Lizard!
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What "****es" me off? Well, redundant threads would be one thing...
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Sorry?
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Oh, I was pretty tired when I posted what I did earlier. Not only is patience a virtue, but Christmas is not about presents. Didn't you learn anything watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas!?
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Maybe this thread name should be changed to "The Poke Fun at megamush Thread."
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^YES
-one word post's
-hypocrites </hypocrisy>
-when people insist on pointing out hypocrisy
-hate
-when people hate (arg) any kind of music
-people who hate (double arg) hippies
-megamush (just kidding. Your alright.)
-when the spell check is wrong
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-grammar/spelling snobs
-when people whine about redundant topics
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I dunno. It kind of bugs me when Vid calls people puddin'. I dunno.
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I actually don't want to see this thread closed, even if it's a lot like the ANGST thread. Heck, it's kinda like the ANGST thread on steroids!
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The word is "hypocrisy," not "hypocritism."
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Watch out, Chupperson, now goodie hates you!
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What ****es me off is that the front page now has active:
The ANGST thread: Complain here!
"I Just Don't Get It..."
What ****es me off is...
all at the same time and I don't think we need even one of these generic discussion-killing threads.
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I dunno. It kind of bugs me when Vid calls people puddin'. I dunno.
Perhaps it's something about being up past the 12:00 midnight mark, but this is the second time in the last week that I have laughed so hard at something I've read here that I spit my ice cream out. Gross, yes, I know. The funniness of that post was well-timed, and quite funny.
I think that it must be the well-timed post in relation to something that is already humorous in and of itself.
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I dunno. It kind of bugs me when Vid calls people puddin'. I dunno.
"Dude" has lost all meaning to me when it comes to calling people something, so I try to use something else. I still refer to guys I don't know or don't really need to name as "dudes" sometimes, though.
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I'm from California. Dude is all we call each other here. Although for some reason I have the habit of calling people I do not know "captain" or "doctor." Like, "Hey, captain! You can't just cut!" or "'Scuse me, doctor... you dropped this." I don't have any names for the female variety of person... so I call them captains and doctors too. But people I know? It's always "dude."
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Crude language.
And I agree; Vid calling people "puddin'" is just plain creepy. ...Even for him.
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Asterisks: Crude Language
"Dude" has lost all meaning to me when it comes to calling people something
;_;
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What ****es me off is how Koopaslaya is always eating ice cream while he reads my posts.
Come on people, let's focus here.
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Perhaps it's something about being up past the 12:00 midnight mark, but this is the second time in the last week that I have laughed so hard at something I've read here that I spit my ice cream out.
How much ice cream do you eat, anyway?
Also, thanks for changing it to "[ticks]". I was just scrolling the forums, when my eyes were burned and my mind violated by four asterixes and an "es". I'll be attending counseling soon.
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^YES
-one word post's
-hypocrites </hypocritism>
-when people insist on pointing out hypocritism
-hate
-when people hate (arg) any kind of music
-people who hate (double arg) hippies
-megamush (just kidding. Your alright.)
Your so funny I forgot to laugh...
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Homophones.
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Homophobes?
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Homophobes!
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What ****es me off is how Koopaslaya is always eating ice cream while he reads my posts.
Come on people, let's focus here.
Unfortunately, the last time I laughed and lost my ice cream was when I read a Chupperson Weird post...
Observe:
Funny thing. I just spit my Ice Cream out in laughter when I looked at Chupperson's little remark.
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- censorship
- brackets
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Crude language.
It was all in your mind.
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Not if you (temporarily) turn the censors off to make sure they're actually crude words that were censored rather than simply asterisks.
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The censors caught it as intended. There was no reason to re-censor it.
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I agree with MEGAߥTE. If you don't mind swearing, you can turn off the censors for yourself. Manual re-censoring is just silly.
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What's worse is that it brings attention to the issue that wouldn't have otherwise been there.
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This brings up a few points.
What would Sapphira have done if he had actually just typed asterisks? Leave it? Even though it looked the exact same?
Should we start filling our posts with false-alarm asterisks as well as real censored swears so Sapphira has to waste her time checking them all?
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Don't you think you're being a little hard on Sapph? Yes, the censor caught it and a manual change wasn't necessary, but I think that's enough.
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She only comes to the site once every 4 months anyway, the scheme probably wouldn't work.
Also Bird Person = Carebear.
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No, TEM, I'm just not compulsively rude to everyone.
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what "[ticks]" me off? Everything.
Everything!
EVERYTHING!!!!
EVERYTHING!!!!!
Happy holidays, everybody.
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INTERNET FIGHT
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I hate the fact that whenever I'm behind the wheel, the car is magnetically attracted to trees.
Also, oppurtunities I never fully grasped because I was too busy being worthless.
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- When people rely on other people's sense of humor and creativity to get "laughs." Consistently.
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INTERNET FIGHT
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(Image of the Year)x10
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It's really hard to pick which one's the best. :(
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INTERNET FIGHT
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Footage provided by Glorb's neighbor.
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I lol'd!
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- When people rely on other people's sense of humor and creativity to get "laughs." Consistently.
What? Like stealing their jokes? Or posting images and gifs that others made?
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I always wondered why people double post when there's a perfectly good "edit" button.
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Several things:
1) Footage provided by Glorb's neighbor.
I lol'd hard at that.
2) LD double-posted within a minute of each?
3) That image is best viewed while listening to the NARC theme. Seriously.
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-It really ticks me off when people call villains "baddies". Especially when it involves the movie Alien.
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Why? What's wrong with the word "baddie"? Are you also opposed to calling the good guys "goodies"? And why the movie Alien?
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On IGN they said "AVP Baddie Brawl". Arg. It just makes something as awesome as [the alien from] Alien sound like some kind of comic book villain. It's not so bad when they use "baddie" in, say, a Mario walkthrough, or something, cause that's more childish*****.
*****Couldn't think of a better word.
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And because calling a vicious, flesh-hungry Xenomorph hell-bent on propagating its species by shoving its eggs down your throat a "baddie" is like calling Optimus Prime "cool". It's an infinitely vast understatement.
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Exactly.
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Its megamush again, this topic is the place where you can post all the things that either make you really mad, that [tick] you off, or you just hate!
Mine are...
- telemarkers
They're called telemarketers.
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This was corrected already, Rao.
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Whoops, so it was. Sorry.
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I know one thing that seriously ticks me off is my psycho of a sister. She's 26, lives with our grandma, and gets away with everything. Seriously. Everytime she goes to jail (which is very often) grandma bails her out. Yet she says I'm pathetic because I live with mom. What the dukar...?
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Wow. What exactly does she go to jail for, usually?
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She's gone to jail so many times that I've lost track. She's quite the drug user though and she's got, like, 29 misdemeanors. Don't even get me started on the time she got drunk and used my name. I'll never forgive her for that.
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Oh, that's nothing.
My parent's good friend's crazy ex-wife was arrested for selling cocaine to children.
What did she get? Well... A letter to the judge explaining how she "wouldn't break the law again." That's it, a writing assignment. No jail time.
Oh, I forgot, she also got permanent custody of their two daughters. I forgot about that part.
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Jesus, seriously? A writing assignment? And full custody of their kids? Was the judge asleep, or something?
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Pfft. Mom always told me that grandma favors Psycho because she's her first grandchild. She must be right. I guess my 22 years of being good and staying out of trouble means nothing to gram-gram simply because she was born first. I had no idea she was so shallow.
But seriously. When Psycho got drunk and used my name, grandma wanted me to go to court and plead guilty!
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Jesus, seriously? A writing assignment? And full custody of their kids? Was the judge asleep, or something?
Well, she is a woman... and all men -are- child molestors in the eyes of today's courts, so it makes perfect sense!
But seriously. When Psycho got drunk and used my name, grandma wanted me to go to court and plead guilty!
After this incident I would refuse to admit my grandmother existed, disocciate mysef from her ASAP, and even not go to her funeral when she died. That said, I somehow think this may not be an option for you, but taking the fall for someone else's misdemeanor? After that many prior convictions? That's ... unacceptable.
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I like how people just excuse situations like that concerning the elderly as "they're just old and confused." I'm sure quite a few elderly are very aware of what's going on around them, and are just being immature or rude. My maternal grandmother did that a lot with my sister and I back when we were around the ages of 10-13. My mother scolded her one day when she witnessed this, and we didn't see her for awhile. Next time we saw her she stopped acting rude like that.
I remember once, she said she'd be overjoyed if one of our precious cats died (I quipped back with "you'll die before the oldest one does", a sentence that wasn't true).
My mother also heard this gem over the phone. Grandma thought she hung up after trying to call us, but my mother answered at the last second, and could hear the conversation going on between her grandpa, who was still alive at the time:
Mom: "Hello?"
Grandmother: "The church is over there Tony. TONY."
Grandfather: "What?"
GM:"You just missed the [insert present tense of f-bomb here] church!"
Mom: *chuckle after a bit of shock, calling out to dad* "Did your mother just say the f-word? HELLO? MOM? She can't hear me."
GM: "You know you have to go to the party at Richard's [my uncle] on Friday."
GF: "Yes, I know."
GM: "I hope that little [insert 7-letter b-word here] Alissa [my sister] doesn't go with Jerry [my dad] and Ro [my mom] to the party. She's liable to come.
Needless to say my mother didn't like hearing that last sentence. Grandma was not welcome in our house for the next two months until she apologized for making such a statement. Her reason for calling her that:
"She never says hello to us, or thanks us when we giver her gifts. Amanda [our (adopted) cousin] always does those things."
Mom argued back that she doesn't do that with anyone, nor do my brother and I (we were very quiet until a certain age).
So yeah, not all elderly people are "old and confused".
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I'm pretty sure my grandma wasn't faking her Alzheimers, although she did seem to occasionally take advantage of the fact that everyone let her get off easy whenever she did something weird.
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This one time my grandma beat me up, poisoned my dog, and burned my comicbook collection.
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I never said that my grandma was senile, although I'm beginning to wonder if she is now. Then again, I don't think she's ever been the same since grandpa died and Psycho moved in.
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I'm ticked off because deviant art is plagued by yaoi pictures. Every time I go to the front page, one of the "favorite" pics of the day is a drawing of one guy on top of the other, and the funny thing is I highly doubt that they'd be in to each other in the first place (I know, Captain Obvious over here)! I'm also ticked off because just about every pic on the site is an anime picture. I don't really have a problem with anime (though I'm not really a fan) but just for once I'd like to see something different on the front page.
Disclaimer: I am in no way a homophobic/homosexual hater when I say that I don't like yaoi pics.
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Don't worry, you didn't offend me. XP I know many people who shout "DO NOT WANT" when they see something like that.
I don't really enjoy a lot of "that kind" of yaoi myself, I think all sexually suggestive pics (male-female and otherwise) should be "mature content", but, you know, I believe it's because of tons of underaged girls not being able to see their precious bishonen in suggestive scenes because they're too young, so they make their own, and decided that their content should be viewed by all.
"that kind"?
Yeah, I'd like it a lot better if the characters were of a....different...body type, but why go into details? This is the Fungi Forums, not the Penthouse Forum. =D
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What ticks me off is that my scanner is busted, meaning I can't show everyone my awesome Raiden/Dante yaoi pictures! Jeez! And don't get me started on my Harry/Ron fanfic...
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I'm more annoyed by the portrayel of some Mario characters on that site. Specifically, Peach, Rosalina and Ashley.
The Peach artwork is completely dominated by one SigurdHosenfailed, most of which are just Peach standing around making the same facial expression and fulfilling some strange fetish for the week.
Rosalina barely has any artwork, but the same guy already has her in a foldout looking like something out of Maxim.
Ashley seems to be aged by Tartlets and given a bust larger than her head. I like looking at cute Ashley not overly sexualized, legal Ashley.
That last one probably sent shivers down your spin but nonetheless, my point stands. Mario characters aren't meant to be physically attractive.
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Mario characters aren't meant to be physically attractive.
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"Wiimote." Just don't... please don't say it. It sounds like a term your obnoxious aunt from the neighboring state (the kind with the odd feathery hat, at least one golden tooth, thick purple eyeliner and a black wart on the right cheek (I don't have one of these as far as I know)) would make up before Thanksgiving dinner and laugh to herself about the whole time making countless bad jokes while everyone else exchanges looks of "¬_¬." That or a term an eleven-year-old Sony fanboy would use to spite Nintendo fans, like "Ohh, look at the Wiirdos waving their Wiimotes awound," or something like that.
It's not like "Wii Remote" is "antidisestablishmentarianism," and I find that people who say "Wiimote" put too much stress on both syllables, while "Wii Remote" comes faster with stress on just "Wii," or "Wii" and "mote." The "Re" acts as a bridge to get you to the end quicker, even just by a little bit. Or, if you just put stress on the "Wii" in "Wiimote," you end up sounding as if you have a speech impediment and cannot pronounce "remote" correctly. It's shortening of an already short term.
The official term is Wii Remote. You can make stuff up for things that do not have official terms, such as the blue flickering Wiiglow, indicating you've gotten a Wii-mail.
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I wish we could go back to a time when it was just a "controller"...
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I usually just refer to it as the remote.
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I say Wiimote. "Wii" and "Re" sound too similar for me to pronounce one after the other. And I actually like the term "Wiimote" better, because it's not a regular remote.
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What I hate is Windows. They make computers they say are the best, but they crash on the first day. And they make a new computer every 3 months. You get a windows vista, windows makes a new computer 3 months later with awesome games and software only that computer can use. You have to get a new computer twice a year just to do those awesome things only the newer computers can do
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FALSE
IMO the only difference between Macs and Windows is one airs attack ads, and the other doesn't.
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"Windows makes computers"?
"Only new computers can play new games"?
Huh?
No offense, but you sound just like one of my friends. He hears someone's opinion on TV or on the web, and goes around saying it like it's fact. He said that, despite the fact that he's never played it, Zombies Ate My Neighbors sucked because the Irate Gamer said so. I had to restrain myself from murdering him on the spot.
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FALSE
IMO the only difference between Macs and Windows is one airs attack ads, and the other doesn't.
The Mac ads don't really attack Windows computers, the dude representing Macs has talked about the fact that he can run Windows operating systems as well in a handful of commercials.
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The Mac ads don't really attack Windows computers, the dude representing Macs has talked about the fact that he can run Windows operating systems as well in a handful of commercials.
I never saw that one, Canada probably has different commercials.
I should ask my friend...he watches those freekin' commercials for entertainment.
And that's another thing. Most* Mac owners are really snotty about their computers. Did you know that Steve Jobs***** made a freekin' movie?
*****I'm pretty sure it was him. Might be mistaken though.
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The Mac TV commercials are horribly pretentious, propagandistic, and full of false information. Much like the majority of Mac users. As for Windows, it doesn't "make computers" and that's also why traditional IBM-compatibles are the best, because you can upgrade them yourself, unlike traditional Macs, and be able to utilize the newest software without shelling out $3000 every couple of years. At this point, everyone should quit using different operating systems because they all run on the same hardware and just focus on making Linux the best operating system.
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Haha, well said! Having responsible teams or individuals continuously making Linux better is an excellent system.
I can't help but wonder what the safety of that is, but I'm sure you have an excellent answer for it.
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Well that's what the dev teams for Linux distros are doing already. It would just be nice to have unified support for some of the standards that Linux doesn't yet natively support.
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Hooray for Linux!! I've been using it for about 5 months now, and I have very few complaints. Everything just works (more or less).
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The use of the term "core" in reference to videogame enthusiasts like us (or at least those who still enjoy what constituted a videogame three years ago) needs to stop. "Core" means "central"; it means "the main thing"; it means "primary and #1". If "core gamers", the term that pops up in the press releases and interviews of Nintendo bigwigs from all corners of the globe, really were what the moniker implied, then there wouldn't be a 5:1 ratio of stuff like Endless Ocean versus stuff like Twilight Princess. Then again, I can't really think of a decent substitute, either. "Vetran gamers"? "Fans"? I don't know, just... whatever. Whatever.
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What needs to be stopped is creating games with either "hardcore" or "casual" gamers in mind. "I've got this sweet RTS game in mind, but it's for a casual audience, so it's super-simplified and has an art style that consists of primary colors." Just make games, fer cryin' out loud.
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They're called "core" because they're expanding their market. What do you expand from if not a core?
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What needs to be stopped is creating games with either "hardcore" or "casual" gamers in mind. "I've got this sweet RTS game in mind, but it's for a casual audience, so it's super-simplified and has an art style that consists of primary colors." Just make games, fer cryin' out loud.
Absolutely. I liked the GameCube (and back) era better, because Nintendo just made games. I mean, whether it was Pokemon Channel or Pikmin 2, they spent more time making good games and les timne obsessing over which of two catagories to place it in. I used to be just a gamer; now, all of a sudden, I feel like I'm sort of statistical, obsessed Nintendo hanger-on from the last generation just because I want games that are actually... oh, jeez, what's the word... it's on the tip of my tounge... oh, yeah; games.
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What ticks me off is when people think too much about these things instead of actually enjoying the games they purchased.
I've said that too many times, yet it doesn't seem to be heard by the ears that need to hear it.
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Care to elaborate?
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It means that you've been complaining about Nintendo since the day you registered at this forum and I know I'm not the only one who finds it annoying.
The bold statements you make don't help much, as MEGAߥTE has been able to give fairly strong arguments for all of them. You also seem to believe with these statements of yours that EVERYONE here has the same state of mind as you on these issues.
I know I don't. I could bet you I can count on more than one hand the amount of other users that don't either.
What happened to just buying the video games and enjoying them? You're taking apart all these unnecessary things about Nintendo and criticizing these things for no reason.
Honestly, besides the fact that the way we can play video games has evolved, I have not found many differences between this video game generation and the four previous ones. Nintendo made games, and competitors made games too. I enjoyed Nintendo's games within the 16 or 17 years I've played video games, period. Don't care about the why, don't care about the how, I just have faith that Nintendo will continue to make my life enjoyable with their stuff.
Yet you point out the apparent mistakes Nintendo has made (getting worked up over tri-lingual manuals? Really, what's the point?) and act as if Nintendo has sinned and cannot repent with the way they're going.
Why? Nintendo has been kicking a lot of butt in the video game industry lately with what they've been doing. I'd also like to quote a common phrase: "If it ain't broken, don't fix it."
Nintendo isn't "broken". They seem to be knowing what they're doing here. Just have a little faith in them, please?
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Care to elaborate?
/me is influential
Everyone wins? Care to elaborate?
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I'm having a really hard time figuring out how the games Nintendo makes now aren't "games" by ShadowBrain's standards and yet all the other 38920 types of games that are nothing like each other are all de facto games.
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The point is, Nintendo is obsessed with doing minigame collections, brain-training things, and exercise games. SMG isn't enough to make up for the fact that so far, Nintendo hasn't really been devoted itself to making any full-length, quality games.
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^ Nail = Hit on the head.
Nintendo isn't "broken". They seem to be knowing what they're doing here. Just have a little faith in them, please?
I've had faith in Nintendo ever since I was six or seven years old and started playing videogames--Nintendo consoles and handhelds are the only videogame systems I own, and the last thing I want to do is criticize Nintendo for no reason. Heck, a few years back, I eventually had to force myself to regulate my game intake, as I reached a point where I considered buying literally every GameCube game published by Nintendo. Believe me, if a younger version of myself came into the future, he'd probably be astounded that what was getting into heated arguments over how much Nintendo is going downhill. But, back on topic, what's the point of looking for reasons for a game to bug me? Those reasons are just staring me right in the face when I play most of the games I've picked up recently.
Now, don't get me wrong; like I said, Nintendo was the best thing since sliced bread to me in the past, and I still think they're doing some great things now. I mean, just to even out the anti-Nintendo rant here (yes, I'm just going to admit that's pretty much what it boils down to), I'm not getting a PS3 because it's, like, $500 for what's probably already on the 360. And the 360? If I want the Halo games, Bioshock, and the Orange Box, I've got this other thing by Microsoft called a computer.
Speaking of faith, this is going to sound odd, but I'm going to say it because I myself have been wondering why all this Nintendo stuff bugs me so much and I think I've pinned down the reason: I, for all intents and purposes, do not believe in God; I'm not trying to start an argument here, I'm just saying that that is my personal belief. That being said, I'm of the mind that, religious or not, every person has something that acts as a God in their life, keeping them out of trouble and giving them hope for the future. Once again, I'm not saying I'm one of those emo MySpacers with alkie parents and bullies at school; on the contrary, I love my parents incredibly and I'm a straight-A student, but for me most of my life, videogames (and Nintendo therein) has just been something that... I don't know, I'm not in some weird Nintendo cult, or mentally ill, or anything, but they've just been something that keeps me running in this crazy world--and when, all of a sudden, they've gone from "PLAY IT LOUD" and "Who Are You?" to trying to sell brain-trainers (**** whoever decided that had to become a new genre) and dog-petting sims to my (obviously uninterested) mom, something kind of snaps, you know? No, well, you probably don't, but I say the things I say because this is the only place I can go to to feel better and express my pent-up frustration. They're opinions, I'm a person, not everyone likes change.
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So you're saying that Nintendo isn't marketing their established franchise games, and are only pushing their outreach games? 'Cause I don't see that happening. Also, people decided to start making Brain Training games because they sell. The fact that your mom, one person, isn't interested, doesn't mean a whole lot in comparison with the thousands of people who are. My point is, you're relying way too much on firsthand experience to have an objective view of the marketplace here.
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Speaking of faith, this is going to sound odd, but I'm going to say it because I myself have been wondering why all this Nintendo stuff bugs me so much and I think I've pinned down the reason: I, for all intents and purposes, do not believe in God; I'm not trying to start an argument here, I'm just saying that that is my personal belief.
Just because I used the religious terms "faith", "sinned", and "repent" in my post doesn't mean I was talking about religion, sir. I can go for days without talking about being catholic, but that's neither here nor there right now.
It appears to me you haven't read my post quite right, either. Lots of people enjoy these things you're getting into fits about, these odd, quirky simulation games like Big Brain Academy, Nintendogs, and other games targeted to other demographics you don't care for (note I say demographic, not the people IN the demographic, such as your parents). Yet you seem to be blind towards this, and just care about what YOU like, and what YOU want, big adventure games starring Mario, Link, or whoever, and make these VERY BOLD statements that aren't true about what seems to be peeving you. Nintendo's still making these sort of games, it's not like they're going to phase them out and only create Kawashima's Brain Training games for the rest of their existence. RELAX. Nintendo knows better than that.
I recall seeing an online news article (could've been one of those less important ones, but, whatever) that talked about the DS game Star Fox Command, saying that the storyline involving relationships with the characters is more well-suited to older audiences that consist of, gasp, casual gamers, provided they can get past the cute furry creature faces. Will that stop ME, a NON-casual gamer from enjoying the game? No.
Demographics mean nothing to me, I'll enjoy a game whether it's Super Mario Galaxy or Trauma Center, a game that has more dialogue scenes than gameplay to help the casual gamers along.
Like I said, Nintendo seems to know what they're doing here. Your petty arguments about tri-lingual manuals, Brain training games, and just Nintendo's current ideals in general are getting old and they need to stop, for all of our sanity's sakes.
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I'm getting tired of the argument that everyone can rely on Nintendo's back catalogue if they don't like their current games, since that's basically a big "go screw yourself" to, well, everyone. I like games. I like playing them. I also like playing new games when I've sucked an old game dry of its enjoyment. I sometimes like to go back and play old games after I haven't played them in a while. I don't, however, want to play Twilight Princess and SMG for the rest of my life while Nintendo churns out spinoffs every two weeks. I mean, look. The last true 3D console Mario game before Galaxy was SMS, which was five years ago, and even that can be considered a spinoff if you're nitpicky. I don't want to wait another six, seven years until Nintendo makes another decent Mario game. These types of games should come out once every two or three years, maybe. That way, just once you've moved on to other games, along comes the awesome, genre-redefining sequel. I have faith that the next big Mario game will rock, but that doesn't mean I'll keep it until then.
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I just read all this, but I have a few cents of my own to pitch in...
A tri-lingual manual is a way to effectively cut down cost. You no longer have to dedicate multiple printing presses to three different versions of the manual. Now there's only one.
There is nothing wrong with casual gamers or the types of games they play. Nintendo has reached some very unique audiences with their products--my grandfather bought a D.S. so he could play brain training games! And he also got Madden for it! This is an audience that may not have been reachable before through traditional marketing and products. Nintendo has made more money that way (as have game developers) and that only means more good products for everyone, casual or serious.
If you want Nintendo to make more games, sell more consoles, make themselves look better on paper to other developers so they make games for your favorite platforms, don't bash games like Brain Age (which a lot of older folks like) and Nintendogs (which has increased the number of female gamers). The more folks Nintendo recruits, the more they can make and the more people will make for them. (See also: Microsoft Windows).
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I'm getting tired of the argument that everyone can rely on Nintendo's back catalogue if they don't like their current games, since that's basically a big "go screw yourself" to, well, everyone. I like games. I like playing them. I also like playing new games when I've sucked an old game dry of its enjoyment. I sometimes like to go back and play old games after I haven't played them in a while. I don't, however, want to play Twilight Princess and SMG for the rest of my life while Nintendo churns out spinoffs every two weeks. I mean, look. The last true 3D console Mario game before Galaxy was SMS, which was five years ago, and even that can be considered a spinoff if you're nitpicky. I don't want to wait another six, seven years until Nintendo makes another decent Mario game. These types of games should come out once every two or three years, maybe. That way, just once you've moved on to other games, along comes the awesome, genre-redefining sequel. I have faith that the next big Mario game will rock, but that doesn't mean I'll keep it until then.
I'd say the reason we had a lot more Mario and Zelda games come out more frequently back in the 8 and 16-bit eras was due to, pretty much, limitations of technology, graphics, and even music (Could you imagine DDR or Guitar Hero on the NES or SNES? I didn't think so). Once technology changed and got more advanced, Nintendo and other companies obviously saw that more than these platformers can be created. I'd say it was a good thing to have a broader amount of genres and series than just Mario, Zelda, Sonic, and whoever else dominating those eras.
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I think genres are a stupid idea to begin with, but honestly there are so many fun games for almost every console that it's ridiculous to only play one or two and then wait around for The Next Big Game when you missed the last 50 great games. Just go pick one up and play it. I have enough old games for me right now that I have no idea when I'll finish them all, and that's more than enough, along with real life, to keep me busy until the next new game that I actually want comes along.
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It appears to me you haven't read my post quite right, either. Lots of people enjoy these things you're getting into fits about, these odd, quirky simulation games like Big Brain Academy, Nintendogs, and other games targeted to other demographics you don't care for (note I say demographic, not the people IN the demographic, such as your parents). Yet you seem to be blind towards this, and just care about what YOU like, and what YOU want, big adventure games starring Mario, Link, or whoever, and make these VERY BOLD statements that aren't true about what seems to be peeving you. Nintendo's still making these sort of games, it's not like they're going to phase them out and only create Kawashima's Brain Training games for the rest of their existence. RELAX. Nintendo knows better than that.
Since when is wanting to enjoy the videogames I buy selfish? And, for love of God, stop talking about the trilingual manual thing. Yes, it still irks me, but I haven't brought it up one time in this entire thread.
So you're saying that Nintendo isn't marketing their established franchise games, and are only pushing their outreach games?
No... not really. If I did, I didn't exactly mean that (though you've got to admit that there's been more Bigfoot sightings than Nintendo ads for anything recently).
Just because I used the religious terms "faith", "sinned", and "repent" in my post doesn't mean I was talking about religion, sir. I can go for days without talking about being catholic, but that's neither here nor there right now.
In no way was I implying that. I just had something to say that was kind of related to faith, and since I was already quoting you, I figured I'd just use that as a springboard.
people decided to start making Brain Training games because they sell.
Which is exactly what I was hoping wouldn't happen. I will say one positive thing about Nintendo: Microsoft and Sony may make snide remarks about them, but they've innovated more things then anyone else, and when Nintendo sets a precedent, for better or for worse, companies follow it.
From a business standpoint, though, it makes perfect sense, right? Why make in-depth, power-packed titles that cost and make millions when you can make budget titles that cost was less and still make millions? And, if you're a third-party, you'll want to make a quick buck off of bargin-binners on the Wii and focus on making quality titles on more powerful systems. I'm not being sarcastic here; everything about the Wii and DS--from the abundance of shovelware to the "casual" phenomenon--is completely and totally rational from a corporate viewpoint...that just doesn't mean I have to like it.
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All game consoles have had an abundance of shovelware. Just not quite in the guise of the games today. And honestly, how much less do you think Brain Age took to make than a standard DS platformer? I don't think the development costs could have been too far off.
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I think Chup made the best point a page back. Video Games aren't just limited to Nintendo systems. Don't like the amount of Touch Generation titles that seem to be eclipsing Triple A titles? Go buy a PS3 or a 360. I know it's probably considered sacriligeus to some here to buy any system not produced by Nintendo, but as surprising as it sounds, there are alternatives out there. I got tired of waiting for Gamecube releases last generation so I bought a PS2. Without it, I would've probably never gotten back into Street Fighter, and I would've never have gotten to try great new series like God of War or GTA.
Point is, limiting yourself to one company is a dumb idea. Also, I'm pretty sure someone's going to bring up the issue of money, and there's a very simple solution to it: Get a job, save up. It's really not that hard. Especially considering Video Games aren't a neccessity.
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Video Games
When did that become a proper noun?
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Now you're just changing the subject.
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What really ticks me off is that my Wi-Fi connection won't work at home, because the computer that hosts the network is more messed up than an anime hentai.
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What ticks me off is that so many people keep their computers on all the time without having them do anything except be ready if/when they want to use them. It's a waste of electricity to leave them on just to skip boot times. I run Einstein@Home, rosetta@home, and SETI@home. This way I feel I'm contributing something and get instant access to my PC. Who say's you can't have your cake and eat it too? (Of course I have to pay for the electricity my computer uses either way.)
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I keep mine on mainly so I can be in #tmk all the time. I've never seen it as a waste.
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Now you're just changing the subject.
So? Everyone's having a fit and a half about what I was talking about, so let's just move on.
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Hold on! I have one more thing to say. (Also no one likes it when a person pretends to be getting flamed. It's just a calm, controlled debate.)
Nintendo isn't changing by making less adventure games for the DS. Think: What was the big thing to have with you when it was the Game Boy's time? Tetris. Tetris! Teenagers and young adults could play it between classes at high school or college! Adults could play it while the boss wasn't watching! Battery died? Big deal, it's just a high score you'd keep trying to beat anyway. Even then it was usually just at home that you'd have enough time for a "full-length" game, and it's still like that today--I keep games I can easily start up and play like Planet Puzzle League on my person to relieve boredom if necessary.
It's for this reason I wish instead of wasting long games on the DS, they'd put them to use on the Wii. Phantom Hourglass, for example. I play long games at home. Of course, long games are good for train and plane rides--back for the Game Boy, that was Pokémon and today it still is (but it isn't as great). Even then, Pokémon is only truly perfect as a handheld game because one cartridge is one player, and players must interact to get the most of the game (requiring mobility).
Conclusion: Brain Age is the new Tetris.
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So? Everyone's having a fit and a half about what I was talking about,
Good, you actually realize this.
Now you know what you must do to get us to STOP having fits, hm? It's okay to not agree with Nintendo, but I feel that's all you registered here for. To whine and moan about it. Really gets on peoples' nerves quickly, Shadow. =/
And I agree with BP, I like longer games better when they're on home consoles, not handhelds. Games like Brain Age are ideal, and good for quick plays when you have to wait for a minute or two.
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What ticks me off is that so many people keep their computers on all the time without having them do anything except be ready if/when they want to use them. It's a waste of electricity to leave them on just to skip boot times. I run Einstein@Home, rosetta@home, and SETI@home. This way I feel I'm contributing something and get instant access to my PC. Who say's you can't have your cake and eat it too? (Of course I have to pay for the electricity my computer uses either way.)
You didn't hear? Every time you turn your computer on, it creates a spark which loosens the contacts and deteriorates the computer's strength...
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Is that true. I've turned this computer on millions upon billions of times. I havent noticed any change.
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neotev be right me matey
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Well Glorb, what you didn't hear is that people make up good cases for both turning computers off and leaving them on all the time. Whether all of this is verified is another matter.
EDIT: What I would really like is the ability to play any given game on a handheld and on a console. I'm not talking about ports, I'm talking about the same game. I like RPGs and I would play them on a handheld when I didn't have time to play on a console. The Game Boy Player comes close (Final Fantasy V was good this way) but it would be cool if there was a way to do with with at least DS/PSX quality graphics. PSP slim's video port isn't what I mean either, although that's pretty nifty.
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TurboGrafx-16/TurboExpress says "Hi." Too bad nobody else did that (aside from Sega Nomad, which is too bulky to count).
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Good, you actually realize this.
Now you know what you must do to get us to STOP having fits, hm? It's okay to not agree with Nintendo, but I feel that's all you registered here for. To whine and moan about it.
Why do you keep saying that? I know no one pays attention to a noob's first posts, but I was sitting pretty keen with Nintendo for at least the first few months here.
Also, I agree that maybe it is best that portable games be small, in which case Nintendo is at fault for releasing awesome games like Mario and Luigi and Minish Cap for the GBA and fooling me into thinking the opposite.
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Imagine how many times better those games could have been in three dimensions with higher audio quality on the GameCube.
It's true, most of my GBA games are console-style. Practically all but WarioWare: Twisted! In its time and until a while ago, I played my handhelds in the car between locations. But soon I won't have that freedom, being the driver myself... My GBA games will rarely be played (partly because I could play the Wii in the car on long trips if I wanted to). My DS, on the other hand, has the games you loathe so, for when I'm waiting for something for whatever reason (not green lights... I know what I'm doing).
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This guy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ThIBLy1tYg)
"This is not your father's Mario Kart."
He looks like a goomba.
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That guy may be a fool, but I have high hopes for Mario Kart Wii. It looks wonderful, it has old tracks (let's hope there are a lot of the best ones... Wario Collosseum?), and hear him! "That's because of a variety of control choices, including a franchise first..." GameCube Controller? I hope so.
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Man, the problem is, nowadays Super Mario Kart is Your Father's Mario Kart.
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I just want the Mario Kart series to return to the Mario Kart 64 control sensitivity, weight, and size. No heavy two-seater karts. No squirrelly SNES/DS-era karts. Just a marriage of the N64 control with preferably the SNES tracks. Although seeing cows run around on the track seems interesting.
What ticks me off is... well, a lot... let's see what comes off the top of my head.
- Still no EarthBound for Wii Virtual Console.
- Ever since they released Sin and Punishment, that convinces me that an unreleased-but-playable game like Star Fox 2 or Mother Zero could also appear. Yet it hasn't. For the love of Yoshi, release Star Fox 2 and either Mother 0 or Mother 3 already!
- Hearing that there's a lot of shovelware for Wii. For the people who don't read game reviews, don't rent games, or just don't care, I fear they'll get fed up with picking up mediocre games and swear off the Wii.
- The cast of the Star Fox series going downhill in appearance. I can't bear to look at them now.
- Beyond Good & Evil selling poorly.
- Half-Life 2 randomly crashes on my computer due to DirectX errors no matter what I do. Prevented me from getting the Orange Box!
- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2 game) will probably never get released to a console that could fix its framerate and visual clarity issues.
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- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2 game) will probably never get released to a console that could fix its framerate and visual clarity issues.
Yeah verily. I'd sell a non-vital organ to see that on the Wii someday.
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There isn't a Mother 0... The game commonly called Earthbound Zero is Mother 1.
I was under the impression that the PS3 actually did something in the way of improving SotC's framerate. With the PS3s that just emulate older CPUs, it's conceivable that they would be able to run it at a higher constant framerate. As for "visual clarity issues"... Since the game itself is actually pretty sharp, I'd say you missed the point of the art style, i.e. it's supposed to have motion blur and be washed out.
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I just want the Mario Kart series to return to the Mario Kart 64 control sensitivity, weight, and size. No heavy two-seater karts. No squirrelly SNES/DS-era karts. Just a marriage of the N64 control with preferably the SNES tracks.
This is the truth. I loved MK64's control as well as the power-sliding mechanic. It worked well on turns without being horribly broken as it is today.
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Man, the problem is, nowadays Super Mario Kart is Your Father's Mario Kart.
I wonder if my SNES would survive me becoming a father, whenever I'd get married.
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Man, the problem is, nowadays Super Mario Kart is Your Father's Mario Kart.
Yeah, what did he even mean when he said that? Aren't they supposed to be trying to reach everybody?
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I wonder if my SNES would survive me becoming a father, whenever I'd get married.
I'm torn between selling my PS2 and getting something way better (read: a 360), but then I won't be able to show my stinky, ungrateful poopmachines what video games were like back in my day. I mean, I will, but it'd be...less...old. On second thought, never mind.
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How the heck is a 360 way better than a PS2? 360 has cool downloadable games and that's about it.
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360 has HD and widescreen for every single game. 360 has online integration and Achievements. 360 has wireless and better controllers.
PS2 still has more good games in absolute terms at the moment, but that won't last.
Summary: The 360 as a system kicks the ever-lovin' snot out of the PS2 as a system, in every conceivable way.
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Arr, it do the same to the PS3 in me own opinion.
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Well, see, even if I did sell my PS2, I'd get - what? Thirty, forty bucks tops? I could get that by working at Burger King for a few days or shoveling a few people's driveways. On the other hand, once you factor in the fact that the 360 basically looks like a really good PS2 game unless you've got an HD, and that each game costs sixty bucks, well, then there's my problem. It's better to have ten cheap good games than one expensive good game.
Of course, if there were some way I could get a PS3 to play Halo, PGR and VC games, then I'd be set for life.
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the 360 basically looks like a really good PS2 game
What kind of crazy PS2 game are you playing? 360 HD graphics kick the pants off even a "really good" PS2 game.
each game costs sixty bucks
1) No. You can get some as cheap as $20 (new!)
2) So what? It's only 10 more than a new PS2 game. That's only two more hours at BK or one more driveway. You can wait that long right?
3) Don't throw me the But-the-20-dollar-games-suck! deal. So do most of the <20 dollar PS2 games.
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360 basically looks like a really good PS2 game unless you've got an HD
That is, most people aren't insane and don't have HDTVs.
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What kind of crazy PS2 game are you playing? 360 HD graphics kick the pants off even a "really good" PS2 game.
1) No. You can get some as cheap as $20 (new!)
2) So what? It's only 10 more than a new PS2 game. That's only two more hours at BK or one more driveway. You can wait that long right?
3) Don't throw me the But-the-20-dollar-games-suck! deal. So do most of the <20 dollar PS2 games.
So explain why MGS2, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Final Fantasy X, FF X-2, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas are only $20.
Personally I want a 360, but I'll probably never get one, or I won't get one very soon. There seems to be a good future of games for it.
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So explain why MGS2, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Final Fantasy X, FF X-2, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas are only $20.
Um, is it because they're old?
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360 looks like a system to get well into its lifespan once it has a nice selection of a few great games, much like PS2. 'Course, that looks like it might happen with PS3 also. Who knows?
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Well, see, even if I did sell my PS2, I'd get - what? Thirty, forty bucks tops?
You should count yourself lucky with getting that much; I went into my local EB and was told my GameCube was worth 7 Australian dollars.
Which is slightly over 6 American dollars.
I kid you not. I've eaten dinners more expensive than what I could get for my 'Cube. The sad thing is, EB effectively monopolizes the video game market in Australia (other stores sell games but focus more on other stuff such as clothing, food, etc.) and can rip people off to no extent due to their so-called good deals. I saw one where you could trade in a Wii and a few games to get a 360 for about $AU200 or something ludicrous like that. Even their own employees advised me to sell my 'Cube privately.
So yeah, that's my rant for the day. :]
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GameCubes don't sell for as much as PS2s. Where I work, I think we do about $15 on GameCubes and accounting for the recent price drop probably about $25 on PS2s. It might actually be less now.
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Okay, well, since we're all on a mini-console wars rant, I'll chip in.
For me, as I'm sure you know, I'm not too keen about the DS and Wii. However, the PS3 is $500+ for games that are mostly on the 360. As for the 360, that's slightly less expensive, but the best games there are on Windows, too. Seriously, why the heck should I buy any of those? Online play? Comps have that. Bioshock/The Orange Box/The Halo series, you say? Hmm, what's this in box with "PC" in the corner? It's like there's a natural selection trickle-down kind of thing going on here, where most of the AAA titles are also on sale at Staples. Yeah, I know there's some advantages to using a controller--and, heck, I've never even earnestly played any computer game beyond the complexity of RollerCoaster Tycoon--but that just doesn't seem worth the extra 300-something bucks.
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O HAY I'M A REALLY FUN XBLA GAME THAT CAN'T BE FOUND ON ANY OTHER SYSTEM
...Actually, the fact that those exist is what ticks me off.
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Uh, what advantages are there to playing FPS with a controller? That's more of a disadvantage.
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That is, most people aren't insane and don't have HDTVs.
You're insane (and/or poor) if you don't have and don't want a widescreen HDTV. Or blind.
360 looks like a system to get well into its lifespan once it has a nice selection of a few great games, much like PS2. 'Course, that looks like it might happen with PS3 also. Who knows?
360 already has a few great games. In fact, for its lifespan I would describe its amount of great games as "a buttload".
O HAY I'M A REALLY FUN XBLA GAME THAT CAN'T BE FOUND ON ANY OTHER SYSTEM
...Actually, the fact that those exist is what ticks me off.
Because you can't pirate them. Feck off, scum.
Uh, what advantages are there to playing FPS with a controller? That's more of a disadvantage.
The only thing a controller gets you in FPS is analog movement speed control. This is not really useful, but it is technically an "advantage" that exists. But of course mouse+keyboard is vastly superior.
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And don't get me STARTED on those idiots who think Mortal Kombat on SNES is better than the Genesis version!
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I've never needed an HDTV before, so I don't know why I would need one now. Also, except for games and certain channels that actually transmit correctly, it looks worse than a normal analog receiver because you can see all the MPEG-4 compression way clearer. And, well, I've enjoyed games this long without them being at ultra high resolution.
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I suppose I should say that needing an HDTV only applies to 360/PS3 owners. Sorry for the confusion. There is no advantage to seeing Super Mario Bros.'s giant pixels in pupil-searing 1080p and hearing its mono sound in eardrum-shattering 7.1 surround.
But if you ever try to read text in Dead Rising or play one of the many, many games that force you to play letterboxed on a 4:3 TV, you will understand the need.
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No one needs an HDTV, but it sure is nice to have. However, if someone is going to go so far to make an argument about graphics and make it sound like graphics are everything (not saying anyone here fits that description), they would probably need an HDTV.
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But if you ever try to read text in Dead Rising or play one of the many, many games that force you to play letterboxed on a 4:3 TV, you will understand the need.
Really seems insane to me to not declare that total developer failure right there.
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And don't get me STARTED on those idiots who think Mortal Kombat on SNES is better than the Genesis version!
I BLEED SWEAT!
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That's why censorship is never the answer.
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If you uppercut Chuck Norris 15 feet into the air, no blood comes out. Only sweat.
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Question is, how do you uppercut Chuck Norris 15 feet into the air?
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While holding Down on the d-pad, press the high punch button (Y).
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That's funny, I hold down on the walk stick and press Punch FOOL!
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If you uppercut Chuck Norris 15 feet into the air, no blood comes out. Only sweat.
Chuck Norris is immune to fatalities. He just sweats all over the ground until his opponent can't move without slipping.
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Also, except for games and certain channels that actually transmit correctly, it looks worse than a normal analog receiver because you can see all the MPEG-4 compression way clearer.
That's usually only the case with satellite. Over-the-air and cable usually use Mpeg-2, which, oddly enough, usually looks better.
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As it should considering 10 times the amount of data is being transmitted.
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Also, except for games and certain channels that actually transmit correctly, it looks worse than a normal analog receiver because you can see all the MPEG-4 compression way clearer.
So we should never try to improve because it makes old stuff look bad? Come on, dude.
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No, it makes new stuff look bad too. That's the whole problem.
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Going by what you said, it makes new stuff that doesn't transmit correctly look bad, which isn't a fault of the new technology.
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And at least it's all somewhat backwards compatible.
You must have had a hissy fit when you found out how your CD player made records sound...
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Since they don't use the same media, your analogy crashes on takeoff, but actually depending on the condition of the record it can sound as good as or better than a CD. This is my own personal experience.
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It's not an analogy, it's a comparison.
New-fangled moving picture showers can still show old moving picture data straight from the original sources.
New-fangled music players can't.
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That comparison doesn't make much sense. You should compare cassette to CD vs. VHS to DVD or CD to SACD/DVD Audio vs. DVD to HD-DVD/Blu-ray or even LP to CD vs. LD to DVD.
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That doesn't make any sense at all. I have a turntable and a CD player in the same unit, playing through the same speakers, therefore a new music player can play old media from its original source, just like I have a VCR and a DVD player coming through the same TV. The only thing is that better speakers only make things sound better (except in the case of some new music, which is actually engineered to sound bad and thus you need bad speakers to mask the imperfections in the mastering). New TVs, on the other hand, make the old media look worse because of the way it handles low-resolution video.
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Hmm, yes I see where I went wrong.
But what are new TVs supposed to do? Include built-in upconverting compression artifact descramblers?
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Actually, many new TVs DO have good upscan converters. Good enough that many consumers are satisfied with DVD upscanned to HD rather than the newer formats. These should also help reduce block effects.
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i hate french class.
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^ Welcome to my world.
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Yeah, I don't really like my language class either. :(
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i hate french class.
I took it for 5 years and enjoyed it a lot. =/
The fact that I don't actually remember much of what I learned doesn't mean anything.
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Internet explorer sucks
Firefox is great
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Yes.
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I like IE better
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Actually, I use Safari, but I think Internet Explorer should have been correctly named "Internet Exploder".
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lol good one
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Actually, I use Safari, but I think Internet Explorer should have been correctly named "Internet Exploder".
oh man internet exploder thats so witty like dane cook stand up you should really consider a job in writing
Seriously, this Firefox elitism is about as annoying as console fanboys and Mac users. Possbily worse since there's less of a backlash towards them.
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I know... I mean, you can buy whatever hardware/software if you want, and it's true that some are better than others, but it always strikes me as as some kind of techno-snobbery when people are all like "Oh, you should use FireFox, it's way better" or "Macs are so much better than PCs" or whatever.
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Except, you know, Firefox actually is better.
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What ticks me off is people shunning me because I don't have a Wii and I'm not a spoiled, selfish brat. Honestly. Do you think that's fair?
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I don't have a Wii and I'm not a spoiled, selfish brat. Honestly. Do you think that's fair?
Hey, you're not the only one.
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What ticks me off is people shunning me because I don't have a Wii and I'm not a spoiled, selfish brat. Honestly. Do you think that's fair?
No, but I believe most people here that are "shunning" you (in this place, anyway) paid for their own Wiis, which I believe doesn't make them spoiled. =/
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oh man internet exploder thats so witty like dane cook stand up you should really consider a job in writing
Hey, don't get your panties in a tightwad.
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What really drives me up the wall is when I'm searching for something in a search engine, the results are just even more search engines!
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What really drives me up the wall is when I'm searching for something in a search engine, the results are just even more search engines!
you went to google and typed "search engines", didn't you?
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No I type in something like, "Super Mario Brothers" and it lists me about 20 other search engines that are searching for the same thing.
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No, but I believe most people here that are "shunning" you (in this place, anyway) paid for their own Wiis, which I believe doesn't make them spoiled. =/
Oh, don't you even. My boyfriend didn't buy his Wii. It was a freaking birthday present from his mom. Then again, he's not my boyfriend anymore.
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You really seem to be confused about inanimate objects and their [lack of] effects on people.
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You really seem to be confused about inanimate objects and their [lack of] effects on people.
Ah, so I'm "confused" now, am I? Then how about you tell me why my friends suddenly betrayed me as soon as they even came into the presence of a Wii? Apparently I'm too stupid to figure it out myself.
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Apparently I'm too stupid to figure it out myself.
Yes.
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Ah, so I'm "confused" now, am I? Then how about you tell me why my friends suddenly betrayed me as soon as they even came into the presence of a Wii? Apparently I'm too stupid to figure it out myself.
What I can't figure out is why they don't invite you over to play it with them
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Let's look at it this way. If you had a Wii (and I'm sure most of you do), would you honestly want a poor person hanging around? For goodness sake, I gave up my last $10 so my mother could see a doctor.
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Oh, don't you even. My boyfriend didn't buy his Wii. It was a freaking birthday present from his mom. Then again, he's not my boyfriend anymore.
I believe most people here that are "shunning" you (in this place, anyway)
I was not referring to your friends/acquaintences/whatever off the internet.
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I took [French] and enjoyed it a lot. =/
The fact that I don't actually remember much of what I learned doesn't mean anything.
I've been taking French for three years, I think and I like it. Then again, I'm Haitian, and the language is mostly French, so it is easy.
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What was stopping you from playing your boyfriend's Wii? If I had a girlfriend, I'd have her over all the time for gaming (which, until six days from now, would be Melee, but still). I mean, few girls around here are gamers at all, and even less are my type (like that AR user, we would combine as well as oil and water). I'd consider myself pretty danged lucky if I had a girlfriend who played Nintendo, and it's unlikely I'd have one who does not to begin with...
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Condition: If you had a Wii
Question: would you honestly want a poor person hanging around?
What do these even have to do with each other? If a person was my friend I wouldn't mind them hanging out/playing games. If it was some random person I didn't know, "poor" or not, then no.
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I have a Wii and a poor person is both one of my core Smash players and core Rock Band players.
Rich or poor don't matter one bit. pr0 or n00b is what matters, baybee.
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What I'm trying to say is once you have a Wii, nothing else matters. You're not gonna want to share the joy with anyone especially the *ahem* less fortunate folks like myself. After all, no one likes a leech. Even if they are/were your friend. In short: Wii owners are selfish little snobs. At least the ones I know are.
As for what's stopping me from playing my boyfriend's Wii. First of all, he's playing Super Paper Mario for almost the entire time I'm at his place. Then when he finally gives me a chance, he's constantly telling me what to do. This is why I hate it when someone watches me play. I mean, what's the point of having me play if he's just gonna do that anyway? It defeats the purpose of playing. I'm sure he doesn't give a crap about me anyway. All he's interested in are the things that happen to be on my chest. Pfft. Men.
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I'm ticked off at Pit's English voice. It just doesn't suit him as well as his Japanese voice.
To make matters worse, Brawl doesn't have a language option. US is stuck with Cowboy Wolf, Spanish Darth Vader Metaknight (although, honestly, that voice isn't that bad), Emotionless Ike (he sounds okay, but his tone for "I fight for my friends" is not very convincing), and a Pit that makes Sonic sound good.
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N64 Chick, did you ever confront him on his "Wii Addiction" instead of complaining and cursing behind his back?
And from all the stuff I've heard from you, I don't think you should even hang out with this person anymore. You've painted this picture of him that hes a senseless addicted creep. If he read anything from these forums, I'll bet that he would be more hurt than you would be.
Without I doubt I bet you would beg to differ...
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He's well aware of the problem and when I ask him about it, his response is basically "if you told me to stop, I would" which is a blatant lie. I've told him several times, but he just keeps doing it anyway. And come to think of it, I think that hormones is just an excuse that men use to do stupid things.
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What I'm trying to say is once you have a Wii, nothing else matters. You're not gonna want to share the joy ...
Well, I'm done here. All I have left to say is ?????????????????????????????????????????????? I haven't even played my Wii in about 2 months. Nothing else matters? How the heck did you ever arrive at a conclusion like that? No sane person would agree.
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And come to think of it, I think that hormones is just an excuse that men use to do stupid things.
and that excuse works almost half the time! XD
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What ticks me off is when people don't use the spell check buton.
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What ticks me off is when people don't use the spell check buton.
what are you talking about?
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Nevermind you edited it.
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people don't use the spell check buton
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You people don't understand sarcasm.
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Sarcasm needs to be evident for there to be an understanding.
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I'm ticked off at Pit's English voice. It just doesn't suit him as well as his Japanese voice.
To make matters worse, Brawl doesn't have a language option. US is stuck with Cowboy Wolf, Spanish Darth Vader Metaknight (although, honestly, that voice isn't that bad), Emotionless Ike (he sounds okay, but his tone for "I fight for my friends" is not very convincing), and a Pit that makes Sonic sound good.
Nail = Hit on head
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Well, I think Kirby was improved, Luigi got his own, I like Lucas's voice, and Ness still sounds, "Okay." Captain Falcon has more feeling to his, too.
Does Pit still go "ATATATATATATATATATAATATATATA" for his dash attack?
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The bizarre, unspoken concept that not capitalizing the title of something somehow makes it more poignant/"artsy".
...I know it's been a while since anyone posted here, but that does really bug me.
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e.e. cummings begs to differ.
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Well, I had various media in mind, but I guess...
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parts: the clonus horror begs to agree.
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You know what I don't like? Bruises. They hurt!
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I can't remember the last time I was bruised.
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Eeergh... Bruises like that make me grind my teeth in disgust.
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What ticks me off is when people have long stupid arguments on the Internet!
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Just about everything ****es me off. (well not everything, it's very complex)
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Same with me. Like, this guy was walking down the street, and so was I, and he has THE BAWLS to step in my personal bubble, and so I says to him I says, "Wassa you problem?" and he starts to cop like this attitude with me and so what I does you see I pop him right in the mouth and then the cops came with their sirens all goin like WEEWOOOO. And it wasn't a very enjoyable experience.
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Neither was reading a post with grammar like that.
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That was tounge-in-cheek, I believe, but all the same.
What ticks me off? Whispering golf announcers.
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Yeah, how are you even supposed to watch golf if the announcers won't keep you awake?
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I don't like cynics. I dunno, they just sort of give off a depressing vibe for some strange reason.
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Like me?
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Are you a cynic? I wouldn't know, 'cause you haven't been around that long.
I'm pretty cynical about cynics. Even if the world is going bad, that doesn't mean you have to go bad with it. Find something to be happy about.
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I hate the "Wii Fit Girl".
Well, not her as a human being--I suppose she's probably nice in person--but... did the internet just get really bored all of a sudden last week? It's just a minute or two of a possibly hot girl doing the same boring-as-sin hula hoop routine in what may or may not be covert advertisement.
Well, then again, if "Celebrity Circus" can pull in ratings, why wouldn't something like this be getting hundreds of hits a day?
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Because she's not wearing pants.
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Are you a cynic? I wouldn't know, 'cause you haven't been around that long.
I'm pretty cynical about cynics. Even if the world is going bad, that doesn't mean you have to go bad with it. Find something to be happy about.
You know what I hate? People who parade themselves around as cynics. Yeah, yeah. You hate cute stuff, you tell it like it is, blah blah blahblahblah. We get it. It's like emo people who go around saying LOOK AT MY SELFINFLICTEDSCARS IM EMO. Saying you're a cynic doesn't make you a cynic, and even if you are, that's certainly not any sort of desirable trait to constantly bring up.
There, I'm done. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, it's just been bugging me for quite some time (in the form of friends constantly reminding me and each other of their cynicism).
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Because she's not wearing pants.
Speaking of not wearing pants, what limb of Kojinka's is that?
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I believe in optimism!
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I hate the "Wii Fit Girl".
Wii Fit told my brother he was obese and he laughed about it. That doesn't really tick me off, but I'm throwing it out there because it's hilarious and depressing at the same time.
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Speaking of not wearing pants, what limb of Kojinka's is that?
The limb that got bruised. XD
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It must be your tail then.
You know what I hate? People who parade themselves around as cynics. Yeah, yeah. You hate cute stuff, you tell it like it is, blah blah blahblahblah. We get it. It's like emo people who go around saying LOOK AT MY SELFINFLICTEDSCARS IM EMO. Saying you're a cynic doesn't make you a cynic, and even if you are, that's certainly not any sort of desirable trait to constantly bring up.
There, I'm done. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, it's just been bugging me for quite some time (in the form of friends constantly reminding me and each other of their cynicism).
I used to be like that, but then I wisened up and matured.
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Nope, you're still a cynic, but now you just don't want to admit it.
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How would you know? I've been on here long before you ever joined, pal.
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Not before me. My mood often changes from cynic to non-cynical.
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So you're a cyclic cynic?
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Videogame press releases. They're just a bunch of legal-speak and cheesy, embarassing, self-promoting hyperbole.
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Welcome to marketing.
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I saw this several weeks back, but upon doing so, I felt for a second that I just about finally lost faith in videogames. Behold, a leaked press release for the upcoming Spider-Man game on the Wii:
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Boo-hoo, a bad game made to make money using a gimmick of Nintendo's to appeal. Never seen anything like that before. And man it's totally taking so much away from games we could have! Since Nintendo's obviously pouring their time into Spider-Step-Man, the Mario sports spin-offs and parties I've been waiting for won't be as good!! This can't be happening.
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Why does that game have to be assumed bad?
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Why, indeed? Mind you, I probably wouldn't enjoy it because of the balance board, but that wouldn't make it a bad game.
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It sounds like it would be very tiring. I really don't understand this trend of making games that require more physical activity. I don't know about anyone else, but when I play a video game, I just want to sit on the couch and take it easy. No running, jumping, or waving your arms around and getting carpal-tunnel. But rather, just chill and push buttons.
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Yeah, you don't know about anyone else. Or about carpal tunnel.
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You get carpal tunnel from typing with your wrist all bendy-uppy.
But you just KNOW the game's gonna suck. I'll bet anyone a million points.
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I'm not saying it's going to be bad (in fact, the idea is pretty cool)! I'm just saying that... the write-up comes across as kind of embarassing. I mean, it's raving about controlling Spider-Man's feet.
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I hope they don't add a smell function to that feet-control mechanism.
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Vampire novels. I don't know how they got so popular, but I can't stand them. There always has to be all these sexual overtones and emo-y shirtless guys. Besides, vampires are really generic and uninspired when compared to most latter-day monsters. Ditto werewolves.
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Can you give an example of said "latter-day monsters"?
I don't enjoy most new vampire media aside from Castlevania and Vampire Hunter D, but you can't tell me that Dracula isn't a great book.
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Ho ho. Sexual, yes, overtones, no. Bring me a vampire/romance book made after, oh, 1999 that doesn't involve having sex with a vampire to gain his powers or whatever, and I'll say you're lying.
I know this because a friend of mines likes these books. Every time I see her, she's reading a different one. Who writes these things??
Oh, and werewolves rule. Don't diss werewolves.
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I dunno, but I saw someone reading Breaking Dawn on a plane, and I have to say, it contained some of the outright worst dialogue I've seen in recent memory.
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Can you give an example of said "latter-day monsters"?
I don't know... original stuff, I guess. Cthulu, It... Pokemon, even. I mean, I'm not dissing Dracula--that book was fresh stuff when it first came out. But now, vampire books are a dime a dozen and I can't understand their popularity.
Of course, on the other hand, there could be much knowledge (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/2/20/the-areas-of-our-expertise/) gained from them. (Language warning)
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I don't like Mii's because you can't actually put a picture of yourself or anyone you hate so you can put them in death matches!
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a9jTJu_JdwU
If the Hadron Collider doesn't end the world, this will.
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Just like Mario Paint and MOTHER 3. But with more dog suits.
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Mother 3?
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Sounds like a Goron!
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...What?
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=234533
Whatever, Microsoft...
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I bought a PS3 from eBay using PayPal in June when Live.com had the big discounts and now the system which was a MGS4 bundle new in the box has stopped playing discs. The other day it started sometimes not reading discs, but today it won't read anything. The disc doesn't show up in the menu and the drive makes a clicking sound, speeds up, but never reads the disc. I've tried DVDs and games, but nothing works.
So I thought I'd get if fixed since I have all the papers that came with it and it's only a few months old, but Sony says it's not under warranty because I bought it using PayPal and not from a Sony licensed store. Their site even says:
"You must have a valid proof of purchase for your system to be serviced and the proof of purchase must accompany the unit for warranty coverage. An acceptable proof of purchase is a copy (please keep the original receipt for your records) of the PRINTED store receipt (with the store name, system itemized, the price, and a valid purchase date clearly printed). We do not accept handwritten receipts." https://service.us.playstation.com/online-request.asp
Without such a receipt they'll charge me $149 for the repair.
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<hippocritical> people who bump topics!</hippocritical>
(http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=877.0 (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=877.0))
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From Nintendo of America’s Press Release:
“We have new games and new experiences for every kind of player this holiday season, and that will certainly fuel increased interest in Wii and Nintendo DS,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “While there’s no way to gauge total demand for our hardware systems, we’re trying to satisfy as many of those players as possible.”
From Nintendo of Canada’s Press Release:
“We have new games and new experiences for every kind of player this holiday season, and that will certainly fuel increased interest in Wii and Nintendo DS,” said Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada’s vice-president and general manager. “While there’s no way to gauge total demand for our hardware systems, we’re trying to satisfy as many of those players as possible.”
*Cue "The Price is Right" loser jingle*
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Hah, scripted, much?
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One of those things that triggers an unholy rage in the pit of my heart, as I think I've said, is the ever-creative anthropomorphized car. Well, I've grown to foster a similar rage for the Famous Stars & Straps F. That. F. THAT. FRICKIN'. F. I see it at least a hundred times a day. What the heck is so great about it? "Look guys, I wear a shirt made by the same people who made your shirt, 'cause it's so superior over any other shirt! You there with the pirate shirt, you should wear more F's on your clothes." But it doesn't stop there. The F is on the back window of every truck ever, and if there's ever an assignment involving creativity, someone's going to draw or make one.
THAT. EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
But the weather was great today.
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Could you post that particular F? I don't think I'm familiar with whatever that is.
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Here's one, but there are countless variations.
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I don't think I've ever seen that particular "F" ever in my life.
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That F is everywhere here in Central California...It's like it's taking over...
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I hate all designer brands in general. Aéropostale? That means "air mail" in French, ladies (and gentlemen). Volcom? Peppering a hoodie with repeating patterns of nonsensical crap does not a decent article of clothing make. Famous Stars and Straps? What is that, the anthem for patriotic S&M fetishists? Besides, I see only one star and no straps. And I can't recall when they were the Up-and-Coming Stars and Straps anyway. Eckō? What's up with rhino?
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Well everyone here wears Abercrombie and Fitch and I want to destroy all their clothes.
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I don't care about the logo of clothing brands, but the fact that people lock themselves into stereotypes by wearing them.
Aeropostale? Abercrombie and/or Fitch? You're a wannabe California surfer who's never surfed, lives in upper-class suburban wherever, and spends $50 on a shirt that cost $2 or less to make. And your band sucks.
Famous Stars and Straps? Volcom? You're a white wannabe gangsta that somehow gets $200 a week from your rich divorced parents despite the fact that you say you come from the hood.
Ecko? You wear clothes designed by a guy famous for being so anti-establishment he goes out and starts a mult-billion dollar corporation.
These stereotypes rarely apply (except where I live), but that's the vibe you give off when you wear them.
Oh, and video game shirts? The majority of people I see that wear those have, at most, played Tetris on their cell phones and nothing else.
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I think what I hate most are people with just... stupid shirts. Half the time, I think they don't even agree with or realize what their shirt's implying; they might just wear 'em because that's all they've got. I try to make sure that all the shirts I've got, if they have something on them, accurately represent my tastes.
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I hate hate hate those shirts that suggest the wearer is an angry person who doesn't give a crap about the world around him. "I'm not antisocial. I just don't like you." "The text on this shirt is long blah blah and you're an idiot." "Did the shirt I wore yesterday not already tell you how stupid you are?" But I only hate those shirts. I have a good friend who wears shirts like these all the time and that's the only thing I really hate about him. Otherwise he's a good guy.
Most of my shirts are plain, colored T-shirts with nothing on them. My favorite shirt, however, is this one (http://moonside.kontek.net/photos/pirateshirt.JPG). The best part is how people immediately take it as something suggestive, when to me it's just a cool pirate-themed shirt. The worst part is that that's the back, and my backpack is usually in the way. The front has the same design but completely white, smaller up in the corner.
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I hate hate hate those shirts that suggest the wearer is an angry person who doesn't give a crap about the world around him.
I know, right? Those suck.
If there's two kinds of shirts I really hate, and I'm not normally one to go hating on others' clothes, it's shirts that make references to internet fads that died years ago (Chuck Norris shirts, mostly), and shirts that reference 80s cartoons in an attempt to be hip. Look, wearing a shirt for a cartoon that it ended its run eight years before you were born isn't hip or ironic or whatever. It's dumb.
However, I do plan to get a Deep Crow shirt one of these days.
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My favorite shirts are in a hotel in Arizona or New Mexico. I'd washed clothes about halfway on our trip across country an left them hanging in a hotel closet. Arrgh.
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Somewhat adding to Glorb's last gripe, I despise shirts that have mock-faded, old logos for sugary cereal or pop. I cannot understand the point of them or why kids, especially in this day and age, would wear them. I guess those companies are so powerful, they can not only get people to pay to advertise their product--they can get people to pay to advertise their product from thirty years ago.
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I think you can wear a shirt promoting something provided you actually have experienced it, even if you only watched it in reruns or whatever.
I kind of hate mock-faded/crumbled shirts too (promoting anything), even though I have a free Sonic 15th anniversary one from E3 that I wear a lot.
I also hate shirts that tell you not to read the shirt or that you're stupid or whatever, or how apparently hot or hip the wearer is. And by extension, one word adjective/noun shirts such as "hottie".
Those and clothes that promote the store at which the clothing was purchased. I guess I hate pretty much all clothes people wear right now.
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I wear shirts with old logos that are faded for real from the shirt being somewhat old (actually just one, a Mountain Dew shirt my dad gave me, and I don't wear it often).
Most of my other shirts are from conventions or are related to music, video games, or school (that is, they're purple and gold and/or they have a panther on there somewhere). Some of these categories overlap.
I have a couple of shirts that have "humorous" phrases on them (not the insulting kind), but they usually just sit in my wardrobe with the Mountain Dew shirt and the button-down shirts that won't really be fitting to wear until spring, when there's a good chance of them being too small. I agree that shirts that insult the reader or give the wearer undeserved praise are stupid. Also shirts with innuendos.
EDIT: My two gripes there also apply to sigs, mostly on other forums where, in tandem with emoticons and banner sigs and other junk, they make me want to tear my eyes out.
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Just for the record, if I were allowed to (because, trust me, if I tried, I wouldn't be), I would snap up the "Jesus is F'ing Metal" and/or "Jesus Says... "Don't be a Dick" shirts on Penny Arcade so fast.
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We've all forgotten about the ones that show cartoon characters like the Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny wearing an irrational amount of "gangsta bling."
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Never bring those up again.
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We've all forgotten about the ones that show cartoon characters like the Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny wearing an irrational amount of "gangsta bling."
We've all forgotten about the ones that show cartoon characters like the Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny wearing "gangsta bling."
Fixed. Your use of the phrase "irrational amount" is not necessary as any "gangsta bling" is an irrational amount.
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My least favorite of those shirts are the ones with Mario depicted as a Gangtsa Prince, sitting on a throne surrounded by cash and holding a gun, as Luigi pokes out from behind the throne and tries to grab a dollah.
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You mean those shirts that show parodies of all sorts of famous characters in a suggestive "gangsta" style. It's like Wacky Packages from the hood.
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You know when you say a word over and over again in quick succession, it doesn't feel like a word anymore? That just happened.
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I just realized how delicate Boo Dudley's post is. Just remove every "r" in those quotes...
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I just realized how delicate Turtlekid1's user name is. Just remove the "Turtle" and replace it with "Stupid".
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Today, I've decided I'll express a particular irritation in picture form...
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I'm assuming no one will get this, but I'll wait 'till someone asks anyway.
Also, in searching a (potentially) more apt thread to post the above image, I came across this (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/Themes/ff/images/post/xx.gif), which had not previously noticed. Anyone care to explain?
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It's an anchor.
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Dangit! I meant this: http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=6575.msg510895#msg510895
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What was your pic originally of?
(I feel your pain, bro. The evil and vile and ilev Suffix has removed my pics before too.)
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That's the thing, I don't remember!
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If a mod doesn't censor something every thirty minutes, a burly guy in a suit comes to their door and breaks one of their bones. Each mod is assigned one burly guy.
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I thought it was the other way around
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Yeah. I do have a mod assigned to me.
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So I just got into this really awesome animu I discovered on youtube.
As cool as it is, the subject matter and the gratuitous skin shown off gurantees this will never be available in our side of the ocean. Especially annoying since at one point the manga was going to be localized but cancalled.
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animu
Is this a typo, or some new internet term I have to deal with?
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Not a typo and not new, but highly highly retarted (guess where it comes from).
Also, way to mention the name for us, Wiggles.
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Animutation?
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Also, way to mention the name for us, Wiggles.
It's Kodomo no Jikan. I only refrained from saying it due to the 50/50 reaction it gets from those who have seen it. I mean, you either find it cute/funny/over the top, or you assume all the viewers are creepy grown men who will eventually end up on Dateline.
Funny considering it was written by a woman.
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What [ticks] me off is that no anime, with only a few exceptions (Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist) is capable of actually interesting me. First off is the fanbase factor; pretty much the only reason so many people watch anime is because it's from Japan, which annoys me. Another is that they so so often have the same plots and, more annoyingly, sight gags.
But worst of all is that I'm afraid that if I mention watching anime to an anime nerd, they go into a six-hour tirade about Death Note or some nonsense. I'm speaking from experience here.
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I don't care much for any anime, but DB/DBZ manga is still the best out there.
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First off is the fanbase factor; pretty much the only reason so many people watch anime is because it's from Japan, which annoys me.
EXACTLY. I'm so tired of the Japanese obsession over here. Now, I admit, I will read some Manga/Watch some anime, but only if the story appeals to me. I'm also tired of events like when I was sitting at this bookstore, reading Batman: Year One, when someone in a Death Note bag and a Naruto Headband walked up, glanced at the cover, and said
"Dude, American comics are STUPID."
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I place Naruto fans beneath professional wresting and soap opera fans.
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The anime industry experiences a lot of the same problems as the US movie industry and daytime TV industry. The only real difference being that it's animated instead of live action. That's my favorite thing about it, but otherwise I always felt I never really needed to get into it like some other nerds out there, even though I frequently flock to TV Tropes.
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But worst of all is that I'm afraid that if I mention watching anime to an anime nerd, they go into a six-hour tirade about Death Note or some nonsense. I'm speaking from experience here.
You can always follow that up with "I think Avatar/Teen Titans/Totally Spies is the best anime ever". Those types of fans just go into full on rage mode for 5 minutes and then never bother you again. Works for me plenty of times.
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My favorite anime is Dexter's Lab.
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The funny thing is Dexter's Lab as well as the The Powerpuff Girls were littered with references to certain anime and other sci-fi and action stuff.
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I watched Pokemon as a kid and that's about it.
I do find the concept of Death Note enticing, though.
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I hope CrossEyed is joking or something, since anime specifically refers to Japanese animation (and anime-styled American cartoons are just that).
I've heard from intelligent people that Death Note is actually worth watching and worthy of its hype, unlike other fan-riddled franchises like Naruto.
I appreciate the originality and/or elements derived from philosophy and mythology present in many anime series. I'm not generally a fan of series that go past their 26 episodes, unless it's really really good (i.e. Stand Alone Complex).
Finally, disliking the fans of something shouldn't cause you to dislike the thing itself. You should only like or dislike it based on your own assessment.
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They're all cartoons. You can give an exotic name (French, actually) to an foreign thing all you like.
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The funny thing is, the word "anime" is actually just the first three syllables of "animation," and the style was originally based mostly off of old Disney cartoons. If the roots are American, why not some of the leaves too?
Also this (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8450059807759675851).
And I also want to get around to watching Death Note someday. And maybe Bokurano.
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I've never encountered a Naruto fanboy, and I hope I never do.
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I agree with the article I read criticizing people who call it "American anime" or "American manga" saying we don't need to reverse-adopt what Japan adopted from America.
"Anime" is not French. The French word "animé" means "animated" I believe but the Japanese term arises from their tendency to shorten long words like "animeshon".
Yes, that music video is Tezuka-style, but that isn't the standard style for that show and you know it.
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They're all cartoons.
A cartoon is an exaggerated drawing designed to evoke humor. If it's not meant to be funny, it's not a cartoon. They are all animated shows, though.
Still, you are right about the whole naming thing. We don't refer to animated shows from Europe by a different name, do we?
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I just discovered the original Dragon Ball series. Yeah, I'm a total n00b, right?
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I've completely ignored DBZ most of my life because, as a kid, it seemed to be that every episode was about two guys getting extremely muscular and trying to blow up the Earth.
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In Japan, "anime" is a general term for all animation of any kind from any country. "Japanimation" would be more unambiguous (or less ambiguous). But no one says that anymore because they realized how silly it sounds.
And by the way, I was joking.
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Anime sucks.
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Picard facepalm.
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Over 9000 It's gotten to the point where your beating more of a mangled corpse than a dead horse.
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That and every other friggin' meme that comes around every single day.
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I think Conan is... needs to go mainstream. It's a much better meme.
All words in italics are oxymorons.
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If it did it wouldn't be good anymore. Also, name a well-known meme that involves good animated GIF editing.
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Beneton movie editor works for that. "Benarolled"
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"Ageism" is a childish, nonexistent, ridiculously irrelevant word.
Also, is Ninjatown ever going to come out or they just going to keep Sakuraiing* it to death?
Sakurai v. To ruin the impact of something by repeatedly hyping and/or releasing large amounts of information about it.
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"Ageism" is a childish, nonexistent, ridiculously irrelevant word.
Including when those ugly old farts use it? (or is that "reverse ageism"?)
Sakurai v. To ruin the impact of something by repeatedly hyping and/or releasing large amounts of information about it.
I'm going to start using that, though I'm not sure when I'll ever get an opportunity to.
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None of the stores in my area have Dead Space!
>:| (
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I guess the place where it would be on the shelves... is dead space.
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I've completely ignored DBZ most of my life because, as a kid, it seemed to be that every episode was about two guys getting extremely muscular and trying to blow up the Earth.
That's pretty much all the anime is about, but the manga is much better. Less filler, more intelligent dialogue. Kind of like Naruto (pleasedon'tkillme); except here the manga really isn't anything extraordinary either, but it still blows the anime out of the water.
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Anime sucks.
Nooooo!
Anyway, I LOVE Japanese Manga and Anime, and I love the Japanese. And, NO that's not the only reason. I love Japanese plots. I seriously find them better then american graphic novels. Dragon Ball is ****** genius. I've read the entire manga, and I saw two episodes of the show, and I'll agree:
Dragon Ball Manga is better.
Of course, now that I'm a Dragon Ball Fan, I'm gonna have to watch Dragon Ball GT.
Can anyone tell me how GT compares to Z and the Original?
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After Dexter's Lab, my second favorite anime is Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged.
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I'm not sure either of those qualify.
Personally, I do not like anything that resembles DB.
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Every now and then I come across videos on YouTube regarding conditions in which animals are killed for food. I sympathise with and support the idea of reducing suffering for anything, but the amount of racism in the comments are ridiculous. Every other comment rambles on about how China is a horrible country of inhuman monsters who EAT PUPIEZ :( and should die a horrible slow death. It amazes me how some people think human life doesn't take precedence over the life of some anonymous lifeform that would maul you and eat your brains out without a second (or first) thought if it had the chance.
I'm pretty sure that even both my cats would probably eat me if their claws, teeth and intelligence were adequate. In fact, I'll bet they even think about it every now and then, since their cat food must taste like doo.
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Nooooo!
Anyway, I LOVE Japanese Manga and Anime, and I love the Japanese. And, NO that's not the only reason. I love Japanese plots. I seriously find them better then american graphic novels. Dragon Ball is ****** genius. I've read the entire manga, and I saw two episodes of the show, and I'll agree:
Dragon Ball Manga is better.
Of course, now that I'm a Dragon Ball Fan, I'm gonna have to watch Dragon Ball GT.
Can anyone tell me how GT compares to Z and the Original?
Not well at all. Just... Don't watch it.
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Why isn't "=" part of the URL tags? It gets annoying throwing that in every time.
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They were made before the board started automatically parsing URLs into clickable links. Originally the tag was for designating a string of text (presumably a URL) as a link.
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Ah... Am I the first person to bring this up?
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Probably not. I don't read Forum Games and it's probably been mentioned in there somewhere.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-16-highway-ads_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
I know I've probably said this before, but every time I see something like this, I just think of Feed...
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When I started to read Forum Games, I couldn't get enough of it. Wait a minute...
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This (http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/145/the-30-hottest-toys-for-babies-kids-and-teens/) article is effed-up to a profound degree. It recommends Struwwelpeter as a family book (look it up if you've never heard of it), implies someone's kids actually like Kidz Bop, denotes fart sounds as a selling point of Wario Land: Shake It!, calls Spore "Spore Video Game", and has the balls to say someone should buy this:
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fus.news2.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fp%2Ffi%2F18%2F87%2F68.jpg&hash=27076468072ba09e23209ca575d85280)
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It's in Esquire magazine, which just deepens the mystery. Also, they insulted Indy 4.
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Come on, it's Esquire.
Actually, I don't know if that explains much...
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Now, why the heck would someone purchase Shake It! just to hear Wario fart?
Also, yeah, SB, that is messed up.