Okay, let me first state that I agree with the first part of your statement. Now let me say that Halo did a few revolutionary things that many didn't notice. Halo was the first popular FPS to have non rail-driven vehicles. Now, I know Tribes had them, but it wasn't nearly as popular. Also, your statement about the graphics is false. Halo 2 came out around the time of Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, not Halo 1.
If Nintendo does the multiplayer right, If is the operative word there. If Nintendo fucks around and does the friend code only system like they did with Pokemon, it will suck. If they fuck around and implement a shitty matchmaking like they did in Mario Kart DS, it will suck. They need to get a good matchmaking system in and keep friend codes, but let you play with non-friends.
I'm going to have to agree with you about Halo. I love the game, it just doesn't live up to Bungie's former name, in my opinion. I loved Marathon. I'm one of those guys who read every single terminal and wrote down all of the text so that I could reference back on the story at any moment. The multiplayer was fantastic back when you had to hook up those huge Apples in a LAN. At my old Navy job, we would do that on our lunch breaks. Then we moved on to Starcraft. Good times.
Actually, it is a scientifically proven fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun, so you would be wrong. It has been proven. His statements that the keyboard and mouse combo is better and that anyone who says otherwise is wrong is not proven. It can be his opinion that the keyboard and mouse is better, an opinion I share, but he can't call others wrong because they disagree.
On a less sarcastic note, you're wrong.
That may be the most asinine thing I've ever heard. Calling someone's opinion wrong. I thought all Slashdotters were supposed to be intelligent.
Thank you for explaining to him. Everyone needs to lurk moar, besides you and a few others who got it. To the one you replied to, go look at wikichan.org's copypasta archive for moar knowledge.
Oh, how very big of you. You're an alpha male, are you? Well, let me clue you in on something: Alpha Males haven't been in charge for a good couple of decades. Obviously, this tirade is directed on a High School level.
Once you get out of high school, and begin working at your dead-end office job, you know who your boss is going to be? That's right, that pasty nerd you made fun of.
It's funny, you see. The majority of the women you are talking about, despite the blatant lies you've slipped in, and the generalizations which remain moderately untrue, are frankly, idiotic sluts. The fact that you're trying to taunt us with them is inane, because while they sound appealing in text, in reality, we wouldn't want anything to do with the fucking skanks. And furthermore, thank you for "fucking every girl in the school (I bet you can bench 2000 pounds too, amirite?)." Honestly, thank you. Why, you may ask? Because, by taking away the easy route, you have brought pain upon us. You have brought us misery, you have forced us to adapt to that misery, and to grow as people.
Luxury doesn't incite growth, pain does. So while you're busy sticking it in your AIDS-ridden skanks, we're studying, learning, gaining skills that are necessary for life.
You may scoff at this, call us stupid nerds for not getting the pussy while it's hot, but guess what? We're going to get it eventually. You said so yourself, women love power.
So, eventually, you're going to find a women you love as much as she primally needs you. You're going to get married, maybe settle down a bit. Wild sex for the first two years, but after a while, she'll get antsy. She'll grow tired of the novelty of the Alpha Male. Your relationship will become the dull forced marriage that is seen constantly in America.
You'll likely divorce her and move on, getting a younger wife that'll need you as much as your old wife did when you first married.
Seems swell, doesn't it?
I can assure you, it isn't. By now, we have risen to power. While you live the life of the swingers, we are the Senators, the Chairmen, we are the rulers of life as you know it. We have transcended your pitiful existence, and control every aspect of your very fate, without you even so much as noticing.
By now, we have the money and the power, and as Scarface once said (We know you love him, and have his poster on your bedroom wall,'cause you're cool like that) next we get the women.
And guess who it is that loves power, as you said women do? That's right, it's your little skank of a wife! Now, most of us will likely have settled down with a wife, but I'm sure there are plenty that would be glad to take your wife when she dumps your sorry ass to go to the people she knows have the real power.
And, as we get older, our fortunes and power will grow. We'll eventually get a few trophy wives, settle down a bit, and live in the lap of luxury.
Meanwhile, you, the "Alpha Male" will be left alone. By the time you hit thirty, your primal attraction, your ONLY asset, will begin to fade. Your third wife in ten years will grow tired of your old, pitiful body, and will leave you. Stuck in a dead-end job as one of our pawns, you will grow old and even less appealing.
Eventually you will die an old and unloved man, either by taking your own life, drowning yourself in booze, or perhaps merely out of your own misery.
So go ahead. Brag about how many women you are fucking. Call us losers. We may seem to be upset, and you may mock our pain, but I assure you, we know your fate.
And we are smiling inside.
Also, lulz at copypasta. It is quite delicious./.ers don't know that you must eat this delicious copypasta.
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Okay, let me first state that I agree with the first part of your statement. Now let me say that Halo did a few revolutionary things that many didn't notice. Halo was the first popular FPS to have non rail-driven vehicles. Now, I know Tribes had them, but it wasn't nearly as popular. Also, your statement about the graphics is false. Halo 2 came out around the time of Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, not Halo 1.
I'm going to have to agree with you about Halo. I love the game, it just doesn't live up to Bungie's former name, in my opinion. I loved Marathon. I'm one of those guys who read every single terminal and wrote down all of the text so that I could reference back on the story at any moment. The multiplayer was fantastic back when you had to hook up those huge Apples in a LAN. At my old Navy job, we would do that on our lunch breaks. Then we moved on to Starcraft. Good times.
Actually, it is a scientifically proven fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun, so you would be wrong. It has been proven. His statements that the keyboard and mouse combo is better and that anyone who says otherwise is wrong is not proven. It can be his opinion that the keyboard and mouse is better, an opinion I share, but he can't call others wrong because they disagree.
That may be the most asinine thing I've ever heard. Calling someone's opinion wrong. I thought all Slashdotters were supposed to be intelligent.
Thank you for explaining to him. Everyone needs to lurk moar, besides you and a few others who got it. To the one you replied to, go look at wikichan.org's copypasta archive for moar knowledge.
Oh, how very big of you. You're an alpha male, are you? Well, let me clue you in on something: Alpha Males haven't been in charge for a good couple of decades. Obviously, this tirade is directed on a High School level. Once you get out of high school, and begin working at your dead-end office job, you know who your boss is going to be? That's right, that pasty nerd you made fun of. It's funny, you see. The majority of the women you are talking about, despite the blatant lies you've slipped in, and the generalizations which remain moderately untrue, are frankly, idiotic sluts. The fact that you're trying to taunt us with them is inane, because while they sound appealing in text, in reality, we wouldn't want anything to do with the fucking skanks. And furthermore, thank you for "fucking every girl in the school (I bet you can bench 2000 pounds too, amirite?)." Honestly, thank you. Why, you may ask? Because, by taking away the easy route, you have brought pain upon us. You have brought us misery, you have forced us to adapt to that misery, and to grow as people. Luxury doesn't incite growth, pain does. So while you're busy sticking it in your AIDS-ridden skanks, we're studying, learning, gaining skills that are necessary for life. You may scoff at this, call us stupid nerds for not getting the pussy while it's hot, but guess what? We're going to get it eventually. You said so yourself, women love power. So, eventually, you're going to find a women you love as much as she primally needs you. You're going to get married, maybe settle down a bit. Wild sex for the first two years, but after a while, she'll get antsy. She'll grow tired of the novelty of the Alpha Male. Your relationship will become the dull forced marriage that is seen constantly in America. You'll likely divorce her and move on, getting a younger wife that'll need you as much as your old wife did when you first married. Seems swell, doesn't it? I can assure you, it isn't. By now, we have risen to power. While you live the life of the swingers, we are the Senators, the Chairmen, we are the rulers of life as you know it. We have transcended your pitiful existence, and control every aspect of your very fate, without you even so much as noticing. By now, we have the money and the power, and as Scarface once said (We know you love him, and have his poster on your bedroom wall,'cause you're cool like that) next we get the women. And guess who it is that loves power, as you said women do? That's right, it's your little skank of a wife! Now, most of us will likely have settled down with a wife, but I'm sure there are plenty that would be glad to take your wife when she dumps your sorry ass to go to the people she knows have the real power. And, as we get older, our fortunes and power will grow. We'll eventually get a few trophy wives, settle down a bit, and live in the lap of luxury. Meanwhile, you, the "Alpha Male" will be left alone. By the time you hit thirty, your primal attraction, your ONLY asset, will begin to fade. Your third wife in ten years will grow tired of your old, pitiful body, and will leave you. Stuck in a dead-end job as one of our pawns, you will grow old and even less appealing. Eventually you will die an old and unloved man, either by taking your own life, drowning yourself in booze, or perhaps merely out of your own misery. So go ahead. Brag about how many women you are fucking. Call us losers. We may seem to be upset, and you may mock our pain, but I assure you, we know your fate. And we are smiling inside. Also, lulz at copypasta. It is quite delicious. /.ers don't know that you must eat this delicious copypasta.