Waiting? Who said anything about waiting? We drain those cans the old-fashioned way, the way my grandaddy did before he went blind and died of liver failure!
Zap? Is that you? It must be! Why else would you give such a vitriolic response to a fairly harmless set of jokes, which, yes, I found mildly amusing. It reminds me of the Penny Arcade "Greater Internet Fuckwad" theory: Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad. You, sir (or ma'am?), prove the formula correct.
Me, I've got a hearing problem. There's enough distortion on microphones as it is, I often time have a hard time picking things up. When you have a bunch of people (with all their assorted background noises and mic hiss) all at once, it can get to be nearly impossible to pick up what people are saying. Throw in someone with an accent that I'm not used to, and I'm done.
In addition to that, I have a good idea of what my MMO guild's voices "sound" like. Hooking up to a vent server and finding out I'm wrong is always pretty jarring. And anything that pulls me further out of the fantasy world I'm paying for is unwelcome. If someone wants to exclude non-voice chatters from their guild, then I guess I'm looking elsewhere.
Yeah... reading the manual would have helped. Heck, not even the entire manual, just the part that told you how to control your character. And... 2 hours? It takes maybe 20 minutes to get from level 1-2 when you first start, and that's taking into account that you have to figure everything out. I can get past level 7 in two hours without even rushing at it.
To sum up, you not taking the time to know how to play doesn't make the game "utter crap".
"And those who claim it was about liberating the Iraqi people had better explain why the Iraqis needed liberating so much more than the Cubans, the Zimbabweans, the North Koreans etc."
Not to mention the fact that Saddam had been a ruthless dictator for decades, and that we knew about it and did nothing, provided he stayed in line and kept the oil coming. Saddam also acted as a check against some of the more radical Muslim nations out there (like Iran), many of whom hated the US. The US/Iraqi war was a war for financial and political interests, not morality.
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Yeah, except that when you drink it, you get burned. As has happened with several other people before this woman came along. And who the fuck expects coffee to be boiling? Also, when handled properly, arsenic is perfectly safe, also. hardly a good argument.
Actually, the McDonald's coffee thing wasn't as unreasonable as it sounded. If my memory serves, the $2 million or whatever was overturned, and a few hundred thousand was awarded instead.
Yes, the lady in questions should not have put the coffee cup in her lap, but McDonald's shouldn't have had the coffee hot enough to give someone 3rd degree burns, which is what decided the suit in the plaintiff's favor. She had 3rd degree burns in a very sensitive area, requiring skin scraping and skin grafts.
When McDonald's refused to pay for her medical bills, she sued. And, if you sue, you might as well sue for a lot. Even if you don't get it, you might be able to increase the settlement you eventually get.
Now, someone suing you because they hurt themselves while breaking into your home... THAT is a frivolous lawsuit.
"Sometimes you piss people off talking like that, by the way." Really? I couldn't tell. I really wasn't trying to piss anyone off, just stating my opinion. Just as an FYI, saying stuff like "Take your foot out of your mouth, your thumb out of your ass" tends to piss people off, too. The difference is, you said that to intentionally anger me.
In any case, economics drive quality. You said yourself that "85-90% of the people trying to get into the business don't have what it takes". Why should I (through Government subsities) pay for people who can't cut it anyway? Why help people get set up just so they can fail? The result would be more crap games, not less.
Also, if the market is really that saturated, what makes you think that you could get a game out there making enough money, even with subsities? One of the reasons that it's a good thing for some businesses to go under is that it clears room for new blood.
I'm sorry that times are rough. I'm sorry it's not as easy to push a game out these days as it used to be. But, honestly, in the heyday of the small developer (Atari and NES) there were lots of developers pushing out shear crap, because it was easy. I'm not crying for them because they are going under now.
And, you know what? Nobody is entitled to their dream job. It's like writing fiction. You might have good ideas, you might have good skills, but that doesn't automatically mean that you'll ever be able to support yourself by writing. It's always been that way, even for "talented people".
There is a huge, emerging market for small games that fit on portable devices (Palms, cellphones, and even GBA). You don't have to publish games on the PS2 and X-box to be successful. They could also join in cooperative ventures with other small design houses to make bigger games, if they want. If they can't find a way to survive, they deserve to fail.
"I would. Eventually it will all end with an orgasm."
It's the point 9 months after (before?) that point that would really suck. "Hey, there's my mom... what are you doing?!? Don't shove me in there! Noooooaugh..."
How about next time you park in the parking lot, someone "shares" your car and takes it to the local chop shop to "share" the parts with others
It would be more like if someone saw your car in the parking lot and uses the "Acme Instantaneous Matter Copying Machine" (patent pending) to make an identical duplicate of your car. Then they drive that to the chop shop for parts. The original owner lost nothing. The people who make parts potentially lost a sale.
There really is a difference between theft and sharing software. Language does evolve, yes, but we should try to make sure we use the right terms. If only so we don't mix metaphors.
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Waiting? Who said anything about waiting? We drain those cans the old-fashioned way, the way my grandaddy did before he went blind and died of liver failure!
Hey, now! Stop trying to wreck our fun with your logic and your grubby little facts! :P
Tom: Say, fellas. There sure is a lot of skin in this movie, isn't there?
Mike: There sure is!
Crow: Yet, despite all the acres of flesh in this film I just can't come up with a word to describes it.
Tom: Well, I can!
Mike: You can?
Tom: Why sure! (sings) It's breasticaboobical, chesticamammical pendular, globular fun!
Mike: Fleshical orbital moundular scoopular?
Tom: Righto! That's the one!
Crow: Is it glutial maximal, tushital, crackular, bunular, morning 'til night?
Tom: Well, you're absuto-glandular fanny fantastical mastacafleshular right!
All: It's area-logical, auto-erotical, toobular, boob-ular joy!
An exposeular regional, batchular pouchular fun for girl and boy!
A latisimadorsical, hung-like-a-horseical, calipaligical ball!
Crow: A most bunular, funular
Mike: Fruit of the Loomular
Crow: Frenchical tongueular
Tom: Whopita boobular
Mike: Movie of them allll!
All: Hey!!!
Zap? Is that you? It must be! Why else would you give such a vitriolic response to a fairly harmless set of jokes, which, yes, I found mildly amusing. It reminds me of the Penny Arcade "Greater Internet Fuckwad" theory: Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad. You, sir (or ma'am?), prove the formula correct.
In addition to that, I have a good idea of what my MMO guild's voices "sound" like. Hooking up to a vent server and finding out I'm wrong is always pretty jarring. And anything that pulls me further out of the fantasy world I'm paying for is unwelcome. If someone wants to exclude non-voice chatters from their guild, then I guess I'm looking elsewhere.
To sum up, you not taking the time to know how to play doesn't make the game "utter crap".
"And those who claim it was about liberating the Iraqi people had better explain why the Iraqis needed liberating so much more than the Cubans, the Zimbabweans, the North Koreans etc."
Not to mention the fact that Saddam had been a ruthless dictator for decades, and that we knew about it and did nothing, provided he stayed in line and kept the oil coming. Saddam also acted as a check against some of the more radical Muslim nations out there (like Iran), many of whom hated the US. The US/Iraqi war was a war for financial and political interests, not morality.
No thanks. I had enough Brian Adams in the 80's.
"I thought that question was: Kirk or Janeway? "
Actually, the full question starts with "Who would be on top?"
Yeah, except that when you drink it, you get burned. As has happened with several other people before this woman came along. And who the fuck expects coffee to be boiling?
Also, when handled properly, arsenic is perfectly safe, also. hardly a good argument.
Actually, the McDonald's coffee thing wasn't as unreasonable as it sounded. If my memory serves, the $2 million or whatever was overturned, and a few hundred thousand was awarded instead.
Yes, the lady in questions should not have put the coffee cup in her lap, but McDonald's shouldn't have had the coffee hot enough to give someone 3rd degree burns, which is what decided the suit in the plaintiff's favor. She had 3rd degree burns in a very sensitive area, requiring skin scraping and skin grafts.
When McDonald's refused to pay for her medical bills, she sued. And, if you sue, you might as well sue for a lot. Even if you don't get it, you might be able to increase the settlement you eventually get.
Now, someone suing you because they hurt themselves while breaking into your home... THAT is a frivolous lawsuit.
Nah... Because then people would be trying to disguise links to legitimate sites as a goatse link
Any comments from Uranus are bound to be pretty noxious.
Of course, there will be the cheaper versions.
"Stapling machine, Mrs. Zambesi!"
I'm not allowed to. My worker's comp insurance won't cover me for injuries sustained while moving anything weighing more than 30 pounds.
That would be a short movie...
Hulk and Jack are sitting around. Jack does something annoying. Hulk squishes him into a paste. Roll credits.
I'd still pay good money to see it, though.
Hey, I like that! I'm going to start using that term to make myself feel better about having no money!
"I'm not broke, my wallet's recharging."
"Sometimes you piss people off talking like that, by the way."
Really? I couldn't tell.
I really wasn't trying to piss anyone off, just stating my opinion. Just as an FYI, saying stuff like "Take your foot out of your mouth, your thumb out of your ass" tends to piss people off, too. The difference is, you said that to intentionally anger me.
In any case, economics drive quality. You said yourself that "85-90% of the people trying to get into the business don't have what it takes". Why should I (through Government subsities) pay for people who can't cut it anyway? Why help people get set up just so they can fail? The result would be more crap games, not less.
Also, if the market is really that saturated, what makes you think that you could get a game out there making enough money, even with subsities? One of the reasons that it's a good thing for some businesses to go under is that it clears room for new blood.
I'm sorry that times are rough. I'm sorry it's not as easy to push a game out these days as it used to be. But, honestly, in the heyday of the small developer (Atari and NES) there were lots of developers pushing out shear crap, because it was easy. I'm not crying for them because they are going under now.
And, you know what? Nobody is entitled to their dream job. It's like writing fiction. You might have good ideas, you might have good skills, but that doesn't automatically mean that you'll ever be able to support yourself by writing. It's always been that way, even for "talented people".
Only if they get the Roadster. What you really want is the Brainette Major.
There is a huge, emerging market for small games that fit on portable devices (Palms, cellphones, and even GBA). You don't have to publish games on the PS2 and X-box to be successful. They could also join in cooperative ventures with other small design houses to make bigger games, if they want.
If they can't find a way to survive, they deserve to fail.
"I would. Eventually it will all end with an orgasm."
It's the point 9 months after (before?) that point that would really suck.
"Hey, there's my mom... what are you doing?!? Don't shove me in there! Noooooaugh..."
It would be more like if someone saw your car in the parking lot and uses the "Acme Instantaneous Matter Copying Machine" (patent pending) to make an identical duplicate of your car. Then they drive that to the chop shop for parts. The original owner lost nothing. The people who make parts potentially lost a sale.
There really is a difference between theft and sharing software. Language does evolve, yes, but we should try to make sure we use the right terms. If only so we don't mix metaphors.
My major problem is, while walking, I tend to think, "Hey, I'm tired of walking and that's a nice car! I should just jack it."
Hey... Are you talking about Microsoft? No discussing the security holes, dammit! We'll be secure if nobody finds out about them!
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