Was the people behind the Three Stooges ever sued? What about Warner Brothers for their Wile E. Coyote cartoons? Superman? Tom and Jerry?
When you kill somebody in GTA, they die. Run over somebody, they die. Beat a granny to death, she dies. On top of all that, the cops chase you. When they chase you, it gets a LOT harder to finish the game. They don't stop until they get you.
So, GTA teaches you that shooting somebody kills them, and that it must be wrong because the police come after you. But Bugs Bunny teaches us that a duck can get hit in the face with a shotgun blast, and all that'll happen is his beak will be shifted to the opposite side of his head.
Getting back to the case at hand here. There's no possible way that those kids could have shot at cars without realizing that a.) They were doing something wrong and b.) that by firing the gun, they were aiming to kill. Both of these lessons are learned when playing any of the GTA games.
So, if they were inspired by GTA, then they intentionally set out to commit murder. Pity, GTA warned them what would happen.
I wonder how many kids were in the hospital due to frying-pan-in-the-face injuries during Tom and Jerry's prime.
"the concept art seems to "clarify" only that they are dorky and male, which i would take to be prerequisite for the gaming industry"
As an artist who may one day apply at Blizzard, I'm offended by your statement that we're all male dorks. As soon as I'm done with my IRC chat about tonight's episode of Enterprise, I'm going to flame the heck out of you!
"...the outcry that greeted this graphical overhaul underlines just how important game characters are to players."
Is it just me, or did most of the outry about that game die down shortly after it was released? I guess everybody was surprised that the game still turned out quite good.
Heh well at first I thought he was a dude that AnonV and I call 'ChickenHawk'. He was following us both from thread to thread in an ameteurish attempt to be a troll. I don't think it's him though. I have a pretty good idea who it is, though. He got quiet when I mentioned his name.;)
You're right, this thread was very funny! I knew eventually my sig'd piss somebody off.
"You would have had to point the thread out to your "coworker"."
I did. We had a good laugh your expense too.:)
As for you, it seems you've got some unfinished business. You're claiming I'm the loser, but you keep trying to pester me hoping for a glimpse of humiliation. So let's tally this up here: You're accusing me of posting as multiple people, but you're doing it yourself. You called me a hypocrite, even though you're being one right now. You're calling me a loser, but your existence is dependent on my responding to you. You should just give up now. Your ass was kicked. Not by me, but by yourself. You didn't need my help to humiliate you.
NanoGator
P.S. I really am bored with this now, so I've set my email notification to +2. If you want me to hear what you've got to say, post with your nick. We all know, though, that you aint got the balls. You're like that dumb ass that claims he's the king of Quake, so long as he's got his invincibility code.
" It took you FOREVER to figure out that you could simply make your own AC post claiming yourself the victor"
Wish I'd thought of it, then I could accept your praise heh.
"More importantly, you look like an idiot for not ignoring me.:)"
I agree with you here. I do look like an idiot for not ignoring ya. Doesn't bother me, though. Watching you try to win a hollow victory is quite amusing in a voyeuristic kind of way. Still, you haven't been able to find an avenue to discredit me. Though I must admit, posting AC and then trying to claim it was me was pretty cute.
Oh wait.. here's a thought. One of your 'five friends' over there posted as AC so you could accuse me of it. That's where you got the idea that you could accuse me of alternate logins! Heh. Too bad I don't think anybody bought it.
The reason why nobody believes you is that you are trying to oversell yourself. You keep typing 'HAHAHAHAAHA', trying a little too hard to sell us on the idea you find this amusing. It's painfully clear you're just responding because you tripped into your own grave and am hoping to win by discrediting me.
You really do need to learn how to troll, ChickenHawk.
Never said it wouldn't happen. Like I said before, I dont care. My karma will go from excellent down to excellent. BFD.
I mean if you want to measure trolling based on karma, that's fine. I, however, am measuring it based on watching you squirm. You're trying so hard to wriggle out of it, even to the point of accusing me of posting AC. It's an interesting coincidence that your accusation suddenly stopped when I suggested you might be doing it. Oops, feeling a little guilt there?
So, let's wrap up here: You think you've won because I got modded down a few times. And you know how much I care about that even though I could have logged out ages ago. And I think I've won because you're trying every defensive measure availble to you to suade other people's opinion of your 'coolness'.
I think I'm just going to sit here smugly. Now you'll be more careful about who you troll.
Have a good evening, I'm going back to work, Chickenhawk.:)
"This is like, so fucking great I have to tell you."
Don't you think you're laying it on a bit thick? heh. You reaaaaaaaally want us to believe you're laughing. You're not, man. Nobody believes you.
And please go on with the "you posted AC" accusations. You look so cool making that up. I'm starting to think you posted those yourself. It wouldn't be the first time you've stalked me that way.
" To pretend that some anonymous coward would say 'uhhhhh, yeah you are the losers dumbfuck uhhhhhh' and it wasn't you"
Sorry, it wasn't me.
" I have 5 friends here laughing their asses off."
Ah yes, the old "I have people laughing at you!" lie intended to show exactly how idiotic I'm being. Sorry bud, that one is overused. Make up something a little more believable will ya?
"No, I'm laughing my ass off because you are following an anonymous coward off into off-topic land and the mods are going to get your ass stupid"
Oh yeah. Karma. Ya got me real good. *yawn* Somehow I doubt me losing karma and going from excellent to.. uh.. excellent is going to be worth the humiliation you dealt yourself.
"THIS IS A TROLL"
Welp, it backfired. You're the one on the defensive, heh.
"Now go ahead Microsoft Apologist. Remind the rest of us why we hate windows users. Post something really smart!"
You hate us because we post stuff that is really smart? I had no idea it was envy! Thanks for shedding light on that, it explains a lot!
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Was the people behind the Three Stooges ever sued? What about Warner Brothers for their Wile E. Coyote cartoons? Superman? Tom and Jerry?
When you kill somebody in GTA, they die. Run over somebody, they die. Beat a granny to death, she dies. On top of all that, the cops chase you. When they chase you, it gets a LOT harder to finish the game. They don't stop until they get you.
So, GTA teaches you that shooting somebody kills them, and that it must be wrong because the police come after you. But Bugs Bunny teaches us that a duck can get hit in the face with a shotgun blast, and all that'll happen is his beak will be shifted to the opposite side of his head.
Getting back to the case at hand here. There's no possible way that those kids could have shot at cars without realizing that a.) They were doing something wrong and b.) that by firing the gun, they were aiming to kill. Both of these lessons are learned when playing any of the GTA games.
So, if they were inspired by GTA, then they intentionally set out to commit murder. Pity, GTA warned them what would happen.
I wonder how many kids were in the hospital due to frying-pan-in-the-face injuries during Tom and Jerry's prime.
"the concept art seems to "clarify" only that they are dorky and male, which i would take to be prerequisite for the gaming industry"
As an artist who may one day apply at Blizzard, I'm offended by your statement that we're all male dorks. As soon as I'm done with my IRC chat about tonight's episode of Enterprise, I'm going to flame the heck out of you!
"They'll just appeal."
No, X10 is not appealing.
"So you're saying that deep under the sea, in the Bermuda Triangle, lies hordes of mutant water-breathing, ship-sinking killer farting cows ?"
That's a troll? Are there hordes of mutant water-breathing ship sinking killer farting cows reading Slashdot that might be offended?
"So until and unless the cosmic beep measured in Ohio is found again, the 'Wow' signal will remain a 'What' signal."
That doesn't sound like they disproved the signal ever happened.
Nice try. :)
"So in a way, the complaints were just that the game wasn't what they had expected."
;)
Ya know, I think you might be right. Nintendo should have been smarter than to show the Link demo if they new a cel-based Zelda game was coming out...
Oh well, at least they got free publicity.
"...the outcry that greeted this graphical overhaul underlines just how important game characters are to players."
Is it just me, or did most of the outry about that game die down shortly after it was released? I guess everybody was surprised that the game still turned out quite good.
I understand man. Believe me, I've been there. :)
No hard feelings.
Have a good evening.
My journal is not in conflict with what I said.
Heh well at first I thought he was a dude that AnonV and I call 'ChickenHawk'. He was following us both from thread to thread in an ameteurish attempt to be a troll. I don't think it's him though. I have a pretty good idea who it is, though. He got quiet when I mentioned his name. ;)
You're right, this thread was very funny! I knew eventually my sig'd piss somebody off.
"This guy publicized a security flaw, why hasn't he been sued yet?"
Maybe because the President of Victoria's Secret is also a client.
Oh, by the way: Hi Cyno! :)
"You would have had to point the thread out to your "coworker"."
:)
I did. We had a good laugh your expense too.
As for you, it seems you've got some unfinished business. You're claiming I'm the loser, but you keep trying to pester me hoping for a glimpse of humiliation. So let's tally this up here: You're accusing me of posting as multiple people, but you're doing it yourself. You called me a hypocrite, even though you're being one right now. You're calling me a loser, but your existence is dependent on my responding to you. You should just give up now. Your ass was kicked. Not by me, but by yourself. You didn't need my help to humiliate you.
NanoGator
P.S. I really am bored with this now, so I've set my email notification to +2. If you want me to hear what you've got to say, post with your nick. We all know, though, that you aint got the balls. You're like that dumb ass that claims he's the king of Quake, so long as he's got his invincibility code.
You know what the ChickenHawk reference means. Your last post to AnonV gave you away. Pity, I thought we had a new troll to play with. :(
Oh yeah. "I have 3.. no wait.. uh 4.. no wait.. uh 5.. uh 6! 6 coworkers uh laughing at you! Yeah!"
Yeah we're all buying that. Heh.
" It took you FOREVER to figure out that you could simply make your own AC post claiming yourself the victor"
:)"
Wish I'd thought of it, then I could accept your praise heh.
"More importantly, you look like an idiot for not ignoring me.
I agree with you here. I do look like an idiot for not ignoring ya. Doesn't bother me, though. Watching you try to win a hollow victory is quite amusing in a voyeuristic kind of way. Still, you haven't been able to find an avenue to discredit me. Though I must admit, posting AC and then trying to claim it was me was pretty cute.
Oh wait.. here's a thought. One of your 'five friends' over there posted as AC so you could accuse me of it. That's where you got the idea that you could accuse me of alternate logins! Heh. Too bad I don't think anybody bought it.
The reason why nobody believes you is that you are trying to oversell yourself. You keep typing 'HAHAHAHAAHA', trying a little too hard to sell us on the idea you find this amusing. It's painfully clear you're just responding because you tripped into your own grave and am hoping to win by discrediting me.
You really do need to learn how to troll, ChickenHawk.
He thinks we're the same guy. Dumb ass heh.
So who are ya trying to impress by making accusations (we all know you were the AC btw) and by pretending to laugh so hard?
Uh... wasn't expecting that...
Somebody has a warped sense of humor, hehe.
Man, how much of a spanking can you take? heh.
Never said it wouldn't happen. Like I said before, I dont care. My karma will go from excellent down to excellent. BFD.
:)
I mean if you want to measure trolling based on karma, that's fine. I, however, am measuring it based on watching you squirm. You're trying so hard to wriggle out of it, even to the point of accusing me of posting AC. It's an interesting coincidence that your accusation suddenly stopped when I suggested you might be doing it. Oops, feeling a little guilt there?
So, let's wrap up here: You think you've won because I got modded down a few times. And you know how much I care about that even though I could have logged out ages ago. And I think I've won because you're trying every defensive measure availble to you to suade other people's opinion of your 'coolness'.
I think I'm just going to sit here smugly. Now you'll be more careful about who you troll.
Have a good evening, I'm going back to work, Chickenhawk.
"This is like, so fucking great I have to tell you."
Don't you think you're laying it on a bit thick? heh. You reaaaaaaaally want us to believe you're laughing. You're not, man. Nobody believes you.
And please go on with the "you posted AC" accusations. You look so cool making that up. I'm starting to think you posted those yourself. It wouldn't be the first time you've stalked me that way.
" To pretend that some anonymous coward would say 'uhhhhh, yeah you are the losers dumbfuck uhhhhhh' and it wasn't you"
Sorry, it wasn't me.
" I have 5 friends here laughing their asses off."
Ah yes, the old "I have people laughing at you!" lie intended to show exactly how idiotic I'm being. Sorry bud, that one is overused. Make up something a little more believable will ya?
"No, I'm laughing my ass off because you are following an anonymous coward off into off-topic land and the mods are going to get your ass stupid"
Oh yeah. Karma. Ya got me real good. *yawn* Somehow I doubt me losing karma and going from excellent to.. uh.. excellent is going to be worth the humiliation you dealt yourself.
"THIS IS A TROLL"
Welp, it backfired. You're the one on the defensive, heh.
"Now go ahead Microsoft Apologist. Remind the rest of us why we hate windows users. Post something really smart!"
You hate us because we post stuff that is really smart? I had no idea it was envy! Thanks for shedding light on that, it explains a lot!
Ah, sorry. Thanks for the clarification.