Well, IDDQD and IDKFA were for the Doom games, not Quake I believe (which was "god" and "impulse 9", right?), and Heretic was a separate game based on the Doom engine. But otherwise, good story. =)
And to add to that last comment, I agree that I definitely play differently when I'm cheating. When I'm not, I am an ammo whore. I hate the idea of running out of ammo at any time, so I have a tendency to avoid the use of the powerful, ammo-hungry weapons and to do more sneaking around and sniping, even in games that are not supposted to be played like that, like Quake and Serious Sam.
So it can be alot of fun to get the weapons cheat and the health cheat sometimes and just go crazy.
"Journalists" take themselves too seriously as far as their writing skills. By far, most magazines and newspapers are written at a 5th grade comprehension level.
Believe it or not, but this isn't as easy to do as it sounds. "Writing at a 5th grade level" is more than just using simple words, its writing clearly and effectively, and using a set formula that makes it easier to get the essential facts out of an article. Of course, I'm not saying that all journalists write like this, or even most, but it is a worthy goal.
Also, I thought most newspapers are more like a 7th-9th grade level, with the NY Times being one of the highest (in the US), with like a 10th grade level. I may be wrong, though.
Oh no, you just got that music stuck in my head again! Make it stop, make it stop!
Gotta agree with you on the addictiveness of it. Love two player, and hearing the scream of frustration from the guy sitting next to you when you get those doubles and screw them over...
You make "drunk every weekend" sound like a bad thing, what's wrong with attending a party and having a few drinks, so long as you get your education, I say go have fun.
Exactly... its not as if you have classes on Saturday night or anything (and if you do... God help you). I mean, if you start drinking every night, you'll probably run into some problems, but I've known people to do that and still pull out fairly good grades (not in fluffy subjects either). I mean, the parent definitely should calm down a bit.
Exactly the same situation with me. All my friends are on AIM. In fact, if I for some stupid reason decided to use Messenger and told my friends to switch to it, I think I'd get a bunch of blank stares or responses like:
"Oh, that crappy thing that keeps popping up in XP? Yeah, I just close it each time. What, it's an instant messager? Like AOL? Well, whaddya think of that. I'll stick with AIM, thanks."
Personally, I'd be more concerned with the 63 loads of gibbed players the remaining one has to draw on screen at once, but there you go.
This was my immediate thought as well. This reminds me of some kind of mod I d/l or server I went to for Quake 1 where there were "gib fountains"... a never-ending (or at least lengthy) stream of gibs spewing up from one spot. Truely awe-inspiring. Wish I could remember more.
I think the game Black and White at least touched on this. Its by Lionhead Studios and 'god'-games god Peter Molyne-frenchsomethingoranother. I have a friend who really liked it, but he's one of those friends who like everything.
Some jerk starts following me around blathering about his god and how I'm not going to his heaven and basically talking about his personal relationship with Jebus.... I'm going about my business, and PAYING to do so, and I don't want to hear it.
You've never been on a New York City subway, have you? =)
At least in games you can use an ignore command or just kill them.
Hey, I actually removed a Voodoo 2 card that was hooked up to an old Diamond Stealth 2d card in an old computer of mine that was laying around about an hour ago!
It was hilarious pulling it out and seeing the good ol' 3dfx logo stamped all over it...
As has been said before, collateral damage is not necessarily the killing of innocent civilians, but rather the destruction of what the attacker does not intend to destroy.
Those guys on those airplanes sure meant what they were doing.
This would make it acceptable to do random searches for no reason, imprison people based on shaky information
What? I know what you're referring to, but the parent does not lead logically to this at all. Infact, you've just proven that it's 'acceptable' to do this even without DNA. This is bullshit.
Anyway, there would have to be major changes to our Bill of Rights before we could do either of these two things to US citizens... I remember that since Maoussawai (I just completely misspelled his name) is a US citizen, he's in a normal jail and being put on trail with a jury and everything. Do I think it's right what we're doing to the non-US-citizens in Cuba? No. But that still has nothing to do with DNA evidence received from the US Military's DNA bank of ITS OWN SOLDIERS.
So, snail mail it. Before I read this email, I would never have imagined that anybody at the White House would ever take a poorly written email (as most of my emails are) from me seriously. But a well-written letter on nice paper... I would trust my opinions to that much more readily. Most of the email most people get is crap, and so many people don't consider as good for "Important" email. Or at least thats my impression.
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Well, IDDQD and IDKFA were for the Doom games, not Quake I believe (which was "god" and "impulse 9", right?), and Heretic was a separate game based on the Doom engine. But otherwise, good story. =)
And to add to that last comment, I agree that I definitely play differently when I'm cheating. When I'm not, I am an ammo whore. I hate the idea of running out of ammo at any time, so I have a tendency to avoid the use of the powerful, ammo-hungry weapons and to do more sneaking around and sniping, even in games that are not supposted to be played like that, like Quake and Serious Sam.
So it can be alot of fun to get the weapons cheat and the health cheat sometimes and just go crazy.
Have you ever heard anybody call a refrigerator an "icebox?"
No.
This is true, the medical name for that type of tourettes is something like corphrala or something.
And here's a really quick google search. %30, not %3
"Journalists" take themselves too seriously as far as their writing skills. By far, most magazines and newspapers are written at a 5th grade comprehension level.
Believe it or not, but this isn't as easy to do as it sounds. "Writing at a 5th grade level" is more than just using simple words, its writing clearly and effectively, and using a set formula that makes it easier to get the essential facts out of an article. Of course, I'm not saying that all journalists write like this, or even most, but it is a worthy goal.
Also, I thought most newspapers are more like a 7th-9th grade level, with the NY Times being one of the highest (in the US), with like a 10th grade level. I may be wrong, though.
Love the half-wall of NES games, it reminds me of a friend of mine's room.
Oh no, you just got that music stuck in my head again! Make it stop, make it stop!
Gotta agree with you on the addictiveness of it. Love two player, and hearing the scream of frustration from the guy sitting next to you when you get those doubles and screw them over...
You make "drunk every weekend" sound like a bad thing, what's wrong with attending a party and having a few drinks, so long as you get your education, I say go have fun.
Exactly... its not as if you have classes on Saturday night or anything (and if you do... God help you). I mean, if you start drinking every night, you'll probably run into some problems, but I've known people to do that and still pull out fairly good grades (not in fluffy subjects either). I mean, the parent definitely should calm down a bit.
I thought that in South Korea, there was Starcraft, nothing else.
Sorry, I remember reading some amusing articles about the level of popularity that game had in SK a couple of years ago... is it still big over there?
Exactly the same situation with me. All my friends are on AIM. In fact, if I for some stupid reason decided to use Messenger and told my friends to switch to it, I think I'd get a bunch of blank stares or responses like:
"Oh, that crappy thing that keeps popping up in XP? Yeah, I just close it each time. What, it's an instant messager? Like AOL? Well, whaddya think of that. I'll stick with AIM, thanks."
80 people in House of Chython(sp?):oh the carnage...
Probably because it was easier to get Q2 to have 80 simultaneous players than Q1
Personally, I'd be more concerned with the 63 loads of gibbed players the remaining one has to draw on screen at once, but there you go.
This was my immediate thought as well. This reminds me of some kind of mod I d/l or server I went to for Quake 1 where there were "gib fountains"... a never-ending (or at least lengthy) stream of gibs spewing up from one spot. Truely awe-inspiring. Wish I could remember more.
Is this a quote from something? If it isn't, you, sir, are brilliant. If it is, then you're still pretty smart.
Free Software means "Free as in Freedom".
Wait, wait, what did my government say about this? Is "Free as in Freedom" really just a euphemism for "Free as in French"? Oh dear, I'm so confused.
I think the game Black and White at least touched on this. Its by Lionhead Studios and 'god'-games god Peter Molyne-frenchsomethingoranother. I have a friend who really liked it, but he's one of those friends who like everything.
Some jerk starts following me around blathering about his god and how I'm not going to his heaven and basically talking about his personal relationship with Jebus.... I'm going about my business, and PAYING to do so, and I don't want to hear it.
You've never been on a New York City subway, have you? =)
At least in games you can use an ignore command or just kill them.
Most linked to by other sites, actually.
Hey, I actually removed a Voodoo 2 card that was hooked up to an old Diamond Stealth 2d card in an old computer of mine that was laying around about an hour ago!
It was hilarious pulling it out and seeing the good ol' 3dfx logo stamped all over it...
Um, nothing to say that's actually on topic...
As has been said before, collateral damage is not necessarily the killing of innocent civilians, but rather the destruction of what the attacker does not intend to destroy.
Those guys on those airplanes sure meant what they were doing.
Sounds good to me.
This would make it acceptable to do random searches for no reason, imprison people based on shaky information
What? I know what you're referring to, but the parent does not lead logically to this at all. Infact, you've just proven that it's 'acceptable' to do this even without DNA. This is bullshit.
Anyway, there would have to be major changes to our Bill of Rights before we could do either of these two things to US citizens... I remember that since Maoussawai (I just completely misspelled his name) is a US citizen, he's in a normal jail and being put on trail with a jury and everything. Do I think it's right what we're doing to the non-US-citizens in Cuba? No. But that still has nothing to do with DNA evidence received from the US Military's DNA bank of ITS OWN SOLDIERS.
I think I've just been trolled.
It's one of the more lucid discussions on the net
It's not going to be very lucid for much longer, now that you've let all the Slashdot trolls on there. =) Hope Mr. Neumann is a competant moderator...
Well, yes. I was considering using "vaginaldynamic" somewhere in there, but I thought my post sounded immature and sophomoric enough. =)
Yes, they're phallic because that's aerodynamic*.
*You should SEE my "Mr. Happy" cut through the air. It FLIES! =)
So, snail mail it. Before I read this email, I would never have imagined that anybody at the White House would ever take a poorly written email (as most of my emails are) from me seriously. But a well-written letter on nice paper... I would trust my opinions to that much more readily. Most of the email most people get is crap, and so many people don't consider as good for "Important" email. Or at least thats my impression.