I didn't know. Since you bring it up: in an ideal world, I would too. In this world I would score a win for every real child that doesn't become a sex slave due to robots.
Asshole -- 99.999% of men. Note to women: I know they are. Note to men: I know you aren't really, and that it's just an act to get women. Essentially it is
a man who acts like a man.
So very, very shockingly true. Yeah, its bitter but still truth.
On a related note: Over at SA they've had a thread about the whole guy-friend issue. It's really funny to see the gals arguing about it while almost all guys say 'nope, he wants you'. It's telling that women never admit to knowing this full well. I've been around enough women to know they are not stupid at all. Social things, they outshine us intellectually all the time. It's just so fake to claim 'no, he just wants to be friends with me' when the guy does everything non-sexual for them they'd expect from their boyfriend and more.
'fraid so. But look at the bright side: your guy-friends will really be your friends and not just, you know, trying to get into your panties. A whole new era of spiritually satisfying platonic relationships is about to begin!
Upside for men: Women won't control the hot hot seks anymore, like they've done for thousands of years. Will make for more stable relationships of equals;)
Hookers though, well, it's really gonna be tough for them...
look, it's all about the wang. Deal with it. If the funds for developing AI and robotics come from pr0n venture capitalists so be it. Lets have the seks first and wonder about useful applications later. It's the way of the internet, vcr and dvds.
it really isn't a stalemate. Unless you show me proof, empirical evidence of a creature capable of creating worlds and life, the sane position is to deny it's existance. Just like with fairies and santa clause, which can't be proven to not exist either.
you act as if 15$ is a fortune. It isn't. It's going to the cinema twice. You complain about people doing *that*, too? I mean, you go enjoy your acting-less special-effect show. Meanwhile I'll pretent to be a hero in a fantasy world. If that makes me stupid, I don't know what it makes you.
have you even considered the entertainment to expense ratio? It's perfectly okay for you to say that it's not worth it for you personally. Some of us would rather play WoW than, ie., watch what nowadays passes as movie, though. Just playing 4 hours WoW will break you even if you compare it to cinema. Every minute beyond that can then be considered 'free' enterainment.
Don't go around calling people addicts just because the activity they happen to enjoy is performed while sitting at a computer.
all I'm saying is that if the game economy is ruined by the injection of billions and billions of gold pieces, people that aren't exploiting will not be able to make any progress at all. In other words: It's better to abolish the economy through providing everything in unlimited supply (everyone duping, all will 'profit') then to have the whole AH bought out by a few cheaters that are in there not for a gain but solely for destroying the fun of other people.
Of course, everyone using the dupe bug currently has to be banned and stripped of all his stuff. But thats expected regardless. Still the issue is not getting worse just because more people do it. Blizzard should have responded immedialty, shut down the server, fix the problem and ban all cheaters but they aren't doing it. In case they are fixing it later, either they can trace those duped items/gold or they can't. In the former case, they can just remove it and ban all the accounts where such items have orginated from. If it's the later a rollback has to happen and the guilty parties can't be punished. Still, the number of people knowing about and using the exploit changes nothing. If blizzard isn't going to fix it, well, then let everyone know, so eventhough the playing field got a lot shittier it's at least level again.
I resent your attitude. While it's somewhat understandable that blizzard censors it's forum to control the damage to their reputation there is no such incentive here. You act as if more people exploiting this makes the issues worse. It doesn't! Infact, assuming there won't be a fix, the best way is that EVERYONE knows about this so they don't try to compete with cheaters through honest gameplay. One cheater is enough to ruin the economy, it doesn't take millions. However, the fewer people knowing about the exploit, the more are going to be victims of an hyper-inflation economy.
If you feel left out, chances are: nobody wants you. Remember that ass who, after almost completing a 3 hour instance said shortly before the final boss 'buhoo, if I don't get into bed my wife will be mad'. Don't be that guy!
Now really it's ironic that some 'casual' players insult more hardcore ones with stuff like 'slaving away', 'having no life' while at the same time demanding to have the same game experience. Now, either this game and the players are stupid, in which case you probably shouldn't play it or it isn't then you should not insult someone for seeking the exact same 'fun' as you, with the only difference being: he is more sucessful. Well, guess what? For two people praticing: horseback riding, golfing, swimming, playing the violin, sailing, tennis or whatever the one with 'most hours logged' will outperform the other in the vast majority of cases. Just face it: Chances are, you are not born with a special talent that makes working for achieving unnessesary. Especially, you probably don't posses über-gaming genes that WoW somehow failes to reflect.
I'm just waiting for someone to say: 'man, that Michael Schuhmacher has no life, he is such a nerd. Otherwise he wouldn't have won so many formula 1 championships.' so that we all may realize that modeling a competitive game so whoever thinks they got the most life wins is probably not a good idea.
no they don't... seal fate will make up for better (dagger) backstab dmg but only after a minute or so. How often do you fight that long? Sword Spec is a silly, silly talent, btw.
you're right;)... gamers are awesome and often extremely good looking, if I might say so myself *g*. I still don't want a gamer-gal. Not until I meet one that isn't there for the 'I'm special' factor.
I like that everyone who actually enjoys themself outside a sports stadium or a frat party is a dork, too. Know your way around cars? "Mechanics Geek". Can code? "Computer freak". Play games? "unsocial looser". Like Books? "you some kind of intar-lectuuu-all?".
This shit need to stop right now. It can't be that television hugging, half alcoholics who breed with the intimicacy of cattle and consider small talk the pinnacle of social interaction are role models in any sense. Cultur of smart needs to take over. Engaged should beat out passivity. Girls have realized this too, which is the reason why intelligence is considered sexy nowadays and dedication used before muscles to size up a man.
no they aren't. 90% of P&P 'Gamers' are pimple faced, pale 16 year old males. Also, 99% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
And no, gamer girls are not the types I want to meet. For the most part, they are not very attractive. Also, usually they play one their bfs pc which would then be mine. Sorry, can't have that.
Also, I play lots of games as is, I'd want to meet someone with different hobbies they can introduce me too, you know, just to broaden my horizon.
Bragging on the internet? Only the worst type of loosers do it.
... I mean it... who gives a rats ass anyways? So yeah, women like the Sims and WoW. Big deal. They got used to riding bicycles, drive cars and vote, even fight nowadays. Men did too. Gaming isn't a nerd domain anymore and hasn't been since Need for Speed and Madden/Fifa. The preconception of women, in general, being opposed to action, violence,sports and/or competition is plain wrong and leads to wrong questions like the ones from the article. You shouldn't care if you play a girl or not because considering it almost always means belitteling her. "Oh you little cutie, can't stand to loose? I'll go easy on you".
Also, unless you are mature enough to handle it, you won't even know its a women when playing online.
it's nothing like that... it's about fun and speed, not showing off... the same people will speed on an empty street in the middle of nowhere, with no passengers...
The nice thing about stereotypes is: everyone got them.
PS: Your data is probably due to the fact that women gernerally drive über defensivly, which usually doesn't aid traffic flow
hardcore vs. causual does not equate to time-spent vs player skill. Time spent will always be a factor because gaining expierence and practice takes time, as games like counterstike or warcraft3 will tell you in no uncertain terms.
erm, you getting activeX and applets all mixed up. An applet running on you machine can't do much besides hog your cpu (which java apps are reeeally good at;).
Also, backend java doesn't require anything besides html as interface for the use.
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I didn't know. Since you bring it up: in an ideal world, I would too. In this world I would score a win for every real child that doesn't become a sex slave due to robots.
good site! So ... uhm ... accurate.
Asshole -- 99.999% of men. Note to women: I know they are. Note to men: I know you aren't really, and that it's just an act to get women. Essentially it is a man who acts like a man.
So very, very shockingly true. Yeah, its bitter but still truth.
On a related note: Over at SA they've had a thread about the whole guy-friend issue. It's really funny to see the gals arguing about it while almost all guys say 'nope, he wants you'. It's telling that women never admit to knowing this full well. I've been around enough women to know they are not stupid at all. Social things, they outshine us intellectually all the time. It's just so fake to claim 'no, he just wants to be friends with me' when the guy does everything non-sexual for them they'd expect from their boyfriend and more.
get a sense of humor. I didn't say porn funded the internet, but that it was the driving factor behind it's adoption and improvement.
'fraid so. But look at the bright side: your guy-friends will really be your friends and not just, you know, trying to get into your panties. A whole new era of spiritually satisfying platonic relationships is about to begin!
;)
...
Upside for men: Women won't control the hot hot seks anymore, like they've done for thousands of years. Will make for more stable relationships of equals
Hookers though, well, it's really gonna be tough for them
look, it's all about the wang. Deal with it. If the funds for developing AI and robotics come from pr0n venture capitalists so be it. Lets have the seks first and wonder about useful applications later. It's the way of the internet, vcr and dvds.
impossible!
it really isn't a stalemate. Unless you show me proof, empirical evidence of a creature capable of creating worlds and life, the sane position is to deny it's existance. Just like with fairies and santa clause, which can't be proven to not exist either.
you act as if 15$ is a fortune. It isn't. It's going to the cinema twice. You complain about people doing *that*, too? I mean, you go enjoy your acting-less special-effect show. Meanwhile I'll pretent to be a hero in a fantasy world. If that makes me stupid, I don't know what it makes you.
have you even considered the entertainment to expense ratio? It's perfectly okay for you to say that it's not worth it for you personally. Some of us would rather play WoW than, ie., watch what nowadays passes as movie, though. Just playing 4 hours WoW will break you even if you compare it to cinema. Every minute beyond that can then be considered 'free' enterainment. Don't go around calling people addicts just because the activity they happen to enjoy is performed while sitting at a computer.
all I'm saying is that if the game economy is ruined by the injection of billions and billions of gold pieces, people that aren't exploiting will not be able to make any progress at all. In other words: It's better to abolish the economy through providing everything in unlimited supply (everyone duping, all will 'profit') then to have the whole AH bought out by a few cheaters that are in there not for a gain but solely for destroying the fun of other people.
Of course, everyone using the dupe bug currently has to be banned and stripped of all his stuff. But thats expected regardless. Still the issue is not getting worse just because more people do it. Blizzard should have responded immedialty, shut down the server, fix the problem and ban all cheaters but they aren't doing it. In case they are fixing it later, either they can trace those duped items/gold or they can't. In the former case, they can just remove it and ban all the accounts where such items have orginated from. If it's the later a rollback has to happen and the guilty parties can't be punished. Still, the number of people knowing about and using the exploit changes nothing. If blizzard isn't going to fix it, well, then let everyone know, so eventhough the playing field got a lot shittier it's at least level again.
I resent your attitude. While it's somewhat understandable that blizzard censors it's forum to control the damage to their reputation there is no such incentive here. You act as if more people exploiting this makes the issues worse. It doesn't! Infact, assuming there won't be a fix, the best way is that EVERYONE knows about this so they don't try to compete with cheaters through honest gameplay. One cheater is enough to ruin the economy, it doesn't take millions. However, the fewer people knowing about the exploit, the more are going to be victims of an hyper-inflation economy.
If you feel left out, chances are: nobody wants you. Remember that ass who, after almost completing a 3 hour instance said shortly before the final boss 'buhoo, if I don't get into bed my wife will be mad'. Don't be that guy! Now really it's ironic that some 'casual' players insult more hardcore ones with stuff like 'slaving away', 'having no life' while at the same time demanding to have the same game experience. Now, either this game and the players are stupid, in which case you probably shouldn't play it or it isn't then you should not insult someone for seeking the exact same 'fun' as you, with the only difference being: he is more sucessful. Well, guess what? For two people praticing: horseback riding, golfing, swimming, playing the violin, sailing, tennis or whatever the one with 'most hours logged' will outperform the other in the vast majority of cases. Just face it: Chances are, you are not born with a special talent that makes working for achieving unnessesary. Especially, you probably don't posses über-gaming genes that WoW somehow failes to reflect. I'm just waiting for someone to say: 'man, that Michael Schuhmacher has no life, he is such a nerd. Otherwise he wouldn't have won so many formula 1 championships.' so that we all may realize that modeling a competitive game so whoever thinks they got the most life wins is probably not a good idea.
no they don't ... seal fate will make up for better (dagger) backstab dmg but only after a minute or so. How often do you fight that long? Sword Spec is a silly, silly talent, btw.
I know, wanting someone who is in addition to other important qualities also good looking has become the 8th sin. I'm so going to hell.
you're right ;) ... gamers are awesome and often extremely good looking, if I might say so myself *g*. I still don't want a gamer-gal. Not until I meet one that isn't there for the 'I'm special' factor.
so true ... so true.
I like that everyone who actually enjoys themself outside a sports stadium or a frat party is a dork, too. Know your way around cars? "Mechanics Geek". Can code? "Computer freak". Play games? "unsocial looser". Like Books? "you some kind of intar-lectuuu-all?".
This shit need to stop right now. It can't be that television hugging, half alcoholics who breed with the intimicacy of cattle and consider small talk the pinnacle of social interaction are role models in any sense. Cultur of smart needs to take over. Engaged should beat out passivity.
Girls have realized this too, which is the reason why intelligence is considered sexy nowadays and dedication used before muscles to size up a man.
no they aren't. 90% of P&P 'Gamers' are pimple faced, pale 16 year old males. Also, 99% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
And no, gamer girls are not the types I want to meet. For the most part, they are not very attractive. Also, usually they play one their bfs pc which would then be mine. Sorry, can't have that.
Also, I play lots of games as is, I'd want to meet someone with different hobbies they can introduce me too, you know, just to broaden my horizon.
Bragging on the internet? Only the worst type of loosers do it.
it's like the geek obsession from hell .. .I wonder, is it fear?
Also, unless you are mature enough to handle it, you won't even know its a women when playing online.
it's nothing like that ... it's about fun and speed, not showing off ... the same people will speed on an empty street in the middle of nowhere, with no passengers ...
The nice thing about stereotypes is: everyone got them.
PS: Your data is probably due to the fact that women gernerally drive über defensivly, which usually doesn't aid traffic flow
> Women are just people like us men
...
Well, thats debatable
hardcore vs. causual does not equate to time-spent vs player skill. Time spent will always be a factor because gaining expierence and practice takes time, as games like counterstike or warcraft3 will tell you in no uncertain terms.
erm, you getting activeX and applets all mixed up. An applet running on you machine can't do much besides hog your cpu (which java apps are reeeally good at
Also, backend java doesn't require anything besides html as interface for the use.
I'm a java programmer and to my shame I had the exact same thought ;)
you wouldn't even get that far. Arrays are fixed size, at compile time.