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Dear Planetcrap: Quit Whining.
February 23rd 2009, 02:37 MSK by Charles The topic system works just fine. Submit shit worth talking about, and there's no problem getting things on the front page. See? I just did it. Use it or not, but bitching about it without using it is kind of sad. |
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Played some Left 4 Dead in versus mode last night, and ...eh. I should really give it a few more shots before coming to a final judgment, but my first impression is that I don't like it as much as the standard co-op game as survivors. Was it just the server I was on or is versus stacked WAY in favor of the infected? No matter which team was playing as survivors, they just got stomped every round. The combination of human intelligence guiding the boomers/smokers/hunters on top of the standard vanilla zombie hoards threat just made things brutal for the humans. Kind of fun when you're on the undead team, but frustrating otherwise. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
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Report on an interesting study of MMORPG players. Highlights: 1. Women are more hardcore than men 2. People tend to play with friends/family from offline relationships, not online ones. 3. MMORPG players are healthier than non-players (WTF?) 4. These games, especially RP servers, are full of depressed emo types. I'm skeptical about #3, mainly because the study asked players to report height/weight in survey form. They say this is the same methodology used to gather info on the comparison groups, but it still seems suspect to me. I also wonder if they controlled for age (younger folks may be healthier than older). #2 is interesting, though. Seems to suggest that game companies do everything they can to take larger social networks into play when marketing their games or building their own social networking tools. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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jj (re: blog post), I saw that whip on sale and was really tempted to buy it for myself. And yes, that was intentionally vague for the sake of humor. |
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I'm on my free month of Xbox-Live. Fun stuff! If anyone wants to add me; the tag is FoRmaTiTo. "Action stars of two decades ago shot .44 bullets out of their cocks. Honestly, if me and Charles Bronson were in the same room I'd kill myself just to make sure he didn't hurt me."
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I've seen versus servers where the infected get their asses handed to them, but it's fairly rare. I think it's ok for the occasional change, but it's not as fun as it should be. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" - "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
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[grammar nazi]Jamie, for fuck's sake. It's HORDE.[/grammar nazi] "THE FUCKING KITTY LITTER FUCKING BOMB GHRHGURHGUHGRUGHRUGHURHGURHGHHGHUAHUHU KITTY" -- greg
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Oops. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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#69 by Jamie 1. Women are more hardcore than men 3. MMORPG players are healthier than non-players (WTF?) To 1. Yeah right, I wish! As for three, what if they're including much of the casual crowd? Sure if you play MMOs obsessively ten hours a day I doubt healthiness occurs, but those who spend half a dozen hours a week could have a better outcome yeah? Besides, you gotta be skinny as a motherfucker to fit the game's idealized female forms. "Common sense; it is so rare, it is a god damn superpower."
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Jamie (#74): Oops. The only reason that I said anything is that it's the second time you've made that mistake recently and I know that you know better. I'm just watching your back, man! "THE FUCKING KITTY LITTER FUCKING BOMB GHRHGURHGUHGRUGHRUGHURHGURHGHHGHUAHUHU KITTY" -- greg
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#70 by Jibble jj (re: blog post), I saw that whip on sale and was really tempted to buy it for myself. And yes, that was intentionally vague for the sake of humor. Oh, yeah. My wife loves the whip. Nice long black leather thing. |
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Wait, blog post? |
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How's this for not whining; Sony's suddenly remembered they have a portable platform and announced a job lot of releases! Motorstorm, LBP, Assassin's Creed, Persona, etc. Good stuff, I might actually switch mine on again. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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#79 by TreeFrog How's this for not whining; Sony's suddenly remembered they have a portable platform and announced a job lot of releases! Motorstorm, LBP, Assassin's Creed, Persona, etc. Good stuff, I might actually switch mine on again. I am looking forward to Motorstorm, LBP, and Assassin's Creed. What I mean by "looking forward" I meand that when info of the game itself comes out I will read about them and see if they are any good and worth getting. I hope that they are worth getting, though. <Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.
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...well, yeah. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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Why are we recycling QT3-threads? "Action stars of two decades ago shot .44 bullets out of their cocks. Honestly, if me and Charles Bronson were in the same room I'd kill myself just to make sure he didn't hurt me."
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To know what GMT+1 is, I'd have to give a shit about GMT. Just sayin'. |
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What kind of treat/candy/cookie would make a good boulder for Indiana Jones to run away from? |
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Or is there a better scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark to make a cake out of? |
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You could make Alfred Molina's corpse. Have a bunch of sticks on top. BUYBUYBUY
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jjohnsen (#85): Or is there a better scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark to make a cake out of? The Nazi face-melting. Make some ordinary little men out of icing and leave them in front of an electric fire for a while. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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That is my sons favorite scene. The "bad guys fire" scene he calls it, it's usually what he's asking for when we fast-forward through the Indy college professor scenes. It's the only scene that makes me feel guilty for letting a three-year-old watch that movie. |
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A rice crispy treat ball. |
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See? What'd I tell you. Perfect cake for a small child. They've all got to learn about how God melts Nazi faces some time. It would have made me pay more attention at church, anyway. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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#89 by eggbert A rice crispy treat ball. Yep. |
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PX - That 960.gs link on twitter was incredibly timely for me and awesome. \"Making love to a woman is like working on an assembly line. No matter how good you are at it, you\'ll eventually be replaced by a foreigner or a machine.\"
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This is the most appropriate medium you could come up with to communicate that? Really? Witnesses in the house heard Jones say "why did you pee on me Pooh Bear?" A few moments later, the witness heard the son say "Mama you done stabbed me."
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this is were twitters come to die. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" - "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
"LP, your big balls are a religion." - Jibble |
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D, who the fuck are you on Twitter? I have a retarded following:follower ratio and I'd have to wade through a lot of people I don't know in order to find you. |
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I wish Twitter *would* die. "THE FUCKING KITTY LITTER FUCKING BOMB GHRHGURHGUHGRUGHRUGHURHGURHGHHGHUAHUHU KITTY" -- greg
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Amen. I have a friend who twitters several times a day and has it set up to update his Facebook status. I don't want to remove him, but for fuck sake, if I wanted to know what you had for dinner I'd use Twitter like the hundreds of thousands of other people who seem to deem it necessary to tell the world when they're going for a shit. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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#97 by Ergo I wish Twitter *would* die. Fuck no it isn't. It was on Nightline last night. I think it's here to stay. <Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.
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What exactly would be the benefit of Twitter over Facebook. I just created a Twitter account out of curiosity, but I'm not sure why I would need both. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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Twitter is for documenting your poops. |
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I already do that on Facebook. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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I signed up to follow some people on twitter that I actually find interesting, but I don't think I've ever actually twittered something. |
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You can use it to meet Shaq. At least Yot could. I didn't really get the appeal either, but I kind of understand now. It's like the UDP/multicast version of text messaging. You're texting people without any particular endpoint in mind. The restrictions don't make much sense for computers, but for phones or other personal devices it's a natural thing. So it's basically combining what people find appealing about text messaging with what people find appealing about blogging. While I don't find either irresistibly appealing personally, I can see how that combination could take off. |
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jjohnsen (#103): I signed up to follow some people on twitter that I actually find interesting Are they as interesting on Twitter? I can't imagine having to be "on" all the time. "If you watch the movie "Jaws" backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach." - /b/tard
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Twitter is for people who aren't interesting enough for people to want to know more than 140 characters about them at a time. |
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It seems like Twitter is like Facebook lite. No photos, games, links, apps, etc., and there's no vetting process for someone subscribing to your feed. A micro blog, kinda. Seeing as how I'm not semi-famous and don't care to follow the 140 character ramblings of the semi-famous, I'm not sure I would want both since I've already got my friends on Facebook and can have more robust interactions with them there. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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Does anyone out there have AT&T U-Verse for home TV and/or Internet? I'm considering switching because it'd save me about $16 a month, but what gives me the most pause is that it's not compatible with TiVo. I love my TiVo. Their DVR sounds like it has a lot of features, but I'm wary because I've heard so many horror stories about awful performance and usability out of anything that's not a TiVo. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
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It's awesome! Get it, get it now! P.S. send me an email. <Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.
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Cheesy, why are you not in IRC? "THE FUCKING KITTY LITTER FUCKING BOMB GHRHGURHGUHGRUGHRUGHURHGURHGHHGHUAHUHU KITTY" -- greg
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#109 by CheesyPoof It's awesome! Get it, get it now! P.S. send me an email. Uh, okay. What's your addy? blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
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#105 by TreeFrog jjohnsen (#103): I signed up to follow some people on twitter that I actually find interesting Are they as interesting on Twitter? I can't imagine having to be "on" all the time. Reporters, game journalists and the like sharing links is about all I get out of it. Their random thoughts are usually useless. Today my friend dumped Dish Network and is switching to 100% Apple Tv, Hulu.com and ABC.com. I wonder if I could do that. |
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Px - I'm jeremiads on twitter. I don't really "tweet" much right now, mostly just read updates. \"Making love to a woman is like working on an assembly line. No matter how good you are at it, you\'ll eventually be replaced by a foreigner or a machine.\"
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Cheesy, I have two iPhones and a new Contract. "some of those words want to be other words." - LP
"the concept that a happy worker is a productive worker is hardly an entry from Matt's Big Book Of Things The Fairies Said." - Dum |
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Cool! I'll make sure to follow ya. Twitter is awesome. It's like a passive IRC session with all your friends. I recommend using a Twitter client like Twitteriffic, though. |
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Jamie: I think Cheesy was making a joke. He is a wage slave for AT&T and was making an ironic endorsement of his employer's wares, while at the same time slyly indicating a subversive intent with his post-script; albeit such intentions would only be discernible by those whom were previously aware of said employment. |
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My understanding of ATandT is that their HD quality is kind of low compared to cable and satellite. Highly compressed, and not as many offerings, at least according to the dbs/avs forums. I haven't heard all that much about their DVR. Dish and directTV are about equal, quality wise, and CAN be better than cable, depending on the service. They both have a better DVR. I'd rate dishes DVR a little better as it's the most Tivo like, which is why they got sued. They are also coming out this spring with a DVR that has Slingbox functionality built in, which I'm personally all over. Cost wise they are about the same. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" - "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
"LP, your big balls are a religion." - Jibble |
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