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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 05:53:45 PM »
man, fuck that helicopter

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Gaming / Re: Watched a match of Evolution 2015
« on: July 17, 2015, 05:39:58 PM »
Also, zoning is a legitimate strategy. I can't believe people in 2015 don't realize this.

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Gaming / Re: Watched a match of Evolution 2015
« on: July 17, 2015, 05:39:19 PM »
FUCK

I FORGOT ABOUT EVO

DAMMIT

Edit:
Okay, good, we're still in pools...

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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 04:54:44 PM »
the fact that it needs to load each segment of the game is just a console thing, i'm sure, right

minor gripe, but i feel like the ps3 ought to be powerful enough to have everything preloaded

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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:55:41 PM »
awww, station 12

i'm never safe in this game, am i

getting some frame rate issues

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Gaming / Re: konami Is fucking dead to me
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:52:02 PM »
i like to think that you're just constantly drunk posting

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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:49:38 PM »
them headcrab zombies are pretty freaky

all right, i'm on the airboat thing now someone mentioned earlier...
i dunno, driving around over radioactive waste matter is pretty sweet

i LOVE the geiger counter--that's such a nice touch

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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:18:33 PM »

an annoying thing i noticed about the ladders, though--sometimes the controls get confused, and i have to tilt the stick up when i'm trying to go down
Every Source game. Looking around while using ladders is a no go
that's unfortunate

i figured it might've been better on PC, maybe--that's what i always just assume whenever i come across a little issue

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Gaming / Re: half life 2 impressions thread
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:08:45 PM »
i don't know if anyone can relate, but this is definitely one of those get-stuck-in-a-room-for-awhile-trying-to-figure-out-what-to-do-when-the-solution-is-practically-right-in-front-of-your-face games

like, "what do i do here... uh... uh... ... ... uhhhhh... ... ... OH, i can climb on that pipe--duh"

an annoying thing i noticed about the ladders, though--sometimes the controls get confused, and i have to tilt the stick up when i'm trying to go down

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You don't need to understand convoluted historical or sociological trends to understand that one side is comprised of raving, fundamentalist zealots and the other largely isn't.

That's the only dividing line you really need.
That's funny, because who the raving, fundamentalist zealots are changes depending on which side you're asking.
exactly

the entire thing is just fucked
there, that's my position
it's all fucked

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The Flood / Re: I saw Ant-Man
« on: July 17, 2015, 02:33:19 PM »
if you're a sheep

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The Flood / Re: I saw Ant-Man
« on: July 17, 2015, 02:26:25 PM »
that's the common opinion, sure

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A lot of those other conflicts are based on the same foundation: civilisation vs. fundamentalist Islam. It's no use ignoring Israel and Hamas if you can't ignore Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria, Boko Haram, the various terrorist attacks in Western countries et cetera.

And I think, both morally and for your own intellectual sake, one can't ignore any of those conflicts totally. Or, at least, you must affirm your position on the right side of the divide. Those who do not stand with us stand against us by default, there is no neutrality in this war.
I don't know how I can be expected to just pick a side when

1. I don't know the entire history of the country (though you could argue that the onus is on me to educate myself, even though I truthfully just don't care at all)
2. The entire issue is so convoluted and difficult to follow, mostly because I don't know where to look, considering every single source I find is gonna have some bias towards one side--some details of every article are gonna be conveniently left out
3. Both sides seem to have a very strong case. If Israel is being attacked, they have the right to defend themselves. But if Palestine is being oppressed, they have the right to be upset about that.
4. There's still other pertinent shit to be worrying about and discussing--especially as someone who lives nowhere near the Middle East.

And even when you account for the fact that both sides have a very strong case--it doesn't matter to these people. You're a fucking idiot if you support Israel, you're a fucking idiot if you support Palestine, and you're a fucking idiot if you don't care and refuse to pick a side because no conflict should be happening in the first place. Anywhere, ever.

Though if you really want me to pick a side, I guess it would be Israel, arbitrarily, because out of all the articles I've read, I tend to sympathize with them more.

Logically speaking, if I cared to look into it more, I'd end up "siding" with the ones who are taking the least measures to harm innocent people, and whose cause is the least religiously motivated. So... Israel. I think.

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Gaming / Re: Games you hate
« on: July 17, 2015, 01:44:39 PM »
daily reminder that if you dislike a game, it's because you suck at it--no exceptions

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Gaming / Re: Games you hate
« on: July 17, 2015, 01:20:03 PM »
there's too many FF games

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The Flood / Re: Technically, it's the site's birthday
« on: July 17, 2015, 01:17:41 PM »
I didn't day otherwise. I said stop arguing about it.
no one was arguing lol

it was a discussion two replies in

w/e

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The Flood / Re: Technically, it's the site's birthday
« on: July 17, 2015, 12:45:07 PM »
Does this make today Sep7agon Day?
Nah. I think that would be better suited to be the day Cheat introduced the site to Bnet; the 27th.

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The Flood / Re: Technically, it's the site's birthday
« on: July 17, 2015, 12:06:22 PM »
Well I mean, today was when I installed SMF, but it could hardly be called Sep7agon at that point.
*shrug*

close enough i say

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The Flood / Technically, it's the site's birthday
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:58:44 AM »
Even though Cheat didn't start advertising the site until a week later, apparently.

Maybe our 1000th member will join today. That would be neat.

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Septagon / Re: So, about the ads.
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:54:46 AM »
What are "ads"?
People who use Adblock should be banned from the Internet.
Classic Verbatim.
You shouldn't be allowed to use the Internet if you use Adblock.

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Serious / Re: You're made dictator for a day
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:51:46 AM »
tax them into oblivion
All you'll do it hurt workers.
not if i have anything to say about it

as the dictator, and all

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Gaming / Re: Ever had one of those days?
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:39:33 AM »
this is why i tend to prefer single player

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The Flood / Re: GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:19:05 AM »
Are you going to

Give it to her
yeah, i have a couple of gift ideas in mind

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Septagon / Re: So, about the ads.
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:09:49 AM »
What are "ads"?
People who use Adblock should be banned from the Internet.

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The Flood / Re: GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY
« on: July 17, 2015, 11:08:53 AM »
another letter from my friend in deutschland

she's gonna head over here in about two weeks

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The Flood / Re: militant existential nihilism > anti-theism > atheism
« on: July 17, 2015, 10:51:38 AM »
Nihilism is easily the worst thing that anyone could cling unto.

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Gaming / Re: Have you ever had someone play a retro game, and...
« on: July 17, 2015, 10:27:50 AM »
You can have a game that's full of expression, symbolism, and deep thought, while still being boring and unplayable (Mother 2). In the end, I'm not going to shell out $60 for a game that's biggest draw is a good storyline, especially if the game itself isn't fun.
i agree

but that's all the more reason to take it seriously

because there's money to be spent on these games

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Serious / Re: A robot just passed the self-awareness test
« on: July 17, 2015, 10:22:36 AM »
lol you don't have a smartwatch

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Serious / Re: You're made dictator for a day
« on: July 17, 2015, 10:20:33 AM »
tax them into oblivion

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Gaming / Re: Have you ever had someone play a retro game, and...
« on: July 17, 2015, 01:30:56 AM »
It certainly can be, but that's not its primary function. If a game is entertaining and has an important social point to make, all the better. If it's just entertaining, it's still good. If it just has a social message or whatever, but isn't fun to play, then it has failed.
sure

but that's not all what art is--it's not just about making "social points"
at its core, it's just about expression

which is very very broad--you could say it encapsulates almost all media (if not all)

what you're saying is that we shouldn't take any of it seriously, though, because it's just entertainment

but where do you draw the line between "taken seriously" and "taken too seriously"
if i had to wager a guess, it would be the point at which the game is no longer fun to play, yes?

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