Quote from: Dr. Pavel on August 31, 2015, 06:03:06 PM

Quote from: ॐ Nuka on August 31, 2015, 05:59:50 PM

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Quote from: ॐ Nuka on August 31, 2015, 05:55:17 PM

I thought the calling out rule was put into place because of Kinder

It was the Kinder, Comms, Noelle triumvirate

I remember Noelle having a few call out threads, but not in any negative manner. Kinder on the other hand was all about the to the death flame wars.

Yeah it was mainly to avoid the situation that shitted up the ProBoards forum

towards the end it was just non-stop calling each other out between those three

I wasn't on ProBoards so I guess I wouldn't know. But if there's one thing I gotta say, it's that the majority of some people's more malicious shenanigans were behind the scenes in PMs, skype, and outside the forum.

Then I guess the rule was reasonable then. The malicious shit should've stayed where it was instead of jumping into a fan.

But OT it's pretty obvious when a callout is in jest rather than to insult a person, so it's fine as it is.

There are a ton of advantages to GMO's, but there are noteworthy disadvantages.

-To stop GMO plants killing off native species, they are sterile. That results in dependance on the company producing them to buy more seeds. This could be mitigated if the GMO market had more competition, but I assume patenting gets in the way here.

-Have to be kept segregated in case of a mutation that kills them off or allows them to breed and spread to native species. This is related to the last point.

Another general disadvantage is that the ones who have access to GMO's don't really need them, as in they would much better suited for developing countries. More of a distrubution problem, but eh.

Essentially GMO's are the next step from selective breeding. Animal and plant food sources were never the size they are now without some good ol' human intervention, so why suddenly modifying them with better positive results without as many negative side effects is considered bad by some is quite ludicrous.

Jump around a bit, should loosen the air that's slowly being released.

Also, wtf have you been eating? Coke and Mentos?

Avoiding the situation entirely.

Do you prefer talking over the phone or face to face?

Face to face, the reception is fucking terrible here.

Slash is cool with me. Would be cooler if he came to Swansea, but eh.

Gossip about drama going on here would spread like wildfire

Wait a minute... They're re-releasing Noshahr Canals?

That map was a spawncamp bonanza on any gamemode (ignoring TDM because fuck that gamemode in particular). Why of all the re-hashed maps did they add that one?

Lucy, sometime last year.

That was such a shit film storywise.

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*Downvotes because I don't like it*

Confirmed Hyped.

...but that doesn't mean it's okay to CATER to sexist endeavors. I'm not a sexist, so I won't play sexist games.

I agree with that sentiment. At least if there's something overdone in that regard in a game, I try and avoid it or if it's unavoidable, get it over with as fast as possible.

Oh, and I found a female character that has massive breasts that isn't for the purpose of objectification - or for any reason at all, actually:

Ellie from Borderlands 2


She does get some rather revealing stuff in DLC as part of a mission, but the quest itself corrects it.

Generally what Luciana said.

If I leant against a hot stove without realising, without the pain receptors I wouldn't realise I'm damaging myself. Death is just the extreme of damaging myself to the point of non-existence. Say if I got set on fire, without pain I wouldn't rush to save myself:


In the case of an animal being eaten, a response of "going numb" is a sort of planning-for-failure type evolution, which is contradictory. The pain, being unbearable, is going to make the animal desperate to try anything to stop it, and something desperate might work to help it break free, and continue living.

Yes, otherwise I get splinters from the wood or cold feet from the stone flooring.

While I'd never deny that there is sexism in certain games, I would argue that they rarely influence someone in the real world, and in most cases it comes down to personal choice (I can, and do play GTA and FNV without interacting with the prostitutes, and the benefits these added features give is not needed to complete the game, rather a negligible advantage) or because it's a useful mechanic in-game (The Saboteur's kiss-the-girl-to-evade-capture is akin to jumping in a haystack in Assassin's Creed. Why they didn't just do that, is a good question). Just like violent video games don't make me go out and kill people, sexualisation in games doesn't make me a misogynist, or even wish to take part in these "features" if given the choice.

I'm not defending it (most of that stuff makes me uncomfortable while playing), I just don't believe it translates into real life.