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[Amit]

Hmm, you're right.

[=sw=warlord]

A long, but satisfyingly good read. Paul got fucked. Who does this bitch think he is? Donald Trump?
His response...


(http://kotaku.com/5871656/chastened-gaming-rep-paul-christoforo-responds-to-internet-infamy?utm_source=Kotaku+Newsletter&utm_campaign=94b065c3c6-UA-142218-8&utm_medium=email)TLDR:


"I didn't know who that guy at Penny Arcade was," he admitted. "If I had known, I would have treated the situation a little better. PAX is a great show. What he does is what I've been idlolizing since I was a kid. It's admirable he's put that together. He has a lot of connections, ones I want too."

[StankBacon]

lol what a douche

[Cortexian]

Well he sure got what was coming to him. Gues goes to show that a single slip-up in customer service can completely destroy a product and the person who was in-charge of the slip-up.

I see this happen in the Canadian airsoft market all the time, a single retailer will be completely destroyed by a single bad exhange. It's a two-edges sword however in this case. It forces all retailers to be exceptional, but it makes opening new outlets extremely daunting.

It's also a pretty common occurance with troublesome individuals at medium to large size gaming events. You'll have a single veteran attendee who gets banned from future events because one new scrub gets on his nerves and he says some things that hurt the scrubs feelings. The scrub complains to the event staff and to keep up a good atmospheric apearence they have to ban the vet so they don't lose newer attendees. I'm lucky enough to be able to attend Fragapalooza where the staff don't give two shits about new people, they have a loyal veteran group at least 200 strong and that's enough to run the even every year.

[=sw=warlord]

other than the out of line threats to people not involved, he got alot of what he deserved.
Someone in charge of public relations should not have such a shitty attitude towards customers.

[Bodzilla]

as a guy who works in retail.... Retail is the easiest thing in the world.
if you cant smile and hold a civil conversation, your in the wrong industry.

[DarkHalo003]

Though this article was pretty good:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/37593/blog/forerunner-fails-why-are-gamings-ancient-races-such-idiots/?page=2

[TeeKup]

THAT ARTICLE WOULDN'T EVEN EXIST IF GREG BEAR DIDN'T WRITE HIS STEAMPING PILE OF GARBAGE.


...>=(

[Tnnaas]

I blame Frank O'Connor. He's the head-honcho offering those authors a chance to butcher the Halo Legacy.

[DarkHalo003]

I blame Frank O'Connor. He's the head-honcho offering those authors a chance to butcher the Halo Legacy.
I blame people who keep stating (in mass numbers) that Halo is dying, or is a cash-cow, or is something causing a decline in population. It causes O'Connor to think he'd have to bring in cliche authors in an attempt to bring more population to Halo from other SciFi fanbases. That's all Bear is; a cliche author. Basically, I blame the CoD fanbase of which are douchebags. :iamafag:

[Pooky]

Halo is dying, because it's sucking. CoD is still fast paced and simple, like Halo used to be.

[Bodzilla]

halo was never fast paced.

it just stumbeled on the trinity of melee, nades and guns, and allowed a skill curve of great players to smash randoms.

[DarkHalo003]

halo was never fast paced.

it just stumbeled on the trinity of melee, nades and guns, and allowed a skill curve of great players to smash randoms.
I agree here.

If anything bothers me more it's the emphasis on Grenades. They just feel really cheap now, like you don't even have to try and cut away the shields to score a kill. If any grenades were the best, they would have to be either Halo 2's. Halo 1's and Halo:Reach's grenades just have too much of a massive blast radius to retain a fun, yet fair, feeling.

[Bodzilla]

seriously? nades where awesome anti-hog tools, and you could dodge them easily...

[Ryx]

seriously? nades where awesome anti-hog tools, and you could dodge them easily...
Anybody who says you can dodge h1 grenades hasn't played enough h1.

[Donut]

i think what he means is theyre easier to spot. like, seeing them come towards you and seeing them on the ground. they had quite the smoke trail and light effect iirc. now DODGING them is a different story, especially on maps like rat race and chill out. but even if someone throws one near your feet, youre kind of fucked if it doesnt bounce enough for you to get some distance from it

[TeeKup]

Anybody who says you can dodge h1 grenades hasn't played enough h1.

Hi I played this game extensively for the longest time, and I con evade grenades decently enough.

[=sw=warlord]

Halo is dying, because it's sucking. CoD is still fast paced and simple, like Halo used to be.
Ever since Halo reached it's peak player base it has been dying, not because it's sucking but because user tastes have changed over the years and the demographic have changed.

[DarkHalo003]

Ever since Halo reached it's peak player base it has been dying, not because it's sucking but because user tastes have changed over the years and the demographic have changed.
Sadly, the demographic has changed to worse multiplayer games, like CoD. :shake:

[Warsaw]

I agree here.

If anything bothers me more it's the emphasis on Grenades. They just feel really cheap now, like you don't even have to try and cut away the shields to score a kill. If any grenades were the best, they would have to be either Halo 2's. Halo 1's and Halo:Reach's grenades just have too much of a massive blast radius to retain a fun, yet fair, feeling.

No. No no no no no no no.

The worst part is the emphasis on melee. Melee was never this powerful in the first game, and the tripod of power never existed. They made that shit up for Halo 2, and multiplayer has been crap ever since.

[Amit]

Ahahaha, this was good:

http://www.zergnet.com/news/18993/hilarious-gaming-knock-offs

[Bodzilla]

i think what he means is theyre easier to spot. like, seeing them come towards you and seeing them on the ground. they had quite the smoke trail and light effect iirc. now DODGING them is a different story, especially on maps like rat race and chill out. but even if someone throws one near your feet, youre kind of fucked if it doesnt bounce enough for you to get some distance from it
just dont play on shit maps and you never had a problem.

honestly if they where that close to you that they could nade you and you'd couldn't dodge, it's because your too dam close and using the wrong weapon.

[n00b1n8R]

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/big-bang-theory-only-tv-show-no-one-005602680.html

Part of its (The Big Bang Theory) charm is offering jokes about work, romance, sex and geekdom, without falling back on stereotypes.

[nuttyyayap]

That was actually a pretty funny read, Noob.
Although, I disagree with just about all of it...

[n00b1n8R]

that's-the-joke

[Tnnaas]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Satanic

(http://shelleytherepublican.com/2012/01/28/my-little-pony-friendship-is-satanic.aspx)Oh, I'm fucking dying over here! :lmao:

[Amit]

Why does anyone post hyper-conservative, Christian-extremist articles anymore? Those crackpots stopped being funny 2 years ago.

[TVTyrant]

The depiction of ponies in this series is un-biblical. According to the Bible (Gen 1:26) man has been given dominion over all beasts (including ponies), and thus the portrayal of these worker-animals as talking intelligent creatures with their own will and personality is clearly in contradiction to God’s teaching. We would have preferred to see a more realistic portrayal of God’s creation, for example showing young men and women working the land with their ponies just as God intended. As everybody knows, Man (created in God’s image) is the only life on earth born with a soul, and capable of moral reasoning. To suggest that ponies might also have souls undermines the entire basis of the Christian Bible.
Stopped reading there. Absolutely ridiculous. Not even funny, just fucking sad.

[Tnnaas]

Why does anyone post hyper-conservative, Christian-extremist articles anymore? Those crackpots stopped being funny 2 years ago.
Where I live, hyper-conservative, Christian-extremist views are the norm. I'm considered an abomination by the community because I'm Atheist and further left-winged than they are.

[Amit]

Lawd Have mercy on your soul, godless heathen :P

[=sw=warlord]

Godless heathens are the best kind of heathens.

[DarkHalo003]

People have to learn to not take everything so seriously unless it is a serious topic. Ponies are a cartoon; no way are they meant to be taken seriously. Either that person is a successful troll, or they just need to understand pop-culture and internet cartoons. Seriously, God won't hate on people who enjoy these cartoons. God won't ate on anyone, for that fact.

[TeeKup]

I’m sorry, but this has been the most amusing thing that I’ve ever read. yes, I have read the Bible, but I think that this kind of religious extremism is right. In fact, I believe it goes against God’s will. The Bible is a guide not a leader. It has words that guide and words that mislead. It’s the book that teaches you to be perceptive and open-minded. God doesn’t want us to hate things, instead we must do better and spread kindness and love. And My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has done it better than you. I’m glad that there aren’t any religious fanatics in my church. Have a nice day and God bless.

Look! A good Christian! :D They're so rare these days I swear. :S

[Nero]

It`s because hardly anyone out there claiming to be a Christian, really is a Christian. ;)

[Tnnaas]

They are more like fire and brimstone Puritans or something.

[n00b1n8R]

http://www.bloomberg.com/consumer-spending/2012-01-20/the-real-cost-of-being-a-video-gamer.html#slide3

While Gordon uses his laptop to play Zynga games, many PC gamers are more hard-core. "PCs are the hot rodders of game play," says Jamin Warren, founder of Kill Screen magazine, which focuses on the game industry. Warren says hard-core gamers often soup up systems by adding motherboards, boosting RAM and optimizing graphics.

[Nero]

Being a gamer is INSANELY expensive. I've spent $212,000 this year alone.

First I went out and bought a Wii, which was $150. I thought that was bad enough.

It turns out that a Wii requires a power connection, which means I also needed a house.

The house cost $211,850.

Gaming is way too expensive.

Haha...

[TVTyrant]

^rofl

[Cortexian]

http://www.bloomberg.com/consumer-spending/2012-01-20/the-real-cost-of-being-a-video-gamer.html#slide3
Adding motherboards NO WAY!!!!

[Donut]

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/298871/20120215/iran-female-ninjutsu-warriors-women-ninja-hijab.htm

iranian ninja bitches

[TVTyrant]

Oh those crazy Hadjis. What will they think of next?

[n00b1n8R]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-16-bioware-explains-why-pc-mass-effect-3-doesnt-support-gamepads

"There is a development cost in terms of time/effort to get all the graphical user interfaces so 360 buttons show up on PC," senior designer Manveer Heir (https://twitter.com/#%21/manveerheir) explained to Eurogamer reader j0hn385 on Twitter.

Is there anything good about bioware these days? :lol:

[Amit]

Long, but satisfying: Steam Scammer Gets Counter-Scammed (http://zakmcrofl.blogspot.ca/2012/04/steam-batman.html)

[n00b1n8R]

This isn't a funny or random article. This is the first edition of Valve's handbook for new employees.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://cdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf&chrome=true&pli=1

[Bodzilla]

thats amazing.

if you havnt read that, you've missed out on how a buisness should operate.

[n00b1n8R]

I dissagree that all buisnesses should opperate that way (it clearly leads to Valvetime which would be horrible for any deadline-orientated buisness) but it seems to be a great way to ensure quality games are produced.

[nuttyyayap]

http://mp1st.com/2012/02/11/why-halo-reach-is-the-definitive-multiplayer-experience/?utm_source
Had me lollin' for a good while :downs:

[Tnnaas]

They've got "...defined by balance..." right. The multiplayer in Halo seems fairer than BF3 or MW3 in this respect.

[DarkHalo003]

FIXED:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Narm/CodeGeass

This article is pretty funny. It basically rags on the original Japanese version of the Code Geass series. Though occasionally the comments on the list are more cynical than they should, if you want a light-hearted laugh, this is a good place to go, especially if you watch or have watched Code Geass.

[=sw=warlord]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)@ comments

[Tnnaas]

@=sw=warlord
>Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme

I bet they're using it for their pubes.

>DO NOT PUT ON KNOB AND BOLLOCKS
>LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Called it.
Amusing though.

[n00b1n8R]

http://www.thegoodness.com/matt-and-asias-minecraft-wedding/

It's as horrifying as it sounds.

[Pooky]

I don't even want to play Minecraft anymore...

:smith:

[Higuy]

Dear god. I feel a bit sorry for the people that had to go to that.

[chrisk123999]

I don't see what's wrong with it. Just 2 people having a wedding the way they want.

[DarkHalo003]

This always requires reposting for these things:

onNXzPFhuDU

[=sw=warlord]

Youtube thead is in the other room.

[Donut]

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/05/30/rookie-cop-berated-called-a-rat-for-arresting-off-duty-office/
Im sure you guys will love this one. new guy on the police force arrests an off duty cop for drunk driving, then gets verbally abused by the rest of the police force for doing his job.

[DarkHalo003]

Wow. Some of the police force really is a group of bullies.

[Pooky]

Wow. Some of the police force really is a group of bullies.

ftfy

[DarkHalo003]

ftfy
I was going to originally post that, but then I know some policemen who are really good at what they do and aren't total shitheads like the ones in the article.

[Amit]

Fucking hilarious article about father's day: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-people-with-best-intentions-ruin-fathers-day_p1/

[TVTyrant]

I FUCKING LOVE CRACKED

[ICEE]

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/category/economics/

If you havent seen this, its interesting.

[Amit]

:lmao: http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/7457/article/25-worst-gaming-setups

(http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/7457/article/25-worst-gaming-setups)I was on the floor for some of those. Tears in my eyes. #'s 5, 13, and 16 have my votes for the most funny setups ever.