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Comment on I hate people… by Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:03:09 +0000

I wish I’d found your post about a year ago, when I made a failed attempt to get into WoW. Other players’ behavior was a good solid chunk of why I left. (The other reason being that the game kind of stinks. One keeps simply doing the same thing over and over again. I found it exceptionally boring.)

I think, though, that there is one cause of online assery that you might be missing. When I think of times when I’m the most likely to be an asshole myself, it’s when I feel hurt or slighted. Someone cuts me off on the highway, and I lean on my horn and yell out “you fucking feeble-minded asshole! I hope you die in a fiery crash!” Well, that’s pretty reprehensible behavior on my part, even if the other guy is at fault.

So, how does this relate to your in-game idiots? I imagine that at least some of them are folks who regularly feel slighted and ignored, or even hurt and bullied, in their daily lives. Now here they are in a scenario where you don’t know who they are. Where you don’t know that they feel small and powerless most days. So they get to act out the part of the powerful, strong, bully. They make you into the person they hate having to be, so they can feel better about themselves.

As for the other half of the idiots… well, they’re the folks that are already horrible idiots in their real lives! Seriously. Aggressively small-minded asshats game too.

Comment on Polyester Resin Pens by Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:28:27 +0000

Heyyyy, that pearly sparkly one is AWESOME!

Comment on 2009 Penny Redesign by Jo

Jo — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:28:33 +0000

Just like to add, that those pennies deteriate very fast, by now most are in bad shape.. just 2 years later.

Comment on Game Review: Mirrors Edge by Jason

Jason — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:55:16 +0000

Okay after years I tried playing this game again and I maintain that my review is spot on. This game would be fantastic if they didn’t force all the gun shit on you.. The puzzle aspect of the game is enough and can be even better if they’d let you just have that.. but the quick time events combined with the shitty shooter aspect sucks hard.

Comment on Cruise Photos by Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:16:44 +0000

I too had Renata as a waitress on a transatlantic cruise and I have to say I totally agree with you, she is the BEST! Such a sweetheart. The ship she’s on will be docked in New Orleans for a while and I plan on another cruise on that ship, hope we run into each other!

Comment on I’m about to say fuck Starcraft 2 by ohdearflamewars

ohdearflamewars — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:48:43 +0000

someone said the story was corny i think the story has corny moments but over all is pretty good if you beat the SC1 campaign. Now some people didn’t even contain facts as to why “starcraft 2 sucks..” please stop flaming i know the community is filled with douche bags ( or atleast bronze i’ve only been in bronze) basically this game is a dick to newbs. if i found you and i wish it was me i would train you and stuff so a dick move wouldn’t make you hate this game. i don’t know what to say really i really enjoy the fast paced combat. I kind of see how stuff can be countered and am training to get better. Also yes void rays are over powered in the lower leagues if you don’t pull some diamond moves you die. still once again i don’t know what to say but lets have peace, i hate flame wars >__>) i have a feeling that this was invain and i’m gonna get horribly insulted but ya know what since i love you guys i posted anyway ;D

I absolutely agree with you Jason the only thing i disagree with is saying the game is unbalanced. everything else i have found after 150 games to be absolutely true, which is sad cus sc2 is a great game*(well i’m in love with fast combat and repetition) which is why i think its great and enjoy i guess… i don’t wanna be a douche? was i a douche..

well if you ever consider leageu again i will personally train you and then you surpass me and we surpass each other thats if you have the time cus it will probably take 2 years for fuks sake XD

Comment on Game Review: World of Tanks (Beta) by Ihranune

Ihranune — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:21:16 +0000

I have been playing for about a month now and am starting to see some serious problems here. I made the jump to the ‘next highest’ bracket and have seen the play balance vanish in a puff of smoke. Unless I want to pay up serious cash I am now trying to play with a light Soviet tank in a world of heavies and it just isn’t fun. When I got right behind a German tank and was shooting as fast as possible and doing absolutely nothing I began to wonder what the hell was going on. It feels as if there are certain tanks that have historical cachet and therefore are rendered in the game as almost untouchable. In this new bracket is seems as if the first side to lose one tank is the side that loses, and since I am the guy trying to grind through a tissue paper tank…well you can see where this is going. What should be a fun game is being damaged by the mechanic that rewards those people who toss cash to the company. Hell, make it into a WOW model for payment and let people earn their hot stuff instead of buying it and this would be a great game. As it is, it is a game that I can easily see losing more and more players.

Comment on Grid Computing and BOINC by Jason

Jason — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:37:35 +0000

I have had a couple people ask me how many computers I run boinc on since I average over 200,000 credits a day..

The answer is 3ish;
1 full time 4 core machine with 2 GPUs always burning
1 mostly full time 8 core machine with only 1 GPU (and that 1 GPU outperforms the other computer and all 8 cores on this machine combined.. This is mostly fulltime because if I’m playing a game I pause or when I work I often pause..)
and
1 4 core laptop that runs occasionally when its bored.. (about 5 or 6 hours a night maybe?)

Comment on From Colocation to Reselling.. Getting rid of 1and1 by Jason

Jason — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:29:05 +0000

No… Not only no.. but .. yeah, no..

http://randomstringofwords.com/hostgator-really-sucks/

Comment on From Colocation to Reselling.. Getting rid of 1and1 by Dave K

Dave K — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:20:40 +0000

Are you still happy with hostgator?

Thanks