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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    how did she block a lightsaber with her hand

    you can't do that

    that's cheating

    Well. She pretty much was a deus ex machina.

    There's a few tropes in that cinematic that I hate:

    1) The bad guy keeps the defeated good guy alive long enough to show off.
    2) The good guy, of course, survives and beats the bad guy at the end which means the bad guy could have prevented it.
    3) Robot Jedi Bitch shows up JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME to save the day. Where the fuck was she for the first 2-3 minutes of that battle, huh? Powdering her nose? Tying up those braids?
    4) Blocking a fucking lightsaber WITH HER HAND. You don't get more deus ex machina than that.

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  • TavTav Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?

    He's not old enough.

    The normal age for kids to get phones here is 8/9.

  • DaxonDaxon Registered User
    James wrote: »
    Daxon wrote: »
    I wish they weren't making a jedi MMO. It'd be great if it was another KOTOR like game, like super-great.

    It would be pretty awesome to get a second KOTOR game after all this time.

    You're implying that the incompleteness of Kotor 2 made it not a proper game? Read the SA forum let's play, it definitely fills in all the blanks and is totally sweet.

    I mean, it's better than playing the actual game which was already pretty awesome.

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    Daxon wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    how did she block a lightsaber with her hand

    you can't do that

    that's cheating

    Magic force shield?

    cheating

    if you can block a lightsaber with the force what is even the point of lightsabers

    luke and vader all fightin' in cloud city and vader all goes for the hand and it bounces off and luke's all lol nice try dad

    lol

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo Tough on mime. Tough on the causes of mime Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?

    He's not old enough.

    The normal age for kids to get phones here is 8/9.

    Phones are not as popular in the states as they are in Europe from what I gather.

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?
    nerd can only be reached via carrier pigeon

    Or by smoke signals. Made by burning carrier pigeons.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?

    He's not old enough.

    The normal age for kids to get phones here is 8/9.

    8/9? Of a year? That's a little nutty. I would wait until they are at least 4 or 5. But not even a year old? Hells no.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?

    He's not old enough.

    The normal age for kids to get phones here is 8/9.

    8/9? Of a year? That's a little nutty. I would wait until they are at least 4 or 5. But not even a year old? Hells no.

    How do they even hold it with those tiny little nub hands?

    Baby blue tooth?

    Feck, shite, feck, shite, feck, shite, arse!
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Also, I like how Anarchy Online started off with a "four year goal" which was going to have a very tightly-guided story by Funcom and it's now entering its ninth year of existence with very little story, but free to play.

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  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    It's totally because people didn't think the post of his that jeepguy reported was awesome.

    Feck, shite, feck, shite, feck, shite, arse!
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • Irond WillIrond Will Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Man, Will, nothing is made for you. The only thing made for you is your condo, your alcohol and your Apple products. Everything else eludes you. Android devices need to be rooted just like iPhone devices need to be jailbroken. Those phone nerds root their phone because they're phone nerds! If Cat doesn't want an iPhone then she needs to get an Android device. I don't know what carriers are in Australia though or what they have. The Incredible is a good device.

    Well that is why I asked her what she was looking for in a phone! I don't know if she wants video and Internet and whatnot or just an updated successor to her old sony eriksson.

    And I am just relating my experiences with the people I know who have android phones: they are the same people who have Linux installs on their PCs, and seem to treat their phones in roughly the same way. And the phones work great for them, but they are definitely more of a hobby that i am looking to undertake.

    I think the incredible is a nice looking device. Definitely the best form factor of any of the android phones i've seen.

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    Cellphones are now being implanted into pregnant mothers so the fetuses can tweet about the developement process and the shock of birth.

    it's a new era.

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Oh hey there's Will.

    Will, your new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid and I don't very much care for it!

  • TavTav Registered User regular
    The Phenom II x6's aren't nearly as powerful as as the i7 920 :(

    I was really hoping for a decent budget gaming system built around them :(

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    let him know in awesome posts

    preferably by pointing out that his reported post is terrible and that [chat] should stop reporting

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  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

    The guy without the helmet looks exactly like Jango Fett.

  • poshnialloposhniallo Registered User regular
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    I don't have a phone at all.

    what the hell?

    He's not old enough.

    The normal age for kids to get phones here is 8/9.

    Phones are not as popular in the states as they are in Europe from what I gather.

    In Japan, some people give them to babies. There's a 100-day-old celebration that's a bit like a christening, and it's quite common nowadays to give a mobile to your spawn.

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  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Have you guys heard about:

    Kabul Dreams

    Afghanistan's premiere post-Taliban rock band!

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    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I agree with it fully.

    The voting system is there so you can register your disapproval for certain threads.

    And if it does get out of hand without the spectral fear of belittlement hanging over everyone's head, Will/Tube can just yank the rule and return the subforum to its original dog-eat-dog nature.

    But I don't see anything wrong with telling people to use the system ALREADY IN PLACE to express pleasure or displeasure at a thread. I mean that's what voting is for. A lot of people like to clique up in that forum and basically start little mini forum wars.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

    The guy without the helmet looks exactly like Jango Fett.
    or does Jango Fett look exactly like the guy without the helmet?

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    Man, I guess none of the girls I messages on okcupid want to see exploitation films this week. You are disappointing me, Internet!

    Course, I Knew all along that I'd probably need to take a better profile picture, so I can't say I'm surprised by the results.

  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

    The guy without the helmet looks exactly like Jango Fett.
    or does Jango Fett look exactly like the guy without the helmet?

    It's Jango Fett's great-great-great-great grandfather!

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I agree with it fully.

    The voting system is there so you can register your disapproval for certain threads.

    And if it does get out of hand without the spectral fear of belittlement hanging over everyone's heads, Will/Tube can just yank the rule and return the subforum to its original dog-eat-dog nature.

    But I don't see anything wrong with telling people to use the system ALREADY IN PLACE to express pleasure or displeasure at a thread. I mean that's what voting is for. A lot of people like to clique up in that forum and basically start little mini forum wars.

    Yes, comrade. No non-favorable comments at all!

    Feck, shite, feck, shite, feck, shite, arse!
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • Irond WillIrond Will Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I am right here.

    Why don't you go post something critical in the awesome posts forum? You know kick the wheels and give the new rules a spin.

  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Drez wrote: »
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I agree with it fully.

    The voting system is there so you can register your disapproval for certain threads.

    And if it does get out of hand without the spectral fear of belittlement, Will/Tube can just yank the rule and return the subforum to its original dog-eat-dog nature.

    But I don't see anything wrong with telling people to use the system ALREADY IN PLACE to express pleasure or displeasure at a thread. I mean that's what voting is for. A lot of people like to clique up in that forum and basically start little mini forum wars.

    Then remove the ability to reply in that subforum. I understand not wanting posts like "Oh, this is from D&D, it's not funny" or "This is from SE++, it must be about cocks." as a reason for a negative, but the way Will wrote his rule it's like you can't even say "This sucks. It's not funny." It's a complete castration of voicing a negative opinion. If you want to rely only on the voting system, then get rid of the reply function.

  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

    The guy without the helmet looks exactly like Jango Fett.

    This video makes it pretty clear that the game takes place in the early days of the Empire. So, after the prequels.

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  • ArchArch Trust me, I'm a scientist Registered User regular
    i would just like to let everyone know

    it is 9 am

    and it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit and climbing with a heat index of 100 degrees

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    i would just like to let everyone know

    it is 9 am

    and it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit and climbing with a heat index of 100 degrees

    Welcome to America's armpit!

    Feck, shite, feck, shite, feck, shite, arse!
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    Daxon wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    Daxon wrote: »
    I wish they weren't making a jedi MMO. It'd be great if it was another KOTOR like game, like super-great.

    It would be pretty awesome to get a second KOTOR game after all this time.

    You're implying that the incompleteness of Kotor 2 made it not a proper game? Read the SA forum let's play, it definitely fills in all the blanks and is totally sweet.

    I mean, it's better than playing the actual game which was already pretty awesome.

    I enjoyed KOTOR 2. I'm just making a joke :P

  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    I'm going to my insurance place today to get my car insurance.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo Tough on mime. Tough on the causes of mime Registered User regular
    It was a cool video, but so was the last one. Neither is cool enough to make me want another Star Wars MMO

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    i would just like to let everyone know

    it is 9 am

    and it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit and climbing with a heat index of 100 degrees

    it is 68.5 inside the airconditioning here.

    mmmm

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  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Well, the first one was a massive turd... so it's kinda hard to be excited.


    That and Star Wars has sucked since about 1983.

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    Sarksus wrote: »
    Chanus take my quote out of your signature anyway. It's out of context and makes people think I'm afraid or hate vaginas!
  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Richy wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I don't get the Old Republic video. I thought the game was set even before the prequels? What are clones doing there?

    They're soldiers, not clones.

    The guy without the helmet looks exactly like Jango Fett.

    This video makes it pretty clear that the game takes place in the early days of the Empire. So, after the prequels.

    That doesn't make any sense because The Old Republic takes place 3,500 years before the films. The Empire refers to the recently emerged Sith Empire during a time when the Sith were more numerous and active.

    I guess the uniforms and the likeness to Fett are coincidence or maybe clones have been done before. The GT trailer description is similarly confused, calling them clones as well.

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    It was a cool video, but so was the last one. Neither is cool enough to make me want another Star Wars MMO

    what do you mean another?

    galaxies wasn't even a game so its hard to count it as an MMO.

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  • ArchArch Trust me, I'm a scientist Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    i would just like to let everyone know

    it is 9 am

    and it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit and climbing with a heat index of 100 degrees

    it is 68.5 inside the airconditioning here.

    mmmm

    why the fuck do you think i am inside right now?

    sweet sweet air conditioned labs

  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Well, the first one was a massive turd... so it's kinda hard to be excited.


    That and Star Wars has sucked since about 1983.

    What?

    1983?

    Excuse me fine sir, but now you've insulted my honor.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I agree with it fully.

    The voting system is there so you can register your disapproval for certain threads.

    And if it does get out of hand without the spectral fear of belittlement hanging over everyone's heads, Will/Tube can just yank the rule and return the subforum to its original dog-eat-dog nature.

    But I don't see anything wrong with telling people to use the system ALREADY IN PLACE to express pleasure or displeasure at a thread. I mean that's what voting is for. A lot of people like to clique up in that forum and basically start little mini forum wars.

    Yes, comrade. No non-favorable comments at all!

    He didn't put a ban on non-favorable comments. He specifically singled out "dogpiling," which happens too often and just brings down the overall utility of the entire subforum.

    Drez wrote: »
    Will's new rule in Awesome Posts is stupid. Where is he so I can tell him this.

    I agree with it fully.

    The voting system is there so you can register your disapproval for certain threads.

    And if it does get out of hand without the spectral fear of belittlement, Will/Tube can just yank the rule and return the subforum to its original dog-eat-dog nature.

    But I don't see anything wrong with telling people to use the system ALREADY IN PLACE to express pleasure or displeasure at a thread. I mean that's what voting is for. A lot of people like to clique up in that forum and basically start little mini forum wars.

    Then remove the ability to reply in that subforum. I understand not wanting posts like "Oh, this is from D&D, it's not funny" or "This is from SE++, it must be about cocks." as a reason for a negative, but the way Will wrote his rule it's like you can't even say "This sucks. It's not funny." It's a complete castration of voicing a negative opinion. If you want to rely only on the voting system, then get rid of the reply function.

    First off, this isn't a democracy, so if they want to only allow positive comments, that's really well within the rights of Penny Arcade. If I have a rule that in my house people are only allowed to smile but never frown and you feel like frowning, well feel free to go to someone else's house. Maybe that sounds retarded, but it's the nature of privately-owned property and whitespace (which this is).

    Anyway, I don't agree with your interpretation of Will's post. He didn't say "you can never say anything negative ever." You're warping the post out of proportion. The fact is, reading that thread is often as galling as H&A and not because dumb threads get reported for awesome but mainly because silly geese don't have anything better to do than sit on the subforum sniping at people to make themselves feel better.

    Frankly, if it's a choice between providing people an additional opportunity to troll each other, or restricting some freedom of expression, I'm in favor of the latter.

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