Everything posted by jasignhagj
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Shooting Massacre at Dark Knight Rises Premiere
People generally don't go on shooting rampages with their gun either.
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Sizzling Summer Blow Out!
So glad I finally quit this month.
- Got hacked, any tips for getting bank back?
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Things that annoy the HELL out of you.
My lack of self control during the steam sale. I always thought people were joking when they talked about getting games they never will play just because they're cheap, but I've actually done that now. I normally end up watching CNN, then getting angry. I get Al-Jazeera now, but it doesn't come in HD so I always forget about it.
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2012 U.S. Elections - President Obama Re-elected
http://www.270towin....s.php?mapid=oKH This is my map at this point. Pennsylvania is neutral because of the voter ID laws that could end up stopping a lot of people from being able to vote.
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Steam Summer Sale.
Already have Arma II and Portal 1/2 in my cart, looks like I'll have to head over to the bank to buy another prepaid visa tomorrow.
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how many warning points do you have?
6 warnings, 3 points. One was for censor evasion in /tavern/, one was for posting zalgo text in /fg/ that crashed people's browsers, and one was for discussing a horror movie in graphic detail. The no points ones were for having a too large sig, from tripsis changing my password, and a random warning with no note from a while ago.
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Why PC Gaming Sucks
Crappy community I hope you're joking. Console communities are just awful. Last time I played COD, someone felt the need to call me a "[bleep]ing [bleep] who likes to [bleep] your dad" and reminded me that "I [bleep]ed your mom last night and she liked it. Tell her the tip is under the pillow". When I play any PC game with the exception of LoL, the community is far more mature. It looks like you're judging the PC community by the less mature players in Runescape. It looks like you're judging he console community by the less mature players in COD. Cod was just the most recent example I had. In Gears, Halo, BF3, Madden and even Civilization players who act like that are in the majority. That's not to say that there aren't some nice people on Xbox Live, but title for title the people I play with on PC are much nicer and more willing to play as a team. PC gamers do have their fair share of elitists, though, and they can be quite unpleasant to talk to. I've got something of a theory about that... That theory actually makes a lot of sense. I try to not come off as a PC elitist, except in response to hyperbolic arguments like Faux's.
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Why PC Gaming Sucks
This should be fun. Piracy-DRM Only shitty developers resort to excessive DRM. This is a pretty weak argument, there are very few games on PC that have DRM that is even that disruptive, and there is usually a crack to get around it if it's causing you problems. And Diablo 3 is always online not because of priacy, but because of the auction house. Expenses You say that $500 is necessary, but everyone needs a computer anyways. For $200 - $300 you can turn your home PC into a gaming computer easily. For this comparison to be fair, you also need to remember that the console were $500+ on release. That's not even considering games, which are insanely more expensive for console. As of now there are only 6 game on steam that cost $60. Almost every major console release is $60 or more at release, and the price stays that high for a long time. PC platforms like steam and amazon have amazing prices to begin with, and often hold sales where you can get popular titles for 75% or more off. They even sell the entire catalogue of certian publishers for up to 90% off. Bugs / Glitches / etc. Another baseless argument. To start things off, all games list the required specs to run the game at minimum and recommended settings. If you buy a game without knowing how much RAM you need to run it, it is entirely your fault. As for actual bugs, apparently you never play console games either if you genuinely think only PC games have bugs. The difference is pushing a patch is much easier on PC, and should the developers ignore the bug, the community can still fix the issue on PC, while the console player is stuck with a broken game. It's Less Comfortable 100% your opinion. Personally I play Xbox on my monitor and in a computer chair, because I have a harder time aiming properly on a large screen or when lounging on a couch. Your display/graphics argument is just stupid. First, all HDTVs over 40" are 1080p these days, so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. When your console is outputting 720p on a 1080p TV, it's going to look blurry because that's not the TV's native resolution. Resolution is just one of many things that affect graphics anyways. Consoles output lower quality textures. Look at a brick wall up close on a console. It will probably look blurry. On PC, that texture will be much sharper. Consoles also have lower polygon models, so details on objects will be missing. PC also has anti aliasing. Notice how straight lines look jagged in console games? On PC you can use anti aliasing to smooth the lines out so they look way better. It's Less Social Splitscreen is probably the best feature that consoles have, although personally I'd prefer to have a whole screen that a quarter of one to play on. LAN parties are actually quite fun, you shouldn't judge them based on one photo off the internet. Crappy community I hope you're joking. Console communities are just awful. Last time I played COD, someone felt the need to call me a "[bleep]ing [bleep] who likes to [bleep] your dad" and reminded me that "I [bleep]ed your mom last night and she liked it. Tell her the tip is under the pillow". When I play any PC game with the exception of LoL, the community is far more mature. It looks like you're judging the PC community by the less mature players in Runescape. Borrowing games / Instant play While you can't lend digital downloads to a friend on PC or console, I can log into my steam account on my friend's computer and play my games there. Next generation of consoles will likely be exclusively digital downloads anyways. Developers are already restricting the ability to share console games with online access passes and the like. As for instant play, I'll take the extra speed and quieter noise level of a hard drive over the slow, jet engine noise of the Xbox disk drive any day. Installing games is hardly painful, I can't remember the last time an install took me more than 10 minutes. _ I don't think consoles are useless, although I would say PC gaming is superior. I own an Xbox because of Halo and GoW, plus all my friends have one and only a few have gaming PCs (although I am converting them). EDIT: Completely forgot to mention a major plus for PC, Modding. A game like Skyrim is way more fun on PC because of the countless mods you can install.
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Things that annoy the HELL out of you.
The new forum look. I can't stand it, and none of the new features are even that usefull.
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2012 U.S. Elections - President Obama Re-elected
http://senateconserv...repealobamacare I like how the Democrats and Obama passing healthcare, something they ran on and advertised as one of their main priorities, is considered "forcing an unpopular law on the people". When polled as what it is, and not Obamacare, the ACA is supported by the majority of people.
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Things that annoy the HELL out of you.
I still find the humorous cracked articles funny, but the 'factual' ones have gone downhill a lot recently.
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360 vs ps3
PC is far superior in terms of expenses. I definitely agree :lol: So far in this thread all PC gamers use for their argument is "PC gaming is superior" and repeating it over and over. The fact is it's not. It's a different experience altogether. I gave you several reasons why I think PC gaming is superior, and all you responded with was some crap about display response time and untrue cost claims.
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Dota 2
I got access the other day. I still like LoL a lot better.
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There's nothing I really can move, it's just my height coupled with poor car design. I use a combination of the left mirror, rear view mirror and right shoulder check to see if I need to check what's to my left. I'd see how it could be a bigger deal if it was involving actual merging or lane changing, but this was just moving around parked cars on a 2 way street. On another topic, it's still disgustingly hot here. We finally had some rain today, but once it stopped it was right back to +30°C. I really need to move somewhere with more moderate temperatures.
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How Fast Is Yours?
Must have got a free boost from my ISP. It's nice to see 1MBps download speeds.
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Failed another driving test today. I failed because apparently I d shoulder check over my right shoulder when turning left. Nevermind that the interior of the car I was driving was designed so poorly that you can't even see anything when looking over your left shoulder, and it would be far less safe to do it that way. Oh well, there's another $30 down the drain. The worst part is they are so backed up with appointments that I probably won't be able to get another one until the end of August.
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2012 U.S. Elections - President Obama Re-elected
That's assuming that they would. There's no guarantee that they would. They could just pocket the money, in the same way they could cut your salary by $5000 at any time. However, if they want to stay competitive in the job market, they wouldn't do that. Hopefully you also have union that would help you receive the same compensation.
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2012 U.S. Elections - President Obama Re-elected
You know if your company doesn't have to pay for your healthcare, they can pay you a higher wage, right? A very large majority of those hard working people would be better off with a universal healthcare system in place, as the tax increase needed to pay for the system would be much lower than what they either already pay, or what they lose in wages through their employer putting them on a healthcare plan.
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360 vs ps3
PC gamers using HDTV are at a disadvantage against PC gamers using a monitor. How you can call yourself a "PC gamer", tout PC superiority and not know this is ridiculous. The bolded quote also shows you don't really know anything. Console games are designed and developed with using a TV in mind. PC games don't. Let alone the actual console... It's one of the reasons why PC gamers hate games that are ported from consoles. I don't see how playing on my 120HZ tv puts me at a disadvantage against someone playing on a 60HZ monitor. Sure cheap ones might have a bit of input lag, but a good HDTV doesn't put you at a disadvantage. And the reason PC gamers hate console ports is because they strip them of the extra features PC can handle, and don't properly optimize them. It has nothing to do with what display they're intended for.
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[TF2] It's MANN Vs. Machine!
They nerfed the Tomislav again? It's pretty much worthless now. Every other change seems reasonable though. Not sure what the point of the Equalizer change was though.