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    Moderation of Speakers Corner

    in Site info and announcements

    Posted

    well that sucks. 

     

    but i get it.  in my experience, people only get upset when they can't defend their opinions, but i understand that people really aren't trying to defend their opinions on a gaming forum.  i guess i can agree that it didn't have a place here if you're really going for a gaming community (over the community i found and enjoyed in Speaker's Corner).  i just want to say that earning respect through the debates that took place there was valuable to me, and i thank those who allowed it to continue for as long as it did.  

     

    with all sincerity, good luck with the growth.  and pass this along to McNasty if you see him.

     

     

    The Last of Us 2

    in RPG / Action / Adventure

    Posted

    the bow is back!  that's a relief.  looks like they might've added a more robust dodging mechanic for melee combat?  if so, that'd be sweeeeeet.

     

    the 9:00 mark sums up TLOU for me -- low health, no ammo, just wits and crafting limited resources on the fly.  survival over slaughter.  it's the anti-CoD.

     

    also, Ellie's "old man" better be Joel.

    Last of Us 2

    in RPG / Action / Adventure

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    watched this over and over last night.  then proceeded to watch some theory vids on YT.  my disappointment that there weren't any Joel/Ellie appearances was mitigated by the thought that the woman was actually . . .

     

     

     

    . . . never mind, i was gonna do a spoiler but i couldn't figure it out lol.  just watch this if you dig speculation:

     

     

    Last of Us 2

    in RPG / Action / Adventure

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    gives me goosebumps every time.  every.  damn.  time.

     

    i try to avoid thinking about how far off the release date is because it makes me sad.  all i can do is continue to play the shit out of the first game and hope the MP is similar.  easily my favorite game of all time, considering both the Story and the MP.

     

    3 hours ago, Capn_Underpants said:

    I still have to play the first one. If anyone has a copy, I'd love to try it out.

    Via the FG App
     

     

    dude i'd totally loan you mine if i weren't still playing.  sorry.  maybe you can find it on the cheap given that it's been out for a while.  it's worth it -- i'll personally refund your purchase if you don't feel the same.

    So, I may get to be a contributing author to an upcoming book

    in Any General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Docwagon said:

     

    I appreciate the sentiments.  I didn't really track how long I worked on it.  I think three drafts before the final version.  It didn't take real long as I already had all of the info in other formats.

     

    The longest one to write so far has been the snub nose sight comparison for Lucky Gunner, which took me about a month.  I wanted to shoot each set "cold" so as to not bias the testing, so I waited a week between each shoot.

     

    As far as be hanging around here, I honestly don't know.  This felt like unfinished business, so I came back to wrap it up.

     

    So, here's the deal.  I want to make it clear that this isn't about individuals, personalities, etc.  I want to make this clear I don't blame anyone or have any ill feelings toward anyone. 

     

    Just a bit prior to the forum drama of another split, I was in a gunfight with a robbery suspect.  The details aren't for the Internet or relevant to the discussion, but the take away was I was uninjured and he was dead and I got over a month of admin leave.  It was a good shoot, not controversial, no protests or lawsuits, about as clean cut as a shooting can be.  After a gunfight, which is incredibly vivid and intense, it takes awhile to adjust to "normal" again.  Everything seems boring and dull.  Issues that used to seem important seem petty and uninteresting.  It takes a bit to transition back to regular life, and you try to gain some sense of normalcy and routine to help that process.  So, that's where I was when the forum split.  I suddenly had a lot of free time on my hands, wanted to "hang out" with people who didn't know (because when you hang out with people who do know, they inevitably want to ask about it), and be free of drama.  When the forum split, I viewed it as the pettiest of bullshit and was angry because a bit of my normalcy was under assault due to the pettiest of bullshit.  Now, I understand that if the guy next to you is missing his arm it doesn't make your toothache hurt any less, but I wasn't in that mind set then.

     

    Again, I want to be clear I don't blame anyone or think less of anyone.  The end result, though, is I don't view this forum the same.  Not exactly negative association, but not pleasant either.  I do not feel like I belong in the post-schism group.   Combine with I haven't touched the PS4 in months, I'm not sure this is a place for me to contribute.    

     

    Now, this probably sounds more dramatic than it is, I just wanted to explain my thought process.  I'm not sad, regretful, depressed, any of that.  I just think I've changed and the forum has changed and we may not be a good fit any longer.

     

     

    good riddance, fuck this guy.

     

    (on the real though, i appreciate the context and it's good to hear from you again man, if for no other reason than to hear you're doing well.  respect your reasons, do whatever you gotta do.  but in all seriousness . . .)

     

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    Amazon Prime Day Deals

    in Any General Discussion

    Posted

    nice!  we did a FitBit challenge at work, it's a cool little device.  i like that the model you got actually looks like a watch.

     

     

    i've been eyeing the Fire HD 8 tablet to read/stream stuff -- anyone have any experience/thoughts on it?  thinking Prime Day might be a good opportunity to retire my old iPad 4 . . .

    What 2017 movies are you looking forward to?

    in Any General Discussion

    Posted

    On 3/25/2017 at 11:37 PM, Drifter said:

    I can tell you with 99.9% certainty what they are going to do. They are going to do exactly what they have done for the past 10 years now ...take a classic movie/TV show and recast it with poorly cast actors, toss in a bunch of toilet humor to appeal to the low IQ of this generation, add a 20' something girl in skimpy clothes to force the sex appeal aspect which has nothing to do with the story, and then advertise it as "rip roaring hilarious must see two thumbs up!".

    Am I close? :)

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    . . . you might be on to something Steve.  

     

     

    for me:  anything Marvel.  Guardians 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Thor Ragnarok.

     

    there's also a movie coming out called Justice League which i'll see, but i'm looking forward to it the same way i look forward to a dentist appointment.

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