C3PX

Warbler said:

C3PX said:

Haha! This is going to be fun watching Americans try to figure out other ways of thinking.

you're an American too, aren't you?

Yep. But ABC isn't.

Haha! This is going to be fun watching Americans try to figure out other ways of thinking.

I don't know, I haven't really heard anything about Alan Wake, and honestly, everything I have seen about it, it doesn't look very interesting.

As for the question if it would still be good the second time around? Of course! I still whip out my sixty-four and give it a run through from time to time.

I really like the HD versions of games they release for download on places like XBLA. The HD version of Perfect Dark (Goldeneye's spiritual sequel) is fantastic. It is great to go back and play it again looking smooth on a widescreen HDTV. If that was what was coming to the Wii, I'd feel some excitement. As it is, it is just another crappy Bond liscensed game trying to capitalize on the popularity of the one James Bond game that really made it big. The title is the only thing that has everyone all worked up. If it was just another Jame Bond title, it wouldn't even have its own thread here.

While it may be based off of and titled after the same movie as that classic 64 game we know and love, it wasn't the title or the story that made that game great, it was something more than that. And the something more than that, I can almost promise will be lacking from this game.

Whether it is a good game or not, is yet to be seen. But trust me, this isn't our Goldeneye.

Warbler said:

A B C said:

 I've finished dealing with people of this kind a long time ago (In this galaxy though).

and could you please elaborate what you meant here as well?   just what "people of this kind" am I?

 

I am pretty sure if Warbler and ABC go at it, the universe will collapse upon itself. Certain entities are never intended to meet.

Warbler said:

I sorry I offended everyone.  I'll stop posting here.

for the record, I do not want C3PX or anyone else to stop posting in this thread or any other thread. 

Wait? What? I am confused. I thought I offended you, I don't think anyone said you offended them.

Why would you stop posting here? You are welcome to post in any thread you like.

Warbler said:

C3PX said: A few less people isn't going to harm anything.

you don't honestly think that statement could be regarded as offensive?  If I had a friend or family member that died in 911 or Katrina,  I'd know I'd be offended by such a statement. 

How do you know I didn't myself? I did not. But I have lost people I care about, and I can say with perfect honesty and no offense to myself, that while their passing was upsetting to me personally and others who knew them, it had very little real significance to the world at large, let alone cause any sort of harm to the ecosystem or impact history.

I think it is kind of ridiculous to get into one of our political-debate-esque quote wars here. We obviously disagree on this, and now you are starting to get worked up, and I don't want you to get worked up. Honestly, if my opinions offend you so much, I am not sure what to do about it. I guess I could stop posting in threads like this and the politics thread, maybe that would help?

Warbler said:

When a creditable news organizations backs that video up, then I'll believe it. 

Bloody hell man, "creditable news organization"? There is no such thing! Every news organization out there is some sort of propaganda or another. It is foolish to mistake widely accepted propaganda as truth based only on the fact that it is widely accepted.

Warbler said:

C3PX said: A few less people isn't going to harm anything.

I really hope you are being sarcastic here.   otherwise this comes off as very offensive.

Oh for Pete's sake, Warb. Can we get over this over sensitive kick you have been on? Everytime someone offers an opinion you disagree with you get offended. I don't mean it sarcastically. You, me, every member of this board, those that died in Pompeii, those that died in Katrina, none of us are that significant when looking at the broad spectrum. A thousand years from now my life and everything I accomplish in it won't amount to a hill of beans. Same goes for those who died in Katrina or those earthquakes. Their loss doesn't harm anything. It doesn't change the course of history, and at the end of the day they are of very little significance. There are a lot of humans on this planet, the loss of a large quantity of them is nothing more than a historical statistic. Sure, it is a tragedy to their families and those who knew them, but beyond that they matter very little all in all.

C3PX said: Losing your home sucks and all, I wouldn't like it, but in the end, it doesn't really matter,

it matters to the person/people that lost their home(s).

Sure, but we are talking world wide disasters here, buddy. We are not talking about looking through the microscope at the lives of each individual, we are talking about a global perspective over large periods of time.

C3PX said:Notice how you listed recent events? 

I listed recent events because A.B.C.  tried to argue the oil disaster was the worst of the 21st century.   I tried to argue that there were others that were worse.  Any disaster in the 21 century would a recent one cause the century's is only 10 years old.   Pompei has nothing to do with this cause it didn't happen in the 21st century.  

No, it does. Because when we talk about the worst disaster of the 21st century, we are talking about its long term historical effect. I have a feeling the repercussions of this are going to be pretty severe. Hope I am wrong, but it is very likely to have a desvestating lasting effect. Katrina will not, for our century, any more than Pompeii did for its century.

C3PX said:

Minor counter point: the discussion is about the 21st century as will be looked back on by other centuries. Comment was made to add perspective. Will guys like Warb a thousand years from now read about Katrina and 911 and feel the same way Warb does about them?  

probably not, but it still doesn't mean that 911 and Katrina aren't worse than the oil disaster. 

Damn, I hate that I just repeated my self to your above comment when you quoted my concise answer to it right here. Anyway, whether it is worse or not is not something for me or you to decide. That is something only time can determine.

C3PX said: Or will they feel the same way we typically do (usually with intrigue, rather than pity) when we read of disasters that are recorded historically, like Pompei.  

will the oil disaster be regarded as any different?

Yeah, if it has long term consequences it is very likely it will be regarded MUCH different. Pompeii and Katrina didn't/won't so much effect the lives of those who are to come in later generations, very likely the oil disaster will.

 

C3PX said:

I have a feeling this whole oil incident could be equated more closely to Nero's alleged burning of Rome in the long run. A historical shooting in the foot with severe long term repercussions.

I disagree, I think most people look at the burning of Rome with intrigue, like they do with Pompei.   

Guess my point was missed. I wasn't trying to say that people don't look at the burning of Rome with intrigue, they sure do. But it had far more long term repercussions in history than Pompeii did.

xhonzi said:

recently working on Left 4 Dead 2

Yeah I just saw you maxed out L4D2.  Nice!

Think I have eleven left. I'll never be able ones where you have to beat it on expert. Played the other night on advanced with two of my friends who I feel are pretty good at it, and I don't think I am half bad myself, but we totally got it handed to us. Even if we had one more good live player I don't think we could have done it, and we are talking about just one single finale here. To get the expert achievement you have to beat every single campaign, and each campaign has to be done in one sitting. Not going to happen. :(

Despite his lack of smiley face or wink, I think Xhonzi was just playing around when he said that. I know some people have that attitude, but I don't see Xhonzi as that type.

When I first got my Xbox and only had a few achievements and looked at everyone else's and felt somehow inferior, I really hated the achievement system and thought it was a dumb competitive device. Now that I have a ridiculous large number, I don't even pay attention to how many I have. But I am not really fond of the system, because I have spend countless hours online with good friends working toward the goal of getting achievements together long aftet that game has been beaten and would be no longer played. Adds more life to a game, and gives you fun extra goals to go for. Some achievements I don't even bother with, because they'd take too much of my precious time, but plenty of them are slightly challenging and add a bit of extra fun to a game.

I had a great time finding all the Halo skulls with my friend, and even more fun recently working on Left 4 Dead 2 achievements with another friend. It is a good time for just chatting and having fun without actually having to worry about being too good at the game. One on one online co-opable achievements are my favorite.

TV's Frink said:

I said I would let it go, but I would like to know about this as well.  C3PX stated what he thought ABC meant, and I stated that if he was correct, I would consider the apology sincere and the matter ended.  Unfortunately ABC never responded, leaving me to assume that I was originally correct.

So ABC, which way did you mean to use "boring?"

Shit. I now regret having made my post inquiring about this. Should have asked in PM... :(

I feel liked I just reached over and picked someone elses scab two seconds after bandaging it and telling them to leave it alone so it could heal.

TV's Frink said:

C3PX said:

Notice how you listed recent events? Rather than listing the Pompei or some other ancient attack on a nation? Even though those things might be of historical significance to you, I doubt you have the same feelings about Pompi as you do about Katrina, or even the same feelings about Pearl Harbor as you do 911.

Minor point: the discussion was about the 21st century.

Minor counter point: the discussion is about the 21st century as will be looked back on by other centuries. Comment was made to add perspective. Will guys like Warb a thousand years from now read about Katrina and 911 and feel the same way Warb does about them? Or will they feel the same way we typically do (usually with intrigue, rather than pity) when we read of disasters that are recorded historically, like Pompei. I have a feeling this whole oil incident could be equated more closely to Nero's alleged burning of Rome in the long run. A historical shooting in the foot with severe long term repercussions.

A B C said:

TV's Frink said:

That video was BORING!!! Not a single joke in it.

 He now knows the use and sense of the word "boring" he couldn't get when I used it to apologize. Glad to have been of any help ;)

Actually, now that you are back, that would be something interesting to clear up.

The way Fink used boring means "unenjoyable" "sleep inducing" "not able to hold interest". When you apologized to him, you apologized for being "boring" which he took as you being somewhat sarcastic and insincere. As if you were saying "Sorry for not holding your interests/posting the way you'd like me to" rather than being a real apology. I felt that your translation of boring from whatever French word into English was probably where the issue lied, and that you were not really trying to be insincere or tongue in cheek as Fink supposed. Was I correct in that? Or did Fink get the right idea after all?

I hesitate to ask this, because I don't want things to get fired up. But I do a lot of cross cultural work and deal with things being lost in translation like this all the time and am curious if I was correct or not. If you don't want to respond here, you can answer in a PM, but I'd kind of like to know.

Even just giving me the French word you would have used for "boring" had you been speaking to Fink in French would be enough to satify my curiousity.

Of course, you are also free to ignore this post.

TV's Frink said:

Stobbed?  Lol.

Fine.  I'll let it go.

Thanks Fink. I really do appreciate it. I enjoy your antics, but I have no desire to see two of my online friends go at it all the time.

    Warbler said:

        C3PX said:
         A large quantity of people dying at once seems tragic and all, but the lasting effect is quite minor.

    minor?  tell that to the people that lost loved ones on 911 and from Katrina.   I also don't consider the lasting effects of having your home(and everything in it) destroyed(as happened to many in Katrina) as minor.


Everything and everyone dies eventually. A few less people isn't going to harm anything. Sure, it is tragic for families, but in the grand scheme of things incidents like Katrina and 911 aren't even a blip. Losing your home sucks and all, I wouldn't like it, but in the end, it doesn't really matter, it is of no universal significance.

Warbler said:

911 is insignificant on a global/historical/sociopolitical scale?  I think not.

It is of historical significance as an attack against the US and the wars that followed. Death toll wise, it is very insignificant. Notice how you listed recent events? Rather than listing the Pompei or some other ancient attack on a nation? Even though those things might be of historical significance to you, I doubt you have the same feelings about Pompi as you do about Katrina, or even the same feelings about Pearl Harbor as you do 911.

TV's Frink said:

And sorry, but I'm going to keep making jokes at ABC's expense if he's going to be in off-topic.  I see no reason not to, especially given that I apologized to him and he feels no need to apologize to me.

I may be off base again, but have you stobbed to consider that maybe no one else really wants to have to wade through all your drama? If you are still mad at him, maybe just ignoring his posts rather than taking little cheap shots at him all the time would be the way to go.

If my memory serves, he DID apologize to you, you just didn't feel it lived up to your standards. If you are going to keep spitting venom and making cheap jabs (like the comment about him with his kids right below the part where my quote of you stops) as long as he is posting in off topic, then it definitely seems like your intent is to drive him away again. I have absolutely no respect for that kind of attitude and am disappointed to see you carry it.

Seems MOD2 is a fairly common abbreviation, but I just don't get it. What would MOD2 even stand for? Modern of Duty 2? MODern warfare 2? I just don't understand the logic in that shorthand.

This isn't directed as a complaint at you cutnshut, I am just pondering it, because through google I see it is used quite often and I can't quite get my brain around it.

Great, sounds like the Fink ABC drama bullshit is about to start again. Wouldn't mind if we could forgo that. I enjoy his posts and am quite glad to see he is back after having been chased away once, would be disappointed to see him disappear again. I know it wasn't a one sided thing, and am not trying to point figers at anyone, I would just really like it if we could be mature about this old feud and drop it.

Bingowings said:

I remember walking passed a tenement one day and seeing a baby (less than 1yrs old) plop out of a first floor window.

An adult ran out, picked the child up, it whimpered a little bit but seemed to be ok and it was taken back inside.

Hehehehe hahahahahahahahahaha ho hehehehehehehehehe HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh phew... hehhehe hehehhehehehehe HAHAHAHA hehehehe hahaha....ha... haha... hehe... that story was hilarious! Oh, wait... I wasn't suppose to laugh at it, was I?

Okay, no, but seriously now that I am done being an ass, that is horrible. I would have been shaken too had I witnessed it. One year olds don't just plummet out of windows on their own accord, there had to have been some irresponsibility of someone else at play here, and that is extremely upsetting. I am extremely sensitive when it comes to kids as well, but I still found that gif terribly funny. Had it seemed even in the least bit real, I would have found it really upsetting though.

Ripplin said:

 

The sheer amount of awesome in this picture boggles the mind. Stare at it too long, and you may very well go blind.

A B C said:

Until you see the real consequences through its manifestation.

With you again, pal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. The long term consequences are as of yet unknown, but they could be extremely devastating. A large quantity of people dying at once seems tragic and all, but the lasting effect is quite minor.

Time will have to tell just how big of a disaster this really is.

Congradulations! You've just taken your first step into a larger world. ;)

Welcome to off topic. We goof around a lot in here and make idiots of ourselves, but we have a lot of fun in the process, so that makes it okay.

I'd be happy to play online with you. Looks like the only mutual game we have is ODST.

What is MOD2? I googled it along with the word "xbox" and got a few hits talking about Modern Warfare 2, is that what it is? If so, that is another one I have that I would be more than happy to play with you. I have full stars on all the special ops, but I would be more than happy to try to help others get then aswell.

Well, we can always dream.

Yay! ABC is back!

I am with you, that is of great importance. But none of us are going to put our lives on hold to rub our thumbs together about it. Just because we are not fretting about it on this board does not mean it is something that upsets us. There is nothing I can do about any of it personally. Life goes on. So it goes.