xhonzi

Ric,

You may attack me, but leave my Grandmama out of this!

My GMA made a new thrown to put over the back of her couch.  In Naboo.  Because that's where my GMA is.  Naboo.  I am from Naboo.

Dear C3PX:

You don't start threads here anymore.  You're a regular and post a lot, but you don't actually start any threads now.

Apparently you used to, and some of them have been resurrected recently.

Did you notice this happened and why?

Sincerely,
Posting in Pottersville

Now I'm chosing to be offended that you've been calling me a biscuit in the other threads.

Ric has attacked me on several occasions and doubted my claims to the Naboobian throne.  The Handsome Handsome Naboobian throne.

Yeah, the hotmail e-mail I got asked me for all of my security information "for my protection."  The return address was something like id_theft_dude@hotmailz.com or something.

Man, that is some haul!  I got Tomb Raider Legend because I bought it for myself and put it under the tree.  ;/

I bought for the family:

Cooking Mama Wii (Wife)
Ben10 Wii  (6 year old Son)
Boom Blox Bash Party Wii (Family)
Excitebots Wii (Family)
Disney Princess Wii (3 year old Daughter)
Littlest Pet Shop Wii (4 year old Daughter)
Rogue Squadron II GC/Wii (6 year old son (and me too!))
Banjo Nuts and Bolts 360 (Family)
and
Peggle Nights 360 (Wife)

I also picked up Shadow Complex the week or two before Christmas when it was the deal of the week.  If you like Metroid or Castlevania... it seems this is the game for you.  I happen to love Metroid, so I am enjoying it a ton.

Also, don't play the China based level of Tomb Raider Legend while your wife is walking through the room.  Lara is wearing a combat modified black evening gown that is... well... I learned this lesson the hard way.

Also, slightly upset that my manly 6 year old little man has spent more time playing the Pet Shop Game than the manly games I got him.  That's what two little sisters and countless Barbie movies will do to a guy.

Also (x3!) I will probably play Dragon Age in 2020 or so.  I played 120 hours of Oblivion last year from Nov-Apr.  I got even further behind in the backlog of games to inlcude Fallout 3 which I will play in 2015.  The wife and I finished KotOR last summer and are 10% or so into KotORII.  We'll finish that in 2010, so we can play Mass Effect 1 in 2011.  That means Mass Effect 2 in 2012.  2013 and 2014 are up for grabs, but I'm sure something will come along...  We still need to play Windwaker and Twilight Princess too...

I thought they were Soylent Green?

Sorry.

If it pleases the court,

Does this (n0n)wimpy guy have an avatar? Or is he a grey box?  Because I believe Gaffer's purge should be starting any day now (assuming C3PX's Sarlacc bulbs have sprouted) and maybe this problem will take care of itself.

Oh, wait... you're not talking about me, are you?  Or is it Typho?  I get all of us Naboobians mixed up.

Vaderisnothayden said:

xhonzi:

I usually don't say much to him because I feel there is little point trying to convince him that he's in the wrong.

By in the wrong do you mean mistaken in views? Like about Star Wars or films or something? Because people certainly seem to feel it's ok to tell me my views are mistaken (and they're right in that, there's nothing wrong with telling anybody their views are mistaken), but I find that some people find it terribly offensive if I return the favor and try to tell somebody else their view is mistaken by debating with their reasoning. Also, I find that some people seem to find it offensive if I defend my views. If somebody comes along and tries to prove my view is mistaken and I respond by trying to prove their view is mistaken and that mine is in fact not mistaken, somehow what they do is considered ok but what I do is not.   

To answer your question: No, it's not your opinions I'm saying "make you in the wrong."  I respect your and others' right to your own opinions.  It's the previously made accusation that you dispense them with such force and vigor as to be a jerk.  That's what I meant by saying you are in the wrong.  You're welcome to your opinion.  No one can change your mind for you, and you violently remind us of that all of the time.  It seems that you react to anyone else's opinion as a threat to yours so you have to shut them down.

There's conversing, there's debating, there's arguing and then there's what you do.  Maybe it's unintentional.  Maybe it's our misreading of your posts, but I do think you come across this way to a large number of the regulars here on the board.  Maybe you need to re-read your posts before submitting them.  Maybe you need to take a debate class.

Perhaps you think I have crossed a line into rudeness again.  Perhaps I have.  But my intent here is not to offend you, but to help you understand why you don't get along with a lot of people here so that maybe you can make some tweaks to your online persona.  I really do enjoy reading your counterpoint opinion in most cases.  In some cases I agree with you, but I always enjoy seeing differing opinions.  I starting reading/posting in the forums here to 1) Find like minded SW fans and hear them voice and reconfirm my opinions and 2) Find unlike minded SW fan's, hear their opinions, and more importantly, have them help me understand why they hold those opinions.  Now I also come here to 3) have a good time with my virtual friends and 4) insinuate that Gaffer is, in fact, a beautiful woman (which he is!). 

I think most people here can appreciate that not everyone will agree with them.  I agree with C3PX a lot, but he uses a certain unword from time to time which causes me to discipline him by putting him on my IGNORE list for a day or so.  I almost never agree with Warbler, but I still like to hear his side of the discussion.  Ric... well, Ric is Ric.  And Frink is Frink.  Or maybe I mean to say that Ric is Frink and Frink is Ric... I don't know.

What I mean is, maybe stop overcompensating.  You have said before that you're entitled to your opinion and you believe in giving it strongly.  As I have said before, be a little more aware of other people and it will make the forum here more enjoyable for all of us.

This is the post I said I wouldn't post because I doubted there was much point in trying to convince you that you are the source of your own grief here.  Please prove me wrong by thinking about what I said and maybe making some New Years resolutions to make some improvements.  I think you're already showing a softer side of VIHN in some of you last posts in this thread.

Most Sincerely,
xhonzi

How is using a Mac more geeky?

I just hate Mac commercials... so much misinformation.

I've always preferred:

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't care.

I have found that my PS3 remembers or "resumes" well enough.  I've only noticed it on Harry Potter 1 (since it took about 6 sittings with the kids to finish it) and Terminator Salvation.

To hell!

Hmm... something about the way TV's Frink and Ric Olie always compliment each other...

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

or 3 hours.  Unless you meant to say that only the first 2 hours are entertaining.  Or perhaps the final 2 hours.

eh

Anyways, here's another article dicussing Avatar and Conservatives.  Very intertesting...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/11/usc-professor-creates-alien-language-for-avatar.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a6c873f0970b

 

How was that about conservatives?  Were you looking at this one?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/01/avatar-and-the-color-of-money-red-state-politics-blue-aliens-box-office-green.html

Erm, no... that was the one I meant to post.

A xhonzi is never wrong; he only posts links precisely as he meant to.

But your link is good too.

:)

Oh, and RE: Palin.  (here I go, derailing my own thread)

I think it's unfair to call her detractors 'sexist' when I think she was dragged out on the McCain campaign for sexist reasons.  The left had played the race card.  The right then decided to play the gender card.  I like Palin as a politician well enough, but I think you're crazy if you think she was put on the ticket as a genderless politician. 

It was an experiment to see if unpolitical Americans were more embarrassed by imaginary sexism or imaginary racism.

I was embarrassed that my party stooped to that level.  I thought we were supposed to be above the silly superficial level of politics and focus on the issues.  Ah, well...

or 3 hours.  Unless you meant to say that only the first 2 hours are entertaining.  Or perhaps the final 2 hours.

eh

Anyways, here's another article dicussing Avatar and Conservatives.  Very intertesting...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/11/usc-professor-creates-alien-language-for-avatar.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a6c873f0970b

I think most, if not all, SciFi is allegory.  At least the good stuff is.  But it is subtle.  Once you get up on the soapbox and start pointing fingers, it loses its effect.

skyjedi- did you ever watch Eureka?  The "Stark" on that show I thought was a good visual match for Tony Stark.

Are you going to go all Bronson on him?

Bingowings is the father!  Thank you Maury Povich!

But Palin said, "I can see RUSSIA from MyyYYyyy HoUsE!!!"  Didn't she?  What.  An.  Idiot!

No, wait...  She said, "They're our next-door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska -- from an island in Alaska."

SNL said that other thing... but somehow everyone came away saying "What an idiot!" about the real Palin.

So, yeah... I blame SNL.  They set out to politically assassinate Palin which they did quite well. 

Nice!