TV's Frink said:
Ah. Well, sorry to break this to you, but at best you are qualified for Assistant to the Vice Mayor of Crazytown.
Assistant Vice Mayor of Crazytown? I can live with that.
TV's Frink said:
And Vice Mayor? Let's not demote him unnecessarily!
I meant me.
Warbler said:
xhonzi said:
Anyways, there seems to be "bullying" coming from only one participant in this thread. If telling other people that they should make sweet love to themselves (feat. expletives) is still considered bullying.
Which seems to be a rather silly overreaction to hearing opposing views in a thread he started to discuss a topic.
*shrug*
Sorry but you pissed me off.
Oh dear! By all means then, you are free to treat me however you wish without judgment.
You said I allowed the bullying to happen. That is complete utter bs. I didn't want to be bullied, I didn't choose to be bullied. It just happened. IT WASN'T MY FAULT!
I didn't say anything about you.
I did, however, say that the bullied were indeed faultless, and generally have the power to not care what bullies say to them, which is the only guaranteed way to not let bullying get to you.
p.s. I don't think you can regard what I said as bullying.
What is it then, exactly, when you reply to civil conversation with "f*$S you!" as often as you do? Perhaps it's not bullying... but it's not nice.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Hey I am just spitballing ideas here.
Er... maybe I'm campaigning for Vice Mayor of Crazy Town here, but I believe DrCrow is using a little thing called "hyperbole" to illustrate his point. I could be wrong, but I think he is saying "here are the alternatives in stamping out bullying- either you completely infringe on all human rights, or you teach people to stop empowering bullies by caring what they have to say".
Perhaps this comparison is apt: You will never solve "the drug problem" by going after the dealers. As long as there is a high* demand, the supply will find its way to them. However, if you can dry up the demand (somehow), then it doesn't really matter how much supply there is.
Unless we move to a complete police state where every action is monitored and enforced. But NO ONE is suggesting we do that. Probably.
TV's Frink said:
Warb, DrCrow is some kind of manic depressive and I would just ignore him were I you.
???
Anyways, there seems to be "bullying" coming from only one participant in this thread. If telling other people that they should make sweet love to themselves (feat. expletives) is still considered bullying.
Which seems to be a rather silly overreaction to hearing opposing views in a thread he started to discuss a topic.
*shrug*
There are a lot of problems that must be solved by people that aren't in the wrong. Saying that the solution to a problem is within the grasp of a particular party is not the same as saying they are to blame.
The problem is that wrongdoers often have no interest in fixing/preventing the problems they cause. You can try to incentivize them to a point, but they're already breaking the rules (going against incentives that work for the rest of us) by being wrongdoers in the first place.
So, though they have done no wrong, the solution must come from the innocent, or there will come no solution at all.
As has been said, you can and should try to stop bullying. However that will never stop bullying. To really solve the problem, you must teach the bullied not to allow it to happen.
Stop the victim mentality. It generally creates more problems than it solves. Does it solve any, really?
Also- all of the focus on bullying over the past decade, I think, has emboldened bullies. It's very strong feedback that their tactics are working. It's like feeding a troll.
Ryan McAvoy said:FYI
PT > OT = SM > SK
MOL IMHO
Assuming: FYI / (PT > OT) = (SM > SK) / MOL * IMHO
==
FYI / (P > O) = (M > K) / MMOOLIH
==
FYI / (P > O) = (1 > K) / MOOLIH
==
FYII / (P > O) = (1 > K) / MOOLH
==
FYII / (P > 1) = (1 > K) / MOLH
==
F / (P > 1) = (1 > K) / MOLHYII
==
F = (P > K) / MOLHYII
==
F = M * (P > K) / OLHYII
A = (P > K) / OLHYII
==
F = M * A
[drops chalk]
I think I've made my point.
TV's Frink said:
...alot of things...
U r dum.
The world needs more small time bullies. It would toughen us all up for when we run into the median time bullies, or, heaven forbid, a big time bully.
3D Steelbook edition at BBy for $20.
I cancelled my $25 preorder at Amazon.
Game is on sale in the current Humble Bundle.
Don’t be a Padawan!
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RicOlie_2 said:
Xhonzi is ignoring me for using <REDACTED>.
DOUBLE IGNORED!
I've totally confused you with Australians? I - I feel terrible. Your accents sound similar.
Johnny Ringo said:
darth_ender said:
Clearly the stormtroopers of the OT are not the Aussie clones of the PT.
You mean Kiwi.
Too bad New Zealanders are a bunch of cocky a-holes descended from criminals and retarded monkeys.
New Zealanders- "Throw another shrimp on the barbie and ride around on your kangaroos all day."
RicOlie_2 said:
Whatever. I didn't sign up for either of those reasons. But <UNWORD DELETED>, I suspect most of us don't think the prequels make much sense.
IGNORED!
Ryan McAvoy said:
I might just dip in (the 25 Abnett issues) and see if it grabs me. The art and script look appealing...
If I like it, I'll go back and fill in some of those gaps you both mention like Annihilation.
Perhaps I was unclear.
ANNIHILIATION!
That is all.
Ryan McAvoy said:
I'd never read (or even heard of) GOTG before the movie. But now I'm interested in going back and reading some. My local book store had put together a display stand of GOTG (and Starlord) books but I didn't know where to start.
Can anybody reccomend a collection/paperback/volume/story-arc/writer-tenure that is a good place to start? I'm more interested in books with the same-ish vibe as the movie (and with decent art obviously).
The real answer is ANNIHILIATION!
It's complicated, of course, but ANNIHILATION!
Infinity Gauntlet is required reading from back in the day. And there's tons of older stuff too that you could get into...
Semi-recently, Keith Giffen's issues 7-12 of Thanos 2003 (http://www.comicvine.com/thanos/4050-20764/) started to kick things off, and they really got going in his Drax (http://www.comicvine.com/drax-the-destroyer/4050-18291/).
Which rolls right into ANNIHILATION! (http://www.comicvine.com/annihilation/4045-41287/)
It has been collected into 3 TPBs or HC, which include the aforementioned Drax story. Its by Keith Giffen and some others- at some point Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning come on as a writing team- and they are fantastic.
Annihilation pretty much is directly followed by ANNIHILATION CONQUEST (http://www.comicvine.com/annihilation-conquest/4045-44982/)- which is where the Guardians are put together. It's not too unlike the movie- they are all in Prison when they get together.
Annihilation Conquest is collected in two TPBs/HCs.
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2008) (http://www.comicvine.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy/4050-21550/) is a direct followon to Annihilation Conquest- and not actually a great jumping on point. Its 25 glorious issues were written by DnA (Dan and Andy). Then it was cancelled. Then they announced a movie- then they relaunched it with Brian Michael Bendis- and I don't think it's been as good- though I have enjoyed it.
It bears stating that Nova (2007) (http://www.comicvine.com/nova/4050-18462/) (also by DnA) is the other regular comic that spun out of Annihilation. Nova (Richard Rider) was a crap character that suddenly became awesome during Annihilation. There's a good chance he'll be in GotG2. His series ran 36 issues and is collected over several TPBs.
All that being said, nothing has the exact same humourish tone that the movie had. They have, IMHO, a wonderful tone, but it's not quite as funny as the movie. More adventuresome, but still lighthearted. Like a certain space opera that many people on this site seem to enjoy.
*phew*
They are some of my most favourite comics and I can't recommend them highly enough.
I don't even have a kitchen at the moment. Just a.... kitchenette.
If you didn't already know- Free PayDay 1 on Steam today.
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doubleofive said:
My local Kmart is (finally) going out of business. The sales aren't insane yet...
The Kmart near my old Denver residence (and kitchen (wink)) has gone out of business 6 or 7 times in as many years. Like a stupid, I get lured in each time by the promise of insane sales due to the shuttering of the doors. Somehow K-Mart's prices at 40% off start to approach WalMart and Target's standard prices. Why does this store still exist?!?!
During the going-out-of-business sales, I see people who apparently don't watch as much TPIR as I do stocking up on overpriced junk they don't need. I don't mean to judge, but these people often look like they are the members* of our great society that can least afford to be paying higher than average prices for standard household goods... Anyhow, K-Mart seems to make enough bread during these events to unshutter their doors for another several seaons, only to promise going-out-of-business-price-insanity a few months later.
Though I picked up a few movie/game related items at these sales too.
<Shadows of Mordor review snipped>
It does feel a lot like Assassin's Creed, but that's not a bad thing at all.
Sounds good! Maybe once I get caught up on AC**, I will be picking this one up. I really do love the AC series, but I often want it to expand its horizons a bit. This new contender in the genre will hopefully shake things up and bring some new ideas to the melting pot.
*005, for example.
**It will never happen. I'm about to start AC4, but with 2 new AC games this year and all of the other crap I've got going on...
Hey all- I still play games.
Johnny Ringo said:
Just got Spec Ops: The Line as well. Haven't played it yet. I look forward to checking it out.
I mentioned to xhonzi that I was interested in getting The Bureau: Xcom Declassified and he pointed me towards Humble Bundle where you can get it for as little as a dollar.
I opted to spend a few dollars more to also get Spec Ops as well as the first 2 Bioshocks and a few other things.
all Hail xhonzi - his Bioshock ramblings paid off for once ;)
https://www.humblebundle.com/
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BIOSHOCK FOREVA11!!one!!11
luckydube56 said:
Holy crap! Do it!
As I said in the Conventions thread, I am at the Tex Murphy Booth at Salt Lake Comic Con.
We have 2 Oculus Rifts going and you can try the game in VR!
Stop by and mention OriginalTrilogy and I will move you to the front of the line. (maybe)
xhonzi said:
I'll be at Salt Lake ComicCon this weekend. Anyone else?
I'm at Booth 1002 showing off Tex Murphy VR. It doesn't sound like anyone from OT.com is at the Con, but drop by even if you're a lurker!
