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Is anyone else annoyed at the recent trend that Caesary started back in the year two-thousand-whenthefuck with its stupid huge tits advertisements for its game?

Games these days use ridiculous sex appeal to get players. I would be fine with it if it was actually part of the game, but it has nothing to do with the content. Not only is it degrading to women, it's a little insulting as a male gamer. Catch my attention with some intriguing fucking gameplay, not your shitty teenage wetdream bullshit.

If you have nothing intellectual to contribute you could always post some amusing bad sexually oriented game ads here, since I'm too lazy to go find some.

At 3/6/14 08:52 PM, Chocomilk wrote: 502 clicks. Did my part.

7~10 clicks per second for 1 trillion clicks = about 34.7 million hours of clicking.

If a million people did this vigorously for 15 minutes a day it would take just over four and a half months to reach the goal.

Hmm... I'll bookmark it and check back next year.

I would be very sad. NG is one of the few communities I am active on. Well... Actually it's the only one, now.

I don't think it will happen. But if it did I'd probably cry and send Fom Tulp all of my money to put it back up. Which will likely be around $50. And if that wasn't good enough, I'd probably scour the web for an inferior website to share my art and animations on.

---Solution A: the high road----
Write a short outline of every point you want to make and request to meet with her during office hours. Explain your concern to her and make sure to cover every point.

---Solution B: the medium road---
Write an e-mail instead of meeting her face to face to talk about it. Effective, but not as much. Takes less bawlz.

---Solution C: the low road---
Bring a book to class and use Khan Academy to learn anything you are unsure about due to your professor's ineptitude. If you are into fantasy novels, I recommend Luthiel's Song - just started reading it recently, it's pretty good.

Kind of an awesome idea. Sort of like outsourcing only without any risk of losing capital. Plus NG could potentially establish a license that says they can decide to revoke selling rights whenevs... If they ever do open another store or something...

Besides - with the NG store gone, who else will supply us with our stuff and things?

It also serves to make the shiny spot on the right side of the top of the website brighter which makes me feel happier

The free exchange of information amongst the global population to facilitate the advancement of society and technology.

Or cats, as was mentioned above.

Okay, I'm done

At 3/5/14 04:28 PM, maxxster wrote: isnt this saddening. the lone member in the forum

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@ Sensationalism: perhaps not, but in my case I will be most-in with either path I choose.

@ xxxcreep: I would say go for the BA no matter what it takes. So many studies have been done that an associate's degree doesn't get you anywhere. It raises your yearly income by about 5% from having a highschool diploma.

@ Religious guy: no

@ Piggler: that graphic is awesome. Mine would look pretty similar if I made one out of highschool to be honest.

@ Sekhem: undoubtedly.

@ IFUN (that is your name, because I said so): nice boat, might I join you? Unless you are really held back by something other than fear of your own personal difficulties you should totally go for it. Comfort is for the weak! Plus you can always come crawling back if you fail. I would love to stay in college forever, learning is my favorite thing in life. I wish I could just get paid to learn forever. But alas, this is not the age of Socrates.

@ Ginger - good wisdom. I've been looking at it more like no matter what I do it's a bad choice, I should be self aware by this point to know that such thinking is counter productive.

Lots of college-related responses... Not surprising, I guess.

@ Ron-Geno: I'm not, which is part of what makes it so difficult. My choice directly impacts more than just myself.

At 3/4/14 07:01 PM, GingerGymnast wrote: I'm curious now... what is life-changing dilemma?

It is pretty high-pressure. Basically I have to choose between staying in my home state with my family (including several newly born members!) and starting a family of my own... Or traveling to fulfill my occupational dreams, which not only removes me from my family but puts strain on my relationship.

@ CiviLies: Yeah, same deal. People from my highschool have 2-3 choices of community colleges and generally all end up at the same four year school after their Associate's.

At 3/4/14 06:40 PM, Maltos wrote:

At 3/4/14 06:00 PM, Tankdown wrote:

At 3/4/14 05:47 PM, saltovergray wrote:

What was the last time you ate fruit?

3 weeks ago

When was the first time you realized you had a strange fetish

Junior year in highschool.

First time you were a dumbass and didn't realize there was a second page to a thread?

At 3/3/14 09:31 AM, Elitistinen wrote: First time you successfully fried an egg

I have no idea, but I do remember the first time I successfully fried an egg over-easy. My girlfriend likes them that way and I think they are horribly disgusting that way. It was early summer last year.

First time you questioned your significance in the universe?

I am at a point in my life where I must make some extremely difficult life choices that will dictate the remainder of my existence on this planet. Up until now the most difficult life choice I've had to make was which college to go to, and that was pretty clear cut for me if I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in debt due to my lack of effort in highschool and average SAT scores. Sometimes I look back and wonder if it would have been better to take my chances in the Big City (NYC) but most days I am glad I didn't.

I'm not looking for advice or inspiration or anything, more rather just curious about the NG population. Share your difficult life choices.

Different drinks for different occasions.
Fresh squeezed orange juice or grapefruit juice after some hard work, both are extremely refreshing.
Caramel frappes from McDonald's when I'm being a fat lazy American slob.
Home made strawberry vanilla and hazelnut shakes are pretty awesome too.
Sprite most other times.

Potato wedges.

I dunno about this 51% business, but I'd totally buy shares in NG stock if they existed.

Why Are We All Talking Like SuperGhandi?
-- A Concerned Denizen

More importantly, yes, snow on the east coast sucks. I live in Central New York and we get bullshit from Canada and lake effect snow. It snowed eight feet within a month in the city I went to college a few years ago. This winter is mild in comparison, I can actually get out of my driveway without spending the entire morning shoveling snow.

My mother used to question me about my music because she is a Superchristian and I listened to a lot of really dark and heavy stuff back in the day. Never really punished me for it or anything, just asked me questions to make me think about it. I know she would have rather had me not listen to it at all, but she was extremely lenient.

At 2/27/14 08:30 PM, finderr wrote: How long does it take for art to get scouted? Been about a day.

Do more stuff like your first submission. And get a scanner. I have no doubt you'll be scouted then.

At 2/28/14 04:10 AM, Gimmick wrote:

At 2/27/14 04:35 PM, Zhon wrote:

At 2/27/14 04:33 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Stuff

Jealous of SnowSnow.

Jealous!? My man, they've got a good treasure trove of them there!
(Seriously, you could just mail Luis the shipping charge and get'em for free)

For real? O.o I must investigate.

At 2/27/14 04:33 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Stuff

Jealous of SnowSnow.

At 2/27/14 07:55 AM, Acid wrote: 1. Why is it a trade-off? I think your teacher is assuming that in order to be focused on one you can't be focused on the other. In my opinion (and yours may be different), comparing style to tech specs is comparing apples to oranges. Buying, upgrading, and having a general interest in cameras is not the same as the process of photography. Time is the only opportunity cost involved here.

I don't think it was intended to be a tradeoff. He wasn't saying that one cannot exist in the same space as the other, but rather that there was a best-fit-line on the scatterplot of interest, so to speak. Perhaps there are simply more male apple farmers than there are women.

2. The teacher is making a comment directed on gender focus of photographers, not gender strengths. Like I said before the primary goal of photography is to get the best picture. That is every photographers focus. I would assume that any reasonable male would agree when I say skill/artistry is the only way to achieve the best picture and that a better camera is just a tool that would be nothing without the skill/artistry.
If you have no skill or artistic ability. You're not a photographer. You're just a guy with a camera. Likely, you wouldn't even be included in your teachers comparison.

What defines the "best picture" can vary extensively - a manly technology buff might think that the best picture needs to be shot with a 41 megapixel ultra low-iso long exposure, while the artsy lady he just had dinner with thinks the best picture could come from an 8mp flip phone camera with expert attention to cropping and angle. I know many people who think every photographer is just another guy/girl with a fancy camera - they think there is no art in photography at all. "Anyone could do that!" - I don't agree, but again, it's the mentality that's important here.

In every situation, skill is the only passage to becoming a programmer. In school, we weren't taught a single thing about IDEs because skill is what makes you a programmer. At work, the person with the most skill will get hired every single time. What is the point of having your tool if you don't develop the skill to use it?

True - but a more appropriate scenario in my opinion would be to compare creating software rather than the basic element of programming. Someone interested in the talent and skill of it might go through the trouble to learn programming and study efficient design techniques, while another might just purchase a Game Maker Studios license and have at it.

@ Piggler: And of course no stereotype will ever be absolutely true for an entire group of people, but there's no denying that between cultures each gender has a set of more common characteristics. It's an inescapable result of socialization.

@ JRob: perhaps, but one could argue that engineering poses the same question as photography.

I don't have enough time to type out a longer response right now but I just wanted to point out something humorous as I was passing through...

Everyone seems to have somehow garnered that my photography teacher was a woman. Perhaps due to the perceived higher value on personal skill than technology and the acceptance of human nature as self-flattering?

Anyway, he was a little feminine, but he was not a she.

Carry on!

At 2/27/14 06:15 AM, Jester wrote: I don't know about all that, but for what it's worth I personally know significantly more female artists than I do male ones. Fantastically creative minds, some of those gals.

Oddly enough, so do I, which is interesting when you consider that the academic tradition of art was almost completely dominated by men until the late 18th century or so, and even then women had a very slow start.

At 2/27/14 05:52 AM, Acid wrote:

At 2/27/14 03:44 AM, Zhon wrote: In regards to digital photography and its history:

"Women tend to be more concerned with skill and artistry, while men are more interested in technology and equipment."

Agree or disagree?
Applicable to other facets of life?
Sexist and untrue or culturally accurate?

I believe statements like females are better at X and males are better at Y are an unnecessary grouping. Everything doesn't always have to be black and white because everyone is different. Those factors depend on each individual person. The only thing about photography I can see being remotely related to gender is the content of the photographs.

Isn't the primary objective of photography skill and artistry? Wouldn't all photographers need certain equipment for certain situations? This statement just sounds like a shallow observation.

The primary objective of fine art photography is skill and artistry - but not all photographers are fine artists. I believe therein lies the point. And yes, while I agree that gender-based generalizations are never absolute, some do represent societal norms (regardless of whether or not we believe they should).

At 2/27/14 04:25 AM, Gimmick wrote: doesn't explain michelangelo, van gogh, et al.

I find that to be a difficult conversation to have with the lack of depth in women's art history, along with the lack of technology involved in painting as an art for that time period. Also, I've never seen Van Gogh as a pursuer of skill, but rather one of insight - off topic as that may be.

If you aren't a graphics snob and are interested in really in-depth roleplaying dungeon crawlers... Check out ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery). I've been playing it for over a decade. It takes a little while to warm up to it, and it can be unforgivably difficult at times, but if you have the patience... It's quite a gem.

In regards to digital photography and its history:

"Women tend to be more concerned with skill and artistry, while men are more interested in technology and equipment."

Agree or disagree?
Applicable to other facets of life?
Sexist and untrue or culturally accurate?