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At 7/27/09 08:22 AM, Jonny879 wrote: *sniff* i smell pasta....

copy pasta......

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Hah.

Why don't you just try eating a big ol' bag of sea salt instead?

The only thing that I thought was particularly Queen-like, was the explosion at "there can be only one."

It sounded a lot like a similar part in We Are The Champions.

I tried my best, but it was not enough. What would life be like if we could just turn back time. If something was said, we could just go back and it would be as if we had not said that thing. Things said could be unsaid, and we would be all the happier.

They say words are an imperfect means of communicating our thoughts. That they have to be filtered through a limited vocabulary, a process by which our true meaning can sometimes be lost. There may be a word for 'beautiful,' but how can we express how beautiful we feel something is?

You try to say something. You try to tell her how you really feel, but the words come out wrong. They come out muddled, crass, and not at all what you intended. You want to show her those beautiful feelings that swell up inside you until your heart is about to burst, but life is funny isn't it? It never works the way you want to.

Sometimes it feels like life is just an endless series of misunderstandings. Society, culture and language limit our capacity for communication. What you say, and what you feel are two completely different things. One sentence may be interpreted one way, while another may interpret it differently.

Life is a cage, and you are trapped in it.

I watched the first episode of Kino's Journey.

It was pretty boring, and it felt like it was trying, and failing, to say something profound.

And Hermes sounded exactly like Doraemon.

Maybe it will get better, I don't know.

At 7/27/09 07:29 AM, ZXAdvent wrote: just for the record my friend told me that the one with white hair is war machine

I think you'll find that War Machine is African-American.

At 7/26/09 07:04 PM, TrantaLocked wrote: So how much was the gender change surgery? I'm guessing when you realized as a young girl that you would be a poor ugly ass you had to find an answer, another path in life to fulfill your destiny.

It's like he thinks he's clever.

So cute.

Why does Wolverine look like Kaiji?

He's by far the best thing about Malcolm in the Middle, and he's amazing in Breaking Bad.

He has the uncanny ability to carry a whole show on his back.

At 7/26/09 05:26 PM, Warrickneff wrote: Really what did you expect.

Usually, when I write a story, I expect that I will not have to worry about people getting angry because I'm not the same gender as the character within the story.

Goddammit, Newgrounds.

I have tried to get my mother to play video games on several occasions.

My findings:

She does like Wii Sports.

She does not like Resident Evil 4.

Do you consider yourself an emo?

If not, no.

I asked my mother, "what will I be?

Will I be pretty?

Will I be rich?"

And she answered.

Although in hindsight I can see that she was trying her best to keep me hopeful for the future, she did the exact opposite. My young mind could not comprehend her intentions. She planted a seed of doubt that day.

In truth, I was only fishing for compliments. I was a confident young girl, and at the time I knew I would grow up pretty. I knew that I would be rich. There was no other option. Everything would come naturally to me, and I'd grow up a beautiful, successful and, perhaps most importantly, happy woman. I was expecting a simple "yes, dear."

It was a shock to my system. For the first time in my life, the future was shrouded in mist. I had known, known, that everything would turn out great, but ever since that question my life turned on its head.

I couldn't get it out of my mind. I tried to get back to the blissful days before innocence lost. I went to school, I hung out with friends, I read books, I drew pictures, anything, anything to take my mind off of the future, but those words always echoed in my brain. I couldn't run away from uncertainty.

I grew distant. My confidence torn asunder, ripped apart by the ravenous beast of fear. Fear that perhaps I was not enough. Perhaps I would not be enough for this world. Not enough for myself.

I lost interest in my school work. If I was destined for failure, why bother trying? I stopped going to school. I stopped talking to my friends, and eventually they stopped talking to me. Over time I grew more and more reclusive until I found myself spending weeks on end inside my room, those words repeating over and over in my mind. The doubt had a hold on me, until it was all I could think about. I cut myself off from the world entirely.

I can look back on my life now, and see where it all went wrong. I haven't seen daylight for weeks; months maybe. I lost all confidence in myself as an individual long ago, and now am little more than shadow of my former self. What happened to that confident little girl, ready to take on the world? How did it come to this?

If I could just go back, and stop her. Stop my younger self from asking that silly question. None of this would have happened. This wouldn't be me. I wouldn't be the person who I am now.

If It wasn't for the musings of a young mind.

If it wasn't for those words.

Those terrible words.

I enjoyed about the first half of Fullmetal Alchemist, and then it seemed to go steadily downhill, leading to one of the worst endings in history.

To say that it's the only good anime is patently ridiculous, considering it's really only what I'd consider 'okay.'

Watch something like Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex or Samurai Champloo.

Or if you're willing to brave a movie, anything by Satoshi Kon or Hayao Miyazaki.

At 7/25/09 05:22 PM, FBIpolux wrote: 1 : What's your real name?

Ian.

2 : When is your birthday?

The 6th of June.

3 : What would be your ideal job?

Some sort of high ranking diplomat, maybe?

4 : Who's is your idol?

I've never really idolised anyone. Geez, wow. I only realise this now.

I've never had an idol.

5 : Who's your favorite Newgrounds user (only name one)?

I liked WilliWowza a lot, until he left. AshfordPride as well. He used to make make a lot of funny threads that nobody seemed to get.

6 : What's your favorite meal?

Pasta. I don't know what type, and what sauce, however.

7 : What's your favourite type of car?

I couldn't care less about cars.

8 : which Newgrounds user of the opposite sex would you date?

I don't know any of them enough to know.

and if you're gay... WELL I AIN'T CHANGING THE QUESTION

Bigot.

9 : Would you like to found a family later? / Do you currently have a wife / husband and child(s)?

I like the idea of it, but I don't know if my personality would be well suited to family life. I feel like I'd screw it all up.

10 : What's your opinion on Barak Obama?

He's very disappointing. I was a supporter of him (though I don't live in America) prior to the election, but he's done very little of what he's promised to do so far.

11 : If god could eradicate the idiots from the General Forum and spam from Newgrounds, would you be happy?

No.

There are other things in my life keeping me from being happy.

The idiots on Newgrounds just make me feel superior.

12 : What's your favorite video game?

One of the Final Fantasies, probably. Final Fantasy VII if I'm going by nostalgia.

13 : Which console do you prefer?

The Playstation 3 has more exclusives that I want to play than the other two consoles.

14 : Have you bought Alien Hominid or Castle Crasher? If yes, how do you find it? If no, why don't you buy it??

I don't care much for side scrolling shooters or beat 'em ups.

15 : Would your buy a NG T-Shirt, NG Stickers or any other NG merchandise?

No.

God no.

16 : How much time do you spend on Newgrounds every day?

Way too much.

17 : What are you proud about your Newgrounds account? (That can be everything if you think you are so awesome...)

Nothing.

18 : Do you have a goal on Newgrounds (example, doing 40K b/p in one year, making 10K posts, becoming mod, etc.)?

No.

19 : After two years, what do you think about the new layout, and all the new stuff that has been implemented in Newgrounds since the re-design?

It hasn't really affected me much. My favourite part of it is the ability to upload large images, though I do miss the animated signatures.

They really gave the forum life.

20 : What is the most important thing on the BBS according to you?

I really don't know.

21 : If you could change your user name again, what would you change it to?

I wouldn't.

22 : If you would say one thing to Tom to get a better Newgrounds, what would you say?

"Centre the images in the forum. It makes the site look more aesthetically pleasing."

I fucking hate trophies.

I'll just be trying to get through my game and it will keep popping up with "great, you've just advanced the story. Here's a medal for being so special."

Fantasy.

World.

Dizzy.

At 7/25/09 03:22 AM, MonkeyV wrote: Just look at mine and then make yours as similar as possible.

Just do the exact opposite of what this guy says, and you'll do fine.

At 7/25/09 04:51 AM, Starberry wrote: CONGRATULATIONS ON LISTENING TO LOUIS CK STANDUP, ORIGINAL POSTER

Man, I can go to any time!

The year 1, I don't even know what was happening in the year 1 but I know when I get there:

"Welcome, we have a table for you right over here, sir."

At 7/25/09 04:37 AM, UnreaK745 wrote: Am I one of them?

"I'm very glad that someone from the Xbox camp is converting to the Playstation camp.
Hurrah!"

They're fucking video game consoles.

You use them as a means to play video games.

Almost everyone who has posted in this thread is unbelievably pathetic.

At 7/24/09 03:02 AM, JohnnyWang wrote:

At 7/23/09 03:46 PM, Mendou wrote:

If you want a cool thriller, then check out the film Perfect Blue.

How many times do I have to suggest this movie so people will actually watch it?

Already seen it. Also, Tokyo Godfathers.

Also, Millenium Actress.

Also, Paprika.

Everything Satoshi Kon touches is gold.

At 7/23/09 02:50 PM, Dobio wrote: lol, how can anyone say it was the 'worst'? The only way you can say FFVI is the worst is if you've only played one game and it's both the best and the worst you've ever played....seriously....ugh, damn kids.

It can be considered the 'worst' if you had only played every Final Fantasy that came after it.

It cannot be considered the 'worst' if you had played any of the Final Fantasys that came before it.

At 7/23/09 10:22 AM, Jangowuzhere wrote: Again the game is 10 years old. I thought the decisions you made in the towns is what you ment. But even then I really don't see any flaw with not having long lasting decisions. Its not like in Fallout 3 or another game like Mass Effect the decisions you make matter all that much.

Is that bad? Theirs not much else they could have done with that. But even then its not like you have 1 or 2 decisions their are usually multiple ways for each quest or detail.

It's not that I'm holding it against the game specifically, it's just that I was led to believe that that was what was better about Fallout 1 and 2.

At 7/23/09 11:08 AM, Jin wrote: That's what you implied.

You are implying that the graphics are bad.

Sure, the graphics are bad, but I'm talking about the art.

You know.

Art.

Design.

The way in which the graphics are used.

All vaults were designed to be exactly the same, with a little modification with each to test the living abilities of the inhabitants. But you didn't know that because you're just skimming through the game, getting no hint of the story/events.

That's just an excuse by the developers to be lazy.

And I didn't skim through the game. I really tried to like it. I did everything I could, but the game still disappointed me.

The point of Fallout isn't to explore the wasteland. That's what Fallout 3 has and since you played it first you have taken it as a standard.

It's not just the point of Fallout.

Exploration is a huge part of RPGs in general.

Point is: Compare the graphics of the Fallout games to the games made in that era, and they fare the same.

I can compare the art design of Fallout to the games made in that era as well, you know.

In 1997 in Video Games, you've got games like Final Fantasy VII, Abe's Oddysee and Diablo out, and they all use their graphics engines to create a better looking game than Fallout.

Bet in FO3 you can't take your time to make your next move.

Sure you can. You can use the VATS system. You can open the menu in the middle of battle.

I didn't need to take any time to plan my next move in either of the games, though.

In Fallout 3, it was just "aim for the head with the combat shotgun."

In Fallout 1, it was just "aim for the eyes with the sniper rifle, and later the plasma rifle."

At 7/23/09 09:25 AM, Jin wrote: You love graphics. Graphics = how good the game is.

Don't put words into my mouth, that's not what I said at all.

I was complaining about the actual art within the game, which is mind-numbingly boring.

The whole game looks like it was made in a children's sandbox, aside from the vaults, of which they copy and paste over and over.

However, with regards to graphics, a fully 3D dystopian world makes for a more interesting place to explore than an isometric mess where everything is impossible to see unless you're standing in the exact right place. I know that Fallout 1 wasn't able to do what Fallout 3 has done, but that doesn't mean that I can't hold that as a reason why Fallout 3 is a better game.

There should be a game with better graphics than Fallout at that time. Like Fallout, Fallout 3's graphics, compared to MGS4, is mediocre.

Well, alright. But compared to MGS4, Fallout 1's graphics are terrible. I don't see what your point here is.

I love the way they give characters character. Not like everyone has the same mindset. I think stopping Master from his plan is more interesting than finding your father.

I find this conversation quite humorous. But of course finding your father is more fun loooool.

I think you'll find that I didn't praise the story of Fallout 3 at all.

Also, you find your father pretty early on in the story.

The story wasn't what was interesting about Fallout 3, however. What appealed to me about Fallout 3 was the overall atmosphere, which was helped entirely by everything that it was able to do, that Fallout 1 wasn't able to do.

Yes, in terms of deciding which is a better game, I'm allowed to hold the technology limitations of Fallout 1 against it.

I don't know. Many people love FPS so it may be natural you like FO3 more than Fallout.

Protip: I'm a huge RPG fan.

At 7/23/09 07:40 AM, PeterD23 wrote: *SPOILER* You have 150 days to find the water chip with barely any clues as where you are supposed to go

But of course, there's very few places you can go.

If you just talk to one person in the first town, he'll tell you how to get to the next town.

If you talk to a person in the next town, he'll tell you how to get to the place that houses the water chip (among other places.)

If you just search these few places a tiny bit, you'll find the water chip.

It took me about a quarter of that time to find it.

It's terribly written.

It has an uninteresting world (the same town copied and pasted a few times, surrounded by a huge amount of samey environments)

The levelling system is stupid (you get the maximum levelling up points if you, instead of levelling up when you can, wait and do a whole bunch of meaningless repetitive tasks).

The combat system is awkward (fighting in first person means it doesn't look like any of your swipes have hit, in third person your character looks unbearably bad in terms of animation).

The overarching story is uninteresting.

In spite of all this, it all combines to make a pretty average game. The main story is boring, but you can get some entertaining times going through the thieves' guild quests, and the assassins' guild quests (was the name Dark Brotherhood or something?)

The main problem, in a game like Oblivion, is the aforementioned boring game world. In a game that prides itself on being massive, there should be some incentive to explore it. But you can run across the entire map from one end to the other, and still feel like you never left.

It's really more disappointing than anything. You come out of the prison, and are treated to this great vista that give you images of a great world, but then you're reduced to seeing that image over and over. It's all just boring, generic fantasy crap.

There are better RPGs out there.

It's definitely Final Fantasy VII, because I am needlessly nostalgic for that game.

Sure games like IX and X were probably better games, but VII will stand out in my mind as the first RPG I played, and a symbol of my childhood.

So, uh.

I guess my opinion doesn't count for anything.

At 7/22/09 09:38 PM, Jangowuzhere wrote: And the writing in Fallout is about Oh 30x better then Fallout 3. The dialogue in Fallout is supposed to come off as silly but also somewhat realistic.

The writing isn't any good in either of the games. It's just a little better in Fallout 3. In Fallout 3 you don't walk around a post apocalyptic wasteland filled with only characters who spout remarks like "I love my boss."

And geez. SPOILER. The conversation I had with The Master was ridiculous. It basically went down to "I'm going to build a master race (because I am clearly supposed to be Hitler)." "But wait, your mutants are infertile." "What? My mutants are infertile? Oh geez, my master plan is ruined. I can't be doing the things that I have been doing anymore (almost an exact quote there)." And then the factory blows up.

The story throughout is very long and the characters you meet are shortly met but are developed enough so you can understand them.

The characters are all one-note caricatures. What do you mean they are developed long enough to understand them? Each character says about 3 paragraphs of dialogue total, and about half of that is simply fact telling.

And the story took me about 8-10 hours to complete, so I don't know what you're on about there.

Their isn't alot of quests in Fallout but their is alot of details you most likely missed. I tryed to explore every detail in the game and still missed out on a lot and beat the game in about 3 weeks. And maybe you missed the ending of Fallout but the desicions you made in in the towns and areas are reflected in the ending of the game.

No, I did that.

It was all just a "and then this town got abandoned" and "and then this town flourished" and so on and so forth. When I say lasting decisions, I don't mean a different sentence said when confronted with the short lived ending cutscene.

Their are also of coarse minor stuff that can help you or not help you depending on your decision in certain parts of the game.

The decisions all seemed to boil down to; be a saint, or be a fucking arsehole.

To me Fallout 3 was unoriginal and just had a boring dull world and was presented very poorly. I felt like Fallout 1 and 2 both had greater depth and had a better appeal.

You're just another person that has had their past distorted by nostalgia.

If you could just wake up, you'd find that Fallout 3 improves on absolutely every aspect of Fallout. The story isn't any more interesting in Fallout 3, but exploring the world actually feels like exploration.

At 7/22/09 09:45 PM, Jangowuzhere wrote: The most important part about this game is building a great character. Make sure that he is at least decent in combat and intelligent to talk to others.

I found building a great character really didn't take as much thinking as it should have. I just got small guns, speech and energy weapons, and spent the game just cruising through it. After I got the plasma rifle, there was no chance of anything being able to kill me.