I like this thread.

At 10/25/09 03:31 AM, Ranchero wrote: Yah I got that part, that is why he started trippin', cuz his dream was unfolding.

That, and it combines several other fears. I could write pages analyzing the core of what is scary about this scene. It boils down to this: fear of the unknown (that there's someone hiding outside your field of sight), claustrophobia (the dream took place in a closed, timeless location, as if it was all he was meant to see in his life's course of events), and fear of the unreal (in real life you will never suspect something supernatural from your dream to pop out like that, and yet, it can).

So was that fucker that popped out from behind the wall the wizard?

Yeah it was the guy he was talking about, hence the ugly face.

At 10/25/09 03:19 AM, Ranchero wrote: The guy stands at the counter just like in his dream then he can see the face through the wall or whatever but it isn't really that scary.

He doesn't stand there to help him, he just stand there to check out. In that dream in that particular moment he could see through the wall a wizard, a person who controls the events, hiding in the distance.

This is by far the scariest thing I have seen online.

It truly gets to you psychologically, if you can understand it.

And no, it's not just the screamer at the end

At 10/9/09 12:09 PM, reverend wrote: Improve the situation in Afghanistan ? Nope

When he was campaigning he said he will send more troops to Afghanistan and get troops out of Iraq. That is exactly what he's been doing.

At 10/8/09 11:17 AM, rumerio wrote: Its a fun addicting game and 3 years ago it would look better than it does right now

I've been here longer than my sign-up date says.. trust me, I've seen close to hundred flashes like this, some with even better graphics and more power-ups, end up with a score around 3.7-3.8. This is a sheep reaction. If someone comes into a flash and sees a 9.9 review average, he feels reluctant to give it a 5, regardless if the flash is just good or truly excellent. If he comes to a flash and sees a 7 review average, with people raising complaints over the simplicity of the game and lack of long-term playability, etc., he will not give it more than a 3.

Was pretty fair, but Canabalt doesn't really deserve any award. IMO if it was submitted 3 years ago it would get 3.7 at most. Very empty game that gets boring fast.

also this

I made a thread were I tried it. It stopped after like 15 seconds with the message "cannot delete a file in use".

That's what Obama wants you to think

I like it. Best game ever, besides Metroid Prime of course.

Any AP Physics book, one of the last chapters? The uncertainty principle?

Lemme guess.. you just finished studying about the river societies and classical period of China and India and were getting into classical Greece? Assuming you started school about a week before September

Fix'd link (remove space): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgacUYty LI

Skate 2 by far. Never have I put some much time in a game in order to master it. Never has learning a certain element of a game (hippie flips - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgacUYtL LI/) taken tenfolds the time it took to achieve the platinum.

Don't try to prove me wrong with different examples because there are none, and it will be obvious that you never played Skate 2. If you have played Skate 2 and think I'm wrong, add me on PS3 (my psn: Michaelas10) and I'll play spot battle with you and prove you that you are a n00b and know nothing whatsoever.

I was saying this for years..

At 9/13/09 02:32 AM, TheSavant wrote: Truth

Thank you for your understanding.

At 9/12/09 07:52 PM, Canas wrote: The animation has changed so much in the past few years it's astounding. I had never seen a higher quality movie than "Merry Melody" or "Final Fantasy A++", but now those flashes are completely blown out of the water quality wise and even in humor/story-telling.

Progress is a good thing

Again, that's a good reason for higher scores but not OUTRAGEOUS scores like 4.7 and 9.9 review average. No flash is perfect, and there are some really flawed ones who are undeservingly getting this treatment.

If this flash was submitted in 2005, it would never get beyond 3.8. I know, I've seen very similar flash.

I'm glad you agree.

There has been a trend in the past 3 years or so, of flashes becoming gradually better animated and given better storylines due to improved Flash CS technologies and raising standards. Of course this would mean better scores and review average. But what we're seeing is this concept taken to its extreme, there are now mediocre flashes in the portal which are given scores the top-tier flashes back in 2004 and 2005 would never dream to get. And it's getting worse and worse with each day. Going through the review pages of recent top 50 flashes, you see almost nothing but people commenting on how their enjoyed the said flash, with no real criticism or suggestions for improvement. And in the case of some flashes there is NO EXCUSE for doing that.

What do you attribute this change to? Lower critical ability of the new generation? Increased "feel-good" attitude in the new generation which motivates people to vote 5 on everything they even slightly like? How do you think this can be solved?

At 9/9/09 12:26 AM, AniMetal wrote:

At 9/9/09 12:24 AM, Michaelas10 wrote: AP Physics C?

Yup, that's exactly right.

You're fucked.

AP Physics C?

Oh really.

Well, duh.

Wow, this guy just discovered the Internet.

Wow, this guy must be 11.

I love this thread.

At 9/6/09 12:39 PM, tweekee wrote: How the hell did they not laugh at that.

Turn the volume up.. I heard some giggles.

Who let this guy on the Bills?

He's either mentally retarded, or faking it. Discuss.

lim(x>1)x=1

x=1

It's not funny

Let me present you with a simple fact: this animation is #1. There are 1000 animations with a score above 4.30. There are at least 200 better, more original animations, and in most cases the artist worked harder on them. This one has kiddy appeal, uses a plot anyone who watched TV could have easily pulled out of his ass, and tweens a lot of animations (whereash most of the top flashes are frame-by-frame). I'm not one of those 200 artists, but if I was, you have no idea how infuriated I would be.

Comparatively speaking, this animation does deserve about a 6 for the effort, but the review average and some of those reviews people write were just so ludicrous, I needed an excuse to bring that average down. In fact, I'm on the brink of making lots of alts dedicated to that purpose.

I'm only doing what right. I'm sure people are going to stick to their opinion but mine has just a little bit more logical precedent behind it. (NO THERE WAS NO MORAL OR LESSON WHATSOEVER, NO JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN ITS GROUNDBREAKING PLOT AND CHARACTER-WISE. IF THIS WAS ON TV NO ONE WOULD TREAT IT AS ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST THE USUAL CARTOON FLUFF)

Thank you for listening.

From a liveleak comment:

"This tragic accident took place in Beirut the second week of June 2009. I know because I was standing there the day after this accident happened. I was told that two teenage boys were showing off their diving/jumping skills or lack thereof while passersby were walking as usual in the afternoon on the seaside promenade of Beirut called "Manara" across the boulevard from the American University of Beirut (AUB). I was told that the teenager and his buddy had jumped a few times that day. His friend made a safe dive but this teenager slipped as he was about to jump. One has to sprint away from the railing in order to land away from the stone ledge on the bottom where fishermen usually fish. I was told the day after this accident took place that a phone video of the tragic accident surfaced in Beirut and was being forwarded from one cell phone to another. The teenager filmed in this clip slipped and ended up hitting his head on the stone ledge below from a height of over 40 feet. It was a very sad and tragic accident. I was told that the teenager s face was split in half validated by the second part of the video clip. So for LiveLeakers dismissing the validity of these two clips, if you do not speak, understand Arabic or the Lebanese dialect spoken by the ER staff, you are wrong, this two-part clip is not of two different people, one tanned and one pale white as some have commented but of the same teenager is. As I mentioned, the first clip was shot in the afternoon (where more than likely using a Nokia phone which takes darker videos in the afternoon) at the "Manara" boulevard in Beirut by a teenage girl who was heard in the clip saying: Quote - Oh my God! Oh my God! Someone call the Civil Defense - End of Quote. The civil defense is an emergency rescue organization made up of volunteers, similar to the Red Cross. The second cell phone video was shot in the bright-lit ER at the American University Hospital (AUH) less than a quarter mile away. I am not sure though whether it is the same teenage girl who shot the first clip of the accident. This is going to sound absurd to most of those living in the "developing nations" but it is quite common for family, friends of wounded or dead patients, and even hospital staff to sneak in a cell phone to the ER and record on their cell phones such clips evidenced by similar cell phone videos of grave wounds I have seen in the ER rooms in Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq and other war-torn land in the Middle East. The American University Hospital (AUH) in Beirut is one of the top three hospitals there with American medical standards and ethics; however, rules are not always as tight when it comes to turning on the video camera of a cell phone. Hard for most to comprehend but that's the way things are. Both parts of the video clip are of the same teenager. I was told that he was taken to the ER where all the surgeons were able to do is stitch his deep and severe wounds. The staff tried to keep him alive in intensive care but he died two days later. The city did install a while back barbwires to discourage young men from jumping from the top of the railings and risking injury or death but young men continue to jump as they see this activity as a fun challenge. There have been similar accidents there as a result of carelessness and ignorance by the swimmers, teenagers and even men in their twenties. One day after this accident took place, I saw teenagers climb on the metal railing and stand between the barb wires to jump in ten foot deep water with blocks of concrete/rocks the size of minivans intended to break the high waves were less than 5 ft away from where the teenage boys were landing. May he rest in peace."