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TaroSH

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Posts: 2383

(01/25/08 5:55 PM)

I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

I used to mess up my hand really bad with Mario Party. Several games required you to spin the control stick around, and I would always use the palm of my hand.

I guess everyone else did too, because Nintendo put a warning about that on their site and made sure all the other Mario Parties didn't have spin-the-control-stick games (which is great, because they're shit)

bjstrykes

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Posts: 1051

(02/27/08 2:02 PM)

Pinpoint Accuracy

Panasonic is making a Wii-proof TV.

I'm not denying that some people are dumb, but sometimes I think it is just an honest mistake. If you're simulating playing a baseball game and you've played real baseball before, it's probably a natural reflex by now to let go of the object in your hand at some point. Something with that shape and with smooth edges can also easily slip if your hands get sweaty.

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 18054

(02/27/08 9:43 PM)

But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad!

I heard about Panasonic making a Wii-Proof TV on the radio about a week ago. I don't know whether or not to be surprised if they actually go through with it. Even if there are a lot of people who own Wiis, how many are going to buy a whole new TV?

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/27/08 9:53 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Well, maybe another use would be protecting your TV from stray gunfire when people find out you have a Wii.

CLOUDBOND007

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Posts: 10728

(02/27/08 9:54 PM)

Lunitari Mage
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but sometimes I think it is just an honest mistake.

Sorry, I still have no sympathy for anyone who causes physical or property damage playing the Wii. Every game has a warning about using the strap when you turn it on and to be careful with your movements.

Now personally, I don't use the strap the majority of the time. I don't think anyone who's used a game controller before would really need to. I haven't played them all by any means, but I've not seen any Wii game yet where you'd ever use enough motion to send the remote flying into your TV or flying anywhere at all. If I had a big screen TV that cost thousands of dollars, I'd probably consider it just to be on the safe side.

On another subject, a lot of Xbox 360 games are designed with HDTV's in mind and so the text can be nearly unreadable on a standard set. Many developers keep us cavemen in mind and make the text large enough. But whenever there's a complaint about a game that doesn't, there's part of the gaming population who comes back with lines like this:

"If you could afford a 360, you could afford an HDTV. It's stupid to have one without the other, and so you're stupid for complaining about this."

That just infuriates me.

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Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/27/08 9:58 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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You know what's even better? People (they must be practically mummies) who are pissed that the best Blu-Ray player is a PS3. There are actually people who don't want to have a game system in with their other hi-fi equipment, or even in their house. They actually would be willing to pay more for a Blu-Ray player that had LESS features than a PS3, just to avoid having something that could theoretically play a videogame.

Kairobi King

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Posts: 1119

(02/28/08 1:49 PM)

Eldean Rebel

Maybe they just hate Sony THAT much? And how could a Blu-Ray with less features be even more expensive? The PS3 is pretty darn expensive as it is.

~ Kairobi King ~

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/28/08 2:03 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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They are people that are too old to give a shit about Nintendo vs. Sony. They don't want videogames in their house, period.

Steve Burke: The single biggest problem with the PS3 is that it can be used to play games. I personally don't understand how any responsible parent can allow his/her children to play games - it is addictive, and it may lead to carpal tunnel symdrome. Just having the PS3 in the house opens up that possibility.

...

Lately, the kids have been asking to play games on it [...]. So we are going to sell the PS3 so this issue will not come up at all.

BuckNaked: [I] recently capitulated, and bought a PS3 to go purple while all this nonsense continues to sort itself out.

I hate that it's a game console, which I do not need, and that it has 40 Gigabytes of unneeded HDD space.

MauneyM: I WILL NOT allow any game console to be connected to my HT. I have 4 kids, and I have worked very hard to impress upon them that we will NOT burn up hours on my projector bulb for games. Thus, I will NOT - UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES - connect a game machine to my projector.
Period.

If the PS3 happens to be the best BD player available, then tough. I will do without BD until they release out a product that meets my needs at a reasonable price.

Of course, there are a few HD-DVD fanboys who hate Sony, too.

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

bjstrykes

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Posts: 1051

(02/28/08 2:14 PM)

Pinpoint Accuracy

When you have a house full of kids, it's just something I can imagine happening regardless of precautions. And I'm not the type of person who's going to scream at a kid and call him stupid because he slips and makes a mistake.

I don't know how much market there would be for the Wii-proof TV, but if someone owns or plans to own a Wii and was going to be getting a new TV anyway, it's an option to think about, I suppose.

*sigh* I guess I'm just the kind of parent who believes that videogames are okay, even good in moderation. But who am I to tell others how to raise their kids?

CLOUDBOND007

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(02/28/08 9:50 PM)

Lunitari Mage
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The XTREME BluRay player.

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TaroSH

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Posts: 2383

(02/29/08 12:48 AM)

I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

It looks like a microwave...

Crawl and 1OOO

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(03/19/08 11:31 AM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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"When you're older..." or something that assumes this person on the internet knows something about this other person on the internet through their words, even though they've never met.

It's really stupid.

Oddly, I have never had someone use "When you're older..." on me in real life, even when I was talking to someone who actually was older.

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

Brigade Delbrack

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Posts: 725

(03/19/08 12:48 PM)

Electric Boogaloo

Flying Omelette wrote:

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LOL!! This would happen on boards I'd already been going to for years.

Just because you've been going to a board for several years doesn't mean you should act like you own it.

I didn't.

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 18054

(03/19/08 12:59 PM)

But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad!

Yes you did.

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:
"When you're older..." or something that assumes this person on the internet knows something about this other person on the internet through their words, even though they've never met.

It's really stupid.

Oddly, I have never had someone use "When you're older..." on me in real life, even when I was talking to someone who actually was older.

If that's in response to me... I think you're taking that criticism too literally. You can be "young" mentally regardless of your actual age. That's why I had Honen tell 95 Honen, "In time you will understand", as opposed to "When you're older, you'll understand". And as for mobiusclimber...Gimme a break! When someone has the grammar and arguing skills of an 8-year-old and uses an avatar of a masticating baby, it's almost impossible to not make the mental association.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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Posts: 11842

(03/19/08 1:17 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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I've seen it at other boards.

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 18054

(03/19/08 1:22 PM)

But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad!

it would be great if people take that from me and misappropriate it. That's one of the problems with the internet - the people who the criticism is applied to will never ever see it within themselves. Instead, they'll just try to take the argument and turn it around for their own benefit. That's what the "Delayed Copycat Response" is all about.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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Posts: 11842

(03/19/08 1:28 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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I've seen it at other boards YEARS ago. I think one person who pulled it on me, as though as I was a teenager, eventually turned out to be about 3 years older than me.

The difference in the Honen case is that Honen knows for a fact what Honen will be like in a few years. Most people don't have that privilege.

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 18054

(03/19/08 5:40 PM)

But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad!

I don't know what happened to you at other message boards, but a lot of people on the internet really are teenagers and little kids, and when someone comes in here acting like one and won't make any attempt to listen to reason, then I feel people are justified in responding with, "You're too young to understand". What I think is even stupider is when they reply to that accusation with, "HA! I'm actually in my 20's!!" (or 30's), as if now everything they've said is completely right and everyone else is wrong. Sorry, but not a good answer. Then it means you're retarded. Saying that we think you're just too young yet is giving you the benefit of the doubt, that you have time to mature and learn to listen to others, and be understanding.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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Posts: 11842

(03/19/08 8:34 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
Administrator

All I know is that if someone on the internet jumps to the conclusion I'm a teenager (or, really, any conclusion about me), I'm not gonna take it as an opportunity to do some self-reflection. It's just a free ticket for me to ignore whatever they say.

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 18054

(03/19/08 9:10 PM)

But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad!

I really wish I had some idea of what brought this on because I feel like I'm arguing against something I can't see.

I'm not talking about immediately jumping to conclusions. I'm talking about people like mobius and "Mr. I Think I'm Turning Japanese, I Really Think So" who were given plenty of opportunity, leeway, and patience, but who continued to argue without making any single attempt to understand anyone else's point of view at all. And again, you can't interpret it too literally. If someone insists on acting like they're stuck in 1995, then they deserve to be treated as such. If they don't take the opportunity to do self-reflection, then it's their problem and no one else's.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

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