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Kineth posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

We're all appropriating Anglo-Saxon culture by typing in English.

I hope you aren't serious.

Dude stop using my ancestor's language.
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We're all appropriating Anglo-Saxon culture by typing in English.
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No. It's her body.

She can keep it if she wants--but I might not be sticking around!
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trash
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Hayame Zero posted...

I too remember the good ole happier days...when I was too young to recognize the bad things that existed back then too.

/topic
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EpicNameBro/ Marcus under the name BigWilliePlays. The guy was famous for his Souls lore videos. He didn't post on CE, but on the Dark Souls PS3 board.
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No TC, I will not accept you as my son any longer.
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How is any of this funny?
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I don't support it, but neither am I against it.
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iamintents posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

All these neo-Nazi fucks don't even look like the "superior Aryan race."

dude they had a "representative" on a tv show once and his last name was Italian.

they are so fucking dumb

Aside from the fact that "Aryan" is a term used by anicent Indo-Iranian peoples, most of these fuckers aren't the "Aryan" that 19th century and early 20th century racist anthropologists and Nordicists alike championed.

creativerealms posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

All these neo-Nazi fucks don't even look like the "superior Aryan race."

To be fair neither did Hitler.

He still looked Nordid.
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All these neo-Nazi fucks don't even look like the "superior Aryan race."
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Wow, he literally re-iterates an argument made countless times for many, many years.
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I played a lot of GTAO but in short periods.

Like maybe a few days to maybe a month then I would play something else. GTAO is actually a pretty boring game in general. The heists to me are the peak of the game and that's why I earned most of money playing the heists over and over again.
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Southernfatman posted...

Swagnificent119 posted...

Honestly, GTA Online isn't even that bad compared to everything else out there. At least I know WTF I'm buying if I choose to go that route.

Like, the only people that get screwed in GTA Online are the idiots who need to have every car just sitting in their garage doing nothing.

Vita_Aeterna posted...

Right? The whole thing about Rockstar games and MTX is just one huge circlejerk.

If you ever want to keep up with everyone else in public lobbies you either have to buy shark cards or sacrifice your time to grinding and grinding and grinding because the mission payouts are so little which is obviously intentional to get you to buy cards. When everyone else has explosive snipers and the latest super tough vehicles and you don't you're going to get your ass kicked.

I sort of quit GTAO, but I've left earning $42.8 million. No shark cards ever purchased. I did grind for it, but like most online games you DO need to spend a lot of time being successful at it.

All RDR2 needs to do is continue their MTX bullshit in online mode but keep singleplayer mtx-free. That is the best compromise.
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She's alright. Talks too much about her ex in bed.
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Swagnificent119 posted...

Honestly, GTA Online isn't even that bad compared to everything else out there. At least I know WTF I'm buying if I choose to go that route.

Like, the only people that get screwed in GTA Online are the idiots who need to have every car just sitting in their garage doing nothing.

Right? The whole thing about Rockstar games and MTX is just one huge circlejerk.
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Imagine being a medical doctor and posting on GameFAQs.
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Just watched it last night.

Reading this topic made me realize why the movie was okay maybe good at best but not great-- it's the action scenes. None of them had me excited at all.
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Orthopox12 posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

I wasn't around on GFAQs until 2013.

Id say your the one who doesnt know what they are talking about. Game boards use to get the traffic you see here on CE comparatively they are dead now.

CE is one of the 2 or 3 social/ everything goes type board. The game boards are split into several hundred, if not thousand different boards.
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Well I sort of thought accuracy is the reason someone came up with "First Nations" in the first place but figured the term stuck even in colloquial terms because people thought it's about "political correctness."

Nationalism and national identity topics fascinate me.
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Saul Goodman vs. Barry Zuckerkorn vs. Michael Cohen. Who's the best lawyer?
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Dash_Harber posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

Rockstar's RDR seems to glorify and romanticize the Old West, and in fact seems to take much from Frederick Turner Bull's "Frontier Thesis."

It's not exclusive to Western games, either. I took a whole class on how Hollywood has rehashed the thesis over and over. There are countless examples of non-Westerns that have embraced it, such as Avatar, Full Metal Jacket, or Deliverance.

Vita_Aeterna posted...

I really hope to see more First Nations groups in the game. To me, the Wild West is very much about these groups as much as it is about White Americans, and Westward expansion.

I assume you are Canadian, then, because First Nations only applies to aboriginal people north of the border, and it doesn't include all aboriginal groups.

I am. Sorry. "Political correctness" and all. Yeah, First Nations generally refers to Native/ aboriginal/ indigenous Canadians. I don't use the word "Indian" because it's the most hilarious stupid term that people keep using (even worse with the South Asian minority in BC). "Native Americans" also has its own set of problems.
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Wow this topic sucks ass.

Let's just pack this up. I'm planning to read Patricia Limerick's Legacy of Conquest for Red Dead Redemption 2. I'm a history undergrad, so this sort of stuff fascinates me. Although Rockstar games haven never been about historical accuracy, I do appreciate their penchant for social commentary of American society, life and tradition. With the "Wild" or "Old West" being so strangely ingrained into American identity, it'll be interesting to experience a video game on a much nuanced level. Will Rockstar explore deep into historical facts? Or will it be pulp fiction of the Sergio Leone type? Rockstar's RDR seems to glorify and romanticize the Old West, and in fact seems to take much from Frederick Turner Bull's "Frontier Thesis."

The original RDR never really dug deep into historical accuracy, but careful examination of dialogue seem to say a striking deal about democracy and liberty--two important American ideals. I really hope to see more First Nations groups in the game. To me, the Wild West is very much about these groups as much as it is about White Americans, and Westward expansion.
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Distant_Rainbow posted...

Silent Hill 3

Wrong. NEXT.

Darkrobotisback posted...

OwlRammer posted...

math blasters 1st grade

Wrong. NEXT.
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OwlRammer posted...

math blasters 4th grade

Wrong. NEXT.
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Guess the game.
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Aeriis posted...

I really don't remember it being this bad until the last few years.

It's become horrible in the past few years. Politics has divided gamers incredibly.
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SGT_Conti posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

s0nicfan posted...

The social boards have always been, yes.

Well no shit, but I'm talking about the gaming community. What was political discourse within the gaming community like in 2006? Anything about race? Gender? SJWs?

I think the occasional race thing, but the most common targets of the gaming community were people like Jack Thompson.

Ah, the "violent video games causes violence" types. I mean, there weren't really any major groups of people in favor for dialing down on video game violence on the boards right ? Feels like it's only older Republican/ conservatives that want that.
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Orthopox12 posted...

Social boards are a different experience than the game boards. Although the game boards are dead as all shit now.

Sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about.
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s0nicfan posted...

The social boards have always been, yes.

Well no shit, but I'm talking about the gaming community. What was political discourse within the gaming community like in 2006? Anything about race? Gender? SJWs?
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I wasn't around on GFAQs until 2013.
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LordFarquad1312 posted...

Then go play Nioh again.

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WSM Piru posted...

Jewish is such a vague descriptor tbh. Don't get me wrong tho, there's a lot of Persian and Russian Jewish hotties out here in NYC, but its such a wide variation.

Persian Jews? That sounds fairly obscure. Most Jews in the Anglosphere, or at least in Hollywood seem to be of Ashkenazi or Sephardi type.
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50 hours is a lot for a "linear", 100% singleplayer game.
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Bang the stupid out of her.
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It's a solid 9/10 game despite lots of flaws. It's largely the result of a full, complete product featuring lots of content, a quality narrative, cast of side characters, soundtrack and combat that comes together in fine fashion.

There ARE some issues with the game, despite the game's merits. For example, the camera angle is poor; boss fights are lackluster; GOW suffers from lack of enemy and boss variety; and the climbing parts are dull as fuck (which is part of the greater problem of restrictive movement). I also don't think Atreus and Kratos are as good as a duo as Joel and Ellie either (GOW is usually compared to TLOU btw).
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Here's mine:

anything RDR2 related = some snide comment about Rockstar and MTX, or GTAO, or shark-cards or buffalo cards.
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Do you want to read an essay? Because that's how you end up reading an essay.
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Second_Chances posted...

all I know about changes with DQXI are 1) addition of voice acting, English only of course since Japanese voice acting never existed and 2) menu overhaul similar to the one VIII got on PS2, which considering how out of place it is with the uniform style of menus in the series otherwise, or how the fancier more visual menus actually slowed down the gameplay a lot in VIII on the PS2, I can understand being bothered by them doing it again

maybe they cheaper out on the soundtrack again and only licensed the MIDI versions instead of the orchestral ones or something but I don't know if XI had an orchestral soundtrack anyways

Some dude was complaining about the new run feature and how it was catering to Westerners. Then he said that the first-person view was dumb and unneeded. Said something about Westerners liking FPS games.

Obv. a one off, but I've seen this Us vs. Them mentality in anime circles before. As far conservatism and narrow-mindedness in JRPGs go, I think a lot of them see it as a dying genre so they're weirdly fierce about keeping things like it "used to be."
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Slip-N-Slide posted...

dis dat doe cute as fuck white chick Ford F-150 bigfoot

I can attest to everything except Ford F-150 and bigfoot. What's that all about?
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Second_Chances posted...

I think the video game community in general is pretty close-minded

They all have their varying degrees of toxicity, but JRPG fans are kind of up there with that. Or at least it seems that way, I dunno.

*shrugs*
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I saw some guy bashing DQXI's changes in the Western version. Oddly, I've seen this sort of conservatism to JRPG changes before. I also started thinking about anime fans and how they treat people who watch Western TV shows as some sort of repulsive "other." They're blind loyalty to Japan and anime in general is seriously the most disgusting thing ever.

Ving_Rhames posted...

Weebs tend to have zero social awareness and are thus socially inept af. Being socially inept af closes you off from experiences that would generally make you more open minded.

I've already been scarred from my time at MyAnimeList.
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Think there's any truth to that?

Weabs also soil the JRPG fandom, so there's that.
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Is that a qipao or a cheongsam?
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Every season has its beauty.

For me: Winter, Autumn and Summer are tied, but spring is last because there's just not enough going on for it. The transitional period between Winter and Summer is pretty boring.

Summer is hot, but you can do plenty out-door activities: hiking, swimming, kayaking, camping, visiting faraway tourist locales. People also dress more liberally. Skirts and blouses, sundresses and bikinis. Shorts for men, and a plain t-shirt. Certain fruits become in "season", and ice cold drinks become an obsession. Picnics and barbecues become commonplace.

Winter is cold and thus spending time inside is usually the way to go. Even then, walking outside and soaking in the atmosphere always makes me happy. Because Christmas is a huge part of what makes winter special, I would attribute a good deal of the winter magic because of Christmas. Ideally, staying inside in a blizzard, with some hot chocolate, playing board-games with friends and family is about as great as doing anything else. The lights are especially unique during this time, and many wear snazzy coats and scarves and the like.

I dunno, maybe I'm just a romantic.
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Make sure a pillow or two is facing the wall and buy a bed reading desk that allows your Laptop/ book/ some drink to sit firmly. Alternatively, you buy a bed chair too, if a pillow-wall/ flat surface combination doesn't suffice.
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British Columbia license plate?
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Yes, but they're a rarity imo. Mixed race black women are often attractive. I live in Canada so black women are a pretty small minority, so that cuts the frequency of seeing an attractive black woman IRL a rarity.

IMO, the most attractive black woman I've ever seen:


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Both and you have a 500 posts topic.
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