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| Topic | Isn't Link actually the bad guy of Link's Awakening (spoilers) |
| Polycosm 09/24/19 7:22:30 PM #23 | DarkRoast posted... The Nightmares clearly state that their whole intent is to keep the Wind Fish asleep so that the island and its inhabitants can stay alive. Eh... do they? I thought they planned to conquer the island... The Owl: "The monsters' power is real! They may conquer the island and destroy their foes!" Nightmares: "We were born of nightmares... To take over this world, we made the Wind Fish sleep endlessly! If the Wind Fish doesn't wake up, this island will never disappear! We would have been masters of this place..." Add to that, the kidnappings. The island inhabitants were doomed to worse fate if Link hadn't come along. Oblivion is the greatest mercy they could have hoped for. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | The "sexy ___" Halloween costume meme has gone too far. |
| Polycosm 09/24/19 6:32:34 PM #9 | Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Definitely not, nope. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Websites with bad password rules |
| Polycosm 09/24/19 6:01:33 PM #14 | konokonohamaru posted... Polycosm posted...I've run into the "no symbols allowed" rule a few times. Like, seriously? Unless you're a one-man team, there's no excuse for that. That's an astute point, but the better solution to SQL injection isn't sanitization-- it's prepared statements. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Websites with bad password rules |
| Polycosm 09/24/19 5:55:49 PM #8 | I've run into the "no symbols allowed" rule a few times. Like, seriously? Unless you're a one-man team, there's no excuse for that. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Peak children's literature: "My Dad Used To Be Cool" |
| Polycosm 09/23/19 3:35:38 PM #16 | Can't relate; I was never cool. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | AOC claims opppoisition to student loan debt forgiveness is just Hazing Culture |
| Polycosm 09/19/19 3:42:47 AM #33 | It's got nothing to do with hazing... I just don't see how this particular wealth transfer makes any sense. If you've already earned a bachelor's degree, you belong to a privileged class. The two-thirds of Americans without a four-year degree should not be paying off the loans of the top 34%. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Just deleted the new CEO's 2k phone contacts on accident |
| Polycosm 09/17/19 11:25:26 AM #18 | Does the CEO have a tablet or laptop with a local copy? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | SNL's Shane Gills fired over racial slur use |
| Polycosm 09/16/19 11:49:26 PM #74 | I give a LOT of leeway to comedians, especially when they're on radio / podcasts filling hours and hours... but that was uncomfortable. He was maybe 75% of the way to a full Michael Richards. It wasn't a screaming rage, but it came across as pretty real. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | GameStop store redesign leaked |
| Polycosm 09/16/19 4:52:24 PM #23 | The retro stuff is neat. Looks like they went the cheap route, but most people won't notice. It would've been really cool if they had invested in a BVM/PVM setup or RGB upscaled for a modern display w/ a Framemeister... but still, I like the concept. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | California's Left doubles down on the policies that made the state the poorest |
| Polycosm 09/16/19 12:28:55 PM #56 | Californians aren't so much "poor" as they are house-poor. It's easy to move out of the state if you're already a homeowner but not so easy to move in. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Why aren't you Yang Gang? |
| Polycosm 09/15/19 4:40:20 PM #6 | Sayoria posted... omg YES --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | man turok needs to get in on the remastered gen |
| Polycosm 09/13/19 2:46:35 AM #10 | Irony posted... sabin017 posted...outstanding I can only speak to the first one, but sabin is right-- it's an excellent remaster. It's not a remix, not a remake, not a re-imagining... just a remaster / re-tuning of the original game. It runs flawlessly on modern platforms and includes a handful of tasteful tweaks and options while remaining 100% true to the original game. I get that people don't agree on what these terms mean, but the Turok "remaster" is akin to a museum piece that's been painstakingly restored and preserved. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | The "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" reboot trailer is up; it looks solid |
| Polycosm 09/13/19 12:39:45 AM #11 | DrizztLink posted... gamer167 posted...My favorite episode was when that kid stole that clowns nose and it started stalking himIs that the one with the clown drooling blue liquid? The clown nose episode was "The Tale of Laughing in the Dark" with Zeebo the clown. Blue drool = Ghastly Grinner from the similarly named episode --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | The "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" reboot trailer is up; it looks solid |
| Polycosm 09/13/19 12:35:37 AM #10 | The production values and acting look great-- way beyond the original. I'm not totally clear on the premise though. I liked the framing of the first run of the show when it was just stories around the campfire. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Are you going to see the movie Cuck? |
| Polycosm 09/12/19 4:22:12 PM #15 | 11 people asked for permission to watch and were denied. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Nuclear power is the only solution to climate change |
| Polycosm 09/12/19 1:50:26 AM #4 | Nuclear is a vital part of our future energy profile (reliability and availability is key), but I think you've overstated its role to a degree. Nuclear plants are expensive and take decades to come online. We don't have time to wait that long. We need to invest in wind and solar today, AND kickstart nuclear so it's ready in 20 years when we've inevitably failed to meet our targets again. The only solution is "all of the above." --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Alt-Right Sam Harris: 'I have more respect for Osama Bin Laden than for Trump' |
| Polycosm 09/12/19 1:29:29 AM #3 | So the argument is that Bin Laden, in theory, may have been corrupted by a toxic, mind-virus type of religious ideology... whereas Trump does the things he does because that's just who he is, to his core. I thought this was an attention-seeking comment at first but it's actually not a crazy argument the way Sam Harris lays it out. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Let's say Trump gets a second term. FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT. |
| Polycosm 09/11/19 11:41:23 AM #8 | There aren't very many inspirational recovery stories when it comes to dementia; it typically runs its course in one direction. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Trump Jr. jokes about the #MeToo movement |
| Polycosm 09/10/19 5:11:44 PM #31 | "Kimberly may Me Too me later but that's a different story," Trump Jr. said Is this a reference to the way Trump's first wife accused him of rape? Oh man, so funny! --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | terms you want retired in 2019? |
| Polycosm 09/08/19 6:05:08 PM #17 | Shotgunnova posted... cuck W-what are you going to do to my toys after you take them away from me? Can I watch? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Trump is finally going to prison, he altered a weather forecast |
| Polycosm 09/05/19 4:24:54 PM #30 |  --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Die Hard or Terminator 2? |
| Polycosm 09/05/19 1:22:11 PM #29 | Die Hard is a classic and there's no denying that it has better acting. T2 beats it in too many other categories though, imo. I say T2. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Wedding venue cancels on interracial couple |
| Polycosm 09/02/19 2:55:54 PM #72 | Maybe I've been too hard on Florida... --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Goldeneye vs Perfect Dark |
| Polycosm 08/31/19 2:26:09 AM #3 | Goldeneye defined console FPS, and Perfect Dark still somehow managed to improve upon it by leaps and bounds. I gotta give it to PD. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Trump's NASA chief, who has no scientific background, says Pluto is a planet |
| Polycosm 08/30/19 2:51:08 PM #22 | Pluto is a real, full-sized planet and the President has totally normal, adult-sized hands. There's no problem, folks. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Are you proud of your sig? |
| Polycosm 08/29/19 4:02:40 AM #61 | I fought. I lost. Now I rest. But Lord Allen he'll be fighting these character battles forever. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2018 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Trump Demands Staff Break Any Laws Necessary to Get Wall Built by 2020 |
| Polycosm 08/28/19 8:25:08 PM #32 | very cool and very legal, folks --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Joe Biden talking about Putin and Crimea |
| Polycosm 08/28/19 8:23:18 PM #8 | Thanks, President Myboss. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | I take back everything good I ever said about the Queen |
| Polycosm 08/28/19 5:35:45 PM #70 | I'd hoped she'd go the other way, but she was put in a position where neither choice was purely, politically neutral. The blame for this constitutional crisis belongs with Boris. And no, there's no precedent for an unelected PM shutting down Parliament and acting like a King. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Should comedians be immune from criticism? |
| Polycosm 08/28/19 2:19:38 PM #19 | There's a trend of people being overly critical of jokes, who don't seem to understand the most basic mechanics of comedy. There's also a movement towards zero-tolerance for improvisational, exploratory thought. No, comedians shouldn't be immune from criticism... but more often than not, that criticism comes from a place of deep cynicism and I can't get on board with that. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Jeff Goldblum's reaction to the Spiderman situation |
| Polycosm 08/27/19 3:14:55 PM #14 | The mountains of what? Was he going for Barad-dr? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Trump got cucked. :( |
| Polycosm 08/26/19 1:47:05 PM #24 | look at how tight he's holding on with his tiny hand, lol --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | The FF8 remaster doesn't look any better than the original. |
| Polycosm 08/26/19 1:44:23 PM #11 | SaltyWet posted... What am I missing here? eyeballs? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Court rules calling Mohammed the pedophile word is not protected speech |
| Polycosm 08/26/19 12:31:10 PM #18 | Man, I thought it was weird when people started splitting hairs between pedophilia and ephebophilia, but at least they're being technically accurate with their vocabulary. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | You could hear a gnat fart when Trump suggested we use nukes to stop hurricanes |
| Polycosm 08/26/19 12:14:31 PM #8 |  --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | LMFAO at what Dane Cook looks like now |
| Polycosm 08/26/19 11:39:13 AM #11 | archedsoul posted... Still fucking hotties. Veggeta_MAX posted... That's his daughter, guys what the fuck The point still stands. She obviously didn't get her looks from him. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | How did Thanos know Tony Stark's name in Infinity War? *spoilers maybe* |
| Polycosm 08/25/19 10:25:54 PM #69 | How does Tony go to the bathroom in that suite though? Do the nanobots clean it up or is there some off-screen implied BS? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Star Wars Prequel Trilogy has better characters, music, and storyline |
| Polycosm 08/23/19 5:27:36 PM #54 | DeadBankerDream posted... The fight coregraphy in the prequels is really boring. Duel of the Fates is pretty great looking I'll give it that, but even that is emotionally dead. The fight between Rey and Kylo in TFA is infinitely better than the rest of the sword fights in the PT. Like Anakin vs Dooku? The fuck is that shit? Yoda spinning around like a fidget spinner while green CGI stick moves around with him? Pass. Obi Wan and Anakin fighting for 47 hours in dark environs, with lightsabers the same colour and fucking nothing happens, but they keep turning into cgi frogs jumping to the next stupid location, ending up fighting atop droids flying over a fucking lake of lava? Fuck right off with that shit. I mostly agree with that except I'd give more credit to Duel of the Fates. The first half is just sick moves, but the back half has plenty of emotion. The contrast between Qui-Gon's calm, meditative style, versus Maul's arrogant taunts and flips, versus Obi-Wan's frantic rage... it's all great stuff until the somersaulting frog-jump at the end. Duel of the Fates is top-tier, imo. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Star Wars Prequel Trilogy has better characters, music, and storyline |
| Polycosm 08/23/19 2:36:42 PM #5 | I'd agree with better worldbuilding, music and over all plot... "characters" though? I don't think I can get on board for that because the dialog and performances suck. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Interesting polling data about Trump and the GOP here |
| Polycosm 08/22/19 11:24:11 AM #11 | tremain07 posted... shockthemonkey posted...This seems relevant: Yeah, I don't know where people are getting that notion from. If Trump disputes the election, I expect another handful of Republicans to quietly retire and Nancy Pelosi to dither on with her Schrodinger's impeachment. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | When you think of "The Dark Lord", what character do you think of? |
| Polycosm 08/22/19 3:33:06 AM #23 | Sauron deserves the title imo but Voldemort popped into my head first. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Disney is the bad guy in the Disney/Sony Spider-man negotiations |
| Polycosm 08/22/19 2:53:28 AM #160 | MichaelKaySeeYa posted... Polycosm posted...MichaelKaySeeYa posted...Polycosm posted...50% was a ludicrous number to start with. Sony was right to dismiss it. Not that Sony has been a responsible steward of the IP... but they own the movie rights fair and square. Why would they give away half of the profit? Spider-Man - $821.7M Spider-Man 2 - $783.8M Spider-Man 3 - $890.9M The Amazing Spider-Man - $757.9M The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $709.0M Spider-Man: Homecoming - $880.2M Venom - $856.1M Spider-Man: Far from Home - $1.110B If anything, Far from Home is the outlier, not Venom. Comparing like-movies and looking at the complete history, it's fair to say that Sony's live-action Spider-Man profits were in decline and Disney helped turn them around... but not to such a degree that Sony is going to be comfortable just giving away half. That's not a reasonable ask. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Disney is the bad guy in the Disney/Sony Spider-man negotiations |
| Polycosm 08/22/19 2:31:39 AM #152 | StealthRock posted... Anyone who knows negotiations knows you start high and work down. Generally yes, but if you start insultingly high then you can lose the entire deal. When negotiating a raise, you don't start by asking for 1,000%. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Disney is the bad guy in the Disney/Sony Spider-man negotiations |
| Polycosm 08/22/19 2:25:31 AM #148 | MichaelKaySeeYa posted... Polycosm posted...50% was a ludicrous number to start with. Sony was right to dismiss it. Not that Sony has been a responsible steward of the IP... but they own the movie rights fair and square. Why would they give away half of the profit? Spider-Man: Homecoming - $880.2M Venom - $856.1M Spider-Man: Far from Home - $1.110B The MCU adds value but Venom didn't exactly underperform. Putting aside the killing Disney makes on merch thanks to the success of Sony's movies, the box office numbers don't come close to justifying 50%. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | *Provider network at work goes down* |
| Polycosm 08/21/19 11:30:09 PM #40 | Anything on your side of the demarc is your problem. And anything on the ISP's side of the demarc is also your problem until you Phoenix Wright the provider into admitting their guilt. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Disney is the bad guy in the Disney/Sony Spider-man negotiations |
| Polycosm 08/21/19 9:49:36 PM #131 | 50% was a ludicrous number to start with. Sony was right to dismiss it. Not that Sony has been a responsible steward of the IP... but they own the movie rights fair and square. Why would they give away half of the profit? --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | MAN claimed his FAN KILLED him when the temps SHOT up to 97 DEGREES. |
| Polycosm 08/21/19 8:57:33 PM #11 | If only he had a fridge upstairs. --- I bow before my emperor, Advokaiser-- winner of the 2019 guru contest. (thengamer.com/guru) |
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