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That's sad, it really is.
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Thing how many washing machines you can buy with that $10,000, Muffinz0rz.
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What is an aqualung?
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I know. It was kinda weird.
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Do places around your towns have local events like this, for specific communities?
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In one of the villages that is now part of the town, after getting absorbed at some point. Big Summer event, with lots of random small rides, archery, and music playing. It's in this lovely medium sized park near the centre of the village.

I walked by several times. Didn't see much point in paying a few pounds to go in, especially since it was mostly small kids / pre-teens / teenagers with their parents, plus the stuff didn't look that much fun. About 200 there. At one point, they started playing some loud Taylor Swift.

Nice weather for an event like that. Probably fun if you're younger. I saw this girl who looked about 14, possibly 13, who was walking with her friend to the event, and she had a D-cup chest. Pretty disturbing. Back when I was that age, all the girls I knew pretty much had B-cups. She had a smart phone as well, sadly.

I was probably too poor to get in, anyway.

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It is hard to reconcile this view with the current perspective in the West on the LGBT community.
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I suppose it's still first person shooters. Although, having said THAT, we've definitely gone past the halcyon years of COD, Battlefield and Halo. But, still a really popular genre. Probably because it's fun, sometimes hard, and you don't have to do complicated thinking much. I guess.
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visualboy2003 posted...

my list -

metal gear solid v
resident evil 7
zone of the enders 2 remastered or 2nd runner mars
super smash bros brawl ultimate
dbz fighter z
gta v
monster hunter world
kidou senshi gundam; extreme vs full boost
nba 2k18
final fantasy x/x2
need for speed high stakes

you really can't go wrong with this list.

It's hard to know where to start.

It shouldn't be GTA V, but GTA III; it shouldn't be MGS V, but MGS 1, if anything; Monster Hunter World really isn't that important. Various other games probably aren't important enough to be there. I assume this list was posted as a joke, but I'm not sure.

pegusus123456 posted...

Sunhawk posted...

It's like saying Warcraft is an extremely important game. I mean, it's important, and quite popular, but it's not a seminal work or anything. It we're talking RTS games, then Dune II and the original Command and Conquer are the big ones. You know, I can't believe that South Koreans still apparently play a lot of Warcraft. It's something like 15 years old.

Starcraft would be the god of all RTS influences.

Just FYI.

Why? How many sequels did it get? One. How many did the original Command and Conquer get? Six, I think. Plus all the spinoffs. I think that you were "got to" by the South Koreans. Starcraft is an imporant game, yes, but it's not as important as some stuff. Besides, it's a PC game, and this is meant to be a list of console games only.

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Postmodern are probably my favourite, but I really like drama, coming-of-age, and historical as well. So many great movies to watch, there really are.
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This covers a number of things, I guess. How well you're doing in your education / career, how well you do with the opposite or same sex, whether you have many friends or not, and so on. I think people are quite distinct, in this regard. There isn't much inbetween; they tend to mostly be successful, or unsuccessful.

Post about your life, and comment on how things are going. I suppose CE is probably a mix of winners and losers, since some people seem to be doing very well, at least in career terms, and other seem to fail frequently (like me).

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Chester?
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Nozomi was very pretty, but ran hot and cold. Plus, she never seemed to change her clothes.
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I don't understand why Mortal Kombat deserves to be on the list. Apart from the digitised actors and levels of violence, how was it better than / different to any other fighting game of the time? The only one I really got a chance to play was MK2, and it was fun, but not exactly revolutionary.
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ThyCorndog posted...

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foreveraIone posted...

MeIon Bread posted...

Saudi Arabia

i stopped reading here

It is very rich, has completely free heathcare (which is a lot further than America ever got in its social evolution), has an interesting culture, and living in the desert probably pretty good. Well, except in dog days, obviously.

It's not a perfect country, but it's got plenty of stuff going for it.

also plenty of human rights violations

You say that like Western leaders don't do stuff to people.

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Monolith1676 posted...

SRR Capdown posted...

I think Shenmue is worth a shout. It never got as popular as some of the games on the list, but it was definitely influential in terms of the scope of the game, the details and the way the world changed and grew, but it was also the first game with a budget of the scale it had (estimated around $50-80m back in 1998 iirc). Not to mention it can probably be attributed as popularising QTEs.

The only real answer.

You know, I hadn't even thought of that. I must admit, I really enjoyed that game...HOWEVER, there weren't enough DCs in circulation for many people to have played the game, plus, it didn't seem to influence future games much. I can only think of one Shenmue style game (other than Shenmue 2, obviously), and that's Heavy Rain.

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foreveraIone posted...

MeIon Bread posted...

Saudi Arabia

i stopped reading here

It is very rich, has completely free heathcare (which is a lot further than America ever got in its social evolution), has an interesting culture, and living in the desert probably pretty good. Well, except in dog days, obviously.

It's not a perfect country, but it's got plenty of stuff going for it.

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TeaMilk posted...

Japan is just "ok tier", and yet melon bread is a confection originating in japan

This account isn't name after the food, but rather a boss from a game called Gunstar Heroes. So there you go, now you know.

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Japan has a number of negative qualities* that CE seems to frequently overlook (since many of them are obsessed with it).

*Much too comformist
A lot of the art from Japan is boring and juvenile
High suicide rates, which is never a good sign
Too obsessed with authority
High cost of living in some places
Tokyo is MUCH too crowded to live in and be happy in it

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HeeathLivesOn posted...

Anisoptera posted...

How is Breath of the Wild not influential?

How is it? Great game for sure, but I don't see anything particularly important about it - yet. Importance in a historical context usually requires some time afterward to effectively judge the role it played in video gaming culture.

I see no reason why it should be included.

I must admit, although it will probably be pretty influential, it's too soon to say. But the strength of the game to actually play it, and how well people have responded...that's why I put it on the list.

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Great Tier

America
France
Germany

Very Good Tier

Belgium
Australia
The Netherlands
Sweden

Good Tier

Britain
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Canada
China
South Korea
New Zealand
Spain
Kenya
Greece
Jamaica
Argentina

Okay Tier

Ireland
Poland
Mexico
Japan
Italy
Ukraine
Chile
Switzerland

Bad Tier

North Korea
Russia
Iraq

Dreadful Tier

Syria

What do you think? I'm sure people will disagree with some. I sometimes wonder if there are actually any great countries left, with really good cultures, freedom, and good economies.

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Yeah, but it's sold like hot cakes, and it's clearly an excellent game, and this is coming from a slightly lukewarm Zelda fan.
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I think it reached critical mass as "nesting partner".
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Yeah, but I thought SA1 was worth adding.

You know, some of the games on that list are in my top 10 of all time. Goldeneye...Super Mario 64...Sonic 1. Such superb games. Between those 3 games, I've probably got about 800 - 1,000 hours.

You know, some games have aged better than others, and I don't just mean the graphics. Pong is slightly pointless, but Space Invaders is probably still a good game, and Pac-Man as well, I think.

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Are people really suggesting that BoTW should be removed from the list? Seriously?
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I haven't even decide what type of porn I might watch.

Life is hard, sometimes. Porn is good though.

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You know, I was thinking earlier today, that possibly both M-Theory and bosonic theory would fail Occur's Razor. Funny, that.

Tacyons (sp?) was hypothosised for a long time as faster-than-life particles, but were eventually disproven. Shame, would've been interesting.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

What is an ephebophile

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I bought it in one go, and I had hardly any money at all. Man up.
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In the last few days, that although M-Theory says there are 11 dimensions, bosonic theory says there are 26 dimensions. I must admit, I really don't understand this kind of thing.
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So, where are you all shopping for online stuff? Do you use Amazon much? What other websites are you using?

I remember WAY back when, about 2004 or something, I used this cool website called Black Star, which sold VHS tapes, DVDs, video games, etc. That was pretty good. Haven't used much except for Amazon since then, though, if anything. It's crazy how popular Amazon is.

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MC_BatCommander posted...

There are also other regular characteristics of monopolies that neither website fits:

-Neither of them maximize profits (hell both barely make any profit from what's been regularly reported)
-Neither of them are the ONLY choice in their products. There are plenty of online retailers and other streaming sites
-Neither of them are price makers

Perhaps.

Do you think YT and Amazon should be left alone, by whatever national government has jurisdiction over them? I'm not even sure. The America government, I guess.

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Flockaveli posted...

The average person goes through 6 instances of cancer in their lifetime but the immune system terminates it before it grows into something serious.

Wtf? Is this true?

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MC_BatCommander posted...

Simply existing and being a big company doesn't make something a monopoly tho

But Amazon dominate the market. I don't even remember the last time I used another website to shop. Let's not kid around..."Amazon" is a metonym for online shopping.

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By being so strong. Like any monopoly. Clearly it's hard to compete a company that is A. very strong, and B. predates your potential new company by at least 10 years. This is why anti-monopoly laws exist, because it's hard for new companies and private citizens to smash apart monopolies. You disagree with this?
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Give me random fun facts about physics, biology, and chemistry. I sometimes realise how little I know about this stuff, probably partly because I'm much more interested in soft science, such as sociology and psychology.

I'll start.

Scientists believe that about 80% of matter is dark matter.

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MC_BatCommander posted...

An important aspect of a monopoly is that it creates barriers of entry into the market. Neither youtube or amazon can do anything to stop competitors from entering the market because any random person can start their own website whenever they want.

I don't see how an online monopoly is any different from a brick-and-mortar monopoly in that regard. Amazon and YouTube are still making it harder for other people to join the market, and are doing a great job at squeezing out people who are already in the market. Just like a massive chain of stores without any real competition does.

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Seriously. Listen to this.

One of the most important aspects of Western business law and a precept of society, is that companies aren't allowed to create monopolies. Monopolies are, of course, good for businesses, but very bad for society. They drive up prices, and force people to get products or services from one company, which gives the company too much control over the people who use it. When a company grows so major (read: dominating), a Western country's government will usually make moves to break it up. One example of this, although not a particularly successful one, is the American government and Microsoft, back in the early 2000s.

Okay. Baring all of that in mind, why are Amazon and YouTube allowed to exist, or at least, in their current forms? The vast majority of online purchases in the Western World seem to be done through Amazon. Most people never seem to even use other websites, ever. As for YouTube, the the majority of non-pornography video streaming seems to happen with it. Why is this allowed?

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The GOP's boggieman was never terrorism. It was poor people and people who opposed the 2nd Amendment.
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- Military operations against them are mostly done, which is very good, especially for people in Syria

- They haven't done any big attacks in quite some time

The two "fronts" they operate on seem pretty much finished. Good fucking riddance. There's about 4 years of history we won't miss much, I guess.

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How long is the game to beat, overall? I can't imagine many people have beaten it yet though, considering how long it's been out and how long RPGs tend to be.
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boxington posted...

The Holy Mountain is one of my favorite movies, and I think it's inspired by eastern philosophy/spirituality.

The Fountain, too.

Heh. THM isn't quite like other religious films, is it? I can't imagine most people would be able to cope with watching that (or understand it very well).

I love that bit later on, where they break the fourth wall, and say "Real life awaits us".

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Hey, I'm just asking. But you know...pretty girls with large machine guns, and it's an all-girl party, and the game has a girl's name.
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Sounds like weaboo material to me. Is this an accurate impression?
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Shotgunnova posted...

I've been making my unstoppable team with a composition no one ever envisioned.

What game is that? It's not Octopath, is it?

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The Vatican Tapes
Prince of Darkness
The Book of Eli
The Possesion
Vampires

Obviously some are pretty serious looks are various world religions, some are more...demons flying around and killing people. I guess I prefer the serious theological ones, but the "fun" ones with action and spirits and monsters are sometimes very good.

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Come on, CE. Put in the effort into your gaming.

Having said that, I got bored of DR2 pretty quickly. It's not quite as much fun as DR1, plus I've already got a few dozens hours on it.

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Thanks.

Except I don't have a FaceBook.

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recently.

Kinda sad. Of course, GameFAQs is my main message board website, and has been for 16 years, but I don't find myself using Reddit so much now. Very good site, but...I dunno. Chav Girls is great. And I like some of the film stuff.

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