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Kingdom Hearts: Getting lost with no clue where to go.
SoulCalibur V: Crappy story mode.
Dynasty Warriors: Overpriced DLC
Smite: The entire toxic community.
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So, I've been looking around my small town for any arcade locations left, and the only spot I could find (and I mean the ONLY one) was the handful of arcade machines in our Movie Theater lobby. I suppose I could drive for an hour to find a Frankie's or D&B, but that's a pain.
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Companies will blame everything EXCEPT themselves for low sales. That's why the "vote with your wallet" concept is so absurd. Even if literally everyone boycotted a game (as in, zero sales, not even one), there's still no guarantee that the company will actually learn the NATURE of their error, much less correct it.

If you want to make a dent, then you (and thousands upon thousands of others) have to be vocal, just like when EA got reddit bombed over Battlefront II. Burying a product in a sea of negative reviews is a good start.
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I still remember the first time I played Super Mario Bros in an arcade, and was like "WTF did they do to the levels???"
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Sybb lives on!
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Blighboy posted...

Ward starts off good but goes downhill and starts to feel like a running gag among the writers.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the show.

After a certain point they get so absurd with the plot it's impossible to care anymore.
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At any rate, glad to see you back, Arctic!
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I never understood why anyone considers apology "weakness" on a person's part.

If you're going to have any meaningful relationship with someone (especially on a romantic level), you better damn well get used to apologizing.
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^lol^

That's awesome!
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Dang, it feels like every time I blink, another month goes by.
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shadowsword87 posted...

shipwreckers posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

So, what is your gender?

Because only females have any say-so in what's immoral.

What? Were did I even imply that?

Nah, I was joking about how many women think that men aren't qualified to have an opinion on this issue, because they're not the ones actually getting pregnant.

It happens all the time in social media debates on this.
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shadowsword87 posted...

So, what is your gender?

Because only females have any say-so in what's immoral.
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JK Simmons alone is worth it.
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I desperately want Bethesda to die a quick and terrible death after what they did with Creation Kit / Paid Mods.

Of course, I also want EA to die after what they did to Battlefront, but you can't have everything you wish for.
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Lost gets no love.

I guess you could say there was no love lost for Lost.
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EA is going to be tough to beat on a gaming message board.
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Man, that was a surprisingly good speech. Even CNN's write-up on it acknowledged the merits.
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On a side note, I'm FINALLY getting around to an actual playthrough of DW8. The terrible PC port infuriated me, but I finally picked up the PS4 version a couple weeks ago. I'm enjoying it!
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Man, I'm hyped for you KI. I know you love Warriors, so I can't wait to hear your feedback on whether I should buy it :D
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Lokarin posted...

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/500x/81081570/hey-buddy-do-you-know-de-wae.jpg

The more I think about it. This is actually very appropriate.
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Dangit. Now I want to go re-watch Lost.
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Lokarin posted...

Wipe yourself off...

you're bleeding

Sorreh brotheh.

Thers noa tiem!
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Revelation34 posted...

shipwreckers posted...

Clearly you've never been to city council meetings in the deep south. One guy had to step down from public office for using the word "renege" in a speech (the outraged ignoramuses in his district who didn't know what the word actually meant thought it was a racial slur, and DEMANDED he be removed).

I doubt this actually happened.

Doubt all you want. I don't give a damn.
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Unbridled9 posted...

Super Mario Warriors: Mario's been a dancing star, X-Com soldier, Doctor, and plenty of other things. So why not a vicious warrior who slaughters his enemies by the thousands as well?

Hey it worked for Zelda with Hyrule Warriors. Also, people could finally get that skimpy Princess Peach outfit DLC they've been dreaming of.
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Oscar's da MAN!!!
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Zeus posted...

shipwreckers posted...

That being said, people have lost jobs and elected officials have had to step down for even more harmless mistakes than this. Once the offended hate train leaves the station, there's bringing it back.

No, they really haven't.

Clearly you've never been to city council meetings in the deep south. One guy had to step down from public office for using the word "renege" in a speech (the outraged ignoramuses in his district who didn't know what the word actually meant thought it was a racial slur, and DEMANDED he be removed).
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That pic reminds me of the episode of The Office where Jim puts all of Dwight's stuff in the vending machine, and then hands him a bag of quarters.
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I'm not gonna lie, I've never heard of a DEsoldering station, but that's pretty clever. How do you clean out the metal once it's..., sucked in???

Weird...
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On a standard QWERTY keyboard "B" and "N" are right next to each other. It was an honest mistake.

That being said, people have lost jobs and elected officials have had to step down for even more harmless mistakes than this. Once the offended hate train leaves the station, there's bringing it back.
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CaF.

You can always put on another layer, but there's only so much you can take off.
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Not having an active block is a tough adjustment to make if you're used to defensive-play in souls games. That can make it FEEL more difficult.

However, the dodge mechanic in Bloodborne is so much more fluid and easy to pull off, it almost makes up for it.
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I'm not sure if we have any AVGN fans here, but he made an awesome vid on the game "Polybius" last year (as a halloween special).



I guess Arcade Cabinets can have creepypastas as well :D
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Hey, that's still older than me.
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I've been watching through Futurama, and I just got through the dog episode.

Saddest. Episode. Ever.
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I love Susan. She's the best man on Gamfacks!
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I'm surprised nobody wished for the Switch to be an actual powerful console and not a freakin tablet.
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I also like the genies in the Might and Magic series by 3DO / New World Computing.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/mightandmagic/images/b/ba/Genie_-_M%26M.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20170323133130&path-prefix=en
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Fun Fact: If you do a search for "genie" on Google Images, most of the images will show the genie from Disney's Aladdin.

It's amazing how one movie can solidify a concept of what something is supposed to look like. For many people, if you asked them what a "genie" looks like, the Aladdin portrayal of the genie will be the first thing that comes to mind.
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WoW has many near-death "finishers," if that counts. (Execute for warriors / Hammer of Wrath for Paladins/ etc.)
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Action53 posted...

shipwreckers posted...

Action53 posted...

Ugh, Asteroids is on the fritz again...

Visual issues or audio issues?

Both. It's watchdogging and giving me a ram error beep in the same place I just fixed.

Man, that sucks. Then again, that's an old-ass game. I'm surprised you were able to get it working in the first place. Working Asteroids cabinets aren't something you often see these days.
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Action53 posted...

Ugh, Asteroids is on the fritz again...

Visual issues or audio issues?
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ReggieTheReckless posted...

2. fully offline playable final fantasy XI that is designed to be just for me where the world seems like it's inhabited with thousands of real players, but they are all super advanced AI designed to be like friends and other players from the time when I played. Also, the game can be set to timepoints of different expansion content coming out so I can relive those experiences as well with my false ai versions of people I knew in the game

I'm not gonna lie, this is a wish I've also had for MANY mmo's. I still remember when people first started making "private servers" for games like WoW, and it was such an awesome thing, I'd always wished it were possible for many other mmo's (especially the ones that were actually pretty good, but had to shut down since the devs couldn't break even financially).
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Zeus posted...

Pikazard1 posted...

2. the complete set of Battle Beasts (in packaging)

Good wish.

Agreed.
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There are actually some pretty damn good suggestions in here.
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For me, I'd wish for:

1. All Nintendo games to be released on Steam as perfect PC ports.

2. Microtransactions to be permanently banned from all gaming services.

3. All censorship of western releases of games would cease forever.

What about you guys. Just three wishes. GO!!!
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streamofthesky posted...

Again, do you even know what voting system we use?

Great way to start your post. Personal jabs always turn out well in these discussions! Yes, I know what system we use. I also know what FPTP is (it's a pretty simple concept).

You only get to vote for one candidate. That means if, for example, you have four liberal-leaning politicians each getting roughly 15% of the votes and then one conservative-leaning politician getting 20% of the vote plus another two each getting 10%...someone just won w/ only 20% of the votes and even worse...60% of voters wanted a liberal-leaning politician and yet the conservative won.
Not only is more valid candidates not helpful...the side with more valid options is at a disadvantage!

As for the math, you're absolutely correct that less options on your "side" is an advantage. So, you have two reasonable approaches where a wide ballot pool can work. Either 1) Ditch FPTP altogether, and let people pick multiple candidates from the pool (e.g. their "top 3" preferences. This is PRECISELY what you were suggesting in your earlier post. That's a legit suggestion.), or 2) keep FPTP but make sure the wider pool remains even between sides (3 vs. 3 / 5 vs. 5 / etc.) Both of those approaches could fully get the job done. This idea is NOT as absurd as you're making it out to be.

So, I get the math entirely, but you're still missing the best point of ditching the whole "primary phase." The "sides" as you call it wouldn't be so distinctly-defined anymore with what I'm actually trying to suggest here. It's the damn primaries that polarize these candidates into "sides" in the first place. Also, if you remove the polarization of sides from the start (again, giving moderates an actual chance in hell of competing), it will alleviate much of that division, so people won't feel forced into any affiliation anymore just because of some arbitrary party label. A candidate would just be a candidate (no party, at least not "officially speaking").

Your ideas are bad and would just make things worse, because for some strange reason you apparently are tuning out every response mentioning First Past the Post.

The ideas are only bad if you absolutely refuse to budge on any of the current electoral process (again, see those options earlier in the post). What we have now is flat-out broken and flawed (to the point that the worst candidates imaginable can scam their way to the final nomination, and there's not a DAMN thing we can do about it at that point!) Sticking with THAT method is a "bad idea."

The "primary" system is going to keep dividing our country more and more each time. With each round the pendulum swings from one extreme to the other with even more force. We're already seeing riots and violent protests as it is. That's only going to get WORSE if we keep doing what we're doing (again, this isn't just my conjecture here, we're already seeing it happen!!!).

TL;DR - You've gotta understand, we're not talking about a "slight tweak" here. As I said earlier, this would take some finesse, and we'd be re-working the process from the ground up. But in order to stop the pendulum swing and its ever-increasing division, it's worth it!
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