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Entity13 08/28/17 5:59:44 PM #454:	So many years later, I'm still unhappy with Saban for cutting all resources from "Mystic Knights of Tyr Na Nog" just to give more to Power Rangers from "Lost Galaxy" onward. The previous season of Power Rangers had a climactic ending to seemingly everything, for one, and Mystic Knights was worth watching during its one season run, not to mention season one ended on a cliffhanger. Just... argh. I loathe corporate decisions so much. --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:885612919] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>So many years later, I'm still unhappy with Saban for cutting all resources from "Mystic Knights of Tyr Na Nog" just to give more to Power Rangers from "Lost Galaxy" onward. The previous season of Power Rangers had a climactic ending to seemingly everything, for one, and Mystic Knights was worth watching during its one season run, not to mention season one ended on a cliffhanger. Just... argh. I loathe corporate decisions so much.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 08/28/17 7:34:24 PM #455:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Personally, the thing I find most annoying about him was killing Coulson off in The Avengers, because killing off characters is the only way he knows how to ramp up tension. Then deliberately helping to bring him back on the TV show that he produces and his brother and sister-in-law are in charge of, while simultaneously badmouthing the idea of bringing Coulson back even though it was his idea in the first place. Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand. Bringing him back for the show and never mentioning him again in the movies was stupid, though. As was killing ~~Quicksilver~~ in Age of Ultron. He deserved at least one more movie! --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:885618030] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Personally, the thing I find most annoying about him was killing Coulson off in The Avengers, because killing off characters is the only way he knows how to ramp up tension. Then deliberately helping to bring him back on the TV show that he produces and his brother and sister-in-law are in charge of, while simultaneously badmouthing the idea of bringing Coulson back even though it was his idea in the first place. </quote> Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand. Bringing him back for the show and never mentioning him again in the movies was stupid, though. As was killing Quicksilver in Age of Ultron. He deserved at least one more movie!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/28/17 11:31:14 PM #456:	Entity13 posted... So many years later, I'm still unhappy with Saban for cutting all resources from "Mystic Knights of Tyr Na Nog" just to give more to Power Rangers from "Lost Galaxy" onward. The previous season of Power Rangers had a climactic ending to seemingly everything, for one, and Mystic Knights was worth watching during its one season run, not to mention season one ended on a cliffhanger. Just... argh. I loathe corporate decisions so much. Yeah, that was a pretty fun show. It also had some of the best action figures at the time. Metalsonic66 posted... ~~Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand.~~ tbh, had it ended there, I wouldn't have had any problem with it especially considering I didn't like him in the first place. Metalsonic66 posted... As was killing ~~Quicksilver~~ in Age of Ultron. He deserved at least one more movie! I assume that had to be a rights issue considering that ~~Quicksilver~~ is one of the more popular characters in ~~Fox's X-Men movies~~ --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:885631606] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>So many years later, I'm still unhappy with Saban for cutting all resources from "Mystic Knights of Tyr Na Nog" just to give more to Power Rangers from "Lost Galaxy" onward. The previous season of Power Rangers had a climactic ending to seemingly everything, for one, and Mystic Knights was worth watching during its one season run, not to mention season one ended on a cliffhanger. Just... argh. I loathe corporate decisions so much.</quote> Yeah, that was a pretty fun show. It also had some of the best action figures at the time. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote>Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand.</quote> tbh, had it ended there, I wouldn't have had any problem with it especially considering I didn't like him in the first place. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote>As was killing Quicksilver in Age of Ultron. He deserved at least one more movie!</quote> I assume that had to be a rights issue considering that Quicksilver is one of the more popular characters in Fox's X-Men movies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 08/29/17 2:15:14 AM #457:	We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago. I guess we will just have to come up with another clever Geek pun for the next topic. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885638095] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago. I guess we will just have to come up with another clever Geek pun for the next topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/29/17 2:18:12 AM #458:	The Geeks Who Say "Ni"? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:885638205] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>The Geeks Who Say "Ni"?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 08/29/17 7:27:11 AM #459:	Zeus posted... The Geeks Who Say "Ni"? But we are now no longer the geeks who say "Ni." We are the geeks who say... "Icke icke icke packang zooboing!" --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:885644866] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>The Geeks Who Say "Ni"?</quote> But we are now no longer the geeks who say "Ni." We are the geeks who say... "Icke icke icke packang zooboing!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/29/17 8:50:45 PM #460:	The Wave Master posted... I think only P.O. and I care about VR Troopers, but I was excited and Scarlett was like WTF is that? I wouldn't say I CARE about VR Troopers, per se. Though I've always thought Sarah Brown was cute. Entity13 posted... On the contrary, I enjoyed that show as a kid and wished Saban had more footage to work with to make even another half of a season more properly. Footage shouldn't even remotely be the issue, considering how Saban usually handled that sort of thing. Just like they did with early Power Rangers, it wouldn't be hard for them to just switch to footage from another show entirely when they ran out of the first show, then just have the American cast talk about how they conveniently switched to "new" versions of their powers as an upgrade. Power Rangers did it so they could retain the same American cast from season to season in spite of the Japanese version of the show being different every season (at least up to Lost Galaxy, when they started to follow the Japanese model a bit more accurately), and the Robotech anime was basically spliced together from three separate, unrelated anime shows. And if memory serves, VR Troopers was already cobbled together from multiple left-over Japanese shows in the first place. One of which was from Space Sheriff Shaider (which was a series that had at least two other seasons they never used). So again, more than enough footage to go around if they'd wanted to continue it. Ironically enough, the only reason I know that VR Troopers used footage from Space Sheriff Shaider is because, when I was like 10 years old or so (give or take), my mother bought a cheap foreign import toy at a local five-and-dime store that basically looked like some weird robot dude. I had like zero idea what it was supposed to be at the time, and didn't even realize it was a licensed product from a show until like 20 years later, when I was looking at random stuff on the Interwebs and I happened across a picture from that show and I was like "Holy fuck, I recognize that!" http://tokusatsunetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/spacesheriff.jpg (The blue guy is from Shaider, and that's the one I had.) I actually still have it (and I let my niece and nephew play with it when they were younger and they visited). Its chest and eyes used to light up and it would make a sort of beeping sound if you pushed a button on its back, but the battery to make that happen died long, long ago, and the tech probably doesn't work anymore even if I put a new battery in it. (It's also possible I've told this story before, which is why you seem to remember me having an interest in VR Troopers.) --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:885685579] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>I think only P.O. and I care about VR Troopers, but I was excited and Scarlett was like WTF is that?</quote> I wouldn't say I CARE about VR Troopers, per se. Though I've always thought Sarah Brown was cute. <cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>On the contrary, I enjoyed that show as a kid and wished Saban had more footage to work with to make even another half of a season more properly. </quote> Footage shouldn't even remotely be the issue, considering how Saban usually handled that sort of thing. Just like they did with early Power Rangers, it wouldn't be hard for them to just switch to footage from another show entirely when they ran out of the first show, then just have the American cast talk about how they conveniently switched to "new" versions of their powers as an upgrade. Power Rangers did it so they could retain the same American cast from season to season in spite of the Japanese version of the show being different every season (at least up to Lost Galaxy, when they started to follow the Japanese model a bit more accurately), and the Robotech anime was basically spliced together from three separate, unrelated anime shows. And if memory serves, VR Troopers was already cobbled together from multiple left-over Japanese shows in the first place. One of which was from Space Sheriff Shaider (which was a series that had at least two other seasons they never used). So again, more than enough footage to go around if they'd wanted to continue it. Ironically enough, the only reason I know that VR Troopers used footage from Space Sheriff Shaider is because, when I was like 10 years old or so (give or take), my mother bought a cheap foreign import toy at a local five-and-dime store that basically looked like some weird robot dude. I had like zero idea what it was supposed to be at the time, and didn't even realize it was a licensed product from a show until like 20 years later, when I was looking at random stuff on the Interwebs and I happened across a picture from that show and I was like "Holy fuck, I recognize that!" http://tokusatsunetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/spacesheriff.jpg (The blue guy is from Shaider, and that's the one I had.) I actually still have it (and I let my niece and nephew play with it when they were younger and they visited). Its chest and eyes used to light up and it would make a sort of beeping sound if you pushed a button on its back, but the battery to make that happen died long, long ago, and the tech probably doesn't work anymore even if I put a new battery in it. (It's also possible I've told this story before, which is why you seem to remember me having an interest in VR Troopers.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/29/17 9:04:40 PM #461:	Zeus posted... I assume that had to be a rights issue considering that ~~Quicksilver~~ is one of the more popular characters in ~~Fox's X-Men movies~~ It wasn't. The twins were part of a special deal (part of why both Marvel and Fox could use Quicksilver, and why Marvel still has the Scarlet Witch, where they're about the only mutants Marvel can use with impunity. That being said, Whedon has openly admitted that killing him off was his idea. So much so that they shot a separate alternate ending to the movie where Quicksilver survived in case the studio told him he wasn't allowed to kill the character off. But the studio let him do what he wanted (especially since they were already fighting with him over the Hawkeye scenes), so he offed him. In fact, Quicksilver being in the Fox movies around the same time it was known he was going to be in The Avengers was mostly a deliberate fuck you from Fox towards Marvel (Fox added the scenes in later on, which is why he kind of disappears afterwards). At no point was there a corporate mandate or contractual conflict that led to killing him off. It was just Whedon being Whedon. Metalsonic66 posted... Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand. I wouldn't say it bothered me, per se. I just pointed it out as yet another example of Whedon's long-running weakness as a writer, which is that he seems to go back to the "need a dramatic moment, kill a major character" well way too often (as you say, offing Quicksilver in the second movie is another prime example). So much so that it's basically become a memetic joke that Whedon = dead main characters. And while Coulson's was handled about as well as it could be, he's offed plenty of main characters that feel more like he's doing it purely for shock value more than because it's the best possible way to tell a given story. And arguably, Coulson's death was kind of weak anyway, because Tony never really seemed to LIKE him all that much, and other than Fury and Widow, none of the other characters really had much of a reason to CARE that he was dead. At least not any more so than any of the other nameless mooks on the helicarrier. It becomes even more of a head-slapper when you realize the underlying implication that the main reason they were having trouble working together in the first place was less clashing egos or actual personal issues and more because the Mind Staff/Stone was fucking with their heads. The fact that he uses character death as a major crutch isn't necessarily a huge deal (George RR Martin does it too, and everyone loves him for it), but there's also a difference between doing it on your own project that is 100% your own (and even when other writers come on board, they're just there to carry out your creative vision as well), versus working on a collaborative shared universe where dozens of writers and directors are likely going to have to deal with the fallout of any creative decision you make for years (if not decades) to come. It's the same reason I hate Grant Morrison when he works on non-personal projects. Or as I used to sum it up, "You shouldn't shit in someone else's sandbox." Half the reason why character death has become so meaningless in comics is because too many writers are quick on the trigger to kill off any character they don't like, forcing later writers who DO like those characters to come up with ridiculous, soap opera-y excuses to bring them back. Especially when, for every one death that is actually meaningful or impactful, you've got dozens of throw-away deaths that are absolutely meaningless. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:885686465] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>I assume that had to be a rights issue considering that Quicksilver is one of the more popular characters in Fox's X-Men movies</quote> It wasn't. The twins were part of a special deal (part of why both Marvel and Fox could use Quicksilver, and why Marvel still has the Scarlet Witch, where they're about the only mutants Marvel can use with impunity. That being said, Whedon has openly admitted that killing him off was his idea. So much so that they shot a separate alternate ending to the movie where Quicksilver survived in case the studio told him he wasn't allowed to kill the character off. But the studio let him do what he wanted (especially since they were already fighting with him over the Hawkeye scenes), so he offed him. In fact, Quicksilver being in the Fox movies around the same time it was known he was going to be in The Avengers was mostly a deliberate fuck you from Fox towards Marvel (Fox added the scenes in later on, which is why he kind of disappears afterwards). At no point was there a corporate mandate or contractual conflict that led to killing him off. It was just Whedon being Whedon. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote>Killing Coulson didn't bother me. His death was well-done and even though he was a minor character, it did have impact after seeing him in 2-3 other movies beforehand.</quote> I wouldn't say it bothered me, per se. I just pointed it out as yet another example of Whedon's long-running weakness as a writer, which is that he seems to go back to the "need a dramatic moment, kill a major character" well way too often (as you say, offing Quicksilver in the second movie is another prime example). So much so that it's basically become a memetic joke that Whedon = dead main characters. And while Coulson's was handled about as well as it could be, he's offed plenty of main characters that feel more like he's doing it purely for shock value more than because it's the best possible way to tell a given story. And arguably, Coulson's death was kind of weak anyway, because Tony never really seemed to LIKE him all that much, and other than Fury and Widow, none of the other characters really had much of a reason to CARE that he was dead. At least not any more so than any of the other nameless mooks on the helicarrier. It becomes even more of a head-slapper when you realize the underlying implication that the main reason they were having trouble working together in the first place was less clashing egos or actual personal issues and more because the Mind Staff/Stone was fucking with their heads. The fact that he uses character death as a major crutch isn't necessarily a huge deal (George RR Martin does it too, and everyone loves him for it), but there's also a difference between doing it on your own project that is 100% your own (and even when other writers come on board, they're just there to carry out your creative vision as well), versus working on a collaborative shared universe where dozens of writers and directors are likely going to have to deal with the fallout of any creative decision you make for years (if not decades) to come. It's the same reason I hate Grant Morrison when he works on non-personal projects. Or as I used to sum it up, "You shouldn't shit in someone else's sandbox." Half the reason why character death has become so meaningless in comics is because too many writers are quick on the trigger to kill off any character they don't like, forcing later writers who DO like those characters to come up with ridiculous, soap opera-y excuses to bring them back. Especially when, for every one death that is actually meaningful or impactful, you've got dozens of throw-away deaths that are absolutely meaningless. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/29/17 9:10:43 PM #462:	The Wave Master posted... We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago. This is why we need an official Geek topic title wiki or something. You've been the official Keeper of the Names for so long, most of the rest of us have forgotten a lot of our previous suggestions (and which ones have been used). As for suggestions, though, I'll do my usual topical references: Episode VIII: The Last Geek Geekliners Geek: Ragnarok Murder on the Geek Express The Geekest Hour (or The Geekiest Hour) The Once and Future Geek --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:885686868] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago.</quote> This is why we need an official Geek topic title wiki or something. You've been the official Keeper of the Names for so long, most of the rest of us have forgotten a lot of our previous suggestions (and which ones have been used). As for suggestions, though, I'll do my usual topical references: Episode VIII: The Last Geek Geekliners Geek: Ragnarok Murder on the Geek Express The Geekest Hour (or The Geekiest Hour) The Once and Future Geek </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 08/29/17 11:52:34 PM #463:	I use to keep a collection of the Geek topic titles on a spreadsheet on my old computer. However, when I started dating Scarlett I moved out of my old house and I left my computer there with my family. Somehow the computer got messed up over the years and the topics were lost. Then I got 2 new laptops and didn't need the computer and it didn't matter anymore, except for the spreadsheet. The lesson is never leave an old computer with your family to take care of, because they aren't going to at all. Also, please give me more suggestions for the next topic. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885695483] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I use to keep a collection of the Geek topic titles on a spreadsheet on my old computer. However, when I started dating Scarlett I moved out of my old house and I left my computer there with my family. Somehow the computer got messed up over the years and the topics were lost. Then I got 2 new laptops and didn't need the computer and it didn't matter anymore, except for the spreadsheet. The lesson is never leave an old computer with your family to take care of, because they aren't going to at all. Also, please give me more suggestions for the next topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/30/17 5:02:09 AM #464:	ParanoidObsessive posted... At no point was there a corporate mandate or contractual conflict that led to killing him off. It was just Whedon being Whedon. The more I learn about Whedon, the less I like him. The Wave Master posted... Also, please give me more suggestions for the next topic. It's All Geek to Me! (playing off the expression, "It's all Greek to me!", it denotes the stereotype of geek stuff being incomprehensible to outsiders. It's reminiscent of a scene in GTO where Urumi Kanzaki notes that she speaks fifteen languages but couldn't understand what Gundam otaku were talking about) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:885704353] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>At no point was there a corporate mandate or contractual conflict that led to killing him off. It was just Whedon being Whedon. </quote> The more I learn about Whedon, the less I like him. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Also, please give me more suggestions for the next topic.</quote> It's All Geek to Me! (playing off the expression, "It's all Greek to me!", it denotes the stereotype of geek stuff being incomprehensible to outsiders. It's reminiscent of a scene in GTO where Urumi Kanzaki notes that she speaks fifteen languages but couldn't understand what Gundam otaku were talking about)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 08/30/17 9:34:18 AM #465:	ParanoidObsessive posted... That being said, Whedon has openly admitted that killing him off was his idea. So much so that they shot a separate alternate ending to the movie where Quicksilver survived in case the studio told him he wasn't allowed to kill the character off. But the studio let him do what he wanted (especially since they were already fighting with him over the Hawkeye scenes), so he offed him. Did you happen to see the outtake scene where it turns out Quicksilver was still alive, but ~~Hawkeye notices and "puts him to sleep"?~~ --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:885710768] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>That being said, Whedon has openly admitted that killing him off was his idea. So much so that they shot a separate alternate ending to the movie where Quicksilver survived in case the studio told him he wasn't allowed to kill the character off. But the studio let him do what he wanted (especially since they were already fighting with him over the Hawkeye scenes), so he offed him.</quote> Did you happen to see the outtake scene where it turns out Quicksilver was still alive, but Hawkeye notices and "puts him to sleep"?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 08/30/17 3:41:36 PM #466:	ParanoidObsessive posted... The Wave Master posted... We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago. This is why we need an official Geek topic title wiki or something. You've been the official Keeper of the Names for so long, most of the rest of us have forgotten a lot of our previous suggestions (and which ones have been used). As for suggestions, though, I'll do my usual topical references: Episode VIII: The Last Geek Geekliners Geek: Ragnarok Murder on the Geek Express The Geekest Hour (or The Geekiest Hour) The Once and Future Geek Geek Recode --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:885729893] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>We actually did a "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" topic a long, long, t8ne ago.</quote> This is why we need an official Geek topic title wiki or something. You've been the official Keeper of the Names for so long, most of the rest of us have forgotten a lot of our previous suggestions (and which ones have been used). As for suggestions, though, I'll do my usual topical references: Episode VIII: The Last Geek Geekliners Geek: Ragnarok Murder on the Geek Express The Geekest Hour (or The Geekiest Hour) The Once and Future Geek </quote> Geek Recode</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 08/31/17 12:08:23 AM #467:	The Simpson's fired long time composer Alf Clausen. It was a cost saving effort as using a 32 piece orchestra to score 22 episodes a season can be expensive. I'm not sure how long The Simpson's has left in its historic run. They just got a contract extension last year, but once that's over so may be The Simpson's. In good news Ric Flair is in Rehab, (Not foe the booze and drugs) and seems to be out of the woods for the life and death part of his recovery. It's going to be a long journey, but he can recover if he works hard. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885757428] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>The Simpson's fired long time composer Alf Clausen. It was a cost saving effort as using a 32 piece orchestra to score 22 episodes a season can be expensive. I'm not sure how long The Simpson's has left in its historic run. They just got a contract extension last year, but once that's over so may be The Simpson's. In good news Ric Flair is in Rehab, (Not foe the booze and drugs) and seems to be out of the woods for the life and death part of his recovery. It's going to be a long journey, but he can recover if he works hard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 08/31/17 9:31:29 AM #468:	Since I've been watching a crap ton of Power Rangers on Netflix, instead of playing Horizon Zero Dawn, I got curious about the back stage shenanigans during the second season. The season that they began changing out the cast. Well, it turns out Haim Sabin is a cheap bastard, and a horrible human beibg. The actors weren't union, and he didn't pay them scale at all. So when three of them, the yellow, black, and red rangers, wanted more money per episode, and union representation, he replaced them with newer cheaper actors. Sabin also didn't pay his composer his fair share either. He made the composer on the first 3 seasons use a psydeum so that he wouldn't get credit and thus no royalties for reruns and residuals. I guess it's smart business practice but horrible human resource practices. The worse part may be The harassment and bullying he allowed to happen to David Yost, the blue ranger, who is gay, because he is gay. He would ask fellow cast members if Yost was gay, and allowed the crew to call him names. I'm sure there is more, but man isn't this enough? --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885772716] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Since I've been watching a crap ton of Power Rangers on Netflix, instead of playing Horizon Zero Dawn, I got curious about the back stage shenanigans during the second season. The season that they began changing out the cast. Well, it turns out Haim Sabin is a cheap bastard, and a horrible human beibg. The actors weren't union, and he didn't pay them scale at all. So when three of them, the yellow, black, and red rangers, wanted more money per episode, and union representation, he replaced them with newer cheaper actors. Sabin also didn't pay his composer his fair share either. He made the composer on the first 3 seasons use a psydeum so that he wouldn't get credit and thus no royalties for reruns and residuals. I guess it's smart business practice but horrible human resource practices. The worse part may be The harassment and bullying he allowed to happen to David Yost, the blue ranger, who is gay, because he is gay. He would ask fellow cast members if Yost was gay, and allowed the crew to call him names. I'm sure there is more, but man isn't this enough?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 08/31/17 11:55:20 PM #469:	Well P.O. it happened. You were right all along. I'm finally done with humanity. My wife was telling me that you should just give up on humanity because it's just not worth your time and effort and she was right. I'm not going to go into details, but yeah I'm just done with most of my family and humanity too. It feels good to not give a ** about people. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885817685] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Well P.O. it happened. You were right all along. I'm finally done with humanity. My wife was telling me that you should just give up on humanity because it's just not worth your time and effort and she was right. I'm not going to go into details, but yeah I'm just done with most of my family and humanity too. It feels good to not give a ** about people.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/01/17 1:29:53 AM #470:	I disowned half of my family decades ago and most of humanity not all that long after. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:885821648] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I disowned half of my family decades ago and most of humanity not all that long after. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/01/17 1:31:35 PM #471:	Yeah, I have to say that I embraced my inner nihilist well over a decade ago and the experience was...beyond liberating to put it mildly. --- http://i.imgur.com/4fmtLFt.gif http://s1.zetaboards.com/sba/ ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:885844915] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, I have to say that I embraced my inner nihilist well over a decade ago and the experience was...beyond liberating to put it mildly.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/02/17 3:26:49 AM #472:	The Wave Master posted... The Simpson's fired long time composer Alf Clausen. It was a cost saving effort as using a 32 piece orchestra to score 22 episodes a season can be expensive. I'm not sure how long The Simpson's has left in its historic run. They just got a contract extension last year, but once that's over so may be The Simpson's. Honestly, I expect it to run damn near forever. And the recent seasons have been more hit than miss. The only thing that might derail it is if one of the six main cast members dies (well, the actress who does Lisa only does Lisa so no big loss there, but Hank Shearer would be devastating) The Wave Master posted... Since I've been watching a crap ton of Power Rangers on Netflix, instead of playing Horizon Zero Dawn, I got curious about the back stage shenanigans during the second season. The season that they began changing out the cast. Well, it turns out Haim Sabin is a cheap bastard, and a horrible human beibg. The actors weren't union, and he didn't pay them scale at all. So when three of them, the yellow, black, and red rangers, wanted more money per episode, and union representation, he replaced them with newer cheaper actors. Sabin also didn't pay his composer his fair share either. He made the composer on the first 3 seasons use a psydeum so that he wouldn't get credit and thus no royalties for reruns and residuals. I guess it's smart business practice but horrible human resource practices. Yep, those were the rumors even at the time. The cost-cutting got even crazier when Disney took over and they moved everything to NZ and started hiring locals. The Wave Master posted... Well P.O. it happened. You were right all along. I'm finally done with humanity. My wife was telling me that you should just give up on humanity because it's just not worth your time and effort and she was right. I'm not going to go into details, but yeah I'm just done with most of my family and humanity too. It feels good to not give a **** about people. So melodramatic... --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:885882971] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>The Simpson's fired long time composer Alf Clausen. It was a cost saving effort as using a 32 piece orchestra to score 22 episodes a season can be expensive. I'm not sure how long The Simpson's has left in its historic run. They just got a contract extension last year, but once that's over so may be The Simpson's.</quote> Honestly, I expect it to run damn near forever. And the recent seasons have been more hit than miss. The only thing that might derail it is if one of the six main cast members dies (well, the actress who does Lisa only does Lisa so no big loss there, but Hank Shearer would be devastating) <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Since I've been watching a crap ton of Power Rangers on Netflix, instead of playing Horizon Zero Dawn, I got curious about the back stage shenanigans during the second season. The season that they began changing out the cast. Well, it turns out Haim Sabin is a cheap bastard, and a horrible human beibg. The actors weren't union, and he didn't pay them scale at all. So when three of them, the yellow, black, and red rangers, wanted more money per episode, and union representation, he replaced them with newer cheaper actors. Sabin also didn't pay his composer his fair share either. He made the composer on the first 3 seasons use a psydeum so that he wouldn't get credit and thus no royalties for reruns and residuals. I guess it's smart business practice but horrible human resource practices. </quote> Yep, those were the rumors even at the time. The cost-cutting got even crazier when Disney took over and they moved everything to NZ and started hiring locals. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Well P.O. it happened. You were right all along. I'm finally done with humanity. My wife was telling me that you should just give up on humanity because it's just not worth your time and effort and she was right. I'm not going to go into details, but yeah I'm just done with most of my family and humanity too. It feels good to not give a **** about people.</quote> So melodramatic...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/02/17 11:16:16 AM #473:	I'm really enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn. It doesn't hurt that the game is gorgeous. I'm playing it in 4k and it looks and runs amazingly. The best part is the story. I'm starting to figure out plot points before they happen, but there are parts that still have surprised me. Then there is the gameplay which is fun too. I spent a good 3 hours last night just hunting dinosaurs and crafting items. I'm just really impressed and it's good to know that my racist in laws paid for this game. (Christmas Gamestop gift catd.) It just makes my enjoyment that much sweeter. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885893455] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I'm really enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn. It doesn't hurt that the game is gorgeous. I'm playing it in 4k and it looks and runs amazingly. The best part is the story. I'm starting to figure out plot points before they happen, but there are parts that still have surprised me. Then there is the gameplay which is fun too. I spent a good 3 hours last night just hunting dinosaurs and crafting items. I'm just really impressed and it's good to know that my racist in laws paid for this game. (Christmas Gamestop gift catd.) It just makes my enjoyment that much sweeter.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/02/17 5:23:13 PM #474:	The Wave Master posted... I'm really enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn. It doesn't hurt that the game is gorgeous. I'm playing it in 4k and it looks and runs amazingly. I keep putting it off because I'm sort of waiting to see what the DLC turns out to be, and if they release a Game of the Year edition with the DLC included. I've mostly just been playing GTAO, ESO, and Minecraft lately anyway. (You haven't lived until you try to cover an entire 860x860 map in Minecraft 360 with a one-block deep layer of cobblestone... in Survival mode.) --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:885910705] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>I'm really enjoying Horizon Zero Dawn. It doesn't hurt that the game is gorgeous. I'm playing it in 4k and it looks and runs amazingly.</quote> I keep putting it off because I'm sort of waiting to see what the DLC turns out to be, and if they release a Game of the Year edition with the DLC included. I've mostly just been playing GTAO, ESO, and Minecraft lately anyway. (You haven't lived until you try to cover an entire 860x860 map in Minecraft 360 with a one-block deep layer of cobblestone... in Survival mode.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/02/17 8:57:37 PM #475:	I guess I was wrong. http://deadspin.com/rick-flair-has-a-message-for-all-you-motherfuckers-out-1798730519 --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885920348] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I guess I was wrong. http://deadspin.com/rick-flair-has-a-message-for-all-you-motherfuckers-out-1798730519</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knivesX2004 09/03/17 3:37:54 PM #476:	I just finished Defenders. ~~I fucking hated it. Fuck Danny.~~ <cite>knivesX2004 posted [p:885956453] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I just finished Defenders. I fucking hated it. Fuck Danny.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/03/17 4:32:47 PM #477:	knivesX2004 posted... I just finished Defenders. ~~I fucking hated it. Fuck Danny.~~ Matt wasn't much better. The whole series the rest of them were all like "don't do the thing" and Danny and Matt at every turn we're like , No! I'M GOING TO DO THE THING!" How is Jessica Jones the only one with common sense? The second they killed the Hand leader from Africa, they should have loaded Danny on a plane to Johannesburg and made his ass stay there for the rest of the show...then again they probably should have cut Elektra's head off and buried the parts separately at the end of DD s2 too... --- http://i.imgur.com/4fmtLFt.gif http://s1.zetaboards.com/sba/ ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:885959020] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>knivesX2004 posted...</cite> <quote>I just finished Defenders. I fucking hated it. Fuck Danny.</quote> Matt wasn't much better. The whole series the rest of them were all like "don't do the thing" and Danny and Matt at every turn we're like , No! I'M GOING TO DO THE THING!" How is Jessica Jones the only one with common sense? The second they killed the Hand leader from Africa, they should have loaded Danny on a plane to Johannesburg and made his ass stay there for the rest of the show...then again they probably should have cut Elektra's head off and buried the parts separately at the end of DD s2 too...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knivesX2004 09/03/17 6:39:16 PM #478:	More Defenders Spoilers. ~~You could also not have Danny USE HIS FUCKING IRON FIST POWERS during the fight IN FRONT of the magical macguffin.~~ <cite>knivesX2004 posted [p:885965202] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>More Defenders Spoilers. You could also not have Danny USE HIS FUCKING IRON FIST POWERS during the fight IN FRONT of the magical macguffin.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/04/17 3:54:55 AM #479:	I can't even bring myself to finish Iron Fist. Therefore, I can't or probably shouldn't watch The Defenders. From what you guys said I'm not missing much. Now that football is back on full swing that is more important than watching bad television to me. When to me I can watch something that is good to me and my wife. Hell, the ICLA vs Texas A&M game was pretty compelling tonight, and no one whined about their Destiny. Plus I still have a stack of games I need to start or finish. My backlog is scary long, and I still want to add more games to that list. Nioh Persona 5 Breath of the Wild Nier: Automata --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:885990074] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I can't even bring myself to finish Iron Fist. Therefore, I can't or probably shouldn't watch The Defenders. From what you guys said I'm not missing much. Now that football is back on full swing that is more important than watching bad television to me. When to me I can watch something that is good to me and my wife. Hell, the ICLA vs Texas A&M game was pretty compelling tonight, and no one whined about their Destiny. Plus I still have a stack of games I need to start or finish. My backlog is scary long, and I still want to add more games to that list. Nioh Persona 5 Breath of the Wild Nier: Automata</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/04/17 4:05:26 AM #480:	Traveled down to NJ today and couldn't help but remember PO lives there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxirs7VGrGU The Wave Master posted... I guess I was wrong. http://deadspin.com/rick-flair-has-a-message-for-all-you-motherfuckers-out-1798730519 Yeah, I didn't think he'd go out like that. The Wave Master posted... I can't even bring myself to finish Iron Fist. Therefore, I can't or probably shouldn't watch The Defenders. From what you guys said I'm not missing much. Not touching the Defenders either yet, but in my case I still need to watch Luke Cage as well as Iron Fist. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:885990313] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Traveled down to NJ today and couldn't help but remember PO lives there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxirs7VGrGU <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>I guess I was wrong. http://deadspin.com/rick-flair-has-a-message-for-all-you-motherfuckers-out-1798730519</quote> Yeah, I didn't think he'd go out like that. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>I can't even bring myself to finish Iron Fist. Therefore, I can't or probably shouldn't watch The Defenders. From what you guys said I'm not missing much.</quote> Not touching the Defenders either yet, but in my case I still need to watch Luke Cage as well as Iron Fist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/04/17 12:03:02 PM #481:	In defense of The Defenders, it's not terrible. It's just that Danny is still a PTSD riddled petulant child most of the time and Matt makes plot required poor decisions at every turn that seem out of character. The Iron Fist and Luke Cage series' are far from perfect, but they're still better than a lot of shows out there. --- http://i.imgur.com/4fmtLFt.gif http://s1.zetaboards.com/sba/ ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:886002824] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>In defense of The Defenders, it's not terrible. It's just that Danny is still a PTSD riddled petulant child most of the time and Matt makes plot required poor decisions at every turn that seem out of character. The Iron Fist and Luke Cage series' are far from perfect, but they're still better than a lot of shows out there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 09/04/17 4:48:59 PM #482:	You don't have to watch Iron Fist to watch Defenders. Also the last third of Luke Cage. --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:886017192] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>You don't have to watch Iron Fist to watch Defenders. Also the last third of Luke Cage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/04/17 6:07:38 PM #483:	Zeus posted... Traveled down to NJ today and couldn't help but remember PO lives there. Yes, I do enjoy living in the state with one of the top five educational systems in the US and a number of the most affluent counties in the entire nation. Also, I enjoy the benefits of having some of the cheapest fuel costs in the entire country and still having every store or service I can possibly imagine ever needing to use within 20 minutes driving distance of my home (as opposed to having to drive 30 minutes for groceries and an hour just to watch a movie). I've said it before and I'll say it again - from my experience, most of the New Jersey bashing you hear is either rooted in jealousy or ignorance. It's basically become the stupid meme that everyone repeats because they heard other people say it before, in spite of knowing absolutely nothing about the state. Especially if the only time they ever spend here is on the Turnpike going from NY to PA or something similar (which is like trying to judge the entirety of California based solely on the LA freeway). Or if they're judging from shows like The Jersey Shore (where nearly everyone ON the show was actually from Long Island). I've considered moving before (the money I'd make from selling my house here could basically buy me a freaking mansion in most other states), but I can't imagine ever actually wanting to LIVE in most other states. For all the flaws the state may actually have, it's counterbalanced by way too many benefits and conveniences. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:886021421] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Traveled down to NJ today and couldn't help but remember PO lives there.</quote> Yes, I do enjoy living in the state with one of the top five educational systems in the US and a number of the most affluent counties in the entire nation. Also, I enjoy the benefits of having some of the cheapest fuel costs in the entire country and still having every store or service I can possibly imagine ever needing to use within 20 minutes driving distance of my home (as opposed to having to drive 30 minutes for groceries and an hour just to watch a movie). I've said it before and I'll say it again - from my experience, most of the New Jersey bashing you hear is either rooted in jealousy or ignorance. It's basically become the stupid meme that everyone repeats because they heard other people say it before, in spite of knowing absolutely nothing about the state. Especially if the only time they ever spend here is on the Turnpike going from NY to PA or something similar (which is like trying to judge the entirety of California based solely on the LA freeway). Or if they're judging from shows like The Jersey Shore (where nearly everyone ON the show was actually from Long Island). I've considered moving before (the money I'd make from selling my house here could basically buy me a freaking mansion in most other states), but I can't imagine ever actually wanting to LIVE in most other states. For all the flaws the state may actually have, it's counterbalanced by way too many benefits and conveniences. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/04/17 6:17:59 PM #484:	ParanoidObsessive posted... one of the top five educational systems I mean, do you honestly care or are you just spouting it off to be cool? <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:886022021] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>one of the top five educational systems</quote> I mean, do you honestly care or are you just spouting it off to be cool?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/04/17 6:43:45 PM #485:	shadowsword87 posted... ParanoidObsessive posted... one of the top five educational systems I mean, do you honestly care or are you just spouting it off to be cool? Most of my friends have kids, and it's a large selling point for the specific town I live in (and the reason a lot of people live here). It was also something I noticed very strongly once I went to college, where it felt like literally everyone around me was kind of an idiot. Educational standards DO tend to effect what the adult population is going to be like (a large part of why poor education and poverty tend to become endemic and inherited over time). Though I mostly throw it out there because, again, way too many people seem to have the belief that everyone in the state is basically a Jersey Shore reject or an extra from the Sopranos, when I can honestly say that, in the span of 40 years worth of living in the state, I could probably count on one hand the number of people I've known that act like either. There's a lot of extremely well-educated people here. And you're probably way more likely to find people of Irish or German (or Irish-German) descent in most places here than you are blatant Italian stereotypes. Which is not to say that those sorts of people don't exist (they do, though The Jersey Shore is more of an indictment of Long Islanders while you'd probably find more Sopranos wannabes in Staten Island), but there are a LOT of places in the state that don't really conform to any of the popular stereotypes at all. We've got backwoods hillbillies and inner-city trash, rich businessmen and celebrities, and most things in-between. There's a ton of diversity in the state, yet most people are either judging on tiny parts of the state that don't really reflect the whole, or are just repeating jokes people came up with 50+ years ago that haven't been true for decades. So normally I just dismiss most criticism out of hand as, again, either jealousy or ignorance, mainly because most of the people who spout it (especially online) have never actually been to or spent any real time in the state at all (and would probably be deeply offended if I did the same sort of knee-jerk dismissal of whatever state they came from). And if I had to start arguments with every dingus who brings it up I'd spend most of my time doing it - so I usually only bother defending it when I'm talking to people who are intelligent or aware enough that they should probably know better. Most of the rest of the time I just make a mental note to write off the speaker as an idiot with worthless opinions in future conversations. Which has always been my MO on PotD, honestly. Generally speaking, if I'm arguing with you, it's because on at least some level, I feel like you've got at least SOME capacity to understand simple concepts and are at least somewhat redeemable. When I'm dealing with the straight-up idiots and worthless trash I usually either just stop paying attention to them entirely, give them the pithy snark, or these days, just click Ignore on their account safe in the knowledge that I will never miss a post worth reading. Kungfu Kenobi is actually a pretty good example of an older poster I used to argue somewhat acerbically with on a regular basis because it seemed like we disagreed on pretty much everything, but I actually wound up respecting him as a poster because he was at least able to articulate his position and demonstrate that he'd actually put thought into most of his arguments. Whereas with some people on this board, you usually just end up wanting to repeatedly smash their head into a wall. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:886023340] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>one of the top five educational systems</quote> I mean, do you honestly care or are you just spouting it off to be cool?</quote> Most of my friends have kids, and it's a large selling point for the specific town I live in (and the reason a lot of people live here). It was also something I noticed very strongly once I went to college, where it felt like literally everyone around me was kind of an idiot. Educational standards DO tend to effect what the adult population is going to be like (a large part of why poor education and poverty tend to become endemic and inherited over time). Though I mostly throw it out there because, again, way too many people seem to have the belief that everyone in the state is basically a Jersey Shore reject or an extra from the Sopranos, when I can honestly say that, in the span of 40 years worth of living in the state, I could probably count on one hand the number of people I've known that act like either. There's a lot of extremely well-educated people here. And you're probably way more likely to find people of Irish or German (or Irish-German) descent in most places here than you are blatant Italian stereotypes. Which is not to say that those sorts of people don't exist (they do, though The Jersey Shore is more of an indictment of Long Islanders while you'd probably find more Sopranos wannabes in Staten Island), but there are a LOT of places in the state that don't really conform to any of the popular stereotypes at all. We've got backwoods hillbillies and inner-city trash, rich businessmen and celebrities, and most things in-between. There's a ton of diversity in the state, yet most people are either judging on tiny parts of the state that don't really reflect the whole, or are just repeating jokes people came up with 50+ years ago that haven't been true for decades. So normally I just dismiss most criticism out of hand as, again, either jealousy or ignorance, mainly because most of the people who spout it (especially online) have never actually been to or spent any real time in the state at all (and would probably be deeply offended if I did the same sort of knee-jerk dismissal of whatever state they came from). And if I had to start arguments with every dingus who brings it up I'd spend most of my time doing it - so I usually only bother defending it when I'm talking to people who are intelligent or aware enough that they should probably know better. Most of the rest of the time I just make a mental note to write off the speaker as an idiot with worthless opinions in future conversations. Which has always been my MO on PotD, honestly. Generally speaking, if I'm arguing with you, it's because on at least some level, I feel like you've got at least SOME capacity to understand simple concepts and are at least somewhat redeemable. When I'm dealing with the straight-up idiots and worthless trash I usually either just stop paying attention to them entirely, give them the pithy snark, or these days, just click Ignore on their account safe in the knowledge that I will never miss a post worth reading. Kungfu Kenobi is actually a pretty good example of an older poster I used to argue somewhat acerbically with on a regular basis because it seemed like we disagreed on pretty much everything, but I actually wound up respecting him as a poster because he was at least able to articulate his position and demonstrate that he'd actually put thought into most of his arguments. Whereas with some people on this board, you usually just end up wanting to repeatedly smash their head into a wall. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/04/17 8:55:10 PM #486:	Education is super important and a reason to brag about your state. Being from, and currently living in, Mississippi, I can guarantee that ignoring idiots and stereotypes is a constant. When I have gone to other states and been asked where I'm from I've had people ask me if I had the Internet, or if we all eat roadkill, or if we had paved roads. My favorite is the person asking, "Where is your southern accent?" The eye roll I give them says it all. Stereotypes either do arise from jealously, hatred, or ignorance. Granted I did have to go almost 300 miles away to get a good education in my field, but that's because as important as education is, my state doesn't value it as much as other states, or as much as religion. You tell people you're agnostic and you might as well have kicked them in the balls and stolen their wallet. So yes, education is important because it opens minds and leads to progress, which we in Mississippi sorely lack. Hell, I see memes all the time from people I went to high school with bragging about how they never have to use algebra in their daily lives, and they are proud of this fact. We have serious problems here and being educated would solve a great deal of them. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:886030843] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Education is super important and a reason to brag about your state. Being from, and currently living in, Mississippi, I can guarantee that ignoring idiots and stereotypes is a constant. When I have gone to other states and been asked where I'm from I've had people ask me if I had the Internet, or if we all eat roadkill, or if we had paved roads. My favorite is the person asking, "Where is your southern accent?" The eye roll I give them says it all. Stereotypes either do arise from jealously, hatred, or ignorance. Granted I did have to go almost 300 miles away to get a good education in my field, but that's because as important as education is, my state doesn't value it as much as other states, or as much as religion. You tell people you're agnostic and you might as well have kicked them in the balls and stolen their wallet. So yes, education is important because it opens minds and leads to progress, which we in Mississippi sorely lack. Hell, I see memes all the time from people I went to high school with bragging about how they never have to use algebra in their daily lives, and they are proud of this fact. We have serious problems here and being educated would solve a great deal of them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/04/17 9:39:40 PM #487:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Yes, I do enjoy living in the state with one of the top five educational systems in the US and a number of the most affluent counties in the entire nation. And yet somehow it's responsible for my stupidest relatives. Of course, one of them escaped that fate -- by going to high school in NY -- but the remaining five never even went to college, making them the only five in the last three generations on that side of my family to not hold a college degree of any sort. It's a rather dubious honor. However, I should note that the same lists which put NJ top 5 or top 10 put CT over it and, quite honestly, CT's educational system (save for some of our colleges, because we're home to Yale and UConn) is lackluster at best. ParanoidObsessive posted... Also, I enjoy the benefits of having some of the cheapest fuel costs in the entire country and still having every store or service I can possibly imagine ever needing to use within 20 minutes driving distance of my home (as opposed to having to drive 30 minutes for groceries and an hour just to watch a movie). Humorously enough, the cost of fuel was actually worse down there the day I visited but, in general, I assume it has to be better than CT on average considering that CT has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation. ParanoidObsessive posted... I've said it before and I'll say it again - from my experience, most of the New Jersey bashing you hear is either rooted in jealousy or ignorance. It's basically become the stupid meme that everyone repeats because they heard other people say it before, ...and yet it's mostly people from the tri-state area mocking it, not some corn huskers from Nebraska or... um, alligators from Florida. ParanoidObsessive posted... I've considered moving before (the money I'd make from selling my house here could basically buy me a freaking mansion in most other states), but I can't imagine ever actually wanting to LIVE in most other states. For all the flaws the state may actually have, it's counterbalanced by way too many benefits and conveniences. If I didn't work in New England, I certainly wouldn't "choose" to live in New England. The taxes are obscene and the weather is terrible. Granted, I'll take CT over Jersey any day of the week despite hating my state's government. ParanoidObsessive posted... We've got backwoods hillbillies and inner-city trash, rich businessmen and celebrities, and most things in-between. There's a ton of diversity in the state, yet most people are either judging on tiny parts of the state that don't really reflect the whole, or are just repeating jokes people came up with 50+ years ago that haven't been true for decades. I'm sure someday I'll find a nice part of the state. Most of my friends, relatives, etc, all live in the north, though, which is nothing short of a dreadful region. The Wave Master posted... Being from, and currently living in, Mississippi, My condolences. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:886033486] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, I do enjoy living in the state with one of the top five educational systems in the US and a number of the most affluent counties in the entire nation.</quote> And yet somehow it's responsible for my stupidest relatives. Of course, one of them escaped that fate -- by going to high school in NY -- but the remaining five never even went to college, making them the only five in the last three generations on that side of my family to not hold a college degree of any sort. It's a rather dubious honor. However, I should note that the same lists which put NJ top 5 or top 10 put CT over it and, quite honestly, CT's educational system (save for some of our colleges, because we're home to Yale and UConn) is lackluster at best. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Also, I enjoy the benefits of having some of the cheapest fuel costs in the entire country and still having every store or service I can possibly imagine ever needing to use within 20 minutes driving distance of my home (as opposed to having to drive 30 minutes for groceries and an hour just to watch a movie).</quote> Humorously enough, the cost of fuel was actually worse down there the day I visited but, in general, I assume it has to be better than CT on average considering that CT has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>I've said it before and I'll say it again - from my experience, most of the New Jersey bashing you hear is either rooted in jealousy or ignorance. It's basically become the stupid meme that everyone repeats because they heard other people say it before,</quote> ...and yet it's mostly people from the tri-state area mocking it, not some corn huskers from Nebraska or... um, alligators from Florida. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>I've considered moving before (the money I'd make from selling my house here could basically buy me a freaking mansion in most other states), but I can't imagine ever actually wanting to LIVE in most other states. For all the flaws the state may actually have, it's counterbalanced by way too many benefits and conveniences.</quote> If I didn't work in New England, I certainly wouldn't "choose" to live in New England. The taxes are obscene and the weather is terrible. Granted, I'll take CT over Jersey any day of the week despite hating my state's government. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>We've got backwoods hillbillies and inner-city trash, rich businessmen and celebrities, and most things in-between. There's a ton of diversity in the state, yet most people are either judging on tiny parts of the state that don't really reflect the whole, or are just repeating jokes people came up with 50+ years ago that haven't been true for decades.</quote> I'm sure someday I'll find a nice part of the state. Most of my friends, relatives, etc, all live in the north, though, which is nothing short of a dreadful region. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Being from, and currently living in, Mississippi, </quote> My condolences.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raganork 09/05/17 1:36:37 AM #488:	I still think I live in the shittiest state in the country. Maybe my views are somewhat clouded by the family I have that lives here, which... man, I used to always wonder why people hated their families. Not anymore. I really need to get the hell outta here. I had a better life in Florida, honestly. Considering moving back. <cite>Raganork posted [p:886044557] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I still think I live in the shittiest state in the country. Maybe my views are somewhat clouded by the family I have that lives here, which... man, I used to always wonder why people hated their families. Not anymore. I really need to get the hell outta here. I had a better life in Florida, honestly. Considering moving back.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/05/17 2:35:48 AM #489:	Zeus posted... And yet somehow it's responsible for my stupidest relatives. So it's just your personal issues that are the problem then. Gotcha. Zeus posted... ...and yet it's mostly people from the tri-state area mocking it, not some corn huskers from Nebraska or... um, alligators from Florida. Yeah, which is where the "jealousy" part comes in. Ignorance applies when you're talking about someone who doesn't know what they're talking about at all, and mostly just parroting back things they've heard on TV or in movies where people shit on it (see also your convenient link from earlier that more or less proves my point). Jealousy is more from people who live close enough to know better but still cling to the stereotypes more in self-defense of their own area than out of any real willingness to be open-minded about things. Because, I mean, a lot of the NJ abuse I hear in real life comes from New Yorkers (especially the sorts of people who are dismissive of the "bridge and tunnel" crowd) - but you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC. For every plus there's always at least a few minuses (like having cockroaches, dog-sized rats, and constantly smelling like urine). Zeus posted... If I didn't work in New England, I certainly wouldn't "choose" to live in New England. The taxes are obscene and the weather is terrible. Granted, I'll take CT over Jersey any day of the week despite hating my state's government. I'd probably rate CT as "tolerable", though its certainly got its own issues. Most of the states north are either a bit too pretentious (hello, Mass!) or just a bit too hick-y for my tastes (hello New Hampshire!). But as for not wanting to live in New England, I'd probably flip it the other way around and say that there aren't all that many places outside of the Northeast that I'd be able to stomach on a long-term basis. Once you get into Delaware or Maryland or go much beyond Ohio, it seems like there's way too much open space and any number of terrible things worth avoiding. It also goes hand-in-hand with when people on this board throw tantrums about how religion sucks and every religious person is an asshole and then admit that they live in the South/Bible Belt. It's like, no fucking shit - maybe you should move. I like that a lot of the Northeast seems to have a fair bit of open-mindedness about things without being too PC/SJW about it (hello West Coast!). I also like the faster pace of life and the lack of people shitting on you behind your back while pretending to be nice that you see a lot more in the South, but that's also likely one of those things where I like what I'm already used to from growing up here. A lot of my bluntness and sarcasm and intolerance of bullshit is probably rooted in the Jersey part of me. Zeus posted... I'm sure someday I'll find a nice part of the state. Most of my friends, relatives, etc, all live in the north, though, which is nothing short of a dreadful region. Well, depending on which part of the "north" you're talking about, keep in mind that a lot of the northeast counties are pretty much built on the outflow of human garbage/urban blight pouring out of NYC (in the same way that Camden sucks almost entirely because of Philadelphia). Conversely, there are areas in the northwest and much farther south that could pretty much BE part of "The South" for how backwoodsy they are. While most of the wealth is sort of concentrated in the middle. I can hit a ton of different biomes and socio-economic strata within an hour or two drive. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:886046423] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>And yet somehow it's responsible for my stupidest relatives.</quote> So it's just your personal issues that are the problem then. Gotcha. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>...and yet it's mostly people from the tri-state area mocking it, not some corn huskers from Nebraska or... um, alligators from Florida. </quote> Yeah, which is where the "jealousy" part comes in. Ignorance applies when you're talking about someone who doesn't know what they're talking about at all, and mostly just parroting back things they've heard on TV or in movies where people shit on it (see also your convenient link from earlier that more or less proves my point). Jealousy is more from people who live close enough to know better but still cling to the stereotypes more in self-defense of their own area than out of any real willingness to be open-minded about things. Because, I mean, a lot of the NJ abuse I hear in real life comes from New Yorkers (especially the sorts of people who are dismissive of the "bridge and tunnel" crowd) - but you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC. For every plus there's always at least a few minuses (like having cockroaches, dog-sized rats, and constantly smelling like urine). <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>If I didn't work in New England, I certainly wouldn't "choose" to live in New England. The taxes are obscene and the weather is terrible. Granted, I'll take CT over Jersey any day of the week despite hating my state's government.</quote> I'd probably rate CT as "tolerable", though its certainly got its own issues. Most of the states north are either a bit too pretentious (hello, Mass!) or just a bit too hick-y for my tastes (hello New Hampshire!). But as for not wanting to live in New England, I'd probably flip it the other way around and say that there aren't all that many places outside of the Northeast that I'd be able to stomach on a long-term basis. Once you get into Delaware or Maryland or go much beyond Ohio, it seems like there's way too much open space and any number of terrible things worth avoiding. It also goes hand-in-hand with when people on this board throw tantrums about how religion sucks and every religious person is an asshole and then admit that they live in the South/Bible Belt. It's like, no fucking shit - maybe you should move. I like that a lot of the Northeast seems to have a fair bit of open-mindedness about things without being too PC/SJW about it (hello West Coast!). I also like the faster pace of life and the lack of people shitting on you behind your back while pretending to be nice that you see a lot more in the South, but that's also likely one of those things where I like what I'm already used to from growing up here. A lot of my bluntness and sarcasm and intolerance of bullshit is probably rooted in the Jersey part of me. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>I'm sure someday I'll find a nice part of the state. Most of my friends, relatives, etc, all live in the north, though, which is nothing short of a dreadful region.</quote> Well, depending on which part of the "north" you're talking about, keep in mind that a lot of the northeast counties are pretty much built on the outflow of human garbage/urban blight pouring out of NYC (in the same way that Camden sucks almost entirely because of Philadelphia). Conversely, there are areas in the northwest and much farther south that could pretty much BE part of "The South" for how backwoodsy they are. While most of the wealth is sort of concentrated in the middle. I can hit a ton of different biomes and socio-economic strata within an hour or two drive. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/05/17 10:26:28 AM #490:	I can't get my wife to commit to moving out of the deep South. She was born and raised here, and she loves it for some reason. Mainly she wants to be close to her racist parents, who she doesn't see or talk to that often. She's admitted that if we moved then she would probably never really see them again. Which I have to say is not a deal breaker to me. Because we are on the coast we do have access to the beach, which was nice before I lost my leg and could walk on sand. And we are super close to New Orleans, which means we have access to one of the best food scenes in America. We also have fresh seafood from the gulf, which too is nice. However, she loves the weather here.She doesn't want to go too far north because of snow. Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death. I mean, it could, but so can a damn hurricane. Speaking of which, Hurricane Irma is threatening to kill all life down here again. If it does I'm dragging her ass to Texas whether she likes it or not. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:886057785] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I can't get my wife to commit to moving out of the deep South. She was born and raised here, and she loves it for some reason. Mainly she wants to be close to her racist parents, who she doesn't see or talk to that often. She's admitted that if we moved then she would probably never really see them again. Which I have to say is not a deal breaker to me. Because we are on the coast we do have access to the beach, which was nice before I lost my leg and could walk on sand. And we are super close to New Orleans, which means we have access to one of the best food scenes in America. We also have fresh seafood from the gulf, which too is nice. However, she loves the weather here.She doesn't want to go too far north because of snow. Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death. I mean, it could, but so can a damn hurricane. Speaking of which, Hurricane Irma is threatening to kill all life down here again. If it does I'm dragging her ass to Texas whether she likes it or not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/05/17 10:44:50 AM #491:	My reasons to leave and head nortb are pretty obvious. Better education and schools. Better economy. Better diversity and less racism. Less religion. Let's tackle these separately. Education: Mississippi ranks last or near last in education. Outside the coast, where I live, our schools are falling apart. She wants to have kids, and I do too. Which means not raising them in school districts that plain just stink. Plus all the instate colleges are up north. Which leads me to the rest of the problems. Economy: Either you work at a casino or you starve. Our economy is soley based on casinos and tourism. Even with a college degree you still end up doing crappy back breaking work, or you're under paid for a skilled job. There's no advancement or career opportunities and you're in a dead end job barely surviving. Diversity: Black man, white woman. Enough said. The South isn't real tolerant of people being different. We get dirty and confused looks everywhere we go. It's annoying and scary because I'm not physically able to protect us any longer if something does arise. Religion: Better just leave that one alone. However, it's God and football down here. The order of priority depends on the day of the week. God has Tuesday and Wednesday. Football has the other 5 days. It's just better to leave the deep South. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:886058521] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>My reasons to leave and head nortb are pretty obvious. Better education and schools. Better economy. Better diversity and less racism. Less religion. Let's tackle these separately. Education: Mississippi ranks last or near last in education. Outside the coast, where I live, our schools are falling apart. She wants to have kids, and I do too. Which means not raising them in school districts that plain just stink. Plus all the instate colleges are up north. Which leads me to the rest of the problems. Economy: Either you work at a casino or you starve. Our economy is soley based on casinos and tourism. Even with a college degree you still end up doing crappy back breaking work, or you're under paid for a skilled job. There's no advancement or career opportunities and you're in a dead end job barely surviving. Diversity: Black man, white woman. Enough said. The South isn't real tolerant of people being different. We get dirty and confused looks everywhere we go. It's annoying and scary because I'm not physically able to protect us any longer if something does arise. Religion: Better just leave that one alone. However, it's God and football down here. The order of priority depends on the day of the week. God has Tuesday and Wednesday. Football has the other 5 days. It's just better to leave the deep South.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/05/17 6:47:17 PM #492:	The Wave Master posted... Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death. To be fair, it might. Last year I was attacked by a White Walker at least three times. The Wave Master posted... If it does I'm dragging her ass to Texas whether she likes it or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey NOWHERE IS SAFE. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:886085336] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death.</quote> To be fair, it might. Last year I was attacked by a White Walker at least three times. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>If it does I'm dragging her ass to Texas whether she likes it or not.</quote> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey NOWHERE IS SAFE. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/05/17 9:02:36 PM #493:	In all fairness I was taking her to Dallas where is safe from hurricanes. Did we decide on a topic title? I don't want to tick anyone off in choosing a title. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:886093381] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>In all fairness I was taking her to Dallas where is safe from hurricanes. Did we decide on a topic title? I don't want to tick anyone off in choosing a title.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raganork 09/05/17 9:10:05 PM #494:	I'm fine with whatever variant of the new Star Wars film that has already undoubtedly been suggested. Nothing else really comes to mind. That's not to say nothing interesting that's geek culture related is coming this winter - far from it. <cite>Raganork posted [p:886093886] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>I'm fine with whatever variant of the new Star Wars film that has already undoubtedly been suggested. Nothing else really comes to mind. That's not to say nothing interesting that's geek culture related is coming this winter - far from it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 09/05/17 9:53:32 PM #495:	Have we done "A Geek in the Lonesome October" yet? Or anything else Halloween related? --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:886096592] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Have we done "A Geek in the Lonesome October" yet? Or anything else Halloween related?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/06/17 1:36:02 AM #496:	ParanoidObsessive posted... So it's just your personal issues that are the problem then. Gotcha. They're a case-in-point. ParanoidObsessive posted... Yeah, which is where the "jealousy" part comes in. Jealous of what exactly? ParanoidObsessive posted... Because, I mean, a lot of the NJ abuse I hear in real life comes from New Yorkers (especially the sorts of people who are dismissive of the "bridge and tunnel" crowd) - but you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC. For every plus there's always at least a few minuses (like having cockroaches, dog-sized rats, and constantly smelling like urine). There's a lot of NY besides NYC. It's a pretty big state, something I personally forget at times since I've grown accustomed to smaller states. Otherwise, I don't like larger cities in general. Everything seems to be paid parking, there are too many damn lanes of traffic on every street, homeless people all over, etc. Suffered through a trip to White Plains a month or so ago where, right at the end when I was stopping in a bathroom before driving back, I noticed that the guy in a nearby stall was hypnoxxing. ParanoidObsessive posted... I'd probably rate CT as "tolerable", though its certainly got its own issues. Most of the states north are either a bit too pretentious (hello, Mass!) or just a bit too hick-y for my tastes (hello New Hampshire!). Well, the north and eastern parts of CT are thoroughly hick. Going north, you start hitting backwoods around Torrington (although even New Milford starts to look eerily white). Going east, past Hartford starts to looks hickish unless you're hugging the shore ParanoidObsessive posted... But as for not wanting to live in New England, I'd probably flip it the other way around and say that there aren't all that many places outside of the Northeast that I'd be able to stomach on a long-term basis. Once you get into Delaware or Maryland or go much beyond Ohio, it seems like there's way too much open space and any number of terrible things worth avoiding. Where else have you resided, though? The Wave Master posted... And we are super close to New Orleans, which means we have access to one of the best food scenes in America. We also have fresh seafood from the gulf, which too is nice. My mouth is watering already. The Wave Master posted... However, she loves the weather here.She doesn't want to go too far north because of snow. Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death.. Before you scoff about the snow, I want you to remember winter is coming. You boys of summer down south wouldn't survive a proper New England winter. But seriously, snow sucks and sometimes you have to deal with it for months at a time. Plenty of times you'll find yourself cleaning up from one storm to ready yourself for the next. Those days you'll ask yourself why you didn't get a place closer to the road. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:886108113] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>So it's just your personal issues that are the problem then. Gotcha.</quote> They're a case-in-point. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah, which is where the "jealousy" part comes in. </quote> Jealous of what exactly? <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Because, I mean, a lot of the NJ abuse I hear in real life comes from New Yorkers (especially the sorts of people who are dismissive of the "bridge and tunnel" crowd) - but you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC. For every plus there's always at least a few minuses (like having cockroaches, dog-sized rats, and constantly smelling like urine).</quote> There's a lot of NY besides NYC. It's a pretty big state, something I personally forget at times since I've grown accustomed to smaller states. Otherwise, I don't like larger cities in general. Everything seems to be paid parking, there are too many damn lanes of traffic on every street, homeless people all over, etc. Suffered through a trip to White Plains a month or so ago where, right at the end when I was stopping in a bathroom before driving back, I noticed that the guy in a nearby stall was hypnoxxing. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>I'd probably rate CT as "tolerable", though its certainly got its own issues. Most of the states north are either a bit too pretentious (hello, Mass!) or just a bit too hick-y for my tastes (hello New Hampshire!).</quote> Well, the north and eastern parts of CT are thoroughly hick. Going north, you start hitting backwoods around Torrington (although even New Milford starts to look eerily white). Going east, past Hartford starts to looks hickish unless you're hugging the shore <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>But as for not wanting to live in New England, I'd probably flip it the other way around and say that there aren't all that many places outside of the Northeast that I'd be able to stomach on a long-term basis. Once you get into Delaware or Maryland or go much beyond Ohio, it seems like there's way too much open space and any number of terrible things worth avoiding.</quote> Where else have you resided, though? <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>And we are super close to New Orleans, which means we have access to one of the best food scenes in America. We also have fresh seafood from the gulf, which too is nice. </quote> My mouth is watering already. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>However, she loves the weather here.She doesn't want to go too far north because of snow. Like the snow is going to personally attack and freeze her to death..</quote> Before you scoff about the snow, I want you to remember winter is coming. You boys of summer down south wouldn't survive a proper New England winter. But seriously, snow sucks and sometimes you have to deal with it for months at a time. Plenty of times you'll find yourself cleaning up from one storm to ready yourself for the next. Those days you'll ask yourself why you didn't get a place closer to the road.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/06/17 1:44:54 AM #497:	The Wave Master posted... Did we decide on a topic title? Geeksville? Stranger Geeks? The Geekfenders? (Wait, that one is awful.) Was a Geeknado ever done? Because with all of the storms, it seems appropriate. Entity13 posted... Have we done "A Geek in the Lonesome October" yet? Or anything else Halloween related? I'm certainly not opposed to a Halloween reference, but nothing suitable jumps to mind. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:886108425] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Did we decide on a topic title? </quote> Geeksville? Stranger Geeks? The Geekfenders? (Wait, that one is awful.) Was a Geeknado ever done? Because with all of the storms, it seems appropriate. <cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>Have we done "A Geek in the Lonesome October" yet? Or anything else Halloween related?</quote> I'm certainly not opposed to a Halloween reference, but nothing suitable jumps to mind.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/06/17 1:45:14 AM #498:	We should do something Halloween related for the next topic title. If the topic finishes before Christmas and the new Star Wars movie comes out we can base a topic around that. Before the topic does end I would like to thank all of you for posting or keeping the topic going. Also, in wrestling news JBL is gone from WWE. Thank goodness because he was an ass. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:886108438] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>We should do something Halloween related for the next topic title. If the topic finishes before Christmas and the new Star Wars movie comes out we can base a topic around that. Before the topic does end I would like to thank all of you for posting or keeping the topic going. Also, in wrestling news JBL is gone from WWE. Thank goodness because he was an ass.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knivesX2004 09/06/17 1:52:24 AM #499:	Waiting for the Geek Pumpkin. Just don't make it Geekoween. <cite>knivesX2004 posted [p:886108647] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Waiting for the Geek Pumpkin. Just don't make it Geekoween.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
faramir77 09/06/17 1:53:59 AM #500:	Thanks guys. Never posted in this, but thanks. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:886108699] in Super Geek... [t:75481425]...</cite> <quote>Thanks guys. Never posted in this, but thanks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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