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Title: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-04, 04:46
Con is short.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-07-04, 05:22
... for contraband, or contractions O_o ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ConfusedUs on 2005-07-04, 05:31
hey it's my birthday soon


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Woodsman on 2005-07-04, 06:25
mine too


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-04, 08:26
I'm a sweetie, give me a treat!  <3


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-04, 10:52
You'd burn it to ashes.

PS(=EDIT) - Besides, the only thing I have here is a cracker. I guess you don't want that.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-04, 13:58
I like dr who :offtopic:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-04, 16:45
Who?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-04, 17:10
my bday was july 2nd :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-04, 18:01
Mine's 1st December. Only 5 months to go.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-04, 18:58
Cheese graters are fun :shifty:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-07-04, 19:27
The Universe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-04, 20:42
A rubber ducky does not count as an emergency floatation device.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-04, 20:49
Little known fact: Agent Smith likes Russian dances:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-04, 23:04
I made this. :band:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-07-05, 00:38
Vin Diesel is a sad panda.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-05, 01:13
ta-daaa.

*plays background music*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-05, 11:40
Did you know penguins have little legs?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-05, 14:33
We are slaves.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-07-05, 15:15
Quote from: Phoenix
I'm a sweetie, give me a treat!  <3
* Gives Pho some millet


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-05, 15:53
Bleh, I don't like millet.  Got any pomegranates, or maybe a juicy deer heart?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-05, 18:01
Nice legs, mind


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-05, 18:33
Someone help him! The Wet Bandits are going to get them!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-05, 22:30
"Does poo go to heaven?" "I sure hope not."


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-05, 23:23
"Hey foxy lady, wanna see a magic trick? You can see me,
[Johny Bravo covers his face with a tissue and circles the woman. then he stops walking and unveils his face]
And now you can see me." - Johny Bravo;

"Why do my feet smell when they don't have a nose?" - Ed;

Ed says-"AAHH! My eyes are stuck!"
Eddy says-"Ed open your eyes."
Ed says-"Thanks Eddy!"




Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-05, 23:43
"Rub your head! rub your head!" -Jimmy and Ed

"Why does goo float?" -Ed

"Why was there BACON in the soap?!?" "I MADE IT MAHSELF!"-Invader Zim

"I have made a fascinating discovery! the planet mars is actually a giant space ship created by floating heads. I am going to use it to close in on the earth, and proceed to squish out all life on the planet."-Invader Zim


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-06, 05:23
"Aah'm the human wedgie"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-07-06, 09:35
If Fat Albert and Santa Claus got into a fight, who would win, and would we all have a good time?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-06, 11:12
is there really planet earth?



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-06, 13:05
my computer has a penguin on it...

"LOOK AT ME IM ZIM! IM SQUISHING OUT ALL LIFE!"-Invader Zim

"No, i'm sorry sir, you cannot park your minivan on the diving board. Thank you." "Thats no minivan thats my SON!" -Family guy

"Whats that children? a big snake? Growing bigger!? KILLING EVERYTHING?"-South Park


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-06, 16:05
Badger badger badger badger...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-07-06, 20:22
Kill the badgers, they are watching us! They are plotting plotting plotting plotting...........


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-06, 22:24
"Any last words Mandy?" "Your mom has a job and is a respected member of the community." "NO ONE TALKS ABOUT MY MOM THAT WAY!" -Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-06, 22:26
Hail to Cartoon Network! :hail:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-07, 00:25
If a tree falls in a forest and theres no one to hear it, who cares? :offtopic:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-07, 00:37
If a man speaks and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-07, 01:37
If a giant bird posts on a forum, and noone is around to read it, is he still right?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-07, 02:30
If said bird codes changes, and nobody tests them, will somebody be eviscerated?  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2005-07-07, 06:47
If there were no such thing as insanity would we all be sane? O_o  
If there were no such thing as evil would we still be good? :offtopic:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-07, 10:37
If there weren't bodies, would we still be alive?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-07, 10:37
Sanity is just what the majority agree on. does not mean its right.

look at flared Trousers as an example.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-08, 01:31
{Demi} Piglet is dead now too
{Demi} Just days after Tigger
{Overlord} Someone go on a killing spree in Hundred Acre Wood?
{Demi} No, the voice actors. =P
{NGC} wow england is just death death death
{Demi} Tigger and Piglet are up their playing countdown
{Overlord} hahahaha
{DrP} rofl
{Overlord} Considering the spelling skills of your average Hundred Acre Wood resident
{Overlord} I can't see them doing so hot
{Overlord} =P
{Demi} XD
{DrP} lol
{Demi} Christopher Robin's mother shouldn't of bought him GTA: San Andreas
{Overlord} HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
{Demi} Eeyore'll be next
{NGC} HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAWWWWWW
{DrP} LOL


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-08, 09:30
http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/buddyri...sticktrick.html (http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/buddyrichsticktrick.html)

OMG!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-07-08, 17:14
Trifle.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Chilvence on 2005-07-08, 18:10
was everyone waiting for me?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-08, 23:18
quake shamblers shoot lightning out of their head.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-08, 23:36
He should scream loudly "kamehameha"!!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-08, 23:48
more like RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAMEREEEEEEEEEEAAH


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-07-09, 00:28
Or,

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/misc/WRYYYYY.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-07-09, 00:35
Apple Pie = Butter (= milk + mixer) + SUGWD Apple + Flour + Honey + Wine + Apple Souffl? (= Apple + Frying Pan) + Egg + Sugar + Knife + Pot + Rolling Pin + Oven


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-09, 00:36
if i manage to get a screenshot of a shambler firing lightning with its head ill post it. :offtopic:

atleast quake has an energy weapon. all good id games do :)

now if you excuse me, im gonna go play with some high tech toys  :laser:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-07-10, 06:29
Enough said.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-07-15, 21:10
"I'm a hippopotomaus, and I've got noodles on my back, noodles on my back."


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-16, 09:32
I THINK THERE'S A THUUUUMBTACK UNDER MY FANNY.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-16, 10:40
"Once the pink dog litter appears in the world, no human will ever make green-slime litter ever."


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-07-16, 15:10
Sorry for double post, but i had to post this :





Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-07-17, 04:40
So.... ACCURATE!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: NovAReapeR on 2005-07-17, 13:41
rofl
steam is ok, but cs sucks


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2005-07-20, 19:21
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-07-31, 22:31
This is just one of the many reasons why I like Dekaranger. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-07-31, 22:47
Quote from: Kain-Xavier
This is just one of the many reasons why I like Dekaranger. :)
Show us some more (again) :thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-01, 02:16
Not too many things make me want to claw my own eyes out.  That qualifies.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-08-01, 02:44
I WANNA CAST MAGIC MISSILE :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-01, 04:55
"As the history, hitherto, of class struggles and modern bourgeois society,"
[Crowd cheer]
"class antagonisms,"
[Crowd cheer]
"feudal something of oppression,"
[Crowd cheer]
"serfdom,"
[Crowd cheer]
"bourgeoisie,"
[Crowd Cheer]
"tottering feudal society,"
[Crowd cheer]
"and victory for the proletariat."
[Silence]
"That's you!"
[Crowd cheer] **

** The author of this post wishes to inform you that he is not the author of the above text nor is the text in any shape or any form relevant to the picture proceding this text.  In this light, the author of this post wishes to inform you that his post is indeed on-topic because it is inherently off-topic.  Be sure to make a note of this in your research paper which is due on Tuesday.  Also, make sure you drink plenty of fluids and have some food in your stomach before taking this medicine.  Void where prohibited.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-08-01, 05:28
{@RT[Ragnarok]} meet me in the middle of the 2nd level of the skeleton cave
{skold} I WANNA CAST MAGIC MISSILE

--------------------------

{Toen} OH NO! A steamroller comes barreling down on brentai! He must roll 1d20! Less than 6 escapes death!
{Toen} unless he wants to use up his luck charm and make it a 1d10!
{Brentai} I use my raping skill to rape the steamroller.
{Toen} your rape is ineffective against the cold, solid steel!
{Brentai} Well, crud.
{Brentai} 1d10
{Dildice} Brentai: 9
{Brentai} Er, 1d20.
{Brentai} 1d20
{Dildice} Brentai: 14
{Brentai} Crap, and crap.
{Toen} squish
{Brentai} Well, I went out trying to rape a steamroller.  It's a man's death.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-08-01, 23:38
Not again!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-08-02, 00:20
A cat with the right idea:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-02, 03:22

SQUAWK!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-02, 09:02
Why are you casting magic missle; there's nothing to attack here.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-08-06, 00:29
ROFL!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-08-06, 01:29
*me follows Garfield's example:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-06, 05:36
SPORKING FINALLY!  It only took me 10 - 12 hours.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2005-08-06, 16:25
Quote from: Kain-Xavier
SPORKING FINALLY!  It only took me 10 - 12 hours.
what is it?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-09, 07:31
It's a skin for the torso of the Tron player model in Tron 2.0.  Unfortunately, I recently discovered a higher res version of the same texture under a different file name.  I might have to do the skin again  O_o  It should at least go faster now that I know exactly how to do what I want to do, and it may even help with the detail that's lost in-game.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-16, 23:32
I got a kick out of this. What a freaking retarded title. The only thing that will make it even more cliche is to add the words fruity, or fruitcake to the title.

Oh look! A picture of Phoenix is on it.  :ninja: :D
J/K
(http://www.faithalone.com/pink_swastika.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-17, 09:17
:  You just had to ruin the ambience... well my bro got a few pictures of OWNED, why not post them here.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-17, 18:25
That's mean.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-19, 19:55
Heh I bet "The Pink Swastika" would be an interesting read at least.  I've always liked contemplating how older generations and past societies handled the more taboo aspects of sexuality.  Anyhow, here's a completely unrelated picture, mostly because I got a kick out of it, and I'm also fulfilling Shambler's wish from earlier. :)

While I can't read Japanese, the comic is referring to an episode where Swan (lead engineer of the Dekaranger Earth division,) gets captured by the guy who slaughtered Doggie Kruger's (guy on the right,) family.  (It's been a while since I've seen that episode, but I'm fairly certain that's how it went.)  Anyhow, at the end of each episode, there is some kind of extra commentary about a particular aspect of the show.  I'm pretty sure that episode revolved around how the hell Doggie could fit his muzzle into a human-shaped helmet.  And they kind of side-stepped the answer in a joking manner.  Well this comic expands upon the matter. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-19, 20:42
Washu:  Next time you call me a gay Nazi of a bird, I'll call you a Muslim Jew.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-19, 21:05
lol
Omg. I didn't call you nothing. I just said there is a picture on the box. :)
BTW is muslim-jew considered an oximoron?

Quote
Heh I bet "The Pink Swastika" would be an interesting read at least. 
It would be an interesting watch, it is a film, a documentry.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-19, 22:21
Is that comic about an anime? BTW OWNED!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-08-19, 23:18
Just had to join in. ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-19, 23:42
That's meaner.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-20, 00:45
I'll bite on this as well...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-20, 01:22
You guys are so mean. :[


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-20, 03:56
Quote from: Little Washu
You guys are so mean. :[
Well, I don't know about the picture I posted, but my friends and I do that kind of stuff out of "love" so to speak.  For instance, in high school, we used to sabotage each others' backpacks.  If there were books in the back section  and a folder in the front section, we'd put the folder in the back and the books in the front.  If we had enough time, we'd also cross the support straps and turn the backpack inside out.  It just basically comes down to whether or not everyone in the group is ok with it.  If any one person in the group wasn't ok with something, we wouldn't do it.  I'm not sure if that's the case with the picture I posted above, but I somewhat suspect it is due to the overelaborate nature of the sabotage.  That and it's just empty boxes and cans.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-20, 18:43
OWNED!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-20, 23:49
That is so cruel. He is retarded. :[


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2005-08-21, 03:51
Quote from: Little Washu
That is so cruel. He is retarded. :[
He's not retarded, just a crap driver :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-21, 05:27
That's so photoshopped.

Try THIS on for size:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-21, 06:12
How about some more:

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned2.jpg)
Aww, poor kitty get stuck?

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned3.jpg)
Sometimes I feel like that fledgeling...

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned4.jpg)
Now THAT's some ownage!

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/seriously_owned.jpg)
That's right, pooch, no potty for you!  :evil:



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-21, 06:15
Some more ownage for you:

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned5.jpg)
I've suggested bass thump cars be added to the Navy's program.

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned6.jpg)
That's right, cat, who's your daddy?

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned7.jpg)
My kind of ownage.  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2005-08-21, 08:09
Quote from: Phoenix

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/junk/owned/owned7.jpg)
My kind of ownage.
 :ninja:
PHO'WNED :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2005-08-21, 08:48
looks like the little birdy ate something wrong .


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2005-08-21, 08:58
Quote
OWNED!


Attached Image

 




well , just for you a little movie
http://www.planet.nl/planet/servlet/nl.gx....File?id=1623090 (http://www.planet.nl/planet/servlet/nl.gx.siteworks.client.http.GetFile?id=1623090)
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/autorutscht_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/autorutscht_NEW.wmv)


for cats
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/fliegendekatze_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/fliegendekatze_NEW.wmv)
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/catfight_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/catfight_NEW.wmv)
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/cats_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/cats_NEW.wmv)

other animals
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/Branded_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/Branded_NEW.wmv)
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/gazelle.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/gazelle.wmv)

humans
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/babyfurz_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/babyfurz_NEW.wmv)
http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/surprise_NEW.wmv (http://www.massbg.com/bg/video/surprise_NEW.wmv)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-21, 10:48
The last one of cats is so awesome! BTW I think these guys are about to get owned... :)

EDIT : AHAHAH this is soo cool :  
http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/exorcist...st_bunnies.html (http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/exorcist_bunnies.html)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2005-08-21, 23:49
Er, "owned" seems to always involve one thing torturing another.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-22, 00:03
Pretty much.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-22, 09:54
Duh! (useless post :))


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-22, 14:25
Very good videos!


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Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2005-08-22, 22:28
I'll use this gap in ownage pictures to ask a question. :)


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Post by: Lopson on 2005-08-22, 22:42
This is what I saw in the other day.


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-08-22, 23:05
OMGWTFBBQ!


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Post by: scalliano on 2005-09-27, 01:56
OWNED!!


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-09-27, 04:46
I do hope nobody was hurt in that...


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Post by: Lopson on 2005-09-27, 12:45
Fun for all the family!


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Post by: scalliano on 2005-09-27, 17:12
Well, I wouldn't post things like that car accident if there were any injuries/casualties. If you can walk away from it unscathed, there's always room for some humour. As in this one:


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Post by: Moshman on 2005-09-28, 02:50
That's the stupidest puzzle ever.
And whoa, that car... Must be a Ford... :)~


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Post by: scalliano on 2005-09-28, 17:58
Yeah, a Ford Must-Hang (cue groans) :P


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Post by: Kajet on 2005-10-09, 16:21
sharing strange pics eh?



 :offtopic:  yeah i'm still around i just took awhile to respawn


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Post by: Lopson on 2005-10-09, 18:13
Now THAT was just weird.

BTW don't you just hate trials?


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Post by: games keeper on 2005-10-09, 19:59
con once posted the article about that car.

and what the hell do you guys have against the mustang anyway.
if it was up to me I bought myself a Ford mustang 2005 . ( or I wait a year and buy the new shelby gt500 , or saleen ) but anyway. Mustangs RULE!!!!


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Post by: Lopson on 2005-11-13, 22:14
EXTREME BUMPIN'! *edited*


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-11-13, 23:43
-_-


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Post by: Draco on 2005-11-21, 06:43
tiping is not a town in china...

(note: this joke is acutally from the first XMen movie when i think rogue enters in this bar and the tip jar quotes that saying. it was funny cuz i was the only one in the movie laughing seeing how no one else go it) if you still dont get it, usually alot of china towns end in"'ing" like Peking and so on, hence the joke. :P


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Post by: Kajet on 2005-11-22, 06:14
What's the plural version of Nintendo's DS?  DI? Dieses?


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-11-22, 17:50
"Thingies."  :D


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Post by: Draco on 2005-11-23, 09:17
*licks her halo poster of master chief* mmmmmm halogasm


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Post by: Kajet on 2005-11-28, 10:28
wow you can find just about anything while surfing the net at  3:30 in the morning...

http://disneyshopping.go.com/DSSectionPage...oduct_Id=165541 (http://disneyshopping.go.com/DSSectionPage.process?Section_Id=13499&Product_Id=165541)

man i need a life...


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Post by: Lopson on 2005-11-28, 10:50
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE F****** JOKING ME! That can't be real! Ah well, I bet someone has already bought one.

"Hey look at me, I have Disney's Golden Sword! I P'OWN those Star Trek nerds! BWAHAH!"


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Post by: Phoenix on 2005-11-28, 15:23
Trust me, it's real.  It's a "wall hanger" for sure, not a fighting sword like you'd find at http://www.angustrimdirect.com/ (http://www.angustrimdirect.com/) but it's definitely a real item.  Wall-hanger swords have become quite popular of late, especially since the release of the Lord of the Rings films.  That Disney has a sword from one of their movies does not surprise me in the least, considering that Disney has taken marketing to extremes nobody else ever dreamed to.


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-01-01, 10:20
Yo listen up here's a story, about a little guy that lives in the blue world. And all day and all night, and everything he sees is just blue, like him, inside and outside. Blue his house, with a blue little window, and a blue corvette and everything is blue for him. and his self and everybody around him because he ain't got nobody to listen...


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-01, 10:27
*Steals his flag and flies away*


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-01-01, 10:38
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches and slam in the back of my dragula...


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-01, 10:45
*RED SCORES!*


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Post by: Makou on 2006-01-01, 17:09
What rolls down stairs
Alone or in pairs
Rolls over your neighbor's dog
What fits on your back
Is great for a snack
It's log, log, log!
It's log! Log!
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood
It's log! Log!
It's better than bad, it's good!


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-01-02, 05:45
I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
Blue are the people here that walk around
Blue like my Corvette it's standing outside
Blue are the words I say and what I think
Blue are the feeling that live inside me


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-02, 09:46
Now we know the truth:  Washu is a SMURF! (http://www.smurf.com/homepage.html)   :D


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-02, 22:36
God that was off-topic.

The genious of the flower:

Sarge was walking one day when suddenly, he finds a flower filled with dust. SO he picks it up and cleans it. Suddenly, a genious of a flower shows up. He says :

- I'm a genious of a flower.

Sarge replies with an unfinished sentence:

- I wish for...
- Who said I could give you any wish? I'm just a genious of a flower! - says the genious;
- But you are a genious! You're supposed to give wishes!
- There are a lot of types of genious : I'm a genious of a flower, therefore I'm a genious in Biology!

Sarge stares at the genious and shoots him.

THE END


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-01-03, 02:15
*Claps Incesently


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-01-12, 22:40
Windmill, Windmill for the land.
turn forever hand in hand.
Take it all in on your stride.
it is sticking, falling down.
Love forever love is free.
Let's turn forever you and me.
Windmill, windmill for the land,
is everybody in?


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-12, 22:59
No-comment.


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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-13, 21:07
A small wooden boat
floating quite alone
a small sailing vessel
being tossed yet free to roam

the moon shines down on you
reflecting off your sides
tomorrow seems elusive
you just wait for the tides

and then will come the morning
and riding on the toss
and you know that your freedom
is someone else's loss...


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-14, 06:22
Rockets blazing by
Blowing up the Slipgaters
Doomers win the match.
:rules:


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-14, 10:37
Doomers get railed by Strogg & Arena
Strogg get railed by Arena
Arena wins the match!


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-14, 12:32
That is not Haiku
Haiku is five seven five
Please Remember that.  ;)

True Haiku would be
What you are about to see
When I type these lines

Doomers getting railed
Spirals slicing through the air
Bodies falling down.


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-14, 12:44
And now for something completely different!

There once was a man named Sarge
Whose rifle was really quite large
But his aim was so poor
That all he could score
Was himself when his gun would discharge!


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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-15, 15:25
American McGee's ALICE would make a really good movie, if done well.

I've just finished playing it, over the last 10 days or so, and basically have played little else since starting it. took my whole attention.

   :offtopic: Last night I did a gig with my band, and some fans got thier capri stuck on the lawn of a vicarage next door to the hall. there was a 45 degree bank around the lawn, and they backed the car down it onto the sunken lawn while trying to do a 3 point turn....

We all pushed etc, but the driver was out of his head, the 6 girls with him were all drunk and shouting, and we managed to get the 20 year old car back down onto the lawn, but it caught fire underneath! due to a broken fual line, I suspect.  At this point (about 2 a.m.) the vicar woke up, came out and started shouting at every body, while in a dressing gown, and I thought it better to run than be arrested for lots of things, including substance/drink, etc and an overloaded car, so drove off as quick as I could, with Helen the Goth at the wheel and an entire P.A. system and 2 guitars, 2 banjos and a mandola in the back.
I'll post an update when I hear from my fiddle player, if the car didn't blow up.

Who says live music is dead? :offtopic:


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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-16, 15:36
Update....

It seems that the 'fire' under the car was the seat belt hanging out the door, reflecting the street lights.

they managed to get the car off the grass on about the 10th attempt, just before the law arrived. as this is england, no body got shot.


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-16, 16:35
I take it nobody got knifed or clubbed either?  ;)


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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-16, 21:16
Exactly. What I said wasn't meant as a dig at the USA, I would like things to be a little more even here, as at the moment only the bad guys carry guns.

we say - outlaw guns, and only outlaws will have guns.  cos they know that a man won't be packing a piece, cowards often attack and mug innocent people. if it was up to me, we'd all carry 38's. I know I would. a S&W with a 2" barrel would suit me for daily use.

Anyway..my fiddle player is still alive, (and is excelent) which means I don't have to look for a new one!

Roddy, second from the top.
http://www.striding-edge.org/guests.htm (http://www.striding-edge.org/guests.htm) :thumb:


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-16, 22:03
Jolly good!  And I was just offering a bit of humor there.  Glad everyone's ok!


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Post by: Punisher on 2006-01-21, 00:15
Dude Phoenix....

You realize that you're on fire....


......





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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-21, 01:56
Really?  I must be older than I thought!


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-22, 04:49
There once was a bird named Pho
Whose aim was a bit too low
He'd shoot for your head
But often instead
He'd nail you right where you "go"


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Post by: Draco on 2006-01-22, 09:38
shima marinky dinky dink shima marinky do.....i........OWN.......YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-22, 22:05
CONAN RULEZ!


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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-24, 18:13
What is that dog? I must see that cartoon? or whatever it is.


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-25, 10:37
It's Triumph, the insulting comic dog (or something). Is a character created by Conan O'Brian. He has his own talk-show in NBC. This character even appeared in an eminem video clip.


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-01-25, 20:11
So hot snow falls up?


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-01-26, 00:28
x = 0.999999...
10x  =  9.999999...
10x - x = 9.999999... - 0.999999...
9x = 9
9x / 9 = 9 / 9
x = 1
 :rules:


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-01-26, 13:20
1mol=6,02E23 particles!
If Ar(H)=1 and Ar(O)=14

Mr=H*2+O*1
<=>Mr=16, then mol mass=16!

Chemistry SUCKS!



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Post by: shambler on 2006-01-26, 22:01
4=100





101010


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-01-27, 19:49
Lucid dreaming is always cool, expecially if you use /god, /noclip, or /give all


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-02-13, 00:27
Okay can we PLEASE kill the word "bling" before the small remainder of my sanity snaps and i have to severely wound people?


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-02-13, 03:46
I second that.


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-02-13, 09:54
Bling reminds me of a person that gets crazyness attacks every time he hears a dog whining. Of course that my bad-ass dog doesn't whine (OMG LIE!!!!!), otherwise it wouldn't be named Kaiser. MY DOG KICKS ASS! l33t dogs are l33t, mostly because they are indeed l33t, otherwise they wouldn't be called l33t, but since l33t dogs are l33t dogs, l33t dogs are l33t dogs for ever and ever.


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Post by: Tabun on 2006-02-13, 11:39
"Bling" is a nice onomatopoea, if you ask me: it's the bumping of one's head into particularly heavy metallic light fixtures.


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-02-13, 21:43
And "Shamipa"?


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Post by: scalliano on 2006-03-01, 00:47
Thirty-odd Cybers
Flattened under the ceiling
That's a lot of gibs!


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Post by: shambler on 2006-03-01, 19:44
you know in the last level of the first episode of Q1, where all the shamblers get gibbed, whats that for?

I've done a no clip, and found a dark room full of shamblers, all waiting to be gibbed! but why?

second thing, I once killed chiton, but didn't exit the level, and after about 30 minutes there was a zombie hanging around the exit.....

anybody else seen that?


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Post by: shambler on 2006-03-01, 20:05
in fact heres a shot of the room.


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-01, 21:27
Don't know about the zombie hanging around the exit.  As for the shambler and zombie gibbing, it's wanton and gratuitous gibs, man!  There's never a need to question that, but if you want a "logical" explanation - you beat the big boss, you broke his power, now his minions go bye-bye.  Consider it your "reward" for beating the bad guy - you get to see all his henchmutants go "pop". :D


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-02, 04:36
Superman is a dick (http://www.superdickery.com/)


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-05, 21:33
P'OWNED!


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-05, 23:53
Uh... that's how "accidental" shootings happen.  Read the Rules of Safe Firearm Handling. (http://www.mcsm.org/basic.html)  I can see several he's broken here:

Quote
Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction
That is clearly not a safe direction.

Quote
Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot
His finger is right on the trigger.

Quote
Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use
The exception to this rule is when keeping a gun handy for defensive purposes.  However, this scenario is clearly not a defensive situation.  Not only that, he's got a magazine in the gun, which may or may not have rounds.  Even if it did not, there could be one in the chamber.  Guns should always be considered "loaded" until you've cleared the weapon yourself, and then only so long as the weapon is in your immediate control.  Once you set the weapon down or hand it to someone else, it should be considered loaded again.  Always check the chamber.

Now let's skip down to the other rules that apply here:

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Know how to use the gun safely
This is not a safe way to use a gun.

Quote
Know your target and what is beyond
Target here means "what you are trying to kill."  Unless he's trying to kill his friend, this is not the proper application of this rule.

Quote
Wear eye and ear protection as appropriate
If the gun goes "bang", his ears are going to ring for a week, and at that range he'll probably get bone splinters thrown into his eyes.

Quote
Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons
I don't think this person should be authorized to handle ANY weapon.

I know this is supposed to be a humorous posting, but it's stupid, juvenile behavior like this picture portrays that gets people killed and gives ammunition (no pun) to anti-gun people in their jihad against firearms ownership.  Unless that weapon is a very realistic airsoft rifle that shoots harmless plastic pellets - and they do exist - consider this a prime example of exactly what not to do with a firearm.[/color]  :!:


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-06, 00:00
looks like the gun off the arcade game Silent Scope... though i could be wrong


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-06, 00:17
It's some kind of H&K G3 variant.  I can't tell from the picture if it's an airsoft copy or not.


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-06, 00:21
Wha? I thought it was only a toy of some sort. WTF?!?!

OK then I shall make yuo forget about that little stupidity:


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-06, 01:53
BLOODY BEAK FEATHERS!!!  :D  <3


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Post by: games keeper on 2006-03-06, 09:25
is it like lipstick for you pho ?


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-06, 09:58
Wow, blood is a turn-on to phoenixes.... weird:


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Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-03-06, 12:07
Gentlemen...

BEHOLD!


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-06, 12:14
Better yet!


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Post by: scalliano on 2006-03-06, 20:36
Quote from: Phoenix
... consider this a prime example of exactly what not to do with a firearm. :!:
Loud and clear, Pho ;)

(proceeds to rail his big toe off)

AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!


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Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-06, 22:07
Quote from: [KruzadeR
]Wow, blood is a turn-on to phoenixes.... weird:
Um... no.  Not in that way, anyway.
Oh, and games keeper, two things:

1) Shut.
2) Up.

That is all. -_-


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-07, 00:05
That looks more like BBQ sauce to me than blood. Maybye he had just arrived from a BBQ with Bambi, or the Lion King.


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Post by: Moshman on 2006-03-07, 08:03
*assumes that Kruzader doesn't know the difference between BBQ and blood, and that he puts blood, human blood on his hickey smoked ribs he won at a charades tournament*


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Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-12, 12:18
I'll only say this once...

I  HATE FILEPLANET!!!


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Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-03-15, 05:47
Fairupuranetu, judgement!


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Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-03-16, 07:45
zomg furry!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-17, 00:05
Well yes, that it is.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-17, 01:04
Somebody cue the Darth Vader: "NOOOO!" thing  :D


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Post by: McDeth on 2006-03-17, 09:27
spork.

No, I really mean the spoon, fork hybrid. Not F-U-C-K.

Salad is good, fire is bad.

Toss my Salad.

Toss my cruttons.

Almost looks like the word curtains.

Which has something to do with an Iron curtain.

Which as something to do with the color red.

Thus, my thesis.


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-17, 09:37
About curtains? Curtains can be very unique, with their blinding skills. They're fast, heavy and strong!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-18, 06:34
Grandma eats butterfly swamp gas, and how!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-03-19, 11:54
McDeth: "Toss my Salad"

I'll toss your salad if you butter my bread.. *wink* :slippy_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-19, 17:21
How about I toast your biscuits instead?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-03-20, 09:44
It's not quite furry.  It's actually an anime-style drawing of a sentai show called Dekaranger, which I hold in high regard.

And now for something completely related...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-20, 12:54
:( No Power Rangers? Awww. I see that the power of the Ring is so big that it's spirit lived until the future?


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Post by: SIN Plague on 2006-03-22, 01:02
heh... apparently I haven't logged in since Dec of 2003...

 :zzz:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-03-22, 03:46
The human-like wolf makes it very furry (at least that character anyway).


 <3-------->*<--------:slippy_love:


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-22, 10:02
And then Quake 2 was born.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-03-22, 10:45
And lo and behold, one id software released a collection pack of awesomeness and value ...ness which a young, impressionable man purchased.

And the young, impressionable man was impressed and thus researched the series.

And thus the young, impressionable man got a job and all was good.

But the young, impressionable man knew his wanton desire for new experiences could not be satiated by pocket change alone.

And thus the young, impressionable man sought out user created content.

And thus the young, impressionable man stumbled upon Generations and SOG.

And the rest is history ...much like the aforementioned history but with a half-assed attempt to bring the young, impressionable man's writing to an end.

Besides, I'm wasting time typing this when I could be procrastinating my English assignment and playing Metroid Prime: Hunters.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-22, 14:30
Whoa hunters is out? guess it's time to shell out $ to get my busted p.o.s. DS fixed....

and cause its' the off-topic topic...

um... INTERNET!!! (/runs away)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-03-22, 19:31
I WANT CLASSIC DOOM FOR PSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rules:

WHO'S WITH ME??


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-03-22, 19:33
Wow, Plague!  Long time no squawk!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-03-22, 23:13
My tummy feels funny

*burrrrrrrRRRRRRRRrrrrp*

Scuze me
:ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: SIN Plague on 2006-03-23, 01:05
so tired of school... bachelors soon... then masters.... O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-23, 05:36
but they have (crappy) classic doom on gba...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-23, 09:20
double post cause i suck


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-23, 09:23
how you delete post? i are stoopid...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-23, 09:52
*sigh* okay hopefully this time i wont spork things up...

Cause I was bored and...

EVERY GAME NEEDS A QUAD DAMAGE DAMN IT!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-03-23, 10:47
So there I was walking around when a gnome comes over me and asks : "WHER DA THUNDER ARE THOU DOUNUTS?". Then I stop walking and think about it. I mean, seriously, whre could his doughnuts be? In the garden? In the classroom? In the Gym? In the Pool? But then I realized something : What if doughnuts are just a product of our imagination? What if that gnome is right and they don't exist? Wouldn't that suck? But then again, suck what?  A lollypop? An icecream? A potatoe? Of course that while I was thinking, the gnome was getting more and more impatient for my answer, which after 2 minutes of reflection, I gave it to him : "ZA BEAR IS GONE FOR A BASKET LUNCH! GO GET THOSE TERRORISTS!". He understood what I said to him and flew away into Mars. Me and Myself then, at that moment, realized that gnomes are martian, and that the monsters in DooM3 are simply mutations of gnomes. We went Hellzapoppin' ! I screamed about flying icecreams and the person next to me in the classroom exploded in flames. Fortunately, we were in a laboratory with fire extinguisers, and that quite helped the whole class. In the end of the lesson, i was in the main hall of the school, when a bunch of Paranormal Ninjas break the ceiling's window and float their way down to the floor. Of course that the whole school got excited to see a bunch of ninjas. The go into the Teacher's room and say : "Those who practice the Devil's works must be covered in Sugar, Sipce and Everything Nice!". For the next 30 minutes, we could only hear screams from inside of the teacher's room. After that, the ninjas come out of that damned room and scream out loud : "I WANT A POKEMON!", and ZAP! They were telefragged by hamsters. This hamster was huge and was eating a Omelete du Fromage that he had bought back in France. He explains that he wanted a bathroom with toilet paper, but there isn't one in my school, so he ran into the Gym and discharged this weird yellow thing out of his nose. This yellow paste rises and says : "I SHALL not CONQUER THE WORLD, FOR I AM the yellow goo!". We went "OK, so this might be interesting", but there was a girl that grabbed this yellow goo and hugs it while screaming this horrible japanese thing "KAWAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII". Man, I tell ya, even the hamster went crazy! He started to bite everyone except me. Then, obviously, everyone got rage attacks, and it was up to me to save the school once more. I went back home to ask for help to my Dog, and heis reaction was to grab a cigar, pufs some and says : "Whof, whowhowhof!". We go to the hattic to grab our 7-pided Chocolate Minigun right out of Predator, and of we were to school. Needless to say, it was a mess in there. We just entered shooting against everything, even the ninjas. When we got to the Gym, the hamster screamed : "I WILL CONQUER THIS DAMNED PLANET, AND THEN QUAKE WILL FALL BEFORE MY REAR!". We had this enormous fight because he was cheating during our fight. BTW this fight was conducted through cards. We won, and then the gnome from Mars returns and says : "Congratulations for both of you. I will nominate you both kings of the Planet.". And then the Earth lived happily ever after.

THE END!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: McDeth on 2006-03-23, 17:22
I had an itchy ass, and guessed what I did about it?

I scratched it.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-03-23, 19:16
Quote from: Kajet
but they have (crappy) classic doom on gba...
Exactly. It's crap. I want PROPER porta-Doom!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-03-23, 19:52
Quote from: scalliano
Exactly. It's crap. I want PROPER porta-Doom!
well there's always laptops... but at that rate why stop at just Doom 2?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: SIN Plague on 2006-03-23, 19:55
Super... I go to work today to find out that my boss' son has an inoperable brain tumor...

he is 2 goddamn years old

so is my son



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-04-04, 19:30
I was reading this manga and... I couldn't resist:
(http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9681/untitled47yt.jpg)
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9471/untitled51ah.jpg)
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7752/untitled65hh.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-03, 19:08
Well, since I can't post an image, I'll just say this: SPARBLOK!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-03, 19:16
I think your post got P'OWNED.  No picture is loading.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-05-04, 02:12
Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.  How do you measure, measure a year?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-05-04, 03:25
Quote from: Kain-Xavier
Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.  How do you measure, measure a year?
How about love? (I think that's the next line in the song...)

nah most people wouldn't even be old enough to go to school then


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-04, 16:24
The only thing that separates a freak from a normal person is which one's dirty little secrets are out in the open.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-05-05, 03:43
Quote from: Phoenix
The only thing that separates a freak from a normal person is which one's dirty little secrets are out in the open.
Makes you wonder... who is better off?
the guy who is free from secrecy and takes crap from others yet doesn't have to worry about the opinions of others,

or the guy who seems normal, fits in anywhere, but always has a stinging sence of doubt in the back of his mind?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-06, 01:13
I think the person who can be content with how he or she is on the inside, yet "wear the mask" when out and about in society is probably the one who is most at peace with him or herself.  As Warden once quoted, "In a world full of blind people, the one-eyed man is a god so long as he taps his cane."


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-07, 22:41
(http://f5.putfile.com/5/12617392012.gif)
Don't blame me, I was just watching Digimon...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-05-11, 20:31
Quote from: [KruzadeR
] (http://f5.putfile.com/5/12617392012.gif)
Don't blame me, I was just watching Digimon...
Nosebleeds, lawl


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-14, 22:14
OH HE'S DA MAN!
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/5930/wppdigimonfrontier244nl.jpg)
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/8075/wppdigimonfrontier2421hp.jpg)
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/8850/wppdigimonfrontier2437cg.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-05-19, 05:52
lol, Molester. Oh Snap!

http://enominebeard.ytmnd.com/ (http://enominebeard.ytmnd.com/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-05-19, 06:30
Um... WTF?!?!?!
Weird...

no worse than this week's PawPet (http://pawpet.tv/index.php?main) show I guess...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-05-21, 03:40
Quite the stupidest thing I have seen...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-22, 08:21
OMG that pawpet thing rawks! watchwatchwatch


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-05-22, 10:18
And the corruption begins Muhuhahahaha... man text sucks for evil laughter...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-22, 11:00
Target is acquired...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-22, 11:15
OH YEAH!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-05-22, 13:51
Quote from: Phoenix
Target is acquired...
O.O uh... my head a' splode?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-25, 19:56
Yet again with the Digimon screencaps...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-25, 22:57
AHHHH!  EVIL GIANT MOUTH THING!  RUN IN FEAR!!! :omfg:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-26, 12:40
No, that's not it. Take a good look at his face and to that mouth, and then think dirty.

There!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-05-26, 17:10
This is what I thought initally.

The robot is getting ass raped.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-05-26, 18:43
That is wrong on so many levels.  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-26, 20:22
RUN IN FEAR!!! :omfg:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-27, 05:17


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-05-27, 11:08
omgorlandobloom *swoon*

pfffff

...
...
...
:doomed:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-27, 23:05
Click the picture you dummy!  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-05-28, 00:00
And get your ass checked out before it's too late, turkeys!

This message has been brought to you by the Cybertronian Medical Association.*

*And blatantly stolen from Robot Chicken...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-05-28, 00:56
Quote from: Phoenix
Click the picture you dummy!  ;)
My reply still stands...

..but after clicking the picture.. just wow. That's as bad as the one about Sam singing about potatoes.

:thud:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-28, 03:34
Stupid, fat hobbit!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-28, 07:27
And remember: when playing baseball, bash the ball!
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3973/doremigifnaisho92vo.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-05-31, 12:02
I'm not going to say who but someone here has been eating Puddins. And I shall say who (AH LIED!):

-01010100 01100001 01100010 01110101 01101110
-54 61 62 75 6e
-     - .- -... ..- -.
-VGFidW4=
-Gnoha
-748un

You should be ashamed of yourself. OK? OOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-05-31, 20:08
My word. Harsh accusations, harsh words!
Now if only I had the faintest idea of what you're talking about...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-05-31, 23:39
He's saying that You have been eating "Puddins."  Now who or what Puddins is I am not sure...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-01, 02:18
Quote from: [KruzadeR
] You should be ashamed of yourself. OK? OOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK?[/color]
Try and understand, my stage is Wonderland.
I?m falling down below; catch the rabbit hole!

 :shifty:

/me shoots a grenade at Kruzader with his Super Dragon.

And now for some random cosplay...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-14, 21:27
I feel that super dragons are really evil, don't know why.

Also, this is why I say that my country sucks.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-06-14, 23:13
you know i can't think of anything funny and/or witty to say...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-06-14, 23:16
Quote from: Kain-Xavier
:shifty:

/me shoots a grenade at Kruzader with his Super Dragon.
Perfect Dark FTW!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-15, 09:53
VIEWTIFUL JOE IS PWNING!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-15, 11:22
Worf is not a merry man as a result.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-15, 18:15
Kruzader:  That man, making that woman carry all that by herself?  I consider that pathetic and inexcusable.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-16, 18:22
Imagine that kind of people multiplied by 10 million and you get the portuguese people ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-17, 13:25
http://www.animeco.org/viewforum.php?f=1&s...efb0c22951ec4d4 (http://www.animeco.org/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=754fe7884bceb83fbefb0c22951ec4d4)

I'm not making propaganda to this forum, but take a look at the topics and laugh your ass out, specially on this topic.
Man WH's forum rocks.


http://www.animeco.org/viewtopic.php?t=1108 (http://www.animeco.org/viewtopic.php?t=1108)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-17, 20:06
And that, my friend, is what happens when you don't actively admin your forums and take proactive measures against bots.  ;)

Edit:  I just checked the admin pannel, and 5 bot attempts at new accounts today.  :surprise:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-06-18, 06:35
I think this thread has gone way too  :offtopic: so... :rtfm: or something...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-18, 12:10
The only way this topic can go off-topic is if it goes on-topic, since it's the off-topic topic.  Oh my, in discussing the topic being off-topic, I've made it on-topic because I'm discussing the off-topicness of the topic, which has taken it off-topic!  Which is actually on-topic!  BBQ!  What have I done?!? :omfg:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-18, 12:34
This is Ranger. :)

This is Doom.   :doomed:

They're married. :slippy_love:  <3

One day Doom asked Ranger if he wanted to have a baby.  :huh:

Ranger was thrilled at the thought.  :D

 :ninja:  :thumb:  :evil:  :!:  :wtf:  <3

Several months in development later, the DOOM 3 marine was born.  :sob:

Unfortunately, the DOOM 3 marine was abused by the other babies at the ward.  :idiot:

As a result of this, the DOOM 3 marine could never run faster than 60 FPS.

The End. :offtopic


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-18, 15:46
What an interesting plot...  :evil:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-06-22, 04:44
rofl... that's hilarious, Kain


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2006-06-22, 14:20
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/Death_Stalker/other%20stuff/threaddirection4nd4rr0sh.gif)

Heh,  :D  <3  :rules:  :wtf:  :)~


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-24, 13:12
That reminds me of the PS3 pricing scheme.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-24, 13:56
:huh:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-24, 23:03
:!:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-25, 11:12
Ah yes, the owl pics.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-25, 13:21
:D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-06-26, 04:08
ah... owls...

nope i got nothing, just wasting time...
 and adding to my post count... like that matters


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-26, 10:46
XD


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-06-26, 12:06
Awesome find, Kruzader.  :D

And on the theme of men in costumes, I stumbled upon this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWi4vhuWBg) which is made of awesomeness.  Unfortunately, I can't track down the actual video file.  The original creator stopped hosting the file due to bandwidth concerns. :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-26, 15:11
I thought that all happened "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."  :huh:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-06-26, 19:59
and of course no-one in that picture cares cause vader is a freaking emo


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-06-26, 20:59
So many familiar Power Rangers! Ah, those were the days...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-26, 22:28
Quote from: Kajet
and of course no-one in that picture cares cause vader is a freaking emo
No... to be emo you have to be suicidal, and have "problems" that are blown way out of proportion.  Vader was homicidal, not suicidal, and his problems were kind of on the bad side, what with watching his mother die, betraying the Jedi, killing how many innocent people, getting multiple limbs chopped off by his old master, and getting set on fire certainly didn't help things much.  Oh yeah, and his wife died and he was told he was the one that had killed her.  I'd say he's got reason to be just a little bitter.  Now if he was emo he would have cut his own limbs off and crawled INTO the lava.  Vader might have been a whiney bastard at first, but you have to admire his tenacity.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-06-27, 00:19
I say he's goth, what with the black getup and all. Besides, he looks remarkably like a 'vampire' without the head gear.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-06-27, 01:30
Quote
So many familiar Power Rangers! Ah, those were the days...

Availabe from all good toy stockists  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-06-29, 08:50
Yesterday's imposibility is tomorrow's triviality.

What? I felt like saying something insightful for once in this thread.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-06-29, 19:14
:zzz:  :rules:   :surprise: :evil:  :ownage:  :!:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-01, 19:00
Portugal beat the brits. TAKE THAT!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-07-02, 03:44
Quote from: [KruzadeR
] Portugal beat the brits. TAKE THAT!
Gene Hackman does it again. :thumb:  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-07, 23:05
300 uses for peanuts, and yet none of them fits here.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: shambler on 2006-07-07, 23:23
Quote from: [KruzadeR
] Portugal beat the brits. TAKE THAT!
Portugal beat the ENGLISH.



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-07, 23:29
Quote from: [KruzadeR
]300 uses for peanuts, and yet none of them fits here
I want to like the Power Puff Girls Z  mojo.  I'd really like to, but they stripped all of the aspects I liked about PPG out, jojo.  In fact, Mojo Jojo does not say "mojo" or "jojo" at the end of every sentence he, Mojo Jojo (!), says.  That is to say that the words "mojo" or "jojo" are never said by he, Mojo Jojo!  Rather Mojo Jojo repeats himself and alters the setence structure.  So by altering the structure of the sentence, he repeats himself.

AHAHAHAHA!

PS: Rolling Bubbles has a really crappy weapon.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-07, 23:45
I feel like my brain has turned to Jell-o after reading that.  O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-08, 03:33
Quote from: Phoenix
I feel like my brain has turned to Jell-o after reading that.  O_o
Is there anyway you can turn your brain into pudding, preferably banana?  I can't stand jello.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-07-08, 07:38
Why not something you can drink? Like...blood? :evil:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-07-08, 09:58
Or a stuffed animal like Phoenix, with a button that says "try me" and when you push it he talks.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-08, 17:43
Quote from: Kain-Xavier
I want to like the Power Puff Girls Z  mojo.  I'd really like to, but they stripped all of the aspects I liked about PPG out, jojo.  In fact, Mojo Jojo does not say "mojo" or "jojo" at the end of every sentence he, Mojo Jojo (!), says.  That is to say that the words "mojo" or "jojo" are never said by he, Mojo Jojo!  Rather Mojo Jojo repeats himself and alters the setence structure.  So by altering the structure of the sentence, he repeats himself.

AHAHAHAHA!

PS: Rolling Bubbles has a really crappy weapon.
I know, and McCracken said yes to all that crap. Mojo Jojo had such nice dialogues, now it's just a standart anime villain, with a stupid "mojo" on the ending. And the Mayor? The Mayor is serious now! And what's up with those weapons, and with all the lesbian girls at Buttercup's school? If you didn't notice, take a look:


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Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-08, 17:45
Ah, BTW, here's some nostalgy for ya, and sorry for the double-post, but I had to:

Wirehead Studios Site Archive (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wireheadstudios.org)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-09, 00:35
Quote from: Little Washu
Or a stuffed animal like Phoenix, with a button that says "try me" and when you push it he talks.
Push the little birdy's button...  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-07-09, 00:48
Quote from: Phoenix
Push the little birdy's button...  ;)
Watch the little birdy sing...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-07-09, 06:53
I'm a pirate and Phoenix is my bird that sits on my shoulder and talks for me, because I cannot talk.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-10, 04:33
Squawk!  Shiver me timbers!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-10, 08:53
:shifty:

/me walks away dropping a photo to the ground.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-10, 10:04
AWR!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2006-07-12, 02:55
:doomed:


LOL,LOLZ,RFLMAO,LMAO.LOLLERCOSTER,LO1


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-19, 11:03
Yeii, more Powerpuff Z action! I always knew that that Mayor was a great pedo, but a violent pedo? Good God.

EDIT : The Dog's pumping up. The scientists pity Blossom. Next time, Blossom, don't walk around in a mini-skirt.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-20, 09:09
Ever think you're ugly?  Don't, there's always somebody uglier.

Just take a look at this poor dog, he's just SEETHING with rage.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-20, 11:26
Even Miss Bellum is a pedo. What a shame.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-07-22, 09:05
Heros... not all real ones don't go out and look for problems to fix... but rather can be stubbron assholes who do what they think is right.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-07-23, 01:01
Hail DATA!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-24, 20:58
But if you fly through a certain nebula, you might get hailed BY Data, or at least, your ship's hull might.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-07-25, 00:46
Make it so, Number 1! :biggun:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-07-25, 01:44
whoa reply #300 and still as on topic as the first post...



amazing...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-25, 16:52
2 HOURS OF SLEEP BABY!  TIME TO DRIVE!  :ninja:  :ninja:  :ninja:  -_-  -_-  :zzz: *CRASH*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-07-29, 21:55
Double-post!  :ninja:

/me sees five silhouettes. :surprise:

Uh-oh... :wtf:

/me gets shot by five multi-colored beams. O_o

Voice: Double-posters disgust me!

Who are you?

Voice: Blazing like the Red Comet!  Gunda-Red!

Voice #2: Mission accepted, Gunda-Blue!

Voice #3: This hand of mine tells me to defeat you!  Gunda-Green!

Voice #4: I am a GUY dammit!  ...Gunda-Pink.

Voice #5: No evil shall escape my beautiful moustache!  Gunda-Yellow!

Sentai: Unmasking villians and defending space, ANGSTY MECHA GUNDARANGER (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1154064027674ie0.jpg)!

/me sees a multi-colored explosion

Gunda-Red: Gundarangers!  Launching!

/me sees the sentai blast off towards space

...With many thanks to my friend John for the inspiration and assistance with the dialogue.

/me sees Gunda-Red fly back in.

Gunda-Red:  I almost forgot; we left you a post-card.  Just click on our battle cry, it's a link in case you missed it.  Oh and don't double-post again, you hear?

/me sees Gunda-Red blast off again.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-07-29, 22:48
My Way Parody: "Power Rangers" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHuWL4nLExc)

Your Angsty Mecha Gunda Rangers thing reminded me of this.


EDIT: erm.. just realized that might not be appropriate to post (very vulgar). If so, beat me down and bury me alive in a non-shallow grave.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-07-30, 03:22
yeah, only slightly vulgar there, but does anyone really care?

anyway i was thinking... it's been a while since someone started an "add this class/weapon" thread...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-30, 04:25
I think the bones I left strewn around the forums were a discouraging factor for those.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-07-30, 23:14
Colbert Report stuff moved to CC thread.  I can't view it on this machine, no audio drivers (I'm using Idlebot right now) so I'm going to assume the content is controversial in subject and may contain offensive language, but otherwise doesn't violate any posting rules (ie, no porn/nudity)..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-08-19, 23:55
Shhhh... the baby's sleeping.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: OmEgA-X on 2006-08-22, 20:04
no u


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-08-23, 13:15
Quote from: OmEgA-X
no u
Those are fightin' words.  :evil:

Have at thee!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-08-23, 16:22
Let's do this right...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-08-25, 01:52
you know you've played too many fps games when you're dodging slow ass missles in your dreams  -_-


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-08-26, 04:06
You know you've played too many FPS games when you arrive at work late and blame it on lag.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-08-26, 04:33
I've dreamed of being inside Quake 2 and Generations deathmatch games before, and some of the maps I dreamed up were pretty damned good.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-08-27, 09:30
Stupid left wing.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Assamite on 2006-08-27, 20:44
Stupid moron political cartoonists with no sense of subtlety. or intelligence


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-08-27, 21:36
Subtle THIS!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-08-27, 22:22
(http://www.toystogrowon.com/graphics/products/full/738_f.jpg)

Subtle THERE!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-08-28, 01:05
(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/rly/nowai.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-08-28, 04:03
You could have someone's eye out with that.

And as for the blow-pipe ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-08-28, 07:53
Nerf blowgun wars.. that's hilarious


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-08-28, 09:20
Im gonna Plank you all!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-09-02, 09:30
Wow. Simply wow.
Dream Theater Solo Battle at Budokan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwXTWNfUxvY&mode=related&search=)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-09-02, 09:46
I think I was most impressed with the drummer.


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Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-09-02, 11:00
Quote from: [KruzadeR
] Dream Theater Solo Battle at Budokan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwXTWNfUxvY&mode=related&search=)
Nifty.  Good music to wind down to.  The drummer looks a lot like a younger version of my uncle if he had longer hair and a long goatee.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-09-02, 13:58
Yeah the drummer was something else! One of the few times when a double-kick pedal is warranted :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-09-03, 09:26
John Petrucci (the guitar) plays 5 billion notes per second. He's pretty amazing. In fact, Dream Theater are amazing. Even the bass player is creative. In fact:

John Petrucci Psycho Execises 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evTTHS9hwvU&NR)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2006-09-04, 07:50
Michael Angelo Batio's Double Guitar (http://www.deanguitars.com/angelo/mab_videos/)

Batio - Speed Lives (http://www.angelo.com/speed_lives_mab.wmv) (WMV file)


Probably my favorite guitarist. :)


As an edit: Dream Theater is, indeed, awesome. (forgot.. sorry.. :| ..)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-09-14, 19:21
GIVE ME SOME ROFFLES!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-01, 18:08
BEWARE, IT'S SCIENCE!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2006-10-01, 19:31
OMG it's science, run away, don't get corrupted by scewed prespectives all to glorify the scientists' own personal agendas!!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-10-01, 19:35
Oh no, watch out, it's Constable Predictable!

(http://www.unbf.ca/education/ecc/publications/PLC/ECCCovers/predictable.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-01, 21:03
HEY!  NO STAYING ON TOPIC!  :evil:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-10-01, 21:15
THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-06, 22:40
Owned by a door. Damned idiot.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-07, 03:28
(http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/images/lithosphere/volcanism/devils_tower_DDS21_TDE0012_small.jpg)

This means something.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-07, 13:16
LOOK OUT!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-09, 21:48
Door ownage pt 2!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-11, 07:43
DOOR OWNAGE PART 3!? Yes.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-20, 07:47
I'm telling you, I get more and more amazed with the Megaman Battle Network universe. This one came from the anime. The gal on the left is 23, and the other one on the right is [10,12].


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-20, 07:53
Can we please get back off-topic?  :huh:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-10-20, 10:31
I proclaim this week, "Kick-ass Soda Week."

I have found and drank...

Archer Farm's Blood Orange Italian Soda which is ungodly good.

Jones Soda's Candy Corn Soda which is ungodly sweet (cream soda with a spork load of caramel and the dye will stain your hands for a day.)

Jones Soda's Spider Cider which is better than Mazanita Sol.

Jones Soda's Berried Alive which tastes digusting, (liquid pez flavored ala Redbull.)

Jones Soda's Gruesome Grape which tastes a notch better than most grape sodas.

Jones Soda's Monster Mojito which tastes sort of like ginger ale mixed with licorice.

I also stumbled across some new teas put out by POM Wonderful.

Pomegranate Lychee Green Tea for the win!  I mean come on, how many people can say they drank lychee juice?  Lychee's are a bitch to find, and most independent fruit markets are non-existant nowadays.

So drink up and wash these past, few, horrible weeks away in sobriety!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-10-20, 17:52
Quote from: Phoenix
Can we please get back off-topic?  :huh:
But staying on-topic IS off-topic. ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-10-20, 18:14
Are we still not on the subject of amnesia?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-10-21, 01:56
Quote from: Tabun
Are we still not on the subject of amnesia?
I forget... where am I?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-10-21, 02:29
Who am I? Where am I? WHAT am I? :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-21, 04:29
You're the guy that owes me lots and lots of money.  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-10-21, 06:46
Excuse me, who are you?  Excuse me, who are you?  Excuse me, who ARE you?  Excuse me, who are you?  Excuse me, who are you?  EXCUSE me, who are you?  Excuse me, you are who?  Excuse me, who are you?  Excuse me... who are you?  EXCuSE me, whO aRe you?  Excuse me, who ARE you?  Excuse you, me are who?  Who are you, excuse me... you are who?  Are me, excuse who you?  You are excuse, who me?  EXCUSE ME, WHO ARE YOU????

perfect...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: BiGRoB85 on 2006-10-21, 17:10
Who are we?  Why do we exist?  Will we ever know the answers to these questions?  Can we ever find out?  Why am I asking these deep philosophical questions...?

I'm sure we'll find out... eventually.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-10-21, 23:50
Nay the grandest of questions ever to plague mankind simply is...


uh... where are my pants?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-22, 08:07
Questions of great significance?  And you want answers here?  On this topic?  O_o

And who the hell left their pants by my nest anyway?  Pervert.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-10-22, 23:25
:shifty: *yoink*

/me runs off with the pants and sells them to an imp on Ebay.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2006-10-23, 01:36
:surprise:  i really need to start drinking more....


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-10-30, 10:56
I hereby proclaim this week to be salt-poisoning week!

In lieu of the upcoming holiday and the end of my mandatory overtime, I have stocked up (wasted money,) on the following goodies...

Beef jerky
Jalepeno Pretzel Pieces
Hot Buffalo Wing Pretzel Pieces
Honey Mustard & Onion Pretzel Pieces
Cashew Chicken

And to round off turning my blood into sea-water, I have the artery-clogging goodness of...

Ice-cream
Cookie Cake for my birthday

And as for the shit I actually needed to buy...

Cereal
Toilet Paper
Plastic Spoons

Yes, this is American excess at its finest.  Feel free to stop on over and eat some of this shit before I have a heart attack before age 30.

Oh and I'm working on something I should have finished for the forums a long time ago.  I'm not making any promises, but I'll see what I can do.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-30, 17:54
You mean you're finally going to make a signature?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2006-10-31, 01:39
Salt-poisoning? Nonsense! I've been known to eat just plain salt. I eat lots of salty nummies. :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-10-31, 02:32
Apparently the cartoonist Peyo got the idea for the Smurfs when someone asked him to pass the salt ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-10-31, 15:02
Everything has a fatal dose, even water. You can die of water!
Basically, DON'T DRINK WATER! IT'S BAD FOR YOU!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-10-31, 17:42
More interestingly, there is a remarkable development in language to be uncovered when you think about water as poisonous (or at least as it having a 'lethal dosage').

Pure, aside from still having the meaning "unmixed" and "clean", today, in etymological history also has roots in ("pious" is derived from "purus", for instance) cleanliness of the soul. Purity as such was not something that just signified some kind of cold-factual unmixed state of something, but an overal connection with moral cleanliness or a connection with the good. "Pure evil", for instance, seems to have lost its peculiar paradoxicality. Pure things (well, at least those that were not 'purely bad'), were good for you. Water was one of those things (it was considered to be the life-giving liquid by many, and rightly so).

The funny thing is, that pure water is quite poisonous. A total lack of minerals and other 'unpure' properties of the liquid makes it disposed to absord minerals from its surroundings. it is you who constitutes these surroundings, then, by only a few glasses of water, you could end up with a fatal lack of bodily minerals.

If this really is the case, then the original connection of purity (of water) with health seems to be shattered, at least in this respect. The awkward hype of 'pure water' sellers then gets a rather strange dimension, even aside from the less controversial claim that some contact with dirt and germs is beneficial to  health by helping to build up resistance.



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-10-31, 18:39
While the claim that exposure to biological things builds immunity may be controversial, it's also empirically provable.  You contract a virus.  Your body creates antibodies for the virus.  Your body then destroys the virus, and becomes immune to that particular virus.  That's what immunity does.  If it didn't, the virus would overtake your cells and multiply endlessly at an exponential rate, eventually killing the host organism.  It doesn't mean you won't get sick, it means you no longer get sick because of exposure to that organism.  The same goes with bacteria.  People who live in one area of the world become accustomed to bacteria that is native to the water and environment there.  When they travel, they get sick because in a new area they are not accustomed.  A common example is the tourist advice "don't drink the water".  Where?  Anywhere away from where you live.  Why?  You get tummy upset because your body has to adapt to new bacterial strains it's not familiar with.  Until it does, the bacteria overgrows in your gut and you become King of the Water Closet for a few days.

There's also inherent immunity.  Viruses and bacteria can only attack certain organisms in certain ways.  A virus that kills humans, for example, may have no effect on dogs, the same as you won't catch the flu from your cat.  Usually viruses that can affect one species don't affect dissimilar life forms.  There are exceptions, and unfortunately a form of influenza that is quite lethal to my avian kin is also very dangerous to you humans.  Unfortunate not only that it can kill you, it is more unfortunate that you will kill millions of birds whose existence is relegated to being your food simply for being sick.  Without going on a tirade about how mankind treats his fellow creatures as a rule, this is akin to stopping a plague by nuking cities.  Nevermind that if you worked to figure out why the virus crosses species you might find a better solution for both your kind and for birds.  Influenza, typically, begins in birds and is picked up by swine.  It does not affect the swine, but within swine it mutates, and then becomes the human-transmissible influenza.  What you call "bird flu" is a misnomer - ALL influenzas begin in birds.  What you call bird flu is a strain of avian influenza that can be transmitted directly from birds to humans without having to mutate first.

Now, dealing with inherent immunity there's the controversial part Tab mentioned.  The idea is that if, when young, you are exposed to bacteria common to one's surroundings it will build your body's immune system, whereas not being exposed to them will result in a substandard immunity.  With everything in nature, there's a balance that must be struck.  One shouldn't bathe their children in a staff culture, but one shouldn't put them in a clean room either.  What I don't understand is why the idea should be controversial at this point, except to an uneducated germophobic public that uses bleach and hand sanitizer on everything because they buy into the marketing hype.  Vaccinations are based on this principle entirely, that by exposing someone to a weakened or dead form of a virus, like polio or smallpox or tetanus, that the body's immune system will perceive it as a threat and form antibodies against it.  Compare this to natural creatures who have no medical science.  They can only gain immunity through environmental exposure and developing it naturally and passing this natural immunity down as an inhereted trait.  In short, it's no crime to let your kids play in the dirt.  They'll be healthier in the long run for it.

Back to water, I don't care for pure water myself.  Pure water tastes stale and I don't like to drink it.  Water should have a good amount of minerals and an even better amount of oxygen.  The best tasting water comes from lakes with a stiff wind over them, or a clear stream that's fed by a spring.  Of course... anymore it's hard to find good water that industry has not polluted.  On the flip side, if you're in the desert, the best tasting water is "whatever you can find" after you haven't had any for some time.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2006-10-31, 23:08
BUSTIN' MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2006-11-01, 03:46
A BUST MAKES ME FEEL GOOD

(http://www.dudleyobservatory.org/images/Artifact_images/Dudley%20bust.JPG)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2006-11-01, 06:35
Pixels make me feel good!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2006-11-01, 15:11
ONOSES MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD!
(http://www.ns.jolt.co.uk/images/onos.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2006-11-01, 21:44
I like bird butts and I cannot lie!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-06-28, 16:49
Yes it's back!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-06-28, 20:01
BIATCHES!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-06-29, 01:45
Blotches!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-06-29, 03:15
Sons of an electric donkey bottom biter!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2007-06-29, 05:21
AAH! ZOMBIE!

Oh wait, this is a new thread. My apologies. :surprise:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-06-29, 13:16
Say "Fuzzy Pickles"!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-06-29, 13:31
Really great job there guys...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-06-29, 17:29
Someone say zombie?!?  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-06-30, 02:23
"Are you trying to tell me you made a monster truck out of a DeLorean??"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-06-30, 02:33
Now it just needs a .50 cal on the roof and a couple of rocket pods and it'll be perfect.  Oh yeah, and an 8-track player.  Can't forget the amenities.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-06-30, 09:06
Everytime someone speaks about cars, this is the only thing that I can think of.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-06-30, 20:58
Quote from: Phoenix
Someone say zombie?!?  :D
God damn Ravenholme was annoying.

This is sparta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr. Jones on 2007-07-01, 11:20
sweet jebus Sucutrule, wanna shrink down your siggy a bit?  it takes up like 1/3 of my screen's (well, browser's, anyway) vertical space >_>


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-01, 16:34
Done, master
Im downloading Soul Reaver 2


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-01, 21:46
Much better signature size.  :thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-01, 23:00
Hey, Is this old yet?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-01, 23:43
Hmm... never seen that pic before


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-01, 23:48
Thats because I took it
Its a fan-made game called Doom RTS. its pretty cool, check it out

Doom RTS (http://doomrts.com/)

Oh yeah, and its in develepment still, their at Beta 3 right now.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-02, 02:04
Looks interesting, now get back off topic!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-02, 04:07
HAM & EGGS ON BUTTERED TOAST!!!

YEAH TOAST!!!1!1!ONE


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-02, 05:02
Hmmm.. I was thinking somthing more in the sandwitch family.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-03, 01:13
"Chicken noodle soup,
Chicken noodle soup,
Chicken noodle soup,
And a soda on the side"


Hip hop really has gone down the tubes, BIG style.

Thing is, where I come from, THIS is a soda:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-03, 02:12
Right


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-03, 23:48
And what exactly is that?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-04, 00:19
It's a type of bread known as a soda. It's Irish.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-04, 00:44
Is it cinimon bread? Thats what it looks like, and it looks pretty good.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-04, 01:16
That one's wheaten, but you can get all kinds, including cinnamon. Your standard white soda comes with a little coating of flour and is great with bacon, eggs, sausages or all three if you're REALLY hungry.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-07-04, 01:23
Sounds pretty good. Well me and my cousin are going to go play on the central server, join in if you want to.
-Well, I won 18 to 0, at The Dark Zone
I won again, 23-11 at A load of useless bloody loonies, and  someone named old keg(quake 1) tried to join and 2 unnamed players tried to join, it gives an error every time. Unpure client detected invalid pk3 files


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2007-07-04, 09:20
My computer is breaking..thought about just buying a new and better mobo and a new gfx..but since AMD changed their sockets to AM2 i need to buy a new mobo, processor, PSU..then i felt it was kinda hopeless so i bought 2gb of ram aswell almost an entire new computer which hurts my wallet abit :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-06, 01:01
:offtopic: OFFTOPIC :offtopic:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-06, 02:21
Well... sporking duh...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-15, 04:56
HONK IF YOU HATE STEAM!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-15, 05:15
I can't find the horn!  :!:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-07-15, 13:37
HONK IF YOU HATE STEAM!

Disagree. Steam is the future. It's so easy to deliver content through it that even a child could do it. It had its problems at the beggining, but now it runs smoothly.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-15, 18:46
:B


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-15, 20:05
Future or no future, if you have to be online before you can play anything (even single player games), that sounds too control-freakish to me.

 :band: :offtopic:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-15, 21:16
Future or no future, if you have to be online before you can play anything (even single player games), that sounds too control-freakish to me.

 :band: :offtopic:

And that's conimg from Mr. Freeman himself :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-07-15, 22:45
That is, indeed, a problem... Not everybody has access to the Internet. Also:
Quite possibly one of the most bizarre things that you will ever read on the Internet (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Mudkip)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-16, 02:29
Some offensive language on that link, be aware that it might not be work-safe.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-07-16, 08:07
Uncyclopedia has funny stuff, but it also has its share of horrible stuff. And yes, that link is NSFW.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-16, 12:48
Quote
And that's conimg from Mr. Freeman himself

"The Free Man" does not like to control-freaks, apparently.

Strangely, he does like a 100% linear world that leaves no room for alternative narratives..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-16, 14:53
The Freeman is a tool for linear conformance existing in a non-linear temporal convergence.
The Freeman brings order from chaos by imposing disorder within orders that are malign.
The Freeman is not free.  His path is chosen.  His destiny unavoidable.
The Freeman's chosen tool is symbolic of his nature.  Like the crowbar, the Freeman is hard, unyielding, unbreakable, and useful for prying things apart that need destroying.
The Freeman is the preferred tool for eliminating pesky headcrab infestations.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-17, 13:57
zuh?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-17, 13:58
Wow...It didn't die 8)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-17, 16:02

The Freeman is the preferred tool for eliminating pesky headcrab infestations.


I tell you what, if I had nits like those, I'd never leave the house again!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-17, 17:11
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-07-17, 21:50
I am... MURLOC! (http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/i-am-murloc-279087.php)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-17, 23:00
OH NOEZ!!!!!

ITS TEH NOD 32 WARNING TABLE!!!61616161
rARRRRRR!!!!!!!PURPLEUNO


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-19, 11:48
I think it'd be pretty funny if valve made a HL game where you play as someone OTHER than Gordon, he shows up and you follow him around etc. but he never shuts up.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-24, 23:12
0 = 0?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-25, 08:23
Line 0:  Illegal statement termination.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-07-25, 22:32
dont look...
God please don't
Don't do it!!
Gah! you looked.
Oh noes, the bird shortened my post!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-25, 22:57
PRIVILEGE VIOLATED AT 0.
PROCESS WILL BE TERMINATED.
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FAMILY.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-07-26, 09:08
*Slams fist* ARE YOU USERNAME LADIESMAN217!?!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-26, 15:45
To punish and enslave...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-27, 00:14
If you'd like to make a call please hang up and try again.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-07-27, 10:27
 :bfg: :duh: :yorp:
When the spork were these guys added to the list??


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-27, 18:38
When the new forums were created.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-08-04, 00:34
I'm surprised these didn't get added


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-08-04, 02:38
The first two: because I don't see what they've got to do with WHS (and they weren't on the old boards); the third, good question :); the fourth, because it's incredibly annoyingly animated!

Voila.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-08-04, 02:53
Knifed - Earth Soldiers have one.
Rocket guy - Don't you recognize the Q3 rocket launcher?

But yes, I don't particularly care for those.  The rocket's constant firing is visually annoying, kind of like the "bang head against wall" icon, but that one is mnemonic and as such serves a purpose.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-08-04, 02:54
I recognize both the rocket launcher and the fact that earth soldiers have knives -- but they're kind of pointless generic Q3/weapon smileys..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-08-04, 12:13
On the subject of icons, the "Doom Rules" one has disappeared. How shall my class be pimped now?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-08-04, 12:44
On the subject of emoticons...

I can take another shot at those if you'd like.

I stopped because I couldn't get DOOM guy to look like DOOM guy with his helmet off.  He just looked like A guy, and adding detail to a 20 x 24 sprite is hard to pull off for me.  The nice thing about creating the Slipgate emotion was that his helmet was instantly recognizable and didn't obscure his face. :p

This is where I left off with the DOOM guy emoticon if you don't remember.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-08-04, 15:26
a wee bit on the large side, I should think.. Smileys were never really about facial likeness anyway -- maybe for a set of MSN emoticons large versions would be nice, then you could even use the original DooM face resolution.. :]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-08-10, 10:20
Boot to the head?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFldBVWFgWo

Boot to the head!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-08-10, 15:03
*falls over cackling*  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2007-08-12, 23:23
 :slippy_thumb: :doom_thumb:

These two emoticons look awfully like they're giving me the finger.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-08-16, 13:00
:slippy_thumb: :doom_thumb:

These two emoticons look awfully like they're giving me the finger.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lilazzkicker on 2007-08-16, 17:25
 :offtopic:
I can not beleive this thread is still going....


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-08-17, 06:59
look at me posting with my wii...

this hurts in ways you can only imagine...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-08-17, 12:11
Nonsense!  You just need to play with your Wii more often.  Why I'm typing with my Wii right now! :)

Beating a dead horse aside, what is your friend code?  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-08-17, 13:02
5308 0074 2123 8975

I just don't really like the auto word completing thing on it, shorter words are already typed before it shows what you wanna type and it adds domain names to any ellipses (...) you try to make


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-08-21, 03:28
I thinks that teh wii is power glove functioning


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-08-21, 15:43
(http://content.ytmnd.com/content/9/0/0/9000d32efeb8a13878522ac48599d971.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-08-21, 17:25
I LOL'ed, just too bad there isn't a steamroller shaped controller for wii


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-08-28, 05:06
(http://sluggy.com/images/10montage/lolbun.jpg)

http://www.sluggy.com  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-08-28, 09:15
Photo with flash...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-08-29, 17:39
YEAH TOAST!!! (http://computerworld.name/strangest-printer-in-the-world/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-08-30, 04:30
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Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-01, 04:44
ATTENTION EVERYONE,

TESTICLES!

that is all.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-01, 11:00
Testicles


Testicles of Hippo (ca. 495?429 BC, meaning "surrounded by glory") was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city's Golden Age (specifically, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars). He was descended, through his mother, from the Alcmaeonid family.

(etc..)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: BiGRoB85 on 2007-09-01, 21:57
Huh.

I guess you do learn something new every day...

(Open mouth, insert foot...)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-09-01, 23:06
/me does a montage of silly dances.

Mandatory overtime is teh oVaR!  At least until the end of this month...  -_-


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-02, 03:27
dude... wait wtf? sporking japanese people and their lack of sanity...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxQSMZa0g60&NR=1


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-02, 07:01
*falls over cackling*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-02, 08:20
speaking of tetris...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrs8ZCO8xM&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRLTF71Sow&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVgEDSjISQw&mode=related&search=

All I can say is if you laugh you're a huge sporking nerd, just like me


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-02, 16:18
 O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-02, 22:57
YEAH TOAST!!! (http://computerworld.name/strangest-printer-in-the-world/)

FRENCH TOAST!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-03, 02:52
YEAH TOAST!!! (http://computerworld.name/strangest-printer-in-the-world/)

FRENCH TOAST!!!

TOAST FRENCH!!!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-03, 14:13
Huh... is the vulgarity replacing thing borked?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-03, 18:36
I forgot to turn it on for the new forum.  The sporking thing is working now, as you can see.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-03, 19:11
Unless, like myself, you've disabled it in your personal profile.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2007-09-04, 02:15
Unless, like myself, you've disabled it in your personal profile.

Ah! That would explain why my eyes bled profusely after reading Phoenix's profanity-laden post. :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-04, 05:03
Indeed.  This way, if someone wants to see profanity they can, if they do not (like myself) they do not have to.  Everyone wins!

As for your eyes bleeding... that one you can consider a test of the forum software as I employed that nasty word for technical reasons only.  It should not be construed as a lapse in moral character (or self-righteousness, whichever you prefer) on my part.  :slippy_thumb:



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: BiGRoB85 on 2007-09-04, 07:52
ATTENTION EVERYONE,

TESTICLES!

that is all.

Bah!  I can top that attempt to get attention!  Watch!

Final Fantasy VII

(Ducks behind a wall)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-09-04, 12:08
Today, we gather here to mourn the loss of a dear friend.  We all knew this day would come but none of us wanted to believe the painful truth.  The truth... was that our friend lived his life dangerously.  He was boisterous and proud, never one to show tact or control his temper when things got hot.  People claimed he damaged the property of others and some even claimed he was engineered wrong.  Still... even with all of his misgivings, he was loved by many and he will be missed.

RIP Xbox 360
June 2006 - September 2007

May the data on your hard drive live on.  :(

PS:  And may a replacement for your sorry-ass carcass be delivered promptly.

Here's to hoping I get a replacement 360 with a newer mobo and a HDMI port.  :slippy_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-04, 14:49
(http://www.baristanet.com/chick.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-09-04, 15:31
Bah!  I can top that attempt to get attention!  Watch!

Final Fantasy VII

(Ducks behind a wall)
It had a nice story, but the gameplay was awful. BTW I can still top that:

Final Fantasy X
(Ducks behind a wall)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-09-04, 23:57
Nope, I can outrun that


*Ahem*

HALO SUCK DONKEY BALLS

Ducks behind a gigantic wall, which is covered by 1000000000 cyberdemons

 :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-05, 00:19
* hides behind the Cyberdemons with Sucutrule.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-05, 00:40
Nope, I can outrun that


*Ahem*

HALO SUCK DONKEY BALLS

Ducks behind a gigantic wall, which is covered by 1000000000 cyberdemons

 :doom_thumb:


I agree, sure at first it was ok, but now I don't see the appeal of a barely imaginative setting and standard issue plot/weapons...

*hides behind...* aww crap... nowhere to duck and cover...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: BiGRoB85 on 2007-09-05, 02:10
Nope, I can outrun that

Oh, yeah?  Well, I can even outdo that!  Here goes...

I LIKE ANIME!

(Dons an asbestos suit, pulls out his dual gatling guns, and runs for cover)



OK, let's get back off topic before this ends up in Controversy Corner!

Um...  I like baby back ribs!  Yeah!  Nothing like a nice big rack of ribs!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-05, 03:17
*Shoots BiGRoB85 with a quadded Doom rocket and picks up a BFG9000*

You can hide... but you can't run! :doom_love:
Now let's see if I can piss everyone off:

ALL MARIO GAMES SUCK!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-05, 03:22
you're doing it wrong...

DRAGON BALL Z IS FOR ADD RETARDS!!!

*hides behind a GOOD anime show*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-05, 03:30
I can do better than that:

XBOX 360 SUCKS BIG LARDY BALLS!!!

Ahem.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-05, 04:01
Alright, how about this then:

 :doomed:  >  :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-05, 04:15
Well, that's a given.


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Post by: Lopson on 2007-09-05, 10:21
ALL MARIO GAMES SUCK!!!
LET'S-A GO!
(http://www.mobilephoneblog.org/uploaded_images/Super_Mario_Bros_3_boxfront-744048.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2007-09-05, 10:56
Alright, how about this then:

 :doomed:  >  :(

Even tho I don't want to make your day by giving you attention.. there is really only one way to respond to that post..

 :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage: :ownage:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-05, 16:49
Then why don't you PROVE IT!  You know how you can do that.  The server is waiting.  Let's see some hot Doom on Slipgate action!  Come on you scrubs, get that server filled.  Get some Gen going.  Get some demos!  :ninja: :doomed:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2007-09-06, 06:54
Re-reading some of this.. and Kajet's post.. gave me an idea for one of my own, which I also think is 100% true..

ALL anime SUCKS!

Thank you, and good day. :slippy_thumb:

*hides around a corner with a rocket launcher waiting for some eager prey to run past unknowingly*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-06, 14:16
Then why don't you PROVE IT!  You know how you can do that.  The server is waiting.  Let's see some hot Doom on Slipgate action!  Come on you scrubs, get that server filled.  Get some Gen going.  Get some demos!  :ninja: :doomed:

Are the Thursday night games still on? I'm available tonight, Euro or US. I will dish out some education to you foolish Slipgate-hoppers.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-06, 15:59
I didn't know there were any Thursday night games.  The only day that's been designated as a "standard" game time is Saturday at 9 pm CET for Euro, 9 pm Eastern for Central, but every time I drop by either server between 9 and 10 pm (respective local times) there's nobody there.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-06, 17:10
It's become our (that is Alu and my own) habit to play a little later in the evening (say, 22 or 23 hrs CET). However, we've not played in a few weeks. I'll see if I can poke Alu into playing again next week, though. Maybe I can even get him to play a few of the mappack-maps so he can do his beta-testing job, too..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-06, 19:03
Also..

(http://pirana0.com/pirana0.com%20(Image%20Package)/1119284093495.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-09-06, 19:10
There used to be TDM Tuesday and CTF Thursday (or vice versa) and they were the games I used to catch quite regularly, mainly because I'm usually doing stuff on Saturdays. Still, might be worth hanging about on a server sometime after 2am BST - can you add bots with \callvote?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-06, 19:20
Somehow I'm not surprised...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXgRtDysLY

also it's seems like quite a while since there have been steady games going on...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-06, 22:05
No, you can't add bots with a /callvote.  You have to have rcon to the server.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-24, 02:14
I ran across an old screenshot of when I used to play instagib on the old Altered-Reality server.  Looking back it's kind of scary.
 
(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/misc/QUAKE04.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-24, 12:47
Ah, I've got a "that's kind of scary" pic too:

(http://www.tabun.nl/tmp/gen/q2_666_dc4_2-2.jpg)

1. Yes, I was in a (quite impressive) dutch "666" clan at one point. Pretty lame name, but let's just say I was often the devil's advocate in those days, too.
2. DC4 wasn't actually a bad clan -- we just got the power suits first..


You been setting your bird-friends up to some mischief, Pho?

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/sheeshreally/brb.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-24, 14:16
Now would I do something like that?  ;)

What's scary to me (in the pic I posted) is my ping, and the fact that I used to consider that playable... 
:surprise:

Looks like you guys had a nice run in that match.  I remember a 2 vs 2 game of Rocket Arena I played with Con against some guys from the ::DA!:: clan back when it was new where we just ran over the guys.  I don't think either one of us died once.  Wasn't anything competitive but it was kind of like... do these guys understand the concept of aiming?  Chaingunning the walls does not count for points.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-09-24, 14:21
maybe they were looking for secret areas? :]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-09-24, 23:07
*You found a secret area! A rain of imps is thrown to ya!*


:wtf: :Think we're screwed doom...
:doomed: :Got that right ranger...
:surprise: :Ooh! Wait I have some thunderbolt here...
:!: :Can you hurry or something? this is kinda...messy.*double shotty blast yay*
:evil: :Die demon CRAP!!!!! *THUNDERBOLTZZZZZZZ*
^_^ :Yay! All of 'em are damn dead!
:doom_thumb: :Great Job! Hurry let's... :!: Oh crap.
*RESPAWNAZORZ*
:doomed: :...
:ninja: :...
:doomed: :I fu**ing hate this.
:shout: :Me too damn it!!

Now...That would be a nice mod...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-09-25, 00:23
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/sheeshreally/brb.gif)


DORITOS spork YEAH!!!

Saturday I went to see a parade, was kinda fun but I saw a guy in a banana suit complete with a hole for the person's face and all I could think of was PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME... I guess thats a sign I've wasted too much time online...

INAPPROPRIATE CAPITALIZATION!!!1


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-09-25, 12:35
Monday, September 25th, 2007

I went to school and met up with Chad, a friend from my acting class two semesters ago. (I have no aspirations to be an actor.  I needed the credits, and I found acting to be far more effective at developing my public speaking skills than actually taking a public speaking class.)  He wanted to see more of the area (he's still new to AZ,) and he offered to drive if I would be his guide.

We checked out Lee Lee's Oriental Supermarket in Chandler, AZ as neither of us had been there.  The place is sporking awesome with food spanning from all of Asia and various countries in South America.  I bought Goya (http://www.goya.com/english/) coconut soda, Iron Beer soda, canned jackfruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackfruit),  a fresh durian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian), chips made from plantains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantains), mangosteen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen) juice, and Indian potato snacks.  (The total only came to $16!)  Apparently, Chad is quite the fan of coconut so most of the items he purchased were derived from that fruit.

From there, we went to a nearby Indian restaurant we found while searching for Lee Lee's.  (It's called Curry House: Flavor of India if you're curious.)  Truth be told, I had never eaten Indian food before so I wasn't certain of what to expect.  However, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.

Besides never having tried Indian food before, I decided to try lamb for the first time (lamb biryani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryani) more specifically.)  While lamb is no substitute for beef, it's delicious none-the-less.  I can't believe more people don't eat lamb here in the USA; the meat doesn't taste gamy at all.  In fact, it tastes like a pleasant cross between chicken and beef.

After the food, we stopped off at Bookman's (http://www.bookmans.com/) where I obtained a copy of Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel.  (I only need Hexen 2: Portal of Praevus now to complete my collection of the Hexen/Heretic series.)  Chad picked up Carmageddon 2 and several PC adventure titles.

From there, we went to see Resident Evil: Extinction as I had planned on seeing the movie, and I offered to pay Chad's way in.  The film wasn't nearly as good as the 2nd, but it had a lot of good horror moments like the 1st.  Afterwards, we stopped back off at school and I headed home.

But wait, it doesn't stop there...

The previous events have all been leading up to this point: the sole purpose of my day off was to obtain a durian.  Ever since I learned of the fruit's existence, it has been a minor goal of mine to taste one.  After many years of passively searching, I can finally cross it off my list and warn any who seek the "king of all fruits."

Durians have a strong odor.  (They smell like human genitalia.)  However, the odor is rather subdued when frozen and/or left unopen.  Opened durians are another story.  As you cut away at the spiky shell, you are greeted by increasing levels of funk (think of each level as an additional day of going without bathing.)  It's not gag-inducing mind, but it's still unpleasant.  The taste is... well... another matter entirely.

What you smell cannot possibly prepare you for what you taste; it's far more rancid than that.  (Think unbathed, human genitalia that has begun to rot.)  Besides the assault on your olfactory and gustatory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustatory_system) systems, durians have a seriously funky thing going on texture-wise.  Parts of the "flesh" have a consistency similar to that of an egg white cooked "sunny-side-up," while the rest is akin to eating a mango.  (Think mango-stuffed, unbathed, human genitalia that has begun to rot.)

So the "king of all fruits" bested me.  The taste was so revolting that I gagged on the tiniest sliver of the fruit.  I forced myself to try it again, this time with a larger sample, but I just could not muster the strength to chew let alone swallow.

I know now the full extent of the torture Andrew Zimmern (http://bizarre-blog.travel.discovery.com/) endured.  Durians are one of the few things Andrew is unable to stand the taste of.  This is coming from a man who will eat just about any organ from just about any animal.

But wait it still doesn't stop there...

While at home, I discovered the Indian potato snacks I purchased contained monosodium glutamate to which I am mildly allergic.  Unfortunately, I discovered this after sampling the snack so I'm running a bit of a fever right now.  I'll deal; MSG has nothing on the Italian rose petal soda (http://www.abbondio.it/) I imbibed a while back.

I also learned that my girlfriend Ashley fell down some stairs while at work today.  She injured her arm pretty badly but nothing appears to be broken.  (She's going to the doctor tomorrow.)  Even though we're over two thousand miles apart from one another, I feel horrible for not being home when she called to tell me the news...

Made it this far? Good, here's where I'm going with all of this...

1.) Treasure your friends and family.  You never know when you'll get to see them next.
2.) Don't be afraid to try new things.*

* Avoid durians and anything you're allergic to.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-25, 15:00
I keep telling you all to stick to pomegranates.  Just... don't get any this early in the year.  Wait until November when they're nice and ripe.  Early poms have white arils and that produce juice that has no flavor.

Kain:  Why is A durian called the "King of fruits"?  And why in God's name would you try one if they're considered revolting?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-09-25, 21:07
Kain:  Why is A durian called the "King of fruits"?  And why in God's name would you try one if they're considered revolting?

As per the Wikipedia article I linked to in the previous post, it is highly regarded by many people in southeast Asia.  (I believe I've also linked to this website (http://www.durianpalace.com/) before in another post.)  I seriously cannot understand how one can tolerate the taste of a durian, but I suppose it comes with the territory.  There are several other popular dishes in southeast Asia that involve the consumption of fermented food such as stinky tofu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu).

As for why I would try it, why not?  The taste is clearly not as good as it's hyped up to be, but it's still loaded with vitamin C and potassium.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-09-25, 23:40
Ahh, silly me for not clicking the links.  As for eating "disgusting" foods... I might mention the eating habits of some tribes in South America that go around almost completely naked (some are completely naked).  They use poison darts to kill monkeys up in the forest canopy, then wrap them in palm leaves and leave them to bake in the sun for three days.  Camera crews documenting them had to wear gas masks.  As for the people themselves... they have nearly unblemished skin, perfect teeth, excellent eye sight, and can eat rotten meat as easily as a vulture.  So it does not surprise me that a fruit that is unpalatable to some might be considered a delicacy elsewhere considering the variability of human diet.

Now as for my wondering about your desire to try this fruit...  While I am rather fond of vultures and marvel at their ability to consume carrion, it does not mean I will dine with them "just to see what it's like".  I suppose your curiosity exceeds mine in these matters.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-09-30, 17:55
failure


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-01, 03:28
Well seeing as gen is nearing completion it might be fun to see some of the older public releases in action, however embarrassing they may be

http://browse.files.filefront.com/Quake+3+Arena+Modifications+Generations+Arena/;152040;/browsefiles.html


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-01, 03:38
The journey of 1,000 miles is far from over.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-01, 03:46
but its closer than v0.99c right?


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Post by: Lopson on 2007-10-01, 15:12
Version C is 4-years old already?! Wow...
GG WIREHEAD!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-01, 17:17
Closer, yes, but closer to Tick, or closer to Tock?  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-02, 07:19
Um... hopefully closer to whatever one sucks less... ROCKS MORE!! :rockon:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-04, 01:14
Um... hopefully closer to whatever one sucks less... ROCKS MORE!! :rockon:

OMG HAX!!!

On a more serious tone, Bricks, I shat them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4 And I liked some of those songs...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-04, 03:10
RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAY!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-10-04, 19:33
I found them zero puntuation videos...They ROCK!

Specially when he teared down Halo 3

Then back to the off-topicness:


...Blarggh...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-10-04, 19:53
Um... hopefully closer to whatever one sucks less... ROCKS MORE!! :rockon:

OMG HAX!!!

On a more serious tone, Bricks, I shat them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4 And I liked some of those songs...

Well, I'm not about to dismiss MJ's music just cos he's a freak, but that IS disturbing.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-04, 22:46
The songs they use to replace MJ's music in Sonic & Knuckles collection are pure ass... they're the overly happy and peppy crap that's getting used more and more in the 2d sonic games.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-10-04, 23:21
Yup. I'm just glad I've still got 'em all. In fact, I've a good mind to dig 'em out again ...

I always liked the original Carnival Night Zone music. It kind of put me in mind of a sort of demented Cypress Hill circus act from Hell. Or something.

The replacement Ice Cap Zone music is particularly shite. It is totally devoid of atmosphere, something the original music delivered in spades. I'm apalled. It's like when a boy band gets hold of some classic song and takes away it's soul.

Or when they replaced ALL the music in the US version of Sonic CD ... :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-05, 01:11
I know, all three zones had their atmosphere and a major part of it was the music and without it you've got not even a wretched shell of it's former glory...

And they replaced the music in Sonic CD? shit... I might have to look for the original stuff online, The music from it that I've heard isn't bad, possibly good in some cases but if there's even better stuff...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-10-07, 09:26
I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up about a 48 Hour Madness sale going on over at GoGamer.com...

Quake Wars: Enemy Territory for the PC (International Release) for $32.90
Bioshock for the PC (International Release) for $34.90

I don't really have the PC for either but it's still a good deal for anyone who is interested in either game but wanted to wait until the price goes down.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-10-13, 14:43
Things that are awesome...

Portal
Team Fortress 2

Things that are so awesome swear words escape me...

The Orange Box DVD dying after a day's use.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-10-14, 00:29
That's way too depressing to be true.
One of those days, eh?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-14, 09:43
Wait your dvd died? I hope you got the activation key into steam before it did...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-10-14, 11:02
Wait your dvd died? I hope you got the activation key into steam before it did...

I bought the Xbox 360 version. :p


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-14, 20:01
Warranty?


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Post by: Lopson on 2007-10-14, 21:18
Nice idea. I'm sure they'll give you a new one at the store you bought it.


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Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-14, 22:35
Yeah, I'm pretty certain they'll exchange the defunct dvd for a new one, At least I don't see why they wouldn't.


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Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-10-23, 02:30
MMmmmm... Portal.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-25, 04:02
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/fuzzysni/barbie15_1.jpg)

(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/fuzzysni/barbie15_2.jpg)

*falls over cackling*

Yes, that is a real gun!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-25, 04:20
Doesn't look like there's any metal in that picture at all...  and lemme guess made by Mattel? (That's who made the rifle my dad had in vietnam before people start saying wtf?)


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Post by: Tabun on 2007-10-25, 12:17
It's quite the hype, the new "camo"...

(http://chromatism.net/current/images/hellokittygun.jpg)

(http://craphound.com/images/hellokittyak47.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-25, 15:28
Kajet:  The M-16/AR-15 is known as the "plastic rifle" for a good reason.  The barrel, inner receiver parts, bolt/bolt carrier and gas tube are metal, but the "furniture" is all plastic, same as any other AR-15.

Tab:  Ok, the Barbie AR is one thing... but a Hello Kitty XM-8 is just pure evil.  That AK.... *shudder*  Talk about a terrorist weapon.  Who did that horrid purple coating on the metal?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-25, 15:47
Huh... Is metal getting that expensive these days? Seems like after enough use a plastic firearm would begin to... break


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-25, 17:45
Keep in mind the AR-15 was deployed during the Vietnam war, and it was adopted by then Secretary of Defense McNamera.  It was controversial and unpopular among the Marines of the day, and I've read some extremely scathing criticisms of its deployment by Vietnam-era Marines, including a Marine Corps armorer.

The use of plastics is kind of a mixed bag, and the AR-15/M-16 has been both lauded and vilified by grunts and civies alike for more than just the plastic on the gun, though it plays into the checkered history of the weapon.  With plastics, you have an advantage in reduced weight, and improved weather resistance over that of a wooden stock.  Any grunt wants to tote around less weight and not having water rot out your stock is a plus.  Wood tends to hold up better under high heat, though plastic tends to take high humidity better.  You have a disadvantage in that plastic ages poorly and can crack and break.  Anyone with an old car can tell you what they think of how plastic ages.  Newer polymers like Zytel are a lot tougher than the original plastic used on the first M-16's, so there's been some improvement in that department.  Glock makes some excellent polymer-framed handguns that are tough, reliable, and very accurate.  There's one example of "plastic done right". 

Any grunt will also tell you they'd like their weapon to not break when subjected to harsh conditions.  Bludgeoning an enemy when your rifle jams is one of those conditions, and jam it did - a lot - in Vietnam.  The "brass" of the day didn't listen to Eugene Stoner (guy that designed the AR-15 rifle) when he told them to use stick powder and to clean the gun a lot.  The grunts were actually told the rifle was self-cleaning when first issued owing to a lack of available cleaning kits, and the ball powder used in manufacturing the mil-spec ammunition fouled the guns over twice as bad as the stick powder Stoner designed it around and said they really needed to use.  Far too many Marines and Soldiers were found dead with a cleaning rod up their gun trying to kick out a non-ejected casing because the fouling caused it to get stuck in the barrel.  Some were even found with empty sidearms and broken rifles where they HAD used them as clubs as a last resort when they didn't have time to reload their handguns, or when they flat out ran out of pistol rounds.  You can beat the hell out of someone with an M-1 Garand or an M-14, or even a Soviet made SKS or AK-47.  The M-16 does not work well as a club at all.  Now all of these weapons can take a bayonet.  The SKS has a pretty decent sized one built in under the barrel that swings forward to lock in place, the Garand and M-14 have fairly large, attachable bayonets that work quite well as daggers even when off the gun, and you can attach a somewhat smaller bayonet to the M-16 or AK, though neither is designed to work very well in the "pig sticker" role.  Granted, if you're down to using a bayonet or clubbing someone with your gun you're probably already screwed anyway, but it takes time to affix a bayonet and if you're caught between reloads sometimes you only have time to take a good swing at the guy charging you.  There's general durability to think about with any weapon, and the wood vs plastic debate is something still argued to this day, though plastic is a lot more accepted for use in rifle stocks than it was 10-20 years ago, and it's pretty much replaced wood in military long rifles completely.

Now you want to go the opposite direction from the AR-15 pattern, take a look at the M-3 "Grease Gun".  There's a solid, no BS weapon.  Extremely reliable, cheap to manufacture, and very effective.  It won't win a long range shooting match, being a close-range open-bolt submachinegun, nor any beauty contests, but it works, and works, and keeps working.  It's entirely made of metal and has that WWII-era "pure function" look.  Grunts of the day originally didn't like it, preferring the more expensive (and more conventional looking) Thompson subgun, but once it proved itself in battle the guys using the M3's became inseparable from them.  Here's some info about it with lots of picture goodness:

http://www.world.guns.ru/smg/smg32-e.htm


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-10-29, 02:31
I'm listening free bird from lynard skynard.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-29, 06:38
I think it's time for a font color change, though I could be wrong.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-10-29, 17:16
How about this?  Does it make your eyes hurt?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-29, 19:20
No not really


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-10-29, 21:20
How bout' this one?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-10-29, 22:15
Meh, kinda hard to see actually, not eye hurting...

I'd think this color would hurt less than this one


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-10-30, 01:39
The off-topic topic has now become the temporary-topic topic.  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-10-30, 02:31
^ Lynard Skynards alright, but my favorite's David Allan Coe, or Hank Williams.
No, both... er... Hank first.
-Side note, I like mountain dew
-Side note, I like shooting my shotguns at flying clay pigeons (skeet) repeatedly
(Edit after seeing the M-16 things)
-One more: I want an M-16! But i'd need a license right? Whatever, shotguns suit me fine.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-10-30, 02:54
Well, you could always go.. over the top.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-11-01, 02:51
Likeziz?




Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-11-01, 23:27
JJ: YOU BROKE MY !@#$ING CHIMES!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-02, 00:56
To explore strange new worlds (that only have the same gravity and atmosphere as Earth)
To seek out new life, and new civilizations (that all look like genetically modified humans)
To boldly go where no man has gone before (unless we're on shore leave, then we only hang out with green women and get Scotty drunk)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-11-02, 09:15
Oh man, it's that pesty nuclear bomb that always bullies my on my way out of school! Gotta run!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-11-02, 10:03
OK.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-02, 17:45
Luke Skywalker gets his arm cut off with a light saber.  Reaction:
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!  OMFG!  OMGOMGOMG, IT @!#@!# HURTS!!!"
*turns white as a ghost, looks pretty sick, goes into shock*

Anakin Skywalker gets his arm cut off with a light saber.  Reaction:
"Guhhhhh...."

Darth Vader gets his arm and both legs cut off with a light saber.  Reaction:
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!  I HATE YOU!!" and promptly bursts into flames...

Count Dooku gets BOTH his arms cut off with a light saber.  Reaction:
*Startled Expression, thinking to self... WTF, dude cut my arms off?*

Darth Maul gets cut IN HALF with a light saber.  Reaction:
*Thinks to self, Oh, bloody hell, chap just cut me in twain!  Bollocks, now I can't do those fancy martial arts moves anymore.  Oh well, stiff upper lip, wot?  Might as well give it a grin, got me fair and square 'e did.  Least he didn't cut me 'ead off.  Oh, fiddlesticks, I'm going to fall down that shaft now aren't I?  Oh well, cheerio!*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-11-03, 03:14
At last, someone else who realized that Star Trek's definition of differing species of alien was determined entirely by which pattern they had on their forehead.

Black Knight's reaction to losing all four limbs: "Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-11-03, 04:35
At last, someone else who realized that Star Trek's definition of differing species of alien was determined entirely by which pattern they had on their forehead.

Heh.  It has always been a gripe of mine that the majority of aliens in Star Trek are human-like in physique. The non-human species on the show are always depicted as a non-sentient menace/nuisance.  I had really high hopes for the "Scorpion" race introduced in Star Trek: Voyager, but it was later revealed they could transform themselves into human-like creatures.  *Sigh*  At least, we still have the Gorn.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-11-03, 05:28
And tribbles (http://www.stilldesigning.com/shatner/tribble1.jpg), ofcourse.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-03, 05:58
I wonder if guys who think they're freakishly large get depressed when they get penis enlargement spam.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-03, 08:50
Have you ever seen any episodes of the animated Star Trek episodes?  They did a lot of very different-looking aliens.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-11-03, 15:02
Actually, no, Kajet. I usually just chuckle happily and add the mail to the spam protector's 'junk-mail' database.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-03, 15:16
Tab, I have only one thing to say to that.

Code:
self.perceived = self.actual + 0.5 * (sqrt (other.actual^2 + self.actual^2) );
if (self.perceived < self.actual || self.perceived < other.actual){
   self.perceived = self.actual + ((self.actual > other.actual) ? (0.5 * self.actual) : (0.5 * other.actual));
}


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-06, 05:14
You know what I find odd? you can crash windows explorer, yet everything else won't get sporked up when you do.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-06, 08:38
That's because Windows Explorer is just a shell browser application.  Crashing Windows Explorer does not crash the system any more than crashing Internet Explorer would crash the internet.  It's the kernel you don't want to crash.  It's possible for Windows Explorer to crash the kernel, but it's just not as easy to do as it was with Windows 98, which liked to crash at the drop of a hat, and Windows ME, which crashed at the drop of ANY hat.

I don't think you can do it for 2000 or XP, but I know for Windows 98 you could actually use the old File Manager system and turn off the Windows Explorer interface.  It was a system option that was pretty deeply buried.  Remember that up until 2K, Windows was entirely a shell app on top of DOS.  Some of that structure is still present even if DOS is no longer the underlying OS.

The old split OS/Shell hierarchy is still present in Linux though.  You can use the same copy of Linux and use several different shells to access the same OS.  There's the Bash shell (command line), and the KDE and Gnome desktops, to name a few more common ones.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-11-06, 23:20
Windows Vista = Windows XP


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-11-07, 01:51
Windows Vista = Windows XP

Without the good bits.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-07, 03:50
Windows Vista = Windows XP

If that statement is in C, then yes, I concur.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-11-09, 03:25
Except Vista wont run Doom...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-09, 16:24
Dosbox?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2007-11-09, 18:53
Hahaha, practice!

You know, now there's a fragrance that puts it ALL on the line.. Arrogance! Whether it's a forehand, a backhand, every shot's a winner.. because women Navrati-Love it! Arrogance for men will make YOU the number one seed! One shot.. and you will be in the royal box! (at Wimbledon)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Dr Sean on 2007-11-10, 00:43
Ah, I forgot about dosbox (i use it to play blood sometimes),but I run xp and vista on my computer, so i just have to restart and put start under earlier version of windows, and I'm good.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-10, 12:51
There's also ports like Zdoom (http://zdoom.org/News), and Doomsday (http://www.doomsdayhq.com/) which you might take a look at.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-10, 13:20
Or you could just tell vista to piss off and stay with XP


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-10, 16:40
Ancient Klingon Proverb:  Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-11-11, 01:08
Ancient Klingon Proverb:  Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.
Serious business.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-11, 01:24
Ancient Klingon Proverb:  Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.

Or one pissed off person helping retards in a line.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-11-11, 02:04
Serious business? Yes. But so is this (http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/html/Underwater-Ironing.html).


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-19, 10:10
Someone should keep me awya from wikipedia when I'm bored... I tend to learn a shitload of useless video game trivia...

Edit: and once again I've made another page for this thread...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-19, 15:36
Big brain, or big gun?  Spider Mastermind got both!  Phear!  :doomed:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-11-19, 19:34
Ironically, it looks like a very stupid thing to expose such a huge brain, especially to an environment of bullets, plasma and projectiles..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-20, 00:02
Yes, but that's what the hordes of demons are there for - to act as meat shields against invading Doomguys!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-20, 22:49
Huh... perhaps I should convert... nah, there isn't a church like this around here...

http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-11-21, 16:00
Ironically, it looks like a very stupid thing to expose such a huge brain, especially to an environment of bullets, plasma and projectiles..
IT'S CALLED EVOLUTION!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-21, 16:41
No, you mean EVILution!  :doomed:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-11-27, 04:59
˙sɐʍ ʇı ƃuıuınɹ uɐɥʇ unɟ ǝɹoɯ ʇol 
ɐ ǝq oʇ ʇɥƃno ɥʇɹɐǝ ƃuıplınqǝɹ ˙ǝɯoɥ 
ʞɔɐq ʞǝɹʇ ƃuol ǝɥʇ uıƃǝq noʎ pɐǝɥǝɹoɟ 
ɹnoʎ ɯoɹɟ ʇɐǝʍs ǝɥʇ ƃuıdıʍ ˙ʍou 'ǝıp 
ʎǝɥʇ uǝɥʍ oƃ llıʍ sʞloɟ pɐq ǝɹǝɥʍ ɹǝpuoʍ 
noʎ ˙ʞɔǝɹʍ ɐ sı llǝɥ ˙pǝʌɐs sı ɥʇɹɐǝ 
˙ɹǝʌo sı uoısɐʌuı ǝɥʇ ˙ʇı ǝuop ǝʌ,noʎ 

˙ǝɔɐɟɹns 
s,llǝɥ ɟo sǝlıɯ ploʇun ƃuıʇɐʇsɐʌǝp 
sqɯıl ƃuıɥsɐɹɥʇ sʇı 'sǝıp puɐ dn 
slǝʌıɹɥs ɹǝʇsuoɯ ǝɥʇ ˙uıɐɹq pǝsodxǝ sıɥ 
oʇuı sʇǝʞɔoɹ ɹnoʎ dɯnd noʎ ɹǝʇɟɐ 'noʎ 
ǝɹoɟǝq sǝlqɯnɹɔ uǝǝs ɹǝʌǝ ǝʌ,noʎ uoɯǝp 
ʇsǝƃƃıq ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝƃɐsıʌ snopuǝɹɹoɥ ǝɥʇ 

 ^_^ :D  :P and um...  :!:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2007-11-27, 06:49
lol...umm wha? My neck hurts.  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-11-27, 15:52
:P :D ^_^  :slippy_love: :doom_love: :?: :surprise: :wtf: O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-11-28, 00:26
I think I'll put the Doomguy at the top of my tree this year ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-12-02, 15:19
http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_1.html
Fanboy Service? Because, I remember that people said that Mario 3 was the best mario...

Ah well screw it, IGN is pretty much orders their reviewers to praise/hate games. For example: They can give Halo a 9.5 (exellent), when it should really deserve a 6.1 (mediocre). Or give Portal a 8.5 (great) when they should really be giving it a 9.4 (exellent).

Ah hell, I didn't praised Halo like it is the equal to cocaine in games, so I'll be dead soon by the assasins that microsoft has. Oh well.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-12-02, 17:03
Well, rating games with grades is bollocks, if you ask me. I prefer reviews like Edge has; they give grades, but print them small and only mopingly out of deference to 'game-review standards'. Besides, the typical effect of grading has reared its ugly head at IGN, as everywhere else: A 6 has become the sign that something isn't worth the trouble. When something is actually pretty good, it must be given grades so close to 10 (perfect? wha?) to make them stand out, that it just doesn't make sense anymore. A few generations of games later, and you'll be basing your next buy on the difference between Doom 7 getting a 9.991 vs. Quake 6 getting a 9.996 -- I prefer just reading a good exhortation on what the game offers, what it doesn't, and who it is likely to appeal to. Grades are for giving schoolkids that RPG-statgathering-powerplay attitude that institutions seem to like so much.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-02, 20:50
The problem with a well written... report on a game is that not everyone has the attention span to read the whole thing, I'll read a review of a game if I'm interested in it otherwise I doubt I'd bother to look it up...

and of course once again corporate funding bites us all in the ass...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-12-02, 23:03
IMO, problems with regards to one's attention-span are a thing to be solved on the attention deficient's end, not by further reducing the quality/informational value of reviews...
:) :yorp:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-03, 00:13
You want to solve attention span problems, bring back nuns with knuckle crackers.  You'll have people paying attention again.

As for games, WE'RE ON TOPIC BLAST IT!  Don't make me split the thread!  Get off topic now, please.  :!:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-12-03, 00:43
I got a GF8800GT yesterday and am thoroughly enjoying GoW on it. :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-03, 03:49
I find it odd that it's been a while since ID made a new (not rehashed) "real" bfg since Q2...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-12-03, 14:25
I got a GF8800GT yesterday and am thoroughly enjoying GoW on it. :doom_thumb:

TROIKA!
/me grenade-tags scalliano and hops away.

Let me know how the PC exclusive content is. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-03, 16:14
(http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Sparrow_House_Dabb.jpg)

This foe is beyond any of you.  RUN!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-12-03, 23:33

TROIKA!
/me grenade-tags scalliano and hops away.

Let me know how the PC exclusive content is. :)

Will do, although I'll have to consult my 360-owning mate as to which bits he hasn't seen before ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-12-04, 02:04
(http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Sparrow_House_Dabb.jpg)

This foe is beyond any of you.  RUN!

CUTENESS!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-12-10, 22:03
The Machine Girl trailer: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1320139451

Just be warned it's pretty over-the-top when it comes to the gore.  It still looks ridiculously cheesy and awesome though.  I can't wait for it to come over state-side. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-11, 05:22
Pretty dead forums are... pretty dead...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-11, 18:23
But HONDA HAVE ROBOT!!!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TFAN1O2&show_article=1

Although... I think having a child-sized robot working "every street corner" is a rather disturbing concept.   O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-12-11, 22:01
Japan needs a Gundam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam) Ministry, to deal with all robot-related things.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-11, 22:30
Amazing things will happen here soon.  You just wait. (http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/25/sarcos-military-exoskeleton-becomes-a-frightening-reality/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-12-12, 03:06
That Honda robot appeared in one of their TV ads over here last year. Pretty mental, but that exoskeleton is just off the chart. The cyborg cometh ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-12-12, 18:53
CYBORG!? QUICK GRAB RAILGUNS WE'VE GOT STROGGS!!!!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-12-14, 23:14
Interesting anecdote...

I can't get my Xbox Live Vision camera to work correctly with my PC (it's locked at a 160 x 120 resolution,) but it works nearly flawlessly when plugged into my PS3.  Go figure.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2007-12-16, 02:12
Wowee! This topic's still goin'!? I started this nearly three years ago!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-12-16, 02:19
Whatever it is, it's going. But is it still.. a topic? :]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-16, 07:10
It's a bit off. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-16, 07:10
Con is short.

Still?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-12-16, 09:06
Wowee! This topic's still goin'!? I started this nearly three years ago!

Remember how I said you should let this topic die, and you were all like "No way!" so then I said, "I was joking, I want you to murder it." and then you made this reply three years later?  Ha.  Ha.  That was great.  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-12-24, 00:03
Duke nukem is coming back after all...


Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-24, 03:09
PEEP!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-26, 01:37
AND NOW... a site for Pho to go to to act like a lecher

http://www.theowlcam.com/


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-26, 06:43
The fact that you were there before me speaks volumes, Kajet.  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2007-12-26, 18:42
Quote
Take about five dozen eggs, start puttin' em' in a bowl, mix the F**K out of em' n' what do you get?

PENIS!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-26, 22:00
I think you're compensating for something there.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-27, 00:57
Quote
Take about five dozen eggs, start puttin' em' in a bowl, mix the F**K out of em' n' what do you get?

PENIS!

Oh yeah $#!7 just got real!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-12-29, 14:47
(http://www.become.com/pocketchange/birthday-cake-773619.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-12-29, 23:47
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-12-30, 04:40
That looks so delicious and moist.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-12-30, 06:27
IT'S A LLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-01-06, 07:19
I would just like to extend a big "spork YOU!" to whomever decided to leave a city dumpster in front of my car on a weekend.  Your negligence/bastardry led to me arriving at work two and a half hours late, left me without a vehicle presumably until Monday, and to top things off, it started to rain while I was waiting for the bus.

GG asshole, gg.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-01-10, 10:26
Japan strikes (yet) again? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhizo7KrZrw


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-01-10, 15:25
I'm not sure what is worse... the fact that I watched that, or that someone actually invested time, effort, and energy to make it.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-01-10, 21:13
That MUST have involved some sort of illicit narcotic. I need to go and play some Nile to straighten my head out after that. Backwards. :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-01-11, 03:06
That... Pretty much numbed my brain.





Now all I can do is listen to Even Flow by Pearl Jam.


Its a gud song enig?eis.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-01-21, 16:04
Okay I should be asleep right now but this is too post-worthy not to mention...

Gordon Freeman talks! (http://kotaku.com/347004/gordon-freeman-pours-heart-out-on-coast-to-coast)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-01-21, 17:12
*Falls over cackling*
"Portal technology!"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-01-21, 21:34
I'm listening it right now.

Pretty fun. I wonder why nobody did that....


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-01-22, 03:30
It hit [H]ardOCP's website too.  Mr. Noory got owned [H]ard on this one!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-01-22, 03:36
Best.

Crank.

Call.

Ever.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-01-26, 13:23
Dear woman who may or may not live across the parking lot from me,

Please don't jump out in front of my car waving your finger back and forth and instructing me to park at 5 am in the morning, it puts a damper on an otherwise enjoyable quest for Dunkin Donuts.  Not to mention it makes me think you're sporking crazy...


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Post by: NovAReapeR on 2008-01-26, 15:37
I advise all of you to listen to Nocturnus - The Key. Best technical metal everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-01-27, 10:55
I advise all of you to listen to Nocturnus - The Key. Best technical metal everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I checked out a few of their songs on YouTube.  I don't care for the vocals but the keyboard stuff at the beginning of Undead Journey and the guitar stuff in Andromeda Strain are really good.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-05, 21:38
The floor's so delicious and moist.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-06, 00:49
God gave man a mind so he could reason.  Man lost his mind and made reason his god.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-08, 21:47
My band name's Genital Noise.


Not really, I don't have a band.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-08, 23:21
For anyone interested...

GoGamer.com has Call of Duty 4 up for their Madness Sale

PC version is $30.90

Xbox 360 version is $42.90

I've heard nothing but good things about this game, and I'm half-tempted to buy it myself just because of the sale price.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-14, 18:38
Today is Vascular Damned Day



Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-02-14, 19:45
Ah, Dragonforce! Great song for Valentines!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-15, 00:54
Tun-dun-dun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6ClFm_yhM


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-15, 02:07
Ok...  I watched about a third of the way through.  It was believable until he started in with his mouth.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-15, 02:28
Hehe, it was very hard to believe even before then.

If you want a real one, this is the least lame guy I've seen beat expert Dragonforce yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ao_vOsZkg
Even though his friends seem like a right bunch of idiots. I think that first video is kind of a parody of this one, too..

Back off topic?:
(http://www.twainquotes.com/rabbit1.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-15, 02:48
Has anyone seen GamesKeeper lately?  He's not plagued our forums in a while.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-15, 07:47
Hmm yeah havent seen him for awhile..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-15, 10:24
Has anyone seen GamesKeeper lately?

Perhaps his cat missed the keyboard?

But yeah, I haven't seem him around since the whole "pimp ze auto" post Phoenix made.

Also, waffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiZs6LMCoLA).


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-15, 19:05
Anyone here plays TF2?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-15, 19:12
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/67/86/22208667.jpg)

TURKEY SERVE YOU PIZZA!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2008-02-15, 19:16
Tun-dun-dun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6ClFm_yhM

lol.. pure comedy gold. The best part is when he picks up the game box and plays that instead of the guitar controller. And besides.. it looks like one heck of a workout.

I miss my headbanging, air guitaring days.
:rockon:


And yes, I play TF2.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-02-15, 20:53
Work sucks no matter who or what you are. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz2_NkyTv8E&feature=related)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-16, 05:29
 :hail: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :band: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :duh:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-17, 13:55
Dear Toei,

Please stop having amazingly awesome episodes of Gekiranger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekiranger) that end in cliff-hangers; I can't download from the torrents fast enough.  That said, keep them coming.  :P

Dear Disney,

Please don't make your adaptation of Gekiranger suck as bad as Operation Overdrive.  Don't make Rio an evil space alien.  Don't create a new evil overlord/emperor character.  Don't give the rangers super-powers.  Don't give the red ranger a "Battlizer," (or any ranger for that matter.)  Don't add pointless ATV's and dirt bikes that were not in the original footage; this is not Masked Rider, it doesn't make sense.  Don't color the explosions.  Don't add a comic relief character, (and for spork sake give Kelson Henderson a real starring role.)  And for my sanity, please, please, please stop trying to make each series "canon" by throwing in a guest appearance or a reference to the Zordon era.  The plot holes you create with each one are irreparable.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-17, 17:12
*blip* *boop* *blap* *flap* *flappy*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-17, 17:59
 :!: Doom says:
"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse (http://www.christvertising.com/index.html)."


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-02-17, 18:52
:!: Doom says:
"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse (http://www.christvertising.com/index.html)."

Damn are you trying to make people sick?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-17, 19:13
:!: Doom says:
"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse (http://www.christvertising.com/index.html)."
:wtf: Ranger says:  You've only got your soul to lose...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-17, 22:21
The Levelord giggles.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-17, 22:52
The Levelord giggles.

While the stripper's boobs jiggle.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-02-18, 12:20
Quote
Has anyone seen GamesKeeper lately?  He's not plagued our forums in a while

I'mm still alive, I just lost my interest in gaming.
about the pimp ze auto post , think i missed something, because i don't know what your talking about.

What happened 2 years ago was that I actually found my life a bit borin and needed to work on my social life for a while.
so thats what I did. went out a lot, made some friends and stuff, found some new hobby's. made some money, lost some money etc.

found out I'm actually a genius in solving Real life problems.

also found out that girls are even more shy against you if your cute.  uuuggghhh and for some reason they like to touch me.

found out I'm a pretty good danser when I'm tipsy but I do get problems standing on my feet when I'm really drunk ( some beers and some vodka  :wall: )

and that you can make easy money with photoshoots IF you know the right peeps.

also did some carshows where i try to collect as many bikiniwashes as possible.

oh well, it was an experiance all together.

if anybody wants to know more about what I  did in real life, just ask.






Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-18, 15:30
Alright... where is Games Keeper, and what did you do with him?  Your typing is far too good to be the real Games Keeper.  :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-18, 15:43
I only have one question: what is this "real life" you speak of?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-02-18, 21:21
the life away of the computer. where you meet new people and try to work for something better.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-18, 21:42
Ah, right, that's the world wherein "sarcasm" is just a fancy word for "incomprehensible fabrication", isn't it? :]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-02-19, 00:07
Quote
Alright... where is Games Keeper, and what did you do with him?  Your typing is far too good to be the real Games Keeper.
I typed the first word of the post wrong, how real can i be ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-02-19, 02:38
Funny how Pho mentions you and suddenly you reappear ... HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING US??

Besides, everyone is a good dancer when they're tipsy.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-19, 07:32
I typed the first word of the post wrong, how real can i be ;)

That's just it though, you're typing.  The Games Keeper we all knew just throws a cat at the keyboard and clicks the "Post" button. :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-19, 15:37
The Games Keeper we all knew just throws a cat at the keyboard and clicks the "Post" button.

I was always under the impression that Games Keeper's cat transcribed whatever he dictated by throwing furniture at the keyboard.

Gameskeeper:  If I remember correctly you showed off some photos of your car which led to a "pimp ze auto" post by Phoenix.  I also could have sworn Phoenix and you talked about the "pimp ze auto" video in the IRC channel prior to that post but I could be mistaken.

As for pursuing "real life," no worries.  There's nothing wrong with taking up different interests, just try not to become a stranger eh?  (Well... any more than you are by default on the internet.)

Now to actually be "on-topic" for the off-topic forum:

I think these are the first screenshots of "Quake Zero": http://kotaku.com/357987/iga-and-id-team-for-free-web+based-quake-live

Visor's certainly been given a make-over but Crash looks the same.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-02-19, 16:50
well, I do appreciate the fact that pho misses me.  :doom_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-19, 17:41
Well of course I miss you!  I could actually hit you if you'd hop on a server and play sometime.  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-19, 18:47
well tbh i dont like to see games keepers english this good :<


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-19, 21:34
Don't feel bad, Boot.  I can't read (or type) a word of Swedish.  :\


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-02-19, 23:41
Visor's looking very white and limey green. I hope for impartiality's sake he has a black and silver skin too ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-20, 00:55
Looks like he's got that glowing plastic stuff on him, you know, that glows along the edges?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-02-20, 01:08
well, since my "rebirth" on this forum I changed my pic.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2008-02-20, 06:07
I'm Your Medic! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LutUYYUC5MY)

Sad.. very sad. But true, lol.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-20, 09:14
Its not hard pho, Svenska ?r ett v?ldigt l?tt spr?k att f?rst? och att skriva!
hehe ;)
Speaking off i love when i use those online translator thingies, usually they translate swedish to english rly rly bad.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-20, 18:32
Let me try translating that (without the use of an online translator, I might add), and see how good I do.  "Swedish is not hard to (speak/learn to speak) at all".  Close?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-20, 19:37
Geez pho thats quite close :) hehe see swedish aint hard afterall ;) prob comes when americans/english ppls try to say the letter "R" and "?" in swedish, try a sentance like "S? ?r det".

But then again if i whould ever try to speak the language tabby speaks id be all confused! Ik ben christian or whatever hehe


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-02-21, 12:19
So... I find it kinda odd that steam has a huge pack of Id games for sale that has practically everything, just missing Q4...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-21, 12:35
I thought "skriva" was "writing/to write" or the like.

Actually, all western languages are pretty easy to (or at least pretty much equally hard) learn for any competent speaker of their native language. I guess the hardest thing is to learn to articulate -- that is, be able to detect the syntactic elements -- of any new language. It all sounds like a garbled stream at normal conversational speeds, until you manage to pick up on the language, it's particular "music/song" and its basic structure. After that, I've always found it easy to build up a vocabulary and develop a "feel" for it. Most people end up never learning a second language well, and get stuck with the mistaken belief that it's one of those "really hard" things to do.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-02-21, 15:15
Ich kann nicht eine andere Sprache. Es ist unglaublich schwer!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-21, 17:35
Anda a buscarte empanadas nom


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-21, 19:45
Squawk.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-21, 22:36
The problem with learning a second language is you rarely get a chance to apply it so it usually falls to the wayside.  All I remember of Spanish are stupid phrases, and I can't read Japanese kana at all now.

On another note, please be careful driving.  I don't know what it is about this week but two of my friends have been in serious accidents and my roommate's transmission went dead on him in the middle of the road.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-22, 01:31
Anyone seen the new techs added to the Unreal engine? They're prettty...

And Fez looks pretty nice... (the upcoming 2d/3d game)

On another topic, I've just realized that Team Fortress 2 is pretty damn fun if played properly on a 16 vs 16 player match.


Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-02-28, 16:30
Holy crap... (http://www.physorg.com/news122819670.html) that's both disconcerting and awesome at the same time...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-28, 17:44
Very disturbing.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-28, 18:43
Cool now i can do CTRL+ALT+DELETE on my own skin!!!
Thought Microsoft Windows Human(tm) do sound abit scary..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-02-28, 19:03
*shudders*


Is there something microsoft doesn't wan't their hands into?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-28, 19:20
First you will be baked, and then there will be cake.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-02-28, 22:14
We here at Black Mesa feel that the sponginess of cake is inferior to the crispiness of pie.  Mmm... pie.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-02-29, 01:21
Sir, this place is dead. Whatever happened here, I think we missed it.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-02-29, 11:12
*peeeeioooww* Something died down here..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-29, 19:45
Er... sorry about that.  Had to eat on the fly and was too full to carry off the leftovers. :shifty:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-02-29, 20:25
Finaly friday!!! and seems like 2 free days when i just can slack in the bed, watching some movies :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-02-29, 20:59
More Half Life:  Full Life Consequences! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs)
Here's part 2! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8yHguvYYyQ)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2008-03-02, 00:34
Is that an official Gordon Freeman player model?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-03-02, 02:42
Wow... You have to work hard to suck that much...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-03-02, 02:57
/asgsa<h/ASt/&/A&S8ASahs

Holy shit

There was a spider in my keyboard


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2008-03-02, 03:00
Quote from: Kajet
Wow... You have to work hard to suck that much...

Who sucks at what now?

If you have ever played though half-life 2, you never get to see yourself, nor is this model available through the HL2:DM. So there is really no point for Valve to make a Gordon Freeman model is there? Next time rethink other people's posts before you go slamming them.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-03-02, 03:33
Quote from: Kajet
Wow... You have to work hard to suck that much...

Who sucks at what now?

If you have ever played though half-life 2, you never get to see yourself, nor is this model available through the HL2:DM. So there is really no point for Valve to make a Gordon Freeman model is there? Next time rethink other people's posts before you go slamming them.

Err... I was talking about the fanfic pho posted... guess I shoulda been clearer on that...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2008-03-02, 03:49
I'm sorry about that man.
I was looking at previous posts to see if you meant something else but... I guess I misunderstood.

Speaking of sucking this shit put me in tears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh8VfFH78jY&feature=related


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-03-02, 05:11
Ugh... 10 seconds of the sound was enough to make my brain hurt. :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2008-03-02, 07:09
Did you watch it? Skip ahead its freaking great!

Best part 4:40 they got the Rick Astley song. The scene before it almost made me piss my pants.
And Fresh Prince... looooool


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-03-02, 09:45
Okay I watched the whole thing and...

Father Gregory as Raffi singing the Banana Phone song was hilarious.  Dr. Breen as Steve Balmer saying, "Developers! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE)  Developers!  Developers!  Developers!" was also cute but far too short.  And the bit after the credits was cute if a bit off with the music.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-03-02, 18:22
Ding ding diding didididding dong.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2008-03-04, 07:20
Mario Paint is pretty cool.. can do some interesting stuff, like this little bit I found on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8

Very cool! ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-03-11, 02:00
What's that stuff? Can I lick it?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-03-11, 23:51
Mario Paint is pretty cool...
Better than fiddling around with Windows sounds, that's for sure!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2008-03-12, 16:17
Mario Paint is pretty cool.. can do some interesting stuff, like this little bit I found on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8

Very cool! ;)

That was pretty cool. It reminded me a lot of the Town Theme area of Animal Crossing. Gosh, it took me forever to get In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida to sound right on that thing!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-03-15, 21:20
There's also ports like Zdoom (http://zdoom.org/News), and Doomsday (http://www.doomsdayhq.com/) which you might take a look at.

What are you talking about? Doomsday is the guy that killed superman...

And yeah, I hate Doomsday it destroys your saved games :<

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-03-16, 21:49
That's never happened to me. Odd.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-03-17, 01:46
I've had Doomsday eat saved games before.  It also has some other odd bugs in it, like the crushing ceiling bug that was fixed in DOS Doom 1.3 somehow returned.  For those who do not know, if a crushing ceiling started, and stopped, then you saved a game and reloaded, the crushing ceiling's maximum height was now changed to whatever the ceiling was when you saved.  This caused crushers to turn into impassable obstacles on game load, so you'd have to make sure you kept the crusher going when you saved if you needed to get back through that spot.  There's a few other bugs, like some nasty sound behavior I had reported on a while back with the sound drivers not working correctly.  The latest beta was pulled owing to some serious problems and we're still stuck with 1.9 beta 5 which is still buggy.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-03-17, 15:10
This is what we do with people who don't play Generations... er, who do play Generations... well... just about everybody actually.  Take a look. (http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/misc/mortar.gif)  It might take a minute to load.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-03-26, 02:52
That's never happened to me. Odd.

Then again, machines have some kind of inbred hatred of me. Also with my father... John Connors?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-03-26, 15:01
I'm actually using an old version of Doomsday, simply because newer versions throw up the rope every time I try to load a mod (AliensTC, I'm looking in your direction). They always say something to do with a DEF file being too long or something. That said, if the Ultradoom project ever sees the light of day I'll probaby upgrade*.


*In other words, never.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-03-31, 02:20
In other news feel normal yet? (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343031,00.html)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2008-04-02, 00:28
Whatever happened to CRT monitors that lasted more than 3 years?

I mean the 13" monitor on my 486 still works for @#$%'s sake.

*Grumble*
/me looks up warranty information.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-04-02, 01:17
My ViewSonic GS790 is still running quite well.  I had to refocus it and increase the master brightness about three years ago (not a task for the faint of heart or for those afraid of high voltage), but otherwise it's withstood years of abuse so far.  My A70 attached to Idlebot is still running well also though it gets less use.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-04-02, 14:26
I have 2 CRTs, the one that used to be on my 386 and the one that used to be on my main computer. One of them has a few problems already (the eldest of the two), displaying colours incorrectly and whatnot. Never got around fixing the damn thing though. Not like I use it anymore. Ever since I got a LCD, the youngest of the two was plugged in the 386, and the other one is now sitting on the floor of my attic.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-04-03, 06:26
I give you... Nearly 3 full minutes of PURE AWESOME!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REhW5CTAVdo)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-04-03, 20:08
At last the mutt finally gets it in the face!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2008-04-04, 01:16
I give you... Nearly 3 full minutes of PURE AWESOME!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REhW5CTAVdo)

Anime Hunt! It's like a dream come true!.. almost.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-04-11, 03:49
Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-04-11, 08:15
Finally someone had the guts to put a bullet in Naruto's head!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-04-21, 14:34
RANDOM WTF URL FOR JOO!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nRrZSW69q0


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-04-22, 00:04
 O_o

I watched all of them up to episode 26.  One of the weirdest things I've seen in a while.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-05-01, 22:05
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

People are watching.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-05-22, 21:59
-Very- NSFW but hilarious.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmhQQAeRFoc


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-05-22, 22:42
These took me to the fair:

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/100-reasons-fanboys-hate-xbox/a-2008032412574828045
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/100-reasons-fanboys-hate-playstation/a-20080325115556490021
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/100-reasons-fanboys-hate-nintendo/a-20080326101446794055
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/100-reasons-fanboys-hate-pc-gaming/a-2008032794526707038

Seriously, watch them all in order. They saved the funniest for last.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-05-22, 23:17
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/100-reasons-fanboys-hate-pc-gaming/a-2008032794526707038

There's hookers in SL now? Funny... I just get random crazy people who just want to e-screw me...



Freaks...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-05-23, 15:26
Well since science is busy crossing human and non-human DNA, one day you may see hookers like that in real life.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-05-26, 06:38
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aEIz18ZoPk6M

Phoenix on Mars!  :doomed:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-06-24, 00:32
Hey number 1!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-07-02, 16:50
One for the Wii fans out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96AsXjUMhk

I must admit, I'm almost tempted :slippy_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-07-03, 01:55
Nifty!  I like the way the gun and crosshair kind of track around.  I also did not know about that lift on E1M1.  I knew you could get to the Quad from the room with the light switches but not from the room with the exploding crate. :surprise:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-07-03, 11:09
Naw but its better to save the quad for the last run..just love running down there with a quadded double shotgun and see the gibblets rain during my rampage :D

Nifty thing with the wii thought


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-07-03, 18:15
Yeah, it's looking awesome! But I never thought someone would actually port Q1 to the Wii. But what the hell was I expecting? Most iD games have been ported to everything and anything with a GPU.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: games keeper on 2008-07-22, 20:43
including my calculator ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-07-26, 05:26
I L O L D


... not really.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-07-26, 07:48
Holy shit... people still post here?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-07-27, 02:31
Yes.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-07-27, 22:11
No


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-07-27, 22:44
Depends on whether you think of us as "people". I'm in two minds about the whole issue, to be honest..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-07-28, 01:59
Quote
peo?ple     Pronunciation[pee-puhl] noun, plural -ples for 4, verb, -pled, -pling.
?noun
1.   persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
2.   persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group: Twenty people volunteered to help.
3.   human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
4.   the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like: the people of Australia; the Jewish people.
5.   the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination): the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople.
6.   the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.: a man of the people.
7.   the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.: the king and his people.
8.   the body of enfranchised citizens of a state: representatives chosen by the people.
9.   a person's family or relatives: My grandmother's people came from Iowa.
10.   (used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, esp. under Communist leadership): people's republic; people's army.
11.   animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest.
?verb (used with object)
12.   to furnish with people; populate.
13.   to supply or stock as if with people: a meadow peopled with flowers.

And which definition.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2008-07-28, 20:05
I'm going to go with 12! :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-07-28, 20:37
I'm leaning towards 11. Literally.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2008-07-29, 17:05
See?  It's not so sophisticated...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8&feature=related)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-07-30, 01:49
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq-XaBmRsg8

MEET THE SOLDIER... with which I will WTFPWN you in TF2.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-07-30, 14:46
Spam mail - Boring
Spam mail from someone named "Robert Wang" - slightly funny


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-08-03, 19:09
Pho, you should try playing as a scout. Best class in the entire game! That and sniper.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-08-04, 00:38
I suck as a sniper.  I will either:

1)  Miss everyone's head
2)  Score a "critical hit" but the guy lives anyway
3)  Get headshot by the guy across the map that does NOT miss
4)  Get backstabbed by a spy
5)  Get blown up by a demo
6)  Pick a bad location to snipe from and be completely useless

Two classes I play best are Pyro and Soldier.  I've wiped out the entire enemy team as a Pyro before, and that's without an ubercharge.  I've gotten all three Pyro weapons.  Setting snipers and heavies on fire with the flare gun is fun.  So is lighting someone up and using the compression blast to blow them off a ledge and have them crater.  I don't always equip the Backburner for that reason.  Soldier I learned how to play out of necessity.  Nobody on our team was able to take out a sentry turret so I gave the soldier a go.  Personally I think his rockets could be a bit more powerful but I've gotten to where I really like the class.  Watching the occasional critical rocket take out an entire Engy-Sentry-Dispenser-Teleporter cluster or obliterate a Heavy before a medic can Uber him is just satisfying.  I'm OK as a Heavy so long as I have a medic that knows what he's doing.  I've ripped people up with him before but I tend to attract headshots from snipers way too much.

I just don't do well playing classes that have to stay put or be really sneaky.  The exception is the Engineer, but that depends on the map and if we have a good spy checker.  Some maps are hard to place sentries on, and sometimes they're useless anyway, like when the other team knows how to uber rush or has a damned good spy.  Of course... a single engineer can also be a team's entire defense.  I played one game of Well CTF where the other team had a spy that was a complete dumbass.  He decloaked without a disguise in front of my sentry gun not once, but twice, trying to place a sapper on it.  Next time he realized to use a disguise and managed to get the sapper on it but tried shooting me while I knocked it off with my wrench, losing his disguise in the process.  My sentry gun did not appreciate that, and they never once got our intelligence.  :smirk:

I like the Scout's speed but he goes down too quick.  I've used the Scout class many times to capture control points, only to have my team be stupid and not push ahead, get killed and lose the control point back, then lose the one I had just locked for them.  On the flipside I'm pretty good at dispatching Scouts as either Soldier or Pyro.  Beyond that, I make a pretty decent medic though I don't have any fun toys yet.  I absolutely hate playing as Demoman and I hate the class in general.  I can kill things with him but I just don't like using the class, and I despise players on the other team that can use the class absurdly well, especially if I'm an Engineer.  Spy I'm just no good with.  Sneaky class and I'm not good with sneaky.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-08-04, 01:04
Sneaky class and I'm not good with sneaky.

Yeah, why bother with a cloak and dagger when you can just cram a rocket where the sun don't shine?  ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-08-06, 23:21
I WANT CLASSIC DOOM FOR PSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rules:

I GOT IT!!!!

(cough) 2 years later (cough)

I could get into this whole homebrew lark ...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2008-08-07, 02:38
Quote
Yeah, why bother with a cloak and dagger ..

Because it can be a fun challenge to try and startle people. See if you can get them on their toes, sometimes to the point of paranoia. :]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-08-07, 21:48
Ah, the evil bastard way of gaming? Could be worse, could just randomly act like a spy toward your own team.

I really need to start playing TF2 though...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-08-08, 17:18
Pyros make good spycheckers.  Just torch anyone coming near your engineer's sentry gun, or near your intelligence (briefcase is the "flag" in CTF mode) or control point.  If they light on fire they're a spy.  If they do not, they're on your team.

I did accidentally headshoot a disguised spy once.  I was aiming at an enemy heavy when a pyro that apparently was on my team got right in front of the crosshair when I fired.  When the gun went bang I saw a dead blue spy where the pyro had been.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-08-18, 14:20
The Freeman Success Strategy! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIvTzyXulUg)

...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2008-08-19, 00:38
Well, I'm sold!  The hooker really makes the deal shine.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-08-31, 06:41
The headcrab is a spy!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2008-09-06, 04:48
Gentlemen! Shall we?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-10-08, 18:45
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/funny-pictures-seagull-invites-lolcats-to-kiss-his-bottom.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tekhead on 2008-10-08, 21:33
sup

http://lhccam.com/lhc.swf


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-10-08, 22:59
http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com

;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-10-09, 17:34
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:  Huge Success!  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2008-10-10, 16:54
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction... with this thread?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: OmEgA-X on 2008-10-15, 02:04
holy shit this thread is still going?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-10-15, 02:33
Holy cow, Omega's keeping it going too!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2008-10-23, 16:44
Mmmm... Doxycycline


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2008-10-25, 09:50
Anything with the name "Cisco" on it smells.
Why do it one way when you can do it in several ways? :P Why include something when you buy it, while we can sell licenses for it later?  -.-


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-11-01, 06:13
Attention nobody: TESTICLES! That is all.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-11-02, 01:04
 :wall: :duh:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lopson on 2008-11-02, 12:52
The elections are almost over... And the tension rises...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2008-11-02, 22:13
And the votes are in:  Dr. Betruger is voted "Most evil villain of the year", narrowly edging out Barack H. Obama and George W. Bush!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-11-03, 01:18
And the winner of the 2008 US presidential election is ...

THE GOVERNMENT!!

Now, wasn't that a complete waste of time? :wall:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2008-11-03, 03:11
Who ever wins, we lose...

I guess the tagline from aliens vs predator works just as well for the election...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2008-11-03, 14:51
My chances of securing the US Presidency are getting dimmer by the second.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2008-11-05, 03:59
Yay!  I'm STILL not driving!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2008-11-10, 20:59
o_O


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Nonanonymous on 2008-11-12, 00:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Elephant_near_ndutu.jpg/250px-Elephant_near_ndutu.jpg)
That's no moon...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: fourier on 2008-11-12, 13:08
Homer: I'm alive! I'm alive!  And I owe it all to this feisty feline!
Lisa: Dad, feline means cat.
Homer: Elephant, honey, it's an elephant, and I'm sure he'll make a grand piano.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Sucutrule on 2009-01-18, 14:19
And remember, no smoking, and no flash photography.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MarneGator on 2009-01-19, 17:46
For further clarification, consult sections 1050.7 (b) and 1050.9 (c) of the MTA's "RULES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IN THE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-01-19, 19:48
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/housetango/Star%20Trek/StarTrekBirthday.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-01-20, 23:00
There is no more stupid thing than mankind.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2009-01-22, 19:50
There is no more stupid thing than mankind.

What about this thread?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-01-22, 21:58
Pay no attention to the pterodactyl behind the curtain.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-02-06, 03:05
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-pictures-this-owl-laughs-out-loud.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2009-02-06, 07:46
There is no more stupid thing than mankind.

What about this thread?
See.. this thread was most likely started by a person, so therefore it is a product of mankind's stupidity. That is, if you want to look at it that way.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Vaeladven/3099796.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-02-06, 18:45
I blame Footman!  ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2009-02-14, 10:32
So don't.. don't.. don't.. don't hassle the 'Hoff! (http://beta.video.msn.com/play/?g=50e7f821-02f6-45af-baa7-fcff0237f18a)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2009-02-19, 14:14
No clue what they're saying but damn that's one freaky bird... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI&eurl=http://www.cuteoverload.com/page/19/&feature=player_embedded)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-02-23, 05:32
Soundwave superior, everything else inferior!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2009-02-25, 23:38
Soundwave may be superior.. but he has yet to advertise Energon-O's.. :slippy_thumb:

Optimus Prime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HtddE0P9M&fmt=18)
Prime & Wheeljack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOHLisRyaM&fmt=18) -Warning for language
Megatron (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1YCztmwPZs&fmt=18)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-02-26, 02:08
Would you if you could?  Could you if you would?  Should you if you could?  Could you if you should?  Would you if you should?  Should you if you would?  :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-02-26, 03:15
Soundwave may be superior.. but he has yet to advertise Energon-O's.. :slippy_thumb:

Optimus Prime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HtddE0P9M&fmt=18)
Prime & Wheeljack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOHLisRyaM&fmt=18) -Warning for language
Megatron (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1YCztmwPZs&fmt=18)

LOL at the Megatron one:

"Taste like sh*t!"
"Welcome to Hollywood, Megatron~!"
"I command you to eat Megatron-O!!"

Anyways, Hail Decepticons! Looking forward for the upcoming Revenge of The Fallen movie~!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-02-26, 21:38
girls girls why are they so good at breaking your heart? -.-


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-02-27, 02:34
What else would they break if not?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-02-27, 16:54
Furniture?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-02-27, 17:11
... bank accounts too?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2009-02-28, 16:59
I've found that it's actually pretty hard to really break a heart. Getting it out is doable, but it's wobbly and squishy, so at best it's bending or crushing hearts. Not that I've had much practice..


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2009-03-01, 06:56
Is that a musing, or are you speaking from experience?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-03-02, 04:23
Is that a musing, or are you speaking from experience?


Good question...   :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-03-02, 07:37
SILENCE!!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-03, 01:48
When Tabun speaks it's always amusing!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2009-03-03, 03:55
Smart ass...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-03, 22:40
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/funny-pictures-ceiling-cat-sends-down-a-minion.jpg)

:omfg:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-03-04, 01:56
Eerr... sorry... but I don't understand the cat in the picture... what does it exactly mean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75uh8qvXcG4&feature=channel_page

Cats ftw~!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-04, 17:16
Regarding the Youtube video... it is cruel to overfeed an animal in that manner.  That cat is not healthy and the humans taking care of her should do a better job.

The ceiling cat reference is from the http://www.icanhascheezburger home of the LOLcats.  These are captioned pictures of cats (and sometimes other animals) in amusing poses.  There are a few recurring characters.

Ceiling Cat:  God the Father.
Happy Cat:  Ceiling Cat's only son, and the original Icanhascheezburger LOLcat.
Basement Cat:  Satan.
Monorail Cat:  Cat that looks like a monorail.
The Bucket:  Bucket stolen from walrus.

In addition, there are a few running themes:

Invisible:  Lots of invisible things, like invisible bike, invisible stool, invisible cheezburger, etc
Noms:  Nom nom nom...  Mmmmm good.
Cheezburger:  What the cats want to nom.
Bucket Search:  Has you a bucket?

etc.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2009-03-04, 22:05
What cats want to nom?
hahahaha


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2009-03-05, 02:24
But that fat cat looks too cute! :slippy_love: :doom_love:

I would definitely hug her to sleep with me...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-03-05, 18:57
http://icanhascheezburger.com is a more correct link :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2009-03-13, 08:33
Wow, this is still going? Been awhile since I checked in  :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2009-03-14, 21:28
I got a feeling this thread will out live us all...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Moshman on 2009-03-15, 00:47
Yeah, it's like we'll have to include this fourm in our wills so this thread can be passed down to our children when we are gone.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-03-16, 07:28
:O post 800 in teh off-topic


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-17, 02:02
I bid 801!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2009-03-17, 10:29
Then I bid 802! top that!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Visimar on 2009-03-28, 06:39
In before 803. Oh wait.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-28, 23:16
(http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/large/HolyGrail041.jpg)
The Knights of the Round Table eat ham and jam and spam a lot.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2009-03-31, 00:49
Mother-in-law 2, soldier 0:  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3260168.html


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-10-02, 09:31
Just when you thought it was gone...

BOOM!  BACK FROM THE DEAD!  The off-topic topic lives!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-10-02, 21:26
OH NO!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2010-10-09, 10:14
Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2010-10-17, 22:40
I hope everyone is well and that you all have a good 31st!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: LunaG on 2010-10-18, 07:22
Just when you thought it was gone...

BOOM!  BACK FROM THE DEAD!  The off-topic topic lives!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POeKMcop1-o&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POeKMcop1-o&feature=related)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-10-18, 07:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTvUFTMgBpc

Some mild language.  O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2010-10-22, 04:19
If you have ever provided any kind of technical, mechanical, or quality support, this (http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/squawk.asp) is for you.

And if you haven't, read it anyway!  It's funny, dammit.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-10-22, 12:04
Ahh yes, I have read this before.  This is my favorite of the bunch:

Quote
Problem - Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent.
Solution - Cannot reproduce problem on ground.



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-10-22, 18:22
Problem: Noise coming from #2 engine. Sounds like man with little hammer.
Solution: Took hammer away from man in engine #2.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Mykul on 2010-11-05, 17:32
Just when you thought it was gone...

BOOM!  BACK FROM THE DEAD!  The off-topic topic lives!
Leave it to the flaming bird to wake me up...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-11-05, 21:42
Woah, its Kul!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Mykul on 2010-11-05, 22:10
Yup, dead longer than the thread was before it's revival. I can't believe I actually remembered the password for my account on this forum(And that I had a sole post god knows how long ago.)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-11-06, 08:07
Wow, long time no squawk!  I head from McDeth the other day as well.  It seems a lot of the old Wirehead regulars are dropping in.  Good times!  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Mykul on 2010-11-07, 05:27
Good times indeed. So how has Generations been since I last spoke to you?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2010-11-07, 07:21
At the moment, the 1.0 beta is vastly superior to 0.99f in just about every way imaginable. :slippy_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Mykul on 2010-11-08, 10:26
Nice. So how much of the old team is still around?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2010-11-08, 15:06
Around, or around and active? ;]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2010-11-08, 16:49
6.5 of them!?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-11-09, 04:07
 Do I somehow count for nostalgic effect from original vweap anims from Q2 gen? lol


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Mykul on 2010-11-09, 06:22
More just around. I'm surprised this project is even active at all honestly. Xypher, yes you count. Still got a whole IRC thing going, or is it all forum lurking these days?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-11-09, 15:43
The IRC server died a while back, and we've not gotten around to making a new one.  There is a #wirehead channel on ETG, but I think only Tabun and Tabbot are idling there right now.  I'm keeping in touch mostly through the forums, Steam chat, and Pidgin at present.  Eventually I'll get motivated and change my IRC scripts to point to ETG but I've been more interested in coding at present.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-11-10, 00:42
1...2...5...13...damn i lost track of where I was...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: OmEgA-X on 2010-11-10, 09:07
The IRC server died a while back, and we've not gotten around to making a new one.  There is a #wirehead channel on ETG, but I think only Tabun and Tabbot are idling there right now.  I'm keeping in touch mostly through the forums, Steam chat, and Pidgin at present.  Eventually I'll get motivated and change my IRC scripts to point to ETG but I've been more interested in coding at present.

you should, sometimes i need to ask you something and you're not around and im impatient =)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-11-11, 09:11
Well there's always the PM option, but yes, I'll work on getting my IRC reconfigured.

And we're too much on topic!  Get off topic now!  :smirk:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: OmEgA-X on 2010-11-11, 19:34
OH MAH GAH THEY BANNIN HAPPY MEALZ IN SF.

Mcdonalds sucks anyway.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2010-11-11, 23:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIpJ4tS_vM8

PEPSIMAAAAAN


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2010-11-12, 21:10
OH MAH GAH THEY BANNIN HAPPY MEALZ IN SF.
Not really. Just the toys.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-11-13, 04:04
In Soviet Russia, meal happies you!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-11-13, 05:43
Foot...I think you just caused my brain to bleed a little, i'm seeing flying pink dinosaurs...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-11-14, 10:36
Anyone I know?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2010-11-27, 05:18
As a child of the Eighties (well, late Seventies to be precise) the sheer awesomeness of this discovery (http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php) is difficult to convey in words.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Memories of a misspent youth, indeed.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-12-11, 04:30
G-gg-g-g-gg-g-g-ggg.....G-- ~~!!! O.o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2010-12-11, 11:22
I hate working saturdays!! Can't christmas be over anytime soon kkthx! And long time no see Mykul!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-12-11, 13:15
If you are what you eat, what happens if you eat a vegetarian?  :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2010-12-11, 16:06
That's a bit of a paradox, now isn't it? Certainly you couldn't be what you ate if you eat vegetarians, since they themselves are made of meat.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-12-11, 17:46
There's another funny one I've seen.  "If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?"  :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Tabun on 2010-12-11, 19:14
I say you can't be what you eat anyway, because you'd always already BE what you would be about to eat. Which is not eating, but just .. being. Who came up with that bollocks anyway? ;]


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2010-12-13, 20:38
I say you can't be what you eat anyway, because you'd always already BE what you would be about to eat. Which is not eating, but just .. being. Who came up with that bollocks anyway? ;]
/me eats Tabun.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-12-14, 02:49
Hi there, Kain-Tabun! :smirk:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2010-12-14, 16:27
What if one decides not to eat anything for a while? Do they cease to exist? :ninja:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2010-12-14, 17:07
Haven't you ever seen a super model? They're on the verge of not existing! ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2010-12-15, 16:10
Hi, I am new here.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2010-12-19, 02:12
Nothing better than to grow a big carrot! ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Xypher on 2010-12-19, 22:35
Sometimes when its late at night, I like to gen.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2010-12-20, 02:26
Sometimes in private, I like to dress up as Shirley Temple and spank myself with a hockey stick...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-12-20, 19:48
Penguins smell like fish.  That is because penguins eat fish.  If you ever wondered what a penguin smells like, now you know.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Footman on 2010-12-24, 06:51
.......Why is Leonard Nimoy the narrator for Seaman?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-12-24, 09:22
Because.... nobody wants.........William Shatner...to...narrate! :smirk:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2010-12-25, 04:31
Listening to Leonard Nimoy narrate each new day in Seaman always reminded me of watching old episodes from "In Search Of". :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2012-06-10, 22:25
I R brought it backz to lifez! kinda miss the off-topic thread!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-06-10, 23:24
If you keep missing, I recommend target practice.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-06-11, 00:26
 Tip: Press the Left Mouse Button to shoot.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-06-11, 13:34
http://youtu.be/1j25fsSSuPs?t=11m49s
Couldn't help it. Blame J3E125 and his sig.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-06-11, 18:03
Oh dear Lord, I was trying to forget this movie. :thud:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2012-06-11, 18:42
Oh wow, this thread was dead for an entire year.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2012-06-11, 20:47
*shivers* why can't we skip mondays?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-06-12, 14:34
"You'd lose your header if it wasn't compiled on!"


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-06-12, 16:56
The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution was actually put in place to safeguard against the coming zombie apocalypse.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-06-12, 19:14
(http://blogue.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1_the_right_to_bear_arms.thumbnail.jpg)
Mink: I didn't expect a horror from my Sig.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-06-13, 17:18
Sorry for the double post.
Thomas Mink:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2012-06-13, 20:34
Why sleep when you can frag things!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-06-14, 04:54
Why sleep when you can frag things!
Every time I shoot a BFG 10K in Gen I play the 1812 Overture in my head.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-07-06, 19:32
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6pgqfaP5p1rw70wfo1_500.png)
Well that's weird. O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2012-07-06, 22:07
I ate BBQ chicken and thought i might been eating Pho's cousin.. :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-07-07, 10:08
In Soviet Russia, chicken barbecues you!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-07-10, 18:21
Ah, Yakov's reversal's never seem to get old.
In America, your job determines your marks.
In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-07-10, 20:00
The internet:  An invention that allows you to rage at people you otherwise would never meet over things you'd otherwise never know because potatoes. O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-07-10, 22:11
[YOLO] KoolAids: POTAYTO!!!
[BRO] ( •_•)>⌐■-■: Potahto.
[YOLO] KoolAids: POTAAYYTTTO!!!!!
[BRO] ( •_•)>⌐■-■: Potahto.
[YOLO] KoolAids: RAYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[YOLO] ( •_•)>⌐■-■: U Mad?
[YOLO] KoolAids has left chat.
[Hello] Bob :) Has joined CoD Chat, have fun!
[Hello] Bob :): Hiya, buddy!
[BRO] ( •_•)>⌐■-■: Potahto.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2012-07-10, 23:52
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Potato/


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-07-26, 04:56
This is Ben (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6aNJR7MPUQ).

Ben is dancing.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2012-07-29, 07:31
Sometimes i wish i could be home and shoot demons in an dark corridor..instead of taking some girl to the zoo! *shurgs*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-07-29, 09:10
If you can't run with the big dogs, hail a taxi.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lilazzkicker on 2012-08-01, 05:22
I see the old bird still is kicking. Hallo!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lilazzkicker on 2012-08-01, 05:34
For Phoenix,

Whats a conservative?
A mugged liberal.

(snagged from a book i am currently reading, guess away ;p)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-08-01, 15:56
Not sure which book since the quote's been referenced in many places, but the quote originally belongs to Irving Kristol, who is described as the "godfather of neo-conservatism".  The full quote is "A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality", referring to the notion that liberals tend to be idealists and dreamers that have not yet experienced much of the harshness of the real world which tends to conflict with their ideals and dreams of forming a Utopian society.  The notion is that reality "mugs" them of their idealism and brings them back down to earth.  Kristol was a former Trotskyist (Marxist).


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Lilazzkicker on 2012-08-01, 20:45
I figured you would lead me to its origins. I have been reading 'Cloud Atlas'


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-08-02, 05:02
Sometimes i wish i could be home and shoot demons in an dark corridor..instead of taking some girl to the zoo! *shurgs*

Winning?  8)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-08-08, 21:56
A little birdy came to me today...

(http://iamkainx.com/personal/screenshots/KMXAssaulter.png)

...and asked me to make all of the bad men go away.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-08-09, 01:57
A little birdy came to me today...

(http://iamkainx.com/personal/screenshots/KMXAssaulter.png)

...and asked me to make all of the bad men go away.
That looks familiar...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2012-08-09, 03:21
A little birdy came to me today...


...and asked me to make all of the bad men go away.
That looks familiar...

Tron 2.0? I don't recognize the weapon...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-08-09, 10:50
Tron 2.0? I don't recognize the weapon...

You are correct, sir!  The weapon is from the Xbox version of the game.

I wrote a program for Tron 2.0 that enables people to edit any existing model from either version of the game.

What you are seeing is the fruit of that labor along with a custom skin done by me as well. :)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-08-09, 20:57
Ooooh, is that a PFG? (Phoenix-Fire Gun?)  If not, very cool either way as it's in my colors.  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-08-10, 21:54
Ooooh, is that a PFG? (Phoenix-Fire Gun?)  If not, very cool either way as it's in my colors.  :P

They should create a movie based on you:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
~
P.S. How'd Fistmarine get banned?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-08-11, 09:54
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I had to ban FistMarine because he was adversely affecting the development of Generations by basically spamming me with long PM's about things I had already answered him on, as well as excessive narrative about things I really did not need to be PM'd about.  It's not something I wanted to do, but there was no other way to "encourage" him to focus his time and attention on his own interests and leave me alone to work on mine.  I don't mind helping someone out, but I kind of had to shove him out of the nest, so to speak.  When we get closer to 1.0 being finished and when he's matured a bit I'll probably unban him, but for now he needs to learn a bit of self-reliance.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-08-11, 22:05
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Hmm, sad to see him go... for now. (so temp ban?)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2012-09-03, 10:56
I'm kind of missing him myself. Was nice to see another DooM Marine from time to time. But I respect your reasoning Pho. Yes I haven't posted in a while but I do read the forums every once and a while... when I have time  :ninja: . It's nice to see things are going on still though. Can't wait for the next update. Keep it up!  :doom_love: :doom_love: :doom_love: :slippy_love: :slippy_love: More for DooM sry Slippies! :p


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-03, 17:41
Well, per a discussion through his cousin's account, I think he understands what I was trying to tell him.  I've unbanned him and he's on "probation", as it were.  He'll have to fix his avatar.

I don't like permanently banning people, and I don't like banning at all if I can help it.  We tolerated dev/null for a very long time until he admitted that his only reason for being on the forum was to stir up trouble and troll.  The only time we'll ban without remorse is in the case of spam bots, anyone attempting to hack or damage the forum, or someone threatening forum members in any way.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2012-09-03, 23:40
The decision to ban is a tough one especially in small communities where one day a contributor will decide to suddenly rebel for the lulz. It's a tough game of russian roulette.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2012-09-04, 09:12
Oh. I really need to check in here from time to time me thinks. Didn't think things went that deep. My apologies. <sneaks back into the shadows>  :ninja: Until next time  :)

Nice to see everything is OK though.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-04, 15:18
We need to get off-topic again, fast!  O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-05, 00:09
We need to get off-topic again, fast!  O_o
I like cheese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVa3CbBhGE)!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2012-09-10, 08:08
Cheese? Heh... cake is better  :doom_love:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9wtbzGjCI

One of my favs... "I love buttons!" hehe :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2012-09-11, 12:48
I got unbanned and I'm sorry that I spammed Phoenix PM's with my stupid messages but I won't do that I swear. I also feel sorry people noticed I was banned (was I first banned person from forum?) but now I'm back.  Maybe I'm the youngest member here, I'm 16 only.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-11, 17:16
was I first banned person from forum?

Not the first, but hopefully the last.  Welcome back.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-12, 01:10
Cheese? Heh... cake is better
Cheese is noble, while the cake is a lie!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2012-09-12, 01:16
What about cheesecake?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2012-09-12, 06:06
was I first banned person from forum?

Not the first, but hopefully the last.  Welcome back.
Thanks Phoenix! I have changed the avatar to a new one since I couldn't find the old picture. Do you like it?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2012-09-12, 09:27
I got unbanned and I'm sorry that I spammed Phoenix PM's with my stupid messages but I won't do that I swear. I also feel sorry people noticed I was banned (was I first banned person from forum?) but now I'm back.  Maybe I'm the youngest member here, I'm 16 only.

Ahhh 16. The good ole days. Seems like it was 21 years umm wait :ninja: ...

Welcome back anyhow!

And  :doom_love: mmmm cheesecake  :doom_love: screw pie!

But then again... what about cupcakes? Those are good too :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-12, 14:52
But then again... what about cupcakes? Those are good too :doom_thumb:

Did someone say cupcakes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4sWg-3MCg)  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: scalliano on 2012-09-13, 00:59
Et tu, Pho? :wall:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-13, 01:08
Did someone say cupcakes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4sWg-3MCg) :P
Brony please.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2012-09-13, 08:27
But then again... what about cupcakes? Those are good too :doom_thumb:

Did someone say cupcakes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4sWg-3MCg)  :P

I've been marked for life  :doom_?:

The only thing going through my mind is derp derp derp... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQB4nAjZIdE&feature=youtu.be)   :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-09-13, 14:56
Did someone say cupcakes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4sWg-3MCg)  :P
I honestly have nothing to say...

:idiot:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-13, 15:02
That worked better than any Rickroll could have.  Mission accomplished!  :smirk:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2012-09-14, 11:42
What about pizza? ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-14, 23:25
Cheese sticks.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2012-09-17, 02:42
(http://denver.mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw3290-1330720596539.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-09-18, 10:56
That worked better than any Rickroll could have.  Mission accomplished!  :smirk:
As someone who enjoys Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a guilty pleasure... I miss the Rickroll. :/


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-18, 18:27
As someone who enjoys Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a guilty pleasure... I miss the Rickroll. :/

Much as I enjoy MLP I suppose.  I don't consider myself a "Brony", though it's a decent cartoon and I'd say better than 99% of what passes for entertainment on TV these days...  :shifty:

Anyway, here.  Have an Engineer! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjPl_SVOe4)  ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-09-18, 21:16
As someone who enjoys Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a guilty pleasure... I miss the Rickroll. :/

Much as I enjoy MLP I suppose.  I don't consider myself a "Brony", though it's a decent cartoon and I'd say better than 99% of what passes for entertainment on TV these days...  :shifty:

Anyway, here.  Have an Engineer! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjPl_SVOe4)  ^_^
Honestly, despite never watching the show (and thus having no real opinion at all one way or the other), that's probably true. I mean.. I don't even turn on my TV any more except for those 'once every third blue moon' occasions.
But eh, I enjoy horribly cheesy music. I find it hilarious in some fashion to listen to.. then after a while, it gets catchy while still remaining funny. It's odd. Never Gonna Give You Up started that way (way back before I even knew what a 'Rickroll' was).. others examples are Rico Suave (Gerardo), A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins), Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice), and Looking For Freedom (David Hasselhoff).

The engineer roll was ok, I spoze.. but my favorite will probably always be Mario Paint (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8).


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-18, 23:02
Mission accomplished!  :smirk:
Last time I heard that saying, it was a lie... (http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/T/Y/2/bush-fail-accomplished.jpg)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-19, 17:18
Last time I heard that saying, it was a lie... (http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/T/Y/2/bush-fail-accomplished.jpg)

Ouch, point taken.  Let's not ruin the Off-Topic Topic with political stuff though.

I wonder if ConfusedUs still likes peanutbutter...  :surprise:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-19, 23:18
Ouch, point taken.  Let's not ruin the Off-Topic Topic with political stuff though.
Okay, just providing some mild satire.  :P

Cheese sticks.

Boomstick! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFriRcIwqNU&feature=player_detailpage#t=31s)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-09-20, 13:34
Boomstick! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFriRcIwqNU&feature=player_detailpage#t=31s)
You know, even after knowing the scene, when I see the word 'boomstick' I still think back to Q1. Probably a bit sad, but eh.. I grew up chewing on boomsticks and making others chew on them too.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-09-23, 22:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlAyVIE23XA&feature=g-logo-xit

One of the rare occasions I go to a top video.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-09-24, 00:15
I know I'm too old to have a right to complain about wanting time back but...

That's 4 minutes of my life I'd like to have back. -_-


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2012-09-24, 13:28
That was completely pointless.. yet for some whacked out reason I had to watch it to the end.
I seriously have no idea...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2012-09-24, 14:27
I whipped through Saints Row The Third's story through the free weekend.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2012-09-25, 03:01
During the free to play weekend on Steam?
That seems unethical somehow. :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2012-09-26, 02:29
Meh, Saints Row 3 wasn't as good as the second one, seemed like it was more "LOL how do I be insane?" than any semblance of seriousness.

And in general it felt half assed.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-11-01, 07:15
I know I'm late but Happy Halloween everyone!  And happy Day of the Dead too!

Also, here's a YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoB_MDSkHms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoB_MDSkHms)

(And that is why you shouldn't trust Tom Hanks. :D)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-11-02, 02:18
Yay! I can be a greaser one day for Halloween and celebrate with family for Dia de los Muertos! Tamales with coffee galore.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2012-11-20, 10:24
:doomed: : Hey Ranger, you own Skyrim, right?
:?: : Yeah, why?
:doomed: : Well I kind of made some mods for it.
:slippy_thumb: : Oh cool!
:doomed: : And I was kind of hoping you'd be willing to check them out and let me know what you think.
:) : Sure, no problem!
:doom_thumb: : Thanks man, you're awesome!
:doomed: : Here are the links...
:doomed: : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=107921419 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=107921419)
:doomed: : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108843325 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=108843325)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-11-20, 16:40
Ooh, very nice!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2012-11-27, 11:02
my birthday today! I'm now 17. ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2012-11-28, 19:20
No one replied yet? I understand you guys were busy but no one noticed it was my birthday, WTF? :wall:
I wanted at least one person to tell me HB but no... :shout:
You know something? I think I'm done with this forum! Here are the reasons why:
1. I'm not that useful and don't post that much.
2. Generations progress is so slow!
3. Few months ago Phoenix banned me because I sent (spammed) PMs and even lost interest in generations.
I will press on the Delete Account option to remove me from the site and I'm done entirely with this forum! You guys don't need me so have a nice day!
EDIT: Please some admin or moderator will have to approve my deletion.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-11-28, 20:01
If that's really what you want, then so be it.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2012-11-28, 20:29
Oh, and I must chime in and rant on the "Generations Progress is slow" bit.  I find that very irritating when people complain.  Whining and complaining will not speed it along.  It will only annoy the bird.  If someone wants it done quicker then can invent a freaking time turner so I can have more hours in a day.  Maybe then I can get some programming done.  As it is, I work on what I can when I can.  The same goes for the rest of the team.  Real life takes priority.  I can't speak for everyone else, but things like having food to eat, warmth, electricity, and needing to sleep kind of take priority over a mod project that we are doing FOR FREE.  Add to that other duties that I have that I am unwilling to discuss but are very real, and that presents a huge limitation.  I don't know of anyone that doesn't want to see this completed.  If anyone thinks they can do this better they're welcome to show us some previous mod experience of their own that puts what we're doing to shame.  Maybe we'll consider asking that person for some help.  Until that happens, this is my answer to people that want everything "NOW":  Put up or shut up.  Don't criticize our progress if you can't compile the freaking Quake source code or are unwilling to even properly try!  :shout:

Now, let's get this topic back off-topic.

I like pomegranates.  :doom_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2012-11-28, 23:16
It would appear as though you're already gone FistMarine, but for what it's worth... happy belated birthday! I must have missed your post earlier. I haven't been on the forum as much recently, and even less over the past few weeks due to the holidays revving up.

I had dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds the other week. Awesome, pure awesome.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2012-11-28, 23:51
I had dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds the other week. Awesome, pure awesome.
You're going to make my mouth explode!

FistMarine: Happy Birthday man! Don't think we don't care; remember we aren't here every day!

-Edit-
Oh my, how odd.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2013-01-04, 16:39
Pomegranate? Not too fond of that myself. Pineapple maybe... not sure though.

Happy belated BD.

Sorry I haven't been around in forever guys. Started a 3rd shift job. Me being awake long enough to make a post is a fluke on any website. Or too much caffeine lol.

And oh yah, Don't piss off the Bird. Not a good idea.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2013-01-04, 22:49
That sounds quite the pain. May a strike of good fortune find you soon my friend!

And oh yah, Don't piss off the Bird. Not a good idea.  :doom_thumb:
I heard, the forums went down for maintenance last time that happened. Feel sorry for Tabun or who ever had to clean up the mess.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2013-06-17, 23:56
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7568480768/hC5E9BACA/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2013-06-28, 06:32
(http://0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/13/54/d6cfcf391470a267c5cd437a41ba8abc-kid-draws-eye-of-sauron-on-math-homework.jpg)

I'll have to do this one day, maybe to my students if I'm a teacher.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2013-10-19, 10:34
<Has no idea what's going on in this topic ATM>  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2013-10-19, 20:40
We never know what's going on in this topic, except that it's always off-topic.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2013-10-28, 23:51
*BURP!*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-01-14, 01:17
(http://www.dopefish.com/images/swimfish2.gif)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2014-01-22, 21:48
If I post something off-topic in this thread, wouldn't it actually be on-topic? And if that's the case, wouldn't being on-topic in this thread, by definition be off-topic? So would I actually end up being off-topic precisely because I was on-topic? Is this thread just a paradox waiting to happen? Am I my own grandmother?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-01-23, 20:39
I can offer only one piece of advice:

USE THE FISH.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: death_stalker on 2014-02-28, 13:28
Or turn off the light.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2014-04-07, 23:44
Does rocks float on lava?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-04-08, 18:34
That depends on the density and melting point of the rock, and the density and temperature of the lava.  Rocks can float on lava, but not all rocks will float on lava.

You would float on lava too... for a short time.  You'd be on fire and die very quickly, but you're not dense enough to sink.  As for why Quakeguy sinks in lava, he's wearing heavy armor and carrying lots of heavy ammo!  :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2014-04-13, 17:57
It has been proven that T-800's cannot float on lava.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-04-13, 20:02
How much Terminator could a Terminator terminate if a Terminator terminated Terminators?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-04-23, 15:14
On average? If two terminators can't kill each other at the same time (no RLs, GL, or plasma guns) ?
(n-1 / n), if n is the total number of terminators. Maximum for one terminator is, of course, n-1. Unless he commits suicide or something.

And now for something completely different:
Am I the only person who was born after DooM and Quake 1&2, and yet still loves them for their wonderful game-play?  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2014-05-04, 20:04
You whippersnappers and your love for wonderful game play!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-05, 19:32
I must protest!  I have never once snapped a whip.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-07, 13:20
I think it was just a quick q-whip  O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2014-05-11, 07:11
Well this thread has seen a lot of things come and go...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-11, 16:28
My my, Kajet, what big ears you have!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-11, 18:55
Does anything ever happen on the Generations server?  :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-12, 17:29
What happens on the Generations server stays on the Generations server.


Unfortunately.  :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-27, 12:14
Talking about the server ... where is it?  :?: I sometimes go there so the bots aren't so lonely, but I couldn't find it on the site  :(


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-27, 20:29
That's because the computer crashed.  I have it back up now.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-28, 08:55
Good  :doom_thumb:
Is there a way to get the Generations server on the server list in the game?

Back off-topic: I have a BEAUTIFUL new laptop  :slippy_love: (A ThinkPad T440)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-28, 16:58
Good  :doom_thumb:
Is there a way to get the Generations server on the server list in the game?

It is back on the server list.  Try clearing your browser cache and reloading the page.  It should show it.



Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2014-05-29, 09:18
I miss weekly games.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-29, 09:20
Let's just all hop onto the server more often, and maybe we might meet :D

*goes to 75.186.88.228:27967*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-05-29, 14:50
Ummm .. I hate to say it, but I think the server is down again  O_o


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-05-29, 19:29
The machine froze again on a black screen... Not sure why.  I'm running diagnostics.  I'll get it back up as soon as I can figure out why it's crashing.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2014-06-09, 00:13
I miss weekly games.
Weekly games are so old that the last time one was held I probably still couldn't read English.

Edit: Mond, Mond! Ja, Ja!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2014-08-08, 20:45
Hi guys, I'm back! Thanks for approving my account. :doom_thumb:

First, I want to apologize for my childish behavior from 2 years ago. I acted very childish and I regret doing that, especially to Phoenix. If you guys wonder what was about, it was a simple mod for Quake 3, which introduces a Shrink Ray. This idea comes from Duke Nukem 3D's Shrinker weapon and I wanted to have it in Quake 3 Arena, even though there were 2 mods that contained shrink ray (Superheroes Arena and WYRM are the mods that had shrink ray) but I just wanted a simple mod that adds the shrink ray only, while keeps Quake 3 gameplay intact. Since I had no experience in Quake coding and modding, I asked Phoenix if he could do it and he said sure. But then I started requesting for more features and Phoenix got angry and banned me and then I wanted to be removed from forum when my ban expired. I lost the mod since 2 years (when I was removed from forum) and I want to play it again. :zzz:

Today I decided to register again on forum to make an apology message (this one) and to contribute to this forum. Another reason is the fact that there have been some updates to Generations Arena, which added Team Arena support and it was more than enough to make me register to this forum. ;)

Hope you guys forgive me for my behavior. I was really stupid back then. Now I'm 18 and half and I'm adult and I realize my mistakes and try to fix them. ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-08-08, 22:47
From a newbie to these forums, welcome back :P Now I'm the one whose 16 (and a quarter) and modding GZDoom. Are you also excited by Phoenix's new sneak peeks?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-08-09, 00:24
I typically do not like to ban people.  I might get angry, turn my text red, and give a verbal dressing down if I think someone's crossed a line somewhere, but I prefer to reserve permanent bans to spam bots and people that are trying to deface the website or are otherwise harassing other forum members, and account deletions are typically only done if the user requests it.  There's only been one individual that was ever perma-banned for harassment that I can think of off the top of my head.

That being said, I'm all for moving beyond what's in the past and continuing forward.  So, welcome back FistMarine.  Let's not pester the bird of coding too much this time, around, yes?  ;)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2014-08-09, 06:30
Thanks guys! Yes, I am excited for Team Arena support. Don't worry, I promised this time I will not spam PM messages anymore except if I ask questions about Generations, OK? ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-08-09, 09:05
You can change the color to red? Cool  :evil:
NoIamnotgay. :idiot:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-08-10, 03:06
NoIamnotgay. :idiot:

Not that it matters to me, but now that that's settled let's get back off topic shall we?  :P

Cucumbers are green!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-08-13, 00:23
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8281067008/hE56769EA/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2014-09-01, 22:55
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8281067008/hE56769EA/)

Spending less and less time on these forums, and I come back this.  Please don't ever change!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2014-09-05, 05:27
I'm just going to leave this here...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-09-06, 17:26
Nikola Tesla would play this game!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Woodsman on 2014-09-07, 14:28
 There's only been one individual that was ever perma-banned for harassment that I can think of off the top of my head.

 that takes me back


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2014-09-07, 17:28
Who was the guy who was perma-banned? I haven't been around the forums back then but I'd like to know. ^_^


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-09-07, 19:05
His username was dev/null.  He engaged in a pattern of behavior that became increasingly belligerent toward other users over time, until he finally outright admitted that he thought nobody was "worthy" of knowing what he really thinks and feels... even though he had been pretty much expressing his true feelings the whole time.  Since he felt nobody here was "worthy" of him, and since his only interest in the forum was to use it as an anti-religious soapbox - even to the point of accusing me of using it as my own personal pro-religion blog, despite the fact that I only spoke in response to his attacks and have never used the forum for that purpose - we felt his continuing presence was unneeded.  Sadly, even after that, he tried re-registering under several different usernames, even going through an anonymizing proxy, and posting anti-religious rants, but it was fairly easy to figure out who was under the account and just block access.  Eventually he got tired of trying and (hopefully) found something meaningful to do with his life.

I think what he failed to grasp is that this is, has been, and will be primarily a site devoted to video games and mods.  It's not anyone's personal blog nor is it a pulpit.  If someone wants to talk about something, pretty much anything goes so long as everyone respects each other.  Differences of opinion are going to happen, and certain topics will be controversial and elicit strong feelings.  We have a subforum devoted to that kind of thing, but even then, it's expected that respect will be present.  Intolerance - and I mean true intolerance, not the definition the news media and Politically Correct thought police use - is a real problem and is something we won't put up with in the board.  I've seen plenty of it on other message boards and it tends to follow the same pattern every time.  It's fine to say you believe something is right or wrong, or that someone is right or wrong about an issue, philosophy, or whatever.  It's great to discuss things, and if something doesn't seem appropriate to discuss on an open forum, there's the PM system for any user to discuss anything they want with another user - again, so long as it's not used for harassment.

What we don't want is to have what starts as a discussion degrade into personal attacks, hateful arguing, intimidation, etc.  For example, if Joe User belongs to the Cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and Jane User is a devout follower of Cthulhu, and Joe says he doesn't believe in Cthulhu, that's one thing.  If Jane says the Cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is nothing but a bunch of meatball-eating fork salesmen in return, that's crossing the line.  If, however, the Cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's Sacred Cookbook states "Thou shalt eat meatballs and sell forks and do nothing else", then Jane is technically correct, but is being disrespectful in how she's speaking to Joe.  It is OK for Jane to state that she doesn't like the teachings of the Sacred Cookbook and disagree with Joe, and move on from there.

That last point is the most important one - that people move on past their differences and respect each other.  If they can't, we'll step in and break it up.  If it continues, then we'll have to take necessary steps to keep things civil.  We don't want animosity breeding on a forum that's devoted to having fun playing a video game mod.  Normally we don't have problems like this, and the only things we have to ban are spam bots and the occasional script kiddie that's tried to hijack the site.  We'd like to keep it that way.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2014-09-08, 05:40
OK, thanks for telling. Anyway I laughed at second third paragraph. ;)

EDIT: Oops, I meant third one about Spaghetti and Meatballs. :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-09-08, 16:47
Meatballs just sound so delicious, don't they?  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: MadTux on 2014-09-08, 18:16
What's the big difference between the Cult of Cthulhu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster religion? They both worship weird gods with tentacles :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-09-09, 00:00
Cthulhu will eat you, while spaghetti is meant to be eaten, so I think that's the primary difference.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: FistMarine on 2014-09-09, 12:40
In Soviet Russia food eats you! :D


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Woodsman on 2014-09-10, 15:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5jLsLoYcE

lest we forget!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Angst on 2014-09-10, 16:31
WOODS! *kills the man with rum*


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2014-09-10, 21:37
Let's not forget the Soviet National Anthem!  ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc5qxSYjUs


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ReBoOt on 2015-03-26, 07:09
Im back..and this topic just can't die!!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: ~Va^^pyrA~ on 2015-03-26, 17:56
This is the topic that never ends
Yes, it goes on and on my friend
Some people started posting not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue posting here forever just because...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2015-03-26, 18:23
Boot and ReBoOt were sitting on a fence.  Boot went on someone's foot and they walked away with him, and ReBoOt ate some Twinkies!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2015-08-22, 21:00
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/4819477760/h6A8C8F1E/)

 :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2015-09-30, 06:21
(http://33.media.tumblr.com/62fd12ca7f245a835de8c5263bd54699/tumblr_inline_mjkp07BA6V1qz4rgp.png)

(http://33.media.tumblr.com/5a1773b248b3b066f1fc96daa7aab9f7/tumblr_inline_nkcy4vg2M01r95fgm.png)

(http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2c6om2JON1r95fgm.png)

 :doom_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2015-09-30, 09:02
So wait... what?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2015-12-27, 22:01
I wanted to play some Doom, but it appears Windows 95 is no longer popular with the younguns. I think I missed something.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2015-12-28, 01:07
Indeed.  Everyone's using 7, 8, or (wtf happened to 9?) 10.  You'd think that 95 would be better, being a higher revision and all!


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Makou on 2015-12-29, 15:11
What I've always wondered, since they released Windows 2000, is where the other 1994 versions are.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2015-12-29, 22:04
Maybe that's what the NT stood for... "not telling." :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2016-01-05, 09:42
How do you install Windows 10 on a Commodore 64? I've been trying all night...


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-01-05, 18:04
Why would you try to ruin a perfectly good computer like that?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-01-06, 02:42
This is your Quake.

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/quakeworld/yourquake.jpg)

This is your Quake on drugs.

(http://www.wireheadstudios.org/phoenix/pics/quakeworld/yourquakeacid.jpg)

Any questions?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Kajet on 2016-01-06, 07:52
Reinstalled UT04 and I gotta say... I wish things didn't disappear from the net, like when Polycount was awesome for Q3 models.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-01-06, 20:38
Yeah, and I even emailed Polycount asking about the old Q3 model archive.  I was met with silence.  No replies, no answers, just... nothing.  If they lost them due to a server crash or something I'd understand but they never once said what happened to them, and a lot of those models weren't available anywhere else.  I will never forgive them for that.  :evil:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-01-12, 19:32
That's no biggie to me

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-01-13, 01:55
Ahh, I just found it!  Thank you very much!   :slippy_love: :slippy_love: :slippy_love:

You wouldn't happen to know if the old Quake 2 player models survived, would you?


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-03-09, 04:40
somewhat.  I think I have about 330 of them.

There's an overwhelming amount of custom skins though and getting those individually through the fileplanet line would've been more troublesome on short notice then.


What seems totally wiped out though is ......The Wadfather :(  It's been hosted at many different places and the only survivng part seems to be skyboxes from one of its earliest incarnations!


It's still "up" in useless, broken php form (http://wadfather.mr-gibs.com/).  Don't know if mr. gibs could be contacted about it or if he saved anything however.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-04-17, 22:24
this place has a repack of a bunch (http://q2.rocketjump.org/models.shtml) but not everything.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-04-18, 20:42
Good enough!  Nice find!  :slippy_love:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-05-31, 22:25
there's something satisfying about getting something to work in Windows 95 
 


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-06-01, 18:22
I used to think it was satisfying just to get Windows 95 to work.  :P


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-06-12, 04:21
LOL zing. I should mention installing Winsock 2 successfully is so much of a pain I just gave up and dropped the two required dlls from it in the system folder to test this.  Win98+ shouldn't experience this pain


in speaking of experiencing pain I tried to elaborate on the proto-rtcw particle system left in cgame, couldn't make bouncing sparks, so i ripped that out and stuck some Quake code in its place. and made bouncing stretchy sparks


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2016-06-12, 15:41
Oh yeah, that code is VERY ugly.  For certain effects I rewrote it as a stripped down "simple" particle system.  I found out that cgame is VERY inefficient on complex math, so even simplified cgame particles was dropping an Opteron 2.2GHz system down to 2 FPS with a full-length Q2 railgun spiral on screen.  Once I got access to the engine source I hacked in a Q2-style particle system for Gen.  I was able to move almost everything engine-side and there's no FPS hit even with 32000 particles on screen.  I still use the cgame particles for the new Q3 BFG particles and some of Earth's effects since they require more complex shaders instead of just being point-style particles.

Only thing I haven't been able to do is use actual GL particles - I had to use a hacked-in entity and sprite shader.  For some reason the GL particles won't render, and OpenGL programming is very confusing to me.  It works and is efficient, which is all I care about.  If you ever want a copy of the engine stuff I've done it's all under GPL so I have no problem sharing.

And we need to get back off-topic!  This is turning into a regular thread!  Oh noes!  :wtf:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: leilei on 2016-06-13, 00:03
I thought about having particles in the client/ part using Q3MME engine's scripted particle system code (which is super elaborate and familiar to the fragmovie scene), but never ever got that to compile properly, so I fell back to sporadically hacking up cgame stuff (https://github.com/OpenArena/leixperimental/commits/master)  :(

Would be handy too because my code for managing different schemes of particle effects are a mess.  I have a single cvar controlling what would be used, with values by year of they're riffing off (set to 1996 you'd get the blocky quake particle effects, 1999 would get psx/dc/HL-ish effects, 2000 for earlygen ps2 fx etc)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2017-06-17, 07:02
(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8251353600/hD77F9EE9/)

Is it wrong for me to find this unintentionally hysterical?  :doom_?:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2017-07-28, 08:50
Don't want to dedicate a thread to this so I'll post here.

I was a wee little boy when I signed up on these forums 6 years ago. I had just discovered Generations Arena, and I thought it was the greatest idea ever for a mod. I had a lot to learn on here and other retro gaming forums. I learned how to download mods, maps, program, and most importantly create a fondness for old school FPS, a bygone genre supplanted by an unworthy successor (modern mainstream FPS).

Six years later exactly I drove out of town to sign up for classes in the college I will be going to in a few weeks. The end of childhood is a bittersweet experience, as you're old enough to understand what's happening. I'll join most of you in the adult world soon. I'm honestly excited for what lies ahead.

Generations Arena helped shape part of my childhood, and Phoenix is still the best admin I've ever seen in a forum. I might not be the happiest person or the most fortunate, but I cherish the experiences I've had with gaming. I grunt in my head like bitterman when I jump, I try to bunnyhop in every game out of habit, and I'll wait for the release of Generations 1.0.

Our memories and lives are temporary, but when we're pitted against each other to the death, the Arena becomes eternal. Collective experience brought me to where I am. Thanks for Generations, and much more. A little goes a long way in a kid's life.

-Jules (otherwise known as J3E125)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2017-07-28, 14:02
I really don't know what to say.  I never expected this to have such a large impact on anyone.  If it's brought you someone some joy then it's been worth the effort, at least for me.  I thank you for the kind words, and don't worry, the journey is far from over.  The best is yet to come.   :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2018-01-26, 05:42
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5425124/doomsday-clock-moves-forward-to-two-minutes-to-midnight-bringing-world-closer-to-self-destruction-than-any-time-since-the-cold-war/

I've been waiting for this to happen, just so I can do this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbRHY1l0vc

But remember, if you're gonna die...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMyxhPHHwnk

Spoiler (click to show/hide)


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2024-01-18, 08:20
I don't know how I managed to push this off for so long, but I finally beat Quake 1 yesterday! In retrospect, I think it's super impressive that as a kid I tried to play through Quake via Quake 64 via emulator... one that ran in a browser window with 320p max resolution. That was like 10+ years ago and I got as far as Q64's version of episode 4. Within that time, I'd try to beat Quake but always quit around episode 2.

Personally, I was always more into Quake 2 with its power fantasy gameplay as opposed to the lite-survival horror vibe of Quake mixed in with difficulty spikes of id's older shooters. I saw news of the Nightdive remaster and took a week or two to wreak havoc once more on Stroggos. Finishing Quake 2 recently really pushed towards the realization that I should force myself to beat the original!

What really got me back into Q1 though was a Noah Caldwell Gervais' video essay tackling the franchise from a narrative/story perspective. Playing through Quake I kept in mind Noah's observation that each episode is sort of accomplished through auteur style design of the levels. Despite being the most difficult, I really enjoyed Sandy Peterson's levels. E4 feels abstract, but not in the way that Doom was. They all unfold in a way that reflects the game's cosmic horror vibe.

It's wild to see the direction the level designers went in after Quake, since time constraints forced them to settle on Doom 3 but in 3D but it's not doom, but there are traces of that original vision littered throughout the game. I'm sure folks here have played 1000x more Q1 than I have, so it'd be cool to hear any opinions on the meta and design of Q1.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Phoenix on 2024-01-18, 11:11
Oh boy, down the Quake rabbit hole I go.

So Quake for me, initially, was... disappointing.  I had seen preview articles and teaser pictures with the dragon, knights with arms missing from locational damage, and the general idea was that Quake was going to be some kind of medieval fantasy game in full 3D.  I had just finished playing Hexen and was looking forward to this 3D castle romp... so that expectation was completely shattered when I got a copy of the Shareware and got to play the actual game.

But let's stop right there.  I heard Quake before actually playing it.  I put the CD in a player and listened to the... soundtrack?  The Quake theme was awesome.  Great stuff.  Then... what was this other stuff?  It's just ambient sound.  What's going on here?  That was a source of confusion.  It only got worse....

I read the manual.  Shotguns?  Military installation?  What happened to the dragons and knights?  Oh well, let's see where this goes.

I installed the game.  My first thoughts were in dealing with the performance.  My computer was not up to the task, so it was very choppy.  I got into the first level, and yikes.  The animation on the enemies was nauseating.  I was watching a slideshow playing another slideshow.  And... I walk into buttons?  I no longer have a "use" function?  What if I don't want to push that button?  And everything looks bad.  Those shotguns... so weak.  What happened to the punch from the shotguns in Doom?  The Rocket Launcher blew stuff up, sure, but it all just felt so bland.  Where were the gun animations?  Why does switching weapons just instantly put up a new gun instead of letting me see the old one lower, and raise up the new one?  Why no BFG?

I slogged through the first episode.  I got to the end, and I didn't want to play again.  Quake was thoroughly unenjoyable.  I went back to playing Doom.

Time passed...

I wanted to revisit Spear of Destiny.  I hadn't played it in a long while, and I noticed that my floppies had gone missing.  I purchased a CD replacement.  On this CD was a demo for Quake 2.  Hmm... well, let's look at it and see how it is.  I installed the demo, and I never looked back.

The performance was absolutely horrible.  I was playing 320x200 software mode, it was choppy, but the gameplay was absolutely fantastic.  I loved the cyborg enemies, the soundtrack was epic, and the weapons just punched where the Quake 1 weapons felt lacking.  There was variety to the weapons and enemies.  The gun models moved, raised and lowered, the enemies had personality in their actions.... I got a retail copy.  Eventually I got a Voodoo 2 card and I was hooked on Quake 2 since.  It was also my first foray into online multiplayer, as I was very, very slow in deciding to connect to the internet.  I wasn't sure I wanted to.  It was a tremendous personal risk that I wasn't certain I wanted to take.  But... the access to all that information was too much to pass up, so internet access, then multiplayer gaming for Quake 2 followed after.

At some point I stumbled across a source port for Quake 1 that described itself as bringing in model interpolation, among other features, to improve the performance of the GLQuake engine.  It was Q2K4, which was an evolution of a project called Phoenix Quake (I was not involved with that, despite the name).  I gave it a try, and that changed Quake for me forever.

It was far from perfect, but the smooth rendering performance and addition of model interpolation fixed the problems I initially encountered with Quake the first time around.  I found myself playing Quake and actually enjoying the game.  I began to appreciate the atmosphere, monsters, and level design for the first time.  Later sourceports such as Quakespasm further improved on the experience, and I finally learned to love a game I initially hated and largely skipped.  I realized most of my dislike was due to the technical performance problems that plagued my hardware at the time, along with the aforementioned model chop.  I'm visually very sensitive to certain kinds of movement patterns, so that was a huge fix for me.  I was late to the party, but Quake finally hit all the right notes.

So enter Generations.  Without going too far into the history of how I got involved, my joining the Generations Arena project pushed me to delve a lot deeper into all the Quakes than I had been before.  I was dissecting model files, looking at weapons code, and seeing just how everything worked.  During this time I also read the collective works of H.P. Lovecraft, so I also got to experience the lore that lead to Quake's environments and bestiary.  That provided some understanding of some of Quake's odder design decisions.  Learning more about the design changes that happened late in Quake's development brought the rest into focus.

My thoughts about the gameplay, design, and soundtrack have evolved quite a bit since my first experience with Quake.  Quake is, had to be, and will remain a product of its time.  The unusual combination of medieval knights, cosmic horror-inspired nightmare creatures, military weapons, and odd level structure was a result of the constraints of its development process.  It's not a game made from careful deliberate choices.  It was brutally Frankensteined together to make a mismatched whole that somehow managed to work despite all its problems.  That same brutal crudeness is reflected throughout every aspect of the game as well, from the weapons to the enemies to the models and environments.  True 3D games were a new thing, and Quake was pushing the hardware of the day beyond its limits.  Everything had to be as simple as possible while still being truly 3D, so you got angular models that wobbled due to vertex precision limitations placed into chunky, crudely shaped environments with simplistic weapons that went from weak to insanely powerful with no real refinement.  The soundtrack was even a huge gamble, favoring an ambient feel over the pulse-pounding metal music from Doom.  Yet... somehow all this managed to work.

My experience with multiplayer Quake 1 was quite a bit lacking.  I did not play Quakeworld until becoming involved in Generations development, and that was mostly to understand the mechanics of the gameplay rather than just playing it for the sake of playing it.  I learned two valuable things from my experience.  The first is that Quakeworld players are entirely fanatical.  They play Quakeworld.  Period.  Many of them never moved on to Quake 2, and the ones that stuck around long after were absurdly skilled.  The second point was that Quakeworld's super-shotgun lies.  During development for Generations there was a constant nagging from some people to make the Slipgaters' super-shotgun pattern super tight like in Quakeworld.  Yet... when playing Quakeworld I discovered that the SSG did very little damage even if the entire pattern was focused on another player.  So I did some testing and discovered that it was all a lie to save on network bandwidth.  The SSG ran the exact same pattern for doing damage that the SSG did in normal Quake, but it was transmitting a single network event, then drawing that multiple times on the client - but in the same spot.  The result was visually the gun seemed to pattern all its shots in one spot when that's not what was happening on the server.  A long-standing gameplay misconception was finally put to rest.

Looking back on Quake 1 from my present position I can fully appreciate it for what it is, what it tried to be, and I find it sad that it was never properly followed up on afterward.  Overall I do like Quake 2 better.  It is certainly a more polished game, with thought-out design, deliberate flow in the level structure, a very balanced progression of weapons, and the weapon variety just seems more flavorful.  It's just more to my personal taste, but I certainly like what Quake 1 has become for me in the time since it's initial release and my very unpleasant initial experiences.  It's hard to imagine a world of 3D games without Quake squarely at the beginning, like a brooding Great Old One awaiting for the stars to be right once again to awaken from its slumber and terrorize the unwary world.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Makou on 2024-01-19, 05:02
The second point was that Quakeworld's super-shotgun lies. ...  visually the gun seemed to pattern all its shots in one spot when that's not what was happening on the server.  A long-standing gameplay misconception was finally put to rest.
IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DANGIT


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: J3E125 on 2024-01-24, 06:39

My thoughts about the gameplay, design, and soundtrack have evolved quite a bit since my first experience with Quake.  Quake is, had to be, and will remain a product of its time.  The unusual combination of medieval knights, cosmic horror-inspired nightmare creatures, military weapons, and odd level structure was a result of the constraints of its development process.  It's not a game made from careful deliberate choices.  It was brutally Frankensteined together to make a mismatched whole that somehow managed to work despite all its problems.  That same brutal crudeness is reflected throughout every aspect of the game as well, from the weapons to the enemies to the models and environments.  True 3D games were a new thing, and Quake was pushing the hardware of the day beyond its limits.  Everything had to be as simple as possible while still being truly 3D, so you got angular models that wobbled due to vertex precision limitations placed into chunky, crudely shaped environments with simplistic weapons that went from weak to insanely powerful with no real refinement.  The soundtrack was even a huge gamble, favoring an ambient feel over the pulse-pounding metal music from Doom.  Yet... somehow all this managed to work.

...

Looking back on Quake 1 from my present position I can fully appreciate it for what it is, what it tried to be, and I find it sad that it was never properly followed up on afterward.  Overall I do like Quake 2 better.  It is certainly a more polished game, with thought-out design, deliberate flow in the level structure, a very balanced progression of weapons, and the weapon variety just seems more flavorful.  It's just more to my personal taste, but I certainly like what Quake 1 has become for me in the time since it's initial release and my very unpleasant initial experiences.  It's hard to imagine a world of 3D games without Quake squarely at the beginning, like a brooding Great Old One awaiting for the stars to be right once again to awaken from its slumber and terrorize the unwary world.


Well said.

It's not even id's first time they did genre mash in their games. Doom was entirely derivative of 80's action movie culture, with the concept being James Cameron's Aliens sci-fi but the extraterrestrials are replaced with interdimensional hell spawn. In my opinion Doom aged better than Quake (although the gameplay is a different conversation) because the sci-fi of Aliens remains relevant in popular media. Quake's grunge dark fantasy stopped being "cool" the moment stuff like (and its equivalents) Nirvana or NIN were no longer transformative agents of cultural taste, and by the time of Quake 1's release those were already on their way out. As a standalone work of art, Quake 1 suffers from its incoherent mix of action sci-fi and horror fantasy. Notably the tech base levels are nice but thematically do not belong.

Nevertheless, I think Quake 1 will always be attractive because of its idiosyncrasies gathered from early 90s pop culture that have never quite resurfaced like other eras have (eg the endlessness of 80s inspired media of the last two decades). The angst, anger, and attitude of Q1 is wonderful. Underappreciated, even? Every element from visuals, gameplay loops, and music channels the vibe of grunge and teen angst. You're fighting for your life just to escape the masochist death traps of Azure Agony, where players are purposely thrown out of their element via level design, where the game actively plots against you with slime and shamblers, trap doors, makes moments like the thunderbolt and quad damage pickups much more satisfying, being able lash out against a hostile world and briefly turn the odds in your favor. In a way, Quake 1 is condemned to be the moody little teenager, the kid who's not bad just misunderstood, making for an excellent mood piece that excels when compared to Doom or Quake II. Its a shame that the release version didn't turn out to be a video game cultural reset like Doom was before it.

Maybe it's a blessing after all that Quake was released in the state it's in. Romero's next attempt at another historical video game moment failed pathetically. Besides, all the failures of Quake guaranteed that the genre would no longer be led by a single studio or game. Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal, Half Life, Halo CE heralded the changes for the fps genre without occupying such a towering position Doom had or Quake expected to.

id completely fumbled the Quake reboot, but I do feel like there will be one more Quake revival before 2030.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Makou on 2024-01-25, 02:41
The weird thing about Daikatana is that there's actually a competent game in there somewhere. The multiplayer is apparently fantastic, and there's a community that's spent a decent chunk of the last 24 years doing what it can to make the single-player... well, playable... without destroying the core of the game. And for the most part, it's succeeded; the result isn't incredible, but it's serviceable (when it isn't crashing because lol running an early 2000's game on modern Windows without problems).

The Gameboy Color version is also one of the better games on the handheld that nobody talks about, because barely anyone knows about it. It's a top-down action-adventure game! That was done at Romero's request, apparently.

Since we're on the subject of not beating games for seemingly far too long... I only somewhat recently played all the way through both (Ultimate) Doom and Doom II. And I've never actually finished a full playthrough of Quake 2.

I'm surprisingly bad at finishing games, even some of the ones I'll say are favorites, heh.


Title: Re: it's... the Off-Topic Topic (it just won't die!)
Post by: Woodsman on 2024-01-29, 04:29
Well to be fair to Romero it's not like the development of quake was some smooth process the only difference is Quake was dumbed down so there was less to screw up.