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Dangit Ronpaul posted:Going head to head with TF2 was always going to be tough sledding, but they didn't do themselves any favors by going full retard on catering to the competitive TFC community, which at that point consisted of like 3 people. They really did. They had a FAQ on their site and one of the questions was something like "Will you be doing something to stop all the insane rocket-jumping that completely unbalanced TFC and turned it into a completely different game?" and the answer was "No. We're going to put in more!!" There was a Red Dawn style game 5 or 6 years ago and the developers were bragging about how they hired all these political experts to give them a really compelling story that rationally sets up a situation where North Korea pulls off a land invasion of the United States." Then later they revealed the story and it was just garbage. Which no one would have really cared about if they hadn't made such a big deal out of it in the first place.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 20:53 |
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Dr_Amazing posted:They really did. They had a FAQ on their site and one of the questions was something like "Will you be doing something to stop all the insane rocket-jumping that completely unbalanced TFC and turned it into a completely different game?" and the answer was "No. We're going to put in more!!" Homefront. The hilarious part was the story was originally going to feature China but they switched to NK after they were told China's feelings would be hurt. Here's the "ground breaking realistic story" quote:Homefront is set in a dystopic United States, in the year 2027. The game's backstory dates back to the 2010s, where there are high tensions between North Korea and the global powers due to the country's military aggression, including its successful nuclear weapons test and the sinking of a South Korean ship.[5] FYI the most conservative estimates of the cost of a Korean unification are in the trillions and would take decades. Nope, not according to our polysci experts, NK's AWESOME AMAZING MILITARY is seamlessly integrated into SK's economy with literally no negative effects or costs. Oh, and the money shot quote:The antagonists in Homefront were originally intended to be communist Chinese, but were later replaced by a unified Korea for two reasons: the risk of a possible backlash by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the reality of economic interdependence between America and China that made the Chinese "not that scary," according to Tae Kim, a former CIA field agent and consultant on the game's backstory.[12] Kim said, "We went to a very rigorous, academic research process to make sure to not only look at North Korea's current state but to look at historical examples how things could parallel and turn events. History repeats itself. From today to the day the invasion starts in the game, if you combine everything, the odds are very very slim this becomes true. But when you look at the storyline step by step, every step is a coin flip but a plausible step. So once you get there, it's plausible. And from there the next step is plausible as well. Even though the whole thing is fictional, it comes with plausible baby steps."[13] While the story was billed as being written by John Milius, Gamasutra reported "most former employees credit Kaos writer C.J. Kershner with Homefront's script", claiming that Milius wrote not a single word.[14]
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:22 |
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pentyne posted:Homefront. Oh sure, the US would totally just let NK invade Japan and we wouldn't do poo poo about it. Even if oil is expensive we're not about to just sit back and watch Japan get invaded. "Sorry dudes, have you seen the oil prices lately? Plus like, Perl Harbor, I dunno, deal with it" To say nothing of the effect that nuclear weapons has on first world parties engaging in gigantic military campaigns. Imperialism is dead.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:39 |
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You could use the plotline of the original Red Dawn and it'd still be much more plausible.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:41 |
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Wasn't it changed again in Asian countries so it was Canada invading? Cause, um, sure, that's more reasonable.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:45 |
Videogames love to handwave the logistics of mounting an invasion from thousands and thousands of miles away.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:49 |
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Decrepus posted:Videogames love to handwave the logistics of mounting an invasion from thousands and thousands of miles away. "No dudes, this is totally realistic". I just love the "well, yeah this is implausible, but not impossible, so its really a series of implausible events strung together" It's like flipping a coin and it lands on the edge 76 times in a row. Korea just invades all its neighbors and no one else in the world cares or does anything and the conquered nations just smile and go along with it. No siree, no fears of native rebellions or unrest, in fact they jump in lockstep and join the military in vast numbers so Korea can field millions of soldiers overseas while still having millions to control its internal empire. And they all eat the best food possible and supply chain isn't an issue.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 21:58 |
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Ummm the states were having a bird flu outbreak. How are they supposed to worry about Japan while that's happening?
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 22:24 |
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Military strength of north and economic strength of south would be more plausibly written as "military and economic strength of south with outdated and poorly equipped northern military well suited to be an occupying force"
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 22:30 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:Wasn't it changed again in Asian countries so it was Canada invading? Cause, um, sure, that's more reasonable. Canadian Red Dawn: The Video Game? Don't make me want to play Homefront.
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 22:31 |
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Homefront opened the gate for ludicrously impossible "Invasion of the US" scenarios, and fiction writers have yet to deliver. I want to read "URUGUAY IS COMING FOR US" or "Do you know where Lichtenstein is? YOUR FRONT DOOR, FUCKERS!" paperbacks and play "Mozambique Rising." Serious disappointment, all around.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 01:50 |
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Precambrian posted:Homefront opened the gate for ludicrously impossible "Invasion of the US" scenarios, and fiction writers have yet to deliver. I want to read "URUGUAY IS COMING FOR US" or "Do you know where Lichtenstein is? YOUR FRONT DOOR, FUCKERS!" paperbacks and play "Mozambique Rising." Serious disappointment, all around. Didn't one of the Call of Duty games have the opposing force as a federation of Latin American countries?
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:06 |
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pookel posted:You could use the plotline of the original Red Dawn and it'd still be much more plausible. An original Red Dawn game would own.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:16 |
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oldman posted:Didn't one of the Call of Duty games have the opposing force as a federation of Latin American countries? I hate that I know this, but I'm pretty sure that was Ghosts. I never played it. I think you start out fighting in San Diego or something.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:17 |
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I can't find a copy of the commercial online, but Checkers and Rally's recently released a commercial with the bag character saying something to the effect of "Two burgers for 5 bucks? I've got palpitations ya'll". The intent is clearly that the bag is excited over such a great deal, but considering how C/R food is much greasier than your average fast food, I'm not sure that's the best idea of how to advertise your product.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:20 |
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Holy poo poo, something even stupider than the pistol grip stick shift: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-cellphone-case-gun-20150701-htmlstory.html
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:22 |
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Grey Fox posted:Holy poo poo, something even stupider than the pistol grip stick shift: Great gift for someone you want to die by cop, I guess. God, what a terrible, terrible idea.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 02:58 |
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Precambrian posted:Homefront opened the gate for ludicrously impossible "Invasion of the US" scenarios, and fiction writers have yet to deliver. I want to read "URUGUAY IS COMING FOR US" or "Do you know where Lichtenstein is? YOUR FRONT DOOR, FUCKERS!" paperbacks and play "Mozambique Rising." Serious disappointment, all around. The only nation I could think of plausibly invading the U.S. is Madagascar. Pandemic taught me that that country is literally invincible and there is no way we could fight back against them.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:02 |
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As a Canadian, I want a game about us invading the US, but with every goddamned stereotype played straight. Hockey players riding battle-moose using week old Tim Bits as ammo. I don't care who I play as. I just wanna play.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:12 |
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Avenging_Mikon posted:As a Canadian, I want a game about us invading the US, but with every goddamned stereotype played straight. Hockey players riding battle-moose using week old Tim Bits as ammo. I don't care who I play as. I just wanna play.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:18 |
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Grey Fox posted:Holy poo poo, something even stupider than the pistol grip stick shift: Things Only White People Can Buy for $500, Alex.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:28 |
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Things Only White People Can Buy for $500, Alex.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:33 |
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Strudel Man posted:How much do non-white people have to pay? their lives.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:35 |
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At least it will make stealing your phone way easier for pickpockets.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 03:42 |
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UraniumFuelElement posted:At least it will make stealing your phone way easier for pickpockets. Yeah bu it'll give the cops an easier time with the paperwork.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 05:03 |
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Tunicate posted:Yeah bu it'll give the cops an easier time with the paperwork. http://forums.officer.com/t200370/ At least one out there is excited at the idea
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 07:57 |
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canyoneer posted:http://forums.officer.com/t200370/
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 09:32 |
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canyoneer posted:http://forums.officer.com/t200370/ quote:Shooting guaranteed. Unless the carrier is black, then it's a racist shooting, hate crime. Would have been funnier if her screen saver was a confederate flag...
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 09:56 |
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Welp, so now I know for a fact American cops are just "Just shoot everything, all the time, for any reason, it'll be fine". loving hell.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 12:35 |
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princecoo posted:Welp, so now I know for a fact American cops are just "Just shoot everything, all the time, for any reason, it'll be fine". I want to imagine the ones that aren't like that gave better things to do than post on a police forum.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 13:07 |
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princecoo posted:Welp, so now I know for a fact American cops are just "Just shoot everything, all the time, for any reason, it'll be fine". It wouldn't surprise me if the vast majority of people who post on that forum are mall cops.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 14:27 |
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IShallRiseAgain posted:It wouldn't surprise me if the vast majority of people who post on that forum are Paul Blart: Mall Cop fans. FTFY
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 15:29 |
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I can't even look at it. What did you guys do? Also when I was in Japan they had these umbrellas where the handle looked like a sword grip. They were cool, but they also had umbrellas that had a handle shaped like a rifle stock.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 18:43 |
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hahaha that pic makes it look like a bayonet attachment for a pistol (which is silly enough on its own), but it turns out the entire thing is just a knife.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 19:00 |
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:Canadian Red Dawn: The Video Game? Don't make me want to play Homefront. I would play this but only if you could play as the Canadian invading force.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 20:13 |
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Don't bring a gun knife to a knife gun fight
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 20:32 |
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I work in sort of a mom & pop store in a street with lots of such stores, and we just got a proposal from a few other shopkeepers to all start accepting bitcoin. Aside from the fact that everything I know about bitcoin is ridiculous and related to anonymous drugs purchasing, I cannot imagine why someone would want to spend bitcoins around here (despite the proposal claiming they've had a whole bunch of clothing webshop sales from bitcoin).
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 21:12 |
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davidspackage posted:I work in sort of a mom & pop store in a street with lots of such stores, and we just got a proposal from a few other shopkeepers to all start accepting bitcoin. Aside from the fact that everything I know about bitcoin is ridiculous and related to anonymous drugs purchasing, I cannot imagine why someone would want to spend bitcoins around here (despite the proposal claiming they've had a whole bunch of clothing webshop sales from bitcoin). Google Ron Paul.
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# ? Jul 3, 2015 21:58 |
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There's a really junky, smelly little computer store near me with a "Bitcoin accepted here" decal in the window. The owner looks pretty much exactly how you'd expect someone into Bitcoin to look.
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Crow Jane posted:There's a really junky, smelly little computer store near me with a "Bitcoin accepted here" decal in the window. The owner looks pretty much exactly how you'd expect someone into Bitcoin to look. Isn't the problem with Bitcoin that its impossible to convert to cash? No one is trading cash for bt anywhere, just shuffling bt back and forth.
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