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Love Stole the Day posted:I'm sorry to break y'alls circlejerk but fox and hedgehog are actual jargon for certain types of political people/pundits. It's from that Nate Silver guy's book from 6-ish years ago. It's the reason his blog site, fiveturdyeight, has a fox as its logo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hedgehog_and_the_Fox#Influence ctrl+f "nate silver" Yeah but sonic the hedgehog came out 2 decades s before that Qe'd bitch
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Maybe having negative opinions about videogames can be okay if you don't spend literal years making the same complaints again and again. I have a lot of complaints about the new Deus Ex but I still liked it a lot.
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Oct 25, 2016 01:57
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Love Stole the Day posted:I'm sorry to break y'alls circlejerk but fox and hedgehog are actual jargon for certain types of political people/pundits. It's from that Nate Silver guy's book from 6-ish years ago. It's the reason his blog site, fiveturdyeight, has a fox as its logo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hedgehog_and_the_Fox#Influence ctrl+f "nate silver" And the link says Silver got it from Isaiah Berlin.
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Oct 25, 2016 02:57
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Aw man how did I just find the chat thread Hi everybody
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Aw man how did I just find the chat thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0kGvgXmmgk
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Aw man how did I just find the chat thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32mq4JdgFo
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Oct 25, 2016 03:43
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Oct 25, 2016 04:54
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and then i remembered i also own the bad 3ds mystery dungeon
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Oct 25, 2016 05:20
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The Metroid Prime Collection  I forgot how good the first 2 are.
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Oct 25, 2016 05:37
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precision posted:The Metroid Prime Collection 1 is great. 2 is ok i guess
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Oct 25, 2016 05:43
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corn in the bible posted:1 is great. 2 is ok i guess 2 only starts to fall apart when the gimmick becomes more tedious than interesting.
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Oct 25, 2016 05:48
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The Metroid Prime series got less good with each sequel but the Donkey Kong Country Returns sequel is an improvement so maybe Retro should make another Donkey Kong instead of a Prime...
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Oct 25, 2016 05:55
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Bicyclops posted:literally everyone knew this already, friend I guarantee you that Lizard Wizard did not.
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Oct 25, 2016 05:54
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MP2 is almost as good as 1 and I actually probably prefer its oppressive atmosphere, the only one that is close to 'okay' is 3 and that's still better than 90% of not-Metroid games.
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Oct 25, 2016 06:08
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Ometeotl posted:I guarantee you that Lizard Wizard did not. but lizard wizard IS newt gingrich
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Oct 25, 2016 06:17
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TF2 HAT MINING RIG posted:Maybe having negative opinions about videogames can be okay if you don't spend literal years making the same complaints again and again. Yeh, also people who are obsessed with hating on things rather than trying to find the things they like and having fun with them are lame.
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Oct 25, 2016 06:58
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wizard on a water slide posted:Yeh, also people who are obsessed with hating on things rather than trying to find the things they like and having fun with them are lame. On the other hand, being critical about even things you like is good and fun.
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Oct 25, 2016 07:08
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chumbler posted:On the other hand, being critical about even things you like is good and fun. Being critical and thoughtful about things u like is a healthy way to live, but we post on a forum where every time like a new Bioware or Bethesda game or console or whatever comes out people will post about how much they hate it and its rear end for a year or more on a daily basis Its extremely weird, and probably indicative of an unhappy mind
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Oct 25, 2016 07:18
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It's extremely weird to express your opinion about something when it comes up in conversation? If you do or don't like something, why wouldn't you say so? Does it really count as being hung up on something "for years" to continue having the same opinion you originally had of it?
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Oct 25, 2016 07:40
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Love Stole the Day posted:I'm sorry to break y'alls circlejerk but fox and hedgehog are actual jargon for certain types of political people/pundits. It's from that Nate Silver guy's book from 6-ish years ago. It's the reason his blog site, fiveturdyeight, has a fox as its logo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hedgehog_and_the_Fox#Influence ctrl+f "nate silver" thanks for ruining it for me, i appreciate it
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CJacobs posted:It's extremely weird to express your opinion about something when it comes up in conversation? If you do or don't like something, why wouldn't you say so? Does it really count as being hung up on something "for years" to continue having the same opinion you originally had of it? It is if you are expressing the same opinion in the same thread years after the game was released.
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Oct 25, 2016 07:57
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Why? You keep saying that without explaining why you find it weird.
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Oct 25, 2016 08:16
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It's not weird. It's the other side of nostalgia. As one can wax nostalgically about their favorite moments when a game is brought up, another person can tap into those feelings they had when they didn't enjoy the game. It's weird to call it weird. 
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Oct 25, 2016 08:26
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How do I get my PS4 controller to work on my computer please and thank you
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Oct 25, 2016 08:30
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CJacobs posted:Why? You keep saying that without explaining why you find it weird. It's weird.
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Oct 25, 2016 08:31
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I don't think it's weird but it's annoying every time Bethesda or Bioware games come up and people make the same jokes or just go "the writing is so bad in those games." I don't even like Bethesda but eh it gets boring. On the other hand, if someone does some even vaguely thoughtful analysis of an old game, I enjoy reading it because I like reading and listening to new view points on old and new games.
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Oct 25, 2016 08:31
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Lizard Wizard posted:How do I get my PS4 controller to work on my computer please and thank you InputMapper. TF2 HAT MINING RIG posted:It's weird. 
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Oct 25, 2016 08:32
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i like talking about how bad dragon quest 7 is, and now there's a remake. all this new material to criticize...!!
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Oct 25, 2016 08:32
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CJacobs posted:InputMapper. It's not being recognized in control panel.
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Oct 25, 2016 08:33
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Lizard Wizard posted:It's not being recognized in control panel. Weird. It should show up like this:  I'm on Win 10 now, but it was the same for me on 7. Try going to Device Manager and clicking 'scan for hardware changes' after plugging it in. edit: On its own it'll be ten kinds of hosed up if you try to play a game with it, but InputMapper should automatically detect it and then it'll work. Some games detect it as a PS3/4 controller properly, but for most it'll act like a 360 controller because the DS4 doesn't have native compatibility with Windows right now. CJacobs fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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CJacobs posted:It's extremely weird to express your opinion about something when it comes up in conversation? If you do or don't like something, why wouldn't you say so? Does it really count as being hung up on something "for years" to continue having the same opinion you originally had of it? I don't care about baseball and I think cigars are gross. Why would I post in the baseball forum or the cigar thread, especially repeatedly over a period of months/years once I voiced my displeasure, instead of engaging in conversations about things that interest me?
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Just imagine two years from now there is still a dedicated Donald Trump megathread and people are posting the same small hands jokes from today. Probably won't happen because it's weird.
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wizard on a water slide posted:I don't care about baseball and I think cigars are gross. Why would I post in the baseball forum or the cigar thread, especially repeatedly over a period of months/years once I voiced my displeasure, instead of engaging in conversations about things that interest me? Granted, people who jump into a thread just to say "thing is bad aight see ya" and kickflip away on their hover-round do suck. If you just say it and leave without even reading peoples' responses, then yeah, I can understand that being a weird thing to do. People do that pretty often, especially on SA. But the discourse caused by groups of people having opposite opinions on something is the entire basis of what an internet forum is for. It's for long-form discussion. You can choose not to participate in that if you want, but imo it's not out of the ordinary at all to want to participate when the opportunity arises, even if it's over a long period of time. edit: And if the heart of your complaint is that it's the same people making the same points back and forth to each other forever, then there's not much I can say to that other than that when you have lots of time to talk about it the arguments will inevitably repeat
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Oct 25, 2016 08:47
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I bought stellaris a day late 
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There's nothing wrong with people discussing things they like/don't like for however long they want when they actually make an effort of using arguments. Of course it's annoying when this happens in excess like when somebody just has to post every time a certain subject is mentioned - if it starts going in circles it's useless and it becomes clear it's not about the subject anymore but about the poster's ego. However the real shitshow starts when people start talking about other people having different opinions than them. How dumb they are, how what their opinion about a game actually reveals their inferiority and how superior the proper opinion person is or whatever. These are mostly attempts at boosting a low self-esteem and have nothing to do with the topic at hand, it's about an ego trip. This happens way too often in games and in this thread as well including the eye-rolling 'goon hivemind is so bad' posts. Discuss things, don't discuss people discussing things. Basically the problem is not about sharing opinions, it's about how and why people share them. Palpek fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Oct 25, 2016 08:58
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People who post about how people post about how people post are just the worst.
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Oct 25, 2016 09:04
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 But also don't be a nerd
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If you're posting on a video game forum you're a nerd.
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On a perfect forum people would just argue about things instead of focusing on who's actually right and using opinions as some sort of psychological leverage designed to make themselves feel better. It's cool to give others space for opinions you don't agree with (as long as they give you yours), you will always get something out of it. Talk about video games, video games are cool.
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