Autism Sneaks posted:

thanks for making me feel better about only splurging a hundred odd dollars for the Future Foundation skins guys, RIP this dead gay game

MMAgCh posted:

On Steam you go to your Badges page and choose "How do I earn card drops?" for the game in question.

Vakal posted:

Jesus. What was there even in this game that you could spend that amount it?

PureRok posted:

I love reading this thread. It reminds me of that week I spent in the mental ward at the hospital.

PureRok posted:

Reading about all of the weird people with mental illness that played this game really brings into clarity a post I made in one of these threads almost 2 years ago.


(Yes, I really went and hunted that post down)

Ghostlight posted:

I think that was ICR and they've since married.

godface zillah posted:

Who was that one oforums guy that really did stalk a woman that was accidentally nice to him in a mental hospital?

XenusParadox posted:

I have a story too.

I've been working at a vocational rehab program since last Memorial Day. I went there because I suffer from autism, social anxiety, depression, and a slew of other neurological, emotional and developmental disorders. I immediately took a liking to a young woman named Evelyn who doesn't speak English and, using my broken Spanish, began speaking to her.

At first, she was somewhat wary of me, but after I mentioned how I frequently take on a protective role towards people, particularly younger women, she began to show interest in me. I would sit by myself at lunch and she'd come and sit with me. Sometimes she'd come with a friend and after a minute ask the friend to leave.

I began hearing her talk to her friends about me. It was clear that she was attracted to me. And my initial physical attraction was amplified by the fact that this girl clearly suffers from some anxiety and abandonment issues and needs a strong protective figure in her life. I fell for her, because she needed me.

I was scared to death, because at 33 years old, I've never had a girlfriend. Closest I'd ever come was Katrina, the girl who's now my best friend, but who has such terrible commitment anxiety that she denies being attracted to me even though it's so obvious sometimes that everyone else can tell. I'm currently coaching her through her first relationship even though I've been in love with her for seven years, because she needs to learn how to stick with a guy and I can't coach her through being with ME; it just won't work.

Back to Evelyn. Once it was clear she liked me, and I started showing that I liked her, her friends started encouraging me to overcome my timidity. So I started flirting with her. She appreciated it. It was all smiles and "Listen to what Xenu's said" and "look, he gave me plastic flowers!"

That's when management assumed I was sexually harassing her. Dragged me upstairs and lectured me about "appropriate workplace behavior" and said basically, when we're at work, we have to keep our social lives separate.

The next day, I suffered a relapse of the chronic migraine-related vertigo that's plagued me for 8 years and had to leave the program while I got it straightened out.

During that time, unbeknownst to me, Evelyn got a boyfriend.

I eventually returned to the program, and on seeing that Evelyn still had a time card, I texted Katrina and asked her if it would be creepy (since I'm autistic, I have to check these things) if I left a note saying "hey, I'm coming back, my friend" next to her time card. Got the green light.

When I came back, Evelyn wasn't talking to me. Not even "hi" or "bye" or "welcome back" or anything.

And based on what I was observing, and the changes in behavior over time, and what her friends told me, I eventually pieced some things together.

She had a boyfriend now.

She got that boyfriend because she thought she was never going to see me again.

When she found out I was coming back, she had a near nervous breakdown because she still had feelings for me but didn't want to leave the security of the new relationship.

And it caused all kinds of problems, because she's freakin' 20 and can't act mature to save her life. She was MAD at me for getting sick and "abandoning" her, and mad for coming back after she met someone else. So she decided to punish me, but also she still liked me.

She would flirt with me one day and then decide she was uncomfortable around me the next because she felt guilty.

And her friends - the lead and assistant lead of the department - were being super unprofessional, getting all this personal BS mixed up in workplace activity. Talking about how "He's staring at you, he's in love with you" when I was standing right there, then turning around and telling me "she's uncomfortable because of how you feel about her."

And when it reached a breaking point for me - when it started affecting my job performance - I went to management for help.

And they released me from the program for "mental health concerns". They accused me of a "pattern of inappropriate conduct" despite the fact that no complaints were made against me by any of my coworkers, bringing up another girl I was talking to in the hallway - not that it's any of their drat business - who suffers from autism and social anxiety like me, and who, upon exchanging numbers with me, started bombarding me with sexually explicit text messages.

When I went back to pick up my last paycheck, I rode on a later bus than usual. There were 2 jackasses who were engaged in sexually explicit conversation 2 feet from the bus driver, and there were women and children on board. I asked them politely to stop; they laughed at me and continued. I requested that the driver enforce the company's sexual harassment policy, he told me they'd paid their fare and had a right to be on the bus, and if I had a problem with them I could get off. I downloaded the app to report sexual harassment, provided the bus number, the operator's ID number, and nothing was done.

By the by, my friend Katrina? Know her from church. Every time she breaks up with another guy, she wants to go out with me. Never calls it a date, because words like "date" and "boyfriend" and "relationship" scare her. But she has feelings for me, and when I went to my bishop for help, he dismissed me with "She's a lot more attractive than you are. You're imagining things. Leave her alone." From that point on, he'd harass me any time I tried to be friends with a woman.

And then there's my experiences growing up. Bullied at school? You bet. My dad liked to come home after a hard day at work and find an excuse to scream at and/or beat me to work out his anger. Guess how much sympathy and support I got from authority figures?

So you know what? I have a HUGE problem when other people bully me, and when I stand up for myself, I get in trouble for it while the instigators get off scot-free. Maybe it doesn't look like that's what's happening to others, but from where I stand, I've gotten into some verbal altercations with a few folks who gave as good as they got, and I got hit with mod action while they simply had their posts deleted and not so much as a 0-point warning was given.

So while I accept that I've earned my warnings, I think I shouldn't be alone in this jail cell.

And at this point, I'm thinking maybe a few days off from these forums is a good idea.

Soothing Vapors posted:

I believe he's also the same one who threatened to murder everyone at Gaz if they didn't buff Punisher, but correct me if that was Scourm or some other member of the ~P3~

MotU posted:

here is some fanart from the oforums from my time in marvel heroes i do not fully remember the conetxt ty

cams posted:

yeah this is the content i've craved

Midnightghoul posted:

I found it https://forums.marvelheroes.com/discussion/77199/how-to-better-implement-doop-in-marvel-heroes

Soothing Vapors posted:

That would be forums superstar XenusParadox, who has almost definitely murdered that poor woman by now.

Kainser posted:

Making my waifus yellow was worth every dollar.

jujojoh posted:

I am deeply disturbed that Titan Quest, a dead game from a decades ago, has a new expansion out.

punchymcpunch posted:

are they still all level 1 you cosmic cheater?

McSpanky posted:

MMAgCh posted:

I do find myself heartened by the thought that while this dumb game will die, our equally dumb emoticons will live on.

RosaParksOfDip posted:

Booted this up on my laptop for one last hurrah and it was running like dogshit for some reason. Then I remembered, run it on max settings and somehow it works better. Lo and behold, still works.

Never cosmic'd, never prestiged. Best decision of my life.

MMAgCh posted:

I do find myself heartened by the thought that while this dumb game will die, our equally dumb emoticons will live on.

Ghostlight posted:

malhavok posted:

You gotta play two hours before it shuts down.