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Quote:Um.. yeah, I'm pretty sure ML isn't any more trustworthy than you or I. What if I made a thread talking about how Sony was in the final stages of talks to acquire CoH? Would that be trustworthy?Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
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Yep, because people coming in and claiming GG and Mercedes Lacky are never to be trusted is so innocent!
Hahaha, oh sorry, I didn't go away.
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Quote:Pretty sure the implication was that Racist Terwyn doesn't know what they're talking about, and ML was parlaying second-hand "research" as fact. Again. Thus casting doubt on the OP.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Not that really is getting desperate
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Quote:You know, I was watching an argument between an awesome dude and some loser some months back when the awesome dude made an awesome quote: "Socialists are not defined as 'anyone with which you disagree'". I think exchanging the word "socialists" for "trolls" is pertinent here. Go away.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
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Quote:Depends on how elaborate your fantasies are. I've always done thought experiments about how one would get away with murder or robbery or some other evil act, but I never had any intention of doing them, and they were more.. "okay. What would happen if..?"Originally Posted by GreatRock
How do you know?
The problem with accepting anecdotal evidence is that I have no basis for the norm. If it does turn out that elaborate murder fantasies and a disregard for the emotions of other people is normal, I would be relieved.
Seriously. I would be relieved. I am not making this clear in my previous posts, but I don't know if I want anything more than to have normal, human thoughts. I don't want to feel like I am hiding anymore.
But if you're like, "I hate my mom, I could come home from school early and stab her and then go hide my clothes in a ditch somewhere and throw the knife away and take her money so everyone just thinks it's a robbery gone bad," then yeah. That's cause for concern. -
Quote:*shrug* People need to get away from the crutch of religion. I actually became happier when I became an atheist. And that's another thing. Very few atheists have been atheists all their lives, so it's amusing when people (not you) start talking about how atheists are "closed minded" and "wouldn't accept evidence of God". We were open minded enough to reject religion...Originally Posted by Starsman
Regularly, I let people have their faith and avoid commenting on it because I know a few bits about how people without faith would just collapse into endless depression. Without faith in a god, many would collapse in an instant.
My problem comes when religious groups take faith further than it should and try to use it as a way to sell politics and impose absurd moral choices on everyone else or get in the way of scientific advancement.
I also have a bit of a thing about the whole “you have no proof against” arguments. -
Quote:Don't worry. Everyone has megalomaniacal fantasiesOriginally Posted by GreatRock
I don't think this problem will go away with time. I also do not think my thoughts are typical of a normal 16 year old.
However, you are welcome to believe what you wish. I don't take offense to this at all.
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Quote:She had mental problems all her life, and had some bad shitt happen to her.
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Quote:Did it occur to you that someone, iunno, lied about that number?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That's an over-valuation of the property designed to put off buyers while allowing NCsoft to claim they tried to sell it.
Plan Z will be using a lot of open source tech and tools to reduce costs and allow for greater community participation in the project. -
Quote:Not true. This is Russell's Teapot all over again. Is it reasonable to presume a sky fairy may exist not only despite no evidence, but despite contrary evidence as well? Is it reasonable to assume a teapot may be orbiting somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter? Or is it sufficient to understand that both of these things are ludicrous and, in the absence of evidence, to assume that these do not exist with the proviso that you may, MAY be wrong?
I think Tim is correct in this instance. There's no reason to believe God exists, but there's likewise no proof God *doesn't* exist, either. So the only reasonable response is to say, "I don't know." That's why I think agnosticism is the only acceptable scientific position to take on this subject.
Or hell, just look at the available preponderance of evidence. There are at least four billion people on Earth who are deductively, absolutely, irrefutably wrong, on the basis that Judeo-Christianity is the largest religion on Earth with about three billion adherents and if it's right, all other religions must be wrong. And the number is higher if Judeo-Christianity is wrong but some other religion is right. Since it is evidenced that most religion is wrong, and since no religion really stands out from the crowd, it can be deductively stated beyond a reasonable doubt (but not beyond all doubt) that all religion is bunk, and therefore God (or at least all the gods humanity worships) is very, very likely false.
God is not a 50/50 shot, is what I'm saying. Doubt can be cast on the subject that makes it more like a 1% chance that he actually exists. -
Quote:Hmm. At the time, probably my mom's suicide.Originally Posted by GreatRock
Seriously. I might as well pour out my heart.
Stop reading when you hit the point where this makes no sense at all. I know, I know: I need professional help. Badly. However, I am reasonably sure this will make a lot of sense to a lot of us. If you can identify with any of these feelings, or with any of this, let me know. I need someone to talk to, and you guys are my last hope. I have delayed this thread long enough.
I was born into a middle class family. Nothing special. My parents were standard, my brother was an *** (standard), and we had a nice house in the suburbs somewhere.
I played my first video game, Jak II, at the age of 7.
That game changed me.
The first thing I noticed was Kor - the old guy in the background. He was evil. I could tell. I didn't tell anyone, though. My dad was actually the one playing the game, but I watched every chance I could, just to see Kor lie and deceive his way through the game.
He dropped his disguise near the end of the game. Turns out he was really the Metal-Head leader - a huge insectoid beast that made some rather inventive threats and killed a whole bunch of people. I was enthralled. I was in love.
Not with the character. With the power.
This is when I first started drawing. I drew Kor a lot, mostly people though. Mostly men. Years passed, and my taste in games evolved... but I never forgot the look of elation on his face as he gleefully murdered bystanders.
At this point, I am about 10 years old. I find my next villain of sorts... The G-man.
Another man, this one middle aged. Invincible, immortal, can jump though and manipulate time and space.
Again, I was in love. With the power.
I wanted to be powerful.
At the age of 12, I found The Joker.
This was The Dark Knight's Joker, by the way. TDK's Joker was more of an oddly dressed serial killer than the Clown Prince of Crime, but it didn't matter to me. This was, again, someone I actually empathized with. I could see his motives, and I could understand why he did things. Here was a man who was completely without emotion, so devoid of feeling he could actually take pleasure from the pain of others.
I wanted to be like him.
And so my life evolved from the ignorance of a small child to the remarkably mature and very devious power hungry sociopath that is me today. I never really cared much for human interaction, and my attraction and understanding of both classic and little known villains drove home the point. Normal people bore me, and other intellectuals (I use the term generally. I am not assuming much with my intelligence here) strike me as facades hiding their emotions behind them. I hated people. I considered them as means to an end - and my preferred end would be power.
Ganondorf is another example. Ruthless, powerful, cunning.
More recently? Master Xehanort. Also powerful, even darker than the others.
Dexter. He is a serial killer, and I take his side in his arguments.
Hell, I took the side of the machines in The Matrix.
My life has been very confusing for me. I feel like I am insane - I mean, I must be. However, I don't think normal insane people are so aware of their own position. I'm not sure what I am, to be honest.
Again, here is the person that would get pleasure from tutorial-camping with a twink in WAR. I still feel the rush today... the small burst of adrenaline from a kill in any online game. The joy of knowing someone else is being discouraged.
Bringing this full circle, this is why I play CoX.
I want power.
All I want is to feel powerful, because all I feel is trapped. I'm trapped in this stupid reality full of people I hate - and there is nothing I can do about it. My life will be typical, I assume, and I am predicting years of the same. I don't know if these feelings are normal, but I assume the consistent lust for murder isn't.
City gave me power.
City gave me a release.
I could be strong here, stronger than any other character of my creation. I got my first 50 about three years ago, back when I was about 13, and have since then gotten over 20 more... but my favorite will always be Omi.
Oh, Lord Omi. If only he knew.
He is the amalgam of every single thing I wish to be. (Besides, you know, male.) A Warshade that I have spent over 2,100 hours on alone. A strong, dark, powerful figure of mystery yet vague intentions. An immortal legend, a demon from hell, a god from heaven, or even a man with my same mad designs of power. I made him to serve my purpose of a functional release of my otherwise dark and rather scary thoughts, and since then I have enjoyed life more... all because I could go home nightly and rampage through the streets, murdering everyone in my way. Here in City I felt truly powerful, and I felt at home.
I doubt I'm the first person to fantasize about mass murder rather than the usual things.
In fact, I'm willing to bet that we all have the same fantasy.
You're in the city. Doesn't matter which. And you have powers. You have the same powers your main does, plus a bit. You look just like you want to be - which, I'm also guessing, is like your main. And so you're in the city, surrounded by people, and you have powers.
And you systematically and repeatedly destroy it all. Different ways every time. This fantasy has played out countless times, and usually to music. In fact, that's why you like a few of your songs: the beat syncs with your animations.
And so you destroy and you rampage and the finale of it all ends with one final cataclysmic attack that fades out with the last few beats of the music, and you know deep down that your only wish would be to have those powers.
I feel like those of you who love this game love it for the same reason.
Not because they are probably going to be a serial killer... but because they need an escape. I am escaping from my own insanity.
What are you escaping from?
This is kinda scary, but I just can't help but to finish your story for you:
"And after the local nuclear plant went into full meltdown, I started noticing.. changes. My mind became supercharged, and my muscles finally filled out. I found I could... effect things. From a distance. With my mind. Little things, at first, just a random ruffle of paper, then my water bottle came to me, and then I could spin a fan, and then I could play tricks on my annoying brother. And after a while I started noticing changes in other people. They became so much nicer, so much more respectful of me. They understood me, finally.
"But now I know it was me. I was affecting them. I was bending them to my will. And it felt so.. fulfilling. After I noticed the full nature of my abilities, I consciously started to influence people. At first I just influenced my mom and dad to buy me potato chips or beer. But I wanted more, always more. I influenced them to buy me a Corvette. I influenced them to fix my favorite food every night. I even influenced them to let me stay home from school. People like me are too smart to go to school anyway.
"But I became addicted. Soon, they were my slaves. I ordered them to do everything I ever wanted. I never worked, except to influence them. And then I extended it to other people, not just my family. I enslaved the annoying neighbor. I enslaved the high school jocks. I even enslaved Emily... mmm.
"It still wasn't enough. I wanted POWER. I had enslaved my entire suburban city - they were mine to command. But I wanted the world. I went to the next city. They were mine within a week. I went to another. This time it only took me five days. Then I went to Pittsburgh. They didn't even try to resist.
"By then, my shadow army numbered in the millions. It was only a matter of time before I could march on Washington itself. But why march? I could go there and use my powers.
"It was too easy. Barack Obama and Eric Cantor and Mitch McConnell and all those smarmy Washington people fell within hours of my arrival. I made Obama raise taxes on the middle class. I made Eric Cantor support gay marriage. I even made Michelle Bachmann turn on a new lightbulb. Oh how I laughed.
"But I needed the world. And so today I am going to go to the UN. And after that, Europe. I will enslave the British and make them stop drinking tea. I will enslave the French and put an end to their baguettes. I will enslave Germany and make it admit I am a better fascist than they ever were. I will go to China and.. free the people there I guess. Free them into my control. I will go to Russia and command the biggest nation in the world. I will go to India. I will go to Japan. I will go to Korea. I will go to every nation on Earth, and they will be mine. Mine! MINE! GYAHAHAHAHA!" -
Quote:"Darwin the Prophet"? Why, I think we have ourselves a creationist here, folks. Not only do you find things that aren't there, but you ignore what's really happening in the world! Amazing!Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter
I have absolutely no clue what god it is, and I do not claim to.
It may be the spaghetti monster. And if the behavior of some individuals in this thread is any indication, give the zealotry snowball another 50 years to roll, and the flying spaghetti monster will be passing the Petri Dish around for Tithe offerings, and followers of the old gods will be getting burned at the stake for defying the teachings of Darwin the Prophet.
(considering that each of those numbers is for a completely different theory with different mechanics, I saw no point in making a tldr; post to differentiate between them, since it's completely unnecessary for the point I was making. I only used it to exemplifying how little of our world we actually know. Perhaps I should've just used string theory as an example. Science says it may be possible, but due to its nature, there likely will be no way of ever testing its validity)
Assuming there's no god requires just as much blind faith as assuming there is one. -
Quote:I would love to see the "proof" behind that, because any reality with God intrinsically requires that God not be the programmer of reality - unless God is somehow beyond reality, but that doesn't even make any sense.Originally Posted by Terwyn
Actually, religion can be quite easily demonstrated to be an emergent property of human neurology and cognition. About the only thing we can accurately say about God is that, if real, God is simply the engineer, architect, and programmer of reality.
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Quote:Doesn't work that way. I'd rather not believe in God and be wrong, than to believe in God and be right. There's a thing called "reality". You should try it sometime. For all you know, God made religion for the sole purpose of weeding out dumbassses from the rest of society so he can calmly and coolly explain to the atheists and agnostics why he really does exist, as equals, not as servant and lord.Originally Posted by Twisted Toon
So, you are clairvoyant and can see that will happen in the future with out a doubt? Give me the winning lottery numbers for the next $300+ million please.
I would rather believe in God and be wrong, than to believe there is no God and be wrong.
Enjoy your religion of "non-religion".
<snicker> You call that empathy? I think you and Webster's have very different definitions of that word. -
Quote:Her game's ending too. Did it occur to you that maybe she loved it just as much as you do? Also, it's hilarious seeing someone named "bad_influence" mock someone for being named "evil_legacy". Grow. Up.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
See, some of us are not totally unlikeable prats like you. Some people..... have a little grace, a little class, they decline to say what they really think because that would reflect ill upon them. In your case my guess is a lot of people have kept their tempers on a leash for this reason. I know I have.
But here's my parting shot, "Evil Legacy" [*snerk* at that name btw...oooooo, scary]: Whereever you go, whatever you do, when one day something YOU love is snatched out from under your nose for no reason..... and when people give you "HAHA GET OVER IT!" for 50 pages of response to your grief.... think of this moment and know: "Yeah.... I bought that. Paid for it in full."
Because with your behavior on these forums, you have done just that. And you are hardly some superbeing immune to personal loss, far from it.
I never wanna be like some girls. You chief amongst 'em. I read what you post, and I feel disgust. -
Quote:To be fair, I'm pretty sure anything Golden Girl says is about as reliable as something Mitt Romney would say.Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
There you have it Terwyn...straight from a Titan's mouth.
And no, the Romney jokes aren't going away. -
Quote:Jesus christ, you're immature.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Not even close. People are being attacked and insulted for no reason. I own up to the fact that I can be an *** at times, but I'm only going after the people who are being unreasonable or just plain terrible to others.
But you can have a go **** yourself too, if you like. I've seen plenty of your ****** attitude in the last few weeks to know that you've earned it. -
Quote:"Trust me, I sent a support ticket to a GM and got a funny feeling. Because overworked, underpaid, unappreciated, low-on-the-totem-pole GM's are often clued in on the devious inner-workings of corporate headquarters half a world away." -AWCOriginally Posted by AvelWorldCreator
Yep. I was acting under the belief of a time limit that didn't actually exist. I normally do more research. I got my reply. Forwarded it to my CEO with my suspicions. He trusts my instincts on these things. And when I was able to do further research (and get some inside information from other source), my instincts look justified. So, yes, I did indeed stop at that stage. Something didn't "feel" right and I've found that ignoring that sensation has generally been a bad idea. And there is some real science supporting that form of decision making. And for the record I'm getting that same kind of "gut" feeling about the CoH IP. NCSoft has been doing things that have nothing to do with any cultural peculiarities.
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Quote:This is interesting. The very first words out of your mouth on these forums were, "I AM a programmer". Now you're a businessman?Originally Posted by AvelWorldCreator
That is simply accusatory. The burden remains on your to support that claim. That is the second time you have made it without supporting argument. I'm COO of a one company, a professional consultant at $300.00 USD/hr, and owner of my own small business (been so for over 7 years). I have positive national ratings (U.S.) in communications and sales. I've been third ranked in an international organization with regards to legal compliance issue. I've had formal experience and training in business management organization going back decades. The evidence isn't consistent with your assertion.
The communication channel was carefully considered after examination of its technical and legal nature. Novel use does not automatically mean improper use. The medium actually even has an open category for special communication. I would not have reported my use of it if I had cause to believe that it was improper, misguided, or embarrassing. It served its purpose and did so quite well. -
Quote:Basic .. human.. empathy? *shrug* Something you lack I suppose.
And you care what other people think or feel about it because--? -
Quote:Well, you know what they say about gaffes: they happen when liars accidentally tell the truth. You're right it's carelessness, but not for the reason you think. You're a racist. I don't give a damn about your apology. You showed your true colors, and since you don't want this to cast aspersions on the wider Plan Z project, you're walking it back.Originally Posted by Terwyn
Which was corrected and clarified as a miscommunication. This is not arrogance, this is carelessness, for which I quickly apologized. If I were truly as bad a person as you seem to believe, I would've let the initial statement stand.
You need to own your statement. The belief you espoused is widespread among the Titan folks. The origin of it is clear: groupthink. You think it's acceptable to spout racist slander against millions of people. Kinda funny that that Chad nut is busy telling me I'm a horrible excuse for a human being, while letting racists like you slide. -
Quote:Unreasoned hope, yeah. Same reason I think religious people need to grow up. There's no sense "hoping" for something to happen when we all know it won't.Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter
Simple question here... do you despise hope?
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Quote:Dude. You contacted a GM. Their job is to type /stuck and find Random Critter In A Cubbyhole for people all day. They might not even be ran by the same people. You didn't try any legitimate avenue of approach.Originally Posted by AvelWorldCreator
Actually I've worked in business management at the local, national, an international levels. I used the ticket to resolve an in-game issue too
I could have also used a phone call, an email, a telex (anyone still use those?), a fax, or any of a number of direct channels to the organization. Just because a channel is being used in an atypical fashion does not matter as long as I'm contacting an employee who has knowledge of any part of the company structure. The important part of those tickets is that they provide a tracking mechanism which I was taking advantage of. When a company employee refuses to even give you a better point of contact that's a red flag. As a consequence I have a direct statement in writing about that which I could take to my CEO. The first step in these negotiations is finding out the right person to talk to. If the target organization denies this basic information at any level then forward momentum is halted. I've been doing this stuff for decades and I have never been so stonewalled. I could have walked into their corporate offices looking like a bum and had a better response.
Whether you call them amateurs, novices, or just downright ignorant, these people are it. -
Quote:Over a game? Silly silly person.
Thanks for the further proof that you are, unreservedly, a horrible ******* human being.
It's a literal translation from Brazilian Portuguese. It means don't make things seem more complicated than they need to be. Point being, you know jack about what people in other cultures might consider to be a universally known phrase. That you think "thumb up your bum" is universal just shows you to be yet another boorish, monocultural American.Quote:I don't know it exactly, but I can make an educated guess. I'd imagine that the phrase continues "and tell me it's the devil," making it similar to the phrase, "Don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining." If I'm wrong, I have no problem admitting it. But I'm also not going to pretend that it's to be taken literally and say "Why would anyone put horns on a monkey? That's just gross. Are you projecting some sort of perverted monkey horn hobby onto the rest of us?" because that would be idiotic.
Given her spelling and grammatical issues, I'd be more inclined to believe she's either foreign or from Quebec. But I doubt Quebec, because the Quebecois are usually pretty good with English and her mistakes don't really coincide with bleedthrough from French. But it's irrelevant. You attacked someone and called them an idiot for not knowing an English expression, displaying your complete inability to potentially empathize with someone from another culture.Quote:As far as EL goes, I'm pretty sure she's from either the US or Canada and I know from previous conversations that she lives in a large-ish city. I'm also damn well sure that she can stand up for herself based on those previous conversations.
Gee, there's a lot of boorish arrogance from your side. First you have Plan Z's "marketing executive" telling someone from Korean heritage that their culture is an affront to our community, and now we have some poor sap like you throwing out asterisks at people for the crime of not knowing English expressions. -
Quote:It's amazing how the official CoH boards have become the secondary board while Titan has seemingly become the "official" board. The Titan people are the ones doing things behind OUR back; we're just pointing and laughing at them.Originally Posted by Evil_Legacy
Wait wait so the forum is behind the back now? When did that change? First up until now the complaints was about "spitting" in their faces and rubbing their faces in this and eating poo and all that crazy/weird perverted stuff now it's behind the back?
Lol. "the back is the front which is the back" seems like the case in this matter. -
Quote:Useless, stupid, ****, ******, and ***** for a good night's ****ity ****stick in a padded *******. That all you got?Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I'm going to pretend I believe you here. It means you're so useless and stupid that your can't even keep your hands free.
As I've said to several people now, if there's a silver lining to November 30th, it's the fact that YOU will lose your game and never get it back.
Did it occur to you that she may be foreign? I bet you don't have a f'ing clue what "don't put horns on a monkey" means, either.