Angry_Citizen
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Quote:That was me being nice. I WANTED to tell him to do something impossible to himself, to get a life, and to stop being a pitiful, whiny brat over a game. This shmuck advocated doing harm to a company that provides entertainment to millions and livelihoods to thousands. I don't really care if it was facetious - it's out of line and immoral.Originally Posted by American_Knight
Ouch. Don't think the OP deserved that. Granted he is adovcating illegal activitiy that may harm other people's liveihoods (to I guess join those already damaged), bu tto tell him to grow up may be just a bit much. -
Quote:How about you just grow up instead?Originally Posted by DarkBlaster_NA
Personally, Those years of computer science and hacking lessons from my brother aren't going to be wasted.
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Quote:I agree, it is jumping the gun way too soon.Originally Posted by Fista
I think the issue is to chose from the things that CAN have positive out comes verses those that CAN'T.
I believe this e-mail option to be a serious misstep. Not dooming us but certainly not helping. -
Nothing. The game is its own reward.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ashe T'Dust
Hmmm, let me think about that.
Nope.
Have a pleasant O' Angry One.
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Quote:Grow up. Go away. Simple as that.Originally Posted by Ashe T'Dust
Right...
And are you using Da Vinci as you email? Why not? -
Quote:Seriously? Maybe he just thinks Da Vinci's a pretty cool guy. I do too. Go away.Originally Posted by Ashe T'Dust
Personally what I find sad/amusing is that the CEO uses davinci for his email.
Warning sign people. He aspires to be some sort of super genius that he clearly isnt. -
Didn't see this till it was long closed. This warms the cockles of my heart. Maybe the subcockle area. Maybe in the liver. Maybe even in the colon.
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Quote:I think most people faceplant upon graduation, given that they incur so much Debt.Originally Posted by RoleplayerX
Was there a loud ding and a circle of sparkling lights around you?
Congrats!
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Quote:All I see is an article on an iPhone. Maybe I'm missing something :|Originally Posted by Slaunyeh
Oh man, that could have been a scathing article on African Warlords. Brace for A_C rage!
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Quote:You want to be secure in your cybering, I see..Originally Posted by Profit
Criminal Justice emphasis in Cyber Security
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What is C.J./C.S., and does it serve the bourgeoisie adequately?
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The curmudgeon in me has been awakened to full ferocity of late, but I just can't find it within me to trash this. It's an interesting idea. In a good, sane world, it would work.
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Quote:Austin, represent! (Also a student there.)Originally Posted by Angel of Retribution
She's got looks(That hair! Those eyes! That body! Those cheekbones! That smile!), but she's got brains beyond that.
National Merit Scholar
Turned down an appointment to The Julliard School of Music
Double-major valedictorian in Music and Mathematics at University of Texas-Austin -
Whoever she is, she's disturbingly hot.
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Quote:You're really going to put these two sentences one-after-the-other? Your entire thread is about seeking attention from other people, and your entire post is essentially one long "ignore him, he's acting childishly" - while acting childishly.
Flick is just looking for attention. He tries to make issues he feels are important dominate out of his own lack of self worth. Notice how is response to me wasnt a response, just insults? -
Quote:I didn't suggest that you put it on Fox News. I was trying to explain why I've never heard of a "gaming" section on a news website - because I tend to follow Fox News and Al Jazeera, the former of which doesn't have a readership interested in gaming, and the latter because it has self-worth. Don't even get me started on Fox News being a piece of utter trash. I follow it precisely because it's a Republican propaganda machine. It's good to know how the other side is distorting your side's positions.Originally Posted by Torment And Agony
The same Fox News that went to court to prove that news agencies have no legal obligation to tell the truth?
The same Fox News that has such gems as "OMG YOU GOT BEDBUGS!" and "WTF THERES FECES ON MY REMOTE CONTROL!"
That Fox News? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_New..._controversies
Probably best that they not cover our protest of CoH shutting down. We'll stick with CNN because we want to be taken seriously. -
Quote:*shrug* If it stays in gaming central, that's fine then. I'll withdraw my criticism on the foundation that I was unaware of the gaming section - I tend to follow Fox News and Al Jazeera, not CNN.Originally Posted by vulpish_one
Let's not hold CNN up as purveyors of exclusively big-picture, Earth-shaking topics. They report on a great many things that aren't global issues. In fact, they have a whole section of their website devoted exclusively to such things...and these aren't even user-submitted iReports! CNN, for better or worse, is presumably trying to reflect the people in its audience. Those people have diverse interests. The iReport we're discussing wouldn't belong on CNN's World News page, as others have pointed out.
I submitted previously that the CoH fandom's reaction to NCsoft's decision is a something of a microcosm of contemporary American society. I stand by that assertion: we have, in miniature, a story where a group of people used modern information technology to self-organize and begin espousing a coherent, if somewhat narrow, message. That alone makes it an intriguing story from a journalistic perspective, which is part of why I submitted the story of our struggle as a tip to the thoughtful radio program This American Life.
On the other hand, I think I'll go ***** to CNN about how their damned news team practically ignored the National Defense Authorization Act's ability to detain US citizens without cause or trial for an indefinite period of time, but they have time and resources to spend covering freaking City of Heroes going kablewy. -
Quote:Disagree with someone? Call 'em a name and ignore their arguments. If the game ends, then at least your game will end. *thumbs up*Originally Posted by Detective_Zero
C'mon people. Don't allow your threads to be hijacked like this. Angry_Citizen is obviously a troll, or someone with a personality disorder, or both.
For the sake of everything you are trying to accomplish here, let your only response be "Angry_Citizen: Troll: Ignored." And then move on! -
Quote:World of Warcraft involves about a hundred times more people (at LEAST), constituting a greater share of the population than some US states. The only news articles I've ever seen on World of Warcraft - and this coming from a connoisseur of politics and news the likes most of you have probably never seen - is a story in which the medical community examined the impact and spread of a plague bug. If there are others, I haven't seen them.Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Truth, right here. Angry_Citizen, if you're going to throw a temper tantrum about CNN allowing coverage of gaming issues, and if you seriously think that's somehow taking away from coverage on African warlords, you should be complaining to CNN. The community's efforts to get coverage of City of Heroes on CNN, as CNN has done with World of Warcraft, is not a sign that the community needs to "grow up."
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Quote:There is nothing in this world worth complaining about except MMOs. Yup.
And just another thing to think about. If we are not successful, what will you have to complain about then? -
Quote:Again, grow up. This isn't an American company shipping jobs to China. This is a Korean company shipping jobs to Korea. Can you fault them for it?
We have issues of employment, and the marginalization of the American market.
And where snotnosed teens get their lulz. I love it when people try to pull rhetorical devices on me.Quote:We have the fact that this game is as much a social platform where families keep in contact, disabled vets run and fly again and more.
No sir, it is just a game. It is a game with many tangential benefits that ALL social games share. By all means save it, just don't bother CNN with it. You really think anyone's going to care who isn't already a die-hard gamer?Quote:Simply put, there is more here to save, than just a game. -
Quote:Dear god, listen to yourself man. It's a game. "Faceless corporate decisions"? "The man"? Boyo, if you were even half as active as I am in politics...Originally Posted by Vengeance_MK2
Did you even bother to read my article?
i guess, you are right....
an event that is changing the way the gaming industry is going to look at sunsetting projects isnt news.
People standing up to faceless corperate decisions isnt news.
People concerned about the jobs, welfare of others, etc being cost isnt news.
So...
in your world.. you just take what the man gives you, sit down, shut up, be quiet, because you have no voice, no say, no right to be heard.
funny.. you dont seem that type.
I think you are just trolling for the sake of trolling.
The fact is, this is not worthy of CNN. This is worthy of gaming magazines and websites. I say the same thing about many of the other stupid stories. There are people who are getting gutted by corporate decisions who have worked at corporations for the better part of their lives. Factories are being closed that employ thousands of American workers so we can ship jobs to lands where workers make pennies on the hour.
If I could save City of Heroes, I would. Do I think the developers at Paragon Studios deserve to keep their jobs? Yes. But I think we need to gain some perspective here. We're a gaming community. NCSoft's decision affected the gaming and entertainment lives of a few dozen-thousand people, and the work lives of less than a hundred. This is not "standing up to the man". This is whining and screaming and trying to act more important than you really are, to an organization that reports bombing runs on Baghdad and uprisings in Syria. Perspective, grasshoppah. Do an iReport to a gaming mag. -
This is disturbing. You folks want to hijack a feature designed to bring attention to things like warlords in Africa and other things that escape a WORLD WIDE NEWS SERVICE ... to save a game?
Y'all are little better than crack addicts desperate for a fix. -
Quote:The mission creation system was borked from the outset. None of the stories are canon, so it's rather hard to take them seriously in the game universe. Plus there's the nagging realization that you're playing a training exercise or simulation rather than an actual mission in the actual world. Plus it was highly limited - how many really decent stories can be fleshed out over five missions.
IMHO what COH has going for it is half of a succesful mission creation system. The problem with the MA is the same problem with most search engines. The basic search gets you a lot of junk you don't want.