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Posted 08/21/08 at 04:15pm
GRIZZAM PRIME: Hot damn, the Trolls must've taken some troll steroids...they are all over today.
GRIZZAM PRIME: Hot damn, the Trolls must've taken some troll steroids...they are all over today.
Posted 08/21/08 at 03:03pm
Talouin: @ZippyDSMlee: Yea, that game has a really high learning curve fun when you got the hang of it but the SE developers need a kick
Talouin: @ZippyDSMlee: Yea, that game has a really high learning curve fun when you got the hang of it but the SE developers need a kick
Posted 08/21/08 at 02:45pm
ZippyDSMlee: Talouin:I quit FF11 3 months after I started, is a horrible game from top to bottom.
ZippyDSMlee: Talouin:I quit FF11 3 months after I started, is a horrible game from top to bottom.
Posted 08/21/08 at 02:28pm
Talouin: @SimonBob: I have never been happier I quit FFXI last month until now.
Talouin: @SimonBob: I have never been happier I quit FFXI last month until now.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:59pm
ZippyDSMlee: Boyycotting only works when sheeple care, the masses have to want to care about subtleties, in general they do not thus why corporate gets as far as it does. However boycotting can raise a fuss and the bad PR might make them take note.
ZippyDSMlee: Boyycotting only works when sheeple care, the masses have to want to care about subtleties, in general they do not thus why corporate gets as far as it does. However boycotting can raise a fuss and the bad PR might make them take note.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:20pm
SimonBob: There's a full explanation of the FFXI PW fight up: http://rukenshin.livejournal.com/17133.html
SimonBob: There's a full explanation of the FFXI PW fight up: http://rukenshin.livejournal.com/17133.html
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:16pm
Talouin: @Quander, That fight is brand spanking new. People just don't know how to do it yet.
Talouin: @Quander, That fight is brand spanking new. People just don't know how to do it yet.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:06pm
AM: @GP: Boycott is unlikely to be effective due to how few people would be aware/participate. That said, I boycott EA over their "3 installs then buy another copy" copy protection, so I can't say it's NOT a good idea.
AM: @GP: Boycott is unlikely to be effective due to how few people would be aware/participate. That said, I boycott EA over their "3 installs then buy another copy" copy protection, so I can't say it's NOT a good idea.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:06pm
GryphonOsiris: @Scribe, just read that. The reports are saying that is was a targeted killing. Odds are a bully, gang related or something.
GryphonOsiris: @Scribe, just read that. The reports are saying that is was a targeted killing. Odds are a bully, gang related or something.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:03pm
SimonBob: I just glanced over some of the companies' game lists; turns out I was already boycotting three of them anyway.
SimonBob: I just glanced over some of the companies' game lists; turns out I was already boycotting three of them anyway.
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:53pm
DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:53pm
DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:36pm
gamepolitics: is a gamer boycott of atari, codemasters, topware and the other 2 UK firms who are extorting file-sharers a good idea?
gamepolitics: is a gamer boycott of atari, codemasters, topware and the other 2 UK firms who are extorting file-sharers a good idea?
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:19pm
scribe999: Another school shooting...this time in Tennessee. Terrible news. And I'm sure there's much hyperbole to follow.
scribe999: Another school shooting...this time in Tennessee. Terrible news. And I'm sure there's much hyperbole to follow.
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:10pm
sortableturnip: hehehe ;)
sortableturnip: hehehe ;)
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:09pm
DarkTetsuya: @sortableturnip I'm totally putting what you said as my sig :P thanks!
DarkTetsuya: @sortableturnip I'm totally putting what you said as my sig :P thanks!
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:02pm
sortableturnip: OMG JT speaking in front of another BS group: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2007/09/04/ pardon-our-appearance.aspx?pg=2 &view=threaded
sortableturnip: OMG JT speaking in front of another BS group: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2007/09/04/ pardon-our-appearance.aspx?pg=2 &view=threaded
Posted 08/21/08 at 11:50am
Neeneko: @Quander - I"m not all that familiar with FFXI, but maybe this mob just requires more gank? or there is a trick? larger group?
Neeneko: @Quander - I"m not all that familiar with FFXI, but maybe this mob just requires more gank? or there is a trick? larger group?
Posted 08/21/08 at 07:54am
sortableturnip: The "smoking gun" is the Florida Bar dropping its insurance coverage from Nationwide
sortableturnip: The "smoking gun" is the Florida Bar dropping its insurance coverage from Nationwide
Posted 08/20/08 at 05:19pm
jccalhoun: it would be interesting to hire a detective to investigae Jacko and find out his "smoking gun"
jccalhoun: it would be interesting to hire a detective to investigae Jacko and find out his "smoking gun"
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Wow. That is an interesting observation. Made me think.
I think many of the conservatives who favor banning "violent" games are also against any real sex ed in schools. They'd prefer schools teach abstinence exclusively. Their idea seems to be that kids should be sheltered from any ideas or information that could be morally corrupting.
I think many of the liberals who favor banning "violent" games believe the state knows better than the people, and is better qualified to teach condom use to kids as well as to decide what media is appropriate for them.
If so, it's only the liberal-oriented anti-game activists who are committing the contradiction you've identified. I don't agree with it, but I imagine their response to you might have something to do with external vs. internal influences: Adolescence does not physiologically compel a teen to play violent games, but it does produce a lot of hormones in most teens that compel them to become sexually active (or at least sexually interested).
So, while the conservative says "just repress it all," the liberal says "ban the things you can keep a teen from doing, and control the things they're going to do anyway." In either case, it seems to have little to do with trusting teens to be mature enough to make decisions on their own, or (even sadder) trusting parents to help teens make decisions on their own.