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The Party Room / ITT: You laugh you lose.
« on: January 12, 2009, 03:53:09 AM »
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The Party Room / Doctor, Doctor, gimmie the news!
« on: January 12, 2009, 01:09:15 AM »
First one was better
Bad case of changing hue.
Bad case of changing hue.
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The Party Room / Doctor, Doctor, gimmie the news!
« on: January 12, 2009, 12:37:57 AM »
LOL! Nice. XD
...Bed full of used tissues
...Bed full of used tissues
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Gamers Zone / BEST GAMES EVER!
« on: January 05, 2009, 11:46:47 PM »
Best game ever is not an easy title to get. That implies games that pound for pound were the highest enjoyment level of anything created. A little background is in my life I have owned Atari 2600, PC's, N64, Dreamcast, PS, PS2, Xbox, Wii, and 360. You'll see an extreme lack of consoles so the games on those were purely at friends houses though I did finish some.
We'll start early and get to recent. Keep in mind I can only declare it if I played it ALL the way through (or a LONG time if it has no end) and liked it. Then I'll narrow it down.
Combat (Atari)
Space Invaders (Atari)
Pole Position (Atari)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Genesis)
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Megaman (PC)
Megaman 3 (PC)
Star Trek (PC)
Star Trek: A Final Unity (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Diablo II (PC)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
Wolfenstein 3D (PC)
Doom 2(PC)
Quake (PC)
Quake II (PC)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Shenmue (Dreamcast)
Mechwarrior 2 (PC)
Mechwarrior 4 (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
City of Heroes/Villians (PC)
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
Starfox 64 (N64)
Pokemon (Gameboy/Gameboy Adv/DS)
Cave Story (PC)
Jill of the Jungle (PC)
Duke Nukem (PC)
Commander Keen (PC)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert (PC)
Team Fortress (PC)
SSB:Brawl (Wii)
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Now let's remove anything I did NOT play to gross excess
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
Quake II (PC)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Mechwarrior 4 (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
Pokemon (Gameboy/Gameboy Adv/DS)
Commander Keen (PC)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Now lets remove anything that I could not pick up today and still play
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
Commander Keen (PC)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Geez, still not there. Ok, lets go further. Anything that did not make it's way into my dreams.
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
I guess we're have to do with a top three. I'll base that on overall impact they had to my life.
Number 3: Would be Morrowind.
I played that sucker and its mods for close to a year. I had a damn DREAM about killing Drow slavers as my Khajiit. I survived a lotta crap due to using that as an escape.
Number 2: Quest for Glory: So You Wanna Be a Hero.
This little EGA game helped survive visitation with my stupid father. I often caught myself doodling images of it in class elementary/middle school.
Number 1 (Best Game Ever): Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Wars: Galaxies
I can HEAR you groaning. Stop it. I was with this beast since launch and pound for pound I got more out of it than anything else I've ever played. I even survived the "Combat Upgrade" till the "NGE" dumbed the game to a mindless level based faux-fps failure that has all bunch closed down. In the nearly three years I played it I gained friends, escape from stress, even business contacts via the game. It was a truly unique videogame where level was non-existant, insane levels of character customization, non-combat classes that you could literally play through the whole game as, the ability to place your house almost anywhere, and even kept the uber class of jedi rare. It earned it's spot here.
We'll start early and get to recent. Keep in mind I can only declare it if I played it ALL the way through (or a LONG time if it has no end) and liked it. Then I'll narrow it down.
Combat (Atari)
Space Invaders (Atari)
Pole Position (Atari)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Genesis)
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Megaman (PC)
Megaman 3 (PC)
Star Trek (PC)
Star Trek: A Final Unity (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Diablo II (PC)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
Wolfenstein 3D (PC)
Doom 2(PC)
Quake (PC)
Quake II (PC)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Shenmue (Dreamcast)
Mechwarrior 2 (PC)
Mechwarrior 4 (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
City of Heroes/Villians (PC)
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
Starfox 64 (N64)
Pokemon (Gameboy/Gameboy Adv/DS)
Cave Story (PC)
Jill of the Jungle (PC)
Duke Nukem (PC)
Commander Keen (PC)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert (PC)
Team Fortress (PC)
SSB:Brawl (Wii)
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Now let's remove anything I did NOT play to gross excess
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
Quake II (PC)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Mechwarrior 4 (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
Pokemon (Gameboy/Gameboy Adv/DS)
Commander Keen (PC)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Now lets remove anything that I could not pick up today and still play
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
Commander Keen (PC)
Rock Band 1/2 (360)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Geez, still not there. Ok, lets go further. Anything that did not make it's way into my dreams.
Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest: So You Wanna Be a Hero? (PC)
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
Starwars: Galaxies (PC)
I guess we're have to do with a top three. I'll base that on overall impact they had to my life.
Number 3: Would be Morrowind.
I played that sucker and its mods for close to a year. I had a damn DREAM about killing Drow slavers as my Khajiit. I survived a lotta crap due to using that as an escape.
Number 2: Quest for Glory: So You Wanna Be a Hero.
This little EGA game helped survive visitation with my stupid father. I often caught myself doodling images of it in class elementary/middle school.
Number 1 (Best Game Ever): Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Wars: Galaxies
I can HEAR you groaning. Stop it. I was with this beast since launch and pound for pound I got more out of it than anything else I've ever played. I even survived the "Combat Upgrade" till the "NGE" dumbed the game to a mindless level based faux-fps failure that has all bunch closed down. In the nearly three years I played it I gained friends, escape from stress, even business contacts via the game. It was a truly unique videogame where level was non-existant, insane levels of character customization, non-combat classes that you could literally play through the whole game as, the ability to place your house almost anywhere, and even kept the uber class of jedi rare. It earned it's spot here.
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The Party Room / Something horrible happened.
« on: January 03, 2009, 05:01:54 PM »
I moved to the member group "petrie". So that means I'm riding the shortbus with him, Aves, and the OTHER Petrie now. 
~Tobe
~Tobe
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Silver Screen / Looney Tunes
« on: January 03, 2009, 01:51:50 AM »
*watched that whole clip before realizing it*
I missed the marathon, and was POed because of it.
Also if you have to ask my favorite character you need to visit your local optometrist.
...what?
Oh for heaven's sake. *points at avatar*
~Tobe
I missed the marathon, and was POed because of it.
Also if you have to ask my favorite character you need to visit your local optometrist.
...what?
Oh for heaven's sake. *points at avatar*
~Tobe
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1988 Theatrical Release / Does LBT make you cry?
« on: January 03, 2009, 01:33:19 AM »
So I saw this topic and thought for a moment. I can honestly say that not once when I first saw it as a kid to the pointwhen I watched it after Aves pushed me to this board, did it make me misty. Or Ash. And definitely not Brock.
Regardless only two fictional events have made me tear up. Lion King with the dead Mufasa, and Martin the Warrior when Felldoh gets dead. Nothing else.
~Tobe
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Gamers Zone / Star Wars: The Old Republic
« on: January 02, 2009, 11:08:21 PM »
I heard about this. Looks like Bioware is REALLY trying to put nails in their own coffin. After their attempt at to rekindle the sonic franchise was met with a worldwide 'meh'. They are doing something even stupider. A star wars mmo.
I've been in the cesspool of this market for a long time. Not so long as some others but long enough to know they are trying something that will fail.
They are trying to jump two massive hurdles.
1. The world has tasted a good Star Wars MMO. I speak of the early incarnations of Starwars: Galaxies. An mmo with no levels, rampant and creative class mixing, integral and useful non-combat classes that could be played as a main, not a secondary character. Even the random system of unlocking Jedi that kept them a rarity. The later incarnations dumbed it to a console-sque level based faux-fps game and destroyed its fanbase. But the world tasted a unique and different mmo, that was Star Wars, and remember it.
2. They face the Blizzard juggernaut World of Warcraft. Do not say not to compare it because all MMO's are in battle with it. 'WoW' is a anomaly, it's userbase dwarfs even the Koreans Lineage did at it's highpoint passing it by close to 4 million at last count. WoW's engine is unique in that it can run on almost any machine with it's simplistic engine and cartoony graphics and not make the user feel like they are missing anything due to a crappy computer.
They are building a game that will have to live up to what people saw Galaxies as, and draw people away from a game they are already entrenched in like X-addicts at a rave party.
~Tobe (jaded mmo vet)
I've been in the cesspool of this market for a long time. Not so long as some others but long enough to know they are trying something that will fail.
They are trying to jump two massive hurdles.
1. The world has tasted a good Star Wars MMO. I speak of the early incarnations of Starwars: Galaxies. An mmo with no levels, rampant and creative class mixing, integral and useful non-combat classes that could be played as a main, not a secondary character. Even the random system of unlocking Jedi that kept them a rarity. The later incarnations dumbed it to a console-sque level based faux-fps game and destroyed its fanbase. But the world tasted a unique and different mmo, that was Star Wars, and remember it.
2. They face the Blizzard juggernaut World of Warcraft. Do not say not to compare it because all MMO's are in battle with it. 'WoW' is a anomaly, it's userbase dwarfs even the Koreans Lineage did at it's highpoint passing it by close to 4 million at last count. WoW's engine is unique in that it can run on almost any machine with it's simplistic engine and cartoony graphics and not make the user feel like they are missing anything due to a crappy computer.
They are building a game that will have to live up to what people saw Galaxies as, and draw people away from a game they are already entrenched in like X-addicts at a rave party.
~Tobe (jaded mmo vet)
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Gamers Zone / GOF Game of The Year 2008
« on: January 02, 2009, 10:55:24 PM »
Looking over my time spend on games... Two rank pretty equally on the most played.
Fallout 3
Lost Odyssey
I'll have to say Fallout 3 simply due to it being Bethesda and the mods are already streaming out for it.
~Tobe
Fallout 3
Lost Odyssey
I'll have to say Fallout 3 simply due to it being Bethesda and the mods are already streaming out for it.
~Tobe
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The Party Room / Something horrible happened.
« on: January 02, 2009, 10:51:19 PM »
*bow* I live to serve.
~Tobe
~Tobe
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General Land Before Time / Ever been teased?
« on: January 01, 2009, 09:50:13 PM »
The actual question is not applicable to me really. I'm here mainly to irritate Aves and provide lulz. Before I did those reviews I'd only ever seen the original many many years ago.
However obsessions with things of this nature all share from the common thread. Anything someone likes that "unconventional" is going to be looked at oddly. It's less in how they treat you and more in how you react to them. Personally I've had people ask me this question before and I always tell them that I do not. Why? Well I hate to say people fear me but most people I interact with are at work. Would you mouth off to your system admin? Especially when his email address contains the acronym B.O.F.H.?
Fear aside even those that do get a reply ranging of me laughing at myself to caustic sarcasm. I firmly believe that if you want to learn to be a happy person you MUST learn to laugh at yourself.
I'll give an example, a few years ago a friend of mine wanted to mess with me and had his boyfriend draw a rather compromising picture of one of my flagship characters and him. This was to rag on how he got me to give him moderator rights on another board I helped run. Now different people would react to this in different ways. A bigot would take offense and throw a fit about how disgusting furry porn is or that gays are immoral and should burn in hell. The opposite pole would not say anything and quietly make with the fappingz. Myself however, renamed the picture modrights.jpg, let the forum in on the joke, and turned it into a running gag to the point that mention of the word modrights either induces lulz or groanz.
This is how I handle anything of this nature. My own skirting on the outskirts of the furry fandom is always a source of lulz and a great way to break the ice with people. The worst thing you can do when you like something strange is try to force someone to accept it as not strange. This board? You are going to take crap over it, you should. Come on people you have a thread devoted to discussing which anatomically incorrect underage dino is the "Most Attractive". If you get called out on that, what do you do?
If you said, "Explain to them they are reading something into it blahblahblahblah."
You get an F.
If you said, "Ignore them."
You get a C. But still Fail.
If you said, "Tell them I couldn't read it because it was too %$#%ing weird."
You get a B+!
If you said, "Gauge their reaction based on what they say and reply in kind."
You just aced yourself the interwebz!
The first part of getting someone to accept you is accepting the level of weirdness of the things you do.
~Tobe
However obsessions with things of this nature all share from the common thread. Anything someone likes that "unconventional" is going to be looked at oddly. It's less in how they treat you and more in how you react to them. Personally I've had people ask me this question before and I always tell them that I do not. Why? Well I hate to say people fear me but most people I interact with are at work. Would you mouth off to your system admin? Especially when his email address contains the acronym B.O.F.H.?
Fear aside even those that do get a reply ranging of me laughing at myself to caustic sarcasm. I firmly believe that if you want to learn to be a happy person you MUST learn to laugh at yourself.
I'll give an example, a few years ago a friend of mine wanted to mess with me and had his boyfriend draw a rather compromising picture of one of my flagship characters and him. This was to rag on how he got me to give him moderator rights on another board I helped run. Now different people would react to this in different ways. A bigot would take offense and throw a fit about how disgusting furry porn is or that gays are immoral and should burn in hell. The opposite pole would not say anything and quietly make with the fappingz. Myself however, renamed the picture modrights.jpg, let the forum in on the joke, and turned it into a running gag to the point that mention of the word modrights either induces lulz or groanz.
This is how I handle anything of this nature. My own skirting on the outskirts of the furry fandom is always a source of lulz and a great way to break the ice with people. The worst thing you can do when you like something strange is try to force someone to accept it as not strange. This board? You are going to take crap over it, you should. Come on people you have a thread devoted to discussing which anatomically incorrect underage dino is the "Most Attractive". If you get called out on that, what do you do?
If you said, "Explain to them they are reading something into it blahblahblahblah."
You get an F.
If you said, "Ignore them."
You get a C. But still Fail.
If you said, "Tell them I couldn't read it because it was too %$#%ing weird."
You get a B+!
If you said, "Gauge their reaction based on what they say and reply in kind."
You just aced yourself the interwebz!
The first part of getting someone to accept you is accepting the level of weirdness of the things you do.
~Tobe
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Computer and Electronics / What kind of Flash Drive is Best?
« on: December 30, 2008, 03:45:08 PM »
I've come to the conclusion that roughly half of my exchanges over "Flash" Drives go like this.
"OMG! Did you just pull your flash drive out without disconnecting it?"
"As far as I know that is the definition of disconnect."
"Haha, I thought you were smart. You have to tell the computer you're removing it before you do or you'll ruin it."
"You have a U3 cruzer... Don't you."
"Yes, how did you know."
"Admin Gene."
While this exchange is going on I'm generally shutting their system down and skillfully flipping the voltage switch that all old clunkers have on their power supply. Then absconding with my payment before they turn it back on.
~Tobe
"OMG! Did you just pull your flash drive out without disconnecting it?"
"As far as I know that is the definition of disconnect."
"Haha, I thought you were smart. You have to tell the computer you're removing it before you do or you'll ruin it."
"You have a U3 cruzer... Don't you."
"Yes, how did you know."
"Admin Gene."
While this exchange is going on I'm generally shutting their system down and skillfully flipping the voltage switch that all old clunkers have on their power supply. Then absconding with my payment before they turn it back on.
~Tobe
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Computer and Electronics / Anti-Virus choice?
« on: December 30, 2008, 03:39:52 PM »
Symantec Corporate.
Oh you mean personally? Nothing.
~Tobe
Oh you mean personally? Nothing.
~Tobe
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Computer and Electronics / Computer Or Data
« on: December 30, 2008, 03:38:45 PM »
Whatever the three that voted computer were smoking/popping/sniffing/drinking... I call foul that I have none.
~Tobe
~Tobe
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Computer and Electronics / WARNING to Internet Explorer Users!
« on: December 30, 2008, 03:36:47 PM »
Sorry, I'm being nostalgic and remembered this last "Zero Day GET".
...
Those insufferable t$%^s had to push that patch the night I was torre- that is, updating my files on increasing employee morale.
And this point Aves should interject something about obscure anime's not being an acceptable way to increase company morale.
In response to which I shop his furry and ducky into lewd positions and upload them to the LBT server.
~Tobe
...
Those insufferable t$%^s had to push that patch the night I was torre- that is, updating my files on increasing employee morale.
And this point Aves should interject something about obscure anime's not being an acceptable way to increase company morale.
In response to which I shop his furry and ducky into lewd positions and upload them to the LBT server.
~Tobe
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The Fridge / Your plans for 2009
« on: December 29, 2008, 03:52:25 PM »
Ah the old new years resolutions.
Lessee, I don't make them but I guess my current goals would count.
...get this house under control.
...get with DHS for homestudy.
...stop letting my asshole cousin and in-law intimidate me.
...finish my home theater system
...???????
...PROFIT!
Lessee, I don't make them but I guess my current goals would count.
...get this house under control.
...get with DHS for homestudy.
...stop letting my asshole cousin and in-law intimidate me.
...finish my home theater system
...???????
...PROFIT!
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The Party Room / ITT: You laugh you lose.
« on: December 29, 2008, 03:24:21 PM »
. . .
Okay you woulda got me if it was a rage thread. But considering I don't speak german? I'll fire some more off tonight.
Also...
You almost got me. I had to bite my tongue.
~Tobe
Okay you woulda got me if it was a rage thread. But considering I don't speak german? I'll fire some more off tonight.
Also...
Quote
Thank you for calling ###-####. If you wish to speak to Tim, push 1 on your touch tone phone now. If you wish to speak to Lynn, push 2 on your touch tone phone now. If you have a wrong number, push 3 on your touch tone phone now. All of this button pushing doesn't do anything, but it is a good way to work off anger, and it makes us feel like we have a big time phone system.
You almost got me. I had to bite my tongue.
~Tobe
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The Party Room / Something horrible happened.
« on: December 29, 2008, 05:02:37 AM »
It was veiled. But since you brought it up fully. I'll take all three of you down.
~Tobe
~Tobe