Posted by Stealth on Monday January 25, 2010 @ 01:11pm
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Rented Gamer today. While it was a reasonable excuse to see titties and dudes losing their heads, I was very unimpressed overall.

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So, why did it matter if the guy was a bad ass if the kid was a bad ass... if neither had full control, then where's the fucking "ping" thing actually come into play?

I think the total level of control that the player had wasn't.. total. As in forward, left right, etc.. the player did that. But also I think the 'icon' had some time to respond due to the ping times.. as in while he could use his senses in real time and get some ideas and maybe hope that the player would respond in the same way. Reference the part when he hears the glass break and says 'turn me around'. he hears is and recognizes it, but can't act without input. when he got input, he moved in the input direction but also prepped to avoid damage.

Replicating nanocells were a kind of original-ish idea... taken to the extreme of stupid. Ole boy was 98% robot? WTF... and wouldn't you fucking lose it if you had to try and control every goddamn person alive... too damn stupid

I think they had only replicated to parts of the brain, or at least that's what I got from it. It also sounds a LOT like the Gi Joe thing..

Ok, we have Kable kill his partner during a trial of this new super weapon/power/device to see if??? what, why him, why not have him kill some dreg, especially if you wanted him to take the fall. And if you are trying to clean up after yourself, why let him live at all, why not have him kill his boy, then himself?

No comment.. need a story mover.

Society? really... so people, tons of people, gladly go to work every day so that they can be raped and humiliated... While I could maybe see a sub-culture here... mass media rape of real life human beings? I guess its possible, in a Brave New World kind of way, but seems off to me

I see it as more of a Second Life to a new level. Also, consider 'Re-Actors' in Diamond Age. People that exist to show/perform for people in a digital world. Also, see "Strange Days". If they had a way to pass the emotions/feelings from the 'icon' to the paying client, then the fat guy would feel what it's like to be the girl, get sexed up, etc.

Of course, I don't even know why people play Sims, so I guess that's no real stretch... and what the fuck was the deal with the fat gay guy... are he and the 17 yo kid supposed to be what "gamers" are? whatever

Ever see the jokes about WoW? Games are everyone, every type of all ages. And people do consider Sims and Second Life games..

Still, lots of blood... some pretty cool action scenes... lots of sporadic boob flashes and snatch shots... directing needed work, nothing ever really "came into focus" which makes the movie hard to watch, but not quite as jarring as the Bourne Supremacy... worth the Redbox buck

I would agree. Neat idea, but yeah, a bit unfocused. Jumpy sure, but pretty graphics. Not sure I could play games while lying down though.

You didn't like Supremacy?

Posted by Caliber on Monday January 25, 2010 @ 02:48pm
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not sure if you actually believe any of this crap or you're playing devil... regardless... allow me to retort

So, why did it matter if the guy was a bad ass if the kid was a bad ass... if neither had full control, then where's the fucking "ping" thing actually come into play?

I think the total level of control that the player had wasn't.. total. As in forward, left right, etc.. the player did that. But also I think the 'icon' had some time to respond due to the ping times.. as in while he could use his senses in real time and get some ideas and maybe hope that the player would respond in the same way. Reference the part when he hears the glass break and says 'turn me around'. he hears is and recognizes it, but can't act without input. when he got input, he moved in the input direction but also prepped to avoid damage.

if he could self-react during ping, then there is no point to the whole "no strings" thing. in fact, a longer ping would mean more control for the icon. Your theory, while a valiant attempt is crushed by the scene when he gets "saved" from getting whacked by the bullshit arch-rival no-point character...

Replicating nanocells were a kind of original-ish idea... taken to the extreme of stupid. Ole boy was 98% robot? WTF... and wouldn't you fucking lose it if you had to try and control every goddamn person alive... too damn stupid

I think they had only replicated to parts of the brain, or at least that's what I got from it. It also sounds a LOT like the Gi Joe thing..

the only similarities between this and GI Joe are the word-part "nano." That said, this movie is a masterwork of creative genius in comparison...

Ok, we have Kable kill his partner during a trial of this new super weapon/power/device to see if??? what, why him, why not have him kill some dreg, especially if you wanted him to take the fall. And if you are trying to clean up after yourself, why let him live at all, why not have him kill his boy, then himself?

No comment.. need a story mover.

Society? really... so people, tons of people, gladly go to work every day so that they can be raped and humiliated... While I could maybe see a sub-culture here... mass media rape of real life human beings? I guess its possible, in a Brave New World kind of way, but seems off to me

I see it as more of a Second Life to a new level. Also, consider 'Re-Actors' in Diamond Age. People that exist to show/perform for people in a digital world. Also, see "Strange Days". If they had a way to pass the emotions/feelings from the 'icon' to the paying client, then the fat guy would feel what it's like to be the girl, get sexed up, etc.

I kind of understand why people would play it... I even understand why a few desperate or depraved people would act it... I just can't imagine it as those two numbers being equal, no the activity being fully accepted... I did actually have someone defend this point though. They mentioned that since ole boy could control everyone with nanex, once someone submitted, then no matter how bad they wanted out, they couldn't... given the ridiculous premise, this was actually a good point

I would like to mention though that the actors in diamond age were nothing like this... nothing. no contact with anything with the suit and actors maintained full control. Strange Days was more of a transference, not a game. People wore the hats, went and did stuff, then sold the hat... no control or contact or interaction

Of course, I don't even know why people play Sims, so I guess that's no real stretch... and what the fuck was the deal with the fat gay guy... are he and the 17 yo kid supposed to be what "gamers" are? whatever

Ever see the jokes about WoW? Games are everyone, every type of all ages. And people do consider Sims and Second Life games..

yeah, but wow gamers are pretty much all fat guys and punk kids... and fags.

I get that they are games... the elements are there... I just don't know why anyone would play them



Still, lots of blood... some pretty cool action scenes... lots of sporadic boob flashes and snatch shots... directing needed work, nothing ever really "came into focus" which makes the movie hard to watch, but not quite as jarring as the Bourne Supremacy... worth the Redbox buck

I would agree. Neat idea, but yeah, a bit unfocused. Jumpy sure, but pretty graphics. Not sure I could play games while lying down though.

no doubt. I'm not even sure I could do it with full VR. I'm a little too comfortable in my own skin I guess

You didn't like Supremacy?

Gave me a killer headache. It felt like Mr. cameraman was kicking the camera down a cobblestone street

Posted by Caliber on Thursday January 28, 2010 @ 01:19pm
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Uhh, I just deleted Stealth's post... That was slightly less than cool, my bad. I would go through the whole process of how I was able to first edit and then delete a post unintentionally... but it would just make me look stupid, and you fuckers don't need any fuel

That said, he hadn't really said anything of remembrance anyway :)

Posted by Stealth on Thursday January 28, 2010 @ 03:11pm
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Uhh, I just deleted Stealth's post... That was slightly less than cool, my bad. I would go through the whole process of how I was able to first edit and then delete a post unintentionally... but it would just make me look stupid, and you fuckers don't need any fuel

Screw you man.. is this your first evil act of the year? hehe

I wonder if krux can restore it. There, I fixed that for you. O'Doyle Rules!

That said, he hadn't really said anything of remembrance anyway :)

Just spraying words and working on my grammar and punctuation.

Posted by Caliber on Friday January 29, 2010 @ 06:45pm
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Uhh, I just deleted Stealth's post... That was slightly less than cool, my bad. I would go through the whole process of how I was able to first edit and then delete a post unintentionally... but it would just make me look stupid, and you fuckers don't need any fuel

Screw you man.. is this your first evil act of the year? hehe

Oh hell know, you should have heard what I was callin' yo mama last night

Posted by Krux on Friday January 29, 2010 @ 08:56pm
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Screw you man.. is this your first evil act of the year? hehe

Oh hell know, you should have heard what I was callin' yo mama last night

I heard it involved a lot of yes mames and whimpering on your part. Hey whatever man. Not really my thing, but I can imagine those stilettos would be kind of sharp, so I guess I can't really blame you.

Oh hell know,

Seriously?

Posted by Stealth on Tuesday February 9, 2010 @ 03:42pm
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Oh hell know,

Seriously?

You know stealthism is a virus right, it can be spread through the interwebs.

Posted by Caliber on Saturday January 30, 2010 @ 06:20pm
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Screw you man.. is this your first evil act of the year? hehe

Oh hell know, you should have heard what I was callin' yo mama last night

I heard it involved a lot of yes mames and whimpering on your part. Hey whatever man. Not really my thing, but I can imagine those stilettos would be kind of sharp, so I guess I can't really blame you.

I was wondering who was in the closet... So... when did you come out of the closet?

Oh hell know,

Seriously?

Ah fuck... first Stealth's post and now this...

Posted by Krux on Saturday January 30, 2010 @ 06:33pm
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Screw you man.. is this your first evil act of the year? hehe

Oh hell know, you should have heard what I was callin' yo mama last night

I heard it involved a lot of yes mames and whimpering on your part. Hey whatever man. Not really my thing, but I can imagine those stilettos would be kind of sharp, so I guess I can't really blame you.

I was wondering who was in the closet... So... when did you come out of the closet?

I've never been "in the closet", as I'm a heterosexual male. ...you ass.

Oh hell know,

Seriously?

Ah fuck... first Stealth's post and now this...

You're probably not posting enough... getting out of practice.

Posted by Stealth on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @ 03:11pm
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You must have liked the Fantastic 4 movie as well... because these were some stretches :)

Posted by Stealth on Tuesday February 9, 2010 @ 03:43pm
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You must have liked the Fantastic 4 movie as well... because these were some stretches :)

BTW - I didn't post this.. i have no idea how this is in my name.

Posted by Krux on Saturday February 20, 2010 @ 04:07am
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You must have liked the Fantastic 4 movie as well... because these were some stretches :)

BTW - I didn't post this.. i have no idea how this is in my name.

Perhaps you were drunk at the time, as it came from your IP address, and that's not something that another admin can forge. You have to have database access to do that.

Posted by Stealth on Saturday February 20, 2010 @ 05:30pm
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You must have liked the Fantastic 4 movie as well... because these were some stretches :)

BTW - I didn't post this.. i have no idea how this is in my name.

Perhaps you were drunk at the time, as it came from your IP address, and that's not something that another admin can forge. You have to have database access to do that.

Except that it's a statement, in this thread, that caliber or unicron would say TO me.. since I kind of enjoyed gamer and he didn't. I was making the stretches, he wasn't.

Do you think it might have been part of the database/thread undeletion that got something confused in the code? I can't explain the IP address issue, but I'm just saying.. maybe the code got confused with the odd change.

Posted by Krux on Sunday February 21, 2010 @ 08:14pm
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You must have liked the Fantastic 4 movie as well... because these were some stretches :)

BTW - I didn't post this.. i have no idea how this is in my name.

Perhaps you were drunk at the time, as it came from your IP address, and that's not something that another admin can forge. You have to have database access to do that.

Except that it's a statement, in this thread, that caliber or unicron would say TO me.. since I kind of enjoyed gamer and he didn't. I was making the stretches, he wasn't.

Do you think it might have been part of the database/thread undeletion that got something confused in the code? I can't explain the IP address issue, but I'm just saying.. maybe the code got confused with the odd change.

Nope.