One thing you'll learn about XBox Live is that it's full of the most perverted, racist, homophobic, and foulmouthed teenagers and young adults on the planet that aren't currently in prison.
That's why I don't own an XBox 360.
'Tis true. I find it curious that this sort of thing rarely occurs on PS3. One theory I've heard as to why, is the relative lack of voice chat compared to 360; meaning that users have to take the time to type out their messages (therefore resulting in people not bothering to waste their time, typing out a pathetic insults and such).
On the other hand, Jennifer's 'boob request' was sent via a text message so... who knows?! I think that certain environments attract a lot of morons (or just immature teenagers in general - same difference). Places such as Xbox Live and YouTube are a breeding ground for stupid fuck nuts.
I've received a ton of messages via PSN and all of them are pleasant in nature. Please note that I'm absolutely not saying that Xbox is inferior to PS3, I just find the difference amongst the general attitude of users to be fascinating.
'Tis true. I find it curious that this sort of thing rarely occurs on PS3. One theory I've heard as to why, is the relative lack of voice chat compared to 360; meaning that users have to take the time to type out their messages (therefore resulting in people not bothering to waste their time, typing out a pathetic insults and such).
On the other hand, Jennifer's 'boob request' was sent via a text message so... who knows?! I think that certain environments attract a lot of morons (or just immature teenagers in general - same difference). Places such as Xbox Live and YouTube are a breeding ground for stupid fuck nuts.
I've received a ton of messages via PSN and all of them are pleasant in nature. Please note that I'm absolutely not saying that Xbox is inferior to PS3, I just find the difference amongst the general attitude of users to be fascinating.
I've never experienced anything bad on voice chat on the games I play online (Sonic All-Stars Racing, the Rock Band series, and Doritos Crash Course [hey, it may be a free advergame, but it's actually really fun]). But I get people on there sending me texts (the age/location type) all the time just because my avatar and nickname are a dead giveaway that I'm female. I've never played PlayStation Network games online (I've only played a few games on PS3 offline like Lemmings), but I'm betting it's probably the same. Teenage boys go crazy when they see a girl log on. I've received "I want to see how sexy you are" texts and the like before. It's why a lot of females create male avatars and have gender neutral nicknames. I'll admit though, this latest text was the most obnoxious I've received yet.
But I get people on there sending me texts (the age/location type) all the time just because my avatar and nickname are a dead giveaway that I'm female.
Rule #30 of the internet: There are no girls on the internet.
Well... one guy accused me of cheating once, but I explained very politely that the game had suffered from a connection error, that disconnected both of us.
He realised I wasn't some n00by kid, and apologised.
I tend to play with my friends when I play multiplayer, (if I play it at all. I don't tend to normally), and we have a silly good time.
Something online multiplayer tends to lack these days...
I almost never play multiplayer. And since TF2 had the classless update (introd. hats) I have stopped playing even that.
Sure you run into screaming 12 year olds that play Never Gonna Give You up over the public voice chat but who cares. Just mute them.
I know people don't think about it much, but I am still working on the game. I'm still making backgrounds and characters. Just waiting on a perfect artist I can get into a long term business relationship with.
I've received "I want to see how sexy you are" texts and the like before. It's why a lot of females create male avatars and have gender neutral nicknames. I'll admit though, this latest text was the most obnoxious I've received yet.
It's a damn shame and Microsoft and Sony should do something against it. If that means banning paying customers from the network, so be it. You do this crap in any other hobby, online or not, it's goodnight Vienna. :mad:
No wonder the video game industry has such trouble growing up and delivering entertainment for intelligent grownups when they still cater for dustheads like that.
I hate that kind of boredom you get, when you want to do something, but your too struck with apathy to do anything... ¬_¬
Man. It has been about 45 days since my best friend was online on Steam.
(About the same amount of time on Facebook)
He has phoned me since then, trying to get time off work, but it isn't easy of course.
I... I just wished I had a regular gaming partner.
Hopefully the Magic meetup next Sunday, will go well, and I get chatting to people with similar interests.
One thing you'll learn about XBox Live is that it's full of the most perverted, racist, homophobic, and foulmouthed teenagers and young adults on the planet that aren't currently in prison.
but after reading up on some stories about it, I wonder if you can use a Bag of Holding as a weapon.
Someone said that living things die if in there for more than 10 minutes, so what if you shoved an enemy into said bag, then bound it shut.
Later you could just pull the corpse out and dump it! XD
EDIT: Imagine sneaking up on a powerful bandit, shoving the bag on his head, then tying him up.
Maybe, but you'd probably have to make a stealth check to get behind the enemy, then you'd have to make several grapple checks. And even then it might not work.
Probably the best thing I ever saw a bag of holding used for was when we realized Alcoremortis's dracolich didn't have a stomach for eating things, so we took her to have a bag of holding attached to her mouth.
I'm actually starting to like that green test deck I made.
When it works, its damn scary! 0_0
(Builds up green lands quickly, has some big monsters, and lots of acidic slimes to ruin the other deck's game (destroys land, artifacts and enchantments))
By some curious mishap, the formal German word for "review" (Rezension) is barely used and only has one letter distinguishing it from "recession" (Rezession).
Unfortunately, about 80% of German Amazon reviewers simply use the fucking wrong word. Just imagine a long row of reviews with sentences like "This is my first recession...", "As the other recessions have stated...", "You did not say anything about the product in your recession" or "Those other recessions did not hit the nail on the head". Seriously, it stops being hilarious in sentence 100 at the latest.
I'm everything but a language pedant, as Chyron will readily tell you. But this is hard to swallow even for me.
Amazon should screen those reviews for "Rezession" and if the word turns up and the reviewed product is not a history or economy book, a window should open asking the user if he really wants to look like a complete fool.
I was researching my genealogy, and my search came to an abrupt halt after my grandmother's parents. The only thing my grandmother knew about her grandmother was that she was a "Cherokee princess". I did some searching and found out that Cherokee princess is a racist term that was used to make Native American women more appealing to the families of the Caucasian men they were marrying, since there isn't even such a thing as a Native American princess (just a chief's daughter). Cherokees were considered the least "savage" tribe and royalty from that tribe would be someone the family wouldn't disown.
So, my great-great-grandmother could be from any Native American tribe, or even African American, since the same lie was sometimes said about African American women by their fiancees to reduce the racism from their families.
It angers me that this racism has splintered my family tree like this, and I don't even know where to go about to find out my lineage on her side. :mad:
It angers me that this racism has splintered my family tree like this, and I don't even know where to go about to find out my lineage on her side. :mad:
It could be worse. If you researched your family tree and found that a good deal of your ancestors were Nazis or at least collaborators, for example.
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As a teenager, I can assure you this is redundant.
I have yet to see proof of perversion on the internet.
... Maybe I should ask my parents to unblock my browser ...
'Tis true. I find it curious that this sort of thing rarely occurs on PS3. One theory I've heard as to why, is the relative lack of voice chat compared to 360; meaning that users have to take the time to type out their messages (therefore resulting in people not bothering to waste their time, typing out a pathetic insults and such).
On the other hand, Jennifer's 'boob request' was sent via a text message so... who knows?! I think that certain environments attract a lot of morons (or just immature teenagers in general - same difference). Places such as Xbox Live and YouTube are a breeding ground for stupid fuck nuts.
I've received a ton of messages via PSN and all of them are pleasant in nature. Please note that I'm absolutely not saying that Xbox is inferior to PS3, I just find the difference amongst the general attitude of users to be fascinating.
Rule #30 of the internet: There are no girls on the internet.
Well... one guy accused me of cheating once, but I explained very politely that the game had suffered from a connection error, that disconnected both of us.
He realised I wasn't some n00by kid, and apologised.
I tend to play with my friends when I play multiplayer, (if I play it at all. I don't tend to normally), and we have a silly good time.
Something online multiplayer tends to lack these days...
Sure you run into screaming 12 year olds that play Never Gonna Give You up over the public voice chat but who cares. Just mute them.
Probably not such a great move, but I think the cards work together better.
Only thing is, is that I can't keep the cards down to any lower than 74.
(The min and recommended is 60)
EDIT: 68. Managed to cut it down to 68
It's a damn shame and Microsoft and Sony should do something against it. If that means banning paying customers from the network, so be it. You do this crap in any other hobby, online or not, it's goodnight Vienna. :mad:
No wonder the video game industry has such trouble growing up and delivering entertainment for intelligent grownups when they still cater for dustheads like that.
Someone said that living things die if in there for more than 10 minutes, so what if you shoved an enemy into said bag, then bound it shut.
Later you could just pull the corpse out and dump it! XD
EDIT: Imagine sneaking up on a powerful bandit, shoving the bag on his head, then tying him up.
That is my new book.
Man. It has been about 45 days since my best friend was online on Steam.
(About the same amount of time on Facebook)
He has phoned me since then, trying to get time off work, but it isn't easy of course.
I... I just wished I had a regular gaming partner.
Hopefully the Magic meetup next Sunday, will go well, and I get chatting to people with similar interests.
Kewl!
You may want to post this in divisionten's new animation thread for the entertainment of those who don't read the Forum Games section.
You obviously haven’t been to Florida.
You played with us for a little while.
Maybe, but you'd probably have to make a stealth check to get behind the enemy, then you'd have to make several grapple checks. And even then it might not work.
Probably the best thing I ever saw a bag of holding used for was when we realized Alcoremortis's dracolich didn't have a stomach for eating things, so we took her to have a bag of holding attached to her mouth.
I have. It's full of alligators and old people.
Add a couple fairies and a title, print it, it's your ideal cover.
No, that’s Mississippi. I’m talking murderers, rapists and drug lords.
Oh wait, that’s San Francisco’s Mission District.
Not just the Mission District. Check out the awesome San Francisco crime map. I love all the different filters you can apply.
When it works, its damn scary! 0_0
(Builds up green lands quickly, has some big monsters, and lots of acidic slimes to ruin the other deck's game (destroys land, artifacts and enchantments))
Unfortunately, about 80% of German Amazon reviewers simply use the fucking wrong word. Just imagine a long row of reviews with sentences like "This is my first recession...", "As the other recessions have stated...", "You did not say anything about the product in your recession" or "Those other recessions did not hit the nail on the head". Seriously, it stops being hilarious in sentence 100 at the latest.
I'm everything but a language pedant, as Chyron will readily tell you. But this is hard to swallow even for me.
Amazon should screen those reviews for "Rezession" and if the word turns up and the reviewed product is not a history or economy book, a window should open asking the user if he really wants to look like a complete fool.
So, my great-great-grandmother could be from any Native American tribe, or even African American, since the same lie was sometimes said about African American women by their fiancees to reduce the racism from their families.
It angers me that this racism has splintered my family tree like this, and I don't even know where to go about to find out my lineage on her side. :mad:
It could be worse. If you researched your family tree and found that a good deal of your ancestors were Nazis or at least collaborators, for example.