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Everything posted by osmosisch
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I've had queues on Miller at almost every peak hour I tried to get it. It seems to be a big hit so far.
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There's already a thread in 'networking as well : http://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/topic/8259-planetside-2/ Love the game so far. I try to get in a couple of hours a week at least.
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Kill Your Idols: The Overrated Album/Band/Author/Book/Video Game thread
osmosisch replied to Max Ernst's topic in Idle Banter
I'll say there are some widely-hailed classics I just absolutely could not find the value of when I tried cracking them on my own. The most shameful are Finnegan's Wake and Gravity's Rainbow, neither of which I could get through. Reading the words on each page just became such an unutterable chore that I eventually gave up. That's hardly the type of enlightened criticism you appear to be looking for, but there it is.- 44 replies
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Kill Your Idols: The Overrated Album/Band/Author/Book/Video Game thread
osmosisch replied to Max Ernst's topic in Idle Banter
In that case the title and concept would appear to be misleading. Do I understand correctly that your intent is to ask 'what masterpiece/classic do you believe has sides to it that should be discussed more but aren't?'- 44 replies
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Kill Your Idols: The Overrated Album/Band/Author/Book/Video Game thread
osmosisch replied to Max Ernst's topic in Idle Banter
Attempting to reduce people's enjoyment of a particular thing is not something I can get behind.- 44 replies
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It is really conceptually dangerous to talk about genes in terms of being agents rather than carriers. It's a great mental shortcut in some cases but in general the much more accurate and safe way to say this sort of thing is that behaviour X will result in the propagation of gene Y. Not saying you don't understand this but I feel this sort of thing needs to be emphasised now and then.
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The Idle Thumbs Lords Management Consortium - Dota 2, LoL, other Lords Managers unite
osmosisch replied to Sean's topic in Multiplayer Networking
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Oh my, what a fine contribution to this Video game forum!
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The Idle Thumbs Lords Management Consortium - Dota 2, LoL, other Lords Managers unite
osmosisch replied to Sean's topic in Multiplayer Networking
My point was that you're under NDA and should not be blabbing in here. For the record I agree there's plenty of issues but this is not the place to air them until beta is open and the NDA is lifted. -
The Idle Thumbs Lords Management Consortium - Dota 2, LoL, other Lords Managers unite
osmosisch replied to Sean's topic in Multiplayer Networking
Nobody even has the option to play it except those in the beta. Further, this is a real beta in the sense that it's not supposed to be fun yet. I think it's very bad form to break an NDA just to say that a very unfinished piece of software that nobody is pretending is ready for release isn't up to snuff. No shit. If you have constructive feedback post it in the beta forums, and if not then shut up. -
Is there a rule against image macros here? *mouse hovers over 'this thread is going places' folder*
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The Idle Thumbs Lords Management Consortium - Dota 2, LoL, other Lords Managers unite
osmosisch replied to Sean's topic in Multiplayer Networking
Er, there's an NDA on the beta AFAIK. -
Hahaha, I love this. "God, can't you do anything? Well at least you can post on forums I guess. It's the least you can do!" "But howwwwwww?"
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Idle Thumbs 86: Always Support the Danger Layer
osmosisch replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
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I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate place but starting a new thread seems a bit much: I just saw the film last night and was extremely pleasantly surprised. The negatives: All the subtlety of the book is gone. Some of the makeup was pretty bad. Having the same actors all the time is a bit distracting but is also just fun to watch, especially at the end when during the credits they show who played which roles. almost guaranteed to be some surprises in there. The positives: Changing the narrative structure from the russian doll model to a layer cake makes the themes resonate much more through reinforcement. A huge amount of subplots and characters got axed but it didn't really affect much. David Mitchell is on record as saying that the film (like any book-to-movie project) is an interpretation, and I would say that as such it succeeds. A lot of the acting and visuals are good. Overall I went in expecting the worst so that may colour my impressions, but after hearing the directors being so passionate about it I had to go see it and I'm glad I did. Recommended, if only because it makes for interesting discussion fodder. This is probably my favourite book adaptation since The Descendants.
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It didn't, but the combo with your post now does. What a mess, I'll just spoil the whole thing.
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Oops, sorry!
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(end-of-book spoiler)
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Assuming Direct Contro-BWAAAAAAAAAa
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I'd be okay with it if these conversations would then end with "I will play you the song of my people" and BAM space vuvuzelas.
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Idle Book Club Episode 4: Evidence of Things Unseen
osmosisch replied to Sean's topic in Idle Book Club Episodes
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Relaxing Strategy Game Suggestions
osmosisch replied to Codicier's topic in Strategy Game Discussion
Sins of a Solar Empire is by far the most relaxing RTS I'm aware of. The scale makes it so that twitch micro is almost completely irrelevant, and watching gigantic space armadas smash into each other just never gets old. -
This thread title always makes me feel to constipated.
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thank god I read the following posts before hitting submit!