Comment People listen to Finnish music? (Score 1) 144
Other than "How's it hangin', Grandma?", I thought that Fins don't even listen to their own music.
Comment It's a 2-way street (Score 1) 311
Gadgets (technology) have the ability to do two things in relation to society - take over the lives of those who can't/won't think for themselves or enhance the lives of those who do.
Thousands of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Dead 577
Dan East writes "In a fashion worthy of a King or Hitchcock novel, blackbirds began to fall from the sky dead in Arkansas yesterday. Somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 birds rained down on the small town of Beeb, Arkansas, with no visible trauma. Officials are making wild guesses as to what happened — lightning strike, high-altitude hail, or perhaps trauma from the sound of New Year's fireworks killed them."
Comment Re:Maybe People Just Want to Play (Score 1) 516
...the impetus to start a LGBT guild was because of the language in the game at large.
Why do we have to start a cause because we feel like we've been wronged in a game? I played WoW for about 6 months straight. I was seriously addicted to it...yet, I was willing to quit overnight. Why? I was tired of the 10-13 year olds who were too busy talking about each others mom's to just shut up and play the game. This is the proper response. You can't expect to form a faction and have these same people take it seriously. You can't reason with them. Either jump to a Role-Playing server and shut up, ignore the comments, or just quit outright.
I'm not GLBT so I can't personally relate to how it would feel if something dumb happens (apologies to the IQ deficient) and someone said "OMFG that's so gay!" However, as a Christian, it did irk me when people would say "OMFG!" or "Christ!" or anything like that...but that's it...it irked me, but it didn't cause me to want to stop playing. What was the final straw for me is when we'd be deep in a dungeon and all of sudden we'd lose two of your members, their last line being, "My mom's home! I'm supposed to be in bed! CYA!" Or when a guy in our group would get bored and decide to aggro a whole bunch of mobs on us just for the fun of it. Or, my personal favorite, when our healer was too busy trash talking one of our members to heal us.
It's a pity that people have the power to ruin a game, but it is a massively multiplayer game. I, personally, wasn't about to start an 25+ year olds guild to combat my horrible experiences with young punks - besides, that would be age discrimination and, in reality, those people were probably the same age as me anyhow. The bottom line is that it is just a game and your life doesn't depend on your continual playing. I mainly play single player games now...
Why do we have to start a cause because we feel like we've been wronged in a game? I played WoW for about 6 months straight. I was seriously addicted to it...yet, I was willing to quit overnight. Why? I was tired of the 10-13 year olds who were too busy talking about each others mom's to just shut up and play the game. This is the proper response. You can't expect to form a faction and have these same people take it seriously. You can't reason with them. Either jump to a Role-Playing server and shut up, ignore the comments, or just quit outright.
I'm not GLBT so I can't personally relate to how it would feel if something dumb happens (apologies to the IQ deficient) and someone said "OMFG that's so gay!" However, as a Christian, it did irk me when people would say "OMFG!" or "Christ!" or anything like that...but that's it...it irked me, but it didn't cause me to want to stop playing. What was the final straw for me is when we'd be deep in a dungeon and all of sudden we'd lose two of your members, their last line being, "My mom's home! I'm supposed to be in bed! CYA!" Or when a guy in our group would get bored and decide to aggro a whole bunch of mobs on us just for the fun of it. Or, my personal favorite, when our healer was too busy trash talking one of our members to heal us.
It's a pity that people have the power to ruin a game, but it is a massively multiplayer game. I, personally, wasn't about to start an 25+ year olds guild to combat my horrible experiences with young punks - besides, that would be age discrimination and, in reality, those people were probably the same age as me anyhow. The bottom line is that it is just a game and your life doesn't depend on your continual playing. I mainly play single player games now...
