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09:32 pm
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In keeping promises...
I post. Oooh. Ahhhhh. :P
Anyhoo, now that the oohing and ahhing portion of this post is over with, I move on to the content portion of this post...
Um...
Wait, there is no content. Damn it. :P
Well, moving past the content portion, and having already fulfilled the mindless droning and incoherant babbling portion, and with very little to fill a ranting portion I shall go straight to the post script.
Jules, I said I'd drop by and say hi some night after Travis got off work and see the chillens and catch up a little. I have orientation tomorrow morning at 10am, not sure what my schedule will be like after that, so, shall I drop by tomorrow evening sometime after the familial unit is done with dinner, or wait until I have my schedule and come by on an evening I have off?
That concludes the test of the Dorkass Posting System. Had this been and actual Post, it would have contained content. That being said, I have officially never actually "posted" before, and likely never will.
*Insert own annoying "beep" of doom here*
:P
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10:14 pm
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So... I'm not dead... :P
I was told tonight that at least one person thinks I may be lying dead in a ditch somewhere, and figured I should say I'm not. lol
I don't drop by LJ beyond reading my friends page every few days to a week, so that may contribute to the whole "dead in gutter" theory. I got conned into myspace, and I never comment on there either, but I at least read it more often and respond to the messages I get sent. lol
I'm a terrible blogger.
So yes, Julie, I swear I'm not dead. I would call you, but I don't really have a phone. I have my roommates number as my call number, but don't like asking to call out on his cell.
I promise I'll not let you think I'm dead anymore though. I'll at least say hi once in a while :D
As soon as I get my new phone in for the broadband phone service I'm going to go with, I'll give you a call and my new phone number. Really. I will. :P lol
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12:06 pm
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Christmas
Merry Christmas a little early here.
Been a great time for me to think about how much different this year is from last year.
Julie, Travis, I'm gonna miss seeing you two and your kids at Christmas this year. I have to get my dumb butt over and say hi more often. I'd also like to say Thanks again for all the times you've helped me out and cared. It has always meant a lot to know you guys are there for me no matter what, even when I'm being stupid and you don't approve. :P
I've made several really great friends over the last year that have helped me become a better person. So, even though they don't read this, I just wanna say Thanks to them too. Each an every day I manage to be a bit better because of the people that help guard my back and catch me when I fall. Meg, Jesse, Brian & Mynique, that means you. You all, including Julie and Travis, are my family. Don't forget that.
So yeah, that's all I have to say really.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that jazz.
I love you all.
And thanks. :) No matter where my life goes, I'll always remember the people who have helped me get there.
Current Mood:  happy
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02:59 am
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How's life everyone?
Just pretty much wondering how everyone (Basically just meaning you Julie, and you Travis) is doing.
Which is to say, beyond just the stuff I get to read in the LJ posts.
I've been pretty busy lately. I don't get a chance to play my videogames as much lately, which that alone says that I've been busy. I spend a lot of time with my friends Meg & Jesse, and watching anime I download, as well as gaming. With work, I never seem to have quite enough time in my day for everything really, but what can ya do?
Anyhow, the only real point here is that I keep thinking about the two of you and talking about you to my other friends, so I realize that I miss you and your children and should come around some time.
I'd just like to stop by and say hi to everyone for a while and hang out with you all.
Let me know days/times that work for you, assuming of course that you're not just completely glad that you never see me anymore. ;) (Yes Julie, I swear I'm just joking, so you don't need to berate me.:P)
Of course, since I'm basically inviting myself over and just asking you to confirm it, you can just tell me I'm a jackass too. :P
Oh, also I wonder if you still needed me to watch the pets and when it was you were heading off.
Catch you guys laters.
Current Mood:  sleepy
Current Music: Younha - Houkiboshi (End theme from Bleach)
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03:55 am
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Metaphorical Screams... >.
So I'm in the beta for PSO BB, right?
Dear sweet freaking christ that game is fucking evil.
I can't go more than 5 minutes without dying.
It took me like 2 hrs to get level _3_ for christs sake.
I forgot how much I hated PSO at any level below maybe 5-10...
Anyway, I give up, frustrated, and go to play Lineage 2 on the server which I work, right?
And so I go, and I glitch and it's using my SS (SoulShot, consumable item that doubles the damage of the next connecting attack) constantly... 3 between hits, using them even if I miss on the attack... (Glitch here is this, it's like a charge. 1 at a time until used. Not supposed to work the way it glitched on me)
And then I die. For no real reason. I use health potions, should've been fine, but my health can't keep up and I die.
So this is my metaphorical scream of anger and frustration, since if I scream for real I'll wake up my neighbors.
Tonight is just not my fucking night.
I'm going to bed. >.<
I just needed a way to vent, so I figured that LJ was a good, non-destructive way to do it.
Other thoughts were to find the main PSO servers and blow them up, but that'd be stupid. :P
Night peoples.
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02:51 am
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I liked the results of this quiz... hehe
PS: I mean shine, not shi ne, but it looks stupid shouting SHINE! I don't want to tell anyone I'm battling to the death against to be a shiny bastard dammit. It's japanese. It's the command form of the word shi (ne is the command suffix) which means that it is me making die a command. I think I explained it right, in the long, drawn out, technical form... Short form explanation... I'm yelling "DIE!!" in japanese. >.<
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01:11 pm
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Work + Birthday = Crappy T-T
Woo, yes, today is my birthday, and I've already been informed at work that a few of my pseudo-friends and my friend Jesse intend to embarass me greatly. The new backup CSM Heather promised to sing happy birthday to me over the PA >.<
I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if I just didn't come to work today... :p
As if I'd do that.
*sigh*
Oh well, could be worse. Could still be in middle school dealing with the fat bastard coach Vandeveer singing on sage to us in the middle of our lunch hour.
Gotta look on the bright side that I'll never have to hear that one again.
Or what Cat at work had happen her first year. Someone meowed it over the PA to her, so...
I'm getting off pretty lightly I think.
At least I hope no one finds something embarassing to do.
Besides everyone younger than me calling me old like Kira and Heather.
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03:30 am
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Can't sleep... Again...
So here I am, surfing.
I'm sorta stressed and conflicted for a bunch of reasons right now.
One of them, though not the most important at the moment is the Beth thing.
She was sick with Strep throat, so was gone the last three days.
So I have no idea whether I should call and check plans for the weekend or just assume that they are off.
I feel really weird about it all after finding out she has such a serious boyfriend anyway.
I can only assume she accepted to going as friends, and as that is not what my intent was when asking, I am unsure as to how to proceed. Call it off, explain my position and just ask what is going on with it and go with whatever she decides, or to just leave her alone assuming she's still sick and deal with it when I see her next week.
Advice?
Anyway, I noticed another little quiz taken by Crystal and Kira, but it wasn't so interesting, so I just thought one icon I got was worth notice. My angry icon amuses me, cuz it sounds like what I'd be saying in my head.
Well, that's all I can really think of to say right now.
Maybe I can go sleep now finally.
Otherwise I'll just end up watching the new episode of Beet instead. :p
G'night.
Note: I mean my results on it weren't interesting, not the quiz its self.
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06:42 pm
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Bradley has a da... friend this weekend...
I have just kindly been informed today by a friend of mine that the girl whom I have asked on a date is engaged.
Soooo
Either I was just flat brushed off before, or I'm a friend.
You know, I would just like to state this: Up yours fate.
I am really unamused by the gods love of making everyone I like already have a boyfriend or some such crap.
I mean, really, I get my life together enough to be passable, and then I get the balls to go out and have a social life, then I further strengthen my resolve to ask a person I like out...
And then...
WHAM
Right between the eyes.
I mean, wow... How much does that suck?
So yeah, unless my information is somehow wrong or outdated, I do not have a DATE for the movie, I have a friend to go with. Though the whole situation still seems odd.
You'd think she'd have mentioned it, rather than just agreeing to go with me.
I dunno.
Girls are weird, so I make no judgement on this.
I have no idea what's up, and I have no problem admitting so.
But, I still think the gods of fate are getting a huge kick out of it.
For now I'm too irritated to be amused, but I promise that if I get to watch a video of myself in the afterlife, I'm sure this will be one of those moments that makes me crack up and say "Dear god, how could I possibly have been so STUPID" And I mean that stupid to be a total omage to UHF with the karate teacher upstairs/wheel of fish host. "They so STUPID" or "Show her what's in box. Nothing! You won NOTHING! You so STUPID!"
Anyway, that's all I have to say I think.
ps: unembarmusedrivated = Unamused, Embarassed & Aggrivated.
Current Mood: >.< Unembarmusedrivated...
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06:46 pm
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*sigh*
No date for the Bradley monster tonight.
Beth has too much homework for her English and Ecology classes that she has to finish for tomorrow, so the date is postponed til next week sometime.
Instead I just got to talk to her on the phone for a half an hour or so (after 20 minutes of just trying to will myself to dial :p)
So, I suppose it's a good thing, right? I mean, I called in the middle of her writing an english paper, but she still talked to me for 30 minutes or so, and said we'd talk later and go to a movie next weekend, so I think that, while not quite the planned thing, it still went sorta well... Right?
Or is that secret girl stuff for a brush off?
I'm thoroughly clueless here. :p
Current Mood:  confused
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11:00 pm
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*sigh*...
Wish me luck.
I'm gonna get stupid and see if at girl I like a work will go out with me at the end of next week.
I'm going to try to see if she wants to go see the remake of Amityville with me.
Is that a bad first date? A horror movie and all. I ask since I completely lack experience with first dates...
I don't want to be a total putz about it, but I'd really like to go see it with her, because the first time I ever really started to like her was when we were talking for like 45 minutes about our weird families and our belief in paranormal/psychic things and so, it seems like a cool idea to go see Amityville since it's weird like that and based on a true story... Plus I just really want to go see a horror movie.
Maybe I'm just totally overanalyzing anyway.
Besides, the point of this is assuming that she actually agrees to go out with me, and since I don't even know if she has a boyfriend, odds are pretty slim. But hey, like I said, wish me luck.
Oh, and because I felt left out:
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12:24 am
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Well, today was a good day.
I've been officially told that I am going to be an Electronics Associate now.
I didn't get the overnight position I had wanted, because two of the current electronics guys are going instead, but I did end up getting to fill one of their empty day positions.
If I was still a cashier, this would mean a raise, however as a layaway associate I already get the same pay anyway, so oh well.
I was told that several people will be sad to see me going to an actual department, as they will miss my active help, most especially Cat and Becky in domestics, though Becky was happy for me and Cat seemed to just be sad that I won't be over there keeping her company and letting her talk about the crap her daughter is putting her through.
Anyhow, I feel exceptionally lucky. No one else back there has gotten in in less than a year that I know of before. I got lucky because it seems that our assitant managers like me, and apparently I made a good impression on the department manager of electronics. Even so, if it wasn't for the 24 hr switch opening the two positions, I probably still wouldn't have gotten a position because they don't seem to be willing to push someone out to let someone in, which hopefully means my job will be relatively secure...
Yeah right. Job security... At Wal-mart. *scoff*
Anyway, I was just really frustrated the other day, feeling like I wasn't being recognized at all for working as hard as I do and felt like it'd be just as good to do it half-assed, 'cept that I'm not willing to do less than my best. Looks like I was wrong. It seems that I have made an impression by being a hard worker. In fact, I seem to have made several very good ones. So, maybe with this new-found ambition I posess, I could actually... You know... Go somewhere.
How weird.
Well, that's all from me finally.
I gotta go sleep so I can go back to work in... 6 hours.
Note: Hanging out playing pool with friends after closing when you have to open the next morning = bad idea. *sigh*
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01:51 am
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Neither here nor there, but...
My results from the Tickle IQ test... Not the best, but oh well.
(<--- always wishes he was better than he is, and always assumes he is actually worse than is probably likely.)
Congratulations, Bradley!
Your IQ score is 135
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is Word Warrior. This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you're able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas. And that's just a small part of what we know about you from your test results.
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01:20 am
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You know...
It's really nice to have someone TELL you that you are one of their "good friends" rather than just have to try to assume one way or the other. That happened to me tonight.
Jesse decided to call me at work to tell me to come over after work and say hi and make plans to hang out/work out later this week, and said something to the effect of it being nice to finally have a good friend here.
Gotta say that I am very greatful for the friends I do have.
I'm glad to have made two more good ones, though I really have to say...
I need to do one of two things...
Find friends that are not couples, or get a girlfriend so I can be one too, because I'm starting to feel seriously left out here. >.<
:p
Anyhow, thanks for all the times you've been there for me, or even just invited me over and made a day a bit better. There have been some days that it has really helped me out a lot.
I'm not sure how I'd be doin if not for you.
Though I can say for certain one thing.
My apartment would be a lot more empty if not for Travis and his truck. :p
So, yeah, just thanks.
PS: I'd love to have some witty April Fools Day prank, but sadly I'm not creative enough for a good one... I'd say something really stupid that no one would believe, or just something so tasteless it would have no chance at humor... So... I just pretty much will stay away from it. I'm just happy no pranks were played on me today. That's probably the first time ever... I think I'm starting to feel a bit paranoid about that... >.<
Current Mood: grateful
Current Music: Some J-Rock/Pop & new Garbage single mp3s
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01:15 pm
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RE: I should
Because it's too damn long to post as a regular reply to you Julie, I'll post it here instead. (I'm too long winded.)
I'll have to go get the rest of my things out of storage soon and see if I can find them, and then pick up some book of kanji of some sort so we can learn.
I miss the rain more than anything about food there. The food here is so much better. But I have to say that I miss having breakfast with you, Kira and Nikki over at the Village. At least this way no silly receptionists can call up to your room and tell you that two lovely ladies are there to see you though.
I have to admit, also, that I'm not so sure anymore about going back to my hometown(s) either...
I've realized that, while I don't really want to be in this place, I already have more here to miss than I have anything to go back to there... But that's sorta neither here nor there.
Anyway...
You're right, I should come over more. I have Mon/Tues off next week, but not Friday, so email me a bit later. I'm supposed to go work out/hang out with Meg & Jesse a couple times a week so the work outs will have real effect, so I need to see when I'm working out next. That way I will know what time I'll be done or if I'll just be free Tuesday (Since I remember you and Travis have the CoH thing Monday.) So, assuming you don't have other plans, I'll just plan to come see everyone on Tuesday again then, and I should most likely be done working out way before E is out of school anyway.
So I'll talk to you more about it later. Now I really should go get ready for work.
Note: I found the LJ April Fools joke rather funny. The 'update journal' button flew away from me at first, than after I clicked it, changed to "Processing Whining..."
Thought that was pretty funny.
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02:33 pm
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Happy Easter
Just wishing happy easter to the few of you all that read my journal cuz it's easier than trying to call.
Oh yeah, and I'm lazy and don't really like talking on the phone.
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01:54 am
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Happy St.Patricks day all.
This is the first time I can ever remember really 'celebrating' St. Patty's day and it was a shit load of fun.
Tanner (Clint) at work, one of the other cashiers I get along pretty well with, asked me if I was 21 today and told me to come meet up with some guys from work and celebrate with them.
I almost didn't go, but I finally decided to show up at least, and have a couple drinks, so that at least next time people would know I was willing to hang out outside of work and all rather than not show up.
And I'm SO glad I did. Thanks for the piece of advice Kira. You never cease to help me improve my life, do you, even when we aren't an item anymore.
Anyway, it turned out that a load of people I know at work were there, and we all hung out almost all night.
Chuck & his wife, Levi, Mike S., Clint/Tanner, Meg & Jesse, CSM Megan, Jeff, one of the overnighters whose name I don't even know, Roxanne from Jewelry, Tracy from the snack bar, Vaughn from pets I think (Kira?)... We even saw Corina from the service desk at Boom Town, and Asst. Manager Terry there, though they weren't over with the rest of us. Anyway, everyone but Levi and those not of the party headed up to Jo's Tavern in the orchards for the rest of the night. I played my first game of pool, and came out ahead at first, before sinking the 8-ball, dammit.
Anyway, I'm in a really awesome mood, and I didn't drink enough for that to be the alcohol talking. More like it was the company. I finally admit it fully: I am not cut out for the hermit life I've tried to live, I need a social life, and I'm SO glad I made the first step towards it.
I'm extra glad Tanner asked my age today. He almost left after talking to me a bit, but then came back and asked if I was 21...It turns out everyone thought I was like 18/19, otherwise Meg & Jesse (Who it seems officially are my friends) would've invited me sooner. So, now everyone knows I'm actually damn near 23, so I will start to get more invites to hang out with people, celebrating, bar hopping, etc... I hope anyway.
Pool is fun, even though I really suck at it, Jesse & Meg want me to come hang out at their place sometime so I can work out with Jesse since he has a weight set, and because we all share a bunch of like interests in swords/sword arts, and martial arts.
Um... Well, crap, I dunno.
I guess I'm just rambling because I'm in such a good mood.
Who knew I was this in need of some friends and a social life.
Everyone reading this you say? Well shit, you're right.
Well, like I said, I officially admit it. You're all right.
I DO need a social life, and I'm so glad I didn't wuss out on tonight and just go to bed and read instead.
I had, sadly, one of the best nights in memory tonight, so I'm kinda giddy. (Again, I didn't drink that much so it's not the alcohol.)
Awww crap... And I thought I rambled badly in a BAD mood.
Well, I'm totally done.
I just had to share that I was wrong, and that I'm glad I went, and it's turned into long-rambling-BS-of-doom again, so I'm gonna read some and go to bed.
Thanks again for telling me to just tell someone I wanted to go and get an invite Ki.
And for several other choice bits of advice.
And thanks for reminding me several times over the last few months that part of getting a life was getting a SOCIAL life as well Julie. That ran through my head as I debated ways to blow it off because I was... Well, scared honestly.
It came down to being scared of my first ever trip to a bar, and of the worry of being rejected by my peers.
Instead of giving into that, I actually moved FORWARD, and am much happier for it, as well as a couple friends ahead of where I started this afternoon.
That's it. It's a shame I can't have this post that small. Well, I COULD, but the real shame is that I feel the need to over-explain everything. And I mean EVERYTHING... Like I'm doing now... Okay... That's enough. Bed.
Good night everyone, and I hope you had a great St Patricks day too, even if it wasn't filled with personal betterment and enlightenment as I feel mine was.
And I hope your voices aren't as hoarse as mine is from talking over loud music all night.
Man, cashiering tomorrow's gonna suck. :p
But hey, at least I got to see one of my supervisors ride the bull. :p
I could SO use that as blackmail. hehe
G'Night all.
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05:24 pm
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MxO Beta day 2:
Actually, I officially give it much more credit than I did last night.
Today there are actually people around, though sadly even in beta most whom I come across are tools.
Anyway, once I got a chance to get the hang of combat, I have to say the system is a bit flawed, but cool none-the-less.
You have 4 different types of attacks, and you change what you want to do using the movement keys in combat.
It's the usual options of action, fast attack, power attack, grab, and block, but it's cool to have it in an MMORPG setting for once in such a style.
I got access to my first couple of level ups here, and have to say this: The level up system really kinda sucks.
You gain one attribute point per level, which is nice... BUT...
Imagine this in CoH terms okay? You have your nifty combat power, you level up, your power doesn't go up.
You have to pay influence to level the power up instead.
You also have to buy new powers, or find enough code crap to make them yourself, which is actually a crap load of work.
So yeah, some of it is rather cool in theory, but it doesn't seem so great so far.
We'll see though, as I've still only put in a couple of hours.
Last night I pretty much thought it was the biggest tripe of an MMO ever, and in the last two hours I actually found it fun, so once I get more used to everything, who knows? I may end up really liking it.
As a later note to this post as of about 10:30pm, I would like to say this about the abilities thing. One thing that makes it exceptionally cool is you can learn everything you can get your hands on. You only have so much memory space to equip it with, but for instance, you could learn all the physical combat stuff and item creation stuff, and then just swap over depending on what you want to do, etc, which I always like. I'm that guy that always wants to do it all, but is okay not being able to do everything at the same time.
So, while paying to upgrade and get new skills is sorta lame, at least it makes up for it by being totally open.
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11:44 pm
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MxO Beta log, day 1:
Well, after a 15 hour, nearly 2 GB download to get into the Matrix Online beta test, I must say...
I am completely, thoroughly and utterly unimpressed.
It basically plays like a cheaply put together, unembelleshed version of City of Heroes.
It has the same type of character creation, though with a much smaller number of options.
The combat system and skill use is virtually the same as CoH.
Even the enemy dificulty works the same, White = Low, Yellow = Same, Red = Higher, Purple = Even Higher, etc.
It really felt like playing CoH in a dark, Matrix-y world, with most of the good stuff ripped out, and less detail.
The place is just freakin EMPTY.
I gave up after 25 minutes, so maybe I'll change my mind later...
But it took me that long to clear the tutorial, then run around the empty fucking city to find an enemy, and then die in a one-on-one fight with a White ranked enemy. How about no?
And I saw, *gasp* _3_ other PCs the entire half hour.
3.
Three.
THREE other people playing, seriously, how sad is that?!?
I mean, I KNOW it's beta and all, but come on here, _THREE_ freakin people other than me??
Argh!
I dunno. As far as what I saw in a half an hour, which I admit isn't much, I'd have to say not to waste cash on it.
It's only 2 weeks from launch, and it runs real glitchy and choppy and slow.
Hopefully it gets better. I'm off the next two days, so I'll check it out more tomorrow if I can tear myself away from getting the crap kicked out of me in Devil May Cry 3.
Til then, that's all for this day in the life of an MxO Beta tester.
*matrix fake binary-wannabe green screen, followed by static snow, then a flash to black, blank screen*
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12:18 pm
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What's with people these days?
I've just read a few article about a new bill being considered by Washington State lawmakers.
It would, in essence, make video game manufacturers and distributors liable if a gamer under age 17 commits a crime 'linked to the games' or whatever.
Pardon this, but, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST people!
What the hell is WRONG with everyone?!?!
Why is it that American society is all about passing the buck these days?
No one will take responsibility for their own damn actions anymore, and no one takes responsibility for their kids either.
I'm a gamer, I have been for a long damn time now too. I started playing computer games when I was like 5.
I don't feel that "it seems that this is alright to walk up and hit a police officer over the head with a bat,".
Why is it that I grew up playing the same shit that everyone thinks makes us do horrible things all the time and I don't do it? Easy answer. My mother fucking cared about me. She taught me well, raised me well, and didn't sit me in front of a TV to be my babysitter. I was actually brought up well, so I know the difference between right and wrong. When the hell will people just admit that most of the problems are not because of violent movies, TV, video games, music, etc, but just the simple fact that the parents never care enough to properly raise their children anymore?
Well, whatever, I suppose I'm done ranting now. Though here's a couple more links to sites poking some fun at this.
First is Penny Arcade which is a couple of boys from back home that have a successful webcomic going, and the last thing they've done is a 5 part parody of this crap. (I linked to Pt 1, so just hit next and it'll take you through all 5)
Next is an article from one of the guys over at GameSpy.
I think they are both pretty funny things, and make a decent point.
(And as a post script note here, if you read the latest comic, after the headlines ones about the new Devil May Cry game, I would just like to state: That's SO true. God that game is freakin hard. It took me like 2 hrs to finally beat Cerberus last night >.< Because I suck. *sigh*)
Current Mood:  irritated
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