Zephyr
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If you saw the newest episode from last night, then my previous statement is null and void. I heard it was made in about a week, which is pretty amazing. In it a Super Adventure Club (Scientology) had brainwashed Chef. Kyle says in the end to not blame Chef for what he said during the last week, but the club that has scrambled his brains. And in case you're wondering, Chef's voice for this episode was sound clips from other episodes. It might be airing again tonight, and hopefully it won't get pulled.
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Tales of Legendia, which is pretty good, and a bit of Guild Wars again to get ready for the release of Chapter 2 in April.
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Samus, for all of the reasons above and more.
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I'm not sure whether it's related, but the South Park episode last night had Chef singing about his his chocolate, salty balls. New episodes start next week, which means this will be the last season with Isaac Hayes as Chef.
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I meant as if you are playing the instrument, not concert pitch. So James got it.
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Lets do something that's hopefully a bit eaiser,
What is the lowest note on a Bb Clarinet?
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I assume you are putting these in something like System.out.println, so it would display
The number 5612
because it displays the string in quotes then the first plus sign adds another string which would be 3+9. I think
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Man, I wish I would have gotten the Tron cover for EGM this month, but I just got Sora and crew in normal outfits instead. I can't wait to play that section.
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Mercury and bromine, I believe. I have no clue what the third would be.
Correct, the third is gallium, which melts at about 87 degrees F.
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Ok, what two elements remain a liquid at room temperature? Bonus points if you can name the third element that is a liquid at slightly warmer than room temperature.
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I knew that sapphire was one, but I wasn't sure whether the other one was emerald or ruby. So its a sapphire and ruby. And they say video games never teach you anything.
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You have one of them right. The other is not, though.
Damn, I knew it. Are second guesses allowed?
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I remember this being in the description of the stones in Star Ocean 2. It's Sapphire and Emerald I believe.
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If you haven't seen it, this is the show they decided to replace Teen Titans with. It's either the most pathetic show I have ever seen or one of the funniest. It's probably both. Its like Team America with ninjas and without the cussing. Best quote so far: "No, he thinks I'm stupid because of the stuff I stick up my nose!"
Anybody else see it?
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Dang, wish I would have seen this thread earlier.
Anyway, speaking of Cartoon Networks "quality" programming, did anyone see what they replaced Teen Titans with? The commericials were of some show called Wulin Warriors and made me want to cry in despair. I'm not sure if it aired, hopefully it didn't and they will put JLU in its time slot.
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Exactly! Everyone is up in arms about MLK using the word "nigger", but had they watched the episode they would have realized why he did it and the action it caused the black population to take.
If MLK was still alive today, or rather came back from the dead, he would be truly appauled at some of the things he would find. I think the episode was pretty accurate in how he would be in today's society. And it was great to hear him say, "Oh snap, no they didn't." (so maybe the episode wasn't 100% accurate.)
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Its terrible that he would send this letter out to people that are grieving over the loss of somebody. I saw it on the news postings on ctrlaltdel-online.com the other day and it's even worse than just this.
off of gaminghorizon.com...
Gamer Commits Suicide, Media MisreportsEarlier this month, gamer named Mitchell S. with the online screenname "Kuja105" who posts on a few online videogame forums (including GameFaqs.com and MetalGearSolid.org) committed suicide. On January 2 he posted a message in both forums detailing his intent to end his own life, citing overwhelming complications with school and finances.
A very brief period of initial disbelief was followed by a barrage of replies from fellow forum members pleading that he not take his life, trying to talk him out of it.
For days, no word was heard from Mitchell. Fearing the worst, members and administration from metalgearsolid.org began searching for contact information, spending hours on the phone trying to get in touch with him. Finally on January 4, Ryan K., an administrator at metalgearsolid.org, got him on the phone and spent hours desperately trying to talk him out of it.
Sadly, Mitchell soon ended his own life by consuming antifreeze and painkillers.
Later, members from the site contacted Mitchell's family to find out the grave news. They reported it to their online community, and posted a tribute to their passed friend on the front page of metalgearsolid.org.
This is where the story turns.
The story was picked up by AFP, an international newswire service and has been carried by Yahoo!, CNN, and more. The story reported by AFP is almost completely erroneous to a sad and morbid degree.
The story authored by the AFP writer stated:
" ...[T]he gamer switched on his web cam and swallowed a large amount of motor antifreeze and pills [...]
Other forum members thought the man nicknamed "Kudjo" was joking even though he rambled for six hours about the effects of the substances and disappeared from view several times."
This is untrue. Firstly, his nickname was Kuja, not Kudjo; but more seriously, Mitchell did not broadcast himself over the internet via a webcam. No forum members thinking he was joking, no rambling for six hours. This is a complete fabrication.
The article also claims that the site was Bulgarian, which it isn't. The company that designed the website is based on Bulgaria, but it is hosted and maintained in the US.
The story also claims "After he failed to appear at regular meeting spots, gamers went to his home and learnt he died in hospital on January 7." There were no "regular meeting spots", and gamers never went to his home - they contacted his family over the phone.
Because of the allegations that the suicide was prompted by and broadcast by metalgearsolid.org, it has been pulled offline by the web host at the request of an unspecified Government agency.
"Our organization is being smeared," Ryan K, an administrator from MetalGearSolid.org told Gaming Horizon. "Truthfully, we are all saddened over this loss and offer our sincerest condolences towards his family. We do not, however, appreciate having our reputation slammed across the internet by news organizations that have clearly failed in their journalistic duties. We would greatly appreciate it if they would solve this matter."
[update: We've just learned that Boyan Georgiev, the man quoted in the AFP story as a "forum administrator" doesn't even work for metalgearsolid.org; he is a web designer that works at the same design studio as the designer of metalgearsolid.org.]
It is terrible that this gamer has ended his life, but this kind of misreporting does nothing but make things worse. Gamers do not appreciate being cast as unstable or the type of person who would taunt a fellow human being who obviously was in the middle of some serious trauma. This dedicated group of friends tried so hard to save this young man's life and they're made out to be cruel savages by the media. We at Gaming Horizon are very saddened by this death, and offer our prayers and condolences to the boy's family and loved ones.
A request to the AFP to correct these errors has been filed by metalgearsolid.org administration, and no reply has yet been heard.
Another case of a tragic event being twisted into an attack. And at the top it says he took his life due to complications with school and finance. Shouldn't Jack Thompson be attacking those much larger "cultures of death" instead of video games?
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about two of every three parents surveyed agreed it is not the role of the government to protect kids from violent games.
Too bad it's that one in three parents that reaches people more often. I saw a story like this on the news last week and it said video games are letting more parents connect with their kids. Which is always a good thing.
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Did you watch any of this season? It was an end to the storyline that they were doing. It fit well I thought, and was pretty good.
Of course I watched this season. And I thought it was a good episode. I just think that more than that one episode should have ended this storyline.
And did anyone see the final episode on monday? I missed it.
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Argh, I missed the last episode. Did I really miss anything?
*spoilers*
The villians they choose for the second to last episode were just bad. All they did was grab every single one ever created, 'cept Slade. No matter that the puppet king really can't do much, or that the double D racing guy was without a car for the first half. And then good Jinx just pops in randomly at the end. The whole episode felt rushed, like the writers had a big 5 episode battle planned out, then told to do it in 1
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Blasphemy!
Just when the series enters a deep stoyline with the brotherhood of evil, they end it. FUCK!
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Unfortunately, there will always be those two kinds of people, those who can't tolerate even the slightest insult to their group, and those who take it all in stride, even contributing a few of their own. And what ends up happening is you end up only hearing from one of the two groups. If you personaly say some joke, most likely no one is going to go up to you and say that was a great joke, but more likely a person is going to come up and say it was a hurtful joke.
On the other hand, something like the Boondocks is many times bigger, with thousands of people watching it. Its on TV, so the station is getting good and bad attention, but since they are trying to sell it and get good ratings, what kind of picture are they going to try to paint for you? There will always be those two kinds of people and not much anyone can do about it.
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They will get behind you as a company. You don't have to spend a dollar in marketing; you just have to be friends with them.
Very true. You never see comericals for the new Inuyasha boxed set or the next Bleach manga, but they still sell. The people who follow a series will find out the release dates because they truly enjoy, not because some commercial says its great.
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The great Kabumi masters, keeping dry cleaner owners in buisness worldwide.