Diablo 3 launch



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    in your case maybe it took a long time to get 50$

    Who said it took a long time? It probably took 3 weeks or so. And I'm worth more than you now, so I have a feeling I made the right life choices.

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    This surprises me because most people figure out in the early 20s at the latest that a foul language is not the proper way to communicate.

    Most people realize by age 10 that they should think before they speak, lest they look like a dumb shit. When you've learned that lesson, let me know.

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    See, this is how you tell someone how childish they are. No need for dirty words.

    With a banal, predictable line about me living in my mom's basement? You seem unjustifiably proud of making that joke. Look, maybe when you have something worthwhile to say and you've done something meaningful with your shitty little life, people will care what you think.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    I mostly played II and I loved it; probably my second-favorite turn-based strategy after Alpha Centauri. I was eagerly anticipating III for years but luckily I got out of gaming* before it came out because I hear only bad things about it.

    Never played Alpha Centauri, so can't comment. MOO2 needed a couple of tweaks. A way to say 'build the same shit I built at those other ten colonies'. A way to say 'upgrade these ships to the same spec as that one'. Finally, a combat AI that doesn't lose even with a 35-1 advantage.

    MOO3 was publicised as being MOO2-but-better, but had in fact been changed beyond all recognition into a game I (and a lot of others, it would seem) didn't like. They surgically extracted all the fun somehow, replacing it with a vague feeling that you had no idea what the hell was going on. Then they added crashingly obvious bugs and solved the problem of stupid combat AI by making you give orders to a stupid combat AI, too!

    Well done on discovering the opposite sex (10,000,000 Research Points in Sociology, IIRC). Unfortunately for me, my girlfriend bought me my copy of MOO3. It's the thought that counts, I suppose...



  • @Ibix said:

    Well done on discovering the opposite sex (10,000,000 Research Points in Sociology, IIRC).

    It was a several year expedition; we lost several good men, plus a shitload of Sherpas. I hope to return someday.


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    @morbiuswilters said:

    Most people realize by age 10 that they should think before they speak, lest they look like a dumb shit. When you've learned that lesson, let me know.

    Ha! I only move my lips when I read, not when I type!



  • @boomzilla said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    Most people realize by age 10 that they should think before they speak, lest they look like a dumb shit. When you've learned that lesson, let me know.

    Ha! I only move my lips when I read, not when I type!

    I assumed the adult education center didn't allow him to have a keyboard, so he was posting using speech-recognition.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @boomzilla said:
    @morbiuswilters said:
    Most people realize by age 10 that they should think before they speak, lest they look like a dumb shit. When you've learned that lesson, let me know.

    Ha! I only move my lips when I read, not when I type!

    I assumed the adult education center didn't allow him to have a keyboard, so he was posting using speech-recognition.

    It's not given to everybody to be funny, but I'm sure you have other redeeming qualities, like kindness or wisdom.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    little boys want BB Guns

    Pussy. Real boys want 410s and .22s.

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    and boys have newspaper runs or do yard work to pay for a motocross or something else that goes fast and make noise.

    Pussy. I did actual, hard labor at that age. And motocross? Did your boyfriend have the truck or something?



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    but I'm sure you have other redeeming qualities, like kindness or wisdom.

    You know damn well I have neither of those.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:


    Anthropology 101: little girls want ponies and red bicycle, little boys want BB Guns. By the time they get to 14 year old, girls do baby-sitting part time to pay for makeup and clothes, and boys have newspaper runs or do yard work to pay for a motocross or something else that goes fast and make noise.

    It is possible that someone gets all the money they want from Mommy or Daddy until past college, and that they never venture in the real world because they are afraid of getting dirty or hurt. As a society we need those people too because someone has to design new fonts and make strongly worded blog posts about gay marriage. It's all part of the beautiful human mosaic.

    I suppose if I tell you I worked at a fast food joint at 16 to fund my pursuits into 3D animation that you'll pull the online equivalent of pantsing me and calling me a nerd. So why don't we skip that step and I'll just say now that I'm fine with that, because I don't need something that goes real durn fast and makes a lotta noise to feel like a man. Further I find it hilarious you do, because I guarantee you every woman over the age of 25 knows, when they see some lameass with no personality, and a big durn truck with big durn tires and a huge big muffler that makes a ridiculous amount of noise is just broadcasting to the world, with the loudest speakers possible, "TINY, TINY DICK, RIGHT HERE."


  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    and boys have newspaper runs or do yard work to pay for a motocross or something else that goes fast and make noise.

    Pussy. I did actual, hard labor at that age.

    We already established that at 14 y/o it took you 3 weeks to put aside 50$ to buy a video game. I don't know what hard labor you were doing, but at less than 17$/week the only way you were doing hard labor is if you were living in a third world country or got mistakenly hired in a sweatshop in Chinatown.



  • @Master Chief said:

    I suppose if I tell you I worked at a fast food joint at 16 to fund my pursuits into 3D animation that you'll pull the online equivalent of pantsing me and calling me a nerd.

    To the contrary. If you knew what you wanted and worked your way to be part of a cool industry, kudos. I know a guy who was part of a team that worked for 3 months on a 30 seconds scene in a big blockbuster movie (superhero kind of movie). This is monk work.

    @Master Chief said:

    I don't need something that goes real durn fast and makes a lotta noise to feel like a man.

    We were talking about kids, not grown-ups. I don't own a motocross anymore and when my car is making a lot of noise I bring it to the shop so they can fix it (or I pay 200$ to a guy I know so it gets stolen).

    @Master Chief said:

    a huge big muffler that makes a ridiculous amount of noise is just broadcasting to the world, with the loudest speakers possible, "TINY, TINY DICK, RIGHT HERE."

    Just so you know for the next time you try to bring up this kind of cliche, mufflers are not making noise; engines are making noise, and the muffler is there to, well, muffle (and advertise a tiny dick).



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    and boys have newspaper runs or do yard work to pay for a motocross or something else that goes fast and make noise.

    Pussy. I did actual, hard labor at that age.

    We already established that at 14 y/o it took you 3 weeks to put aside 50$ to buy a video game. I don't know what hard labor you were doing, but at less than 17$/week the only way you were doing hard labor is if you were living in a third world country or got mistakenly hired in a sweatshop in Chinatown.

    Right, because when someone is going to buy something, they don't spend on anything else.

    How could you even say something so fucking dumb? I just.. I am speechless. Just.. speechless.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    (or I pay 200$ to a guy I know so it gets stolen).

    You.. drive a car so shitty that it makes more sense to have it stolen than to fix it? Man, your life is even more pathetic than I thought.

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    Just so you know for the next time you try to bring up this kind of cliche, mufflers are not making noise; engines are making noise, and the muffler is there to, well, muffle (and advertise a tiny dick).

    cough retard cough



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    Just so you know for the next time you try to bring up this kind of cliche, mufflers are not making noise; engines are making noise, and the muffler is there to, well, muffle (and advertise a tiny dick).

    cough retard cough

    I am not sure what is the purpose of that link; maybe you did not understand the topic because you were busy counting the pennies you are putting aside for your next 50$ purchase in a few months, so let me help you: "A muffler (or silencer in British English) is a device for reducing the amount of noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine".



  • @Severity One said:

    @Douglasac said:
    Because I am strongly opposed to the French in almost every way and feeling that they are good for nothing but surrender, making for the most part horrible things and speaking French?
    They're pretty good at engineering, though; [..]
    And they're very practical, too. During the Berlin Blockade, they were fighting a colonial war in Indochina, and therefore couldn't spare any transport aircraft to help the Americans and the British. Instead, they dediced to build a new airport, Berlin Tegel (which operates to this day). There was one problem, though, which was the proximity of a Soviet-controlled radio tower, and calls to move it fell on deaf ears.

    Their solution? They simply blew it up.

    (Sorry to interrupt your bickering; you can continue doing that now.)

     



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    Just so you know for the next time you try to bring up this kind of cliche, mufflers are not making noise; engines are making noise, and the muffler is there to, well, muffle (and advertise a tiny dick).

    cough retard cough

    I am not sure what is the purpose of that link; maybe you did not understand the topic because you were busy counting the pennies you are putting aside for your next 50$ purchase in a few months, so let me help you: "A muffler (or silencer in British English) is a device for reducing the amount of noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine".

    I would have sworn Blakey would have explained “pedantic dickweedery” to you by now. No, technically the muffler is not making any noise. A “loud muffler” is one that doesn’t muffle as much as a “standard” one. If someone says to you, “The music is too loud!” do you tell them, “No, I think you mean the speakers are too loud. Music doesn’t make any sound, only the instruments or speakers used to play it do.”



  • @Sir Twist said:

    I would have sworn Blakey would have explained “pedantic dickweedery” to you by now.

    You may be an expert in pedantic dickweedery, but apparently you understand sarcasm as poorly as the person I was replying to.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    You may be an expert in pedantic dickweedery, but apparently you understand sarcasm as poorly as the person I was replying to.

    The thing is we don't know you, we need time and information to fill the gaps. For example now every time you say something stupid or insulting or wrong, we can think "oh he is being sarcastic" instead of thinking you are stupid, insulting or wrong.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    "A muffler (or silencer in British English) is a device for reducing the amount of noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine".

    Yes, and when people have a loud exhaust, they almost always have glasspacks (or a functional equivalent). They still have a muffler, it just silences little of the low-frequency noise. Someone with a basic comprehension of English (and cars) would have understood what Master Chef was saying.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    Someone with a basic comprehension of English (and cars) would have understood

    ¿Que necesita Inglés o coches?



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    Someone with a basic comprehension of English (and cars) would have understood

    ¿Que necesita Inglés o coches?

    I said "I want extra sour cream with the fajitas.." SO-UR CR-E-AM---fuck it, I'm going to Olive Garden..



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    @morbiuswilters said:
    Someone with a basic comprehension of English (and cars) would have understood

    ¿Que necesita Inglés o coches?

    I said "I want extra sour cream with the fajitas.." SO-UR CR-E-AM---fuck it, I'm going to Olive Garden..

    Y para que quieres fajitas? Que carajos es una fajita en primer lugar? Algun tipo de comida mejicana? Yo pensaba que esto era un sitio mas pensado para conversaciones inteligentes como: Es Diablo 3 una mierda por necesitar conexion constante a internet aun cuando estas jugando solo? o darle chucho a cosas como Mac OS X o Oracle en vez tonterias sobre Taco Bell o algo por el estilo.

    Esperaba mas de ti Morbs.



  • @Google Translate said:

    And you want fajitas? What the hell is a fajita in the first place? Some kind of food MEJICANA? I thought this was a site designed for more intelligent conversations as Diablo 3 is a shit need constant internet connection even if you're playing alone? dog or give things like Mac OS X or Oracle instead nonsense about Taco Bell or something. Morbs expected more from you.

    I like the last sentence...has that Russian "vodka drinks YOU" joke vibe to it.



  • @serguey123 said:

    ...Taco Bell...

    Don't talk shit about the Bell. At least the crackheads who work the window can speak English, kinda.

    And according to lettucemode, you asked what a fajita is? How can you be Mexican and not know what a goddamn fajita is? Get the hell out of my barrio.


  • Discourse touched me in a no-no place

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    @Sir Twist said:
    I would have sworn Blakey would have explained “pedantic dickweedery” to you by now.
    You may be an expert in pedantic dickweedery, but apparently you understand sarcasm as poorly as the person I was replying to.
    I think you need to lurk more.



    Or, at a minimum, spend some time reading past threads.



    And, while it's not an absolute gurantee of worthiness on fora[1] (Swampie e.g.), look at the post count of the authors of the posts you're slagging off.



    [1] I know. Fuck off - I don't care. Nor do I care 'who started it' before you start bleating about it - you're getting boring very quickly.



  • @PJH said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    @Sir Twist said:
    I would have sworn Blakey would have explained “pedantic dickweedery” to you by now.
    You may be an expert in pedantic dickweedery, but apparently you understand sarcasm as poorly as the person I was replying to.
    I think you need to lurk more.



    Or, at a minimum, spend some time reading past threads.



    And, while it's not an absolute gurantee of worthiness on fora[1] (Swampie e.g.), look at the post count of the authors of the posts you're slagging off.



    [1] I know. Fuck off - I don't care. Nor do I care 'who started it' before you start bleating about it - you're getting boring very quickly.

    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter. I don't see why "seniority by posts count" on fora should matter either; in any event for me it does not. You may have a different opinion and you are entitled to it, so if you feel like a 4-digit post counts is some kind of street creds, then go buy yourself a nice cold beer and drink it with the feeling of achievement. But the reality is that the barbarians are at the gate and they will keep coming.



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    But the reality is that the barbarians are at the gate and they will keep coming.

    We know! You keep posting!


  • ♿ (Parody)

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.

    Remind me which industry this is, will you?



  • @boomzilla said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.

    Remind me which industry this is, will you?

    Hey, when you're giving a guy a half-gram of crystal to suck your scab-covered member, do you really care how long he's been at this particular career? If anything, Speaky's industry thrives on fresh blood, if only because most participants die from overdose.


  • ♿ (Parody)

    @morbiuswilters said:

    @boomzilla said:
    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.

    Remind me which industry this is, will you?

    Hey, when you're giving a guy a half-gram of crystal to suck your scab-covered member, do you really care how long he's been at this particular career? If anything, Speaky's industry thrives on fresh blood, if only because most participants die from overdose.

    Thanks for reading my tags.



  • @boomzilla said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    @boomzilla said:
    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.

    Remind me which industry this is, will you?

    Hey, when you're giving a guy a half-gram of crystal to suck your scab-covered member, do you really care how long he's been at this particular career? If anything, Speaky's industry thrives on fresh blood, if only because most participants die from overdose.

    Thanks for reading my tags.

    In my defense, I barely read other people's posts, let alone tags.


    Because... I can't read!   [Shock Horror (a) cue plays]


    Announcer: How will Morbius' revelation affect his standing amongst his peers? Can the power of friendship teach him how to read? Will Speakerphone Dude ever shut the fuck up? All these answers and more on next week's episode of "Little Orphan Morby and His He-Man Detective Club", brought to you by Lucky Strike brand cigarettes: It's Toasted! Kids, send in the proof of purchases from 10 cartons of Lucky Strikes to get your own Little Orphan Morby decoder ring! And remember: if your parents won't buy you Lucky Strikes, [chorus of children in unison singsong] then they're probably Pinkos!



  • @blakeyrat said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    But the reality is that the barbarians are at the gate and they will keep coming.

    We know! You keep posting!

    I do it for the Greater Good. Without persistent newcomers, this forum is like an old damp boring British social club with old creeps talking about the good ol' days in Bengal, reading ironed newspapers, drinking brandy and making the same lame jokes over and over.

    while(true){
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well the old chaps at the Regiment's headquarters have their parade hat up their arse again I say
    • Duke Boomzillashire: I say those hats will find a crowded location up there
    • Count Morbiushire: Regiment chaps have no hat, are you a Scot?
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well they most definitely do I say
    • Count Morbiushire: You spend too much time in the opium den, I never said they have no hats, I said they don't wear them in Church. You vile dago.
    • Vicount Blakeyratshire: Trollops and muddy rascals, that's what you are, now drink your brandy and stop the giddy bunkum.
    }


  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    while(true){

    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well the old chaps at the Regiment's headquarters have their parade hat up their arse again I say
    • Duke Boomzillashire: I say those hats will find a crowded location up there
    • Count Morbiushire: Regiment chaps have no hat, are you a Scot?
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well they most definitely do I say
    • Count Morbiushire: You spend too much time in the opium den, I never said they have no hats, I said they don't wear them in Church. You vile dago.
    • Vicount Blakeyratshire: Trollops and muddy rascals, that's what you are, now drink your brandy and stop the giddy bunkum.
    }

    Oh look, he's writing DailyWTF fan fics.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @boomzilla said:
    TRWTF is having something labeled as "sick days" to begin with. Most people don't get sick that often, so we end up lying to avoid losing them. We just get "comprehensive leave," which includes both vacation and sick time.

    I think almost everyone just uses PTO nowadays. I'm not sure that's better. A "sick day" is one that can be taken with no prior arrangement and a "vacation day" needs prior arrangement and is usually taken as part of a string of vacation days. I can see how it would beneficial to make a distinction; if someone has 4 weeks of PTO that's 28 days they can just take off whenever they like, which can certainly disrupt things.

    Well, 8 of those 28 they should take off anyway...they are called weekends...



  • @lettucemode said:

    So you're left doing a lot of kiting
     

    Ah yes, I saw in the video that the low-level frost beam has a slowdown capability.

    I suppose it'll come down to what the other skills are.



  •  I'm not sure if I prefer this back-and-forth trolling, or Diablo discussion.


  • ♿ (Parody)

    @dhromed said:

    I'm not sure if I prefer this back-and-forth trolling, or Diablo discussion.

    Let's experiment...

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    while(true){

    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well the old chaps at the Regiment's headquarters have their parade hat up their arse again I say
    • Duke Boomzillashire: I say those hats will find a crowded location up there
    • Count Morbiushire: Regiment chaps have no hat, are you a Scot?
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well they most definitely do I say
    • Count Morbiushire: You spend too much time in the opium den, I never said they have no hats, I said they don't wear them in Church. You vile dago.
    • Vicount Blakeyratshire: Trollops and muddy rascals, that's what you are, now drink your brandy and stop the giddy bunkum.
    • Duke Dhromedinghame: Fruit!
    }


  •  yeeesss fruuuuuitt

    highly, highly related.



  • @TheCPUWizard said:

    @morbiuswilters said:

    @boomzilla said:
    TRWTF is having something labeled as "sick days" to begin with. Most people don't get sick that often, so we end up lying to avoid losing them. We just get "comprehensive leave," which includes both vacation and sick time.

    I think almost everyone just uses PTO nowadays. I'm not sure that's better. A "sick day" is one that can be taken with no prior arrangement and a "vacation day" needs prior arrangement and is usually taken as part of a string of vacation days. I can see how it would beneficial to make a distinction; if someone has 4 weeks of PTO that's 28 days they can just take off whenever they like, which can certainly disrupt things.

    Well, 8 of those 28 they should take off anyway...they are called weekends...

    Oh, yeah. I don't know why I even said weeks. I think most places just measure PTO in days (or, like my current job, in hours).



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    Without persistent newcomers, this forum is like an old damp boring British social club with old creeps talking about the good ol' days in Bengal, reading ironed newspapers, drinking brandy and making the same lame jokes over and over.

    while(true){
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well the old chaps at the Regiment's headquarters have their parade hat up their arse again I say
    • Duke Boomzillashire: I say those hats will find a crowded location up there
    • Count Morbiushire: Regiment chaps have no hat, are you a Scot?
    • Lord Snoofleshire: Well well they most definitely do I say
    • Count Morbiushire: You spend too much time in the opium den, I never said they have no hats, I said they don't wear them in Church. You vile dago.
    • Vicount Blakeyratshire: Trollops and muddy rascals, that's what you are, now drink your brandy and stop the giddy bunkum.
    }

    I actually like this. If more of what you wrote was like this instead of berating people for being correct (while you are incorrect) or engaging in really piss-poor trolling, you'd be alright in my book.



  • @dhromed said:

     yeeesss fruuuuuitt

    highly, highly related.

    <3



  • @Speakerphone Dude said:

    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.
    You work in child care? How sweet!

     



  • @Severity One said:

    @Speakerphone Dude said:

    We all work in an industry where seniority does not matter.
    You work in child care? How sweet!

     

    I wish, unfortunately the judge said I can't, all because of a misunderstanding with a so-called Girl Scout that allegedly came to my house only to sell cookies.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    And according to lettucemode, you asked what a fajita is

    According to google at least, that is some wtf translation right there
    @morbiuswilters said:
    How can you be Mexican and not know what a goddamn fajita is?

    Not mexican, I tried some of their food but it is too spicy for my taste.
    @blakeyrat said:
    Oh look, he's writing DailyWTF fan fics.

    I'm not there :'(
    @Speakerphone Dude said:
    a misunderstanding with a so-called Girl Scout that allegedly came to my house only to sell cookies.

    I made that mistake as well, who knew that the cookies were not made of actual Girl Scouts? :(



  • @serguey123 said:

    @morbiuswilters said:
    How can you be Mexican and not know what a goddamn fajita is?

    Not mexican, I tried some of their food but it is too spicy for my taste.

    I can easily imagine that, you being from Kansas City after all. That hearty midwest grain belt food isn't very spicy.



  • @blakeyrat said:

    @serguey123 said:
    @morbiuswilters said:
    How can you be Mexican and not know what a goddamn fajita is?

    Not mexican, I tried some of their food but it is too spicy for my taste.

    I can easily imagine that, you being from Kansas City after all. That hearty midwest grain belt food isn't very spicy.


    Out of curiosity what do they eat there? Does anybody actually lives there besides Dorothy's relatives?



  • @serguey123 said:

    @blakeyrat said:
    @serguey123 said:
    @morbiuswilters said:
    How can you be Mexican and not know what a goddamn fajita is?
    Not mexican, I tried some of their food but it is too spicy for my taste.

    I can easily imagine that, you being from Kansas City after all. That hearty midwest grain belt food isn't very spicy.


    Out of curiosity what do they eat there? Does anybody actually lives there besides Dorothy's relatives?

    1) BBQ (which can range from spice to sweet)
    2) Dorothy's Relatives lived in Kansas. Kansas City is in Missouri.


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    @TheCPUWizard said:

    2) Dorothy's Relatives lived in Kansas. Kansas City is in Missouri.

    One of them is. There's also one in Kansas. Right across the river, in fact.



  • @TheCPUWizard said:

    BBQ (which can range from spice to sweet)

    I have done that at home, it is nice to sit in the backyard with a drink and a plate of food, although I bet the sauce is different
    @TheCPUWizard said:
    Dorothy's Relatives lived in Kansas. Kansas City is in Missouri.

    That seems counterintuitive.



  • @boomzilla said:

    @TheCPUWizard said:
    2) Dorothy's Relatives lived in Kansas. Kansas City is in Missouri.

    One of them is. There's also one in Kansas. Right across the river, in fact.

    Less than 150K population, that's not a city <grin> 

     [Yes, I am fully aware that a city is a legal structure rather than an indication of size....but.....]


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