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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Aug 28, 2014 23:49:53 GMT -5
but now it's hard to find videos of just gameplay without some loud jackass with a shitty nerdy voice mouth-breathing and hollering over the footage. this does not even remotely define most let's players, lol. You're right only some of them are Mouth-breathing nerds, the rest are five obnoxious meatheads hollering at their own inside jokes while completely ignoring the f***ing game.
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Post by Injustice45 on Aug 29, 2014 0:27:21 GMT -5
I just finished Spider-Man 2 (PS2) today, and I can say, outside the web swinging, the game isn't great.
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Post by ShaolinHandLock on Aug 29, 2014 0:48:20 GMT -5
I hate literally all Let's Players and the Let's Play phenomenon. Don't bother trying to show me your favorite like it'll change my mind. It won't. I'm only interested in the gameplay but now it's hard to find videos of just gameplay without some loud jackass with a shitty nerdy voice mouth-breathing and hollering over the footage. The only exception is if it's someone making an informational video who knows their shit, doesn't talk too much, and has a pleasant voice. I also dislike the entire genre of JRPGs because almost none of them are as good as I feel the genre should be. It could be a playable epic with tons of character development, something that creates a world you want to get lost in, but instead it's a genre so tied in convention that if you've played one you've played almost all of them. The only JRPG that I feel did EVERYTHING right was Lost Odyssey. Great writing, characters I grew to love, fun gameplay, beautiful graphics and music, and a moving story. Well, several moving stories. It is the only JRPG I can recommend wholeheartedly with no caveats or anything else, because it speaks for itself. And speaking of JRPGs and unpopular opinions, I f***ing LOATHE Persona 4, which bums me out because I can't even find like ONE person who agrees with me. The gameplay was simply passable (and barely part of the actual game), the music became grating after a while, the characters and social links were almost all just anime stereotypes, yet it gets so much love. Probably because it's tailor-made for weeaboos and they are the worst. If you are going to make 90% of your game be reading, please let the writing be good. That's all I'm asking. As somebody who loves JRPG's and is a huge fan of lets plays, I disagree with everything in this post at least one-million times over. Having said that, another unpopular opinion of mine: I can't stand Renee Young.
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Post by denna5 on Aug 29, 2014 1:07:32 GMT -5
I hate chocolate chip cookies. This is apparently very odd.
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Post by Injustice45 on Aug 29, 2014 1:13:33 GMT -5
I hate chocolate chip cookies. This is apparently very odd. You think that's odd? I have a friend that doesn't like chocolate. On-topic: "Moar" is really, really stupid. It's not even necessary. Spelling "more" is all you have to do.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Aug 29, 2014 2:53:30 GMT -5
While it's not a main reason, I feel the following is one of the reasons why hockey isn't a more popular sport in the states. Since we didn't create the game or are the dominating nation playing, most Americans aren't a fan of it. This speaks to the fact that a lot of Americans are arrogant about where we stand in the world(as far as sports are concerned); it's something I can't stand about us.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Aug 29, 2014 2:54:38 GMT -5
Online shopping is the dumbest stuff ever. How is it convient when you can just drive to your local store and get the same thing without having to pay all of the extra fees as well as not having to wait a week before even getting it? Agree'd Maybe I'm part of the small minority here but I still like actually going out and buying stuff. My one concern for the future is most shops will be long gone and you will be forced to online shop. Record shops are sadly becoming rarer and rarer which is a damn shame as I always loved snooping around in them. In a case where an Item you want is either quite rare or tough to fine, than fair enough, buy it on that there Internet.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 29, 2014 3:02:13 GMT -5
While it's not a main reason, I feel the following is one of the reasons why hockey isn't a more popular sport in the states. Since we didn't create the game or are the dominating nation playing, most Americans aren't a fan of it. This speaks to the fact that a lot of Americans are arrogant about where we stand in the world(as far as sports are concerned); it's something I can't stand about us. Most countries probably don't particularly enjoy sucking at a sport, I doubt that's a phenomenon relegated to the US. It's probably more that, between basketball, American football, and baseball, there are already many sports people grow up watching with friends and family, and soccer, lacrosse, hockey, etc have a lot of difficulty making headway, outside of regionally where it might be more popular. Sure, success can help a lot, but if you grow up watching some sports, it's often difficult to try to fit in time and attention span to more.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Aug 29, 2014 3:20:00 GMT -5
While it's not a main reason, I feel the following is one of the reasons why hockey isn't a more popular sport in the states. Since we didn't create the game or are the dominating nation playing, most Americans aren't a fan of it. This speaks to the fact that a lot of Americans are arrogant about where we stand in the world(as far as sports are concerned); it's something I can't stand about us. Most countries probably don't particularly enjoy sucking at a sport, I doubt that's a phenomenon relegated to the US. It's probably more that, between basketball, American football, and baseball, there are already many sports people grow up watching with friends and family, and soccer, lacrosse, hockey, etc have a lot of difficulty making headway, outside of regionally where it might be more popular. Sure, success can help a lot, but if you grow up watching some sports, it's often difficult to try to fit in time and attention span to more. ..But we don't suck at hockey. Sure, we're not Canada, but we're pretty good and are actually getting better. Also, I grew up in Los Angeles and I still became a die-hard hockey fan even before the Kings got amazing. I know I'm the exception to the rule, but I feel like if more Americans got over the whole "Hockey is a Canadian sport...blah..blah...blah" then more of them would love it since it has the physical aspects of football and the non-stop, breakneck pace of basketball.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 29, 2014 3:23:11 GMT -5
Most countries probably don't particularly enjoy sucking at a sport, I doubt that's a phenomenon relegated to the US. It's probably more that, between basketball, American football, and baseball, there are already many sports people grow up watching with friends and family, and soccer, lacrosse, hockey, etc have a lot of difficulty making headway, outside of regionally where it might be more popular. Sure, success can help a lot, but if you grow up watching some sports, it's often difficult to try to fit in time and attention span to more. ..But we don't suck at hockey. Sure, we're not Canada, but we're pretty good and are actually getting better. Also, I grew up in Los Angeles and I still became a die-hard hockey fan even before the Kings got amazing. I know I'm the exception to the rule, but I feel like if more Americans got over the whole "Hockey is a Canadian sport...blah..blah...blah" then more of them would love it since it has the physical aspects of football and the non-stop, breakneck pace of basketball. True, we don't suck, but it still is more popular in places that have tasted success with it, in our country. Basketball's Canadian, too, but it still found acceptance eventually. It needs to be culturally ingrained.
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Post by Freddy BooJangles on Aug 29, 2014 8:14:46 GMT -5
I don't think that Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters was a bad movie, same can be said for Battleship (I mean does EVERY film have to be some pretentious Oscar worthy film to be enjoyable?)
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Post by Long A, Short A on Aug 29, 2014 8:42:58 GMT -5
Online shopping is the dumbest stuff ever. How is it convient when you can just drive to your local store and get the same thing without having to pay all of the extra fees as well as not having to wait a week before even getting it? There are dolls I want that are out of print and never coming back, so getting them at a store is impossible. Also, music. I buy lots of indie music and the very few indie stores here are overpriced as hell. I can get mega-deals for the same music on Amazon. Out of print? Like laid to rest? I collect dolls and I'm almost always in the position where the dolls I want aren't in a traditional store.
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Post by bluemeii on Aug 29, 2014 9:17:14 GMT -5
Most countries probably don't particularly enjoy sucking at a sport, I doubt that's a phenomenon relegated to the US. It's probably more that, between basketball, American football, and baseball, there are already many sports people grow up watching with friends and family, and soccer, lacrosse, hockey, etc have a lot of difficulty making headway, outside of regionally where it might be more popular. Sure, success can help a lot, but if you grow up watching some sports, it's often difficult to try to fit in time and attention span to more. ..But we don't suck at hockey. Sure, we're not Canada, but we're pretty good and are actually getting better. Also, I grew up in Los Angeles and I still became a die-hard hockey fan even before the Kings got amazing. I know I'm the exception to the rule, but I feel like if more Americans got over the whole "Hockey is a Canadian sport...blah..blah...blah" then more of them would love it since it has the physical aspects of football and the non-stop, breakneck pace of basketball. Most people develop their love for a sport at an early age by playing it. The cost and logistical issues for that when it comes to hockey are enormous compared to just about any other sport out there. Outside of a couple northern states there's just no growing up in love with hockey it's something that comes later in life. Again you seem to be the exception to the rule, but it's alot easier to get into other sports early on.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 29, 2014 9:33:24 GMT -5
"Feels" is one of the stupidest words I have ever seen in my life, and I don't know why people are too lazy to put "ing" in between the "l" and "s". I agree. I cringe whenever I see grown people on the internet use it to reference how they're feeling.
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 29, 2014 9:34:57 GMT -5
While it's not a main reason, I feel the following is one of the reasons why hockey isn't a more popular sport in the states. Since we didn't create the game or are the dominating nation playing, most Americans aren't a fan of it. This speaks to the fact that a lot of Americans are arrogant about where we stand in the world(as far as sports are concerned); it's something I can't stand about us. I don't really think that has as much to do with it as other things. Honestly, I think the barrier to entry for hockey is higher than the other American sports, and that's why it hasn't taken off with as many people. You can play pickup football with a ball, baseball with a ball, bat, and some mitts, and basketball with a ball and a hoop. These things are all easy to find and relatively cheap, and those games can be modified easily enough that you don't need full pads or field goal markers to play at home. Sure you won't have the parts for every aspect, but you'll have enough to play in the street and those games are cheap enough and easy enough to modify that they can adapt for most any setting Hockey requires ice skates, puck, goal, and a rink/frozen pond, and the last on especially isn't so easy to come by all the time. Even as skating rinks have popped up, it still required you to actually physically go somewhere to play, which makes it less accessible. You do have roller hockey, but playing roller hockey in a street is still a lot more work than setting up a hoop in a driveway and roller blades are a pretty hefty initial cost.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 11:39:29 GMT -5
arkham Asylum is a better game than Arkham City by a long shot
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Post by triplethreatmark on Aug 29, 2014 13:59:05 GMT -5
While it's not a main reason, I feel the following is one of the reasons why hockey isn't a more popular sport in the states. Since we didn't create the game or are the dominating nation playing, most Americans aren't a fan of it. This speaks to the fact that a lot of Americans are arrogant about where we stand in the world(as far as sports are concerned); it's something I can't stand about us. I don't really think that has as much to do with it as other things. Honestly, I think the barrier to entry for hockey is higher than the other American sports, and that's why it hasn't taken off with as many people. You can play pickup football with a ball, baseball with a ball, bat, and some mitts, and basketball with a ball and a hoop. These things are all easy to find and relatively cheap, and those games can be modified easily enough that you don't need full pads or field goal markers to play at home. Sure you won't have the parts for every aspect, but you'll have enough to play in the street and those games are cheap enough and easy enough to modify that they can adapt for most any setting Hockey requires ice skates, puck, goal, and a rink/frozen pond, and the last on especially isn't so easy to come by all the time. Even as skating rinks have popped up, it still required you to actually physically go somewhere to play, which makes it less accessible. You do have roller hockey, but playing roller hockey in a street is still a lot more work than setting up a hoop in a driveway and roller blades are a pretty hefty initial cost. Not necessarily. Street or Dek hockey is a great way to introduce kids to the game and really the equipment isn't that more expensive than what you would need to play baseball or football. Like I had said in my first post, there are many factors that contribute to hockey's stance in the States, but my opinion is just one of the factors that I feel contribute to hockey's lack of popularity relative to the other three major sports.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 14:29:24 GMT -5
I don't really think that has as much to do with it as other things. Honestly, I think the barrier to entry for hockey is higher than the other American sports, and that's why it hasn't taken off with as many people. You can play pickup football with a ball, baseball with a ball, bat, and some mitts, and basketball with a ball and a hoop. These things are all easy to find and relatively cheap, and those games can be modified easily enough that you don't need full pads or field goal markers to play at home. Sure you won't have the parts for every aspect, but you'll have enough to play in the street and those games are cheap enough and easy enough to modify that they can adapt for most any setting Hockey requires ice skates, puck, goal, and a rink/frozen pond, and the last on especially isn't so easy to come by all the time. Even as skating rinks have popped up, it still required you to actually physically go somewhere to play, which makes it less accessible. You do have roller hockey, but playing roller hockey in a street is still a lot more work than setting up a hoop in a driveway and roller blades are a pretty hefty initial cost. Not necessarily. Street or Dek hockey is a great way to introduce kids to the game and really the equipment isn't that more expensive than what you would need to play baseball or football. Like I had said in my first post, there are many factors that contribute to hockey's stance in the States, but my opinion is just one of the factors that I feel contribute to hockey's lack of popularity relative to the other three major sports. Where I live, there are no places you can actually host a game of street hockey. There's no big concrete spaces. The only feasible places would be at the rec center or the school basketball courts, and those are always taken up by other sports. Football, soccer, baseball, lacrosse and basketball have dedicated spaces to play. Unpopular opinion: I don't think delivery chain pizza is necessarily bad. I've had top-quality pizza, which is absolutely delicious, but I'm just fine with shelling out $9 for a Domino's pizza I can split with another hungry person in my family. A filling meal for $4.50 is just way too good to pass up. It may be "fast food pizza" but it's edible, and it honestly doesn't taste bad at all.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 29, 2014 15:20:38 GMT -5
arkham Asylum is a better game than Arkham City by a long shot I've heard this more over time, I think it sort of comes down to, in part, them being different experiences. Asylum's a little bit more Metroid-like in how you progress, while City's of course more open. I prefer Asylum, too, but Asylum's last boss really, really sucks and that lets it down a little.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 29, 2014 15:35:22 GMT -5
Hockey didn't take off down here cuz it's hardly ever cold.
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