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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 29, 2006 11:51:12 GMT -5
Coincidentally, my friend on LJ just did a webcomic on the condesending lie that is G4. -Kelly Post a link. And on a side note, I really wish Leighlah Kaylie, or whatever her name is, would disrespect Low Ki.
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Post by Mad Johnny Maxx on Jun 29, 2006 11:51:18 GMT -5
I recall when I was seeing this girl a few years ago, I'd be over at her place and her roommates would either be playing one of the Final Fantasy Games, Everquest, or watching G4...and I actually thought it was a pretty damn good channel...just too damn bad the cable company we have here in Collins didn't offer that channel over here.
As I mentioned the last time an anti-G4 thread came up...I recall during their commercials that they'd run promos with some people who sent in video clips of doing some awesome things in video games. They had...let's see...I recall someone beat some Tomb Raider training level in less than two minutes and someone had racked up a mammoth score in one of the crash missions in the first Burnout game.
Just so happened that one of my ex's roommates had that same Burnout game and for about three or four hours after first seeing that, all of us were trying to get that score. We even saw that promo two or three times trying to see how he did it, tried to do it that way, but just couldn't get there. One of us came close but we couldn't pull it off.
Then I get DirecTV, and find G4...and found that it wasn't quite the same...and man was I disappointed.
I guess certain stations just can't stick with one particular format...gotta mix other things in it to grab them audiences...at the risk of massively straying from it's original intention. It's not just G4 and I'm sure all of you know what I'm talking about with other channels like (obviously) MTV and MTV2, and VH-1.
Kinda sad.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 29, 2006 12:43:02 GMT -5
Tech TV was AWESOME with Unscrewed, The Screen Savers(the original), Call For Help, and the original X-Play.........then they merged with G4 and went to hell......really, the merger wasn't what killed either channel. What DID kill both channels was when the had CEO of G4 left, they got a new douche bag that said "Screw gamers! We need boobs, cars, and shows that don't belong here!!!"
Thuse, we now have the steaming pile named G4...........they still have the videogame tv subtitle in their logo, despite only have ONE true video game show left, and that is X-Play, and even now, the new head writer is f***ing them up!
Adam KNOWS what the hell he is talking about......when he actually gets to state his own opinons....(he use to be a member of Gamespot's team before hosting Extended Play).....Morgan really isn't a bitch in real life, but come on, YOU try and be a hot female gamer that is well known in the gaming industry and let's see how well you can act at e3, where there are THOUSANDS of horny little gamers that have the hots for you....I'd be a bitch too.
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AnM is back
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Post by AnM is back on Jun 29, 2006 12:49:09 GMT -5
Ehhh....all I watch is X-play...I love that show! And I try to catch Star Trek occasionally.
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Post by mcclanahan on Jun 29, 2006 12:55:06 GMT -5
I still like G4, they have AOTS, X-Play, EP, Star Trek:TNG, Star Trek Uncut, Icons, Cheat, and Game Makers, they also show crap like Fastlane, The Man Show and Street Fury but when thats on I just change the channel, and then there's Cinematech which is nice but I have a tendency to fall asleep while watching it, as for peoples problems with the hosts of X-Play just remember they're paid to be graphix whores because most people have problems with "bad" graphics, darn kids these days no respect for the art of 8-bit graphics.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 29, 2006 12:58:27 GMT -5
Star Trek is GOOD, but it doesn't belong on a channel for GAMERS(though it is no longer that, so now it does belong)..........
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Post by GrantM on Jun 29, 2006 13:02:29 GMT -5
Star Trek is GOOD, but it doesn't belong on a channel for GAMERS(though it is no longer that, so now it does belong).......... In the UK Star Trek is now shown on the Sci Fi Channel, perfect channel for it and they don't do that gimmicky 2.0 stuff to it
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 29, 2006 13:11:40 GMT -5
Star Trek is GOOD, but it doesn't belong on a channel for GAMERS(though it is no longer that, so now it does belong).......... In the UK Star Trek is now shown on the Sci Fi Channel, perfect channel for it and they don't do that gimmicky 2.0 stuff to it See, it belongs on the Sci-Fi channel......and pretty much no where else, really.
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Triple Kelly
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jun 29, 2006 13:27:48 GMT -5
Isn't the MAN SHOW on G4??? I'm still scratching my head on that one.
-Kelly
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jun 29, 2006 13:29:09 GMT -5
Coincidentally, my friend on LJ just did a webcomic on the condesending lie that is G4. -Kelly Post a link. And on a side note, I really wish Leighlah Kaylie, or whatever her name is, would disrespect Low Ki. If you go to my LJ link on my profile, it's in my FRIENDS section on one of the recent pages. -Kelly
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Post by Blindkarevik on Jun 29, 2006 13:35:17 GMT -5
Plus-side to G4 taking over and raping TechTV: --- Lots More Hot Chicks
Negative Side: You can tell those chicks know NOTHING of what they're talking about and were merely hired because they're hot.... thus, negating their hotness.
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Post by GrantM on Jun 29, 2006 13:53:56 GMT -5
Plus-side to G4 taking over and raping TechTV: --- Lots More Hot Chicks Negative Side: You can tell those chicks know NOTHING of what they're talking about and were merely hired because they're hot.... thus, negating their hotness. The problem is the stereotype that girls do not like video games, while the fact that there are female video gamers outher and some of the hosts on G4 are female disproves that, why not ask a video gamer when was the last time he saw a girl in a game store who at least was a gamer and not a parent who has no idea of what the games are like or even understands them or a bored girlfriend who does not like video games just waiting for her boyfriend to stop drooling over the cover of the new Halo game and either buy it or just get out of the store
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Post by bruteshot79 on Jun 29, 2006 14:02:06 GMT -5
I used to love it from late 2001 to mid 2003. In 2003 it went straight to hell. I haven't watched it since.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jun 29, 2006 14:15:48 GMT -5
I never watched either channel, but i am troubled by the fact that tv networks are serving up crap, yet the ratings go up anyway? what the f*** is going on? i think they should start cancelling networks
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Post by LaParka Loves Candy on Jun 29, 2006 14:24:43 GMT -5
Un-Screwed made Tech Tv/G4 its been gone for awhile now.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 29, 2006 14:43:43 GMT -5
Post a link. And on a side note, I really wish Leighlah Kaylie, or whatever her name is, would disrespect Low Ki. If you go to my LJ link on my profile, it's in my FRIENDS section on one of the recent pages. -Kelly Looked and couldn't find a Friends section on there. This makes me a sad panda.
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Post by Erik Majorwitz on Jun 29, 2006 14:46:28 GMT -5
I like C4 better.
Semper Fi, Erik Majorwitz
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Post by Virt McGirt on Jun 29, 2006 14:47:46 GMT -5
Im just mad that if I want to see it now, I gotta pay extra. I get to see snippets of it via "G4 On Demand" though, and it seems fine to me.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 29, 2006 15:02:55 GMT -5
Im just mad that if I want to see it now, I gotta pay extra. I get to see snippets of it via "G4 On Demand" though, and it seems fine to me. You ain't missing much. About the only upsides of G4 right now is Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions, and Action Blast, which features Kaiju Big Battel. Unfortunately, they're interspersed with lame crap like "Beast Wars". The whole thing's one long Hasbro commercial anyways.
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Post by Virt McGirt on Jun 29, 2006 15:07:09 GMT -5
Heh, guess I should stick with the ON DEMAND stuff, it's only like 22 mins long on average, but the good thing is the commercials are cut out
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