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[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="34" id="2550283"] How do you know?[/quote] because CT said so.

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The positives are outweighed by the negatives many times over. I still love FA so shall be sticking with that.

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[quote who="rothdave1" reply="9" id="2546331"] Implying that a majority of the vote can prohibit access to information cedes the point that a government has the authority to do this in the first place. I don't believe any government does and it wouldn't matter if 90 percent voted for it.[/quote] he's not talking about the internet filter.

Reply to Are consoles d0med? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

man i suck with quoting, and i cant be bothered to type it all again. let's just say that anyone that thinks the controller is equal to the mouse for FPS is wrong. that's not an opinion, its fact. its as much a fact as saying an F1 car is faster than your mum's hatchback.

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[quote who="kyogre12" reply="69" id="2544909"] Who will win, console player vs. PC player, doesn't matter. For one thing, you're never going to run into that scenario. Who cares if a mouse+keyboard is more "precise." You should do what gives you the most fun. There is no "definitive" control method, because it doesn't matter.[/quote] if you dont understand the nature of the conversation i suggest you mind your own business. we weren't talking about having "fun", we were talking

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lol, controllers for racing games are for people that can't afford a steering wheel. i shelled out $300 in about 1997 for the thrustmaster t2, and have never used the keyboard for racing games again :)

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the mouse is THE definitive control method for FPS. many players might prefer the controller, and that's their perogative. but put them up against any comparable player with a mouse and they'll lose every time. just like a controller is better than a keyboard for sports games, the mouse will always be better for shooters, which is why so many console shooters have aim assist. you only have to watch pros playing Q3 or UT and compare it to similar players playing halo to see the immense differe

Reply to Are consoles d0med? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="numerarius5988am" reply="57" id="2544138"]as they work best for first person shooters[/quote] no, they really don't.

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if consoles were doomed i wouldn't be forced to play PC games suffering bad bouts of consolitis. most PC games these days are just console titles with a few extra bells and whistles if we're lucky.

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="207" id="2542857"] The real rub for me with folks with an NCPA take on classical liberalism is that they have no good answer for the legal perversion that is the modern corporation. Classical liberalism depends on individual rights, not abstractions that can operate as either contractual arrangements or legal persons depending on which is more advantageous at a given moment. [/quote] pretty much. Classical liberalism is about as utopian and con

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I never said Americans were stupid, I pointed out that they seem to exist in a bubble whereby political terms (but only some of them) take on new and weird definitions. Im not being “strict”, you’re just being too loose in your vain attempt to paint anything government-orientated as “socialist” (because it’s a wonderful slur in the US that many people seem to have grown accustomed to). Luckily for me I didn’t gain my understanding of pol

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and completely accurate.

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="194" id="2541737"]I admire you for sticking to a century old definition that the socialists themselves decided to expand upon, but you're the one misusing the term at this point. The old definition is only applicable to the old writings it's used in, not everything after it was changed. Try reading this. History is a bitch. [/quote] So, use “social democracy” or “welfare liberalism” or &

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="192" id="2541700"]Nice claims, would you consider the sum of those to be socialism? [/quote] nope. Socialism = the dictatorship of the proletariat and the seizure of the means of production by the working class. [quote who="psychoak" reply="192" id="2541700"] When someone convinces me that all the piecemeal socialism isn't just because they can't get the whole shebang through at once, I'll stop assuming someone is a sociali

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[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="163" id="2528048"] While I am sure there are many in the US that use socialist as a perjorative, the sad fact of the matter is that the current democrat administration is very socialistic (note the adjective). If he had his druthers, I believe he would drop all pretense and just go with Bernie Sanders on all things. But unfortunately, most democrats are not pure socialists (just varying degrees), so he does not have the power. But dont kid you

Reply to I don’t hate the console, I just like PC games more in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

I really do think the PC’s days are numbered :( if not as a platform entirely, as a platform that’s unique and different from the consoles. How many titles these days are something other than cross-platform developments, which basically boils down to PCs getting whatever is capable on the modern console? More and more titles I buy are riddled with leftover console design choices, and its really quite depressing. Its getting to the point where there’s almost no advantag

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looks atrocious.

Reply to Pretty pleased about Steam in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="36" id="2527368"] You really are ignorant of the problem are you? [/quote] no, you just havent illustrated that there IS a problem. [quote who="Nesrie" reply="36" id="2527368"] You seriously have no idea that women, minorities and the elderly are under represented as characters in this entertainment medium. [/quote] no, that fact is rather obvious. but as a gamer, i had no problems enjoying say, tomb raider because the hero was a wo

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Libertarians have about as much credibility as socialists (and by socialist, I mean the REAL meaning of the word, not the American bastardisation which is thrown around willy-nilly at anyone left of Reagan).

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[quote who="VicenteC" reply="34" id="2526887"] Just check many of the Wii and DS slides from Nintendo last conferences (E3 for example) and you will see that gamers demographics aren't what you think. In general women have different sensibilities and aren't attracted to many of the hardcore games. That's why they are a minority in platforms like XBox and PS3, but things come out more balanced in Wii and DS. [/quote] well, I would argue that this is a difference between casua

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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="27" id="2526698"] Right because men and women like exactly the same thing in the rest of their lives right... or wait, no, no we don't do we? [/quote] Oh right, so you’re saying you like shit games then? what I was alleging was that good games are good games, regardless of who they’re supposedly catering to. If women don’t like shooters or strategy titles or racing games or RPGs, what games do they like then? And if they DO like

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Demigod Forums

ITT: americans abuse and misuse political terminology. tsk tsk.

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yeah, i don't quite understand how/why "female" games would differ from male ones, other than a few cosmetic differences in character choices etc. surely female gamers enjoy slaying dragons or shooting rocket launchers or racing cars as much as their male counterparts?

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I don’t know about the rest of you but im tired of ported, washed-out bland textures, horrible control setups and gameplay limits due to either a console’s power or control scheme. I understand the economics behind cross platform design, but I don’t have to like it.

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ergo, its hardly a "good time to be a PC gamer".