NKD wrote on May 24, 2013, 06:50:

Cutter wrote on May 23, 2013, 13:47:
Who the hell would hire someone like that? It never ceases to amaze me. Fucking suits basically destroy a company while getting paid an obscene amount, walk out with a golden parachute, and move on to do it somewhere else. Meanwhile, most people are lucky if they can hold on to their job for the slightest infraction. Tell me again how we're free?

I know you're probably just doing more of your usual hit and run ranting and don't want an actual discussion, but for the benefit of other people:

In the absence of any hard information showing incompetence or malfeasance, you can pretty safely assume that sudden CEO departures are the results of internal pressure from shareholders and other insiders looking for someone to blame. CEOs are scapegoated like a motherfucker in the corporate world, and more than any other consumers, gamers love to play along.

So, to answer your question, "Who the hell would hire someone like that?" People who know how the game is played and have been in this guys shoes before. I haven't seen any reports that this guy was incompetent or did anything shady while at Square Enix. The further you get up the corporate ladder, the more likely you are to be canned for politics, rather than for cause. People get their golden parachutes because while a company may have to get rid of you to shut some whiners up, they aren't going to punish you when they know full well you're just being railroaded.

Hell, even minimum wage slaves can tell you about times they've seen perfectly competent co-workers fired just because the manager or owner didn't like them.

BobBob wrote on May 23, 2013, 14:24:

DangerDog wrote on May 23, 2013, 13:42:

BobBob wrote on May 23, 2013, 13:27:
Anything sad about Atari makes me feel sad. The gamer in me really treasures Atari and what they have done for all of us. Get well Atari!

Only so far as the golden era of video games is concerned, even then they were acting like a bunch of assholes.

I am not familiar with the politics. I just have fond memories of going into the arcade and playing Tempest (my favorite game of all time) for hours. A simple and cute era.

HorrorScope wrote on May 22, 2013, 20:21:

Flatline wrote on May 22, 2013, 20:15:
I gotta start charging a nickle for every time someone predicts MS is going down the toilet. I wouldn't have to work any more.

You are right, but it was unthinkable not too long ago. Now you can see a way it could happen and if they don't hit some homers it's going to. They aren't too big to fail.

Cutter wrote on May 22, 2013, 21:23:

edaciousx wrote on May 22, 2013, 20:19:
no one cares epic. you guys disregarded the pc community since.

Exactly? What have they done for PC games in the last 15 years? Nothing.

Redmask wrote on May 20, 2013, 18:50:

RollinThundr wrote on May 20, 2013, 17:46:
Honestly Beamer if you didn't come off like a know it all ahole 9 out of 10 times people wouldn't call you on it. Just saying.

Coming from you this post is the ultimate irony.

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 17:36:

TurdFergasun wrote on May 20, 2013, 16:41:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 16:11:
Person:

A) A kids throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. Good job! You saw how the pros do it. You can do it too! You can aspire to be great! The crowd joins in cheering the kid.

B) A kid throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. You just copied that guy you saw on TV! You are so fake! You do not deserve any sort of praise. I cannot believe anyone would cheer you on!

Which person are you?

he's neither, because none of those situations let the person turn the story around to have themselves as the main part of the conversation, and then get to bleat on about it for 10 posts.

If people like you and BobBob would stop attacking me then it wouldn't, eh?

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 14:48:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:41:

DangerDog wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:26:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 12:32:
A lot of jealousy here from video game players who contributed nothing interesting to society.

She'll be doing porno movies before she's 21.

am I doing it right?

Close, but don't forget to get all jealous rage and sensitive about it too.

You're the only one raging here.
Probably because I'm better than you and you're some nerd that's never left his basement and whose only contribution to the world is a bunch of crusty socks.

Am I doing it right, now?

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:14:

RollinThundr wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:10:

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 10:03:

InBlack wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:30:
Holy shit, thats fucking impressive (battery charge story). I seriously hope nothing bad happens to that girl and that the device makes it to the market and into batteries of all sorts (including electric cars).

It's not news. It's a minor variation of existing technology. It's only making headlines because she's 18, not because it did anything new or unexpected.


Seriously, supercapacitors have been around for 60 years. She just made one and used it to power an LED. Industrial labs were doing that a decade ago.

So then why don't we have supercapacitors already in cell phones that won't destroy the innards? If this girl found a way to do so that allows cell phones to charge instantly and last for hours, it certainly is big news.

she didn't. She applied existing technology to power an led for a few seconds. That's quite far from powering a cellphone.

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 10:03:

InBlack wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:30:
Holy shit, thats fucking impressive (battery charge story). I seriously hope nothing bad happens to that girl and that the device makes it to the market and into batteries of all sorts (including electric cars).

It's not news. It's a minor variation of existing technology. It's only making headlines because she's 18, not because it did anything new or unexpected.

Seriously, supercapacitors have been around for 60 years. She just made one and used it to power an LED. Industrial labs were doing that a decade ago.

Beamer wrote on May 17, 2013, 14:12:
Ug. Sorry, I still have to do it, guys.

He admitted he was a troll, but still complains about the label.
He whines about "personal attacks" when someone calls him out for calling an entire thread "beta libtards." He then says "cupcake" and "can't debate worth shit" and "good little indoctrinated liberal."



I like messing with him because I genuinely believe he is not trolling. I don't think he has enough intelligence to troll. Not that it takes much, but I think he's lacking that, even.
I think he genuinely believes what he says, genuinely believes it isn't hypocritical to say "beta libtards" then whine about how people attack you personally.

Verno wrote on May 17, 2013, 09:23:
Looks like another Gamecube for Nintendo

Not such a horrible thing, there were a ton of cool Gamecube games but it doesn't endear them to third parties. Problems they made this gen:

- confusing mess of supported peripherals/games
- Wii U name confuses people
- Very little marketing in NA/EU
- Underpowered hardware again, this is sort of Nintendos thing but they really pissed off third parties with that slow CPU and only 2GB of memory
- Made Amazon and EA angry at the same time
- eShop still sucks (seriously if I was a dev I would be pissed that they keep fucking this up)

Right now Ubisoft is one of the few companies really making an effort.

All of that said Nintendo is a weird company in that they can afford to go it alone, massive cash reserves and an amazing stable of highly desirable franchises.

jacobvandy wrote on May 17, 2013, 14:15:
Maybe Ubisoft doesn't have the balls to move forward with that concept (domestic terrorism, etc.) given recent events?

netnerd85 wrote on May 16, 2013, 02:49:

Jerykk wrote on May 16, 2013, 01:23:
Ubisoft's PC games would sell more if they just ditched Uplay completely and switched to Steamworks. Also, simultaneous release dates with the console versions makes a huge difference too.

I disagree and there is no facts to back up what you say any way lol.

I have absolutely no problem with Uplay, it's kind of okay. I'm tired of Valve and Steamworks. I don't even remember the last game I actually bought through Steam... but plenty of Steamworks games. I don't want all my games in Steam. I don't want ANY of MY games tied to any DRM thing. Always look for the DRM free alternative if I can.

The mass amount of stupid people that buy a steam copy of a game on gog.com amazes and saddens me.

Cutter wrote on May 16, 2013, 18:17:

RollinThundr wrote on May 16, 2013, 18:09:
EA does something right and you're all still crying. Unbelievable, oh wait this is Blues, carry on the status quo.

Oh right. They did it out of the kindness of their hearts because they're so concerned with how we feel about that sort of stuff. No, they didn't end it because it was a failure or anything.

Topevoli wrote on May 16, 2013, 16:39:
I've been to the future and I can tell you how the Rangers game is going to go. The Bruins are going to play like sh*t for 50min and go down 3 goals, and then somehow turn it on and make it competitive for the last 10min.

So watch the Knicks, tune in to the end of the Rangers game when it gets good. Normally that's what I would say about a basketball game (watch the last 3min and you saw the whole game).