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by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:10 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: New Half-Life 2 SP Map, Powerstation 17!
Replies: 15
Views: 1305

New Half-Life 2 SP Map, Powerstation 17!

I haven't posted anything new for a while as far as mapping goes, so here's what I've been working on: http://home.comcast.net/~tokage/sm-ps17_1.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~tokage/sm-ps17_2.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~tokage/sm-ps17_3.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~tokage/sm-ps17_4.jpg http://home.c...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

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He picked a woman…well it wouldn’t have mattered who he picked, the democrat pit bulls would be on the attack. Actually, if he was to pick anyone on his hypothetical short list, such as Romney or Pawlenty, I wouldn't have cared. It's possible that Republicans would share the apathy. I think McCain'...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: People of Nevada ............please, please,
Replies: 13
Views: 1118

Can I say, as a moderate who leans left, that I don't like Harry Reid? Because I hate him. I'm not fond of Howard Dean either. I think he's an idiot. When is the last time on a person to person basis that anyone has something positive to say about politicians? The real problem is our vaunted press t...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

We'll see how that pans out. I know that McCain has spent a couple million, hoping that it will become the swift boat issue of the campaign. I think it may become an issue if it is played right, but it is a trump card that campaign is holding onto for now. The truth is that Chicago has a long histor...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: You must...
Replies: 21
Views: 1807

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tunnelcat wrote:Because Janet Reno is her father.
But... but Jack Thompson said that Janet Reno was a lesbian!

Oh man, this changes my whole view of the world.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

He was not a mayor or a governor, which is what I presume is meant by leadership experience since we are comparing him to Palin. Obama's record is quite transparent and has been told countless times in every form of media. He came out of Columbia University. With a degree like that, he could have ha...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:55 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

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Cuda68 wrote:yea, so...Only people from big cities that are in Democratic control should count? What the heck are you saying aside from you clearly don't like Republicans?
Please, the Straw Man argument was old then and it's old now.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

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I find it laughable some of you are nay saying Palin on her "Lack of Experience". Tell me where Obama has any where near her experience running anything except when he runs his mouth. By completely sidestepping the argument like you always do and presenting the same tired rhetoric, you im...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

Let's stay on topic, lest this spiral into yet another creationism versus evolution debate. Take that crap somewhere else.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:06 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19533

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it is no lie that Palin has a better resume than Obama... Better in the professional executive field and a more compelling personal history as well! Palin's history seems kind of idyllic to me. Leader of the basketball team, winner of a beauty pageant... not exactly getting your hands dirty working...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:25 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: hl3?
Replies: 16
Views: 3175

I don't think the proper Half-Life 3 would necessarily need a new engine. One of the selling points of the Source Engine is that it is an iterative process. The engine has been upgraded since Half-Life 2, with better support for large areas, cinematic physics, HDR and bloom, postprocess effects and ...
by Kyouryuu
Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:26 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: Descent Into Crysis
Replies: 23
Views: 11809

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Duper wrote:same was to be said when D3 came out if you recall.
And Descent 3 failed.
by Kyouryuu
Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:38 am
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: Descent Into Crysis
Replies: 23
Views: 11809

In case you failed to notice, a very small subset of PC gamers have Crysis. The vast majority of PCs cannot run Crysis. You need to understand your target audience better. If Descent is your goal, your target audience is more happy playing on D2X or DXX-Rebirth than on any current engine. If you wan...
by Kyouryuu
Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bah, I'll throw it out for kicks: UT2004: Descent-like mod?
Replies: 33
Views: 2749

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EA basically told the community to "piss off" after the first patch. They were too busy with other projects that were more lucrative. Mind you that's a loose translation, but those are proverbial grounds at the bottom of the pot. That stance goes beyond EA. Epic's response to developer co...
by Kyouryuu
Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:47 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: NBC is Nuts (Olympics Opening)
Replies: 13
Views: 1107

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and ether Bob Costas or that other idiot chime in for a completely useless antidote or unessesary factoid. Oh yeah, and their ever-present "Now these are the athletes from Country X. You know, Country X has had a lot of poverty and trouble lately with that fascist dictatorship." Thanks fo...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bah, I'll throw it out for kicks: UT2004: Descent-like mod?
Replies: 33
Views: 2749

... and graphics have what to do with this, exactly? Seriously, in all the time you people spend \"contemplating\" projects and trying to evaluate \"interest,\" you could have built something by now. The fact that you keep doing this would suggest that you keep setting your sight...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Saturday We All Die
Replies: 36
Views: 3198

I'm sure that at the heart of this was a bespectacled scientist with a pH D in physics who pushed a little cart into the collider, causing a massive resonance cascade, opening a portal to an alien homeworld and paving the way for decades of oppression by the Combine. Either way, I've got my gravity ...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:44 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russia strikes back...
Replies: 51
Views: 3771

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Cuda68 wrote:Now I hope thats clear enough for you - or are you a democrat/liberal just plying stupid about what I am saying?
Heaven forbid.
by Kyouryuu
Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bah, I'll throw it out for kicks: UT2004: Descent-like mod?
Replies: 33
Views: 2749

If I were you, I'd still try to develop it on the UnrealEngine 2 platform. UE3, which is what Unreal Tournament 3 uses, has not been received well by the modding community and very few people actually have the resources to run that game (or want to, for that matter, since it is in most ways inferior...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: NBC is Nuts (Olympics Opening)
Replies: 13
Views: 1107

I actually like how it's corrected for prime time viewing. With the double-digit time difference between where I am and China, I'm afraid I'd see very little of the Olympics if it was broadcast at 3:00 am in the morning. :lol: Being in the Seattle area for this Olympics, it is also interesting to ca...
by Kyouryuu
Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Apparition no terrain
Replies: 15
Views: 3606

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ReadyMan wrote:but there is a problem with this lvl...it has no md ammo, no vauss ammo, no black shark (because they are in the towers in the outside area).
Problem? That sounds more like a feature to me.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:41 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why I Love Black Folk
Replies: 26
Views: 1954

This is why I'm always amused when people like Jackson and Sharpton get called on their words. Both men are such blowhards and enablers within their communities. Incidentally, when did Jesse Jackson become the Jackson? When the headline ran \"Jackson's remarks about Obama,\" I had no idea ...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:37 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Jesse Jackson, what you sayin'?
Replies: 4
Views: 653

Reagan was the king of Presidential one-liners.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pat Buchanan, Nazi
Replies: 9
Views: 928

Why is Buchanan on MSNBC? Man, I don't know. I see him on Fox News. I see him on PBS. I see him on pretty much any channel that would like to have him. I'll say this much about him. On MSNBC, he's often brought in as the token conservative in a debate. As far as talking heads go, he's one of the few...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:43 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reason for the food crisis..
Replies: 40
Views: 3847

Can't say my grocery bill is much higher. Though I'll go on the record again and say that high fructose corn syrup is absolutely disgusting. Take ketchup for example. Ketchup used to be kind of salty and tart. Now it's as sweet as maple syrup with a hint of tomato flavor. It's disgusting. It's like ...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Love him or Hate him
Replies: 9
Views: 795

Limbaugh is a success because of his presentation. He says things his dittohead listeners want to hear and perennially makes controversial statements that wind up permeating through other forms of media, staggered just often enough to boost his ratings when they decline. Still, it's a bit of a myste...
by Kyouryuu
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Shoot first????
Replies: 38
Views: 2036

While the law says he was justified, killing two people over some stolen property seems like a pretty weak cause to me. No one's life was in imminent danger, it was just a bunch of stolen goods. I think what disturbs me about the case is how... I don't know, enthusiastic he was on the phone toward t...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:15 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Tinkerbell come Fly Me Away
Replies: 52
Views: 2830

I think proponents of the death sentence in this case overestimate its value as a punishment. The trick is to make people like these wish they weren't alive.

Or to put it more succinctly, fear is the mind killer.
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:06 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How many zeros in a billion?
Replies: 18
Views: 1356

I pulled the same math on the Iraq War a few months ago. The fun part is that this gets more grotesque as the war goes on. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by the time the Iraq War is done, it will have cost $1.9 trillion. That's taking into account expenses that haven't occurred yet, ...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:53 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bush waving, no reaction
Replies: 7
Views: 896

No, they are indeed facing him. If you see the clip on TV, you can see their faces.

In fact, those two remind me of King of the Hill. \"Yep.\" \"Yep.\"
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 20 million
Replies: 14
Views: 1245

It's a shame people don't send money to the people who really deserve it. Actually, whenever the press talks about campaign contributions, I'm just astounded that some people would actually cut a $200 check to someone like Obama or McCain. They don't need your money. Save it for a rainy day instead ...
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Very Scary show on HBO - Hard Times at Douglas High
Replies: 48
Views: 3724

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Gooberman wrote:What is lacking in schools these days isn't money. It isn't proper testing.

What is lacking is respect and discipline.
I completely agree with you.
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US charity donations top $300bn
Replies: 33
Views: 1856

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Under what moral structure can we say that the need to support 'our infrastructure / economy / etc.' outweighs the need to help others survive ? Morals? You make the decision to support yourself every day. That movie you watched, the game you bought, the computer you own, the electricity you pay fo...
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:03 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: McCain suggests $300 million reward......
Replies: 11
Views: 1352

I think it's a good idea, if not overly simplistic. Obama looks silly saying how it has \"no short term benefit.\" No kidding. But we have to consider long term benefits at some point. He is right on the energy traders, though. The same economists and hedge fund managers and \"geniuse...
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US charity donations top $300bn
Replies: 33
Views: 1856

Our country should come first. Our people should come first. We may have it far better than most of the world, I agree. But if they want what we have, they can fight for it themselves.
by Kyouryuu
Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:31 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bush waving, no reaction
Replies: 7
Views: 896

I thought it was funny. :lol:
by Kyouryuu
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:37 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: Forum, Media, and News not working at Uplink Studios...
Replies: 5
Views: 5975

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psionik wrote:as soon as the dust settles from me getting accepted into school.
Sure, because once you're in school, the rest is supposed to be easy, right? :P
by Kyouryuu
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:36 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Back to 55?
Replies: 24
Views: 1346

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1. out law cell phones while driving. I've seen more than my share of collisions because of them. Can't agree more. The DWC driver, or Driver With Cell, is completely unaware of what the heck is going on around them. They come speeding through stop signs, ignore traffic signals, cut off traffic and...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religion strikes again...
Replies: 12
Views: 985

There are zealous nuts in every religion and even among atheists. This teacher was a loon and I'm a firm backer of woodchip's idea for punishment. :P It makes me chuckle how this guy was an 8th grade teacher, likely with tenure. Teachers with tenure are the worst because there are a few of them that...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Race Baiting
Replies: 37
Views: 2275

Re: Race Baiting

No kidding. I would expect that he would. Senator McCain is old. Any opposing candidate would try to use that to their advantage and paint Senator McCain in the worst possible light regarding his age. And if McCain was smart, he'd use that to his advantage. Reagan's "youth and inexperience&quo...