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    Favorite Lyrics

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    All we want is a headrush

    All we want is to get out of our skin for a while

    We have nothing to lose because we don't have anything

    Anything we want anyway

    We used to hate people

    Now we just make fun of them

    It's more effective that way

    We don't live

    We just scratch on day to day

    With nothing but matchbooks and

    Sarcasm in our pockets

    And all we are waiting for

    Is for something worth waiting for

    Let's admit America gets the celebrities we deserve

    Let's stop saying "Don't quote me

    Because if no one quotes you

    You probably haven't said a thing worth saying

     

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    We all just want to die a little bit

     

    We fear that pop culture

    Is the only kind of culture we're ever gonna have

    We want to stop reading magazines

    Stop watching TV

    Stop caring about Hollywood

    But we're addicted to the things we hate

    We don't run Washington and no one really does

    Ask not what you can do for your country

    Ask what your country did to you

     

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    The only reason you're still alive is because someone

    Has decided to let you live

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    We owe so much money we're not broke, we're broken

    We're so poor we can't even pay attention

     

    So what do you want?

    You want to be famous and rich and happy

    But you're terrified you have nothing to offer this world

    Nothing to say and no way to say it

    But you can say it in three languages

    You are more than the sum of what you consume

    Desire is not an occupation

    You are alternately thrilled and desperate

    Sky high and flocked

    Let's stop praying for someone

    To save us and start saving ourselves

    Let's stop this and start over

    Let's go out

    Let's keep going

     

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    This is your life

    This is your flocking life

    America

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside

    America

    America

     

    Quit whining you haven't done

    Anything wrong because frankly

    You haven't done much of anything

    Sex, drugs, God, cash

    Sex, drugs, God, America

    Someone's writing down your mistakes

    Someone's documenting your downfall

     

    "Dogma"- KMFDM

     

     

    Nothing is crueler than children who come from good homes

    God'll forgive them I guess but whose side are you on

    Driving around the old town I remember it all

    Dropping my lunchbox and tampax all over the hall

     

    (And they said) you are a socialist cokehead we know from your clothes

    You are a Satanist worshipper of things evil

    Think you're a poet a folksinger poseur nah-oh

    A volleyball player you've got to be kidding us all

     

    So we hide from the guns on our night reconnaissance

    Steal flamingos and gnomes from the dark side of the lawn

     

    No-one can stop us the plot is a work of genius

    No-one has bought the rights yet but we're not giving up

    Every unwanted lawn jockey fits in the script

    Directed by spielberg and starring the masochist club

     

    Mary you look like hell

    Stuck in that ridiculous shell

    Give us some light and god's pure love

    We know what you've been dreaming of

    Give us some light and god's pure love

    We know what you've been dreaming of

    Give us some light and god's pure love

    We're taking you to Hollywood

     

    "HOLLLLEEEEEEEEWOOD!!!!"

     

    And we hide from the guns on our night reconnaissance

    Steal flamingos and gnomes from the dark side of the lawn

     

    One plays a socialist cokehead we dress in my clothes

    One plays a Satanist worshipper of thing evil

    One plays a poet who starts up a band of his own

    One plays a volleyball player with both her wrists broke

     

    And we wear what we want on our night reconnaissance

    Steal flamingos and gnomes the dark suburban lawns

    And we give them good homes give them love they've never known

    In the loft of the barn in the town where I was born

     

    "Night Reconnaissance"-The Dresden Dolls

     

     

    It's a god-awful small affair

    To the girl with the mousy hair

    But her mummy is yelling "No"

    And her daddy has told her to go

    But her friend is nowhere to be seen

    As she walks through her sunken dream

    To the seat with the clearest view

    And she's hooked to the silver screen

    But the film is a saddening bore

    'Cause she's lived it ten times or more

    She could spit in the eyes of fools

    As they ask her to focus on

    Sailors fighting in the dance hall

    Oh man! Look at those cavemen go

    It's the freakiest show

    Take a look at the Lawman

    Beating up the wrong guy

    Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know

    He's in the best selling show

    Is there life on Mars?

    It's on Amerikas tortured brow

    Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

    And the workers have struck for fame

    'Cause Lennon's on sale again

    See the mice in their million hordes

    From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads

    Rule Britannia is out of bounds

    To my mother, my dog, and clowns

    But the film is a saddening bore

    'Cause I wrote it ten times or more

    It's about to be writ again

    As I ask you to focus on

    Sailors fighting in the dance hall

    Oh man! Look at those cavemen go

    It's the freakiest show

    Take a look at the Lawman

    Beating up the wrong guy

    Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know

    He's in the best selling show

    Is there life on Mars?

     

    "Life On Mars"- David Bowie

    I've garnered an interest to the NES

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted · Edited by Hera

    Many NES games were hard, no doubt about it, and basically the only way to master them was to memorize the "difficult" spots. Many of the games were difficult not because of bad controls or particular bosses with nasty attacks or because you needed god-life reflexes, but because of the overall level design, enemy placement and enemy spawning.

     

    Many NES games were also quite notorious for utilizing the "constantly respawning enemies" syndrome where the game would immediately respawn enemies you already battled before just because you made the mistake of moving backwards enough that the screen scrolled.

     

    Of course level design usually walked hand in hand with this respawn syndrome where enemy placement would be such that they appear immediately after you've made a jump or some other necessary and potentially risky move (Ninja Gaiden being the most notable and infamous, but certainly not the only one - Megaman for example, is equally guilty).

     

    You don't see this kind of thing anymore in modern games, and much of the annoyance comes from noticeably bad gameplay or design choices, or piss poor enemy AI, etc.

     

    That is carrying 100% accuracy haha. Couldn't have said it better. MM used to piss me off soooo bad with that respawning crap. Still gets to me sometimes.

    I've garnered an interest to the NES

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    I don't believe that overly difficult games are good games, they just make me hate the game even more.

     

    No game is too difficult you can't beat it. It just takes patience and practice. Grant it, there are quite a few games I haven't beaten considering I just don't have the time.

     

    I get incredibly pissed at the newer stuff especially playing online. Sometimes I just prefer the good ol' days of "vs COM" or figuring stuff out yourself.

    The word filter

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    Your points are understood but I believe you're taking the whole deal wayyyyyy too harsh. I made very short points (without getting into too much detail) just to give a different perspective on each subject. I'm still standing by what I said. You can FEEL and express those feelings without being insulting about it. Not everyone thinks like you or I so it would be unfair to us to make them read something that we know would bother them.

     

    Honestly your statement about cursing as a necessity is pretty laughable to me (no offense). It is a necessity to embellish something that means anything to you. However, it doesn't have to be in trailer park or ghetto fabulous grammar. I'm not saying you should go on writing paragraph upon paragraph...just one or two words or sentences.

     

     

    I think the filter shouldn't apply to personal messages. If someone has an issue that's legitimately heartfelt and needs to vent, by all means, message others with your problems. But to have people read certain things that they might take offense to shouldn't be allowed.

     

     

    Developing relationships with the people that make your site work...I'll say this: IF they are THAT upset about something as piddling as a word filter and not appreciate the other threads that are allowed by members only, I'd say step on. That's probably why I don't have my own site.

     

    It's about respect for everyone. No person is the same.

     

    I personally "curse" quite often on and off the web..I don't judge people for saying things however they want. I start to care when people want others to do and be just like them. Most people WANT it gone? Well, there are few who don't.

    The word filter

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    Dismantling rationale: While this may all be fine and dandy in theory, understanding that kids aged 10+ already have a relatively firm grasp on curse words in today's society is paramount to exemplifying why such a measure is largely useless. Children are already largely exposed to such words to a much higher degree from their normal everyday environment. Places like their household and school and their friends already teach them all they need to know about such words.

    Based on that, it is erroneous to think that a simple word filter will: 1. lessen their chances of picking up curse words and 2. discouraging them from the usage of said expletives. Being that emulation is a relatively minuscule niche when taking into account their gaming habits, almost close to non-existent the younger they are, the impact of the word filter is not only absolutely 0, but also presents a much more severe negative side.

     

    This is slightly a one sided perspective. Whether minors are exposed to such language it doesn't mean that everyone should contribute to it. Two wrongs don't make a right remember? If parents allow their children to join a forum such as this, they're not expecting a bunch of trash talk. They're expecting their child to talk to others who are interested in the same hobbies. It's not only about children anyway. Some adults are insulted at such vocabulary. Sometimes I find myself annoyed for the fact that some people feel the need to curse just to get emphasis on a point. Most of the time it isn't necessary and it's usually because the person doesn't read a dictionary.

     

    Censorship: As any of my fellow opponents of all things created for the purpose of serving censorship will agree, the word filter is dangerous, harmful and completely undesirable. It sets an alarming precedent and a very bad example to other sites, and such a behavior should never be tolerated. It is an infringement of free speech, and is ironically being promoted by a site based in the Land of Freedom. If we factor in the fact that it is a forced feature and in no way an option for the users of this site, the matter becomes worse.

     

    That's just ridiculous. If I had the power, I would censor ignorant comments myself. Especially if it was on MY site. I want to have the reputation of being clean and professional instead of having a bunch of filth on my website for the world to see. Using censorship as a point against the filter is pretty moot. If it was about something more serious as your OPINION about something, that would be different. You can state your opinion as long as it's not muddled with filthy language. If you can't say something without cursing, pick up a dictionary or thesaurus and do it right.

     

    Flaws of implementation: Considering that it acts by changing letters found in a word or by changing the word considered to be offensive to a different one, it may also be considered that it promotes bad grammar and spelling. The end result is also defeating it's purpose, as often times words either synonymous or simply unchanged enough to make any visible difference. The original meaning and intent of the message containing curse words will still be largely unaffected.

     

    Again, use a dictionary to get accurate results. There are better and meaningful words to emphasize something instead of F*** and S***.

     

    Conclusion: I'd like to point out a possible solution to this. As the administrators of this site seem unwilling to completely remove it, I propose a change to make it an option in each user's account settings, thereby enabling other users who do not wish to view such words to benefit from the option, and also giving back the right of free speech to people who do not wish to be censored. As such, for the first group of people, words considered harmful should appear as a series of asterisk marks (*) that have the same length as the original word. I believe this to be the optimal solution to our current quandary.

     

    It would be too time consuming and pointless. People on here aren't THAT concerned about it. It might get frustrating sometimes but it's not anything that extreme to make the admins completely change a solid foundation of something.

     

     

    I respect your views but maybe you shouldn't be so worked up about something like this.

    If you want to open an arcade center, what games would you include?

    in Arcade Emulators [/pc/arcade]

    Posted

    Now this is what I'm talking about! For a while, my husband and I were dreaming about buying a HUGE building (like 6-10 stories). Each floor would have something for someone. We wanted to have paintball, rock climbing, laser tag, small movie theater and a bunch of other things. We wanted to have a floor specifically for arcades. Classics only though! (Another floor would be new school stuff and whatnot for kids) The games I can think of right now would be these:

     

    Asteroids

    Centipede

    Donkey Kong

    Frogger

    Missile Command

    Pac-Man

    Galaga

    Space Invaders

    Tempest

    Robotron 2084

    Time Pilot

    Dragons Lair

    Punchout

    Gauntlet

    Rampage

    Double Dragon

    Road Blasters

    Tetris

    Golden Axe

    Captain America and the Avengers

    Mortal Kombat

    Tron

    X-Men

    TMNT

    Tekken 2

    Tekken 3

    Street Fighter

    Street Fighter Alpha

    Street Fighter II Turbo

     

     

    We made a 2 page list of games we wanted. Including some air hockey and pin ball machines. (preferably the Terminator and Adam's Family ones)

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