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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 06:37 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
Dude... When you say a kilometer I really have no idea how long that is, but when someone says a mile I have a good idea of the length it is. Why adopt something because it's easier? Anyway, on topic... You are not your friend. ![]() |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 05:00 PM Forum Act III: Feedback Harbor View full topic |
| I don't know... Most forums don't support it at all unless they are very small. I don't really agree with warning someone over a useless bump anyway. I say just delete the post and close the topic or delete the post and PM the member about the rules. |
| Archie Sonic Video Game |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:38 PM Forum Act III: Sonic's Game Stadium View full topic |
| An Icon? That I would disagree with, unless you just mean an icon to the Sega corporation and not to the public. He isn't advertised or in the media anymore than any other character. If anything, the general media does not even mention or care about him anymore. Also the general gaming public views him as washed up. I still like Sonic games, but that's just my observations. |
| SB Friend System! |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:34 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
| *barf* I don't know whether or not to keep it since it does have quite a few bugs and isn't compatible with Opera or older IEs than 8. |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:32 PM Forum Act III: Feedback Harbor View full topic |
Most forums don't even allow you to bump topics older than a few months. I don't think anyone comes here expecting that bumping topics is ok unless they are completely new to forums. If anything most people would not bump just because everywhere else doesn't allow it. |
| Reviews are just paid advertisements? |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:30 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
I agree with everything you said Bliz. I wish people didn't really take Metacritic so seriously. I mean... Metacritic allows and omits the same site differently everytime. Sometimes G4TV(for example) is included in one game's overall list and next it is not. It's flawed. The highest score list is flawed too. Zelda is #1 at 99%, but it only has a few reviews. Now days there are nearly 100s of reviews. If Zelda had had tons of review scores I doubt it would equal out to 99%. In the high 90s, but not 99%. Also GTA4 is no where close to 98%, most gamers agreed that it was disappointing or just above average in the 80% range. Considering that Gamespot's original score for GTA4 was 9.5 out of 10 then after a few minutes went to 10 out of 10 is proof enough that no score has any real merit. I tend to look at gamer reviews and see what real gamers like. It's not too hard to pick out fanboy reviews from honest ones. Usually ones that say "this is an honest review" are fanboys, but not always. I've been able to sniff them out. lol I tend to go with word of mouth rather than media hype scores. |
| Archie Sonic Video Game |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:22 PM Forum Act III: Sonic's Game Stadium View full topic |
| So? Outside of the fans, the games aren't popular anymore and Sonic is no longer a public icon with today's media or even gamers. Maybe Archie isn't as popular as the games of the past, but they are quite popular. I just thought it was preposterous to compare Archie to Marvel like Sonic is on Marvel's status anymore. |
| SB Friend System! |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 03:16 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
The reason I thought it would be good is that everyone has their friends listed in their signature, this way it's more official. ![]() Also it does appear to have a few bugs in it, but it works. I see more than 12 friends in Blair's profile. P.S. ![]() |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 02:15 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
Well, we now have an official friend system. Next to user profiles is an option to view a said person's friends and also add them to your list.
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| Archie Sonic Video Game |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 01:42 PM Forum Act III: Sonic's Game Stadium View full topic |
Um, that's ridiculous. One comic series will not give name credibility to the likes of another company with huge history and many good comics. Why do they need market share again? I don't see why you care anyway, Archie Sonic is fairly popular. What's the beef? You don't like Archie? |
| Reviews are just paid advertisements? |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 01:27 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
I doubt Sega has the money to pay most publications off. I also forgot to mention that the major review publication in Japan(Famitsu) has only given a handful of perfect scores in its entire history and most of them are from 2007 and beyond... If that doesn't proove that gaming journalism is a joke nowdays, I don't know what does. Games certainly haven't gotten significantly better in recent times, there have always been stellar games no matter the era. |
| Reviews are just paid advertisements? |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 01:10 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
| We already have proof that Gamespot has used(and probably still does) cash from publishers to influence a review score. Do you ever get the feeling that most reviews are just paid for advertisements? With the inconsistencies of review standards (some docking points for one aspect, which goes unnoticed in a like game with similar attributes) and proof that major publications take cash for scores, I just can't help but see most reviews as a paid advertisement. How else do you explain when a majorly hyped game gets huge reviews but most gamers don't like it? I've always seen that, but I've never really seen a game yet that got poor reviews having the major population think it's good. Probably because if the company doesn't supply them with cash, they review it on its own merits? Gaming journalism seems so shady now days. Lets just have this as the general discussion for opinions on journalism related to gaming. |
| PS3 sold out on Black Friday! |
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| Posted: Nov 29 2009, 12:49 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
Infamous is a great game, lucky you for picking it up. 4 hours is a super long time though, I don't know if I'd have the patience! I stood in a line for 3 hours once just to turn in an application(yes there were that many people applying) and I don't really think it's worth it anymore. I'd rather just show up a day early with a tent. ![]()
Well call yourself when any console can do that. The slogan is obviously not meant to be taken seriously, it can't toast your bread or make breakfast for you and you can't compare it to Windows 7 either... Modern Warfare 2 is a disappointment to many who were fooled into the hype. Besides Uncharted 2 got better reception than MW2, MW2 is on PS3, so.... your point? |
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| Posted: Nov 28 2009, 01:36 PM Forum Act III: Sonic's Game Stadium View full topic |
| Adventure and Rivals... Adventures did 3D right. Rivals went back to the 2D gameplay but didn't sacrifice the 3D graphics. |
| Christmas Blast |
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| Posted: Nov 28 2009, 12:31 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
The maker of the skin is Nicola of the ZB Theme Zone. Pretty good and she's one of the best skinners I know of... Imo, of course. http://resources.zetaboards.com/topic/5060341/1/ |
| Global warming conspiracy uncovered? |
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| Posted: Nov 27 2009, 03:00 PM Forum Act I: Chit-Chat Hangout View full topic |
| Hahaha! While I don't think pollution should be condoned and that we should help protect the environment, I really doubt we are warming the planet in any unnatural way. |
| Black Friday Deals Thread |
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| Posted: Nov 27 2009, 02:51 PM Forum Act I: Chit-Chat Hangout View full topic |
| I wasn't able to get anything good on sale... It was all swooped up before I got there. Oh well, not too terrible as I only was looking at getting a Dualshock 3. |
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| Posted: Nov 27 2009, 02:20 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
| These bundles were only offered for Black Friday which was announced yesterday... The Best Buy bundle is different from the Gamestop's version too. Every major retailer had a different bundle practically, but like it said a few stores might have some left but most are gone. |
| PS3 sold out on Black Friday! |
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| Posted: Nov 27 2009, 12:39 PM Forum Act II: Video Game Station View full topic |
Man, everywhere I went the deals were sold out. I went to two radioshacks and called 5 of them and all of their Dualshock 3s were sold out. They were only $29.99... Oh well. |
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| Posted: Nov 26 2009, 09:36 PM Forum Archived News View full topic |
| The new Christmas Theme is up for everyone to enjoy! |
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I wish people didn't really take Metacritic so seriously. I mean... Metacritic allows and omits the same site differently everytime. Sometimes G4TV(for example) is included in one game's overall list and next it is not. It's flawed. 

I went to two radioshacks and called 5 of them and all of their Dualshock 3s were sold out. They were only $29.99... Oh well.
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