The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

Bubble181 said:
If it was one of the Star Trek Fan Club people, you'd assume he's a nerd following you because he doesn't dare approach you. Because it's a jock you feel the need to change what you're talking about so that he'll be interested?
Double standards ho!
I'd just assume he saw/met you through friends/class/whatever, is interested in you (as friends, as a smart person he wants to hear more from, or whatever), but doesn't have the courage to come to you and chat you up?

For the record, I'm not trying to be mean or insulting towards you, as I absolutely understand what you're saying. It's still a society-wide difference of how we apprach people based on perceived class and interest, though.
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I was honestly going to talk about sports just so he would feel included. But I don't really feel the need to talk about sports so he'll be 'interested'.

I think you took me seriously when what I was saying, I was saying in jest.

And trust me, we've never met. I don't go to school, much less the games. (I may go to more this year to support my brother.) I have the same friends I've had since high school, so we dont' know each other that way.

Really, it took me a very long time to figure out who I am and who I want to be, so you can be sure that I am not interested in pretending to be something I'm not.

But, if I bring up sports with him, the reason would be it's an easy conversation starter. Since I don't know him and know none of his interests' besides football, it would be an easy way to get to know him, right? I mean, that's how you meet people, you find out their interests and strike up a conversation. I'm positive he has more interests' besides football, I was merely stating the obvious that that is all I know about him.

Mostly though, I was joking. I truthfully do not feel the need to talk about sports just for his sake.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

I got that, I didn't mean to imply that you'd change or in any way hide your true self just to please him, though I admit what I said can be taken that way.
But hey, perhaps he's just genuinely interested, is what I'm saying. My point was more something along the lines that your reaction to a football player adding you on Twitter, or a random unknown person adding you on Twitter, are different. Even if you consciously try not to, they're still different. Which, yes, is based on perception and stereotype. If Wil Wheaton adds you tomorrow, you'll post about it too - but not some random guy somewhere.
Let me try to highlight my point another way...You'd strike up a conversation about sports because it's a conversation starter. Totally understandable. Now, you're interested in nerdy things, at least up to a point, so if I asked if you'd start a conversation about Star Trek with a Trekkie, your answer'd probably be yes....So how about if the leader of the local Young Republicans added you - would you try to strike up a conversation about politics with him?

We still differentiate, based on interests and social circles. Of course, shared interests or social groups are always good conversation topics; however, when we don't (know about/have) any in common, the amount of interest we're willing to show to others and their (primary) interest strongly depends on what that interest is and the perceived social status. As in, anyone'll start a conversation with Donald Trump about bussiness, most people will talk to a football player about sports, some will talk with the chess club leader about games, but very few will talk to the MLP Fanclub President about stuffed animals. You might be tempted to say this simply depends on how much we're interested in their field of excellence/prominence, but this has been proven false repeatedly in sociological studies. Some hobbies or fields of study are seen as much worthier or having higher standing than others, and sometimes it makes sense, but in a lot of other cases, it really doesn't. *shrug*
 
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Reluctant male hero who has some kind of gift with an ordinary male sidekick and a brainy female sidekick. I could swear I've seen that formula somewhere before...
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

That looked really, really silly.
Also it almost sounds like, "Cree Summer joins the cast of Futurama. Thursdays, on FOX!"

--Patrick
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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LittleKagsin said:
One of the football players for the University here started following me on twitter and it's weird. Like...I don't know how he found me? Or why he's following me? The only sports I tweet about is my brothers podcast. Now I feel the need to tweet about sports so the poor guy has something to look at from me.
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Take a look at how many people he's following. If it's over 10,000, chances are he's not reading your tweets. Celebrities and corporate Twitter accounts follow anyone who tweets certain keywords in an attempt to get people to follow them back.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

figmentPez said:
Take a look at how many people he's following. If it's over 10,000, chances are he's not reading your tweets. Celebrities and corporate Twitter accounts follow anyone who tweets certain keywords in an attempt to get people to follow them back.
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Yeah, I get a lot of authors looking for followers.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Went out to get a new video game, noticed there was no manual in it. Went inside thinking they put the disc in the display model but...no thats just what a lot of game companies are doing nowadays. Only 22, and I feel old.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Yoshimickster said:
Went out to get a new video game, noticed there was no manual in it. Went inside thinking they put the disc in the display model but...no thats just what a lot of game companies are doing nowadays. Only 22, and I feel old.
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In-game tutorials have kind of made them unnecessary. I miss them but I get why they don't include them anymore.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Yoshimickster said:
Went out to get a new video game, noticed there was no manual in it. Went inside thinking they put the disc in the display model but...no thats just what a lot of game companies are doing nowadays. Only 22, and I feel old.
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In my day, we had feelies.



Not just a game manual, but items from inside the game, such as this order of destruction (for both house and earth) from the Hitchiker's Guide game, along with a baggie containing a microscopic space fleet (so microscopic, in fact, that you can't even tell there's anything in there!)[DOUBLEPOST=1365200749][/DOUBLEPOST]
Chad Sexington said:
I never liked most manuals... But I don't like a lot of 'stuff'. Clutter drives me mental.
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Blizzard's manuals were always great. The Diablo manuals (1 and 2) especially contain a lot of cool art and lore.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I get it to, but this is kinda a shock to me. Hell sometimes a manual didn't just have instructions, it could have a little comic in there, some comical asides to the reader, a good manual could be fun. I'll adjust, but like I said still a shocker.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

AshburnerX said:
In-game tutorials have kind of made them unnecessary. I miss them but I get why they don't include them anymore.
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This is actually kind of amusing, because I'm sure the in-game tutorial exists so that the game will still be useful in the secondary market without its manuals, etc.
It's amusing because the publishers are working so hard to eliminate the secondary market, but the developers are working to help it and make it viable.

--Patrick
 
Frank

Frank

The old Interplay manuals were Godlike.



Fallout 2's manual pictured here. It was amazingly indepth, full of background on the entire Vault system, humour and more.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

You better be glad I don't have time to kill and my birth certificate handy, or I'd be heading across the Soo and down to your location to give her a good talking to...
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

...are you guys like trying to get me to pull a Kurtz?

'Cause you're doing a good job.

And can I catch a break, please? I had to put my cat down Thursday. Not really in the mood.
 
Krisken

Krisken

jwhouk said:
...are you guys like trying to get me to pull a Kurtz?

'Cause you're doing a good job.

And can I catch a break, please? I had to put my cat down Thursday. Not really in the mood.
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Hey, I speak from experience here. ;)

I'm sorry for your loss. Losing a pet, a companion you've been with for 17 years is a horrible thing indeed. It really hurts now, but you'll be able to hold onto those memories and the pain will eventually turn to joy at the wonderful moments you had. Big hugs, man.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

As a poor twenty something with $30 000 in college debt, I appreciate living 5minutes from a Goodwill. We got our couch there for $60, and a kitchen table and 4 chairs today for $100. Fridays are 50% off fitness equipment, so we're going to buy out all their weights next week.

The kitchen table is really more for playing D&D on than for eating.
 
Terrik

Terrik

checkeredhat said:
As a poor twenty something with $30 000 in college debt, I appreciate living 5minutes from a Goodwill. We got our couch there for $60, and a kitchen table and 4 chairs today for $100. Fridays are 50% off fitness equipment, so we're going to buy out all their weights next week.

The kitchen table is really more for playing D&D on than for eating.
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Surely you snack while gaming. To do otherwise would be heretical.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Terrik said:
Surely you snack while gaming. To do otherwise would be heretical.
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Well, yeah. I ate entirely too many Doritos last night. Also cupcakes. But we didn't have a table last night. I wish I took pictures. Roommate unhooked his computer, brought his desk's top out from his room, and set it on some moving boxes from the closet so that it would be an appropriate height for playing on while seated on couches. This also involved rearranging out living room.

He is dedicated.
 
drifter

drifter

checkeredhat said:
As a poor twenty something with $30 000 in college debt, I appreciate living 5minutes from a Goodwill. We got our couch there for $60, and a kitchen table and 4 chairs today for $100. Fridays are 50% off fitness equipment, so we're going to buy out all their weights next week.

The kitchen table is really more for playing D&D on than for eating.
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If money is an issue, have you considered something like body weight exercises?
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

I remember Dungeon Keeper's manual. The manual itself was pretty neat and completely written as a message from some imp to the Dark Lord to inform him of his duties, but also included was a short story (I just checked and it's about 30 pages) about the Hero venturing forth to slay Evil lurking underground. And failing, of course. It's an expanded version of the intro movie, really.

I agree manuals as a way of teaching you how to play the game are near-unnecessary (though they still tend to include them as PHP on the disc, so I think it's more a money issue) - but as a way of giving you the feeling you've bought something more than just a game, in giving a real extra incentive to buy a box instead of pirating/downloading/copying they worked - and they could still work, if anyone was at all interested in promoting brick and mortar stores over Steam.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I don't think the possibility of a manual has ever motivated me to buy a game.

Though I will say my wife was disappointed open up my Luigi's Mansion box in hopes of finding more info on items and such, only to find a useless slip of paper instead.
 
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