I don't know whats goin on with everybody but I'm just bored this night. I can't think of nothing else to do just play games and post more random shit on my channel or just mess around on this forum for the rest of this night.
I don't know about the greece protests. From what I've heard they weren't having it that bad, like having gotten their old-age pension at around age 50 which is very old early. Generally bitching around against the state's attempts at recovering is pretty stupid, considering they're that deep into the shits that they need to make every penny.
Or do they want to find out what happens to a bankrupt state in the long run?
Seriously, who hasn't played portal at this point?
Lots of people. Anyone with a Mac or a shitty PC for starters. People who couldn't/didn't want to spend $20 on it (or however much it cost), people who never heard much about the game, people who only recently got into gaming, etc. I certainly haven't played every single critically-acclaimed game. Or in my/ark's case we had it on 360 but decided to get it on PC too (since PC has mods, custom maps, console commands).
Too bad my computer still doesn't run Portal decently without a noticeable amount of lag, I figured it would run smoother than L4D2 since there's a lot of fairly small rooms in Portal but they're about the same. :/ Oh well. At least it's playable.
Embarrasing Fact: Power suit made by lowest bidder
Unless, of course, your computer simply cannot run it. That is no longer an excuse for me though, and I can finally enjoy Portal too. :) Except for the fact I get nauseated playing first-person games.
People who couldn't/didn't want to spend $20 on it (or however much it cost)
Pirating?
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people who never heard much about the game
Anyone that used the internet around that time, and for a few months after its realased heard about Portal. The cake is a lie is a good example.
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people who only recently got into gaming
That's no good excuse, unless they recently started half a year ago.
I get what you mean, and you're right there are plenty of casual gamers and people that just don't play video games that have never heard of portal, but I'm %100 certain that are far more people that know about/played Portal than those who haven't.
Seriously, who hasn't played portal at this point?
I played a flash version of it and the real thing that i got in the multi pack with TF2 and HL. I played it for about two seconds though and this is pretty much how i felt:
Ah, Zoidberg. (Possibly my favorite character from that show.)
Anyway, as far as your comment goes, were you completely stumped by the gameplay, or did you not understand what makes it so popular? I couldn't tell what you meant with that.
Well, I just "helped" get two of my friends together into a relationship. He liked her, but thought that she really didn't care for him. She really liked him, but was afraid that he didn't like her. He thought she didn't like him because she never started any conversations with him, she didn't start any conversations with him because she was nervous about talking and didn't know what to say.
I have known that these two liked each other for MONTHS now. I've hinted to them many times that the other likes them but didn't believe me at all. I decided to change that all tonight. I messaged her straight up asking "Do you like him?" and she was like "Between you and me, yes". I go up to him, and try to convince as much as I can that she likes him, and he still refuses to believe so I just straight up tell him what she told me. I go back to talking to her, and tell her that he does like her and that he will be asking her to be in a relationship in the next few days.
So I should feel good about this, right? After all, I brought two people together that really wouldn't have come together if it wasn't for me, and they both like each other. The problem is that I can't help but to be envious of them. I haven't been in a relationship for awhile now, and have been very depressed lately (not just because of the relationship thing). So part of me (the selfish "bad" side) regrets bringing them together. But the other part of my feels really good about it, and I should be happy for them.
I just feel like everyone around me is getting what they want out of life, except for me, and the worse part is that I've been helping these people get to where they are. On top of that I've been really stressed out thinking about life after highschool, and where I want to take it. My parents and siblings went to Disney a few days ago and I decided to stay home alone because I just really want time alone from everyone. Living alone has been, so far, awesome.
Sorry for the random life rant. It feels good letting it out though.
One of the hardest things in life is trying to figure out how much of your own need you should trade off against the needs of other people. If you try to put yourself out for other people too much, they'll walk all over you, and you'll end up feeling bitter about it and ultimately hating them for it. On the other hand, if you never think of others, everyone will end up hating you instead. It's hard to get it right, and gets harder I think the more naturally emotional or sensitive a person you are.
It's better to be happy for people if and when you can manage it, because the alternative (feeling bad about yourself) is a deeply destructive thing.
Not that I'm any shining role model. I think I'm sufficiently bitter about life that I would probably have done everything I could to ruin things between them.
I'd add that I always find one of the hardest things in life - for everybody - is to genuinely be happy for others. It feels great when you manage it, and the response is well worth it, but it's still difficult. I get it a lot with my family, as me and my wife have always worked, and have enjoyed holidays and things that most others - particularly my brothers (living on benefits, blah, blah, blah) - couldn't afford. I know that we've had to work for it, so there's nothing 'special' about our situation, but it often feels like everybody I speak to just comes across as jealous.
What you did took a minimal amount of work and could potentially bring two people untold amounts of joy. Opportunities like that are rare. Ask yourself: would they do the same thing for you? If the answer is yes, then they know about the golden rule and maybe your time will come. If the answer is no, then what you should be feeling bad about is your choice of friends. I don't know you, but I have to say that life ISN'T fair, and sometimes people go their whole lives watching those around them getting everything they ever wanted while they get nothing - even though they did everything right. The first example that comes to mind is my friend Tim Heflin. In his late teens, he was diagnosed with MS. While his friends went to college, got careers, got married and/or created families, he lived with his mom and deteriorated until he passed away last year at age 34 when his wish to not let the machines breathe for him was honored. Nobody questioned that wish, everyone knows why that was his choice. Count your blessings and be patient.
Not that I'm any shining role model. I think I'm sufficiently bitter about life that I would probably have done everything I could to ruin things between them.
why do i not believe this? it's funny because i believe what you say (that you're bitter) but personal experience suggests that you tend to rise above that rather than ruining things for other people.
so maybe you really hate me and i'll never know because you don't act on it. ;)
