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Quietus
2009-01-06 05:18:15 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
I'd relive my last few years of school if I could.  Just accepting how naturally gifted I was at anything academic, I'd have attained ridiculous grades.  I didn't at the time because I was thoroughly bored at school for the same reason: I wasn't mentally challenged.  That's probably half the reason that I misbehaved - just for something to do!

Also, I met my (now) wife when I was 15, so it'd be nice to see how we began! aiwebs_011
Chanoire
2009-01-06 05:32:48 am
It might also be excruciating.  My husband and I met online and our relationship was almost entirely in writing for the first nine or ten months, so we really can go look at how our relationship began.  I remember a year or so after we started emailing each other I looked back at an early email and forwarded it to him.  He replied "I wrote THAT??!!?!?!!?????!!!?!??"  I suspect that looking back now would probably produce the same response, only more so.

Jagger, what you describe sounds very familiar.  Especially the having too much lethargy to talk to a doctor about having too much lethargy.  I've been trying to get myself to do that for at least a year, maybe two.
Quietus
2009-01-06 05:49:23 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
I put my lack of energy down to my disgusting lack of fitness.

During my earlier days, right up until I left school at 16, I was super fit, ran everywhere, was good in all sports, except the absurd ones (like cricket - don't flame me, please!) that I didn't bother in, and would enjoy testing my physical prowess.

Since then, I basically get no exercise beyond normal daily tasks like stairs.  Nowadays, my entire daily exercise regime consists of one sit-up to get out of bed.  I get out of breath just walking my dog (Basset Hound - Trooper wub) round the block.  As for running, if I had a choice between that or being crushed by the Indiana Jones boulder, I'd be crushed while I deliberated as to which I'd prefer! Razz
Chanoire
2009-01-06 06:33:53 am
Quote from Quietus:
As for running, if I had a choice between that or being crushed by the Indiana Jones boulder, I'd be crushed while I deliberated as to which I'd prefer! Razz


LOL, yes.  Even if I survived the run, I wouldn't want to survive the ensuing headache.
Ntsc
2009-01-06 07:19:25 am
Quote from JaggerG:
It could probably be a number of reasons, though, from diet and physical activity, to stress or mental disorder. Let's hope for the prior, huh? Or the latter, so I don't have to make changes to the prior. >_>

Probably lack of Physical activity and stress. I used to run and work out all the time but recently I do little more than wake up, play some console games, eat, play wow, and then sleep. I'm in the same boat. I feel to Lethargic to start working out again. I wake up and I think that I should just do something simple but then I go "oh but I could just watch pbs and fall asleep watching the life of birds...hmm yeah that sounds good".

Luckily I'm not fat - see photo - but I definitely feel like I'll be fat if I continue this trend.

Quote from Quietus:
As for running, if I had a choice between that or being crushed by the Indiana Jones boulder...

The secret is to mash A as fast as you can then at the last second hit L & R!

Oh but back to the high school thing. I completely forgot that I never actually graduated high school. I kind of just stopped going for the last 2 months. Some girlfriend trouble and honestly just being bored as all hell along with being suspended for changing grades over the network but that is another story for another time. I did get my GED. Yeah...it doesn't really change anything now since I'm taking some college classes but I do feel a bit embarrassed about that.
Quietus
2009-01-06 08:30:25 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Quote from Ntsc:
Quote from Quietus:
As for running, if I had a choice between that or being crushed by the Indiana Jones boulder...

The secret is to mash A as fast as you can then at the last second hit L & R!


I doubt the films would have achieved such popularity if every time Indy got into a fix, he pulled out a controller rather than a whip, and started button-mashing! Razz  Although the bit with the beefcake swinging his huge sword could be done in the same manner, as he could chuck an Xbox controller to kill the man. Wink
DominicanZero
2009-01-06 11:46:00 am
直死の魔眼使い
Quote from Quietus:
Quote from Ntsc:
Quote from Quietus:
As for running, if I had a choice between that or being crushed by the Indiana Jones boulder...

The secret is to mash A as fast as you can then at the last second hit L & R!


I doubt the films would have achieved such popularity if every time Indy got into a fix, he pulled out a controller rather than a whip, and started button-mashing! Razz  Although the bit with the beefcake swinging his huge sword could be done in the same manner, as he could chuck an Xbox controller to kill the man. Wink
LOL, epic fail for not catching the reference. Good one, Ntsc. How did you like surviving the Statue chase, and right after that having to climb the crumbling bridge? XD
mangadood
2009-01-06 03:03:44 pm
Too many fangirls to count
I wanna relive 8th grade. It sucked. However, this was all my doing.
Quietus
Quietus
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Quietus: 2009-01-06 03:27:30 pm
2009-01-06 03:10:48 pm
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Quote from DominicanZero:
LOL, epic fail for not catching the reference. Good one, Ntsc. How did you like surviving the Statue chase, and right after that having to climb the crumbling bridge? XD


How is it a failure?  I understood that he took my mention of the film, and turned it round to hint at the game.  I did exactly the same, and turned it back round to hint at the film, only with gaming references... Eh?


On a completely unrelated note, I happened to be searching on the forum today, and came across this thread, which provides a fantastic example of why 'quote-tunneling' is against the rules, but also makes for some hilarious reading.  It gets insane by page three, and doesn't improve until the forum appears to keel over toward the end.  Have fun! aiwebs_011
arkarian
2009-01-06 04:26:56 pm
red chamber dream
Yep. Probably one of the most famous threads on this forum. c.bags's first post ftw.
DominicanZero
2009-01-06 04:37:40 pm
直死の魔眼使い
Quote from Quietus:
Quote from DominicanZero:
LOL, epic fail for not catching the reference. Good one, Ntsc. How did you like surviving the Statue chase, and right after that having to climb the crumbling bridge? XD


How is it a failure?  I understood that he took my mention of the film, and turned it round to hint at the game.  I did exactly the same, and turned it back round to hint at the film, only with gaming references... Eh?
Because he wasn't poking at the Indiana Jones game. He poked fun at an entirely different game that used a similar "giant boulder being dropped on you" sequence, and which used the button presses he indicates as the escape route.
Ntsc
2009-01-06 04:39:39 pm
Quote from DominicanZero:
LOL, epic fail for not catching the reference. Good one, Ntsc. How did you like surviving the Statue chase, and right after that having to climb the crumbling bridge? XD

It was pretty awesome. The fight with Krauser is probably my favorite button sequence of all time. I'm amazed that very little games have done the button sequences as well as RE4. Deadspace had only one button for those types of things which made me a bit disappointing.
Quote from Quietus:
How is it a failure?  I understood that he took my mention of the film, and turned it round to hint at the game.  I did exactly the same, and turned it back round to hint at the film, only with gaming references... Eh?

Indiana Jones vs Leon Kennedy! Go!
I think Leon would win because he has infinite continues and checkpoints.
Phazar
2009-01-06 05:10:43 pm
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Quote from Ntsc:
being suspended for changing grades over the network

I know that it is a story for another time, but are you saying that you actually hacked your school's network and changed your grades?  I'm impressed.
Quietus
2009-01-06 05:33:41 pm
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Quote from DominicanZero:
Because he wasn't poking at the Indiana Jones game. He poked fun at an entirely different game that used a similar "giant boulder being dropped on you" sequence, and which used the button presses he indicates as the escape route.


But which game he's taking about is irrelevant, since both our points / jokes were unrelated, apart from a boulder... Eh?

Never mind.

Also, I believe the first Resident Evil game had a boulder chasing you at one point as well, didn't it?
Prime Hunter
2009-01-06 05:44:35 pm
Quote from Quietus:
On a completely unrelated note, I happened to be searching on the forum today, and came across this thread, which provides a fantastic example of why 'quote-tunneling' is against the rules, but also makes for some hilarious reading.  It gets insane by page three, and doesn't improve until the forum appears to keel over toward the end.  Have fun! aiwebs_011


Yikes... I'm glad I wasn't around for that. Shocked I feel really bad for Radix right now having to piece that thing back together, which I didn't even think about until I saw his post at the end shutting down the topic.
Ntsc
2009-01-06 06:10:11 pm
Quote from Phazar:
I know that it is a story for another time, but are you saying that you actually hacked your school's network and changed your grades?  I'm impressed.

It was one of those old Novell networks so there isn't a whole lot to be impressed about. We used the Novell launch window to launch tinykeylogger on all computers and log it to hidden file (grade book used different password than net login). Anyway I obviously wasn't that good since I was caught.
Bioniclegenius
2009-01-06 06:24:42 pm
Fear Me! (Or else...)
Quote from Prime Hunter:
Quote from Quietus:
On a completely unrelated note, I happened to be searching on the forum today, and came across this thread, which provides a fantastic example of why 'quote-tunneling' is against the rules, but also makes for some hilarious reading.  It gets insane by page three, and doesn't improve until the forum appears to keel over toward the end.  Have fun! aiwebs_011


Yikes... I'm glad I wasn't around for that. Shocked I feel really bad for Radix right now having to piece that thing back together, which I didn't even think about until I saw his post at the end shutting down the topic.
Just out of curiousity, how big does it have to be before it breaks the forum rules? Maybe after you're quoting a person who's quoting a person... Also, thanks to quoting and quote editing, I can make you say anything I want! Mwahahahahaha! Twisted Evil. Also, even without adding words, I can take anything you say completely out of context...like this:
Quote:
It was one of those computers to grade passwords.
Yes, I know that one wasn't that good, but hey, it's just an example of the wonderful magic of quotes! Also, that was from the post right before this one, for those who wonder.
Phazar
2009-01-06 07:08:36 pm
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Quote from Prime Hunter:
Quote from Quietus:
On a completely unrelated note, I happened to be searching on the forum today, and came across this thread, which provides a fantastic example of why 'quote-tunneling' is against the rules, but also makes for some hilarious reading.  It gets insane by page three, and doesn't improve until the forum appears to keel over toward the end.  Have fun! aiwebs_011


Yikes... I'm glad I wasn't around for that. Shocked I feel really bad for Radix right now having to piece that thing back together, which I didn't even think about until I saw his post at the end shutting down the topic.

I didn't read the last page yet.  To tell the truth, that topic crashed my computer!  I had to use Task Manager to close it.  Must have been from taking too long to load.

Also, about that grading computer system, it doesn't sound very secure at all.
Soaprman
2009-01-06 08:04:15 pm
shrimp
and white wine
Concernng "It's good to play together": remember that for every post in that slowly-loading monstrosity, there was a person willing to wait for that thread to load and add another post to it.
Bioniclegenius
2009-01-06 08:16:15 pm
Fear Me! (Or else...)
Quote from Phazar:
Also, about that grading computer system, it doesn't sound very secure at all.
Let me try it again. This one's better:
Quote:
It was one of those networks that launched passwords. I was caught.
I typed nothing into that, except for one period. I deleted words, letters, and spaces, and made him say something else entirely! This has great potential entertainment value...
Toozin
Toozin
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Toozin: 2009-01-06 08:42:06 pm
2009-01-06 08:27:27 pm
Not impossible
just highly unlikely
Ah, the quote tunnel. Such fond memories.

I'm not sure if it's the new forum or the Wii browser but the way it displays has changed for me. By the last page there are multiple 'peaks'. It's very bizzare.


EDIT: The fact that the thread still exists is exactly why I believe Radix to be a minor deiety.
tomatobob
2009-01-07 05:01:19 am
One shall stand, one shall ball.
Quote from Bioniclegenius:
Just out of curiousity, how big does it have to be before it breaks the forum rules? Maybe after you're quoting a person who's quoting a person...


I'd say it's best to just quote only what is necessary to give your post context, a quote tunnel would only very rarely add enough to your post to warrant being there. But, really, as long as you're not keeping an obnoxious number of quotes together you should run into any trouble.
DominicanZero
2009-01-07 06:41:42 am
直死の魔眼使い
Quote from Ntsc:
It was pretty awesome. The fight with Krauser is probably my favorite button sequence of all time. I'm amazed that very little games have done the button sequences as well as RE4. Deadspace had only one button for those types of things which made me a bit disappointing.
Very true; very few games since the release of RE4 have managed to actually hit the nail on the head with the cutscene button sequences. Although I think I can one-up you with the favoritism: I have THREE different, separate save files for the two majorly hand-destroying sequences in the game, for instant replay goodness: Escaping from the statue (and climbing the crumbling bridge on one hand afterward), and the Krauser fight (and having to dodge the lasers in the laser hallway after that). Both in Professional difficulty. Beat THAT. =D
arkarian
2009-01-07 11:28:17 am
red chamber dream
I only have the Wii edition, which isn't "hand-destroying" at all. You shake the Wiimote rather than tapping A, and all the Quicktime events in the game are incredibly easy once you're expecting them. The only difficulty lies in your reaction time to the button presses, which is really only tough during the suits of armor part.
Ntsc
2009-01-07 01:36:04 pm
I never beat the game on Professional lol (nor did I ever finish the Mercs mini game). I guess I was to lazy.

I was reading something on SDA which mentions that you can "fake out" the button sequences by basically mashing the opposite buttons that you want to press until the scene begins. So even on the Gamecube it isn't as hand mangling as you might think.

The suits of armor always scare the shit out of me because I'm like "ok cmon I know ONE of you is going to attack me!"