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Subject: Sigh. Proves himself wrong before you can say "hypocrite".

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

I made this post so as to be directed at the New Mombasians, but after seeing it fly off the front page with no opinions attached, and realizing that it doesn't really involve Halo 2, I thought I would post it here to see the responses from some of the more mature members. Sadly, it won't be able to help people as much here as it would in New Mombasa, but oh well.

This is mostly in reference to the why kids should play halo and halo 2 and why grown ups should stop whining post, although there are many other similar examples.

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Posted by: not in the balls
a couple of daYs ago i saw A thread with an old man complainin bout kids playin halo 2 cause they were being annoying or something like that but i got a few things to say to the grown ups who thing people younger then 21 shouldnt play


Microsoft Word
a couple of days ago I saw A thread with an old man complaining bout kids playing halo 2 cause they were being annoying or something like that but I got a few things to say to the grown ups who thing people younger then 21 shouldn’t play

Actually paying attention
A couple of days ago I saw a thread with an adult complaining about kids playing Halo 2 because they were being annoying or something like that. However, I have a few things to say to the grown ups who think people younger then 21 shouldn’t play M rated games.
Note a few things.
1) His name is “not in the balls”. Yes, that makes me think highly of him before I even started reading his post.
2) He for some reason doesn’t know how to use capitalization.
3) He insults the other poster almost immediately by calling him “old man”. Just because he’s not a teenager doesn’t make him old.
4) The Microsoft Word check took only about ten seconds. In total it would take about thirty at max to cut and paste as well.

Now for his entire post.

Posted by: not in the balls
a couple of daYs ago i saw A thread with an old man complainin bout kids playin halo 2 cause they were being annoying or something like that but i got a few things to say to the grown ups who thing people younger then 21 shouldnt play

1) im 14 i play and i dont even talk on halo 2 putting a sniper round through your visor or your hard elite head is enough of a " i kicked your @$$"

2) your a grown up why are you complaining arnt you supposed to be mature and just let it go

3) kids are people too they deserve some fun

and the last comment

4) DEAL WITH IT ILL PLAY AS MUCH AS I GOD D@MN WANT!!!

[Edited on 11/25/2004 4:56:50 PM]

1) I wonder what he edited it for? He missed a lot.
2) He “cleverly” cheats the filter system, which is there for a reason.
3) His second point is somewhat hypocritical; his thread is about how kids can be mature, and yet his is complaining about why the other guy posted his thoughts. If he followed his own advice this thread wouldn’t be here.
4) Did the other guy ever say that kids don’t deserve any fun? His main point was that not every kid should be allowed to play it, because not all of them are mature enough.
5) His fourth point speaks for itself.
6) While this doesn’t have much relevance to the subject, I found it interesting that his post had a reading level of 1.2 according to Microsoft Word.


Come on guys, it’s not hard to seem mature on these forums. Writing legibly without flaming is not difficult, but many of you seem incapable of it. Perhaps I am being petty and hypocritical myself, as I am only fifteen, but after seeing the flood of illegible posting after November 9 it’s been difficult for many of the better members (not necessarily including myself) to hold their tempers and tongues.

[Edited on 11/25/2004 8:20:34 PM]

  • 11.25.2004 8:19 PM PDT
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Sad, isn't it?

  • 11.25.2004 8:26 PM PDT

Devil is Double is Deuce and Joker always trumps Deuce.

Posted by: un gato
but after seeing the flood of illegible posting after November 9 it’s been difficult for many of the better members (not necessarily including myself) to hold their tempers and tongues.


Tru7h. I wish i'd been able to hold my temper and my tongue on Nov. 9th. Woulda saved myself a blacklisting.

[Edited on 11/25/2004 8:36:24 PM]

  • 11.25.2004 8:36 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

back when i first joined,the only spammers and losers we had were davester and some idiot named sockman. those were the good days.

  • 11.25.2004 8:38 PM PDT

Devil is Double is Deuce and Joker always trumps Deuce.

Sigh. You know, it's depressing. Right now on the first page of NM we have:

Is it just me or does Halo 2s graphics suck?
By: PNuX

BUNGIE doesn't care wut people really want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: Kapasa

And last and least:

THE REASONS THAT PROPHITS ARE PANSY ASSES
By: eignub gamer


Don't ya just love 'em? [/sarcasm]

  • 11.25.2004 8:41 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

just looking at the names of these idiots depresses me


This is in NM:

Poll: IF YOU WERE A COVANENT WHO WOULD YOU BE?
by eignub gamer


*sigh*

[Edited on 11/25/2004 8:47:30 PM]

  • 11.25.2004 8:43 PM PDT

Devil is Double is Deuce and Joker always trumps Deuce.

Halo 2 gameplay-wise unsuccessful?
By: DeathcoiL

You have to read this one to believe it. And he used the forbidden N word five times. His happy ass is toast.

  • 11.25.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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Y'know, I miss Davester88.

He really wasn't bad, spammed the forums up a little bit, and just generally acted stupid. Now, replacing him we have thousands of homophobic little boys that type in caps and complain about everything. Not to mention an excessive amount of flaming and stupidity.

  • 11.25.2004 9:11 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

i miss early 2004. those were the good days here on B.net. now the forums are flooded with bull-blam!-

  • 11.25.2004 9:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nedus
i miss early 2004. those were the good days here on B.net. now the forums are flooded with bull-blam!-


Yeah. I joined at the very beginning of a huge wave of users. It was good back then.

  • 11.25.2004 9:15 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Actually, alot of the ilovebeer's weren't that bad. Supermega and Cirrus Strafe were pretty good members, to name a few.

  • 11.25.2004 9:15 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

what really pisses me off is that all these idiots here act like theyre devoting their lives to Bungie(this was before Halo 2 came out), and now,because the game didnt meet their massively overinflated expectations,theyre -blam!-ing and crying about it and putting down Bungie(who have, by the way, worked thier asses off for the last 3 years to bring you this awesome game we call Halo 2),like anyone on here gives a -blam!-.

  • 11.25.2004 9:19 PM PDT

Devil is Double is Deuce and Joker always trumps Deuce.

I'd take ten Davesters over all the -blam!- we have now anyday. All this complaining is ten times worse than his spamming. At least he livined things up a bit. I don't mean to be anti new member ish, but there is nothing worse then some punk who's been here a full three minutes flame you as if you hadn't been here longer than him. I don't feel that calling them n**bs is the right thing to do, but I do think that newer members should have at least a tinkering of respect for older members. I mean, you wouldn't tell Rip Saw or Eagle or Greenchief to go screw themselves. It's because they're good members. They contribute. They deserve at least some level of respect. But I digress....

  • 11.25.2004 9:21 PM PDT

Posted by: Stickman Army
Y'know, I miss Davester88.

He really wasn't bad, spammed the forums up a little bit, and just generally acted stupid.

You didn't have to delete all of his posts though! FIVE -blam!- PAGES ON AVERAGE!

Still, I suppose it beats locking off-topic posts.

  • 11.26.2004 4:03 AM PDT