- Siaynoq
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Member for 17 years, 8 months, and 21 days
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Oct 21, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on BlizzCon 2011 Opening CeremonyWhy did they show that cinematic, honestly? Wouldn't it have been way better to see it for the first time you're playing the game?Posted in: News
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Oct 18, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Cinematic PreviewToo much of a spoiler for me. I wish I hadn't seen that shot. But Blizzard's gotta keep that hype machine going and I'm not immune to it.Posted in: News
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Aug 17, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Blizzard's 2011 Writing ContestPosted in: News
I'm happy to offer you feedback before you submit yours.Quote from Don_guillotine
I'm so entering this year. Never finished my story last year so this time I'll refine its potential and send it.
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Aug 15, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Blizzard's 2011 Writing ContestHmm, quite the dilemma. Do I want to start a completely new story or just revise my submission from last year? Obviously I wouldn't come any closer to winning by submitting the same material though, dammit.Posted in: News
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Aug 13, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on DiabloCast: Episode XXI - The Pros & ConsSeriously I'd buy the Tyrael hoodie if not for that D3 logo on it. When you wear that kind of stuff, it's cool when you find other people who just already know what your clothing is referencing. Granted, most people would see the D3 logo and still not know what it is, but I just like my clothing to be as logo free as possible.Posted in: News
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Jun 18, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Which Class to Play?Lore is what truly gets me into a class. Strangely, if I don't really like a class, it is often cause of my play style combined with that character's lore. For instance, I do not like the Wizard at all. Partly because I'm not a caster type player, but also because I think their background story is lame. Their motives are lame. It was similar to the Sorceress in D2. Her motivation was to prove the superiority of elemental magics over those of other disciplines. It seemed too quaint or vain. The motives of the Wizard seem similarly vain to me. Some may find them interesting, but I really don't.Posted in: News
With the Demon Hunter, sometimes I do prefer a ranged character for my play style. And I do find the background story to the Demon Hunter mildly interesting. I say mildly cause it seems a bit trite. It's like a revenge story. I really like the Witch Doctor's background story, but I can't quite tell what the Witch Doctor's motivations are supposed to be. They obviously are closest to the pragmatism of the Necromancer. They also seem driven by learning. They just want to learn more about the secrets of the world and not even for self-interest but just for the sake of knowing. I also like summoning as a play style but summoners often seem to take a backseat toward killing power and more geared toward surviving and tanking. I just hope to see the Witch Doctor on equal killing power with all other classes as the Necromancer failed to be through so many patches.
I have argued though that I don't think there's anything wrong with each class being more predisposed toward a certain role of combat. As if being in a party makes a bigger difference with diversity. I don't know.
I've yet to be really inspired by the Monk's background story (not nearly as cool as the Assassin's), but man I love me some nice claw weapons. -
May 28, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Eighteenth Batch of Screenshots and ArtI love Caldeum. I can't wait to go there in the game.Posted in: News
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May 20, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on No ENIGMA for D3I hated Enigma. Mostly cause I never had it, but teleport is the most annoying skill that people use in D3.Posted in: News
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May 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Fourteenth Batch of Screenshots and ArtPeople would probably be less disappointed if they stopped checking daily for updates on the game anyway. I stopped caring about D3 news long ago cause what's the point? But seeing the concept art sometimes I can't help but comment on it. Plus I never liked Diablo on Facebook so it's even less annoying for me.Posted in: News
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May 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Fourteenth Batch of Screenshots and ArtIs the space pope reptilian?Posted in: News
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May 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Fourteenth Batch of Screenshots and ArtGonna sink my claws into that fat fuck!Posted in: News
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Apr 16, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on Eleventh Batch of Screenshots and ArtPosted in: News
No makıng lıght of the claws.Quote from bleakparta
Nice concept art again, but the screenshot... Well, suffice to say that Wolverine is one of my favorite Marvel characters.
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Apr 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on March MayhemIt is impressive the number of games Valve has put out in the last few years. But I really struggled to enjoy Left 4 Dead. Maybe it's just because I didn't play the multiplayer enough though but you kind of have to have good teammates in that game to get the best experience out of it. And I was kind of bummed out when L4D2 came out cause by then I'm thinking, okay, a new game and a sequel and still no news of Episode 3.Posted in: News
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Apr 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on March MayhemAs more time passes though, you might wonder why they would keep putting time into Episode 3 with the old graphics when they could be putting all their effort into just making HL: 3.Posted in: News
Either way though, I believe they are still making Episode 3. So more power to them if they're still willing to see it through after so many years. -
Apr 2, 2011Siaynoq posted a message on March MayhemI don't know though. Major stuff happens at the end of Episode 2. Vance dies, the Combine portal is closed, and you're about to go to that mysterious Aperture science ships. Those are pretty major things to start off on.Posted in: News
I guess for me the length of the Episodes were not an issue cause I played HL:2 for my first time on Orange Box when it came with everything at once. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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I think at the very least you're underestimating one's ability to control themselves. To do what he did, required lots of thought along the way, and in each step he could've stopped what he was doing and he knew he should have stopped because he knows its wrong (if not by society's standards then even by his). I don't think he went on doing it because he couldn't stop himself. He just went on doing it because it felt really good and it became like his drug-the power and the lust.
I think one the biggest parts wrong with his brain was the idea that he could ultimately get away with it. And I think he did think that and didn't just keep going out of a compulsion, but because he started thinking there wouldn't be any consequences after all.
Obviously statutory rape laws aren't perfect cause of course it can be ridiculous if an 18 year old goes to jail for having sex with a 16 year old. The problem is that government needs to make laws like this for common sense purposes and to protect people. But it's hard to make these laws cause many people around those ages are developing at different rates so they just kind of take a shot in the dark and say that 18 is the legal age of adulthood.
Mm hm. I personally think it's okay to say what Sandusky did was simply wrong in every sense of the word. Not just that he had an incompatible sexual preference with the rest of society. I think to see it that way just feels too nihilistic. At some point, in order to build a consensus of laws and morality we need to make judgment calls about people's behavior. It hasn't always been right, such as when blacks were viewed as sub-human and that was the common logic. But the same mode of questioning people's behavior is what allowed society to move forward. Even defining moving forward by some is too subjective but I would argue that its indicated when there is less conflict and more cooperation. That is if you mean to be a society at least. If you want to be an individual anarchist you can certainly try I suppose. But you're going to bump up against those that do live in a society.
And if I may go off topic here and make a broader point about society and government and laws, it really bothers me when people think they should be totally free under their government or shouldn't have to pay taxes into the system, but it's that same system that even allows them the rights and safety to live the way they do. When someone gets really rich in the U.S. and feels they are taxed unfairly and that the government interferes with them, well it's that same government that created the structure and environment that even enabled them to become so rich.
Sorry if that's off topic, but maybe its relevant to this conversation because individual values are one thing, but if they are too incompatible to the rest of society, then you can't be a part of society. If Sandusky really just can't help it because he loves raping underage boys so much, well he can't have it all. If he went and bought an island somewhere and created his own society with its own values and laws, then maybe you could make that argument more. But the truth is, he lives in THIS society. And people want to enjoy all the benefits of THIS society but only have to pick and choose how they pay for it.
Is the system perfect? Should we not strive for reforming things that are seemingly wrong with society? Sure, of course. But it's a gradual process. And obviously Sandusky isn't some reformer who is saying, hey, that's just my sexual preference. Cause he's just denied everything. But he's a part of the society we all live in and this society at least does not approve of his behavior.
I don't pity him either because he acted completely of his own accord. If I thought he was insane and truly couldn't control his actions, then I could maybe pity his defective brain. But it's like Irrational said, he's just a normal guy. Normal though, in the sense that his brain is functioning just fine. And he willingly chose to do something he knew was wrong. He never thought it was not wrong.
For example, a person who I used to look up to a lot, Arthur C. Clarke, was later accused in life of molesting boys. He claimed they had all matured physically by the time he did things with them and he didn't see what the Western culture's fuss over man-boy love was all about. He said it was a Western attitude to be so neurotic about having sex with younger men. He claimed since they had matured physically, he couldn't see what difference their age had to make. So this guy's reaction to the accusations are obviously a lot different than Sandusky's. Clarke was admitting to what he did and insisting he felt there was nothing wrong with it under his circumstances. And he even lived within the Eastern culture in Sri Lanka were maybe that sort of this is less a taboo than it is in Western culture. I personally don't think it should be acceptable in any culture and even though a boy matures physically, he can easily have the mind of a 10 year old even at 12-18 years of age.
So the argument one would have with Clarke is why it is wrong. The argument one would have with Sandusky is whether or not he even did it. And Sandusky would say it's wrong to molest or sodomize children and that's why he'd never do that.
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That's how PoE is more like D2. You start off with very little and it actually feels like you do. Unlike D3 where you have a lot more to work with in the beginning and your resources are seemingly bountiful.
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Thanks again Maka, for the beta key!
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Obviously there are certain sexual preferences that really can't be accommodated by society, and that's largely ones where the participants aren't in total consent with each other. I would argue that a prepubescent boy cannot possibly consent to the fullest because they either do not fully understand, or they are too vulnerable not to be coerced into it.
I mean, yeah it's a sad story for the victims. But otherwise I just get pissed off at the audacity of this man to go on denying it. It's an affront to all his victims that he's basically calling them all liars. And if it was just one person he called a liar, then that deserves a further look into it, but that he could actually state that all of them are liars....it blows me away. I also get angry at the coverup. How these top level administrators didn't call the cops immediately and at some point basically enabled Sandusky the environment to groom his victims.
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Man I was gonna come home tonight and install my OS on this thing and it was gonna be sweeeeet. Now I gotta wait till Monday! Total drag! Do they let you pick it up from their store? If I had known they didn't deliver on Saturday I would've picked it up on my way to work today.