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NWR Feedback / RE: Bio space!

« on: November 02, 2003, 02:44:08 PM »

"(I won't eat your children.)"

Puh, everyone plays that card.
(PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE)

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NWR Feedback / RE:There should be a way to tell the noobies from the oldies

« on: November 01, 2003, 07:31:53 PM »

</maturity>
I didn't make the list, crapmonkeys. Well, even though I haven't been on in awhile (less than 150 posts) I was here to see these forums hit 112 users, so .
<maturity>
Anyway, I'm glad post counts aren't public, but I do wish there was some sign of seniority, like 1st gen, 2nd gen, etc. Or maybe a good idea, as opposed to mine. I'll shut up now.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:I'm an idiot...

« on: November 01, 2003, 07:07:19 PM »

Boy, if you guys are in the same boat, I'm at the bottom of the ocean. I had been having trouble in high school, so my parents won't let me get a job, but I have plenty of time to play (and finish) my games. Unfortunately, I have now money to buy anything new. I don't know about you guys, but I work on a kind of cycle where when I get a new game, it gets me interested in my old games that had gotten boring. So, in a reasonable number of words, I have plenty of time to play games I'm bored with, and no money to buy new games. But, I digress...  

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General Chat / What type of gamer are you?

« on: July 22, 2003, 08:02:04 AM »

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Pong(does this count as a console?)

I'd have to say it does, even though there's no other games or anything. I should have put Pong as one of my favorites, my grandparents still have it and I play it every chance I get. It's simplicity is it's genius.

[Age:]

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General Chat / What type of gamer are you?

« on: July 21, 2003, 10:04:12 AM »

Age: 16

First console: NES

Game that got me into gaming: Mario/Duckhunt

Consoles owned: NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Gameboy, Gameboy color

Fav console and why: I would have to say the Gamecube is my favorite. It's the first console that I really got into, sadly I didn't start earlier in life. I also like all the Gameboys because of their portability.

Favorite games: Mario/Duckhunt, Rogue Leader, Burnout, Mariokart, Goldeneye, World is not Enough(for multiplayer only), most of the Need for Speed series, Roadsters(GB Color)

Most anticapated games: F-Zero GX, Black and White 2(PC), other stuff I can't think of

Fav genre: FPS, Flight Sim, Racing

Wish for the future of gaming: For games to cost less.

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General Chat / HAPPY BIRTHDAY INFERNAL MONKEY :D

« on: July 07, 2003, 04:10:01 PM »

Blast! Can't see the comic! Anyhoo, happy belated birthday Infernal one. You remember that one time we posted at the same time? Ah, those were the glory days of theses forums...

*Drifts into hallucinations of magic pixies, dragons, golden nachos, and broadband in Camdenton*

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General Chat / Good Books?

« on: July 03, 2003, 10:04:48 AM »

My personal favorite writer would prbably be Micheal Chrichton. He wrote Jurassic Park (better than the movie if you ask me), I would suggest his newer books like Prey and especially Timeline, but the older ones are definately worth a look. I haven't finished it yet , but if you're into theoretical physics check out The Elegant Universe. If nothing else, at least try Timeline, it's probably the best book I've read.

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Nintendo Gaming / pic of the cherry gamecube?

« on: June 29, 2003, 07:43:06 PM »

If you really want a cherry Gamecube, you could always just get out the red paint.
Anyway, I too would like to see a pic of one.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Rattling hardware????

« on: June 28, 2003, 11:12:15 AM »

I don't know if I'm the first to actually shake mine or not, but yes, it does make a slight rattling. It's been working fine since the GC's release so don't wory about it.

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General Chat / Camp Hyrule!!

« on: June 28, 2003, 07:29:21 AM »

I've never heard of it either, but I'll definately be there. I'll probably be under the same name, how 'bout you guys. This way we know if we've talked before.

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Reader Reviews / Request: Intec Rechargable Batteries

« on: June 27, 2003, 06:22:53 PM »

Has anybody used one of these? Especially with the Game Screen. I'd like to make my Cube totally portable, but I don't want t pay $50 to play for twenty minutes. Thanks to all who look.

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Nintendo Gaming / Talk about replayability...

« on: June 27, 2003, 04:54:49 PM »

I hear you, I only get a game about every three months, mostly because I can't  afford more.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gamecube colors

« on: June 27, 2003, 04:25:54 PM »

I have black, it matches more colors better. Do you know what magazine that is, I'd love a crystal.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gc defenders

« on: June 27, 2003, 04:22:42 PM »

Almost all of my friends say that their consoles are better, but when I go to their houses they always ask my to bring my Cube and that's all we play.

I did have an ongoing debate with a kid on the bus about whether Xbox or Cube was better. By the end I had him down to the point that his only argument was that the GC's game discs broke too easily, then school ended. Sad how he tried to hold on to his M$ brainwashing so long.

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Nintendo Gaming / Info about GameCube "2"

« on: June 27, 2003, 04:07:10 PM »

I agree that $300 is la likely starting price for the GC2, especially if it beats the competition. I don't believe a DVD player will be much of a selling point, though. Almost everyone I can think of has a DVD player, so I don't see them paying $50 more to get one with their consoles. Because of this I think this will be a good console generation for gamers because Sony, M$, and Ninty will have to rely on userbase, performance, and games rather than extras.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RS3 Commercial!! and more!

« on: June 26, 2003, 09:34:24 AM »

Your F-Zero clip did not work for me , it's probably just my dialup modem (56K HA!) but I thought I'd say something. Anyway, I caught the end of it twice on the Speed channel so if it doesn't work that's one place to look. Rogue Squadron III looks awesome, thanks.

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Nintendo Gaming / broken gamecube...suggestions?

« on: May 21, 2003, 03:27:43 PM »

You might want to try calling again. You may have just gotten a jerk this time, if you call again you might get some one who actually wants to help people. I've heard of many occasions where this worked, even once myself with my satellite.

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Nintendo Gaming / Party / multi-user games

« on: May 21, 2003, 03:15:27 PM »

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is great at parties. I think the two player depends on the kid, though.

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: May 19, 2003, 03:49:25 PM »

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I favor re-titling the thread to "Discussion on Iraq" as it is a continuing issue which is still related to the war.

I would prefer changing it to "World Relations" as we do discuss things not pertaining directly to Iraq. Just my personal opinion.

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France, Germany, Russia have fail because because of thier own self centered interest had prevented them from estabishing a united front.

These countries should not be persecuted in any way, shape, or form because any country will do anything to protect their interests. You didn't hear on the news about the weapons funded by us (USA) during the Iraqi war with Iran. Heck, we even funded much of Al Quieda. They're bad decisions in retrospect, but back then they were best for our country.

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Go look in the Congo, look at Sarivajo, look at Iraq. The UN had failed to uphold it's resolutions and failed even to uphold the peace. Congo reverted back to civil disorder, Bosina is barely a country, Iraq got invaded due to in part to it's inactions.

It's been said far earlier in this discussion that the UN is not a government. The worst thing they can do is condemn a hostile action and authorize governments to go in and fix the problem. I'm willing to bet they would have supported our invasion, had we gone about it in a different manner. I believe if we had gone in there saying, "Hey, we think Iraq poses a threat to us. We want you to send in inspectors and if they find something or are denied access, we will take pre-emptive action." Now of course it wouldn't be worded quite like that, but this is what I think the US sounded like to other countries: "Hey, we hate Saddam and we're going in there whether you like it or not, so you might as well approve our resolution." Please don't flame me or anyone who supports that statement (God forbid) as it was purely opinion.

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Would you report what you saw on the daily show as something you believe to be the whole hearted truth?

He was not saying his information was from the Daily Show, he was saying his statements sound better if read in Jon Stewart's parodic style.

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Nintendo Gaming / GameCube SP

« on: May 07, 2003, 04:46:53 PM »

I love the GC. And I see no problem with the design. The style matches the name. It's compactness (it takes up about the same space as a 64 controller with a rumble pack) and simplicity makes it great for me to take over to my friend's house (a PS2 owner) to play on his 52" HDTV , and it fits into my crowded TV cabinet. The 4 controllers are awesome at parties.
Finally, I don't think the DVD will not be much of a selling point in the future. Anyone who owns a PS2 now will not be buying a PS3 or
GC SP for the DVD player.

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: May 04, 2003, 10:03:33 AM »

I hate to start up this seeminly dead thread again, but I've been out for a while and have only been able to debate with my neocon friend who believes Bush never said Saddam had WMDs. So I'm just going to entertain myself for the next few lines, feel free to leave now and save time.

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lol thats truly stupid. And they say ther iraq people r antiamerica? thats not wat i saw on fox news

The Irari people seem to always root for the winning team, if you know what I mean. When those Apache pilots weresupposedly in the river the Iraqis burning the trees and bushes(pardon the pun) on the river banks didn't look like they were going to hug the pilots.

I'm sorry.

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: April 05, 2003, 05:05:26 AM »

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That's because, until they're sure Saddam and his regime are gone, greeting the coalition by celebrating would be met with execution. Once the Iraqi people are sure they're going to be free, you'll see massive acceptance. Think about it.

The majority of people are glad(even if in secret)that Saddam is going down. Unfortunately many of these same people fear America is going to take over. Whether or no this is true, it has become a common thought across the Middle East. While we could not inform the Iraqis of our plans(I'm sure you heard of the leaflets getting stolen by Republican Guards), whatever they end up being, we seemed to ignore many countries who had worries about our motives. This is one big trouble I have with the war, I think Bush hurried into war ignoring how bad it reflects on us to the world. I find it hard to do this sometimes, but try to look at the US from another country. We weren't attacked by Iraq anytime in the past years, we had some rather shaky evidence showing Iraq has weapons of mass destruction,
And finally (to end this shorter than I had originally planned) the slightly hypocritical move of supporting a UN resolution by invading without UN consent.

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It is believed the the world bank that the Russian Mob owns abou 70%-80% of the businesses in Russia. Also, many of the former government members alledgedly belong to the mob. And, actually, the head of the part of their government that deals with Plutonium, Uranium, etc. alledgedly is a member of the mob...So, obviously, that's not good.

Much of the Bush administration has ties to large corporations. Bush already favors them with his tax cuts and now he has proposed an energy bill that repeals laws made to prevent another Enron fiasco(finally found a use for that word). This same bill also eases back laws restricting the export of nuclear bomb-grade uranium. I'm finding it harder and harder to trust Bush. Especially when in an ongoing debate I have with a friend, after he says Bush has done a lot good for the country, I ask, "What good things has Bush done?" and he replies,"You should find out for yourself."

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The resolutions were based on the fact that Saddam had to disarm, this is called "diplomatic efforts," just in case u needed a definition.

We had no proof Iraq hadn't disarmed. The resolutions weren't very diplomatic because they basically auto-approved war.

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we are part of a democratic system.....and that theoretically means we elect the person that we trust the most to make big descions for us

I'm not too happy about congress giving up its right to declare war, I don't find it very democratic because no matter what happened after the decision no one could have stopped Bush. And we technically didn't elect Bush, it came down to a supreme court decision in which 5 of 9 justices were diehard conservatives. I can't fathom Gore winning in that situation.

And might I add that "freedom fries" are ridiculus IMO. Okay, I'm done now. Sorry for the length.

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: April 02, 2003, 03:07:02 PM »

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Arabs are becoming more anti-American, and why wouldn't they. When WWII started, the whole of the western world (yeah, America was even before it was involved in the war) was anti-German. This is not new, the Arabs are becoming anti-American because we recognized the need of national and world security and invaded Iraq, a member of the Arab League.

President Bush did not avoid diplomacy, in fact this could not be further from the truth. President Bush has been working with the UN on this for an extended period of time, since the beginning of the his term (and President Clinton, who never acted on anything concerning it, and President Bush before that). Diplomacy was not avoided. Period.

Yes, many Arab nations already did hate America. But Going through this war is causing more hate. Whether or not we are trying to control the Middle East, many Arabs believe we are. Maybe W. Bush could've had some talks with these renewed America-haters before we went to war.

What work with the UN? I don't call pushing a resolution to approve war into the security council "working with." Maybe you could tell me what diplomatic attempts were made by W. He simply ignored American approval in other countries (great foreign policy) and called all diplomatic efforts "inaction."

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: April 02, 2003, 03:03:15 AM »

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction... The chain reaction of evil—hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars—must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the darkness of annihilation.

That was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sure this war will rid the world of Saddam Hussein, but then what. Al Queda has already been recruiting more people because of this war. Arabs are just becoming more anti-American. I don't think Bush realizes this. He rushed into this war avoiding all diplomacy and ignoring cultures in the Middle East not to mention lessons of the past. IMO I beleive he did it to boost his image and to clear his father's name(I've heard in this thread "Why didn't we finish this 12 years ago?"), not to mention ensure re-election. In his second term he will continue to favor big business and the rich only to send this beautiful country into economic despair. I end with another quote I think needs no explanation.

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When we exchange our freedoms for security, we are in danger of losing both.

— Ben Franklin

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General Chat / war in iraq

« on: March 28, 2003, 01:23:31 PM »

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I'd just like to note that I think we are taking this thing with France too far by changing the name of "French fries" to "Freedom fries." How immature and childish is that? Worse yet, our own congress has done that on their menus. I really want people who are acting like children running our country (note the sarcasm). Next thing you know they'll be throwing all French art out of museums, and they will ban teaching French history in schools. There are people who are partiotic and then there are people who are idiotic, now its hard to distinguish the line between patriotism and idiocy.

Yeah, and I've always wondered what they plan on renaming the Statue of Liberty. I read somewhere that a politician suggested sending it back (at taxpayers' expense I presume). I go back to my previous definition of politics. To add, I agree with your views on religion. The Bible can be interpreted so many different ways.

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Religion is not a crutch for those who know how to use it. I think Bush is leading this nation in the right direction. He is not using his religion as a crutch.

What I don't like is how many of my Christian friends follow Bush just because he is a religous man. When I show them very good proof that Bush has lied in the past, they just dismissed it saying Bush was a Christian man and would not do such a thing, continuing to say that my source must have lied. This blind faith worries me, mostly for the economy. And they say Bush is leading the country in a Godly way, but I ask: Does God favor the richest? Because Bush does. Read about it here. Sorry to make a direct link, but I felt I needed a source for that statement.