Post by: SCF on March 14, 2003, 04:14:10 AM
Post by: Berto2K on March 14, 2003, 07:28:05 AM
Post by: RickPowers on March 14, 2003, 08:11:39 AM
"True Life: I Will NEVER Get Laid."
Post by: nolimit19 on March 14, 2003, 08:57:44 AM
Post by: RickPowers on March 14, 2003, 09:22:46 AM
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 14, 2003, 11:12:51 AM
Post by: SCF on March 14, 2003, 11:44:21 AM
Post by: StrikerObi on March 15, 2003, 07:05:37 AM
The Order of Light - These guys are your typical run-of-the-mill gamer-geeks. The show should have focused on them more because this is what most "hardcore" gamers are like. Ok, well maybe they're a bit more than just "hardcore."
Fata1ity - This segment was fantastic. I think it really showed what professional gaming is about. He told them he was going to win it and he did. The thing about this kid is that he's smart. He's got a lot of ambition. He practices day in and day out. That's why he's number 1. He's also smart, investing his winnings.
Graig (Golden Tee guy) - This dude was a flat-out loser. Not to mention he's not even really a gamer. They shouldn't have put him on the show in the first place. He spent all his winnings gambling on more Golden Tee. He walks into the bar (and later the thournament) with a cocky "I'm gonna win" attitude. He never practiced. If you're going to be the Golden Tee champion, you should at least own your own freakin machine. He's got no ambition either. STILL trying to get on the PGA tour and STILL a loser who hasn't proposed to his girlfriend even though he said he would.
Billy (Pac-Man guy) - Here's another guy with LOTS of ambition. He wants to be the best and it shows. He's also got some insane skill for being able to get the perfect Pac-Man game.
All in all I thought the show was ok. The Fata1ity stuff was great but they should have focused more on the "average" gamers like The Order of Light. Graig's nota gamer, he's a compulsive gambler.
Post by: Marcus Arillius on March 17, 2003, 09:35:45 AM
Post by: matt oz on March 17, 2003, 12:17:35 PM
I'm not bashing you or anything, but some video game ambitions can be quite successful and profitable. I'm a senior in high school, and am planning to major in business at college. My goal is to run a video game development studio. I don't want to be a programmer (I took a year of C++ last year and absolutely HATED it). I want to run a business, and I think a video game developer is the perfect business for me to run.
Although I don't watch G4 anymore, one of my favorite shows on that channel was "Icons" which is a behind the scenes look at developers or franchises and things like that. One that really interested me was the one on Insomniac Games (the guys behind the first 3 Spyro games, and Ratchet & Clank). The President and CEO has an English degree from Princeton, and he's running a company that's made some of Sony's best platformers. So I figure, I should be able to do what he does, especially with a business degree. Yea.
Post by: Marcus Arillius on March 17, 2003, 04:12:18 PM
I didn't mean that anything involving video games was sad, just what those people were working toward. There is a difference between being the best gamer, and being a programmer or video game company owner.
Its nice when you gaming is a hobby but not when it absorbs your whole life. Although, if I hit the lottery and didn't have to work ever again, I would probaly spend a lot more time "gaming"
Post by: pimpcube on March 19, 2003, 06:02:21 PM
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Post by: Eminem on March 22, 2003, 09:15:43 PM
