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General Chat / RE:Emergence of Social Classes

« on: February 21, 2004, 10:16:09 AM »

I think you've found the reason, Paladin, but isn't it startling how such a big change can happen to fast? Further displaying my nerdiness, such an example can be found it the book Dune (the only book, in my opinion, that can compare to Lord of the Rings). It would be too much of hassle to try and explain the connection to those who haven't read the book (those who have probably know what I'm talking about), but it does display how experiencing so little while still young rapidly speeds up maturity.

It still all confuses me, though. You always think of society changes as being gradual.

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General Chat / RE:Emergence of Social Classes

« on: February 21, 2004, 10:00:59 AM »

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Well, yeah, the social classes are emerging and becoming more well-defined earlier these days.

But why such a sudden change? Like I said, there was apparently very little change for over half a decade, then suddenly now in half that time we have a huge shift of when classes emerge?

KnowsNothing: Heh, I've been mistaken for being both a skater and a stoner, but I've also been called on a number of occasions the biggest nerd in my school, the biggest geek in my school, and the biggest dork in my school. Looks truly can be decieving.

It's interesting you saw a girl almost as young wearing the same shirt, too- then again I guess we're both special cases as well, since we both started posting at gaming message boards when we were 12, which I guess would be no more strange than girls that age wearing "I love nerds" shirts- perhaps nerd girl is a special case such as we. It's still very odd, though.

Oh, and I don't read anyone's journal.    

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General Chat / RE:Emergence of Social Classes

« on: February 21, 2004, 09:49:17 AM »

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3. Differing levels of mental maturity lead to differing times when the individual finds his/her "socio-ecological" niche. Some experience this during/after their transition to high school, others are delayed till that fictitious magical place called "college." The rest may be a mixed bag.

You have a very good point- everything clicked for me in 6th rade, so middle school was very surreal watching everyone struggling to do the same. But even the kids that were ahead of their time in 6th grade still weren't as developed as nerd girl.

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I hope by saying that "I love nerds" girls are a subclass, you are talking about it in the Java sense of the word - inherits attributes from the parent class but does some modifications... and not as in, inferior to normal classes.

Oh, of course. I called the "I love nerds" girls a subclass because the class can't emerge until the nerd/geek class does as well, which isn't until about 9th grade, so I've noticed.

I agree that the template for social classes existed in 6th grade, but they hadn't developed yet, as they have by high school. Hence my confusion over the 6th grade "I love nerds" girl. I mean, I've been playing videogames since I was 3, 12 years now, but the gamer class didn't emerge until recently.  

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General Chat / Emergence of Social Classes

« on: February 21, 2004, 08:45:02 AM »

Yesterday I went to the mall to play some DDR (ended up playing more Para Para Paradise- very strange, but very fun). My group of friends and I took a break to go the food court and get something to eat. While I was eating I saw a girl that looked about 12 years old (and was really cute, but I can say that because I'm 15 ). What was really odd, though, was that she was wearing a shirt that said "I Nerds". That posed an interesting question that led my friends and me into a very in-depth debate- just how early are social classes emerging nowadays? I'm only a few years older than this nerd girl (as we have come to call her) and I distinctly remember that when I was her age, about 6th grade, school was filled almost entirely with sheep that followed the leader of the week- there were no "real" class distinctions beyond perhaps the preppy kids and everyone else. 7th grade was much the same way, as was most of 8th grade (which is probably why I hated middle school so much, because everybody was trying to find out where they fit in). It wasn't until about 9th grade when social classes really started to emerge and began clicking together. And something that makes this whole ordeal even more puzzling is that such a shirt as nerd girl was wearing implies a subclass, that of the nerd lovers, which most definitely did not appear until much later than 6th grade. I've debated this with many people, with their ages ranging from 16 to 21, and they all seem to have had the same experience as I did, in different times at different schools, with classes not really emerging until 9th grade- how is it that social classes between my generation and that of 6 years' my elder would change very little, but in a period of roughly half that time such a radical change would come about? Any thoughts on the subject would be welcomed.  

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TalkBack / RE:Future Console Predictions

« on: February 20, 2004, 11:04:22 AM »

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Due for launch from early 2005

Who the hell is launching in early 2005? I think that alone should discredit the "research". The rest of the article was either completely obvious or pure speculation. I can tell you right now that downloading videogames will never be mainstream- we as humans like to have a hard copy we can hold on to, to say is ours. Downloading videogames would be like legal piracy, which isn't all that satisfying in the first place.

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General Chat / RE:Nintendo has started to study customer responses on the Internet!

« on: February 20, 2004, 02:22:43 AM »

Mario, you can't ignore the people that do have good ideas, or legitimate concerns. Perhaps not new to the developers, no, but there all the same.

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TalkBack / RE:NOA Reveals Q2 Release Dates

« on: February 19, 2004, 03:26:52 PM »

Actually, Djunknown, the summer is notoriously bad for game sales, and the spring isn't too much better. Besides, this is only for April to June- 3 months.

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General Chat / RE:Nintendo has started to study customer responses on the Internet!

« on: February 19, 2004, 03:11:53 PM »

Denis hasn't posted in a really long time, but sometimes you see his name pop up on the logged in users list. Back when I used to post at IGN he'd randomly pop in threads about Eternal Darkness or Silicon Knights in general and comment on some things. I wish all developers were like Denis- it's quite obvious that for most of them money has eclipsed enjoyment as the primary reason for making games, and they've losted touch with the fans, which is probably why a lot of games suck nowadays. At least Denis an Silicon Knights still know why they got into this business in the first place, and I think that it shows through in the quality of their games.

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NWR Feedback / RE:PGC Name

« on: February 19, 2004, 12:00:16 PM »

On the subject of fast food, a Big Mac has enough calories to power a vacuum cleaner for 98 minute!

Bring it on, KnowsNothing- I can't take anything you got.

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General Gaming / RE:Xbox live???

« on: February 18, 2004, 02:24:17 AM »

You can't expect everyone to like Rainbow Six, Casey, it's just not that type of game. It's not an FPS you can just jump into and start shooting, it's a game where you have to be very precise in what you do. It's way too touchy feely for me- I don't like micromanaging every detail of a mission.  

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General Gaming / RE:Xbox live???

« on: February 17, 2004, 04:35:15 PM »

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no you are not. you only play PC online games, sadly... Gotham2 rulez.

This is pathetic- HE'S insulting US?  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC dance mat game?

« on: February 17, 2004, 04:26:00 PM »

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I usually use your method, or doing a quick skip, but it doesn't work well at all. :\

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC dance mat game?

« on: February 17, 2004, 12:51:53 PM »

Syl: By "crossover" do you mean twisting your body around to face away from the screen and hitting an arrow with the foot your normally wouldn't? If so, Twilight Zone on Standard is a nice song to practice that on. I have a lot of trouble with it, too, mainly because I get flustered and lose my bearing if the song's fast.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:News article assessing Nintendo future, reveals possible hidden agenda of gaming media

« on: February 17, 2004, 12:27:20 PM »

Why don't we wait to see how the DS will be implemented until we vote yea or nay, hm? With what little info we have it's too early to say it's over or underrated.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC dance mat game?

« on: February 17, 2004, 12:23:10 PM »

I'm up to about 8 feet myself, although lately I've spent more time fixing my metal pad than playing, it seems. I'm also having a bit of trouble with 1/16 notes- they wouldn't be that bad if they followed sensible patterns, like the 1/8 notes, but they hardly ever do.

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General Chat / RE:Official Avatar Discussion

« on: February 17, 2004, 10:32:42 AM »

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Where does everyone find their avatars anyway? I only have a few.

I made both of mine in MSPaint.

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General Gaming / RE:Xbox live???

« on: February 17, 2004, 10:31:30 AM »

I've never been into online gaming- I support Nintendo in their decision because they support me. Don't assume that just because we're not slobbering over how great XBox Live is that we're Nintendo fanboys- it's very hypocritical.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Goldeneye to be used by EA for next Bond game

« on: February 17, 2004, 10:21:44 AM »

I seem to recall one instance while playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I snuck up behind a Nazi in a stealth level and stabbed him no less than 6 or 7 times in the back. He promptly turned out, shot me several times in the head, then ran off at full speed and triggered the alarm, effectively losing me the mission. That's not very realistic, in my humble opinion. In Goldeneye it was a blast sneaking up and picking off enemies one by one.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC dance mat game?

« on: February 17, 2004, 10:19:07 AM »

MysticMatt: You're talking to Ty Shugart, probably the best DDR player you'll ever come in contact with. I'd trust his opinion if I were you- it may not be universal, but it holds a lot more weight than yours does.

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120x50=6000, just for the consideration of our math geniuses.

Heh, yeah, he did inadvertently slip in a 0. I'm assuming he meant that each song was 5 megabytes, which sounds about right.

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General Gaming / RE:Xbox live???

« on: February 16, 2004, 05:40:44 PM »

I myself generally don't know the price of something until I'm going to buy it. :\

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Resident Evil 4 Discussion

« on: February 16, 2004, 05:10:43 PM »

Berny, did you even read what Bloodworth said right above you?

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General Gaming / RE:Beat Super Mario Bros. 3 in 11min 2sec

« on: February 16, 2004, 05:00:48 PM »

Check this out. It has some incredible movies of a guy playing Dance Dance Revolution, including one where he almost gets an AAA on Legend of Maxx on Maniac! =O Can YOU do that, Ty?  

Actually, I wouldn't doubt you can.

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TalkBack / RE:F-Zero 2 Races to Europe

« on: February 16, 2004, 01:26:50 PM »

F-Zero 2....... to Europe? I didn't know there was an F-Zero 2 period. o_O

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Goldeneye to be used by EA for next Bond game

« on: February 16, 2004, 01:24:15 PM »

Aretak: No, you get attacked because saying Nightfire is better than Goldeney is like saying Crash Bandicoot is better than Mario. :\

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:METROID PRIME 2

« on: February 16, 2004, 10:37:31 AM »

Personally, I couldn't care less about multiplayer- if Metroid Prime 2 does have it, that's cool, but I won't lose any sleep if it doesn't. All I REALLY want Metroid Prime 2 to have is Kraid- Ridley got the star treatment in Metroid Prime, now it's time for Kraid.