• Deli lyfe v.10 let's share our life problems edition because apparently we're all miserable
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[QUOTE=BBOOBBYY!;45212561]...that is entirely your fault. why didn't you go yourself I wouldn't count on my mom buying me the crisps I want, let alone buying video games and accessories.[/QUOTE] I literally wrote it down since i'm bogged down with uni work and they convinced her to buy a bunch of bullshit. It's literally what their trained to do.
[QUOTE=Wulfram;45212998]I disagree with you about the Colonial Marines though. I think the whole point of them in Aliens is that THEY saw themselves as badasses, and had probably encountered xenomorphs before but maybe not as many or not a group being controlled by a queen so when it actually came time for them to test their mettle against a formidable foe they faltered and crumbled due to their hubris leaving Ripley, the only one who truly understood how dangerous and formidible the xenomorphs are, to be the only one who can stop the Queen. In all the other media with them though, I think they're misinterpreted and always come out as "Badass marines get taken out be even bad asser aliens"[/QUOTE] Aliens nerd here, it's implied that there exists alien life in the setting ('Yeah, Frost, but the one that you had was a male!'/'It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!'), but nobody besides Ripley has ever seen the Xenomorphs. The Colonial Marines are skilled, but when they're put in a situation where they have no idea what they're dealing with and their firepower is rendered useless (Apone collecting ammo, and being surrounded in close quarters) they get butchered. The 'badass marines get taken out by even bad asser aliens' as you put it was pretty much the point. We've seen from the first Alien film just how dangerous even [I]one[/I] is, let alone a whole army of them, so Ripley's hesitation and fear represents the audience in contrast to the gung-ho but entirely unprepared Marines. The idea is that the Colonial Marines and the Aliens are each supreme badasses in their own way, but the Marines don't realize this, so when they go in at a massive disadvantage they get slaughtered. When they're more cautious and know what they're dealing with, like in the POC defense, even with limited firepower and being flanked through the ceiling they take out a whole bunch of aliens and mount an effective retreat. That said, I think I have the opposite perspective of Notrabies. In most media I've seen, it's the aliens getting wussified. We've gone from watching them tear open the doors to an APC in Aliens, where getting even close to one means certain death, to the nonsense of Aliens: Colonial Marines where PRESS E TO CASUALLY TOSS ALIEN AWAY followed by auto-aim to the skull and getting acid splashed all over you at point blank is a mild inconvenience at best. The movie made them seem smart and absolutely lethal once they get close (either they kill you, or you die to acid), but games and successive films have mostly made the aliens cannon fodder that run straight into gunfire and get beaten up in close combat.
[t]https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10514681_10202244073091015_1345892662823346189_n.jpg?oh=ea2205a81e822dd86b1e1a116bb16fc0&oe=5418919E[/t] Undercover shit this weekend is gonna be nuts. Going after organized retail crime.
[QUOTE=catbarf;45213617] That said, I think I have the opposite perspective of Notrabies. In most media I've seen, it's the aliens getting wussified. We've gone from watching them tear open the doors to an APC in Aliens, where getting even close to one means certain death, to the nonsense of Aliens: Colonial Marines where PRESS E TO CASUALLY TOSS ALIEN AWAY followed by auto-aim to the skull and getting acid splashed all over you at point blank is a mild inconvenience at best. The movie made them seem smart and absolutely lethal once they get close (either they kill you, or you die to acid), but games and successive films have mostly made the aliens cannon fodder that run straight into gunfire and get beaten up in close combat.[/QUOTE] Well see this is what kills me the most. While in gameplay they're casual nuisances since developers can't seem to make the features and AI work together to create the right kind of threat, in plots they're still treated as super lethal killing machines that only the protagonist can beat, maybe with the help of like one other marine. I want to see what happens when a competent and informed marine unit goes against a well prepared aliens nest/world. I mean if a single marine is killing off dozens or hundreds of aliens, than the whole "steal aliens to be used as bioweapons" thing is utterly moronic and worthless, and there's no point even bothering with the franchise without changing it to some kind of intergalactic war of humans versus aliens (like Starship Troopers), which would ruin everything. Like you point out, if the marines don't know what they're up against they all die, aliens invariably maim or kill if they get in close, and the aliens are very intelligent and strategic, but at the same time when marines know what they're dealing with they are more than capable of matching the aliens. Combining these two dynamics means that both singleplayer and multiplayer games would have great potential, but game developers can never seem to get the blend anywhere near right.
[QUOTE=catbarf;45213617]Aliens nerd here, it's implied that there exists alien life in the setting ('Yeah, Frost, but the one that you had was a male!'/'It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!'), but nobody besides Ripley has ever seen the Xenomorphs. The Colonial Marines are skilled, but when they're put in a situation where they have no idea what they're dealing with and their firepower is rendered useless (Apone collecting ammo, and being surrounded in close quarters) they get butchered. The 'badass marines get taken out by even bad asser aliens' as you put it was pretty much the point. We've seen from the first Alien film just how dangerous even [I]one[/I] is, let alone a whole army of them, so Ripley's hesitation and fear represents the audience in contrast to the gung-ho but entirely unprepared Marines. The idea is that the Colonial Marines and the Aliens are each supreme badasses in their own way, but the Marines don't realize this, so when they go in at a massive disadvantage they get slaughtered. When they're more cautious and know what they're dealing with, like in the POC defense, even with limited firepower and being flanked through the ceiling they take out a whole bunch of aliens and mount an effective retreat. That said, I think I have the opposite perspective of Notrabies. In most media I've seen, it's the aliens getting wussified. We've gone from watching them tear open the doors to an APC in Aliens, where getting even close to one means certain death, to the nonsense of Aliens: Colonial Marines where PRESS E TO CASUALLY TOSS ALIEN AWAY followed by auto-aim to the skull and getting acid splashed all over you at point blank is a mild inconvenience at best. The movie made them seem smart and absolutely lethal once they get close (either they kill you, or you die to acid), but games and successive films have mostly made the aliens cannon fodder that run straight into gunfire and get beaten up in close combat.[/QUOTE] I actually hadn't watched Aliens in a while and I rewatched the briefing scene, and while I can see where you're coming from, I still feel like the Marines were more bark than bite. They might have been good, but they still thought their cocks were bigger than they were. As it's portrayed, the xenomorph that was on the Nostromo killed everyone because it caught everyone by surprise and picked them off one by one, with the fact that they didnt have any effective weapons helped. There were plenty of times though where one of the crew was just outright face to face with it it, but were just outmatched physcially and generally striken with fear. But if they had any sort of actual weapons, they probably wouldnt have all died. What happened to the Marines on the other hand is they went in all gung ho and the xenomorphs got them by using tactics the Marines werent used to, like stealth, picking off individuals, and just sheer numbers. The hubris of the Marines is what got them killed, they thought they could beat anything, and then they got into a situation that they didnt expect and they just crumbled. And generally, I feel like this is maintained in the other media with Colonial Marines, at least what I've played, being the AVP games. The marines ultimately fail despite the player character being competant enough to hold his own (like Ripley was), but as the xenomorph you use their strengths to overcome the more deadly marines, that being stealth, misdirection, and picking them off one at a time. In a straight up confrontation, youre outmatched, but you can take them out without being seen. just a note, I never really played the predator campaigns because while I like the movie I just dont find it interesting to play them so I dont really know how they fit in with the games, and in AVP2 and the newer AVP you only fight a predator like once as a marine or a xenomorph. IIRC, I remember reading someone that the Colonial Marines and Xenomorphs in Aliens was supposed to be an allegory to the Vietnam war, what with the gung ho "we're unbeatable" heavily armed military force being outmatched but something they werent prepared for who used guerrilla hit and run tactics. I honestly like Alien and Alien 3 more than Aliens, since I more like tense atmospheric horror over that action horror, but thats just me. I still like Aliens, its a really good movie ,and its still miles ahead of Alien Ressurection, but I like the other two better. Thats sort of the reason I wasnt as interested in Aliens: Colonial Marines. A: my favorite part of the AVP games is the xenomorph campaign and Colonial Marines just seemed like a AVP game with only the Marine campaign and the predator cameos in the xenomorph and marine campaigns removed, and B: it just looked like an Aliens fan fiction, which the Hicks retcon kinda reaffirmed. I'm totally excited for Alien: Isolation though. [editline]25th June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=notrabies;45213745]Well see this is what kills me the most. While in gameplay they're casual nuisances since developers can't seem to make the features and AI work together to create the right kind of threat, in plots they're still treated as super lethal killing machines that only the protagonist can beat, maybe with the help of like one other marine. I want to see what happens when a competent and informed marine unit goes against a well prepared aliens nest/world. I mean if a single marine is killing off dozens or hundreds of aliens, than the whole "steal aliens to be used as bioweapons" thing is utterly moronic and worthless, and there's no point even bothering with the franchise without changing it to some kind of intergalactic war of humans versus aliens (like Starship Troopers), which would ruin everything. Like you point out, if the marines don't know what they're up against they all die, aliens invariably maim or kill if they get in close, and the aliens are very intelligent and strategic, but at the same time when marines know what they're dealing with they are more than capable of matching the aliens. Combining these two dynamics means that both singleplayer and multiplayer games would have great potential, but game developers can never seem to get the blend anywhere near right.[/QUOTE] Like I said, I feel like how quickly xenomorphs die in games is fine, but I do agree that I wish the AI for them was better, being more hit and run, working together, being more strategic. I would like to see a game where Marines attack a world entirely overrun by xenomorphs, but at that point it would be a Starship Troopers game minus the power armour. it would just be swarms that you gun down, and any all the flair of xenomoprhs would be lost. they'd be just like any other "swarm" aliens, like Zerg or Tyrannids. I do agree that the "use them for bioweapons" plot line was probably the weakest part of all the movies. Its like how in Resident Evil, the bad guys CONTINUOUSLY try and weaponize the zombie viruses despite every attempt ending in a catastrophic failure without them learning from it.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/gFR2la7.png[/img] I get to take a class on vikings :D With my roommate (who's a sophomore) and with a professor that is apparently super enthusiastic about teaching it. I can't wait! [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] also I took the last spot for the vikings, it was closed at my registration session and all day today but a spot suddenly opened so I signed up for it woop woop
What's the stupidest thing u guys have cooked? Right now I'm eating fucking uncle bens rice with hot sauce and kraft cheese because I am hungry and I ate all my junk food. Tastes like doritos.
[QUOTE=theryan11;45216558]What's the stupidest thing u guys have cooked? Right now I'm eating fucking uncle bens rice with hot sauce and kraft cheese because I am hungry and I ate all my junk food. Tastes like doritos.[/QUOTE] Pizza with beefaroni instead of marinara. Can't find a picture but I also had a red velvet baby for a cake one year for my bday [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3WG3nRD.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VNozwGQ.jpg[/IMG]
Drunken slefiw and the bbwates [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/myPBLNLl.jpg[/IMG] [editline]25th June 2014[/editline] Yeeeeeee [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/McGMrGwl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/b8MLgiDl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KPhYvoNl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/awTVA0Al.jpg[/IMG] [editline]25th June 2014[/editline] :v:
[QUOTE=theryan11;45216558]What's the stupidest thing u guys have cooked? Right now I'm eating fucking uncle bens rice with hot sauce and kraft cheese because I am hungry and I ate all my junk food. Tastes like doritos.[/QUOTE] I tried making beef stroganoff once Protip, mixing a can of cream of mushroom, a packet of brown gravy and worcestershire sauce and then cooking it for 3 minutes does not make beef stroganoff
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[video=youtube;svA2WwvzQW0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svA2WwvzQW0[/video] just did this to my step brother
dont wipe next time huehuehue
[IMG]http://puu.sh/9KNvL/ff960939b5.png[/IMG] hng
so i watched mad max 2: the road warrior for the first time safe to say that is the best movie i have ever seen, it was just great. [video=youtube;nLCmcV4gC_0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLCmcV4gC_0[/video]
Shame the Interceptor didn't last longer :c
Now watch Thunderdome where instead of helping wasteland hippies, Mad Max teams up with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys
[QUOTE=Wulfram;45218447]Now watch Thunderdome where instead of helping wasteland hippies, Mad Max teams up with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys[/QUOTE] watching it tonight :zoid:
I just started watching TNG because although I've seen most of the episodes ive never actually watched it start to finish and jesus christu I forgot how doofy Riker looks without his beard [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] like I know he was supposed to be the kirk surrogate, but god damn he looks so uncanny without the whiskers [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] I'd totally love if they did more TNG but recast it carefully. Stewart could still play Picard because fuck, he hasnt aged at all like like 20 years, but I would totally love to see Jon Hamm as Riker. Or maybe even a show that is post DS9 with newer characters but some returning. [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] lol i didnt know bones had a cameo in Encounter at Farpoint
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Kk8RBfZb0[/media] lol
[video=youtube;yRYFKcMa_Ek]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYFKcMa_Ek[/video] Have some music.
man gobbler [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA[/media]
[video=youtube;qa4eNnw3mZk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa4eNnw3mZk[/video]
ST:TNG is cringeworthy until the 3rd season and then it really picks up. Although DS9 and Voyager are the best of all of the series that aren't TOS. TOS has to be in its own category. I've been watching a LOT of Farscape lately, i'm towards the end of the 2nd season and i'm really getting into this show.
Farcsape is such a good show, I watched that religiously when it first aired on TV here. Might have to start again.
the first part of Encounter at Farpoint felt really awkward and strange, but now that im a few more episodes into season one, things feel more familiar. I'm definately going to go through Voyage and DS9, than maybe even Enterprise. Ive seen a lot of Voyager episodes and quite a few Enterprise ones, but I haven't seen any of DS9. I'm also considering watching Stargate too, along with Red Dwarf.
DS9 is excellent because it goes away from the normal recipe of Star Trek, and its much darker than the other series. I finished the 2003~ Battlestar Galactica too. Fantastic series.
Maybe even babylon 5. I remember my Dad really liked it, and out taste in sci-fi is pretty similar [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] Oh, didnt even think about the Battlestar Galactica reboot [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] so far season one feels a lot like TOS [editline]26th June 2014[/editline] Its funny, I didnt know The Rock was ever in a Star Trek episode. I was just browsing memory alpha and found out he was on a Voyager episode. Its funny because earlier when I was thinking about a TNG recast, I was thinking about him as Worf
[QUOTE=deathmog;45221980]DS9 is excellent because it goes away from the normal recipe of Star Trek, and its much darker than the other series.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Wulfram;45222000]Maybe even babylon 5. I remember my Dad really liked it, and out taste in sci-fi is pretty similar[/QUOTE] DS9 was the result of the Star Trek team seeing the initial pitch documents for Babylon 5 and trying to emulate it. B5 is dark, it's political but still interesting, and it is by far the most self-contained show, plotwise, I've ever seen. Every episode has some relevance to the overall plot, the whole thing has a consistent theme and story, the characters get real growth and there are a few great surprises throughout. It's almost like a counterpart to the new BSG- similar dark theme, similar political overtones, but where BSG had production but a middling story that doesn't go anywhere, B5 rises above its extremely cheesy first season and sometimes low budget to deliver an excellent story stretched over five seasons. As far as sci-fi goes I think it is sorely underrated.
I got to the planet camel toe episode [t]http://i.gyazo.com/d3ca2afbbbf28edb31411570b9a57cb9.png[/t] =I
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