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Liquid Communism
Mar 9, 2004


Out here, everything hurts.




loquacius posted:

It would also be extremely lucrative to be basically an OASIS serial killer, just sort of hiding out in alleyways waiting to gank people from ambush all day, if that could literally pay your rent

Def makes a lot more sense for it to be a virtual fake currency like in actual video games

Imagine how horribly vicious the Goon Wars on Eve would be if they could pay their rent instead of just denying people their spacebucks. If PVP pays in real money, then the Oasis should be a blood-soaked wasteland.

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Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

For a long time you could convert EVE currency to real money through flipping game-time cards.

synthetik
Feb 28, 2007

I forgive you, Will. Will you forgive me?
Why do I remember I-Rok becoming part of the sixers after his betrayal? Was that just a plot point for the rewrite?

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Liquid Communism posted:

Imagine how horribly vicious the Goon Wars on Eve would be if they could pay their rent instead of just denying people their spacebucks. If PVP pays in real money, then the Oasis should be a blood-soaked wasteland.

oasis currency can be only be freely exchanged for subway giftcards

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I demand to be taken seriously

:aronrex:

chitoryu12 posted:

Cline couldn't figure out how to incorporate after bringing it up once.

Kind of a running theme it seems

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

synthetik posted:

Why do I remember I-Rok becoming part of the sixers after his betrayal? Was that just a plot point for the rewrite?

That’s from the movie. He’s rewritten as a badass mercenary who gets paid by IOI to help them find and capture Parzival.

JacquelineDempsey
Aug 6, 2008

Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34



Today at work, the loudest, most opinionated, and stubborn co-worker in my kitchen was proclaiming that RPO was the BEST MOVIE EVER, GUYS. A couple times I started to open my mouth to call bullshit. I quickly realized the folly in this, and then just shook my head and decided that it would be a good time to pound out a case of chicken breasts so I could drown him out.

Thing is, also, he's only in his early 20s, but a big ol' geeky gamer type who's just seen a lot of the films referenced. It's not even 80s nostalgia porn if you only saw a movie on DVD in the 21st century, in my book. Come at me if you remember seeing Empire Strikes Back during its original theater release, bro.

BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy
Congrats on mocking your co-worker behind his back for being too vocal about liking the wrong movie

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Today at work, the loudest, most opinionated, and stubborn co-worker in my kitchen was proclaiming that RPO was the BEST MOVIE EVER, GUYS. A couple times I started to open my mouth to call bullshit. I quickly realized the folly in this, and then just shook my head and decided that it would be a good time to pound out a case of chicken breasts so I could drown him out.

Thing is, also, he's only in his early 20s, but a big ol' geeky gamer type who's just seen a lot of the films referenced. It's not even 80s nostalgia porn if you only saw a movie on DVD in the 21st century, in my book. Come at me if you remember seeing Empire Strikes Back during its original theater release, bro.

<raises hand>

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Today at work, the loudest, most opinionated, and stubborn co-worker in my kitchen was proclaiming that RPO was the BEST MOVIE EVER, GUYS. A couple times I started to open my mouth to call bullshit. I quickly realized the folly in this, and then just shook my head and decided that it would be a good time to pound out a case of chicken breasts so I could drown him out.

Thing is, also, he's only in his early 20s, but a big ol' geeky gamer type who's just seen a lot of the films referenced. It's not even 80s nostalgia porn if you only saw a movie on DVD in the 21st century, in my book. Come at me if you remember seeing Empire Strikes Back during its original theater release, bro.

I said earlier in this thread that I was going to go see RP1 in theaters with a group of friends as part of a suicide pact. Good news: we successfully put off going for so long that when the time came, we went to see Deadpool 2 instead, which was fantastic.

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

BravestOfTheLamps posted:

Congrats on mocking your co-worker behind his back for being too vocal about liking the wrong movie

Knowing you, are you calling him out for the mocking or for not having the courage to do it directly?

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BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Knowing you, are you calling him out for the mocking or for not having the courage to do it directly?

Yes.

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