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Aardark posted:Why have you chosen this weird hill to die on Ramagamma is always prepared to be the devil's advocate in this thread. That's not a weird hill, that is his comfort zone.
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He's right, about the FAQ thing.
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Mar 14, 2017 21:38
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I fundamentally don't agree with the premise that you shouldn't laugh at things people did as dumb teenagers
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Mar 14, 2017 22:06
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:He's right, about the FAQ thing. No he isn't. People "av a laff" (to use his phrasing) about the stupid poo poo they and their friends said, did, wrote, and believed when they were kids and teenagers all the time. It's absolutely normal human behavior. It inflicts no actual harm on him, unless he still feels exactly the same way he did 15 years ago, in which case...
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Mar 14, 2017 22:28
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I didn't say it's in bad taste to laugh at it or that I don't get why it's funny, I'm saying it's so so far down the list of cringeworthy poo poo he's said as a grown man, let alone cringeworthy juvenile poo poo that exists online, that I don't even get how it'd register as something worth noticing by anyone who's spent more than ten minutes on the internet.
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Mar 14, 2017 22:49
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also while I'm here I'd like to signal a little virtue by saying TotalBiscuitTotalBiscuitTotalBiscuit get fuckedddddddd
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Mar 14, 2017 22:50
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:also while I'm here I'd like to signal a little virtue by saying TotalBiscuitTotalBiscuitTotalBiscuit get fuckedddddddd okay
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Mar 14, 2017 22:53
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Ramagamma posted:Because of all the things you could attack his charachter for (and there are many), a heartfelt patriotic message when he was mid puberty is way low on the list
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Mar 15, 2017 11:12
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Posting dumb poo poo people did as teenagers is fine when you can obviously draw a straight line from that dumb poo poo to the sad brokebrains adult they are now. The FAQ is funny because usually people grow up from doing dumb things like wallowing in hatebonered jingoism in the intro to a loving Zelda walkthrough, but here we are in 2017 and that same guy is joining the Glenn Beck-o-sphere because he lacks the ability to talk about video games without being "attacked" by "the left."
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Mar 15, 2017 12:47
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The litmus test is "would you 100% defend what you wrote as a dumbass teen on GameFAQs 15 years ago?" Colin probably would. I'd expect more than half of the FAQers that show up on Abject Suffering if confronted would go "hah ha ha ha" awkwardly before trying to explain what it's like to be a terrible teenager while insisting that they've changed dramatically since then.
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Mar 15, 2017 16:29
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From this thread i assume that American youth took a turn and decided that 9/11 was a good thing to happen? I mean that seems fair to assume given how seething people are at the content of Moriartys original message. I mean if his faq written at 15 stated that he was a proud otaku and he wanted inside Faye Valentine's panties i could see a joke there y'know. Ramagamma fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 16:35
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I dedicate this derail to my dearly deceased uncle Craig
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Mar 15, 2017 16:48
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I dedicate this derail to Jeff Gerstmann, who was right about Kane & Lynch.
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Mar 15, 2017 16:59
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Ramagamma posted:From this thread i assume that American youth took a turn and decided that 9/11 was a good thing to happen? I mean that seems fair to assume given how seething people are at the content of Moriartys original message. lol if you think anyone is seething over a dumb teenager's misplaced elegy to a national tragedy in a faq for a gba game then boy howdy do i have some sights to show you like literally everything else in existence
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Mar 15, 2017 17:31
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Please do not engage ramagamma.
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Mar 15, 2017 17:59
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Captain Invictus posted:Please do not engage ramagamma. ^^^ Engage this fat gay ugly molester instead (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Mar 15, 2017 18:04
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as an volcel dry boi i find the implication that i should be engage in gayness an affront to my identity and i will have to demand that you apologize
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TheScott2K posted:I dedicate this derail to Jeff Gerstmann, who was right about Kane & Lynch. I like Jeff Gerstmann a lot tbqh and am sad that it seems like he's burning out on everything, though admittedly I don't listen to the Bombcast anymore either (obviously peaked when Ryan was hosting) There. A sincere opinion and the first salvo of a new argument
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Ramagamma posted:From this thread i assume that American youth took a turn and decided that 9/11 was a good thing to happen? I mean that seems fair to assume given how seething people are at the content of Moriartys original message. 
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wizard on a water slide posted:I like Jeff Gerstmann a lot tbqh and am sad that it seems like he's burning out on everything, though admittedly I don't listen to the Bombcast anymore either (obviously peaked when Ryan was hosting) Games "Journalism" seems like a job that'll make you hate video games in like 5 years and he's been doing it for 25. It's no wonder that if you ask him what games he likes he's like "Windjammers" and that's it.
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Mar 15, 2017 23:19
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TheScott2K posted:Games "Journalism" seems like a job that'll make you hate video games in like 5 years and he's been doing it for 25. It's no wonder that if you ask him what games he likes he's like "Windjammers" and that's it. It turns out that too much of a good thing actually starts to suck after a while.
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Mar 15, 2017 23:24
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And I can't imagine the psychotic poo poo that a game writer as famous and with such a public-facing persona as he has gets to put up with Like that dude probably still gets e-mails to this day about how he's a fat douchebag who deserves to die because he only gave Wind Waker an 8/10 or whatever
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Mar 15, 2017 23:51
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TheScott2K posted:Games "Journalism" seems like a job that'll make you hate video games in like 5 years and he's been doing it for 25. It's no wonder that if you ask him what games he likes he's like "Windjammers" and that's it. He gave a 5 star review to Horizon like a month ago and currently enjoys Zelda
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Mar 17, 2017 17:43
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TheScott2K posted:Games "Journalism" seems like a job that'll make you hate video games in like 5 years and he's been doing it for 25. It's no wonder that if you ask him what games he likes he's like "Windjammers" and that's it. You seem to not know what you're talking about Jeff does get pretty cynical about games sometimes but that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy many games. It kinda sounds like you're taking the GOTY chats as gospel when everyone tries to tear down each other's games and jeff's really nasty during those, but he's definitely liked a lot of games as of late. Though he has infamously gotten pretty stubborn about certain games like Red Dead.
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Captain Invictus posted:Though he has infamously gotten pretty stubborn about certain games like Red Dead. That's because it's a bad game
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The Milkman posted:That's because it's a bad game red dead revolver? never played it so i can't really comment on its quality. now, red dead redemption, that's a heck of a video game!
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Mar 18, 2017 03:13
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It's a pretty good game, at least it's no where close to being as bad as Mass Effect 2. That's right, Vinny is full of poo poo.
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Mar 18, 2017 04:19
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Minor gripe: The ad-free version of Important if True still has the ad for the ad-free version itself in it. So to speak. I mean, it's 30 seconds but I still feel oddly bothered by being asked to subscribe when I already do.
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Mar 18, 2017 07:02
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thark posted:Minor gripe: The ad-free version of Important if True still has the ad for the ad-free version itself in it. So to speak. I mean, it's 30 seconds but I still feel oddly bothered by being asked to subscribe when I already do. I'm pretty sure that was an oversight, not deliberate.
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Mar 18, 2017 08:54
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Captain Invictus posted:Though he has infamously gotten pretty stubborn about certain games like Red Dead. At least he's right about Yoshi's Island.
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Mar 18, 2017 15:52
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hmmm, ah, yeah, no. only truly bad at video games people hate yoshi's island.
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thark posted:Minor gripe: The ad-free version of Important if True still has the ad for the ad-free version itself in it. So to speak. I mean, it's 30 seconds but I still feel oddly bothered by being asked to subscribe when I already do. My bad, sorry about that. We keep forgetting to actually mention the ad free option in the podcast, so I haven't been accustomed to clipping out mentions of it for that version. Finally this week we remembered to mention it and of course I hadn't developed the habit of then getting rid of it.
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Mar 18, 2017 18:50
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I don't even notice the ads on all of the various podcasts I listen to. Now excuse me, I have to go make this Blue Apron meal that showed up and then take a nap on my Casper mattress. Oh, and I need to remember to do a load of laundry and wash my Meundies socks and I should probably shave with my Harry's razor tomorrow morning. Shari's Berries.
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Beastcast are the only ones that make ads bearable because instead of trying to relate the product, they make up ridiculous situations that vagely mention the prosuct. Like trying to strip each other or take photos of car licenses to incriminate people.
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Mar 18, 2017 19:39
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Do casts get more ad bucks when people actually use the promo codes? I recently switched to Harry's with the thumbs code and I'm going to get a new mattress whenever I move next.
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Mar 19, 2017 01:02
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The advertisers rate based on actual use, yeah. An NBA podcast mentioned that they were the highest retainers with like 10% of their listeners using the demo code.
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Mar 19, 2017 01:21
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They work differently with our two main shows. Idle Thumbs sells ads through a rep, so they presell the slots based on expectations of performance; if those expectations are met, the advertiser will likely buy more slots. If they aren't, they probably won't. (This is why some advertisers fall off our show and some stick around. We don't have access to that data though, it's just inference.) On Important If True, those ads are purely referral driven. So we only make money in direct proportion to how much the codes are used.
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Mar 19, 2017 04:21
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Sure. I just played through this part today and you are exactly right. It's so good. Blew me away.
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Mar 19, 2017 05:40
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Frankly when I hear a favorite pod-person recite the Audible spiel (admittedly mostly a In-The-Past phenomenon, now) it's like the slow death of their slow death was made.. Audible. Also, look, I had a DBZ fansite that auto-played Marilyn Manson midis when I was 15. I've since abandoned such things. Also: Calling people gay.
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Similarly, my first time encountering a Lynel was a total breakthrough moment in that it was in a desolate, rocky, mountainous area, and it was a blue one. Just like in the original zelda. Yep, it's THOSE fuckers, the ones that would kill you in a few hits even at full strength. Just like in this game!
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