This reminds me of the awesome cutscenes for MWII. Or the latest Medal of Honour... Or Bad Company 2, or COD:Black Ops etc etc. When you actually get in game, same old shit, at least irt the single player game.

Here's hoping BF3 doesn't traipse down the same path.

Well, I'll point to one example. When they went after Scientology I was quite surprised of the organization and setup. In multiple cities in the U.S. and in International places (mostly NATO countries) like London. They got hundreds in some locations and thousands of people/protesters to show up and protest Scientology's right to be a religion (as they're considered one in the U.S--not sure where they are, out of country of course). Usually, their Constitutional right to be a religion, would be something I would fight for, but they have crossed the line more than enough times that they seem like fair game to me. Hell, we had atleast a couple of hundred, maybe even one thousand, protesting the church in Utah of all places! Utah is far off from any of their headquarters or any major "church", installation, and "health" centers.

(Off-topic Sidenote: The Mormon or LDS church also crossed the line with Proposition 8 in California--I've seen the LDS church get involved in other political affairs, but only to the same extent all churches in this country do--block voting is ridiculous and should almost cause your vote to be counted as less-as you're actively using religion as a political pulpit and then voting from that; if a connection could be made I'd think those votes should be countermanded as well as the religion's tax exemption status--especially when you have meetings, literally, before a vote. Mormons do this, I'VE BEEN to them!)

The fact that Anonymous can pull that off over night means a great deal. They're most defiantly not weekend warriors in their mother's basement (although I'm sure there are plenty like that). They must have quite a few people that are highly trained in a wide range of topics as they've gone after many targets; easily separating, for the majority of Anonymous, what's an incorrect target and what deserves their attention. To me this means you can't write them off in any fashion; as they may have "Ivory Tower" support, due to their targets and being able to seem "right" and "innocuous" at every turn--people cheer them on.

If I had to pick, I would wager that Anonymous can and does affect more changes socially than al-Qaeda; al-Qaeda has a poor societal impact except the desperate or those that have nothing to lose--only if it used like-wise tactics, which they won't (likewise tactics meaning: terrorism, like 9-11). Their methodology is *flashy*, so every media outlet focuses their news-time and airtime on them. If Anonymous did these infamous type of events except against an U.S. enemy, would they have the same "deeply rooted" infamy/notoriety in American society? I'd say yes.

Outside the U.S. they may have that attribution (good doers/fighting evil or infamous) already in certain places. Right now, Americans are more concerned if their McMansion will be a viable end solution or if it's another "living beyond your means", moment.

I do agree with you that Anonymous must be worried about their banner being lifted by the wrong person. But, as their is no leader in Anonymous it will lead to inter-anon wars; we've seen a few, but most have ended blindingly fast. You almost never hear about it unless you dig around (and even then you find out it's a year old).

I'm just trying to remind people that if Anonymous whimsically can get Colbert to wear the mask in solidarity and can gets thousands of protesters to show up at your doorbell overnight (with same mask ), they may have power that I doubt they've even tapped into yet.

Plus, I do think China or any country willing to stand toe to toe with the U.S. would be grateful to have a voracious enemy of the U.S. on their side (yes, I agree that China would be bad; I also doubt that they would choose it--maybe more like Russia). Especially, if it ends up being one that knows the U.S. fairly well. Secondly, as before, taking random people off the street in Anonymous's name would only feed the machine. We have yet to see what happens if Anonymous, itself, is attacked. It's always been a side attack due to another on going event. The rules might change for both sides if it became a "war" (how they target and what is targeted, then how does the information become presentable). Yes, the U.S. could cut-off the Internet, but I think we've learned enough that THAT may be a grander problem for the U.S. than what it originally had (it's happened everywhere else; citizens revolting).

Yes, Anonymous "may" be getting too much credit, but since their anonymous... They might loose badly even in a straight up information war. But, none of this has happened yet or been tested... I agree with the majority of what you're saying @Yogi . I'm just reminding people that underestimation of your enemy (do we, as Americans, really want Anonymous as an enemy? The Colbert show seems to show the opposite...)

Get rid of one person and another falls in to place, and the hacks they do can be taught ridiculously fast. The other side requires *tax payers'* money or private contractors (using *tax payers'* money, or someone like Dick Cheney who has Halliburton), all of which seem shady as what they do is kill other Americans, arrest other Americans, kill NATO citizens or extradite NATO citizens, and heaven forbid: use black-ops for non-Western countries (Anonymous has enough foresight to get clear confirmation of any event and spread it virally; like a video).

If these guys lose one person it takes quite a bit of time to replace--even if they become misaligned with the publics' view, like the guy in Colbert's piece. Everyone will question his motives now except for the complete utter sheep with no in-the-know friends (to explain what Anonymous is doing).

All I'm trying to say is that in an age of information the U.S. may find themselves on equal footing in a war they'd have to start. The U.S. tries a physical response it will be posted in full glorious detail on the net with redundancy ad nauseum (one well placed real-time camera or auto-upload camera and it becomes a nightmare). The U.S. employs thousands of people that can barely log into their e-mail account(s)--these people are also responsible for enacting physical responses. Imagine an Anonymous that hacks, but keeps the game running. Key loggers, viruses, worms, trojans, hardware hacks, software hacks, people IN the government in on it...? Anonymous has always pulled their stunt quickly and shown everyone the ramifications; don't you think a prolonged version would be highly dangerous for both sides?

Again this assumes a lot about Anonymous just from what I've seen them accomplish in the past. They are most defiantly not some sort of elite commando force. What they lack is simply made up in their ability to manipulate data; which is HUGE in this day and age... Anyway that's long enough; respond to the areas you think need to be toned downed or clarified upon.

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>> ^Truckchase:

As long as the current state of client side technology and the inadequate home connection picture stays the same, I will never buy a multiplayer first person shooter that doesn't use dedicated servers.

Dedicated servers still have the same problem.

Someone playing as a "host" is basically a client with a ~0ms latency. Developers can add code to compensate for lag, but the timing on the client side is never the same as what the server sees.

^Actually, theater mode, as far as I've heard, records the match entirely from the host's perspective, as he explains in the video.

>> ^probie:

I used to play Quake 2 with tremendous amounts of "leg", and I still placed #1 in most matches. You improvise, adapt and overcome.
Or you could just whinge about it.


Hey man, there's a difference between saying "there is a legit problem with how this is being done and it's ruining the functionality of the game" and "WHAT THE FUCK FUCKING BULLSHIT LAG OH MY GOD LAG FUCKING SHITTY HOST"

Notice that the second one is whining (I'd go so far as to say "bitching," even), but the first one is not.

Edit: why is this text here all above the quote box? Only the first sentence should be.

This video seems to be in some kind of weird limbo, where it can't be discussed or discarded or anything. Can you or @lucky760 kill it?

[edit] Never mind, or thank you. it's dead.

>> ^paulfromcanada:
Yea...why? Is that illegal or something.


Well, it is a yes and no... It is illegal if you are posting your own material, but if it was posted by someone else then that is hard to say... However, I don't think this is a problem since I doubt you are someone who has over 288,000 videos on their youtube channel... still, I'm not going to discuss this since this shouldn't be a problem...

Its so weird running into someone else who plays League too, I tell people I play videogames all the time and they always think that's going to be a good conversation piece but it ends up sounding something like they'll start clambering on about God of War or Grand Theft Auto, and I meekly say "Uhh ever heard of League of Legends?" no "Vindictus?" no "Battlefield Bad Company?" Ehhh I've heard of it "COD Black ops?" OH YEAH I ROCK AT THAT ON 360!!! Oh ...PC? Like a computer game???

But yeah I'd love to find some fresh blood to play with, my usual crowd has turned into rageaholics. Drop me vent info in sift post or just friend me on LoL, same screen name: Jiggajonson

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Ohhh you play LoL huh My gaming community does as well. If you ever want to join our group of geeks, nerds, and goof offs give me a profile reply...get you our vent info

Original Song: "Africa" Performed by Toto

Lyrics:

I hear a gunshot echo in the night
It's quiet here on Nelson Bay when wookies get their camp on
I take him out with my 4x Noob sight But he'll be back
To piss me off as soon as he can respawn

I see a camping asshole in our base
Waiting to steal our chopper so he can fly around and rape us
I take my engineer kit in my hand and say
Hurry Boys! The Hind is after you!

Chorus:
Gonna take more than Black Ops to drive me away from you
Ain't nothing that a million C4 Whores could ever do
Let's bring the pain down in Arica
While we're at it let's tear them a new one on Port Valdez Too

Gonna squad up and play some rush tonight
Hoping to find a lobby that isn't mostly full of douchebags
C4 on the UAV ain't right, If that's their plan
We'll raid their base and steal the driver's dog tags
Better fall back 'cause victory's in sight
Hurry Boys! The Tank is after you!

Chorus

Super Meat Boy is hellishly hard and deliciously addictive. Black Ops would be great if it didn't eat shit with lag, and they nerfed the snipers and shotguns both to fuck, making it much less fun.

I don't see a shit storm here, but no, no fit about BF2. Please don't feel personally insulted or attacked, it wasn't supposed to be about you. My apologies. I just regard video games as an art form in the same manner as story telling. It just saddens me to see developers give you less at a higher price all the while cheapening the whole experience.

>> ^solecist:

>> ^MarineGunrock:
And that is why games can now be sold at SIXTY FUCKING DOLLARS and have a five hour play time. Thank you for contributing to the downfall of the video game industry. >> ^solecist:
bought it for the mp only...not sure why he didn't cover that aspect!


i've already gotten 20 hours of gameplay out of just the multiplayer of black ops and i'm not even close to level 50 yet, thank you very much. i knew the singleplayer campaign would be short and linear and yes, this almost stopped me from purchasing the game...but i am glad i went through with it. did you start a similar shit storm when battlefield 2 came out for 50 dollars and NO singleplayer campaign? game publisher profit whoring isn't some new thing, bro.

>> ^MarineGunrock:

And that is why games can now be sold at SIXTY FUCKING DOLLARS and have a five hour play time. Thank you for contributing to the downfall of the video game industry. >> ^solecist:
bought it for the mp only...not sure why he didn't cover that aspect!



i've already gotten 20 hours of gameplay out of just the multiplayer of black ops and i'm not even close to level 50 yet, thank you very much. i knew the singleplayer campaign would be short and linear and yes, this almost stopped me from purchasing the game...but i am glad i went through with it. did you start a similar shit storm when battlefield 2 came out for 50 dollars and NO singleplayer campaign? game publisher profit whoring isn't some new thing, bro.

And that is why games can now be sold at SIXTY FUCKING DOLLARS and have a five hour play time. Thank you for contributing to the downfall of the video game industry. >> ^solecist:

bought it for the mp only...not sure why he didn't cover that aspect!

I used to enjoy Yahtzee's rants but he helped me put my finger on why I now unfailingly zone-out in the middle of them now: his reviews suffer from the same lack of juxtaposition that he said afflicts Black Ops. I am amused for awhile then it's Charlie Brown's teacher time. I know it's part of the whole zero punctuation schtick but I think I would be able to pay more attention if he varied his cadence.

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