At 4/13/10 02:17 PM, Deadclever23 wrote:

At 4/13/10 02:02 PM, Sam wrote: How I Met Your Mother anyone?

Has nothing on Glee.

Seconded :D Although I do like How I Met Your Mother :)

Big Bang is a personal favourite, I also really like true blood, it's like a hardcorer version of twilight so it's better then that.

Im also an anime whore :P

At 4/13/10 12:17 PM, HDXmike wrote:

At 4/13/10 11:01 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: The Big Bang Theory

This

You weren't meant to be fab...

Big Bang is awesome.

True Blood...? Nah, vampires are scary.

My personal thoughts on the shows that are in discussion:

Two and a Half men = Got old after the first season. Same jokes over and over and i'm happy its almost over.

Big Bang: Also, same nerdy jokes over and over, got boring and is rarely funny anymore.

How i met your mother: Started off GREAT, fell a little short and then really picked up hard for season 4. The current season sucks balls though and is not worth watching anymore. (I'd like to point out that NOTHING HAPPENS anymore, which is the sad part. Before there were all these twists with relationships but now its all focused on the married couple and ted is hardly a minor character)

True Blood: (Keeping in mind that i've only seen season 1, and i've heard season 2 is better) The show was entertaining but the season ended horribly. The "big reveal" was a horrible twist and the villain was someone you hardly know throughout the series. Resulting in a "oh..its HIM? ... lame" ending. Still i will watch season 2 eventually though.

One of the main problems with the 3 sitcoms first listed is that not much really happens anymore. Its like the same characters lives doing the same things over and over. One of the things i really liked about the earlier episodes of how i met your mother were that there was the whole ted/robin relationship and then ted and stella? (was that her name..the girl from scrubs). Either way, now its just kinda bleh, nothing HAPPENS and not in a seinfeld kinda way. At least in seinfeld the "nothing" that happened was different every time.

SHOWS TO WATCH:

Weeds: Starts off alright but REALLY gets crazy in the 2nd season. Everything just keeps escalating its actually QUITE good.

Breaking Bad: Jimp reccomends this, i have them on my computer but have yet to watch

The Office and 30 Rock: Seen and love both of these shows, probably my 2 favorite of all time. Absolute hilarity ESPECIALLY the office.

Anyways, thats my TV post. I've watched like all these shows over the last year on my computer during classes at school ;)

At 4/13/10 05:41 PM, Duchednier wrote: My personal thoughts on the shows that are in discussion:

Two and a Half men = Got old after the first season. Same jokes over and over and i'm happy its almost over.

that show got unfunnily awkward when the kid grew up and they kept writing as if he was 8, i agree though.

Shows I watch:

FOX:
simpsons (it's not as good as it was in the past and I cringe at how much product placement there is now)
family guy (i love it, still has great episodes, and some flops, but still worth watching at least)
house (it's a great show, had to stop watching after I kept thinking I had every disease they feature on that show. Coughing is a symptom of brain eating maggots? HOLY SHIT *panic*)

DISCOVERY:
mythbusters (i know it's not real science but it's god damn entertaining)

COMEDY CENTRAL:
futurama (excited for new episodes even though i know they wont be as good as the old ones)
south park (has been steadily declining in quality IMO, not enough to stop watching though, and there's occasionally a gem)
daily show (not much to say here)
colbert report (stephen colbert is hilarious)

ADULT SWIM:
(i can never figure out the schedule for adult swim shows that aren't on every night)
robot chicken (nothing like good ol immature fart humor)
venture bros (one of the few AS shows that's funny, decently animated, and has good story / characters)
metalocalypse (i find it hilarious)
ATHF is good too
superjail is very... interesting. everyone should watch it IMO if just for the animation, there's only one season.
other shows are tolerable, some I just can't stand

NBC:
the office (used to watch this more, but it just gets more and more soap opera-y as it keeps going, as funny as steve carrel is)
SNL (it's just not that funny anymore, other than andy samberg)

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i usually just keep the tv on as background noise when I work. For some reason I find it less distracting than listening to music

At 4/13/10 07:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 4/13/10 05:41 PM, Duchednier wrote: My personal thoughts on the shows that are in discussion:

Two and a Half men = Got old after the first season. Same jokes over and over and i'm happy its almost over.

that show got unfunnily awkward when the kid grew up and they kept writing as if he was 8, i agree though.

Shows I watch:

FOX:
simpsons (it's not as good as it was in the past and I cringe at how much product placement there is now)
family guy (i love it, still has great episodes, and some flops, but still worth watching at least)
house (it's a great show, had to stop watching after I kept thinking I had every disease they feature on that show. Coughing is a symptom of brain eating maggots? HOLY SHIT *panic*)

DISCOVERY:
mythbusters (i know it's not real science but it's god damn entertaining)

COMEDY CENTRAL:
futurama (excited for new episodes even though i know they wont be as good as the old ones)
south park (has been steadily declining in quality IMO, not enough to stop watching though, and there's occasionally a gem)
daily show (not much to say here)
colbert report (stephen colbert is hilarious)

ADULT SWIM:
(i can never figure out the schedule for adult swim shows that aren't on every night)
robot chicken (nothing like good ol immature fart humor)
venture bros (one of the few AS shows that's funny, decently animated, and has good story / characters)
metalocalypse (i find it hilarious)
ATHF is good too
superjail is very... interesting. everyone should watch it IMO if just for the animation, there's only one season.
other shows are tolerable, some I just can't stand

NBC:
the office (used to watch this more, but it just gets more and more soap opera-y as it keeps going, as funny as steve carrel is)
SNL (it's just not that funny anymore, other than andy samberg)

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i usually just keep the tv on as background noise when I work. For some reason I find it less distracting than listening to music

Wow.
I watch the simpsons and my mom and sister watch american idol, so I watch the odithions and some other stuff on it.
Sometimes AFV but it's getting old.

Also can someone go to this post

I know I'm advertising in a kind of wrong way but I don't want to re-post what I did agian here ( I had alot of links in it)

I've seen a few episodes of Glee (lol female housemates) and it's terrible. TERRIBLE. American Football teaming dancing to Beyonce to win a game? LOLWTFBBQ?

lol I watched one glee episode. Some gay guy danced to lady gaga and kicked a football right between the goal posts in a football game. WTF? I was more than confused.

At 4/13/10 07:26 PM, tehtimmy4080 wrote: Some gay guy danced to lady gaga

Yeah that lad is camper than a row of pink tents. He's such a stereotype too; flamboyant dress sense, slight lisp, tough guy macho Dad.

The show is full of stereotypes, you've got the older sporty lesbian, the sassy fat black chick, the flamboyant gay guy, the talented jock who's a massive jerk, the talented jock who's not a jerk, the pretty ugly girl, the sweet cheerleader who's actually a slut.

I hate Glee for its stereotypes. It is a well-intentioned show but its use of stereotypes is counterproductive for its cause.

I'm sad to say I just don't get Glee. No mean words. I just don't get it like Trevor doesn't get Aeon Flux.

Jesus fucking Christ I'm off for a couple of weeks only to be greeted by you guys speaking about sitcoms?

Glee is yuck and Bazinga is the worst catchphrase ever done.

Haven't gone near Glee, simply because everyone I know that likes it is about as annoying as the people on the show according to the adverts heh, no offence to any fans here.

On the other hand, these are some fine shows:
Black Books, Scrubs, Spaced, Flight of the Conchords, Skins (only series 1, maybe 2), The IT Crowd, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners and Futurama.

At 4/13/10 09:49 PM, crushy wrote: On the other hand, these are some fine shows:
Black Books, Scrubs, Spaced, Flight of the Conchords, The IT Crowd, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners and Futurama.

QFT

At 4/13/10 10:05 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

At 4/13/10 09:49 PM, crushy wrote: On the other hand, these are some fine shows:
Black Books, Scrubs, Spaced, Flight of the Conchords, The IT Crowd, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners and Futurama.

QFT

I loled

So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Yaaaay!

And now, a message from my cat:

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At 4/14/10 12:59 AM, Duchednier wrote: So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Nice job, I just gave it a try and it looks pretty good :) Toss the Turtle has quenched my thirst for launch games somewhat but it's still very enjoyable.

I wish I had more time to work on my game...

At 4/14/10 04:11 AM, Xeptic wrote:

At 4/14/10 12:59 AM, Duchednier wrote: So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Nice job, I just gave it a try and it looks pretty good :) Toss the Turtle has quenched my thirst for launch games somewhat but it's still very enjoyable.

I wish I had more time to work on my game...

Congrats!

I always felt the trouble with launching games is having the skill-based aspect and the ilinx (visceral fun) coexisting.

Shooting added a bit of strategy in when to use bullets. Maneouvering, however, only really seemed to be viable when going slowly enough - at the end of the launch. It just rarely made a massive difference and if the game were slowed down to where navigating would be necessiated, it'd also remove some of the thrill.

Not played your game but that seems like an interesting design 'problem'.

Btw, is FGL suitable for tiny tiny games?

At 4/14/10 06:35 AM, Bezman wrote: Btw, is FGL suitable for tiny tiny games?

Yes.

At 4/13/10 09:49 PM, crushy wrote: Haven't gone near Glee, simply because everyone I know that likes it is about as annoying as the people on the show according to the adverts heh, no offence to any fans here.

On the other hand, these are some fine shows:
Black Books, Scrubs, Spaced, Flight of the Conchords, Skins (only series 1, maybe 2), The IT Crowd, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners and Futurama.

They are some good shows.

I have to say, How I Met Your Mother feels like a completely different show this season. I remember watching it at like 2am or 3am when it was on the 2nd season :)

Did everyone just figure out about Flash Game License? The Flash Forum is filled up today with threads and posts about FGL and sponsorships.

At 4/14/10 05:42 PM, Archon68 wrote: Did everyone just figure out about Flash Game License? The Flash Forum is filled up today with threads and posts about FGL and sponsorships.

I have only seen two.

2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
TWO - ONE!!!!

At 4/14/10 12:59 AM, Duchednier wrote: So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Nice :) I haven't seen many decent deals through FGL so far, looks like they're finally starting to get noticed.

Oh and I have to agree with Glaiel about House, worth watching.

At 4/14/10 08:02 PM, crushy wrote:

At 4/14/10 12:59 AM, Duchednier wrote: So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Nice :) I haven't seen many decent deals through FGL so far, looks like they're finally starting to get noticed.

From what i know they've been around for a while, the first time i heard of em was when jimp was bragging about getting 16k from penguinz :P Which would be....sometime last year :/

Oh and I have to agree with Glaiel about House, worth watching.

House is epic :D

At 4/14/10 06:21 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: 2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
WE BEAT THE SCUM 2 - 1!
TWO - ONE!!!!

Did you really?!

At 4/14/10 10:14 PM, Duchednier wrote: Did you really?!

Yes we did! Our first league victory against the scum for over ten years, and I was there!

ALSO, FUCK ME LOOK AT THIS GOAL.

At 4/14/10 10:25 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

ALSO, *bleep* ME LOOK AT THIS GOAL.

Hey Congratulations dude!

I'll answer each of your points separately as I am not actually elaborating views of my own, but instead only responding to your views.

At 4/8/10 07:37 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: I'm not racist but I would say I'm fascist.

A fascist? Are you serious? I thought you guys were wiped off the planet in the 40's. Let's see what interesting political ideas you have to share with us, shall we?

Stuff this EU crap. It's a terrible idea. I know that if the EU became a country it would become the biggest country in the world

Hey bro. Check this out - one of them is the european union, and the other one is some random country in our world. Does it look to you like the EU would be the biggest country in the world? Also, when exactly did you get the idea that EU is going to become a country? I don't see how it could happen anywhere in the foreseeable future. The EU is an economical and political union, it's been that way for decades and I don't see why it should suddenly change. It seems like all along your post you make senseless comments because you are confused about what the European Union is and what it aims to achieve - you keep talking about the EU as a single country.

but I hate superpowers that have that much wealth, power and diversity.

Oh, so now it's personal? You think the UK should pull out of the EU because you hate countries that have too much power? That makes sense. Not only that, but you seem to be misunderstanding the purpose of the EU. The union seeks to balance the economy across Europe. You seem to be thinking that the EU will create some sort of super-country to dominate the world, where in fact it teams up with the poorer and less fortunate. You want a super power? Get France, Germany, England, and a couple other countries in Western Europe on your team and you get the majority of the wealth and political power in the western world. Also, I hate to break it to you but there's really no diversity at all in Western Europe. You brits might think that the French are from another planet just because they eat cheese and speak funny, but in reality we're all the same. You want to see some diversity? Try to unite North Korea with Germany and Syria.

There's too many different ethnicities in the EU for it to work well, it would be in the interest of the people.

Let me get this straight: you think that agricultural efforts like the CAP can't work in Europe because of a too high variety of ethnicities? What exactly is going on in your mind? Have a look at this figure - it's the total spendings of the EU (labels in the description). Over 75% of their spendings are just on agriculture and construction / infrastructure. How are their efforts going to get penalized by the "many different ethnicities"? I would like to know.

It's the kind of thing that causes revolution. Like Tsarist Russia for example. Their huge ethnic diversity made an unstable country as it was so big and so diverse it was close to impossible to control.

Aha, Tsarist Russia. Such wild references for someone who can't understand simple politics. You claim that the Russian Empire collapsed and gave place to Soviet Russia due to its size and diversity. Incredible! Let's have a look. 1848. Guy named Karl writes about his political ideas. Russia has been under autocratic control for hundreds of years. Problem is, the autocrats sucked really badly. Result? A weak Russian Empire with a very flawed political system. What a coincidence that at the same time people were spreading communist ideas around the world. Despite strong disagreements between the Bolsheviks - who call for an early revolution - and the Mensheviks - who insist that the communist uprising must wait - the Bolsheviks take control of Petrograd and spread across the entire country. You claim the revolution took place because Russia was so big and unorganized, right? Back then they had no radio, no telephone; yet the Bolsheviks successfully took control of the entirety of Russia, and not only that. Go forward to the 1930's, Stalin manages to get the entire country working together on soviet industrialization, with tremendous results. In 1941, he gathers up an immense army to defend the eastern front, and successfully blocks the nazis despite everyone thinking that the soviets don't stand a chance against the German army which is known for its great efficiency and strategical prominence. Suddenly, Russia doesn't seem so unstable, huh? Seems like after all it was not Russia's size that made it hard to control, but the incompetence of the autocrat rulers pre-1917. Please note that this has no relevance at all to the EU, which you have again mistaken for being a single country; I just felt that your foolish comparison between the EU and the Russian Empire had to be corrected.

Britain should stop concentrating on crap like the EU and start concentrating on getting everyone equal rights, opportunities and work on mixing social classes and ethnicities together in order to create a less separated Britain. Stuff fringe parties like the BNP and their rascism.

Equal rights? Pah! I laugh at your silly ideals, human. Are you implying that being in the EU distracts your country from providing equal rights to its citizens? I see no logical connection in this as a reason for your opposition to the EU. I don't know how you want your government to mix social classes and ethnicities. Maybe invite all the billionaires to a tea party with the construction workers and the black people? That's going to have such a great impact on the country. The mindless ideas that you spout are not only laughable due to their complete irrelevance to the modern world, but also can't be achieved in any realistic way. The EU is actually getting shit done: constructing infrastructure, handles agriculture, and boosts the European market. But screw that! Let's work on mixing social classes instead, because that will make a true change in our world! Cool!

Fascism and communism can mix.

Facism: extreme nationalism, full focus on internal economics, political isolation and lack of collaboration with the rest of the world. Governmental support for big companies and business.
Communism: an effort to unite the workers of the world and form a nationless society with a strong emphasis on equality and opposition to any kind of currency.

I'd love to see how you can mix those. They pretty much stand for opposite things.

A strong fasco-communo country is what is needed.

Unbelievable. Get a clue, kid. You puny teenagers with your revolutionary political ideas make me sick.

Deadclever23,

Your vulgarization of political ideologies and ignorance in historical events is an insult to the internets. The reasons you provided to support your view opposing the European union are without any form of thought and common sense. This is why I was so bold in my last reply to you. It's clear that your political views originate from vague things that you may have heard people say, or seen on television or on the internet, and not from actual thought and research or education.

TV Shows

I regularly watch The Simpsons, Family Guy, and The Big Bang Theory. Simpsons has always been nice. I prefer the earlier seasons, all of them are fairly enjoyable. With family guy it's kind of an on-and-off relationship. I used to love it, then I hated it, and now I don't really know. They often have very lame and overdone jokes (bird is the word ... need I say more?), but overall they do have a lot of funny moments, so it's all good. I hear you ask "what about big bang theory?". Well, my friend, that shows sucks greasy donkey balls. Ever since they started to incorporate Penny more often in the plots and made her date Leonard, the show has been nothing but a pile of crap. They eliminated every last bit of personality that the characters had (albeit not much) and turned all of them into complete stereotypes (which they pretty much were already). Their jokes suck. Their social drama is terrible. Their characters are boring, uninteresting. Initially I had hoped that it could be something that would appeal to slightly less dumber audiences, but turns out it's the opposite.

I can't count the number of times I've re-watched all futurama episodes. The characters are great, besides Bender they're all pretty much unique. I have to admit that most of their jokes are funny in a stupid way, not because they are especially witty and intelligent (although they do have a surprisingly large amount of intelligent jokes, often revolving around farnsworth and science). Looking forward to the new episodes on June.

Horse race announcer: It's a quantum finish! And the winner is-
Professor Farnsworth: No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
hihihihi

I also really like Seinfeld and Curb your enthusiasm. Also, I tried the office since so many people here recommended it, and it's nice.

At 4/14/10 08:02 PM, crushy wrote:

At 4/14/10 12:59 AM, Duchednier wrote: So i've finished my first flash game and its up for bids on FGL. The current bid is 2500$ with a sitelocked 500 as well.

Nice :) I haven't seen many decent deals through FGL so far, looks like they're finally starting to get noticed.

Last deal I got was about £3000 when I accidentially sparked off a bidding war :p That was over one and a half years ago though.

How's the market at the moment?

At 4/15/10 01:05 AM, Toast wrote:

Horse race announcer: It's a quantum finish! And the winner is-
Professor Farnsworth: No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
hihihihi

I also really like Seinfeld and Curb your enthusiasm. Also, I tried the office since so many people here recommended it, and it's nice.

You have a good taste in television. My personal favourites during my lifetime have been The Wire, BOB, Futurama, Early Family Guy, Simpsons, Dexter, QI and Generation Kill.

And speaking of quantum physics, scientists have finally created a random number generator using the laws of quantum entanglement.

Sponsorship

Those amounts seem astronomical, i'll be sure to use it for my next game. Out of interest, what are the ethics with getting a game involving newgrounds charachters sponsored? I'm not planning on it, purely wondering if copyright would be an issue/if people would be morally objected to it.

And the new Slash album is amazing.
Deadclever23 those are some moronic statements.

At 4/15/10 11:15 AM, Depredation wrote: And speaking of quantum physics, scientists have finally created a random number generator using the laws of quantum entanglement.

Oh, finally! I've had to put several game ideas on hold because I've felt that a pseudo-random number generator would be way too biased.
Now, all I need is a setup like that in the article and a server to send the data. That's only about £150-£200 in total, right?

Yes, I do understand the real value of true random number generators

At 4/15/10 11:15 AM, Depredation wrote: Out of interest, what are the ethics with getting a game involving newgrounds charachters sponsored? I'm not planning on it, purely wondering if copyright would be an issue/if people would be morally objected to it.

If you're getting it sponsored by Newgrounds, great.
If not, you're playing on rough territory. I don't think that game sites, especially larger ones such as Armor Games and Kongregate, would be keen on the idea at all, especially considering how they are essentially in competition with Newgrounds (not in a cut-throat kind of way, but I still feel that they would be less inclined to pay to advertise a website to which they could potentially lose their audience). Hence, I feel that unless the character is a small bonus addition (and even better if they are known widely across Flash gaming sites), the idea could decrease the game's worth by a fair amount.
Of course, I'm answering based on simple reasoning, so I could be totally wrong.

Also, it probably wouldn't be chased up on copyright anyway (not saying that it is perfectly legal, mind), but it is always courteous to check up with the owner regardless.