Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[benjipwns]

I am not a manager. 

[thisismyusername]

dudes straight up admitting to piracy in that both watch_dogs threads.  juniors will never learn. 

edit: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113441365&postcount=1215

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113449030&postcount=1381

:mikelaughing

dudes straight up admitting to piracy in that both watch_dogs threads.  juniors will never learn. 

edit: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113441365&postcount=1215

 

lol. Jesus Christ. Prove you own the game on an internet forum. Would that happen in any other thread.

Prove you bought this CD/DVD/UFC stream, etc.

 

Given they have a policy/rule of "no piracy" it's been LONG OVERDUE that people "put up or shutup" pre-release materials. While we all know a bunch of people on GAF adblock/pirate (even Stump said as much) the fact that they're doing it on a BIG PC release is good: Weeds out the juniors too dumb to admit/get trapped and is a lesson to shut-up before the game is released for the sake of "performance" and discussion.

[Joe Molotov]

dudes straight up admitting to piracy in that both watch_dogs threads.  juniors will never learn. 

edit: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113441365&postcount=1215

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113449030&postcount=1381

:mikelaughing

I lawled.

[benjipwns]

Why was he banned? Looks like a GameStop copy.

[thisismyusername]

Why was he banned? Looks like a GameStop copy.

> Wii U
> In a PC thread
> But Wii U in general



Yes, I know you're kidding. But I want to ruin the joke by posting the obvious.

[doctavius bonbon]

 

they've started walking the plank. seen at least 4 10 gray names so far. the number is probably gonna balloon tomorrow.

[thisismyusername]

they've started walking the plank. seen at least 4 10 gray names so far. the number is probably gonna balloon tomorrow.

iNvidious02 the one that made the Assassin's Creed |OT| was banned in the line of duty on that.

RIP in buying Ubisoft's PC ports, bro?

[doctavius bonbon]

I think he got banned for this, actually: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113388190&postcount=347

it was definitely worth ethering that marcel dude though.

[StealthFan]

Looks like Lore finally recieved the check Ubisoft cut

[thisismyusername]

I think he got banned for this, actually: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113388190&postcount=347

it was definitely worth ethering that marcel dude though.

I love/hate when people go through post histories to do that.

Looks like Lore finally recieved the check Ubisoft cut

Or maybe moderation finally decided to stop being "double-standards" about things and actually crack down on their "no piracy" rule that's been there for years, but rarely enforced. I, for one, hope they do more of it so I keep getting situations from it.

[StealthFan]

Nah. Watch Dogs is a hugely hyped release that leaked early. Unless it's a case like that, they ain't gonna give a fuck.

Like I said...checks be cuttin

[Quaker]

If they're going to be that kind of forum they really should take that same shotgun over to Off Topic whenever anyone obnoxiously throws up the Batsignal once an album leaks. If you can't be discrete until the legit iTunes or NPR stream goes up then you have it coming.

they've started walking the plank. seen at least 4 10 gray names so far. the number is probably gonna balloon tomorrow.

iNvidious02 the one that made the Assassin's Creed |OT| was banned in the line of duty on that.

RIP in buying Ubisoft's PC ports, bro?

I think he got banned for this, actually: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113388190&postcount=347

it was definitely worth ethering that marcel dude though.

Kind of weird for that invidious02 guy to be so self-righteous considering he was banned like a year ago for getting caught torrenting the same Assassin's Creed game early that he made that circlejerk OT for.

Revelations, acquired it in a shady way but just couldnt wait. animus edition comes out dec 2nd here.
performance wise its solid, but it dips to 40fps near the docks, i think its the water.

nobody knows how a person got their game, and people
get games early all the time so no rules for that either.

to clarify, i am getting my copy in about a week. the animus edition

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32917435&postcount=9978
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32918526&postcount=9982

Even if he really did have the game preordered ( ) the nature of bittorrent means you're inherently proliferating it to other less scrupulous people.

[StealthFan]

That thread was actually less sad when i thought he worked for ubisoft.

[Momo]

What's wrong with pre-ordering on the internet store? Why must you rich motherfuckers oppress us so 

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[Joe Molotov]

No1curr unless it's the latest AAA GOTY hotness. TV shows, movies, books, albums, comics, ROMZ that you delete after 24 hours, etc are all fair game unless you directly post "I AM PIRATING THIS THING, PLEASE BAN ME".

[Momo]

SOMEBODY THINK OF MAGOOSE AND DUINX 

[Stoney Mason]

No1curr unless it's the latest AAA GOTY hotness

Pretty much.

That's the double standard. Among dozens of others that they put in place.

Unless somebody says hey I'm pirating this, leave it alone. Going down that can of worms of who actually owns what is the way to madness. It's another example of arbitrary moderation.

But their forum. Their arbitrary rules. Whatevs.

[WanderingWind]

No1curr unless it's the latest AAA GOTY hotness

Pretty much.

That's the double standard. Among dozens of others that they put in place.

Unless somebody says hey I'm pirating this, leave it alone. Going down that can of worms of who actually owns what is the way to madness. It's another example of arbitrary moderation.

Exactly. Prove I own something? Are you fucking out of your mind? How far up your own ass do you have to be to tell complete strangers that they have to prove something to you? There are a plethora of ways to get games early that aren't piracy, and the mods fucking know this. What is with this current trend of "appease my ego or I shall ban you" shit?

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113464267&postcount=24

 

[Momo]

You fucking north americans

[Rusty Shackleford]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113464267&postcount=24

 

Oh my god that is hilarious. Where's it taken from?

[Pickles the Firecat]

stan for 38 year old women who fuck highschool juniors with book reports due the next day, brehs

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825394

"But it's not statutory rape in every state! You don't know the law!"

[Momo]

uh, isnt that rape brahs? The entire first page seems to be free of rape talk

[Pickles the Firecat]

Maybe it's rape, maybe it's not. Maybe it's bad, maybe it's not.

What I know for sure is that it's SUPER fucked up that her daughter would yell at a kind, loving, responsible parent like that! What an overly emotional shitheel.

[Vertigo]

TBH I'm surprised it's taken so long for Gaf mods to come down on game piracy every thread I see the old "I've got a press review copy" being used as an excuse, hilarious to see they've actually asked for evidence this time.

I mean even the biggest idiot could see the connection between the torrent leak and the curious amount of Gaf members who also suddenly gained access to a 'review version' you would think people would keep their mouths shut but PC gamers being PC gamers it's all about loudly letting the plebs know how cock hardeningly powerful your PC rig is.

[Boogie]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113464267&postcount=24

 

Oh my god that is hilarious. Where's it taken from?

Taken from?

Quick's head, of course.  National hero, he is.

[Momo]

how cock hardeningly powerful your PC rig is.

Let's be real, this is the only thing that matters in this life

[archie4208]

I'm too lazy to pirate games nowadays.  I'd rather give Gaben some money and let him do the legwork for me. 

[Pickles the Firecat]

I'm out on this WSHH mother/daughter thread. Last page took a weird ass turn and now 16 year old boys are taking advantage of grown women.

[archie4208]

i'm not really sure gaben's heart can take that

Gaben will die in your lifetime. 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I reserve the right to laugh at anyone who wastes thousands of dollars to get a degree in philosophy, sociology, history, and a host of other shit that will make you a manager at McDonalds.

Be tens of thousands of dollars in undischargeable debt to work at a job you could have gotten with a high school diploma, bryhs

The STEM circlejerk at GAF is strong today

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth#.Uid7idTfiqQ.twitter

It's almost as if education bubbles are big business, Law and computer sciences anyone?

Maybe I'm biased as a STEM person, but plenty of my friends who were in STEM had little trouble finding and keeping jobs, those I know in the humanities have had it much rougher - either they are underemployed, employed in a wildly different field than what they studied, or not able to find work at all. I won't argue against the humanities, as I certainly balanced my CS classwork with courses in history, art (which I got a minor in), urban planning, geology and a bunch of other random things that I found very interesting... (and hell, my knowledge of art had me mocking up the UI and graphic design for systems that are used in 1/6 of the nation's school districts) But still, regardless of what this article says, there's a much better chance you'll get a decent paying job with a STEM degree than with a degree in women's studies or philosophy or history... and then after you get some real world experience under your belt, recruiters will be throwing themselves at you.

A STEM major will likely get you a more stable job that pays better but the myth of a guaranteed job at the end of your college degree is something that needs to end.  Not that it is a good thing but that is the reality of our time.  The thing also with STEM is that since technology is moving so fast, continuous education is necessary.  The downside to that is that you may end up specializing in something that is going to go away in 10 years, which might leave you shit out of luck so you're going to have go to back to school for something else in order to stay competitive.  It's probable that competitive STEM majors will need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in education throughout their working careers.  Hopefully you work for an employer who will pay for it.

[thisismyusername]

A STEM major will likely get you a more stable job that pays better but the myth of a guaranteed job at the end of your college degree is something that needs to end.  Not that it is a good thing but that is the reality of our time.  The thing also with STEM is that since technology is moving so fast, continuous education is necessary.  The downside to that is that you may end up specializing in something that is going to go away in 10 years, which might leave you shit out of luck so you're going to have go to back to school for something else in order to stay competitive.  It's probable that competitive STEM majors will need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in education throughout their working careers.  Hopefully you work for an employer who will pay for it.

This is why the whole STEM cocksucking needs to go away. Mock someone for getting a degree they want while yours isn't a slamdunk either, bro. Get the degree you want with the debit you want for a job you (might not get) want. Let others do the same.

[hampster]

I'm not going to single anyone out at this point, but the sheer volume of people who claim to have a STEM degree is suspicious enough that I am going to ask everyone who has posted their own thoughts about STEM vs Liberal Arts to please post photographic evidence of ownership of a STEM degree.

[nachobro]

lol at all those dude in the WD thread with "review copies" when Ubi is holding back PC codes from every outlet until tomorrow.

Whatever though. If this gets Dennis permabanned, I approve. 

[Boogie]

I reserve the right to laugh at anyone who wastes thousands of dollars to get a degree in philosophy, sociology, history, and a host of other shit that will make you a manager at McDonalds.

Yeah, I sure do regret my Liberal Arts degree, what a waste...

[Phoenix Dark]

I reserve the right to laugh at anyone who wastes thousands of dollars to get a degree in philosophy, sociology, history, and a host of other shit that will make you a manager at McDonalds.

Yeah, I sure do regret my Liberal Arts degree, what a waste...

I'm talking about 'muricans.

[Kara]

This is why the whole STEM cocksucking needs to go away. Mock someone for getting a degree they want while yours isn't a slamdunk either, bro. Get the degree you want with the debit you want for a job you (might not get) want. Let others do the same.

The only safe job is accounting. We've been doing the same shit that Pacioli codified five-hundred and twenty years ago.

And crazy theocrats always need someone to count their money, good luck keeping your STEM superiority if the winds ever blow against secular humanism's current hegemony brehs.

[Rufus]

You may end up working for the dark side though.

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Do you work for one of the big three or however many they are?

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[Kara]

It's just four now (used to be five before Arthur Andersen imploded). I'm just self-employed but highly embedded in some small firms. (Not everyone can afford, or even really needs, a big four accountant. The majority of businesses are small businesses after all.)

It is a field where the dark side is inescapable. My big break in the industry was being hired on to prepare an extensive asset declaration and value calculation as part of a Swiss banking tax amnesty. Even nonprofit accounting (which I picked up to assuage my feelings about the trade and also because I was desperate for work) is full of scuzzy stuff too.

[Momo]

Conversely, STEM doesnt get you far in south africa, but if you study politics, economics and the like, you're going to get rich somewhere down the line.

[Purple Filth]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=113498398#post113498398

I'm not trolling guys.

It was a serious comment... I'm avoiding every non 1080p game from the new systems... I played BF4 on PS3 due this restriction and I will do the same with Watch Dogs.

Every non-1920x1080p game I will buy on old gen consoles.

I expect to not do that this gen but I was forced because the games are not reaching this level.

It is my money after all

 

[Raban]

hey look another thread about poking fun at laughable video game art http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825472 I wonder what'll happ-

Naruko Hanaharu, the main character designer of Suisei no Gargantia is a famous (maybe notorious for you) hentai manga artist, what else do you want from him? This is how Japanese anime industry working in reality, they really have a decent job for a hentai manga artist, and his name could attract more otaku audience.

 Things like "Mature audience will never accept Japanese artists sexualize little girls/underage/youngsters/female characters" is a very weak social justice agenda. If our communist government taught me anything about social justice, it's about social justice is the worst thing on this planet, it's basically nothing but admit how weak your culture/law/national strength is. If you want to achieve social justice, you make a law to forbid, you take the dispute land by force, you arrest hentai manga artists across national boundaries and put them in your jail, in this way you can tell the world "this is fucking bad and should go to hell", this is how social justice being served, not using agendas to encourage censorship or witch hunt.

 If America can make laws to anti such sexualiztion in ACG world, that will be respected, and there will be no Japanese game dev/anime artist dare to show these to their honorable foreign audience again. Kojima will change Quite's design, Kamitani could never make that fanservice, and Suisei no Gargantia won't give Naruko Hanaharu any job. If this is what you want, that's how to achieve it, acting like "I am such a sane mature human being, I know how bad this is, you guys who enjoy and support this are silly perverts" won't help at all.

oh

[Rufus]

Man, I wish I could find the concept art/screenshot of that one game whose name I can't even remember. It looked a lot like Gears. There was this female character, who had armour everywhere except on her ass. It's the epitome of stupid, satire-proof, hope-you're-joking-design that stuck with me ever since.

[Kara]

hey look another thread about poking fun at laughable video game art http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825472 I wonder what'll happ-

Naruko Hanaharu, the main character designer of Suisei no Gargantia is a famous (maybe notorious for you) hentai manga artist, what else do you want from him? This is how Japanese anime industry working in reality, they really have a decent job for a hentai manga artist, and his name could attract more otaku audience.

 Things like "Mature audience will never accept Japanese artists sexualize little girls/underage/youngsters/female characters" is a very weak social justice agenda. If our communist government taught me anything about social justice, it's about social justice is the worst thing on this planet, it's basically nothing but admit how weak your culture/law/national strength is. If you want to achieve social justice, you make a law to forbid, you take the dispute land by force, you arrest hentai manga artists across national boundaries and put them in your jail, in this way you can tell the world "this is fucking bad and should go to hell", this is how social justice being served, not using agendas to encourage censorship or witch hunt.

 If America can make laws to anti such sexualiztion in ACG world, that will be respected, and there will be no Japanese game dev/anime artist dare to show these to their honorable foreign audience again. Kojima will change Quite's design, Kamitani could never make that fanservice, and Suisei no Gargantia won't give Naruko Hanaharu any job. If this is what you want, that's how to achieve it, acting like "I am such a sane mature human being, I know how bad this is, you guys who enjoy and support this are silly perverts" won't help at all.

oh

Social justice as an epithet? Check
Cries about censorship? Check
Use of the term witch hunt? Check

[fizzel]

hey look another thread about poking fun at laughable video game art http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825472 I wonder what'll happ-

Naruko Hanaharu, the main character designer of Suisei no Gargantia is a famous (maybe notorious for you) hentai manga artist, what else do you want from him? This is how Japanese anime industry working in reality, they really have a decent job for a hentai manga artist, and his name could attract more otaku audience.

 Things like "Mature audience will never accept Japanese artists sexualize little girls/underage/youngsters/female characters" is a very weak social justice agenda. If our communist government taught me anything about social justice, it's about social justice is the worst thing on this planet, it's basically nothing but admit how weak your culture/law/national strength is. If you want to achieve social justice, you make a law to forbid, you take the dispute land by force, you arrest hentai manga artists across national boundaries and put them in your jail, in this way you can tell the world "this is fucking bad and should go to hell", this is how social justice being served, not using agendas to encourage censorship or witch hunt.

 If America can make laws to anti such sexualiztion in ACG world, that will be respected, and there will be no Japanese game dev/anime artist dare to show these to their honorable foreign audience again. Kojima will change Quite's design, Kamitani could never make that fanservice, and Suisei no Gargantia won't give Naruko Hanaharu any job. If this is what you want, that's how to achieve it, acting like "I am such a sane mature human being, I know how bad this is, you guys who enjoy and support this are silly perverts" won't help at all.

oh

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113524255&postcount=420

[tiesto]

I'm not going to single anyone out at this point, but the sheer volume of people who claim to have a STEM degree is suspicious enough that I am going to ask everyone who has posted their own thoughts about STEM vs Liberal Arts to please post photographic evidence of ownership of a STEM degree.

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[Phoenix Dark]

but do you have your IT certs breh?

[Tasty]

I'd post mine but I never actually finished college, lol.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113524255&postcount=420

I've yet to have found a single person who bought Bayonetta to fap to. Everyone I know (or comments I've read) have talked about how fun the game is. What an interesting character Bayonetta is. Those are the discussions.

On the topic of The Sniper in MGSV I think there's more to her design than we think. I honestly think Kojima is looking for controversy and then we'll find out why she's dressed the way she is. It's why I can't pass judgement on her yet. At first glance, yeah. Stupid. But when the game comes out there might be a reason for it and we'll all look stupid for bringing it up (just a theory).

[Rahxephon91]

I hate threads like that. It just becomes a shit upon Japanese games followed by weeboos shitting on western games because they aren't pretty.

[Raban]

I hate threads like that. It just becomes a shit

ftfy

[thisismyusername]

I do think it's pretty remarkable that Bayonetta became an empowering character, because I'm 99.99% sure she is tailor-made to reflect Hideki Kamiya sexual fantasies and fetishes.

[Rahxephon91]

I don't know what is more annoying with the constant Bayonetta debate. Those who keep bringing her up as bad because "oh no sex and it's childish because sex" or "oh it's empowering because she's cool with her sex".

Like she's just a real fanservice character and the game is all about being fun. Like there's no point in thinking very hard about it.

I got in an argument with a friend who called her a whore and that was the reason he did'nt want to play the game. Because Bayonetta is a fictional character who is a whore because she flaunts sex appeal. I'm sure there's some feminst subject matter there, but I don't care. I just feel like some guys are on a moral crusade about this stuff so they seem above "something". Like it dosen't matter. It's a stupid probably sexist game that should'nt really be thought as anything serious.

[tiesto]

But Japanese games are the ugly ones (Image removed from quote.)

I think many of them have done a bang-up job without breaking the bank like their western counterparts. Maybe not the most technically advanced, but good art direction triumphs over that.

[Kara]

Even if something's dumb you shouldn't just stop thinking about its problematic qualities. It's OK to like problematic stuff (well maybe not that creepy anime stuff that gets dredged up itt), just be real with yourself about how it's shitty and could be better for everyone.

[StealthFan]

still in da murda bizness

[Rahxephon91]

It shouldn't confuse you. People think that stuff looks silly and "gay". It dosen't look realistic. Even Superman's outfit is seen as dumb to many. They had to "grim" it up for MoS.

[Raban]

unless you're into animal husbandry

[Himu]

Someone show me good western character art for a recent big budget game.

[Rahxephon91]

When you say it like that well.....I don't think you want to be convinced.

I mean there's been Remember Me, Bioshock Infinite, hell even Killzone has  great art design, Halo 4, DMC, .....I don't know. Even Gears does it's job well.

I don't know what constitutes "good" beyond "looks cool to me".