Visar inlägg med etikett English. Visa alla inlägg
Visar inlägg med etikett English. Visa alla inlägg
lördag, juni 11, 2011
Why are people so fucking prudish?
I was watching Real Time with Bill Maher and I got kinda shocked on how prudish even that show is. It's not the first time but I can't believe no one, even Janene Garofalo, said anything about how ridiculous it is that one wouldn't be able to talk about Anthony Weiner sexting with your kids. And because of that Anthony Weiner should resign. I can't even begin to fathom the logic behind that reasoning. I cant even grasp why you would want to talk about your kids about his sexting and feel that you couldn't. Sharon Waxman even says that she talks about Anthony Weiner with her kids so they are old and mature enough to talk about real world politics but to young to handle any talk about sex? Where does this insane fear towards sex comes from? Why is it set in stone that anything to do with sex should be kept away from children? And why is it Anthony Weiners fault that Sharon Waxman can't talk about sexting with her kids? And why the hell doesn't anyone even bring up how silly it is?
I'm just flabbergasted. This is on HBO hosted by a foul mouthed comedian with one of the most outspoken and active liberal media figures on the panel and yet it is completely accepted without question that you can't talk to kids about sex in any way shape or form.
What the H?
söndag, mars 14, 2010
Starcraft 2, impressions so far part 1, the micro-discussion...
So, the Starcraft 2 Beta has been out for quite some time. I haven't tried it myself but I have watched quite a few replays and read quite a bit about it and there are a few things that bugs me, a few things that astound me and a few things that just is.
First of all, one thing that really bugs me is reading about Starcraft 1 fans talking about some of Starcraft 2s mechanics as being "dumbed down" and stuff like that. I just cant grasp that perspective, one must be completely wrapped up in one line of thought to even remotely consider the phrasing "dumbed down" in alot of those instances, for example unit pathing. Starcraft 2 is not dumbed down because they have improved and fixed things that were off in Starcraft 1. They didnt make Starcraft 1 and meant to have horrible unit pathing. It just turned out that way. When they rebuilt the engine, as it was first based on the Warcraft 2 engine which people did not like as it just felt like Warcraft in space they didnt have all that much time on their hands to rebuild the whole thing and that is why the unit pathing is so bad in Starcraft, I think. I dont know, Im just speculating. But it seems reasonable and it fits very well with the things I do know.
Do people really think that they meant the unit pathing to be so bad in Starcraft 1? That when you take a unit and click on a place for it to go and it doesnt go there, they meant for it to do that? They meant for it not to go where you clicked? No, it was bad pathing and they didnt have time to fix it properly. As it turned out though, this, amongst many other things, made the game excellent as an e-sport. It required micro in a way that I've never seen.
But should that be the basis for creating Starcraft 2? Is it dumbing down the game to have the units behave in a way you want them to? Should they make the units not go where you want them to go and spazz out because they cant find the right way to go and stuff like that just to make it more competitive?
Of course not is my opinion and it shocks me that so many people seem to have another opinion on the matter.
People need to let Starcraft 1 go a little and view Starcraft 2 from another perspective. Try to look for new things to make it competative instead of complaining about it not being like Starcraft 1.
Yes, the micro aspect of the game is really lacking in the most of the games I've seen and I do miss that. But the solution for increasing the importance of micro should not be to make the game worse when it comes to control and make it more like it used to be. It should be to look forward and look for other things.
And people also seem so fast to jump the gun on things here, the Starcraft 2 beta has been out less then a month and it took Starcraft years to really give us what people are saying that Starcraft 2 lacks.
The impressiveness of 10 ghosts lockdowning 10 Battlecrusiers in 2.3 seconds is not something that is as impressive in Starcraft 2 because we have better control in Starcraft 2. But should the solution to that be making the controls worse? No, the solution for me is really very simple, I watch Starcraft 1 for that. We already have that. Why would we need another? Starcraft 1 is pretty much perfect for that already.
The worst thing they could do is try to duplicate Starcraft 1 to much. They need to make Starcraft 2 its own, and they have.
And people who complain should be looking forward when they find something they dont like, instead of complaining about the control being to good and the units actually doing what you want them to do, speculate about new ideas, new things, new ways to increase the range of skill in the game and the micro battles...
First of all, one thing that really bugs me is reading about Starcraft 1 fans talking about some of Starcraft 2s mechanics as being "dumbed down" and stuff like that. I just cant grasp that perspective, one must be completely wrapped up in one line of thought to even remotely consider the phrasing "dumbed down" in alot of those instances, for example unit pathing. Starcraft 2 is not dumbed down because they have improved and fixed things that were off in Starcraft 1. They didnt make Starcraft 1 and meant to have horrible unit pathing. It just turned out that way. When they rebuilt the engine, as it was first based on the Warcraft 2 engine which people did not like as it just felt like Warcraft in space they didnt have all that much time on their hands to rebuild the whole thing and that is why the unit pathing is so bad in Starcraft, I think. I dont know, Im just speculating. But it seems reasonable and it fits very well with the things I do know.
Do people really think that they meant the unit pathing to be so bad in Starcraft 1? That when you take a unit and click on a place for it to go and it doesnt go there, they meant for it to do that? They meant for it not to go where you clicked? No, it was bad pathing and they didnt have time to fix it properly. As it turned out though, this, amongst many other things, made the game excellent as an e-sport. It required micro in a way that I've never seen.
But should that be the basis for creating Starcraft 2? Is it dumbing down the game to have the units behave in a way you want them to? Should they make the units not go where you want them to go and spazz out because they cant find the right way to go and stuff like that just to make it more competitive?
Of course not is my opinion and it shocks me that so many people seem to have another opinion on the matter.
People need to let Starcraft 1 go a little and view Starcraft 2 from another perspective. Try to look for new things to make it competative instead of complaining about it not being like Starcraft 1.
Yes, the micro aspect of the game is really lacking in the most of the games I've seen and I do miss that. But the solution for increasing the importance of micro should not be to make the game worse when it comes to control and make it more like it used to be. It should be to look forward and look for other things.
And people also seem so fast to jump the gun on things here, the Starcraft 2 beta has been out less then a month and it took Starcraft years to really give us what people are saying that Starcraft 2 lacks.
The impressiveness of 10 ghosts lockdowning 10 Battlecrusiers in 2.3 seconds is not something that is as impressive in Starcraft 2 because we have better control in Starcraft 2. But should the solution to that be making the controls worse? No, the solution for me is really very simple, I watch Starcraft 1 for that. We already have that. Why would we need another? Starcraft 1 is pretty much perfect for that already.
The worst thing they could do is try to duplicate Starcraft 1 to much. They need to make Starcraft 2 its own, and they have.
And people who complain should be looking forward when they find something they dont like, instead of complaining about the control being to good and the units actually doing what you want them to do, speculate about new ideas, new things, new ways to increase the range of skill in the game and the micro battles...
måndag, december 14, 2009
Ever OSL 2009 Round of 8 preview
The OSL round of 8 matchups, my favorites in bold:
Day 1 - December 18
Jaedong vs. Flash - 1set - Fighting Spirit
Calm vs. Pure - 1set - Eye of the Storm
ZerO vs. Movie - 1set - New Heartbreak Ridge
Stork vs. Shine - 1set - El Nino
Day 2 - December 25th
Jaedong vs. Flash - 2set - New Heartbreak Ridge
Jaedong vs. Flash - 3set - Eye of the Storm
Calm vs. Pure - 2set - El Nino
Calm vs. Pure - 3set - Fighting Spirit
ZerO vs. Movie - 2set - Eye of the Storm
ZerO vs. Movie - 3set - El Nino
Stork vs. Shine - 2set - Fighting Spirit
Stork vs. Shine - 3set - New Heartbreak Ridge
omg omg omg, Flash vs. Jaedong already? Damn!
Well, Im gonna have to go with FORK POWER! on this one, hoping for a Flash vs. Stork OSL-final, with Stork as the winner. Jaedong can go and win in the MSL instead.
Although, Jaedong winning 3 straight OSLs would be crazy, ARGH, I dont know who to root for!
I will be rooting for Pure and Movie though, yay protoss. And I like both of their play, especially versus Zerg. But ZerO is probably gonna beat Movie, Pure has a good chance against Calm though. Or, so I think. Maybe not, Calm can play very very well.
Day 1 - December 18
Jaedong vs. Flash - 1set - Fighting Spirit
Calm vs. Pure - 1set - Eye of the Storm
ZerO vs. Movie - 1set - New Heartbreak Ridge
Stork vs. Shine - 1set - El Nino
Day 2 - December 25th
Jaedong vs. Flash - 2set - New Heartbreak Ridge
Jaedong vs. Flash - 3set - Eye of the Storm
Calm vs. Pure - 2set - El Nino
Calm vs. Pure - 3set - Fighting Spirit
ZerO vs. Movie - 2set - Eye of the Storm
ZerO vs. Movie - 3set - El Nino
Stork vs. Shine - 2set - Fighting Spirit
Stork vs. Shine - 3set - New Heartbreak Ridge
omg omg omg, Flash vs. Jaedong already? Damn!
Well, Im gonna have to go with FORK POWER! on this one, hoping for a Flash vs. Stork OSL-final, with Stork as the winner. Jaedong can go and win in the MSL instead.
Although, Jaedong winning 3 straight OSLs would be crazy, ARGH, I dont know who to root for!
I will be rooting for Pure and Movie though, yay protoss. And I like both of their play, especially versus Zerg. But ZerO is probably gonna beat Movie, Pure has a good chance against Calm though. Or, so I think. Maybe not, Calm can play very very well.
lördag, oktober 24, 2009
What is it with comedians and politics?
I don't get it, why does it often take a comedian to argue politics in a constructive way? I've been a fan of Al Frankens for quite some time, I always thought he was a funny guy. His book "Lies and the lying liars who tell them" was a brilliant book. It was funny as hell, it was sharp and it was very very true. I think that book inspired me a bit. When Al Franken ran for senator of Minnesota I was really hoping for him to win the election and become a senator. I'm not sure what I expected from him but I do know he has exceeded them. Watching him argue the issues make me believe in politics again. Or well, not really. But at least somewhat. He is clearly passionate, he is clearly conversant with the issues and the facts and he uses that to really demolish his opponents nonsense arguments. Watching him run over Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Hudson Institute and her nonsense arguments on both the issue of increased medical bankruptcies and the cancer survival rate is really inspiring to me.
Prenumerera på:
Inlägg (Atom)
