It depends what you're hating on. If we were talking graphics, animations, performance, etc. then you'd absolutely have a point. But the underlying gameplay? That's not likely to change dramatically between now and the game's release in 3 months.
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It depends what you're hating on. If we were talking graphics, animations, performance, etc. then you'd absolutely have a point. But the underlying gameplay? That's not likely to change dramatically between now and the game's release in 3 months.
according to what? did you see borderlands' alpha build? it wasn't even the same game
According to Bungie's history of game development? They have a pretty detailed history of worrying about gameplay first, and graphics later. And calling this an alpha in the true sense of the word is pretty forgiving, considering it's 3 months out from release and all. Halo 3's beta was released to the public 4 months prior to the game's release, and Destiny's beta is about a month from public release. The gameplay's not going to change dramatically. Hell, the gameplay hasn't really changed in the year since it was properly unveiled. It might show better with co-op, and multiplayer might be a different beast though, but that's not really what we're talking about.
its comical to hop all over unreleased games. from shooters to rpgs - people couldn't wait to tear lighting returns apart and it ended up having one of the best battle systems of the generation. borderlands looked like it belonged in a dumpster. ACIII looked like it was gonna change a genre.
and how you gonna go off on bungie's history of game development when all they've done is develop damned good games? lol
yal are trifling to be trifling
GotEmRunnin
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So if E. Musk is the modern day Tony Stark does this guy find some ancient artifact and become the Mandarin?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/06/self-described-super-genius-steps-up-to-the-microphone-and-asks-tesla-motors-ceo-a-question-that-leaves-him-at-a-loss-for-words/
All we want is the chance to run the company fam. No experience, no portfolio or anything. Just ask.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/06/self-described-super-genius-steps-up-to-the-microphone-and-asks-tesla-motors-ceo-a-question-that-leaves-him-at-a-loss-for-words/
All we want is the chance to run the company fam. No experience, no portfolio or anything. Just ask.
Anyway, Zeke Stane(son of the badguy from the first movie) should totally be in Iron Man 4
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
First off that is all it takes to be publiched on the BBC. I guess Journalism died with newspapers. Second i dislike the people that choose to ignore "nigga" vs "nigger", and just put it as no one should use it. Folks don't know context as it is.
that really doesn't mean shit
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
To be honest, that is almost exclusively an American construct. In the UK, there was barely any distinction.
Byakuya769
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EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
KidGalactus
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As I've gotten older, I've come around to the "probably no one should use it" side.
It's poisonous.
R
Retro_
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Yeah. I'm pretty tired of people pretending it's a different word and the arguments that stem from that.
Vermillion
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I mean, it's clearly used in a different context (in America). It's effectively a different word because people separate the two. Popular usage means a lot for any word.
No it isn't. Nigga and Nigger is just how lazy or deliberate you are or how your accent is. Its the same word. And in the splitting hairs realm of it NOT being the same word, its so damned close that the differential means you still throw it all out the window.
I'd be much, much happier if people would lay off of that angle and instead just go with the argument of "women call each other sluts and bitches in certain relationships where they're close or identifying with one another" instead of nigga/nigger wrought from comedy specials.
All those are pretty dope. Especially the "Will to Fight" one.
But, I was thinking of more of an Alchemist style of sampling, more of a new school boom bap style, mix and matching samples, that kind of thing.
Also, I admit that I used to shit on XIII's music, but that was because I never really listened to it beyond the battle theme ("Blinded by Light") and a couple of the vocalized tracks, but truth be told, it's the only redeeming quality from that game. There's some serious engineering wizardry going on with this OST. It's damn glorious.
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Ugh. Whenever someone says that ALL Beats are trash, I wanna hit them over the head with a pair of Pro's. The Studio's & Solo's have become synonymous for the entire product line, and that sucks because the Pro's get overlooked because of it...
Vermillion
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The fact that people use it differently counts for something. The distinction exists (and clearly so) in music, for example. You'd be hard pressed to find people using the hard r in public. People don't accept that. You can say that it's the same word, but popular usage has made a distinction (even if you don't believe it's a clear enough distinction). You can see it pretty much everywhere. Whether or not comedy specials contributed to its popularity, it does exist.
That's all I'm saying.
EscoBlades
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So that "i think i'm fat thread" is a clear case of some people in there being utterly clueless about the human body.
Fuck me.
Fuck me.
sooperkool
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For some people and its probably more than you realize; there is no "context", nigga and nigger are the same thing and shouldn't be used.
Vermillion
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Ah, yes. GAF.
They really don't though. People are mistaking inflection for annunciation.
Its the same word - just different people behind it.
Vermillion
Banned
That's an interesting point. But don't you think that people take more offense to one over the other? Most black people won't call each other niggers. Many white people won't either; if they choose to use the word, it will often be in one form instead of the other.
But I guess this would be easier if we defined what nigger means in the first place. We know that it comes from a bastardization of the word negro. We know it originated at a time that people (overwhelmingly) thought of black people as lesser. So at the time, we can say that a nigger was simply a black person. In that aspect, nigger and nigga have the same (original) denotation. So in that respect, nigga and nigger are the same word. It's in connotation that they differ. Being that words do have weight in their meanings, then I would argue that they're separate words on that basis alone. I would argue that it's the most important basis of a word with regards to communication.
(That was way too long; sorry)
Boombloxer
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Curleh Mustache and Edge of Tomorrow before LA trip.
But cheese grits and Bon Chon Chicken or Popeyes...
But cheese grits and Bon Chon Chicken or Popeyes...
They do but they shouldn't. Its the exact same word. Said by people with that hope that it means what at that moment they want it to mean.
Nigga-er-uh
It really doesn't matter how you say it. Its the same word. It can mean fellow minority who recognizes the same struggles as myself or less than human come up. Its the same as any other group exclusive slang that the target group learns to lessen and use within itself to water down and reduce.
No sugar?
Mrs. Manky
Banned
Speaking of sugar and grits, I tried that recently.
Never again, fam. Never again.
Never again, fam. Never again.
Vermillion
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Okay, fair; on that level, they are the same word. I do believe that the difference of usage should be acknowledged in discussion, however. Same as any word that is reclaimed by an oppressed group.
KidGalactus
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This logic (of them being separate words with common ancestry) lends credence to the idea that whites should be able to use the word as well.
If they are separate words, as you say, and that separation makes one of them acceptable for wide use, then isn't it also suggested that this particular word is inoffensive in any situation?
I mean, I can see where you're coming from, and anyone with this opinion for that matter, but the whole thing seems based on the idea that finally there is a special word what 'we' can use, but that 'they' can't. Have you ever been around when an older black person was called "nigga" by a younger person who didn't see the problem?
Not a fun time.
Vermillion
Banned
Absolutely - at the same time, I expect that not all black people feel the same about the word. I'm definitely different from many black people in terms of how I feel about the word. But I suppose that DY is right there - it's the person behind it. In that case, I don't really care if people use it so long as it's not malicious. Some people think only blacks should use it, some think no one should. It's always going to be a complicated issue in the grand scheme of things. Maybe even if we all become equal.
EDIT: Hell, I didn't start using the word (as slang) until recently (and still not often). At the same time, I never shied away from say, reading the word "nigger" out loud in class (Huckleberry Finn).
Don't care about Platinum, but I would love an AC game like that. Would rub Esco's feet.
Have you seen the movie Rush Hour where Jackie Chan uses the word "nigga" and gets attacked? Or remember the outrage over J-Lo using the word in a song or Cameron Diaz quoting Niggas in Paris?
It's like DY is saying, it's really just black people using the word as a term of endearment to each other, vs the different words having different meanings. The hard R version just sounds foreign because we are so use to the other slang pronunciation in rap lyrics, and racist want to put that extra "yeah I'm saying something fucked up" to the pronunciation.
Boombloxer
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Sugar grits are usually an indication of an abused childhood.
EscoBlades
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Save it for Devo.
KidGalactus
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How about an AC where you play a different target from each time period. As a target, you have no (or very little) offensive ability, however, you have full knowledge that you are being hunted by an assassin and have to evade them/hide across the different times.
Angelus Errare
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Gwyneth Paltrow or whatever the fuck her name is. Though the J-Lo outrage was dumb consider no one flinches when Khalid or Fat Joe scream it.
Vermillion
Banned
No, that's true, but it is indeed extra fucked up to say one over the other. It is limited to one group, you're right. But that group does make the distinction among other members of the group (to a degree - as I said, black people do vary on the specifics a lot).
I guess that could work. Possibly
Boombloxer
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As an endless runner, why not?
That sounds like a new series.
Prototype Viktor
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I never was just like Titanfall, Ass Creeds, GTA5, Watch Dogs, and every COD past 4
one of the top guys of Rooster Teeth (co-founder) used it just Monday. Although he was just saying it as a direct quote to something that happen to him in France otherwise he only used "n-word".
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