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I’m looking forward to getting he LAN dates finalized. See, there are a few potential sponsors I want to court and as soon as the dates are set in stone, I’m going to start shooting out the emails.
JamestheDoc said:
And what’s the commuter’s lounge? o.oWhere all the school’s hate and stupidity accumulates. They say a monster lives in there.
It’s like the forces of cute and awkward were battling it out through the whole video.
Also: RAGE GET!!
Here’s what I think about Transformers in general:
Growing up, I never really watched the show much; it just didn’t interest me. Years later I dismissed it as an attempt to advertise achion-figures to little kids. When the first live-action Transformers film came out, I didn’t see it, because it combined a franchise for which I felt no nostalgia with a director whom I actively avoid. Still, I kept hearing people say it was awesome and also started to get a little bit curious about the animated 80’s film. When this new live-action film came out, I decided to give the whole franchise a second chance. Besides, I was bored and wanted to see a movie. So, I had the unique expierience of watching the 80’s film on dvd and Revenge of the Fallen within hours of eachother.
After seeing the 80’s film, I thought about what I had seen for a while. The visuals were creative and good-looking, but there was absolutely no compelling story or characters and it was obvious that the only reason there was a film was to get children to buy more toys and keep watching the show. I realised that I was correct before: Transformers is just not a good franchise. True, it is profitable and has an enormous fanbase, but that doesn’t make it good.
Still, I went to see Revenge of the Fallen. Everything I felt about the franchise was validated ten-fold. Within the first half-hour, I saw:
-A stupid dog-humping joke.
-The most annoying mother-character in the history of cinema.
-Two characters so stereotypical they were practically in blackface.
-A young woman in a skimpy outfit, strattling a motorcycle and thrusting her butt towards the camera.
-KABOOM!!
There were plotholes so big, you couldn’t get away with them on Gilligan’s Island. Everything about this film is excessive. It actually tops 300 in terms of sheer gratuity. It merges a franchise made entirely of commercialism with a director who has no idea how to tell a story beyond showing CGI representations of exploding buildings. I have tried to figure out why this *edited* is so popular. I have two theories: 1. Fans are so mesmerized by the pretty visuals that they are willing to ignore the pure, rampaging force of bad-film that the film spews at all times, or 2. Their nostalgia-filters are overruling their good sense.
This film is garbage, and if you like it, I reserve the right to laugh at you behind your back.
At the cinema in Wayensville, tickets cost $5 for adults. The trade-off is terrible service and movies that stay available for about a week.
It was an awful movie with good special effects, just like everything else Michael Bay has ever been associated with.
NuRayZ said:
sweet. so where is a good place to go for fireworks and/or debauchery for the 4th?Maybe Lake Junaluska.
I’m glad this didn’t degenerate into name calling. En garde.
There are three major problems with your proposal:
1. You seem to be saying that we should pick which tournaments we host based upon the number of competitive gamers that attend the tournaments. My arguement is that it is totally irrelevant how many competitive gamers attend the tournaments. The bottom line is number of attendance. The approval of the competitive gamers should be an afterthought. A competitive gamer pays the same fee as everyone else. Numbers are numbers. The more, the better.
2. I don’t think you are giving our attendees enough credit. When a large number of people sign up for a tournament every time we have it, it is a reasonable assumption that lots of people really like the game. I would not call such a large fanbase casual; I’d call it enthusiastic. Just because somebody is not a competitive gamer, it doesn’t automatically mean they are a casual gamer. Most gamers fit in between the two extremes. I am also a bit confused by your belief that a large fanbase makes for a casual crowd. At the last LAN, Halo 3 was our most successful tournament. By your line of reasoning, the folks who came out for that game are casual gamers. I’m sure they wouldn’t take kindly to that.
3. You say that eliminating the Brawl tournament will result in more free play for fans of the game. In actuality, all we will end up doing is stir up resentment. After chucking one of our most popular tournies, all night long we are going to hear: “Wait. There’s no Brawl tourney? Lame.”
Edit: As for time problems, just explain to the attendees that, if there is a confliction, they might have to make a quick decision as to which game they like more. It doesn’t make us look rude; just efficient.
Kaz-Ka said:
Honestly, I dont care which we play, Im just going to do the best I can to make an *edited* out of myself lol j/k. The only thing that would kill me is if Soul Calibur IV left but if it did, I wouldnt throw a fit.Skrew it. I’ll jump back in.
My support for Brawl is not based on some sort of fanboy-like devotion, but logic. After a year and a half, the game still packs in the contestants. That is why I want the tournament to stay. By that same token, I have never been in love with Soul Calibur, but as long as it has high attendance, I want it voted in. Now, I never said there is no negative elements to Brawl. I just think that competive gamers tend to play up these problems, while downplaying problems with Melee. It greatly annoys me how, at every gaming-club event, I hear the same three or four people constantly badmouthing Brawl, sometimes while playing it. Just once I would like to play the game with a few people who actually like it. I know they are out there, considering the plethora of possitive reviews and the fact that it is now the 40th best-selling game ever released.
But back to the LANs: Attendee enjoyment must take pecedence over competition. Competitive gamers regularly come to the LANs, so it is good to keep them happy. But, the club does not exist to cater to them. I’d say the that most attendees (and club members for that matter) are neither competitive nor casual gamers. I’d describe them as dedicated gamers. Competitive gamers may loathe Brawl (and I don’t think that is too strong a word), but most people actually enjoy it. That is why the tourney is packed every single time we host it. The time issue can be resolved with faster disqualifications.
One thing I will give to the competive gamers is the importance of good prizes. Fun may be king, but realisticly, sweet prizes almost always result in higher attendance. If we could afford cash prizes, I’d be all for it.
