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Off Topic / Re: Homeless man with GODLY radio voice: Ted Williams

« on: January 06, 2011, 02:05:13 AM »

The Cavaliers are a basketball team, by the way.

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Off Topic / Re: Music Playlist megathread

« on: January 05, 2011, 08:56:25 PM »

Something tells me that "music" had less to do with this playlist than was originally thought.

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Off Topic / Re: Best media player?

« on: January 05, 2011, 06:22:09 PM »

I don't watch any movies on my computer.  The closest I get is streaming youtube videos.

Will it be a pain to convert my music library from iTunes to Winamp?

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Off Topic / Re: Caution's playlist of music that's awesomer than Sandvich's. [+22]

« on: January 05, 2011, 06:00:53 PM »

Holy stuff. And I used to not like you much. Props to you, Duck.

-snip-

Hopefully I didn't put down your opinion in any way. This is my personal view.

I totally see where you are coming from, I never really looked at their new album, as I had checked them out quite a while ago, but from what you say I guess I have to go give it a listen.

You know, before, I tried to make these kinds of posts in the various religion threads that spring up on these forums.  Clearly, people are more willing to have a friendly discussion about music than religion.

Thanks to the both of you.

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Games / Re: Mack takes on Utah

« on: January 05, 2011, 05:52:51 PM »

Logitech Dual Action Pad

I have a Logitech Rumblepad 2 (samething but with vibration for force feedback), but the game doesn't recognize the sticks correctly.  If I remember, it thought that right was the same as up.  I couldn't figure out a way to fix it.  Did you have any similar problems, and if so, how did you fix them?

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Games / Re: Marines VS Wolves

« on: January 05, 2011, 05:50:53 PM »

Apparently Feep is loving handicapped.

Apparently.

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Off Topic / Re: Caution's playlist of awesome music. [+15]

« on: January 05, 2011, 05:30:14 PM »

Well played, sir.

I owe you an apology as in my post I said that I hate people who generalize and stereotype things based on very little evidence, and then went on to do these things to you. Probably the best post I've read in quite a while and brought up some legitimate issues that I wouldn't have really thought about, since they're things that go on in 90% of my music so I don't really see them as significant. So, sorry for arcing up at you for no reason like that.

If I was harsh in my post, I apologize.  You get +1,000,000 respect for being willing to reconsider your view, and another million for replying in a friendly manner, and yet another million for reading my post all the way through.  I've never seen someone react in such a way on these forums.

What?  A friendly discussion/argument with no flaming on the Blockland Forums?  This is the Blockland Forums, right?  HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

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Off Topic / Best media player?

« on: January 05, 2011, 03:07:08 PM »

So, I'm looking to finally switch from iTunes, since it won't let me convert to mp3.

Basically, I just want opinions on which media player is best and why.

Preferably, I'd like a media player that categorizes the music like iTunes, with the ability to convert my music to mp3 (and not destroy the original) and be able to accept mp4 files from iTunes.

Yes, I have googled, and most publication's comparisons are really old.

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Games / Re: Marines VS Wolves

« on: January 05, 2011, 01:31:57 PM »

Apparently feep has never seen a werewolf movie.

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Off Topic / Re: Caution's playlist of awesome music. [+15]

« on: January 05, 2011, 01:10:41 PM »

"oh no emo stuff obviously sucks". I've liked Linkin Park for a long time, they're good and honestly 90% of people who dislike them have listened to maybe one song of theirs and decided to jump on the bandwagon for social acceptance. The instrumental parts of the music are simple but well done and the singer has a good smooth voice even when yelling. And could you honestly critique it in any way other than "oh it's emo" or "it's stuff because it's stuff"?

First off, I don't hate it because it's "emo crap".  I can and do enjoy "emo crap" bands like Alkaline Trio, for example.

Second, just because you've liked Linkin Park for a long time, just because 90% of the people who dislike them haven't really listened to them, doesn't mean that they are good.  You are not the sole arbitrator as to whether a band is "good" or not.  You have to respect different music tastes.  I agree, people who listen to one song and claim that the band sucks, they are morons.  I've listened to many Linkin Park songs (in the interest of *gasp* finding out if I like them), and I still dislike them.

Third, you go on to give some things you like about their songs.  But, really?  "The instrumental parts are well done and the singer has a smooth voice" is something that anyone can say about a band that they like, whether it's objectively true or not.

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Now, I will honestly critique Linkin Park over the next few paragraphs.

I cannot stand screaming in music, at all.  I realize that not all of their songs include screaming, and those songs I like better than the others.  That's just my taste. 

Another problem that I find with most modern rock songs, is that they are run through Pro Tools to the point where the song just sounds too perfect.  It takes the soul out of the song.  I dislike that about post-Dookie Green Day.  I dislike that about bands like Nickelback.  I dislike that about a lot of bands.

Of course, with Linkin Park, they try to make up for that with "soulful" lyrics, which end up sounding like a bunch of crying emos.  Which isn't a problem for just a few couple songs, but when every song is about wanting to kill yourself, or alternatively, "only the pain lets you know you're alive", it gets tiring.  I have the same complaint againsts bands like Disturbed, every song is about hell and demons.  And the ones that aren't, I like better (such as Stricken).  The stereotypes are there for a reason, you know.

Then, there's the fact that pretty much every song of theirs sounds the same.  I realize that each band has it's own sound, but it seems like they never even try to do anything different.  Every song is just "smooth instrumental part sometimes accompanied by whiny vocals" leading into "ear-shattering blast of distortion usually accompanied by screaming".  It's as if the guitars have never known any other tuning than drop D.  And the songs that are different are so desperate to break the stereotype that they just end up sounding like crap anyways.  A lot of bands fall into that category.

Finally, they have no musical integrity.  You can tell, each song is designed to sound good, and not necessarily to be a good song, if you know the difference.  After their first album, each one is just designed to rake in the money.  They've found a market of school kids trying desperately to be tough and rebellious by listening to noise their parents (and their schoolmates) don't like, yet isn't intellectually stimulating in the least sense of the word.

Now, I shouldn't have to say any of this, because "I don't like Linkin Park" is an opinion, one that I shouldn't have to defend.  If you were to provide an actual argument as to why I should like Linkin Park, instead of calling me a closed-minded emo-hater, then I would have a lot more respect for your musical tastes.

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Now, I like some bands that Caution has on the list, such as Staind, Creed, Alter Bridge, Three Doors Down (early stuff), Fuel, Goo Goo Dolls (really early stuff), Train, Audioslave, etc.  The problem is that those are the kinds of bands I call "second-rate" as in, the kind of bands that I like a few songs from, wouldn't listen to them daily, don't really like their new stuff.  I have them on my playlist, but I have it weighted so that my "first-rate" songs play twice as much as the "second-rate" songs.

Really, Caution and I just have different musical tastes.  I said the playlist sucked, because from my perspective, it did suck.  Don't take it personally.

tl;dr read the parts in between the "-----"s

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Games / Re: Mack takes on Utah

« on: January 05, 2011, 11:29:53 AM »

Mack, do you drive with the keyboard or with a gamepad?  Or a wheel?

I play both Dirt 2 and Grid and I use the keyboard.

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Games / Re: Marines VS Wolves

« on: January 05, 2011, 11:03:14 AM »

I remember this game from a long, long time ago.

No furries, it was just an asymmetrical take on soldierfront/combatarms/crossfire etc.

Problem was that it was so freakin laggy that you could never defend yourself from a wolf because it would just jump all over the place.

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Off Topic / Re: Caution's playlist of awesome music. [+15]

« on: January 04, 2011, 09:34:59 PM »

I immediately see

Linkin Park

and think "wow, this irredeemably sucks".

Then I go back and look, just in case there are some redeeming qualities, and see that there are like 9 Linkin Park songs, more than any other band on the list.

Yeah, this sucks.

I am currently listening to Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins, and am really glad I'm not listening to Linkin Park.

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Off Topic / Re: Livestreaming Shattered Horizon

« on: January 03, 2011, 06:08:02 PM »

What server are you on I'll play with you.

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Games / Re: Last day of Steam Christmas Sale, what should I get?

« on: January 03, 2011, 02:07:55 PM »

I ended up just getting GRID.  Nobody plays Lead and Gold anymore.  I thought about maybe getting Dogfighter instead, but nobody plays that either.  Shattered Horizon is better than the both of them combined and nobody plays that anymore as well, so basically all indie multiplayer games last about 4 months before people stop playing them, unless they are a crappy source mod.

I hate people.