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Off Topic / 73 year-old woman fatally shot by officer while role-playing police scenario
« on: August 10, 2016, 10:53:16 AM »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/10/woman-fatally-shot-in-accident-during-fla-citizen-police-academy-lethal-force-simulation/
basically, the police officers were demonstrating a lethal force scenario in front of a decent sized group for a public 2-hour 'citizen police academy.'
little did the participants know, they would be witnessing an actual lethal force scenario, because the officer shot this poor old woman in front of everybody.
i think it would be an understatement to say that letting a man who forgot to unload his weapon and put on the safety before pointing his gun at an old woman and pulling the trigger in front of a group of people should not have been instructing any human being on how to become a police officer, let alone be one himself. but, i suppose that's just about the average competence you can expect from an american police officer, unfortunately.
and, of course, this event took place in florida
basically, the police officers were demonstrating a lethal force scenario in front of a decent sized group for a public 2-hour 'citizen police academy.'
little did the participants know, they would be witnessing an actual lethal force scenario, because the officer shot this poor old woman in front of everybody.
i think it would be an understatement to say that letting a man who forgot to unload his weapon and put on the safety before pointing his gun at an old woman and pulling the trigger in front of a group of people should not have been instructing any human being on how to become a police officer, let alone be one himself. but, i suppose that's just about the average competence you can expect from an american police officer, unfortunately.
and, of course, this event took place in florida
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Off Topic / donald Annoying Orange accidentally yells "titties"
« on: August 09, 2016, 10:24:54 AM »
Clownald Annoying Orange strikes again
http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/donald-Annoying Orange-just-said-the-word-titties-yes-he-did-alright-alright-alright/?fb=dd
http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/donald-Annoying Orange-just-said-the-word-titties-yes-he-did-alright-alright-alright/?fb=dd
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Games / happy 30th birthday, samus
« on: August 06, 2016, 11:10:25 AM »
http://www.gamesradar.com/metroid-30th-anniversary-the-evolution-of-samus/
i chose this article because its the first result, but be warned:
it is clearly not a good article
on a more related note, happy birthday Metroid, protagonist of the Samus series.here's to no more games
i chose this article because its the first result, but be warned:
it is clearly not a good article
on a more related note, happy birthday Metroid, protagonist of the Samus series.
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Off Topic / prophetic dream i had about a blockland update last night
« on: August 06, 2016, 10:47:40 AM »
i will try to recollect the specifics of the dream i had last night
i was called upon by an unknown force to open blockland, only to find that blockland had been updated to Blockland V 0.0. i cant remember the reasoning behind this name, but there was some text explaining that badspot had struck some kind of deal to re-release blockland to another medium. now i forgot a lot of the specifics of the update unfortunately, but i will list off what i can remember
- servers were packed to the brim, with around 300 to 500 players in each
- it had been reformatted into a sort of mmorpg, where players mass-join "servers" (think club penguin servers) and gather around a hub before going out further to a castle and eventually green plains that i assume you could build on. the strange part of this is that the servers still seemed to be owned by individuals, but badspot was also there and he was an admin.
- there were all new default weapons which were all yellow for some reason, which aided a group of hooligans in bullying newbies like me, eventually forcing me to change my name to disguise my identity (i believe i changed it to Jim'oe)
- all of your previous names could be accessed and viewed in a small menu above the "Welcome, (name)" thing on the home screen
- tags had been reformatted to become more like character titles, with a much larger max character limit, they were blue, and they were all after the name unlike the current system where they're black and on both sides of the name
- bedroom was back
- even though it was implied that other people owned the servers, badspot could drastically change the gameplay on a whim to take a break from the mmorpg type gameplay and start a random challenge or rocket deathmatch
- if you didn't change it in the settings, the game would, by default, display your real name instead of your screen name
so what do you guys think? i personally believe it to be a vision, sent to me from the future, to warn of a mass-scale overhaul of blockland.
i was called upon by an unknown force to open blockland, only to find that blockland had been updated to Blockland V 0.0. i cant remember the reasoning behind this name, but there was some text explaining that badspot had struck some kind of deal to re-release blockland to another medium. now i forgot a lot of the specifics of the update unfortunately, but i will list off what i can remember
- servers were packed to the brim, with around 300 to 500 players in each
- it had been reformatted into a sort of mmorpg, where players mass-join "servers" (think club penguin servers) and gather around a hub before going out further to a castle and eventually green plains that i assume you could build on. the strange part of this is that the servers still seemed to be owned by individuals, but badspot was also there and he was an admin.
- there were all new default weapons which were all yellow for some reason, which aided a group of hooligans in bullying newbies like me, eventually forcing me to change my name to disguise my identity (i believe i changed it to Jim'oe)
- all of your previous names could be accessed and viewed in a small menu above the "Welcome, (name)" thing on the home screen
- tags had been reformatted to become more like character titles, with a much larger max character limit, they were blue, and they were all after the name unlike the current system where they're black and on both sides of the name
- bedroom was back
- even though it was implied that other people owned the servers, badspot could drastically change the gameplay on a whim to take a break from the mmorpg type gameplay and start a random challenge or rocket deathmatch
- if you didn't change it in the settings, the game would, by default, display your real name instead of your screen name
so what do you guys think? i personally believe it to be a vision, sent to me from the future, to warn of a mass-scale overhaul of blockland.
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Off Topic / [soon to be poll] Best Garfield Comic Strip Of All Time
« on: July 27, 2016, 01:17:09 PM »
in this thread we will nominate, and soon vote for (maybe on strawpoll, that might be easier? i dunno we'll see) the definitive BEST garfield comic strip
we all know this cat. this fat boy. this lasagna connoisseur. his pal odie, the brave and exuberant mutt, the friendly rival to our good pal garfield. also jon i guess. and now, it's time to vote on THE single best strip in its entire 38 years of existence. make jim davis proud.
rules:
- no garmfeld (has to be real garfield strip)
- have fun ;)
i'll start by choosing our first nominee:
we all know this cat. this fat boy. this lasagna connoisseur. his pal odie, the brave and exuberant mutt, the friendly rival to our good pal garfield. also jon i guess. and now, it's time to vote on THE single best strip in its entire 38 years of existence. make jim davis proud.
rules:
- no garmfeld (has to be real garfield strip)
- have fun ;)
i'll start by choosing our first nominee:
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Off Topic / Verizon to purchase Yahoo for $4.8 Billion
« on: July 25, 2016, 07:03:04 PM »
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/25/verizon-winner-yahoo-sale/87500668/
"Verizon is making a major bet that it can put together two fading giants — Yahoo and AOL — to create a new mobile and online powerhouse.... [Verizon is] to acquire Yahoo’s operating business, which includes advertising technology and popular online content such as Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and micro-blogging site Tumblr."
it was inevitable, Yahoo has lost a lot of money on many poor business decisions (like buying tumblr, for example) and it's not hard to notice that Yahoo is far less relevant than it was a decade ago.
"Verizon is making a major bet that it can put together two fading giants — Yahoo and AOL — to create a new mobile and online powerhouse.... [Verizon is] to acquire Yahoo’s operating business, which includes advertising technology and popular online content such as Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and micro-blogging site Tumblr."
it was inevitable, Yahoo has lost a lot of money on many poor business decisions (like buying tumblr, for example) and it's not hard to notice that Yahoo is far less relevant than it was a decade ago.
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Off Topic / Rapper Crimewave Pursues Collab With Guy Who Rapped Knuckles' Songs In SA2
« on: July 24, 2016, 10:17:13 AM »
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General Discussion / Idea that I need help getting off the ground: Community-Built Exploration Server
« on: July 22, 2016, 10:34:30 PM »
im gonna try to make this as brief as possible:
the idea: (NOT final and open for suggestions / adjustments)
the player joins the server and performs some action (command, pressing a button, etc.) and they are teleported to an empty 64x64 or larger empty lot. they are then told to build and when they are finished it becomes uneditable, (or not, but i dont want explorers to walk in on someone building) and they are then classified as an explorer. they are then teleported to a random finished lot until either a timer runs out, or they perform some action (command, pressing a button, etc.) and they are teleported to another finished lot.
something that could also be cool would be players gaining 'points' for exploring lots for a certain time, (will hopefully encourage exploration and not just scrolling through lots) and they can build in a new lot if they get enough of these points. another idea that would be hard to implement but super cool: instead of a timer which people could just wait out, make players find a special brick in the build to award points
what i need:
- download for some kind of Lot addon that can function in the way i described (or similarly) and any other addons i'll need
- someone who can help figure out how to implement these ideas with events/vce or something
- some help building some "demo" lots so it's not completely empty at first
what i can do:
- host the server
- build some of the aforementioned "demo" lots
- download whatever addons are necessary
- patrol the lots / moderate to make sure people arent doing stupid stuff
hope this sounds cool. it was inspired by the idea of LSD dream emulator in blockland and it eventually evolved into this more blockland-specific idea. i wanted it to be a spin on traditional freebuild servers, but i am not very talented so i just wanted to pitch this idea and hopefully get some people to help me make it. or at least share this concept.
the idea: (NOT final and open for suggestions / adjustments)
the player joins the server and performs some action (command, pressing a button, etc.) and they are teleported to an empty 64x64 or larger empty lot. they are then told to build and when they are finished it becomes uneditable, (or not, but i dont want explorers to walk in on someone building) and they are then classified as an explorer. they are then teleported to a random finished lot until either a timer runs out, or they perform some action (command, pressing a button, etc.) and they are teleported to another finished lot.
something that could also be cool would be players gaining 'points' for exploring lots for a certain time, (will hopefully encourage exploration and not just scrolling through lots) and they can build in a new lot if they get enough of these points. another idea that would be hard to implement but super cool: instead of a timer which people could just wait out, make players find a special brick in the build to award points
what i need:
- download for some kind of Lot addon that can function in the way i described (or similarly) and any other addons i'll need
- someone who can help figure out how to implement these ideas with events/vce or something
- some help building some "demo" lots so it's not completely empty at first
what i can do:
- host the server
- build some of the aforementioned "demo" lots
- download whatever addons are necessary
- patrol the lots / moderate to make sure people arent doing stupid stuff
hope this sounds cool. it was inspired by the idea of LSD dream emulator in blockland and it eventually evolved into this more blockland-specific idea. i wanted it to be a spin on traditional freebuild servers, but i am not very talented so i just wanted to pitch this idea and hopefully get some people to help me make it. or at least share this concept.
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Off Topic / Eat The Ball, bread of the future
« on: July 18, 2016, 09:20:16 PM »
just wanted to tell you guys that there is a brand of bread that specializes in sport-themed and spherical-shaped bread, and their selling point is their name, which demands that you consume their product.
https://www.eattheball.com/
what are you waiting for? eat the ball. consume the orb. ingest the sphere.
