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What'd you learn from video games?
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Cilaos
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
I can't say I have, though I did know about that because you told us a while back when TDF was being a prick about how boring he found the stuff while we fangasmed over the sequel trailers.
I AM A THIEF IN THE NIGHT I WILL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN
I KEEP THEM IN MY BASEMENT
I TELL THEM I AM THEIR MOMMY NOW
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
Ah, yes. Ahem, read it, read it nao
I feel bad, I couldn't keep up with the Alice teaser puzzles. (The HUGE riddle I mentioned) It's nearing it's very end now. Damn school, after summer, I just didn't have the time.
Oh, and there's going to be a sort of Pyramid Head-esque thing in the sequel. "Card Guard Executioner" He can't die, apparently.
...Need. This. Game.
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
Don't listen to voices coming out of the ceiling.
The princess is never in the first castle.....or the second.....or the third...........
If you hit the weak spot on a GIANT ENEMY CRAB, it will cause MASSIVE DAMAGE!!!!!
Don't let suspicious monster riding kittens into your party.
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
That I suck at them. Except A-games. I'm good at those.
Life is good. Jeta është e mirë.
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Het leven is goed.
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Leela: I guess I would have to say, I hate you!
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
fish20 Wrote:Don't let suspicious monster riding kittens into your party.
But then I wouldn't have Cait Sith in my party!
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
Someone actually USES Cait Sith?
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
We don't go to Ravenholm.
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
AWOL Wrote:We don't go to Ravenholm.
I could've sworn I already listed this.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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Leather satchels only EVER contain the FIXED gold sums of 25, 50, or 100.
You fags probably haven't even heard of this game. Doesn't surprise me.
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Re: What'd you learn from video games?
... You can't swim. Ever. and if you try to jump to another boat, you WILL fall into the water.
... Although humans can't control bears, Aliens just as small as us can control beasts the size of buildings!
... You can't please everyone on your team, and you can't NOT piss someone off either.
... Guns don't need ammo in the first game, but somehow in the squeal they do!
... All aliens speak english.
... You can loot a corpse from the hand that fell down the 2 story stairway.
... The whole town will shoot at you if you pick up someone's pencil from the bar... Even after you drop it 2 seconds later.
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That is all.
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Demonic Pyro Wrote:... You can't swim. Ever. and if you try to jump to another boat, you WILL fall into the water. Some people really do suck at swimming that much.
... Although humans can't control bears, Aliens just as small as us can control beasts the size of buildings! Depending on the level of development of the species on the home planet, it could be either symbiotic or a proper, consensual relationship.
... You can't please everyone on your team, and you can't NOT piss someone off either.
... Guns don't need ammo in the first game, but somehow in the squeal they do! Sounds like the 'squeal' had it right. Need to expend energy to impact something
... All aliens speak english. Entirely possible, depending on how many generations it's been since first contact.
... You can loot a corpse from the hand that fell down the 2 story stairway.The fuck..?
... The whole town will shoot at you if you pick up someone's pencil from the bar... Even after you drop it 2 seconds later. ... Wat?
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
i've learned that gaming is bad and useless and it destroys your productivity and your soul
Also, the obvious, recycled Minecraft post:
- You punch trees to get wood, then use that wood to make a pickaxe which you use to get underground, create humongous tunnels, and get shittons of coal, iron, among other minerals.
- You can put hundreds of cubic meters of shit in your pockets.
Dunno if someone's posted this:
- You can run all over a noble family's table, but if you try to pick up a strawberry, they'll call the guards.
- You can have someone swing a long, heavy and sharp claymore through your torso or a huge hammer in your head and survive completely intact.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
I learned that THIS HALL IS DANGEROUS.
And that weapons are REALLY POWERFUL, ESPECIALLY AGAINST LIVING THINGS.
And THERES A PAGE MISSING.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
Happy Wheels:
You don't need your arms.
If you don't have a head, your heart still beats.
Santa is real and uses enslaved elves to pull his sleigh.
Lawnmowers are the best killing machines.
Beware of fat ladies in shopping carts falling from the sky with no head.
Irresponsible dads who seriously endanger the lives of their child or kill them never get arrested.
Segways are capable of breaking glass without throwing the Segway at the glass.
Mr. Vengeance:
Somehow, tall people can survive 20 bullets.
Everyone is a stickman.
A stickman Max Payne married a blanket stained with blood, and gave birth to a cot stained with blood.
First aid kits come in tins.
Everyone with a cowboy hat has a gun.
From Pokémon:
If you don't have any room for your pet, put it inside a little red ball.
All animals are able to say their names in English.
Brock can see through his eyelids.
Shiny Charizard is better than regular.
In the event of burglary, your pet Pikachu can give the burglar an electric shock and he will run away.
Team Rocket have no criminal record for kidnapping random animals.
There is no such thing as a road or a police force.
All railways lead to pointless villages far away from all civilization.
You are the best guy in the world if you find some weird shaped things in caves and risk your life trying to fit them into small balls.
Keys are used as money, not to open doors. Instead, credit cards are used to open doors.
Pixelated L's will kill you, especially if members of the MissingNo. Mafia.
You never have to eat.
There are only 5 hotels in the world.
Most houses don't have toilets, so the inhabitants pee out of the window.
Ash owns the only SNES in the world.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
I can control powerful monsters by enslaving them in tiny devices and venting their aggression by pitting them against other enslaved beasts in violent battles.
Treating others like dirt won't pay off in the long run; lavishing attention and effort on your allies and accomplices is the way to succeed! Understanding other's weakness and strengths is much more effective than trying to force them to be something they're not! (unless you're using an action replay to mess with your pokemon team's stats)
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
When bloodthirsty creatures start ravaging the country, you shouldn't stockpile guns or food or water. Just LOAAAADSAMUNEEE
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(03-24-2012 10:48 AM)RammsteinFearFactory Wrote: Happy Wheels:
You don't need your arms.
If you don't have a head, your heart still beats.
Santa is real and uses enslaved elves to pull his sleigh.
Lawnmowers are the best killing machines.
Beware of fat ladies in shopping carts falling from the sky with no head.
Irresponsible dads who seriously endanger the lives of their child or kill them never get arrested.
Segways are capable of breaking glass without throwing the Segway at the glass.
Thought I was the only one
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
These will be grouped and it shouldn't be very hard to guess the game.
- You can always survive a helicopter crash if you have a pistol, a knife, and some grenades.
- Someone with the power of teleportation and immunity to any monsters will gladly sell you weapons
- You get the money from killing the monsters
- The salesperson will gladly give you a discount based on a badge your wearing
- Even thought the entire well trained British military was wiped out, 6 vigilantes who survived can defeat an entire army of zombies.
- Your cigarette only goes out when you die.
- Even if you've been stabbed, bitten, punched, shot, charged, and pummeled, bandages will heal it.
- You can withstand getting disemboweled with a chainsaw easily. Or getting shot.
- Hate everything. No exceptions.
- Saving a gnome during a zombie apocalypse is worth the time, effort, and any survivors lost during the endeavor.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
All money comes in conveniently wrapped bundles of 50 pounds each.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
Surgeons follow their patients around with a medi-gun to cure illnesses.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
Adding on to my Call of Duty list from page one...
You will suddenly grow a third arm if you are dual-wielding two weapons when you try to stab someone with a knife.
"fucking faggot tryhard bitch, 1v1 me fgt" is used commonly by professional soldiers around the world to insult their enemies.
Firing sniper rifles from the hip is acceptable and useful and doesn't make you look like a total retard at all.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
You can fire the 50. cal as fast as you like without breaking your torso.
"All Animals are equal, But some are more equal than others."
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
Also about the .50 cal from call of duty:
One man can carry it around with the same mobility of a handgun and can also sprint with it.
It's also possible to successfully attach a silencer & make the gun totally silent.
Related to sapphires:
You can also fire it very rapidly without breaking your shoulder, seriously injuring yourself, or losing control of it and dropping it/having it fly out of your hands.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
3 or 4 bullets to the chest might not kill an enemy.
But stab the cunt with a knife in the foot and he'll die instantly.
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RE: What'd you learn from video games?
An M200 Cheytac Intervention gives you more mobility than an M16.
A knife to the backpack kills you.
If you kill people enough you gain access to a 2.3 billion dollar bomber.
Auto sentries exist.
Gotta love Call of Duty.
The days of wearing armor and being careful is gone, all hail cowering to regenerate.
I'm so disappointed Mr. Bond.
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An EMP only disables the electronics of certain people in the area and only lasts for several minutes.
Helicopters can take multiple stinger/RPG hits with no problem.
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(03-26-2012 06:56 AM)Sapphire Flames Wrote: The days of wearing armor and being careful is gone, all hail cowering to regenerate.
I just returned from quite possibly the most strenuous airsoft match of my life, and feel like there's some snide comment I could make about cock of doody compared to what I did just a couple hours ago. But for some reason I'm too tired and sore to think of a good one.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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The more cars you crash on the freeway, the more money magically appears in your pocket.
Bullet wounds can be healed by eating fast food.
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(03-26-2012 09:21 AM)The Desert Fox Wrote: (03-26-2012 06:56 AM)Sapphire Flames Wrote: The days of wearing armor and being careful is gone, all hail cowering to regenerate.
I just returned from quite possibly the most strenuous airsoft match of my life, and feel like there's some snide comment I could make about cock of doody compared to what I did just a couple hours ago. But for some reason I'm too tired and sore to think of a good one.
Like the joke escaped you about natural resources on Steam?
"All Animals are equal, But some are more equal than others."
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