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MahaTmA wrote:
We can debate moral and ethics when applied to a society
This is the problem, though. What society are we applying ourselves to? Surely there is more than one society in a country, state, or internet, correct? In almost any circumstance, any proposed statement based on one society can be refuted with another.
Furthermore, even though a society holds its own beliefs does not mean that everyone falls in the median. It is a common mistake amongst many people to think that because the majority of Americans are registered as Christian/Catholic, it must mean that you can assume that the society of America holds some sort of religious standard. This fails to address that simply because there is a majority, there is not necessarily a weak minority.
In this sense, whenever anyone claims that the actions of any group, be it political or social, are to be considered benevolent or atrocious, you should take it with a grain of salt. Not everyone thinks that such and such is a good/bad thing, and this difference of opinions is what creates the median of a society. However, when people attempt to sway opinion with morals and ethics, which are in themselves just opinion (or situational facts, therein), the idea of logical persuasion is lost.
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Eclipsed Moon wrote:
Sorry, but I just can't consider that as beating the game.
I'm gonna have to agree with this. While you did beat the minus world, and that may technically count as beating the game, I don't feel that it really completes anything. The simple fact that minus world is a sort of precursor to the rest of the game doesn't make me think that beating it counts as completing the game.
If this does get accepted, it should be a concept demo of how to beat the minus world with the FDS ROM. However, this is a totally different category than Pom's submission.
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Meh. Nothing too new or interesting. Isn't this how the game is supposed to be played?
I've been tinkering with the game physics, and I've discovered that you can actually stay out of the walls and stuff. Yeah, I know, it's pretty crazy!
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Ouzo wrote:
Not liking the president and questioning his decisions and motives are completely different.
So 'directly challenge' and 'oppose' are not the same thing? I thought they were, but I could be wrong.
Maybe so, but when was the last time you heard a high-ranking Republican criticizing the president?
Whilst I can't name names, there have been some Republicans, even some GOP members, who have directly and openly disagreed with the choices and actions of the current cabinet. I don't know if they criticized them so much as disagree with them, but which one of those choices is more productive? It's one thing to denounce someone for the choices they've made, be they wholly incorrect or just opposing to your views: it is another thing to disagree and constructively give alternate options.
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Ben Franklin: When he wasn't getting really drunk and having sex with prostitutes, he was the epitome of perfection.
While I can appreciate Olbermann's talks on his show, it's really interesting how a lot of his fans don't realise that Olbermann uses a lot of scare tactics to get his point across. I'm not really taking a political stance here: he does pander to the fears of the average American in order to support what would ordinarily be a pretty good argument as is. It's just backwards when he decries his "opponents" for doing the same things that he does.
Also, I can't understand the logic behind "I really like Jon Stewart/Bill Maher/Keith Olbermann because they openly oppose the president." Since when was partisanship considered a good quality?
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Titus Kwok wrote:
He does manage to pull off some pretty crazy tricks, but there's also a lot of little mistakes that could've easily been fixed if he was rerecording.
This isn't really indicative that it is or isn't emulated. If I were to submit an emulated run in such a uselessly extensive method just to get my name on SDA, I would make sure to make tiny mistakes every once in a while to ensure that no one would difinitively know that it was a fake.
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AnotherGamer pointed this out to me:
A member of SomethingAwful's forums (named bean0r) recently stated that he had improved on the currently published movie by about 10 seconds after most of the Mavs were defeated. While I know that Fractal has probably improved by well over that, it would seem logical that the two should discuss the improvements to see if anything was missed.
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According to IRC:
<adelikat> Hoe`: I crashed into a BOSS?
<Hoe> The final boss. Than you blew up. It was after your input ended.
<adelikat> Hoe`: shit
<adelikat> I fucked something up
<adelikat> *cancelling*
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I don't know how I feel about this. I love bacon, and waffles ain't too bad, but together? It's like mixing white chocolate with a steak.
But what the hell. I'll try it out this weekend and get back to you after the heart attack inducing vomiting.
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What?
It's a good idea to juggle multiple projects only if you know you aren't stretching yourself too thin. As soon as you take on too many runs, you'll have a very hard time getting anywhere quickly.
Savestates are game specific. I don't understand what your second paragraph means, though.
