Following in the footsteps of Fabian and Bisqwit, I am starting a thread where you can ask me anything and I will respond with the unique perspective on the issue that I get from being a trendwhore.
Clarification: This thread subject not in anyway meant to be an attack on Bisqwit's motives for creating his thread. But rather, an attack on the motives of anyone who creates a thread like this after those first two.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
Can you recall specific examples of why you don't like me?
I can recall several occasions on which I strongly disagreed with you on an issue, but I like you just fine. I don't know what gives you the impression that I don't.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
What TASes would you like in the foreseeable future? What runs (TAS/otherwise) would you like to see done?
I'm looking forward to the Saturn's Super Metroid Reverse Boss Order TAS, as well as the myriad Super Metroid TAS improvements by the myriad Super Metroid TASers. I'd also like to see entertainment improvements of the Streets of Rage TASes, now that 2P runs are becoming more commonplace. Lastly, I'm looking forward to an improvement to the old Contra: Hard Corps run. Beyond this, I can't really say, because I'm not really excited about any of the TASes I'm planning.
As for non-TAS runs that I'd like to see done, it might be nice to see 100% runs of Sonic 2, or Sonic 3 & Knuckles over at SDA. Besides that, I haven't really been keeping up with the non-TAS scene, so other things I might list may already have been done.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
If you mean which do I think is better, it really depends on the kind of answer you want. If you want to better understand the driving forces behind the site administration, the Bisqwit thread is clearly superior.
But if you want the raw, unedited opinion of the citizenry, Fabian is the way to go.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
Dear Upt^H^H^Ha
How many more threads like this do you expect to see.
More than I'd like to.
The idea behind this thread is that it will be right there calling anyone else who makes an "Ask _____" thread a trendwhore. Hopefully that will ward off the majority of them.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
Hi Upthorn,
Did you create this thread purely to ward off people that would follow the 'trend' of creating "Ask ___" threads, or did you do it because you wanted to answer peoples questions as well?
Hi Upthorn,
Did you create this thread purely to ward off people that would follow the 'trend' of creating "Ask ___" threads, or did you do it because you wanted to answer peoples questions as well?
Both, but if either purpose is fulfilled I will be happy.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
If you mean which do I think is better, it really depends on the kind of answer you want. If you want to better understand the driving forces behind the site administration, the Bisqwit thread is clearly superior.
But if you want the raw, unedited opinion of the citizenry, Fabian is the way to go.
I kind of meant which do YOU like better so far...
as a follow up, which one, if any, will go the distance?
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I asked this of Fabian, and he didn't even attempt to give me a true response. I'd like to have some sort of opinion on it, though, so I guess I'll post it here.
Zurreco wrote:
So Fabian, are you aiming to have a large public discourse here, or simply a method of altering Off-Topic back to a dialectic in and of itself? That is to say, are you looking for unending debates on the intangible, or are you simply trying to stimulate conversation?
Depending on your answer above:
Do you believe that religion, both in the theological sense and moral applicability sense, lead to factioning throughout a society, no matter how ideal or unideal that society would be? Would you determine that we have factioning here? Do you think that this is a good or a bad thing, and should we actively attempt to abolish "technical" factions (as in, official bonds, rather than simple friendships)? Would you conclude that this makes us an ideal or unideal community?
OR
Where do you see our site heading towards, assuming that we either take an active stance to "better" it with new ideas or stick to our guns and work towards our original ideals? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could you possible compare the teleological image of tasvideos to that of another site (as in, a progression towards a site vs the degradation to a state such as gameFAQs)?
Also, how is the weather up there? It's really nice down here as of late.
I kind of meant which do YOU like better so far...
as a follow up, which one, if any, will go the distance?
Don't ask me to choose between fabian and Bisqwit.
As for which will go the distance... I'm pretty certain Fabian wil see his through, but I'm not going to predict Bisqwit won't.
Zurreco wrote:
I asked this of Fabian, and he didn't even attempt to give me a true response. I'd like to have some sort of opinion on it, though, so I guess I'll post it here.
Zurreco wrote:
So Fabian, are you aiming to have a large public discourse here, or simply a method of altering Off-Topic back to a dialectic in and of itself? That is to say, are you looking for unending debates on the intangible, or are you simply trying to stimulate conversation?
Depending on your answer above:
Do you believe that religion, both in the theological sense and moral applicability sense, lead to factioning throughout a society, no matter how ideal or unideal that society would be? Would you determine that we have factioning here? Do you think that this is a good or a bad thing, and should we actively attempt to abolish "technical" factions (as in, official bonds, rather than simple friendships)? Would you conclude that this makes us an ideal or unideal community?
OR
Where do you see our site heading towards, assuming that we either take an active stance to "better" it with new ideas or stick to our guns and work towards our original ideals? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could you possible compare the teleological image of tasvideos to that of another site (as in, a progression towards a site vs the degradation to a state such as gameFAQs)?
Also, how is the weather up there? It's really nice down here as of late.
For the first question, I pick option B.
For the dependant question, all communities are constantly evolving. The trend I've witnessed since I joined, though, is a sort of dynamic stasis, wherein new members become interested and start contributing, as old members fall by the wayside, and aside from the names nothing much changes at all, except the chatter in offtopic.
As for the weather, it has been smoky for the past couple of days, though that is now giving way to a more normal hot + windy.
NrgSpoon wrote:
What percentage of people here do you think will actually understand what the ^H^H^H is supposed to be?
At least 25.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Dear Upthorn,
Are you a boobs or ass guy?
I'll take birds over donkeys any day of the week.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
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Do you think that the Kantian ideal for the Kingdom of Ends is possible without mankind making a leap in reason until we all achieve a hive mind?
Also, answer part A of my last big question.
