Recent content by Galaktia

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    How can gamers be made to fear ingame death?

    The only way to make death a penalty is with a time penalty, what form this takes Long respawn Time to reach point from last save wiped out saved game restart begining of level time to recollect equipment time to regain lost experience etc etc etc, in computergames these are all time...
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    Poll: was i out of line?

    See Disciplining children used to be a communal thing here in the uk, (i am talking a couple of decades ago) if you saw the neighbours kid miss behaving you gave them a telling off, and as was appropriate at that time a smack and then dragged them home to receive it again from their parents...
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    Have you ever griefed? Now's the time to apologize (or not)

    Never Greifed Never have. I am a nice person and actually completely gave up on any form of competative multiplayer or PVP because I am simply not nasty enough to do anything. I prefer to have fun and be positive.
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    what is the funniest way i could exchange about 218 coins?

    Take them in to convert them, as for the converstion all in the next up coin size (2 or 5 crowns I assume) Take your newly converted 108, or 23 coins to the next cashier and have them converted up again, continue to do this till you're left with a single note, or as close to as possible.
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    Male victims of sexual violence in games, comics, movies, whatever.

    Incorrect, The Sexual Offences Act 2003, Uk Law, States, Rape is the penetration of A's vagina, Anus, or Mouth, by B's penis, when A is not consenting of the penetraiton and B has no reasonable belief that A is consenting An then there is a gratuitous sexual assault which is considered...
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    Cashier Tales

    I have worked as both a barman and a waitor, and despite never working as a cashier I do have a couple of interesting stories, or at least a couple of stories I can add to this. Working as a waiter, as a young 6ft tall man with over 10 years martial arts experience and a big build of...
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    Poll: A Second Language

    Learning Japanese Already have a level 1 in BSL
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    The movie that made you cry the hardest

    Wow I must have been 12 when I watched that, and it made me tear up too. For some reason I can empathise more with sentient animals than with humans in cartoons, and a desperate need to bring ones friend back is something I can empathise with as well. So Sentient animal, lost best friend...
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    Thou art the Chosen One! Steel yourself for adventure!

    Melee - Legacy from Eve of Extinction, cause, Tonfa, Sword, Staff and wristblades :D Ranged - R.Y.A.N.O V2 from ratchet and clank Magical Ability - Auto-Life Final Fantasy series Protective Outfit - Jet Armor, Earth defence force AI Mode of Transportation - Gold Chocobo!
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    The movie that made you cry the hardest

    Wow, um, the most? god no idea. Grave of fireflies, Pixar's Up Watership down I am such a cry baby, but you know what, I feel more of a man allowing myself to have emotions than the robots who refuse to experience any sadness cause they are "men".
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    If you play a low difficulty, do you ever feel ashamed?

    I never feel guilt at all. I play games for fun, sometimes, I am a bit worn out and want an easy blast fest or easy gameplay to explore the story, and hense I play easy, sometimes I want the challenge and want to fight for my victory. So I am not ashamed ever of choosing an easy...
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    Most Anticipated Games of 2011

    Only one out of all those games am I actually looking forward to, that was a bit disappointing
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    Rumor: Xbox Live Policy Enforcer Hacked By Banned Player

    Been there done that myself. I also have to do it face to face when refereeing at karate tournaments, and when teaching karate. it's hard not to blow your top the 3,000,000 th time a student does something stupid, talks over the top of you, and endangers their fellow students, but my class...
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    Rumor: Xbox Live Policy Enforcer Hacked By Banned Player

    On re to the stream of videos posted up where a kid gets banned for shouting profanity and modding. While I whole heartedly agree the kid deserved his ban, and that The Pro was within his rights as a moderator operating within the terms of service. In my opinion, the pro also didn't act...
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    Dragon Age 2 Lead Writer Blasts Homophobic Fan

    This really does seem like an issue of a homophobic person hiding behind the tag like "straight male gamer." I have seen people like this before, the individual who declares they are "not homophobic but..." they don't ever want a guy to approach them or see anything related to homosexual...