Poll: Do You Think The End Is Upon Us? (12/21/12)

[soren7550]

Bacon shortages, Hostess shutting down, Justin Beiber is popular, of course the world is going to end!

 

[chozo_hybrid]

If it does happen, not letting it ruin my 25th on the 23 of December, so suck it Mayan calender!

 

[Snatcher]

It better be the end of the world or else I want my money back!

I thought I said no refunds.

Besides, the world can't end. We're still waiting on the return of the Reapers. Or the arrival of the Scrin. Or <insert other sci-fi plot happenings here>.
At the very least give us Sburb. I mean, come on.

Maybe this is what Eliot meant when he said "Not with a bang but a whimper". I must say, I'm going to be very disappointed if the actual end of the world is more predictable and less exciting than the experience you can get by sitting down with a nerd and sifting through his brain. The cosmic budget cannot be that bad.

It would be a bit anti-climactic if the world ended this year. I mean come on, we haven't even colonised Mars yet!

 

[Olikar]

Drones do not purposefully kill children.

No but they do a pretty good job at it.

SOPA only ever targeted dedicated piracy websites. Sites that hosted User Created content like Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, The Escapist, Tumblr, ect were protected from SOPA because they were used by creators and copyright holders alike. Sites like ThePirateBay would have been blocked... only in the US.

Well firstly I'd like to say the removal of piracy websites IS damaging to the internet in my opinion. And secondly the act was not only designed to block websites sharing copyrighted content but also websites that facilitated illegal piracy, and what counts as 'facilitating piracy' is so ambigous any of those websites you listed could easily of been blocked under the act if government wanted to. Obviously websites like YouTube and Facebook would be pointless to block but what about websites like 4chan and Reddit? they are often very critical of government policies and all it would take is the government to claim they facilitate piracy (since download links are often shared on these websites) and boom they just eliminated a major voice of opposition.

Spoiler: And lastly, regarding EA killing gaming

Spoiler: I'll just leave this here

 

[Mr Fixit]

End or not, I'm gonna party like it's the end of the world. If the world ends then YAY no more work & taxes, if not then whatever life goes on.

 

[Seagoon]

Is it bad that I really wouldn't mind if it did? ... I'm sure I would, really. I just don't see any logical evidence of it besides the meaningless rambles of conspiracy theorists.

 

[Arakasi]

No, and you're stupid if you do.
Offence intended.

 

[RJ 17]

Without twinkies we will not be able to fight against the zombie apocalypse that EVERYBODY knows is going to start on December 21st, therefor the end of the world is eminent.

Interestingly enough, I saw a poll that asked a bunch of people how they think the world will end. There was the asteroid impact, the super virus, the super-colliders creating a particle that devours all matter...or a black hole, and renegade robots. But the #1 answer by a wide margin was "Zombie Apocolypse".

Zombie apocalypse seems to be the go-to choice for the end of the world, but what baffles me is; if everyone is ready for a zombie apocalypse who is going to become a zombie and lets not get started on what we're going to eat because twinkies are out of the question.

That's the thing about the zombie apocalypse. Unless it's going to be a biblical one in which the dead literally rise from the grave, thus giving birth to an unstoppable zombie horde right off the bat, then all zombie apocalpse theories require the notion that by the time people reaize it's a zombie apocalypse, it's already too late. Even if the outbreak managed to turn an entire city, I'd have to believe the modern military with modern weaponry could handle it.

And what kind of zombies would we be talking about here? Traditional zombies that stumble along, groaning constantly as they shammble after their prey? Or the new age super-pissed world-class sprinter zombies?

 

[Lyri]

I hope not, as I start my holiday on that exact morning and the apocalypse would make it slightly harder to enjoy.

Either way, people are going to drink like it's the end of the world, and at least some people are going to kill others or injure themselves.

Isn't the Christian apocalypse a usually drawn out affair?

I figure at the very least I should be able to pick up a sympathy fuck from someone. The world is ending, so lets get it on!

I'll fuck you, I have no redeeming qualities anyway so if homosexuality is a sin and all that jazz I may as well add it to my list and try something new before the world ends.
Not that I believe it is but I figured, If I'm going to meet some deity who doesn't agree with them then I better have something to talk about.

 

[Infernai]

It won't end just yet, last i checked humanity wasn't on that bad of a state and there weren't any other outside sources that could make us all die horribly. So no, i don't believe that the world is going to end.

 

[InaquiTheArgentinian]

i dont wnat it to end, i like this world its a little crappy sometimes, with some poeple more with others, but hey no matter how much i would like to see a zombie apocalipse, i will like more spend as much time possible with my friends and family with out mentioning how great 2013 will be for the so call geek culture.

 

[Olikar]

And lastly, any government policy that destroys 4Chan and Reddit is alright in my books.

HURR ANY POLICY THAT DESTORY'S THINGS I DON'T LIKE IS GOOD!SCREW FREE SPEECH!
Please you can't be this stupid, even if you don't like these websites you have to see that giving governments the power to remove them is nothing but a bad thing.

Uh... Maxis and BioWare are still in business. And so is Mythic.

In truth Bioware, Maxis and Mythic are nothing more than names EA sticks to it games because some people maybe tricked into thinking it still has the content and depth those devs used to put into their games, but in reality all that is there Is EA's putrid shit.

And they're still making excellent games.

I guess if you consider shit gameplay, poor atmosphere and 2progressive4u homoerotic romance options 'excellent' then yeah they do.

outlandish villianization of EA

Hating a company that treats its customers like shit, trys to force you to install Malware on your computer, is greedy, makes shit games and worst of all destroyed one of the greatest devs ever(Westwood) is hardly outlandish.

 

[Burnswell]

Of course its not going to end in 2012, it already ended in Y2K

 

[Gamer_152]

The Mayans did not predict that the world would end this year and the people who actually would believe Mayans over modern-day scientists are morons.

 

[Olikar]

Have you been to 4Chan or Reddit? Those places are nasty places.

I go to 4chan quite often and sometimes go to reddit (usually for porn), and I fail to see whats nasty about them.

If you can't be responsible with Free Speech, it was a mistake to give you those privileges in the first place.

Free speech is NOT a privilege you dolt, it is a right and should only be limited in extreme situations I.E intelligence leaks and inciting violence.

Yeah, EA does some shitty business policies and releases some pretty terrible games.

You know what other game companies do that? ALL OF THEM.

Yeah but the difference is EA manages to do them all at once.

Activision, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Bethesda, Valve, iD, Epic Megagames, Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Mojang, Microsoft, Sony, SEGA, and every company in the entire industry has some shitty business practice, and some pretty bad shovelware in their library.

Please tell me all about the dishonest business practices of great companies like Valve, Nintendo and Rockstar, I am dying to hear them.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

At the very least give us Sburb. I mean, come on.

......Let me go triple verify my pre-order of the beta...

......Yup. It's in the mail. Phew.

 

[Pinkamena]

I kind of hope it will, to be honest.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

With December 21st drawing closer and closer, I just felt like seeing how many Escapists believe in the Mayan Calender stuff. Personally I've always thought that whoever was chisling that giant wheel got to the year 2012 and said "We're in what, year 6? Honestly, if we make it to and beyond 2012 just have my decendant finish this because I'm fucking DONE with the chisling!"

That's the thing - the Mayan Calendar doesn't actually end on December 21st, it just resets then.

Does time end because a clock reaches 12? No - the numbers start over again.

The Mayans didn't write anything about the end of the world - they just didn't made this year "midnight".

Edit: ... why is the thread about EA being evil? I actually checked to make sure I'd posted in the right thread. Weird.