Festivus '07 Airing of Grievances

[Signe]

I hate all of you who smoke.  I want to smoke, too.    I want to find you, and rip your lips off and shove them in your ears and light up all your ciggies and smoke them and poke holes into your sensitive bits with them.  That's what I want for Festivus!

Dammit.

[Paelos]

My gaming grievances list:


I hate that Puzzle Quest wasn't released on the PC along with the demo. I had to wait forever.
I hate that the project to fix KOTOR II still isn't done yet.
I hate that there's no KOTOR III.
I hate that WoW continues to mess up AV no matter what they do.
I hate that WoW continues to follow the release-and-nerf approach to 10 man instances. I don't mind this in 25 mans as much.
I hate that WoW fucks over certain classes by forcing specs down their throat for groups.
I hate specs.
I hate that I haven't found another single player RPG worth playing all the way through on the PC since Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
I hate consoles.

Happy Festivus.

[schild]

I hate that I haven't found another single player RPG worth playing all the way through on the PC since Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
I hate consoles.

Sounds like this is an easily fixed problem.

[stray]

Seriously. Might as well smack yourself with a 2x4 while you're at it.

Hell, that might even be more rational.

[Paelos]

I hate that I haven't found another single player RPG worth playing all the way through on the PC since Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
I hate consoles.

Sounds like this is an easily fixed problem.

Nope. But I knew you people would key on it, so I wrote it against my better judgement. Seriously, I'm done fucking around with consoles and crappy controllers.

[schild]

[stray]

In other words, you prefer to handicap yourself when it comes to game options. Great!

[Signe]

I hate that I haven't found another single player RPG worth playing all the way through on the PC since Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
I hate consoles.

Sounds like this is an easily fixed problem.

Nope. But I knew you people would key on it, so I wrote it against my better judgement. Seriously, I'm done fucking around with consoles and crappy controllers.

[Paelos]

My budget handicaps me far and above my hate for consoles. Perhaps if I had a regular job I could afford to test my principles.

[Signe]

You need a Santa hat!  HURRY! 

[schild]

I hate indian newspapers.

[Azazel]

Fuck you to Japanese console game developers.

Specifically for the usual 2-6-10 minutes of non-interactive cutscenes chained together (perhaps with a menu in there somewhere) at the start of their fucking games with endless backstory I really don't give that much of a fuck about. Non-Japanese devs do the same thing, but not as often, painfully long or long-winded as the fucking Japanese.

[Hutch]

without usurping this thread as well

Such a tool.

To Geldon: Die in a fire of your own making.

To the rest of you: Merry Festiveaux.

[Phildo]

I hate being in a school full of hip-hop rejects.
I hate living by myself.
I really, really hate the voice acting in Blue Dragon.
George Lucas destroyed my childhood.
Schild keeps calling me fat.

That about does it for now.

[geldonyetich2]

I hate that I've had a nasty pain in the neck for the past couple days, but I love that it's put me in foul of enough mood to do this thread for reals.

I hate that I'm such a impulsive wanker that I waste so much time browsing boards when I could be playing games, studying, or learning how to program and design.

I hate that you took away my edit button for no reason other than because it bothered people that I like to clarify and rehash my messages to truly obsessive compulsive degree.

Finally, I hate that I'm apparently so bad at forums that many of you fucking jackasses misconstrue all the shit I'm saying and take it as me blathering on about stuff I don't understand.  Well fucking bite me, just because I don't expel the exact vibe you want to hear doesn't mean it's wrong to say it.  I'd wish you death in car fires if the pyric brain mutilation from all the infernos in the world ever had a chance of straining the ignorance from your myopic mental masturbatory misery.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

[stray]

Merry X-Mas, Geld. You might have found your balls. They will serve you well. Better than an edit button at least.

[Rasix]

My Festivus present is going to be fucking sweet. 

[stray]

All I want for Festivus is a skull ring.

[Jain Zar]

Ill go hates than likes.  Since for the first time in at least 5, maybe 6 years I do not have to work Christmas or Christmas Eve.
I do have to work New Year's Eve but I am not a drunk so who cares?

I hate that doctors are happy to charge me money to only tell me they can't figure out why the fuck I hurt.
I hate gamblers and gambling.  Too bad dealing with you irrational smoking, drinking, moneywasting fuckbags is how I pay my bills.  Yall could at least not be cunts about it.  Or tip more.  Or know when to fucking quit.  Or to take 10% of what you shit away and give it to charity.  WORLD HUNGER WOULD BE ALMOST IRRADICATED IF YOU ASSHOLES DID.
I hate that I just used the C word.
I hate that I will be using it again in this list.
I hate that Something Awful nearly made me into an endless hate machine.  Luckily I got the fuck out while I was still just my usual douchebaggy self.
I hate RPGnet for being a bunch of hyperliberal pussies who almost make Bill o Loofalafel sound like someone not in need of multiple steel toed boots to his balls.
I hate Electronic Arts for the usual reasons.
I hate Fox News.
I hate Republicans for being a bunch of soulless moneygrubbing warmongering assholes.
I hate Democrats for being a bunch of pussies only slightly less cunty than the cocksmokers above.
I hate that people treat each other like shit for no good reason.
I hate Dungeons & Dragons 3.x and Magic the Gathering.
I hate the people who play the 2 above listed games even more.
I hate all gangster and thug videogames.  Fuck you Rockstar.
I hate RPG Codex for bitching about Fallout 3 and Oblviion so much.  NMA does it well enough for the entire Internet.
I hate when I drive 30 minutes to play Warhammer 40K and can't get a game in because nobody is playing or already in a game at 430pm on a Wednesday.  Jeez!
I hate that anime is all creepy and  instead of being about kickass robots and hot ADULT women with big fuckin guns and go go boots.
I hate that anime fans have decided its not creepy enough, meaning I dare never look for fanart of anything, EVER on the internet without Google Safesearch enabled.
I hate the fact I can't even get a date through the fuckin personals. 
I hate being on a diet for over a year but only losing 50 of the 70 pounds I wanna lose.  FUCK YOU LAST 20 POUNDS.  IM HUNGRY AND BITTER AND DON'T GET TO EAT ANY CHRISTMAS CANDY SO GTFO.
I hate that I spent over 70 bucks on my cousin and uncle for Christmas and their gift in return was a 4 fucking dollar tin of popcorn.  IM ON A FUCKING DIET AND YOU GIVE ME SNACK FOOD?  Jesus what a pile of shit!

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Good stuff:
Schild, whose inane Wii hate is 5 minutes of happy good time amusement for me almost every day. 
My tabletop gamegroup who will play almost anything I bring up.  Car Wars, Ogre, Battletech against a Gingerbread House, Twilight Imperium, Squad Leader... the list goes on and on.
My iMac because its awesome.
(This space reserved for other stuff.)

[Strazos]

I apologize in advance if any of the following statements come off as a lot of emo crying, or if I somehow pull a fucking Hyu. Admins may feel free to delete this post in its entirety:

I hate that fucking NJ girls (and by extension I'm going to guess most east coast/northeasterners) think they are So Fucking Badass and Hot Shit, when they are not.
I hate that the dept. I work at for the bank is a fucking barren wasteland when it comes to...dating opportunities. Somehow, between the one chick who is awesome but completely stuck in a 7+ year relationship (not like I would have "first shot" if that were to change anyway), all the retarded old women who can't do their job, and the one single chick who is a fucking drama queen, not very intelligent, and only mildly good looking - there's no decent women to hang out with. At all.
I hate that the only decent women (at least on the surface) that I see at all during the day work in other departments that make at least 50% more than I do.
I hate that I get the exact same pay as fuckwits with no college education; sure, it'll help somewhat when/if I try to move up, but that doesn't help pay the bills NOW.
I hate that you will never meet ANYONE working part-time at Gamestop (ok, that one is a no brainer).
I hate that I am so inconsistent at bowling, and then get accused of sandbagging. SORRY IF I SUCK, assholes.
I hate that people refuse to DRIVE THE FUCK FORWARD in the morning. FFS, please to stop jamming on your brakes, just let off the gas, asshats.
I hate that, until I get a much better job, I have zero chance of paying off one of my credit cards' balance.
I hate that it is mathematically impossible for me to move out of the walk in closet my room in my mother's house at this time. I don't even necessarily want to, I just hate that I don't even have the option.
I hate that the Rosetta Stone program I want is like $300, though I can't really blame them; quality doesn't come cheap.
I hate that so many women are fucking batshit insane by default.
I hate that I pretty much can't even afford to date anyone right now.
I hate that there's no one I can even try to date right now.
I hate that it's entirely possible that neither of the previous 2 statements are going to change anytime soon.
I hate that the Flyers have had some really shitty luck lately. Also, inconsistent play.
I hate that I am so fucking awkward and there's not a god damn fucking thing that can be done about it.
I hate that it's going to start snowing here soon, so the traffic will only get worse.
I hate how certain of my superiors at work don't realize how much job actually works. FFS, if you give one part of the dept lots of OT to take in new work, you need to give me OT to process it. Or stop bitching about the mess.
I hate that 95% of the time my mood can be described as being somewhere between "mildly unhappy" and "catastrophic."
I hate that I really can't think of anything meaningful to put in the next section...


Good Stuff:
Um...

Some of the 360 games I've bought this year are awesome?

[stray]

I hate the fact that most of my friends are pussies.

[BigBlack]

I hate that the only decent women (at least on the surface) that I see at all during the day work in other departments that make at least 50% more than I do.

I hate that you hate that.  Way to do your small part to perpetuate rigid gender roles, asshole.

Speaking of which?  I hate geek sexism.

I hate the fact that the people doing the best bipartisan work in Congress to improve Sino-American relations, Reps Rick Larsen (D) and Mark Kirk (R), will never get a lick of credit for it in their home districts because people are nativist douchebags who love all the benefits our relationship with China brings but still want to pretend to see the nation as a threat.

I hate the fact that people run for office on 'Washington is the problem' bullshit, when 99% of the people coming up with the solutions are inside-the-Beltway DC operator types, and it's the rubes from flyover country, as well as entrenched interests that nobody could simply wish away if they wanted to, that tend to fuck things up.

I hate the people who protest the genocide in Darfur.  Yes, it's a genocide in Darfur.  No, elected officials aren't going to do anything about it other than posture.  You fucking knew this from the get-go, if you read We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed Along With Our Families or any of the other popular histories of Rwanda.  If you lifestyle-activist fuckers had spent your time courting rich businessmen and other private-security operators to fund private security forces in-country, you might have actually done some good and saved some innocent people from getting killed.  And don't give me bullshit about how that's infeasible; private security forces have operated extralegally in all sorts of places in Africa where they haven't been welcome, and if you really care about stopping genocide, you have a pretty fucking huge moral imperative to do what it takes to make shit happen, far beyond just showing up at a rally with a pretty sign and maybe getting laid by some fellow upper-middle-class liberal idealist in the process.  Just be honest with yourself, admit you really don't care that much about genocide and move on.

I hate my uber-Republican friend who received triple-X rated IM's from Mark Foley years ago back when he was a House page.  On the day the Mark Foley story broke, I messaged him to ask if he'd finally grown some balls and turned Foley in.  The response?  "Are you kidding?  I'd never endanger the Republican Majority like that."  He was one of a few people the press contacted and publicly denied it -- and it wasn't even the first time he'd been in a situation like that with an elderly Republican!  ("A decent amount of my college tuition is paid for with hush money", he once put it.)  And of course they'll all vote to ban gay marriage to 'keep our families strong'.  Fuckers.

Final thought for the year: I hate Asian fetishists.  With a fucking passion.  Beyond the fact that it's still plain-and-simple racism even if it's intended to be 'nice', and beyond the fact that my girlfriend (who's Vietnamese-American) has to put up with these fuckers on a fairly regular basis, I hate that simply because I'm Caucasian, dating a girl who happens to be Asian-American, and I'm studying Mandarin Chinese for strictly work-related reasons, I get lumped in with these fuckers.  Knowing that about 20% of the people in your life (rough estimate based on how many say something about it outright), including some who are very close to you, are under the mistaken impression that your incredible 5-year-long relationship is the result of a racially-based fetish puts you go through a long cycle of shock, then rage, then sadness, and finally resignation that there's not really shit you can do about it.  It is not fun.

Bonus hate:  For girls who filter whom they will or won't date based on ethnicity.  According to studies this is quite common, and it perpetuates the problem.

Oh, and I hate schild for not moving the DDO forum back to active status.  We've got at least as much of a constituency as the CoX crowd!

[lamaros]

I hate whinging fucks who put it down on the internet. Cry yourself to sleep or direct that energy. Fuckwits.

[Rasix]

All in all, I'm  pretty content.  This year had balance to it.

Although, if I had unfettered banning ability, this board would eventually end just being me writing haikus in the Den.  A few may survive, but just those that are really good at hiding.

[Ironwood]

I have neither the inclination nor the energy this year.

[Paelos]

I have neither the inclination nor the energy this year.

I hate you for that then. 

As for the rest of you bastards:

I hate that Way gets to play poker in Vegas and is much better at it than I am. I just suck at it now.
I hate that Schild's pump and dump routine on certain media releases. Consistency or Conservatism on the front end is probably a better idea.
I hate that SnakeCharmer drank the Kool-Aid over Alabama, then got pissy, then for some reason insulted Mexicans, then just went back to being generally SEC happy, all in one thread.
I hate that we still have the need for a Politics forum, even though I'd never want it to cease to exist and taint the rest of the forums with overflow.
I hate that we have too many subforums. Honestly, everything is so pigeonholed now, I'll never learn anything cool about stuff directly outside my own sphere of interest. Sure there are probably some great threads going on in those forums, but I can't always sift through all the crap I don't give a shit about. The days of just a "Gaming Forum" made me a lot happier. Subforums for MMOGs are fine though.

That's it for now I think.

[schild]

I hate that a bunch of people don't think I should be allowed to get hyped for a shitload of games and then be let down. I'm sorry your parents BEAT THE FUN OUT OF YOU.

I hate that people think they're somehow welcome here. Luckily, it's the sort of thing that can be fixed.

I hate that I see people in the industry every day who are so terribly not great at their jobs.

I hate that developers are shocked by low sales when advertising and buzz sucks. Learn your audience, noobcakes.

I hate that we haven't had an even remotely decent virtual world since SW:G.

I hate flying. Not because I'm scared of it. But because of the other people.

I hate this Diet. Alternatively, I love that I've lost about 60 lbs. 20 to go, bitches.

I hate that the best thing in my life is bacon salt. Following a close second, f13.

I hate that some people are probably going to bitch and moan when I announce the new f13 staff member this week.

I hate that people can't follow directions in threads (see: Top 20, Top MMOGs, etc). Sometimes, this includes me. And I really fucking hate that.

I hate that I can't find sushi grade tuna when I go shopping but sushi shops always have five different kinds.

I hate the politics forum.

[stray]

Whoa, 60 lbs? Good for you man! Happy Hanukkah/Christmas or something.

[schild]

I can only taste bacon.

I suppose there's not much to be sad about.

Bacon is the lifeblood that feeds Gaia. And my face.

[Raging Turtle]

I think we need a stickied Christmas love thread to balance out this one.   

[schild]

The love thread came and went at Thanksgiving.

[murdoc]

I hate the Console vs. PC gaming debate. Quit trying to justify your elite gaming PC you spent 3 - 4x the amount a PS3 would cost by using words like Consolitis. You're missing out on a lot of good gaming, more good gaming than is on the PC currently.

I hate the Schild bait threads. We know he doesn't like the Wii, we know you do. We know he likes the PS3, we know that you think it's over-priced. Guess what? It isn't you fucking retards. When highend PC cost is explained because 'it does more than play games', so does the PS3 you chucklefucks. Rag on it for not having games however, that's pretty valid.

I hate that I've had my 360 for almost 2 years and I'm still worried every time I turn it on that it'll die on me.

I hate that I hope it does because I still have a replacement extended warranty up until March.

I hate that I'm such a poor writer, sometimes I would just like my posts to make more sense.

[naum]

http://azspot.net/post/22301655

I hate people that while walking their dogs, let them shit on their neighbors lawns.

I hate the uber-religious that get up in arms over a little nudity, but care not for slave labor, sweatshops, poverty, carnage and disease in Africa.

I hate FPS.

I hate the religious control of the radio airwaves, especially when I am a Christian and those Christians do not speak for me.

I hate dogmatic thinking.

I hate uber-libertarians that worship amoral markets, and deny history as an arbiter of success / fail on public policy.

[stray]

How about uber-libertarians that just worship general chaos and disorder? You love us, right? 

[DarkSign]

I hate RPG Codex for bitching about Fallout 3 and Oblviion so much.  NMA does it well enough for the entire Internet.

1st of all both those games deserve more than the usual amount of bitching.
2nd of all NMA isn't the NMA of old...its a whinier, crappier, not as well-thought-out version of its old self.
3rd of all The Codex does Oblivion-bashing better than anyone. Ever.

Cheers to you for reading the best of all boards though.