Mr. Smart is the Best Forum Poster [INTERNET HISTORY ITT]

[Modern Angel]

EDIT: How the fuck did I double post with my first as a quote in the second??? 

[UnSub]

My contribution is, "Jesus, can we stop talking about Geldon?". You can choose whether I'm being literal or figurative.

[Murgos]

Blah, Blah, Blah.

He compared his posting, favorably, to Jesus's ordeal of being nailed to a cross.

It's not an apt comparison.

[NowhereMan]

I've seen the Passion and both are pretty painful to watch.

[Lum]

HRose went from writing completely unintelligible gibberish to writing perfectly legible, well crafted gibberish.  He's miles ahead in terms of self-improvement and growth.

He also moved on from gaming to literary commentary.

[Sjofn]

When Trent Reznor/Johnny Cash sang, "I wear this crown of thorns" in "Hurt" do you think they really thought they were Jesus? It's just a turn of phrase.

Uh, yes? The crown of thorns is even MORE Jesusy. If ol' Trent wasn't shooting specifically for Jesus-ness, I'll eat my fucking hat. My hat. OF THORNS.

[Sheepherder]

When he suggested he's going to stop frequenting places where people are verbally abusive I was tempted to ask him when his internet subscription lapses.

The operational definition of martyr should probably exempt self-inflicted punishment.

[Modern Angel]

Uh, yes? The crown of thorns is even MORE Jesusy. If ol' Trent wasn't shooting specifically for Jesus-ness, I'll eat my fucking hat. My hat. OF THORNS.

Right, but it's very specifically to compare himself in terms of martyrdom. We're debating semantics here, I know, but Geldon doesn't really think he's Jesus or Jesus-like beyond using it as a turn of phrase to point out how bad ass rebels like him get martyred for the cause of Aspie video game obsession.


And now I know why I confused Geldon and HRose: I clicked on the Cesspit and thought that was Geldon's site. His literary criticism and bizarre deconstructions of Lost are insane.

[Stabs]

And now I know why I confused Geldon and HRose: I clicked on the Cesspit and thought that was Geldon's site. His literary criticism and bizarre deconstructions of Lost are insane.

Right now he's probably checking Google Analytics looking at the huge spike over the last day or two and thinking "Yes! At last! They love me!"

[Ironwood]

Oh God, Hrose, Why?

[apocrypha]

I keep coming back here to see if there's any more Dmart hilarity. Thread failing to deliver for some time now! 

[IainC]

We're back on the crazy train. QOL sues David Allen. Serek has a few things to say about it on his blog

This coming from a guy who had never – ever – shipped a decent game, let alone a successful one.

- D. Smart 2010

[Musashi]

So much noise.  Virtually no signal.  I wonder if we can find anyone besides him who believes his bullshit.

[squirrel]

HRose went from writing completely unintelligible gibberish to writing perfectly legible, well crafted gibberish.  He's miles ahead in terms of self-improvement and growth.

He also moved on from gaming to literary commentary.

Heh. This is the worst kind of awesome. Like chocolate liver cake.

[Stabs]

We're back on the crazy train. QOL sues David Allen. Serek has a few things to say about it on his blog

This coming from a guy who had never – ever – shipped a decent game, let alone a successful one.

- D. Smart 2010

Not quite a suit, it's a defence and counter-claim.
http://www.qol.com/downloads/Answer_and_Counterclaim_of_QOL.pdf

To read it you need to compare it with Allen's original claim:
http://www.requnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Complaint-3.25.10.pdf

The first part of it is agreeing common ground. That will be mostly non-controversial stuff like the company being formed and Allen owning part of it.

Then the plot thickens. They deny that Wexler and Allen formed QOL as equal partners. They admit there's an operating agreement so it should be clear in the paperwork whether it was an equal partnership or not.

It seems very odd to me, why on earth are people suing each other over a dispute about what it says on a piece of paper when clearly the paper will have to be produced as evidence and it should make it clear which version is true?

Further they concede that the claim accurately uses the wording of the contract but insist that the words are taken out of context.

For example,
"The Managers [Allen and Wexler] may from time to time seek advice from the Members, but they need not accept such advice, and at all times the Managers shall have the exclusive right to manage and control the company"

is according to QOL admittedly what the contract says but has been taken out of context and doesn't really mean that. Hmmph.

This is pretty much key to the whole defence. Allen says they had no right to remove him, various things alleged by QOL for example that he made unauthorised access to the company computers after he was fired are completely moot if he was never legally fired in the first place.

Serek Dmart gets his authority at QOL from an Investment Addendum Agreement signed in January 2010. Again the parties bitterly dispute the contents of the document even though surely they'll be required to produce the document if it ever goes to court.

As for Serek Dmart's alleged defamation QOL denies everything even denying that googling David Allen and Alganon produces links to defamatory comments. It also denies that Massively and other games news sites covered the story. It denies that Serek Dmart made the "he didn't quit, I fired him" post. It does admit that they aren't sure whether Gamasutra published a story on this but goes on to assume that because they don't know it can't have happened and denies it.

The defence goes on to state (re Count Six) that since Allen is suing QOL and Serek Dmart is not QOL they are not required to respond to the defamation charges. In other words it didn't happen but if it did, it wasn't us. Since some of the alleged defamation took place when Serek Dmart posted on the Alganon boards as QOL CEO seems like a bit of a stretch.

[Lantyssa]

The defence goes on to state (re Count Six) that since Allen is suing QOL and Serek Dmart is not QOL they are not required to respond to the defamation charges. In other words it didn't happen but if it did, it wasn't us. Since some of the alleged defamation took place when Serek Dmart posted on the Alganon boards as QOL CEO seems like a bit of a stretch.

Isn't that the good Doktor's defense?

[Stabs]

Isn't that the good Doktor's defense?

Sounds extraordinarily like it, doesn't it?

[Abagadro]

Standard answer and counterclaim.  All that alternative pleading is what you do in an Answer.

[Wasted]

When Trent Reznor/Johnny Cash sang, "I wear this crown of thorns" in "Hurt" do you think they really thought they were Jesus? It's just a turn of phrase.

Just cos it bugs me, but only Johnny Cash sang "crown of thorns", in the NIN original Trent sings "crown of shit".

[Azazel]

this is true.

[Mrbloodworth]

Gosh, all this time focusing on the he said she said, meanwhile, the game still sucks.

[Murgos]

Gosh, all this time focusing on the he said she said, meanwhile, the game still sucks.

ITT Bloodworth realizes that 'he said, she said' is the game.

[Mrbloodworth]

Gosh, all this time focusing on the he said she said, meanwhile, the game still sucks.

ITT Bloodworth realizes that 'he said, she said' is the game.

That game sucks too!

[Stabs]

The object may be to agree a settlement where QOL, faced with court case they won't win, are forced to a settlement which hands Alganon over to Allen while keeping servers and software to support another MMO. Wouldn't it be handy if, in that eventuality, someone at QOL owned an established game IP they could use....

[Azazel]

Gosh, all this time focusing on the he said she said, meanwhile, the game still sucks.

ITT Bloodworth realizes that 'he said, she said' is the game.

That game sucks too!

This thread is the other game. It comes with a free Jesus.

[Sheepherder]

HRose went from writing completely unintelligible gibberish to writing perfectly legible, well crafted gibberish.  He's miles ahead in terms of self-improvement and growth.

Lum got the point correctly: LOTRO is done. It’s a virtually dead product. It can move to F2P because it got the most from the other market and F2P is the new sweet place where MMORPGs can go and have a slower lingering death.
 
F2P is not the mythical land where MMOs thrive, it’s just the place where they go to die while still squeezing some more money out of them.

He's not totally bugfucking insane.

[Mrbloodworth]

 

[Stabs]

What exactly are those forums? Which game do they relate to?

[Arthur_Parker]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=677

[Musashi]

How the fuck does that guy ever get any work done?  Oh.  Right.

[tgr]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10805348&postcount=6

That post is literally filled with hilarity. "optimized for 720p" would be, to me, a ridiculously low resolution. "Vehicle dynamics are fine. If you don't like them, don't drive them", grenades sliding 30-40 feet, and him not fixing it "because it's fine, and I don't see any point in fixing them, would you rather they stick to the ground when they land?"

Really getting that fussy "this sounds like a game I should play" feeling.</sarcasm>

[Mrbloodworth]

I just found it odd that it seems he MUST always have the last word.

And no, this one is awesome.

Now I know why it is if I ever look at a steam forum, I ALWAYS see a 300ad mod. Its because he has about 20 Mods, more than any other game on steam. Its like his personal cult.

[Abagadro]

There is no right or wrong - and you're not right either way.

I think this hurt my brain.

[Tarami]

Anything can be more optimized, but you don't know that. There is nothing left to optimize. If there was, we'd do it.

He reminds me of Kim Jong II.

[Musashi]

If I wasn't currently watching basketball, I would photochop the shit out of that.