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• 7Dec 09

  Just Plain Loungin' has hit 10k!

  The UCB I started back in January has finally exceeded 10,000 posts. As with every milestone, a party was needed, so here it is!

  http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27122053&msg_id=318205118#318205118

  Please stop by if you can, and leave a comment. Also, for the ones who've never been to my board at all, you are more than welcome to check the place out. There are also sorts of different threads that you can reply in. Don't be bashful. The place is very relaxed.

  • Posted Dec 7, 2009 6:44 am PT
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• 6Dec 09

  The Real Meaning of the Tortoise and the Hare

  I'd like to see if I can garner your attention for a minute or two
  I want to demystify a fable that has been told to quite a few
  It's about the opposition of a tortoise and hare
  Don't know if any would pick up, notice or care
  But there's a meaning that was never really grasped
  After I bring it to light, I'm sure some will have gasped
  So let's begin with how the story began, and that's with the rabbit
  The hopster was a fast one and bragging about it, his habit
  Until one day, a tortoise was annoyed by this bunny
  He found the braggart more obnoxious than funny
  So he walked up to the hare, and challenged him to a race
  The rabbit was puzzled, and then laughed in his face
  The tortoise cut him off and said, "My name is Slow and Steady.
  I'll be waiting at the starting line. Let me know when ready."
  The hare finally gave in, and figured, "What do I have to lose?
  I'll probably be so far ahead, I can lay down for a snooze."
  And that's exactly what happened, because right out of the gate
  The hare sprinted away, and dust was all the tortoise had ate.
  With such a considerable lead, the hare decided on his nap
  And this is the moment when the tortoise took him for a sap
  Slow and Steady trotted along and approached the finish line
  While the hare talked in his sleep, "The race, this is mine."
  Suddenly, the hare snapped out of it to see his mistake
  Sleeping on his job, when he should have been wide awake
  He tried to catch up, running with a mighty huff and a puff
  But the tortoise had already finished, it wasn't enough
  Slow and Steady laughed at the hare, "I showed you, didn't I?"
  Well, Slow and Steady didn't win the race, and this is why.
  The tortoise was an opportunist and took advantage
  He would not have won under normal circumstances
  As far as I'm concerned, he's nothing but a cheat
  And should be cooked in a bowl of soup to eat
  The hare talked a good game about how he was that fast
  But blew it and went from jackrabbit to simply jackass
  So here is the real meaning to this Aesop fable bull
  Always crush your competition when you're fully capable

  • Posted Dec 6, 2009 12:34 am PT
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• 4Dec 09

  I've said it once, and I'll say it again... there's a first for everything

  I've never had a comment thumbed down to the point where it got hidden.

  http://www.gamespot.com/news/6241974.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B2&page=1

  If you can't find it, I said "WTF is May Payne.. " Last I checked, it's 6 positive, 13 negative. I never thought I'd even get one thumb down, because I was making fun of the GameSpot news article header typo. Why on Earth would you thumb that down, unless...

  • A) You work for GameSpot, and don't like seeing people make fun of your unprofessionalism
  • B) Have poor reading comprehension and thinking I was asking "WTF is Max Payne..."
  • C) You've been cursed by an 83 year old gypsie because you accidentally stepped on her while she was lying on the street, and you went to see a psychic who told you the only way to alleviate the curse is to log on to GameSpot and thumb down JustPlainLucas's comment on the news article "May Payne 3 delayd"

  I'm actually kinda proud of this. I think I may have the complete cycle now. I have had posts removed and topics locked with no warning. I've been moderated with warnings and point losses. I've been suspended and banned. I've been moderated for abusing the report feature (which was a mistake). Now I can add having a comment hidden by comment-rating trigger-happy users. Seriously, I don't think there's anything else that GameSpot can do to me now!

  • Posted Dec 4, 2009 8:59 am PT
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