@Psycold Actually, Cryptopsy isn't really my style (tried listening to them way back when), but as a prog-metal guitarist of 10 years, I realize and appreciate their technical ability. :PF****** brutal on the picking hand sometimes. :/
Metalcore =/= metal.I love all the kids that listen to Metalcore/Hardcore s*** and think that it's metal just because there's some downtuned guitars and chunky strumming on open strings.These "musicians" would crap their pants if they heard the skill involved in any kind of progressive metal. Or any real metal for that matter. You know, where people actually learn to play technical things on their instruments that take more than two weeks of beginner lessons.But A7X and like fans are all "oooomg 3-string sweeps! yaa!" XD
(to other comment-posters mainly) Why does no one seem to get that the ending "not being happy" isn't why a lot of people hate it so much. If anyone really thinks that, then they're apparently dumb enough to overlook the huge plot holes and awful, high-school-English-class writing that was featured in the ending, which are the things causing so many to put down on it, myself included. It has nothing to do with the "happy" or "sad" tone of the ending. Now, that said, the rest of the game was damned amazing, and I won't let a bad ending ruin my opinion of the game as a whole, and I sure as hell don't think Bioware owes me anything.
@Sepewrath THIS. It's hard to believe how many people can't go by this. I could care less if the people I play games with or hang out with are male, female, black, white, whatever. I'm going to treat them all exactly the same. My problem is that everyone insults you if you don't go the one step further and make special rules about (note, I don't trash talk or even insult because I was raised better, but some do) dialogue or conduct when, say, a girl is playing with you. Don't they want to be treated the exact same as everyone else? How can anyone fault me for doing just that, even if I was one of the insulting, flamer-types? Hell, I have female friends that play shooters that spout vulgar gender-specific dialogue at any guys they beat. (Castration jokes seem to be their favorites). No one thinks anything of it, and everyone laughs, including myself. But, if a man was to make such a gender-specific joke to a girl gamer, he'd be lambasted by the community and labeled misogynist, and that disconnect seems like BS. What's the difference here? (Note: I don't find either case appropriate) My major point is not "women should just have to deal with all the trash talk!". It's that "no one should be trash talking at all, treat each other respectfully, and women shouldn't be counting dialogue that is thrown between even groups of only male gamers (because idiots WILL trash talk) as being specific to them just because they entered the arena, and all guys are sexist, etc.".
@ERoBB I disagree with "every social advantage". I'd go with "most". Do you know anything about how nearly one-sided the justice system is here in the states? A woman can accuse a man of anything and 90% of the time get away with it, even if the claims are false, especially when it comes to reports of sexual crimes. That's some real power right there; so, saying "men have it easier!" isn't necessarily true. There are quite a few avenues where women have the definite social advantage. Which is fine in most every case except the courts (which should be even and fair), of course. I just point this out because your post was slightly inaccurate. Both men and women have their own social/political issues they have to deal with. It isn't one-sided. As for this topic in particular, I have female friends who are way more vulgar than I could ever be, so saying "sexual language is offensive to females" (and only females) is laughably untrue. I treat everyone the same, and equally (as well as never talk trash or throw out insults because I was raised better than that). However in this day and age, "special treatment" has become the new "equality", and thus quite often I'm told how "immoral" I am. -_-
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