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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Several killed in mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45315970
Playing Madden Footbal? WTF.
Apparently one of the players lost and started shooting. It's pretty brutal.
It's not even a good game!
That was my point.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Several killed in mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45315970
Playing Madden Footbal? WTF.
Apparently one of the players lost and started shooting. It's pretty brutal.
It's not even a good game!
Yeah, it's popular though. League of Legends is also a bad game and so is Fortnite.
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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Several killed in mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45315970
Playing Madden Footbal? WTF.
Apparently one of the players lost and started shooting. It's pretty brutal.
It's not even a good game!
Yeah, it's popular though. League of Legends is also a bad game and so is Fortnite.
I know OF those two, but don't know them. Madden I know from decades ago, but haven't heard of anyone playing it in forever. Had no idea it had any kind of following.
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@scottalanmiller It is the most popular sports game of all time. Yearly releases for 25 years.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller It is the most popular sports game of all time. Yearly releases for 25 years.
Most popular and "still has a following" don't necessarily line up. I knew it was big for a long time. But haven't heard about it in years now. Not that I can remember. I don't know anything about, say, Fortnight, but I hear it mentioned places non-stop. I figured if I said "Madden Football" to someone under 25 today, they'd look blankly at me and when I explained what it was they'd tell me it died out before they started gaming. Amazing that it's still popular.
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Not that I know OTHER football games that would be better, just amazing that that one has held on so long.
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Popular != good
It only has new releases to generate income for EA
Aside from cosmetics, the game has not changed since this was released.
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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Yeah, it's popular though. League of Legends is also a bad game and so is Fortnite.
LoL is not my style, but certainly was not a bad game.
Fortnite is also not my style, but is not a bad game either.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
LoL is not my style, but certainly was not a bad game.
MOBA's aren't bad but LoL is a bad MOBA. It lacks a lot of the mechanics/depth that good MOBA's have and add's nothing to replace them.
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Clear Beer? Clear Coffee?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/clear-beer-dont-judge-a-drink-by-its-color-1535544000
Okay, maybe it is just me but does anyone really want the beer taste without the alcohol? I am a coffee drinker and I don't want coffee without the caffeine. Now if it could just be coffee that is clear, I am all for that, no coffee teeth stain. But, water that is just coffee flavored......I will pass.
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
WTF is "have having water"???
They are about to have way too much water. And it won't be the drinking kind.
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
WTF is "have having water"???
This is why I always complain about @scottalanmiller restating headlines for his own benefit.
From the article, the headline is actually:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First -
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
WTF is "have having water"???
This is why I always complain about @scottalanmiller restating headlines for his own benefit.
From the article, the headline is actually:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go FirstI saw that, I was just pointing out the oddball autocorrect language.
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
WTF is "have having water"???
This is why I always complain about @scottalanmiller restating headlines for his own benefit.
From the article, the headline is actually:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go FirstI saw that, I was just pointing out the oddball autocorrect language.
I know, but i co-opted your point to argue my point.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
This is interesting.
https://newrepublic.com/article/150506/universal-basic-income-future-of-pointless-workThis is something @scottalanmiller has argued for int he past. I happen to generally agree with it.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
This is interesting.
https://newrepublic.com/article/150506/universal-basic-income-future-of-pointless-workThis is something @scottalanmiller has argued for int he past. I happen to generally agree with it.
Yup, I'm a huge believer in universal basic income. I love the idea from Scott Adam's talking about it in the early 1990s.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
This is interesting.
https://newrepublic.com/article/150506/universal-basic-income-future-of-pointless-workAnd they make some good points, I think.
