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Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#318726: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:50:30 PM

name him batman

dead devotion
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318727: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:50:44 PM

guydude isn't an option

i am not playing a guy who is also a dude

what would even give you that idea

gosh

also name him Vanila Ice

edited 17th Sep '14 2:51:05 PM by Trip

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#318728: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:51:15 PM

damn

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#318729: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:52:23 PM

[up][up]Why though?

I named a Regice that, but that makes sense.

edited 17th Sep '14 2:52:49 PM by GameSpazzer

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318730: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:53:03 PM

well he's white

like vanila ice's hair

he also can probably eat himself and kill people so

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#318731: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:53:41 PM

okay then

I mean it's your Mewtwo so

Did you want any other Pokemon?

I have an Eevee and a Lapras and stuff.

edited 17th Sep '14 2:54:36 PM by GameSpazzer

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318732: Sep 17th 2014 at 2:54:37 PM

if yer gonna be like that name it asshat

lapras

get that shit away

edited 17th Sep '14 2:54:52 PM by Trip

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#318733: Sep 17th 2014 at 3:00:48 PM

Take a look around you-

At the world we used to know-

Does it seem to be much more...

Than a crazy circus show?

But maybe from the madness-

Something beautiful will grow-

In a Brave New World.

1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post
Imca (Veteran)
#318734: Sep 17th 2014 at 3:41:09 PM

@ Berry : Been away, but now THAT is a legitimate complaint, even though I must say most of the mom and pop game stores I know kinda suck...

Yea putting them out of business is bad, but they have a stock so... small... that I can see why they go out of business.

Which, makes me wonder where it starts, do they have a small stock because gamestop is siphoning there business, or is gamestop siphoning there business because they have no stock.

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318735: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:00:24 PM

but srsly

grumpy old knight

spunky thief fairy

devout priestess who has little understanding of the world due to being raised by super duper religious people

or sadistic french spider bitch who wanders the world

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#318736: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:01:10 PM

i already told you trip

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318737: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:02:30 PM

i am not playing a guy who is a dude

that is a super flat character who even is that

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#318738: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:03:22 PM

the guy

the old soldier guy

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#318739: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:04:43 PM

Well they get their stock partly due to the threatening, and making companies put "exclusive" content on the discs going to Game Stop. So now not only is GS huge, they're supposedly offering a better service

It not only makes it impossible to keep up with, in our supposedly competitive market, but contributes, note I only say contributes, to the practices and attitudes of big publishers these days. Because once they have the game on their shelves Game Stops goal is constantly buy and sell the same copy so that they don't have give money back to the publishers.

Now I still think used games are great, but by the time the time Game Stop has taken their share for selling the game, and the publishers take theirs for backing the product, the people who actually did the work, the devs are left with chump change.

Heck, because the retail and publisher levels are trying to take all the money for themselves neither comes out with a satisfactory amount, and the devs are left in the dust to be whipped into making another clone of the game they made the previous year, just so they can make a little bit of change to keep going. Not that devs are entirely faultless, we've seen what they'll do when no one's watching the quality of their work. Steam Greenlight people.

But fucking Christ the video game industry rakes in BILLIONS every year, and there should be enough to go around, but there isn't because no one can be satisfied with the amount they actually get, they need more because...BECAUSE.

Holy shit I just ranted.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#318740: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:15:52 PM

I remember reading somewhere that top-level corporate executives are disproportionately diagnosed with psychopathy. I'd have to go and find where I read it and it's only like 2% as opposed to 1% of the general populace, but still...

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#318741: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:16:01 PM

@Imca: I've heard that, but I know I'd be pissed if Vintage Stock went under.

edited 17th Sep '14 4:16:10 PM by GameSpazzer

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#318742: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:24:13 PM

i'm still reeling from sir alonne

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#318743: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:26:19 PM

Because I got waaaay off topic in the middle there, what I was talking about with used games. Game Stop gets all of the money for those, while they only get some, if not most of the money for the new ones. So they shove used games down our throats, with (understandibly) low prices, and they constantly recommend, "Don't get the new one, get this used copy for a slightly slashed price". Even if people want to buy new, Game Stop employees are obligated to steer the customer towards used games. In that way Game Stop is abusing the used game market like an item dupe glitch. It seems like they're just trying to get the games in the people's hands, by giving them an option, but what they're really doing is taking money that otherwise would not belong to them for products that they don't produce.

edited 17th Sep '14 4:26:49 PM by Azure

PM box is Closed, Indefinitely Friend Code: 3368-4181-6850
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#318744: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:31:01 PM

How viable is selling them yourself via eBay or craigslist?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Imca (Veteran)
#318745: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:31:50 PM

Having worked with that stuff Berry, that's because retail does NOT make money off the initial sale, well they do, but its like 5usd which is not even enough to pay the bills, or the employes.

Sure, more money going to the Devs would be nice, but to do that publishers need to relinquish some of there share, so that retail can actualy make money on new copies, and so that the devs actually get a share as well.

edited 17th Sep '14 4:32:50 PM by Imca

thestonedog78 Princess Warlock from from deep space Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Princess Warlock
#318746: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:32:22 PM

[up][up][up] can't really blame them, they have cost to. I.E rant, paying the employees, the cost to ship the games and store them.

edited 17th Sep '14 4:33:04 PM by thestonedog78

They can't for the life of them understand why nobody liked being ruled by a group of manic depressive demigods - 4chan
rockmanx Since: Jun, 2011
#318747: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:32:58 PM

Can't you buy and play used games from PSN, Xbox Store, or eShop?

edited 17th Sep '14 4:34:11 PM by rockmanx

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#318748: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:35:01 PM

[up]...No?

That's not a thing. That's all DRM.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#318749: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:35:07 PM

[up][up]no

edited 17th Sep '14 4:35:14 PM by Boxen

dead devotion
rockmanx Since: Jun, 2011
#318750: Sep 17th 2014 at 4:35:47 PM

Oh. I must've been thinking of something else. Sorry.


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