I'm sorry, do you live in a "third world" country or are you just assuming videogames are non-existent there?Now, China and other Third World nations have a good chance here: they can nip video game and social media addiction in the bud by having strict regulation on such things, preferably those targeting minors and young people.
Had no idea there was new stuff being made for this game, but I'm in!
did you get lost on the way to the supermarket orI think video-gaming is not good
Thank you all again for being here and for listening to my hand issue going on@xghost777. Do you know what time you'll post?
By the way, thanks @Legion of Primes for the great ST!
I wish I could just fuckin spawn actorsI'm really getting the hang of spawning actors
Sickoshahaha
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I'm relaying what my Chinese friends and other non-Western friends say.I'm sorry, do you live in a "third world" country or are you just assuming videogames are non-existent there?
Code just uhhh finds a wayI wish I could just fuckin spawn actors
There's a local wine bar I'd take Jeff Goldblum to
wdymdid you get lost on the way to the supermarket or
I think I'll get my next Covid-19 booster shot soon.I'll leave this thread with two thoughts;
1.) Lava lamps are great daytime light sources, and I just might buy myself another one to fill up some space.
2.) And as always, stay safe and healthy so we can see you next time in ST12!
Hi, I’m sitting down to start working on uploading it in twenty minutes or so. It’s all done, barring final tweaks, so in less than two hours is the goal.@xghost777. Do you know what time you'll post?
By the way, thanks @Legion of Primes for the great ST!
The honor was mine and I pass the torch to youHi, I’m sitting down to start working on uploading it in twenty minutes or so. It’s all done, barring final tweaks, so in less than two hours is the goal.
Thanks again @Legion of Primes for hosting a great August thread!
So should we say e.g. 8PM US Eastern (i.e. just over two hours from now)? If possible, it's preferable for you to have it all set up and then just post at a specified time so we can make sure we have mod coverage for the changeoverHi, I’m sitting down to start working on uploading it in twenty minutes or so. It’s all done, barring final tweaks, so in less than two hours is the goal.
For real Sus I keep telling you I don't have anywhere to put all these horsesI gave you a horse
the very next day
I gave you a horse
this year
like all other years
I’m giving you something special
(a horse!)
Cool I’ll just post it thenSo should we say e.g. 8PM US Eastern (i.e. just over two hours from now)? If possible, it's preferable for you to have it all set up and then just post at a specified time so we can make sure we have mod coverage for the changeover
Ah, I guess then using the "third world" term may have been too broad for your argument as it includes many countries where both videogames and social media already are already big.I'm relaying what my Chinese friends and other non-Western friends say.
blame @bellydrum it was his dark influence!!For real Sus I keep telling you I don't have anywhere to put all these horses
I would try and photoshop another horse photo but it’s hard to do so with my hand right now so I’ll post this insteadblame @bellydrum it was his dark influence!!
I already know this.Ah, I guess then using the "third world" term may have been too broad for your argument as it includes many countries where both videogames and social media already are already big.
just that the sentence (slightly edited and decontextualized, in fairness to you) “I think video-gaming is not good” is an intriguing take to post on a video game forumwdym
out of curiosity — what is it that makes them have a better chance of “nipping it in the bud” than anywhere else?Now, China and other Third World nations have a good chance here: they can nip video game and social media addiction in the bud by having strict regulation on such things, preferably those targeting minors and young people.
Ah! Let me explain. I just read Deng Xiaoping's speeches and, if you translate them all into English (at the very least), the term "Third World" is used by him a lot.just that the sentence (slightly edited and decontextualized, in fairness to you) “I think video-gaming is not good” is an intriguing take to post on a video game forum
it was meant as more of a light joke about the sentence itself
as for my takes on your post, though —
there’s a lot of fucked up bullshit that companies do to make some games super predatory
but going against the concept of games as a whole? whatever the intent I’m not sure aggressive media bans really do the people™ many favors
I’ve only got like three friends living in China / directly affected by this so I’m not going to assume I have any broad insight
again, totally agree there’s lots of predatory garbage in the game market that I’d like to go at with an axe (not at all limited to “the west”)
but I also think it’s kind of a cop-out to blame games for causing obsessive / addictive behavior — I’d argue that it’s just another avenue for those things, which exist in people for all kinds of reasons, and that it can be a more soothing and safe diversion then many other options
like idk, maybe I don’t know shit, and I’ve never been to China so my insight is null. not trying to tear it all apart, just my thoughts on it.
also it’s pretty bad form to use the phrase “third world” in earnest, just fyi
I still don’t know what year it isLava lamps are great daytime light sources
oh, okay! that makes a bit more senseAh! Let me explain. I just read Deng Xiaoping's speeches and, if you translate them all into English (at the very least), the term "Third World" is used by him a lot.
Err... I just kinda fell back into using that word.
I honestly didn't mean anything by it. I meant mainly "non-Western."
I read that China has the most players of any country.out of curiosity — what is it that makes them have a better chance of “nipping it in the bud” than anywhere else?
because China is literally the largest game market on the planet
if we’re talking “buds” here every other country isn’t even the inkling of a bud yet in comparison
so what is this positioning? because without context it feels like a standard being assumed better for others not applied to the self
To be fair:oh, okay! that makes a bit more sense
and again I don’t know shit, I’m limited to my own paradigm and haphazard attempts to know the paradigms of others
it’s just from my experience in the US and Canada used with heavily racist, paternalistic, and colonial connotations
Problem is the direct speculation thread has been syphoning off half the posts that would be in these STs for the past 3 months. A direct can’t come soon enough to reestablish things.Didn't even hit 100 pages this month. Slow month eh?
pass the horschThe honor was mine and I pass the torch to you
There's still 45 minutes to make it happen!Didn't even hit 100 pages this month. Slow month eh?
Problem is the direct speculation thread has been syphoning off half the posts that would be in these STs for the past 3 months. A direct can’t come soon enough to reestablish things.
It's b/c of the Direct threadDidn't even hit 100 pages this month. Slow month eh?