Moments when a piece of entertainment annoys you no end

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:20 pm

Reading the SEcret Invasion universe wide story that went through marvel in 2008. It's a pretty decent read for a marvel story. But the endless covers that depict heroes as themselves but with green triple chins that look like badly drawn goatees is fucking annoying.

I mean, you do it once. it's okay. But every fucking issue. Seriously!

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:31 pm

Cynic wrote:Reading the SEcret Invasion universe wide story that went through marvel in 2008. It's a pretty decent read for a marvel story. But the endless covers that depict heroes as themselves but with green triple chins that look like badly drawn goatees is fucking annoying.

I mean, you do it once. it's okay. But every fucking issue. Seriously!

Did they bring back the Sensational Hydra? Cause that guy was a laugh riot.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:07 pm

I saw Madame Hydra.But that's about it.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:40 am

Cynic wrote:I saw Madame Hydra.But that's about it.

The Sensational Hydra was a Skrull who took over as Supreme Hydra, then changed the name of the position and started doing insane shit, like lopping on the head of one of his subordinates who was mouthing off and commenting "Note to self: Cut off one head, two more will replace it is a metaphor."

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:46 am

nope no Sensational Hydra.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:21 pm

season 2 of Warehouse 13 started yesterday.

The show has always been hokey about its' science but that's okay.

But when you basically take semi-game changing cliffhangers established in the season 1's finale and just completely scrub them not to be that, it gets annoying. Also, the first episode just killed off the main bad guy from season 1 and randomly introduced another one.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:24 pm

I tried to watch that show. I couldn't stand the interplay between the lead characters.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:38 am

I just watched a ...'taco' of the first season 2 episode.

I think the new big bad has potential to be a lot more interesting. Rather than the "good agent gone arrogant and bad they had before, they now have some kind of mad Victorian scientist.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:07 am

Iron Maiden needs to be stopped from doing covers of Jethro Tull songs. By any means possible. I like Iron Maiden, but they can't do Tull, I'm sorry.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:48 am

That just sounds... Bad.

-Crissa

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:48 pm

It is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qabCFbC-y8I

Although it's the vocals that kill it for me. If that was someone else singing it would be much improved. The rest is doable.

Also; Pokemon (dodges bottles being thrown at him)

I have Pokemon Pearl about 3/4s finished. I have left the game at that point because the idea of slogging through one more cave to be attacked by Zubats every three steps unless I blow money that before the endgame is finite on repel sprays makes me want to hurl my DS into Mt. Doom.

Zubats aren't capable of harming me more than I harm myself after being confused (And Confuse Ray is ALWAYS the first move out), and they give shit for experience, but every battle is fucking long and drawn out.

If Zubats gave even the average amount of experience for 1st form pokemon of their level, I completely wouldn't mind. But the idea of dealing with so much ass-pain for so little reward has soured the whole experience for me.

DragonChild · Post by **DragonChild** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:07 pm

Can you grab a good, fast electric type to see you though? I imagine you wouldn't need a very high level one, just something like a Raichu, Jolteon, or Electrode to see you through.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:40 pm

Nothing I ever happen to have is fast enough. Also, grinding exp is incredibly slow in that game (pre-endgame) and every pokemon that's not in the 6 I intend to take to the elite 4 I add to my group dilutes my levels significantly. I would honestly restart before trying to level up a 7th pokemon.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:15 pm

Pearl still lets you have pokemon with Pickup, right? I mean, you could jolly well run around with a Pachirisu on staff and take the swag it finds and sell it for repels. Or just get it to higher levels where it drops mad stacks of repels on you just for walking around.

With some properly trained squirrel slaves, money is nothing like limited before the end game or at any time.

-Username17

Quantumboost · Post by **Quantumboost** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:24 pm

Also, there should be a Cleanse Tag available at the top of the Lost Tower on Route 209. It's not quite as good as a Repel in that sometimes you still encounter things, but it's a held item and lasts forever.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:52 pm

If you have a Smoke Ball, use that to just run from the Zubats.

Or, just put your fastest pokemon up front and keep running

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:53 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:Pearl still lets you have pokemon with Pickup, right? I mean, you could jolly well run around with a Pachirisu on staff and take the swag it finds and sell it for repels. Or just get it to higher levels where it drops mad stacks of repels on you just for walking around.

With some properly trained squirrel slaves, money is nothing like limited before the end game or at any time.

-Username17

I didn't realize that. I'll have to give it a try. Still intend on restarting the game though, as it's been over a year since I played and I don't even remember what I was trying to accomplish and quit.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:42 am

Watching Drugs Inc. Each episode is boring an uninformative. Same format for every drug, comparing experience of hallucinations and psychotic episodes from meth to LSD. Then most of the hour is watching police harass poor people who are using these drugs to cope with their lives.

Some things are interesting, and weird, like meth lab explosion survivors are now a quarter of the residents are a national burn hospital. And that nearly all of them don't have health insurance. Some are stupid, like the twelve cops and another half dozen documentary people raiding a guy's 'lab' where he has hardly enough to sell in addition to his own. Or cops cuffing smokers or smurfers (people who buy and sell from real pharmacies, like those who buy beer for underaged or drunks).

But it's mostly dumb. 'Bringing a wave of crime and violence to once quiet rural communities!' Umm, no, it's the same crime and violence than ever, we're just paying attention to it now. Like the 40% of meth users who experience domestic violence. Sorry, that was already there.

At no point do they ever look at whether any of these efforts actually result in any measurable difference.

Ugh.

-Crissa

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:22 pm

The war on drugs give the police a lot of power. A LOT of power. They can totally steal anything that want in a drug arrest by saying you were using it to sell drugs with, and to get it back you need to pay a $5,000 fee (or what the item is worth, whatever is more) that's non-refundable and only allows you a hearing where you had to prove you had no idea that it would be used to sell drugs (which is literally impossible).

PoliteNewb · Post by **PoliteNewb** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:15 am

If you want an interesting read on the scarier ramifications of the Drug War, I'd suggest reading Radley Balko's white paper "Overkill" on militarization of police in America. You can find it on Reason.org, or his blog TheAgitator.com. I recommend his blog for keeping tabs on police misconduct in general.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:17 am

getting stuff together to run After the Bomb, including compiling some fan made mutant types from the Palladium forums:

Some one made a centaur template.

...WHY Would anyone choose to have the actual body of a horse!?

all I can think is
1) sexual (lets just face it right here and now...)
2) real fantasy nerd who also like ponies (and who actually plays that, though? except maybe in an All Flesh modern type game...)

If your purpose is to have(or take) a horse cock... you don't need the body...

Why would anyone strap an extra four to six feet of meat onto their ass?

honestly, please, someone give me other reasons, these are the only ones I can think of...

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:22 am

They want to run fast? Be taller?

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:25 am

You gotta think back to the original Greek mythology. The Greeks assigned animal parts to mythical beasts to have traits based on said animal.

Among other things, Centaurs had the speed and endurance of a horse, so they had a horse body.

Orca · Post by **Orca** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:24 am

The PC doesn't want the GM to have any excuse to separate their character from their horse?

IC it's harder to imagine, true.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:15 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:You gotta think back to the original Greek mythology. The Greeks assigned animal parts to mythical beasts to have traits based on said animal.

Among other things, Centaurs had the speed and endurance of a horse, so they had a horse body.

The Greeks didn't 'assign' anything. Just as the non-riding Aztecs at first believed the mounted Spaniards to be one with their horses, so did the non-riding Minoan-era Aegeans at first believe the horsemen they encountered to be part animal, and it became an artistic convention.