I am not, not, not going to help you pirate Paradox games. Kindly do not clutter my inbox any further.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
I assume that Blayne is bothering you KoM?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Aww...the atheists aren't getting along. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Nah, I think King of Men is just playing hard to get.
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
Why wish anyone to go away?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Where to start, where to start...
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Well, look. I think I made my feelings on pirating Paradox games quite abundantly clear in the HoI2 thread. And then he has the sheer, unmitigated gall to send me a PM, requesting that I give him Vicky and CK for free! Smileys cannot express how pissed I am! Not only is he a thief, he wants me to be his accomplice in stealing from the games company I revere above all others? Well, sod that!
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
dude,
I own Sinopec. And, I aim to capture more. You could start with a trade deficit.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, he is a Commie. He probably figures that he is liberating the games for the people. You know, 'cause theft isn't theft, property is theft.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
quote: Smileys cannot express how pissed I am!
I don't know about you, but I found this incredibly funny!
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
Man, he must want to rip Blayne in half if smileys can't express how mad he is.
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
get off my ass, Tante! you ARE NOT welcome.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I find that these smileys are sufficiently mad for most of my posts. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I don't see what Tante did to you, clod, unless you are Blayne.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Occasionally a :pirate: may be required, but unfortunately that doesn't work here.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
Hmm, let me try...
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
get off my ass, Tante! you ARE NOT welcome.
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
I give it up.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Have I missed something here?
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Has anyone actually seen Blayne and KoM together at the same time?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Wait. Now Blayne=clod?
I need a scorecard.
And clod, I kind of think that that response and that language was uncalled for. Twice. I am never stiff-necked about apologising when I've given offense, but your "get off my ass, Tante! you ARE NOT welcome" does not make me feel moved to make amends. It makes me want to avoid you in the future.
And if you would just clue me in to your alternative screen names, I'd be glad to do just that.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Wait. Now Blayne=clod?
I seriously doubt it. I think clod sprouts mischief when his mind gets bored - kind of like fertile land left unseeded during a growing season sprouts weeds.
(note: I'm not trying to excuse it.)
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
KoM check the bloody date on the email you'll notice thats its umm oh I don't know SEVERAL DAYS before the Hoi2 thread, jeez your a newb, if have a problem email me, don't be an ass and make a thread like this.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
This is a put-on, right? Some kind of performance art?
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Blayne. Please do us all a favor and hush. Your response is not appropriate for this forum. If you wish KOM would not make his grievance public, then perhaps you should not make your response public. Send him an email next time instead of cluttering hatrack with your foul language and ridiculous capital letters.
This is not how Hatrack is meant to operate. Everyone but you seems to realize this.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
it is entertaining.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
And not to pile on, but I think everyone has made it clear how despicable they find your philosophy on pirating games to be, yet you still start threads linking to pirated games?
Use your head. Get a job. Stop stealing other peoples' hard work because you're too lazy to get a job to pay for these games you spend so much time on.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I am glad to be of entertainment and amusment.
Also the one time I had the money to order the Strategy Sixpack my parents refused. It's impossible to get where I live.
Hey! I've worked 2 jobs as a dishwasher I am not too lazy to get a job its extremely hard to get a job if I'm the only person who speaks english in a small remote town.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Run, Forest, Run!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Also the one time I had the money to order the Strategy Sixpack my parents refused. It's impossible to get where I live.
Wanting to circumvent your parents' wishes isn't likely to make most people here more sympathetic to your law-breaking.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Thanks for having the decency to remove some of the language...when you are called on it.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Did you move there recently, Blayne? I'm just curious how you managed to get through school not speaking the local language.
Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
Blayne, Blayne, Go to Spain, You're driving KoM insane. Blayne, Blayne, Go away, Never show your face again.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
*Steps onto soapbox*
It is hard to get mad when we know Blayne is what, 12 years old, and we have already established that he does little in life other than sit in front of a computer playing games and griping about his lousy home life.
KoM doesn't like anyone so why are we surprised by his rant here? (but in your defense, unwanted spam is certainly something to rant about)
So the only thing new here is that clod went off on Tante. Did anyone see why? I missed it. Either way the response was inappropriate, clod, and you should stop acting like your username.
*Steps off soapbox*
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'm 18...
I went to school in the town next to Rigaud, Hudson, Mount Pleasant Hitler Youth Camp and Westwood Senior High (whoops I meant Hudson High).
Dont you mean steps ON the soup box?
But ya a testimount of the failures of the Modern school system, I haven't learned barely a single word of french and they passed me through a french emmersion school.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Why would I stand on a soup box?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
What are you planning to do? I doubt you'll be able to make it through college in French if your French is as bad as you say. You've graduated high school. You say it's hard to find a job in a remote village where you don't speak the language. So are you going to learn French or move? Or just keep living off your parents?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I've already passed my first french semester, I only have 1 more to go and its easy. Level 1 Immigrant french, the work matters more then the listening.
Im in compsci, I'm going to be a game designer unless I switch to Liberal Arts, I've been second geussing myself alot lately. Originally I wanted to be an historian, but I got nagged out of it. Should never listen to parents ever again.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Then what are you going to do? And where did you immigrate from?
Edit: Whoops, you added. Sorry. Although I'm still curious about the second question.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Uhh? The fiery pits of hell of course Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
I've contemplated the creation of this exact same thread at least once, but was wary of the reactions it would evince. I'm pleasantly surprised.
YOU'RE 18?! Blayne, you are a colossal disappointment on a number of levels. Step away from the computer, do a push-up, and leave your parasitic tendencies behind you.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
<shrug> Some people are young for their age.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
poo
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: KoM check the bloody date on the email you'll notice thats its umm oh I don't know SEVERAL DAYS before the Hoi2 thread, jeez your a newb, if have a problem email me, don't be an ass and make a thread like this.
The difference was two hours; some of us do not check email every five minutes. And you knew perfectly well from earlier threads how I feel about Paradox and pirating. Moreover, this :
quote:However... would you be able to send me Vicky/Crusadaer King? I promise to buy the strategy sixpack as soon as I get the money, I've never downloaded a game if I had the money for it instead as with X3, Bf2, Bf1942 etc etc all were bought with my own money.
looks very much like a response to that thread, and a particularly stupid one at that.
But that is in any case irrelevant. I do not think you have quite grasped how pissed I am at you. Johan and Paradox are the finest game copmpany ever to walk the Earth; they patch their products, listen to their fans, and make frocking excellent games. And you steal from them! You say you hate EA, and yet you do your best to undermine the good guys, who try to take gaming away from all that!
As an aside, my girlfriend has serious doubts about your manhood.
(As an aside to the aside, I wish she would log in herself and post from her own account, but I'm afraid she will beat me up if I don't let her write this. You should have seen what she started out with. Ai! Back off! I'm not getting myself banned over this, no matter how much you laugh!)
Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Im in compsci, I'm going to be a game designer unless I switch to Liberal Arts, I've been second geussing myself alot lately. Originally I wanted to be an historian, but I got nagged out of it. Should never listen to parents ever again.
I find it... odd that someone who wants to be a game designer someday is trying to pirate games.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Originally I wanted to be an historian, but I got nagged out of it. Should never listen to parents ever again.
I quite agree. What kind of parent doesn't want their son to be a historian?
Think of all the great things that could happen! For example, look at Daniel Jackson.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:As an aside, my girlfriend has serious doubts about your manhood.
That was completely unnessasary. Downloading a game one can't afford and able to do well in the sack are two completely different things, now I AM PISSED OFF AT YOU not ONCE IN THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE have I seen such a low and deliberate insult to another forum member, you should've had the decency to NOT write it, let your gf write it so that Papa can ban her ass or if its with your account ban you. Now I do not wish to apologize for asking for it or to play with you which is a shame for we would've undoubtably had fun.
I demand that you recant or I will complain to Papa Janitor.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Blayne, this issue strikes me as black and white every time it arises:
Theft is theft. It doesn't matter what the reasoning is. I don't care if it's groceries to feed your starving family; if you take it without paying for it, especially when you KNOW you're supposed to, it's wrong. Laws exist for a reason. If you honestly intend to pursue a career as a game designer, you of all people should be hesitant to pirate the product of someone's blood, sweat and tears.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Well Blayne, if you really, really want to bring your use of forum PMs for purposes of pirating, to the attention of the mod - please do feel free. You might not like the results, but I really do hope you'll try it.
As for playing MP with you, I'd sooner invite Mishka. At least he pays for his games.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Look, Hoi2 I got from a friend we play LAN games, infact now that I think of it I probly only got 2 maybe 3 AT MOST from bittorrent and only to play their singple player. Multiplayer I go out and buy it. I bought BF Vietnam, CoD, CODUO, COD2, Starcraft I bought several times, Diablo, Diablo 2, Civilization II, ibid, III, etc etc.
I only downloaded Lineage II and stopped when I realized it was a cracked server. I bought a month subscription of WoW, I had everquest.
The only things I didnt flinch in DL are books because their hardcover is too expensive but I have bought the softcovers.
I download music but the kind I like is free anyways.
I have downloaded Civilization IV but only so I could play with my friends. And I will buy it when I get a partime weekend job.
I had downloaded EU2 but only to try it out I only played 3 games of it and never uninstalled it and never played it after.
I can't even remember the last game I downloaded that I still play. The games that I didn't buy I got from friends which I think is not the same thing as downloading, and according to the Piracy laws in Canada it is NOT ILLEGAL WHAT ONE DOES WIHT THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: this issue strikes me as black and white every time it arises: Theft is theft.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. There is a fundamental difference between copying something so that there are more in the world than there were before and stealing something so that you can have it but somebody else loses is.
Whether it's wrong or not is a different question, but saying that "theft is theft", meaning that copying software or music is exactly the same as stealing a stereo, is blatantly false.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
quote: Why would I stand on a soup box?
To keep someone from stealing your soup?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:not ONCE IN THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE have I seen such a low and deliberate insult to another forum member
Then you haven't been paying attention. KoM is quite often that deliberately insulting. The big difference is that this time he insulted you instead of those idiotic religious people.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:I'm going to have to disagree with you there. There is a fundamental difference between copying something so that there are more in the world than there were before and stealing something so that you can have it but somebody else loses is.
The only difference I see is that when you steal from someone (e.g. a stereo), your theft has one victim; when you copy something without paying for it so that there are more than the world, your list of victims includes everyone who had a hand in creating (or supporting the creation of) the product in question, every legal user of the product, every future user of the product, and every future user of every subsequent version of the product.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
As you say, they are not the same. They are very different things.
Saying that they are the same thing is a propagandistic falsehood.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Ack, my girlfriend is about to be reasonable. She'll completely spoil my reputation. Ignore her.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
How many times have I told you not to call me that, KoM?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
eros, you ho! You been cheatin' on me? Everybody knows you's MY woman. Now get yo'self back in the kitchen and bake me a pie! And bring me a beer!
-pH
Posted by Princesska (Member # 8954) on :
quote:I demand that you recant or I will complain to Papa Janitor.
You're right; this has nothing to do with your manhood. (though here KoM, my boyfriend, adds that "Yes it does -- he's not man enough to do without things he can't pay for!")But anyway, I personally apologize for what you have now convinced me is a misfire.
However, you also called my boyfriend a newb. If you lived with him, and saw how often he goes on this darn forum, you would see that, if anything, he is not a newb! If you don't recant that, I won't recant having serious doubts about your intelligence and perceptual abilities.
quote:Downloading a game one can't afford and able to do well in the sack are two completely different things, now I AM PISSED OFF AT YOU not ONCE IN THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE have I seen such a low and deliberate insult to another forum member
Still, to quote the bard, "Methinks the lady doth protest too much." (Cliff Notes translation: "Stop overreacting. Geez!")
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Okay I am sorry for overeacting Princesska. and I am sorry for calling him a Newb I'm certain he'ld be quite challenging but alas, nothing can defeat my Panzers I've only been beaten once and... that doesnt count.
Posted by Princesska (Member # 8954) on :
Apology accepted.
Personally, I am a newb, and have no opinion of Paradox or anything else computer-game related. I just got caught up in the fact that, Wow, flame wars are fun! But I'll try not to get caught up in that again.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
indeed considering certain male(s) are insecure and paranoid.
Now if only I can get on better terms with your boyfriend now.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Wow, flame wars are fun!
*cries*
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
*climbs inside her soup box*
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*eyes soup* That looks tasty.
Posted by Princesska (Member # 8954) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Now if only I can get on better terms with your boyfriend now.
As I understand it, the only way to get on better terms with KoM would be to stop distributing pirated copies of those games, and perhaps to even convince those who have already downloaded your copy to delete it.
Personally, I don't play these games so I could care less. I only know that this bothers KoM, and if he's going to be bothered, it should be of my own doing, gosh-darnit!
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: *eyes soup* That looks tasty.
only if it's ketchup soup.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Okay I only gave it to people in the People's Republic of China (where its illegal to own due to several contraversies) and people scattered across eastern europe who have no means of getting it in their own language. Thus I give it to them.
LOL, ya I know what you mean, though remember that applies in reverse sometimes. *remembers a RvB episode*
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Sheesh, what do the Chinese have against soup?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Hot Soup.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Somehow, complaining about one's manhood being insulted and then going on to say that nothing can beat my computer-generated German tanks is a bit...clashing?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Not at all just means I'm a compueter gamer nerd.
My manhood is perfectly functional or thats at least what all those hot woman tell me afterwards Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
What game is that in?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
...
*falls over*
Okay it didn't actually happen, I'm waiting to get a job first then a girlfriend so I can pay for lunch and get her gifts... Radek keeps saying I should just go out and chat with them right away but I aim to think ahead here.
But trust me when I say I am not impotant, and its at least average sized.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
rofl
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Blayne, I sincerely doubt that your lack of a job is the biggest obstacle to your getting a girlfriend.
-pH
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
On the plus side, you don't speak the prevailing language of your home town, so you've got that working in your favor.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Downloading a game one can't afford and able to do well in the sack are two completely different things
I find it really sad that you equate manhood with pleasuring women (I assume) in bed.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
The only thing I can think of is jumping infront of a bullet to save someone and that I would do since I don't why I'm here in the first place.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Everytime I read 'impotant' I giggle. Cause I think of the juxtaposition of the two words that it could mean.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I don't even think that's a coherent sentence.
Edit: Blayne's sentence, that is.
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Actually I've never tried to get one yet, well except this one vietnamese girl but turns out shes dating a friend of mine instead. Life sux.
Essentially its due to lack of trying but there are many girls however who have no problem hanging out and talking to me and several hug me upon sight.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
If you think that just because a girl hugs you, she wants to date you, well, that's a whole nother set of problems right there.
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'll restate what I said; the only other attribute for manhood is imho is risking your life to save someone else's, that is something I would do in a heart beat. My life is important to no one, why should it matter if I live?
edit: no I mean that none have problems being around me, I dont equate hugging with datishnish srry for the mixup.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
What makes this all the more tragic is that when the Chinese finally conquer Canada, they'll put Blayne in charge.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Girls LOVE low self-esteem! It makes us all hot and bothered. Oh yeah, baby. Tell me again how worthless you are.
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Hey, why not? I'll finally be able to put the french in their place. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Am I understanding you correctly that the only things that contribute to someone's manhood are A) sex and B) dying?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Being told your worthless over and over again for 12 years eventually does that to you.
"A Lie told often enough becomes the truth" - Vladimir Lenin.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Excuse but being someone who has only movies, rumurs, books and videogames to rely on I really have no idea but a hunch what manhood is.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Well, fine, but girls aren't going to jump all over that. If YOU think you're worthless, then what do you think of US that we're willing to date you?
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Girls who are willing to date me are the most beautiful and kind people on the planet. Aren't I great at flattery Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
No, dude. Girls aren't going to go for that. I HATE dating guys who think very little of themselves. It's ridiculous. If you're such an awful person, why should I waste my time?
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'm not awful, many people said that they think I'm not a malicious person, I just get paranoid sometimes. Sometimes as I look back, I wonder what I lost.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Okay, so you don't think you're awful. You just think you're worthless.
Again, girls don't go for that. Girls like confidence.
-pH
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Well, hey, at least he's got an accurate self-image.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'm confident that I know more history then most people, I'm confident in my ability to argue test wise (my verbal ir horrible), and I'm confident in my ability to shoot down a F-35B in a J-10
I'm confident in video games but once I start losing sometimes it hits me psycologically and I give up once I start really losing and I feel there is no way to win.
However, I've been thinking of some things recently, helping people with their problems has finally rubbed off on me, I just... I can't explain it. I remember back in elementary school I was on good terms with everyone, there were no nerds or jocks, just us vs them (boys vs girls lol )
But, throughout high school everything changed, I became a loner, I didn't like hanging out wiht people except Chris, Tiff, James and a few others playign Magic and 1 failed attampted at D&D. But things polarized all the people I could've hung out with became hostile and cruel, and my circle of close friends shrunk.
I graduated not going to any event, field trip or prom/dance. I tried to ask one girl but I was too shy.
Grade 9 was probly my peak of academic performance since i had a friend to compete with.
Then I graduated, Abbott barely accepted me due to many mishaps and confusion.
And now here I am, failed 4 course in total for the first time, 1 french, 1 gym, 1 linux, and 1 Visual Basic 6.0.
I wanted to go into History but was nagged out of it, I was told by my parents that there's no demand and my mom later on goes "you gave up too easily" and said something that pissed me off right afterwards.
I made some friends, mostly friends I could play games with, I joined a Student Newspaper and I review games (Halo was a disappointment btw). And I met some christians who are nice and are fun to hang out with.
I'm just feeling depressed these days. I'll move out probly after summer. Get rid of the distractions and try to focus on academia.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
You have to be confident with girls if you want to attract them.
Seriously.
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I will thanks for the advice.
KoM, is THERE ANY WAY that we can be friends?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Blayne, I was actually very moved by your last post.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
You mean you weren't offended when I dissed Halo? I love Red vs. Blue but Halo didnt match up to the hype.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Stop pirating Pdox games. Pirate EA games if you like, it's still theft but I don't like them.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I have never Pirated Paradox games (except EU2 but I deleted it) and I am sorry for asking you for them. I am currently buying at GREAT AND TERRIBLE price Victoria and Crusader King.
EA is unpiratable they're... just evil.
As for Hoi2 I got that from a friend which he bought that is not pirating under Canadian law.
Is that okay?
Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :
*gets in*
Well that was pretty hypocritical... Unless it was a joke.
*gets back out*
KOM's post, I mean.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
<looks up Paradox games>
Strategy? Ah, no wonder.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
NOOOOOO! The Great Officer Purge, 10 Dissent and I lose my best Generals Posted by Princesska (Member # 8954) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: and people scattered across eastern europe who have no means of getting it in their own language. Thus I give it to them.
So did you translate the game into an Eastern European language, or are you simply stating that the game isn't commercially distributed there? But actually, who cares? It's Eastern Europe. If their laws still resemble Russia's, then copyright infringement may not be persecuted much. I mean, gee whiz, if it wasn't for bootlegs, who in the USSR would have heard of the Beatles?
quote: I'm not awful, many people said that they think I'm not a malicious person, I just get paranoid sometimes. Sometimes as I look back, I wonder what I lost.
And your paranoia, that's what's ruining you!Attracting a member of the opposite gender is something that if you try too hard at, you'll fail. As Yoda once said, "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." Nothing creeps us girls out more than a guy who's obviously desperate!
Don't focus on trying to date a girl or get her in bed. If you're chatting with her, just enjoy the chat itself. Girls like a good listener.
However, I do think that you'd do well to get a job. You'll get out of the house on a more frequent basis, meet new people, and have something to chat about besides whatever you're doing on your computer. Girls like a guy who has a rich, well-rounded life... But, don't let your lack of a job hold you back from flirting with a girl in the first place. Some of us modern women can pay for our own dinners, ya know.
Also, renew your efforts to learn la francais or stop whining and move to a town where people know English (yes, it can be done). Alternately, try online long-distance "dating". I don't consider it a real relationship if you've never met the person physically, but online dating might be good practice for (or actually turn into) the real thing. If anything it's low-pressure, which might combat some of your paranoia, ease you into things a little.
Calm down. Breath deeply. It may not seem like it now, but your time will come. (if it can come for me, it can come for anyone)
quote:And I met some christians who are nice and are fun to hang out with.
Do you go to any church, perhaps the one your christian friends go to (and may have invited you to already)? This makes me think of an article from The Onion .
If you make an honest effort to expand yourself socially, and thus improve your life in general, the dating thing may take care of itself.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Here's a tip on how to deal with self-esteem issues, Blayne: don't get down on your knees and beg people to be your friend.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: I have never Pirated Paradox games (except EU2 but I deleted it) and I am sorry for asking you for them. I am currently buying at GREAT AND TERRIBLE price Victoria and Crusader King.
EA is unpiratable they're... just evil.
As for Hoi2 I got that from a friend which he bought that is not pirating under Canadian law.
Is that okay?
Excuse me, but that is pirating. And I very, very much doubt that Canadian law differs so much from the rest of the world. Your friend bought the right to play the game, he did not buy the right to copy it out to all and sundry.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
KoM is the only exception to that for me trust me. They're are many people whom I know are a88h0l3$ and aren't worth my time, trust me I don't beg for friends and no I am not christian I believe they're MIGHT be a God not I do not believe there is enough evidence to prove or disprove.
And also I do enjoy chatting with girls they're are some 2 dozen girls I consider from acquaintances to close friends. 2 in the latter most in the former.
I don't translate I just give them the english game because they cant get it period, they're own language would be comvenient, I'm learning Mandarin. Hi hao, Ni shunti hao ma?
As for "trying" that is the problem I try too little only twice I have made any significant attempts, both failed and were several years apart. One was because I was too shy and the second time I think I already explained a while back, she just wasn't interested.
I'll move out, I'll get a job and save up and move out. I'll move to Ste Annes where my college is. The only thing that might keep though is my computer I've heard somewhat to the effect that gift or not I don't think my parents will let me bring my OWN computer out of the house. I'm just going to have to save up extra money and buy a new one probly that will be my personal property.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
King of Men, I did indeed look this up a while back it is not infringing on Canadian Copyright laws to give a copy of a game to a friend.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I can't find where it says the lawful owner of a game cannot make a copy or give away private property. So far everything mentioned applies only to music.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
quote:3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, “copyright”, in relation to a work, means the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatever
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
You couldn't have been looking very hard, then. Canada is a signatory to the WIPO Copyright Treaty, which protects computer programs as literary works. Can you copy a book and give it to a friend? I think not.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
And that means? Almosts sounds like that a company can't sell the game they themsleves made, I looked but it doesn't make sense.
Also what about the section about copying for private use? There's a certain lack of comprehension here.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
What about copying pages of a book and distributing it to a class? Nearly all ym teachers do it. I got his game his ORIGINAL CD, where does it say its illegal to give away private possessions? Otherwise it'ld be illegal to giveaway gifts.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Gah, too many people around here think that getting a boyfriend/girlfriend will solve their life problems. It won't. And do go out SO-hunting, either. It's obnoxious.
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
SO? Sovereign Onion?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
First, your "company can't sell the game they themsleves made" thing" is obviously nonsensical; since they hold the copyright, they're the ones with the right to produce or reproduce the work reserved to them.
There are significant exceptions for educational use, they're on the following page. That page also has an appropriate quotation, which constitutes almost all the fair use available in Canada wrt a computer program.
quote:30.6 It is not an infringement of copyright in a computer program for a person who owns a copy of the computer program that is authorized by the owner of the copyright to (a) make a single reproduction of the copy by adapting, modifying or converting the computer program or translating it into another computer language if the person proves that the reproduced copy is (i) essential for the compatibility of the computer program with a particular computer, (ii) solely for the person’s own use, and (iii) destroyed immediately after the person ceases to be the owner of the copy; or (b) make a single reproduction for backup purposes of the copy or of a reproduced copy referred to in paragraph (a) if the person proves that the reproduction for backup purposes is destroyed immediately when the person ceases to be the owner of the copy of the computer program.
The copyright doesn't just apply to the disc, that's just the medium. The copyright is on the work, the game itself. To keep an installed copy while giving away the game cd for someone else to install a copy with constitutes infringement of that copyright.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: SO? Sovereign Onion?
Significant other.
-pH
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: I got his game his ORIGINAL CD, where does it say its illegal to give away private possessions? Otherwise it'ld be illegal to giveaway gifts.
If he gave you his original disc, and didn't keep a copy for himself, that should be alright, right? (I'm no legal expert). From my limited understanding, you buy one copy of the game, you have a right to one copy of the game. You can do whatever you want with that one copy. Again, I'm speaking from no experience, but that's always been my understanding and I'd be interested if it turns out I'm mistaken.
EDIT: I just now really read fugus post, which I think says basically the same thing. I'm no good at lawyer speak.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I read that part, it says one is allowed to make a copy for private use, to give away the original bought cd is not copyright infringement. I've only copied it to give to East Europeans and Chinese persons (there is no good plural).
And the interpretation is meant with music in mind.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
In fact I think it is perfectly legal (from my undertsanding taking a Intro to Law class) that keeping a copy for oneself yet giving away the original is perfectly okay and depends on intentions, I could take a Yu-Gi-Oh card copy it give it away and keep the copy for myself for sentimental value and that would not be considered fraud or conterfeit to KEEP it, to trade away that copy however would be (if its fake).
This is from 3 years of YuGiOh addiction.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
No wonder you are failing your courses, if you can't read basic English. It says you are allowed to make a single copy for personal use, if you can prove that you destroy it as soon as you don't own it anymore. In this case, when he gives you the CD. Now, if he didn't keep a copy, that's different, although you might have said so in the first place and saved a lot of trouble.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Yeah Erk got bored. Prefers his WoW and C&C.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
quote: a88h0l3$
Did you seriously just type that? Age level = 12
*makes blayne some soup*
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
L33t speak is not an accurate reflection of someones age.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
I think, actually, you'll find that it is.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
And besides I used it to avoid censors, noone under 16 could possibly understand it.
Its just a reflection of ones nerdiness.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:And besides I used it to avoid censors, noone under 16 could possibly understand it.
So it is an accurate reflection of something about someone's age.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Uh, wow. Blayne, you just lowered my opinion of you even further.
-pH
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Well, I just know it is something my 7th graders use and they are 12... you figure it out.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
oh I c, not in the elementary school's I've been too. (and I mean visited).
I've never anyone younger then 16 use it, I swear if I had known a 12 year old used it I would not have said so.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Argh I hate idiots who keep running infront of my jet on take off.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
::removed for snarkiness::
Seriously, this whole quick reply thing is very unfair. I can't always keep myself from typing the obvious things that must be said to/about people. I need the extra page to give myself time to rethink.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Now I am dying to know...
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by MandyM: So the only thing new here is that clod went off on Tante. Did anyone see why? I missed it.
I really have no idea why clod said what he did. Twice. I'm staying away from him for the time being.
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
tonto, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
I wonder sometimes what people like Blayne did before the internet allowed them to do things like this.
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
*stuffs a cookie in a Hollow maw*
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Man, what an entertaining thread.
I love bulletproof people.
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
Holy cow... are we actually looking up copyright laws? This is getting a little ridiculous. If the kid's friend bought the game and then make a copy for him, so what!? Lets all get off our high horses here please, there are far worse things in the world than copying a game for a friend. This seems like a "lets all smugly rag on a kid who writes english at a grade 2 level" thread, which really isn't all that nice (though I do admit it is midly entertaining). Surely we all have better things to do?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
And I'm getting sleepy staying up waiting for replies.... and how am I bullet proof?
Before the internet was in elementary school and I read alot more books (though then again I was just scratching the surface) and watched Saturday morning tv, oh yeah my parents complained about that too.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Angio: the issue isn't the copying so much as the willful assertion the copying is legal.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Actually, the dogpiling on BB is getting uncomfortable, even for me.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I was actually thinking Blayne, that if we didn't live over a thousand miles apart, we could hang out some time. Oddly enough, you seem like the kind of person I would enjoy. Not boring. Too many boring people out there. Not really sure why I'm adding this in here. Just for the heck of it I suppose. If nothing else, you have my respect for putting up with all this. Not that I'm saying you're in the right, but that you haven't stormed off and made one of those annoying "Goodbye for now Hatrack" threads impresses me.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rakeesh: Actually, the dogpiling on BB is getting uncomfortable, even for me.
I can't think of a thread on Hatrack that has annoyed me more than this one. In the first place, it should have never existed. A personal beef af an individual nature shouldn't be aired in public, particularly while insulting the other party. Second, clod's insult to Tante was out of the blue, uncalled for and, frankly, puzzling. It also is the only direct insult that hasn't been apologized for, and I would add my voice to those demanding an apology. Third, it has been a long time since I've seen piling on of such magnitude. Geez, you think the guy had just posted about how he beat his wife, robbed a church, then ran over his puppy with a lawnmower. I mean, I deplore game piracy as much as the next person, but I don't think it's a capital offense. Talk about a dogpile! I admire Blayne for handling it so well.
Finally, I want to address the issue of low self-esteem and depression. It seems to me that there are those here on the board who have absolutely no clue whatsoever as to how difficult it is to live with a poor self-image. This response is coming from someone who has dealt with problems of depression and low self-esteem for a long time, and thanks to the help of my friends, is succeeding. Even admitting that you have bad self-esteem is incredibly difficult. To all those who find Blayne's lack of self-esteem repulsive, I say this: Before you judge, take a second to walk a mile in the other person's shoes. You have no idea what it's like to live with depression.
Your advice to "suck it up and quit whining" isn't helpful; it's as ludicrous as telling an alcoholic that the solution to their problem is simply not drinking. It may be true, but the alcoholic aready knows it's true--their problem is in implementing it. So you with the condescending "don't waste my precious time with your bad self-image" attitude aren't helping.
Everyone here at Hatrack has their own set of problems. Blayne has said that one of his is low self-esteem. Why don't we, as a community, focus on actually trying to help each other find solutions to their problems rather than telling them how juvenile and silly they are?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Wow. Bryan, I've been trying for a few hours now to come up with a way to write that post. Well done.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Holy cow... are we actually looking up copyright laws? This is getting a little ridiculous. If the kid's friend bought the game and then make a copy for him, so what!? Lets all get off our high horses here please, there are far worse things in the world than copying a game for a friend. This seems like a "lets all smugly rag on a kid who writes english at a grade 2 level" thread, which really isn't all that nice (though I do admit it is midly entertaining). Surely we all have better things to do?
Even after Brian's well-written post, I can't just let this one go. Software copying isn't a "so what?" issue, for a lot of reasons. As someone who's made money from software development and sales, I can tell you that it is a serious issue that affects the livelihood of a lot of people.
It's precisely the "so what?" attitude that many people find incredibly disturbing, and not just because it's about software copying. "So what?" in many areas is a serious problem.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
quote: Software copying isn't a "so what?" issue, for a lot of reasons. As someone who's made money from software development and sales, I can tell you that it is a serious issue that affects the livelihood of a lot of people.
It's precisely the "so what?" attitude that many people find incredibly disturbing, and not just because it's about software copying. "So what?" in many areas is a serious problem.
On this point, we agree. My previous post did little to address my feelings on the issue of software piracy. If this thread were solely a discussion of software piracy, then I would've posted something along the lines of Dagonee's post. But this thread encompasses something more serious than software piracy.
It started out as an uncalled-for attack (with a justifiable premise, but inappropriate on a public forum) on one of our members, followed by more and more insults being heaped upon this person by our fellow citizens of Hatrack. When you add into the mix a total lack of understanding of depresssion and low self-esteem, an issue that I am closely connected to, I had to respond, not necessarily in defense of Blayne's attitude concerning piracy, but in defense of the decorum that makes me continue to visit and love Hatrack, albeit mostly as a lurker.
Posted by Papa Janitor (Member # 7795) on :
I should've stopped this thread long ago. I apologize for not doing so. I let it go because there still seemed a hope of some reconciliation, and there was interspersed a fairly legitimate discussion of copyright, but that was a mistake. The original argument does not belong here (nor do several of the later comments).
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