Xbox Live. Moderators DO exsist.

Oh, if you weren't aware.
Where there is stupidity, there are moderators; Few and far between... but they are there.

Kotaku's Story (1)
Kotaku's Story (2)

The modified (by lupo) video


A snipit of the raw version:


Updates on that:

Lupo (1) got ripped a new one by the internet community, (2) his video backfired, turning into a tidal wave of anger, (3) Anon got hold of his personal information, and it is now everywhere....

His name is Max, he is 16.

He has said that "Microsoft called him and apologized, and said that bill gates is formally investigating, and that The Pro will be fired", and a whole bucked of lies after that video. He also made another attempt at getting support with a subsequent video about how moderators are corrupt.

Recently he made a major apology video that he posted on his youtube, as well as altering his "about me" to read:

"Dear Youtube and all the anon members im truly
sorry for making any one mad or pissed off i hope you can accept this
apology as it comes from my heart and not just a typed up apology im
sorry if i lied to your guys im sorry if i used youtube to my advantage
im sorry everyone im sorry stepto im sorry the pro im done with this
stuff it makes people to angry and has caused way to much stress/anger
but dont worry just because im getting rid of the modding doesnt mean
theres something good in store for you guys again im sorry EVERYONE
that got pissed"

He has deactivated his youtube account, his twitter, and his facebook. However, with the shit-storm that he brought upon his head, I highly doubt that is the end.

People are, for whatever reason, siding against The Pro. Well, some people are... very few.

They feel that the tone he used was inapropraite, that he was talking down to them, and they had all right to retaliate. These people feel that The Pro should not be a moderator for the reason that he did retaliate and he did react to the kids. (there was an original 40 minute video, that has since gone missing?)

"My god the tone on that man! The tone! How dare he speak that way to innocent children just playing a game. He has no right calling anyone's momma and definitely has no right banning those charming young lads. His tone was totally out of line. Who cares that he said nothing wrong and simply did his job, I object to the grievously nasty tone he used with his words.... See More

No one deserves that tone, ever. It was mean and those poor poor video game playing children, just trying to have fun, received the harshest of tones.

Do you hear me!? TONE!"

The Pro is a hero to the xbox live community, those of us who actually have an IQ and sense that is not equivilant to that of a pear. It is this situation, and the millions, neigh billions, like it that casue me to question the usefulness of the human race. The internet is populated by kids like these. Kids who, as put by one Komrade Kayce, were sat infront of a computer before they were handed a book.

Kids who think that trash talking, racisism, homophobia, and general lacking in volcabulary beyond a basic 15 words. Kids who are prone to outbursts, and are incapable of rational thought.

These are the vast majority of people encountered, especially in the First Person Shooter universe.

There are also people that think that xbox live should not be moderated, that nothing should be. Since they are paying for it, they should be allowed to do whatever /they/ please. These are people who think that 50$ a year of their parent's money gives them the right to say and do what they want. As lupo learned, it doesn't work that way.

Some of The Pro's other work on the xbox live suspension forums

"Protester: Dear Xbox Live, I've just been banned for the 3rd time for doing nothing wrong. I don't use a mic, don't mod,my bio is clean and all i do is play mw2(it's always mw2 by the way) with my friends so I don't see how I could get banned. (Post ends with a rant about how they are going to get an attorney and sue microsoft for taking away services that the consumer pays for. Also the obligatory mention that Ps3 is free and then the "threat" of the poster switching to Ps3. Oh noes.)... See More

The reply.

The Pro: You don't mod but your avatar is purple, You have achievment points for online achievments for games on which you have never connected to the online servers, and you've had 3 prior communication bans, but you don't use a mic. Your bio reads "two in the pink one in the stink", and your Gamer Ta is OBAMAEATSMEOUT. and the real kicker I PERSONALLY JOINED YOUR GAME AND OBSERVED YOU CHEATING."

Hero? I think so.

[reposted from: Facebook]

Horses?

What the fuck is the point of horses? Seriously? In today's world what purpose do they serve? They don't function as pack animals anymore, we have trucks for that. They don't function as mounts for long journeys, we have automobiles. They don't really work as glue either, cows work just fine. They don't work as farm animals, since we have tractors... or oxen.

Pretty much all they do is eat a shitload of grain, poop, and be pretty fucking useless.

unless shit goes bottom's up, an apocalypse of sorts ensues, and we need horses to be mounts for our enforcers - knights. That seems like the only realistic reason to keep horses around.

So... keep doing what you do horsies... you shall be needed soon enough.

Avatar: not to be confused with blue people.

As I'm sure everyone who is awesome is aware: there is a live action Avatar: The Last Airbender movie coming out. Avatar was a 3 season cartoon broadcast by Nicktoons (the fella's who also brought: Danny Phantom, Invader Zim, Spongebob... and... um... a bunch of other un-nameables.). For a ytv cartoon is was pretty awesome, and if you don't believe that, believe wikipedia: "garnering 5.6 million viewers on its best-rated showing and receiving high ratings in the Nicktoons lineup, even outside its 6–11-year-old demographic."

"In a lost age the world is divided into four equal powers: Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. In each nation there's a group of gifted people known as Benders who have the ability to manipulate their native element using martial arts and elemental magic. For thousands of years the nations lived together peacefully. But then disaster struck. The young ruler of the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Sozin, began a war of world conquest. The only one who could have prevented it was the Avatar. The Avatar is the human incarnation of the Spirit of the World, he alone can master bending all four elements. But, just when he was needed most, he disappeared. Now, 100 years later, a young Waterbender named Katara and her older brother Sokka stumble upon the long lost Avatar, Aang, who was encased in an iceberg for 100 years. Now, they must help Aang master all four elements before summer when Sozin's grandson Fire Lord Ozai will use a comet to deal one last deadly strike against the other nations and claim a Fire Nation victory. But, all that is easier said than done with the Fire Lord's determined and hot-tempered son, Prince Zuko, hot on their trail."

If that doesn't sound awesome, then you suck. It has a fucking FLYING BISON in it. Bitch.

Anyway, now there is a movie coming out, a live action movie. Now, in the past, live action remakes of cartoons generally are pretty shitty (disbaring of course the Ninja Turtles movie, that was hardcore stuff), case in point: The Super Mario Bros. movie.

To make the movie... much more likely to succeed.... [kill me now... i think i just said that... ew. IT WAS SARCASTIC] M. Night Shyamalan (the tool that brought you: The Happening... Lady in the Water... The Village... although i did kind of like Unbreakable, the sixth sense, and Signs). I would have prefered Uwe Boll do the movie.... who am I kidding... M. Night is the lesser of two evils there me thinks.



God damn... i really am only going to go see this because of what it is... It'll be like the Dragon Ball (Z?) movie... fuck that shit.

Oh, and because of who directs it, I will spoil the ending: Aang will turn out to be not the Avatar, but the firelord, the person he is to destroy.

making friends.

Making friends on the internet is what I do. "Please don't hate me because of my superior intellect and sarcastic attitude" seems to be my life motto.

People hate me. It is just a fact that when you whip out any form of logic, the general population of the internet feels the need to be belligerent, poorly so might I add. There have been many discussions started, particularly on facebook, on account of the lack of tolerance i have for forums (therefore giving them a wide space on the internet, especially 4chan), about such wonderful things as "grammar" or "punctuation" or "the lack of decent insults". All are true if you take time to consider it, grammar/spelling and correct typing were lost somewhere around the turn of the century, replaced by run-on sentances all typed out in this manner: "i seen u at teh moviz! lol ur soooo gay".

When correct grammar and/or spelling comes along, to correct mistakes, it is often met with 'insult'. There are usually some people who agree with the statements made, but a vast amount more that disagree.

Case and point: This Facebook Group where I started aparently a 'war' with a simple wall post. The importance of grammar and especially punctuation has been forgotton.

Look at the following sentences:

Don't stop.

Don't, stop.

The first is a request to continue with the action; the second is the exact opposite -- it's saying that the action should cease. (Cast your mind back to a couple of real-life situations you've experienced and just think of the ramifications of leaving out that little punctuation mark!)

Commas are used to indicate a short pause -- they alert the reader to the fact that the next thought will be connected to the one that has preceded it. (A full stop tells the reader that a new thought is about to start.)

Some writers adopt the "when in doubt, leave it out" approach, but, as we've already seen in the example above, the placement of a comma can radically alter the meaning of a sentence:

He was kicked by a mule which annoyed him. (The mule annoyed him.)

He was kicked by a mule, which annoyed him. (Being kicked annoyed him.)

Sometimes, omitting a comma can lead to ridiculous meanings:

While mother was cooking the baby wandered away.

Often, commas have to be used to avoid ambiguity in sentences:

You don't really like it; you're only pretending to please me.

You don't really like it; you're only pretending, to please me.

These sentences have two quite different meanings -- as a result of the placement of the comma.

Using intelligence is often the best route for insults, the people you are trying to stop from talking, will usually have to stop and think about what you just said. Or they will run and cry to their mommies, whichever comes first.


















really hoping this whole post made sense, that goes a little out the window as I get more tired... and tired is what I am.

to blog, in Elven

Dear me: never forget this site.

English to Elven translator

For everyone who doesn't have JRR Tolken's English to Elven dictionary (or to the people who have lost said dictionary) that site is an amazing tool. I have seen no fault in the database when compared to my dictionary (when i still had it).

Having an english to elven translator on hand really doesn't have many uses, but guaranteed you will never be able to find one (that doesn't suck) when you need one. So far i have found it is quite handy if you want to (a) explore the interesting language JRR Tolken made, (b) come up with a bitch'n character name for a game, or (c) want to tell someone you love them... in elven.

all quite good possibilies.

!

Happy 2010.

Prepare to be fucked up for the next 3 months while you write "dd/mm/09" and then you'll remember it isn't 09 anymore. 2010 brings us 1 year closer to 2012 where we either get to globally point and laugh, or go "shit, our bad".

2010 also means New Years resolutions, and of course looking over my blog here i have realized something. In October 2008 i had more posts than all of 2009. That is not cool... so um... i'll most likely work on fixing that... That's all you get, a loosely applied possible resolution.

2010 is an interesting year for gaming at least. Mass Effect 2, Dead Rising 2, (Halo) Reach, (World of Warcraft) Cataclysm, Dead Space 2, and a couple of others that I can't think of are all set to launch in 2010. Here's hoping most people have jobs.

fly me to the moon

One small step for man, one giant leap for ma--- whinnie the pooh?

little astronaut toys are exciting.

Space is a very interesting topic. Both types of space actually.

Space: a blank area
Space (Outer): any location outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Everyone enjoys blank areas, that are usually reserved for something. In other words: this is my lego play-space. This is your space in which you can nap. This is my sexy-time space... and so is this... and that too.

Not everyone enjoys Outer Space... but they should.

Outer Space has very distinct forms of loving it. You can love it from a science point of view, from a history point of view, from a geography point of view, you can love it from an astronomy point of view, you can love it from an astronaut point of view, you can love it from a science-fiction point of view, etc. My favourite(s) being the last 2 (disbarring of course 'etc').

Who doesn't want to be an astronaut and walk on a surface that is not our own, go out into the galaxy and find new life, play on different surfaces, and leap around in 0G. The universe is an expansive place, and one day the hope is that we will be able to move freely among the stars, it only saddens me that i was born in the era where that wasn't happening.

The science-fiction aspect of course, represents that era; where huge galactic frigates do war in space, or where humanity has colonized distant planets, or where deep-core mining ships traipse the galaxy looking for raw minerals... they are all so glorious.

Space, the amazing frontier.

thispostisgay.

Before the Internet was invented, gay people were those in society who were attracted physically and emotionally to members of the same gender. Since the Internet, everyone and everything is gay. From the gun they use to kill you, to the voice they use to communicate with you, it is all gay, gay, gay. Lag is gay, snipers are gay, noobs are gay, people from other countries are gay, the countries they come from are gay, the ocean the country it's surrounded by is gay, the fish in the ocean are gay, all sealife is gay, life is gay, gays are gay, gay gay gay. Gay.

Using the same one-syllable word to describe everything you don't like might not be an indicator of a varied vocabulary, but who cares? Words are gay.

Quote.

"... when a man hears the same things said about him often enough, he begins to believe them. Tell a child often enough that it is worthless and beneath contempt and it will start to believe such a vile statement is true. Tell a man he is a hero, a giant amongst men, and he will believe that too, thinking himself above all others."

[Brother Amadis, Dark Angels order]

I'm doing just FUCK YOU!

The following rant is brought to you by medication-induced craziness.
you have been warned

The phrase "[and] how are you doing?" has become far too commonly used, and has been butchered. For a phrase that is meant to inquire to someone's personal well being, it is now as commonplace as "hello". When someone says "How are you doing" the standard response is "fine, how are you?"; neither party expecting a real response, its just a formality. To actually inquire how someone is 'doing' you have to be creative with your phrasing, because synonyms of "how are you doing" imply the exact same issue due to the commonplace of the greeting. So, with that knowledge saying "how are you doing" is about the same as going "fuck you" in passing - each implies a lack of caring for the other person.

So, next time you pass someone just say "Hello". Save "how are you doing" for a time when you actually care how the other person is feeling.

The Reason.

The reason for the Twilight Phenomenon (as explained by VGcats)


[BY THE WAY: I approve of true blood. It's a pretty decent show, about pretty lore-correct vampires. Vampires burn up in sunlight, they dont fucking sparkle.]

I want!

Fanexpo is rolling about soon, August 28-30, and I need to gather me some monies for some wicked swag. The problem with that is: I don't have a job to get monies for wicked swag. That doesn't stop me from dreaming...

Among the things I plan on getting there, first and foremost is some new clothing. Since the writes of both LFG and Least I Could Do are going to be there (same company actually) so will their swag.


100% Getting [if they have them]:




Want:





It really sucks that Red vs Blue aren't going to be there again this year, I wanted to get a new hat, and some new shirts... too bad. I also plan on getting such illustrious things as: Some new stickers for my laptop, hopefully some more hellsing, depending on the price the Evengelion boxset, possibly a patch or 2 for my satchel, an attractive skantally clad woman (possibly of the Sailor Moon or Final Fantasy variety), and probably some other neat swag... of course I most likely won't have the money... but oh well.

From this day onwards...

Any piece of technology in my possession will get the name "skynet" (if nameable).

My laptop needs a new sticker...

When your scared...

Something illogical has occurred to me. When someone is scared of the dark, or noises at night, or big scary things, they hide under their covers. What doesn't make sense is it is actually much darker underneath the covers, since no light at all is able to get in. Also: with covers draped over your head how would you be able to see said horror that would be sneaking up on you to eat your flesh and defile your body.

It is all very illogical. However, that doesn't stop me from cowering beneath my covers whenever I get scared. Perhaps I shall have to consult a psychiatric specialist to find out the reason people do such a silly thing...

In the mean time I shall suggest a better means of stemming off late night fears. Get a firearm of some sort (preferably a pistol) and hide it under your pillow. Let those monsters sneak up on you!... instead of a firearm you could go with a big metal object... if you don't have one of those go for a little metal object. If you are without any of the above I suggest hiding under your bed. If you can't hide under your bed I suggest tactically withdrawing under the covers, where of course you will be much safer.

If you don't have any of those, my suggestion is... um... well that would mean your poor and sleeping outside, and in that case you have more to worry about than flesheating monsters - try hobo's, serial killers, mongoose, chickens, rabid house cats, and axe wielding murders.

Too true...

I don't even need to blog about my angst with the internet when my good friend Sohmer (okay not my good friend... more of a guy-who-writes-web-comics-that-I-read) sums it up in such a better way:

"I've talked before about the demise of written language, largely due to the internet. With symbols, shorthand and 'leet speak' so common online, I can only shudder in horror at the thought of how future generations will write to each other.

What's become even more disturbing to me, however, is how lazy we've gotten about communicating. Allow me to give you an example.

It's John's birthday today and being the close friends that you are, you seek to wish him a very happy birthday. To accomplish this feat, you will:

A )Write on his facebook Wall
B )Send him a twitter message, never forgetting the @
C )Compose a MySpace Private Message
D )Send him an E-mail
E )Head on over to Hallmark.com, to grab one of their many clever birthday e-cards
F )Mention him in your next Blog post
G )Comment on his LiveJournal post
H )Send a Txt Message
I )Pick up the Phone and Call him

Be honest with yourself, which option did you choose?

All of us, myself included, have gotten lazy. Technology may have enabled it, but we made the choice, and we continue to make that choice. As time goes on, I suspect that the pick up the phone option won't even appear in your thought process.

What we're doing is creating a society that is so impersonal, that our children will feel more comfortable typing on a keyboard in the privacy of their own home, as opposed to direct human interaction. That's not a pleasant though, to me.

Do me a favor, won't you? Next time you need to get in touch with someone, whatever the reason, either pick up the phone or go see them face to face.

It makes a difference."

It's like poetry, just more awesome... and doesn't rhyme... and doesn't really match format.... actually it's nothing like poetry...

Yahoo... raises more questions.

Recently I have become addicted to yahoo answers. I enjoy helping people that fail at using google, in fact my info page even has a fun new quote: "If people knew how to use google, there wouldn't be a yahoo answers section for video & online games".

Obviously that is the section that I stick to, since I can be the most helpful there. The neat thing about yahoo answers is you get points for answering questions, and more points for getting the BEST answer (and it makes you feel like a hero). Now, I've been using it for 3 days, and have answered 41 questions, received 3 best answers, and 36 of the questions are still open (so I might get best answer for them still, and most likely will).

Its fun, but obviously since I'm blogging about it, it has its downside. That actually isn't the stupid people that can't use google, they make me giggle. When I can spend 5 seconds googling something, and copy and past the answer and the url (as my source), its funny. It is the people with HORRIBLE spelling, grammar, questions, or... well... not questions. To show my frustration with some of these people:

i am a human warroir and i like my warroir a lot. but a lot of people say that the warroir sucs.and i think i want to become a death knight but i want too be a waroir. im just wondering if the death knight is better than the warior or r they the same. i really want to be a waroir but people say it sucs.and i was just thinking when blizzard makes a new expansion pack they might make the waroir better. so my main question is the waroir or death knight better.please tell me the differences. and also i really like my waroir im in lvl 16 and i am thinking of becoming a deathknight.but want to be a waroir forever.but people say they suc. i will give u 10 points.

See? WHAT THE HELL?! Usually they aren't that bad, but there are a lot of times where I have to figure out what the person is asking before I can even answer their question, sometimes I just give up.

I stick to answering questions in the video & online game section (which, I guess is where the stupid people are, damn 1337 kids and their hibbity hop spelling for "u" and "r" and "ne") but that doesn't mean I don't go check out other sections for a laugh, for an upchuck, whichever. For instance:

"I had unprotected sex today, stupid i no, but i got my period yesterday, will i still get preganant?" - that means she was on her period while having sex... unprotected sex.... /barf.

[paraphrased, trust me, you didn't want to see the original] "oh man!!!! what do I do!!! my brother just found out I've been cutting myself. He just went down to tell my dad!!! What do I do?!?!!?! I'm so scared, omg" - ya, you get the jist.

"can I get pregnant from giving a guy [oral sex]" - hehehehehehe

To sum it up:

The best way to sum up the internet is by using wikipedia. However, the best way to summarize the users you will regularly find on the internet:



True story, if your giggling quite hard right now its probably because you have seen that happen about 1000 times (usually if you frequent youtube).

No one messes with the Batman.

You might of heard about this, maybe not, either way.

Christian Bale is starring in Terminator 4 as John Conner. While on set, doing his acting thing, apparently the light guy had to cut across the area (the cameras were not rolling at the time). What do normal people go? Pause and wait. What does Batman do? Rips off his head and rapes the corpse.

He verbally raped this camera man, for a good 2 minutes, at least. Since youtube is... well... youtube, somehow the audio recording made it up. However, what this means is there has been about 3,000,000,000 spoofs and distortions of the original, so its kind of buried. However, family guy did a spoof using the actual recording of Bale.

[Note: The other person (not Peter) IS Christian Bale, and IS the actual recording of him flipping on the lights man]



(family guy's is pretty funny, I wish I could find the whole unedited non-spoof version though, I want to know what the camera man actually responded with)

The 'famous'

[long time no post. With school, WoW, my comic, and my girlfriend, it is kind of hard to get around to update, however I will stick to a schedule if an agreeable one is posted in the comments section of this post.]

When someone says "famous people" the first thought of most is the Hollywood Stars, or stupid blonds who abuse their fame, and are stupid. However, the internet community has its own famous people, that are equally, if not more so, awesome.

At the forefront of internet stars are the Web Comic writers, and the Youtube stars. This is about the second category. I was going to go into a whole bunch of the more famous youtubers and what they do and such, but then I thought...

No.

Souljaboy is one of those 'stars' so screw that crap. Also the vast majority are either really really really stupid, or gay and stupid. I forgot to mention the Parquor people, and the continental dancers. If your really interested in the famous of youtube, they had an award ceremony where a large amount of said famous people showed up. That would be [here].

The person I will talk about, is one with actual talent: Bo Burnham. This is a 18 year old, that sings some really hilarious songs, that are well done. He was at that award ceremony. Actually, there will be less talking about him, and more going "if you don't know about this guy, check him out, here are links to all his current youtube songs". Note: when I say good, I mean he has played at concerts because of his youtube fame.

Sorry, but the songs that he does that are on youtube the piano is a little loud (when the piano is used). However if you feel the need I know thepiratebay happens to have his CD "Bo Fo Sho" (I do not support Pirating this... *cough*). His CD also has 3 songs that ARE NOT on youtube (from bo), but are fucking amazing.

My whole family...



Highschool Party:


New Math


Welcome to Youtube


My Better Half:


I'm Bo Yo


Cookout


A love Ballad


My Perfect Woman


Rehab Center for Fictional Characters


My "little" Secret:


I put these in the order of MY personal favorite to least favorite out of his youtube songs. So, if you do end up watching them all (they're worth it) think about dropping a comment with your order.

END OF THE WORLD!!!

'ze zombies are coming!

A roadsign on the side of a highway in Austin, Texas warns motorists of what is up ahead - living dead apocalypse.


That is what the sign really said, and the picture was taken on a cell phone camera. However, the sign is not of the legal, or literal manner. It was in fact the work of a 'hacker' who broke the lock, and reprogrammed the sign to say "CAUTION! ZOMBIES AHEAD!!!! SEEK COLD CLIMATES!". Then the 'hacker' changed the password on the lock, and ran away, meaning the sign had to be fully reset.

Rumour has it that this was a just an advertising scheme by Capcom for Resident Evil 5. However an official statement from a Capcom employee states that this 100% had nothing to do with them, since it is illegal. That doesn't stop them from receiving free marketing however.

A lot of people aren't too happy about this, mainly the police. This "work of a master hacker" doesn't really break major laws, the most severe is actually "vandalism". The "master hacker" comment was made by Austin's Chief of Police."How to Hack a Road Sign" has been posted on the Internet, and to me it doesn't seem like a very hard thing to do... in fact it seems like its pretty easy.

So... who wants to change a road sign to say:
"HONK IF YOUR GAY FOR JESUS" ?