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I think I'm gonna skip out on this one guys, sorry. I have other stuff to do this weekend and their is no housing confirmation etc.
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Name changed from Aleate :oWho is Courier? is he new?
obvsIt may sound like the kind of bogus claim made on late-night infomercials, but trust me when I say it's true: Arcansi arrogates to himself the right to reduce history to an overdetermined, wireframe sketch of what are, in reality, complex, dynamic events. I guess I should start by saying that that fact is simply inescapable to any thinking man or woman. "Thinking" is the key word in the previous sentence. Certain facts are clear. For instance, his flunkies often reverse the normal process of interpretation. That is, they value the unsaid over the said, the obscure over the clear.
From a purely technical point of view, when Arcansi says that there is something intellectually provocative in the tired rehashing of sinful stereotypes, in his mind, that's supposed to end the argument. It's like he believes he has said something very profound. It's really amazing, isn't it? We can put people on the Moon and send robot explorers to Mars, but identifying and naming power-hungry prevaricators is fundamentally different from using their newsgroup postings as an instrument of rebellion. (Note the heroic restraint stopping me from saying that Arcansi is secretly saying that I should just have an identity crisis.)
I am not predicting anything specific. I just have a feeling, an intuition, based on several things that are happening now that Arcansi will eroticize relations of dominance and subordination any day now. Ugly wimps ought to be worshipping at a higher altar than the bottom line of a balance sheet. The logical consequences of that are clear: It strikes me as amusing that Arcansi complains about people who do nothing but complain. Well, news flash! He does nothing but complain. He really shouldn't break up society's solidarity and cohesiveness. That's just common sense. Of course, the people who appreciate his crusades are those who eagerly root up common sense, prominently hold it out, and decry it as poison with astonishing alacrity.
Arcansi is known for undermining the current world order. This is not only a grotesque betrayal of the principles that Arcansi himself claims to uphold but a clear demonstration of how I, not being one of the many unregenerate potlickers of this world, plan to provide information and inspiration to as many people as possible. This is a choice I have made; your choice is up to you. But let me remind you that Arcansi wonders why everyone hates him. Apparently, he never stopped to think that maybe it's because as the adherents of Randian objectivism believe, when Arcansi is gone, all that will be left from his legacy of hate is the hate itself. Furthermore, as the adherents of empiricism observe, wherever politically incorrect blusterers are seen furthering political and social goals wholly or in part through activities that involve force or violence and a violation of criminal law, Arcansi is there. Wherever mindless palookas are found letting us know exactly what our attitudes should be towards various types of people and behavior, Arcansi is lurking nearby. Wherever refractory turncoats are observed repeating the mistakes of the past, Arcansi will no doubt be in the vicinity. I defy any coincidence theorist to try to explain away those observations. Clearly, Arcansi is interpersonally exploitative. That is, he takes advantage of others to achieve his own infernal ends. Why does he do that? While that question may not be as profound as "What's the meaning of life?" or "Is there a God?", there is a simple answer to the question of what to do about Arcansi's publicity stunts. The difficult part is in implementing the answer. The answer is that we must tamp down any doubts that what we are dealing with here is fashion, politics, and money.
Our real enemies are not people living in a distant land whose names we don't know and whose culture we don't understand. Our real enemies are Arcansi and all others who replace love and understanding with metagrobolism and particularism. As stated earlier, there is no doubt that he will subordinate principles of fairness to less admirable criteria as soon as our backs are turned. Believe me, I would give everything I own to be wrong on that point, but the truth is that it doesn't do us much good to become angry and wave our arms and shout about the evils of Arcansi's manuscripts in general terms. If we want other people to agree with us and join forces with us, then we must spread awareness of the hopeless nature of Arcansi's writings.
There is no inconsistency here; you may be wondering why nugatory social outcasts latch onto Arcansi's diatribes. It's because people of that nature need to have rhetoric and dogma to recite during times of stress in order to cope. That's also why Arcansi's nostrums are a logical absurdity, a series of deductions from a premise that has been denied. Speaking of absurdities, we cannot afford to waste our time, resources, and energy by dwelling upon inequities of the past. Instead, we must give peace a chance. Doing so would be significantly easier if more people were to understand that Arcansi has been fairly successful in his efforts to advocate incoherent programs of Gleichschaltung. That just goes to show what can be done with a little greed, a complete lack of scruples, and the help of a bunch of corrupt, ornery half-wits.
We must show Arcansi that we are not powerless pedestrians on the asphalt of life. We must show him that we can pronounce an enlightened and just judgment upon him. Maybe then Arcansi will realize that there is really no limit to his impudence. And here, I aver, lies a clue to the intellectual vacuum so gapingly apparent in his put-downs. Without a doubt, however, the issues surrounding cameralism are more complex and embedded than he will admit. By somewhat the same token, although I admit it's not an exact parallel, Arcansi fervently believes that newspapers should report only on items he agrees with. This shows that he is not merely mistaken about one little fact among millions of facts but that if Arcansi thinks that there's no difference between normal people like you and me and slimy madmen, then he's sadly mistaken.
Arcansi doesn't want us to fight the warped, distorted, misshapen, unwholesome monstrosity that his ideologies have become. He would rather we settle for the meatless bone of tribalism. Do not be fooled by those who uproot our very heritage and pave the way for his own piteous value system. Such people are trying to prevent you from learning that Arcansi's reason is not true reason. It does not seek the truth but only irrational answers, noxious resolutions to conflicts.
It is singularly apt that Arcansi expresses himself not in ideas but in improvident mental gestures that seek to resemble ideas. With enough time and room, it would be easy to show why this must be true, but the clinching argument is simply that if you intend to challenge someone's assertions, you need to present a counterargument. Arcansi provides none. Contrary to my personal preferences, I'm thinking about what's best for all of us. My conclusion is that what's best for all of us is for me to deal stiffly with mendacious talebearers who dissolve the bonds that join individuals to their natural communities. If Arcansi succeeds in his attempt to drag everything that is truly great into the gutter, it'll have to be over my dead body. I recently informed him that his winged monkeys rewrite and reword much of humanity's formative works to favor antiheroism. Arcansi said he'd "look further into the matter." Well, not too much further. After all, he frequently avers his support of democracy and his love of freedom. But one need only look at what he is doing—as opposed to what he is saying—to understand his true aims.
Arcansi thinks I'm trying to say that separatism is a viable and vital objective for our nation's educational institutions. Wait! I just heard something. Oh, never mind; it's just the sound of the point zooming way over Arcansi's head. This is far from all I have to say on the topic, but it's certainly enough for now. Just remember one thing: Arcansi is the lineal descendant of the cheapskates who nailed Jesus to the cross.
1: Be a pro gamer. This is my life dream, and it's only important to me.obvs
Alright I'll shoot, since I haven't read a lot of your posts,
Arcansi, What are you trying to do and why is it important?
Maybe you do. I wouldn't know.I mean I'm pretty stupid but I don't think I'm *that* stupid lol. I understand where you're coming from. I really do.
I am getting somewhere, or atleast I percieve myself to be getting somewhere, and this is okay with me.The sad thing is that you're a good person, but despite your good intentions you are getting nowhere and you are now notorious in this forum. Sometimes, you need to know which battles are your losing ones and just stop.
No, it matters. It matters because it echos throughout the community, (note my rule doesn't even affect IC's as it's their whole meta, but I'm going on the concept not the example) it lets it be known that such is acceptable, and if even one matchup is won by the player who got lucky, then something is wrong.I think I can speak for most of us that we all like you in person. I wish you could be a little less serious and just accept the rules as they are (Brawl is just a game!). Whether or not IC's chaingrabs are banned (or whatever that thread is about) isn't really a huge concern. There's barely anybody that really focuses on IC in BC.
The reward for a lot of hard work and persistence for the other player?I think you should try the IC yourself. Chaingrabbing all the characters consistently is not easy (well besides Zelda and some others) and the reward for a lot of hard work and persistence are the benefits of a "low risk, high reward" technique, if it even is "low risk".
That's the worst thing you could do.I don't try to be a horrible person. I try to be friendly to everybody here but if I am bothering you I will stop responding to you in the future.
I support the banning of bombs.So you also support banning Peach because she can destroy Pit with a bomb?
It is in no way all I ever do.The reason why you are starting to be disliked is because we are all fed up with your arguments. That's all you ever do and it doesn't take a genius like you to realize this thread is not the place for them.
It is actually you guys that are off-topic most of the time.Thread Opening said:This is the thread for the monthly Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments for the Greater Vancouver Area in B.C., Canada.
I had no plans of leaving you guys. I just stated the endpoints for my participation in this forum. They are in no way near completion.It's unfortunate that you will be leaving us Arcansi, because that's definitely what I think your post is implying. By all means, don't let us hold you back to impose new rules in your area's events.
I never said anything about my paradigms of brawl or their complexities.Sorry I lack the intelligence to understand the complexities of your paradigms of Brawl. Can't be helped.
do u mean a Urc member?We need an ambassador. Someone please sign up. I would consider doing it myself but (as it always has been) one of my major burdens is location.
Hey Harris what's good buddy?Hi. How is everybody.
Not argue != not talk to me.Well all you ever do is argue and if you don't like what I say what else can I do besides not argue?
I would like to link you to a youtube video in which peach's main reason for winning was that 0.043% chance. Except I'm pretty sure you already know of it.Bombs are pulled at a 0.043% rate. Honestly, it hardly poses a threat.
Okay.It seems I need to be more precise with my wording. No, you don't argue 100% of the time, but most of time you are arguing.
You missed my second point. If there is anywhere for me to argue about our tournaments, wouldn't here be that place?Yes this thread is for tournament discussion, but as you know by now it has also become our social thread. I think you are clever enough to know this without any written aids.
I can't relax because there are still problems. I can act and appear relaxed, and I do.I for one would love to see you stay. Just relax, have a chat, and enjoy your time. You aren't meant to exhaust your brain in this thread!
This almost works.@ Arcansi
Alright consider this analogy:
Kids have a game of hopscotch at school with a simple but imperfect rule set. One kid decides that it's unfair and tells them to use his elaborate balanced rule set. Noone listens because:
1. It's a simple game of hopscotch. They just want to have fun without making it too complicated.
2. They only have 20 minutes to play. They don't see the reason behind figuring out his complicated rules when they're already content with their game.
Some kids continue to play their game and ignore his rules while others call him an idiot without saying why because they think it's obvious.