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[ciaza]

Yeah it was probably a poor choice on my behalf. Someone needs to be revealed to the quirkyness of Japanese culture over time. But hey, it was what got me hooked on manga so I figured what the hell. Do you think that seeing as he hates shonen, we should take a pot shot and offer shojo instead? =D

Hey Battlecow go read Aoi Hana, it's cuter than kittens.

 

[asianaussie]

i think we need to give him boku no pico

 

[ciaza]

Yep.

Between that and Aoi Hana I think he'll take a fancy to one of them. And if not he is a Haruhi man.

 

[clubbadubba]

Never read manga or really watched anime other than dbz cuz it was on cartoon network, but this discussion was going on so i decided to read the first chapter of negima. And wow, battlecow is soooo right. Though to be fair, fitzgerald doesn't appeal to me at all either. Why can't people just only read Harry Potter?

 

[ciaza]

I didn't like Harry Potter. The first chapter was rather dull so I stopped reading =P.

 

[Wenbobular]

I just realized that was the Fairy Tail emblem
Was wondering why it looked so familiar

 

[ciaza]

Yup. Figured why not. I'll have to change it soon though as now whenever I look at it all I can see is a bird riding a snowboard.

 

[Wenbobular]

Cannot ... unsee ...
@_@

I wonder how Battlecow is doing with Negima

 

[ciaza]

I figured that since he hasn't replied he got engrossed in it and will not leave that website until it is finished.

 

[Battlecow]

Made it to like chapter 7

ew

No

But I'll persevere for the sake of argument. Maybe I'll read a Sho-whatever as well, for the sake of argument. I don't wanna be an Ebert-lame.

And the first chapter of Harry Potter was ****in' boss.

 

[Sangoku]

Yup. Figured why not. I'll have to change it soon though as now whenever I look at it all I can see is a bird riding a snowboard.

I thought it actually was a bird on something. Looks like a chocobo.

 

[clubbadubba]

I didn't like Harry Potter. The first chapter was rather dull so I stopped reading =P.

Hey, if battlecow has to read all this manga to have the right to say he doesn't like it, you gotta do the same for harry potter. But read the first book with the mindset of a 11 year old, the second a 12 year old, etc. One of the best things about those books was that they grew more mature with the reader.

And the first chapter of Harry Potter was ****in' boss.

Much less dull than the first chapter of negima, imo

 

[Battlecow]

It's best if you're a child when book one comes out and an adolescent by the end (I was lucky enough to read it like that) but it's fantastic, IMO, no matter how you read it.

 

[clubbadubba]

Yea I was pretty much exactly the same age as Harry throughout the whole series, it was awesome.

 

[DMoogle]

**** **** **** **** **** **** ****

I think I just lost a little over $8K.

 

[Smeagol]

Everybody should read High Scool
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/high_school/
Great manly shonen manga
If you don't like this you aren't a real man

 

[clubbadubba]

**** **** **** **** **** **** ****

I think I just lost a little over $8K.

Are you serious? That blows man. What happened?

 

[Zantetsu]

I'm back. Who's up for playing? 80% of my matches with random kids on Kaillera result in people rage quitting :\

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

I'm back. Who's up for playing? 80% of my matches with random kids on Kaillera result in people rage quitting :\

what server you on?

 

[Zantetsu]

None at the moment. I'm waiting for my Pizza to finish cooking, I wasn't expecting another reply for at least 15 mins, lol.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

alright, i'd be nice to play you again, did you get rusty on me or have you been secretly playing console or something?

 

[Surri-Sama]

I'll kick yur rusty *** any time BHL!

 

[Zantetsu]

I quit in 09' and experienced some high school things. In January, a Melee scene formed in my area and I've been playing a **** ton of Melee.

We have a big midwest tournament (MIST) being hosted here in August and I wanted to money match people at SSB64. I went online to get a feel for the game again and I figured out that I want to actually pick the game up fully rather than just practicing for the tournament.

I still feel quite rusty. There's a lot of melee-like habits that I have yet to break and the lag spikes frustrate me more than they used to. I'm guessing it's because I've been playing Melee so much for the past 6 months and lag isn't an issue at all. I'll just have to give it time to adjust.

Other than that, I really like how the game is progressing. I've played Sheermadness and Peek since I've picked the game back up, and the playstyle of both players have changed a lot since 09'. I have a lot of catching up to do, but I look forward to it all.

Give me about 10 minutes to eat this Pizza.

Edit: Surri, I don't doubt it, lol. **** Pikachu. I can't even use him, my adapter always causes me to **** up his quick attack to where I can only do 1

 

[Surri-Sama]

aha i was jk either way... we just need to play

 

[Zantetsu]

I agree. I'd rather play a good Pikachu and lose rather than winning against most of the grab-happy Pika's on Kaillera.

Just hit me up on MSN or Galaxy.

Edit: Soupa, I'm online. I'm wearing the n0wn tag

 

[DMoogle]

Are you serious? That blows man. What happened?

So on April 15 (AKA Black Friday), the DOJ decided to go after a bunch of head honchos in the online poker world for stuff like bank fraud, and they froze a bunch of bank accounts. The sites affected were:
Pokerstars (PStars, largest poker site)
Full Tilt Poker (FTP, second largest, the one I primarily play on)
Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker (UB/AP, owned by the same company, 3rd or 4th largest I think... maybe smaller)

UB/AP has a very shady history, and anybody that had (has) money on that site is very unlikely to ever see it again IMO. I'll just put that aside for now. I haven't trusted them for a long time.

PStars and FTP froze American player accounts from withdrawing or playing, in compliance with the DOJ. However, after working with the DOJ, PStars was able to allow U.S. players to withdraw within three weeks of Black Friday, which is pretty freaking amazing. I'm not entirely sure how much money the U.S. accounts held, but it was probably something like $200M. PStars has had an outstanding reputation for a very long time.

FTP has a good, but not great, reputation. They're known for having slow, somewhat sloppy customer support. Personally I've had fairly good experiences with their CS, but still nothing amazing. However, when it comes to withdraws, they've always been able to reliably pay their customers, even when there has been legal trouble in the industry. The reason I play at FTP instead of PStars is primarily because I prefer the software and the bonus system is better for the games I play.

Since Black Friday, FTP said time and time again that U.S. player funds are safe, and they're working hard to allow U.S. players to withdraw as quickly as possible, but lots of evidence has come to light that shows otherwise. There's been a lot of information about FTP simply not having the money. They're supposed to keep players' funds and operating funds separate, but it looks like they weren't doing that (this hasn't been totally confirmed though). The lack of good, solid regulatory bodies means makes that even less likely. What has been confirmed is that they're looking for investors, which almost certainly means they're having liquidity troubles.

Anyway, fast-forward to today: the Alderney Gaming Commission, which, AFAIK, is not really a good, solid gaming commission, has decided to revoke FTP's license, probably because of FTP's inability to pay U.S. customers. I'm not sure how big of a deal that might be, except for the fact that FTP's servers are under Alderney jurisdiction. As such, all play (i.e. international) on FTP has come to a halt, thus all of FTP's revenue has come to a halt. Apparently their hearing is set for a month from now. If FTP can't run any games for a month, I doubt there's any way they'll recover as a business. If that's the case, then all their players can kiss the money they had on that site good bye.

It's estimated that the aggregate sum of players' funds is about $300M-$400M on FTP, $150M of which is American. I personally have a bit more than $8K on there (can't check the exact amount right now, because the servers are down obviously).

I used to keep a way bigger portion of my bankroll on there, so it could be a lot worse, but this definitely sucks.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

I agree. I'd rather play a good Pikachu and lose rather than winning against most of the grab-happy Pika's on Kaillera.

Just hit me up on MSN or Galaxy.

Edit: Soupa, I'm online. I'm wearing the n0wn tag

ahh darn.

got distracted.

my play has evolved i guess too, i quit in '08 and just came back in '10 so you're not too far behind me ahah

 

[Zantetsu]

DMoogle, that blows, a lot. I hate to hear that. But I do wonder one thing.. If FTP only had "good, but not great" reputation, then why would you keep 8 grand in there? Maybe I'm just a paranoid person, but I wouldn't ever keep anything more than 500 dollars in a website account of any sort.

I hope this all gets sorted out for you though. I couldn't imagine losing 8k.

 

[DMoogle]

DMoogle, that blows, a lot. I hate to hear that. But I do wonder one thing.. If FTP only had "good, but not great" reputation, then why would you keep 8 grand in there? Maybe I'm just a paranoid person, but I wouldn't ever keep anything more than 500 dollars in a website account of any sort.

I hope this all gets sorted out for you though. I couldn't imagine losing 8k.

The amount of money that trades hands in poker is almost surreal. You need money to play the games, and there have been difficulties with depositing ever since the UIGEA was passed in 2006. Even though I hadn't been playing much recently, I wanted it to be available had I had the urge to return. FTP's never done anything shady, and they've always been able to pay their customers (including myself), even in harder times. They aren't perfect, but they've never shown signs of being in unhealthy financial status.

EDIT: The fact that these companies are overseas + lack solid regulation (actually from what I've heard the Isle of Man Gaming Commission, which regulates PStars, is supposed to be pretty good, but there's still a decent lack of transparency) means that the risk is always there, so there's a decent amount of trust involved when depositing on any poker site. Playing there was a calculated risk, and this time I was on the losing end of it. The reward of profits from poker outweighed that risk though.

 

[The Star King]

I'm not saying that the media is inherently bad; I'm sure there's potential there. But come on- read any manga. Any at all. The poor writing leaps out at you and whacks you until you heave. I guess I won't critique the art (I personally find it jarring and shoddily done, but I suppose that's subjective) but elevating that trash above the level of a guilty pleasure read is a downright sin, and anyone with half a brain will tell you so. I've asked a lot of people for examples of manga that deviates from the standard of badness set by all the manga I've ever read, and I've either gotten more bad manga or no replies.

OK, now, I was waiting for the perfect example, and here it is. You really like to get genuinely upset about dumb things and then be really really abrasive about it and then try to play it off. I feel ridiculous giving you a talking-to about manners or w/e on an ssb forum, but it's getting on my nerves. Be a nicer, less brusque person. Also, if you couldn't tell that I was trolling the PG, my condolences. Manga is genuinely bad. Like, I like literature, I like some comic books, Manga is a straight offense against both. This is not my silly jokingly-American side talking.

I wasn't gonna do that.

Uh, OK. Guess I can't convince you otherwise. I actually like to hate on manga a lot myself, but I wouldn't take it that far lol

Didn't really expect that from you of all people. I'm aware of what you're talking about, though (except the "play it off" part, not sure what you meant). Just for you, I'll try to be nicer in general ^_^ (and I hope you try, too). Sincere thanks for calling me out; people should do that kind of stuff more often.

I was kind of joking. Kind of.

Weak reverse bair > weak nair for the uair -> (bair/nair) -> dair combo.
It's tougher but doesn't hit them as far.

At first I was confused because I thought that whole first sentence was describing a single combo lol

Anyways, I agree. It doesn't hit them as far, making for a larger percent range in which it works, and it also has less lag I think. Weak reverse fair has an EVEN LARGER percent range.[/QUOTE]

I think the series only got good AFTER L died.

Curveball.

Lol dang

Well, I wouldn't say the second half is better, but I don't think it was HORRIBLE like all the L fanboys say it was

OMG SPOILERS

I didn't know The Star King posted in the melee social thread o_O

The 64 Social Thread is like 1000 times cooler.

Yo Battlecow, did you see Code Geass? Or read Full Metal Alchemist?

 

[SheerMadness]

Ordered my computer today mother truckers.

The days of lag free teams is only a week or two away.

 

[The Star King]

I didn't like Harry Potter. The first chapter was rather dull so I stopped reading =P.

Judging an entire series based off the first chapter? Seriously? I almost want to turn the manga-hating side just because of this lol

It's best if you're a child when book one comes out and an adolescent by the end (I was lucky enough to read it like that) but it's fantastic, IMO, no matter how you read it.

THIS. I went back and read the earlier books, and realized that the style is much more aimed at children. The series kind of grows up with you. Maybe that's why it was so successful.

 

[Battlecow]

Didn't really expect that from you of all people. I'm aware of what you're talking about, though (except the "play it off" part, not sure what you meant). Just for you, I'll try to be nicer in general ^_^ (and I hope you try, too). Sincere thanks for calling me out; people should do that kind of stuff more often.

That's dashed good of you. A truly mature response. I will, as you suggest, try as well.

RE A$

dang, man, I'm filled with impotent rage for your sake. I actually heard something about that on the radio a little while back and I was like "jeez I hope A$ doesn't lose any $"

You're just gonna have to hustle it all back, and then some.

 

[The Star King]

BATTLECOW FEELING HIS BUDDY A$

It's beautiful. We're all brothers here *sniff sniff*

 

[ballin4life]

Everyone is wrong. The latter half of Death Note wasn't bad by any means.

If it ends there though its a much better ending. "haha evil wins *****"

**** **** **** **** **** **** ****

I think I just lost a little over $8K.

This is the standard facebook attention ***** status update. Expression of anger with no details, which provokes a million responses of "what happened?"


Seriously though, that sucks. I still primarily blame DOJ rather than Full Tilt though.

 

[The Star King]

If it ends there though its a much better ending. "haha evil wins *****"

Yeah evil should win for once.

Way to ruin the ending through the implications of your post btw. Although we've already spoiled everything else important lol. I'm glad I've already read Death Note.

 

[DMoogle]

This is the standard facebook attention ***** status update. Expression of anger with no details, which provokes a million responses of "what happened?"

Wow you're totally right, sorry about that.

Seriously though, that sucks. I still primarily blame DOJ rather than Full Tilt though.

I don't know who to blame, but I'm leaning toward FTP. If the DOJ has frozen accounts that hold players' funds and only players' funds, i.e. FTP did not mix players' funds with operating funds, then it's mostly the DOJ's fault. However, it looks like FTP DID mix the two, and has been letting people play with money that doesn't actually exist anymore, which is a HUGE no-no.

New development: FTP is trying to make a short-term fix to this problem by acquiring a license via the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. (Subjectoker is a good source BTW).

 

[ballin4life]

Wow you're totally right, sorry about that.

I don't know who to blame, but I'm leaning toward FTP. If the DOJ has frozen accounts that hold players' funds and only players' funds, i.e. FTP did not mix players' funds with operating funds, then it's mostly the DOJ's fault. However, it looks like FTP DID mix the two, and has been letting people play with money that doesn't actually exist anymore, which is a HUGE no-no.

New development: FTP is trying to make a short-term fix to this problem by acquiring a license via the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. (Subjectoker is a good source BTW).

Yeah 2+2 is probably exploding right now, huh?

Anyway, you know that what happened here with the Full Tilt Player accounts is pretty similar to what happens with your bank accounts, right? The money isn't actually there, but the bank keeps enough on hand to give that illusion when people come to make withdrawals.

 

[DMoogle]

Yeah 2+2 is probably exploding right now, huh?

Anyway, you know that what happened here with the Full Tilt Player accounts is pretty similar to what happens with your bank accounts, right? The money isn't actually there, but the bank keeps enough on hand to give that illusion when people come to make withdrawals.

True, but (1) bank accounts are insured by the FDIC up to $100K and (2) I remember hearing that casinos in the U.S. (might not be all of the U.S., but I think at least in Vegas) need to keep enough cash to be able to cash out every chip distributed.

EDIT: And I might be wrong, but I think that banks don't use customers' funds for operating expenses either.

 

[asianaussie]

I don't like Death Note as much as everyone else does.

That really sucks, A$