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What are you most excited about for E3?

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JaiTheGuy04

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I really don't know if making an alt immediately after getting banned is a good idea. I'd just follow through on the ban and make everything up when it expires...
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I had this alt for a while, in case I needed to abandon the old account. I'm not quite sure why I was banned, as I didn't have 6 infractions (Only two).
 
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Personally I think that's too limiting from a narrative perspective. Obviously any killing shouldn't be done willy-nilly, but I think it can be done well.
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Except that’s not what heroes should be. Heroes are supposed to be the good we all aspire to. That always do the right thing even if it’s the hard thing. Did you know that studies have shown that families of victims usually don’t feel better if the killer is executed? No matter what the context, killing people is always the wrong thing to do. It makes you no better than the villains you protect people from. It’s not justice.

And yes, I am a diehard Mortsl Kombat fan and still use fatalities when I play. That’s different. For one, in the actual cannon story very few of the heroes are actual murderers. In MK9 Johnny Cage specifically refuses when told to. Notice how you almost never perform a fatality after a fight in the story mode? Only in the non-cannon modes like vs. and arcade. And any killing in the story is always portrayed as having dire concequences that could have been avoided if the characters showed Mercy. I think that might be the moral the story is building up too actually. The villains kill, but they’re the villains. They’re evil.
 
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I remember when I used to cause drama in the NintenZone 6.0 thread, and I probably only got one or two infractions for it. :lol:
The moderators were very merciful on me, and I am thankful for that.
People still dislike me to this day because of me back then. :/
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
No matter what the context, killing people is always the wrong thing to do. It makes you no better than the villains you protect people from. It’s not justice.
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That's ridiculous.
Context is everything, and it defines the morality of the decisions people have to make.
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Except that’s not what heroes should be. Heroes are supposed to be the good we all aspire to. That always do the right thing even if it’s the hard thing. Did you know that studies have shown that families of victims usually don’t feel better if the killer is executed? No matter what the context, killing people is always the wrong thing to do. It makes you no better than the villains you protect people from. It’s not justice.

And yes, I am a diehard Mortsl Kombat fan and still use fatalities when I play. That’s different. For one, in the actual cannon story very few of the heroes are actual murderers. In MK9 Johnny Cage specifically refuses when told to. Notice how you almost never perform a fatality after a fight in the story mode? Only in the non-cannon modes like vs. and arcade. And any killing in the story is always portrayed as having dire concequences that could have been avoided if the characters showed Mercy. I think that might be the moral the story is building up too actually. The villains kill, but they’re the villains. They’re evil.
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I absolutely hate killing IRL too, but context is everything.
 
SnakeFighter64

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Idon said:
That's ridiculous.
Context is everything, and it defines the morality of the decisions people have to make.
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ShinyLegendary said:
I absolutely hate killing IRL too, but context is everything.
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Agreed. Context is very important. But I have never seen a single situation in fiction or in reality where killing someone has lead to a positive outcome. At least, one that couldn’t also be accomplished by lifetime imprisonments. And let’s be real here, There are fates far worse than death.

Either way, it’s not something that our SUPERHEROES, our ultimate embodiments of truth and justice, the ideals that we should all strive to replicate, should be doing. There’s always another way.
 
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Smashboards: Some days discussing the importance of gay marriage and the morality of circumstantial killings, other days discussing whose anime girlfriend is the bestest.
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Agreed. Context is very important. But I ave never seen a single situation in fiction or in reality where killing someone has lead to a positive outcome. At least, one that couldn’t also be accomplished by lifetime imprisonments. And let’s be real here, There are fates far worse than death.
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Then honestly, you haven't seen enough of fiction or reality in which case the killing of an evil person is the only effecttive solution. Either that or you've somehow justified to yourself that literally every instance of such was somehow unavoidable.
 
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Smashboards: Some days discussing the importance of gay marriage and the morality of circumstantial killings, other days discussing whose anime girlfriend is the bestest.
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Idon said:
Then honestly, you haven't seen enough of fiction or reality in which case the killing of an evil person is the only effecttive solution. Either that or you've somehow justified to yourself that literally every instance of such was somehow unavoidable.
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Name 5. Give me five examples where you had to kill the evil person and you couldn’t have just locked them up for their entire life.
 
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Buffalo Soldier said:
Smashboards: Some days discussing the importance of gay marriage and the morality of circumstantial killings, other days discussing whose anime girlfriend is the bestest.
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Or all days, I talk about that one thing I am most comfortable talking about...

Manga recommendations!!!

Yoshi manga when?
 
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Why do all the weird discussions happen when I'm not around. Does my presence hold the madness at bay or something?
 
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Don't get me wrong, I hate killing.
Sparing everyone is hard though. :<
 
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So I’m trying to go something of a no-kill mortality in my own stories as well but I also want to explore the ramifications and consequences of going either way.

However I must ask this, what would your stance be on the possibility that there is absolutely no chance for redemption on their end?
 
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You really think we couldn’t have just locked him up for threat of his life? The mofo was already dieing he was so old and sick. Plus the ******* took his own life.
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I have decided to steer this discussion firmly out of that territory.
I now would like to introduce this:
In mass shooting scenarios, is killing not necessary? If the killer has a gun, would you rather just try to get him to surrender, hoping he doesn't just shoot and kill more people before you take him down, or kill him as soon as possible to minimize lives lost?
 
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