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    Far Cry 3

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Nov 29, 2012

    The third installment in the series sees a reluctant victim battling nature, pirates, and the island's insanity-inducing jungle to rescue his friends and family from an island paradise gone horribly wrong.

    Do you know what the definition of insanity is?

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    Apparently, Mr. Crazy Voss did not. Trust your instinct Voss, they were bullshitting you. Did anyone else catch this? I mean, really? Do some research.

    insanity 
    [in-san-i-tee] 
    1. the condition of being insane, a derangement of the mind. 
    2. Law . such unsoundness of the mind as affects legal responsibility or capacity. 
    3. Psychiatry . (formerly) psychosis. 
     
    And to further prove my point: 
     
    insane 
    [in-seyn
    1. not sane, not of sound mind. 
    2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is mentally deranged. 
    3. utterly senseless. 
     
    So, Mr. Voss, which idiot told you the definition of insanity? 
    Please note: I'm just doing this to be an ass. Certainly there will be some prick explaining to me that he gave the correct definition; I don't really care. But did anyone else catch this?


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    #2  Edited By mazik765

    The definition in the trailer comes from a well known quote from Albert Einstein...who I'm lead to believe was a fairly intelligent individual.
     
    Either way, it doesn't matter.

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    #3  Edited By JasonR86

    Insanity is not a technical term.  It is not in the DSM-IV-TR (if it is in V, which it won't be, there would be hell to pay) which is what every mental health practitioner uses.  It is a media and societal creation.  Therefore, the definition for the word is whatever it needs to be.

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    #4  Edited By BeachThunder

    what was the definition given in the trailer?
     
    @mazik765 said:

    The definition in the trailer comes from a well known quote from Albert Einstein...who I'm lead to believe was a fairly intelligent individual.
    Intelligent maybe, but he also lived a long time ago. There's been some huge advancements in the understanding of psychology/neuroscience since his death.
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    #5  Edited By Yelix

    This seems really petty and pointless.

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    #6  Edited By FreakAche

      This is the definition of insanity:

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    #7  Edited By pepperzz

    I don't think he was talking about a literal definition of insanity. The trailer has him saying that its insane to try to get a different result from doing the same thing over and over again. To some that could be viewed as being insane.

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    #8  Edited By Brendan

    It's not nice to call people pricks in advance.

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    #9  Edited By SuperWristBands

    I was operating under the assumption that everyone already knew that the definition of insanity is not strictly what is said in that trailer, though it makes sense in this case what with him failing to kill the protagonist twice (though I felt this too was obvious...)

    This thread is weird.

    @Yelix said:

    This seems really petty and pointless.

    Also, I agree with this.

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    #10  Edited By Afroman269

    @Brendan said:

    It's not nice to call people pricks in advance.

    but it's necessary if you want to feel like your ego and pride is still intact when someone corrects you.

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    #11  Edited By Brendan

    @Afroman269 said:

    @Brendan said:

    It's not nice to call people pricks in advance.

    but it's necessary if you want to feel like your ego and pride is still intact when someone corrects you.

    It seems to be the new way to actively repel discussion in your own thread. It's like saying "Look, I just wanted to come out and say this, but I don't want to hear any of your opinions if they're different, so shut it"

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    #12  Edited By Barrock

    Notice he kept repeating the phrase over and over.

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    #13  Edited By HitmanAgent47

    The real definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over expecting different results. Jason is right, they don't have the term insanity for DSM books.

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    #14  Edited By JJWeatherman
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    #15  Edited By BraveToaster

    Looks like there's nothing left of the horse to beat.

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    #16  Edited By Eiskalt

    @Barrock: Yes, thank you.

    I though that was the point, he was saying it over and over again.

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    #17  Edited By ShockD

    And not a single fuck was given that day.

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    #18  Edited By FlyingRat

    Well someone could have not missed the point more if he tried...

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    #19  Edited By Jimbo

    Is it taking Far Cry back to a lame tropical island setting?

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    #20  Edited By FritzDude
    @JJWeatherman said:


                       

    @FreakAche said:

    This is the definition of insanity:

    Holy shit that's going to be my ringtone.

    Edit: That's totally my ringtone



                       

                   

    Try to open 9 more of those. THAT's insanity.
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    #21  Edited By warxsnake

    Wow, way to over-analyse a quote from A CRAZY PERSON. 

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    #22  Edited By pweidman

    Same setting, same repetitive gameplay, same lack of a real narrative, same one dimensional antagonist characters....someone at UBI sounds insane,lol.

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    @pweidman said:

    Same setting, same repetitive gameplay, same lack of a real narrative, same one dimensional antagonist characters....someone at UBI sounds insane,lol.

    QFT :P
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    #24  Edited By Belonpopo

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