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Shit, thanks for the reply guys. Figured I was better waiting. Came pretty damn close to making a fun looking Zombie Marston character. I'll be waiting on a sale then.

I'm not a PC Guy, I'm a PSN guy. Mainly because my console has some weird issue where it can't read discs and if I want to play disc games, I have to use my family PS3.

I know PSN has some strange sales sometimes, so I guess I'll be waiting.

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#2  Edited By SideburnGuru

First off, let me explain. I used to love the Saints Row series, but three kinda spoiled what I loved and Four always seemed too out there for me. I never got around to it, up until recently where I stopped taking Saints Row so seriously. It was never meant to be, and I got over the pointless vendetta I had against the new game.

I made myself a few wagers. I'd pick up the game for like, 40 bucks if I could do the following.

One: Use the powers as sparsely as I want. Meaning, if I wanted to drive around and shoot normally, I'd still have a good chance.

Two: Could I make Zombie John Marston. It sounds crazy, but I really wanted to make Marston mainly because he's from my favorite game, he's my favorite character, and when Undead Nightmare came out, I loved the idea of John getting a second chance as an image of true hate. It sounds weird, but my point is.

Could I make him? Marston in general, then the zombie stuff I could add afterwards. I haven't seen a single good Marston yet on this game.

I'm only making these ridiculous wagers because I still don't know how much I want it. If I knew I could do the two, I'd say hell with it and jump right on in.

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Fans are on a nonstop outrage on Facebook and Twitter right now.

As a Punk fan? Good. Let it continue. WWE may be showing up at Punk's door.

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Still over here waving my "Man Of Steel" flag around.

Nearly forgot about Captain Phillips, Pacific Rim, The World's End, and Monster University. All up there as well... BUT.

Man Of Steel.

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I think the mass population has already replied to this when the one mission in CoD popped up. The one you even had an option to skip. The airport one? Where you had to take down civilians? They complained about that mission.

They also complained about the terrorist issue in GTA 5 where you had to torture that one guy. I mean, games that are rated M are getting slammed for moral reprehension already.

I seriously doubt they could handle a game about rape over here. That's probably always going to remain in other countries besides America. And I can't blame them, I'm not too fond of those games about rape/torture either. I think it's pretty jacked that people get off to that shit.

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@gamer_152 said:

On one level, sure, not giving people the reaction they want is a good way to get them to move on, but I don't think it's the answer here for a number of reasons. For one thing, a lot of the time there's not going to be a moderator in the space these people are speaking in who is going to silence them. For another, we need to give support to the people who have to deal with crap like this on a regular basis. And for another, a lot of these people aren't just trolls trying to get a reaction, the things they say and way they behave are the product of honest beliefs that have become ingrained in a large section of the gaming community and society as a whole. For example, there are people who believe that it's okay to harass to women, don't understand why what they're doing constitutes harassment, actually think that women's contributions in gaming are inferior to men's, or don't understand why we should aim to be inclusive to women. The problems here are not simply one or two isolated incidents, but rather indicative of larger systemic problems that we desperately need to fight. We need to show that a certain kind of behaviour isn't going to be tolerated in our communities.

You wouldn't ignore any other kind of problem and then magically expect it to go away and we can't do with this one. There's a reason why anti-bullying campaigns exist and why movements for discriminated groups of people are often about people standing up and being vocal. Perhaps as big or bigger an issue than the people doing the bullying in the first place is the number of apologists and people dismissing this as a genuine problem. This issue isn't going to be solved by apathy, and when bullying leads to discrimination, depression, and suicide I don't think we can be too dramatic about seriously trying to fight it.

But is "fighting it" the correct way? Josh Mattingly will be shamed and insulted for a while to come after his mistake, and while he seems aware of what he has done, that kind of retort seems as vile as the bullying. If our goal is to educate these people who don't understand the impact of their actions, won't grabbing our pitchforks surely make things worse?

I think Danny O'Dwyer made a video on the topic, in which he proposed we start a conversation with these people. (I think I'm remembering that correctly). That's what I'm getting at, I guess.

It depends. It backs them down, that's for sure. And schools have been preaching that "Just walk away and tell someone." for years and it hasn't worked. It may be different on the internet, but the bottom line is, they need to start fighting back.

You have to start tearing these people down so they're off the high horse to see eye to eye. Sad, but true.

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Oh god. I'm going to be.. 21.

You're all making me feel old, shut up.

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The World's End was up there for me.

I guess mine would easily be Man Of Steel. I know many didn't like it for their own irrelevant reasons that could have been answered. But it was pretty damn great for me. Easily my favorite Superman movie.

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@jacdg said:

How I did was basically developing a sense of self deprecating humor, which completely left them with no weapon. It's kinda like how Eminem/Rabbit wins the final rap battle in 8 Mile.

I applied that with an attitude of fighting back and observing from afar to completely tear the bully back down.

Does it make you a bully in the process? Yeah, but hey. Survival is survival. As long as you only defend yourself.

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#10  Edited By SideburnGuru

@milkman said:

@jjbsterling: watch NXT. It's essentially the WWE minor leagues. It's on Hulu and consistently better than Raw every week.

He said relevant.

NXT is great, but it's nothing he has to waste his time over. I do, regardless.