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It's simple math. The larger the user base gets the bigger of asshole to not-asshole ratio we get. All you can do is flag the assholes and hope the the mods can keep up with banning all the assholes as they come. Flamers are just like bullies, if you don't respond to their posts and just ignore them, they will see they are not getting any attention and they will get bored and move on. But when they get a 10 page thread of people telling them to fuck off and get out they are winning, and they will stay where they are and keep doing it becase thats what makes them happy. 
 
Don't let the assholes win, just hit x on the browser tab and move on as soon as you see a thread that looks like flame bait.

cool, i love to watch his movies. I usually agree with most of his POV's too, although a lot of the time you can obviously see that the stuff he does is just entertainment for his movies. Ether way i always have fun when i watch them. I'm just curious to see what he will do next, there is only so many big hot topic things that have enough people one who think one way to make money from a movie about their POV lol. Maybe abortion, legalizing marijuana or gay marriage.

" I wish I had a lawn off of which I could tell people to get :( "

" ^^question   What games you are so looking forward to, you absolutely going to get it before any other game? mine are Dragon Age, Risen, and The Saboteur all PC games. "

• Tropico 3 (PC)
  

• Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
  

• Star Wars the Old Republic (PC)
  

Note: This is not an anti PS3/360 rant. I have owned all of them at some point and they all do something well with their own pro's and con's.This blog is just made to hopefuly remind people that the PC is still a strong platform for gaming. Despite what the press and industry seems to be expressing these days.

You don't need one of these to play PC games.

It's sad and very maddening when ever i see the PC getting treated as nothing more then an afterthought. One of the big ones for me is when companies ignore the PC version of collector editions, and just flat out don't offer them to the PC consumers, while the PS3/360 get them. Modern Warefare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and Batman:AA are three of the most recent culprits to do this. But thankfully there are still a handful of companies that still see the PC platform for how good it is, and they do their best to play to its strengths. Valve for example is one of the best and most well known companies to do this.

There are still many good things about the PC, all it needs is for the developers and publishers to play to what the platform does well, instead of just porting over what works on a console. Below is just some of those strengths that hopefully developers and publishers will start to look at in the future.

• The install base: The 360/PS3 can fight and brag about what ever sales numbers they wish, but at the end of the day there are more PC's in peoples homes then there are consoles. And that means more potential customers, if the development and publishing communities got off their butts and realized this  they could try and develop more games for that wider demographic.

• What do you think the games are made with in the first place?: Games are made on PC's not on a console. Every part of a game has been developed by a countless number of people sitting at their PC's for years. Every piece of hardware that makes your 360/PS3 go vroom and make all the shiny things happen on your TV was designed and perfected on PC's.

• Mods and Skins: The PC lends itself to allowing developers to make programs and applications to let people make mods and skins for their game. This potentially makes a game's re-playability limitless. Just look at games like Warcraft 3, that's an old ass game, but because of the modding community people still play that game to this day. Another example of this is Fallout 3 and Oblivion. They have had mods made for the game that make it run better, look better and have had many parts of the game improved that where ether just flat out not available or broken and a pain to deal with out of the box. All things you will never get on a console.

• DLC: Most DLC is free on PC's while its ether just not available to some(PS3) or they ask you to buy it(360/PS3).

• MMO'S: Love em or hate them, MMO's are still a major genre exclusive on PC's, with a few exceptions. For people who can only afford to buy 2-3 games a year an MMO is ideal. For the price you would pay for 2-3 games, that at best would last you 3-4 months, you could get an MMO that you could play for a year, Plus there are hundreds of free MMO's out there that are just as fun as the pay to play ones only they are free!

• PC's are not just for games: If you have a PC you can listen to music, watch movies/tv, surf the web, post on this very site your reading this on right now, watch porn, Instant message, watch streaming videos, do work/school work, make mods for you favorite game, learn how to make games, actually make games, buy games/books/DVD's/anything on online stores, read reviews and watch videos about upcoming games, stream live music/video, use social networking websites, and play tons of fun free games online. While the PS3/360 can do some of those things nether of them can do all of them, nor can they do them as easily and quickly as you can on a PC.

• You save more money in the long run with a PC: The myth that PC's cost too much just is not true any more. You can buy a pretty good pre-built PC for around $400-$500 if you shop around, and they can run games that look and play just as well as their console counterparts if not better. Then there is the long term where you save your money. PC's don't cost anything to play online, and the games are always at least $10-$20 dollars cheaper then on a console. If you shop around online stores like amazon they are usually an extra $5 dollars cheaper on top of price drop in actual stores. And then there is steam, these guys know how to do deals. Almost every weekend they have full priced new released games for $20-$30, or packs of whole games for $40-$50 that include 5-10 games. If you add up all the money you will save on the games you buy with a PC you will easily recuperate the initial cost of the system in no time. Or if you prefer to look at it this way, you will be able to buy at least 2-3 extra games per year that you wouldn't have been able to otherwise. Or again, if you want to upgrade a part of your system the money you saved will cover the costs.

At the end of the day people will play on what ever platform they enjoy the most. The platform that offers them the most interesting features and games. It's just sad to see so many people these days who never even think of the PC, or dismiss it off hand. I believe a lot of that has to do with the media and publishers who constantly ignore and hide the PC platform like its some dirty secret, never even mentioning that there is a PC version of their game. Or waiting six months to release the PC version. That to me is criminal.

"PC's are not dieing, there are just less people enjoying the best platform to game on."

  I watched the trailer and i must say its just more hate propaganda against fat people. I personally plan to boycott this!

still the way to go? It never was for me. I always go PC version when i can, and so far the few exclusives the ps3/360 have don't interest me enough to get them. The only one i used to want badly was Valkyra Chronicls, but after watching the anime i found the world the game is set in a lot less interesting then  i originally did.

i'm waiting for the pc version.

Also there is this little show called South Park. They did this one show about some game called World of Warcraft. I think they made the game up thought, so idk if it fits into this thread.