TehPickle

That is brilliant!

@liquiddragon: Alas, yes...

It might, though! It might!

It won't...

Shenmue III - Yes, I'm one of those.

@ajasmer: No worries, sir / madam. Hope it fits like a glove :)

@rongalaxy I've never had that issue previously, though I admit I wouldn't necessarily put it past a complete stranger to do that. 'Tis the internet after all.

It's all meant in good spirit, and that's always been reciprocated with a response.

Besides, I'd rather not try and make this into a dog jumping for a biscuit or something. Y'all can have it, no need to ask! :P

EDIT: The Coupon has been redeemed. Sorry if you missed it!

Dearest Duders,

So, I've just subscribed for another year, and have a $15 GB store coupon for one of you lucky folks to stumble upon, hapazardly.

Here's the code:

0a66c6fe9342-8c3fttdf

And here's a link to the t shirt that you should be buying with it. Or, if you don't trust my superior taste (shame on you), then you can just go to the main store page instead.

Have at it!

To the recipient of this gift: Please come back here and announce your claim, so other folks don't waste their time trying fruitlessly.

@rorie While making posts like this showers me warm, fuzzy feels; I'd love it if you guys could work on a premium 'gift' that didn't work out to be quite so cost prohibitive for non-US folk. <3

I want my emancipation already!

I didn't read the 'Resting State' article, just the wee quote synopsis that Patrick Provided. After those two paragraphs, I didn't have the spirit to dig deeper.

It takes some really backwards logic to say all this F2P energy nonsense is somehow doing the players a favour: granting access to some kind of wonderful life that they didn't know existed, but would know about if they just stopped playing those damn games and went outside for a bit. How fucking dare these players have nothing better to do with their time!?

Related aside: My mother is disabled and getting old, and has very little opportunity for 'life' as the author tries to define it. Should these people be just thrown to the mercy of the very worst F2P crap, because they should get out more, so fuck them for not trying hard enough? I hope not.

I can understand linking the article because it's 'interesting,' but even support of an interesting article (regardless of how much you may disagree with it's premise) can lend credence, and sow the seeds of doubt.

Bottom line: Everybody is different. One persons definition of 'quality of life' is not the same as another's. To lump everyone into the same boat shows just how incredibly out of touch the author is.

Just fucking gross! For shame, Solon Scott.

And somehow I'm more angry now than I was during my hours at work.

@patrickklepek I'd be interested to hear your take on this, as I noticed you didn't commit one way or another within the article. I assume you highlighted it for the purposes of discussion? It doesn't give me pause for thought, personally. It just makes me more righteously indignant about the entire concept.

I'm still playing Marvel Heroes. Still!

My opinion is somewhat hypocritical. I think all offensive shit should be flagged, but I hardly ever take the time to do it myself. In that sense, I'm part of the problem, but I try not to feel too badly about it. I'm on the internet in my downtime, and I'd rather not spend that time focusing on the absolute dregs of society.

I often wonder to myself what the internet would be like today if it was as pervasive 50 years ago as it now, but lingering on that thought for any amount of time tends to depress me.

Perhaps I should make more of an effort to stamp that shit out. Maybe I'll start tomorrow. Tomorrow, yes... That the will be the day...