In response to Popisfizzy
you know what?
a lot of these comments are so stupid and misleading that they dont even deserve an answer!

Popisfizzy wrote:
Shiny11100 wrote:
then so does nearly EVERY game in the world does

Only very recently

ok that is true...it is only very recently, if you call the past 8 years very recently.

no actually you are wrong...if you would WATCH the NEWS you would know that it was banned in many countries due to violence, and all but 1 of those countries have never banned any games before, and if CoD4 is tame compared to other games, and if GTA4 is so bad, then why was it CoD4 that was banned and not GTA4?

I'm sure the fact that these are Islamic countries and that you kill Muslims in several in-game missions are only a coincidence

1: they werent all islamic countries
2: a lot of countries in europe banned the game

well that's one screwed up image of a forum, a forum is for people to discuss and debate, but the point isn't to try to make others look bad compared to you and make you look good compared to a god

The purpose of a debate is to make your stance look like the better one, which involved making the other person's stance seem worse. That involves degrading their stance, so a big DUH! goes out to you.
(this one does not even deserve a reply)

obviously i do because it was in the news and i watch the news ever day

If you watched the news everyday you would be well aware that the reason this game was banned was for the depiction of the death of Muslims.
actually the germans/friench/spanish shouldn't care about muslims

well that just proves that you yourself are childish by trying to make others look bad

Skippy, I'm not trying to make other people look bad. You're doing it yourself by making inane posts and remarks in all caps and using excessive punctuation. You would look just as ridiculous if I had ignored it all together.
that's bull and does not deserve a reply
and you look more then perfect... you just dont get it do you? the ACTUAL point of a forum is to ask questions to get them answered, and help others that have asked questions by answering questions that they asked, not turning they're question into a major argument.

Many questions are answered through argument. You don't seem to understand the concept that an argument isn't a bad thing. It only starts becoming bad when names are thrown around and the whole thing loses its value. It's also rather useless when one side sticks to a stance that is poorly informed.
that's also bull and does not deserve a response

what you dont realize is that the world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around the sun

Oh, wow, I'm sorry, I didn't know you could get into my head and know that I think the world revolves around me (which I don't). I probably have more perspective on how insignificant each and every one of us is than most people, just because if their blind ignorance.
because "if" their blind ignorance? who was your english teacher? wow! whoever it was sucked!

, and actually think of this: in 2 years: a forum thread that is just one big argumant:

A: benifits no one
B: in 2 years this argument wont even matter
C: nothing good would come out of this thread anyway because the question had no rellivence

If it benefits no one, then why do you bother to argue? By your own logic, you are performing the very useless act that you deride others for, making you a hypocrite. If this is the superior stance, and you are aware of it, then why do you take the inferior route?
you realize that YOU started the argument not me, if i remember correclty, i posted a comment then you pretty much said it was a stupid comment, then i just tried to justify it

a forum thread that has a rellivent question and no arguments:

A: no arguments so nobody looks like a jerk
B: no enemies are made so nobody is still mad over nothing
C: the origonal question is answered so the poster is happy
D: you realize that the civil war started over an argument over slavery right? just an argument

You don't understand one basic thing about arguments: arguments don't exist purely to make another person look like a fool. In fact, in a good argument neither side will look like a fool. With a good argument, the general awareness and intelligence of a group is increased, as they have arrived at a better solution.
bull, no response

Also, you're poorly informed. Only a small part of the Civil War was over slavery. It was largely over economics and issues on how to properly run government. Slavery came into the spotlight with the Emancipation Proclamation, an that was only for slaves in the states of the Confederacy. Slaves in Union states were not freed.

that's also bull, and i know that because i'm currently studying the civil war in social studies!
In response to Shiny11100
Shiny11100 wrote:
ok that is true...it is only very recently, if you call the past 8 years very recently.

Considering games have been around as a popular medium since the 1970's, yes, it is very recently.

1: they werent all islamic countries
2: a lot of countries in europe banned the game

Thing is, I can't find a single reference to the game being banned in any country except Islamic countries. If you can dig up a reliable source stating that it's been banned in one of those countries, then I'll concede your point.

actually the germans/friench/spanish shouldn't care about muslims

I can't find any reference to Germany, France, or Spain banning Call of Duty 4.

because "if" their blind ignorance? who was your english teacher? wow! whoever it was sucked!

Now you're just trying to throw in a red-herring. Anyone with a small bit of understanding of the English language could tell that was a typo of "of", not intended to be the word "if". You're obviously just attempting to throw this in because you can't think of a good reply. If you're so adamant about perfect grammar when you seem to be entirely incapable of anything resembling it, then here, I'll play your little game and correct a single letter so you can comprehend it:

"Oh, wow, I'm sorry, I didn't know you could get into my head and know that I think the world revolves around me (which I don't). I probably have more perspective on how insignificant each and every one of us is than most people, just because of their blind ignorance."

you realize that YOU started the argument not me, if i remember correclty, i posted a comment then you pretty much said it was a stupid comment, then i just tried to justify it

Thing is, I don't feel that arguing is inferior to not arguing. You do. I don't have to attempt to take the stance you feel is a better stance. I pointed out the error of your logic in an argument against what you said. You, on the other hand, seem to feel that not arguing is superior, yet continue to take the so-called inferior route.

that's also bull, and i know that because i'm currently studying the civil war in social studies!

Then your teacher is an idiot. Slavery was almost a non-issue, and if Abraham Lincoln hadn't put forth the Emancipation Proclomation, the Civil War would not automatically bring depictions of the freeing of the slaves to mind. Lincoln was a good man and a very good president, but I'm uncertain if he would have done the same thing if freeing the slaves had not produced a strategical advantage.

that's bull and does not deserve a reply
(this one does not even deserve a reply)
that's also bull and does not deserve a response
bull, no response

Or can you just not come up with a good reply?
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
You're confusing M with AO. BYOND already has games that might in some way merit an M.


Ah, yeah. I meant AO. :)

Well, I would think that M-rated games are okay for BYOND, just as long as they do not go too overboard. I think players should add hundreds of different ways to kill another player in their game, and have each limb able to tear off, and the likes. It adds for more variety, originality, and other things. It shows that the game has a lot of depth.
In response to Kujila
Don't they use tracking cookies? Well some of them do, I think.
That means that the Ads you see will reflect what you search for online and the cookies stored on your computer.
Hasn't this been discussed before?
In response to Lyndonarmitage1
Lyndonarmitage1 wrote:
Don't they use tracking cookies? Well some of them do, I think.
That means that the Ads you see will reflect what you search for online and the cookies stored on your computer.
Hasn't this been discussed before?

Google doesn't operate through tracking cookies, no; they only go by what's relevant to the site. I don't believe the same is true, however, of sites like the thrice-cursed doubleclick.net.

Lummox JR
In response to Lummox JR
Google and DoubleClick are now one and the same - what do you make of that? :-)
In response to Lummox JR
Google does do page scanning for ads, but as I understand it they do pay some attention to where a user has surfed, and decide based on that as well. And when available, they tie it to their Google account, should they have one. At least, this is how I've heard Google does it.

All that aside, they really, really need parental controls. Surely they understand that ads for mail order Asian brides aren't great to go along side the Saturday morning cartoons.
In response to Lummox JR

Google doesn't operate through tracking cookies, no; they only go by what's relevant to the site. I don't believe the same is true, however, of sites like the thrice-cursed doubleclick.net.

Lummox JR

The irony is that the OP's whole thread now produces GTA advertisements because of its name being spotted in these posts.

~Kujila
In response to Kujila
You said it again

Lol. More power to GTA4, then.
Argh, I said it again
In response to Kaioken
Kaioken wrote:
You said it again

Is the word "is"?
In response to Silicon Viking


~Kujila
In response to Kujila
Oh, okay. You wouldn't get very far in life without saying "is".
In response to Kujila
Am I the only one amused by how well that ad suits the site?
In response to Smoko
Smoko wrote:
Am I the only one amused by how well that ad suits the site?
exactly... ^^;

no offense to anyone, but:

Grand Theft of [INSERT GAME] SOURCE CODE.
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