GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

Magrathea · Post by **Magrathea** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:20 pm

hexagon son wrote:
Magrathea wrote:
hexagon son wrote: nope, it didn't disintegrate. lots of amateur astronomers watching Elenin will testify to this. But lol @ your post!
Hmm, you mean you actually believe in that stuff, you're going to have a hard time with me, I'm a major skeptic AND amateur astronomer for 30+ years... Yeah I survived Iras-Araki-Alcock, Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp, Y2K, you name it we've got it!

Would you care to concisely explain your rationale in a post?
sure, but first show me proof that Elenin disintegrated.

Ok this is way off topic, I've moved it to the Twoism Playground

d3v3l · Post by **d3v3l** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:27 pm

hexagon son wrote:
Magrathea wrote:
hexagon son wrote: nope, it didn't disintegrate. lots of amateur astronomers watching Elenin will testify to this. But lol @ your post!
Hmm, you mean you actually believe in that stuff, you're going to have a hard time with me, I'm a major skeptic AND amateur astronomer for 30+ years... Yeah I survived Iras-Araki-Alcock, Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp, Y2K, you name it we've got it!

Would you care to concisely explain your rationale in a post?
sure, but first show me proof that Elenin disintegrated.

Let me help - watch this video

EDIT: that is what I found from 1 minute of youtubing. Apparently this thing should have passed or hit us around 9/1 ? So if anything it has come and gone? moot.

EDIT AGAIN:

Found this website - it seems they have the correct info.

http://spaceobs.org/en/tag/comet-elenin/

According to the astronomer who found the thing and has been watching it's progress every day there will be no catastrophe and it will pass by us.

pointlessdude · Post by **pointlessdude** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:05 pm

747Music wrote:I'm pretty damn confident that Skyrim WILL NOT suck. I'm gunning for GOTY contender for sure. All the videos out for Skyrim gameplay look amazing, really amazing.

Why are you so sure? I'm pretty disappointed with what they've released so far. Game looks casualized, art design looks worse, spellmaking and spears are gone, well, what next?

d3v3l · Post by **d3v3l** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:14 pm

pointlessdude wrote:
747Music wrote:I'm pretty damn confident that Skyrim WILL NOT suck. I'm gunning for GOTY contender for sure. All the videos out for Skyrim gameplay look amazing, really amazing.
Why are you so sure? I'm pretty disappointed with what they've released so far. Game looks casualized, art design looks worse, spellmaking and spears are gone, well, what next?

I've played the prequels - did not like either of them, then again I am a WoW Fan. Also have been addicted to spiral knights recently.

EDIT and to keep this with speculation - my next theroy is that they will release an album before diablo 3 is released.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:24 pm

Rodheh wrote:
747Music wrote:I'm pretty damn confident that Skyrim WILL NOT suck. I'm gunning for GOTY contender for sure. All the videos out for Skyrim gameplay look amazing, really amazing.

Never said it would man, just saying I wouldn't go gung ho on it.

You said "it might". But my appologies, I'm just really excited for it. A little too excited i think. lol

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:44 pm

747Music wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
747Music wrote:I'm pretty damn confident that Skyrim WILL NOT suck. I'm gunning for GOTY contender for sure. All the videos out for Skyrim gameplay look amazing, really amazing.

Never said it would man, just saying I wouldn't go gung ho on it.
You said "it might". But my appologies, I'm just really excited for it. A little too excited i think. lol

I did. Not negative context though.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:50 pm

d3v3l wrote:
pointlessdude wrote:
747Music wrote:I'm pretty damn confident that Skyrim WILL NOT suck. I'm gunning for GOTY contender for sure. All the videos out for Skyrim gameplay look amazing, really amazing.
Why are you so sure? I'm pretty disappointed with what they've released so far. Game looks casualized, art design looks worse, spellmaking and spears are gone, well, what next?
I've played the prequels - did not like either of them, then again I am a WoW Fan. Also have been addicted to spiral knights recently.

Sorry to be anal, but pet hate right here. A film/book/game that comes before another film/book/game in a series isn't a prequel unless it was made after, but set before. So Morrowind/Oblivion etc aren't prequels to Skyrim.

See also: sequel, prequel, interquel etc etc.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:18 am

MrMessiah wrote:
d3v3l wrote:
pointlessdude wrote: Why are you so sure? I'm pretty disappointed with what they've released so far. Game looks casualized, art design looks worse, spellmaking and spears are gone, well, what next?
I've played the prequels - did not like either of them, then again I am a WoW Fan. Also have been addicted to spiral knights recently.
Sorry to be anal, but pet hate right here. A film/book/game that comes before another film/book/game in a series isn't a prequel unless it was made after, but set before. So Morrowind/Oblivion etc aren't prequels to Skyrim.

See also: sequel, prequel, interquel etc etc.

What are they then?

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:55 am

A sequel is later work thats set after an existing work, so its in the correct chronological order. A prequel is a later work thats set earlier than an existing work. (Think any "origin stories") An interquel is a later work thats set between two existing works. (Metroid Prime was produced later than Metroid I and II but was set between them). A midquel is a later work that's set during the events of an earlier work. Halo 3 ODST is a midquel, taking place during the time frame of Halo 2. If a midquel expands to cover the SAME time time frame as an earlier work rather than just a slice of it, then it's a parallel.

If you're talking about an existing work that was produced before, and set before a current work, then its not a prequel, it's more correctly called a predecessor if you want to use a word for it, though you'd probably just say "I played the earlier games in the series".

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:29 am

Anyone here heard about that scottish band Boards of Canada? Apparently they have some forthcoming new records scheduled. What gives?

Back on track guys!

dp · Post by dp » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:56 am

Fredd-E wrote:forthcoming new records scheduled.

they do?

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:47 pm

dp wrote:
Fredd-E wrote:forthcoming new records scheduled.
they do?

they do: http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_fro ... #July_2009

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:41 pm

Fredd-E wrote:Anyone here heard about that scottish band Boards of Canada? Apparently they have some forthcoming new records scheduled. What gives?

Back on track guys!

fredd-e, i think we've run the gambit on things to speculate on

sexagon hun · Post by **sexagon hun** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:11 pm

Fredd-E wrote:Anyone here heard about that scottish band Boards of Canada? Apparently they have some forthcoming new records scheduled.

oh cool, yer a comedian now?!
I WANT TO BELIEVE (but I've moved on)

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:09 pm

Fredd-E wrote:
dp wrote:
Fredd-E wrote:forthcoming new records scheduled.
they do?
they do: http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_fro ... ]July_2009[/b]

Bolded that for you

d3v3l · Post by **d3v3l** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:18 pm

MrMessiah wrote:
d3v3l wrote:
pointlessdude wrote: Why are you so sure? I'm pretty disappointed with what they've released so far. Game looks casualized, art design looks worse, spellmaking and spears are gone, well, what next?
I've played the prequels - did not like either of them, then again I am a WoW Fan. Also have been addicted to spiral knights recently.
Sorry to be anal, but pet hate right here. A film/book/game that comes before another film/book/game in a series isn't a prequel unless it was made after, but set before. So Morrowind/Oblivion etc aren't prequels to Skyrim.

See also: sequel, prequel, interquel etc etc.

Thank you for the correction in the terminology, yet I am glad you did not correct me in the context, ha.

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:25 pm

Bryan wrote:
Fredd-E wrote:
dp wrote: they do?
they do: http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_fro ... ]July_2009[/b]
Bolded that for you

How bold of you. I still have confidence in those statements. To me it's only a matter of time.

Treefingers · Post by **Treefingers** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:48 am

What IS a Boards of Canada? I have NEVER heard OF them.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:12 pm

Treefingers wrote:What IS a Boards of Canada? I have NEVER heard OF them.

Maple lumber. Actually, that'd make a good name for a BoC tribute act.

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:08 pm

Thought i'd put this in this thread as it's the best place for it;

for what it's worth, the Twitter account 'MarcusEoin' just tweeted this: A7oGMUD3zT7RPsT3Mm41exFLYrbowMKH4Nrv53ToJauooqJH3y0Pj5T8LvMbLB4

lol

- but i think we're all agreed that account is just held by a sh1tmuncher

-Snuf ^_-