West Coast Canada IV: "Ah yes, 'Guilty Gear' - we have already dismissed that game!"

[sweetvids]

Oh shit, it's me and Joe. http://images.clubzone.com/photos/gallery/21906/113.jpg

[rtl42]

you know that's a funny thing about being from China*, you can just pick whatever name you want, and like, except for other Chinese people, no one is gonna know xD

i had one classmate in math ( \/1\/1J4 , just so i can later claim that i didn't actually write out the name on the internet in a public discussion forum), and at first glance she looks obviously Chinese, but the name is so... like, even to a stupid white kid like me, it didn't seem "chinese" enough. so one time i asked her about her name, and she was like "oh i just made it up, it sounds so cool and positive!" and i was like *wtf that it SO arbitrary why is she allowed to do that*. and then after that, i started noticing OTHER Chinese people with these really... "incongruous"... "English" names (i hesitate to even call them English)... and i thought to myself: *you guys are so lucky wth why i can't i choose my name*.

...but at least i can put interesting kanji to my name while still keeping it phonetically accurate, so i feel somewhat poetically vindicated.

* come to think of it, anyone that's "asian", in any sense of the label, can get away with this -- even white people! i had another classmate in math, who was white as you can get, but her parents moved the family to India and they grew up there, and she "changed" her name to an Indian name while she was there; then, when she came back to Canada, she kept the name (and now no one can read her name at first because the romanization is totally out of sync with the pronunciation).

so in summary, Asia is like this English-language mixing pot, where all rules and conventions are ignored or broken or modified at the local speaker's convenience and/or whim, and you just have no idea what is going to come out next.

Edited November 3, 2010 by rtl42

[Saru Kada]

peter: too bad your hat isn't too visible there

oh fuck boxer vs nada. and sure ray, I'll go with you

[sweetvids]

Actually that is funny since I also know chinese people with names that are wtf. Twinkle, Endymion??? Twinkle might have been the english translation of the girl's name but Endymion, the dude said he got it from Sailor Moon.

[Greed]

Haha

When I was in high school, I went to the secretary's office and had them change my name to Akira

It was great until this one ditzy bitch ruined it for me by honestly thinking my name was Erika.

[Cardinal_Sin]

linked on SIRLINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN's blog: http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/11/using-genetic-algorithms-to-find-starcraft-2-build-orders/

how meta that they found better zerg orders through EVOLUTIONARY algorithms

[Superking™]

Overtime hours for me on Saturday!

With that said, if I drop by on Friday it can't be long since I would need to be at work on Saturday for 0830.

[geogaddi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPZlq75UHA wtb guitar tabs

[Superking™]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSyy3hEpmS8&feature=related Mike you should play this instead.

[Superking™]

Also this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IbScGO0PXg&feature=related

[rtl42]

i love one of the comments on that video: HIDE YA KIDS, HIDE YA WIFE, HE COMIN IN YO WINDOW

so i just befriended clarence on facebook, and i saw this "photo tag" of him at a friend's wedding. and at first i didn't read it very closely, and i was like "omg sherwin got married?!?!" but then re-read the name and was like "oh i don't know that person lol". very funny experience it was, trying to imagine the wife of sherwin.

[Superking™]

So it turns out Sengoku Musou 3Z for PS3 and Sengoku Musou 3 Moushouden for Wii are the same game, but the PS3 game will run at 60fps.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/04/samurai_warriors_update/

[Cardinal_Sin]

so i just befriended clarence on facebook

that is actually the first time i've heard anyone say "befriended" w.r.t. Facebook. it sounds so bizarre despite being way more correct than just "friended".

[ToastCrust]

I think that's because making a "Friend" on facebook isn't really equivalent to actually befriending a person, in a conventional sense, so incorrectly putting it as "friended" works out better, because we can instantly recognize the context.

[Superking™]

From the looks of it, turns out if you didn't preorder Kinect, it looks like you're SOL.

Peter, Chuck and I are still working on it tho.

[ghostgoodboy]

it doesn't necessarily mean that KINECT is SOL everywhere.

we now have to mobilize team mike's apartment to check out other stores.

I will check the stores near by my place.

[Superking™]

Peter got Kinect and Dance Central from FS.

[sweetvids]

I got Kinect and Dance Central, Clarence is getting Sonic after work. I'll probably come by later. Fucking tired from tests and shit. Buying Kinect and DC hurts the pockets too. 257$ plus the warranty. Why the warranty? Not baller enough to blow 150$ in case someone is stupid and decides to accidently knock the thing over.

Mike. Tracklist for Dance Masters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejj6OCp-RDM

Edited November 4, 2010 by sweetvids

[sweetvids]

i love one of the comments on that video: HIDE YA KIDS, HIDE YA WIFE, HE COMIN IN YO WINDOW

if you didn't know what the quote was referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw

[Superking™]

if you didn't know what the quote was referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw

I posted that video long ago when the meme originally broke out.

But yes tis old, Antoine Dodson and his family did well from this new found fame I heard.

[MrDolphin]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6283514.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;2

The jokes write themselves.

[BagLunch]

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=10000AX

Intern - Data Analyst

Requirements:

- A current PhD candidate in computer science, statistics, or a related discipline

I have no idea what the competition for this would be like or how the selection process would go. Maybe they will have them fight in a pit for it.

[Saru Kada]

holy shit an intern data analyst needs to be a phd student? jesus that's harsh.

gg team mike's apartment - I picked up dance masters and motion sports, and clarence has the sonic. RAYYU FORCE ASSEMBLE?

[Cardinal_Sin]

noooo battle damage gundam

[BagLunch]

BASSHUNTER is going to be playing on Nov.23 here in Philly.

On one hand, I'm not much for the rave/clubbing scene.

On the other hand... what if he puts on dota?