Things that piss me off.

[Ibrahim90]

They do exist, but where you grew up you'd not likely ever see one, as they're often (but not entirely) worn by crossdressers (to create a more feminine shape), or in a subset of the gay scene that involves a lot of tight leather, or by bikers as part of their fall protection gear (which is likely how they came into the gay leather scene).  Occasionally, medieval recreationists wear them as well as part of a fall-protection system for horseback riding.  (They have been known to actually try out jousting, and others just aren't very good on horseback.)

interesting. learn something new every day.

[ArtemisVale]

You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.

[dallen68]

You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.

Also, if SuperMegaCorp is doing all the things Govco traditionally does, how is it not a government?

[MrBogosity]

Also, if SuperMegaCorp is doing all the things Govco traditionally does, how is it not a government?

Yeah, that's basically how Buy 'n' Large is in WALL-E. The CEO of the company even gives talks at a lecturn with a seal, just like the President.

Libertarians should agree that a corporation becoming a monopolistic government is A Very Bad Thing To Happen.

[ArtemisVale]

Yeah, that's basically how Buy 'n' Large is in WALL-E. The CEO of the company even gives talks at a lecturn with a seal, just like the President.

Libertarians should agree that a corporation becoming a monopolistic government is A Very Bad Thing To Happen.

Well of course its very bad, its just that in cyberpunk games thats always the setting. They never change it up.

[Skm1091]

You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.

I made a forum thread a while back and I argued that this mistrust of corporations is a hold over from our mercantile days with the East India Trading Companies and the like.

I do have to admit tho, that the evil corporation as the main villain is pretty cliche and overrated.

Also there was one feature on Youtube I absolutely loathed. That was comment pending approval feature (I do not know if YouTube still has it after their google plus changes, does it?)
I absolutely loathed this because religious fundamentalist channels and statist channels on YouTube used it to block and censor people and give unsuspecting viewers the appearance of overwhelming positive feedback with tons of green thumbs up. Which is absolutely dishonest in my view.

[evensgrey]

You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.

Not always, at least not in all games.  In Shadowrun (basically cyberpunk fused with fantasy, so it has rolls, dwarves, elves, vampires, magic, etc. in it, and is also the apparent origin of the saying "Never deal with a dragon") some areas are run by corporations, but most of the UK (except Northern Ireland, which is part of Ireland and thus run by the elves) is under the rule of the Lord Protector, who is about as nasty as the first two were.

[ArtemisVale]

Not always, at least not in all games.  In Shadowrun (basically cyberpunk fused with fantasy, so it has rolls, dwarves, elves, vampires, magic, etc. in it, and is also the apparent origin of the saying "Never deal with a dragon") some areas are run by corporations, but most of the UK (except Northern Ireland, which is part of Ireland and thus run by the elves) is under the rule of the Lord Protector, who is about as nasty as the first two were.

Well that's very comforting. Which edition of shadow run do you recommend?

[MrBogosity]

Also there was one feature on Youtube I absolutely loathed. That was comment pending approval feature (I do not know if YouTube still has it after their google plus changes, does it?)

Yes and no. The feature is still there, and it stops people from commenting directly, but if they share it on Google+ and comment it still shows up as a comment on the video.

[Skm1091]

Yes and no. The feature is still there, and it stops people from commenting directly, but if they share it on Google+ and comment it still shows up as a comment on the video.

  I have to admit this Google plus thing is a tad confusing

The only real problem I had with the pre Google plus YouTube was the character limit and the inability to post other website addresses and links. 

And as I mentioned before the reason I loath Comment pending approval is because it has a way of making it appear that the users has overwhelmingly positive feedback with tons of thumbed up comments. And this in some cases is used to trick more less knowledgeable people into subscribing and whole kinds of other stuff, which is dishonest and even malicious. THAT is why I hate it.

[evensgrey]

Well that's very comforting. Which edition of shadow run do you recommend?

Mostly, I don't.  Try Hero instead, with the right supplements you can do fantasy/cyberpunk fusion quite well.  Just be aware that Hero is a point-based system.  It's most easily used if you get one of the spreadsheet templates for character generation.

[ArtemisVale]

Mostly, I don't.  Try Hero instead, with the right supplements you can do fantasy/cyberpunk fusion quite well.  Just be aware that Hero is a point-based system.  It's most easily used if you get one of the spreadsheet templates for character generation.

Well I kind of had the idea of taking pathfinder, putting the pathfinder modern system on top, and adding cybernetics and etc from star wars saga edition I found the polymerPath book that looks promising. Im more of  d20 guy and i LOVE the pathfinder and star wars systems.

[evensgrey]

Well I kind of had the idea of taking pathfinder, putting the pathfinder modern system on top, and adding cybernetics and etc from star wars saga edition I found the polymerPath book that looks promising. Im more of  d20 guy and i LOVE the pathfinder and star wars systems.

Last time I played in a Star Wars game, the current system was the one from West End Games (with the lovely critical failure rules that made it so much fun when amateurs picked up light sabres), so I have no idea what the current one is like.

[ArtemisVale]

Last time I played in a Star Wars game, the current system was the one from West End Games (with the lovely critical failure rules that made it so much fun when amateurs picked up light sabres), so I have no idea what the current one is like.

well saga is a d20 system like pathfinder and the system is really good in my opinion.

[AnCap Dave]

You know what pisses me off? The dishonesty of feminists when it comes to video games.

They act as if just because there aren't as many well written female lead characters in video games, somehow means there aren't any at all.

What also kills me is how when a male character is poorly written it's attributed to bad writing, but when a female character is poorly written, it means it MUST be sexism. It kind of reminds me of how gun control douchebags will say how a knife wielding loon is the problem with a stabbing, but when a shooting happens, it's clearly a sign that we need stricter gun control. The only thing though is that while the gun control debate might be more important in the grand scheme of things, feminists are equally as annoying as gun control advocates.