The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[jacksunny 741]

9601.

 

One of these days.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9602

 

Anyone playing the new SimCity yet?

[Duke87 1,070]

(9603)

 

No, and I have no intention of ever doing so.

[astronelson 339]

9604.

 

Possibly eventually. I have a lot of games I already own that I want to play before any new purchases, though.

[jacksunny 741]

9605.

 

Picking it up tomorrow.

[simlink 1,098]

9606

Not for now - sticking to SC4 for the time being. 

[Hamish 1,369]

9607.

 

I was in the Dev Beta, really liked it. I didn't feel that it was a city building game, more of a game with city building in it.

But because of that its a lot different to SC4, but in a good way. I think it needed a change, and I am happy with the direction they wen't in.

It won't hold me forever, but neither did SC4.

 

So yes, I will be picking it up on Friday.

[Muck308 55]

9608

 

I won't be playing the new one. I have been playing SC4 a bit though.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9609)

 

I feel like as an adult my ability to accept new games which are different from old games is generally lacking. Part of me just can't accept that the world is different in 2013 than it was in 1993. I remain a sucker for the classics, but new stuff is generally meh unless it is very true to its roots and still plays like its predecessors did 10-20 years ago.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9610

 

I've never been a real serious gamer, so I really like the games from a simpler time.  If it's fun, I'm okay with it.  I have so little time for games these days anyways that it's hard to get into new stuff.  The fact that I've become fairly prolific with my writing (none of it published except for here) gives me a different way to spend my free time.  That is, when I'm not watching NFL Films stuff or posting here.  Still, I do fire up ye olde SC4 from time to time.

[Pobs 24]

(9609)

 

I feel like as an adult my ability to accept new games which are different from old games is generally lacking. Part of me just can't accept that the world is different in 2013 than it was in 1993. I remain a sucker for the classics, but new stuff is generally meh unless it is very true to its roots and still plays like its predecessors did 10-20 years ago.

 

(9611)

 

I could not agree with this more. This morning I realised the cds I took to play in the car on the way to work were both from the mid-90s...... *sigh*

 

I won't be playing SC2013 because I don't like some of the aspects, but that's not a discussion for here.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9612)

 

Yeah, I own noticeably more albums from the years 1997 to 2004 (roughly 4th through 11th grades) than from the years before or after.

[Muck308 55]

9613

 

If I had to guess, I would say that less than 15% of the albums I own came out after 2000. Lots of 60's, 70's and 90's in my collection. I recall reading that the music you predominately listen to between the ages of 18 and 22 is the music you will predominately listen to for the remainder of your life. I may have the ages off by a bit but I'm in the ballpark. I don't necessarily agree with this. When I was at that age I ended up listening to quite a bit of electronic music. Mostly industrial and trance. While I still moderately enjoy industrial, trance makes me want to puke. I still listen to all that grunge and hard rock from the nineties though. I also found myself expanding my music library after that age but mostly with older stuff.

[Pobs 24]

(9614)

 

I found about half of the albums I'm buying at the moment are old ones which I didn't get into first time round. It's like I'm filling out sections of music that I somehow did not hear during my teen years.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9615)

 

My connection to pop culture in general dropped off after high school. I stopped watching TV (because I no longer had regular access to one), and I stopped listening to the radio (because I wasn't in a car very often anymore). I also at this point for the first time in my life had my own computer that I did not have to compete with anyone else for the use of... so you can guess what filled the void left by those other two things leaving.

 

Of course, since I've graduated from college, my job has also cut into free time. Maybe college takes 40 hours a week of work for some people, but for me it most certainly did not!

[Larks2242 251]

9616.

 

Pop culture is pathetic nowadays....

[Ocram's Razr 963]

9617

I agree with Larks, pop culture these days is pathetic.

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[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9618

 

I praise the lord every day to be so far removed from American TV and radio and politics because when I'm there, everything but the NFL and MLB makes me want to puke.

 

Concerning my music, I probably have half my music player full of Led Zeppelin, then it's a mishmash of years and styles, all generally comfortably within rock music.  There's a little hip hop and pop thrown in for variety, but *just* a little.

[Muck308 55]

9619

 

Has anyone looked the NHL realignment plan? It's irking me. You can read about it here.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9620)

 

There is nothing wrong with the current division arrangement. But the current playoff setup is ridiculous. Half the entire league should not be in the playoffs. It should be the top four teams from each conference at most. And they're not changing that, so this fixes nothing.

 

The fact that the two new conferences will be uneven also makes no sense. MLB has the problem of each league having slightly different rules, so having constant interleague play materially changes the game - but the NHL has no such issue so they have no excuse for not having two 15 team conferences.

[simlink 1,098]

9621

I honestly don't understand the desire to set it up in that way, just shuffling some teams around (Detroit goes east, Winnipeg goes west) would solve the problem.

But hey, what do I know. I'm "just" a fan...

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9622

It's been difficult for me to give any kind of a crap about the NHL again after their second work stoppage in ten years.  They make me want to roll my eyes and watch spring training games instead.

 

That being said, nothing says 'Atlantic' to me quite like Columbus, OH.  And what a great idea to separate rivals like the Blackhawks (who suck anyways) and the always-awesome Red Wings (I may be biased), or whoever else.

 

Columbus, Atlantic?  Boston, Central?  God, the geography baffles me.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9623)

 

Not as bad as how the Atlanta Braves used to be in the AL West.

[Muck308 55]

9624

 

I say move Winnipeg to Northwest while moving Minnesota to Central. Then put Nashville in the Southeast.

[simlink 1,098]

9625

What I don't understand is having the 2 larger divisions both in the east. Why not put one in the west and one in the east instead?

The whole thing baffles me. The 2 conference, 3 divisions per conference, works well IMO.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9626)

 

Because geographically the east is more densely populated?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9627

 

Even so, I'm not paying attention to this season.  The NHL done wrong, I like them about as much as I like EA.

[jacksunny 741]

9628.

 

I'm just sick of watching the Oilers lose over and over again. 

[Duke87 1,070]

(9629)

 

When I hear "Oilers", my first thought is still the Houston Oilers, despite the fact that they haven's existed in 15 years.

 

I get that they also drill for oil in Alberta, but still, mentally the name "Oilers" seems more apropos to Texas than to anywhere else you'd put a sports team.

[Larks2242 251]

9230.

 

Anyone create a ST Sim City region yet?