Chocolate Blades of Thunder

[Robstar]

This isn't a knock on you but when I read this all I could think was

Back in my day you had to fucking learn a skill if you wanted to get some porn! These kids now can just google "Big tittied bitches" and the internet will give them the kind of stuff that you used to have to take a trip to a German porn shop to see.

You weren't in the trenches Asher! You don't know what it was like! Haha, I used to hear that voice too when I was younger....now I am that voice

[Robstar]

I remember a time when it took a 3 hour download to get one porn photo and if your mother picked up the phone it was all for nothing.

We should start a "Grumpy Old Men" thread for this stuff haha

[Asherdelampyr]

You weren't in the trenches Asher! You don't know what it was like! Haha, I used to hear that voice too when I was younger....now I am that voice

Pretty much
it was really bad when we first moved to austin and I had to deal with a nephew and niece. Every time those brats bitched about a download from XBLA not being instant, or a bit of lag when waiting for a match I wanted to yell at them that they were damned lucky cause when I wanted to play video games with my friends, we had to go to them

[Dennis]

Fair points wade, I don't understand it either.

Hey Donny, let me introduce you to the concept of expanding your discussion. It was quite clear the angle I was taking - I thought. Your inexplicable adherence to the original line of debate baffles me, quite frankly. I was expressing my own judgement about certain things and because somehow it doesn't fall within your invisible discussion guidelines, I can't do that? Should I seek your input on any future matters before commenting?

I don't understand this comment. I said I agreed with you... I thought you meant it as an attack on my comment, so I said I agree with you but my points still valid... and now your acting like I kicked your dog lol... I am sorry if I angered you but all I was saying is both our points had merit that were completely independent of each other. When I said our arguments don't clash that means I just am saying we can both be right and IMO we both are correct.

[Super Kicked]

The first time I played a death match in Duke Nukem with a 64k modem I thought video games had reached their pinnacle. I think a modern grumpy old man thread would be fun.

The other day I was listening to a way back wednesday on the radio and they were playing 80's hairband music.

[Awesome Bomb]

Pretty much
it was really bad when we first moved to austin and I had to deal with a nephew and niece. Every time those brats bitched about a download from XBLA not being instant, or a bit of lag when waiting for a match I wanted to yell at them that they were damned lucky cause when I wanted to play video games with my friends, we had to go to them

All of my younger cousins look at me weird when I tell them I have a carrying case for my Xbox.

[Robstar]

See this Dennis?

In my opinion any argument that attacks an entire generations intellect with no real qualifiers to do so is very hyperbolic at best. .

in·tel·lect

noun \ˈin-tə-ˌlekt\


Definition of INTELLECT

1
a : the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
b : the capacity for rational or intelligent thought especially when highly developed

So, your use of the word "intellect" in no way defines your approach to what turns out was based around the having of intelligence, rather than the capacity to possess such a thing. Just by having the ability to do or be something doesn't make it an automatic inheritance.
Not to mention, the second half of this wildly optimistic sentence makes the claim that your generation shouldn't be judged from their actions - which is a reflection of their intelligence, is it not?

I see correlation there.

[Robstar]

The first time I played a death match in Duke Nukem with a 64k modem I thought video games had reached their pinnacle. I think a modern grumpy old man thread would be fun.

The other day I was listening to a way back wednesday on the radio and they were playing 80's hairband music.

I don't need the radio to hear that!

[Wade Barrett 1979]

I don't follow the appeal of on line gaming, being abused by mentally challenged 13 year olds doesn't appeal. For me being there with your mates is a huge part of the fun.

Some of my greatest laughs as a lad was going to my mates or my mates coming over and playing Micro Machines 4 player on the Mega Drive (with the two extra pad ports built into the cartridge, genius! )

I guess I'm old fashioned in that I actually prefer to be in the company of others to have fun, not interacting with them through a fibre optic cable.

[Asherdelampyr]

I don't follow the appeal of on line gaming, being abused by mentally challenged 13 year olds doesn't appeal. For me being there with your mates is a huge part of the fun.

Some of my greatest laughs as a lad was going to my mates or my mates coming over and playing Micro Machines 4 player on the Mega Drive (with the two extra pad ports built into the cartridge, genius! )

I guess I'm old fashioned in that I actually prefer to be in the company of others to have fun, not interacting with them through a fibre optic cable.

I didn't like online gaming until Mass Effect 3
but then most of the people I see there are around my age, so it works out.