MithraPride

From Fanatic, not a regular poster.

"Final Fantasy XI is what is called a MMORPG. This stands for Massive Migrane Occurring Regularly to Punish Gamers. The objective of the game is to gain experience, increase your stats, and encourage as many people as possible to quit. You win the game once you successfully sell your account for real money. You lose the game if you are caught cheating, caught buying gil, or [according to some] change your job to Dragoon."

LOL.

Nice one.

I love it!

I lost the game three years ago via the Drg route.

I have never made anyone quit and I my DRG is level 10 so a winner is me?

I think the only winning scenario is when you have both DRG and PUP at 75

So you're halfway there Sugami?

Go Sug! Level your PUP!!!

My PUP is 50, so that means I'm a third of the way there?

50 isn't even half way to 75

My PUP is staying at 10, don't fancy going through dunes and all those lowbie levels again.

Sugami wrote:50 isn't even half way to 75

My PUP is staying at 10, don't fancy going through dunes and all those lowbie levels again.

No prob, as soon as I get my 360 back I'll powerlevel you.

Pup63, Drg72. I are teh winnarz~?

Eviticus wrote:Pup63, Drg72. I are teh winnarz~?

A winnarz is j00!!!

No wai~!

DRG75 > whatever you have

I winzors teh most

Sugami wrote:DRG75 > whatever you have

I winzors teh most

We have to deduct points because we saved your asses in WWII.

Evi still winnarz.

Bullsh*t you did.

The only thing you guys did was turn up late and die a lot... oh yeah and nuked the Japanese but they weren't doing anything to us.

How did that old saying go?

Something like "over paid, over sexed, and over here"?

Sugami wrote:Bullsh*t you did.

The only thing you guys did was turn up late and die a lot... oh yeah and nuked the Japanese but they weren't doing anything to us.

Yeah, we nuked the Japanese and we'll nuke you Brits if you don't shut the hell up and accept our awesomeness!

USA! USA! USA!

Now now, the Brits have been good friends to us (despite one or two minor fights) and its not fair to rub their noses in unpleasant truths.

The French now... well, feel free.

Tsybil wrote:How did that old saying go?

Something like "over paid, over sexed, and over here"?

And I think the reply was, "Under paid, under sexed, under us". Or Under Eisenhower, or whoever.

And personally I'm rather neutral to the French. I mean I consider the Allied forces liberating France from Germany twice to be a debt that -we owed them-, repaid. ((Their involvment in the war of 1776. Without the French, the Colonies would have failed.))

First time, sure I agree we owed them. Second time? pffft.

My issues with the French (and I've run into a few native Frenchmen) is the overwhelming superiority a lot of them have towards the world in general and America in particular. Not all, but enough have that the French society just irritates me.

Its one thing to be arrogant as a culture (Americans are blamed for that all the time)- its another thing to act superior to everyone else around you when, to be honest- the last time France was really a force to be reckoned with was when it was run by a foreigner.

Well that just shows the French havent been a military threat since June 18th, 1815. And if i recall correctly, the majority of thier military victories were under the control of a woman or a foriegner.

Keavy wrote:Yeah, we nuked the Japanese and we'll nuke you Brits if you don't shut the hell up and accept our awesomeness!

USA! USA! USA!

Not even George W Bush would be stupid enough to nuke their closest and most powerful ally besides it being against the Geneva Convention too.

ScarlettPheonix wrote:its not fair to rub their noses in unpleasant truths.

Unpleasant truths? Just like you arrogant yanks to rewrite history to make you look like the heros. Just like that movie where you claim to steal the enigma machine or whatever when you guys weren't even in the war at that point. Don't even get me started on Pearl Harbour!

The main turning points were; Battle of Britain (all us Brits thankyouverymuch), D-Day (you yanks failed your part) and them trying to invade Russia and failing (nothing to do with either of us).

This Robot Chicken sketch pretty much summarises America's role in WW2

As for the French, those cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, we go and save their butt and they give the Statue of Liberty to you? WTF?!

Oversexed, overpaid and over here.

Germany lost, Allies won, Hitler commited suicide in a bunker, Mousolinni(sp?) was hung, the Emperor of Japan surrendered.

Bitching over the detail is pointless and only really serves to drive apart people who should be friends. USA and England are practicly family.

Well, I know how to twist your tail now Sug, thanks!

Speaking of accomplishments that have been over-romanticized over the years--The French Resistance during WWII? Puh-lease


Minor correction- the Statue of Liberty was given to us well before either WW. It was dedicated in 1886.

Sugami wrote: Not even George W Bush would be stupid enough to nuke their closest and most powerful ally besides it being against the Geneva Convention too.

What? Our President break Geneva Convention laws???? Oh perish the very thought.

While I was traveling in Europe a Dutchman tried to explain the why of Euro nationals not liking the citizens of some other country.

"They mostly dislike the people of the last country that ruled theirs" he said. "Except for the French No one likes the French. Even the French don't like the French."

All this reminds me of an old Cold War joke an NCO of mine used to tell.

Two spies from Russia are tasked to follow an American, but they don't know what he looks like. So, they're standing outside a bar in Europe somewhere waiting and the younger (and less experienced) spy asks the veteran how they will know which man to follow?

Veteran Spy>> By the way they walk.
New guy>> What do you mean?
Veteran Spy>> Wait.

One guy leaves the bar.

New guy >> Him?
Vet>> No. He's British. He walks like he owns the world.

Another guy leaves the bar.

New Guy >> Him?
Vet>> Nyet, French.
New Guy>> How do you know?
Vet>> He walks like he should own the world.

Another guy leaves the bar.

NG>> Him??
Vet>> Yes. That's the American.

So they start following him. The confused new guy asks quietly how his partner knew.

Vet Spy>> Americans walk like they don't know who you are or what you're doing, but you'd better get the Hell out of their way while you're doing it.

ScarlettPheonix wrote:My issues with the French (and I've run into a few native Frenchmen) is the overwhelming superiority a lot of them have towards the world in general and America in particular. Not all, but enough have that the French society just irritates me.

The french are a lot like sorority girls. They're a lot of fun and really nice one on one, but if you get them all together, they're snooty as hell.

BTW, in general, I think Parisians are the ones that give the french such bad press. Much the same way the stereotypical Texan tourist does for America; ie. "OMG, Mabel, there are so many durn furriners in france!?" They really exist, too. I thought they were just a joke until I did a bit of travelling.

What's funny is that if you say "I'm from America" you get a totally different reaction than if you say "I'm from California". People like Californians. My brother actually got asked for his autograph twice in Kazakstan. He's not famous or anything. The two russian friends he was with couldn't explain why it was happening, either. He'd say "Amerikanski -- California", though, which might have been part of it.

I'm just messing with Sug because I do know people who love to boast about how superior the US is compared to other nations and are convinced that the US is the greatest country in the history of mankind.

Yeah, we're not so great. Our nation was founded by a group of religious zealots who were ran out of Britain who then went on to slaughter the native people, used slave labor, fought in a war when a group of states tried to form their own nation, arrived late to not one, but two global conflicts then we claimed that we were the reason sh*t got under control, created the most destructive weapons ever known, used them twice, then got paranoid and freaked out because a new form of government broke out, funded radicals and militants to fight our "enemy" then ten years later we end up fighting the very same radicals and militants, and now we're involved in a war we created while all the while ignoring two real threats from people who can only be described as "Pure evil" and all the while we act as the moral police for the world.

I know I missed some stuff and some parts were really oversimplified but I feel that pretty much sums up most of what the US has done wrong in its history.

Like Al Franken said, some people love their country like a five-year-old loves a parent; basically "My country is great and never makes a mistake ever. Oh, and don't ever say anything bad about my country." Whereas others love their country like an adult loves another adult; "My country has flaws and while I don't agree with everything the leadership does I still love my country."

The "five-year-old" people I refer to are the ones who, more often than not, have an American Flag painted on the rear window of their pickup and have one of those "Kid pissing on Osama bin Laden" stickers on the tailgate. They're the ones who throw out the arguments like what I used earlier (In fact, when I fell like being a total ass in political discussions they serve as my muse) and there's no way you can have a real, honest political discussion with them. Hell, they'll even deny that we supplied bin Laden and Hussein with weapons during the Cold War and if you bring up any evidence to back that up they call you "Un-American!"

My favorite moment ever was at a anti-gay rally down at the Capitol building here in Sacramento. If I remember correctly, they were either protesting because the mayor of San Francisco was marrying same-sex couples or the amendment to the state constitution to recognize civil unions. A guy I knew in high school and I went down there to see if we could get on the news (If we did we were going to promote an upcoming show for his band during one of the live segments) and there was a guy there we got into a discussion with. Everyone in Sacramento knows him. He drives a small motorhome covered with anti-abortion and anti-gay propaganda all over the city. He's even been cited by the police for illegally parking it at which point he causes a scene, alerts the media, then bitches about how Sac PD is violating his first amendment right to free speech by threatening to tow his vehicle unless he moves it or, in some cases, feeds the meter. Anyways, my friend (Roman Catholic) gets into a theological discussion with this guy over the "God hates fags" sign he's carrying (Right now Sugami's thinking "Why does God hate cigarettes?") and in the middle of our discussion the guy goes into this anti-semitic rant. My friend says "Jesus was Jewish and the Old Testament is pretty much owned by the Jews. All Christians really hold claim to is the New Testament" to which the guy countered "Jesus Christ is GOD!" which is how a child would end an argument they were losing. See, the sheer stupidity of what he said dumbfounded my friend who walked away confused, wondering what the hell "Jesus Christ is GOD!" has to do with anything we discussed.