READ THIS, you slack-jawed idiots, or THE NEW CONSOLE WARS, z0MG! - Page 31

ZAKtheGeek · 07-17-2006, 09:16 AM

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I think they stuck to the same formula because it worked the last time.

Well, if you've already got something out there that works, why release a new version?

Oh, right. Money.

NorthDragoon · 07-17-2006, 01:01 PM

Hmm, applying stuff I learned in school to the console war... sounds dangerous... ah screw it. It actually makes enough sense to post.

Here I will show you how I look at the way those corporate gamemongering companies work.

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DFD components - system diagrams

So what you do is use certain symbols to represent certain things. There are 4 components:

1. Process -activities of the system
2. External Entity -outside of the system, can be sources of input or destinations of output
3. Dataflow - movement of data
4. Datastore - storage of data

How does this apply to the console wars? Well its like this: the companies who make these consoles, namely Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, are systems. So by using DFD we can define how they operate (basically speaking of course). So the components of these systems are like this:

1. a)takin' yer money and b)raping you in teh butt
2. a)yer wallet(input), and b)yer butt(output)
3. do I really need to explain this? they a)take your money and b)leave unmentionable stuff in yer rear...
4. a)The Big Bank of Bull - stores your money in one vault and ideas for screwing you over in another. also... b)yer butt... yeah.

This explains how the companies work in a short and efficient manner. Its a great model for starting discussions on how much you hate such and such a company. It applies to all of them of course, its just really obvious to use it against the one's you hate.

If this isn't enough, feel free to draw yourself a crude diagram... just don't blame me if people are somewhat... disgusted... by it.

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So there you have it. Whether its just comedy bronze or a mildly vulgar look at capitalistic game design, it makes a fair amount of sense...
also it makes me laugh.

ZERO. · 07-17-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthDragoon

1. a)takin' yer money and b)raping you in teh butt
2. a)yer wallet(input), and b)yer butt(output)
3. do I really need to explain this? they a)take your money and b)leave unmentionable stuff in yer rear...
4. a)The Big Bank of Bull - stores your money in one vault and ideas for screwing you over in another. also... b)yer butt... yeah.

This explains how the companies work in a short and efficient manner. Its a great model for starting discussions on how much you hate such and such a company. It applies to all of them of course, its just really obvious to use it against the one's you hate.

Dude, what is it with you and the human butt?

ZAKtheGeek · 07-17-2006, 09:41 PM

To be fair, it's only a human butt if the reader is human. He could just as easily have some sort of obsession with butt in general. I mean, even aliens need somewhere to dump metabolic wastes out of, right?

Bells · 07-18-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ZAKtheGeek

To be fair, it's only a human butt if the reader is human. He could just as easily have some sort of obsession with butt in general. I mean, even aliens need somewhere to dump metabolic wastes out of, right?

Or to probe in!

Both ways could explain this butt'o'philia

NorthDragoon · 07-19-2006, 10:35 AM

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Both ways could explain this butt'o'philia

Er yes they could... if I was employed by Sony... after all a $600 ripoff machine is strikingly similar to alien probing... And quite frankly I don't want to know what Microsoft did to the Xbox fanboys to make them so rabid and stupid at the same time...

Also as a sidenote, longtime Nintendo fans live in a fantasy world... they have to. Without it they wouldn't have been able to get the bad taste of Square's conversion to Playstation *points to FF7* out of their mouths.

Ah console wars... its beginning to remind me of RvB's Internet vs. Real Life comparison... where the console wars really shine is on the internet...

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I voted for Nader! I hate everyone!

bananarama · 07-20-2006, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by NorthDragoon

Also as a sidenote, longtime Nintendo fans live in a fantasy world... they have to. Without it they wouldn't have been able to get the bad taste of Square's conversion to Playstation *points to FF7* out of their mouths.

Oh I don't think Square's conversion was that much of problem because, in my completely infallible and unconstestable opinion, the FF series reached its peak at FF6, so far Squenix is incapable of topping that piece of kick ass work.

Oh and why is everyone now obssessed with butts? Seriously guys, get your heads out of your butts.

ZERO. · 07-22-2006, 04:23 AM

I still don't undterstand why in the hell they wen't with the Wii.

I mean what did they pass up before they came up with that name.

greed · 07-22-2006, 06:24 AM

I'm no fan of the name myself.

Anyway has anyone else seen this trailer.
Does anyone have a clue what is going on in it other than awesome.

Edit: Forgot the link.

Mr. Viewtiful · 07-23-2006, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Silver Rose

Could people go out and buy the Wii, only to discover that they can't use the system because their room isn't configured to the proper spatial settings?

I'm sure Nintendo will have some sort of fix lined up for this problem, since a lot of potential buyers live in small spaces (college dorms, small apartments, etc.). How they'll do it is beyond me, but I'm 95% sure they'll do something about it.

07-17-2006, 01:01 PM	#302
NorthDragoon Lv20 Dragoon/Power-napper Gestalt Join Date: May 2006 Location: That place up north where everyone lives in igloos... you know, Toronto? Posts: 16	College Teaches You Stuff Hmm, applying stuff I learned in school to the console war... sounds dangerous... ah screw it. It actually makes enough sense to post. Here I will show you how I look at the way those corporate gamemongering companies work. ************************************************ DFD components - system diagrams So what you do is use certain symbols to represent certain things. There are 4 components: 1. Process -activities of the system 2. External Entity -outside of the system, can be sources of input or destinations of output 3. Dataflow - movement of data 4. Datastore - storage of data How does this apply to the console wars? Well its like this: the companies who make these consoles, namely Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, are systems. So by using DFD we can define how they operate (basically speaking of course). So the components of these systems are like this: 1. a)takin' yer money and b)raping you in teh butt 2. a)yer wallet(input), and b)yer butt(output) 3. do I really need to explain this? they a)take your money and b)leave unmentionable stuff in yer rear... 4. a)The Big Bank of Bull - stores your money in one vault and ideas for screwing you over in another. also... b)yer butt... yeah. This explains how the companies work in a short and efficient manner. Its a great model for starting discussions on how much you hate such and such a company. It applies to all of them of course, its just really obvious to use it against the one's you hate. If this isn't enough, feel free to draw yourself a crude diagram... just don't blame me if people are somewhat... disgusted... by it. ************************************************ So there you have it. Whether its just comedy bronze or a mildly vulgar look at capitalistic game design, it makes a fair amount of sense... also it makes me laugh. __________________ "If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." -Murphy's 25th law of Systems Development "The term 'meatshield' takes on a whole new meaning for your enemies when they have to stumble up a hill of their comrades corpses just to get a clear shot at you..." -me watching in awe as my Tau forces increase the Eldar body count on the only entrance to my base.

07-17-2006, 09:41 PM	#304
ZAKtheGeek Worth every yenny Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: not my mind that's for sure! Posts: 1,299	To be fair, it's only a human butt if the reader is human. He could just as easily have some sort of obsession with butt in general. I mean, even aliens need somewhere to dump metabolic wastes out of, right? __________________ Pyro Icon - It needs your love. I haven't looked at it in months.

07-22-2006, 04:23 AM	#308
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