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Has anyone ran into the tens of thousands of new Japanese players?

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Zofe Stormcaller
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#141 - 2012-05-01 22:08:32 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:

Perhaps a few of you are OK, I was obviously being a racist putting you all in the same fold, sorry. But you reddit guys, sorry not you but them other reddit guys, always steal our MEMES!! Not to mention troll our beautiful /v/ board with posts about playing gamesRoll


Most memes don't start on 4chan either. And there are plenty of in-jokes and original content within each reddit community. The nice thing about the site is that the crap sinks very quickly while the good stuff rises to the top - it's the entire point of the karma system.


Upvote/Downvote to a degree is the same as age/sage on 4chan. The difference is that 4chan has no logins and karma and it will age unless you specify otherwise when posting.

The meme flow right now seems to be:

b3ta/4chan/somethingawful/worth1000/fark > reddit/digg > tumblr/twitter > facebook > 9gag/fukung > the rest of the internet > email chain letters your mum sends you.
Degren
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#142 - 2012-05-01 22:09:40 UTC
Fannie Maes wrote:
Perhaps a few of you are OK, I was obviously being a racist putting you all in the same fold, sorry. But you reddit guys, sorry not you but them other reddit guys, always steal our MEMES!! Not to mention troll our beautiful /v/ board with posts about playing gamesRoll


A lot of us don't even use memes :(

brb, trolling /v/

Hello, hello again.
HostageTaker
Band of Freelancers
#143 - 2012-05-01 22:10:58 UTC
Preferred nomenclature dude!


Idea

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Titans on fire outside "The Alamo" of NOL-M9. I watched massive Super Capital fleets glitter in the dark near the BKG-Q2 gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain...  Time to die.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#144 - 2012-05-01 22:15:47 UTC
Zofe Stormcaller wrote:

Upvote/Downvote to a degree is the same as age/sage on 4chan. The difference is that 4chan has no logins and karma and it will age unless you specify otherwise when posting.

The meme flow right now seems to be:

b3ta/4chan/somethingawful/worth1000/fark > reddit/digg > tumblr/twitter > facebook > 9gag/fukung > the rest of the internet > email chain letters your mum sends you.


reddit's sorting algorithm is pretty intricate, I still haven't fully figured out all of its details - but post "values" do decay invisibly, and then there is the fact that the default sorting is "what's hot". logins can be a blessing and a curse - you get karma whores, and then you get celebrity users. feel like asking wil wheaton, felicia day, or zach weiner a question? they reddit too, among dozens of others.

I've always seen reddit as a pretty good filter for the internet. It is very, very good at getting the hottest news (people were talking about osama bin laden's death before the media, and the zerg rush google search a day before the rest of the net), or random interesting facts / sites, along with tons of hilarity. this is entirely due to the sheer volume of submissions, the user-side filtering (subscribed subreddits), and the karma system (big news / awesome stuff gets upvoted FAST).
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#145 - 2012-05-01 22:19:06 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Zofe Stormcaller wrote:

Upvote/Downvote to a degree is the same as age/sage on 4chan. The difference is that 4chan has no logins and karma and it will age unless you specify otherwise when posting.

The meme flow right now seems to be:

b3ta/4chan/somethingawful/worth1000/fark > reddit/digg > tumblr/twitter > facebook > 9gag/fukung > the rest of the internet > email chain letters your mum sends you.


reddit's sorting algorithm is pretty intricate, I still haven't fully figured out all of its details - but post "values" do decay invisibly, and then there is the fact that the default sorting is "what's hot". logins can be a blessing and a curse - you get karma whores, and then you get celebrity users. feel like asking wil wheaton, felicia day, or zach weiner a question? they reddit too, among dozens of others.

I've always seen reddit as a pretty good filter for the internet. It is very, very good at getting the hottest news (people were talking about osama bin laden's death before the media, and the zerg rush google search a day before the rest of the net), or random interesting facts / sites, along with tons of hilarity. this is entirely due to the sheer volume of submissions, the user-side filtering (subscribed subreddits), and the karma system (big news / awesome stuff gets upvoted FAST).



OMG Wil Wheaton!!! hmm, I brb, I do want to ask him a few questions.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#146 - 2012-05-01 22:23:51 UTC
Fannie Maes wrote:

OMG Wil Wheaton!!! hmm, I brb, I do want to ask him a few questions.


they say if you utter his name three times in a thread, he'll pop up out of nowhere.

it worked for me once. he's probably the most active celebrity redditor.
Ezekiel DeSangre
#147 - 2012-05-01 22:27:56 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:


try reading a damn book. or failing that, the freaking wikipedia page. Roll


Thanks for the link to a publicly alterable source.Roll


Yeah really. Because I'm sure there is a good reason our English teachers told us NOT to use Wikipedia as a reference. Also I love how racists are always the first ones to ***** about "political correctness" or as some of us like to call it, "having some ******* respect."Lol

Meh..
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#148 - 2012-05-01 22:30:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Fannie Maes
Ezekiel DeSangre wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:


try reading a damn book. or failing that, the freaking wikipedia page. Roll


Thanks for the link to a publicly alterable source.Roll


Yeah really. Because I'm sure there is a good reason our English teachers told us NOT to use Wikipedia as a reference. Also I love how racists are always the first ones to ***** about "political correctness" or as some of us like to call it, "having some ******* respect."Lol



Wikipedia is great, read it then spend the 5 seconds it takes to read the source, I always laugh when people say Wikipedia is unreliable, sure it is, anything is even books!! I think schools need to educate people better on how to fact check.
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#149 - 2012-05-01 22:31:02 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:

OMG Wil Wheaton!!! hmm, I brb, I do want to ask him a few questions.


they say if you utter his name three times in a thread, he'll pop up out of nowhere.

it worked for me once. he's probably the most active celebrity redditor.



I dream about meeting him, really. He was my fav actor in TNG Big smile
Gorongo Frostfyr
#150 - 2012-05-01 22:32:23 UTC
the bunch of american idiots here disgust me.
Degren
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#151 - 2012-05-01 22:32:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Degren
Ezekiel DeSangre wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:


try reading a damn book. or failing that, the freaking wikipedia page. Roll


Thanks for the link to a publicly alterable source.Roll


Yeah really. Because I'm sure there is a good reason our English teachers told us NOT to use Wikipedia as a reference. Also I love how racists are always the first ones to ***** about "political correctness" or as some of us like to call it, "having some ******* respect."Lol


Or as I like to call it "using an arbitrary term to refer to someone or a group of people instead of using their name or their preferred method of being addressed/referred to"

It's a new construct for an archaic practice. It has absolutely nothing to do with respect. It's simply a shortcut.

Cheers.

*abandons thread*

Hello, hello again.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#152 - 2012-05-01 22:33:55 UTC
Fannie Maes wrote:

I dream about meeting him, really. He was my fav actor in TNG Big smile


BLASPHEMY!

Also I'm in the minority who loved DS9 more than TNG and considers Sisko the best captain.
Corbin Blair
Doomheim
#153 - 2012-05-01 22:34:08 UTC
Bane Necran wrote:
Probably indistinguishable from all the English players with Japanese names.

How many English players with Japanese names write it in the Japanese alphabet?
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#154 - 2012-05-01 22:36:54 UTC
Corbin Blair wrote:
Bane Necran wrote:
Probably indistinguishable from all the English players with Japanese names.

How many English players with Japanese names write it in the Japanese alphabet?


The otaku ones do. Then you also got the ones that have moved there on permanent basis, more than you think (when it comes to gamers anyway.)
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#155 - 2012-05-01 22:44:12 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:

I dream about meeting him, really. He was my fav actor in TNG Big smile


BLASPHEMY!

Also I'm in the minority who loved DS9 more than TNG and considers Sisko the best captain.


Lol Thanks for that clip, never seen it before Big smile

As for best ST captain, this is the best captain!!
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#156 - 2012-05-01 22:56:07 UTC
Fannie Maes wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:

I dream about meeting him, really. He was my fav actor in TNG Big smile


BLASPHEMY!

Also I'm in the minority who loved DS9 more than TNG and considers Sisko the best captain.


Lol Thanks for that clip, never seen it before Big smile

As for best ST captain, this is the best captain!!


Here's a more serious example of why I consider Sisko and DS9 to be top dogs.
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#157 - 2012-05-01 22:57:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Bane Necran
Corbin Blair wrote:
Bane Necran wrote:
Probably indistinguishable from all the English players with Japanese names.

How many English players with Japanese names write it in the Japanese alphabet?


How many Japanese players would use Kanji when the English alphabet is all the rage there?

It's kind of funny, really. You've got a large segment of both western and eastern cultures that think everything on the other side is cooler.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#158 - 2012-05-01 23:02:40 UTC
Bane Necran wrote:
Corbin Blair wrote:
Bane Necran wrote:
Probably indistinguishable from all the English players with Japanese names.

How many English players with Japanese names write it in the Japanese alphabet?


How many Japanese players would use Kanji when the English alphabet is all the rage there?

It's kind of funny, really. You've got a large segment of both western and eastern cultures that think everything on the other side is cooler.


oh, I don't know, why don't you talk to your friends in kanji english? Roll

its a horribly clumsy way to communicate using another language's alphabet.
Fannie Maes
Doomheim
#159 - 2012-05-01 23:05:24 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Fannie Maes wrote:

I dream about meeting him, really. He was my fav actor in TNG Big smile


BLASPHEMY!

Also I'm in the minority who loved DS9 more than TNG and considers Sisko the best captain.


Lol Thanks for that clip, never seen it before Big smile

As for best ST captain, this is the best captain!!


Here's a more serious example of why I consider Sisko and DS9 to be top dogs.



how about this then?
O'Sheagada
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#160 - 2012-05-01 23:16:55 UTC
I see them at the market when I leave my apartment and go downtown honolulu, they are everywhere. O wait...