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    Atmospheric music vs Memorable music

    in Gaming in general

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    Eh, really good atmospheric music is memorable. Like the bit that plays during the first elevator ride in "Welcome to Rapture" when Atlas is narrating about how the city went to hell, and you get to see it. I could kinda throw in all of the halo soundtracks, they're really not "themes" for anything, but set the mood for the section where they play ( except the flood theme, that's always for them)

    Introduce Yourself!

    in Free-For-All

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    Hello, My name is Mr. ShinyObject, and I joined because BraveTriforcer made me. I'm here to kick ass and talk about Valve Games, and I'm all out of ass. I play a lot of TF2, seriously enjoy the Half-Life series, and have been told you have a decent Pony thread.

     

    Anyway, yes hello nice to meet you all.

     

    Welcome, ye beholder of a good name. Someone get this guy some bubblegum.

    Ross does not save Christmas

    in General News

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    Don't kill yourself over it, just do your best, and work when you want to, we won't die without constant updates, and I'm sure we'll all love whatever you put out, whenever it gets done. The Tunnel was well worth the wait, and anything else you put out will be to, keep at it.

    Stupid Ways the Government is Trying to Screw the Internet

    in Serious Topic Discussion

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    Someone is going to have to explain this to me; the wikipedia article isn't sufficient.

     

    Now, you guys probably know that I'm not known for wanting to make things illegal. However, when it comes to the protection of copyrights and intellectual property, I think the government isn't being strict enough. I think they should be more forceful when defending a man's right to his mind and effort. I'm getting the impression that most people speaking out against this bill just want to continue using intellectual property without the owner's permission and that they're ludicrously using the First Amendment to somehow justify their theft.

     

    The freedom of speech doesn't mean you're allowed to forcibly use another property, so bills that protect property rights are completely constitutional, moral, and proper for a government. Of course, I probably don't fully understand what the bill entails; for all I know, it could be something out of North Korea. Can someone who actually understands the bill help me out here?

     

    I'm coming from the same angle, I strongly support the protection of copyrights and a man's right to his own work, that being said, this bill wouldn't do anything regarding that. It would be incredibly easy to evade and continue to steal copyrighted material, just as it is now, but what it would do, is practically kill "fair use" for anyone on the web and give the government broad, largely undefined, powers to target sites, force censorship, cut their funding, and shut them down. Do you really want the same policy our government used with anti-trust to apply to the Internet? And worse, what example would the world see when America is allowing internet censorship? China would have firm ground to stand on in the international community for its already dubious internet policies.

     

    Here's a good video:

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