Mar 12
Swearengen commented on Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Drugs Before and After AA Meetings.
Feb 21
Swearengen commented on Jon Huntsman Continues His Streak as the World's Worst Republican.
Huntsman vs. Clinton would be an extremely interesting election.
Feb 19
Swearengen commented on The Paintings Are Not All Right (But the Way the Museum Pretends They Are Is Hilarious).
i'm pretty sure the "cat erection" is a tail. cats (and other animals) tend to do that when they are scared.
i was hoping for some interesting insights from someone who is knowledgable about art, but am disappointed to be reading nonsensical ranting with no point.
is this some kind of feminist thing?
i was hoping for some interesting insights from someone who is knowledgable about art, but am disappointed to be reading nonsensical ranting with no point.
is this some kind of feminist thing?
Feb 14
Swearengen commented on The Art of Video Games at EMP: Free Tickets to Opening Night!.
A few months after World of Warcraft came out (around Feb 2005) I led a group of the highest level players on the server with the goal of killing the only "raid boss" that was accessible at the time: Onyxia the dragon.
Doing a raid on a boss took 40 max-level people working together, using voice-chat software (complimented by in-game chat) to coordinate during the fight and come up with strategies.
For about a week 40 of us had spent 3-5 hours per night repeatedly dying in attempt to kill Onyxia. At the time less than a dozen groups had killed her in the entire game. This was before WoW was a mainstream game and before anything like strategy-guides for it existed.
We were getting close, and were figuring out the final phase of the battle. Someone started recording videos of the raid and captured an extremely emotional moment: when we all died less than 1% away from our goal. This is that video (audio required):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFeyY2f3…
What you're setting is Onyxia (the big dragon) finishing up killing every member of our raid with less than 1% of her health remaining. As soon as she begins to reset -- signifying we had failed yet again -- the entire chat blows up in angry nerds, myself included.
If I recall correctly, we gave up for the night after this failure, and came back to kill her the next day. It would be a month or two before anyone else on our server accomplished killing her. Someone also recorded the full first kill which contains all of the voice-chat and the response when, after over a week of work, we finally accomplished what we were after. That video (228 megs) is available here: http://discore.org/Goonifistvsonyxia.wmv
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Doing a raid on a boss took 40 max-level people working together, using voice-chat software (complimented by in-game chat) to coordinate during the fight and come up with strategies.
For about a week 40 of us had spent 3-5 hours per night repeatedly dying in attempt to kill Onyxia. At the time less than a dozen groups had killed her in the entire game. This was before WoW was a mainstream game and before anything like strategy-guides for it existed.
We were getting close, and were figuring out the final phase of the battle. Someone started recording videos of the raid and captured an extremely emotional moment: when we all died less than 1% away from our goal. This is that video (audio required):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFeyY2f3…
What you're setting is Onyxia (the big dragon) finishing up killing every member of our raid with less than 1% of her health remaining. As soon as she begins to reset -- signifying we had failed yet again -- the entire chat blows up in angry nerds, myself included.
If I recall correctly, we gave up for the night after this failure, and came back to kill her the next day. It would be a month or two before anyone else on our server accomplished killing her. Someone also recorded the full first kill which contains all of the voice-chat and the response when, after over a week of work, we finally accomplished what we were after. That video (228 megs) is available here: http://discore.org/Goonifistvsonyxia.wmv
Jan 9
Swearengen commented on McGinn Brings Out His Base as He Launches Bid for Reelection.
Bet ya 20 bucks he doesn't make it out of the primaries due to his blind support of the SPD.
I mean we ditched Nickels -- an infinitely more experienced politician -- over snow plows.
I mean we ditched Nickels -- an infinitely more experienced politician -- over snow plows.
Jan 7
Swearengen commented on A Little Copy Editor Humor for the Afternoon.
haha i really hope that 4 is a subtle troll and not a mistake
Jan 7
Swearengen commented on Seattle's Hippie Mayor, Supporter of the 1 Percent?.
Seattle has a great history with this. How many tens of millions are still left on the Kingdome loan?
Also, I like how the $100 million tax break isn't the same as giving them free money. Would anyone arguing this like to cut me a check for all my federal tax withholdings in 2012? Thanks in advance.
Also, I like how the $100 million tax break isn't the same as giving them free money. Would anyone arguing this like to cut me a check for all my federal tax withholdings in 2012? Thanks in advance.
Jan 7
Swearengen commented on Dear Stupid Seahawks "Fan".
This guy is judging and discouraging a fellow Seahawks fan because he isn't "good enough" for him?
I think the author is an infinitely shittier fan who needs to take sports much less seriously. It sounds like way too much of your identity is wrapped up in a bunch of grown men who you will never meet.
I think the author is an infinitely shittier fan who needs to take sports much less seriously. It sounds like way too much of your identity is wrapped up in a bunch of grown men who you will never meet.
Jan 6
Swearengen commented on We are SO CLOSE to Getting NHL Hockey Back!.
This is some Stockholm Syndrome shit.
The NHL treats its fans like shit and this is your response? GIVE US MORE SHIT ASAP PLEASE.
In my mind, the NHL is a total joke, and I will never give 1/10 of a fuck about hockey -- a game I occasionally enjoyed watching.
The NHL treats its fans like shit and this is your response? GIVE US MORE SHIT ASAP PLEASE.
In my mind, the NHL is a total joke, and I will never give 1/10 of a fuck about hockey -- a game I occasionally enjoyed watching.
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Methadone clinics and needle exchanges are even better.