The Gamer's Quarter

Persona-sama

Dude, I just realized MySpace has groups of some sort. I always assumed people interacted and found each other by stalking people through links of friend networks but now I see there's something more cohesively evil linking the fabric of everything together!!

In any case, I mention this all because I realized while there is a paltry little something in the way of an Insert Credit group, there is no mention whatsoever of a group for the Gamer's Quarter!

Now I'm not sure how many of you fellows have Myspaces (or will admit to, or want others to have easy access to such personal information in one) but we should at least make one in order to better represent the special interests of those on the space that's entirely mine right?

Y/N/Abort?
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ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

I have a myspace account. I've found it super handy, what with having a restless brother and friends still scattered about from rita. You just say when and where, people.
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Lestrade · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

I've just made a MySpace account so I can put up a temporary, free zine page. The problem is, the user controls are so fucking bad I can't figure out how to do anything.

Question! How can Blizzard get this crazy with their layout? Where can I get to "free mode," so I can fuck with my own HTML?

EDIT: Thank you, World of Warcraft, for showing me the way. I will now hack MySpace into something useable.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Haha, I'm the guilty creator of ze IC MySpace group. Should I make a TGQ one too? Leave it to someone more important?
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GSL · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

ABORT ABORT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ABORT!

Seriously Persona, do you really hate TGQ that much? Why would you cast our glorious magazine down among the intellectually devoid, gibbering masses? What did it ever do to YOU?!

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

If you do this, it should have the podcast playing in the background.

ApM · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

Or at least the theme. On repeat.

purplechair · . Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 378 Location: in my pants

It needs zen-chan sprites falling down the screen like rain.

And all the text should be completely transparent, and the columns 4000 pixels wide.

And the background image shoud be a tiled picture of Zangief's flexing buttocks.

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Well, a MySpace group isn't really like a profile. You can't jazz it up with a bunch of terrible html. It's more like a miniature, crappy forum. You can add some pictures to the top.
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Persona-sama · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:45 am Post subject:

So are we doing this? ARE WE ON??

Lestrade! Will you make us a super cool MYSPACE GROUP??
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Mr. Apol · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject:

i have a myspace
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject:

i have one too. but it's top secret!
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject:

I have one too! It's easy to find!

-Wes
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

I'm now going to add everyone I can find.

And make a TGQ group. Curse me later.
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Uh, okay. Now I guess everyone needs to join and upload a shitload of images, then tell me how to make zen-chan sprites fall down the screen and put Zangief's ass in the background, as was recommended.
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Um
do I have to have a MySpace account to join it?
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Yep. I'm not sure it's worth that plunge.

Hey, facebook has blogs now!
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

I'm not willing to make the myspace plunge, either.

However, I am shameless enough to want anybody here on facebook to be my friend. Don't everybody volunteer at once!
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Look for Tim McGowan at George Mason (GMU).

ITT we will be internet whores!
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

I joined, but there has to be some other poor saps out there that are willing to sell their souls!
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

I don't understand how there's much of a difference between facebook and myspace, beside the slight educational bent of the former.

Also, am I just the last person alive who doesn't belong to some social networking site?

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Can someone explain for me the purpose of Myspace because as far as I can tell it is a bit of an internet turd-pie.

(I think I was probably saying this about livejournal 3 years ago, too.)

I can understand it if you are an unsigned band, because you can embed mp3s on the page. But otherwise?

....

(Ok wait, I thought about it for more than one second and I think I understand it. Tell me if this is right.

So, Blogging was a revolution because it meant that people who hadn't learned HTML could still have a website. The ease of production and the fact that it was free also meant that posts could be more frequent and more throwaway- you didn't have to write the great 21st century article every time. You could just say my cat is sick T_T. Also blogs were more democratic- the gulf between reader and writer was bridged, since everyone reading probably had their own blog and could comment on every post made right away. The author no longer felt special and priviliged. It's a world away from the almost fuedal system we had before, where only individuals like Lowtax and Seanbaby had big websites and everyone who posted in their forum was their minion.

Plus, blogs are very efficiently networked, so there is more chance your blog will be read and more chance of meeting cool new people.

So myspace is even more democratic, since it allows even people who can't be bothered to read or keep blogs an internet prescence. And even if you're not interested in using Myspace there is a benefit of having an appealing Myspace page, because people are more likely to find it, and you can link to all your other shit through it. )

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

See, I just use it to hook up with townies.

It's pretty good for this!

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I don't even know what that means!

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Your parents will tell you when you're older?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Are townies like brownies?
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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Sometimes?

dessgeega · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:

mine is good for collecting sex solicitations.
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sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I hear it all the time, often pejorative.
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Oh, one more reason to never ever use myspace: News Corp.

(Though if dess is collecting gay/trans sex solicitations with the help of ol' Rupie-pie, I guess I can get behind the mildly subversive nature of that in particular. I'm still staying the hell away though.)