Recent posts by PlatinumIce on Kongregate

Topic: General Gaming / Castle Crashers

I has it! :DD

PlatinumIce – Bloosoda – Blue Knight / Red Knight

Topic: General Gaming / Who is the coolest video game character ever?

Meta Knight is absolutely 100% Bad Ass.

Topic: Kongregate / Greg Month is no longer in August

Originally posted by SevereFlame:

My birthday is on August 1st. And since I hate that horrible Greg and would love to kick him in the gut and punch his neck and head until the police arrive, I don’t think that these two dates can cooperate. Plus, everyone will be too busy being HAPPY to be sad

And SevereFlame appreciation week doesn’t even start until the second week of November.

Oh well.

Your birthday is one day. Greg’s month is 31 days. :P There’s 30 other days to hate greg.

Topic: Kongregate / Greg Month is no longer in August

Why?

Topic: General Gaming / .sol files

Essentially, it’s the file the flash games save on your directory that shows how far you’ve got, by using numbers for statistics such as “highest level reached”, “highest score”, etc, and a 1 or 0 (1 being beaten 0 being not completed) for individual things like “Cave of Trial 1 completed” and such.

(Correct me if I’m wrong though.)

Topic: Kongregate / Kongregate is on an advert...I think.

This what you guys saw that looked like Kong? Has a lot of red in it, especially at the top, but it’s not Kongregate.

:(

Linky. WARNING, I’M HUUUUUUGE!

EDIT: Damn, what was that, a double ninja? X_X

Topic: Collaborations / Turn Based Stratergy Alpha / Beta Testers Needed!

I’d love to test, if there’s any room left.

bloosoda@gmail.com is my email address.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

It’s true that many people aren’t happy that they died, just that they aren’t a threat. But why do people say that it is wrong to feel happy that somebody died – not only that they won’t cause any more harm, but that they are simply no longer living.

And Platinum is right, I don’t mean anything regarding “Heaven” or “Hell”, I should’ve stated that in the first post. Not that they are happy they are moving on – that’s more of a positive feeling towards them, but instead that they are dead, which is more of a negative feeling towards them.

People (That I know IRL) don’t feel happy that another person died because it’s just wrong. It’s morally wrong. It’s like thinking that a murder you recently committed was justified. It just doesn’t belong and it’s not the right way of thinking. There really isn’t another reason other than it’s just wrong. Like killing another human being, you can’t really give me a reason why it’s wrong, it just is.

Topic: General Gaming / Freeware games

Originally posted by Carados:

Something I’ve been playing a bunch today is “Triangle Wizards,” basically a cross between a geometry wars shooter and a roguelike.

Huh.

Sounds fun, I’ll definitely have to go check that out :o

Topic: General Gaming / Freeware games

Don’t forget Battle for Wesnoth, Last Scenario, and Exit Fate! :D

Topic: Kongregate / The Kongreatest Challenge Qualifier [ONLY 35 or so Spots Left, Hurry!] It's OVER ninety! But unfortunately END OF THIS PART DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND

Whew! Got internet access for a few days, so I can qualify. Now let’s just hope I get back to my house with permanent internet connection before the next round :P

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

I’ve noticed a few people saying they would be happy if someone died because it would end that person’s constant suffering and allow them to move on to a “better place”.

I think the thread creator was talking about less of a religious aspect, and more of a ‘physical’ one.

Not your average joe, but instead somebody that’s harmed you or somebody else.

And would you be happy if that person died, not because he no longer is a threat to anyone, but because he no longer has to rot in prison? No, you don’t ‘feel sorry’ for the people who did wrong to you, at least, to the extremes of killing of a family member or harming you/traumatising you in a severe way.

(I’m sorry if I’m not making sense here, I’m very tired. :X)

In short, I think this thread is directed not to family members that you are happy for them passing on to a better place, but is directed to serial killers, rapists, and other threats to society.

And as I’ve said numerous times above, in my mind, what people perceive as “being happy another is dead”, is actually “being happy they are no longer a threat”.

At least, that’s how I think.

Topic: General Gaming / IncrediBots 2 is out!!!

Oh crap. Incredibots is one of my favorite Flash Games and when I get on a computer with no ability to play Flash Games, it’s sequel comes out.

Damn. :(

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

Jail is there to keep the citizens safe from their harm… in reality, so much more could be done to reform the prisoners.

By your logic, I’m just happy that they can’t do any harm… then why is there a death penalty? Why not just lock him up in some high-security place like Alcatraz?

As for the word scum, I defined it earlier for use in the thread. AX, perhaps?

Why do you think they made Alcatraz?

Jail is there to keep the citizens safe from their harm… in reality, so much more could be done to reform the prisoners.

Like what?

And that’s what the death penalty is for: keep the citizens safe—“remove the threat”.

Topic: General Gaming / chrono cross?

So, basically, you’re looking for any turn-based strategy games?

Here’s a few, see if any of these work for you:

Pokemon (It’s turn based, at least.)

Advance Wars

Any RTS (They aren’t turn-based, but they are strategy.) (Examples of RTS are Halo Wars, Command and Conquer, etc)

Most Final Fantasy games (especially the early ones)

Any console-styleRPG.

Topic: Off-topic / Pay Our Respects

Just to end the debate about people being happy about another’s death, deathreape has kindly created a thread in the Serious Discussion forums about that same topic, and here is the link if you’d like to talk about that:

Happiness from another’s death

Now, on topic. :)

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

That’s exactly the thing, though.

No one is truly ‘scum’. Everyone’s definition of ‘scum’ differs. For example, you think a drunkard beggar is scum, while I think there really is no one who is ‘scum’.

And in response to your second paragraph…

What I’m trying to say is (and I don’t know if I can put it into any other words), when a bad person (or, by your standards, ‘scum’) gets killed/dies, you aren’t actually happy that that person no longer walks the Earth. You may think that’s what you’re thinking, but really you are happy that the person can no longer do the bad things he has done previously.

They don’t give the death penalty just because they don’t have any more jail room. In fact, why do you think they have jail? To teach people a lesson to see if they will become better and if they don’t then the government has no other option except to remove the threat.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongregate: 6666 Topics

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

Originally posted by xTw1tchyx:

I am sick of these little milestones. 6666 is just as special as 6667. Enough is enough and this is enough.

So celebrating how popular Kongregate is becoming is a bad thing?

Nope, not a bad thing at all.

However, 6666 isn’t really a special number. I could understand when we hit the 10,000 mark, but not 6,666.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

No two people are equal. Somebody with a vast intellect and skill with the ability to change the world cannot be compared to a drunkard beggar. They are just simply not equal human beings.

Scum, in this thread, will be defined as people with little to no positive contributions to society or anybody else, and engage in crimes and negative activities constantly.

Yes they can be compared.

They are both human beings with goals and aspirations. Their lives went in seperate directions, and the drunkard begger didn’t make the best decisions, but they are still human beings and deserve to be treated as such.

(now in response to death’s edit)

If a judge is honestly (and even subconciously) happy about a criminal’s death, then they don’t deserve to be in a position of so much power.

Like I’ve said before, you may perceive it as being happy that person is dead, but you are really thinking “I’m happy that person is no longer a threat.”

If, hypothetically, a new drug which would make any person which it was given to a good person who would never damage or do anything against society (kill, rape, etc) again was developed, would that not be preferable to the death penalty? (assuming, of course, they don’t give the drug to every human being at birth)

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

Of course not, didn’t want to spam up that thread xD

Compare a low-life scumbag of a person to a fly… it buzzes around, then you kill it, and you’re happy that it’s dead. While it’s true that you’re happy that it isn’t buzzing around anymore, most people would just be happy that another fly is dead.

The more scum the dead, the better. If they aren’t willing to reform, then they’re just a burden on society… and one should be able to shoot them with a smile on his/her face.

When I kill a fly buzzing around my head, I’m not thinking “Huzzah, a creature died!”.

You kill the fly to stop the annoyance, not just so it will be dead. The same can be applied to the death penalty, but on a greater scale. They must kill the person if that person refuses to change their ways, but that’s not to say the executor/judge is happy about the choice.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Happiness in another's death

Wow, you really weren’t kidding when you said this was going in SD, were you? xD

Anyway, as I said in the thread in the Kongregate section, No.

You should never be happy that someone is dead. You can be happy that the person will no longer be a source of trouble and whatnot, but you shouldn’t be happy they are dead.

An example of this close to me is my father. He’s never contributed anything, and should be shot.

He helped conceive you, didn’t he? That should be contribution enough, even if only in your eyes.

Topic: Off-topic / Pay Our Respects

Originally posted by Deathreape98:

So Platinum, are you saying that if somebody has only had an extreme negative impact on your life, you shouldn’t be happy that they died?

I smell a new debate arising in the SD board.

No.

There’s a difference between “I’m happy that that person is no longer a threat to me”/“I’m happy that person won’t harm another person”, and “I’m happy that person is dead”.

You should never be happy a person is dead. It’s just not right.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongregate: 6666 Topics

Yup, just noticed that a few minutes ago when I came onto the forums.

I knew there was gonna be a topic about it, and when I didn’t see one, I almost thought there wouldn’t be one.

Topic: Off-topic / Pay Our Respects

Ach, I guess I sounded pretty one-sided in my previous post. I wasn’t trying to get anyone to think of only the good things that Michael did, but rather to see both ends of the spectrum. :/

I dont know why the post came out so one-sided, maybe just because dd790’s post was kind of insulting to the man. Or it could just be me, the dead isn’t one of my favorite subjects to talk about.

The world has become a little better. One less child molester is a good thing

What I mean by dd790 being “insulting” to MJ was that you should never really be happy that someone died; When a person passes away it never really is a “good thing”.

I see Alci’s points though (regarding the “disprespect to the living”), and I agree.

Topic: General Gaming / Friendly Fire: Blood and Gore

Originally posted by dd790:

I have noticed alot of game comments complaining about lag. I run a 4-5 year old computer and have no lag problems.

Got to love when bits of the enemies hit the camera :)

Heh, you’re lucky then. I’m normally run a four to five year old laptop, which runs like CRAP. I mean it lags on games like Nethack. The computer I’m using now is brand spanking new, but the internet connection is closer to crap than any other provider I’ve ever used. Let me tell you this now: NetZero = Not a Flash gamer’s friend. :(

EDIT: Heh, wow. Just realized how completely random this post was. xP