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I'm not going to take personal jabs at anybody else who has posted in response to Captain Mystery's stuff, because in spite of the fact that I'm new, I hope you all will try to listen to me. This is for your own good.
Take just a second, stop scowling at your screens as you read the Curmudgeonly Captain's comments(10 points for alliteration), and DON'T TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY. Sure, I think he believes in what he's writing, and I agree with alot of it. I also disagree with alot of it. But guess what? That's not the point of what I'm writing, and it's not the point of what HE'S writing, either. Anybody who's ever had the joy of reading www.seanbaby.com can see the obvious hilarity in his articles.
As I once found out rather painfully from a casual browsing of some IRC logs, it's tough to be funny on paper(or screen, as it were). The good Captain's articles aren't supposed to make you nod your head and say "Amen, brother! You are the savior we have awaited!", they're supposed to make you LAUGH. At least, I hope so, or I'm dumber than the post-credits joke in EfMI.
If anybody's ever seen Lewis Black, either performing stand-up or on The Daily Show, you know what I'm talking about. People telling us how dumb we are is funny, but if you take it as serious criticism, you just might end up angry enough to fight back with meaningless personal insults and empty, biting criticisms that end up making you look dumber than...well, the post-credits joke at the end of EfMI (as opposed to the one at the beginning). Oh yeah, and since I've praised you so much here, Captain M., I hope you aren't upset when I tell you that putting an apostrophe in the word aint makes it look "quite like a monkey in a hat", to quote one of the more annoying characters in the pantheon of adventure gaming.
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But let us always respect that fine fellow Captain Mystery.
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As far as the "Captain Mystery" thing vs. Haggis (or anyone else) all you anti-CM folks just play his game by replying. lol All he does is throw out the hook. Does he force you to read his works, be they great insights or total drivel? No. Does he come to your house and hold a gun to your head, forcing you to post a comment? No. With that in mind, do yourself a favor - if you want the "Captain Mystery" fire to die out, quit throwing your own logs on it or thinking that adding flames will make his fire go out.
Captain - at first I found you irritating...now, not so much. I would like, if I may, to submit a request/challenge/whatever to you: In recent years, there have been more video game to movie crossovers, from Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat to Resident Evil/Final Fantasy/Tomb Raider. (Star Wars, of course, is an animal unto itself) A Pirates of the Carribian movie is now in production and may prompt some big Hollywood execs to look at Monkey Island as the next crossover. Your "challenge" is just give your opinion on the feasability of an adventure game making the jump to the big screen. We've already seen action games do it...
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http://www.geocities.com/moronsagainstcm/
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He has hurt me in a way no gun or nuclear warhead could. My ego lies in pieces on the floor, and every night I cry myself to sleep.
Those remarks about grammar haunt me. I hear his voice snarling at me all hours of the day, forcing me to correct others grammar and become an outcast from my peers, and be ridiculed due to my constant depression and my zombie-like status.
So I turn to the internet, and he's there again, mocking me, with another offensive article that sends what I can only describe as electrical shocks down my spine, and pierces my pupils in the most insulting fashion possible.
Leave me be Captain. I am just a mere mortal, I cannot comprehend your being.
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Let me put it annother way... how interesting would Monkey Island be without LeChuck? It would be quite boring. Without the "villan" to stir things up, there would be no excitement. I look forward to seeing the next step.
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Saying "What bothers me is that this guy thinks he is intelligent" doesn't really fit in with your earlier comment saying "But I'm not going to insult you", does it?
Thanks a bunch.
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Edit: I do not like the fact that placement of articles like these is allowed on this site. You could argue that I also wrote an article against one person, but that's not true. I complained about this phenomenon, "Captain Mystery". Maybe "he" is not even one person. But I am. And my complaints against your articles are shared by a lot of other active community members. I was merely voicing there opinions - opinions that I share. And not without reason. I fully understand that these articles are created to provoke a reaction from the community, but I urge The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar to reconsider placing this on the site. I am not against freedom of speech, but tearing a community apart on the biggest and probably most respected site of that same community, is ironic at least.
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For a supposed community, there's a lot of zealots who like being selective with the idea of free speech.
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Say what you want CM, you have every right to. But don't get all indignant when a dog you tease bites you.
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I also think it's amusing that an article which essentially was about nothing has managed to get close to thirty comments in a day. It's sorta charming, in that Seinfeld kinda way.
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Also, spelling SHOULD count when it comes to writing articles, but when it comes to these dinky back and forth forum-type comments, don't rag on someone's spelling, grammar and most importantly, English. That is so egocentric and stupid.
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Also, again, can anybody tell me what "Elf Queen of Shannara" is? I don't get the reference
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Enough of the childish comments and articles, either write something worth while that youll get praise for, or don't bother at all.
This place might aswell be called Speakers Corner the way things are going.
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And it's different from the basic idea behind Haggis' article how?
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My opinion, thats because i can make one, is that article should just have been an e-mail to haggis, and not something for the whole world to see, frankly I really don't care what you think or don't think about haggis's article, let him write what he wants and if people read it and like it great, but don't bother writing an article because you havnt for a while, write good stuff, don't ruin the good articles youve got because of some article someone else wrote. You write controversial articles and so does he it seems. Another one of my opinions is that TSB is becoming a soap box for anyone who's got something to say about anything. I could write someone in about 5-10minutes that qualifies all of your required "needs" for an article.
I have gone through a similar situation, i just learned that other people have views that you dont want to know about, and frankly I would say that the monkey-island community is dying out because of stupid and un-needed arguments like this between people. This is the same reason why I have left #monkey-island, but thats a differnent story. Enjoy your life, don't let some asshole ruin it because he doesn't like who or what you are, leave it behind and get on with life.
Live life to the full.
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What concerns me, though, is that the Cap'n feels so empowered to express his (her?) opinions -- controversial as they are -- and yet hides behind a secret identity. The scurvy dog.
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sorry haggis i dont mean to be against you here....
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Anything that's fairly well written will most likely be accepted. It can be anti-TSB or anti-me for all I care, as long as it has decent content and/or a good dose of humor, it will most likely be accepted. Take issue with what was written, not that it was written in the first place. Free speech and all that, y'know. And gain some perspective, like benny, mercat, Gabez, Squinky and anybody else who can see the difference between what's to be taken seriously, and what's not. That is all.
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Seriously buddy, tone the homoangst down a bit. You don't run the Scummbar and you're not very important, so shut your hole.
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Also, Gabez is too smart to be a TSB staffer.
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The whole point of The SCUMM Bar articles section is to give people in the community a voice, so to speak. As long as the published work isn't too controversial, then it's allowed up on the site. Hence this article has really got little to do with The SCUMM Bar itself.
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why do you include this kind of filth into the scummbar?
it reduces the quality of the site. all the crazy stuff can be in the forum for all i care. i dont wanna see this shit at the scummbar again!
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