posted September 27, 2014 09:31 AM            

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79S1ni_NooY
When I first saw this scene it struck me how similar his crying seems. Well, at least when it comes to the character. I would hate to cry in front of another person though, unless it's someone I feel very close to maybe. Yeah...I don't know if I'm even capable of wailing. I tend to be annoyed by loud crying so I'm kinda glad I do it without sound effects (unless irregular, heavy breathing counts). The actor probably has a Sag Moon. I have:
Libra Moon in the 2nd
sextile Mercury
square Venus
square Saturn
square Chiron
square NN

posted September 27, 2014 01:08 PM            

(Leo moon, please ) - trine my saggy sun/pluto conjunction.

My pretty leo moon can also cry on command.. if needed. Isn't she the greatest?

But when I start crying..... i'm doomed. i can't stop.
Even though I consider it a very healing action... (trine Chiron) .. - when I'm filled with too much negativity I forget about everything and have a good episode of seriously endangering to the environment cry.

To be honest, I'm rather scared of letting myself cry, because i will end crying for hours. Violently. I just cannot stop or control myself, and believe me, it's rather terrible. (opposite Uranus) I'll sink myself in my pillow or something and cry for the whole night or try and remember that I have worked on my makeup for a good time and so my leo moon should save her good image. But no.

I cry exactly like this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfxkWi2_Obs

posted September 29, 2014 07:12 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
All Aries moons (and suns, too), no exceptions (in this case after his mom cancelled his World of Warcraft account and his Sag brother had to catch it for posterity and share it with the world because Sags are jerks that way):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB30g91247s

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I don't know about that one - but this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99nfgols4E - seems legit. And based on his reaction - i know what some you might think, but that - doesn't necessarily mean: that he has anger issues - but he sure had relationship issues. His reaction to that situation is quite normal for some people (Aries influence - if you will :P), but - what his girlfriend did - now that's really malicious!

For a better understanding, imagine that: you're really passionate about something, like - writing a book or a building a car - and you spent months even years - putting part of yourself in that project and... one day - you go to the store to buy something and when you come back... it's gone. That's exactly how it was/felt for that dude. Some react like him and express how they feel otherworldly, others go into a state of depression - and express that inward, either way - it's a messed up situation - which none of us would want to experience - cause the way we can feel about it or react to it - is obviously - not pleasant. It's possible that some people are detached enough - not to care and just move on as if nothing happened - but i presume, there's not many people like that in this world.

posted September 29, 2014 07:13 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Btw, you can hear (audio only) ISC cry after ISC was extremely rude (starts off with expletive) to her mom:
http://youtu.be/eDxa2tmbhSg?t=27s

Poor I'm So Cappy! But really, ISC had that coming.

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posted September 29, 2014 07:35 PM            

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Originally posted by 7thGuardian:
I don't know about that one - but this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99nfgols4E - seems legit. And based on his reaction - i know what some you might think, but that - doesn't necessarily mean: that he has anger issues - but he sure had relationship issues. His reaction to that situation is quite normal for some people (Aries influence - if you will :P), but - what his girlfriend did - now that's really malicious!

For a better understanding, imagine that: you're really passionate about something, like - writing a book or a building a car - and you spent months even years - putting part of yourself in that project and... one day - you go to the store to buy something and when you come back... it's gone. That's exactly how it was/felt for that dude. Some react like him and express how they feel otherworldly, others go into a state of depression - and express that inward, either way - it's a messed up situation - which none of us would want to experience - cause the way we can feel about it or react to it - is obviously - not pleasant. It's possible that some people are detached enough - not to care and just move on as if nothing happened - but i presume, there's not many people like that in this world.

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Unlike the tantrum I shared, I do believe that one is real. Heck, I've heard of people punching their computer over annoying popups!

Video games aren't my vice, but I can understand what you explained, and I do realize they also cost money (hard not to even if you don't know any gamers given all the scam artists who try to trick me into giving my nonexistent WoW account so they can sell my digital stuff, and I even read of a boy who robbed another boy at knife point to make him give the stuff of the victim's character to the robber's character!). She HAD to know he invested money as well as time into it. If someone's gaming bothered me I'd talk to him about it, not do something so horrible. (Besides, I've been around addicts--and gaming addicts can be just as bad as drug addicts--and consider her lucky that she wasn't the one smashed.)

posted September 30, 2014 04:06 PM            

In a RPG - you grow a character as if you're growing your own child. And no, i'm not exaggerating. If a parent would invest in his child as much as a passionate WoW player invests in his online character - that child would feel overprotected. The money he spent on monthly subscriptions (probbaly around 200$) - are nothing compared to the time and the passion he invested in the game, to the point where he created an alter ego - revolving around the characters he played. In a way of speaking - he invested part of himself in that game and the characters he grew in a certain way (not all characters are alike)- from the lowest level to the highest. And then there's also a matter of items - where some of them are really rare (there's pairs of equipment which only 1000 players got lucky enough to find them out of the millions playing) - which in turn makes you more special - more unique in the eyes of others (a form of ego strokes). In a big way - it's like a mini version of our evolution in real life - and that in a fantasy like story - in a world full of adventures. That's what attracts players to this type of games - and since it's online and it's based on monthly subscriptions - the company behind it has a financial interest in keeping you addicted to their game as long as possible. So they made the evolution from one level to another more demanding in terms of time (based on the experience you gain from slaying a monster or doing a quest) - which can also imply a bigger level of stress compared to a offline single-player game - where it's mostly fun for the 40 or 100+ hours you need to finish it - compared to an online RPG (so called MMO RPG - massive multilayer online role play game) - that can take you up to 100x times more and there's always an add-on (expansion) - or a new patch that expands your experience or the level gap (from lvl 60 as max level to level 90+ and extra items for that difficulty). But of course - since it's a MMO, there's also a community aspect to those games - a community of alter-egos where some depend on you to help them with quests or you could simply interact with them - as if you're in a video chat. You can even get married. ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU

Other type of games, like a shooters (for example) - are based on rounds which take a certain amount of time (30 or 40 minutes) - and even though, there are shooters where you can evolve as well (basically - you get access to better gear) - those games are not about spending a lot of time in front of the monitor - they don't have a story or much of a social potential - it's all about ego gratification - which is based on how good you are during that limited time. That being said - if a shooter it's fitting for a saying like: "it's just a game" - same can't be said about a MMORPG - which is a "lifestyle". Same could be said about being a gamer (someone who has a big passion for game and spends a lot of time playing them) - that too is a lifestyle, but not every shooter player - is a gamer. Some play a game just for couple of rounds then - switch to other stuff.

And of course - it can become an unhealthy addiction, one that can affect the real life - of those who get to a point - where they ignore the real life for a game like WoW. I tried it too - but I got really bored with it during the trial - was to slow phased for me and the cartoon'ish artwork - didn't fit with my taste either. But since i used to a big fan of the RPG genre (offline RPG) - i'm familiar with its mechanics. I also played a MMO similar to WoW - around 10 years ago, one that was inspired from Anime (since it was made by a Japanese company ^^): Lineage 2 Around that time - MMO's started to become more popular - and that's because the internet speed got better (all multilayer games evolved with it - especially in terms of graphics, since those imply more content - thus - you need more speed for a fluent transfer). I used to be a gamer once - but then i found the internet and latter i found a tree...

Anyway, back to the main story. That dude was probbaly not aware that she was the culprit (at least - not at first) - but just because he smashed his monitor, that doesn't mean - he would do the same with her (if she knew - she was responsible) - not that you implied that (just saying). There are people in this world - who wouldn't destroy their possession - no matter what (as if they're alive and part of then - that's how attached they are to possessions), yet - they would really hurt others - if they even touched one of their possession the wrong way. In same way there are people - who can explode and take it on a possession - but think twice when it comes to another human - especially if it's a about a women (him being the guy). Then, there are also people capable of both (destruction and hurting people) or neither.

posted September 30, 2014 07:55 PM            

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Originally posted by 7thGuardian:
they still rage but don't destroy anything or hurt anybody (as it's the case with this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4Ut761FQE )

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I just had the image of some WoW operator picking up a phone going, "Blizzard Entertainment, how may I help you?"

"**** !"

"You again?"

I've done some LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) and pen & paper role playing so I can understand being invested in a character and a story...but at least those weren't vulnerable to computers. But as a writer I would become hostile to anyone who willfully destroyed my stories stored in my computer (though I do take precautions against that, from emailing with attached files to using thumb drives).

posted October 01, 2014 11:10 AM            

I'm familiar with LARP'ing (from videos) - but so far i didn't got the chance to take part of a LARP'ing event. There wasn't any available around this pars - but, it does look like fun (something i wanted to try as well). As for Pen & Paper Role Playing - i didn't play that either - but since the RPG genre was my favorite - i did look into it - how it all started - and that seems to be it. ^^ You do - seem to fit the role of a storyteller. :P Meta-thinking is wildly spread even among PC games - especially among RPG's and Strategy games and honestly - I'm not so good at being a conformist. I prefer to find my own way of doing things - which seems to really bother meta-thinkers who take me for a troll - for not following their... robot play - and latter they can't believe my way actually worked.

Starcraft for example (not sure if you're familiar with this title).
It's a famous strategy game (among the first made by Blizzard) - revolving around 3 races whit unique capabilities - where you evolve starting from a Home-base - with couple of drones intended to farm minerals (this being the source of income and materials for - constructing new buildings - which in turn gives you to possibility for all kind of military troops and other upgrades).
The standard meta went like this:
- you buy more drones (the more drones you have the more/faster minerals you can gather) - you send them to farm minerals till you afford to construct the first attack unit building or if you're Protoss (one of the races) - you can build a Pylon which supports attack turrets around its radius - a basic yet powerful defense structure (the basic attack units from the other races - have a hard time attacking a base defended by this turrets - early game). And that's how most proceeded - till they manage to build some army and engage the other teams base.
(This is usually the basic meta-thinking in most strategy games).

While learning the game - i noticed the efficiency of those turrets - and instead of starting with two turrets around the drones (as a way to protect them from an early rush attack) and preserve the upcoming minerals for constructing the first unit attack building - i got the idea of rushing with a drone and building the first pylon and turret in the enemy base! ^^ Which proved to be very efficient cause nobody was prepared for this type of attack so early in the game - most had only drones at that time or barely building the next building (even if they did manage to build that - there was no way for them to build enough attack units in time - cause i was building more pylons and more turrets surrounding their home basic - practically razing it with was meant to be an "early defense construction (based on the meta)". I ****** a lot of people back then and force them to take extra caution and use drones to scout the surroundings for an early infiltration. ^^ So yeah - if you know what you're doing, i'm all for braking the meta - and do your thing the way you see fit (but it better be worth it).

Braking the beta is also a way of "thinking out of the box" - which tends to confuse and anger people who are fond of their box - of the way everybody is doing things. Some things might be more efficient that way (at least for awhile) - if we're to talk about corporations and the standards they create - but eventually, something better emerges - a new way of thinking - which can imply an evolution even for mass production.

By the way - RPG has it's phase compared to other games - and same goes for reaching a point where you could be mad about something, as it's the case with shooters or strategy games - where everything happens a lot faster (after all you have a limited time and the actions starts with the beginning of the game). Thus, failure can occur more often - and people get personal quite fast - acting offensive or defensive - depending on all kind of factors (how much and how they fail, if they're verbally attacked for it and so on). Obviously guys take the lead at raging but girls aren't far behind either (the few girls that are fond of shooters). Check this videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPNmtDWosVU (A short info: Humiliation is the most shameful way to die in shooters - getting knifed at close range - which is kinda like - "bringing a knife to a heavy arms fight" ^^ ) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPNmtDWosVU - there's more in the right corner (mostly male) - some of them or quite amusing.

Don't tell me - they all have Moon in Aries. Ha!