Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132!

[Icewalker]

Well, has she just never done so due to circumstance, or would she hate to play the game? If the first, have her play it, or at least show it to her.

If the second, you can probably still show it to her and explain the plot, its epic enough that one doesn't need to play the game to acknowledge that its cool.

[Inhuman Bot]

Okay, so far I'm all prepared for cos-playing as Sander Cohen come February. Now, I want to convince my friend (It's a costume thing and she doesn't have a costume yet. I'm a bit early) to dress up as a Spider Splicer and we'd go together.

Problem: She has never played Bioshock, and has never played anything more exciting than The Sims. She is one of my closest friends and I would be ecstatic. How would I go about convincing her?

....Ask her if she'll do it?

Is she a horror fan? If she's the easily scared doesn't-like-horror-type, then your not exactly going to "sneak it up" on her. So, show her a picture and ask.

[Phase]

She's one of a small group of friends I've managed to wrangle into playing games like Half-Life and such (She never actually played, just watched). So I intend to snag her free time over Winter Break and get her to play it herself, on Easy with Vita-chambers with the lights in the room on, of course.

[CrimsonAngel]

(I’m working as a cashier at a hardware store. A customer comes to my line wearing a floor-length black trench coat, which he is clutching around himself rather suspiciously.)

Me: “Hello, sir, did you find everything alright today?”

Customer: “Would you like to see my bird?” *suggestively nods down toward his jacket*

Me: “Umm, excuse me?”

Customer: “You know, my bird…

(He opens one side of his trench coat, only to show that he indeed has a large green parrot hidden in his jacket.)

Me: *speechless*

Customer: “What, is green not your color? No worries!”

(The customer opens the other side of his trench coat and reveals another large parrot–this one red.)

Me: *still speechless*


(Found this on notalwaysright.com)

[Phase]

That person is perhaps the greatest person since sliced bread The Fonz.

Probably were Macaws, though.

[Mr. Mud]

The Fonz.

Know what's even better than the Fonz? (SFW, but has the F-Bomb in text)

[Icewalker]

I love Not Always Right.

I've planned a number of 'weird out the store folks' plans. Need to go through with them sometime. I think the main thing stopping us is that we'd love to film them but don't have a good way to hide a camera.

Plan 1: Three people, in slightly off but not extremely strange outfits, come into a general store. Buy a small group of things with implications...plus one. For example:
Lubricant, handcuffs, cucumber...soldering iron.

Plan 2: One person, in clothing slightly torn and bloodied, looking very roughed up (not like they were beaten, but like, for example, they ran through a briar patch). They sprint into the store looking very panicked, grab something like, say, a box of cereal, and, still very panicked, sprint to the front, buy it, and rush out of the store. About five minutes later, two men in suits with earpieces and dark sunglasses walk into the store, and ask if somebody just came by and bought a box of cereal, and which way did they go.

[Coidzor]

Problem: She has never played Bioshock, and has never played anything more exciting than The Sims. She is one of my closest friends and I would be ecstatic. How would I go about convincing her?

...Drug her. Tie her down to a chair, and duct-tape her hands to the controller while the game is turned on?

[DraPrime]

...Drug her. Tie her down to a chair, and duct-tape her hands to the controller while the game is turned on?

This is definitely my favorite way of introducing people to video games.

[Icewalker]

Especially Bioshock, especially with a drug with slight aftereffects to leave them just a little disoriented.

[Zocelot]

I got sucked into Not Always Right for an hour and a half.

As for your friend, I'm in the "explain it to her, and possibly get her to play it" boat. Only try kidnapping her if that fails.

[Phase]

My favorite method so far has to be drugging, then leaving in a room, chained to an X-Box or PC, then playing a recording on a TV in said room.

"Would you like to play a game?"

[Assassin89]

My favorite method so far has to be drugging, then leaving in a room, chained to an X-Box or PC, then playing a recording on a TV in said room.

"Would you like to play a game?"

Alternatively, lock said person in a room containing a Nintendo system. Sometimes it's better to start small, then draw the victim to the more intense games.

Also replace recording with GLaDOS's voice. Ellen McLaine make being locked in a room more enjoyable.
"Welcome to Phase's game playing room. Play this game and you will be able to leave. Also cake and grief counseling will be provided after the end of trial run of the game"

[Phase]

She knows Portal. At least some of it. We played.

[smellie_hippie]

Hey, wasn't there the start of some discussion about a thread starting (at the end of the last random banter) relating to an xBox live GitP group?

Did this ever happen?

[Shining Sadist]

Also replace recording with GLaDOS's voice. Ellen McLaine make being locked in a room more enjoyable.
"Welcome to Phase's game playing room. Play this game and you will be able to leave. Also cake and grief counseling will be provided after the end of trial run of the game"

Why stop there?
After she beats the game, set your house on fire.

[Archonic Energy]

Why stop there?
After she beats the game, set your house on fire.

why wait till she's finished?

burn it. BURN IT NOW!

[Dirk Kris]

My favorite method so far has to be drugging, then leaving in a room, chained to an X-Box or PC, then playing a recording on a TV in said room.

"Would you like to play a game?"

Win. Epic freaking win.
Phase, I love you.

In other news, trying out for Wheel of Fortune this weekend. Wish me luck.

[Anuan]

If she gets out, she gets to keep the portal g- I mean, controller?

[Archonic Energy]

Ok i'm on level 414* of TetrisDS, the lines max out at 999 and i currently have a score of 10937864

at what stage would you give up?

*at 10 lines a level this puts me at 4130+ lines

[Dragonrider]

Ok i'm on level 414* of TetrisDS, the lines max out at 999 and i currently have a score of 10937864

at what stage would you give up?

*at 10 lines a level this puts me at 4130+ lines

You can't win at Tetris.

[Anuan]

Ok i'm on level 414* of TetrisDS, the lines max out at 999 and i currently have a score of 10937864

at what stage would you give up?

*at 10 lines a level this puts me at 4130+ lines

A long, long time ago.

[Archonic Energy]

A long, long time ago.

in a galaxy far away,
Naboo was under an attack.

And i thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn
could talk the federation INto
maybe cutting them a little slack.

anyway, part of me wants to keep going because i think i'll never get this far again. another part is just bored of Tetris.

Lev:446 Score:11751864

Edit:
In Endless mode, if the player reaches beyond level 20, the cycle of backdrops repeats. The highest visible score in Endless mode is 99,999,999, the highest visible level is 999, and the highest visible number of lines completed is also 999. Once exceeded these displays continue to show these maximum values. A small glitch in the game means that once the score has surpassed the maximum of 99,999,999 it is not saved in the records screen.

[Anuan]

...
Why On Earth Are You Playing Tetris For So Looooooong

[CurlyKitGirl]

My friend (the one I'v occasionally referred to as CKB) once played Tetris to level five hundred on his DS.
He played it throughout every single lesson so we all tended to just double up our notes because we wanted to see how far he got. He gave up at five hundred because his vision was filled with Tetris blocks moving down and completing lines, and behind them he saw the real world. And had been for the past week.
Had an impresively high score though. Really. Impressively. High.

ION:
Just spent the best part of four days unable to leave my darkeend room because of a flippin' migraine. Could hardly read (seven pages in four days!) and looking ata computer screen was agony! Still did my essay though.
It came upon me far too suddenly otherwise I could have had my hot lemon tea and other strange remedies that worked. Also I wish I could have given myself a proper massage because mine always work on headaches and migraines.
Please, no innuedno, but I am good at head, neck, and back massages. No training or anything, ust instincts.

I don't even know what brought it on, I'm not especially stress, about three out of ten which is normal; no rich foods, sufficient food and drink; it just happened and then there was pain.
I missed several lectures, two classes and a tutorial because of it. And I probbaly royally screwed up my essay, which I had to email in, but the professor knows why.
Fleppin' migraine.

[Archonic Energy]

My friend (the one I'v occasionally referred to as CKB) once played Tetris to level five hundred on his DS.
He played it throughout every single lesson so we all tended to just double up our notes because we wanted to see how far he got. He gave up at five hundred because his vision was filled with Tetris blocks moving down and completing lines, and behind them he saw the real world. And had been for the past week.
Had an impresively high score though. Really. Impressively. High.

L:511 S:13429865

my thumbs hurt and my head does too... i'm glad it has a pause feature!

my old high score was 3mill odd at level 130 odd... i always said that while it was possible for me to beat it it would be unlikely.

[Cristo Meyers]

Well...after 2 weeks unemployed, finding a job, being told I'd start on Monday, then being told that there was a hang-up and I'd start on Tuesday, then being told that there was another hang-up and maybe I'd start on Tuesday, then being told not Tuesday but rather today, and then being told maybe today, and then finally being told that I'd start tomorrow I'm finally employed again...

I don't think I've been jerked around so much since I tried to walk our hyperactive lab mix when I was 15...

[Gamerlord]

Hi everyone! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack! My interwebs are back up!

[Gullara]

Woot! I'm in Florda

[Trog]

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