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iversonyin

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I suggest you invest more on newspaper and books and less time on gaming. Even if you are going for cs major in college.

I agree with your parents.

If you really want to game, upgrade video card and ram will do.
 

RbSX

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Originally posted by: dartworth
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: dartworth
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: dartworth
This thread is in general hardware too...wtf dude...read the rules.


- dart

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It was posted there first, no0b, and he moved it here because it was unrelated to hardware and therefore Off Topic

- M4H



noob...? ok dick...

No problem, ass.

And me being the dick, you just got f***ed.

- M4H



oh...you are the clever one aren't ya...

get a life you tooling whore...

You tooling whore? You realize that.. that phrase doesn't make sense.. since in a more degenerate interpretation.. a tool is a dick. So.. you just called him a dicking whore.

Obviously hitting the peak of puberty.
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: dartworth
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: dartworth
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: dartworth
This thread is in general hardware too...wtf dude...read the rules.


- dart

Text

It was posted there first, no0b, and he moved it here because it was unrelated to hardware and therefore Off Topic

- M4H



noob...? ok dick...

No problem, ass.

And me being the dick, you just got f***ed.

- M4H



oh...you are the clever one aren't ya...

get a life you tooling whore...

Owned with the extra point off the kick, score seven-nil. Vegas gives odds on a twenty-point spread. :D

- M4H
 

aplefka

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Originally posted by: twitchee2
i have done editing 3 years ago i was in a tech class and we made movies and showed them all over the school

Bwahahaha and you think you'll make money off of THAT?

3 years ago was when I started as well, and not only was I in charge of the daily show, I was also in charge of one of the production groups for the videos we showed to the school. As I said, I won 2 awards that year in the only contest we entered, and later on I started an internship with the guy who headed the place that held the awards. I'm now in another class and will also be learning animation.

Just give it up before this thread gets locked. You don't need a system and you don't know sh1t about editing.
 

mwtgg

Lifer
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Originally posted by: twitchee2
never said i was good i just stating that i have done it and know it takes time and patences(can't spell that word sarry)

Oh God, sell your computer and pay attention in English class.
 

iversonyin

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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: twitchee2
i have done editing 3 years ago i was in a tech class and we made movies and showed them all over the school



Just give it up before this thread gets locked. You don't need a system and you don't know sh1t about editing.

Don't be so harsh on the kid, he's only 16.
 

RbSX

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Originally posted by: iversonyin
I suggest you invest more on newspaper and books and less time on gaming. Even if you are going for cs major in college.

I agree with your parents.

If you really want to game, upgrade video card and ram will do.

Assuming he makes it into college.. assuming he still wants to be a CS Major by then.

When I was 16 I wanted to be a CS Major.. but the grades and the linear algebra put a stop to that quickly. Summarily alot of the first 2 years of CS is mostly math theory.

 
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Originally posted by: iversonyin
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: twitchee2
i have done editing 3 years ago i was in a tech class and we made movies and showed them all over the school



Just give it up before this thread gets locked. You don't need a system and you don't know sh1t about editing.

Don't be so harsh on the kid, he's only 16.

Five across the eyes in the name of Reality is justified here, IMO.

- M4H
 

aplefka

Lifer
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Originally posted by: iversonyin
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: twitchee2
i have done editing 3 years ago i was in a tech class and we made movies and showed them all over the school



Just give it up before this thread gets locked. You don't need a system and you don't know sh1t about editing.

Don't be so harsh on the kid, he's only 16.

I'M 16!!

This guy is a prime example of why I hate kids my age.
 

cronos

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you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.
 

aplefka

Lifer
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Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.

If he could find a woman dumb enough to marry him, I'd buy him the computer he wants.
 
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Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer / car / set of power tools / TV / stereo / weight set / katana

:p

- M4H
 

aplefka

Lifer
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer / car / set of power tools / TV / stereo / weight set / katana

:p

- M4H

Katana?! I guess you really are a mercenary...
 

aplefka

Lifer
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Originally posted by: twitchee2
ok you guys have gotten your ponit across. im going to a superbowl party

Awww please don't go, this thread was my pre-game entertainment!
 
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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer / car / set of power tools / TV / stereo / weight set / katana

:p

- M4H

Katana?! I guess you really are a mercenary...

Nah, I proxy-bought it for TheNinja :D

- M4H
 

RbSX

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Jan 18, 2002
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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.

If he could find a woman dumb enough to marry him, I'd buy him the computer he wants.

Given the way you act.. it's pretty clear why you're here on ATOT instead of out socializing.. and why you hate people your age.
 

mwtgg

Lifer
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Originally posted by: twitchee2
ok you guys have gotten your ponit across. im going to a superbowl party

Please, whatever you do, don't drink at the party. You don't want to kill any more brain cells.
 

iversonyin

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Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.


Hahaha. Don't blame your wife. Blame the beauty of capitalism.
 

FleshLight

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u cud trie da pOnzee pyramed skemes, suc ash seling multiv1tamins o oth stuffs

Apparently that's all the rage at my school.
 

aplefka

Lifer
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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.

If he could find a woman dumb enough to marry him, I'd buy him the computer he wants.

Given the way you act.. it's pretty clear why you're here on ATOT instead of out socializing.. and why you hate people your age.

Not sure how that was meant to be taken, but I'll take it neutrally. I'm not out socializing because I've got mono, and I hate (most) kids my age because they're spoiled, immature (all the time as opposed to only some of the time), and do anything just to fit in.
 

iversonyin

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Originally posted by: FleshLight
u cud trie da pOnzee pyramed skemes, suc ash seling multiv1tamins o oth stuffs

Apparently that's all the rage at my school.



They still do that? When will people ever learn.....
 

RbSX

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Jan 18, 2002
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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.

If he could find a woman dumb enough to marry him, I'd buy him the computer he wants.

Given the way you act.. it's pretty clear why you're here on ATOT instead of out socializing.. and why you hate people your age.

Not sure how that was meant to be taken, but I'll take it neutrally. I'm not out socializing because I've got mono, and I hate (most) kids my age because they're spoiled, immature (all the time as opposed to only some of the time), and do anything just to fit in.

Yeah but I'm sure from their point of view (and how you've flaunted how good you are since you got those 2 awards) I'm sure alot of them think you're a braggart, and a poor winner. Keep in mind, at the age of 16 most people are to busy judging other people and not busy enough cleaning up their own act.
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: twitchee2
im planning to start video editing and mayb make money off of it

Your current machine is more than enough.

- M4H

Yes. Buy a firewire card if you need it ($15), a DVDRW ($60) and a big, fat hard drive ($100) and you'll get FAR more added value than you would from some damned $3000 SLI-garbage.

Maybe even buy a Radeon 9600/9800, if you're hurting in that department.

Every game ever released is playable on a Duron 1300 with a Radeon 9600, WTF are you bitching about?

I'll see your ghetto-gaming estimate and raise you Doom 3 played on this.

- M4H

I've seen screens of doom3 running on 2 SLI'd voodoo2s.
 

aplefka

Lifer
Feb 29, 2004
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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: saxguy
you think you have a problem now?
get married sometime in the future and try to convince your wife that you need a new computer.

If he could find a woman dumb enough to marry him, I'd buy him the computer he wants.

Given the way you act.. it's pretty clear why you're here on ATOT instead of out socializing.. and why you hate people your age.

Not sure how that was meant to be taken, but I'll take it neutrally. I'm not out socializing because I've got mono, and I hate (most) kids my age because they're spoiled, immature (all the time as opposed to only some of the time), and do anything just to fit in.

Yeah but I'm sure from their point of view (and how you've flaunted how good you are since you got those 2 awards) I'm sure alot of them think you're a braggart, and a poor winner. Keep in mind, at the age of 16 most people are to busy judging other people and not busy enough cleaning up their own act.

That's not how I am at all. I'm a dick when people who already have something complain about wanting something more that they think they "need" when they don't. I'm not a poor winner by any means, not only did I spend a lot of time on those videos, I spend time on anything I do, whether it's sports, school, or anything else.

I'm not so busy judging other people that I'm not cleaning up my own act. After having dealt with most of the same kids since junior high it gets old when none of them grow up even a little bit. They're still acting the same way they did in 7th grade and we're almost halfway through high school.