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Article #707351Re: 50 Reasons Why The Xbox Is For Stupid People
From: Schrodinger
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:55
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:55
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How sad that you feel strongly enough about a piece of consumer hardware to take the time to do this. I am just off to alt.appliances.fridges to slag off people who buy electrolux firdge freezers. Grow up. "g@meB0y" <g...@meB0y.com> wrote in message news:3CB9ED9A.3A0176E4@meB0y.com... > hahaha funny. Its true, its true! > > > Jimmery wrote: > > > > f.a.q. > > 50 reasons why Xbox is for stupid people to own > > > > 1. 733Mhz Processor. Big number innit? Stupids are easily impressed by > > big numbers. Shame they get confused over little details like CISC > > instruction handling, 128k cache and aluminum wiring. > > > > 2. Good graphics chip. Stupids like pretty pictures. > > > > 3. 64Mb RAM. Big numbers again? Yes this is another big number that > > gets stupids excited. Again the details like DDR, high latency and > > 133Mhz get ignored to avoid confusing the stupids. > > > > 4. Unified Memory. Unlike every console that has gone before with > > specialized bits of memory dedicated to specific tasks, lets have a > > time sliced, high latency, jack of all trades and master of none > > memory. Call it "unified" and its sure to impress those who don't know > > shit about hardware. > > > > 5. Special Video Features. Like realistic boob wobble. A sure sell to > > all those immature spotty freaks who have yet to experience the > > opposite sex. > > > > 6. Programmable Graphics Unit. Because to stupid people, graphics is > > all that matters. > > > > 7. Dual Pixel/Vertex Shaders. There are still xbox owners out there > > trying to figure out what a Vertex is. > > > > 8. Made by Microsoft. > > > > 9. Nvidia powered Graphics and Sound. For all those stupid people who > > are trying to figure out what the controllers are for, here is some > > nice pictures and music to keep you entertained. > > > > 10. Most amount of Sound Channels of any console. In the world of > > stupids, those extra few channels really add to gameplay. > > > > 11. Real-time Dolby Digital 5.1. An often heard cry of the stupid xbox > > owners, who never realized that the xbox was intended to be more than > > just an audio unit. > > > > 12. 4 Controller ports. No decent 4 player games. > > > > 13. Built-in Hard Drive. Which the stupids often tell us will never > > experience the same problems a HDD has under Windows 2000 such as > > fragmentation and bad sectors. What kernel was controlling the xbox > > HDD?? The win2k one? Thought so. > > > > 14. Built-in Hard Drive reduces Loading Times. Apparently. Even thought > > there is little difference in the PS2 and xbox load times, i doubt > > stupids would ever check it out for themselves. > > > > 15. Comfortable controllers with an analogue interface. For > > neanderthals and other primitive life forms. > > > > 16. Uses DVD. Just don't tell the stupids that the other consoles also > > use DVD. > > > > 17. Scratches, copies and plays music CDs with ease. > > > > 18. Higher Quality DVD movie playback over PS2. For even more money > > than you had so shell out for the rip off machine in the first place. > > Suckers! > > > > 19. Breakaway connectors for the controllers reduce Xbox falling. After > > all it is big and heavy with a delicate HDD in there, and you know how > > clumsy stupid people are dragging their knuckles across the floor all > > the time. > > > > 20. 2 peripheral slots on the controller. You mean like the peripheral > > slots on other consoles that was barely used? Of course, to stupid > > people memory cards (per console) are a waste of money, but add ons > > (per controller) are a bargain. > > > > 21. Harddrive means no need to buy a memory card ever. Stupids are > > direct descendants of cave dwellers, and have no need to leave their > > home. This renders the versatility of memory cards a bit useless. > > > > 22. Built-in Ethernet Adaptor. Shame most stupids don't realize that > > their normal phone line wont work with this. > > > > 23. PC-like Hardware Architecture for Developer ease. Not that it is a > > PC you understand. LOL! > > > > 24. Best Launch games portfolio in Australian history ever. But not in > > America, Japan or Europe. Or anywhere else for that matter. > > > > 25. First Successful American console ever, of course it has only been > > successful in America and no where else. The xboxes success in any > > particular country is inversely proportional to the average IQ of that > > country. > > > > 26. Widescreen and HDTV support. Because to stupid people, graphics is > > all that matters. > > > > 27. Growing Develop Support. Mainly from second rate developers. Not > > that stupids could tell the difference of course. > > > > 28. Hard Drive allows custom soundtracks. That is of course if you can > > get the xbox to read your CDs without turning them into beer coasters. > > > > 29. Broadband connection only. Which is ok seeing as stupids spend most > > of their time watching cable tv from their trailer home. > > > > 30. Certain Games only on Xbox. Most of them are "stupid" editions, > > like DOA3 which is basically DOA2 with nicer graphics and more scantily > > clad females. > > > > 31. HALO. Just don't tell the stupids that it will be out on the PC with > > online support and better resolution. > > > > 32. Dead or Alive 3. A game that the stupids will tell you could not be > > done on any other console. Of course it could because its just DOA2 > > with the graphics to keep those stupids happy and little else. > > > > 33. Not so bright future for not so bright xbox owners. > > > > 34. Over 200 games in Development. What the stupids don't know is that > > 99% of them are ports from the PS2, Gamecube or PC. > > > > 35. Built-in controller force feedback. Of course stupids wont realize > > this has been standard with most games for the last 4 years. > > > > 36. Ported Games from other systems receive updates. Again, like what > > has nearly always happened with other ports in the past. > > > > 37. Getting some of the best PS2 games. Lets emphasize to the stupids > > that the xbox will be getting ports, ports and more ports. > > > > 38. A game for every stupid person. > > > > 39. LAN capabilities for games. On the assumption you can get your > > stupid friend to drag his xbox around to yours, and then return because > > he forgot his TV as well, and then realize that you don't have the right > > wires to connect the two. > > > > 40. User-friendly interface. Well it has to be if you are marketing the > > xbox to stupid people. > > > > 41. Constantly growing fanbase. Stupid people are not best known for > > their family planning expertise, and are reproducing at a scary rate. > > > > 42. Popular developers develop for Xbox, but they always remember the > > target audience - which is why no xbox game has more than 15 hours of > > game time in there. > > > > 43. More stupid games than the competition. The two best racers on the > > xbox are one that involves turning 90 corners every few meters, and > > another where you can only race against the clock. Joy. > > > > 44. Home theatre setup compatible. Just don't tell the stupids that this > > is common in most modern electronic entertainment appliances. > > > > 45. No constant game delays. Just games which can be completed in a few > > hours with no extra features or cheats. > > > > 46. Optimized for the future. Which is why the xbox accepts patches, > > updates and bug fixes. > > > > 47. Sleek in Design. Sleek to a stupid neanderthal is anything that is > > smaller than their extended anal cavity. > > > > 48. No unfulfilled promises. Just lots of lies, hype and bullshit > > especially created for all you stupid people to put you into a world of > > denial. > > > > 49. Fast and Responsive Customer Care Service. Which is of course why > > three of Japans biggest electronics retails refused to sell the xbox > > for a few weeks until Microsoft sorted their Customer Care Service. > > > > 50. More unoriginal titles, more lies and bullshit, more ports from > > other systems, more large deceptive numbers, more marketing toward > > stupid people, more denial from the xbox fanboys, and more clones of > > old PSX games with better graphics. But to stupid people graphics is > > all that really counts as they cant play games for shit. > > > > Special Thanks to ANGRY for the inspiration. I now await a barrage of > > denial.
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