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Article #707356Re: 50 Reasons Why The Xbox Is For Stupid People
From: Zolgius
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:16
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:16
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Somebody's feeling were hurt ;) Schrodinger wrote: >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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