unban Icycalm thread

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:49 pm

I also find the articles at insomnia.ac a good read. Not that I agree with him on every point, but he does say some interesting things. Too bad the person behind them is a complete asshole with an ego the size of a mountain.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:50 pm

Ruldra wrote:Not that I agree with him on every point, but he does say some interesting things.

I also find this true of postmodernism and random Japanese nationalists and historical apologists!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:48 am

Ruldra wrote:he does say some interesting things.

Probably because he's just repeating "interesting" things he reads. It is clear that he would rather post an expert (in his view) opinion than have to think for himself, even if it means rewriting it (that EOJ rewrite sample he gave is crap, btw). With him it's always: so-and-so expert/film critic/philosopher. He's afraid to let his words stand on their own, if they're even his.

Funny dude, though.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:04 am

omg, Icy just got smacked with the plagiarism epithet :O

Now that you mention it, though, it does stick!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:04 am

Ha, jpj already had that covered.

jpj wrote:or alluding to having 156 million dollars, and making a 1-2 million dollar donation to cave

Of which he doesn't care enough about to put in some more credits and review 'em himself.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:14 am

Rob, seems like you really changed your mind on insomnia.ac?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:18 am

Where can I find my old opinion?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:39 am

in the GARBAGE BIN OF HISTORY

Has Röeb been writing opinions while you were away, perhaps?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:00 am

I wish he would. He can do 56-30 in my countdown.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:48 am

Can we bring back recap too? The arrogance and intolerance isn't high enough on this board.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:22 am

CMoon wrote:Can we bring back recap too? The arrogance and intolerance isn't high enough on this board.

Would one of you please translate what this insufferable peon just scrawled into the King's English? I'm too busy loading my stock of Coltrane LP sleeves into the fireplace for warmth to care.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:57 am

i doubt he'll take me up on it, but i've said that i can do some cave reviews in return for a $50 donation to a charity of my trust (not the cave fund, natch). but i'm not really convinced if a single person registered on insomniac has ever even bought a pcb, including icy. so i think it's more "wow! look how hardcore we are! i've played this game twice in arcade but i give it 5 stars because it's cave! ...and mario sucks!" sort of bullshit posturing

maybe i'm wrong. there's a high scores section in the forum, but no cave threads.. which is weird, because you apparently have to be a master at a game to review it

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:52 pm

jpj wrote:you apparently have to be a master at a game to review it

It's either that or people will think you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the subject matter.

Personally, I'd just go for the whole video demo approach. Play the game for a while, and basically reiterate all of the features that are present in the game:

"You can shoot in two directions! There are obstacles you can't shoot past or go through! There's this weird gem-collecting thing that's essential for getting a high score! You can select how easy or hard you want the game to be before you play it! You get to pick your stage order! There's a STORY! And that concludes the video demo of Death Smiles!"

Stupid, cheesy, and boring reiterating information that people would already know from the start, but hey, that ain't stopping this guy from doing it for Wii games...no matter how bad they are.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:52 pm

Any thread involving icycalm that I read consisted of one intial post by him containing his actual on-topic opinion followed by endless posts insisting that he was more intelligent and better-read than the people who felt differently than him about a game or company。

The guy was one step away from a discussion about Guwange to telling anonymous strangers how well he understood Kierkegaard。 The ultimate freshman know-it-all cliche。

Like all angry nerds he now has a blog and a few sychophants。 Would he even come back to get laughed at?

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:40 pm

Lordstar wrote:Apparently it is some kind of trade off that happens when one takes a stance and a journalist. A whole bunch of them are just dicks FACT! spadgey is a good guy though. Ive no idea why he is not a dickhead?

Bad journalist?!

Seriously though, while many of my piers are lovely guys, there's a lot of very good writers in the wider field who go a long way to proving that being able to craft interesting and informative articles is directly related to arrogant self-confidence. Maybe Icy is just one of them!

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:41 pm

in the future, people wont read reviews

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:28 pm

jpj wrote:in the future, people wont read reviews

THEY WILL READ YOOOOOOOOOOOU!

RGC · Post by **RGC** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:33 pm

jpj wrote:in the future, people wont read reviews

In the future someone will run to the market place, and beseech of the townsfolk -- Whither is Icy? For we have killed him, you and I!!

Seriously, if you didn't grasp my first post, then I'm not going to expand. With every retarded comment you make regarding New Zealand Story it becomes clearer to me that you haven't even read Baudrillard, nevermind understood him. Retarded fuck!

Oh and ban.

He's either genuine and a fascinating case study, or his entire online existence is a beautifully woven fake account. Twiddle?

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:44 pm

i wonder who can do the best icycalm impression?

here's mine:

"I am calm. Hence my name. Now go fuck yourself."

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:50 pm

jpj wrote:i wonder who can do the best icycalm impression?

here's mine:

"I am calm. Hence my name. Now go fuck yourself."

ooooh not bad, Do me next!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:17 pm

Rob wrote:I wish he would. He can do 56-30 in my countdown.

NO, we want the original.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:47 pm

jpj wrote:i wonder who can do the best icycalm impression?

here's mine:

"I am calm. Hence my name. Now go fuck yourself."

"I hate this game because it is composed of several smaller games in a row. Go fuck yourself."

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:47 pm

jpj wrote:i wonder who can do the best icycalm impression?

I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:51 pm

RGC wrote:Seriously, if you didn't grasp my first post, then I'm not going to expand. With every retarded comment you make regarding New Zealand Story it becomes clearer to me that you haven't even read Baudrillard, nevermind understood him.

You almost made my damn stomach explode.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:06 pm

I like ratatouille. (The dish.)

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:30 pm

Viva Pinata...

Either close a book or not.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:55 am

Ruldra wrote:
jpj wrote:i wonder who can do the best icycalm impression?
I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

He comes back every 100 years if we Belmonts don't remain vigilant and warn the population against wishing his return, just like George Santayana said.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:28 am

The great thing is that GP (he was banned for arguing with GP, right?) probably went and fucked himself in the end.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Fuck this thread. Start posting quality or people are going to continue replying.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:34 am

Elixir wrote:The great thing is that GP (he was banned for arguing with GP, right?) probably went and fucked himself in the end.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.

Ruldra wrote:I say we stop beating this dead horse and let this thread die already. The sooner people forget about him, the better.
Fuck this thread. Start posting quality or people are going to continue replying.

There's a big steaming bowl of irony right there.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:03 am

Huge thanks to whomever posted the link to this:

icycalm:
As for what happened -- the same thing that has been happening ever since I started posting in videogame forums. I hold a mirror to people's faces, they see their ignorance and stupidity reflected in it, and then instead of learning from that and mending their ways they lash out at me, for showing them the mirror.

The Athenians poisoned Socrates for this.

The Jews crucified Jesus of Nazareth.

This is human nature.

AMAZING!

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