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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 2:22 am
In gaming, my subscribing to David Sirlin's ruthless Play to Win competitive gaming philosophy seems to be rather controversial.

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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 2:24 am
David Sirlin Wrote:Playing to Win has been the competitive gamer's bible since the year 2000. It's been linked on far too many gaming sites to count. Ultimately, it's about continuous self-improvement and getting rid of hangups that get in the way of you winning.

Also, it's not advice for everyone; it's only for those interested in winning.

The entire book is free to read here on the web.
If you'd like to buy it or contribute, there are several options to the right.

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#203
RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 11:10 am
Pay to win, play to crush.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 2:56 pm
TTA > AF 

Shots officially fired.
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 2:58 pm (This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 2:58 pm by T.J..)
Not accepting something can exist despite contradictions, apparently.
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Literally all drugs should be legalized. I'm not talking about cocaine in vending machines, but the fact that something's illegal obviously isn't stopping people from doing it. Shit, we can't even keep drugs out of prisons. If we encouraged people to get help and used all the money that's currently being used to incarcerate perpetrators of victimless crimes to educate and regulate the drugs instead, we'd have a much freer society.
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 3:02 pm
Freer, safer, and less lethal.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 3:15 pm (This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 3:17 pm by Regina.)
I think things are always more dangerous and happen more rampantly when they're stigmatised.

In The UK, we're prudish with alcohol and sex when it comes to teenagers. We basically flat tell teenagers "you must not drink! You must not have sex!" as if we think that's going to stop them.

What does a rebellious teenager do? They go binge drink among their own in a hidden dark corner of the park, and have sex with absolutely no knowledge of protection or consent. We have the highest teen binge drinking rates and teen STD rates in Western Europe, because we're incapable of talking to our kids about "taboo" things instead of educating them.
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RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm
Taboo actively creates perversion.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#210
RE: Controversial views
June 29, 2016 at 6:24 pm
(June 29, 2016 at 3:15 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I think things are always more dangerous and happen more rampantly when they're stigmatised.

In The UK, we're prudish with alcohol and sex when it comes to teenagers. We basically flat tell teenagers "you must not drink! You must not have sex!" as if we think that's going to stop them.

What does a rebellious teenager do? They go binge drink among their own in a hidden dark corner of the park, and have sex with absolutely no knowledge of protection or consent. We have the highest teen binge drinking rates and teen STD rates in Western Europe, because we're incapable of talking to our kids about "taboo" things instead of educating them.

Besides, alcohol abuse is much, much more common amongst middle age middle class people than it is amongst teens.

Good to know that trends actually seem to suggest alcohol abuse, and indeed alcohol consumption per se amongst teens is falling. One of the universities I used to work at actually closed their union bar because of lack of demand. Figure that shit out, wouldn't have happened when I was an undergrad.
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