Moderator's Hot Seat - now featuring m0zart

[QUOTE="horgen123"]If batman shows up at your doorstep, what would you say? AdobeArtist

My guess would be, "not in the face, NOT IN THE FACE!!"

:P:P

I never thought of ordering a stripper in a Batman outfit.

:lol:

Anyway new question(s): How about a stripper in Catwoman outfit?

Sure, if he's willing.

Have you seen the TV-show House?

Yes, but not a lot. It's a favorite of my best friend and his wife. I noticed quite a few allusions to Sherlock Holmes the few times I've seen it -- which apparently they either didn't notice or didn't think were signficant.

Why does the lead doctor act the way he does?

He's a bit narcissistic, and his addictive personality combined with that self-centeredness means he's more concerned with successfully diagnosing a condition for his own intellectual vanity than he is for the patient's prognosis and recovery. Though I didn't witness it, I think he has an addiction of some sort or had one in the past, which would complete the Holmes allegory. If he were just a bit more disfunctional socially speaking, I'd probably see him as a candidate for a diagnosis of some high functioning spectrum of autism.

Is this dangerous? And who is not abiding the law here?

I'm not a lawyer. I've always been told the pedestrian has the right of way; however I am certain that's just a casual generalization people like to make for mysterious reasons. I've certainly heard of cases where pedestrians were charged with crimes for causing accidents by walking out into moving traffic like that, even though they were the ones seriously injured.

In any case, the more important question is whether it's ethical for him to do that, and I'd say it isn't on that basis. He's acting out a blatant disregard for others and putting them at risk of injury. It's a public road, and he's either just making up the rules in his head as he goes along or he's hoping for a particular catastrophic outcome.

At the same time, this gif could be an argument for the forcible dissolution of Hell's Angels and other biker gangs.

If you could order the execution of one person in the world and have it immediately carried out, who would be that person and what would be the method of demise?

Elvis Costello. His ears would be strapped to two giant speakers, after which he'd be administered 200 decibels of "Radio, Radio" until he was dead.

EDIT: Actually, I think you wanted a serious answer. But you know, I find it difficult to pass judgements like that. I would have had a hard time doing that even to Osama Bin Laden, were his mangy carcass still alive and farting out phony fatwahs.

I suppose if I were a dastardly man who believed in quenching the Spirit of Justice Past, I'd pick one of those Weather Underground Men that got away with it, and bury him alive in Timothy McVeigh's coffin.

But then I'd feel miserable and guilty for the rest of my life.

Truthfully, I'd rather go back in time and release one of the innocent people who were snuffed out unfairly. My first choice would probably be Johnny Frank Garrett.

If you could order the execution of one person in the world and have it immediately carried out, who would be that person and what would be the method of demise?nocoolnamejim

That's a tough one to answer. Even if I had an answer, I'm not sure I could post it here, given that it could be perceived as a threat.

This sounds like a cop out, but I honestly don't hate anyone in OT enough to put them to death. I tell you what -- I'd pick the most oversexed OT'er, and when he reaches a ripe old age, I'd have him strapped to a communal chair in a Nevada brothel and ****ed to death. That way he could die smiling.

If you were handed $300 million dollars tomorrow on the condition that you have to spend it developing a sequel for an existing game, which game would you choose?

I'd pay it all create Eternal Darkness 2, focus its storyline on the yellow ancient, and include a spell to urinate yellow essence all over Denis Dyack's head.

Describe the game that you would be THE CREATOR of. What does the finished product look like? Don't let my signature influence you in any way.

I would love to create a genuine horror-themed RPG, one that was actually a horror game and not just goth themed. The only genuine horror game in that genre that I know of is Sweet Home, and it's only available in Japanese.

do you like to approach these questions with humor in mind or seriousness OR SOMETHING ELSE don't let me sway your answerJandurin

Humor.

Or would you prefer seriousness?

Or... ?

Actually... definitely humor. It's my shield against the pain of rejection :(

Do you get angry--or upset--when you are shown, or proven, to be showcasing incorrect ways of thought/thinking? :]

If the occasion arises, I'll have an example to base my answer on, and I'll inform you iimmediately. I believe given the patterns of my past behavior in matters where I wasn't proven wrong but my adversary believed I was, I would sulk in such a situation.

Hmm. A fear of rejection. I feel that we're getting somewhere. Hold on a second while I dig up the appropriate Bill and Ted picture and upload it to my Photobucket account.nocoolnamejim

I have the Albert Einstein and Mozart action figures from that line in my office on my geek shelf.

[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="Jandurin"]do you like to approach these questions with humor in mind or seriousness OR SOMETHING ELSE don't let me sway your answerJandurin

I would rate it as "amusing" at this point. But give me about another hour or two and I'll have a bit more alcohol in me and I shall reevaluate!

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]nocoolnamejim

I would rate it as "amusing" at this point. But give me about another hour or two and I'll have a bit more alcohol in me and I shall reevaluate!

[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"] :) it's funny that your questions provoked the same thought in our headsJandurin

I would rate it as "amusing" at this point. But give me about another hour or two and I'll have a bit more alcohol in me and I shall reevaluate!

Don't really know what to say right now, so here's a mildly disturbing picture.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]

I would rate it as "amusing" at this point. But give me about another hour or two and I'll have a bit more alcohol in me and I shall reevaluate!

nocoolnamejim

Don't really know what to say right now, so here's a mildly disturbing picture.

Of all the video games that you've ever played, what's the love interest that you WISHED had been allowed/programmed in for your character to be involved in or pursue but wasn't?

In KOTOR, I always wanted my light side male Jedi to have a furry romance option and go for the Wookie. I believed the rumors that it was possible after I had successfully gotten my female light side Jedi to fall in love with the cat-lady.

I have never wanted to grow old less in my entire life

rawsavon

Of all the video games that you've ever played, what's the love interest that you WISHED had been allowed/programmed in for your character to be involved in or pursue but wasn't?

In KOTOR, I always wanted my light side male Jedi to have a furry romance option and go for the Wookie. I believed the rumors that it was possible after I had successfully gotten my female light side Jedi to fall in love with the cat-lady.

nocoolnamejim

You have no idea how hard I tried to seduce Juhani with my male character before finally giving up and googling and learning that it could not be done.

...

I have to give you credit. I never tried to seduce the wookie.

Yeah you can only get access to Juhani's furball with a female... and even then, only if you are light side. It's anticlimatic though as you only swear your love once, and never hear about it again.

I did manage to gain Carth Onasi's love also with a dark side female Jedi. He showed up at the end of the game still trying to win my love, so I joined with Bastilla and f***ed him with my light saber. It was the perfect way to end my experience with the game after hearing that whiney b**** repeat his nonsense over and over... and over.

ITT we learn what it really takes to be a mod
...Jim has his cats
...Mo his wookie
...and Gabu his ponies
I never stood a chance

How do you explain Teenaged's absence? He seems to have a thing for Wookies.

Blood type?

AB+

Favorite cIassical music?

Don Giovanni by Mozart

Favorite bro word?

Bro m0... a seemingly recent invention of Rawsavon's.

Boxers or briefs?

HanesComfortsoft briefs.

Parfait lover?

Everybody love Parfait

Shoe size?

11 1/2 to 12

Sexual orientation?

Straight with benefits

Gender?

The fourth gender... similar to male but with a self-loathing spin.

Gun owner?

Not presently

Everybody love Parfait

Capitan_Kid

I think we need to make it a new rule here. Any parfait and chocolate hater is insta-banned! What say you m0zart? ;) :twisted:

Straight with benefits

Capitan_Kid

Does that mean you sometimes like a finger up your bum?

[spoiler] And don't mod me, please. [/spoiler]

ROFL! I don't have a bum anymore. I had to put him out when he started panhandling out of my bathroom. He loved fingers, especially if they had jewelry loosely attached.

(And just to answer your real question: No, I don't)

A white man enters a club with customers that are all black males on the 31st of October and shouts out "what's up my ______." At this point all the black males proceed to turn and face the white man. If you were that white man in that hypothetical situation what would you do?

I'd be thankful I had said "friends" and not the n-word. Then I'd just be my usual friendly self.

Yes, I know that's not the answer you were looking for -- but you're the one who left a blank there.

Star Wars or Lord Of the Rings? And Why?

Star Wars. Granted I also love the Lord of the Rings books and the Hobbit, I thought the movies were pretty good adaptations of LotR, and I'm greatly looking forward to the Hobbit movies, but Star Wars has been a part of my life from an early age. When I was a youngtoddler in the mid-to-late 70s, before I actually started school, we were flooded out of house and home and had to relocate with no money. Insurance didn't cover the damage and we were basically destitute for a while. My dad took me to see Star Wars a few months later during its original theatrical run and I've been a huge fan ever since.

I'm not saying that Star Wars comforted me or anything, though I suppose it did. I am just saying that Star Wars constitutes some very good memories in what was basically a very bad year. It is also the one thing I've been a fan ofsince early childhood. That fandom goes back to before my official education, well before I could have read Lord of the Rings.

I usedto keep a pristine Star Wars collection from the time I was around that age. I had both the "Rain Check" certificate for the original release of Star Wars action figures, and the pristine set of action figures themselves. I keep that collection growing for years with boxed items. Then a few years ago, around the Fall of 2006, I was robbed while away on vacation. The thief was very smart not to take anything new that had registration or receipts -- he took all of my games and my Star Wars collection. The latter thing hurt me the worst because that had been something I had kept stewardship over from an early age. It's been five years now and I still find that situation painful. I doubt I'd feel much loss at losing anything I've ever bought with a LotR theme.

If you could get a message across to a large group of people. Who would those people be?

The American voting public.

What would your message be?

The absolute importance of voting for candidates with strong libertarian principles. It would have to include some detail, specifically around how control freaks have torn us apart and our Bill of Rights into pieces with an ongoing foreign war of conquest and a domestic war on drugs.

m0zart, how dare you misspell WOOKIEE!:evil: Now I'm not sending the mod squad a batch of Wookiee cookies.

Heh yes, I left out the extra 'e'. I'm no Wookieefessor, so I sometimes slip.

I'm closing this one a bit early, so you'll have a period of time without a hot seat thread until solidruss commences his sometime this evening, but I'm sure you'll live. I've mentioned in my blog that I'll be taking a long break from Gamespot for a while, and that time has come. I actually intended to begin it more than a week ago, but I delayed it just long enough to participate in this hot seat thread. I don't know how long I'll be gone, but it's planned to be pretty damned long. We'll see how much my addiction to GS can be overcome. Not sure about the withdrawal symptoms. Even if it is for as long as I am planning, I will be coming back eventually as a moderator in the fullness of time. My tenure at GS isn't up, I'm just taking a necessary leave for a while.

I'd like to say in parting that I've really enjoyed being in this site, among the community. OT in particular has been a lot of fun, and I've come to appreciate almost all of you in some way. I came here for games coverage and discussion years ago, and ended up in the one forum where games are anathema. It worked out well as I think I got a good taste of what the gaming community in general thinks about a wide variety of issues that don't have anything to do with the sacred hobby... or fails to think about them, in some very specific cases >_>. In any case, it's been an eye-opener.

I hope I've been a good moderator, but it's hard to judge that. I've sometimes struggled with application of the rules, but I've always tried hard to be fair about it, even when I didn't really like doing so, even when friends were involved, and even when I preferred one user over the other. It hasn't been easy, but I feel relatively good about the fact that I worked as hard as I did to keep personal feelings out of the decisions I've made over the years.

I'll be leaving an email address on my blog if any of you want to contact me, so you can check there if you must hear my voice. No no, you don't have to contact me, and I'm not so arrogant as to think I am important enough to warrant that kind of extra-GS relationship. I just feel like there will be inevitable attempts to do so over PM, and I won't be checking to answer them.

In parting, I hope that anyone who found himself on the receiving end of one of my spankings over the years of my tenure had no hard feelings about it. Or at least if there were hard feelings, that they were the good kind. :P

And allow me to bid a fond fairwell to you m0zart. May your journey be one of wonder and discovery, both of the world around you and discovery of the self.

And as mentioned, stay tuned for Solidruss.