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How dare she?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
Well you'll just have to educate her then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
Plot Twist, she was talking about the 1986 film and you're upset that its not the 2007 movie :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
Just means she won't touch your G1 toys as she doesn't know about them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
Trev's right on one hand, she's young. :)
Young love. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
That means she's too young for you and suddenly you're a creepy old guy.:D:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
Mentally I guess soQuote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
Physically I am much younger than most on these boards
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Originally Posted by Jaxius._
I'm old. :cool:
Yes. Very.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
I just realised how ugly the Marvel G1 and G2 art is. The G2 art is ok, but I can't STAND the early G1 Comics. Especially in the 1st issue, where the characters looked liked their toys rather then their comic form. I know that wasn't Marvels fault as the cartoon hadn't come out yet, but still, yuck :(
you can talk!:rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by Trent
*sigh* All 3 of the latest issues of Transformers contain spelling & grammar mistakes. :eek: I enjoyed the stories overall (which I'll elaborate more in the relevant review threads), but seeing continued simple mistakes in the IDW comics just adds a sour aftertaste. They really need to hire a native English speaker to proof-read their writing.
A native English speaker? Are they outsourcing their writing to China?Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
D'oh! Fix'd. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
I have to say that was a pretty hilarious case of irony with that post there Gok
But that demonstrates the simply process of how corrections can be detected and corrected. I wrote a piece of text, Sinnertwin detected an error and it was corrected. All in the span of 88 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by prjkt
Author creates text.
Editor proof-reads text and highlights any mistakes.
Mistakes are corrected.
Text is published.
And these are people who are being paid to write, and the audience is also paying money to read their writing! :eek: Professional writers and editors who are making a living from their writing should absolutely be maintaining a higher standard than people casually typing on the internet! :o
I hope that you do bear this in mind before making these posts, but what you or I might consider an error might barely register as a stylistic choice to others. I don't know what errors you are picking up as you haven't posted examples, but they can't be any worse than Marvel's consistent incorrect usage of the word "insure", or some posters on this board who write *shudder* "could of".Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
The errors don't phase me. So long as they keep the comics coming, I'm a happy chap :D
I'm not talking about stylistic choices, such as the way that the Dinobots speak in a 'rough' manner of speech. I'm talking about things which are just wrong, and cannot be justified even through the stylistic speech mannerism of the character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zommael
Admittedly none of them are as bad as using a preposition as a verb (e.g. "could of"), but some of them do involve just using the wrong verb. Others are spelling errors and other types of incorrect grammar usage. For example, in MTMTE #47, Whirl says, "I've having "second thoughts."". The verb "having" is incorrectly used in the present continuous tense. In order for Whirl to emphasise the importance of his actions, the verb should be in the past tense, i.e. "I've had "second thoughts."" Or you can also break those two verbs up as they are with the use of a past participle, e.g. "I've been having "second thoughts."" Or you could simply use the first person singular present indicative; i.e. "I'm having "second thoughts."" This is just one of many. I'm deliberately avoiding posting massive walls of text about every error that I'm finding.
I don't know if I should count myself lucky nothing worse happened or be rightfully pissed that anything went wrong. My MP11T from PC was delivered to the wrong house, in the wrong street, in the wrong suburb. After the kid it was delivered to had completely opened it and played with it the mother realised it wasn't for her son and got it redelivered to me. I've emailed PC and they are going to chase it up with Fastway Couriers and see if they can get me some compensation from them for it.
Luckily TC was undamaged and nothing was lost, tho everything was opened.:mad:
WHAT THE F**K! I woul be SO pissed if that was me! I don't even let my sister touch mine, let alone a kid I don't know. I would be both horrified and angry as hell. So sorry for that mate, that sucks big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Wow.
Some people.
Sure, here's a parcel that isn't even addressed to you, but open it up and have a good hard go at it.
That sucks...
Good thing the mum did the right thing though. How does a parcel which needs to be signed for get delivered to a kid anyway?
Damn DELTAprime! That sucks big time! :mad:
Hopefully you get rightfully compensated!
Someone else a couple years ago said how their item was posted to the wrong house in their street and the neighbour had opened the box and opened/played with the item inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
The first thing I look at when something is delivered to the house, or offered by a delivery driver, is who it is addressed to.
It's not a freebie... it's illegal if you accept something that is clearly addressed to someone else... just like if someone else's money ends up in your account by accident.
Even if it is a kid under 10 (anyone older should be able to read, and have parents already telling them to not open other people's things), the parents should be telling their kids not open or answer the door on their own, for their own safety.
Opening someone else's mail is a federal offence.
I feel for you DELTAprime. I had my TF Legacy of Box Packaging book delivered to a house a few blocks down the road from me. The mother dropped off the book at our place a few days later.... not before her kid ran his dirty mits all over the pages.
That sucks dude, I would be so pissed. Like someone else said, if your name is not on the item, then DON'T FRIGGIN' OPEN IT!! Seriously, we're not talking particle physics here...
Then again, common sense is much like particle physics to some people. Although the kid should have been taught better by his parents, the courier driver must also accept some of the responsibility. I mean, wrong house number and wrong street? How would you even confuse those two things?
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Originally Posted by BruiseLee
Wow, Delta prime, I was going to say pretty much what these guys have said.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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Originally Posted by DELTAprime
While I sympathise with your feelings, it'd be appreciated if you fellas could...Quote:
Originally Posted by UltimateGalvatron
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...psb5qgargj.jpg ;)
You realise that this is the "venting" topic - people are going to show their frustrations... and the members here are good enough to not be using actual obscene words, or using them in full.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
One word was already censored, while the other one hasn't been an obscene word since about the 80s... and gets used by everyone who's over ten, or in their TV shows that are PG (and younger kids shouldn't be joining here without Parental Guidance anyway - if they are, it is in breach of the conditions of registration, and it is not our responsibility to cater to them, like how all TV shows are not required to be G rated just in case a young kid watches it).
We may endeavour to be fairly kid-friendly here and have some strict rules already, but it is still a messageboard that caters to adults (that allows minors to join provided there aren't any issues between the two age groups), and the rules will not be going overkill on the standards, sacrificing fun in the process... or else we won't have any members here (young kids who shouldn't use or see those words don't interact here, and those who do use them are going to go elsewhere that is actually fun for being more casual).
As noted a few times before, if you have issue with the actions of other members, it is to be brought to the attention of the staff... members are not to moderate other members.
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8 - Regular Members not to "Moderate" other Members
Usage of any widely recognised or understood terminology, names or measurements are allowed on this forum. If you are not a Staff Member, you are not to "correct" anyone for using words you wouldn't use, or a typo or misspelling, especially if it is clearly understood what was intended. Non-staff should refrain from instructing members on what to post in a specific topic, or where it should be posted. Refer it to Staff if a topic needs to be moved, or re-titled to match the section.
Just had a heart attack when I looked at my tracking for Defensor, it said he was delivered, but nobody was home. Turns out there a bug in the mobile version of the Australia Post website. I'll be able to grab him tomorrow from the local DC.:rolleyes:
Noticed there was a preview out for the new Transformers Holiday Special from IDW. Hadn't paid much attention before. Oh, funny looks like Megatron's giving Ravage a bone for Christmas for being a good dog this year...
Wait a minute, Ravage is not a dog!
Seriously, Ravage has been around for over 30 years and is a cat. This is not a RIRFIB/RIBFIR type situation, Ravage has always been a cat. Come on IDW you can do better than this!
http://i.imgur.com/87LfuT8.jpg
Sounds like someone has a bone to pick! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I look at it like the one sided present joke, Ravage gives Megatron a fusion cannon, which he clearly misses, Megatron puts little or no thought into the present and gets ravage a bone, something he wouldn't even like.
I feel it's like James Roberts making fun of the confusion. There was a joke in Dark Cybertron about it, and I'm not sure if was in All Hail Megatron or one of the issues written later, which made fun of Spike for confusing Ravage for a dog.
In Dark Cybertron Prowl saysQuote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim Prime
Prowl: "I agree with the dog"
Ravage: "Cat"
Prowl: "Whatever"
I really hated when I would show people my Ravage toy as a kid and they would say "oh cool a dog transformer" :mad:;)
Yeah it started in AHM. Ravage was stalking some dumb humans and they thought he was a dog.:p