The Chronicles of Gene

For those of you who don't know about the upcoming Star Trek: Online MMO, go check it out at http://www.startrekonline.com/. The game takes place 30 years after the last Star Trek Next Generation Movie and has been in development for a few years now, last year it was acquired by Cryptic the same people who developed City of Heroes / Villains and the upcoming Champions Online MMO.

Now I've been a big fan of Cryptic's since I was a beta tester on City of Heroes and I'm really looking forward to Star Trek and eager to give Champions Online a try since it's based on the paper version of the game. A few days ago Cryptic decided to put on a very well meaning promotion where you could purchase a lifetime or a 6 month subscription to Champions Online and get a guaranteed spot in the closed beta of Star Trek: Online which is coming up later in the year. When I saw this I went looking for details right away as I had really wanted to play Champions until Star Trek came out. I saw this as something positive and hell, if you really wanted to get into Star Trek early it was only going to be $60.00 either way win-win right? If you say yes then you're not familiar with Nerd Rage and the ignorance that goes along with it.

The forums have been lit up by a handful of nut cases who have taken this offer personally and as a slap in the face. They are accusing Cryptic of being a big bad horrible company trying to prop up their shitty other game which no one is interested in ... and in Nerd Rage talk "No one is interested" means "I'm not interested in". Common sense has pretty much gone flying out the window and the Nerd Rage machine is being kept alive by about 5 to 10 flamers who have nothing better to do then piss and moan about this opportunity and how this has shaken their delicate little world. The way they are making it sound is as if they are back in grade school and Cryptic is the bully shoving them in a locker for a weekend sleepover. I feel bad for these guys, I really do, they are most likely still in moms basement waiting for their first glimpse of a real boob. They think everything revolves around just them and how could anyone ever be interested in another game. The best comments come from the ones crying about Champion users giving feedback about a game they don't even like.

These guys don't have a realistic perspective of Cryptic and the games they develop. They want the most feedback possible along with largest subscription base possible. They are doing this get a new group of fans, Champions Online ones, excited by providing them this offer at the same time inciting Star Trek: Online fans with the chance to try a new game and get a spot in the closed beta of the game which has given them perma wood for the last 12 months. Get over yourself and stop making yourselves look bad, you might be able to run your mouth stuck behind a keyboard but get up and go get some sun and a pizza pocket and calm down.

WARNING: Extreme Ignorance to this fiasco follows, read at your own risk.

Ok so lets get something straight, 2 months ago the US government was falling over over themselves to give wall street untold trillions, yes I said trillions. For you common folk, basically times a shit load of money by a fuck load and then take the result to the power of 3 and BAM you have a bailout for Wall Street.

So here comes the Big 3, now don't get me wrong they are fucktards who miss managed their companies like the rest of them, asking for 14 billion dollars in lines of credit and other payable loans to sustain themselves for the next 3 to 6 months while they restructure. Now if you remember the same US Government who freely handed money over to Wall Street on their word they wouldn't hand out massive bonuses, opps their bad, for what the markets are still complete shit and at the end of the day Wall Street produces nothing excepted inflated/unrealistic/fake money. While they are generating fake money by receiving fake money from the FED, it's really just a nasty circle, but I digress.

If you remember the three CEO's got just plastered in the media for flying on corporate jets to the meetings in DC, oh no not the jets, so humbled they freakin drove their hybrids the next time. What did the CEO's of Wall Street do... oh that's right they put on Executive outings at 5 star resorts and hotels, some like AIG attempted to even hide and try to ban reporters from the hotels. Even so you didn't see all that bailout money being stripped from these greedy corrupt assholes now did you? No is the answer by the way.

So here we have 3 big power players in the work force asking for some money to keep PRODUCING a product, notice the word producing as it's very important here. They were on slate to get 14 to 16 billion, and they would make something you, Mr. Taxpayer, could go put his hands on. When was the last time Wall Street PRODUCED something of true value? It's been pointed out over and over how America no longer produces goods and this is part of their problem.

The reality is about to drop though, there is no free money at the end of the day you have to pay for their fuck ups, where is the money to help you and your family? Where is the money to support people and inspire them to create new products and new jobs with funding. Instead they are throwing away your hard earned money to crooks and you know what, you're letting them. Way to go, I hope you enjoy paying for this for the next few generations, I'm sure your great great great grandchildren might be done paying for this mess. No promises.

Just remember this is the result of corrupt people scrambling to grab the last few shreds of money from a system of greed which is collapsing around them. What are you going to do about it? How can you help in time like this? What can you do to protect your family and help your community?

Got ideas lets hear them!

The new possible coalition government, what can be said.

This is just pure opportunistic at it's best, Harper just had to go and piss in the corn flakes and make himself and the conservatives look stupid and now because of their short sightedness the hyenas are ready to pounce. I don't blame them for striking when they had the chance, but I blame them all for not worrying about what is right for Canada. Canada who is ranked one of the most stable countries in the world right now and the coalition of r-tards wants to throw 30 billion + at failed industries without forcing them to come up with plans to become lean and mean again. If they just give the auto industry all that money it's just going to go out the window.

In a free market the weak, fat and old get eaten by the strong, just like it should be instead they can sit around and not feel pressure to be better. Hope this is a wake up call for all those businesses out there who were happy with status quo.

I'm just sick thinking I have to pay for their bad decisions. Personally I think we need to not hand out a red cent to these industries, instead they need to put that money into programs which would help those people who got laid off to come up with new businesses which produce a product or a service which the old dinosaurs couldn't and spur new industries to replace the ones who's times have come.

How about loosing up the rules on electric vehicles in this country and let them flourish instead of heading to European countries. Make it easy for positive change to occur and Canada will come out on top and could have the very really chance of staying there this time.

Just a few ideas, but hey I'm not part of the old boy's club so it's not these are valid ;). It should be an interesting slide in to the gutter for this country, time to see if Canadians go willingly or kick, scream and stomp their feet and remind the government who hired them and that in the end we are their boss.

As I sit here and watch the John McCain make his concession speech I'm impressed with this man. He was very grateful to all his supporters, when they boo'd he asked them to stop because America had spoken and that they needed to work together to overcome the issues which are dragging his great nation into the gutter.

John my hat is off to you, I may be a Canadian, but you and President Obama made for a very captivating election which kept me, my family and friends discussing the pros and cons of both your platforms.

To see you on SNL on two occasions this year showed a side of you which made you more human and not just a mud slinger.

I have to agree with the commentators it was one of your greatest speech in a long time. Your words did feel heartfelt and I hope you meant them.

Even though I didn't agree with you through your choice of campaigning strategies but you had one hellva a great speech.

"A lost election will never mean more to me then the faith and your friendship" - John McCain Nov 4, 2008

To President Obama, congratulations this alone has made history but this will only be the first of many historical moments you have in front of your career.