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by Slapnuts, Level 71
Last updated at November 2, 2009, 4:54 pm
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Philadelphia Phillies star Cole Hamels had and interesting public service announcement for all you Modern Warfare 2 fans: "avoid random grenades, they are for *******".
The funny thing about this clip isn't just that they got a Major League Baseball player to drop by for the announcement, nor is it about how bad random grenades are. The PSA is the best part. Apparently Infinity Ward and Hamels by proxy are in support of F.A.G.S., the fight against grenade spam.
Oh my, an acronym that spells out ****, look out world! Infinity Ward got wind of some negative feedback so they had the clip pulled from their website which obviously doesn't prevent it from already going viral much like the "terrorists shooting up an airport" video that had everyone *****ing and moaning.
Sol wrote about this Saturday noting "using such words only betrays an inarticulate, intellectually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot". Are to the point where everyone is politically correct and no one can take a joke a anymore?
They weren't advocating the uses of **** in relation to homosexuals nor as a knock on straight people as a joke. It was a simple acronym. Get over it, lighten up, have a laugh and move on. The ******* thing is probably way offensive as well. Feminists everywhere should certainly be upset about the comparison of ******* nade spammers to their vag. Most people know that ****** is infinitely more cool than nade spammers.
On top of that F.A.G.S. is actually shown as a positive influence in the commercial and not a negative making me wonder when a PSA will come out titled "avoid getting your panties in a bunch over jokes, that is for *******".
There are bad jokes and there are funny jokes. While this isn't "laugh out loud" hilarious I did like the PSA aspect. Now if they video portrayed a guy on the mic playing MOW2 calling everyone who killed him with a grenade a "***" and then starting up a anti-*** group that would probably wade in to excessive territory. This PSA wasn't even close to that.
All this free publicity probably has Infinity Ward opening up extra bank accounts just to store all the loot. This will only further their cause towards being one of the top selling games of the year and making Bobby Kotick that much more well off. Between the "dedicated server issue", the "killing innocents as a terrorist" and now this PSA they have been dominating gaming headlines and probably laughing manically Dr. Evil-style.
Lighten up people. Life is too short to not enjoy a joke from time to time.

53 comments
Shadowlol Nov 2, 2009 at 5:17 pm
+9 votes
Sol "defender of all things that are perfectly able to defend themselves but ill still throw a *****fit because I'm a ******* drama queen" Invictus strikes again.
Wasn't funny, wasnt offensive. Move on.
Wasn't funny, wasnt offensive. Move on.
Godsmak Nov 2, 2009 at 5:48 pm
+1 votes
What a whiner.
Great video, love Cole Hamels, dude is cool as ice. Wish the Angels had him.
Great video, love Cole Hamels, dude is cool as ice. Wish the Angels had him.
F8L Fool Nov 2, 2009 at 8:04 pm
+1 votes
Godsmak said
What a whiner.
Great video, love Cole Hamels, dude is cool as ice. Wish the Angels had him.
Great video, love Cole Hamels, dude is cool as ice. Wish the Angels had him.
Godsmak Nov 2, 2009 at 10:27 pm
+1 votes
F8L Fool said
Still wouldn't have saved them from the asswhooping the Yankees gave them.
Zace Nov 2, 2009 at 5:57 pm
+1 votes
Making a big deal out of this is almost as bad as that Hilary Duff commercial about calling things gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Jf59TGxaU&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Jf59TGxaU&feature=channel
Godsmak Nov 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm
+4 votes
Zace said
Making a big deal out of this is almost as bad as that Hilary Duff commercial about calling things gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Jf59TGxaU&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Jf59TGxaU&feature=channel
Akroma Nov 2, 2009 at 7:52 pm
+1 votes
Played it for awhile last night. I'm not into FPS games that much, but I have to admit that it's pretty fun.
Sol Invictus Nov 2, 2009 at 7:57 pm
-4 votes
You're all an oversensitive and whiny bunch, aren't you? It's funny how you're all acting like babies just because *gasp* someone dares to think differently about an issue than you do. Go have a good cry about how we're losing our 'freedom of speech' some more. Lest you forget, freedom of speech also means the freedom to criticize.
Olram Nov 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm
+1 votes
Bassui wrote the following letter to one of his disciples who was about to die:
"The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not
an existence, which is perishable. It is not an emptiness, which is a
mere void. It has neither color nor form. It enjoys no pleasures and
suffers no pains.
"I know you are very ill. Like a good Zen student, you are facing that
sickness squarely. You may not know exactly who is suffering, but
question yourself: What is the essence of this mind? Think only of
this. You will need no more. Covet nothing. Your end which is endless
is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air."
"The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not
an existence, which is perishable. It is not an emptiness, which is a
mere void. It has neither color nor form. It enjoys no pleasures and
suffers no pains.
"I know you are very ill. Like a good Zen student, you are facing that
sickness squarely. You may not know exactly who is suffering, but
question yourself: What is the essence of this mind? Think only of
this. You will need no more. Covet nothing. Your end which is endless
is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air."
Vir Nov 2, 2009 at 8:25 pm
+6 votes
Lest you forget, freedom of speech also means the freedom to criticize.
You dumb ****** that means people are free to criticize you too. You don't think differently, you think just like a girl would. Slice your wrists already.
You dumb ****** that means people are free to criticize you too. You don't think differently, you think just like a girl would. Slice your wrists already.
Sol Invictus Nov 2, 2009 at 8:28 pm
-1 votes
When did I ever argue against that? Learn to read, Vir.
Vir Nov 2, 2009 at 8:32 pm
+6 votes
Sol Invictus said
When did I ever argue against that? Learn to read, Vir.
Sol Invictus Nov 2, 2009 at 8:48 pm
-1 votes
Vir said
It was an idiotic statement to make, nobody is taking away your right to free speech by saying you're a big ******. I've really tried to ignore your utter ******ry up until now, but it's become unbearable. You're an idiotic douchebag, your portal sucks, your opinions are gay, you aren't smart, and you wouldn't be worth pissing on if you were on fire.
Olram Nov 2, 2009 at 8:36 pm
+4 votes
lol the guy is lecturing us about freedom of speech and freedom to criticize when he moderates the **** out of everyone opposing his view in his own portal. pretty strange if u ask me.
Sol Invictus Nov 2, 2009 at 8:45 pm
-3 votes
Olram said
lol the guy is lecturing us about freedom of speech and freedom to criticize when he moderates the **** out of everyone opposing his view in his own portal. pretty strange if u ask me.
Also, Vir, what the ****? I don't post on WoWRiot, so I don't know what you're *****ing about. You can just not go to Hellforge if you think it's so unbearable. For serious, get a grip.
Olram Nov 2, 2009 at 9:34 pm
+6 votes
nothing to do with being a douchebag, a few harsh words with a different opinion is enough to wake the nazi in you and go on a moderating spree. Ive seen it happen on a number of occasions, you're basically the hitler of blogging.
Ill stick to wowriot where i can talk freely and express myself however i want, wowriot is the portal of freedom and it clearly doesnt suit you, so i suggest you go back to hitlerforge.
Ill stick to wowriot where i can talk freely and express myself however i want, wowriot is the portal of freedom and it clearly doesnt suit you, so i suggest you go back to hitlerforge.
Sol Invictus Nov 3, 2009 at 4:43 am
+0 votes
Olram said
nothing to do with being a douchebag, a few harsh words with a different opinion is enough to wake the nazi in you and go on a moderating spree. Ive seen it happen on a number of occasions, you're basically the hitler of blogging.
Ill stick to wowriot where i can talk freely and express myself however i want, wowriot is the portal of freedom and it clearly doesnt suit you, so i suggest you go back to hitlerforge.
Ill stick to wowriot where i can talk freely and express myself however i want, wowriot is the portal of freedom and it clearly doesnt suit you, so i suggest you go back to hitlerforge.
Vir Nov 3, 2009 at 9:41 am
+3 votes
Also, Vir, what the ****? I don't post on WoWRiot,
You are right now.
so I don't know what
you're *****ing about. You can just not go to Hellforge
I don't, along with 99% of regular gameriot users. I occasionally stop in all the portals just to see what is going on, and hell**** is the worst of the worst.
You are right now.
so I don't know what
you're *****ing about. You can just not go to Hellforge
I don't, along with 99% of regular gameriot users. I occasionally stop in all the portals just to see what is going on, and hell**** is the worst of the worst.
Alexx Nov 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm
+1 votes
i got a 10er that says sol is probably religious or very much believes in god too.
this kinda stupidity goes hand in hand.
this kinda stupidity goes hand in hand.
Sol Invictus Nov 2, 2009 at 9:16 pm
-2 votes
Alexx said
i got a 10er that says sol is probably religious or very much believes in god too.
this kinda stupidity goes hand in hand.
this kinda stupidity goes hand in hand.
Shadowlol Nov 3, 2009 at 2:52 am
+5 votes
Sol Invictus said
You're all an oversensitive and whiny bunch, aren't you? It's funny how you're all acting like babies just because *gasp* someone dares to think differently about an issue than you do. Go have a good cry about how we're losing our 'freedom of speech' some more. Lest you forget, freedom of speech also means the freedom to criticize.
Seriously dude, get your whiny ***** ass back to virginforge where you can surround yourself with other whiny ass *****es and ban anyone who dares to think otherwise.
Lest? Are you a real actual person?
"using such words only betrays an unjustifiably smug, sexually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot "
Crawl away princess.
Sol Invictus Nov 3, 2009 at 4:42 am
+1 votes
Shadowlol said
Holy ******* ****balls, I'm in shock.
Seriously dude, get your whiny ***** ass back to virginforge where you can surround yourself with other whiny ass *****es and ban anyone who dares to think otherwise.
Lest? Are you a real actual person?
"using such words only betrays an unjustifiably smug, sexually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot "
Crawl away princess.
Seriously dude, get your whiny ***** ass back to virginforge where you can surround yourself with other whiny ass *****es and ban anyone who dares to think otherwise.
Lest? Are you a real actual person?
"using such words only betrays an unjustifiably smug, sexually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot "
Crawl away princess.
Sol Invictus Nov 3, 2009 at 4:54 am
+1 votes
Shadowlol said
Holy ******* ****balls, I'm in shock.
Seriously dude, get your whiny ***** ass back to virginforge where you can surround yourself with other whiny ass *****es and ban anyone who dares to think otherwise.
Lest? Are you a real actual person?
"using such words only betrays an unjustifiably smug, sexually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot "
Crawl away princess.
Seriously dude, get your whiny ***** ass back to virginforge where you can surround yourself with other whiny ass *****es and ban anyone who dares to think otherwise.
Lest? Are you a real actual person?
"using such words only betrays an unjustifiably smug, sexually stunted mind. Don't use them unless you want to sound like an idiot "
Crawl away princess.
How about growing up? You should try that sometime. But I guess that would require you step out of the house and away from your fantasy World of Warcraft/DOTA/WOWRiot for far too long.
You know where you are, right? If you spend 90% of your day posting comments on a World of Warcraft fansite, chances are nobody is going to take your opinion seriously.
Olram Nov 3, 2009 at 9:21 am
+4 votes
How about growing up? You should try that sometime. But I guess that
would require you step out of the house and away from your fantasy
World of Warcraft/DOTA/WOWRiot for far too long.
you're the one here in fairyland bro, waving your little magic stick around and letting everything you dont like dissapear. Id say you need growing up.
If you spend 90% of your day posting comments on a World of Warcraft fansite,
90% ? are you on crack little princess ? if you check his profile he last posted here half a month ago.
would require you step out of the house and away from your fantasy
World of Warcraft/DOTA/WOWRiot for far too long.
you're the one here in fairyland bro, waving your little magic stick around and letting everything you dont like dissapear. Id say you need growing up.
If you spend 90% of your day posting comments on a World of Warcraft fansite,
90% ? are you on crack little princess ? if you check his profile he last posted here half a month ago.
Shadowlol Nov 3, 2009 at 1:01 pm
+5 votes
Sol Invictus said
By the way, do you think you're edgy or something? You lace a lot of meaningless profanity into your replies. It makes them more verbose but it doesn't make them any more meaningful.
How about growing up? You should try that sometime. But I guess that would require you step out of the house and away from your fantasy World of Warcraft/DOTA/WOWRiot for far too long.
You know where you are, right? If you spend 90% of your day posting comments on a World of Warcraft fansite, chances are nobody is going to take your opinion seriously.
How about growing up? You should try that sometime. But I guess that would require you step out of the house and away from your fantasy World of Warcraft/DOTA/WOWRiot for far too long.
You know where you are, right? If you spend 90% of your day posting comments on a World of Warcraft fansite, chances are nobody is going to take your opinion seriously.
"You lace a lot of meaningless profanity into your replies."
Oh, my profanity was anything but meaningless Sol - it was meant to convey hostility and a certain amount of condescension. I gather your not well equipped to deal with hostility Sol which is why you dismiss it as "meaningless".
I'm sure I've told you this before, but I'll try again in a place where my opinions will last for more than the time it takes you to read them. You're a ***, Sol. And I'm not referring to homosexuality Sol (i doubt you get very much sex at all let alone gay sex), I'm using it in the same way Infinity Ward used it, to mean effeminate.
You see Sol, in a warground effeminacy is generally discouraged. It takes a certain amount of masculinity to cope someone shooting at your face - rather than worrying about your nails your commanding officer probably expects you to fire the **** back.
*** then, is the term they used for people who fire randomly and hope for the best. It's not the way the game was meant to be played. That was the joke. Haha etc etc.
Now we have that sorted, I'll come back to you.
I'm sure you've noticed by now the difference in responses here to the responses in virginforge. And don't put it down to a bunch of angry trolls, Sol. Nono, you see the difference between WowRiot and VirginForge is that here, people are pretty much free to say whatever the **** they like. In VirginForge people are only free to say whatever the **** YOU like, and THAT'S the difference. The general consensus in a world of free opinions is that you are a pompous ***. The general consensus in a world of YOUR opinions is that you're the greatest human ever with a vast, albeit unnecessary vocabulary (not compensating for anything there nopenope) with the mission - should you accept it - to conform the media to a realm of strict political correctness.
Noone cares if you're offended by the ability to kill prostitutes in GTA4, but you say it anyway because it makes you appear as if you actually know some girls IRL.
"You know where you are, right?"
I know very much where I am Sol. My opinions might not be taken seriously by the general reader, but then I'm not aiming everything I type at the general reader. I'm aiming it at you, Sol. So I urge you to take this seriously.
Slit. Your. Wrists.
Now I don't mean SAY you're going to slit your wrists as you do seemingly every month to your internet buddies (no-one likes an attention-grabbing downer Sol), I mean physically off yourself.
And while you think of something witty to say and then search the online thesaurus to make it sound far more intelligent than your capable of - might I suggest another approach. You may have seen me mention it earlier.
Crawl away princess.
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