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Fiat Mediocrity is a metal-loving Lazer Jesus in Round Rock, Texas.

When he's not working or sexing women that Jim Sterling could only wet dream of, he's cracking skulls and curbstomping foo's that need to break theyselfz.

Also, he really enjoys having his "close-minded" thoughts totally disregarded by "open-minded" people.

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No, the Wii is doing multiplayer right.
Fiat Mediocrity \| 6:26 AM on 03.25.2008	21 comments

Bitch and moan all you want about the lack of communication with others with Nintendo's multiplayer on the Wii. It won't change the fact that you don't have to listen to anyone who hasn't matured past 14 years old talking about how they "pwn n00bz" all day.

I mean, don't get me wrong; there are no good games for the Wii, but at least you don't have to deal with children.

And how can you guys still stand gaming anymore? You can't play anything worthwhile these days without running in to Gabe's Greater Fuckwad Theory every few minu... seconds.

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19 comments | showing # 1 to 19

maxio098ui

Yeah but I'm a social person so I like talking with friends. online.

Tubatic

Well yeah, I generally don't actually like talking to people online while gaming. I'll come out eventually and introduce my booming sexy voice to FNF one day. But overall, the act of communicating can be really damn exhausting.

That said, Nintendo still has online mostly all wrong. There's no integreation of Brawl's online play into your overall brawl stats and secret unlocking. A lobby system full of anonymouses would be great. They manage to allow adding friends of friends very easily, but there are different numbers for different games, which is just silly.

I can definitely appreciate that they've protected their franchise from being associated with the same culture that permeates Live: I don't ever want a Mario experience to seem anything less than simple and politely childlike/naive. Open communication with anonymouses is a fine thing to prevent.

But the rules should definitely change for your friends.

bloodylip

Here's how I stand gaming: mute button. Anytime I hear a child in my online games, I turn my volume down or mute that person. It doesn't mean Nintendo shouldn't offer the option to people who do wish to voice chat. In conclusion, quit beating the horse. It's been dead a long time.

BlindsideDork

Gabe? Unfamiliar...but there are plenty of good games on the Wii.

Excite Truck, No More Heroes, Super Mario Galaxy, Ghost Squad, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, House of the Dead 2 & 3: Return, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (obviously) for starters...

youkilledmyguy

Their lack of a feature is not a feature. It's a flaw.

ajay42

"there are no good games for the Wii"

come on, do people seriously still say things like this with a straight face?

MatCD

offline - yes

online - no

razerangel

OMGZZ WE CAN HAZ SILANCE FROM DE CHILUNSSSS??!?! GTFO. Seriously try playing a team game without voice chat, go on, see how well that works out when the other team changes tatics and your stuck with your original plan. Go and try and play smash bros online...oh wait no they fucked that up. Play with millions of others...no wait we got to put in a 16 digit code to do that. Next time you have a thought like this think it through, or better yet press your mute button!

BlackSheep

i read one sentence, don't want to hear more.

mute.

Hitogoroshi

Black Sheep has it right.

Snaileb

This has to be a joke blog.

NotAZombie

Lulz guyz I have an opinion but don't write anyting to back it up lulz.

Sathan

You can go to privacy setting on 360 and make voice friends only or completely blocked and instantaneously you have turned your Xbox Live into Wii Online. At least on 360 you get to choose how you want to play online.

bloodylip

@Sathan

You didn't quite turn wine into piss by turning voice chat off. You also have to make each game require a separate code, and not tell your friends you're available unless you're online, waiting for a game.

king3vbo

So much fail

Sathan

@bloodylip

That's true, it's been so long since I was playing Wii games online that I forgot how truly broken the system is.

pedrovay2003

Holy shit, dude. Were you dared to write a pointless load of crap? Is that how this blog came about?

broonor

enter wiibois. I personally find voice chat in games mostly useless. The only games where it's required are FPS and games where the entire group should have a say in what's next (rock band, gh, party games). Mario Kart? no. Keep that voice chat local prz. My friends have my cell if they need to talk.

Fiat Mediocrity

I'm counting a lot of people who don't know the difference between a child and someone who hasn't matured.

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