On February 14 2011 12:59 1Eris1 wrote:
When are you and Incontrol getting married? =)
When are you and Incontrol getting married? =)
That's incs big announcement.
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sinani206
United States1959 Posts
On February 14 2011 12:59 1Eris1 wrote: When are you and Incontrol getting married? =) That's incs big announcement. | ||
LoStYouRSkiLLS
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CarniX
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A voice tells you, that incontrol is in a similar room, you cannot see or hear each other, It also tells you that you are going to play a game. The rules are simple, if one of you pushes the button and the other doesn't. Then one who doesn't lives. If you both push the button you both die, if neither of you push the button you both die. Would you push the button? | ||
darmousseh
United States3437 Posts
On February 15 2011 07:05 CarniX wrote: Okay. You find yourself in a small room. The only thing inside this room is a pillar with a button on it. A voice tells you, that incontrol is in a similar room, you cannot see or hear each other, It also tells you that you are going to play a game. The rules are simple, if one of you pushes the button and the other doesn't. Then one who doesn't lives. If you both push the button you both die, if neither of you push the button you both die. Would you push the button? Didn't you see batman? Obviously batman will capture the person controlling the situation before that happens. | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On December 24 2010 09:20 aloT wrote: I am very sorry to hear about your grievance. It has really amazed and impressed me how articulate you are, not because of any prejudice, but because throughout this long thread you have continued to answer questions purposefully and at length, even being someone as yourself with your history of debating it is super to see. I hope you and Geoff have a Merry Christmas! What are your New Years resolutions? Thank you for your condolences. I haven't made any specific "resolutions" (I'm more of a year-round goal-setter) but I dunno, I'm trying to work out every day (see: Miss USA) and take steps every day that will lead me to my dream career (Goodwill ambassador for U.N./UNICEF etc., so first: host/actress/performer/ambassador) | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On December 24 2010 09:50 chocopan wrote: I hope this hasn't been asked already, if so just shout at me all caps. Obviously you are now visible in the SC2 community what with your interviewing and SotG appearances and suchlike. But I was wondering, do you play SC2 yourself and if you do do you have recognizable name eg. uNcontroLable? If you game "undercover" - do you ever let on you are not a boy? Eg. when people on bnet talk about you presuming you are a boy, or say something about girl gamers or whatever. Do you let it go, or say something, and/or how do you feel about it? Please more interviewing! They were cool. glgl! Edit: And, sorry to hear about your grandpa. Yes I play but I suck. I seriously have like 10 minutes of free time a day these days, so I'm still a campaigner. *hides* As soon as I have any semblance of a life again, though, I'm getting some coaching from the man and so hopefully will put myself at least on the map play-wise. Until then, I can do what I do best, and talk a heck of a lot about it and the people who play it. I always say, what I lack in skill, I make up for with passion when it comes to SC2. Hence... I would LOVE to do more interviewing! Just looking for the opportunities to arise. | ||
Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
It sounds like your worlds are contrasting, so it's an interesting thought. Sorry if it has been asked before. | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On December 27 2010 13:15 4iner wrote: + Show Spoiler + On December 23 2010 03:27 uNcontroLable wrote: Show nested quote + On November 28 2010 08:26 4iner wrote: 1. Should it be legal or illegal for adults in the front seat of a car to not wear their seatbelt? 2. Is there anything honorable about someone turning themselves into the police if they've committed a crime? If yes, give a thorough and convincing explanation as to why. Assume the punishment would not be reduced simply because the person turned themselves in. 3. Fast forward to 2050. Assume that fetuses can be safely genetically modified. Would there be anything morally wrong with changing out a few genes to make a baby smarter? 4. What would the ideal system of welfare look like? These are all such loaded questions! It's taken me a while to find time to sit down long enough to think and write them out! 1. There are a lot of laws that remove personal choice for the sake of safety. I understand that each of us is ultimately responsible for our own well-being, and the feeling that we shouldn't have laws telling us how safe we should be. When you drill down through a lot of those laws though, they are really also put in place to protect others, beyond the choice and consequences of that one individual (think smoking laws, etc.). A car crash is traumatic no matter what the outcome. If a person dies (much more likely without a seatbelt), it affects everyone involved. Being inadvertently responsible for another's death can ruin a person for life. I personally am grateful for a law that requires people both to keep themselves safe, and to protect others in the case of tragedy. 2. Yes, because taking personal responsibility for your actions is the honorable thing to do. Being a part of a society and enjoying it's benefits constitutes an agreement to live by it's rules. Breaking those rules brings consequences, with which we are all familiar and which give us the opportunity to evaluate the costs and benefits of our actions. If a person deems it worth the price to commit a crime, they should be willing to face the consequences. Most people aren't. Those who are, like those who would turn themselves in, are honorable in that sense. To be frank, though, a "thorough and convincing argument" to this point would include a full discussion of the definition of honor, which, at the moment, I don't have time to provide. Sorry! 3. The question certainly makes me uneasy. I am not one to prescribe to the theory of "medicine shouldn't work to improve the quality of people's lives because God wants them just the way they are," - I think that God gave us the ability to practice medicine for a reason - but when we start to talk about altering someone's genetic code... especially when it goes beyond preventative medicine and into changing the very qualities of a human being, like their intelligence and thus, their personality... it makes me nervous. Especially considering how relatively little we actually do know about the human brain, and the many times history has proven that when we play with life at this level, we mess up (think shock treatments for mental illness), I forsee there being some serious medical and psychological ramifications to altering intelligence. Beyond that, I think the other piece (and perhaps to me the even more worrysome one) that would be the most cataclysmic as the result of that development would be the societal effects. All of a sudden you have a group of people who are medically determined to be more intelligent than the rest. How are they treated? What kind of power will they be given? Assuming that it will be the upper class who can afford such a treatment, how will that affect the stratification of society, wealth, and power? Will it disadvantage the older generations and the impoverished? It's a fascinating subject...sounds like a good sci-fi movie, but a scary reality. 4. A "teach a man to fish" system that provides aid only to the end that it also provides education and rehabilitation to get individuals and families back on track to become self-sustaining. "Focus on education" is, I think, a good answer to a lot of tough questions. Thanks for taking to the time to respond. 1. Interesting answer, I've actually never fully considered that aspect. 2. It seems that your definition of "honorable" is needed. PM me it if you have time. 3. Here is the video the question is based off of, which may explain some of your unease: http://fora.tv/2008/07/17/The_Case_Against_Perfection_Michael_Sandel 4. Good answer. A few more Qs: -What did you get for Christmas? -How long would you want to live if you physicaly aged at a rate 5 times slower than normal? -How would you go about disproving polytheism (I'm assuming you're a monotheist)? -What's your favorite book? 1. For Christmas I got spoiled. Geoff, for example, gave me an xBox360 and Kinect. Also, I got the Rosetta Stone for Mandarin Chinese, but haven't opened it because I can't decide whether it would be worth it to me to exchange it for Korean. 2. Depends on how fast I mentally aged. If mentally was 5 times slower I could probably do humankind a lot of good by living a long long time, so even in spite of watching everyone I loved go before me, I'd stick around a long while. Not too much longer than the record oldest humans though... that's too unnatural and I think it would cease to be helpful. 3. You can't really "prove" any kind of -theism by contemporary definitions of "proof" (other than by the lack of scientific proof of any given phenomena, if that's convincing for you) unless you have personal experience that has led you to faith. Personally, historical and religious research, as well as impactful personal experiences have led me to a relationship with and faith in one Creator, yes. I firmly believe that any person who earnestly and actively searches for truth will find it, which, thankfully, alleviates the burden of proof on my shoulders, and places it on God's. 4. That's like picking a favorite child. Impossible, or at least I will claim it is. I read really fast, so it's rare that a book bores me or I can't find something to like about it. Recent history has seen me with my nose in the Song of Ice and Fire Series and the <3Dresden Files<3<3<3. I have been known to indulge in a little Twilight now and again (I know I know - but don't judge me by the movies!), and of course I always read all the Star Wars books I could get my hands on. I love historical fiction, Sci-fi... well.. pretty much everything. Motivationally/self-improvement wise, I try to read "Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box" every few months to keep myself on track. I highly, HIGHLY recommend that book. It made a huge impact on my happiness in daily interactions with people. | ||
-Exalt-
United States972 Posts
On October 12 2009 06:20 uNcontroLable wrote: Show nested quote + On October 12 2009 03:40 QuoC wrote: you must feel unbelievably secure about incontrol being able to defend you in public if anything happened. can he fight? i can box and throw down, but have you seen him box/fight? ^^ he's a heavyweight, scary.. lol I can't tell you how good it feels to walk with him in public and know that I'm almost positively safe. I hate to live by fear, but I've had experiences in my life that have demonstrated both the evil that exists in some people and my inability to always protect myself from it. Having Geoff as a boyfriend has the bonus that most people go out of their way not even to APPEAR to cause me any danger, for fear of his wrath. We've discussed how strange it is that the world is so different for him than it is for me. I'm fairly small, athletic, but wholly unable to defend myself if it came to weapons or full brute force. Geoff, on the other hand, could get stabbed repeatedly or probably shot, and still pwn someone. I always say he should have been born in ancient Rome as a gladiator. His very BONES are like, 3 times as strong and thick as mine. He used to work security and once fought 10 guys at one time. He came home so unscathed I didn't even know it had happened till he asked me to fix the rip he had made in his pants. Usually, intimidation is enough to stop someone from stepping up, which is good, because I think almost every time he has actually punched someone, he has knocked them out. He tries not to use brute force because it can have devastating results. imba. haha this is so awesome! imagining fighting incontrol is like.. wow.. I'de just run Sorry if this has been asked before.. but do you have your own account and what league / race do you play? | ||
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uNcontroLable
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On December 30 2010 16:34 Blisse wrote: How do you find out if a girl wants to just be friends or if they're waiting for you to do something? Sorry, this must've been asked a million times by now. How does it feel to win at something important? If your personality, morals, values and such aren't exactly the most friendly or social, would you recommend changing yourself to be more sociable or friendly, or toughing it out until you find similar people. Compromise? As in fake it? Where do you draw the line of being shallow. Is there a limit at all? Like gigantic nose, or lazy eye. 1.Either A) you take it slow and gauge her reaction to little advances or B) You just go ahead and ask her. Being honest is a quick way to a woman's heart. 2. Depends on what win you are referring to. In general, it's not "winning" that matters to me, as it is defined by someone else - it is the accomplishment of my own goals in any competition that really constitute a "win" for me. If know I've done everything I can, whether I win or not, I feel awesome. 3. For me personally the line is pretty far out there. You have to be attracted to someone in order to have an intimate relationship with them, but for me, attraction often comes from something far beyond the physical side. | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On December 30 2010 20:07 Psyballa wrote: How did you and iNcontroL meet? This is the most common question in this thread so far. On August 13 2010 15:09 uNcontroLable wrote: Show nested quote + On August 03 2010 09:34 Malgrif wrote: dunno if someone else asked this already, but how did you an incontroll meet? They did, but that's ok! I answered it on page 13: + Show Spoiler + On November 10 2009 17:36 uNcontroLable wrote: Show nested quote + On November 09 2009 23:55 beetlelisk wrote: On October 10 2009 11:45 StorrZerg wrote: On October 10 2009 11:44 Rekrul wrote: Where do I find smart girls? Assuming they exist. shouldn't that be the question for incontrol? Seriously, where have you met? Do you remember your 1st words you spoke to each other? Was there even a pick up line (somehow I think there wasn't)? On October 15 2009 02:54 uNcontroLable wrote: sometimes I worry that I'm writing more than people really want to know Do not worry :D I've read every single of your posts here word boredom should be banned from this thread I appreciate time you've spent writing them very much Thanks for saying I'm not boring you. I'm glad you are liking what I've written so far! Hehe, I actually love telling people about how Geoff and I started. We met when we were both members of the speech team at our university. I was somewhat of an individual event star and he was the same on the parliamentary debate side. We eventually became co-captains, and people jokingly called us "Mommy and Daddy" of the debate team. When I look back though, and try to think of where the very first spark of my interest in him was struck...one moment sticks out in my mind. Our team was full of drama. I assume it's the same on most speech teams, but our coaches were jerks, our teammates ranged from premadonnas to emo kids... and there was always some kind of huge issue going on. Geoff and I, for our part, hated the drama, and could usually be found off to the side somewhere, waiting for the storm to blow over. We were friends enough at that point, but only to the extent that we were teammates, like co-workers. Well, at this one particular tournament, things got really bad. I don't even remember what the issue was... I think it was something as stupid and routine as no-one could agree on where to go for dinner. Geoff and I were both sitting at this little two-person table in some cafeteria, and we got trapped when the team literally surrounded us and began to throw the drama bombs at each other over our heads. I was miserable. I like to smile, I like everyone to be okay, and I was stressing. I looked at Geoff and we rolled our eyes together. Looking at him and seeing someone on the same page as me in all that chaos made me feel a little better. Then, out of the blue and lightening-quick, while still maintaining eye contact with me, Geoff reached out, grabbed a napkin from the dispenser in the center of the table, and ate it. Just STUFFED it in his mouth, and then sat there like nothing had happened. He did it so quick that none of the people over our heads had any idea what had happened. I started laughing hysterically, and when they looked at him for an answer to why, he just shrugged as if he had no idea. For some reason, probably the stress of the moment, I laughed till I cried, so hard and so long that eventually they forgot what they were fighting about and the evening became pleasant. Oddly enough, I think it was then that I realized, hey... this guy is pretty awesome. It was after that that we began to spend a little time together outside team events. Soon, we went to the library together to study, and ended up deep in conversation. After I thought about an hour had gone by, my goody-goody conscience got the better of me and I said something to the effect of "Geez, we'd better get to studying, we've probably been putting it off by talking for like, an hour!" He laughed and looked at his watch, then looked back at me, shocked. We had been talking for five hours, and both of us had been enjoying it so much, that niether of us had ANY idea. I can't think of another time in my life where I have had such an innacurate perception of time. The library closed about 15 minutes later. We didn't get any studying done. That night I told one of my roommates about what had happened, finishing with... "I mean, I'm sure nothing will come of it... he's just so, interesting! He probably has no interest in me other than friendship anyway." (Come to find out, apparently he thought I was out of his league... or so he claims. ) During that conversation, the fact that I sew had come up, and Geoff had asked if I wouldn't mind fixing his dress pants that he wore for speech tournaments. He had like, ripped the back pocket or something. I was thinking about our conversation often, and finally decided to see what was really there. Using all my womanly wiles, I constructed a text message about his pants. It was ripe with just the right amount of innuendo... a test, if you will. Enough to give him the opportunity to show interest, but little enough that I could claim I never meant it if he wouldn't bite. We girls are tricksy sometimes. He, of course, came back with an even more cleverly woven piece of cellular prose, and the rest... as they say, is history. lol...I actually have that text message conversation written down somewhere. If I could find it, would you guys be interested in seeing it? ( I guess I'd have to make sure it was ok with iNc first.) | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On January 03 2011 17:04 -miDnight- wrote: If someone stole your parking spot, will you ask Jeff to teach him a lesson? Heck no, I can teach my own lessons. | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On January 16 2011 12:36 Cofo wrote: Why aren't you in the Miss America Pageant? I was just watching it on TV, and they announced the verrrrry last semifinalist as Miss Oregon. I was so excited, but it wasn't you Miss America and Miss USA are two separate organizations. I am Miss Oregon USA (www.missoregonusa.com, Facebook: Miss Oregon USA 2011, Anna Prosser). It's confusing, because they are very similar competitions, and both are held at the same place. But mine will be held on June 19th. (Watch online for opportunities to vote for me. ) The Miss Oregon you saw was my good friend Stephanie Steers. | ||
uNcontroLable
United States1180 Posts
On January 16 2011 18:08 Impervious wrote: Show nested quote + On December 30 2010 15:14 uNcontroLable wrote: Anna: Well it wouldn't really be doggy-style, would it? The girl is most definitely on top. Damn, that is such a brillaint response. I heard the podcast live, that part of it came out so perfectly. I was laughing so hard (might have been partially caused by the booze, but ya). Did you at least laugh when you listened to the whole thing for the first time? Yeah... I did Geoff's favorite thing apparently where I kinda laugh sheepishly under my breath. It was pretty funny. But man, was he vulgar... I have to be careful because I can more easily get in trouble for being involved in anything "inappropriate" as a titleholder for Miss USA. | ||
Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
Would love to hear it from your perspective haha. | ||
KingZeter
United States19 Posts
(This is because us northwesterners have to stick together) | ||
SkatesSC
United States191 Posts
Side note: I think you should either be a regular guest on State of the Game or try to find the time to do a podcast with Geoff. I know both of you are super busy so maybe bi-weekly or monthly. Even if it was just about your life and Geoff's life and nothing StarCraft, I think it would be a big hit. Edit: Scratch that, I do have a question. I don't know if anyone asked yet, but how do you and Geoff handle the long distance thing you guys have going on now with Geoff in California for NASL (I'm assuming you are still in OR)? | ||
KingZeter
United States19 Posts
Side note: I think you should either be a regular guest on State of the Game or try to find the time to do a podcast with Geoff. I know both of you are super busy so maybe bi-weekly or monthly. Even if it was just about your life and Geoff's life and nothing StarCraft, I think it would be a big hit. This ^^ You're very articulate and intelligent. Those 2 things are always pleasant to listen to, no matter the topic. | ||
xzumiex
Belgium100 Posts
I got a difficult question and I didn't saw anyone asking about it so i'll give it a shot. How do u support Geoff in his gaming career, atm i'm 2 years together with my girl, who's really into korean music/culture all that) but when it comes down to StarCraft she just don't care about it that much. It's not that she hates it, she just doesn't understand that it takes a LOT of time to get good at it. Soon I'll be living on my own (or with her) just to play StarCraft without my parents complaining about it. So i'll give the question: How do I tell my girl that I want to achieve something in StarCraft, doing everything but at the same time still be able to get the support from her? Thanks | ||
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