Crazycrab

British politics is not the binary two party system that's in America.  There are multiple political parties which different ideologies that sit in different places scale of left and right.  Boris Johnson is outgoing leader of the... I'd say middle (not extreme) right Conservative Party, but most of the scandals and controversies around his tenure have had very little to do with his politics.  If we kept every other factor the same but instead Boris Johnson was the leader of the rival left wing Labor Party it wouldn't have made any difference.  So for your sake please don't embarrass yourself by turning this into a "right wing" conspiracy because it really isn't.
 
It's been a long line of I'd say relatively minor scandals, at least when compared to America.  There's two that are significant.  The first was "Partygate" when he and his ministers were hosting parties and other social gatherings during the pandemic when everyone else was in lockdown.  This lead to confidence vote in June which Boris Johnson just barely survived.
 
Then there's the latest one with the (now former of course) Chief Deputy Whip Chris Pincher.  Before Pincher was appointed by Boris Johnson to this position he had been accused of sexual misconduct.  I should state for the record I don't know if he was guilty but it doesn't matter.  The issue that has now forced Johnson and the majority of his cabinet to resign is that when accusations where recently published in the tabloids Boris Johnson claimed that he didn't know about them, then a letter leaked out that proved that he did.  He reportedly even made a joke about it once saying "Pincher by name, pincher by nature!".
 
Personally I kinda liked Boris, even though I don't agree with his most of his politics.  He's certainly a character, witty and charismatic.  I thought "Partygate" was kinda petty and blown out of be proportion.  I agree that he and his ministers should have been following the rules instead of chucking back pints in Number 10 but I know lots of people that didn't especially at Christmas and New Year.  The latest one with Chris Pincher does bother me more, that's him just streight up lying to our faces and that's not acceptable.

I ruined a lot of sex shouting "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."

It's incredible that this film is over 80 years old then by re-scanning the 35mm film reel makes it look like it was shot yesterday.
 
Even the time it came out makes it, in my opinion, one the most important pieces or art in the 20th century.  As @DC mentioned it was released on August 25th 1939, less than 1 week before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and the world changed forever.
 

I nominate @Crazycrab for MOTM. His posts are always engaging, and he always posts something of value to the conversation at hand.

I had a lot of sex playing The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.

Ted Bull's Constipation...  We should probably just stop this, it could go on forever!

I figured it was probably about time we had a dedicated Motorsport thread on VGR, so here it is!
 
Feel free to discuss Formula 1, Moto GP, NASCAR, Indy Car, Le Mans, Rally, whatever you want past, present or future.
 
The only thing I'd ask is that you keep any conversation about racing video games down to a minimum as there are other threads in the gaming section for them already and of course abide by the regular forum rules.

I'm not interested in how anyone says I'm not interested when they wanna say I'm not interested without saying I'm not interested....  I would just tell I'm not interested.

I figured it was probably about time we had a dedicated Motorsport thread on VGR, so here it is!
 
Feel free to discuss Formula 1, Moto GP, NASCAR, Indy Car, Le Mans, Rally, whatever you want past, present or future.
 
The only thing I'd ask is that you keep any conversation about racing video games down to a minimum as there are other threads in the gaming section for them already and of course abide by the regular forum rules.

Well they can't support the old platforms forever.  Next year marks 10 years since the PS4 came out and most generations of systems stop getting new releases earlier than that.  Like it or not that's just the way it is.

Sounds just like the frontman of a pop band to me! 🤣
 
On to the topic at hand.  I think that "hate" is a very strong word that's thrown around to much especially when it comes to music.  I might not like the music of certain artists but if others are I'm happy just to leave it be.  "Live and let live" so to speak.  So for me to toss around the word "hate", I need something more.  So although there a ton of popular artists whose music I dislike I won't include any of them for that reason alone.
 
Westlife:  I can usually look past boy bands including manufactured ones like this but this a group that sailed through their entire careers with zero artistic merit.  Just one half-assed cover after another, they are the literal definition of creative bankruptcy and false success via corporate manipulation.
 
Gary Glitter: This man was once one of the most popular entertainers in world, now he is just about the farthest thing from that.  I'm sure most of you will know why but if you don't I wouldn't even bother to look it up.  He's best left forgotten.
 
T-Pain:  I'm using this as an example of something that is wider problem in the music industry itself, because he is the self proclaimed figure head of it.  That being overuse of pitch correction.
Now I am want to start this with a little confession.  I was in that camp that was dismissive of "auto-tune". I wasn't even aware at the time that auto-tune was a piece of pitch correction software, not method itself.  Since then I've educated myself a bit about what pitch correction actually is, what it's there for and how it's normally used.  I'd recommend this video from Johnathan Young if you want to know more.
Artists like T-Pain still really irritate me.  I know and more importantly he knows that it's just a gimmick but it has led to this idea that this is just how you edit music and it grates my ears.  Both in terms of annoyance and how needlessly stupid it sounds.
 
DaBaby:  He's a homophobic twat.
 
Cliff Richard:  He was cool at one point but since he slipped into this blatant Christian zone from the late 80's and he's facepalm cringing ever since.  I've no real issue Christian artists or even Christian music.  Alice Cooper (aka Vincent Damon Furnier) is a devout Christian but unlike Cliff Richard he doesn't bleed in to the ark of the covenant and spill it all over his work!
He legitimately comes across as one of those creepy televangelists and this all cumulated in 1999 when he released "Millennium Prayer".  A "Song" which was literally just him singing the words of the lord's Prayer with an unaltered backing track Auld Lang Syne.  It is just awful!
 
 
Milli Vanilli:  Taking two royalty free sources and slapping them together unaltered is disgusting and about and creativity bankrupt as an artist can get...  But at least it's not legitimate fraud!  Tying in with the pitch correction comments I made I don't really believe, even among artists I don't like that any talents hack could walk into a studio and make a legitimate hit.  You have to be able to hold a tune for anyone to work with you, but apparently this wasn't always the case.  In the late 80's Milli Vanilli were on top of the world untill they caught red handed during a live show of using backing tracks that were recorded by somebody else!  What a world that must have been.  These days with everyone in the audience is holding a camera and artists relaying more than ever of the income from live tours rather than recorded music I don't see this happening ever again.  So for being legitimate frauds they certainly deserve an inclusion.

I've been making Youtube videos for a while now and thought subscribers and viewers would come more naturally but that hasn't been the case,I make gaming videos as I've been playing videogames since i was 5 years old and like to think i'm pretty good at them, I like to do game walkthrough/playthroughs and speedruns (Currently hold world record for Devil May Cry 5 Heaven Or Hell catergory), I really like Devil May Cry,Resident Evil,Tekken and Mortal Kombat. I stream for Macmillan Cancer Research over on Twitch (I just want to do something good for others), come follow me on Twitter as i'm there most days, I'm currently in a bit of a sarcastic joker mood lately,so it should be funny in some way.

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I don't believe it's true, if you suck at the game you suck at it , using a mouse  or controller doesn't make you a lot more better at it.

I would say something like an RTS would be much better to play with a keyboard and mouse. Though that has more to do with the nature of how those games play as opposed to anything skill related.
In regards to keyboard and mouse making you better at FPS games, I noticed it was primarily the low tier competitive players bragging the most about what equipment they have that makes them superior to the filthy casuals. They get super salty when you beat them with “inferior” equipment because they believe owning that stuff makes you a better gamer.
You gotta buy a mechanical keyboard because it gives you milliseconds of an advantage, and it has to be a PS2 mechanical keyboard, because those don’t have key rollover like a USB keyboard. So buy a motherboard that has PS2 inputs.
Oh, sorry, I just beat you with a cheap $20 off-brand 360 controller…

That's not what happened at all.  He claims it was consensual but addmited to using methaqualone for "casual sex" with woman many years his junior.  Then in 2018 he was found guilty and convicted of 3 counts of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to 3 years in prison.  This was overturned by the supreme court because of some legal technicalities, NOT because he was later found innocent of any of alleged victims were caught lying.
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_cases
 
Seriously @killamch89, what it wrong with you lately?  First you blatantly insult woman in sports and now you're defending someone who is at bare minimum an old creep who drugs young woman and a serial rapist at worst.  I liked Bill Cosby as a kid but it doesn't mean I'm going to defend him now!
 

Women actually do well in football and deserves to be paid as much as the men.
It's just weird that despite the rapid growth of football all over the world the women are still not paid as much as men.

I wasn't trying to insult you, I'm not even sure how you got that idea.  My comments were not directed at you.  I was venting my frustration at the anti-vax mentality in general.  I guess I was a bit blunt and out of place and for that I apologize.  Get well soon.

Most games have sensitivity controls in the options menu, there are external apps and options within Windows itself some of which are explained in this post:
 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67442029/how-to-customize-gamepad-controller-joystick-output-sensitivity-in-windows-10/70698591#70698591
 
There's also Thumb Stick extenders which reduce sensitivity by effectively "gearing the stick up".  I use these and although they don't suddenly turn into an FPS master they do help.
 

 
 
Most people find that a mouse is more precise when it comes to aiming.  With a mouse you can move the aiming curser in a target, stop on a specific point, then move it again quite easily.  The same action on a stick is considerably more difficult because sticks will always try to spring back to the neutral point.  It's the nature of the peripheral itself.
 
Controllers have some natural advantages to.  Their more ergonomic, designed for purpose and offer far better control over an in game character's lateral movement.  This is especially true when it comes to sneaking where you can freely control how fast the movement is on a stick but it's pretty much a binary move/stop or possibly a separate toggle for walk/run on keyboard.  If you've ever tried to play a sneak build in Oblivion on PC you'll know what I'm talking about, it's awful.

I learned that in the electronics class that I took more than 20 years ago. The voltage hurts, but the amps kill. I have no idea how many amps the tazer has, but to push out that much voltage, it has to be higher than most. The typical voltage of amps around here is 20,000-50,000 on average. Anything in the millions (or in my case hundreds of millions) is unheard of. I've felt the 220v at homes, and believe me, with that kind of power it was a shocking experience. I'll have to look into it and see if I can find the amp count on it. If I do, I'll post it. Otherwise it will remain in the realm of speculation.

I'm the silent type when I'm around other people. I'm not comfortable in social situations, especially at other people's homes. I feel like I wear out my welcome in the first 5 minutes. I'm severely socially awkward. I may come off as strong and witty (or so I'm told) here at the forum. But if you were to meet me IRL, you would see something different. I'll never deny my values or convictions, no matter how uncomfortable it gets for everyone around. But aside from that, you won't really get a whole lot out of me.
A lot of people (extroverts mainly) see that as being rude, but I don't give half a shit. You do you, I'll do me. If you still have a problem with that, would you like to get tazed or tazed? I own a 150,000,000 volt tazer. And that's not a typo. It's 150 million volts. There's a warning that came with it to never hold it on anyone for more than 2 seconds. just hit and draw back. Holding it on someone will cause permanent damage, and could potentially even be lethal. People also look down on that. "Why do you need one that powerful? Why are you trying to kill someone? Why don't you just punch them? Why don't you...." AH FUCK YOU. It's my life and none of your concern. So piss off or you can find out firsthand exactly how 150,000,000 volts feels.

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola is arguably the most infamous race weekend in the of history F1, perhaps Motorsport in general.  Fatal crashes were of course nothing new in F1, for a long time they were actually fairly common.  I think what made Imola 94 so infamous was a combination of the high profile of the one of the driver's involved and the fact that there had not been a fatal incident in years.  You could even argue it become so "safe" that they were borderline complacent.
 
First, Rubens Barrichello was injured in a high speed crash in the first practice session.  Senna himself being one the ones that rushed to the medical center, making it there before even Barrichello's team principal Eddie Jordan.
 
The next day the real tragedies began.  During Qualifying Roland Ratzenberger, a driver for the new Simtek team in only his Third F1 Grand Prix Weekend lost his front wing and crashed into the barrier after going down the streight just before Villeneuve Corner at nearly 200 Mph.  He died from his injuries becoming the first driver to killed in an F1 session since Riccardo Paletti at the 1892 Canadian Grand Prix.
 
 
Despite the whole event looking increasingly cursed the race weekend continued:
 
 
There more issues pretty much from the moment the lights went out.  First JJ Lehto from P5 stalled his Benetton on the grid and ended up getting rear ended by Pedro Lamy's Lotus.  Both driver's were fine but debris from the crash flew into the grandstands injuring 9 spectators.  This brought out the safety car for 5 laps.
 
Then on lap 7 at Tamburello, the unthinkable happens:
 
 
There is a bit of dispute about what exactly happened and I will discuss both but first I'll go over the details that are not under dispute.  Ayrton Senna driving for Williams qualified on pole, after the earlier incidents he continued round the track until lap 7 on the exit of Tamburello Corner where he crashed into the barrier.  A piece of the suspension assembly punctured his chassis and hit his helmet rendering him unconscious.  Marshalls rushed to the scene followed shortly by the medical car and it's doctor, the late Professor Sid Watkins but there was little they could do.  Senna was air lifted to hospital but pronounced dead several hours later.
 
At the time Tamburello was a very fast but pretty straight forward corner.  It's not the sort of place you would expect even an amateur driver, let alone a 3 time world champion considered one the most talented to ever it to make a mistake.  It had to be some other external factor(s), and this is where the contention comes in.  It was discovered that the steering column in the Williams had snapped.  In the official report it is claimed that this broke at the impact with the wall and the cause of the crash was the floor bouncing into kerb on the inside of the corner causing the car to launch forward uncontrollably into the wall.  However, others have always insisted the steering column broke before impact, was the root cause of the crash and Williams covered it up.  I'll let you judge for yourselves:
 
 
 
Even after this Imola 94 wasn't quite done being Imola 94.  The race restarted then ten laps before the end Michele Alboreto's Minardi lost a wheel in the pits which rolled down injuring 4 mechanics.  A fitting end to a fucking perfect day...
 
 
RIP Roland Ratzenberger
RIP Ayrton Senna
 
Well if you made it through all that thank you very much for reading.

Most of the topics about Formula 1 seem to be about games based on the sport rather than the Sport itself.  I had thought about starting a topic about Formula 1. The sports section but I kinda though that there wouldn't be enough people interested to make it worthwhile.

Exellent post @Crazycrab , diden't know you were into F1? Maybe we should open up a thread and discuss F1 both past and present. Ayrton Senna was pretty much the only idol i ever had, after he passed away, like i don't know nobody really worthy that came close for me to call somebody my idol. 
 
I don't really follow moto gp that much anymore but I probably should have mentioned the death of Marco Simoncelli During the 2011 malaysian Motogp grand prix in my first post aswell, since i've seen that one live on tv aswell and was without a doubt was my favourite motogp driver at the time because of his aggressive and sometimes dangerous driving style. Probably would have been a future moto gp champion aswell but sadly we'll never know. But damn what a horror crash i just don't want to see ever again.

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola is arguably the most infamous race weekend in the of history F1, perhaps Motorsport in general.  Fatal crashes were of course nothing new in F1, for a long time they were actually fairly common.  I think what made Imola 94 so infamous was a combination of the high profile of the one of the driver's involved and the fact that there had not been a fatal incident in years.  You could even argue it become so "safe" that they were borderline complacent.
 
First, Rubens Barrichello was injured in a high speed crash in the first practice session.  Senna himself being one the ones that rushed to the medical center, making it there before even Barrichello's team principal Eddie Jordan.
 
The next day the real tragedies began.  During Qualifying Roland Ratzenberger, a driver for the new Simtek team in only his Third F1 Grand Prix Weekend lost his front wing and crashed into the barrier after going down the streight just before Villeneuve Corner at nearly 200 Mph.  He died from his injuries becoming the first driver to killed in an F1 session since Riccardo Paletti at the 1892 Canadian Grand Prix.
 
 
Despite the whole event looking increasingly cursed the race weekend continued:
 
 
There more issues pretty much from the moment the lights went out.  First JJ Lehto from P5 stalled his Benetton on the grid and ended up getting rear ended by Pedro Lamy's Lotus.  Both driver's were fine but debris from the crash flew into the grandstands injuring 9 spectators.  This brought out the safety car for 5 laps.
 
Then on lap 7 at Tamburello, the unthinkable happens:
 
 
There is a bit of dispute about what exactly happened and I will discuss both but first I'll go over the details that are not under dispute.  Ayrton Senna driving for Williams qualified on pole, after the earlier incidents he continued round the track until lap 7 on the exit of Tamburello Corner where he crashed into the barrier.  A piece of the suspension assembly punctured his chassis and hit his helmet rendering him unconscious.  Marshalls rushed to the scene followed shortly by the medical car and it's doctor, the late Professor Sid Watkins but there was little they could do.  Senna was air lifted to hospital but pronounced dead several hours later.
 
At the time Tamburello was a very fast but pretty straight forward corner.  It's not the sort of place you would expect even an amateur driver, let alone a 3 time world champion considered one the most talented to ever it to make a mistake.  It had to be some other external factor(s), and this is where the contention comes in.  It was discovered that the steering column in the Williams had snapped.  In the official report it is claimed that this broke at the impact with the wall and the cause of the crash was the floor bouncing into kerb on the inside of the corner causing the car to launch forward uncontrollably into the wall.  However, others have always insisted the steering column broke before impact, was the root cause of the crash and Williams covered it up.  I'll let you judge for yourselves:
 
 
 
Even after this Imola 94 wasn't quite done being Imola 94.  The race restarted then ten laps before the end Michele Alboreto's Minardi lost a wheel in the pits which rolled down injuring 4 mechanics.  A fitting end to a fucking perfect day...
 
 
RIP Roland Ratzenberger
RIP Ayrton Senna
 
Well if you made it through all that thank you very much for reading.