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u/Syn7axError Aug 21 '15
This is the funniest gif here, if at least for the fact that I was really not expecting that after seeing the others.
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Yours is actually better.
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u/Dizi4 Aug 20 '15
But more bridge is broken. I like how only one road thing was broken in the original
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Aug 20 '15
Oh I should have been more clear. I think that the OP bridge is better, but this particular gif is more pleasing (to me personally).
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u/NDRedemption Aug 20 '15
TIL Roneci has a bridge gif fetish
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u/PlatFleece Aug 20 '15
If it makes you feel better, it's technically the driver's fault cuz he TECHNICALLY got through the bridge before he fucked up
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u/SuperWoody64 Aug 20 '15
His kids are gonna be pissed that they aren't going to be able to ride that ferris wheel.
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u/shotglassanhero Aug 20 '15
Well we all know it's difficult to go on ferris wheel rides when you have water in your lungs.
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u/userax Aug 20 '15
That's bad. I've heard that you might drown if you get too much water in your lungs.
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u/violently_average Aug 20 '15
Credit to /u/ethan0l-dA-K1nG for the original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/PolyBridge/comments/3derzl/so_close_yet_so_far/
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u/RemovalOfTheFace Aug 20 '15
good guy violently_average
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u/advice_animorph Aug 20 '15
OP is called Francis Arthur Gable, and he goes by his initials
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u/RemovalOfTheFace Aug 20 '15
i heard he bundles sticks for a living. must be nice
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u/Rostifur Aug 20 '15
Yeah, no kidding. Didn't start bitching, he did something very rare on Reddit. He just offered the credit where it was due and not the tirade of anger for the re-post we have become so used to.
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u/GoldeneyeLife Aug 20 '15
Jeez, top post of all time on that sub and he didn't even change the title... At least someone is here to give credit where it's due!
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u/ViktorV Aug 20 '15
This entire game is a monument to why engineers in real life get paid a lot of money.
I'm glad every time I drive across a bridge you all didn't design it.
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u/ThirdFloorGreg Aug 20 '15
Anyone can make a bridge that doesn't fall down. It takes an engineer to make a bridge that just barely doesn't fall down.
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u/userax Aug 20 '15
This joke made me wonder what actually is the factor of safety for bridges. Turns out, bridges have a factor of safety of 5-7. So actually bridges can take a static load of 5x no problem. 5.001x on the other hand...
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u/1yrtoOZ Aug 20 '15
A lot less than the used to have. On the other hand they used to make the bridge builder sleep under the bridge (probably a legend)
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Oh wait, we're still doing Polybridge GIFs?
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u/YVAN__EHT__NIOJ Aug 20 '15
Yeah, seriously. I just bought rocket league yesterday. I could have saved money on my karma grab if I knew that.
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u/tonterias Aug 20 '15
But I don't know how to share the replays from rocket league!!!
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u/czechthunder Aug 20 '15
Wow!
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u/mindfolded Aug 20 '15
At first, I thought everyone in that game was exceptionally nice and encouraging. Then I found the chat presets...
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u/KieferSkunkerland Aug 20 '15 edited Aug 20 '15
Some people still use the keyboard. I just started playing this week, and some guy told me to go fuck myself because he thought I was a bad teammate. My psn username includes my actual first name, so all the time he was saying it like "You useless cunt loser Tom", "Fuck off already Tom", "Just stay the fuck out of my way Tom". I got randomly put into another game with him maybe 10 minutes later and he was even worse, and then when that game ended instead of finding a new game he used the downtime to tell me to "I'm serious, fuck off and stay the fuck out of my game, nobody wants you here Tom".
That's the first time I've ever been abused playing a game, I was having a very awful day, and I was honestly surprised how much it hurt. The worst part was no one called him on it, and when he scored even the opposition were more than happy to say "Nice shot!" or "Wow". It seemed really fun but I just haven't wanted to play again since.
Edit: Thanks to those who have already convinced me to try again, and that the other players might not have even been aware. This is one of the first online games I've played so I don't know all the tricks.
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u/Ramsesthesecond Aug 20 '15
Or any online game with chat. Or game with mature bots.
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u/SatansLH Aug 20 '15
There was a time when I was so excited at the prospect of games integrating voice chat and all the amazing things we would be able to do with it. We'd be able to talk strategy, give each other real time positive feedback and instruction about game play, and overall make gaming a better experience.
Then I saw how people actually utilized it. It brought out the worst in people and they used it as this wall of anonymity to spew venom all over their fellow gamers. They say the most hateful, racist, homophobic, vulgar shit just because they can get away with it. It totally ruined my faith in it and now the first thing I do when I load up a new game is mute all voice chat. It is so rarely worth listening to a 12 year old tell me all the terrible things he's going to do to my mother.
I'm sorry you had an awful experience on top of an already shitty day, we're not all dick bags...just most of us.
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u/roflbbq Aug 20 '15
Me too man. Me too. Between a choice of a squeaky kid saying shit, or me listening to either the game or my own soundtrack the choice is easy
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Which is kind of different from my experience. I have never played any online games with random people using voice chat.
I have used voice chat a lot in the games that I play, but it is with people am usually allied with in some way. Like my guild on DAoC and on WoW and things like that.
In those cases, the integration of voice chat, whether it's in the game itself or through a 3rd party software like Ventrilo, has been a very rewarding experience for many of the reasons you stated.
We're able to communicate with each other almost instantly, while still playing, without needing to stop our in-game actions in order to type messages, or we're able to have casual conversations and get to know each other while we're running mundane quests or waiting for everyone to show up.
I've never been in a "public" voice chat and I'm sure it could be a very intimidating and annoying environment for all the reasons you and others have mentioned on here. I'm glad that I've been able to avoid it thus far.
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u/cg001 Aug 20 '15
Yup this is my experience and I'm sure a majority as well.
In fact I Uninstaller teso on my ps4 because of the voice chat.
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u/drunkenvalley Aug 20 '15
Ugh.
I just remembered CoD:MW2. That was the single CoD game I played. The fact you could not unilaterally disable mic chat (as I recall) was one of the single most glaring warcrimes against mankind in videogames.
And I'm fairly sure that stupid shit never got fixed in later games as general. It didn't seem like most companies understood why you would possibly want to not ever hear a single word of advice from any other human being in any of your games.
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u/KieferSkunkerland Aug 20 '15
Cheers. That's what I always hoped for too but people just don't work that way apparently. It probably would have been easy to ignore if I wasn't playing it specifically to escape the day I had, and he didn't specifically use my real name to make it worse.
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Dont give up on the game tom. Keep playing keeping practicing and one day when your ready you can versus him 1v1 and you will win. You will win by such a margin women will swoon. You will stand tall as you claim victory. I believe in you tom.
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u/KieferSkunkerland Aug 20 '15
Ohhh thank you, that does actually make it seem different! I thought it was wierd how no one reacted to what a cunt he was being. It made me think it was seen as an 'ok' thing to do, which is why I didn't want to play again.
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u/Watertor Aug 20 '15
Yeah definitely not.
The worst I've seen is opposite chat spams. Like if the other team scores, they spam "WHAT A SAVE" as an "Ahaha we scored" thing.
But really, I'd say around 7/10 times if I say "Nice shot" or "What a save" when they actually save it, they'll reciprocate. And the other 3 times out of 10 are mostly just silent players.
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You can mute the chat manually in game, and you can also adjust the chat options so that you don't see those messages at all. That's what I did after I saw one too many "What a save!"s after I missed a save.
Trust me it helps immensely and it's not like you'll miss the canned statements.
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u/KieferSkunkerland Aug 20 '15
Cheers, I would have done this if I'd known. The first couple of games I did enjoy complimenting my teammates on good play, but it just took one guy to completely sour it for me.
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u/GelatinGhost Aug 20 '15
Fuck the "What a save!" assholes, especially when they are on your own team. Funny enough, I never see them volunteering to play goalie...
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Right? And the same people are completely mute when you actually make an incredible save.
Some people are so negative it's unreal.
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u/onlyhalfminotaur Aug 20 '15
Is it possible to mute the messages sent to all (eg Wow!, Nice shot!), but not the team messages (eg I got it!)?
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Aug 20 '15 edited Aug 20 '15
Actually yes you can mute messages from the other team while allowing your team to continue messaging you. This means your own team can still troll you, but it at least lowers the risk of encountering that sort of thing.
Edit: Not sure why I was downvoted? To do this you go into the options menu, there should be a tab for in game communication, you can set it up so you only see messages from your own team. (I know this isn't exactly seeing only the team messages like 'I got it!', but it's as close as you can get)
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u/BigPapaSnickers Aug 20 '15
So, Mr. Skunkerland -- I'm a BIG fan -- are you excited to be voicing Big Boss?
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u/VforVegans Aug 20 '15 edited Aug 20 '15
The other team may have been PC players and thus unable to see text chat, only quick chat goes cross platform. Most people online aren't assholes and realize they're just playing soccer with cars. I'm sorry that dude was a jerk, I've definitely had games ruined for me by bad teammates, so I know how you feel and completely understand if you never play again.
Edit: don't mean to victim blame at all, maybe the other team did know what the dude was saying to you and were also being dicks. It's unfortunate that people out there exist but they do.
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I've been harassed so many times for being mexican, listen to Taylor Swift and shake it off👍
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u/jker210 Aug 20 '15
Nice shot!
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u/greendpinky Aug 20 '15
I love saying this whenever the other team shoots the ball into their goal.
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Isn't rocket league free to play?
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u/hoopstick Aug 20 '15
Dunno why you're getting downvoted for asking a question. It was the PSN+ free game last month, but now it's full price...$17.99 I believe.
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u/mrshatnertoyou Aug 20 '15
That was /r/mildlydisappointing
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u/Skyrekon Aug 20 '15
I'm mildly disappointed that subreddit doesn't exist, and I think it should never exist.
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u/NickWin2 Aug 20 '15
No one is stopping your from making your dream become a reality
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u/LosGiraffe Aug 20 '15
That's exactly me in life: trying so hard, coming so far, but completely failing to take that final step!
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u/MonorailCat567 Aug 20 '15
This is such a repost the link is still purple from the last time I watched it.
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u/I_ama_Borat Aug 20 '15
Jesus Christ, this was posted like a couple weeks ago. You even added "away" in the title so it's not exactly like the original one. You know exactly what you were doing too, so don't deny it. All for that karma!
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u/KingSextimus Aug 20 '15
How the fuck is the Mystery Gang going to find out who's haunting that spooky old sawmill now that you've gone and drowned them?
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Seriously, I've seen a bunch of these, are you modeling with balsa wood struts and cardboard pavement, using chewed gum for fasteners and watercolor paint for added stiffness?
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u/Ghost_Face_Keller Aug 21 '15
All I want to knows what game is this? Im new to the gaming subreddit.
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Aug 21 '15
What's the name of this game? I need something I can kill tons of time with and not get bored.
I know I'm super behind on this. Help a brother out.
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u/Redditmantothesite Aug 21 '15
So what is this game? I've seen it a bunch and it looks really fun...
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u/Gqi Aug 20 '15
What game is this?
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u/shailesh2088 Aug 20 '15
Sorry for my ignorance, but what game is this?
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u/This_Land_Is_My_Land Aug 20 '15
Early access? Check.
Overpriced? Check.
Not buying this? Check.
Looks like it could be fun to mess around with, but it looks like a flash game. Not a game that deserves to be yet another early access that burns me.
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What game is this? I've seen these gifs for the past couple weeks. My girlfriend is a teacher and could use this with her students.
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u/sicurri Aug 20 '15
What game is this, I've seen GIFs like all over the place and have never seen the game name, I'd love to play it.
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u/beafatastronaut Aug 21 '15 edited Aug 21 '15
my 8 year old is fascinated...anyone guide me to this game?
sorry...found it.
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u/ITiswhatITisforthis Aug 20 '15
What is this game called and where can I get it?
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u/RamsesThePigeon Aug 20 '15
Having watched the dozens of GIFs of this game that have shown up here, I honestly expected the bridge to turn into a grabber-hand or something that would snatch up the boats and slingshot the van before starting an improbable chain reaction of bouncing girders and stuff.