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    NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    07:58 AM

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    Could they have picked a more evil sounding name than Empire 2.0?

    Something like this would blow Phillip K. Dick's mind.
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    Image of Hamsfork Hamsfork
    12:52 AM

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    Oh man, I have a crazy story about one of these emergeBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEP BEEEP BEEEEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP
    THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP    nd so that's how I ended up in a jacuzzi with nine naked supreme court justices and Tim Schafer's dog.
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    Edited by Hamsfork at 11/20/09 12:55 AM Hamsfork was starred Hamsfork was unstarred
    Image of TexasJack TexasJack
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    Can someone explain to me how you are going to see one of those messages if your TV is off? :P

    Edit: I'd be really fucking pissed if I were in the middle of a match or game and it got interrupted so that they could test their new toy. If I hadn't read it here, I'd also be pretty freaked out for the first few moments, thinking it is a serious alarm. =/
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    Edited by TexasJack at 11/19/09 11:55 PM TexasJack was starred TexasJack was unstarred
    Image of minusX minusX
    01:59 PM

    @TexasJack: TV meaning cable/broadcast in this case.
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    TexasJack promoted this comment minusX was starred minusX was unstarred
    Image of TexasJack TexasJack
    02:25 PM

    @minusX: I know, I was just joking. :P
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    If a message flashes across my screen while I'm in the middle of a heated deathmatch, I'mma bust a nut.

    Fuck Tornados, like hard!
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    Image of SacGamer SacGamer
    11/19/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: You won't if it's warning you of incoming missiles to your house.
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    TexasJack promoted this comment SacGamer was starred SacGamer was unstarred
    Image of TexasJack TexasJack
    11/19/09

    @SacGamer: I don't really think he will care, and he'd probably rather not know that is about to be vaporized and that there is not a damned thing he can do about it. :P
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    07:55 AM

    @NeVeRMoRe666: If I die in the middle of a deathmatch will someone do me the favor and make it look like I was winning?

    I don't want my family to know the last thing I did in life was get trounced by a 13 year old girl.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    *bing*
    TORNADO WARNING
    "Sweet! I got another achievement!"
    *house is blown down* :p

    Seriously though, this is a great idea... I guess you'd have to have your billing info on file so they know your location though, since guessing by IP address isn't always accurate?
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    My only issue with the emergency warnings is getting ones that mean nothing to me. Such as watching a station out of my city (in most cases out of my country even) because then it just becomes an annoyance.

    I'm curious how they'd avoid sending this to the wrong people.
    I'd be pissed, and I'm sure a few others would be, if i kept getting a tornado warning for somewhere outside of my own country.

    Interestingly I was just thinking about this considering how little i watch of live television or especially radio (read: not at all).
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    Edited by Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. at 11/19/09 10:30 PM Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. was starred Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. was unstarred
    Image of TrjnRabbit TrjnRabbit
    11/19/09

    @Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:
    The problem with people receiving the warnings when they don't apply is that they learn to ignore them.

    Being annoying is nowhere near as much of a problem as being ineffective.
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    12:40 AM

    @TrjnRabbit: Ya that makes sense.
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    Image of Blastarr Blastarr
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    So when the nukes let fly and i'm on MW2, ill know that my ass is about to get vaporized......

    Thanks government.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    11/19/09

    In reply to NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks
    It would definitely be interesting to hear someone online receive an emergency warning and proceed to continue to play.

    Player1: "Uh, dude... that sounds like an emergency broadcast..."
    Player2: "No, it's... uh, you know... just a tornado. C'mon, let's win this match and-"
    Player1: "No man! You have to quit!
     Reply
    Edited by Atomsk88 at 11/19/09 10:25 PM Atomsk88 was starred Atomsk88 was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    11/19/09

    In reply to The PlayStation Network By the Numbers
    As long as this subscription is paying for online play (which is apparently not the case), then I'm fine with it.

    Otherwise, its good bye PS3, hello Gaming Rig.
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    Image of BinaryReaver BinaryReaver
    11/19/09

    @the7k: do you mean.."as long as its NOT paying for online play"??
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    Image of the7k the7k
    11/19/09

    @BinaryReaver: Yeah, that's what I meant. I guess I need more sleep than I thought.

    To clarify - there's no way I'm paying for online play.
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    Image of Michael Forsberg Michael Forsberg
    11/19/09

    @the7k: I can safely say Sony will NOT start charging for online play.

    Other services? Sure, but not online play. Hell no.
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    the7k promoted this comment Michael Forsberg was starred Michael Forsberg was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    11/19/09

    @Michael Forsberg: Even though I'm pretty sure they wouldn't do it, never say never.

    It might be a stupid idea, but Sony has had plenty of stupid ideas that they put to action. It happens less often now than it did 2-3 years ago, but it still happens.
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    Image of Michael Forsberg Michael Forsberg
    11/19/09

    @the7k: charging for online play would still be their stupidest decision ever. You can't just do it without facing heavy concequences. At this point, it would ruin PSN.

    It's different in XBLs case because they have charged since day 1.
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    Edited by Michael Forsberg at 11/19/09 5:52 PM Michael Forsberg was starred Michael Forsberg was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    11/19/09

    @Michael Forsberg: Yes, that's true. I'm not arguing that. I'm arguing that Sony might not care about the consequences.

    There's one thing that every corporation values over its customers: money. They'll try to keep both, but if its between one or the other, the choice is obvious.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    11/19/09

    In reply to The PlayStation Network By the Numbers
    And to think network gaming started this way.
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    Image of Thorax Thorax
    11/19/09

    In reply to The PlayStation Network By the Numbers
    And yet I still can't sign in on my account, with zero from help from Sony's customer support.

    Yeah ok, that's extremely random. Just wanted to vent.

    Despite the negativity slung by the Live party, I still think PSN does it's job pretty well considering it's free.
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    Edited by Thorax at 11/19/09 3:16 PM Thorax was starred Thorax was unstarred
    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/19/09

    @Thorax: Considering it is free yes, but they'd need to revamp a few things to make me say, 'Ok, that's something I'll pay for.'

    If I'm forced to pay just to play with friends online and they don't do anything new? I'll be pissed... but pay. I sure won't like it though.

    #speakup
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    Thorax promoted this comment Friedhamster was starred Friedhamster was unstarred
    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    11/19/09

    @Thorax: Go into network settings and disable the media server.
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    Image of Thorax Thorax
    11/19/09

    @Friedhamster: They would need to revamp a ton of things. Actually they should just take everything Live does, and copy that wholesale.

    And then add something new, but marginally new, so they can claim some amount of creativity.

    #speakup
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    Thorax was starred Thorax was unstarred
    Image of Thorax Thorax
    11/19/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy: I tried that when someone else suggested it, but nothing. I am feeling desperate, and I appreciate the advise, so I shall try it again.

    #speakup
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/19/09

    @Thorax: Eeexxaaaactly.

    #speakup
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    Friedhamster was starred Friedhamster was unstarred
    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    11/19/09

    In reply to The PlayStation Network By the Numbers
    I could get behind a subscription model for TV Shows and movies. I really don't watch anything twice, so the buy-to-own thing really doesn't do much for me.
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    Image of Kuwabara Kazuo Kuwabara Kazuo
    11/19/09

    In reply to The PlayStation Network By the Numbers
    Sorry to be a noob but how much is a petabyte? Never was aware of such term. Sounds like PETA bites, which I would agree, but it wouldn't make sense here.
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    Image of KesMonkey KesMonkey
    11/19/09

    @Kuwabara Kazuo: 1000 terabytes (1 million gigabytes)
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    octaslash promoted this comment Edited by KesMonkey at 11/19/09 2:59 PM KesMonkey was starred KesMonkey was unstarred
    Image of hatmantc hatmantc
    11/19/09

    @Kuwabara Kazuo: A petabyte (derived from the SI prefix peta- ) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one quadrillion bytes (short scale), or 1000 terabytes
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    11/13/09

    In reply to PSP AdhocParty Coming To North America
    OH THANK GOD.

    I CAN FINALLY *hopefully* FIND ANOTHER SOUL CALIBUR PLAYER.

    It's lonely being the only sword fighter in a land of street fighters... #adhocparty
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    Image of gordiehowe5 gordiehowe5
    11/13/09

    In reply to PSP AdhocParty Coming To North America
    Nice. Now developers' constant fallback on making any co-op/multiplayer local wifi only can be changed to something that's more flexible for the average North American player. #adhocparty
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