TailsSena Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 It makes sense, especially because plot-wise, Generations is a direct sequel to Colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentril Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm sorry what was this thread about again? It seems to be about Sonic canon now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 well apparently SOPA is now a non-threat to the immediate future. So we have nothing to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentril Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Well not quite. http://judiciary.house.gov/news/01172012.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thefinalboss123 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 oh crap! Everyone stock up on spritesheets NOW. Nah im kidding but has anyone seen whats going on with google it seems there against SOPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECLIPSc70 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yup, I'm surprised facebook or any other social sites like that hasnt done the same. So all we need to worry about not is this..."PIPA" bill thingy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Raven X Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Facebook and Google won't go dark cause A) they have rivals and they make money. Also at this point, Google powers how many of the larger sites? Going down for a day at this point would be like switching off half the internet. Wikipedia is fairly unique and it runs off donations. They can 'risk' pissing off their userbase for a day because they'll have nowhere else to go. And since I don't think I have chimed in yet other than "SOPA and PIPA are bad eh?" here is my opinion on piracy and the prevention thereof; Anti Piracy measures have only ever made life harder for honest paying customers. Put DRM on a game, pirates will crack it. Paying customers gotta live with it. And all those god damn anti piracy ads in front of movies? Pirates don't see that. They hit play and BLAM insta-movie. If SOPA gets passed, all you'll see is more 'innocent' internet users making a move towards shady stuff like TOR. The proper way to deal with pirates, at least in games, is to offer incentives to paying customers, rather than penalize everyone. I'm actually a fan of those DLC 'subscription' things you get in games like Mass Effect 2 - buy the game new, you get a bunch of free NONESSENTIAL stuff. Buy it preowned or pirate it, you'll still have the game, you'll just miss out on the trimmings. Mortal Kombat and those sports games do it wrong; buy the game new and you'll be able to play online, otherwise you gotta pay MORE for that. That's dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LT Worm Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wikipedia is fairly unique and it runs off donations. They can 'risk' pissing off their userbase for a day because they'll have nowhere else to go. Well, it worked though. I wrote my congressman and my two senators earlier this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazefireLP Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Google against SOPA? Probably because they'd lose a large part of the internet. Youtube being a major blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streak Thunderstorm Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 SonicRetro is down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Raven X Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yeah, but that's just a normal Wednesday for them. *rimshot* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Emerson Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 So because it wasn't silly enough to have a bill named "Soup" they now have a "Kite", too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have to admit - I'm a bit startled after seeing all the sites that joined the protests - Wikipedia, Reddit, Vimeo, even Google put up a "bar logo". Perhaps all the regulars here already know about SOPA and PIPA - still, I added a small link in the Soft series headers, so that those who want to send an email (even if not from the US) can do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luksamuk Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 People on Twitter in Brazil still don't know why everybody is complaining about soups and kites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thefinalboss123 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 It sucks Retro is down that's where I download my hacks from although it is funny how they incorporated the NO WAY screen from s&k in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazefireLP Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 So is SSRG. http://sonicresearch.org/forums/ (Sad faice). I have to confess though, I didn't think that was possible in a web browser using html/java. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 SonicRetro and SSRG going down were just preaching to the choir really. On the other hand, so is Reddit. Now, Wikipedia and Google were an effective statement since they probably actually helped ignorant people to understand a little bit of the gravity of what was going on... Wikipedia especially since their move was more than just a gesture, it literally took away a service people relied on frequently in a way that ignorant people would be least likely to figure out a way around. I found myself actually getting stopped by the block a couple times while working yesterday. Still, having to wait 5 or 6 hours to download a rom hack is not something to get upset about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yeah, i found a way around the wikipedia blackout about 30 seconds after seeing it, but it honestly did surprise me just how many times it stopped me, unintentionally, from what i was doing throughout the day. You take things for granted these days, i tell ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apricity Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Megaupload has been shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Except that it's unrelated to SOPA/PIPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 This is just insane. Fucking insane. I wouldn't say it's completely unrelated - Remember the mega song fiasco? If SOPA passed, it would be like if every major business got the magic "agreement" that Universal used to defend itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's unrelated to SOPA/PIPA because none of those are being enforced, so Megga Uploads shut down can't be because of a policy that's not even in effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 There's quite a bunch of laws and "acts" already working since quite some time. These allowed this to happen. SOPA & PIPA are evolved versions of sorts. And that's exactly the problem - If they just shut off MU without SOPA & PIPA in effect, imagine how much of a mess it'd be with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 MU went down without a fight. I think that says something about how they felt on the matter. It's just an isolated incident that's similar to PIPA/SOPA because they both relate to pirating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanGameRevolver Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 its totally related to sopa/pipa - as in; HOLY FUCK WHY ARE THESE NESSESARY?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts