The Sound Proof Booths of Silence

Post by the_sleaze9 » Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 2:29 AM UTC

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #145

the_sleaze9 wrote: post #141

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Nothing about the story of this project suggests they are top-tier sound engineers, and when you don't really know what you're doing (said very respectfully) the proposition "we need to fill windows and this is what other people normally do when they fill windows" is a very positive data point. They didn't even start with museum-grade glass for optimal filming, which to a absolute layman like me seems like they just…

When they started doing these tournaments over a decade ago, esports LAN tournaments was barely an industry, and crowds were small. Also, MOBAs are unlike many other esport genres [1], in that the two teams have partial information about the state of the game, and illegally getting information a few seconds early can change the entire outcome of the game [2]. Meaning there was no one in the world who really knew how…

Post by hattmall » Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 3:39 AM UTC

ericbarrett wrote: post #166

hattmall wrote: post #156

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Yeah it's just slang for some kind of nefarious action. It's in a lot of rap songs, west coast origin seems possible for sure but been around a long time. East coast version is juug.

In the early 90s in NorCal, we used gank to mean "steal" or "snatch", and you can still find this definition online. I don't think it ever meant murder until it got used in PvP games.