They've also got that Contruct program that they can simulate pretty much anything in.
So, why don't they just feed themselves intraveinously (sp?) and go and have big banquets in the construct?
Sucks to be tank and dozer, but oh well. Would be a nice break in the monotony for everyone else.
I always wondered why they didn't use shotguns against the Agents. I suppose because of their bulk.
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Koosh Man had this to say about Pirotess:
I always wondered why they didn't use shotguns against the Agents. I suppose because of their bulk.
Accuracy, range and concealability. Shotguns would be good for short range where you don't care about attracting attention, like when they broke into the tower they started with shotguns, but you want concealability so you aren't drawing attention to yourself.
Kind of like how a commando group would eat cold rations rather than build a bonfire and roast marshmallows when on a secret mission behiond enemy lines, I'm thinking. 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Well they have to hack their way into the Matrix via some kind of pirate broadcast . . . so I assume it's not worth the risk of being traced just to have a fancy dinner now and again.
Maradon's talking about the construct, not the Matrix itself.
The Construct is the white place where they get equipped before broadcasting to the Matrix
It's probably a philosophical thing, then. They are fighting against the tyranny of the unreal, so it would be a strange departure to coddle themselves with the trappings of the enemy.
Using the Construct for those purposes would be rather seductive, I'd imagine. Look what happened to Reagan, or Mouse's flings with his Woman in Red.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
quote:I never realized that was Cypher's name. Sounds like a concealed political joke to me. Oh well.
Bloodsage had this to say about Pirotess:
Look what happened to Reagan.
Anyhow, I agree with Bloodsage's comment about it being a psychological thing. If you're fighting against life being fake, you take life, as real as it is. Otherwise it's like being a hypocrite. "Yeah, all of you, you need to be free! But keep the restaurant scenes, because the food out here sux."
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Bloodsage impressed everyone with:
Ah.It's probably a philosophical thing, then. They are fighting against the tyranny of the unreal, so it would be a strange departure to coddle themselves with the trappings of the enemy.
Using the Construct for those purposes would be rather seductive, I'd imagine. Look what happened to Reagan, or Mouse's flings with his Woman in Red.
As usual, Sage is probably correct =p
I also did not know Reagan was Cypher's real name
Watch that scene again, and you'll be blown away by the subtle humor.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Am I going to Hell?
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Fazumzen Fastfist had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Something that always confused me about the Matrix is that none of the martial arts look like they'd hurt except for the throws, and yet people still get beat up.
Most martial arts look relatively painless. Until they're done to you, that is. 
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Those other people are supported by the matrix with food and warmth. The people in the chairs, are not.
You're hooked up by the back of your head for god's sake. Nothing to your stomach.
HP/MP are restored, but you're still hungry.
Plus the stuff Bloodsage said.
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Bloodsage had this to say about Robocop:
That was the best joke in the whole movie! When Agent Smith and Cypher are at the restaurant.Watch that scene again, and you'll be blown away by the subtle humor.
*grabs his Matrix DVD*
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Kloie wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
I did not like The Matrix.Am I going to Hell?
Yeah, pretty much.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Kloie was all like:
I did not like The Matrix.Am I going to Hell?
I thought the Matrix was an ok movie, But I don't understand why people think its like the god of all movies. Just because it had that still camera spin around effect in it.
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Azeroth had this to say about John Romero:
I thought the Matrix was an ok movie, But I don't understand why people think its like the god of all movies. Just because it had that still camera spin around effect in it.
It was the story (Uh.. heh.), and how it affects our lives. We're in a very digital age, where entire lives are bought and lost in a computer network.. Where a skilled hacker can pretty much erase you from the face of the earth without you ever knowing.
The thought that we could all be part of some giant experiment is a staggering concept, and it was for this reasons (I believe) that The Matrix was a "good" movie.
And the bullet time effects were kewl.
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Kloie had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I did not like The Matrix.Am I going to Hell?
Yes, I'm afraid you are.
I'm sorry.
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Azeroth had this to say about Duck Tales:
I thought the Matrix was an ok movie, But I don't understand why people think its like the god of all movies. Just because it had that still camera spin around effect in it.
Think of Quake. Remember Quake?
Not that great of a single player game, was it? But you know what it was?
A badass engine with great customability and great multiplayer. It opened alot of doors in both game design and general FPS gameplay.
I consider the Matrix to be the Quake of the movie industry. Gave it a nice kick in the ass, much like Seattle did to music in general in the late 80s and early 90s.
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Soldar had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
HP/MP are restored, but you're still hungry.
Damned Enertron!
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Azeroth had this to say about John Romero:
I thought the Matrix was an ok movie, But I don't understand why people think its like the god of all movies. Just because it had that still camera spin around effect in it.
Delphi pretty well covered what I was going to get at, so I'll use this post to admire your taste in sigpics 
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Lyinar stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
The Net showed that point well. How a skilled hacker could just erase your entire existence.
Not really. Right now there is still too much hard evidence to prove someone exists left. Main thing of which would be just a simple birth certificate.
'Sides, Matrix opened more cinematic doors, like Star Wars did.
When computers and people become integrated, what happens when you're hacked? What, if any, are the differences between human and machine intelligences?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about Cuba:
What, if any, are the differences between human and machine intelligences?
Creativity. I've never seen any A.I. that was programmed to have any form of creativity on its own.
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Dr. Vorbis had this to say about vegetables:
Right now there is still too much hard evidence to prove someone exists left.
*pokes self* Like this? Pretty good evidence, methinks, all this existing!
omgzomgzomgzomgzomgzomgozmgzomgz!!!!!111``
pfft yeah like i've never seen a nipple before god i'm so tired [ 02-24-2002: Message edited by: Kloie ]
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Bloodsage had this to say about Robocop:
A more interesting question than that posed by The Net, but not as far-fetched as that posed by The Matrix, is that of Ghost in the Shell . . .
GOOD MOVIE!
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nem-x wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
I see nipple.. is that allowed?
Surely your imagination!
.. HAH! it's still there! You evil evil evil person lol
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Azeroth had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
I thought the Matrix was an ok movie, But I don't understand why people think its like the god of all movies. Just because it had that still camera spin around effect in it.
Well, I for one worship the Matrix, I do in fact list it as life changing, I've seen it about 70 times, and the depth of that plot never ceases to astound me.
The various foreshadowings, the whole messiah concept, even to the point where Neo is called "my saviour, my own personal Jesus Christ", one could almost call it a new religion.
for instance, how many movies have had entire collegiate philosophy courses based soley on them? and this is Berkley mind you, not exactly a community college.
The genius of this movie is immesurable, the special affects, settings, character designs, are nothing to the story itself, they only serve to tell it in the best detail.
However Keanu Reeves blows, Edward Norton would have made that roll all that it could be.
that is all.
