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Writing a 10 page paper on the EA Skate series

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Alex_G
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I know you're all jealous
Jul 27 2012 3:56PM
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theBearJew
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I am not writing any paper ever again, I bet you're jealous.
Jul 27 2012 3:57PM
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eheath
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hahahha what alex g
Jul 27 2012 3:59PM
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eheath
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also this
Jul 27 2012 4:00PM
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Alex_G
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for my video game studies class I was assigned to write about any video game, developer or series and I have chosen to write about skate.


and @bearjew i will be saying the same thing in a few months
Jul 27 2012 4:07PM
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theBearJew
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Okay I am alittle jealous you are taking a video game studies class. Wish my college had that.
Jul 27 2012 4:13PM
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Dlud
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What are you writing about skate?
Jul 27 2012 4:22PM
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Alex_G
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how/why it is the most epic action sports video game series of all time
Jul 27 2012 4:58PM
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Spinoza
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Sounds like it might be hard to get 10pgs on that. Have an outline yet?
Jul 27 2012 4:59PM
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Squeenerd
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Sounds cool, post a link when you are done with it!
Jul 27 2012 5:16PM
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maynaiseman
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What about Halo
Jul 27 2012 5:17PM
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2_fadez
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>Action sports

I would argue for Tony Hawk or SSX though
Jul 27 2012 5:18PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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halo - shooter
skate - action sports.
wat
Jul 27 2012 5:19PM
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deleted5
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Glad to see you can read. Also ssx on tour is the better then skate.
Jul 27 2012 5:19PM
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TheClap.
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by far
Jul 27 2012 5:20PM
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rareison
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Why not JibLife?
Jul 27 2012 5:20PM
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Alex_G
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other than the fact that tony hawk really set the stage for all action sports games to follow, it blows in comparison to the detail of career mode and the game play and the overall realisticness of the EA Skate.
Jul 27 2012 5:22PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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skate is beast. I play skate 2 and it's def. one of my favorites. realistic when you want it to be, crazy when you want it. I keep finding new stuff to do
Jul 27 2012 5:27PM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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My guess on how this paper will turn out...

STAKE BEST SPORTS GAME EVER!!!!

You can go to this place called mega park and practice DUBS for getting ill with it in the winter with ya homies.

THE END.


Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 > Skate.
Jul 27 2012 5:30PM
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_DUSTY_
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You should send it to EA even though it won't do much. They need to make a new skate game.
Jul 27 2012 7:59PM
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Bar_Down
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Should've done Tony Hawk's Pro Skater bro. When it came out it was actually fucking mind blowing. Everything after that were pretty much just improvements of the concepts and ideas used in THPS. It actually fucking revolutionized the action sports gaming industry.
Jul 27 2012 8:04PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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nah Skate is better, and before you ask, yes I've beat both so I can claim that
Jul 27 2012 8:07PM
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TheClap.
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you also have to take into what else was around, and the time it was made.

it was top notch and set the standards.

Its like comparing the first TV to what we have today
Jul 27 2012 8:17PM
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Malcolm
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That actually sounds like a sick class
Jul 27 2012 8:22PM
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yeahno
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Well i just wrote a paper on teh Higgs boson. suck my balls.
Jul 27 2012 8:24PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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skate is definetly the most realistic and best for free roam, but cant match tony hawk on success
Jul 27 2012 8:47PM
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TheClap.
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better then a 50 pager on Ivan Pavlov
Jul 27 2012 8:58PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Nice thesis.
Jul 27 2012 8:59PM
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deleted5
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Skate is not realistic at all I dont know what you are talking about. I can do a tipple kick flip with like 3 late flips after and 360 flips into a rail do more 360flips while on the rail then 360 out not realistic.
Jul 27 2012 10:15PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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that's because your trying to play unrealistically, the beauty of Skate is that you can also play rather realistically in addition to the unrealistic shit your talking about
Jul 27 2012 10:20PM
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Dlud
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Still, the controls top any Tony Hawk game anyday, instead of holding 3 buttons at the same time to do a backflip, you are actively controlling it. So many more options in skate. SSX on tour was great, probably one of my top 3 games ever, but it is a little redundent, and not something I can play for hours like skate.
Jul 27 2012 10:24PM
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Rachy
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Good to write about what you love.

I wrote a paper once on the benefits of eco tourism in the Yucatan peninsula. It was pretty rad and I had to struggle to get it down to 16 pages. But it was fucking good.

That being said, I also taught an intro to video game development at UC Irvine for Summer Camp... It was fucking rad and I preferred teaching summer camp over writing that paper. Yay video games! Love making them, can't stand playing them! <3 geeks.
Jul 27 2012 10:25PM
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Malcolm
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Exactly. It's like in Amped 2. You can easily just hold the analog to the max and huck doubles off little moguls or you could control your tricks and make them realistic. I mean if you want ultra realistic then doing the actual sport is the best option.
Jul 27 2012 11:35PM
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deleted5
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With that logic you can do the same thing in Tony Hawk.
Jul 27 2012 11:41PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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yeah I guess but shits a lot more natural looking in skate, the fact that you don't have to press a button to grind is one example
Jul 27 2012 11:55PM
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steezyjibber
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skate 3 is my favorite game of all time. hands down.

please make it a 10 page paper to EA Sports on why they should make a skate 4. PLEASE.
Jul 28 2012 12:01AM
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Wallisch_pl
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go sports skiing for ps3, when i bought it and played it i flipped

but what about ssx on tour it has skiing and is sick
Jul 28 2012 12:09AM
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Alex_G
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hahahahahahahaha i lost
Jul 28 2012 9:53AM
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Spinoza
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If I wanted to take the time to get good at skate, I would instead take the time to learn how to skateboard.
Jul 28 2012 10:03AM
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Alex_G
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thats the thing about it. it takes so much to get epicly good at. the only reason i got to spend as much time as i did playing that game was because i blew my knee out one year and wasnt doing jack shit but hangin out in bed and getting higher than you think is possible.
Jul 28 2012 10:15AM
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