More like 1990 style.

March 26, 2008 03:03PM
It was in the early 90's when they took down the N like nigger alphabet card down from the classroom wall, fairly early nineties as I recall it. In the 80's, no-one cared whether you said nigger or not, there was pretty much no-one around to get offended about it and there was no need for derogatory use of the word. It simply wasn't a bad word here back then. I remember well when the concept of nigger being a derogatory word was introduced, it was some time in early nineties, so it gradually became a bad word, use of which was to be avoided. The process started some 10-15 years ago or so, as far as I can tell. So, the word has been gradually falling out of use, even in the originally non-derogatory contexts it has been used, such as the renaming of the candy known as nigger's kiss in 2001 and the recent disappearing of golliwog-like lakupekka from Fazer's licorice wrappings in 2007 (the picture can be seen in the Wikipedia article [fi.wikipedia.org]), which has caused some discussion as disappearing of cultural heritage as the figure has been there for decades. The British removed their corresponding figure, Black Jack, from their licorice wrappings in 1990's, so the same trend has been taking place in there as well, though it's less recent than here in Finland. The word has only recently become derogatory here, so we're living in a transition time of sorts (note that we didn't have any part in the long tradition of oppressing the blacks by Britons, Americans, Spanish and such peoples).

As for the game, "Who's afraid of the black man" (I always imagined the black man as some kind of a shadow man, as shadows are black in a sense) wasn't as violent as British Bulldogs is described, having tagging instead of tackling. For more violent games, there were games like King of the Hill and Tournament that had more physical contact in them.
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What games are you good at.

cointreau March 25, 2008 05:41AM

Guild Wars, TF2, Peggle, Crayon Physics. nt

Paul Ott March 26, 2008 06:48AM

Paul, how well do you know Asp? He's my hometown boy n/t

Kamuela March 28, 2008 07:46AM

Re: Paul, how well do you know Asp? He's my hometown boy n/t

Paul Ott March 29, 2008 06:00PM

Then again, it depends on what you mean by "good"

Paul Ott March 26, 2008 04:26PM

Hows your guild doing anyway?

Yhorian(VIP) March 27, 2008 04:19AM

I quit a while back

Paul Ott March 27, 2008 08:01AM

The 'limitless level' idea on GW2 scares me.

Yhorian(VIP) March 28, 2008 04:22AM

I didn't do much PvE after the first game...

Paul Ott March 28, 2008 06:06AM

Dawn of war, Day of Defeat, and Mario Olympics while impaired!

Yhorian(VIP) March 26, 2008 05:34AM

Unreal Tournament, Starcraft, Mario Kart, Dots n/t

Kamuela March 25, 2008 03:40PM

Soccer. Football. And Mario Kart 64!!

The Forsaken(VIP) March 25, 2008 03:10PM

X-Com UFO Defense is on my top 10. ~

Hobotora March 26, 2008 11:54AM

Sadly, you wouldn't even have heard of them

daurwyn(VIP) March 25, 2008 01:48PM

Ahhh, the power of positive thinking. n/t

Graham March 26, 2008 03:10AM

british bulldogs, hide and seek n/t

Graham March 25, 2008 11:12AM

I pwned face in rundown and dodgeball. NT

Sam March 25, 2008 09:07PM

Oh man I used to love British Bulldogs n/t

Lokain March 25, 2008 03:38PM

What exactly is British Bulldogs? ~

_Magus_ March 25, 2008 04:52PM

Like a cross between tag and red rover..

Lokain March 25, 2008 08:07PM

Thanks for the link, I know the game know.

DurNominator(VIP) March 26, 2008 01:04AM

The violence was the fun bit. n/t

Graham March 26, 2008 03:10AM

Totally. Best playground game ever.

istirith March 26, 2008 11:13AM

More like 1990 style.

DurNominator(VIP) March 26, 2008 03:03PM

Tecmo Superbowl. Halo2. Flag football. Spades/Hearts/Freecell/Euchre. ~

_Magus_ March 25, 2008 10:55AM

Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and CS all circa 1999-2000.

Sam March 25, 2008 09:32AM

I was good at alot of games, but now I just suck at all past and new games n/t

Shaun March 25, 2008 09:27AM

Re: What games are you good at.

hopelessdwarf March 25, 2008 09:10AM

loved Myth,,, didn't get into Myth 2.

Hobotora March 25, 2008 08:25AM

Re: What games are you good at.

Isildur(VIP) March 25, 2008 08:09AM

oh yeah. txt

Isildur(VIP) March 25, 2008 09:23AM

We are similar

Lokain March 25, 2008 07:17AM

I heard something...

ilostmycoconut March 25, 2008 02:13PM

Re: What games are you good at.

pontz81 March 25, 2008 06:32AM

Man, we need to get a CF convention in da Burgh and play Fight Night :) NT

Sam March 25, 2008 10:21AM

I'd be up for some BurghCFcon nt

pontz81 March 25, 2008 11:53AM

You dont even live in Pittsburgh

entropissed March 26, 2008 08:24AM

That's a Sewickley Academy education for you...oh wait. NT

Sam March 26, 2008 01:40PM



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