What's the big deal about Lara's breasts?
Thomas j. Evans
breast size. If it's not some feminists somewhere crying that it's
degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
of crap.
If Eidos decided to make Lara flat, would that lead young boys to
believe flat chests make the ideal female and young girls to believe
that they should not grow breasts? NO. What if they gave Lara a big
nose, or large feet, or small ears, or big teeth, or no hair?! It's
just the appearance that they created for her. It's a natural part of
the female body (let's not start splitting hairs and considering the
possibility that Lara's breasts are implants). The 3D designers had
the artistic freedom to make Lara look anyway they wanted to. They
gave her big pretty eyes, full lips, and full breasts. They did so
because they could. And, really people, are they THAT big? I've seen
much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
What about the male characters we've seen in games? Duke Nukem has
blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
No!
So quit crying about Lara and her hooters!
-T
PS: I don't own and I've never played the Tomb Raider games.
Laura Goodwin
>
> Everyone seems to have to make some sort of fuss over Lara Croft's
> breast size. If it's not some feminists somewhere crying that it's
> degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
> lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
> young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
> of crap.
So do I. I say if a desireable female character with (it just so
happens) significant hooters is the toy of choice for teen boys, then,
~great~. They are in the same club as the ten year old girls who play
with similarly endowed Barbie (tm) dolls. Big Whoop!
I personally am very encouraged by all this attention paid to heroic
female figures with tits. In times past, a gal with tits was expected
to just sit still and look cute...now she is an adventurer with guns.
What's the problem!?
--
Laura Goodwin
(has tits, could you guess?)
Harold Rollins
>
> I personally am very encouraged by all this attention paid to heroic
> female figures with tits.
I thought ALL females had tits. Amelia Earhart had 'em. So did Susan B.
Anthony and Golda Meir and Catherine the Great and Indira Gandhi.
> In times past, a gal with tits was expected
> to just sit still and look cute...now she is an adventurer with guns.
> What's the problem!?
Do you really think Lara Croft is a good role model for anyone? I think
she's a psycho. Her eyes are nothing but pupil, like an insect's. I
think she's terrifying.
Hal
Nobody
rendering.
Thomas j. Evans wrote in message <35fdf2c5...@news.skyweb.net>...
>Everyone seems to have to make some sort of fuss over Lara Croft's
>breast size. If it's not some feminists somewhere crying that it's
>degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
>lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
>young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
>of crap.
>
Werner
>
>Do you really think Lara Croft is a good role model for anyone? I think
>she's a psycho. Her eyes are nothing but pupil, like an insect's. I
>think she's terrifying.
But she has big boobs <g>
Werner
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wrote:
>Harold Rollins <harold....@mci2000.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Do you really think Lara Croft is a good role model for anyone? I think
>>she's a psycho. Her eyes are nothing but pupil, like an insect's. I
>>think she's terrifying.
>But she has big boobs <g>
I do, too. And I *am* terrifying, as well.
GameBaby ;)
EbolaMunky
>blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
>believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
>they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
Never thought of that! I have been barraged with remarks about women being
portrayed wrongfully and I never thought about myself!
Just because I happen to have blonde hair and huge muscles doesn't mean
anything!
Iso
A sad boy who lies alot...
Time Goddess
Thomas j. Evans wrote in message <35fdf2c5...@news.skyweb.net>...
>Everyone seems to have to make some sort of fuss over Lara Croft's
>breast size. If it's not some feminists
>somewhere crying that it's
>degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
>lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
>young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
>of crap.
Multiple scientific studies show that it's not. If you don't believe me, do
the reserch.
>
>If Eidos decided to make Lara flat, would that lead young boys to
>believe flat chests make the ideal female and young girls to believe
>that they should not grow breasts? NO. What if they gave Lara a big
>nose, or large feet, or small ears, or big teeth, or no hair?! It's
>just the appearance that they created for her. It's a natural part of
>the female body (let's not start splitting hairs and considering the
>possibility that Lara's breasts are implants). The 3D designers had
>the artistic freedom to make Lara look anyway they wanted to. They
>gave her big pretty eyes, full lips, and full breasts. They did so
>because they could. And, really people, are they THAT big? I've seen
>much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
It *is* a misportrayel. For some reason, most men already think that a
female isn't desirable unless she has breasts the size of a comic book
character's, and the imageing of Lara Croft doens't help at all. Don't tell
me it's genetic, or homones; it's taught. And society doesn't even have to
teach it anymore; "Tomb Raider" does it for them.
I, personally, wouldn't care very much if, at some level I am unable to
describe, I didn't feel that it's fundamentally *wrong*. That's most
people's so-called "problem". And it's not a problem. It just shows that
society hasn't yet degraded as far as we thought.
>
>What about the male characters we've seen in games? Duke Nukem has
>blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
>believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
>they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
Well yes, of course. No one ever said that it isn't.
Two more notes:
Her spine couldn't support her head or torso (even if one was missing).
This discussion was over *months* ago. Why are you going on about it *now*?
Robert Perrett
> Everyone seems to have to make some sort of fuss over Lara Croft's
> breast size. If it's not some feminists somewhere crying that it's
> degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
> lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
> young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
> of crap.
>
Yes, but, but, ummm... hmm.... Okay!
> If Eidos decided to make Lara flat, would that lead young boys to
> believe flat chests make the ideal female and young girls to believe
> that they should not grow breasts? NO. What if they gave Lara a big
> nose, or large feet, or small ears, or big teeth, or no hair?! It's
> just the appearance that they created for her. It's a natural part of
> the female body (let's not start splitting hairs and considering the
> possibility that Lara's breasts are implants). The 3D designers had
> the artistic freedom to make Lara look anyway they wanted to. They
> gave her big pretty eyes, full lips, and full breasts. They did so
> because they could. And, really people, are they THAT big? I've seen
> much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
>
Oh my Goodness! You watch that! How sick are you?
> What about the male characters we've seen in games? Duke Nukem has
> blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
> believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
> they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
>
> No! Nobody notices that.
>
kari & thor
more like that actress they're getting to portray her in the movie?
(What's her name? Oh, Liz Hurley...).
Kari, probably just my imagination.....
Dan Benge
no way she could STAND with her proportions. It's like putting two
pingpong balls on a strand of spaghetti!
But I still loved Tomb Raider... :)
Dan
On 15 Sep 1998 20:15:15 GMT, ebola...@aol.com (EbolaMunky) wrote:
>>What about the male characters we've seen in games? Duke Nukem has
>>blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
>>believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
>>they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
>
Nostromo
wrote:
>I think the only reason they did it was to take full advantage of the 3D
>rendering.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahehehehehehehehe *chuckle* *wipe tears* !!!
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dbe...@mindspring.removeTHIStoreply.com (Dan Benge) wrote:
>Well, wrongfully portrayed is one thing..Lara is DEFORMED. There is
>no way she could STAND with her proportions. It's like putting two
>pingpong balls on a strand of spaghetti!
>
Oh come on, really. Haven't you ever seen some of those cheap,
low-rate porno mags with the women who have 300lb breasts? Lara's
softball size melons are puny in comparison to these freaks of nature.
And they stand up just fine.
Besides, Lara is supposed to be agile, athletic, and strong, so she
can hold them up with no problem.
-T
Thomas j. Evans
<time_g...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Thomas j. Evans wrote in message <35fdf2c5...@news.skyweb.net>...
>>Everyone seems to have to make some sort of fuss over Lara Croft's
>>breast size. If it's not some feminists
>Get over the labels.
You're right. Allow me to rephrase more descriptively:
If it's not some some vengeful, man-hating, lesbians with massive
PMS.......
>>somewhere crying that it's degrading to women, it's parents complaining
>>that Lara's chest will lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal
>>female and young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a
>>load of crap.
>
>Multiple scientific studies show that it's not. If you don't believe me, do
>the reserch.
Uh huh, they've done scientific studies on Lara's beasts. I'm sorry I
didn't bother to consult the scientific community on this matter
before posting my opinions. Somehow I assumed they were busy with
trivial matters such as medical research and conservation of the
planet's resources. I didn't realize they found Lara's breasts to be
an important subject of study.
>>If Eidos decided to make Lara flat, would that lead young boys to
>>believe flat chests make the ideal female and young girls to believe
>>that they should not grow breasts? NO. What if they gave Lara a big
>>nose, or large feet, or small ears, or big teeth, or no hair?! It's
>>just the appearance that they created for her. It's a natural part of
>>the female body (let's not start splitting hairs and considering the
>>possibility that Lara's breasts are implants). The 3D designers had
>>the artistic freedom to make Lara look anyway they wanted to. They
>>gave her big pretty eyes, full lips, and full breasts. They did so
>>because they could. And, really people, are they THAT big? I've seen
>>much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
>
>It *is* a misportrayel. For some reason, most men already think that a
>female isn't desirable unless she has breasts the size of a comic book
>character's, and the imageing of Lara Croft doens't help at all.
Who says Lara is desirable? I have never heard of a man anywhere ever
saying "Gee, that 3D chick is hot!" It's all these complaining people
who have managed to make Lara out to be the "ideal woman." BAH! Her
eyes are all weird looking, she's got all these sharp edges becaues
the 3D technology of the time can only handle a certain number of
polygons and no curved surfaces (try turning that feature on in Unreal
and see what I mean). How can a female with no curved surfaces be
desirable?
Besides, Lara's sculpted form has other attributes to be found
desirable.
>Don't tell me it's genetic, or homones; it's taught. And society doesn't even have to
>teach it anymore; "Tomb Raider" does it for them.
OK, let's say for the moment that society teaches that large breasts
are desirable. So what? Maybe they are. Large penises are
desirable, too. You don't see men crying out against the Godzilla
promotions because it uses that awfully sexist phrase "bigger is
better!"
>>What about the male characters we've seen in games? Duke Nukem has
>>blond hair and large muscles. Doesn't that lead young girls to
>>believe the ideal man has large muscles, and young boys to believe
>>they have to look that way? Isn't it degrading to men?
>Well yes, of course. No one ever said that it isn't.
I did. He's just a man with big muscles. And women find that
attractive. So what? Wait until they date him and find out he's an
overbearing, jealous, possesive prick (who likes to shoot things).
>Her spine couldn't support her head or torso (even if one was missing).
The wonders of fiction. I would also like to add that Bart, Lisa, and
Marge Simpson's hair styles could never possibly exist.
>This discussion was over *months* ago. Why are you going on about it *now*?
I felt like it. And I had just read a fresh article with yet another
reference to the matter.
-T
Thomas j. Evans
<tip9...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> And, really people, are they THAT big? I've seen
>> much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
>>
>
>Oh my Goodness! You watch that! How sick are you?
No, actually I haven't, but I did see the commercial for it.
-T
Lower Wolf
breasts?
I mean, check out that choice booty!
Wolf
Robert Perrett
> >Oh my Goodness! You watch that! How sick are you?
>
> No, actually I haven't, but I did see the commercial for it.
>
>
That is censor!! They cover up the breasts. I have to tell you the fuss
with Lara's Breast are a par tof Culture. Did you know that they show
nude Woman in Tribes and no body makes a fuss with it?
Steve Young
>the artistic freedom to make Lara look anyway they wanted to. They
>gave her big pretty eyes, full lips, and full breasts. They did so
>much larger breasts on Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV.
And that was just the men on the show. Lara's tits probably had less
silicone in them compared to most of those freaks on Springers show.
Steve
spaceboy
> > degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
> > lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
> > young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a
> > load of crap.
Funny, the only people I know who "make some sort of fuss over Lara
Croft's breast size" are male. And usually teenage ones at that.
All my close female friends think Lara is fantastic and in many cases
turned them into gamers. I've asked some of them if they would have
played Tomb Raider if the main character was some musclebound bloke, and
all of them said they wouldn't have bothered.
spaceboy - who thinks Lara is a gaming legend
kari & thor
> low-rate porno mags with the women who have 300lb breasts? Lara's
> softball size melons are puny in comparison to these freaks of nature.
> And they stand up just fine.
Yeah, but they're not running around killing things and jumping all over
the place (that I know of!). And Lara probably isn't wearing a bra... ;P
~k
Harold Rollins
>
> Oh come on, really. Haven't you ever seen some of those cheap,
> low-rate porno mags with the women who have 300lb breasts? Lara's
> softball size melons are puny in comparison to these freaks of nature.
> And they stand up just fine.
>
> can hold them up with no problem.
And besides, they're filled with helium.
Hal
Werner
>
>
>Oh come on, really. Haven't you ever seen some of those cheap,
>low-rate porno mags with the women who have 300lb breasts? Lara's
>softball size melons are puny in comparison to these freaks of nature.
>And they stand up just fine.
Those aren't freaks of nature but a product of a good surgeon (Some
people would do everything for money even sacrifice their health)
Werner
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> breast size. If it's not some feminists somewhere crying that it's
> degrading to women, it's parents complaining that Lara's chest will
> lead young boys to believe that breasts make the ideal female and
> young girls to believe they should look that way. I say that's a load
> of crap.
> So quit crying about Lara and her hooters!
The funny thing about Lara's breasts is that they seem to grow and grow
with every game (can't wait until Tomb Raider IX where Lara will have 10
gallon breasts that must be carried by two male slaves... filthy me,
filthy filthy me...), and that's about the only thing that changes in
the game. (I wonder if they'll attach breasts to Lara's back soon
because that's the only thing you can see when playing the game...)
> PS: I don't own and I've never played the Tomb Raider games.
Me neither.
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Apparently there is a difference between National Geography and Pornography!
Robert Perrett
>
>
> The funny thing about Lara's breasts is that they seem to grow and grow
> with every game (can't wait until Tomb Raider IX where Lara will have 10
> gallon breasts that must be carried by two male slaves... filthy me,
> filthy filthy me...), and that's about the only thing that changes in
> the game. (I wonder if they'll attach breasts to Lara's back soon
> because that's the only thing you can see when playing the game...)
>
> > PS: I don't own and I've never played the Tomb Raider games.
>
> Me neither.
>
WOW!!! This going to be on Gamepen. I never play Lara too.
Time Goddess
a moment or two, please quite being so obnoxious and look at it from a
different perspective.
Referring to later statements:
I don't find large muscles attractive. Most people on Earth don't. You
have made many gross generalizations. Sure, most *American* women probably
find large muscles or genitels (those who have children reading, please
excuse the reference) [and tiny brains] attractive, along with some other
prosperous Western Hemispheric countries, but in most other places, they
don't. In fact, most civilizations prefer large property holding and
hypocampuses (for those who don't know, the memory center of the brain.) In
Zimbabwe, an overweight female is more desirable that a skinny one- it's a
sign of good food and a fairly easy lifestyle, which means good money.
Also, many people with exceptional intelligence care about nothing but
good character and some idea of what's going on in the world.
The Simpson's hairstyles are, with a lot of mousse, hairspray and wire,
possible. Try it yourself.
And you don't have to be so sarcastic. It's really very pointless.
I won't look at this thread again, as I have a feeling that you aren't
go to change your biases at all, and will just be rude again, so please
don't waste the time of others with posting a reply. Thank you.
Stefan Vilpula
>And yet her arms are uniformly the width of her wrist. Hm...she
>probably couldn't even do a pushup. Of course, with her chest, it'd be
>hard to lower yourself for a pushup in the first place...<g>
>
Well, if she did one she'd be bouncing all day... :)
/Stefan -not serious
Thomas j. Evans
<time_g...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Referring to later statements:
>
> I don't find large muscles attractive. Most people on Earth don't. You
>have made many gross generalizations. Sure, most *American* women probably
>find large muscles or genitels (those who have children reading, please
>excuse the reference) [and tiny brains] attractive, along with some other
>prosperous Western Hemispheric countries
In other words, the countries where computer games such as Tomb Raider
or Duke Nukem are sold.
>In fact, most civilizations prefer large property holding and
>hypocampuses (for those who don't know, the memory center of the brain.) In
>Zimbabwe, an overweight female is more desirable that a skinny one- it's a
>sign of good food and a fairly easy lifestyle, which means good money.
I don't think many people in Zimbabwe or any other third or second
world countries have heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem, so their
preferences in the opposite sex is a strange thing to raise in this
thread. I'm talking about the people who have heard of and buy
computer games, which is mostly "*Americans* ... along with some other
prosperous Western Himspheric countries."
> I won't look at this thread again, as I have a feeling that you aren't
>go to change your biases at all, and will just be rude again, so please
>don't waste the time of others with posting a reply. Thank you.
Nah, I felt like it anyway. Sorry.
-X
Harold Rollins
>
> (can't wait until Tomb Raider IX where Lara will have 10
> gallon breasts that must be carried by two male slaves...
Hey! I thought Finland was a METRIC country! What are you doing talking
about ten GALLON breasts? That's 37.85 liters (US) or 45.46 liters
(British Imperial).
Hal
Nobody
10-gallon hat. Who ever heard of a 37.85 or 45.46 liter hat? I can see it
now, John Wayne says, "Howdy pardner, nice 45.46 liter (British Imperial)
hat." That's quite a mouthful!
Or maybe he was translating hat sizes to bra sizes. Picture Lara as a real
woman: she would go into Victoria's Secret, look through the full figure
sizes to find just the right fit, say to herself, "36D, 36DD, 36DDD, 36E, 36
10-Gallon--I'll take it!"
Harold Rollins wrote in message <36032147...@cwix.com>...
Noman
I am not taking part in this thread (as I think Tomb Raider
is way overrated), but ....
"Thomas j. Evans" wrote:
>
> I don't think many people in Zimbabwe or any other third or second
> world countries have heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem,
.... this however is incorrect.
--
Noman, who didn't buy either of the two games
Brown Bear
wrote:
>
>I am not taking part in this thread (as I think Tomb Raider
>is way overrated), but ....
>
>"Thomas j. Evans" wrote:
>>
>> I don't think many people in Zimbabwe or any other third or second
>> world countries have heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem,
>
>.... this however is incorrect.
Please tell me , out of the 1 billion people in China, how many have
heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem?
Nostromo
wrote:
>Maybe he watches too many American westerns and thinks her boobs might fit a
>10-gallon hat. Who ever heard of a 37.85 or 45.46 liter hat? I can see it
>now, John Wayne says, "Howdy pardner, nice 45.46 liter (British Imperial)
>hat." That's quite a mouthful!
All this quantitative analysis of Lara's breasts is really beginning to
give me a soft-on. Can't we go back to more qualitative examinations? :-)
>Or maybe he was translating hat sizes to bra sizes. Picture Lara as a real
>woman: she would go into Victoria's Secret, look through the full figure
You mean she's not???!!! Haven't you seen Jeri Ryan in full swing? I rest
my case... :-p
Noman
Heh heh.. A place where you can get new games for *cough* 3-4 $.
Yeah sure, no one has heard of Duke Nukem there.
Btw, in case you are wondering, I have been there and few other
places in far east, so I am kind of talking from
experience (Not that I buy those strategically priced
games :-) .. Really !)
And btw, how many of 26 million in US have heard of
Duke Nukem? The place where I work (and it's directly
related to computer industry), Duke Nukem may be the Chancellor
of Exchequer in UK for all they know. The only people
three I can talk about Quake and such stuff are the
pony tail bearing IT/IS dudes.
--
Noman
Brown Bear
wrote:
>
>
>Brown Bear wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:06:43 -0700, Noman <sy...@zzzearthlink.yynet>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Thomas j. Evans" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I don't think many people in Zimbabwe or any other third or second
>> >> world countries have heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem,
>> >
>> >.... this however is incorrect.
>>
>> Please tell me , out of the 1 billion people in China, how many have
>> heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem?
>
>Heh heh.. A place where you can get new games for *cough* 3-4 $.
>Yeah sure, no one has heard of Duke Nukem there.
You misunderstood me here. I was trying to contradict Thomas Evan's
disagreement that "many people" have not heard of Duke Nukem and Lara
Croft in third world. Obviously, some people will own computer and
play computer games whatever country that is, but what is the
percentage? If it only cover 1% of the population, would that made
the statment "many people haven't heard of Lara Croft in the third
world countries" be incorrect?
Laura Goodwin
> Or maybe he was translating hat sizes to bra sizes. Picture Lara as a real
> woman: she would go into Victoria's Secret, look through the full figure
> sizes to find just the right fit, say to herself, "36D, 36DD, 36DDD, 36E, 36
> 10-Gallon--I'll take it!"
Lara is a D-cup, at best. How tall is she supposed to be, 5'2"? Look
how big her head is compared to the size of her body.
Now if she was 8' tall then you could say she has "ten-gallon" size
breasts. FWIW, I grew up in the USA West, and a *ten gallon hat* will
only hold about one gallon, tops.
She is a cartoon character. Cartoons are often proportioned strangely,
usually for comic effect. I've known many RL women who are built that
way, what's unreal is how firm and hard her breasts are, but maybe she
had implants. :)
--
Now it's time for a pop quiz!
Question: Would you allow yourself to fall under the spell of this
irrepressible dame?
(choose one answer)
a) Oh, Lord, by all that's holy, no! Never!
b) Not even in my wildest dreams, no!
c) No, no, a thousand times no.
d) Hm! Maybe! ;)
The correct answer is d. :)
Laura Goodwin
Nobody
Laura Goodwin wrote in message <3603E76E...@altavista.net>...
>Nobody wrote:
>
>> Or maybe he was translating hat sizes to bra sizes. Picture Lara as a
real
>> woman: she would go into Victoria's Secret, look through the full figure
>> sizes to find just the right fit, say to herself, "36D, 36DD, 36DDD, 36E,
36
>> 10-Gallon--I'll take it!"
>
>Lara is a D-cup, at best. How tall is she supposed to be, 5'2"? Look
>how big her head is compared to the size of her body.
>
>Now if she was 8' tall then you could say she has "ten-gallon" size
>breasts. FWIW, I grew up in the USA West, and a *ten gallon hat* will
>only hold about one gallon, tops.
Well, du-uh! A 10-gallon hat that held 10 gallons would look like a beer keg
on top of someone's head. Still, I think a 1-gallon hat is bigger than a D
cup!
Thomas j. Evans
wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Sep 1998 07:40:09 -0700, Noman <sy...@zzzearthlink.yynet>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Brown Bear wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:06:43 -0700, Noman <sy...@zzzearthlink.yynet>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >"Thomas j. Evans" wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I don't think many people in Zimbabwe or any other third or second
>>> >> world countries have heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem,
>>> >
>>> >.... this however is incorrect.
>>>
>>> Please tell me , out of the 1 billion people in China, how many have
>>> heard of Lara Croft or Duke Nukem?
>>
>>Heh heh.. A place where you can get new games for *cough* 3-4 $.
>>Yeah sure, no one has heard of Duke Nukem there.
>
>You misunderstood me here. I was trying to contradict Thomas Evans'
>disagreement that "many people" have not heard of Duke Nukem and Lara
>Croft in third world. Obviously, some people will own computer and
>play computer games whatever country that is, but what is the
>percentage? If it only cover 1% of the population, would that made
>the statment "many people haven't heard of Lara Croft in the third
>world countries" be incorrect?
Exactly. When game companies (most of which are American companies
with most of the rest based in the UK) plan their target audience,
they're not thinking, "what would an 18-25 year old Zimbabwe male want
to play?"
No.
The largest market in computer games is Americans, likely followed by
UK. That's the reason why the popular computer games are in English.
Even if every person in Zimbabwe has a copy of Tomb Raider, it would
still only be a handful compared to the millions sold in the US.
-Thomas, who didn't buy any of the games either.
-T
Robert Perrett
> > The funny thing about Lara's breasts is that they seem to grow and grow
> > with every game (can't wait until Tomb Raider IX where Lara will have 10
> > gallon breasts that must be carried by two male slaves... filthy me,
> > filthy filthy me...), and that's about the only thing that changes in
> > the game. (I wonder if they'll attach breasts to Lara's back soon
> > because that's the only thing you can see when playing the game...)
> >
> > > PS: I don't own and I've never played the Tomb Raider games.
> >
WHO cares how big Lara boobs are? Like Whatever!
Steve Young
Noman wrote in message <3603C249...@zzzearthlink.yynet>...
>And btw, how many of 26 million in US have heard of
>Duke Nukem?
The population shrunk a bit lately?
>The place where I work (and it's directly
>related to computer industry), Duke Nukem may be the Chancellor
>of Exchequer in UK for all they know.
How did you find out what Gordon Brown's secret identity was. Anyway our
super duo of Dan Blair and Duke Nukem will be more of a match for old
President Free Willy and the puritan 'Starr' brigade.
Steve
Thomas j. Evans
>And btw, how many of 26 million in US have heard of
>Duke Nukem?
According to the US Census Bureau, the estimated US population as of
July 1, 1998 is approximately 270 million.
http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/intfile1-1.txt
So even if only 5 percent of the United States' population has heard
of Lara Croft, you're talking about over 13 million people. That's
more than the entire population of Zimbabwe, which is about 11
million.
-T
Laura Goodwin
> >Lara is a D-cup, at best. How tall is she supposed to be, 5'2"? Look
> >how big her head is compared to the size of her body.
> >
> >Now if she was 8' tall then you could say she has "ten-gallon" size
> >breasts. FWIW, I grew up in the USA West, and a *ten gallon hat* will
> >only hold about one gallon, tops.
>
> Well, du-uh! A 10-gallon hat that held 10 gallons would look like a beer keg
> on top of someone's head. Still, I think a 1-gallon hat is bigger than a D
> cup!
OK, you win, you have more testosterone than me.
Note my comments above. Note that I said *if* she was 8' tall...
Chelsea Seymore
> me it's genetic, or homones; it's taught. And society doesn't even have
to
> teach it anymore; "Tomb Raider" does it for them.
Actually it was popular for girls to have small or almost no breasts for a
while back, you know the androgen look. Don't know when it was exactly,
maybe some of you older folks remeber.........
Big deal if she has big breasts it's only a game, anyone remeber Full
Throttle just the same .........
- Chelsea
EbolaMunky
I didn't know that Ben from Full Throttle had big breasts! I could see the
controversy!
;)
Iso
Brown Bear
>
>I didn't know that Ben from Full Throttle had big breasts! I could see the
>controversy!
>
No, but how about the exceeding big bulge in the pants? :)
Catty
<lal...@altavista.net> wrote:
>Nobody wrote:
>
>> Or maybe he was translating hat sizes to bra sizes. Picture Lara as a real
>> woman: she would go into Victoria's Secret, look through the full figure
>> sizes to find just the right fit, say to herself, "36D, 36DD, 36DDD, 36E, 36
>> 10-Gallon--I'll take it!"
>
>Lara is a D-cup, at best. How tall is she supposed to be, 5'2"? Look
>how big her head is compared to the size of her body.
D-cup? No way! Looking at the size of her body, I'd say it's E-cup.
Basically, 34E - in TR, but less in TR2 - which seems to me about 34DD
at least. Looking at her sideways would help you to measure her bust
cup.
Wait. Is the American bra size different from the British?
>
>Now if she was 8' tall then you could say she has "ten-gallon" size
>breasts. FWIW, I grew up in the USA West, and a *ten gallon hat* will
>only hold about one gallon, tops.
>
>She is a cartoon character. Cartoons are often proportioned strangely,
>usually for comic effect. I've known many RL women who are built that
>way, what's unreal is how firm and hard her breasts are, but maybe she
>had implants. :)
Wait 'til you see Lolo (a real person) of Eurotrash (a British series
that takes the piss out of many European activities with various
amusing British accented voice-overs).
Honestly, Lolo's bust will make your eyes *bleed*.
Catty