Re: All Points Bulletin
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:38 pm
>you are honestly making an ass and a fool out of yourself, JUST SAYIN'.
I had to stop and laugh here. If you think your subjective opinion can be stated as fact and used in an argument, then you are not only sadly mistaken but also rather ignorant and/or egocentric- either way, you're not in a position to call people foolish.
>now i do not think i agree completely with that statement completely, but i can see what he means. ie. sooo manny fucking games now use the same health system that was introduced in halo.
No, they don't. Halo used a regenerative shield coupled with finite health. Most games these days have regenerative health occasionally coupled with finite armor or shields. Get your facts straight.
>and basically what you are doing now is knocking something before you try it. Blorx is beta testing it so i would honestly take his opinion and info on it over your shitty word generalizing every MMORPG as a grindfest.
I'm actually basing most of my review on three other Beta testers opinions from Toribash. And in case you can't do math or statistics too well, a pool of 3 testers offers a much more accurate general response than a single tester, the same way a jury of 12 trumps the judge of one.
>have you ever even made it to ANY endgame play of ANY MMORPG? or even just QUESTED instead of grinding? yikes.
Actually, yes, and in most quest-based MMORPGs, there are no 'endgames' or 'final quests', if you haven't noticed. My other point for this quote is that grinding, in my usage of the word, encompasses any repetitive act done in a video game (in this case an MMORPG) in exchange for an end reward. Grinding as in killing thousands of monsters for experience over and over again is one example- but in pretty much every MMORPG I've played, the quests eventually devolve into grinding as well. They become "get from A to B and deliver item X" or "kill X monsters and gather X spoils"; quests grind.
>lastly, your end request for him to explain more of the in-depth customization and all the other good stuff. blorx SPECIFICALLY mentions that it is still under NDA, and if you don't know what that means.
it means. NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
Very nice, you knew to Google the acronym so you could seem clever when you pointed out what it stood for. But do you even know what a Non-Disclosure Agreement covers, save for what you read on Wikipedia? No? Let me lay this down for you: He's not allowed to disclose any information about the content and mechanics not already announced. He is, however, allowed to write out already-announced information in a way that lets you 'read between the lines', so to speak, to learn more. Eg;
"Example of the new customization system plz."
"Well, I can't discuss much, but as was mentioned the new system goes beyond simple cosmetic alteration (this is where it gets into the borderline 'spoiler' material) into more practical usages such as changing cars/guns/whatever."
Considering how customization was publicly announced, he wouldn't be breaking any part of his NDA with the company so long as he didn't specifically mention anything, like:
"Example of the new customization system plz."
"OH IT'S GREAT YOU CAN BUY A JET ENGINE FOR YOUR CAR AND TRIPLE UNDER-BARREL GRENADE LAUNCHERS FOR ANY WEAPON YOU WANT, VERY USEFUL."
>QQ plz
Up to that point, your argument had been at the very least decently intelligent, even with all of the grammatical errors and whatnot, but here's where it just fell apart. When you can't differentiate between intelligent conversation and a flame war, you're obviously not fit to participate. "QQ plz" is a statement that neither makes you look intelligent or like the authoritative winner, though you seem to be trying to convince yourself of the latter- which is almost as stupid as your former-most mistake of stating your opinion (a very convoluted and ignorant one at that) as fact. Please stop before I lose any more hope for mankind
EDIT: Oh, great, now Blorx wrote up another wall of text. I'll get around to that later :v
I had to stop and laugh here. If you think your subjective opinion can be stated as fact and used in an argument, then you are not only sadly mistaken but also rather ignorant and/or egocentric- either way, you're not in a position to call people foolish.
>now i do not think i agree completely with that statement completely, but i can see what he means. ie. sooo manny fucking games now use the same health system that was introduced in halo.
No, they don't. Halo used a regenerative shield coupled with finite health. Most games these days have regenerative health occasionally coupled with finite armor or shields. Get your facts straight.
>and basically what you are doing now is knocking something before you try it. Blorx is beta testing it so i would honestly take his opinion and info on it over your shitty word generalizing every MMORPG as a grindfest.
I'm actually basing most of my review on three other Beta testers opinions from Toribash. And in case you can't do math or statistics too well, a pool of 3 testers offers a much more accurate general response than a single tester, the same way a jury of 12 trumps the judge of one.
>have you ever even made it to ANY endgame play of ANY MMORPG? or even just QUESTED instead of grinding? yikes.
Actually, yes, and in most quest-based MMORPGs, there are no 'endgames' or 'final quests', if you haven't noticed. My other point for this quote is that grinding, in my usage of the word, encompasses any repetitive act done in a video game (in this case an MMORPG) in exchange for an end reward. Grinding as in killing thousands of monsters for experience over and over again is one example- but in pretty much every MMORPG I've played, the quests eventually devolve into grinding as well. They become "get from A to B and deliver item X" or "kill X monsters and gather X spoils"; quests grind.
>lastly, your end request for him to explain more of the in-depth customization and all the other good stuff. blorx SPECIFICALLY mentions that it is still under NDA, and if you don't know what that means.
it means. NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
Very nice, you knew to Google the acronym so you could seem clever when you pointed out what it stood for. But do you even know what a Non-Disclosure Agreement covers, save for what you read on Wikipedia? No? Let me lay this down for you: He's not allowed to disclose any information about the content and mechanics not already announced. He is, however, allowed to write out already-announced information in a way that lets you 'read between the lines', so to speak, to learn more. Eg;
"Example of the new customization system plz."
"Well, I can't discuss much, but as was mentioned the new system goes beyond simple cosmetic alteration (this is where it gets into the borderline 'spoiler' material) into more practical usages such as changing cars/guns/whatever."
Considering how customization was publicly announced, he wouldn't be breaking any part of his NDA with the company so long as he didn't specifically mention anything, like:
"Example of the new customization system plz."
"OH IT'S GREAT YOU CAN BUY A JET ENGINE FOR YOUR CAR AND TRIPLE UNDER-BARREL GRENADE LAUNCHERS FOR ANY WEAPON YOU WANT, VERY USEFUL."
>QQ plz
Up to that point, your argument had been at the very least decently intelligent, even with all of the grammatical errors and whatnot, but here's where it just fell apart. When you can't differentiate between intelligent conversation and a flame war, you're obviously not fit to participate. "QQ plz" is a statement that neither makes you look intelligent or like the authoritative winner, though you seem to be trying to convince yourself of the latter- which is almost as stupid as your former-most mistake of stating your opinion (a very convoluted and ignorant one at that) as fact. Please stop before I lose any more hope for mankind
EDIT: Oh, great, now Blorx wrote up another wall of text. I'll get around to that later :v