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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review By Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the fun-for-the-whole-family dept.

Kyle Orland writes via Ars Technica: At this point, the Legend of Zelda series operates on a rhythm so predictable you can practically set your watch to it. In a Zelda game, after an extremely slow-paced tutorial, you progress from puzzle-filled dungeon to puzzle-filled dungeon, finding in each one a key item that -- coincidentally -- is crucial to beating the dungeon boss and to finding the next dungeon. Between dungeons, you face perfunctory battles with simple enemies on a vast overworld map dotted with small towns and occasional mini-games and side-quests. Most of these give you rewards that are already so plentiful as to be practically worthless (oh, goodie, more rupees to fill my already full wallet). By the time you reach Ganon, your circuitous trip from point A to point B has given you a set of required powers that help you take on the big bad boss threatening the kingdom. Individual Zelda games each make slight variations to this formula, but the basic rhythm is there every time. And then there's the new Breath of the Wild (BotW), a Zelda game that throws off this established rhythm so quickly, and with such force, that it practically feels like a whole new genre. In doing so, Breath of the Wild offers a compelling take on a stagnating series, bringing a sense of wonder and excitement back to Zelda that hasn't been felt this strongly since the original NES game. "Breath of the Wild is my new favorite 3D Zelda game and in contention for the top spot in the series overall," Orland writes in ending. "Don't miss it." You can read his full review here

59 comments

  1. Confused. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is this slashvertising a product (the game) or a review of the product? Guess there's no reason it can't be both.

    1. Re:Confused. by phantomfive · · Score: 0

      tbh, it looked like a negative review to me. A reviewer can't actually say too many negative things and get away with it, but the sarcasm was deep here. Basically:

      Same tired plot.
      Trite, ridiculous characters.
      Boring tutorial.
      Long, boring, open spaces.
      Scenarios that don't make sense (hiding in a barrel, picking apples).

      I like Zelda quite a bit, but watching this trailer made me want to go into the wild on a horse instead of sitting and playing a game.

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      "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    2. Re: Confused. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Amazing. The same link tool us to 2 completely different reviews

    3. Re:Confused. by aXis100 · · Score: 1

      Comprehension fail. The last sentence says that this Zelda breaks away from that tired formula.

    4. Re:Confused. by ReeceTarbert · · Score: 1

      tbh, it looked like a negative review to me. A reviewer can't actually say too many negative things and get away with it, but the sarcasm was deep here. Basically:

      Same tired plot.

      Trite, ridiculous characters.

      Boring tutorial.

      Long, boring, open spaces.

      Scenarios that don't make sense (hiding in a barrel, picking apples).

      It seems that you stopped reading just before the part that says:

      And then there's the new Breath of the Wild (BotW), a Zelda game that throws off this established rhythm so quickly, and with such force, that it practically feels like a whole new genre. In doing so, Breath of the Wild offers a compelling take on a stagnating series, bringing a sense of wonder and excitement back to Zelda that hasn't been felt this strongly since the original NES game.

      RT.

  2. Ars is not the only one by edx93 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At metacritic, BotW has a 98 score, second only to Ocarina of Time, with over 50 reviews. I, for one, cannot wait (and, yes, I'm buying the Switch for this).

    1. Re:Ars is not the only one by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 2

      Had this (and other) reviews even been *slightly* less positive, I probably would have not bothered with the Switch. This may change my mind, as Zelda is a long-time favorite of mine. I'll probably wait a while and see if there are at least a few other great games to pick up before I commit.

      I only ended up buying a couple of decent games on the Wii, and didn't feel like the WiiU was worth the upgrade. I *loathed* the motion control gimmick stuck to nearly every games on the Wii, and was worried about the gimmicky nature of this console as well (so far the console itself isn't reviewing all that well).

      Well, we'll see. I guess I remain on the fence.

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      Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
    2. Re:Ars is not the only one by guises · · Score: 2

      I will buy a Switch for this as well... eventually. Unfortunately, Nintendo has finally gotten onto the DLC bandwagon, so buying the game at launch will net you only a partial experience. If you want the whole game you're going to have to wait probably a year or more for them to release the complete version.

      I don't blame Nintendo for this, players have pretty clearly shown that this is what they want to pay for, but it's still a sad day.

    3. Re:Ars is not the only one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The game is complete without the DLC. It is literally additional content produced after the game is finished.

    4. Re:Ars is not the only one by elrous0 · · Score: 1

      Never buy into the week-one hype when a game releases. A lot of game reviewers are either bought off by the studios or they're fanboys who really WANT to believe.

      No Man's Sky is a great example. Got great reviews its first week. Only after the hype train slowed down and Sony stopped buying lots of ads did it suddenly dawn on people that the game sucked.

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    5. Re:Ars is not the only one by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 1

      Oh, I absolutely agree. Given experience with glitchy hardware, unexpectedly bad games, and so forth, my policy has been for quite a while to avoid preorders, and instead to wait a while for most new games and consoles to let the reviews all trickle out, not just from reviewers, but impressions by normal gamers as well.

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  3. Wow, it must be good if Ars can't slam it. by barc0001 · · Score: 2

    Seems everything Nintendo related on that site is dipped in a sour grape sauce.

    1. Re:Wow, it must be good if Ars can't slam it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nah, it's just Kyle Orland. Andrew Cunningham actually writes as if he likes the stuff Nintendo does genuinely, but Kyle will definitely go out of his way to criticize Nintendo. I had thought the previous Gaming Editor, Ben Kuchera, was bad on Nintendo bashing, but Kyle takes it a step further. He doesn't even try to hide his disdain for what Nintendo does.

  4. There's one insurmountable downside for me. by newcastlejon · · Score: 0

    I'm not going to be a Switch just for this one game and I doubt I'll see any later additions to the catalogue that will make me change my mind. I bought a Wii for Twilight Princess, the Metroid Trilogy and Mario Galaxy, which was just about enough to justify the expense. The WiiU was unashamedly gimmick, there were no games to make it worth buying and unfortunately the Switch has gone even further down that path.

    I'll just have to give this one a miss; not even a new Zelda game is enough to make me buy a Switch and frankly I'm all Mario'd out after galaxy took away most of what I liked in that series. The next time I feel a pang for Zelda I'll most likely just fire up Majora's Mask in an emulator, and in a way I think that's sad.

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    If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
    1. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by Narcocide · · Score: 5, Informative

      Just as an FYI this game is also being released on the Wii-U. So you don't actually have to choose between buying a Switch or missing BotW. That's a false-choice dichotomy.

    2. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by newcastlejon · · Score: 0

      Did you miss the part about not buying a WiiU because there was nothing in the catalogue to make it worth it? A single Zelda game, no matter how good, is not going to change that. What appears to be a rehash of the Wii ones definitely won't.

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      If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
    3. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by Narcocide · · Score: 0

      And you're a pathetic paid astro-turfer troll who can't find better work in the 3rd world shithole he lives in. I just have one question... who is paying you so much to astro-turf over Nintendo news all the time? Is it Sony? Microsoft? Who is really this afraid of them? Your actions speak of desperation - not your own desperation, mind you. The desperation of your betters. The mystery men in 3-piece suits who pay the people who paid you to shill here today. Who are they? I promise if you tell me I'll refrain from hazing you for your next THREE whole shill posts.

    4. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by Narcocide · · Score: 2

      Did you miss the part about his whole post implying that BotW is indeed such a game? And note that he didn't even actually say whether he bought a Wii-U or not, he merely implied that it wasn't worth it. Guys like you and him spend so much time talking about how much they don't want to buy Nintendo stuff I''d really think it'd even eventually become obvious to even yourselves that you doth protest too much.

    5. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by newcastlejon · · Score: 0

      It seems you're concentrating so much your diatribe that you aren't even bothering to note who it is you're replying to.

      Don't bother writing any more replies on my account; it's not worth the effort of sifting through them for an actual point.

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      If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
    6. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by compro01 · · Score: 2

      Did you miss the part about not buying a WiiU because there was nothing in the catalogue to make it worth it? A single Zelda game, no matter how good, is not going to change that

      With a new console out, Wii Us are likely to come onto the used market, making it significantly cheaper to acquire, potentially enough so that it is worth it for the one game.

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      upon the advice of my lawyer, i have no sig at this time
    7. Re: There's one insurmountable downside for me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why would nintendo bother to astroturf slashdot?

    8. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. (Score:?)
      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:58PM
      Hey. We're paid good shekels to smear your name and convince all your friends and associates that you, personally, are a homosexual. Oh, yeah, and all the shameless globalist, SJW, lizard person, water fluoridation, and Nintendo Corporation of America promotion.

      It's just a job guy. Nothing personal. Don't you ever think of our feelings?

    9. Re:There's one insurmountable downside for me. by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1

      >> With a new console out, Wii Us are likely to come onto the used market

      Not sure how many will. For me, the Wii U will probably be my last Nintendo console, but I'm going to hang onto it, especially since it's the only way I can still play my dozen-or-so Wii games. I'll buy the new Zelda game and play it on my Wii U, but its availability on the Wii U becomes just yet another reason why I never need to look at getting a Switch.

  5. Getting it as well on Wii U by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

    Switch doesn't seem worth it to me, that Mario game is a little off-putting honestly! With my Wii U I can already enjoy it on the TV as well as off the TV playing in bed (or bathroom *cough*) if I want to. The Switch version doesn't offer me much else, and there's no reason for me to jump on a Switch now when there are bugs in the hardware (left controller losing sync often) and system + game bundles on the horizon for the holidays.

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    1. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by guises · · Score: 1

      system + game bundles on the horizon for the holidays

      Dude... Come on, what? It's February.

    2. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by guises · · Score: 1

      Oh wait, it's March now. I think the point still stands.

    3. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

      What point? You mean the holidays being far away? So are any other Switch games.... and with so many great games on other systems in the meantime it's not hard at all to pass the time until then, especially with the best Switch game being on my Wii U

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      Twinstiq, game news
    4. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by guises · · Score: 1

      The point is that "on the horizon" is a phrase which indicates something close by, while we are almost as far away as it is possibly to be from the holidays.

    5. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If there are no games worth buying this summer (which is highly likely given Nintendo's history) I would wait for holiday bundles anyway

      No eShop
      No pricing model for online play yet
      No killer app for the Joycon AR

      Breath of the Wild is virtually identical on both systems currently. I see no benefit at all to being at the front of the line for the Switch.

    6. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by HalAtWork · · Score: 1

      What's wrong with waiting 9 months? I really don't feel some insatiable urge to have it this instant just because

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      Twinstiq, game news
    7. Re:Getting it as well on Wii U by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nah, 10 feet is closeby, a couple yards is closeby, the horizon is miles away! Regardless of the use of this idiom the logic of waiting seems sound, not much benefit to having it now.

  6. Fuck Ars Technica by Nyder · · Score: 2

    They bitch about the same old Zelda formula in the new game, but then praise Pokemon Sun & Moon for being the same old pokemon formula.

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    Be seeing you...
    1. Re:Fuck Ars Technica by Anubis+IV · · Score: 2

      They bitch about the same old Zelda formula in the new game

      So, you didn't even manage to make it to the end of the summary, I see? Directly from the summary:

      And then there's the new Breath of the Wild (BotW), a Zelda game that throws off this established rhythm so quickly, and with such force, that it practically feels like a whole new genre. In doing so, Breath of the Wild offers a compelling take on a stagnating series, bringing a sense of wonder and excitement back to Zelda that hasn't been felt this strongly since the original NES game.

      If you think that's complaining about the same old formula being played out again, you clearly need to work on your reading comprehension.

    2. Re:Fuck Ars Technica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      CNN who owns arsholetechnica = BANNED from the whitehouse by Pres. Trump you worthless knob. They're fake news. Makes me laugh!

    3. Re:Fuck Ars Technica by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      A fan of non sequiturs, I see?

  7. BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're listing things you want to be wrong about it. His review wasn't full of sarcasm and why can't they say too many negative things? It's Ars Technica, not Nintendo Power or even a company that relies on early access to games for reviews since that website is not built on that.

    That said, I personally have little interest in the Switch. It'll take a lot more than one 90+ game (aggregate score on Metacritic, BotW is currently 98) to win me over. I'd still rather invest in a PS4 or gaming PC if I were to get into this generation of gaming.

    1. Re:BS by RavenLrD20k · · Score: 1

      There's the Wii-U version if you have that system, which is apparently the superior version. Judging by several comparisons between the Switch version and the Wii-U: The Switch version was missing several graphic effects that the Wii-U had (Volumetric Fog, Lighting effects, etc). The only thing that can be said for the switch is the texture resolution was slightly better and not having the Volumetric Fog and Cloud effects made for sharper landscape images.

      The launch of the Switch has so far been a botch only slightly worse than the launch of Sega's Dreamcast; At least the Dreamcast didn't require a day one patch to work.

      With no exclusive IP that does anything innovative expected to be released in the next year (Metroid? Kid Icarus? Donkey Kong? Star Fox?) Nintendo is going to have to work a hell of a lot harder than they have been if they expect me to buy into the next console before its EOL year. Of course, I'm just one person who's not going to affect their bottom line by anything more than maybe a couple thousand. What do I matter?

  8. CNN banned from whitehouse review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    CNN, owner of arseholetechnica, banned from the whitehouse by the president of the United States is review enough for me of those fakenews scumbags.

  9. Arstechnica = CNN owned, POTUS pwned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Arstechnica = CNN owned, President Trump PWNED banned from whitehouse and many places worldwide https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22CNN+Banned%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

    APK

    P.S.=> Priceless & utterly hilarious (arseholetechnica exposed as the online scum they truly are, which I've known for ages as they stalk me due to me easily cutting them to shreds as I did today as they attacked me here & I let /.er's words rip them a new one for it-> https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10320833&cid=53976475/ ... apk

    1. Re:Arstechnica = CNN owned, POTUS pwned by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      I simply pointed out that the OP's reading comprehension left something to be desired. Nothing you said contradicts, addresses, or in any way relates to that point. Instead, you engaged in juvenile name calling, espoused baseless conspiracy theories, and then launched into a tirade over an unrelated topic.

      If you want to rant about random topics, by my guest, but don't expect me to care.

  10. Your statement shows you care arstechnica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: I point out verifiable data the President of the United States thinks CNN (arstechnica's parent) = trash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDFl_EdqwWI/ straight from his own mouth.

    * Good enough for me!

    APK

    P.S.=> I seal the deal arstechnica's own like you stalk/harass me & I made ars EAT THEIR WORDS here https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10320833&cid=53976475/ by letting /. peers do it for me speaking for me & their estimation of a program users here like I created vs. their off-topic deranged stalker bs, easily as always (not a first)... apk

    1. Re:Your statement shows you care arstechnica by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      See subject: I point out verifiable data the President of the United States thinks CNN (arstechnica's parent) = trash

      Okay, and? How does any of that relate to anything I said? I was talking about what Ars' review said, not whether or not Ars is a quality organization.

      The fact is, I don't read Ars, nor have I ever read Ars on a regular basis. I used to go there once a year to read John Siracusa's annual OS X reviews, but he quit doing those a few years ago, so I don't even have that reason to go there any more. Frankly, I don't care what you, the President, or anyone else thinks about them, since I have no vested interest in them. Moreover, the notion that I'm stalking or harassing you is laughable, given that you're the one that initiated contact with me, rather than the other way around.

      Again, if you want me to care one bit about anything you're saying, relate it back to the topic at hand. As it is, you're just ranting about a random topic I don't care about while firing off spurious accusations about me that clearly have no grounding in reality.

  11. What's the parent post to ours say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It says FUCK ARS & it's parent topic @ hand per https://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10315719&cid=53967383/

    * I merely support that w/ CNN/ARS BEING BANNED FROM THE WHITEHOUSE BY THE PRESIDENT FOR BEING SHIT & yes harassing me here which I put up verifiable proof of!

    You admit going to that shithole of losers. You are one of them. Don't try bullshit me & get on topic!

    APK

    P.S.=> Most of ars are like YOU - "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME ONLINE using fake news trolls & nothing more - so NOBODY cares what YOU say (you aren't even a REAL PERSON so WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU? Nobody)... apk

    1. Re:What's the parent post to ours say? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      So, you read the heading, but didn't even make it through his one-line post and my response? Had you done so, you'd have realized that he was making some very specific accusations against Ars, which was what I addressed in my response to him, and that his heading had nothing to do with the rest of what was said. Your failure to realize that suggests you're guilty of the exact same lack of reading comprehension that he was guilty of.

      As for the rest, paint me with whatever false brush you want. Once again, until it relates back to the topic at-hand, I have no reason to concern myself with unsubstantiated rants that an unidentified person who claims to be APK makes online.

  12. You = FALSE Mr. Fake Name online weirdo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject "Anubis IV" w/ a delusional FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE & Pres. Trump telling it how it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDFl_EdqwWI/ calling CNN/ArsHoleTechnica "THE VERY FAKE NEWS" (scumbags in other words, like you).

    APK

    P.S.=> ArsHoleTechnica = a pack of WEAK little douches I have utterly CRUSHED so many times it makes me laugh... apk

    1. Re:You = FALSE Mr. Fake Name online weirdo! by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      Thanks for taking the time to respond. Allow me to reiterate:

      As for the rest, paint me with whatever false brush you want. Once again, until it relates back to the topic at-hand, I have no reason to concern myself with unsubstantiated rants that an unidentified person who claims to be APK makes online.

  13. You = delusional arrested development case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Thanks for taking the time to reiterate you're a FAKE NAME for your FAKE life via delusional "Anubis IV"!

    * Obviously since you stick up for them & fit their typical "have to hide" behind fake names or unidentifiable ac posts (unlike mine I sign off on w/ my real initials) YOU too are an "arsehole" from ARSHOLETECHNICA, lol!

    ("Anubis IV" is your name on your birth certificate, delusional freak arrested development case weirdo that you are?)

    APK

    P.S.=> Anubis IV (lol) = Another online WORM w/ nothing to his name of any worth so the weirdo self-assigned names begin, lol... apk

    1. Re:You = delusional arrested development case by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      Repeating unfounded accusations about topics I don't care about neither makes them come true nor does it make me magically care about them, I'm afraid. You seem to be rather wound up about this though.

      As for the rest, paint me with whatever false brush you want. Once again, until it relates back to the topic at-hand, I have no reason to concern myself with unsubstantiated rants that an unidentified person who claims to be APK makes online.

  14. Nothing unfounded calling you what YOU are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See my subject: You're a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE "ne'er-do-well" do nothing troll loser, not I https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10291169&cid=53927717/ so per that link & my work stalling 10++ botnets in as many days, what've YOU done that does that or better, hmmm?

    * ANSWER = NOTHING!

    (Unlike you BOY? I substantiate what I say with fact - can you?? Answer again = Oh, hell no, lol!)

    APK

    P.S.=> Why not spend your time doing something constructive (as I have shown in the link above) you delusional arrested development case with your FAKE NAME (probably 1 of many you sockpuppeteer) for your FAKE LIFE? You don't have what it TAKES to do so & you know it - your inability to show you did makes it fact too... apk

    1. Re:Nothing unfounded calling you what YOU are by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      APK and I have had lengthy, civil conversations several times in the past. I've used this pseudonym in every interaction we've had and he's had no problem with me using it. And because I use a pseudonym (as opposed to posting anonymously), I have a posting history that stretches back for years to back that up.

      In contrast, you've been posting anonymously. In addition to not remembering the encounters I just mentioned, you've also failed to demonstrate evidence of your identity when it was called into question. From past experience, I've seen that he doesn't double-down on logical fallacies like ad hominem when the other person is willing to engage him in conversation, and he is usually pretty good at staying on topic. That leaves me with only two possibilities:
      1) That you're an imposter.
      2) That you've sunk to common trolling.

      Though #2 is a possibility, I prefer to believe #1. As I said, you've failed to prove your identity, and I'd prefer to give the real guy the benefit of the doubt.

      As for calling me a troll, as I said before, I didn't initiate contact with you and I've refrained from insulting you or your ideas when given the opportunity. None of my actions can be construed as trolling, whereas you started with ad hominem attacks, kept them up, and then repeatedly attempted to derail the conversation, all of which are classic techniques. On top of that, none of the "evidence" you've provided is in any way related to me or anything I've said, so no, you're not substantiating anything you've said against me with facts.

      And on the topic of unsubstantiated claims, saying you stopped 10 botnets is easy. I could claim I stopped World War 3 yesterday by hacking an ICBM to fall harmlessly out of the sky, but that doesn't make it true, let alone relevant. After all, this isn't an e-peen measuring contest; we're talking about whether or not Ars said what the OP thought they said, and clearly I'm correct in that regard, given that what they said is completely contrary to what the OP claimed. Simple as that. If you disagree, I'd love to here why.

  15. Anubis IV = name on your birth certificate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See my subject: It's not & yes, you are a FAKE NAME online for YOUR FAKE LIFE, no questions asked.

    Me by way of comparison? I don't have your javascript trackers & cookie chains of "registered 'lusers'" OR that fake name for a fake life - I am, literally, APK.

    Yes, my work actually DOES stall those botnets & getting them OR if already infested, stall their communique (effectively paralyzing them) & no denying THAT either.

    APK

    P.S.=> You can try your childish stupid word game/semantic argument & put it where it belongs - the shitheap... apk

    1. Re:Anubis IV = name on your birth certificate? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      I am, literally, APK.

      There's no proof of that, and if you think I'm playing word games or playing with semantics, you don't understand what either of those things are.

    2. Re:Anubis IV = name on your birth certificate? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      Answer the question in my subject

      I already did when I said it was a pseudonym, which brings us back around to the topic of poor reading comprehension that I've been trying to discuss this entire time...

      As for those being your initials, where's the proof you say you've provided? You're an Anonymous Coward who has provided links to other posts made by Anonymous Cowards. None of that proves anything. I could respond to you as an Anonymous Coward and sign my posts with APK's initials, but that doesn't make me APK.

  16. Anubis IV = name on your birth certificate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Answer the question in my subject: Is Anubis IV the name on your birth certificate? If not (& it's not) you are a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, period.

    * Delusional 'cartoon character' arrested development case you manifest yourself to be in that stupidity. If you can't accept yourself then how on earth would others do so? You're fooling yourself & obviously up to NO GOOD using fake names online.

    APK

    P.S.=> There's plenty of proof those are my real initials for my REAL name "anubis iv" - so go waste your time someplace else - don't waste mine w/ your utter bullshit... apk

  17. Thanks for proving your poor character by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See my subject: Thanks for admitting you use a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE. You provided that proof.

    APK

    P.S.=> Which also means you're up to no good hiding behind that bullshit... apk

    1. Re:Thanks for proving your poor character by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      Thanks for admitting you use a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE.

      ...says the Anonymous Coward who hasn't provided any evidence to support a single claim he's made regarding his identity.

      Besides which, if you think that using a pseudonym is proof of poor character, then apparently you count "Anubis IV" among an elite crowd of pseudonyms linked to people of poor character like Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Buddha, Banksy, Muhammad Ali, Yogi Berra, Malcolm X, and many, many others, all of whom are more well known by their pseudonyms than their real names.

      Pseudonyms, like many other tools, can be used for good or bad. I should hope that as someone else who is using a pseudonym, Anonymous Coward, you'd appreciate that fact. As it is, nothing I've said here depends on my identity (e.g. I'm not claiming to be an expert on anything in particular, nor would it matter if I was), so my points stand or fall on their own merit. Not so with you, however, since you've made multiple claims to authority (another form of logical fallacy, I'll point out) that depend on your identity (e.g. claiming you are the person who stopped 10 botnets, claiming Ars people stalk you because they know who you are, etc.), despite not providing a shred of evidence to back up your identity.