In my times, the cage was free, but: - The wheel wasn't round. - The bucket was empty nine times out of ten. - The pictures on the walls were so pixelated we didn't know they were elves unless we read the description. - The other cages were somewhere else, so we didn't even know how often others ate.
> Would you bother playing Squash against your friend who is much better than you, or Guitar Hero against someone who is much better than you without implementing any kind of handicap?
No.
But neither I would play with a handicap. I would simply choose between "find a better suiter partner", "play alone if possible", "train".
"Play a crippled version of the game" is not an enjoyable option for me.
So much about how to use and manipulate randomnes to fit all tastes, and so little about randomness itself.
Some people simply like randomness. Some people enjoy a game of "highest result in the dice wins". Some people hate go or chess because they lack randomness.
Then there are people who like wading through a higly random environment in games like poker, where the number of hands reduce the randomness to a homogeneous atmosphere.
It's not possible to make a single game be go and dice. You can't add both randomness and it's lack to a game, to appeal every target.
> It sucks for the experts but they do find ways to win anyways if they have any real skill at all.
Being able to find a way to overcome the imbalance doesn't make it less annoying.
I wouldn't like to run in a competition where everyone faster than a certain speed must have an arm tied to their back. The possibility of the good runners winning anyway doesn't change the game's quality loss caused by the "balancing" manipulation.
I'd so love some modders to try doing total conversions of non-FPS games.
Can you imagine replaying an action RPG from the inside? RTS?
Zealot-Life.
Half-Diablo.
Guitar Hero, Angry Mob. "After his first try at Through the Fire and Flames, The hero tries to get back home alive."
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I don't see any change.
However, I must say I'm forced to use IE at work, so the only way slashdot layout could look worse would be by flashing shock pictures at random moments.
Shouldn't the IRS be more concerned about how is mozilla spending that money than where it comes from?
If a "save the children" non-profit organization changed their name to "Google saves the children" and Google donated $100 million, they should lose the tax exemption?
"Non-profit" isn't about how much money enters the organization but how much of it is used in pushing the agenda forward. If they're spending the millions of dollars to make a better free browser, they should still be tax exempt.
If they suddenly started using that money to buy sport cars for every programmer, they should pay taxes even if Google gave them just two dollars.
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I did.
Then the dinosaur lay an egg with him inside.
Ungrateful youngsters.
In my times, the cage was free, but:
- The wheel wasn't round.
- The bucket was empty nine times out of ten.
- The pictures on the walls were so pixelated we didn't know they were elves unless we read the description.
- The other cages were somewhere else, so we didn't even know how often others ate.
Does that mean I won't be able to patent my new processus of using the character "" as pictographic symbol meaning "nose"?
While L4D applied the Starship Troopers approach to bugs.
"You like that?! You like that?!" -
> Would you bother playing Squash against your friend who is much better than you, or Guitar Hero against someone who is much better than you without implementing any kind of handicap?
No.
But neither I would play with a handicap. I would simply choose between "find a better suiter partner", "play alone if possible", "train".
"Play a crippled version of the game" is not an enjoyable option for me.
It's still a secondary asset than pure skill, imho.
So much about how to use and manipulate randomnes to fit all tastes, and so little about randomness itself.
Some people simply like randomness. Some people enjoy a game of "highest result in the dice wins". Some people hate go or chess because they lack randomness.
Then there are people who like wading through a higly random environment in games like poker, where the number of hands reduce the randomness to a homogeneous atmosphere.
It's not possible to make a single game be go and dice. You can't add both randomness and it's lack to a game, to appeal every target.
> They are subject to the same limitations as story tellers, song writers and actors...
Talent? Skill? Intelligence? Empathy with their public?
> their imaginations.
I can perfectly enjoy a story told, a song written or a character interpreted with no imagination whatsoever.
> It sucks for the experts but they do find ways to win anyways if they have any real skill at all.
Being able to find a way to overcome the imbalance doesn't make it less annoying.
I wouldn't like to run in a competition where everyone faster than a certain speed must have an arm tied to their back. The possibility of the good runners winning anyway doesn't change the game's quality loss caused by the "balancing" manipulation.
He should plug in through a "PS3 - Brain" adapter and use a Guitar Hero axe.
There are multiple advantages to that aproach if he ever wants to change to battery or bass, or loses his vocal cords, ...
I'd so love some modders to try doing total conversions of non-FPS games.
Can you imagine replaying an action RPG from the inside? RTS?
Zealot-Life.
Half-Diablo.
Guitar Hero, Angry Mob. "After his first try at Through the Fire and Flames, The hero tries to get back home alive."
I don't see any change.
However, I must say I'm forced to use IE at work, so the only way slashdot layout could look worse would be by flashing shock pictures at random moments.
I half concur.
I've never heard "snake killed the boss". All and every time it's "I did it".
However on:
> This might come as a shock to the article author, but when someone shoots someone in a
> movie, in reality, no one got shot either.
In a game we could say:
1 - Snake punched the guy.
2 - I punched the guy.
3 - I pressed the button.
Option 1 doesn't happen because the player isn't a spectator, but there's an implied question in the article: "why doesn't 3 happen?"
I've grown so attached to some extensions I'll very soon stop even consider anything not having them.
How long till they start making browsers with a "firefox plugin compatible" feature?
1 - Throw coffin with 6 tiny rockets (N,S,W,E,U,D).
2 - Activate algorithm "every hour activate rocket away from sun for five seconds".
3 - Wait.
The real question is "Why is the word "quotes" in quotes in your subject?".
P.S.: hmmm, do you \" the quotes inside other quotes in real english? Or just the programming one.
Or a slingshot.
Catapult?
Ballista?
Trebuchet?
Mankind can't consider itself advanced till we can send satellites to space using a trebuchet.
I see now, thanks.
Could Mozilla just spend $50 million in paying a year in advance for firefox4 team?
(Or maybe a bit more than a year if they're underpaid)
Can someone sue last century fox if a psicopath starts killing people using a movie as inspiration?
> Then again, so was going outside, soap, and leaving the basement.
"Leaving the basement IS going outside. What's he talking about?"
"hmm"
"I should make a post pointing that clear mistake... clickity post reply... Let's see... how to point the mista... waaaaaait a second..."
OUTSIDE THE ENTIRE HOUSE?!
"Deadely" shoud be a tag for "cancelled for spending too much with no visible benefits".
Shouldn't the IRS be more concerned about how is mozilla spending that money than where it comes from?
If a "save the children" non-profit organization changed their name to "Google saves the children" and Google donated $100 million, they should lose the tax exemption?
"Non-profit" isn't about how much money enters the organization but how much of it is used in pushing the agenda forward. If they're spending the millions of dollars to make a better free browser, they should still be tax exempt.
If they suddenly started using that money to buy sport cars for every programmer, they should pay taxes even if Google gave them just two dollars.
> They just need to start mapping the genes of a COBOL programmer.
Why would you do that? They are evil!
Little green scaly evil punks. Always with their traps and their "I'm dragon subtype I can reach godhood before level 6". Bah!
Mark my words. You'll regret not having cloned griffins first.
Hellow fellow humans,
I want the humans to send a ship with lots of titanium and plutonium to a spot behind mars where no alien fleet is hidden.
Thank you.
Gahrull the devastator.
Ministry of Discovery and Invasion.
All hail the Imperial Queen.
> If you demanded the hypothetical membership card of everyone who didn't RTFA, you'd be here alone.
He could sell all the cards and buy friends with the money.