Also, you're wrong about positional advantage not being viable
I would've been wrong had I said such thing.
Otherwise I agree with your post. Even as they stand, there are sufficient elements in a mmorpg to allow for more class specialization, which, in my opinion, is the objective.
And my question is: why would you want to do such thing?
If you start with a system based on: Two sides dealing damage to an amount of health, the first to reach o health loses.
You'll reach the roles of: Dealing the most damage, receiving the least damage, and avoiding reaching the 0.
If you want another set of classes, you'll have to change the system, not the allowed skills.
For example: - Add one more number to push into the negatives (typically, armor and shield) and you'll have the posibility of creating a class that manipulates that other number (a shield healer of some sort) a class that damages said number (An EMP mage) and a class that endures more damage to said number (A shield...tank).
- Add positional advantage (complex to do in mmorpgs for lag reasons) and you'll have a class that restricts movement, one that gives positional advantage to teammates and one that uses more effectively positional advantage.
Books contain some pretty graphic descriptions of scenes without showing them, and they're just as emotive.
And you wouldn't mind reading a book knowing that the graphic descriptions have been censored?
My point is that the game doesn't change; It's still a mad zombie-fest survival piece. It's not like they turned the zombies into marionettes and had the words "YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING REAL PEOPLE." emblazoned across the screen. Nor did they make it into Barbie Fun House of Horse Riding Escapades.
It's the same game, with the same mechanics, the same plot. Gore shouldn't even be an issue.
It's not the same game. It's the censored version of the game.
If I remove all references to violence from a book, it's not the same book. If I censor all violence on a movie, it's not the same movie. If I censor any part of a work, it's not the same work.
You can argue you like the censored version as much as the complete game, but that doesn't make them equal.
It has nothing to do with whether you consider the censored part to be important or not. If I censor away all references to death in a zombie book, it can still be an interesting book, but it won't be the same book.
"I'm gonna [Would you want the word "fucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] pee on your [Would you want the word "fucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] skull, you [Would you want the word "cocksucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] [Would you want the word "retard" censored out from this tweet? Y/N]!!"
I see guard dogs, handled by security officers (in their 20s). They're actually a bit cute. Except they have sharp teeth and they're trained to kill etc.
Are those cute, trained to kill, and sharp teethed officers in their 20s, single?
Do we know whether we should care? With what certainty?
Not studying that which is far can be dangerous, as ignorance of the reality can bring ignorance about the very distance that made us disregard that knowledge.
If you think you have a simple solution to a complex problem, you very probably don't have a strong understanding of the problem.
If you think someone else is stating idiocies, maybe you didn't his post carefully enough.
I was just stating that eldavojohn had (probably subconsciously) removed a key word from a quoted text to make it fit his response. Thus, the bolded word "Universal", signaling that had he not removed it, the response wouldn't stand.
>> Seems to be some folks attitude to universal healthcare too.
>The key difference between broadband and health care being that with health care, some people absolutely need it to continue to live. I know this is going to be a very unpopular statement on Slashdot but you can live without broadband. It's possible
It's possible to live without universal healthcare, as millions of americans prove every day.
Slashdot Mirror
He was being sarcastic.
Want not to read = you have a desire to leave the book unread
Not want to read = you don't have a desire to read the book
Trying to explain the difference between "not wanting to" and "wanting not to" is futile.
It's impossible.
I refuse to believe there's a way of inculcating that knowledge into people.
P.S. Guess which movie i watched yesterday :-)
Snakes on a plane?
Casablanca?
Dersu Uzala!
Maybe I'm wrong but: Are you judging a fantasy game because of its historical inaccuracy?
Also, you're wrong about positional advantage not being viable
I would've been wrong had I said such thing.
Otherwise I agree with your post. Even as they stand, there are sufficient elements in a mmorpg to allow for more class specialization, which, in my opinion, is the objective.
Homogenizing the classes removes detail.
Fighter, Mage, Archer
Cleric, Rogue, Warlock!
Human, Dwarf, Elf
Halfling, Ogre, Thri Kreen!
Fire, Water, Air
Earth? For God's sake how could you miss Earth?
And you see what all this proves, right?
Just by watching it you reach the conclusion that the real game is Rock, Paper, Scisors, Lizard and Spock.
And my question is: why would you want to do such thing?
If you start with a system based on: Two sides dealing damage to an amount of health, the first to reach o health loses.
You'll reach the roles of:
Dealing the most damage, receiving the least damage, and avoiding reaching the 0.
If you want another set of classes, you'll have to change the system, not the allowed skills.
For example:
- Add one more number to push into the negatives (typically, armor and shield) and you'll have the posibility of creating a class that manipulates that other number (a shield healer of some sort) a class that damages said number (An EMP mage) and a class that endures more damage to said number (A shield...tank).
- Add positional advantage (complex to do in mmorpgs for lag reasons) and you'll have a class that restricts movement, one that gives positional advantage to teammates and one that uses more effectively positional advantage.
etc.
Books contain some pretty graphic descriptions of scenes without showing them, and they're just as emotive.
And you wouldn't mind reading a book knowing that the graphic descriptions have been censored?
My point is that the game doesn't change; It's still a mad zombie-fest survival piece. It's not like they turned the zombies into marionettes and had the words "YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING REAL PEOPLE." emblazoned across the screen. Nor did they make it into Barbie Fun House of Horse Riding Escapades.
It's the same game, with the same mechanics, the same plot. Gore shouldn't even be an issue.
It's not the same game. It's the censored version of the game.
If I remove all references to violence from a book, it's not the same book. If I censor all violence on a movie, it's not the same movie. If I censor any part of a work, it's not the same work.
You can argue you like the censored version as much as the complete game, but that doesn't make them equal.
It has nothing to do with whether you consider the censored part to be important or not. If I censor away all references to death in a zombie book, it can still be an interesting book, but it won't be the same book.
Longest survivor wins
But shortest survivor can run on low roofed corridors.
I gather you wouldn't mind watching a movie where people disappear when shot to avoid showing corpses.
A action movie. With much shooting.
Or a CSI episode. All gathered around an invisible corpse, talking about an invisible footprint on the invisible blood.
Australian AvP Ban Reversed on Friday December 18, @10:51AM
Now they've banned Predator vs Alien.
It should be an option, not a requirement.
"I'm gonna [Would you want the word "fucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] pee on your [Would you want the word "fucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] skull, you [Would you want the word "cocksucking" censored out from this tweet? Y/N] [Would you want the word "retard" censored out from this tweet? Y/N]!!"
Not required to publish? That's nothing. In the next planned amend the Secretary of State won't even have to know.
I see guard dogs, handled by security officers (in their 20s). They're actually a bit cute. Except they have sharp teeth and they're trained to kill etc.
Are those cute, trained to kill, and sharp teethed officers in their 20s, single?
Do we know whether we should care? With what certainty?
Not studying that which is far can be dangerous, as ignorance of the reality can bring ignorance about the very distance that made us disregard that knowledge.
And yes, I realize the sun will never become a black hole.
Not naturally, but if that's what's needed for information to be free a thousand years later, we could arrange something. I know a guy in the LHC...
You should reason the opposite way.
Knowing that spam gives benefit. Who are the people who fall on all those traps and how could we help them not to?
The verse: "and wouldn't you know that the right I granted you to petition me " is part of the lyrics from my latest hit "Petition me, my love".
You owe me $65.000.000 in copyright fees and damages to my artistic image.
That's why, when I copy source code I always change all variables, functions and classes to a, b, c, ...
Copyright immunity and job security all in one.
Hell, if I was EA, I'd put snuff pr0n on the top shelf in a sealed room on Mars and watch my sales skyrocket.
The name of the game! You forgot to tell the name of the game!
Dear God tell us the name! I need that game! It's the bestest game evaaaaaar!
I don't even dare to imagine where will they have to put the collectors edition.
Just to be completely clear. I agree with you and my other post was just to point a retoric mistake, not a reasoning side.
If you think you have a simple solution to a complex problem, you very probably don't have a strong understanding of the problem.
If you think someone else is stating idiocies, maybe you didn't his post carefully enough.
I was just stating that eldavojohn had (probably subconsciously) removed a key word from a quoted text to make it fit his response. Thus, the bolded word "Universal", signaling that had he not removed it, the response wouldn't stand.
Oh God! Don't leave us like this!
Which $Celebrity?
Somewhere between 3 and 4, I'm sure sex will become an Olympics sport.
And the real question arises.
Will it be a pairs performance discipline, like synchronized swimming? Or a one on one competition, like wrestling.
>> Seems to be some folks attitude to universal healthcare too.
>The key difference between broadband and health care being that with health care, some people absolutely need it to continue to live. I know this is going to be a very unpopular statement on Slashdot but you can live without broadband. It's possible
It's possible to live without universal healthcare, as millions of americans prove every day.