The fox article didn't even mention the word "parents" once. Spineless, brainless parents who don't do their jobs think little johnny is entitled to everything and anything. I'm just going to stop writing now...
The entire experience was very "meh," in my opinion. The video quality was sub-par and there was noticeable input lag. That's fine for some games, but it might be the cause of some frustration if you're trying to play something like UT3.
I also don't want to pay a subscription fee, and also pay the "rental" price for the game. It could be good for non-hardcore folks who don't care about building their own rig or who switch between games very frequently.
You're spot-on regarding the lack of additional documentation. However, the article says this: "The device was tested last year on 1,000 shoppers in a Tel Aviv shopping mall when the mice successfully picked out 22 people carrying mock explosives."
Not all 1000 shoppers were carriers. It would certainly be nice to know the number out of the 1000 that were targets.
The exploit is accepted only because anyone can do it, and fixing that specific bug would require a rewrite of the game's code. The bugs were intended to be a usable "part of the game" then patches would never have been created, fixing things like the floating drone and cloakable burrowing unit. The drama only happens when exploits are both significantly advantageous AND difficult to figure out/is "exclusive" knowledge. An example of this would be rampant duping in Diablo II.
Yeah, you're right. Exploiting a bug is not the same thing as cheating. They are on the same level, though.
You need to understand that while bugs may be "part of the game engine," the developers are supposed to be fixing the bugs because they are not supposed to be there in the first place. It's something that got missed, that was not intended to be in the game, and is not intended to be abused.
Case in point: If exploiting/abusing bugs were accepted, encouraged, and legal, then why does XBL offer an option to report/rate-down players that abuse bugs?
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Way to miss the point and state the obvious. 2/2, wanna try again?
You so cray...
You'd be surprised that some soldiers never experience combat, therefore never indulge these "tendencies" you elect to perceive.
The same "Citation?" inquiry applies to you, as well...
Well if you can't do Englishs then how can you be expected to do maths?!
Actually, we aren't at all! No drones means that our actual pilots will be allowed to perform their jobs... way scarier than any drone.
No big deal, just memorize the directions.
Dustin Browder only accepted the position as lead designer so he could inject his mug into the game as the Goliath unit. True story.
Hey, that works, too. Never said I *liked* the word.
He didn't say "program" he said "progaming". Perhaps the word should be hyphenated for accuracy: pro-gaming. herpderp.
Or maybe only a sound... "Meh..."
Thank you! And your name "Opportunist" was strangely appropriate. I'd mod you up on that one, if I could.
The fox article didn't even mention the word "parents" once. Spineless, brainless parents who don't do their jobs think little johnny is entitled to everything and anything. I'm just going to stop writing now...
Please, try it. I've been needing a good laugh for a long, long time.
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The entire experience was very "meh," in my opinion. The video quality was sub-par and there was noticeable input lag. That's fine for some games, but it might be the cause of some frustration if you're trying to play something like UT3. I also don't want to pay a subscription fee, and also pay the "rental" price for the game. It could be good for non-hardcore folks who don't care about building their own rig or who switch between games very frequently.
bash.org ftw!
If they want to be xenophobic, let them. Have you been personally slighted by this? And knowing someone who has been "wronged" doesn't count.
You're spot-on regarding the lack of additional documentation. However, the article says this: "The device was tested last year on 1,000 shoppers in a Tel Aviv shopping mall when the mice successfully picked out 22 people carrying mock explosives." Not all 1000 shoppers were carriers. It would certainly be nice to know the number out of the 1000 that were targets.
The exploit is accepted only because anyone can do it, and fixing that specific bug would require a rewrite of the game's code. The bugs were intended to be a usable "part of the game" then patches would never have been created, fixing things like the floating drone and cloakable burrowing unit. The drama only happens when exploits are both significantly advantageous AND difficult to figure out/is "exclusive" knowledge. An example of this would be rampant duping in Diablo II.
Yeah, you're right. Exploiting a bug is not the same thing as cheating. They are on the same level, though. You need to understand that while bugs may be "part of the game engine," the developers are supposed to be fixing the bugs because they are not supposed to be there in the first place. It's something that got missed, that was not intended to be in the game, and is not intended to be abused. Case in point: If exploiting/abusing bugs were accepted, encouraged, and legal, then why does XBL offer an option to report/rate-down players that abuse bugs?