Also, in the context of social networking companies and game companies, imagine Facebook was owned by Google. Even if small pockets of people have started to dislike Blizzard for various reasons, they're still a giant in the industry as far as releasing hugely successful blockbuster titles, even ignoring WoW completely. You could put the Blizzard logo on a completely random game and sell 2 million copies due to brand recognition/trust, even if it turned out to be crappy.
To beat WoW, you're not just beating WoW, you're beating WoW and Blizzard. Not an easy feat.
Off and on I'll metamoderate just to see if I'll randomly get mod points. No dice so far. I was getting mod points pretty consistently for a while, and I've had this username for like... 7-8 years? I know I've been lurking since ~2000 but I don't think I registered for a few years.
I used to get mod points about twice a month, back when you could only get 5 points. Then suddenly nothing. It's annoying that the system is so opaque. I suppose I should try making a new account and seeing if that one gets points.
From reading the article, I got that he was acknowledging that it had become better for PC/360, but not better enough for them to bother switching and not better for their design tools anyway.
No, it's more like you ordered the DVD online from Disney, then went to their park and acted like an ass, so they looked up any pending purchases you had and put them on hold for the duration of your ban from the park, and then mailed them out after the temporary ban subsided.
He's been free and clear to perform his job search since Nov. 2nd of last year. It says when his replacement is "elected" not "enters office". He just can't directly lobby anyone for 2 years. But hey, if one of his old senate buddies wants to have him over for a BBQ.... that's fine and dandy.
But to say that it would have done better if it was PG-13 is a joke.
It would have made more money. Period. And in the end, that's all that matters when you're trying to get investors, which is what this article is about. Whether you liked the movie or not is irrelevant.
All of the above isn't Facebook's fault, or even the game makers. It is the users who allow all this, who send all the invites, who accept or tolerate those invites etc. Sadly, as most users aren't going to change, we are reliant on FB etc to implement changes to protect us.
You can't exonerate the game designers when they're purposefully taking advantage of players' naivete and ignorance in a lot of cases. Just because it can be solved by the users doesn't make it not the developers' fault.
His main argument is that in these games you're not really cooperating with the other players; you're using the other players as resources. I realize that some people really do treat their friends as resources to be exploited, and may not think that this is wrong, but I'm not friends with any of those people.
The skill being displayed is not playing the game, but a combination of creative thinking to figure out how to shave time off the run and coding the script to implement the idea. If that doesn't interest you, don't watch them. Like I said there are plenty of "normal" speed run videos to be found.
Some of these games take hours to complete, even with super human reflexes and perfect execution, but without exploiting glitches, bugs, and sequence breaks. I don't really know anyone willing to sit and watch that, as opposed to the 5-20 minutes many of the glitched/TAS speed runs take of the same games.
All these articles I read about DNF and how "bad" it is actually just make me want to play it more. I think people have forgotten what an FPS is like when it's not an ultra realistic war/scifi shooter.
It's so wrong it's wrong about being wrong. The app was never intended to replace confession to begin with. It was to assist people in doing an examination of conscience so they could be better prepared for their real confession with the priest. At no point was this app ever intended to *replace* confession. It's like a study guide to help you prepare for an exam, not an exam itself. However, much of the news media saw "Confession App" and often did zero research on the subject and was just like "LOL ROBOTS REPLACING PRIESTS". I will say that NPR at least got the story correct, but I saw a lot of other news outlets that did not at all.
In fact, the Vatican saying that an iPhone app cannot replace confession with a priest is exactly the same as the app's creator's belief. The Vatican is not banning the app at all, and their statement is likely more a reaction to the aforementioned news media and idiotic public who didn't even try to figure out what the app's purpose was rather than an indictment of the app itself.
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Also, in the context of social networking companies and game companies, imagine Facebook was owned by Google. Even if small pockets of people have started to dislike Blizzard for various reasons, they're still a giant in the industry as far as releasing hugely successful blockbuster titles, even ignoring WoW completely. You could put the Blizzard logo on a completely random game and sell 2 million copies due to brand recognition/trust, even if it turned out to be crappy.
To beat WoW, you're not just beating WoW, you're beating WoW and Blizzard. Not an easy feat.
In case it matters, my Karma has been "Excellent" for at least 6 years and never dropped below that.
Off and on I'll metamoderate just to see if I'll randomly get mod points. No dice so far. I was getting mod points pretty consistently for a while, and I've had this username for like... 7-8 years? I know I've been lurking since ~2000 but I don't think I registered for a few years.
So perhaps a lot of my moderations a long time ago were reversed by meta-moderation so I was flagged as a bad moderator forever?
I used to get mod points about twice a month, back when you could only get 5 points. Then suddenly nothing. It's annoying that the system is so opaque. I suppose I should try making a new account and seeing if that one gets points.
I haven't had mod points in like 3 years. :(
The real question on everyone's mind: Is my WoW authenticator safe????
Not just SE, but Worms and GunBound were both pretty huge in their own time.
Just keep them away from California and you won't have any 8.9 earthquakes to worry about.
From reading the article, I got that he was acknowledging that it had become better for PC/360, but not better enough for them to bother switching and not better for their design tools anyway.
Who said anything about right or wrong? I was just being accurate.
No, it's more like you ordered the DVD online from Disney, then went to their park and acted like an ass, so they looked up any pending purchases you had and put them on hold for the duration of your ban from the park, and then mailed them out after the temporary ban subsided.
It's the thought of being in the "currently very very wrong" phase of that cycle that's so unsettling.
He's been free and clear to perform his job search since Nov. 2nd of last year. It says when his replacement is "elected" not "enters office". He just can't directly lobby anyone for 2 years. But hey, if one of his old senate buddies wants to have him over for a BBQ.... that's fine and dandy.
You need to do some research on the subject of "trolls trolling trolls".
It would have made more money. Period. And in the end, that's all that matters when you're trying to get investors, which is what this article is about. Whether you liked the movie or not is irrelevant.
You can't exonerate the game designers when they're purposefully taking advantage of players' naivete and ignorance in a lot of cases. Just because it can be solved by the users doesn't make it not the developers' fault.
His main argument is that in these games you're not really cooperating with the other players; you're using the other players as resources. I realize that some people really do treat their friends as resources to be exploited, and may not think that this is wrong, but I'm not friends with any of those people.
Super powers brought on by cosmic rays?
The skill being displayed is not playing the game, but a combination of creative thinking to figure out how to shave time off the run and coding the script to implement the idea. If that doesn't interest you, don't watch them. Like I said there are plenty of "normal" speed run videos to be found.
Some of these games take hours to complete, even with super human reflexes and perfect execution, but without exploiting glitches, bugs, and sequence breaks. I don't really know anyone willing to sit and watch that, as opposed to the 5-20 minutes many of the glitched/TAS speed runs take of the same games.
There are plenty of non-glitch speed runs. They're just A LOT LONGER and usually (but not always) not as fun to watch.
It's funny that people keep mentioning that as impressive, as it's something I used to do when I was like 8 years old playing this game.
All these articles I read about DNF and how "bad" it is actually just make me want to play it more. I think people have forgotten what an FPS is like when it's not an ultra realistic war/scifi shooter.
It's so wrong it's wrong about being wrong. The app was never intended to replace confession to begin with. It was to assist people in doing an examination of conscience so they could be better prepared for their real confession with the priest. At no point was this app ever intended to *replace* confession. It's like a study guide to help you prepare for an exam, not an exam itself. However, much of the news media saw "Confession App" and often did zero research on the subject and was just like "LOL ROBOTS REPLACING PRIESTS". I will say that NPR at least got the story correct, but I saw a lot of other news outlets that did not at all.
In fact, the Vatican saying that an iPhone app cannot replace confession with a priest is exactly the same as the app's creator's belief. The Vatican is not banning the app at all, and their statement is likely more a reaction to the aforementioned news media and idiotic public who didn't even try to figure out what the app's purpose was rather than an indictment of the app itself.