Quake is listed for the reason you're describing, which is basically creating the multiplayer internet FPS genre. The reason Q3 is listed is not for creating deathmatch, but for REFINING deathmatch. Q3 is still the most balanced, competitive, and skill-based tournament FPS in the market. That is why it's listed. UT didn't bring anything "new" to the table that was revolutionary when compared to the aforementioned Tribes and Quake, and was nowhere near as refined as Q3 for tournament play. Even after they tried to refine it with UT 2k3, it still flopped on the competitive scene completely.
TF2, as it was going to be, is dead. I have seen absolutely nothing new in the videos/screenshots they've shown of this "new" TF2. It just looks like TFC with updated graphics (even the same damn maps).
Until they prove otherwise, this is TFC: Source, and TF2 is truly dead. Bring on ET:QW.
I wouldn't underestimate the average user's ability to judge a piece of software based on how good it looks. The question is whether or not they're going to realize they can change the theme and then change it to something they like before they just give up on it.
If anyone other than myself had actually read any articles about this, you'd know that the library had instituted a policy of randomly asking people for their student ID's after 11 PM because of a history of sexual assaults within the library at night.
This is akin to them beating him with a club while on the ground,
This is where you and half the other people posting here fail completely. If tasing were the same as beating with a club THE TASER WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN INVENTED. The cops would have either just beaten him (which WOULD have been undue use of force) or had to attempt to wrestle/drag him out of the building, which, despite what you seem to think, has a much higher probability of harming both him and/or the cops, than tasing. In fact, tasing him in this situation likely prevented more harm to the suspect that it could have ever caused.
Every first hand report I've read said the kid deserved what he got. Perhaps you should do a little research before "applauding" those whose actions you know nothing about.
If you hate it, you won't play the game. Simple as that. That's why the "the game is like work" argument is stupid. You don't have to play the game to feed your family. So if you don't like it, don't do it. It's pretty obvious that a certain portion of the population does enjoy doing it, or at least doesn't mind doing it, or else these games wouldn't exist.
FYI, anyone whose guild can complete BWL within 5 hours (and is willing to help the several people that can be on the quest simultaneously, as a few other sections require raid groups) can participate in that quest now, and get all of the quest rewards from it.
I have to agree, though, that a 1 time event, that I missed completely, and even if I hadn't it would have just been the server crashing over and over anyway, is a pretty shitty idea.
The "overarching sweeping story" is that there are forces at work within Azeroth to set loose the Old Gods and their various servants from the elemental planes. Additionally, the plot point of the expansion is that the demons from the twisting nether have been plotting to make another assault on Azeroth, presumably using another planet and then outlands as a bypass to enter through the dark portal. Not to mention good old Arthas at Icecrown Glacier massing his forces for an eventual assault on something or other.
And before you can claim that none of this is visible in-game, these plot threads are the reason that players are supposed to be entering Molten Core (elemental lietenants of the old gods), Ahn'Quiraj (an old god himself, escaped from his underground prison and manipulating an ancient insectoid race), all of Outlands and the expansion (Burning Legion probable entry point), Naxxramas (Arthas's initial scouting force and primary foothold outside of Northrend).
Plus, many of these plot threads are intertwined throughout quests going all the way back to level 1 undead quests and level 1 dwarf quests.
So yes, there is an overarching plot. In fact there are many overarching plots.
You know the "globe of water", "elemental water", "essence of water" progression in WoW right now? In the WoW expansion, theres 2 levels of these types of elemental components. "mote of water", 10 of which combine into "primal water".
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Actually, getting killed in 2 hits is one of the primary things that's been addressed in the expansion. The stamina stat on gear that requires level 61 and higher is calculated to be worth 1/2 as much as any other stat, meaning they can put tons of it on all the gear, which they've done, in addition to creating a new stat, called resillience, which is primarily found on PvP gear, which reduces the number of and bonus damage of crits against your character. As for the "force to play all the time", the arenas in the expansion use a rating system that encourages people to play as few games as possible to maintain their arena rank, and the "honor system" rewards have been converted to a form of currency that never is decayed or removed.
As for not wanting to "grind" raid instances and 5 man instances for specific pieces of gear, there's honestly nothing that could change in that regard that wouldn't either require a ludicrous amount of content or for people to get what they want almost instantly and never have a reason to do an instance again (and when there's no content to be done, there's no reason to pay the subscription fee). However, much of the "luck" that can cause a player to run one instance 500 times and not get what they want is being removed in the expansion, with more tokenized drop systems being added. And they're adding longevity to the new 5 man dungeons from the expansion by adding "hard mode" as a post-level cap method of both giving players new challenges while re-using old content (less development time) and allow more character progression without requiring more than a few friends.
Blizzard is a smart company. They learn from their mistakes, and they listen to what players consider "unfun" mechanics and try to adjust them. The expansion is an excellent example of this. However, given your perception of the game at level cap, I don't really think much would improve for you with the expansion. It sounds like it's just the dynamic of level cap progression that you don't like.
Personally, I think the tier 3 gear (Naxx, AQ40) was added as a stop-gap measure to keep the hardcore, play 24x7 players satisfied until the expansion could arrive. (BTW, I think you meant.5 and T1 gear since there is no T2.5)Only a small percentage of players have T3 because it does represent an immense amount of time playing. If gear is the main reason you and your friend are playing, maybe you should log off.
"Tier 2.5" is the token-based class set from AQ40. Tier 3 is only obtainable from Naxx, and nowhere else. T3 was hardly a "stopgap", considering it's basically required for progression through Naxx, which is the largest, and most successful (as in, the players like it) raid instance in the game so far.
Actually, there are several Vlood Elf NPC's in Azshara you can kill, as well as a few Blood Elf quest givers, notably one for Horde in Stonetalon Peak.
Not driving a car? Posting on slashdot? You fucking hypocrite. You haven't done jack shit. Not that I've exactly done anything either, but I'm not going around blaming others and claiming that "posting on slashdot" amounts to jack shit in the realm of slowing global climate change. And do you seriously think "not driving a car" means shit when you still make full use of all the other modern conveniences that actually affect the CO2 output in some significant way?
Fuck you. You're just as responsible as everyone else who doesn't have a self-sustaining solar-powered house made from recycled materials and all that other shit that most people think is too much hassle.
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Quake is listed for the reason you're describing, which is basically creating the multiplayer internet FPS genre. The reason Q3 is listed is not for creating deathmatch, but for REFINING deathmatch. Q3 is still the most balanced, competitive, and skill-based tournament FPS in the market. That is why it's listed. UT didn't bring anything "new" to the table that was revolutionary when compared to the aforementioned Tribes and Quake, and was nowhere near as refined as Q3 for tournament play. Even after they tried to refine it with UT 2k3, it still flopped on the competitive scene completely.
I'm going to have to dispute your incessant usage of "he/she".
Just use "he" and claim universal masculine. It makes everyone's (the author's and the reader's) life easier.
Hell, use "she" and claim universal feminine, I honestly don't care. Just make that crap easier to read.
TF2, as it was going to be, is dead. I have seen absolutely nothing new in the videos/screenshots they've shown of this "new" TF2. It just looks like TFC with updated graphics (even the same damn maps).
Until they prove otherwise, this is TFC: Source, and TF2 is truly dead. Bring on ET:QW.
Looks to me like it's just time magazine acknowledging how completely irrelevant they are. Too bad they can only pull this lame copout once.
I wouldn't underestimate the average user's ability to judge a piece of software based on how good it looks. The question is whether or not they're going to realize they can change the theme and then change it to something they like before they just give up on it.
Maybe "kids" should stop raping others in the library at night.
Welcome to Slashdot.
If anyone other than myself had actually read any articles about this, you'd know that the library had instituted a policy of randomly asking people for their student ID's after 11 PM because of a history of sexual assaults within the library at night.
This is where you and half the other people posting here fail completely. If tasing were the same as beating with a club THE TASER WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN INVENTED. The cops would have either just beaten him (which WOULD have been undue use of force) or had to attempt to wrestle/drag him out of the building, which, despite what you seem to think, has a much higher probability of harming both him and/or the cops, than tasing. In fact, tasing him in this situation likely prevented more harm to the suspect that it could have ever caused.
Every first hand report I've read said the kid deserved what he got. Perhaps you should do a little research before "applauding" those whose actions you know nothing about.
You're right, but no one's going to mod you up or listen to you, because the slashdot group think is "cops = bad".
Excellent. Less competition for my obviously superior genes.
If you hate it, you won't play the game. Simple as that. That's why the "the game is like work" argument is stupid. You don't have to play the game to feed your family. So if you don't like it, don't do it. It's pretty obvious that a certain portion of the population does enjoy doing it, or at least doesn't mind doing it, or else these games wouldn't exist.
FYI, anyone whose guild can complete BWL within 5 hours (and is willing to help the several people that can be on the quest simultaneously, as a few other sections require raid groups) can participate in that quest now, and get all of the quest rewards from it.
I have to agree, though, that a 1 time event, that I missed completely, and even if I hadn't it would have just been the server crashing over and over anyway, is a pretty shitty idea.
The "overarching sweeping story" is that there are forces at work within Azeroth to set loose the Old Gods and their various servants from the elemental planes. Additionally, the plot point of the expansion is that the demons from the twisting nether have been plotting to make another assault on Azeroth, presumably using another planet and then outlands as a bypass to enter through the dark portal. Not to mention good old Arthas at Icecrown Glacier massing his forces for an eventual assault on something or other.
And before you can claim that none of this is visible in-game, these plot threads are the reason that players are supposed to be entering Molten Core (elemental lietenants of the old gods), Ahn'Quiraj (an old god himself, escaped from his underground prison and manipulating an ancient insectoid race), all of Outlands and the expansion (Burning Legion probable entry point), Naxxramas (Arthas's initial scouting force and primary foothold outside of Northrend).
Plus, many of these plot threads are intertwined throughout quests going all the way back to level 1 undead quests and level 1 dwarf quests.
So yes, there is an overarching plot. In fact there are many overarching plots.
You know the "globe of water", "elemental water", "essence of water" progression in WoW right now? In the WoW expansion, theres 2 levels of these types of elemental components. "mote of water", 10 of which combine into "primal water".
Actually, getting killed in 2 hits is one of the primary things that's been addressed in the expansion. The stamina stat on gear that requires level 61 and higher is calculated to be worth 1/2 as much as any other stat, meaning they can put tons of it on all the gear, which they've done, in addition to creating a new stat, called resillience, which is primarily found on PvP gear, which reduces the number of and bonus damage of crits against your character. As for the "force to play all the time", the arenas in the expansion use a rating system that encourages people to play as few games as possible to maintain their arena rank, and the "honor system" rewards have been converted to a form of currency that never is decayed or removed.
As for not wanting to "grind" raid instances and 5 man instances for specific pieces of gear, there's honestly nothing that could change in that regard that wouldn't either require a ludicrous amount of content or for people to get what they want almost instantly and never have a reason to do an instance again (and when there's no content to be done, there's no reason to pay the subscription fee). However, much of the "luck" that can cause a player to run one instance 500 times and not get what they want is being removed in the expansion, with more tokenized drop systems being added. And they're adding longevity to the new 5 man dungeons from the expansion by adding "hard mode" as a post-level cap method of both giving players new challenges while re-using old content (less development time) and allow more character progression without requiring more than a few friends.
Blizzard is a smart company. They learn from their mistakes, and they listen to what players consider "unfun" mechanics and try to adjust them. The expansion is an excellent example of this. However, given your perception of the game at level cap, I don't really think much would improve for you with the expansion. It sounds like it's just the dynamic of level cap progression that you don't like.
"Tier 2.5" is the token-based class set from AQ40. Tier 3 is only obtainable from Naxx, and nowhere else. T3 was hardly a "stopgap", considering it's basically required for progression through Naxx, which is the largest, and most successful (as in, the players like it) raid instance in the game so far.
I just now realized, that in fact there are actually 272,155,422 metric tons of idiots on the earth. My bad.
Yes it is. Healing is easy. People who suck at it are idiots. Sadly, there are a metric ton of idiots on this world.
The arms are actually pretty much identical. The major change was to the chest/abdomen.
Actually, there are several Vlood Elf NPC's in Azshara you can kill, as well as a few Blood Elf quest givers, notably one for Horde in Stonetalon Peak.
Not driving a car? Posting on slashdot? You fucking hypocrite. You haven't done jack shit. Not that I've exactly done anything either, but I'm not going around blaming others and claiming that "posting on slashdot" amounts to jack shit in the realm of slowing global climate change. And do you seriously think "not driving a car" means shit when you still make full use of all the other modern conveniences that actually affect the CO2 output in some significant way?
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Fuck you. You're just as responsible as everyone else who doesn't have a self-sustaining solar-powered house made from recycled materials and all that other shit that most people think is too much hassle.
Modded "informative" for failing to understand the definition of a developing country?
Here's a hint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country
I fail to see how any of this will help when the sun has nova'ed.