Uh, no. No doubt a scenario like that may exist, but that is just one tiny possible scenario. So 1 million by the game new, then a half million buy it used. If the used market wasn't there, then maybe 900k would by the game new of the initial million since they can't afford it since they won't be able to resell it. And of the 500k who bought it used, 200k buy it new...thus increasing sales by 100k.
But what I am really trying to say is making up bull shit math isn't going to prove your point (my example doesn't prove anything either). You will just be modded up by mods who lack critical thinking skills and mod based on what they agree with.
Ultimately, we don't really know. But probably more people would buy the game from the developer if they could cut out the used market. Your assumption that they think every used sale is a sale lost for them is probably not true as well. But I think it is reasonable to believe they are losing some money due to used sales. And they are losing more than they would gain from used sales existing.
I think a mod might be an Eve fan. Hopefully a meta-moderator will catch it. Not really a big deal though.
I have played Eve, quit, and tried it again. I have played many other MMOs as well. So I figure my opinion is at least informed. Eve is a game that you really want to like, but is ruined by the interface and the community.
You can define it however you want, but you don't have any facts to back up your theory. If there is a soul, it has little to do with our intelligence or motor coordination. We know this because we can see the effects when someone damages their brain. It really isn't that complicated.
Thank you. I was going to say the same thing. As far as usability goes, Eve is probably the worst MMO out there. The GUI is overly complex and (for the most part) that is why the game has such a high learning curve. At least with WoW, you can alter your GUI in a billion ways so that it can fit even the most picky person's needs.
I think a lot of people are going to be in for a surprise when they die. If a soul even exists, it has to be separate from the brain. Your analogy doesn't work. If I smack my head, I can lose my memory. It has nothing to do with me whacking my soul too hard. Therefor, when we die, we probably won't have any memories of this life since that is all stored in the brain. If there is a soul, it is probably just an essence of us. Something completely inhuman. If you think after we die we all have our bodies and are hanging out with family and friends on clouds...I just can't see it happening. The brain has scientific, well documented the features. The soul is probably just a story or it is something beyond human comprehension.
If the soul was all that mattered, then if we smacked our head really hard and our brain was damaged, it would have no effect on our behavior. But we know that people with brain damage are severely impaired both physically and mentally. So if you can disrupt the impulses in the brain you could shut down a human. If you can control the impulses, you can control the human.
I am not saying people can't have souls, I am just saying the soul doesn't control our body.
No, it's a troll. The guy probably isn't a speculator if they are living in the house. And Wells Fargo would have been better off working with him for payments rather than having something sitting on the market doing nothing. The cancer thing is more than over the top, it is disgusting.
And that bailout money to the banks had to be paid back with interest, so not sure what the big deal over that is either.
Interesting, but it strikes me as rubbish. WoW has around 11/12 million subscribers. Yeah, there is inflation which cuts in to profit, but when your profit is so ridiculously high, it doesn't really matter that you are making slightly less each year. This isn't a game that is near the breaking even point. The amount of content not being visited is not even a factor. Most people just skip the dungeons not even away of their existence. How does unused content detract from the player's experience? Those dungeons are't being tweaked or balanced still so they aren't using resources either.
If your "analysis" is telling you that World of Warcraft is in trouble in the short term, then I question the metrics you are using to analyze it. There is not a single company in the world that wouldn't want to be in Blizzard's position right now. You can talk about trends all you want, but there has never been an MMO as popular as WoW. So you can pretty much take your numbers and throw them out the window. WoW certainly has a few more years of very profitable life in it.
So what if they don't get to see the old dungeons. The new dungeons are generally better designed and more interesting. If you really want to see the old content, join a guild that occasionally runs that old content.
Your statement makes no sense. If a game doesn't have longevity, it doesn't make as much money. Yet you try to claim that expansion is good for money, but not for longevity. Expansions breath new life in to a game that has become a grind for a large number of players. The last expansion made just questing on your own really fun. That content is easily accessibly to everyone. So either you don't play or you just lack any deep insight on what is occurring.
No, you are wrong. Lore is a big part of the game and the name gives away a lot of what the expansion will cover. It will cause a lot of speculation on what major character will play a role and what areas will be used. A lot of people love this stuff and the speculations.
No, not really. Unlike being gay or being born with a skin color, being fat is a choice. Most people don't want to be it, but then they don't want to take the steps to avoid it either. Not only is it less attractive, it is less healthy. So I don't think it is good as a society to encourage people to be fat (I am talking about the "big is beautiful" crowd).
Furthermore, it is as simple as burning more calories than you consume. People have trouble because they are lazy. Instead of buying healthy foods and cooking they go get fast food or go to restaurants. They pay no attention to what they eat and they get very little physical activity.
Now I am not saying you need to look like a super model, that isn't realistic. But only in rare cases is there an excuse to be overweight. Those small number of medical issues aside, people are way too fat. The number of medical issues have not gone up. The convenience of food that is bad for you has.
So stop making excuses. Find out how many calories a person of your sex/height should be consuming, eliminate fast food, exercise AT LEAST 3 days a week (the more the better), eat healthy foods (uncooked veggies, fruit, oatmeal, whole grain breads, etc). Don't diet, change your lifestyle. You will be happier and healthier because of it.
If I was going to choose a definitive statement from everything I ever read on the graphics/gameplay debate, I'd have to choose yours. It was not only comprehensive but concise. So seeing a reply like that...I just had to set the guy straight.
Umm, how did any of those reasons prove that those people aren't stupid? Just because they have motivations (stupid ones at that) doesn't make them intelligent.
Then why did they even mention Blizzard? It is an obvious reference to SC2's lack of a feature. Just say it has LAN support and be done with it. Cornflake says "almost implying". He doesn't say it with authority or as a statement of fact. On the other hand, you state as fact that he invents an invalid argument and points out that it is invalid. So in reality, you are the one setting up the strawman and then slaying it. The hypocrisy is delicious. You could work for Fox News.
I don't agree. A family I know had two kids. One of them got addicted to video games. The one who didn't went to work at a highly respected company and is quite successful. The one who played games dropped out of school and moved back in with his parents. This guy is a hell of a lot smarter than me, so it isn't some intelligence issue. They grew up in the same environment, had the same opportunities, yet have vastly different lives. There were no bad conditions in his life to force him in to addiction. Games are fun. If you play a lot, you can get really good and people will look up to you. That feels good. But at the end of the day, it doesn't pay the bills. If you can get the kids away from the Internet, it might break the cycle. They might get over their social fears and realize that the real world is more interesting and has more meaningful rewards.
You like to pass these off as ineffective, but I bet you it actually does help a lot of people. They might enjoy the martial arts they learn and keep that up. They might realize that they do spend too much time playing games and forge friendships that mean they will get out more. Will it work for everyone? Of course not. But to say it won't accomplish anything is talking out your ass.
Umm, because their grades are dropping and they are showing anti-social tendencies. Playing WoW and CS 6 hours a day as a kid is going to screw up a lot of opportunities. And I say this as someone who has enjoyed playing WoW and CS a whole bunch. These games do not have a large impact on your intellect no matter how hard you want to believe it. You are much better served spending that time at the gym because 1) it is a social activity since you are going to chat with the others who are hardcore working out with you 2) if you are doing it right, it makes you more healthy 3) the opposite sex find fit people attractive.
Why does China need more in their military? Are they fighting in any major wars? Our military is trying all kinds of ways to lure children to join the military. And we are actually sending our kids over to fight wars based on made up pretenses. Who really is the more evil military regime?
China does things differently than us. Some of the things they do are inhumane and wrong. But if you can't acknowledge all the screwed up evil things your own country is doing, then you are just falling for the propaganda. I mean, in the U.S., we have a whole party voting against something that will save a lot of money and people's lives. How sick are we as a country when the insurance companies own all of the Republicans and many of the Democrats? Talk about not giving a shit about your citizens...
Kids probably aren't paying for the Internet connection and they do not have the rights of an adult. The addiction is hurting their intellectual and social progress. Is that their choice? Not while they are dependents.
Americans send their fat kids to boot camp. I really wouldn't be suspicious.
Actually, you can say that you think homosexuality is wrong. Saying that homosexuals are the reason for Katrina and terrorists and that they should all be eradicated is hate speech. See the difference?
In any case, those on their moral high horses should probably clean up their own backyards. You are all for going out and speaking out on the immorality of gays, but why aren't you out speaking about the immorality of cheating on your wife? It's extremely hypocritical. You are all for putting the people to the stake for sins you don't do, but are quite comfortable with the sins you commit every day.
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Uh, no. No doubt a scenario like that may exist, but that is just one tiny possible scenario. So 1 million by the game new, then a half million buy it used. If the used market wasn't there, then maybe 900k would by the game new of the initial million since they can't afford it since they won't be able to resell it. And of the 500k who bought it used, 200k buy it new...thus increasing sales by 100k.
But what I am really trying to say is making up bull shit math isn't going to prove your point (my example doesn't prove anything either). You will just be modded up by mods who lack critical thinking skills and mod based on what they agree with.
Ultimately, we don't really know. But probably more people would buy the game from the developer if they could cut out the used market. Your assumption that they think every used sale is a sale lost for them is probably not true as well. But I think it is reasonable to believe they are losing some money due to used sales. And they are losing more than they would gain from used sales existing.
Wow, that was a really long post to show you don't know the difference between artistic style and the underlying engine.
I think a mod might be an Eve fan. Hopefully a meta-moderator will catch it. Not really a big deal though.
I have played Eve, quit, and tried it again. I have played many other MMOs as well. So I figure my opinion is at least informed. Eve is a game that you really want to like, but is ruined by the interface and the community.
You can define it however you want, but you don't have any facts to back up your theory. If there is a soul, it has little to do with our intelligence or motor coordination. We know this because we can see the effects when someone damages their brain. It really isn't that complicated.
Eve and WoW are not even in the same category. Putting them together like that is probably causing kittens to explode somewhere.
Thank you. I was going to say the same thing. As far as usability goes, Eve is probably the worst MMO out there. The GUI is overly complex and (for the most part) that is why the game has such a high learning curve. At least with WoW, you can alter your GUI in a billion ways so that it can fit even the most picky person's needs.
I think a lot of people are going to be in for a surprise when they die. If a soul even exists, it has to be separate from the brain. Your analogy doesn't work. If I smack my head, I can lose my memory. It has nothing to do with me whacking my soul too hard. Therefor, when we die, we probably won't have any memories of this life since that is all stored in the brain. If there is a soul, it is probably just an essence of us. Something completely inhuman. If you think after we die we all have our bodies and are hanging out with family and friends on clouds...I just can't see it happening. The brain has scientific, well documented the features. The soul is probably just a story or it is something beyond human comprehension.
Yes, people will hack in to all these things. If not for profit, they will do it for the challenge and fun of it.
If the soul was all that mattered, then if we smacked our head really hard and our brain was damaged, it would have no effect on our behavior. But we know that people with brain damage are severely impaired both physically and mentally. So if you can disrupt the impulses in the brain you could shut down a human. If you can control the impulses, you can control the human.
I am not saying people can't have souls, I am just saying the soul doesn't control our body.
No, it's a troll. The guy probably isn't a speculator if they are living in the house. And Wells Fargo would have been better off working with him for payments rather than having something sitting on the market doing nothing. The cancer thing is more than over the top, it is disgusting.
And that bailout money to the banks had to be paid back with interest, so not sure what the big deal over that is either.
Interesting, but it strikes me as rubbish. WoW has around 11/12 million subscribers. Yeah, there is inflation which cuts in to profit, but when your profit is so ridiculously high, it doesn't really matter that you are making slightly less each year. This isn't a game that is near the breaking even point. The amount of content not being visited is not even a factor. Most people just skip the dungeons not even away of their existence. How does unused content detract from the player's experience? Those dungeons are't being tweaked or balanced still so they aren't using resources either.
If your "analysis" is telling you that World of Warcraft is in trouble in the short term, then I question the metrics you are using to analyze it. There is not a single company in the world that wouldn't want to be in Blizzard's position right now. You can talk about trends all you want, but there has never been an MMO as popular as WoW. So you can pretty much take your numbers and throw them out the window. WoW certainly has a few more years of very profitable life in it.
So what if they don't get to see the old dungeons. The new dungeons are generally better designed and more interesting. If you really want to see the old content, join a guild that occasionally runs that old content.
Your statement makes no sense. If a game doesn't have longevity, it doesn't make as much money. Yet you try to claim that expansion is good for money, but not for longevity. Expansions breath new life in to a game that has become a grind for a large number of players. The last expansion made just questing on your own really fun. That content is easily accessibly to everyone. So either you don't play or you just lack any deep insight on what is occurring.
No, you are wrong. Lore is a big part of the game and the name gives away a lot of what the expansion will cover. It will cause a lot of speculation on what major character will play a role and what areas will be used. A lot of people love this stuff and the speculations.
So again, you don't care. Other people really do.
And the parents are then equipped to kick them out of the house so they have to earn a living to survive.
No, not really. Unlike being gay or being born with a skin color, being fat is a choice. Most people don't want to be it, but then they don't want to take the steps to avoid it either. Not only is it less attractive, it is less healthy. So I don't think it is good as a society to encourage people to be fat (I am talking about the "big is beautiful" crowd).
Furthermore, it is as simple as burning more calories than you consume. People have trouble because they are lazy. Instead of buying healthy foods and cooking they go get fast food or go to restaurants. They pay no attention to what they eat and they get very little physical activity.
Now I am not saying you need to look like a super model, that isn't realistic. But only in rare cases is there an excuse to be overweight. Those small number of medical issues aside, people are way too fat. The number of medical issues have not gone up. The convenience of food that is bad for you has.
So stop making excuses. Find out how many calories a person of your sex/height should be consuming, eliminate fast food, exercise AT LEAST 3 days a week (the more the better), eat healthy foods (uncooked veggies, fruit, oatmeal, whole grain breads, etc). Don't diet, change your lifestyle. You will be happier and healthier because of it.
Except most people follow routines so maybe it wouldn't be all that random?
If I was going to choose a definitive statement from everything I ever read on the graphics/gameplay debate, I'd have to choose yours. It was not only comprehensive but concise. So seeing a reply like that...I just had to set the guy straight.
Umm, how did any of those reasons prove that those people aren't stupid? Just because they have motivations (stupid ones at that) doesn't make them intelligent.
I am curious, where may I purchase these "sky masks" that you speak of? They sound amazing.
Then why did they even mention Blizzard? It is an obvious reference to SC2's lack of a feature. Just say it has LAN support and be done with it. Cornflake says "almost implying". He doesn't say it with authority or as a statement of fact. On the other hand, you state as fact that he invents an invalid argument and points out that it is invalid. So in reality, you are the one setting up the strawman and then slaying it. The hypocrisy is delicious. You could work for Fox News.
I don't agree. A family I know had two kids. One of them got addicted to video games. The one who didn't went to work at a highly respected company and is quite successful. The one who played games dropped out of school and moved back in with his parents. This guy is a hell of a lot smarter than me, so it isn't some intelligence issue. They grew up in the same environment, had the same opportunities, yet have vastly different lives. There were no bad conditions in his life to force him in to addiction. Games are fun. If you play a lot, you can get really good and people will look up to you. That feels good. But at the end of the day, it doesn't pay the bills. If you can get the kids away from the Internet, it might break the cycle. They might get over their social fears and realize that the real world is more interesting and has more meaningful rewards.
You like to pass these off as ineffective, but I bet you it actually does help a lot of people. They might enjoy the martial arts they learn and keep that up. They might realize that they do spend too much time playing games and forge friendships that mean they will get out more. Will it work for everyone? Of course not. But to say it won't accomplish anything is talking out your ass.
There is a difference between staying connected and being so addicted that you can not function as a productive member of society.
How?
Umm, because their grades are dropping and they are showing anti-social tendencies. Playing WoW and CS 6 hours a day as a kid is going to screw up a lot of opportunities. And I say this as someone who has enjoyed playing WoW and CS a whole bunch. These games do not have a large impact on your intellect no matter how hard you want to believe it. You are much better served spending that time at the gym because 1) it is a social activity since you are going to chat with the others who are hardcore working out with you 2) if you are doing it right, it makes you more healthy 3) the opposite sex find fit people attractive.
Why does China need more in their military? Are they fighting in any major wars? Our military is trying all kinds of ways to lure children to join the military. And we are actually sending our kids over to fight wars based on made up pretenses. Who really is the more evil military regime?
China does things differently than us. Some of the things they do are inhumane and wrong. But if you can't acknowledge all the screwed up evil things your own country is doing, then you are just falling for the propaganda. I mean, in the U.S., we have a whole party voting against something that will save a lot of money and people's lives. How sick are we as a country when the insurance companies own all of the Republicans and many of the Democrats? Talk about not giving a shit about your citizens...
Kids probably aren't paying for the Internet connection and they do not have the rights of an adult. The addiction is hurting their intellectual and social progress. Is that their choice? Not while they are dependents.
Americans send their fat kids to boot camp. I really wouldn't be suspicious.
Actually, you can say that you think homosexuality is wrong. Saying that homosexuals are the reason for Katrina and terrorists and that they should all be eradicated is hate speech. See the difference?
In any case, those on their moral high horses should probably clean up their own backyards. You are all for going out and speaking out on the immorality of gays, but why aren't you out speaking about the immorality of cheating on your wife? It's extremely hypocritical. You are all for putting the people to the stake for sins you don't do, but are quite comfortable with the sins you commit every day.