The game, if I recall, was still massively multiplayer at levels 1-40. At endgame it reaches a point where you're basically forced to start raiding, or just start over again with a new character. If you think grinding the same enemies for hours with 40 other people yelling at you for heals is the only way to play an MMORPG then you need to stop playing WoW.
Again you miss the point entirely. Casual players pay the same monthly fee that hardcore players do, they just want to have fun and don't want it to become like a job (probably because they have one already!) Yet the vanguard of WoW's elitist pricks continually make the argument about epic weapons and armor and how "casuals" want Blizzard to give stuff away for free. That's not the case at all, but because you're demented, you can't see that.
You guys think the game is all about the items you get after you finish your 6 hour raid. Yet you complain about how difficult the raid was, and how much misery you went through to get there. You use that as a strawman argument every time someone asks for more _content_, and of course, are completely oblivious to the fact that content != badass weapons and armor.
People just want something to do once they reach the end of the game. The rewards are secondary, but you're so demented you can't even remember games are supposed to be fun.
Nobody is going to read this post because it's way the hell at the bottom... but, there's something that I've always wondered about. Who stuck a pole in the ground and called it moderate? Where's the pole and who gets to decide where it lies?
I agree, something about the page doesn't seem right. A lot of those "ads" look like they were put together by a graphic artist, and the same artist, throughout most of the design. It's just too damn balanced for me to believe. And really, "I'm rich, your not" just seems a bit _too_ obvious, misspelling and all.
But yet, everyone seems to believe it. I don't know what to criticize people for.
I've been waiting patient ever since the live action version was announced. Some of the people involved sound like they actually understand the show too... it has like, a 1 in a million chance of being any good, but imagine if it were? Hell would freeze over I'm sure.
My student ID is different from my SSN, and I go to UMass Amherst. I don't know what it is at UMass Dartmouth but I'm betting they run on a similar system.
Everyone says this, ignoring the fact that every time it happens it degrades the value of Wikipedia. If Wikipedia is unreliable, then it's worthless as an encyclopedia. Anyone claiming that this is OK is just being foolish.
Claiming that he was suspected in the Kennedy assassination is very serious, and very bogus. You can't just go around making sh*t up and then agree to disagree. That's a bunch of relativist nonsense, and is completely impracticable in the real world. If this trend continues on Wikipedia, then the entire project will be regarded as unreliable. How is that a successful way to run an encyclopedia?
How can so many people be so naive? It's sad, even for Slashdot.
I hear a lot of excuses, not a whole lot of initiative. And the whole "Let them..." do it routine is kind of trite. Sounds like a cop-out to me. Wouldn't it be better to try and address the problem, rather than explaining our way around it?
Nobody should be defending this. If wikipedia has serious problems with vandalism, and it does, you need to acknowledge that. Prostelytizing isn't going to work.
Actually paper and pens not such a bad way of doing things, assuming people were content taking their time. But these days everyone wants the vote ASAP, and can't wait. In the past it would take weeks, and that was just the way it was.
Honestly I don't know what's so hard about designing some decent software and actually keeping track of what it's doing, and who contributed to it. Most other professions have been doing that for years. It's called... oh... I dunno, being reponsible?
Uh, I dunno dude. Even with machines, we still get to look under the hood. I want to know, when I buy a car, that the engine really does have all the cylinders the dealer claims. I suppose I could derive some complicated testing routing to figure that out, but it's a lot easier to just pop it open and look.
Your sad little apologetics for the record companies threaten my freedom of speech. Thus, I believe your freedom of speech should be restricted. Don't make any more posts like this, or anticipate legal action.
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Nothing else to say about that.
The game, if I recall, was still massively multiplayer at levels 1-40. At endgame it reaches a point where you're basically forced to start raiding, or just start over again with a new character. If you think grinding the same enemies for hours with 40 other people yelling at you for heals is the only way to play an MMORPG then you need to stop playing WoW.
Again you miss the point entirely. Casual players pay the same monthly fee that hardcore players do, they just want to have fun and don't want it to become like a job (probably because they have one already!) Yet the vanguard of WoW's elitist pricks continually make the argument about epic weapons and armor and how "casuals" want Blizzard to give stuff away for free. That's not the case at all, but because you're demented, you can't see that.
People just want something to do once they reach the end of the game. The rewards are secondary, but you're so demented you can't even remember games are supposed to be fun.
I didn't realize that my cappuccino machine violates patent laws only if it's placed next to a south-facing window. That view is mighty tasty!
If the truth isn't fair I'm not eating my brussel sprouts.
Nobody is going to read this post because it's way the hell at the bottom... but, there's something that I've always wondered about. Who stuck a pole in the ground and called it moderate? Where's the pole and who gets to decide where it lies?
But yet, everyone seems to believe it. I don't know what to criticize people for.
I've been waiting patient ever since the live action version was announced. Some of the people involved sound like they actually understand the show too... it has like, a 1 in a million chance of being any good, but imagine if it were? Hell would freeze over I'm sure.
I plan to. That's why I said it.
UMass Amherst has ID numbers separate from SNN, and it may also be true of UMass Dartmouth, but I don't know.
My student ID is different from my SSN, and I go to UMass Amherst. I don't know what it is at UMass Dartmouth but I'm betting they run on a similar system.
... and this kind of stuff is news to me. I'm not going to the library from now on.
Instead of a graphics card, you buy an XBox 360 which costs just as much, crashes, and burns down your house. Great.
If he keeps a lot of old machines around it's not that unreasonable.
Digital viewfinder = crap.
This is a bunch of marketing gobbledygook... why is it being given attention? Nobody is going to know who these imbeciles are in a few weeks anyway.
Everyone says this, ignoring the fact that every time it happens it degrades the value of Wikipedia. If Wikipedia is unreliable, then it's worthless as an encyclopedia. Anyone claiming that this is OK is just being foolish.
How can so many people be so naive? It's sad, even for Slashdot.
I hear a lot of excuses, not a whole lot of initiative. And the whole "Let them..." do it routine is kind of trite. Sounds like a cop-out to me. Wouldn't it be better to try and address the problem, rather than explaining our way around it?
There is nothing insightful about what he said. At most, it's just sardonic. Nothing else.
Nobody should be defending this. If wikipedia has serious problems with vandalism, and it does, you need to acknowledge that. Prostelytizing isn't going to work.
Honestly I don't know what's so hard about designing some decent software and actually keeping track of what it's doing, and who contributed to it. Most other professions have been doing that for years. It's called... oh... I dunno, being reponsible?
Uh, I dunno dude. Even with machines, we still get to look under the hood. I want to know, when I buy a car, that the engine really does have all the cylinders the dealer claims. I suppose I could derive some complicated testing routing to figure that out, but it's a lot easier to just pop it open and look.
My attorneys will meet your attorneys in hell.