What motivation would anyone have for broadcasting their sexual preference IN A GAME?
And, if you are going to broadcast your sexual preference in a medium where it has no relevance, why would anyone be surprised if people respond with their opinions on your sexual preference? Their opinions have no less to do with the game than some idiotic crusade to let everyone know which side of the rainbow you're on, so to speak.
I don't know why you seem to think that all online gaming requires any payment beyond the original purchase of the game. In addition, I don't see why you feel that the industry should cater to you.
Nobody who isn't wildly rich or trying to make money off of a real estate investment should be living in LA. That place is a money sink for middle classers.
It's also what ruined EverQuest, Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Star Wars: Galaxies, not to mention a MUD I used to play. Creating a base game and then endless expansions is a business model that often ends up fundamentally changing good games into piles of gimmicks, used to sell the new expansions.
PC gaming really is going to die if all anybody does is release overpriced expansion after overpriced expansion. Come on, EA, can't we just get some new games?
"Now, a bunch of people will keep saying "yeah, but how do we *know* they're not keeping it" or "you would be a fool if you thought they *weren't* keeping it, no matter what they say", but the fact is that iTunes is a highly customized, dynamic web browser - nothing more."
Why do you act like that isn't a valid concern? It's true that you don't know they're not keeping it. In fact, what makes you think they aren't going to use the information they've collected to further their business interests?
He didn't even say he didn't have faith... all he said is that it is stupid to equate opposing teaching ID in science class to saying that there is no God.
Apparently, you aren't educated enough to parse and process a simple one sentence post in order to formulate a relevant reply. Funny how your post doesn't address any perspective but the one you assumed of the parent's poster.
In that day and age, pressuring a nation on the other side of the world militarily wasn't as seemingly trivial as it is today. Stalin was irresponsible in dealing with an emerging problem in his own back yard (Europe). The USA was trying to stay out of the nutty problems the Europeans were creating as long as possible, but the opportunities were too great to keep us out of the war.
OMG! Any poll that isn't a worldwide one is "stupid" according to you! We will all make sure to never research our domestic demographics again, because it is so STUPID!
If there's a single word that the aspiring grammar Nazi should be able to spell upside down and backwards, in their sleep, and rot13'd, it's "misspelled."
Agreed. Talk about failing to target your user base. The strange thing, as you pointed out, is that they continue to post garbage like this over and over.
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What motivation would anyone have for broadcasting their sexual preference IN A GAME?
And, if you are going to broadcast your sexual preference in a medium where it has no relevance, why would anyone be surprised if people respond with their opinions on your sexual preference? Their opinions have no less to do with the game than some idiotic crusade to let everyone know which side of the rainbow you're on, so to speak.
I don't know why you seem to think that all online gaming requires any payment beyond the original purchase of the game. In addition, I don't see why you feel that the industry should cater to you.
Oh yeah, because you are a whiner.
Are you mentally retarded?
Is this funny because Catholics disregard ID?
Bingo.
Nobody who isn't wildly rich or trying to make money off of a real estate investment should be living in LA. That place is a money sink for middle classers.
If you use ITMS, the information they have collected amounts to far more than artist names and IPs.
It's also what ruined EverQuest, Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Star Wars: Galaxies, not to mention a MUD I used to play. Creating a base game and then endless expansions is a business model that often ends up fundamentally changing good games into piles of gimmicks, used to sell the new expansions.
"what exactly is so special about the game that it requires all this new stuff to play?"
Inefficiency.
EA is a bunch of money whores.
PC gaming really is going to die if all anybody does is release overpriced expansion after overpriced expansion. Come on, EA, can't we just get some new games?
"Now, a bunch of people will keep saying "yeah, but how do we *know* they're not keeping it" or "you would be a fool if you thought they *weren't* keeping it, no matter what they say", but the fact is that iTunes is a highly customized, dynamic web browser - nothing more."
Why do you act like that isn't a valid concern? It's true that you don't know they're not keeping it. In fact, what makes you think they aren't going to use the information they've collected to further their business interests?
You sound extremely naive.
You completely missed the parent's point.
He didn't even say he didn't have faith... all he said is that it is stupid to equate opposing teaching ID in science class to saying that there is no God.
Apparently, you aren't educated enough to parse and process a simple one sentence post in order to formulate a relevant reply. Funny how your post doesn't address any perspective but the one you assumed of the parent's poster.
TRINITY FTW!
It's been years since I've thought of that game.
In that day and age, pressuring a nation on the other side of the world militarily wasn't as seemingly trivial as it is today. Stalin was irresponsible in dealing with an emerging problem in his own back yard (Europe). The USA was trying to stay out of the nutty problems the Europeans were creating as long as possible, but the opportunities were too great to keep us out of the war.
You just got trolled hardcore, faggot.
OMG! Any poll that isn't a worldwide one is "stupid" according to you! We will all make sure to never research our domestic demographics again, because it is so STUPID!
MusikCube rocks!
Anyone who is looking for a lightweight player for Windows should look no further. Simple, elegant, efficient.
"this might surprise you, but Japanese people act in many ways much like Americans, only with a hell of a lot more groupthink."
Oh, so Japan's a lot like Slashdot?
MAME and rom sites are the best video game compilations around.
What is this "stragety" you speak of?
Seriously.
If there's a single word that the aspiring grammar Nazi should be able to spell upside down and backwards, in their sleep, and rot13'd, it's "misspelled."
Yeah, they found another life to ruin.
Come on, that guy's a scapegoat. The Chinese military systematically abuses the citizenry.
Great point, man.
Were I in possession of a mod point, it'd be shined and given to you.
"All coffee has is caffeine."
What ill-informed garbage.
Americans get the vast majority of their antioxidants from drinking coffee. It's full of them.
Agreed. Talk about failing to target your user base. The strange thing, as you pointed out, is that they continue to post garbage like this over and over.
Typical Slashdot.
He couldn't miss a golden opportunity to post irrelevant, overzealous crap. That's just the way he rolls, fool.