Realtime slo-mo dodging would require a distortion in the spacetime continuum which would cause time to slow down for the person who is doing some bullet dodging. This is basically creating lag for players while one of them starts blasting away unaffected by the lag. I'm sure they could make it feel realtime for the person in slow motion, but the other players will not like the amount of lag.
This is how I envision this version of bullet time: Player 1 is aiming his assault rifle at Player 2. Player 2, with his jedi-like prediction abilities, decides his only option is to go into bullet time to dodge Player 1's attack. Player 2 presses a button and steps out of the way quickly. Player 1, who cannot see that Player 2 is dodging due to the lag, continues to shoot at the spot where he sees Player 2 in. Meanwhile, Player 2 whips out a magnum, aims carefully, and shoots Player 1 in the face. Player 1 would normally scream "OMFG teh lag spike!!1," but with the introduction of "realtime bullet time" he now says "FCUKING NUB!!!1!" whilist throwing his controler through the TV screen.
I know where to get the things I need (food, medicine, etc.). If I decide that buying something that is unnecessary (fun), I can find it on my own. How do I do it? The large and mysterious world known as the Internet provides all that I need. If I want a game, I'll look on a gaming site. If I want to buy a gift for someone I can look on Amazon or eBay. If I want music, I can look on iTunes (or use some other site, or even go to an actual store).
I do not need to know that I can win a free iPod if I shoot a duck. I do not need to know that I can win a PSP by shooting one. I do not need to know how to increase my erectile quality. I do not need to know how to lose weight with a magic super-pill. I do not need to know that I can increase my height with a pill (instantaneously too, the guy was wearing the same clothes the whole time and seemed to stretch more than grow).
I'm sure there are honest people out there, but they are basically needles in a pile of flashing popups informing me that my computer may be infected with spyware. Some of you may like a product you see on the internet, or would like to encourage honest marketers to continue advertising on the internet, but the rest of us who despise advertising should be free to do what we can to prevent them from making us see their ad. If it means disabling 3rd party cookies, thus creating skewed results for marketers, then so much the better. We aren't going to buy the product, no matter how much they beg. If it's a really good deal, I'll hear about it on a message board (for those of you who dislike it when people use absolutes without considering all possibilities).
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Realtime slo-mo dodging would require a distortion in the spacetime continuum which would cause time to slow down for the person who is doing some bullet dodging. This is basically creating lag for players while one of them starts blasting away unaffected by the lag. I'm sure they could make it feel realtime for the person in slow motion, but the other players will not like the amount of lag.
This is how I envision this version of bullet time: Player 1 is aiming his assault rifle at Player 2. Player 2, with his jedi-like prediction abilities, decides his only option is to go into bullet time to dodge Player 1's attack. Player 2 presses a button and steps out of the way quickly. Player 1, who cannot see that Player 2 is dodging due to the lag, continues to shoot at the spot where he sees Player 2 in. Meanwhile, Player 2 whips out a magnum, aims carefully, and shoots Player 1 in the face. Player 1 would normally scream "OMFG teh lag spike!!1," but with the introduction of "realtime bullet time" he now says "FCUKING NUB!!!1!" whilist throwing his controler through the TV screen.
I know where to get the things I need (food, medicine, etc.). If I decide that buying something that is unnecessary (fun), I can find it on my own. How do I do it? The large and mysterious world known as the Internet provides all that I need. If I want a game, I'll look on a gaming site. If I want to buy a gift for someone I can look on Amazon or eBay. If I want music, I can look on iTunes (or use some other site, or even go to an actual store).
I do not need to know that I can win a free iPod if I shoot a duck. I do not need to know that I can win a PSP by shooting one. I do not need to know how to increase my erectile quality. I do not need to know how to lose weight with a magic super-pill. I do not need to know that I can increase my height with a pill (instantaneously too, the guy was wearing the same clothes the whole time and seemed to stretch more than grow).
I'm sure there are honest people out there, but they are basically needles in a pile of flashing popups informing me that my computer may be infected with spyware. Some of you may like a product you see on the internet, or would like to encourage honest marketers to continue advertising on the internet, but the rest of us who despise advertising should be free to do what we can to prevent them from making us see their ad. If it means disabling 3rd party cookies, thus creating skewed results for marketers, then so much the better. We aren't going to buy the product, no matter how much they beg. If it's a really good deal, I'll hear about it on a message board (for those of you who dislike it when people use absolutes without considering all possibilities).