[quote]Sounds bad enough that it is disqualified from MST3K, and THAT is going some.[/quote] Is that even possible? I don't think anything could beat Manos: The Hands of Fate - I mean, they forgot to put in the opening credits in that movie, so the entire opening sequence consisted of people driving through fields with "mounrful" music playing in the background...
[quote]Only a sycophants would get a kick out of rubbing a EULA in someone's face, boy. [/quote] Personal attacks aside, I must say that it's hardly sycophantic to comment on the fact that you played a game and violated the EULA, and then criticize the game for it. Granted, it may not have been much to cause the ban, and I happen to agree with your post, but this general statement is erroneuous (unless of course you were simply being provocative :P )
[quote]Uranium 238[/quote] You happen to have the wrong isotope :P
[quote]I have a suggestion for all Starcraft haters. Make a game where you: mine resources build units and buildings have buttons like "attack player 2", "harass enemy economy" and such strategic decisions... The AI should play out everything so you don't have to destroy your mouse clicking so much. It should remove some of the micromanagement...[/quote] If that's sarcasm, it's not particularly effective. The exaggeration is pointless and ignores the point (pardon th
[quote]Sarah Kerrigan[/quote] Surely you don't mean the one from Starcraft?
[quote]Argonos is also the name of the ship in Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools. Who wrote Unto Leviathan, and what was it about?[/quote] They're actually the same book; I should have remembered that here in Australia (and I think in the UK, but not sure) it's called Unto Leviathan, and in the US it's Ship of Fools. Or something like that...
[quote]It's a diplomacy game, it's expected that players turn against each other, and it has been done to me a lot more than I have done it to others. Leaving a backdoor open for a somewhat unknown ally is done at your own peril.[quote] Q! E! D!
[quote]If you say "I believe the complexity of life is invented by god" that is okay. But if you take paradigms based on logic and try to disprove them based on your belief in god you do harm to the scientific progress. Evolution theory does not make no statement against the existence of a god - it just describes, what we can see in the best possible manner.[/quote] Sir, I understand completely. This happens to be just my view - I appear to have been incorrect in my statement about igno
:) No problem at all, sir. Your point, I might add, is extremely cogently put. I think I might go and train up (just a little bit :P ) on my APM count... Thanks!
[quote]Sadly deep belief seems to be able to corrupt all logic, so you will even find a few experts in my area defending creationism as well.[/quote] Honestly, I don't want to get into an argument about this, but this is funnily enough the sort of ignorance I was talking about. While the ID people don't seem to understand either what science is or what evolution is, some of you don't know what Creationism is. For the last time, Creationism is the statement that the world was created in
[quote]Alright, that one just sucks. I never play online just because of this type of behavior. You're either an ally, or an enemy, not both. The player you're playing with depends on the fact that he's allying with you and probably leaves his colonies right next to yours without nearly any defenses, while his fleets are far away, helping you BOTH clean your enemies.[/quote] Didn't the designers design this game to take advantage of precisely this sort of behaviour?
[quote]The answer to this whole thing is simple, sibilantae... No, the strategist should lose. He is playing a game that does not cater to his skill set, whereas the player with the good APM but lacking the true strategic thinking ability IS playing in a game/genre that focuses on his. The armchair general (Or admiral) should be playing a game like chess, or if he requires the visuals, civ 4. Or a true 4x. Those types of games value strategy and not much less.[/quote] Apologies for my r
[quote]What I want to know is why someone with a exceptional APM is automatically considered INFERIOR to you? That to me, is bullshit. You try and suggest that you're so much better and deserve to win in a genre defined by time and the overwhelm factor, and that because you're so superior they should get rid of the time and overwhelm so you can win without expanding your skillset. Do you not see why this is LUDICROUS? Honestly, play a turn based game if you're an armchair general, the quick witt
[quote]There's no such thing as Evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.[/quote] This is true. On a side note, I hope this doesn't turn into another ID vs. Evolution debate. That was a whole lot of misinformed and ignorant nonsense, from both sides.
[quote]Strategic thinking does not "plateau", but in limited systems it does have diminishing returns as more time and effort is spent. It's only sensible to include time (and mechanical) limits for practical reasons, for example timed turns in competitive chess. RTS games merely take this further by placing additional emphasis on dexterity and quick thinking. There is nothing wrong in the notion that these attributes decide games, even games of strategy, and the success of Starcraft an
[quote]the ship 'Argonos'[/quote] Unto Leviathan. Frightening book, that (well, it was for me, anyway :P )
[quote]Mot[/quote] I'd also point out that this was the Bolian barber on board the NCC-1701-D for the first few seasons of TNG, but since that isn't a book I suppose I shouldn't mention it :P
[quote]"Dumbed down" was used in a more generic sense, in the way that a demanding task is made easier to accommodate a larger audience. For example, if player A and player B are completely equal in all other respects except APM, a game that doesn't let player A benefit from his higher APM puts the two players on an equal ground even though player A arguably has a more extensive set of skills. It would be wise for player A to migrate to another, more rewarding, game if he wants to play competiti
[quote]Are you really saying with a straight face that something popular cannot also be of good quality? That's a really silly notion, by the way.[/quote] That's what I said!
[quote]set of abilities that it takes to be successful at the game.[/quote] Apologies for the double post, but ability at micro isn't an indicator for strategic skill. By reducing the APM, it could be argued that there is more time for strategic planning, so the game is in effect no longer "dumbed down". Since Sins doesn't have the necessity for high APM (though you can doubtless play it as such), does that mean it's been dumbed down? Nope. Not for me, at any rate.
[quote]As for the popularity thing, I've already pointed out that popularity and quality are mutually exclusive concepts. Go watch MTV or listen to a 'pop music' radio station and my point is aptly made.[/quote] Don't you mean they're [I]not mutually inclusive[/I]? If what you're saying is true, i.e. that popularity and quality are indeed [I]mutually exclusive[/I], then no quality product was ever popular. If that's what you're saying, then don't be surprised if a whole lot of people di
How about: 1. Olhado 2. Bean 3. Wang-mu
[quote]CnC, Spring, TA, SC, and even Homeworld I believe.[/quote] True! I was using CnC as an example, though - RA was my first experience with RTS.
[quote]Heck, some make you pay over time during construction, far superior![/quote] I agree; preferable to the Blizzard mechanic, to me at least, by far. That's one thing I'll always appreciate about CnC.
[quote]Hey guys, didn't you hear? The games you play determine your social status! It's true! Pay no attention to the fact that both consoles and PCs have games that cater to the lowest common denominator (WoW and Halo). Pay no attention to the fact that both consoles and PCs have their share of awesome and classic games (Starcraft and Resident Evil 4). Pay no attention to the fact that there are driveling morons abound on both gaming spectrums. The tools you use to have fun are serious business
