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Gonna have to say no on this. Some of those Radio/Paper missions spawn ambushes and you know darn well there will be idiots that think it's funny to spawn level 50 ambushes in Atlas Park and other low level zones.
And before anyone suggests it another "No" on getting rid of the ambushes from those missions.
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Grats!!!
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Quote:And what assumption would that be that I embraced?Originally Posted by Rock_Crag
You stated that Star's assumption made their argument invalid and then... almost immediately afterward... embraced an assumption of your own in order to prove your point. That is hypocritical, no? Or am I thinking of a different word?
That fire has universal applications that aren't only found on earth? Sorry that's a fact.
That we have no way of knowing if the concept of religion is universal outside of Earth? Sorry that's also a fact.
That creatures that hunt in packs can communicate with each other and not be intelligent? Again that's another fact.
That the best part of the episode was the ship exploration? That's neither an assumption nor a fact but a matter of opinion.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
... that would be creating new content. Since there's none in boomtown, for instance, right now.
Essentially you're talking about two different things. Reading the title, it comes off as "How about an issue just of bug fixes?" Which, while often asked for, would go over like a lead balloon. "An issue" wouldn't do it - unless you want to have nothing else for a good year. There are so many layers of code, so many things scabbed on and things that I'm sure the current devs would learn don't actually work the way they think (see Castle and Ghost Widow *actually* learning how Taunt worked) it'd essentially be a rewrite from the ground up.
If they did that, I'd prefer to see a COH 2, with things like mastermind AI planned for and written in from the beginning.
If you're asking, instead, about revamping old content, updating the starter zones, etc, I've pushed for Dark Astoria, Crey's Folly and the Shard to get content - they're wasted right now, and shouldn't be. Boomtown needs to be a process - six to nine issues, with a change every 2-3 as the rebuilding progresses. Graphics should be updated along with regular issue changes - Atlas/Talos, Galaxy/IP, Kings/Bricks pairings, for instance. Still a lot of work. And not something I think could fairly be lumped into "an" issue.
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Quote:Hypo - low, under, beneath, down, below normalOriginally Posted by Rock_Crag
It's hypocrisy I can't stand. :P
Crisy - A girl's name.
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Quote:Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Well I find a reason to dislike your pessimism.. I hereby complain!
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Quote:That's one of those common sense things we're supposed to overlook.Originally Posted by ThugOne
I'm trying to figure out how they're still exploring the ship after gaining full control of the bridge and computer system. Eli should not have to open a door with no clue of what's on the other side; he should be carrying a printout of the ship's blueprints with a nice label for "Stasis Chamber Room". Or whatever the Ancients used as an output device.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Rock_Crag
Dumb luck? The others were scared away by the C4 explosion? They were busy looking for the Lucian Alliance dude because he managed to 'lose them'? A flaw in the writing? You realize that any of those would also be assumptions? Except for the writing.
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Quote:No it isn't. What is being complained about isn't relevant. What I was poking fun at is the simple fact that people will complain about any change that gets made.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
This is a totally different
It doesn't matter that this is a great idea, there will be at least one idiot who will find a reason not to like it. It's the internet baby!
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They could use the old Matrix Room they had for the Arena.
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Quote:This is so true. Just a few days ago I was passing thru the D when I observed a jerk running all over the place from one group of players to the next where he'd jump up and down in the middle of them while casting ice shields on them, then he was off to the next group.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
(Occasionally throw in a REAL griefer or a REAL arrogant roleplayer to add enough truth to make the bias especially difficult to break.)
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Quote:Yeah like the ol' Star Trek aliens.Originally Posted by starphoenix
It is just as likely to find an alien race close to us as it is find a race completely alien to us. I would find it hilarious if every alien race looks and acts exactly like us except for the obvious different culture so slightly different beliefs.
Even then it's possible to encounter some that don't have a religous belief system. It's impossible to predict what we'll find out there.
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Quote:Perfectly fine with that. Why then did the other creatures stop attacking once the creature in the cave decided the humans were intelligent? No one in the rescue party made fire, and it's been argued that guns aren't a sign of intelligence.Originally Posted by Rock_Crag
But we don't actually see the cave beast communicate with the others. It's possible... but if you're going to call out Star on an assumption, I'm afraid I'll have to call you out on this one.
Communication doesn't require more than animal intelligence. Everything from whales and dolphins to ants and bees can communicate with each other. If there was no communication between the creatures then the humans should have all been killed before they got back to the gate. -
Time Traveler, but the profile is way off.
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Quote:That discussion isn't about possibilities and absolutes it was about imposing human values on alien creatures. The applications/uses of fire isn't a human value.Originally Posted by Rock_Crag
I just love it when people confuse possibilities with absolutes.
In our discussion I went with the generic term "tool" because being an alien it might not initially recognize a gun as a weapon until it was used. I would argue that the creature at the cave may have learned about what guns can do from the group that was attacking the rescuers. They obviously had some form of communication skills because the attacks on the rescuers stopped after the one in the cave determined the humans were intelligent.Quote:What I was trying to get across is that, in a universe filled with all kinds of alien life forms who could have any combination of technology and intelligence, the idea that a beast-like being recognizing fire as a sign of intelligence (and not guns or 'tools') is entirely possible because it might not recognize a gun as a 'tool'. Especially when considering the creature from the cave never left the area (from what I can tell) and never saw any action outside of the initial attack on Grier and the group. If it never saw a gun being fired, it wouldn't even know what it was or what it was for. For all it knew... it was just some random object the human was carrying and could not be used as proof of intelligent life. That would be an assumption on the aliens part. Half of what makes a tool what it is... is the act of use. -
Quote:Well then ol' Joss gave out contradicting statements about that last episode, and neither of us are wrong when quoting him.Originally Posted by Mandu
Just saw this reply. Well, that would be all well and good except for one thing. Joss plotted the Angel comic book series and says that it is canon. He says it's based on the ideas he had for season six but isn't season six, whatever that means. Plus when it was filmed it was actually intended as the season ending cliffhanger.
Either way it's still the best season/series ending ever.
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Quote:Can't I choose E) All of the above?Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
You're in a bar having a pleasant evening with good friends, when a drunk walks in.
The drunk is loud and obnoxious. Said drunk stands right in front of you, between you and your friends, and starts yelling, using the flash on his cameraphone, pees in your beer, and generally making it impossible to ignore him.
You move to another part of the bar but he follows you and does exactly the same.
You leave the bar and try one down the steet. Another drunk turns up in THAT bar, and does the same thing
Do you:
A) Ask the drunk nicely to leave you alone and go away?
B) Give up and go home, bringing your entire evening to an end?
C) Punch him in the face?
D) Speak to the bar staff and get the drunk thrown out?
Actually until I got the results I wanted I'd escalate from A, D, C, B.
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Quote:Yeah I've run into a few people who are that anal and controlling about what happens during their idea of what "RP" is and I usually avoid them after that.Originally Posted by galadiman
I find this humorous. "I want to RP... as long as there are no outside influences to affect my RP, which could enable me to react to the situation in an in-character sort of way. I want a very tightly controlled environment in which to RP. I'd like everyone to stand in a designated space, recite lines that I have specifically laid out, and not bring any random elements into this little space I have designated that might disrupt my elaborately staged reality."
Isn't RP, um, playing a role? Don't people react to the circumstances in which they find themselves?
So what you're looking for is the absence of any RP; instead, you'd like a set piece performance, which others are free to watch. Kudos! I'll be over here, not participating in that in any way.
I will comment that there's is a difference between choosing not to participate and actively being disruptive.
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Quote:Actually we should start placing bets on how long it takes graystar_blaster to start posting rants about it.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
So how long do you think todays Downtime will be? :P
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Quote:Yeah but power suppression doesn't have to be all or nothing.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
That's why I say **** 'em and have power suppression on in D's.
So what if it stops Demonguy Hugezor /e demonstrating his might skills by making the sky rain flaming blood <Click Rain of fire>, it'll save the zone being a lag fiesta. -
Quote:People don't get asked to leave unless they are acting like a D-bags in the first place. What you casually dismiss as whining only happens when D-baggery occurs. RPers don't "stand at the door" screening people to see if they are going to RP or not. You can log in and as long as you behave you'll be left alone. You don't have to RP with anyone.Originally Posted by Lucky666
Why are you bringing up stuff I never even mentioned? I was replying to someone that said I could get banned for not leaving a zone cause they said/asked me to leave. I know misconduct gets people banned I've gotten d-bags in pvp zones banned for crude language. Misconduct does NOT include not leaving a zone when rpers whine about it.
Maybe read more so you know what excatly your responding to.
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Quote:That's possible. I'm looking at this from the perspective of the excuses I've seen given over the years by players that refuse to turn off their toggles in places where active toggles are unnecessary and they know it causes serious lag issues for other players.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
Think you're grabbing the wrong end of the stick.
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Quote:My bad I see you were being sarcastic.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
You missed where I was replying to a post that griefers would complain it takes too long to re toggle?
And the whole, if your league isn't having things explained to them, then you're doing it wrong thing?
And that even the most trollalicous troll from under the biggest bridge ever, could retoggle during the double checking that people get what they are about to do?
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Quote:Not sure if you're being sarcastic but if not I'll point out that a person doesn't need his toggles on to do all of that.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
If you aren't having a two or three minute set up period where the 'leader' of the trial tells each team what they are doing, and people check what team they are actually in, then you are 'Doing it wrong!'