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There's a lot more to first impressions than physical appearance. A polite, respectful attitude can offset a reaction to someone's appearance. But a good number of people know a jerk when they encounter one.

Okay, I'll give you that. Honestly, I just went that route with my kvetching because I'd been quietly grumbling to myself about the GW2 ads before that strip went up. I admit, I expected that if they addressed it at all it would be through the PA Report or a news post, which would be taken a little more seriously than the comic.

Speaking of which, I did appreciate Tycho's newspost. Maybe he should check to see if he still has a game account since you can't sign up for a new one.

Yes. Yes you are.

In theory they could. But rational human logic and corporate ego logic don't always work the same.

For instance, in the corporate world, cancelling a profitable game might conceivably come across as 'bold' and 'daring' and a sign that they've got something so brilliant up their sleeves you'd be a fool not to invest in the company.

I'm sorely tempted to make this my new sig.

Okay, so, an update... setting up the new computer, I have my install transferred over. The launcher isn't noticing my Test files, just the Beta and the main.

See, my first thought is that we've already seen other crossovers... like, say, from a world full of monsters that resemble a lot of our Halloween-related iconography.

I dunno if it's normal, but I've had the same problem. Was the error on yours the 'Patch path not found' one?

Oh, I've got no major complaints about that, myself. I'm just saying it's the most common gripe I've heard.

I think the device works a little like the holodecks and transporters on Star Trek. Energy reconfigured into stable matter and vice-versa. One just needs the appropriate code and authorization to make it work.

The only major recurring complaint regarding the movie's special effects are the CG'd face of CLU (and, to a lesser extent, younger Flynn in the beginning). And while it's not perfect (IMHO, the only time it's really shaky is in the early scenes under the real world's lighting), I personally think it's still pretty darn good. It's not flawless, no. But that's because there are limitations on the technology that I get the impression you're not aware of. This video has probably one of the best examples of a CG'd face (even one that's been scanned and recreated with a computer) that our software is capable of, and it's not flawless either.

It's not that the CLU effects are 'bad'; if you stop and think about the fact that there are people who still insist that it's just clever makeup, it's pretty impressive. It's just that the technology hasn't quite gotten us across the 'uncanny valley' yet, and some (but not all) people find that near miss a little less acceptable than a computer generated person who clearly doesn't match reality. Some people would prefer a crappy fake robot head or something to a computer generated face that's just 'off' enough to be noticeable.

This is a notion that I think is very relevant. If the devs need a reason to stop and look at the reward system again, inherent fitness is a darn good one. Even beyond the low level activities, it's going to change how things work for every character -- ones that didn't use it will now be benefitting from Health and Stamina, and ones that did use it are going to have extra powers once the slots open up. That's a big change.

Disconnection is the ultimate debuff.

If it helps you feel any better, I could 'hear' your tone change in my head during that brief OOC aside before getting back to IC ranting goodness.