Discussion: Announcing Visual Sounds!

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We hope you have enjoyed this April 1st News Item!

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Great one, Lighthouse. Congradulate the whole dev team for us on a very well played joke. You guys rock! You had me laughing all day long.

Love ya.

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*starts placing bets on the number of people who will still lodge complaints about this 'upcoming feature'*

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*starts placing bets on the number of people who will still lodge complaints about this 'upcoming feature'*

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I'll wager the thread gets up to 70 pages with at least 2 complaints/threats to quit per page.

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If Positron was really into the Theatre of the Mind, he'd have the graphics turned off too and the devs / CMs / CS would need to describe to us in text what is happening. It would be a gaming revolution! :-0

I almost bought this, until I read all sounds were being taken out of the game. It was at this point the gag became clear.

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Well played!

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[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: Oh My God i12 is gonna be the best issue ever. all this new stuff I bet it will set back the realase date a few weeks or months though
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: who is in favor of these new visual sounds?
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: ...
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: ...
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: ...?
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: Do you know what day today is, Wonka?
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: Yes. I'm definitely in favor of the enw sounds.
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: new*
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: Im excited I want all this new stuff
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: it isn't new sounds it is like comic books is spells out the sounds
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: like kapow
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: Wonka. Give me the date today
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: and boom
[BMT of Champion] -Steph: >.>
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: 4/1/08 april fools!
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: Give it a minute. I think it'll add up for him.
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: Wait, I don't get it... are you trying to say the devs are playing a joke on us with the sounds?
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: LOL
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: This conversation is so going on the forums
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: lol
[BMT of Champion] -Steph: haha
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: I guess I came short of the total. someone tell me...
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: Reread it again, Wonka.
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: Do you honestly think the Devs would remove ALL sounds from the game?
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: ALL.
[BMT of Champion] The Blackguard: They say they're DELETING ALL THE SOUNDS IN THE GAME.
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: I didn't read that
[BMT of Champion] Bad Wonka: ok ill read it again
[BMT of Champion] Pinghole: Yeah, read the whole thing.

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True story.

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I'm to gullible. But it is true I fell for the whole thing. I skimmed through the update and was excited didn't notice it said they would take out all the sound.

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Man...I actually want this feature! Would be better than the boring "real numbers"...

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HA HA HA!! DOH!

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just because today is april fools day doesnt mean its not true, and just because it was on wikipedia doesnt mean its not true... anyone can edit that... im not saying i believe it, because im about 90% sure its not because this would be an SOE style move and i think ncsoft knows better. but just because its april fools day doesnt mean its not true, because no one from nc has commented on it yet.

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I'm pissed that not a single person posted a long angry reply to this anouncement after missing the joke.

I'm onboard with "Visual sounds actually aren't a terrible idea" but I think the ensuing logistical nightmare on BOTH ends would not be worth it.

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just because today is april fools day doesnt mean its not true, and just because it was on wikipedia doesnt mean its not true... anyone can edit that... im not saying i believe it, because im about 90% sure its not because this would be an SOE style move and i think ncsoft knows better. but just because its april fools day doesnt mean its not true, because no one from nc has commented on it yet.

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Now you're just taking jabs at Lighthouse! For shame!

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just because today is april fools day doesnt mean its not true, and just because it was on wikipedia doesnt mean its not true... anyone can edit that... im not saying i believe it, because im about 90% sure its not because this would be an SOE style move and i think ncsoft knows better. but just because its april fools day doesnt mean its not true, because no one from nc has commented on it yet.

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Yes, they have .

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NOT FUNNY
I was really hoping this was real
don't make fun of people who can't hear!

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Twelve hours later and I'm still laughing about this. When I logged in earlier, I was like, "When I get home, there's going to be PAGES of vitriolic spewing and ranting because some people are either half-asleep, ignorant, or willfully stupid."

Sure enough...

As for "what do the healing powers sound like?"

"SH-ZOOM!"
*pause, and the healed player has a text bubble displaying...*
"I got better!"

Then for stuff like Howling Twilight or the other rez powers...
*LA-HAAAAAAAAAH!*
"I'm not dead yet!"

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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ahh lol, i never saw that post.

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lol pepole STILL complaining....

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ahh lol, i never saw that post.

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Yay!

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DOG GAMMIT!!! For one fleeting SECOND...I thought that this was one of the most awesome things they could have done with the game!

Ooooooh, you wacky devs got me, ya varmits!

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Heh, well this is one way to cure the sound loop crash!

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Freem!

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Freem.

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Freem!

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Drat! Would've been cool doing screenshots with the words. And playing would look a lot like the 60s Batman t.v. show having words flash across the screen.
Devs should give it to us as an option so it would show up on our own screen for our own enjoyment and not interfere with other player's screen.
Nice idea, too bad we can't have it.

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This is without doubt the dumbest idea ever perpetrated. Comic book writers had no choice, they had no sound option to work with and now even though you have sound you want to return to the dark ages and have no sound to save hard drive space! You've got to be kidding, that is the lamest marketing ploy I have ever heard. If someone is foolish enough to build a computer with no sound they don't play games anyway. There is nothing that has the faintest trace of truth in anything you have said about this abysmally absurd idea. Scrap it now before you drive people away! This is just plain dumb! dumb! DUMB!

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QFLOL

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Freem!

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Freem.

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Freem!

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Freem!

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*starts placing bets on the number of people who will still lodge complaints about this 'upcoming feature'*

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As long as they don't mess around too much with my Freem/Biff blaster, I'm cool with it.

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*starts placing bets on the number of people who will still lodge complaints about this 'upcoming feature'*

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As long as they don't mess around too much with my Freem/Biff blaster, I'm cool with it.

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Too late!!

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