What a load of baloney!
By
Airman_America,
Posted on: 2009-07-14 18:45 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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<--- Feels previlaged to have read it before it got eaten by a superiority bug
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. . . it's just not as serious by comparison.
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Neither are the punishments.
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Hey, I like baloney.
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Fried. With mustard.
Much better than farms.
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Hey, you can't =have= baloney without farms!
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Hey, you can't =have= baloney without farms!
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Well you could use wild animals for the raw ingredients, so you don't strictly need a farm the same way you need a meat packing plant. 
*Goes off to nom non-baloney meat products*
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<--- Feels previlaged to have read it before it got eaten by a superiority bug
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Aren't you, consciously or not, making more work for the support team by using farm terms in your mission and then forcing them to read through it and think about it? There's a LOOOOOOOOT of work out there for them to go through, and you're adding to the burden.
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Airman, when this is all over, could you let us know the ultimate decision (ban or unban)?
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Future note to OP: Never come into the forums to start a vent post like this. It'll only invite the attention of snarky keyboard warriors who will take the opportunity to jump on you.
Just keep a level-head, and have a GM look into your issue. All the best.
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Most reasonable post in the entire thread.
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Hey, you can't =have= baloney without farms!
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hmm.... Free range baloney? 
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The number of textroverts on this forum is a little overwhelming. I can see how after a period of time, it gets annoying to repeat your opinion continually to people that aren't familiar with the forums. Maybe instead of being nasty to the person, you could perhaps ignore them? I know it sounds like a stretch, but I'm sure a lot of you have had the practice in real life! Let's face it, if you were this nasty in your personal and/or business life, you wouldn't have many friends or a job.
A) Not taking this specific situation into account, I agree with his logic that we are paying customers. I hate the "You don't have any rights!" ideology (regardless of what the EULA says). I understand that there are rules for a reason, but to be OKAY with the idea of having no rights in a game that you pay for is ridiculous.
B) The arc that's being referred to does NOT sound like it was intentionally farm-like. I agree that having "Farm" in the title was a bad idea, but to call it a farm just because it doesn't have 14 AV's in it is outrageous. There's more farm-like missions in the actual Dev-created content (Hello, Peregrine Island). It's a creative story. I enjoyed reading about it in the OP.
There's no reason to be this bitter and hateful to someone. Especially over something like this.
Who can blame the average player for NOT coming on here on a regular basis when a majority of the interactions with new forumites result in posts from obnoxious veterans??
Edit: this was a quick response... Not directed toward Ironblade!
It wasn't the argument of the mission being a farm or not being a farm that triggered me. It was the "I pay my subscription so the devs have to do it the way I want it." attitude.
Let's say you have a subscription to a magazine. Game Informer as an example. Then somebody goes of on a rant in the online forums saying that all FPS articles should be put at the front of the magazine since they are the most important and that all sports game coverage be eliminated because sports are stupid.
Some people argue against the post, some argue for. But then the OP drags out their big guns and states that the magazine should do things the way the OP prefers because his subscription money is paying for the magazine to even be put out.
That would be an pretty silly attitude wouldn't it? There are very few people in this world who seem to believe that since they buy food at McDonalds, the company better jump to obey when that person demands the return of the McRib. There are very few people who think that they can demand content be tailored to them because they pay a magazine subscription or cable bill. And those who do demand such things generally wind up in the news as a "Look at the looney" story. But for some reason the MMO players who think that their subscription entitles them to control of game policy seem to be legion.
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What is the big fat idea that some joker can just drop into any mission and they are taken at word without double checking?
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This is the issue I have with the name police too. Any joker who feels like it can just send a petition on you and instead of actually looking into the matter themselves, the GMs usually just generic the name regardless.
So many names that are not violations get reported, and lumped into the generic pile without review, and its up to the person owning the character to jump through hoops to get the name reinstated.
Its kind of like being accused of a crime you did not commit, but you still have to go through years of the court system to prove your innocence. Guilt seems to be assumed in these cases based on one players word over another.
Same thing applies in this case of MA reporting of farms. some people just love to play police.
This is why snitches get stitches.
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It wasn't the argument of the mission being a farm or not being a farm that triggered me. It was the "I pay my subscription so the devs have to do it the way I want it." attitude.....
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I completely agree. It would be impossible for the Devs to please everyone and I know there are some people that expect the world to revolve around them, which is unrealistic.
That's why I said:
"Not taking this specific situation into account"
We aren't the owners of the game and even if we scream at the top of our lungs, we can't change anything ourselves. The common belief that we don't have a voice or shouldn't be able to express our concerns if it doesn't match the concerns of the devs/veterans/forum-goers/etc. is what bothers me. Especially when it's not even an angry thread to begin with. It definitely seems like the people here ENJOY being negative and condescending.
I'm fine with agreeing and disagreeing, but tearing people apart is not that.
When you look at the top of the screen, there's a big bold key word that I think is commonly overlooked.
(Hint)
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Look on the bright side: If your appeal succeeds and your mission is unbanned, it'll be immune from further warnings and mod action for as long as it remains unchanged.
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Also, As i recall, The person reporting a mission as a farm mission when it obviously isn't is at risk of disciplinary action as well.
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It wasn't the argument of the mission being a farm or not being a farm that triggered me. It was the "I pay my subscription so the devs have to do it the way I want it." attitude.
Let's say you have a subscription to a magazine. Game Informer as an example. Then somebody goes of on a rant in the online forums saying that all FPS articles should be put at the front of the magazine since they are the most important and that all sports game coverage be eliminated because sports are stupid.
Some people argue against the post, some argue for. But then the OP drags out their big guns and states that the magazine should do things the way the OP prefers because his subscription money is paying for the magazine to even be put out.
That would be an pretty silly attitude wouldn't it? There are very few people in this world who seem to believe that since they buy food at McDonalds, the company better jump to obey when that person demands the return of the McRib. There are very few people who think that they can demand content be tailored to them because they pay a magazine subscription or cable bill. And those who do demand such things generally wind up in the news as a "Look at the looney" story. But for some reason the MMO players who think that their subscription entitles them to control of game policy seem to be legion.
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Apples and Oranges.
To use your analogy...
It isn't an Issue of someone looking on the forums to change the way Game Informer does things. It's an issue of a subscriber not recieving last months issue because some random person told Game Informer that he gives his magazines to his brother to read when he finishes it. A) It is not against any rules B) It was not verified.
You have a ton of people farming the AE right now and people want to pick apart an honestly made AE mission just because he had the audacity to use the word Farm. Farm is not a curse word. Where I live a Farmer is someone you respect. I have Farms all around me. My high school was built on the corner of a corn field. For some people the word Farm equals honest hard work and an honest American way of life. Yes I am familiar with the interent use for the word but the word farm makes me think of my Uncle Joe before it makes me think of some Korean kid in a sweat shop.
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but giving them access to the ability to make farms is not the farmers fault,
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I'm sorry to disagree with you but that's not a valid defense. That's like saying that since the car manufacturers build cars that go faster than the speed limit it's ok to speed.
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.
Next someone will trot out the "It's just a game" excuse and by doing so imply that it's ok to break the rules as long as you can trivialize it.
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Well, speeding can kill people. While this is...just a game.
I'm not saying that means you can break the rules, it's just not as serious by comparison.