Enhancing= A confusing system for Newbies?
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Posted on: 2010-04-17 13:06 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by CrankYanker
Cannot is one word not two.
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BZZZZZZZZT! Wrong Answer.
Both cannot and can not are correct spellings. The problem comes in knowing when to use them.
Here's the explanation: If I can not do something, then I can also do it. I can not write these words if I choose (and you may think I shouldn't), but I also can, and am, writing them. What I cannot do is know who will read them, or what they will think. I can imagine such things, but I'm limited by my experience and perceptions. So this is the rule: if you either could or could not do something, then you use two words, because you can leave out the second word if you so choose. If you could not do something no matter how much you desired or tried, then you use one word, cannot. There is no other option.
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It has nothing to do with forum rules it's about making up your own abbreviations and expecting complete strangers to automatically know what you're talking about.|
Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX
Oh yeah sorry. I didn't know I wasn't allowed to say tut instead of Tutorial. I must of missed that in the forums rules.
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You have no one to blame but yourself if people can't understand you when you mangle the language.
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Tut isn't that hard to understand. If i was talking to someone about the tutorial. How do you not know what I meant by tut?
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
It has nothing to do with forum rules it's about making up your own abbreviations and expecting complete strangers to automatically know what you're talking about.
You have no one to blame but yourself if people can't understand you when you mangle the language. |
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Well I figured it out by reading the whole thread. But we all know how often people do that. |
Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX
Tut isn't that hard to understand. If i was talking to someone about the tutorial. How do you not know what I meant by tut?
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I have to admit tho, that tut for tutorial makes me wince a little when I see it.
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I normally don't use L33t speak or even cut down words but after hanging out with my friend getting him started on the game, it's starting to rub off on me. He uses it a lot and I told him he MAY not want to do that to much in game because of people assuming someone is a little kid if he does.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Well I figured it out by reading the whole thread. But we all know how often people do that.
I have to admit tho, that tut for tutorial makes me wince a little when I see it. |
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Huh... You know, I never thought about that, if for no reason other than because that kind of negative is so grammatically forced in English. Good point, and good to know.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Both cannot and can not are correct spellings. The problem comes in knowing when to use them.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Well maybe if the Tutorial had a Little Video Flash where the Example Images are you could cover both bases, where people read stuff, and where some people refuse to read but will watch a little video thing. Or atleast add some tutorial videos to the website, they did it kind of with the Invention system (Or atleast there is a video marked Invention Tutorial, I couldn't view it because my Flash Player is for the 64bit system and it is still in beta, Need to download the 32bit again I guess)
I guess it is only a matter of time before Going Rogue comes out and we get to see what they did with the Praetorian Tutorial which I imagine will be much the same as the Hero/Villain cloned tutorial. But who knows, they have surprise me before those Tricky little Rednames!
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That's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure if they could do that in the game
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Originally Posted by DarkMistNinja
Well maybe if the Tutorial had a Little Video Flash where the Example Images are you could cover both bases, where people read stuff, and where some people refuse to read but will watch a little video thing. Or atleast add some tutorial videos to the website, they did it kind of with the Invention system (Or atleast there is a video marked Invention Tutorial, I couldn't view it because my Flash Player is for the 64bit system and it is still in beta, Need to download the 32bit again I guess)
I guess it is only a matter of time before Going Rogue comes out and we get to see what they did with the Praetorian Tutorial which I imagine will be much the same as the Hero/Villain cloned tutorial. But who knows, they have surprise me before those Tricky little Rednames! |
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Reading... the curse of the gaming class.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
There IS a tutorial about enhancements available in-game. It's available via Menu -> Help -> Rewards. There's also a help file on Inventions and about five help files on the Architect. And let's not try to bring up the "people wouldn't know where to find it" argument. It's an option called HELP in the frikkin' MAIN MENU. Where else would it be?
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--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
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Originally Posted by Olantern
I suspect one of our biggest features keeping the unwashed dorkheaded masses away from the gates is how complicated some of the systems are, including the enhancement system.
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Fix't.
Personally I'm grateful that portions of this game require a certain level of intelligence, diligence, and care, as I'm convinced it's one of the things keeping the average I.Q. around here as high as it is.
If one (present company excepted) can't be bothered to read through the tutorial and/or do a little poking around online in order to grasp the concept, maybe they're just not cut out for the CoH community in the first place.
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No. Apparently reading is the curse of modern man. We'll soon be handing out awards for illiteracy.
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Originally Posted by NuclearToast
Reading... the curse of the gaming class.
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It already has a couple pictures in the tutorial. I don't see why they shouldn't add more examples. It's quicker than having to sit there and read a bunch of text. I bet more people would pay attention to visuals instead of all texts
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