faetal on 18/6/2012 at 19:27

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I agree with what others have said about the real problem being the lack of a "stop" mechanic for the controller when the sword hits something.

faetal on 18/6/2012 at 21:16

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I was picking you up on your use of definitive terminology to describe a subjective thing. I did the same thing with Koki when he did it for Fallout 3. It's a bugbear, I'll admit it.

I rate you and Koki two of the better contributors to the forums too, when you're not getting all ad hominem about things (actually sometimes, even then in terms of humour), but this whole "X sucks" rather than "I think that X sucks" mentality about things which other people like is one of those things which ticks me off in any kind of discussion. It comes across that you know people like something you don't so you make sure to use the most definitive terms possible, rather than present your views as being no more than that. It's not the same as evolution vs. creationism where you can actually cite a fuckpile of evidence to rebuke all of the silly creationist misconceptions about evolution (e.g. here's a paper showing a type III secretion system), it's just subjective. The very simple inclusion of language showing that something is your view rather than LAW would make it less incendiary, but I guess you don't actually want that. It's like religious folk telling you they KNOW god exists rather than they BELIEVE it. The language matters.

Koki on 19/6/2012 at 05:35

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There is a plugin for firefox that replaces every instance of "I " with "I think"

Koki on 19/6/2012 at 08:46

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I think it's better to be safe than sorry!

Stitch on 19/6/2012 at 14:52

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(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139450&p=2127879&viewfull=1#post2127879) How about a couple weeks ago, then?

I don't know why you think that would matter, anyway (it isn't as if most people on TTLG weren't around a couple years ago) and I don't know why you'd think it matters whether or not literature vs. video games function as the springboard for you to air the same old now-tired opinion (it doesn't).

My point is that you "chase down each mention of Stephenson on this forum and stamp them with a regurgitation of your opinion," a point that I didn't expect would pan out quite as literally as it did. A simple search for dethtoll and "stephenson" was all it took to find a bread crumb trail of you HAVING TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT on Stephenson, even if it's only via a snarky comment.

I get it, you're an opinionated asshole and you think Stephenson is hideously overrated. These are two things we have in common, dude. All I'm saying is we opinionated assholes need to know when to consider our job done and lay off. We may consider pissing all over everything with our opinion just part of our charm, but it only goes so far. In moderation, airing negative views can provoke debate. In excess, you turn into that guy.

You don't want to be that guy, do you? Trust the word of someone who has been there and struggled to get past it: life is better when I'm not that guy.

I know the Stephenson talk has already ebbed and I know directly calling you out on all this is just going to kick in the ol' dethtoll defenses--which I also get--but I can only do what I can.