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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Jan 31, 2013, 02:46 |
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Cutter wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 02:33:
Then you might see some stuff actually getting done.
It sounds nice, and most Americans support term limits in congress, but it doesn't work in the legislative branch. State legislatures that have term limits haven't worked out very well. In fact, I can't think of one state in the US with a term limited legislature that fares any better than our US congress. You get a revolving door of clueless fucks who get booted out just as they start to figure out what they are doing. And because they don't have to worry about working with the guy across the aisle from them for the next 30 years, they are even more reluctant to put aside partisan BS.
It doesn't stop lobbyists either. Lobbyists would love term limits. When the old guy gets the boot, the new guys with no incumbent name recognition are gonna take the lobbyist dick hard because it's the only way they can win. They have no proven record that people state or district wide are going to give a shit about.
One amusing example is here
As a California budget-watcher pointed out to me, when you get Arnold Schwarzenegger in a room with the leadership of the Senate and Assembly, Schwarzenegger has the most budget and legislative experience in the room. A guy who was starring in Terminator films as recently as 2003 is now the most seasoned elected official during one of the worst crises California has ever had. |
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| News Comments > Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
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Re: Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
Jan 30, 2013, 13:30 |
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People who get worked up over EULAs need to calm the fuck down. Like Beamer said, EULAs are the domain of lawyers, written by lawyers, FOR lawyers. It says "End User" but they don't care if we read it, and they don't expect us to read it.
When it comes to bannination and other types of rule enforcement, these guys always have an entirely different internal document typically written by the head of the community team that outlines rules and punishments.
And they don't refer back to the EULA in writing these, because they don't want to try and parse that bullshit either. They refer back to some template they used before, or someone elses set of rules. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > SimCity: Details on Player Region Limits and Color-Blindness Mode |
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Re: SimCity: Details on Player Region Limits and Color-Blindness Mode |
Jan 26, 2013, 15:06 |
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ASeven wrote on Jan 26, 2013, 13:42:
Gamers shouldn't accept these business practices, yet they all gladly do. In no other industry will you find consumers more spineless than gamers.
It's not really a matter of being spineless, but being borderline addicted. It's like music, or other forms of entertainment. People bemoan the business model and quality of these things CONSTANTLY, but are not willing to go without it because they'd get something resembling withdrawal symptoms. A crack head might not like it when he gets some bad rock, but what's he gonna do, go without? |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Funcom Closing Chinese Studio |
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Re: Funcom Closing Chinese Studio |
Jan 25, 2013, 14:10 |
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| I actually had a friend who worked in this studio a long while back before the game even had a title. There were a lot of Americans who worked there. So, probably Americans getting downsized here too, LOL. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > SimCity: Details on Player Region Limits and Color-Blindness Mode |
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Re: SimCity: Details on Player Region Limits and Color-Blindness Mode |
Jan 25, 2013, 14:05 |
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ASeven wrote on Jan 25, 2013, 13:10:
Other than the colorbling mode, it's as if with each new announcement EA is determined in having absolutely nobody [b]from Blue's News[/b] buy this.
Fixed. And then like with most EA titles, it gets a zillion sales. Not much can be done about that. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
Jan 24, 2013, 22:58 |
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| JJ is way more suited to Star Wars than Star Trek, and even still, I liked his Star Trek alright. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Ex-Relic Boss Joins Activision |
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Re: Ex-Relic Boss Joins Activision |
Jan 23, 2013, 16:07 |
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| So Koch Media bought Volition. Koch Media's Deep Silver publishing label publishes the X series of space sims. Does Volition have any rights to Freespace or is that in Interplay limbo? Not that it would necessarily mean anything, but I thought it was interesting. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > The Elder Scrolls Online Beta Signups |
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Re: More Big Picture Details |
Jan 22, 2013, 23:57 |
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Dades wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 22:41:
HorrorScope wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 22:00:
Go watch some dev movies, there are several unique features. The most unique is simply playing like TES but with others. TES doesn't play like wow.
I think he meant specifically what features. I've watched several dev videos and don't really see what sets this apart so I'd like to know what you were talking about out of curiosity too.
- DADES - This is a signature of my name, enjoy!
I don't see it either. It seems a lot like GW2 combat-wise. That's not necessarily terrible, but it's not TES. I'm not seeing much sandbox at all. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Stick of Truth Sticking Point in THQ Sale |
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Re: Stick of Truth Sticking Point in THQ Sale |
Jan 22, 2013, 18:12 |
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Beelzebud wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 16:16:
I hope this doesn't mean Obsidian is the one getting screwed at the end of the day....
Has Obsidian ever NOT been screwed? Nearly everything they've released has been shat on by publisher shenanigans. |
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| News Comments > The Elder Scrolls Online Beta Signups |
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Re: Meh... |
Jan 22, 2013, 16:48 |
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Axis wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 16:29:
Could almost say that about SWTOR, they had a long beta and competent devs... but they didn't listen to their playerbase. Fail, and fail again.
I'd say it was the opposite. They listened quite a lot, too much in fact, and to the wrong people. Story story story story, but no meat and potatoes. |
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| News Comments > The Elder Scrolls Online Beta Signups |
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online Beta Signups |
Jan 22, 2013, 14:57 |
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Fibrocyte wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 14:48:
Such unfounded negativity...
I'm looking forward to this.
Unfounded? Really? It's a Skyrim skin for WoW. |
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| News Comments > Evening Tech Bits |
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Re: Evening Tech Bits |
Jan 22, 2013, 01:16 |
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I haven't had any problems with Windows 8. To be honest I use it a lot like I used Windows 7. I pretty much never see the much maligned tile interface. And then I benefit from the myriad little improvements and tweaks they've made to other parts of the OS like they always do.
I feel more like I'm using a beefy service pack to Win7. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Gatherings & Competitions |
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Re: Gatherings & Competitions |
Jan 22, 2013, 00:42 |
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Ozmodan wrote on Jan 21, 2013, 09:04:
Most of the playerbase is toxic. Just a bunch of very foul mouthed kids who probably never leave their mom's basement.
The whole genre is toxic. |
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| News Comments > EA: Possible All-Games Bans for Unreported SimCity Beta Bugs |
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Re: EA: Possible All-Games Bans for Unreported SimCity Beta Bugs |
Jan 20, 2013, 21:54 |
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Silicon Avatar wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 20:00:
Banning EA games from my library sounds more like a feature than a threat. It's sort of like a spam filter.
Shouldn't you guys be happy when EA shuts down games then? |
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| News Comments > Rob Pardo on Jay Wilson and Diablo III |
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Re: Rob Pardo on Jay Wilson and Diablo III |
Jan 19, 2013, 20:18 |
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Sempai wrote on Jan 19, 2013, 19:15:
You state you're listening? I call bull.
Did you listen to the outcry concerning the auction house? No.
Did you listen to the outcry of forcing us into logging on Battle.net in order to play our game? No.
You are full of shit Rob Pardo.
Saying they are listening doesn't explicitly claim they will be doing anything about it.
I'm sure they listen to our complaints, they just think we're crazy because they can't see the validity of anyone elses viewpoint. |
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| News Comments > Windows Grand Theft Auto V Listed |
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Re: Windows Grand Theft Auto V Listed |
Jan 19, 2013, 17:47 |
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| I'll be really surprised if GTA V comes out within a year of the console versions. |
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| If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction. |
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| News Comments > Rob Pardo on Jay Wilson and Diablo III |
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Re: Rob Pardo on Jay Wilson and Diablo III |
Jan 19, 2013, 17:43 |
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Paketep wrote on Jan 19, 2013, 17:23:
Fuck those losers (Wilson and Pardo).
Glad to see that even the blizzard fanboys are seeing the truth.
It doesn't matter what they see if they keep handing over the money. Gamers have NEVER had a problem complaining, they have a problem making a stand on those complaints. Talking a lot of shit to people anonymously on the web is easy. Putting down the crack pipe instead of just bitching about the low quality of the crack is a lot harder.
But this is Blizzard, so even then. They only ship a title every so often, and they have enough cash flow to survive multiple flops. By the time the next title is ready, the rage will have subsided and people will just buy the shit because its Blizzard. |
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| News Comments > Gas Powered Games Layoffs |
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Re: Gas Powered Games Layoffs |
Jan 19, 2013, 01:50 |
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Stormsinger wrote on Jan 19, 2013, 01:10:
I've no answer to that, but I will say that I'm not a fan of supporting businesses that have to resort to massive layoffs. I prefer management that takes a more conservative approaches to finances, and avoids screwing the employees.
But we have to keep in mind this is a game company, they shouldn't be judged identically to other businesses in terms of management. Game companies are to other companies what paycheck-to-paycheck just-keeping-food-on-the-table families are to more financially secure families.
Just the very nature of how they have to operate means they almost never build up huge amounts of cash-on-hand to carry them through tough times. They keep moving or they die. It's just very fast-paced and unpredictable, and unfortunately that means fast-paced and unpredictable layoffs.
This is why cash-grab MMOs and things like Steam exist. Or even hardware/first party publishing machines like Nintendo. Many game companies have realized that just making games will never give you a stable and successful company. You have to tap into some kind of alternate revenue stream if you want to be around for the long haul, because eventually you are going to fall and you need a parachute that isn't made out of empty hopes and dreams, but rather cash-on-hand. |
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| News Comments > Gas Powered Games Layoffs |
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Re: Gas Powered Games Layoffs |
Jan 18, 2013, 21:56 |
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Prez wrote on Jan 18, 2013, 21:50:
It's getting ugly for a lot of gaming companies lately. Not good.
I don't really see this as a new thing. Game companies, unless mega-successful in the long term with a huge bankroll behind them, are always just one flop away from the shitcan. |
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| News Comments > Evening Tech Bits |
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Re: Evening Tech Bits |
Jan 15, 2013, 03:23 |
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Cutter wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 22:06:
OR is going to be like 64 bit gaming, nothing will materialize for it.
And MS' worst mistake? Steve Ballmer, period.
It's not really comparable. On one hand you're talking about presentation, gameplay, and visual experience. On the other the nebulous promise of increased performance. Oculus Rift offers a certain gaming experience that is immediately apparent when you put it on and try it. Whether people will like it, or whether it's worth a shit is debatable. But it exists, and is something people can evaluate and take advantage of if they so desire.
"64 bit gaming" on the other hand had nothing materialize for it because the phrase "64 bit gaming" is itself a nice nugget of ignorance created by dimwitted gamers and the gaming press when AMD and Intel started releasing the relevant hardware. The only bit of relevance it ever had to gaming was the ability to address more memory, and taking advantage of that in any meaningful way is difficult without running into other performance barriers.
OR may end up being a flop, hell, it probably will. But it's not a very good comparison. One is an idea being sold to gamers, the other is gamers trying to sell themselves on an idea that was never really meant for them. |
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