There are no morals or ethics here. Let's not kid ourselves - this comic book was solely a paycheck for this guy

Redmask wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 07:19:
What does your rambling and hypotheticals have to do with Orson Scott Card being an outspoken homophobe who made his own bed? No one broke any laws, people are just distancing themselves from someone who made himself a public fool. Sorry I can't get onside with someone who practically engages in hate speech, maybe the artist didn't want to either.

Redmask wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 07:14:

InBlack wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 04:03:
Well I really enjoyed CoH, Im looking forward to this game so far I havent seen anything negative about it (or positive for that matter) so Im going to take a wait and see approach.

I played the closed alpha and there were plenty of negatives unfortunately. True Sight system sucks and ruins the RPS and territory control they had going on. The choose the OP points thing isn't fun. There was no barbed wire or tank traps in the alpha, no clue if it'll be readded. Doctrines are a grind now. The blizzard mechanics are stupid and uninteresting, they don't really add any strategy to the game and just serve as an annoyance. Your vehicle drivers can be randomly shot and your vehicles taken which is a really stupid RNG game mechanic.

There was plenty of stuff I liked but they added a fair amount of pointless changes for the sake of making changes. Many of the changes made are some token effort at 'realism' and just makes the gameplay tedious. We gave them a lot of feedback so maybe they will get things fixed up for release.

Beamer wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 11:10:

InBlack wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 11:01:
I guess we could argue that that censorship is a form of expression as well, right?

You see because the artist never stated that he hated OSC or that he considered him a biggot and quit for that reason, he basically stated that he quit because and I quote:

"The media surrounding this story reached the point where it took away from the actual work, and that’s something I wasn’t comfortable with"

Now does that sound like someone who is expressing his views, or of someone who is simply reacting to the opinions and views of other people, basically in a form of self-censorship, due to media 'pressure'....

His view is that he doesn't want to be dragged into controversy and have that affect his career and personal life.
That sounds plenty reasonable.

Reacting to the opinions and views of others is pretty much a normal part of society, is it not? Are you advocating that people always do whatever the hell they feel like without regard to the reaction of others?

That just makes you a giant dick and is pretty much where the concept of karma comes from.

"The media surrounding this story reached the point where it took away from the actual work, and that’s something I wasn’t comfortable with"

jacobvandy wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 10:28:
Meh, those are just Star Wars logos that were cool before and will remain cool (as far as nerdy tats go). Not like they tattooed "SWTOR IS GOTY OF ALL TIME WOO BIOWARE!!!" underneath...

nin wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 09:14:

Orson Scott Card's Controversial Superman Story Put on Hold.

Good on Sprouse for standing up.

ItBurn wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 09:59:
Well, you have to agree, these are the least offensive winners in years. Actual games with substance, complexity and a "niche" are winning.

nin wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 16:04:

SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 16:01:

ASeven wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 15:56:
Been playing it. i72600K, 8GB RAM, GTX580. Runs like butter here on an almost Ultra setting.

Also, I've found myself enjoying this alpha quite a lot. Animations are so much better, the radio banter is infinitely better.

I think third time's the charm for Bohemiah. They've got something special here.

On a related note, the price of ArmaIII will increase as the beta and the final release come out. The alpha is pretty much priced at half the price of the full game when it comes out. I can say that if the prospect of ArmaIII interests you to get it right now. When I got ArmAII at release I didn't find it too fun until a dozen patches later. I'm already finding A3 fun despite being an alpha.

And the graphics, holy fuck these graphics.

You've just made the wait for the end of the day at work a lot harder.

No shit. Guess I'll be grabbing it this weekend.