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Signed On Oct 15, 2009, 07:09
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News Comments > Bethesda Buys Fallout MMOG Rights
9. Re: Bethesda Buys Fallout MMOG Rights Jan 9, 2012, 20:11 Pankin
 
Unfair! Where's Bethesda supposed to come up with $2 million?  
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News Comments > Steam Top 10
3. Re: Steam Top 10 Jan 2, 2012, 12:46 Pankin
 
Out of curiosity, I loaded up all the Steam Top 10s since Skyrim has been on it...

Sep 18, Skyrim was #8
Sep 25, n/a
Oct 02, n/a
Oct 09, n/a
Oct 16, n/a
Oct 23, Skyrim was #7
Oct 30, Skyrim was #2
Nov 06, Skyrim was #1
Nov 13, Skyrim was #1
Nov 20, Skyrim was #1
Nov 27, Skyrim was #1
Dec 04, Skyrim was #1
Dec 11, Skyrim was #1
Dec 18, Skyrim was #1
Dec 25, Skyrim was #1
Jan 02, Skyrim was #1

This game's ascent is truly remarkable but it's #1 position can't last for much longer. And what's up with the 4-week gap?
 
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News Comments > Enhanced Skyrim UI
57. Re: Enhanced Skyrim UI Dec 20, 2011, 08:10 Pankin
 
Normally, at this point, I'd abandon such an exchange in favor of doing, well, anything else. But I wish to make it clear that SV and I are not defending Skyrim's UI. Come to think of it, I shouldn't speak for StingingVelvet, so I won't. I'm not arguing in defense of the stock UI because it's indefensible. You can safely bet I'll be trying all these UI mods to replace the terrible stock UI.

What I AM saying, however, is that you cannot wave a wand and turn a subjective opinion into an objective fact just because you feel strongly about those opinions. I'm truly sorry but you can't. Again, it doesn't matter how strongly you feel that the points you've made are facts. They're not. They're opinions. I even agree with all of them. How's that for the equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time?

Yes, I agree with your points but that does not make them facts. Most players of Skyrim probably agree with you. They're still not facts.

Here's a question for you: why do you feel as though your expressions must be that of objective fact? Probably at some point, someone told you that objective facts are "better" than opinions. They're actually not, but that's getting into far too much subtlety and nuance for a Blues News forum. Plus, no one's going to read this because I waited too long to post. But anyway...please don't feel like you can't express opinions and label them as such. No one's going to think less of you for it, I promise. You're actually a pretty persuasive writer already.

But what you're experiencing is the youthful conviction without all the wisdom that comes with age and experience; wisdom that, among many many many other things, provides for an understanding of the difference between subjectivity and objectivity. And the experience to know that they're not opposites.

Sorry I insulted you earlier (the shortbus crack) but I lost my temper. Have a great day and Happy Holidays!
 
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News Comments > Enhanced Skyrim UI
51. Re: Enhanced Skyrim UI Dec 19, 2011, 20:04 Pankin
 
Jerykk wrote on Dec 19, 2011, 12:26:
So I have to ask: do you know what the words subjective and objective mean? These words each have a specific meaning that you can't simply ignore and expect to be taken seriously.

Can you actually refute any of the specific examples I presented? Until you do, you can't expect to be taken seriously.

The very fact I disagree with you makes your statement incorrect.

See above response. I can disagree that the world is round but that doesn't somehow nullify the fact that the world is indeed round.

I rest my case.
 
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News Comments > Enhanced Skyrim UI
39. Re: Enhanced Skyrim UI Dec 19, 2011, 07:26 Pankin
 
Jerykk wrote on Dec 19, 2011, 03:15:
Hey look, you made a subjective statement sound like a fact.

It's not really subjective at all. When designing menus that players will need to navigate on a regular basis, you want to ensure that navigation is as quick and efficient as possible. This is objectively not the case for Skyrim's UI. Every menu involves redundant scrolling. There's no reason why a map should require scrolling. There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to see all my skills and perks without scrolling. There's no reason why I should have to spend more than 10 seconds scrolling through my potions, ingredients, books, etc. There's no reason why, given the amount of scrolling required to navigate these menus, there is no scroll bar or PgUp/PgDn/Home/End support, or the ability to sort by name, value, weight, damage, etc. There's no reason why I should have to mark an item as a favorite before I can assign it a hotkey. There's no reason why I should be limited to 8 hotkeys when my keyboard has 10 number keys.

Skyrim's UI is objectively lousy.

So I have to ask: do you know what the words subjective and objective mean? These words each have a specific meaning that you can't simply ignore and expect to be taken seriously.

It's perfectly ok if you don't like Skyrim's UI. You're not alone, lad. But to assign your subjective dissatisfaction to that of an objective fact is delusional.

You have hereby forfeited your place among the intelligent. Now, please watch your step as you get on the shortbus. Here's your lunchbox, play nice with the other kids.
 
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News Comments > Enhanced Skyrim UI
17. Re: Enhanced Skyrim UI Dec 18, 2011, 17:31 Pankin
 
yuastnav wrote on Dec 18, 2011, 14:32:
Pankin wrote on Dec 18, 2011, 13:52:
There's another UI mod called QD Inventory that features a sortable column of value-to-weight ratio. Doing that little bit of math is actually quite useful and I'd like to see it in SkyUI too.

Also, SkyUI only changed the inventory UI. Chests and NPC trading UIs haven't been touched as yet.

And for the record: Morrowind's drag & drop interface was not as useful as the Darnified Oblivion UI. You couldn't sort your Morrowind inventory by value or weight...so let's just stop being 100% ridiculous, m-kay?

I will take Morrowind's UI over Oblivion's any day, thank you very much.

You're quite welcome. If you're willing to wait that is. The mods that appear first are the ones most in demand and no one's asking for a drag & drop interface a la Morrowind.

Now, I'm not saying it'll never happen because it surely will. Oblivion has a Morrowind style UI mod called wz_Inventory. I believe it has a whopping 181 endorsements. Not bad, I must admit. Of course, it's nowhere near DarnifiedUI's 1515 endorsements...but now I'm just being petty.

My point here is that someone will eventually make a drag & drop UI for Skyrim. And it'll be gangbusters, by gum! Gangbusters!
 
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News Comments > Enhanced Skyrim UI
6. Re: Enhanced Skyrim UI Dec 18, 2011, 13:52 Pankin
 
There's another UI mod called QD Inventory that features a sortable column of value-to-weight ratio. Doing that little bit of math is actually quite useful and I'd like to see it in SkyUI too.

Also, SkyUI only changed the inventory UI. Chests and NPC trading UIs haven't been touched as yet.

And for the record: Morrowind's drag & drop interface was not as useful as the Darnified Oblivion UI. You couldn't sort your Morrowind inventory by value or weight...so let's just stop being 100% ridiculous, m-kay?
 
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News Comments > On MW3 Bans
19. Re: On MW3 Bans Dec 16, 2011, 07:48 Pankin
 
Paranoid Jack wrote on Dec 15, 2011, 18:53:
I realize there have been cheats as long as there have been games but back in the day cheaters weren't blatant about it. They would mostly just use cheats on single player games that were too hard for them. That I can forgive and understand. However cheating during online games is something different. I can't understand how cheating to win could make anyone feel good in any way. I would feel like a scumbag looser if I had to resort to hacks to gain the upper hand.

Agreed. In Skyrim, for instance, if I'm moving from one house to another, I'll activate my godly powers so my encumbrance limit is temporarily ignored. My sister, however, plays Skyrim with tgm activated 100% of the time. It drives me batty. She says she just likes going around exploring and dying all the time would bum her out. <pankin shrugs>
 
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News Comments > etc., etc.
3. Re: etc., etc. Dec 6, 2011, 21:56 Pankin
 
It's just as clunky as I thought it would be. Who in their right mind would/could play for hours like that?  
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
15. Re: Wes Craven's Nov 26, 2011, 10:46 Pankin
 
Kitkoan wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 23:51:
space captain wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 23:34:
actual reality is the sticks and stones that will break your bones - not the bullshit you use to hide from it, whatever you want to call it

you see, actual reality does not depend on your subjective interpretation... that is the point

you can describe it however you like, and you can be as wildly inaccurate as you wish - yet the actual reality remains unchanged, and continues to control your every movement


So even though I've shown you about how a full access voice controlled co-developed by Microsoft has existed for years before Siri (with a starting to point so you may continue to review and learn of this technology), you still believe that Siri was the first to do this?

Fascinating. I've of course heard of the the whole concept of Apple/Steve Jobs reality distortion field effect people to ignore the facts and accept what they say, but you sir, you are it in full form. And not only have you accepted what they said was fact, but you've gone as far as blocking and ignoring any and all facts that say otherswise... just... wow.... And you wish to project your blindness on me. Now that is the full potential of marketing.

I don't think anyone here is defending Siri as being the first of anything. At least, I'm not. I'm more amused by Microsoft's reaction to Siri. To me, that reaction tells me pretty much all I need to know about Microsoft and their weird ad-hoc marketing machine.
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
3. Re: Black Friday Mobilization Nov 25, 2011, 19:07 Pankin
 
Oh that's hysterical.

Microsoft's like an aging dog: it spends most of it's time sleeping by the fireplace while all the other younger dogs jump over it & play.
 
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News Comments > Into the Black
4. Re: Into the Black Nov 23, 2011, 05:59 Pankin
 
Obvious? Sure. Still funny though. I want more.  
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
4. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 19, 2011, 20:16 Pankin
 
You know, I read the Arrested Development headline and I thought, "Oh cool, Netflix is getting seasons 1-3 to stream again, I never knew it went away." Little did I know Netflix is PRODUCING Season 4!!!

WHAAAAAAT!!?!?!!

That's crazy-insane great news!

It's zero hour, Blue. It's the end of the line.
I'm the firstborn.
Sick of playing second fiddle.
Always third in line for everything.
Tired of finishing fourth.
Being the fifth wheel.

There are...six things I'm mad about, and Netflix is taking over.
 
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News Comments > Skyrim Ships 7M
9. Re: Skyrim Ships 7M Nov 16, 2011, 23:35 Pankin
 
"...if only Rage had performed as well."
 
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News Comments > Skyrim to Offer "Infinite Quests"
67. Re: Skyrim to Offer Nov 9, 2011, 21:23 Pankin
 
siapnar wrote on Nov 9, 2011, 12:37:
And lol @ you're other comment

You're = you are. Always.

As in: there's never a time you're doesn't mean you are.
 
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News Comments > More A Game of Throne Games Planned
4. Re: More A Game of Throne Games Planned Nov 9, 2011, 21:02 Pankin
 
Ol' Georgie-boy's gettin' PAID!!  
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
10. Re: Star Wars fan killed his Thai wife Nov 4, 2011, 11:51 Pankin
 
"Me love you long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."  
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News Comments > Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition in February
21. Re: Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition in February Nov 3, 2011, 20:42 Pankin
 
These types of Game of the Year/Ultimate Edition releases are the very reason I never buy DLCs piecemeal. I love having the DVD with everything on it.  
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News Comments > On The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Audio
8. Re: On The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Audio Nov 3, 2011, 18:44 Pankin
 
Best comment on this vid's YT page:

"My Cock & Balls will be washed like never before for the release of Skyrim."
 
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News Comments > Play Skyrim Three Hours Early?
16. Re: Play Skyrim Three Hours Early? Nov 3, 2011, 09:21 Pankin
 
ZeroCougar wrote on Nov 3, 2011, 02:58:
I'm torn with this game. On one hand getting it ASAP and enjoying it with everyone else would be great.

On the other hand there is next to zero reason to pre-order this. No bonus's, no trinkets, even if its something lame. There is just nothing to give a reason that this is a must have pre-order. And for the near 100% chance that there will be a major patch that will be needed, why risk it?

You're (you are) forgetting the NewEgg coupon code from a week ago or so that sliced a whopping $12 off the retail price, son. Is that a decent enough reason?

Was for me.
 
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