shikraria

Originally Posted by Elysienne

You do realise that the last time spelling was optional, it was back in the days of William Shakespeare, the most famous playwrite in the world.. and yet, looking back at his works now, his language is CHAOS even WITH approved spelling forms.

Originally Posted by Smurch

Well, my own basic rule of thumb is that this is a "T" rated game, meaning other people I am interacting with COULD be young teens with whom my mature self should NOT be having "mature" exchanges with.

Unless you know the other person in real life (as in actually met them, not just know each other from myspace), it's simply inappropriate to leave the guidelines the game itself has set of keeping things "T" rated, IMNSHO. Otherwise that hot 20 year old catgirl you described all those wicked naughty things to might really be a 13 year old boy.

Think about it.

Originally Posted by mousedroid

I haven't seen the original post(s) this thread refers to, so I don't know how annoying the colors or the grammar were, but your grammar in this thread looks OK to me. What I can't abide is people who write things like:

"Y is AE been nerf sence that was the only gr8 part of dis game!"

New or not, if someone can't even express themself on an 8th grade level, they shouldn't be wasting time playing videogames.

Anyway, welcome to a fellow western Pennsylvanian! I hope yunz have fun in dahntahn Paragon City n' at. Go Stillers!

Originally Posted by Bright Shadow

And just as a side note. Here's a little exercise for you. Turn your head away from the computer monitor for a few seconds, let your eyes focus on something else. Then, look back, and glance at the following picture. Within the first glance, what 'pops out' to your attention?



When I do it, all I see is this:

T e i f l
Shikratia

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with this result.

Originally Posted by ChaosRed

I think sometimes people judge things, based on how the overall mass-concensus and appeal.

Something can be great, wonderful and useful without having universal appeal. I'll cite my own personal examples:

Ween
C#
Tofu
Seattle
Twelve-Sided Dice
Gamma World
Wes Anderson

The fact is, AE serves a wonderful purpose for role players, story tellers and those who like to dabble a little creativity with their game play. These people are the minority in these games, as others point out here all the time. Still, it doesn't mean mob-rule defines everything.

If it did, Citizen Kane would be considered garbage, Woody Allen a useless hack and Motorhead an inferior brand of metal. To my eyes, all of these assumptions are dead-wrong, but because all three were never truly beloved by the masses, and aren't readily pumped into frenzy by mainstream media or any other measure of "alive" versus "dead", you could argue they are not worthy. The precise argument, those who contend AE is "dead" are suggesting, from what I can see.

This doesn't mean that things that are obscure, or limited in appeal are inherently superior either. This is where "Indies" have it all wrong (in my view).

AE is a superb addition to this game. I use it all the time. Many of my other friends in this game do as well.

I tried boss farming, I hated it. I don't mind others found it wonderful and fun. I respect that. What I dislike was the sense of entitlement it created when it was nerfed, or worse, the idea that boss farming was "intelligent", and that it required skill. Boss farming was devoid of skill, it attempted to minimize all skill, effort and risk solely to make the XP dial go "whirrrr". Even the maps chosen, had to be the least challenging or interesting of all of them, because this could deter the XP ever so slightly.

This is all fun for some, but hardly something to brag about. To me, it would be like bragging about how well you jerk yourself. I mean, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride, and we all enjoy it, but it is literally something a monkey can do.