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I didn't say you will, I said you can.
from the argument 'just say it's good but you don't like it' it's not unreasonable to follow with 'just say it's bad but you like it'.
not that every person necessarily holds opinions like that.
Philistines.
Your job is not to please the 4-6 nerds. It is to strike the fear of God into their hearts and then hopefully find a way for them to survive.
Note: Their survival is optional.
You can say what you dislike about the comic, but what I am saying is you came off not as giving your opinion but rather as trying to state a sort of objective truth. If you think the comic is meritorious but falls outside of your taste then this was a misunderstanding and we're in agreement but that wasn't how I perceived your posts.
Anyway, regarding Twilight, let us delve deep into that. This is a fuzzy subject because it relies on a few different things in order to determine whether or not something actually is bad. It's unreliable and most likely arbitrary but it's all we got. I think Twilight is bad. Now if a lot of people here actually liked it what would I do? That depends on what they like about it. If I think they like all of the stuff I find morally reprehensible well then I'll probably argue with them about it but if they are just innocents who like trashy romance novels then I would probably leave them alone especially because if so many people here liked it it would make for a lot of arguments happening often and that is lame.
But yes, how do we determine if something is bad? It's really difficult and it will be arbitrary. It relies a lot on consensus and the accumulation of evidence against it. If there was a consensus and a lot of evidence against Scott Pilgrim being good then I would have to acknowledge that and consider it a guilty pleasure or something. I mean Dragonball Z is probably bad but I like it anyway because it's a part of my childhood and it's absurdity amuses me. These aren't thoughts that I have developed greatly so more discussion is necessary in order to refine this thinking.
Going back to the roots of the hobby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl9sTqzLblY
Indeed. Here is a perfect analogy:
write
written
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smite
smitten
smote
i thought it was just a joke
This is why I asked, because I don't know. A few of them can be broken down into tautologies, but that is my least favorite of the "invalidation of arguments" games that people play
I may agree with this, but I need to think about it.
Someone figured out how to play Alien Swarm in first person instead of third. Only drawback is there isn't a ceiling in the game, it's just white void.
It is possible that the fundamental rules of the universe are axiomatic [that is, unprovable], but axiomatic isn't quite the same as tautological. And I don't think Boyle's law is quite that fundamental. I mean, Boyle proved it.
An axiom is an unprovable truth.
A tautology is a necessary truth, otherwise known as a truth by definition.
I saw this and immediately tried to click the Like button.
But this is not Facebook.
So I will settle for, "You will always be on my Liked Forumer List for your excellent taste in music."
Watch me sometimes stream games.
Not a big fan of void rays, tbh. Everyone expects them.
4 gate, e'ryday!
Let me put it this way. I live in arguably the most "progressive" and "up to date" city in the state, and I was surprised that there was a Play N Trade video store.
Hell I was surprised there was a Whole Foods
i thought that was his girlfriend and was all... man, that girls a dog...
yeah you'll rape more than enough people with 4 gate. I hit a point where I couldn't beat it, then got over the hump and advanced a bit in my league, and then hit another wall. it's such a strong open.
oooo i like this
I want to be clear right here, though, my thought process is not at all based around on how hard I can challenge my PCs. If you are looking for an adversary in me, you're not going to get one.
My entire purpose is based around the idea of "How many cool things can I get them to do?"
In designing all of this stuff, I was trying to think of ways I could set up a situation for you guys to do something really bad ass.
So naturally it's a little upsetting when you guys really want to subvert all of my big flashing arrows because you think you're cleverly undermining my challenges.
It's like if I designed this awesome bike ramp with fireworks that shoot out when you leap off it hoping that you'd hit it and then start doing flips and mad tricks and shit, and instead you go around it because you think what I meant to do was have a pit with spikes on the other side of the ramp.
I'm smitten for you Ellie.
In every way possible.
Except now I apparently have a meeting in 31 minutes 20 minutes away. Oops
QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
I'm going to stab you.
don't let them get to you. eventually everyone slips up and gets smitten by a thousand neckbeards.
edit: so slow
Now we are delving into the world of deciding what is bad.
The pain has now radiated to my inner ear.
One thing I've noticed from watching people play 4e D&D is that it's much closer to a tabletop minatures wargame than I remember from my experiences playing AD&D as a nerdling.
I assume it's a combo of returning to the roots of D&D and a desire to sell more D&D product.
Edit: I also don't get the whole adversarial relationship between players and DM thing.
People were shouting "FUCK YOU!" at their tvs.
All, the simple pleasures of life.
Alternatively you can stop hanging out with nerds.
I highly recommend the alternative.
Roll for initiative vs. stroke
*rimshot*