Recent content by sapphireofthesea

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    Things you think movies get wrong everytime when it comes to______

    I take issue with depictions of Zombies. When they were magic the question of identifying and following a target was answered, Magic. But when they made them natural the situation becomes broken. Almost all zombies I have seen have signs of decay, and that means vision is gone, smell is reduced...
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    Electronic Arts Faces Anger Over Major Price Hikes in India

    Unfortunately that is not how economics works. Prices are based on the strength of the local currency, with most countries implementing import and export duties to normalize the difference between nations (like how electronics in England used to be basically the same price in pounds as they were...
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    Xbox One Designed "With Advertising in Mind"

    I have the same pic ^^ As for the new, it is very very sad. They only just got out of a shit storm and now they start it again. Advertizing is legit on completely 100% free things, and even then there are limits to how much people put up with. They are charging full price and still pushing it...
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    E.A. is destroying the gaming business?

    Interesting sets of points. Though you know what other industries in the past have done similar and been called out on? Just about everything. We have consumer rights and actual information on the food we eat and the drugs we take BECAUSE people called out businesses on practices. Steam got...
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    Call Center Game Costs Developer His Job

    I hear the logic alot, but it just plays into the hands of the cruel. The usual thing is 'there are 100 people wanting your job, so work 10 extra hours'. Demanding something better is not in and of itself wrong and is actually extremely positive. If employers could they would have one doing the...
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    Bugs in games you've made a storyline for?

    That my friend actually works well. Either the Zone or a reaction to it (in the case of people spazzing out). Still love that game for all the flaws ^^. OT: I generally just ignore glitches, either the game is great and I keep playing it, taking them as the cost of enjoying the game, or the...
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    Two League of Legends "Pros" Banned for Being Horrible

    People include text in a report and the system only highlights reports which are then sent an admin who looks at the reports and the information recorded from the game, if he deems it a violation it is sent to a player tribunal for judgement, if they judge it a breach then it is once again sent...
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    DOTA 2: "Sorry, no new people welcome"

    Isn't the idea of a Beta to complain about what does and does not work so the devs can make adjustments? Just saying, writing off peoples genuine frustrates and 'suck it up' does the whole concept a disservice and will ultimately cause the final release of DOTA 2 to be flawed and inaccessible...
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    Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything

    There are alot of things we took as fact cause they were painfully obvious, only to discover we were wrong. This research is not as obvious as you think. What they are effectively saying is that anyone can put a reasonable argument up, have someone else stir up shit and the result will be a...
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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    You do realize when you get to large scale torni level Money is involved (not sure the exact figures but I am sure someone could make a living off of it as they do in other games), such as Magic The Gathering where torni prizes can get into the $10,000+ range). So yea, if that was your pay check...
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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    To be fair, this has just happened with Cycling :P OT: While I do agree as a programer he has the potential to develop decent tactics, sudden shifts from the norm have always been used as a highlight for potential cheating. It is not a he is guilty issue, it is just too sharp a change not too...
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    Poll: Brovengers or Injustice League?

    Fair enough but I shall keep my distance as that sounds like it is going into brain dead territory :). Still surprised there was a big bruhaha going on and I didn't catch any wind of it. I am not a super browser but do keep my eyes out for things and didn't sense anything. Oh well, feel like I...
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    Poll: Brovengers or Injustice League?

    Amazingly this was a sarcasm free post. I am a forum browser (using the side tabs) and am generally here for the videos, though I have found some great forum posts in the past. I am very surprised it hasn't split over to the more normal posts enough for me to even realize something was up...
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    Poll: Brovengers or Injustice League?

    Wait, there are two groups in the escapist? Really?! I have been hear more than a year and have not known this :S I need to explore the forums more me thinks :'( Edit: Nearly 3 years now it seems. WOW
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    ECA, IGDA Speak Out on Gun Violence

    University's Department of Psychology & Communication <-- A good start? This is an official, diplomatic style letter, not a random person on the net. If he is blowing wind out his backside he will directly be held accountable politically for attempting to deceive a head of state (we may never...