insanejedi

I'm a bit in a bad mood about politics so I decided to collect all this data to show you the 100% objective reason why Government and Politics sucks so bad. And it's in a pie chart, everyone loves pie charts!

I usually stay out of politics on boards like this, but I really don't know how many of you are aware of what kind of people your government is actually made up of.

And for all of you in Canada or the UK that are laughing at the miserability (rightfully so) of the makeup of American politicians, as a Canadian I recommend you look in the mirror before laughing. Unfortunately this demographic is similar all over the western world that people who make up government a lot of them are worthless lawyers and career politicians.

Now do you know why politics in the western world is usually shit? It's because most of the people you elect are lawyers which is one of if not the MOST morally bankrupt occupation in the world. More over you are electing politicians who have NO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE in ANYTHING, and just became a politician. Why on earth would you make a 25 year old part of making decisions for millions of people? You think he/she understands what life is like with trials and tribulations of multiple daily problems?

You wonder why current US health care bill is having so many problems? Maybe it's because you have fucking lawyers trying to put it in rather than doctors. You think a lawyer understands how the health care industry works and how to make it treat as many people as possible without costing a lot? Maybe you should talk to the 4 people who actually have medical degrees and HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD?

Oh wait we do have 4 of them Jon Boozman, John Barrasso, Tom Coburn, and Rand Paul. Guess what? All 4 of them oppose the Affordable Care Act? Do you think 4 people who actually hold Medical School Degrees and have worked in the medical field have a much more informed opinion of what the hell would actually work then Obama who is another fucking lawyer with a law school degree?

If you actually want the raw excel data I put together you can find it here. I hope you've learned something new. Please stop electing lawyers.

Uhh... I won't and never will? Because if I want to spend $500 or however much on a machine regardless of DRM that's my decision and it's none of your fucking business to decide who to give my money to. If always-online DRM and Online passes make it not worth it to buy a game, then I won't buy the game or system, and they won't get my money. Companies kept doing them because most people didn't really care and wanted to play the new Call of Duty over being nickled and dimed for map packs that in PC land were previously free.

What part of "just don't buy the thing" if YOU don't like it you don't understand? I'm not giving them any free pass if the DRM is a deal breaker for people not buy the thing then that's their business and their decision. But if the DRM isn't then whatever, they can spend their money on whatever they care about.

Yes, and if they are doing stuff you don't like don't give them money. They don't make money, they go out of business. Simple as that.

I like how you are saying rights, like it's some sort of UN sanctioned enforceable thing that used games are something you are entitled to. Don't like it? Don't buy the system and games, but where else are you going to go? I guarantee you this wasn't Microsoft choice and it was more the publishers pressuring them to do something about used games. That means Sony the lesser successful console was also under the knife too from publishers to do it. They just haven't told you yet.

That's one of the biggest problems. If you have you have 15 000 people who all say "yes buy a game" and 0 people saying no. It is somehow better than 15 000 people saying "yes buy a game" and another "20 000" people saying "wouldn't buy a game"

15 000 is 15 000, people saying "wouldn't buy" has literally zero impact on sales comparison.

Should play shootmania then.

And I don't mean that literally as in "Whats in Modern Warfare 4?"

What I mean is that ever generation has it's Halo or Call of Duty which revolutionizes the industry to go make games just like it. Right now games are flooded with modern military shooters and guns with 5 different kinds of optical sights. Everyone wanted regenerating health when Halo came out, and everyone wanted the cover system when Gears of War came out.

So what's next? What could possibly be the next generation copy cat template?

I've been trying to look for a game developer answer to the question why MMORPG combat that uses the auto-attack hotbar system can't have a more active combat system seen in games such as Diablo or Skyrim.

Melee combat is still not collision based on hit boxes in MMOs like in other single/multiplayer RPGs, It's based on this arbitrary "Distance from target" system that if you are 1m away you are in melee range. Making attack animations of your character sometimes no where being next to the enemy being registered as valid attacks. It just looks really dumb.

I don't think I'm alone in when saying that some games like the Original Planetside or other games with "actiony" elements never "feel right." I haven't played Planetside 2 but I think you know what I mean when I say the shooting is never like something in Halo or even Borderlands.

I previously heard back in the late 90s that it was due to bandwith problems and the auto-attack hotbar system was the only thing that could keep up with multiple players connected to a server.

Okay I could believe that... in the 90s but seriously with this?

I mean when Everquest first came out in 1999 we've more than 100x the amount of bandwidth and we're still dealing the same system?

This question ultimately gets directed to upcoming games like Elder Scrolls Online. Which instead of the first person action based combat, still uses this same autoattack hotbar system we've been using for more than 10 god damn years.

So... why?

I keep hearing people hate Phil Fish. Why?

If you don't want spoilers then what are you doing here go play the game!

Wanna know what everyone's Kerrigan build was?

I went in order of levels:

Kinetic Blast

Chain Reaction

Automated Extractors (Switched from improved overloads)

Spawn Banelings (Friggin awesome with Split banelings + 100% extra damage boost)

Vespene Efficiency

Fury

Spawn Leviathan (Who would pick anything else?)