@splodge: Yeah it's pretty lame. I understand the policy of never reversing hardcore deaths though, otherwise people would just be sending in tickets and claiming lag even if it's because they were busy showing their stream viewers pics on their cell phones or something dumb like that.
Yeah it sucks. HC is really cool, but after I lost that char from bullshit server lag I never did it again.
We print out similarly sized Dan faces, and do our best to spread it far and wide.
I want Dans on the bus. I want Dans on the train. I want Dans 30,000 feet in the air and four miles below sea level. I want Dans on TV. I want Dans in our schools, our police stations, our churches, our synagogues, DANS EVERYWHERE.
Speaking of lag spikes being the number one HC killer...I just started a new hardcore Crusader and died at level 7 after my screen froze for 6-7 seconds because the game was trying to load a piece of armor that dropped. NICE
I wish there was some way of getting the character back if you die from some bullshit reason like server side lag. It really is such a shitty thing.
@splodge: I don't know, to me the ER is them playing a game start to finish, not the time frame they did it.
It doesn't matter what you think an ER is. The only thing that matters is what they define as an ER, which is playing a game every single day until it's done.
To be fair, they've never said that. But okay, I don't care. I subscribe anyway. Shoot me for wanting this place to be more inclusive.
OMG. Get your GB etiquette up to par! Such a casual.
I wasn't trying to jump on the guy, but cmon, they have to have premium content. What is suitable for premium then? Anything where they don't play a game all the way through? Playing a game to the end can only be a free video? The distinctions might seem arbitrary but they are running a business and some stuff needs to go behind the paywall. I don't see any problem with this feature being one of those things, the same as breaking brad or the Demon's souls stuff.
EDIT - not to mention the amount of free content increases year by year. There is plenty.
@splodge: I don't know, to me the ER is them playing a game start to finish, not the time frame they did it.
But you might as well call that a standard lets play then. The only defining characteristic that separates it from every other lets play, is the daily video. Theres a big difference between 5 videos a week and 1.
We're talking in terms of content on the site, not the internet wide though. That's kind of the point, they said they would not charge for existing content. If you're saying them making multiple videos a game from start to finish is closer to a Quick Look than an Endurance Run, then maybe I'm missing something. Keep in mind the idea of the Endurance Run was initially them playing a game that they had missed and wouldn't have time to play on their own. This seems right there, to me.
They get to define what is an ER and what is not though. They produce the content.
To them, an ER is making a video every single day until the game is done. Anything else can be whatever they like.
I understand where you are coming from, but I still think there is a huge difference between 5 a week and 1 a week. It is a different kind of feature, hence it has a different name.
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