[quote]Terror_K wrote...
Oh, for crying out loud, Phaedon...
The thread actually managed to move past all this, but you just have to draaaaag it all back with these silly, petty personal attacks. What really is the point of this? Seriously.[/quote]
I find this highly amusing, actually.
You have yet to respond to my list of arguments made from the very early pages, you have failed to raise a single rational argument, but rather invoke your own feelings about how 'silly and stupid and wrong' the flying Normandy is. On top of that, you fail to explain why scanning itself is worse than Mass Effect 2.
And yet, you present yourself, as the paragon of constructive discussion and debate.
Quite literally, your only intelligible contribution to this thread, apart from the personal attacks and the unstructured, illogical rants is that 'The flying Normandy is stupid an wrong and pointless'. Well, that's a darn-tootin' shame, sure, you have yet to actually participate in a constructive discussion with the people you consider to be, as you eloquently put it 'Attack you because you don't suck BioWare's phallus'.
Attack the maturity of other posts when you have yourself, managed to restrain yourself from childish behavior, both in your self-acquired freedom of venting in a public forum for every little thing you don't like, without making any intelligent remark whatsoever, or quite literally calling anyone who doesn't agree with you -as you especially expressed it- BioWare's c*cksuckers.
At least, even when replying to your personal attacks, I have again, raised arguments for the logical fallacies in your opinion of the exploration system, which you have attempted to ignore since my initial post 10 or so pages ago.
[quote]In either case, the point of this discussion board is to talk about Mass Effect, and not talk about "haters," "whiners" or whatever other term you want to use. Regardless of how "intelligent" the initial rant was or wasn't (for which I've already
admitted was posted in angered haste and venting and that I should have taken more time to consider) the topic is Mass Effect 3 related. Whether I'm an arrogant hater douche is not.[/quote]
That is incorrect, and had you sat down to consider it, rather than just post it, to once again vent, about the apparent injustice people who disagree with you seem to impose, you'd have seen it by yourself.
Your threads never follow logical structure. People see that, criticise you for it (as they should, as mindless rants are condemnable), and you keep doing it. Listen up. People won't shut up until you stop punching your keyboard in an attempt to form words, and rather create discussion threads that deal with topics in a logical, intelligent and level-headed way.
A debate requires people to point out the logical flaws in other posts. In your case, people are pointing it out on the OP, in comparison and in retrospect of your other threads. Maybe this is a sign that it's time to sit down and think that all of those people asking you to think before you post, or generally stop posting, aren't just raving lunatics.
[quote]Again, I've already admitted that my initial post wasn't the best and somewhat of an outburst. I have also since posted a more reasoned response. What the hell more do you want?[/quote]
Where exactly do you feel that you have achieved some moral catharsis? You claim that your OP was a rant, say so what, claim that that doesn't make it unintelligent, and continue the personal attacks. The closest thing to an argument that you have had is that 'The flying Normandy is stupid and wrong'.
Not only is that actually rather off-topic, it is not rational (it's emotional, and the source of that is highly debatable), doesn't respond to any previous arguments others have posed, and certainly doesn't move the 'debate' forward.
Your remark that 'What more should I do?' just as you have posted a personal attack is well, not amusing, no.
Here's a list of things you might want to start with, anyway:
- Remove the original post or ask a mod to lock this thread so that you can create a new one.
- Create an OP with a readable, intelligent, rational AND logical argument.
- 'Logical' here is not used to describe 'It feels wrong'.
- Apologize for the tone of your previous OP and/or thread(s), encourage a level-headed discussion about whether or not the new scanning system is good or bad.
- Rename the title of your thread to actually reflect what you are going to argue about (The flying Normandy is not part of the scanning system)
- Think before you post.
- Consequently, stop venting on public forums.
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You actually mean that these are all in the thread until now? Because I just checked it, and again, you are trying to make your supporters greater by supposedly only posting a portion of these posts.
The mechanic itself is extremelly important because it brings the fuel requirement, which in turn stops the players from mining the entire galaxy at once without being too restrictive. The fact that not only has this not been realized once, but in none of these posts I can see an intelligent argument, says a lot.[/quote]
Then clearly this so called "intelligent argument" you are after is not possible due to your incredibly arrogant standards.[/quote]
This reply has nothing to do with the quoted paragraphs neither in context or as a direct reply. Your evasive manuevres are rude and silly.
Here, try again:
[quote]
The mechanic itself is extremelly important because it brings the fuel requirement, which in turn stops the players from mining the entire galaxy at once without being too restrictive. The fact that not only has this not been realized once, but in none of these posts I can see an intelligent argument, says a lot. [/quote]
[quote]
Terror.
- You have made numerous rant threads that hold no merit.
- You make yet another one.
- You haven't once replied to the intelligent arguments concerning your rant, but rather resorted to personal attacks because, hey, you can't actually reply to them.
- You are still perpetuating this situation by cherry picking quotes out of arguments and replying to what you wish
- You claim that your rant holds merit and intelligence
- You proceed to quote 4 people who provide no intelligent argument in their posts to justify their position.
So, I'll go ahead and ask you. You, who have complained about this thread devolving, when are you actually going to make an intelligent argument to support your position.[/quote]
[quote]1. Debatable. Just because you, the great Phaedon, say it is so, doesn't make it so.[/quote]
Alas, it is so. I have managed to find and link 5 threads, only in your recent post history. You can find them earlier in this thread.
[quote]2. Don't disagree. Again, have admitted as such and apologised. Again, what more do you want?[/quote]
The closest to apology I have seen was either "Okay, this is a rant, so what?" or "OK, I didn't mean to say that everyone who disagrees with me puts their mouth anywhere near BioWare's phallus" , while you keep replying in my posts, which try to raise an intelligent argument, only to respond with personal attacks. Hm. It would also seem to me, that the title and OP of this thread remain unchanged.
How many more rant threads are you planning to do with the release of ME3?
[quote]3. Yes I have. Look harder. I've responded to almost any point I find worth responding to and clarifying.[/quote]
I did. I just checked every single of your posts in this thread. You have yet to respond to my initial argument, while you either try to evade, or downright ignore entire portions of my other posts.
[quote]4. I don't reply to things that aren't worth replying to.[/quote]
And yet, you keep replying to your own thread.
As I said, you have responded to my argumentantion by either ignoring it or saying "No, you are wrong, whether you like it or not".
[quote]5. I claim that the reasons and aspects behind the rant hold merit and intelligence. I've already admitted the OP wasn't put across in the best way. Doesn't make the points behind it invalid, as I've repeatedly said.
I have also since clarified more in following posts.[/quote]
No, you. Have. Not.
You consistently evade arguments, and still don't make any logical reply as to why the scanning system is bad. Or ME2's system supposedly sucked.
Also, this holds merit and intelligence?:
[quote]Terror_K wrote...
So... according to
this video from IGN showing the galaxy map, not only do we [color=rgb(255, 102, 0)">have to ]stupidly pilot the Normandy[/color] around like a little toy ship, but on top of that we now have to scan the areas
between planets as well?! Seriously?
Gotta say... confidence that this final part will actually be good when you don't seem to have learned from what sucked about ME2 isn't high, BioWare.
[/quote]
INTELLIGENCE:a (1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations :
reason; also : the skilled use of reason
MERIT:b. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue.
Explain.
[quote]6. Why does a simple opinion on something need "intelligent argument" behind it in every case? I'm not saying everything should be an "unintelligent rant" as you put it, but some things are just an opinion and that's that. People like and dislike things sometimes just due to taste, not necessarily for a reason that needs lots of debate.[/quote]
Because that's how a dialogue works. No one cares for your irrational and unexplainable, even by yourself, opinion on things. I think you are failing to differentiate the point of a forum and Facebook.
[quote]There you go... putting words in my mouth again. All I said was that the OP was a rant... I didn't say everything I've said in this thread is.
Also, there is a rational argument against the flying Normandy. You just don't accept it.[/quote]
"I don't like it but I have no logical argument to make a valid point with my opinion" is not a rational argument.
RATIONAL1.agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan foreconomic development.2.having or exercising reason,
sound judgment, or good sense:a calm and rational negotiator.
[quote]And I'm not even going to go into the final part of your post because of that.
[/quote]
Caramba. That is an unfair punishment.
Modifié par Phaedon, 27 février 2012 - 12:47 .