I have questions for the non-traversc people out there:
(traversc, you can answer if you want but you have dodged the questions so far so I'm not directly asking you anymore)1.) What do you consider content? I'm not asking what you like, or what you can do without - no opinions on importance or if X is better than Y. What could be included in a DLC or expansion pack that should be considered content?
2.) Do you believe that people willing to pay the going price for a product in some way are harming people who would only buy said product for a cheaper price? If Joe Millionaire goes and buys a steak dinner at a fancy restaurant, paying a couple hundred dollars for his meal and tips, am I now somehow "hurt" because I'd want that steak dinner but would only be willing to pay less than tweny dollars?
3.) If you repeatedly ask questions of someone and they don't answer them, are they really having an honest debate with you? If Sloth of Doom and addiction21 were having a discussion about movies, and SoD said "James Cameron sucks as a director," to which add asks "Why do you say James Cameron sucks as a director?" and SoD responds "I think Leo DiCaprio's acting in Titantic was horrible" - and it goes on like that: add "But Cameron, what do you think he does poorly?" SoD "Ridley Scott's Alien was such a good movie, not like Aliens." Add "Sloth, seriously, what about Alien is better than Aliens?" SoD "Ridley Scott also made Gladiator and Blade Runner. Blade Runner is superior to Terminator."
4.) If someone's reasoning keeps shifting and their end point changes everytime you ask for clarification is it even worth trying to discuss anything with them? If I were to say "Rap music is horrible, everybody knows that, it makes no money and no one likes it!" and someone quoted sales numbers and lists themselves as like rap, to the point that everyone has responded to me as liking rap in the thread and enough people have pointed out millionaires who made their money from rap music, and then I say "I never said nobody likes rap music, but music critics and professors who teach music at academies all say that rap music is not really music," to which numerous people cite critics raving about rap music, an actual music professor posts about how rap music has value as art and explains why he thinks so, and then I say "Look, of course there are critics and people who teach music who like rap - they probably grew up on it, but don't take an argument from authority here - no one may be taking the time to post on this thread, but many, probably the silent majority, know rap stinks!" --- would anyone bother debating me anymore?
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So those 4 questions, please, answer them for me. Anyone. traversc will most likely ignore them and grab some line out of my extended example to pick apart - actually, if previous examples stand, he'll grab two or more separate snippets out of order and put them together like this -
(not)traversc didn't really write but this sounds like his MO ...
I'm saying MerinTB wrote contextually...
it makes no money and no one likes it
Ridley Scott also made
a couple hundred dollars for his meal
You can't have have value for a meal, taste is subjective.
Ridley Scottt is irrelevant.
I liked it.
Just saying.
Modifié par MerinTB, 17 janvier 2010 - 05:55 .
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