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    posted a message on The Auction House Explained
    Many companies have done stuff that didn't work, to do something else and have it work like a charm.
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    posted a message on Skill Points Removal Fuels Game Controversy
    Quote from neostars

    It really annoys me when player whinge over change.
    You haven't played the game yet.

    Neither have you. Therefore, you can't say anything about people thinking it's shit. Therefore, you're just as accountable to be held "annoying" because you think change is good. It's a two-way road, my friend.
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    posted a message on The Auction House Explained
    It's slang jargon, it's not a word.

    Yeah, climb on a list consisting of 3 games. It's already a top priority, since, you know, they're developing a new game and are planning multiple expansion packs.

    I don't know, nor do I care how much money it has made them. Stop making it sound like Blizzard employe people whose sole task is to ban bots and hackers.

    My real concern is that money-based concepts in a video game is a ridiculous and despicable concept. I can play just as much as a spoiled kid, I just choose not to because, you know, I'm no longer 14 years old. But see, that's on me, not on the company, and I can live with that. They can buy from 3rd parties all they want, it's Blizzard's job to keep banning them, no matter how many copies they can afford to buy. That in itself is profitable to Blizzard.

    Lol@you making it sound like gear is unimportant in a game like Diablo. I care what player X's gear is compared to mine. Everybody does. If someone says he/she doesn't, he/she is lying. Diablo is pretty much an items game. You grind and you play to get better items. When you see someone who has way better gear, and is someone who has played the game WAY WAY less than you have, of course you're gonna get pissed off. What on Earth are you on about, with all that "fighting the hoards of evil alongside you" stuff? This isn't Diablo III: Brokeback Mountain Edition, or a tale of platonic love between a bedazzled Witch Doctor from the mean forests of Zimbabwe and a roid-infused Barbarian from Wichita who is battling conflicting emotions and estrogen-induced man-tits.

    Contrarian shmontrarian. It's an idiotic concept with idiotic explanations behind its inception.
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    posted a message on Rate the Signature above! (1-10)
    Anytime, sister.
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    posted a message on The Auction House Explained
    Quote from Groanan

    The RMAH is optional, it is free to try out on a weekly basis, you can use it to buy Blizzard products from selling virtual goods, and it will hopefully generate revenue for the game, which will incentivize Blizzard to pour more resources into it.

    A) Incentivize isn't even a word

    B) They will have more than enough revenue from just selling the game. If that's not enough for them, then I don't know what is. Don't give me the usual rhetoric of "servers and maintenance cost money!". They're getting 70$ a game. That's millions upon millions of dollars in revenue. How much would the servers and the maintenance cost?

    C) I know it's optional, I can read. However, it would make it much easier for players who have cash (youngsters who just pay from daddy's credit card, or just rich people who are willing to spend money buying stuff for a video game universe) will undoubtedly have an edge over regular players, who will grind and grind to find appropriate high-level gear on their own.

    Quote from Groanan
    In this day and age MMORPGs are going free-to-play with revenue coming in from advertisements, micro-transactions (moving characters from server to server, etc.), and the selling of virtual goods. This shifts the cost of the game from everyone, to only those willing to pay money for virtual goods. Monthly subscription fees scare off many players who would otherwise play if it were free.

    But see, Blizzard isn't going that route. They're money-fiends (and I don't REALLY blame them, but it's still despicable) and they know how to get their money. The people who aren't willing to buy "virtual goods" shouldn't cause any amount of harm to the parent company since..you know..THEY PAYED FOR THE GAME.

    Quote from Groanan
    I don't see product placement and ads meshing well with Diablo III, and I'd rather them charge players selling items to each other than sell items directly to us.

    Well then, thank God you aren't on the development team.

    Quote from Groanan
    I know Diablo III is not an MMORPG, but the amount of work put into it, as an online game, pretty much makes it one logistically.

    No it doesn't.

    Quote from Groanan
    Even without releasing content patches, plan old patches, server maintenance, and expansion development money needs to come from somewhere.

    Stop making it sound like people get the game for free and Blizzard is this poor old company that barely makes enough to buy Oreos and a milkshake.

    Quote from Groanan
    I think the RMAH idea is a rather brilliant side-step from having a monthly subscription or having to directly sell virtual goods to us to make revenue.

    K.
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    posted a message on Rate the Signature above! (1-10)
    Zelda is the most overrated game ever. Besides, who the hell is gonna take the time to read those incredibly small letters, in annoying yellow, nevertheless?

    8.5
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    posted a message on Rate the Signature above! (1-10)
    0. It's like reading the fucking newspaper.
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    posted a message on Where's the Ban?
    OMG@this thread.
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    posted a message on Rate the Avatar above! (1-10)
    You don't have to be a chemist to know basic chemistry, you dolt.
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    posted a message on Rate the Signature above! (1-10)
    7
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    posted a message on Rate the Avatar above! (1-10)
    I'm guessing you meant to say ether.
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    posted a message on Rate the Avatar above! (1-10)
    Quote from Hpnot1Q

    Quote from -Mephisto

    Quote from FingolfinGR

    8/10 for your courage to use your boyfriend's pic as your avatar! <3

    You guys should really upload a plain face smiley for moments like these.

    2. I hate gif avatars.

    They no like u ether brah

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    posted a message on Rate the Avatar above! (1-10)
    Quote from FingolfinGR

    8/10 for your courage to use your boyfriend's pic as your avatar! <3

    You guys should really upload a plain face smiley for moments like these.

    2. I hate gif avatars.
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    posted a message on Skill Points Removal Fuels Game Controversy
    I like being in control of my character. They're completely ruining this game as they progress through the development. I'm actually, and for the first time ever, giving serious thought as to whether I'm gonna buy this game or not. They're pretty much shitting on the hardcore fans of the series (Well, a vast proportion of them) and justifying it by saying "well, we thought the D2 version was shit, this will be way better". I mean, what the fuck?
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    posted a message on The Auction House Explained
    This is utterly despicable. They can go on all night telling me they're trying to eliminate 3rd parties, giving players more options, bla bla bla, but it's absolute nonsense. I buy a game to have fun. I play the game to have fun. I work to get payed. I'm not nearly poor enough to be all excited about the thought of playing and getting payed to play. I want to play to have some fun and let go, I don't want to be thinking about shit like selling, buying, money, and economics while playing a video game. This is also terrible because people with loads of daddy's cash can outbid anyone and get whatever they want and remain unscathed in every aspect. Instead of fighting 3rd parties, Blizzard simply gave in and opted for the option that will fill their pockets with cash (surprise surprise, eh?). I don't want to go into a maze of setting up an account, see which company Blizzard is dealing with, calculating how much I should put this item up for, how much my net gain will be. I don't want to go through the trouble of proper financial management for a frikkin' video game. I know I can simply not go that way, but other people will, and agree or not, they will hold an advantage. It's utter bullshit, completely unprofessional, and absolutely and without a shadow of doubt NOT the Diablo I wanted, NOT the Diablo I was thinking about, and NOT the Diablo that I will pay 70$ or whatever to get. They're making all these decisions on behalf of the people that are actually going to play the game to the point where it's getting frustrating. Who are you to tell me that allocating stat points is not a good idea? Who are you to tell me that I shouldn't dump all my skills points into 2 skills? What the fuck is going on here?
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