@TRT-X: No, it was a pretty blatant satire of it.

Or am I misunderstanding that completely?

Since then, I've been kind of edgy around downloading anything.

And relief sounds dumb. A game has never made me relieved.

The others make sense though.

Though I guess it's a decent way to propose.

Though after checking out the site some more, I think I'll download this one. It's supervised by a professor at the university. If he's in on a virus conspiracy, there's lawsuit money to be made.

Though I have to say I don't think it should exist anymore, for a pretty obvious reason. All of those products in clamshell packaging at the stores I go to are behind glass cases and security locks. That means there's absolutely no reason for that level of security. What is a shoplifter going to do? Smash the glass, get a boxcutter, cut off the lock, and then remove it from the packaging?
It's absurd at this point. No need for such excess.

@Troubadour: Actually, I think it's for legal reasons.

@Figroti: Saying that is pointless. It's understood when you comment. Every time you make a comment, you're doing it under the terms of agreement, which state that the Kotaku Staff can ban you at any time for any reason they feel is justified. That means you don't need to say you know you can be banned for it, it's implied from it being a comment itself.

So excited. Though the trailer itself was lame, it made me lust for the game.
Yes, lust.

@Roto13:
I have always been a moral bastion of well thought out and intelligent comm....Okay, I can't say that with a straight face. But most of us here weren't involved with that crap. That's why we're here, because it's finally our chance to say that we disapproved of it.
@stranger: *Strokes beard* Hmm...I wholeheartedly agree. There are some fundamental flaws in the Star commenting system, the same that apply to any human society. Unless we made all comments completely anonymous, however, there would still be elitism. Before followers, Witzbold and Dv8Godd still stood out as "star" commenters. And after followers, Witz, Dv8, Kirby, and Papabear all immediately became famous. The stars is just a more open extension of this. It's essentially stripping away the layer of pretending not to have an elitist society. And it's Gawker-wide anyways, so there's not much they can do about it.

@Cuban__B: Oh yeah? Have you read fleshbot? All the comments are about sex. What a load of pervs.

*It's a dinosaur ship, okay? Or just a pretty lame metaphor. But you get my point.

If people stopped to realize that N'Gai saw the trailer in the same way we see most statements on Video Games, maybe there would be less hate.

@DeLoRtEd1: Yes, there was racism. But, for your own sake, just stay away from there. It's a place where no sane human can dwell.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: The secret is to 1. Never ask for a star.
2.Know the secret to getting a star.
3. Once you know the secret, comment without seeing the colors green, beige, or pink.

@PlayerX: To do that, we'd have to get rid of one of our most beloved features- the "K".
K has too many negative connotations the world. We'd have to become "Commentators" instead of the grammatically incorrect and misspelled "Kommenters".

@PlayerX: No, no, no, no no! Bad idea. Any intelligent conversations would also be stopped. Imagine-somebody's about to deliver a comment that will change the world. He hits submit-and BAM! It turns out he's over his limit. We all die. For example, imagine if Kerosene didn't have a star yet, and he got that comment. He was already well over 5 comments. It's just a bad idea.

Okay. Did I manage to break every rule there? Good. There's an example to not follow. Never do that

But seriously, great comment. You've always been one of the best commenters here on Kotaku.
Though I still find it funny that your avatar is a picture of a Buxom Jill Valentine as you're trying to argue seriousness.

I guess I'll have to do something to save this contest*.

*Note-I'm not actually going to create something decent. I'm just going to create something so lame everything else looks good.

Compared to the giant, slow cows with the same stats, but worse fire resistance, it wasn't much of a question.

@Brian Ashcraft: I knew that was coming. I saw the obvious flaw immediately- You'd end up with the stars being meaningless, people nominating crap comments like crazy, and undeserving people getting the stars.

But really, I'm excited for the game, and a cool lunchbox now. Please tell me it's not GS exclusive.

@Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: Actually, I bought it because of the excellent Japan sales numbers, and hearty recommendations from a number of my friends. Maybe I just haven't played it enough, though.