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@anthinkyushu: I'm certainly no expert but I would recommend creating a little 'room' near your bed.
Maybe put a carpet down that's different than the rest of the room or get some of those bed curtains that will block out the rest of the room. This might trick your brain into thinking that your bed is now in a separate part of the studio.
Maybe put a carpet down that's different than the rest of the room or get some of those bed curtains that will block out the rest of the room. This might trick your brain into thinking that your bed is now in a separate part of the studio.
Any idea when this may roll out to us Droid users?
I'm not sure how much less I could care about this.
@Zuldim: I'm under the school of if it's not patched in it doesnt exist. Especially applies to blizzard.
I will be ok with this as long as blizzard implements some kind of do not disturb mode so people can't message me in the middle of ladder matches.
@biogeek71: Yeah, and I agree. I do like how the new battle.net 2.0 ladder system seems to work for Starcraft 2. If you win a lot against your own league, say copper, it will place you against a silver player, and only if you win enough against a higher league will it upgrade you to that league. It kind of leads you into a better playstyle.
I think it really depends on what kind of person you are. For me, I'm very competitive and I want to compete at a high level. However I also understand that there are players who don't have those same motivations.
I find that matchmaking systems that match you against opponents of your own skill never actually get you to improve your skill.
The best way to improve your skill at a game is to play against people who are better than you. You will lose more, but you will learn more after every match.
@JibbyJam: Yes, but that's kind of vague. They may not have made a solid decision on this part of it yet, which is ok, the game is not out yet.
From past experience in other games, this has never been done in a way that is fair to everyone involved. Here's to hoping they innovate a way for this to be a strong game mechanic for them in the future.
@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: There is a big difference between something that is in a video game or movie which is under the assumption that it is fiction and real consequences to real actions.
If you really think that the kotaku editors are missing good comments/commentors, e-mail them and tell them about it. They may listen, they may not. It's their website to do as they wish, but if you bring up a good argument I would doubt that it would be ignored.
@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: Are you saying we don't live in a world where 10 year olds smoke and 12 year olds drive? Perhaps you should look beyond your borders and notice that this behavior already exists. 'Minors' just hide behavior like smoking or sex from their parents instead and learn habits or addictions that they won't be able to break until so much later in their life. The ban on all the things you mention (except weirdly school, since you start school pretty early in your life, not sure where this came from) has not prevented any of it from happening before it's allowed by the government or parents.
I think the kotaku editors choose what comments/commentors they feel give good feedback to the articles or add something of value to the subject they brought up.
@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: The reason I say that i'm against bills of this nature is the blanket assumption that everyone matures at the same rate. Things like age 18 for 'adulthood' and other restrictions like that are derived from statistical analysis of the same type you discredit in doubtful's post.
I think systems like the ESRB work, if parents take more responsibility. It should not be up to the government to tell a parent when their child is mature enough to handle more mature concepts in the content that we produce. Only the parent of a child should have the expertise to pass that kind of judgement.
Now, you can argue that parents can have bad judgement, but realistically there's nothing we can do about that. Better education for everyone will eventually help the entire cause.
@alanxu: I fight for PONY!
I feel like the major flaw in this plan is that people will just be able to idle in towns or nearby strong monster spawns. What's to prevent someone from doing this and collecting loot without any effort?
@jeangrae: They still exist in 2010, so yeah. I'd say so.
@wanyo: From what I understand, games before WoW (like D2 and WC3) will not support the new battle.net 2.0. At least not at Starcraft 2's launch.
The older games would have to be seriously re-worked at least at the authentication level for them to work with the new system, so IMO it's pretty unlikely they will ever see the new features.
@FokisMoney: That might be ok if the DLC was for some reason more difficult to develop for other platforms. However, I feel like this is just Microsoft throwing around their financial weight to hold on to this DLC as long as they can.
Console exclusive DLC (or timed delay to other platforms) leaves an even worse taste in my mouth than it's cost.
@ArleenCabango: Exactly. I think that is just using the IM as a tool correctly. It has limitations and everyone needs to understand what they are and what is expected.
@Xucuroz: I would not have a problem with it if it was with everyone else.
It just annoys me that the concept of a testing beta is being morphed into just a PR stunt these days. It seems like almost every company does this now, and quite frankly it's annoying.
