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I mean come on, what matters is that it's still a patch that includes the DLC. Even then, a patch that adds content is DLC, considering it's content that's downloaded, so it really doesn't matter.
In the end, who gives a damn what they call it, as long as it's free?
12/12/09
To use a much more serious topic as an example - in World War I, you had shell shock. Sounds bad, doesn't it? Shells...shocks. World War II, it becomes "battle fatigue". Sounds like the soldier needs a a vacation rather than indicating the severe trauma that "shell shock" does. Then it becomes "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder". Biggest piece of bullshit ever. "Post traumatic" - oh, well, the trauma is over. "Stress disorder" - ah. A warm cup of coffee and a backrub will take care of that stress. And you can abbreviate it to PTSD where it loses all meaning.
Sanitizing shit til it loses all meaning. Softening language making everything seem less bad or urgent so less action on these subjects is demanded.
More examples -
Used = Previously owned/Pre-owned (looking at you, Gamestop)
Riot = Civil Disorder
Strike = Job action
Zoo = Wildlife Park (sounds like the animals are having a good time, huh?)
Drug addiction = Substance Abuse
Prostitute = Sex worker
Wife beating = Domestic violence
Poor people live in slums. It isn't the "economically disadvantaged" living in "substandard housing". "Substandard housing" sounds like they wish they had a jacuzzi.
They're broke, they don't have "negative cash flow". Broke. Oh, and they're broke because they were fired. Not because their former employer "reorganized".
Armies don't kill people, they "neutralize targets" now. Or they "depopulate an area". Oh, and we don't have stupid people anymore. Thank the gods we cured that. Now people just have "learning disabilities".
What next? Hey, how about we eliminate puking. From now on, we'll have "involuntary personal protein spills".
Changing the language changes thought. The less honest the language is the more we're lied to and the more we lie to ourselves.
It may seem minor in the case of an update versus DLC, and you know what? It is. But the problem doesn't exist in a vacuum, it spreads everywhere. You let enough small things past your nose, you end up with big problems. Ask some veterans about their "PTSD". If they still called it shell shock publically, maybe there'd be enough outcry so these people could get the help they need in a reliable manner.
12/13/09
Honestly, your argument is really, really dumb, as you're comparing a simple term used to refer to added content to things like PTSD as a term.
Stop taking the term "DLC" so personally.
12/13/09
Stop being oblivious to the way changes in popular language, and by extension thought, affect you personally.
12/13/09
Methinks you're making a mountain out of a molehill. I know language has an impact on thought and action, but the term "free DLC" hardly has any effect at all.
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I believe there is an untapped niche market here- gamers who dont have an interest in Modern Warfare 2 or its ilk, but dont have a PC capable of playing something like this.
I hope someday the console market is large enough to support ports of things like this, with keyboard and mouse support.
Correction: I'll make the time.
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UT3 on PS3 did. I don't understand why more games don't - if they did I'd be playing FPSs' on my PS3 all the damn time.
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probably because it unbalances the game. a mouse gives you a clear advantage over anyone using the controller that comes with the console.
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What I want to see is more sophisticated, pc-style simulation games on the console, that *incidentally may require the use of a mouse & keyboard.
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My wish is for games that are more complex, the input method is irrelevant. That said, "porting" a game like ARMA2 could theoretically be done, just tweak the text, menus etc. to display legibly on a 720p display, but leave all levels of complexity intact.
The issue is market size- are there consumers out there who would rather play this than Dantes Inferno or MW2 and use their PS3 to do so? Enough to make it worthwhile? This is where digital distribution gives me some hope for the future.
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The issue is whether there will ever be enough people, other than myself, interested in playing something like this on their ps3 in the first place, as it is a very niche game.
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Look up in-order processing on wikipedia. It will explain why consoles can't do these types of games.
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With a mouse you can do certain actions(turning) faster and can aim more precisely than you can with a gamepad.
Now yes, you could say "Well why dont you guys all use a KB/M instead of a gamepad then!" but that doesnt fly in the real world.
There's a reason no developers are behind it.
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What's your point?
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It's like a great comedy of karma.
12/07/09
Then I started shooting that guy from a distance and problem solved!
I don't see what the big deal is.
But then again I don't use my MW2 rank as a substitute for my penis size...so this patch may not be for me.
12/06/09
I have:
35 Hours of Playtime
Level 62
K/D Ratio: 2.35
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And if I recall correctly, developers CAN ban users who violate the game's Terms of Use on the PS3. Sony just have to authorise it.
Its up to Infinity Ward and Infinity Ward alone to police it THEIR game.
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Where is that?
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BFBC2Beta is already rocking my socks, but I too am looking forward to BF3.
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One of the main reasons that people cite for leaving the PC is the "hackers" - people who cheat by using aimbots/wallhacks etc. Yet, if you only play on servers that have active admins, the admins will ban anyone cheating - hacks or glitches or anything else.
Yet, when they go to the "hack-free" and "cheat-free" consoles, they find Javelin glitch-spamming assholes, skywalk n00bs in Derail, infinite care package users, not to mention all the other crap that can be easily taken care of on the PC like camping, griefing, etc. They have no option but to either leave the game or report the offenders and hope and pray someone on XBL gets around to them soon enough for you to encounter the next sore loser.
Seems to me like the PC would be the preferable experience if only because you can play on a server that has an admin on.
12/06/09
Oh right, you have the ability to leave a server and play somewhere else... but wait, you can do that on the console too................
12/06/09
And that choice of words actually makes me realize why I hate matchmaking so much - it chooses a game for you. It chooses who you're going to play for you. It chooses what maps, etc. you will play for you. It's a communist-style central planning system, gaming-style. A capitalist system would allow me to choose which server and which people and which mods to spend my gaming time with.
So I take it you guys are communists?
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What universe do you live in again? Capitalism does not hinge on the ability of people to buy items - Soviet Russia had money. Nazi Germany had money. For chrissakes even North Korea has their worthless Won that they're currently in the middle of swapping in an idiotic effort to combat hyperinflation and have the entire country shut down for a week. Capitalism hinges on CHOICE - if I want to give my money to IW for their maps, I can, or I can give it to server admins for a better playing experience, reserved slots, say in which custom maps go on the server...
Communism = central planning. If IW decides that the best way to move forward is to provide just one option for maps (being, DLC) - just like Soviet Russia decided that there was one form of acceptable dress, one appropriate party, one appropriate car to own - then that's pretty pink baby.
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Bravo for IW for being on the case rolling out patches to fix problems quickly.
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This would of never been caught scince the Javelin is unlocked in the late 50's. The most they let you go to in the beta is in the 20's :)
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Although of course a public beta would have been nice for everyone, I think in this case they made a great working multiplayer without it.
Although dual shotgun wielders are indeed dog rapists
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I DON'T WANT TO USE IT!! in case anyone wonders, i just never heard of it. Pure curiosity. My PSN si "BarKohba", if anyone wants to "monitor" me in order to be sure i don't use it.
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You are now a very large bomb.
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*dons shades*
With the Bad Company.
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
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Get used to it. It'll get played out llllllong before people forget about it.
12/05/09
I wonder, do these patches come in and fix everything? Like if I am in the middle of a franchise? Or do I have to start again?