Funny thing, I deleted that post because I decided it was too hostile, but it came back. I really hate the new set up.
Tammuz wrote:quite frankly robot modes where brokenly good, saying that it's redimus's fault that they were removed is complete fabrication, or a sign of complete and total lack of understanding of the game mechanics on the programmer's side, so which is it caelus?
I think your memory is failing you. OS was gradually removing the botmodes because they were broken. He started with removing the ability to select one, but got stuck on how to remove the active ones and reimburse people's xp. Redimus reset one of his bots, then got upset that the robot modes weren't there, and made a big stink about it, 'demanding' that OS remove them
all immediately so that his one bot that he reset wouldn't get its ass kicked. He basically insulted OS six ways from sunday, so OS got frustrated and did exactly what Red demanded - he removed them all immediately without reimbursing anyone their xp, which given the new xp-based leveling system, forced dozens of players to reset.
but really tact? isn't treading the fine line between banning and not.
Okay, here's what got me really hacked off and made me shoot off my mouth:
Most people around here
do think about the consequences of their words before they type something. However, they generally only think about the immediate obvious consequences which directly affect them. They seldom consider how what they say will affect others. In other words, they give little thought to other people's feelings, and vastly underestimate the power words can have.
Red for example can be quite tenacious and aggressive when he's upset about something. Now if he were arguing with himself, he'd probably (A) let it roll off of him, or (B) give as good as he gets. But not everyone else is like him though. Some people tend to be a bit more sensitive. Borderline personal attacks, endless criticism, and complaints that stem more from impatience than anything else get under some people's skin. For some, 1 barb can amount to more than 10 praises. Therefore, it might be wise if more people stopped to consider the sensitivity and temperament of who they're talking to, especially if those people are bosses, employers, professors, or some other person upon whom they depend to get something they want or need.
(And I apologize for the affect/effect thing, I can never keep the spellings straight.)
constructive criticism?
If I was OS, I'd refuse to do anything like this unless I was allowed to make HMW modular. Surly OS and Ryan must understand that if that was done HMW wouldnt be the problem child it has always seemed to be, simply becuase it'd be SO MUCH EASIER to find and fixed problems. Any time spent rewriting it would very quickly reclaimed later on when adding to and fixing it.
that looks pretty constructive, bugger new flashey stuff for sorting out the code to make the site run smoother.
That's about as constructive as an anarchist protesting the existence of government.
Constructive criticism identifies problems that are realistically fixable, and offers solutions. For example, finding the spot in the game calculations where strength is squared for hand-to-hand damage and pointing it out was constructive.
Saying that OS and Seibertron should throw out the old code and start over isn't particularly constructive. Whilst I may agree with it in a perfect world where programming is done instantly and effortlessly, in the real world of volunteer part-time programmers and hobbyist site owners, it's a 'when pigs fly solution'.
The fact is, HMW won't be perfect until Bungie does it, and charges everyone $60 a month for it. And then it would probably still only snag 3.5/5 stars from the major reviewers because it's a Transformers game. And also the Microsoft Haters would be unhappy.
So, at the moment, I would settle for having our part-time volunteer programmer back long enough to turn the game back on. As hackneyed as it is, 'a broken game is better than no game'.
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