Author Topic: The ANGST thread: Complain here! (Read 1703340 times)

WarpRattler · « **Reply #7110 on:** January 24, 2011, 07:42:33 PM »

But only in BioShock can you sit there and die over and over and actually make progress.

You're trying to bend the definition of "play" to suit your argument. It doesn't mean "be good at," or "try." It means play.

pegpeg0025 · « **Reply #7111 on:** January 24, 2011, 07:44:11 PM »

i play games and try my best and most of the time i suck anyway. games are meant for fun anyway

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #7112 on:** January 24, 2011, 08:29:30 PM »

Uh, by drive I pretty much meant "not die" and by play a videogame I pretty much meant "not die".

On a related point, it's a lot easier to drive accident-free in RL than in a simulated city game like Grand Theft Auto. The controls are way better in RL and the civilian AI is way better in RL.

Can we unban Glorb yet? This is the type of discussion where I miss him.

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #7113 on:** January 29, 2011, 12:12:08 AM »

It almost seems like Fast Eddie is deliberately flushing TV Tropes down the crapper.

Jman · « **Reply #7114 on:** January 29, 2011, 12:01:20 PM »

Quote from: Turtlekid1 on January 29, 2011, 12:12:08 AM

It almost seems like Fast Eddie is deliberately flushing TV Tropes down the crapper.

How so? (I'm a frequent visitor to the site).

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #7115 on:** January 29, 2011, 06:06:20 PM »

The banishing of "subjective" tropes, the rampant renaming of existing tropes to SPOON standards, the death of an informal atmosphere in general.

Weegee · « **Reply #7116 on:** January 29, 2011, 09:07:53 PM »

*Googles SPOON*

Giving articles simpler names is great. Far too many pages are impossible to find if you're not a Troper.

Mr. Wiggles · « **Reply #7117 on:** January 29, 2011, 09:18:04 PM »

Now if only he could banish those losers who derail every entry with in-jokes, shipping crap and opinions in general.

Maybe then, Tv Tropes can stop being such a circlejerk.

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #7118 on:** January 29, 2011, 09:53:40 PM »

Quote from: Weegee on January 29, 2011, 09:07:53 PM

*Googles SPOON*

Giving articles simpler names is great. Far too many pages are impossible to find if you're not a Troper.

The idea is to become a Troper.

Half (or more) of the fun of the site is finding an unfamiliar trope, thinking "I wonder what this one is?" and spending the day clicking all the different interesting links you come across.

If every trope is Exactly What It Says On The Tin, then that fun is gone. Besides, if you're really stumped, that's what Lost and Found is for.

Weegee · « **Reply #7119 on:** January 29, 2011, 10:38:32 PM »

If anything, Lost and Found exemplifies the need for simpler article titles.

Entries for subjective tropes may once have been good, but are now little more than poorly-disguised debate forums.

This Troper disagrees. But Your Mileage May Vary, after all.

herp derp, etc...

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #7120 on:** January 29, 2011, 10:49:12 PM »

The cure is worse than the disease.

The Chef · « **Reply #7121 on:** January 29, 2011, 11:40:23 PM »

*waits for Lizard Dude and/or WarpRattler to come in and say something scathing about TV Tropes*

Ninjap00 · « **Reply #7122 on:** January 31, 2011, 09:57:13 PM »

sewer backed up into my basement, got in my carpet in my room (poop, poop everywhere)
took a painful slide down some rough, icy stairs
not a good day

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #7123 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:08:50 PM »

[darn] dude, sounds like a pretty crappy day.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #7124 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:15:40 PM »

Well that sucks. Sorry to hear.