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Thread: Taking bets...
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RankorCity
Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:34 pm
#27
Main Entry: guil·lo·tine
Pronunciation: 'gi-l&-"tEn; "gE-(y)&-', 'gE-(y)&-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Joseph Guillotin died 1814 French physician
1 : a machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides
2 : a shearing machine or instrument (as a paper cutter) that in action resembles a guillotine
3 chiefly British : closure by the imposition of a predetermined time limit on the consideration of specific sections of a bill or portions of other legislative business
- guillotine transitive verb
Pronunciation: 'gi-l&-"tEn; "gE-(y)&-', 'gE-(y)&-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Joseph Guillotin died 1814 French physician
1 : a machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides
2 : a shearing machine or instrument (as a paper cutter) that in action resembles a guillotine
3 chiefly British : closure by the imposition of a predetermined time limit on the consideration of specific sections of a bill or portions of other legislative business
- guillotine transitive verb
Dont tell me Commandos are getting turned into a pure melee prof.....LOL
Or you could make my day and tell me TH is getting fired
BravenIrish
Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:38 pm
#28
aeuralis wrote:
I wish we could see the light at the end of the tunnel too. But we had a saying in the navy:
" The light at the end of the tunnel is just the NEXT oncoming train."
The strong and determined Commandoshave dodged that train many times past. THIS time, Garvin is checking it out as the point man. LordSec (our blue glowie), Hellshot, RazerWolf, StarNick, Skeptic666, and myself will face this train head on. I believe your cliche' is unappropriate. I also believe that if it IS appropriate, the Commando Community will lose 7 dedicated members to that train. Not gonna happen Commandos!
None will dodge it...and unfortuanately for you, there is no train to dodge as of now. 
Nuff said.
Slainte
BravenIrish
Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:59 pm
#29
RankorCity wrote:
Or you could make my day and tell me TH is getting fired
No, no, no....That reference was about ME even talking about the "Sandbox". You know how important this is, and me even mentioning that word might jeaprodize my spot to help represent us there. The "guillotine" reference was for me mentioning the word "Sandbox".
I'm not the hint guy Bro! Don't read too deep into my posts.
**Puts the ductape securely back upon mouth**
Hnk en ere brueers!
fmmlenke!
aeuralis
Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:32 am
#30
IT is easy for you to say that my cliche' is unappropriate when you have read the Docs and talked to the Devs about them. Frankly you are asking me to have faith in SOE, I lost faith in them a long time ago. I don't believe that they will do the right thing and I don't trust them to make good design decisions. And I know that they don't listen to the community.
BUT I want a reason to believe in them. I want to know that they are trying to fix this great but broken profession. Garvin gives me just enough hope to keep me here.But I cannot get excite about the lack of info they have released to the public. TH's post was just fluff, there was nothing meaningful or concrete in it. I need concrete info, for me to begin to have faith in them again. The rebalance/revamp/upgrade is the only reason that i have not left this game and it will decide if i stay or not.
TKA-MC
Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:25 am
#31
Garvin said:
I have a feeling that there are many that feel as you do...I pretty much warned TH that your exact feelings are growing amongst the various communities...Haven't heard a response back from him yet on that one...
As for "a while"...I got the clear impression that meant at least through December...It appeared to me that the game plan is to stop the JTL publicity bandwagon early in January...
I've been strongly pushing for something non-JTL to come out just to break the tension...
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Yeah everbody is pretty pissed. We've waited, waited, been told to wait just a bit longer.......and we are still waiting for just SOMETHING from TH. We all know it's not your fault and that you are doing your best, I would even say that because of the little bits' and pieces and excitement you have showed quite a few of us have not lost all faith. The only way I see for us to actually get some MORE info is if it is up to us to Sign TH's checks. Then we should see some results.
Skeptic666
Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:40 am
#32
How about my word? They really are trying to get every thing balanced yes I used the word "trying". I can't give any great admiration or hopes as of yet. They have every thing in paper but the testing so we can see and feel it will not be for a few days or weeks no clue when right now. Then we can really tell you how we feel. Just becuase toilet paper Looks nice and soft doesn't mean its not going to leave a rash or hurt like a sob right?
Just give us till testing so you can heal our over all feel of the CU. Pwease?
Tlk
Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:23 am
#33
I don't want the docs, I don't want to hear a dev or Tiggs, or TH say anything, I want the game to be fixed. I read plan after plan after plan, none of that matters, teh only thing that matters, is that we see testing actually start, and itshould be open and public so all can see it.
Now to the FF, they should serve as a tool to get information or highlight an aspect of the game to the current players, enough with JtL, add some variety already.
Posted before I was done, how odd, anyways, I would like to see FF on topics we have not seen yet, such as statistics on how professiosn changed over the last year, or how many people are playing on servers, and how that has changed over the year. Or maybe, have a FF on the new loot system, now that looks interesting.
Message Edited by Tlk on 11-12-2004 11:25 AM
Latenighter
Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:04 am
#34
All bets are in. FF is "How to paint your spaceship to look cool."
How incredibly important is that?
/sarcasm off
How incredibly important is that?
/sarcasm off
aeuralis
Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:48 am
#35
/sarcasm on
I could not have lived without that critical info. Thanks SOE for telling use how to paint our ships. I could not have figured it out on my own.
/sarcasm off
I thought they could not do a more useless FF then listing the beta testers names. I am sad to say that i was wrong.
Skeptic, I think that if you are in favor of it it cannot be bad but everything looks good on paper. I have said before that I think our current system looked good on paper. The proof is in the testing, something to me that they seem to be dragging thier feet in starting.
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