The days not over, and I am still here.
Now on with the poem for holiday cheer.
For the masses still with us, still faithful to Em-8er.
Let's walk down a lane I'm sure you'll remember.
Think back to that game many loved years ago.
That ignited a fire, so very deep in our souls.
Think of your thumper that you'd call down on demand.
Or the bike that you'd hop on and zoom across land.
The Arana would skitter and swarm on the ground.
Terror Claws would ball up and roll all around.
The chosen would take towers, pushing us out of our homes.
For their strange fascination with collecting Jawbones.
Do you still dream of jetpacks and mighty plasma cannons?
Have you wished for more gliding through valleys and canyons?
Then perk up your ears and open your eyes.
For the fire, once fallen, has a spirit that thrives.
Don't lament what's lost, because the future is brighter.
We'll be back in the action as the loyal Gatestriders.
So join me in raising a toast to what's coming.
As we thank you, for what you do, to keep this place running.
You inspire us to create the world in our vision.
To keep working for this community, is our primary mission.
We are gamers, we are players, of the digital kind.
So I'll end this in a language that's both yours and mine.
My body is ready
I am excite...
Merry Christmas to all,
And to all... A DEEPSTRYKE!
Now on with the poem for holiday cheer.
For the masses still with us, still faithful to Em-8er.
Let's walk down a lane I'm sure you'll remember.
Think back to that game many loved years ago.
That ignited a fire, so very deep in our souls.
Think of your thumper that you'd call down on demand.
Or the bike that you'd hop on and zoom across land.
The Arana would skitter and swarm on the ground.
Terror Claws would ball up and roll all around.
The chosen would take towers, pushing us out of our homes.
For their strange fascination with collecting Jawbones.
Do you still dream of jetpacks and mighty plasma cannons?
Have you wished for more gliding through valleys and canyons?
Then perk up your ears and open your eyes.
For the fire, once fallen, has a spirit that thrives.
Don't lament what's lost, because the future is brighter.
We'll be back in the action as the loyal Gatestriders.
So join me in raising a toast to what's coming.
As we thank you, for what you do, to keep this place running.
You inspire us to create the world in our vision.
To keep working for this community, is our primary mission.
We are gamers, we are players, of the digital kind.
So I'll end this in a language that's both yours and mine.
My body is ready
I am excite...
Merry Christmas to all,
And to all... A DEEPSTRYKE!
All of this has been said and re said.
I'm about to lock this thread for being circular and useless.
I'll give it a few hours to see if anything new is brought to the table, otherwise everyone will have to just let it be.
I'm about to lock this thread for being circular and useless.
I'll give it a few hours to see if anything new is brought to the table, otherwise everyone will have to just let it be.
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Ok so there we have it. They do exist. That was my point all along.
But then you say they don't care about their projection on others, ok. Interesting.
Earlier in this thread, didn't you say something like "if people don't like the skins in the game they can just not play"?, and "if parents don't want their kids to play a game they should just not let them play"
So why is "if people don't like the toggle aspect they can just not play" any different?
Ok.
BUT to be fair, speaking from a purely mathematical/statistics context: we don't have any reliable metrics for gamers as a whole on an issue like this because it hasn't been brought up to them. Speculation is not data. We can only infer what it would be based on how other personal toggle features have done, and even that only takes us so far.
In reality, it's only the portion of the EM-8er fanbase who noticed, and then only the few who have spoken up about it so far. Out of that sample group who have spoken up, most are fine with it or even for it. Very few have made any statement against it. Again, speculation about what people might say if they did speak is not data. We can't do anything with that.
Think about what you just said.
You could make that same blanket argument against any new feature, but by itself it holds no value.
Every feature (mechanic and genre) that is common now, was once brand new and never before seen.
For every new feature it's the same story.
The industry survived without it for a while, sometimes years, sometimes decades, and then it got created. Someone somewhere did it for the first time, then it was no longer new.
If you want to stop the creation of a new feature, of any kind, what you have to provide is a reason to think that enough people won't like it, that it would limit the games success. BUT by your own argument, you think it's half and half on either side, and that most people won't care much.
Do what is best for your own happiness.
But then you say they don't care about their projection on others, ok. Interesting.
Earlier in this thread, didn't you say something like "if people don't like the skins in the game they can just not play"?, and "if parents don't want their kids to play a game they should just not let them play"
So why is "if people don't like the toggle aspect they can just not play" any different?
Ok.
BUT to be fair, speaking from a purely mathematical/statistics context: we don't have any reliable metrics for gamers as a whole on an issue like this because it hasn't been brought up to them. Speculation is not data. We can only infer what it would be based on how other personal toggle features have done, and even that only takes us so far.
In reality, it's only the portion of the EM-8er fanbase who noticed, and then only the few who have spoken up about it so far. Out of that sample group who have spoken up, most are fine with it or even for it. Very few have made any statement against it. Again, speculation about what people might say if they did speak is not data. We can't do anything with that.
Think about what you just said.
You could make that same blanket argument against any new feature, but by itself it holds no value.
Every feature (mechanic and genre) that is common now, was once brand new and never before seen.
For every new feature it's the same story.
The industry survived without it for a while, sometimes years, sometimes decades, and then it got created. Someone somewhere did it for the first time, then it was no longer new.
If you want to stop the creation of a new feature, of any kind, what you have to provide is a reason to think that enough people won't like it, that it would limit the games success. BUT by your own argument, you think it's half and half on either side, and that most people won't care much.
Do what is best for your own happiness.