Well, before we bash the blizz forums too much let's remember how many trolls and idiots are here, too. Honestly, especially after the beta key rush from a few weeks ago, they are virtually indistinguishable. Hopefully it doesn't stay that way :\
so , how do u decide who's points are valid or not?
Same way I decide on the Blizzard forums: whether or not the post is stupid. Examples of stupidity include:
1.) Calling something imbalanced/broken when you haven't played the game.
2.) Claiming the game is already boxed and available from mass retail.
3.) Repeating "Just release it already!" Over and over.
4.) Claiming the game is too easy (especially on Inferno) when you haven't played it.
5.) Calling the item affixes boring when they stated very clearly that they were placeholder stats (this one got the stats taken down entirely, due to sheer mass illiteracy)
Etc, etc. Pretty obvious when you see it.
#1 doesn't belong on the list.
People can easily make those determinations with theorycrafting. Sometimes they are wrong, but more often than not they aren't.
If this was even remotely true then there would be no point at all in making various builds, because you would just be picking skills at random. Of course thats not true. there are things you can figure out w/o the game in hand.
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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Well, before we bash the blizz forums too much let's remember how many trolls and idiots are here, too. Honestly, especially after the beta key rush from a few weeks ago, they are virtually indistinguishable. Hopefully it doesn't stay that way :\
so , how do u decide who's points are valid or not?
I'd like to think you could think for yourself.... so the fact they deleted my posts.. should make u wonder...
Maybe im an idiot right....or maybe i have something to say....when they delete it... who is the troll?
= Democrat Or Kid
answer truthfully... not that it matters...but "just sayin"?
you did something against the rules and you were punished....Its not very hard to understand. Not to mention the community site is not the game. They have those policies fora reason.
Read the rules, don't like it don't post, or don't whine they say bye bye.
U are like a Bible thumper.... I get it.... but i dont need your ass tell in me how to think... I posted my opinions ...I get it ..they are like Assholes.... Everyone has em......but to be banned is stupid when cleary blizzard is fishing for opinions when there game is "unfinished" .....soon = no one here is dumb
Considering how fast you attacked me in this thread I can see very quickly why you got banned. Yes they are extremely heavy handed and are notorious for locking and deleting threads. Its their forums and they can enforce it any way they wish. No matter how much we bitch about it wont change that fact.
Did i say you shouldnt post your opinion? I said if you did post against their rules just be willing to live with it and not whine.
I totally understand your need to vent but considering how many times I see this happen (bans from the official forums) that its not OMG end of the world.
Considering how fast you attacked me in this thread I can see very quickly why you got banned.
Didnt you attack him first by calling him a whiner?
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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
1.) Calling something imbalanced/broken when you haven't played the game.
Etc, etc. Pretty obvious when you see it.
#1 doesn't belong on the list.
People can easily make those determinations with theorycrafting. Sometimes they are wrong, but more often than not they aren't.
Oh it absolutely does. Nothing predicted to be imbalanced by theorycrafting has been vindicated by beta gameplay. There's just too much beyond the numbers to accurately model it. Theorycrafting is virtually mental masturbation until you actually have some gameplay experience behind it.
1.) Calling something imbalanced/broken when you haven't played the game.
Etc, etc. Pretty obvious when you see it.
#1 doesn't belong on the list.
People can easily make those determinations with theorycrafting. Sometimes they are wrong, but more often than not they aren't.
Oh it absolutely does. Nothing predicted to be imbalanced by theorycrafting has been vindicated by beta gameplay. There's just too much beyond the numbers to accurately model it. Theorycrafting is virtually mental masturbation until you actually have some gameplay experience behind it.
And this is why people get unfairly banned. Arbitrary rules like these that don't make sense. Its only a game based solely on math, dang, if only we could use this mystical math force to figure things out...
No Jokes
No Theorycrafting
What a boring forum that would make.
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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Considering how fast you attacked me in this thread I can see very quickly why you got banned.
Didnt you attack him first by calling him a whiner?
I said don't whine if you do something against the rules and are punished for it. Selective reading ftw.
Its a statement on a choice one can make. Steal the car or not but be willing to live with it. Extreme answer for sure and not directly appropriate but gets the point across.
These forums are better than the Blizzard forums because constructive people EXIST here, so no matter how many smacktards/trolls/people who think they are number wizards spam the forums with useless crap, the ratio of good/bad is not zero here. threads with merit actually appear occasionally.
And this is why people get unfairly banned. Arbitrary rules like these that don't make sense. Its only a game based solely on math, dang, if only we could use this mystical math force to figure things out...
No Jokes
No Theorycrafting
What a boring forum that would make.
I have no problem with theorycrafting or jokes. But trying and failing to do math, then posting a whiney thread about how something is SO IMBALANCED OMG with nothing but your failed theorycrafting to back it up is worse than useless. It is actively detrimental to the community.
I have theorycrafted my ass off, I have made dozens of builds for each class on the skill calculator, I have obsessed over any stats I can find about the mechanics/skills/etc. But I have never called anything imbalanced based on that, because I know that my number crunching doesn't amount to dick when it meets the game.
this is one of the best things i have seen posted in a forum in a while. Hats off to you! The Life of Brain video is great but i think i have seen it to many times. If I just need a laugh I will always go for the "Sex Ed" skit in Meaning of life.
so...ok lets say I'm wrong...wouldnt be the first or last time. No point in this website then ... people contributing "your thoughts are worthless or stupid or agree, ... proves that reguardless of who's right or wrong people like to talk about it, i know i do if u dont, then y are u here?
Nobody cares about your individual needs or your reasons for breaking their forum rules, they are strict - no exceptions. You say "nigga" and you're banned even if the context isnt offensive so understand how system works and suck it up.
Nobody cares about your individual needs or your reasons for breaking their forum rules, they are strict - no exceptions. You say "nigga" and you're banned even if the context isnt offensive so understand how system works and suck it up.
I'd never say that u racist
thank you for proving my pt.... im sure u are not racist or at least i hope your not that ignorant... but sayin that on the community site is or at least typing it gets u banned.... (out of context or whatever) your're gone
But there is a difference between a rant (which we all need to do now and then) and talking about what we've been talking about. I guess this happened not to long ago (like just and hour or so ago so its still raw).
My suggestion is ignore the official forums like the plague. As many have said for the most part its a troll fest and the D3 forums are a shadow right now of what they will be. I have this feeling it will turn into the degenerate wow forums where 1 post among hundreds is even worth reading, unlike here where I am reading dozens of threads worth reading every day (sometimes every hour).
the other problem is the mods on the official sites are just insane with rules. Its like walking over a field of land mines where the land mines keep moving depending on the whim of the Mod.
But there is a difference between a rant (which we all need to do now and then) and talking about what we've been talking about. I guess this happened not to long ago (like just and hour or so ago so its still raw).
My suggestion is ignore the official forums like the plague. As many have said for the most part its a troll fest and the D3 forums are a shadow right now of what they will be. I have this feeling it will turn into the degenerate wow forums where 1 post among hundreds is even worth reading, unlike here where I am reading dozens of threads worth reading every day (sometimes every hour).
the other problem is the mods on the official sites are just insane with rules. Its like walking over a field of land mines where the land mines keep moving depending on the whim of the Mod.
People can easily make those determinations with theorycrafting. Sometimes they are wrong, but more often than not they aren't.
If this was even remotely true then there would be no point at all in making various builds, because you would just be picking skills at random. Of course thats not true. there are things you can figure out w/o the game in hand.
Epicurus
= Democrat Or Kid
answer truthfully... not that it matters...but "just sayin"?
Considering how fast you attacked me in this thread I can see very quickly why you got banned. Yes they are extremely heavy handed and are notorious for locking and deleting threads. Its their forums and they can enforce it any way they wish. No matter how much we bitch about it wont change that fact.
Did i say you shouldnt post your opinion? I said if you did post against their rules just be willing to live with it and not whine.
I totally understand your need to vent but considering how many times I see this happen (bans from the official forums) that its not OMG end of the world.
Didnt you attack him first by calling him a whiner?
Epicurus
Oh it absolutely does. Nothing predicted to be imbalanced by theorycrafting has been vindicated by beta gameplay. There's just too much beyond the numbers to accurately model it. Theorycrafting is virtually mental masturbation until you actually have some gameplay experience behind it.
And this is why people get unfairly banned. Arbitrary rules like these that don't make sense. Its only a game based solely on math, dang, if only we could use this mystical math force to figure things out...
No Jokes
No Theorycrafting
What a boring forum that would make.
Epicurus
Thx for backin me. I in a honesty must be a "whiner" if no one spoke out then what? i admit im whining...i happen to care...do u?
I said don't whine if you do something against the rules and are punished for it. Selective reading ftw.
Its a statement on a choice one can make. Steal the car or not but be willing to live with it. Extreme answer for sure and not directly appropriate but gets the point across.
I have no problem with theorycrafting or jokes. But trying and failing to do math, then posting a whiney thread about how something is SO IMBALANCED OMG with nothing but your failed theorycrafting to back it up is worse than useless. It is actively detrimental to the community.
I have theorycrafted my ass off, I have made dozens of builds for each class on the skill calculator, I have obsessed over any stats I can find about the mechanics/skills/etc. But I have never called anything imbalanced based on that, because I know that my number crunching doesn't amount to dick when it meets the game.
this is one of the best things i have seen posted in a forum in a while. Hats off to you! The Life of Brain video is great but i think i have seen it to many times. If I just need a laugh I will always go for the "Sex Ed" skit in Meaning of life.
I'd never say that u racist
thank you for proving my pt.... im sure u are not racist or at least i hope your not that ignorant... but sayin that on the community site is or at least typing it gets u banned.... (out of context or whatever) your're gone
My suggestion is ignore the official forums like the plague. As many have said for the most part its a troll fest and the D3 forums are a shadow right now of what they will be. I have this feeling it will turn into the degenerate wow forums where 1 post among hundreds is even worth reading, unlike here where I am reading dozens of threads worth reading every day (sometimes every hour).
the other problem is the mods on the official sites are just insane with rules. Its like walking over a field of land mines where the land mines keep moving depending on the whim of the Mod.
this +1
nuff said