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Originally Posted by kimosabi
Man without principles, hypocrite, forum troll, take your pick. I'm gonna have to go with "idiot" though. I will be happy to withdraw this ironic comment if you can agree that making twisted assumptions about people on an internet forum, based on factual one liners is pathetic.  |
Hey, you're the one who got all agitated in the first place and even admitted as such. In case you don't remember here is your first post in this useless exchange:
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Originally Posted by kimosabi
Get your priorities straight. Im saying like it is and it is just a game. Therefore I have no problems paying for the right to use the game instead of, wow, OWNING it and the rights to use it any way I want. Yeah, owning a computer game is just so important to you hippies isnt it....
Your general judgment of people based on renting a computer game is just pathetic. Get out of your sofa and do something you forum jockey, if it really is that important to you. BTW, I am being aggressive against you. No need to cowardly disguise anything here.
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You just seem to be the kind of person who can't stand having their opinion challenged one iota and please do note that i said "seem to be" as i realize there might be a host of different reasons for you getting off the wrong side of the bed. Fine by me, it's your choice, it just doesn't hold much merit if you start things up and then backtrack and play sad panda when people point out what
YOU said. If you don't like the way it reflects on you don't say it in the first place, problem solved.
You made no comment on the fact that i did answer your question, the one that you supposedly asked "on a serious note", neither that i made my best to provide ample explanation for what my take on actual topic of the thread is. In short, you sidestepped everything that was actually on topic and persevered on keeping this useless exchange going, i extended the so-called olive branch and you're still going at it undeterred.
My conclusion, and feel free to disagree with it all you like (since a. it's your right to and b. i've lost the ability to care by this point
), is that it just seems you're spoiling for a flamewar and i'm not going to give you that, not out of respect to someone who seemingly lacks the capacity to reciprocate it, just in order not to further derail this topic.
I could use similar language to yours and call you a corporate shill or another suitable, overused and equally stupid cliche to the ones you used, but first of all it's boring and i like to come up with my own lines and second, i find that keeping within the boundaries of "annoyed politeness" is more effective: it infuriates the loud, annoying people just fine, without even having to say stuff that could constitute a banable offence
I'm just fine stating my point and agreeing to disagree without the need to convince anybody. I don't want, care or need you to subscribe to my point of view, i just like having options to suit everyone including me and you.
What i don't take kindly to is others telling me how i should feel about things or trying to force their opinion on everyone else, so yes, you're going to get called out on it.
You can think that EULAs are cool, i will keep thinking they are customer-hostile, undermining basic consumer rights granted by law and most of all, not legally binding because they are not visible before you buy the product and there's no refund after you open the box 99% of the time.
There's nothing either one of us can do to change each other's mind and thus there's no reason to argue about pros and cons. I don't care to convince you either way, i just maintain the right to openly disagree with you along with other like minded fellows, so that we can maybe advocate an option that will give us what we want without taking away what you want. If you can't grasp (or don't want to) that simplistic bit of fair treatment towards all users of this product then too bad, because i'm done explaining.
Just don't go acting sensitive all of a sudden only because you get called out on casting the first stone by bashing people for having a different opinion. Have a nice day and go fly the sim, or don't and do your best to keep this useless back-and-forth going. It's your choice and apart from a couple of minutes it took me to answer you, it's not my concern in the slightest
Now that i'm done with the distractions, on the actual topic i'd have to agree with this:
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Originally Posted by squidgyb
I'm not sure what to say about that to be honest. To put it into an appropriate analogy for the subject matter: spray and pray doesn't work - and generally ends up in friendly fire/civilian casualties.
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...and generally not enough pressure being put on the actual target: the ones who usually get inconvenienced the most are the ones who shouldn't be, while the actual wrong-doers (cheaters, pirates, etc) will most of the times find a work-around just because they actively keep looking for it.
Let's hope that Steam's experience with multiplayer and modded games is enough to facilitate a solution suitable to CoD. I'm not saying it can't/won't and i'm not saying it will 100% succeed either. I don't know, so it's wait and see at this point, i just hope they provide a suitable solution.