🚀 go-pugleaf

Matthew Murray wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Raymond Pat wrote:
>
> > That's fine.  I respect your opinion.  I only have problems with people who go around
> > insulting the designer of games, calling her talentless, and an imbecile.  I also have
>
>         I also don't think that should be going on.  Calling someone an
> imbecile is ridiculous--calling Roberta Williams talentless, however, is
> fair, I feel.

Well, then why were you defending the original post when he DID call her an imbecile?  Then
you came around and said that I didn't read his post? Excuse me?

> > problems with people who think too highly of themselves and go around criticizing
> > others' tastes when he has no reason to.  If some dislike KQ6, that's fine.  But if the
> > argument they present against KQ6 is flawed (ie. the lamp is NOT required to win the
> > game), then I will defend that game on its merits.  And so far the defendants aren't
> > able to produce ONE substantial evidence that proves that the game can't be finished
> > without the lamp.
>
>         THAT'S NOT THE ARGUMENT!  How many times must we explain this?  I
> will type in all caps so maybe you have the slightest chance of seeing it
> this time:

No, that's YOUR ARGUMENT.

The ORIGINAL topic raised by the original post was about how ONE CAN'T FINISH KQ6 WITHOUT THE
LAMP!!!!!!!  YOU changed the subject, and then focused on that damn omniscience thing.  I
have said MANY that if YOU find it unfair, that's your perogative.  But that WASN'T even the
argument!!!!  So who wasn't listening?

>         IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER OR NOT THE LAMP IS NECESSARY TO FINISH
> THE GAME--THE PUZZLE IS POORLY DESIGNED BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY FOR
> ALEXANDER TO KNOW THE CORRECT LAMP.  ONLY THE OMNISCIENT PLAYER CAN KNOW
> THIS BECAUSE OF THE CUT SCENE.  ALEXANDER >>>CANNOT<<<--HE HAS ONLY A 20%
> CHANCE.

I KNOW.  You've been shoveling this on me for a while!

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