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Offline BiPoLaR

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my whine thread
« on: January 06, 2011, 12:58:24 AM »
Things may seem great in theory and on paper. But, once they are put to use, some of them just suck. And that's about how it is with the arena lock idea snail came up with. It was a well thought out idea, but its not all that great.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 01:00:36 AM »
oh boy.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2011, 01:05:08 AM »
oh boy.
let em flame. i could give 2 flying squirrels butts less.

 
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2011, 01:06:12 AM »
Do you have another idea, BiPolar?  It seems HTC can't win this argument with the community.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 01:06:48 AM »
I agree. Too many cooks ruin the stew. Let the people that own the business decide how it should be run.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 01:15:44 AM »
Do you have another idea, BiPolar?  It seems HTC can't win this argument with the community.
That is what waffle. HT, skuzz pyro and the rest are for. I don't get paid for my ideas, they do.
Like I said. It seemed like a great idea in theory but, in reality it just isn't what it seemed.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2011, 01:18:09 AM »
That is what waffle. HT, skuzz pyro and the rest are for. I don't get paid for my ideas, they do.
Like I said. It seemed like a great idea in theory but, in reality it just isn't what it seemed.
I suppose, but I always figure don't trash something unless you can do it better.

It can't be worse than it was before, can it?
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2011, 01:20:20 AM »
let em flame. i could give 2 flying squirrels butts less.

 

LOL.  you are a great guy, bipolar.   :aok
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2011, 01:23:54 AM »
I suppose, but I always figure don't trash something unless you can do it better.

It can't be worse than it was before, can it?
I don't get paid to do it better, they do.

I thank Snail for his time in the idea to make a situation better. But, it didn't.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2011, 01:26:24 AM »
LOL.  you are a great guy, bipolar.   :aok
Off subject and hijack of my own thread.
Hows the ol ticker doing bud? Feeling any better?
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2011, 03:02:13 AM »
BiP,

I see that folks are adjusting to the changes.  Making a simple observation, one might form an opinion that a specific change may cause problems. 

Here is the LARGER PICTURE, there is more than just a daily switch between arenas that is in play.  Sure, rebooting an arena when it is occupied has to rub feathers the wrong way.  The flip side of the arena boot, is that it actually unites off hours players into a singular Late War arena.  I believe that was the intent.  Another addition that came along with the rolling arenas, has been the snapshot saved arena conditions.  This I believe offers some sort of new sense of completing a daily mission.  You might say that we now have a time clock to punch.

Too often in the "old" system, folks in the evenings or in the mornings could have made massive progress, only to find that when they log in next morning / evening they were back to scratch or often even worse off.

To further disagree with your premise that it is the new system that is faulty, I suggest that playing on the same map for more than 3 to 4 weeks, does not properly highlight AH2's potential.  I have to either point out the difficulty in player based resets of maps, or the lack of timely forced resets, as the cause for any problems in keeping players engaged.

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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2011, 03:10:31 AM »
Unfortunately, Chilli, all the off-hours players are on TWO of the three teams, fighting eachother, while one country is left to fly around in circles.

I flew probably 10 sectors to mix it up with the two other countries, but they only ran and ran and ran, until three decided to gangbang.

I'll agree with both sides of the argument.
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2011, 03:24:05 AM »
i think its better :old:
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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2011, 05:11:07 AM »
Things may seem great in theory and on paper. But, once they are put to use, some of them just suck. And that's about how it is with the arena lock idea snail came up with. It was a well thought out idea, but its not all that great.

Oh?  Why not?  What, specifically, is wrong with it?  Not trying to flame here, merely curious.


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Re: my whine thread
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2011, 08:03:30 AM »
Things may seem great in theory and on paper. But, once they are put to use, some of them just suck. And that's about how it is with the arena lock idea snail came up with. It was a well thought out idea, but its not all that great.

fantasy is very often very different than reality.

everyone wanted something changed. everyone kept whining about how things were. everyone kept throwing ideas(some good, some sucked). there were many many threads over it.
 then lusche proposed his idea, and everyone went apepoop over it. they all liked it, and practically begged ht to try it. so ht tried it. now everyone's whinign about this.
 it's like i said in a few other threads.........ht will never win. people will ALWAYS complain.


 be careful what you wish for...you just may get it.
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