There's that adorable grammar deficiency of yours.
Changing my sentence to "coincidental" makes no sense because he didn't say coincidental. I used the precise word I needed and it makes perfect sense with average or better comprehension.
My comment "...as ironic as AI field guns and CV flack" was a statement on the LACK of irony.
There is no irony in people asking for AI guns on bombers or some other AI functions in game and equally no irony in having AI field guns or flak guns on ships because they are a necessity.
The only irony is people having problems with AI in game when it already exists in game.
I'm not sure why you feel the need to try to attack and commit borderline fallacious attacks. That said, it's actually quite humorous, because...
Irony (noun) - defined:
- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
In your attempt to insult me by claiming a deficiency, you actually managed to berate yourself by showing an ignorance of the actual definition of the word. Ironically, your reply was a perfect example of irony in action.
Irony was not the correct word for you to use, because having ack or AA gunners in a game doesn't contradict the point of a multiplayer game. Does it go against the theme of a pure air combat game? It could; however, you claimed it was ironic because it was a
multiplayer game (as the subject was concerning multiplayer games), which actually makes your statement arbitrary and relatively illogical. It can't possibly be ironic because allowing more player outlets actually opens the realm of multiplayer gameplay. It could potentially be ironic in other ways, but not in the way you stated it was.
FLOOB's statement meets the very definition of irony, because it showcases the requesting of more non-player controlled game objects (typically referred to as NPC's) because of a perception that there aren't enough players to fill entire bomber formations with regularity in a game whose major selling point is multiplayer gameplay. That
is irony.
Asking for more AI ground guns, however, is simply coincidental. It doesn't matter what kind of game this is, the fact that they exist is nothing more than coincidence in relation to this game being multiplayer. This could be a single-player game and the inclusion of AI guns would still be irrelevant to the topic. Overall player numbers? Gameplay enjoyment? AI guns could be ironic in regards to those and other aspects, but it has no bearing on the game being a
multiplayer platform.
coincidence (noun) - defined:
- a concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
There is no connection between the game being multiplayer and your implied connection to AI guns/ack/AA, therefore they are coincidental.
Now, perhaps you initially meant to use the wrong word ("ironic") on purpose, but the fact that you then came back and then defended your use of it (incorrectly), and then accused me of having a lack of comprehension shows not only the opposite, but also that you truly failed to grasp the definition of the word by unintentionally demonstrating an example of it yourself in your attempt to prove me wrong.
