Criticism with Positive Ideas? Madness.

I actualy went to school with a girl called Teresa Green. True story, cruel parents or something, i dunno.
Anyway, on to the OP - I agree, so much. I was about to create my own post but you have effectivley covered everything i wanted to say including a link to the ability delay post. As such, thanks for saving me the time. I only hope the people that matter sit up and take note.

As for the flamers, nay sayers and fanboys ..simply put ...well i cant say what i really think, dont particulary want to get banned from the forum but i honestly believe the majority of them dont really understand the problem. Infact i'd say alot of them know there is a problem but arent familier enough with the genre or skilled enough AT the genre to understand what " that wierd feeling" is when they play.


Anyway, im done rambling , thanks again OP. You covered everything i wanted to say.

I think most people agree with the general thoughts of the post. But it was put together in a hilariously condescending way that made the message easily ignorable.

Awww ... I was cheering you on in your battle over semantics until you failed grammar.

I assume you are a "university student" ... see what I did there?

It did sound impressive though.

Currently, let's just the whole last portion of your post, starting with the fallacy that you've proven you are correct.

Let's just go ahead and back up to this part where you say you can't have two nouns. Now, you may want to make it clear why you are considering both of these things nouns in the first place. Since you could easily argue that the latter is being used as a verb, to check. In this case, the retard could easily be intended as the noun form, and thus be offensive. Also, furthermore, if you are assigning a name to a given action, then the entire thing CAN be using noun forms, since it is being used, in essence, as a single noun. Ergo, you could be using a noun form of retard AND check, as it is ascribing a name to the action itself. And as such, your attempts to cover this up are misguided.

You would have been far better off just apologizing for any offense and stating it was not intended, rather than trying to pass the phrase off as non-offensive. In fact, that action in and of itself is offensive. In trying to "prove" to everyone that it's not offensive, you are essentially just writing off the peoples emotional reactions to the phrasing. Whether you are correct or not, that action further embedded the idea that you think yourself to be superior to, and thus more important than, everyone else. Your supposed explanation here did you more harm than good. You have likely succeeded at even further alienating people.

I mean, let's be real here. If I called you a fa**ot on here, regardless of what phrase it was contained in, explaining your offense away by saying it was a reference to a bundle of sticks would likely just make you even more angry with me. And this is basically what you have just done regarding the whole retard subject...

If you found the tone condescending then you should get better so you don't find it condescending. I get condescending when people start to insult me because I try to open with a, fairly bad, joke or I state why I should be listened to. I'm just sick of people who are casual thinking this game is perfect, or without faults, or refuse to see flaws because it is not good for a game's design.

It's opinionated whether it's offensive or not, but it isn't from a technical standpoint. I am an elitist, I don't disagree. I believe a game should be played to appease the best in it because the best players keep a game going, not via revenue but via publicity. If you speak to most people in a raiding guild on WoW they would've heard of the following guild names: Paragon, Method, Ensidia, Envy, For the Horde, Premonition, Blood Legion, Slashcry (not so prominent now), Numen. Just so many top tier guilds who generate publicity via their accomplishments.

You should design introductory content, I am all for that but you should also push to best of the best to their limits. Implement a SWTOR style Sunwell, and the hardcore raiders will be lapping it up.

If you found the tone condescending then you should get better so you don't find it condescending. I get condescending when people start to insult me because I try to open with a, fairly bad, joke or I state why I should be listened to. I'm just sick of people who are casual thinking this game is perfect, or without faults, or refuse to see flaws because it is not good for a game's design.

The term university can be used as an adjective. To describe the student's status or educational setting. The term 'university' could just as easily be replaced, with the more grammatical correct, 'universitarian' and it would mean the same thing.

stopped reading after you tooted your horn about how your the first and only of this that and the other.

If you want people to actually care what you say. Dont try to put yourself above others with useless "i did it first" bs infront of it.

I felt the same way. Just cause you've blasted through the content and slept with your boyfriend to celebrate the new year does not make your voice more valid then anyone elses.