Handy Dandy Bitch Thread

**Gregoshi** · 09-14-2004, 16:44

Beautiful. wasaaabi, thank you for this wonderful service to the community. You should be knighted.

**Orda Khan** · 09-14-2004, 16:54

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

Beautiful. wasaaabi, thank you for this wonderful service to the community. You should be knighted.

Well personally Gregoshi I find the content of this thread rather insulting.

There are a lot of people with sound historical knowledge in these forums, people who can contribute a lot.

This low little jibe should be treated with the contempt it deserves IMO

......Orda

**wasaaabi** · 09-14-2004, 16:59

Lighten up, amigo. It's a game, not a religion.

**Tamur** · 09-14-2004, 17:03

*nudges Orda* ...this is the part where we make fun of ourselves...

**wasaaabi** · 09-14-2004, 17:17

Just thought of another:

"The game won't run on my [obscure video card that never sold more than 50 units, purchased on eBay with no documentation]! Why doesn't CA support the community!"

**Gregoshi** · 09-14-2004, 17:36

Orda, I think you are taking it too serious. First of all, there will be many complaints such as those above, because we are all different. Just look at the arguments about cav speed in STW & MTW over the years - in the same thread you have people saying they are too fast, too slow or just right. Reminds me of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Secondly, the premise of the thread is for making complaints "before you have played the game". Heck, even several weeks after the games release might be too soon for some judgements on the game. Example, remember the uproar over rebellions during the first month or so of MTW release? It took some time for someone to figure out how to elminate that threat and nowadays it is only a problem for those new to the game. I think the humour here is in anticipating people's rashness to judge the game before understanding it.

I've seen these very types of post through the release of two TW games and their two expansions. I thought it quite funny.

As for the historical accuracies complaints that seem to have offended you, perhaps you have a point there, but I think it depends upon where you draw the line between nitpicking and valid comments on historical inaccuracies. Example, five minutes into a screening of the movie Gettysburg for American Civil War experts, one commented "I didn't know there were any FAT Confederates" when a rather rotund Confederate sentry appeared on the screen. The observation may have been historically correct, but it didn't ruin the movie for millions of moviegoers. Other than those types of comments it depends where you stand on the game play vs accuracy. In fairness, perhaps there should be another complaint to poke fun at the "game play" crowd: "Dude, why can't [insert unit] do some awesome magic like they can in [insert fantasy game]?" Better?

**Orda Khan** · 09-14-2004, 17:57

Of course you are right Greg

I pressed ' submit reply ' before I thought a while. It's been a particularly bad day, I saw the remarks concerning historical knowledge and I went and bit first time

I really should know better but you know what it's like, sometimes your guard is down

....Orda

**Gregoshi** · 09-14-2004, 18:14

I'm right?!

Hehe, no problem Orda. Your comments didn't really sound like you when I read them. The bad day would explain that. I hope your day gets better.

**Tamur** · 09-14-2004, 18:23

"I know I can offer to attack another faction, etc, but why didn't CA include the option to offer [insert pet negotiating tool]?!"

**ah_dut** · 09-14-2004, 18:24

fools... gregoshi is never wrong.................... least not in my experiance

**Lord of the Isles** · 09-14-2004, 18:51

Ah, happy days...

Cavalry are way too [under/over] powered; in real life they would [smash through/be decimated] when attacking [insert unit of choice].

I've built a Trading Post but I'm not getting any money from it?

The computer cheats!! I've played a turn 167 times and the only time it didn't leave a province open is the one time I attacked it!

Where's the patch?!!!

**crushinator** · 09-14-2004, 18:10

I agree with Gregoshi, its a great thread :D

My complaint is that I have a [insert uber expensive computer here] and can run RTW at [insert incredibly high figure here] fps ... why didn't CA add [insert complex latest shader techniques + atmospheric effects here] to make the most of the latest hardware .... and while on the subject of performance, it runs terrible on my [insert ancient lowspec laptop here] ... not enough optimisation !!!!!