Folding Idea's "Why It's Rude to Suck at Warcraft" Video

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It’s bad enough to read people whining and complaining - last thing I need is hearing and seeing them whine and complain.

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How about a summary?

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“There are two types of players, those who play to win, and those who don’t.”

“Players who play to win play to win.”

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How profound.

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Yes. You can’t summarize a single point from a 90 minute video? LMAO

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I mean, he very clearly made a point about how people game.

Does someone have to make a point about the game needing to change for them to have a point?

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Maybe there is some missing subtext that makes this make sense. Saying “players who play to win play to win, and therefore when I was an %%%%%%% it was justified”. That might sense of the lack of an actual point.

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This is why summaries don’t work. That summary is from someone who didn’t grasp the concepts. And now you’re walking around with opinions of a video you didn’t watch because Bevis gave you the wrong cliffnotes.

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Oh man warcraft is totally pseudo as for intellectual- garbage you said it not me.

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I watched about a quarter of it before deciding not to waste more of my time. I agree its full of garbage.

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How do you know it’s full of garbage? You only watched 25%

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few details I remember from the video for those who did not watch:

  • Normal and Heroic raids has a really high completion percentage. In other words, a full clear was far and away the most common outcome for normal and heroic attempts. It was a remarkably high percentage.

  • Addons provide data to illustrate the cost of roleplaying from the raider that refused to wear shoes. Data makes it impersonal and more acceptable? fair?

  • Classic disproves the theory of server community. Sharing a server did not improve the social experience. Turns out players still treated each other poorly because there exists a distinction between internet and real that determines level of care.

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I am not going to watch it.

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See you later

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I thought it was really interesting. It was interesting to see some of the roleplayers that I have seen around in it from the Tournament of Ages footage!

I gennnnnnerally agree that the arms race of addons versus complicated, coordinated mechanics is pretty dire, and creates a barrier to the average person. On the other hand, I would be really sad if things like Total Roleplay 3 and Cross RP went away.

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Been meaning to watch it, but from the summary and discussion provided in this thread, it seems to me that the video is more of a documentary? If that’s the case, then it wouldn’t really have a “point”, it would be a video used to describe what is happening and why, and how it seems to separate things.

I’ll reply again after watching.

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Made me realize the game I liked in BC and Wrath is long gone, and there’s not much point in looking for it anymore.

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Never thought of that *ponder. Whale existence has no meaning I suppose. And observed reality, nah don’t bother with it. Pointless.

That’s why the video is great. It has no agenda other than telling you how things are with facts and testimony. A must watch for everyone.

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noticed it on my recommend list, but also saw its length and passed on watching

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Addons aren’t even necessary, though. The last boss I can think of that I can’t imagine doing without addons was Mythic Queen Azshara.

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Watch the video. Youre arguing with an alleged summary