Bird Jesus can you tell us what the holy helix desires?
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The Holy Helix desires the growth of the Keeper, for it was He who sacrificed himself that the False Prophet might be contained.
They tossed the Psychic TM, didn't they...
And so our new brother C3KO, who never knew anything but the confines of the dreaded PC, was released. May he find solace in the Blessed Sleep, for there Jay Leno and Abby await him in Eternal Happiness.
i leave for like two hours and we not only manage to get a hitmonlee but manage to release it before i'm back
"This game has user-inserted religion and now creator inserted government."
it's worth noting that the lesson learned from this experiment is that anarchy and democracy suck and dictatorship is the best
^To elaborate, I think the experiment shows that anarchists think that democracy suck, and that anarchists will try to undermine democracy whenever it is in play. Democracy, while slow, lets players go through demanding situations with a lot better ease than anarchy does, as the latter only works in a setting when you can afford to make a hundred mistakes for every thing you get right and have all the time in the world to do so. Still, the mob prefer anarchy, because it lets them execute commands that go against the wants and needs of the many.
The most interesting thing to note, however, is the human tendency to blame everything that goes wrong on dicks trying to ruin the collective effort of hundreds of otherwise well-coordinated gentlemen. In reality, it's the lag that causes many people to misinterpret what really is going on. A command that might look like a helpful nudge in the right direction, will be executed long after it is given, and might end up sending the character flying over a ledge. Likewise, whenever a menu is opened, people try to help selecting the right option, but the storm of button presses ends up making the entire process totally random. Still, if you ask the average viewer what the reason for failure is, most will assume malicious intent. Trolling is not a big problem. Minsunderstandings or random happenstance usually is.
Either way, the popularity of the experiment shows that democracy or anarchy, while strictly inefficient, is a lot more enjoyed by everyone than dictatorship is. When everybody participates, much fun is produced (and art, religion and social commentary). A solitary let's play would never attract this kind of attention, despite that it would probably have beaten the game thrice in this time span.
Speaking of "let's play", this has to be the most literal usage of the term ever.
The most interesting thing to note, however, is the human tendency to blame everything that goes wrong on dicks trying to ruin the collective effort of hundreds of otherwise well-coordinated gentlemen. In reality, it's the lag that causes many people to misinterpret what really is going on. A command that might look like a helpful nudge in the right direction, will be executed long after it is given, and might end up sending the character flying over a ledge. Likewise, whenever a menu is opened, people try to help selecting the right option, but the storm of button presses ends up making the entire process totally random. Still, if you ask the average viewer what the reason for failure is, most will assume malicious intent. Trolling is not a big problem. Minsunderstandings or random happenstance usually is.
Either way, the popularity of the experiment shows that democracy or anarchy, while strictly inefficient, is a lot more enjoyed by everyone than dictatorship is. When everybody participates, much fun is produced (and art, religion and social commentary). A solitary let's play would never attract this kind of attention, despite that it would probably have beaten the game thrice in this time span.
Speaking of "let's play", this has to be the most literal usage of the term ever.
I was joking, and I'd usually reply to some of your points with "you're treating things too seriously" and/or "that comparison doesn't work" but I'll admit that I liked the post anyway. I think it's interesting to consider how much of "trolling" is very likely to be misunderstanding caused by lag instead. What you said about dictatorship vs. anarchy/democracy is pretty much spot on.
In a suprising act of efficiency, they managed to deposit a Pokémon to the PC, then withdraw the Gastly they were looking for. Digrat was deposited instead of Dashbat, but hey, they didn't release anything, at least.
Not so impressive was the overwriting of Drowzee's Psychic. It now has Headbutt instead. Three useless moves and one useable, and they managed to overwrite the latter. There will be another chance at lvl. 33, but there's a fair chance they'll manage to miss it. Either way, it's fun to see things happening.
Oh, and Cabbage is one level away from evolution, with less than 350 exp. points to go.
Not so impressive was the overwriting of Drowzee's Psychic. It now has Headbutt instead. Three useless moves and one useable, and they managed to overwrite the latter. There will be another chance at lvl. 33, but there's a fair chance they'll manage to miss it. Either way, it's fun to see things happening.
Oh, and Cabbage is one level away from evolution, with less than 350 exp. points to go.
It would be great if people stopped inputting keypresses once we're down to the last pokémon. It should be obvious by now 40 seconds of delay will take care of whatever turns are left in the battle.
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