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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
38140.3675 In reply to 38140.3674 
Only because you've become accustomed to a very narrow definition of "game" and aren't thinking clearly.

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game noun 1 an amusement or pastime. 2 the equipment used for this

If you treat it as such, Blender can be a game - just like balancing a broom on your toes or pulling faces at a child or throwing a frisbee for the dog - they're all games.
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 From:  Oscarvarium (OZGUR)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
38140.3676 In reply to 38140.3669 
Ah, but the combination of building stuff and fighting shit is something Minecraft does so, so well. I'm mostly bored of vanilla peaceful right now (although I'm currently playing with the Technic/Tekkit mod pack on peaceful) but survival multiplayer is very appealing, which is why I want Teh server updated. :x

Also, I can't think of a signature, any ideas?
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Oscarvarium (OZGUR)     
38140.3677 In reply to 38140.3676 
I'm with Ken on this. The combat in Minecraft is so fucking appalling that it's not the basis of any good combination of anything.

I like the pressure of survival but I do not think that the pressure is at all well-presented.

Wurm is far better in that regard.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Oscarvarium (OZGUR)     
38140.3678 In reply to 38140.3677 
(He's just bitter for constantly being killed by slimes.)
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
38140.3679 In reply to 38140.3678 
If I were, that'd be fine.

I'm bitter because a) none of the enemies are a particularly potent threat and after you have armour, weapons and torches (i.e. 30 minutes into a game if you know what you're doing) they become no threat whatsoever and b) the combat is so painfully fucking clunky.

If there was more variety in the toughness of the enemies - if there were sort of boss monsters you had to kinda team up to take down (employing some actual tactics and shit) then that would be fine.

Or if the combat felt fun and fluid and visceral and tactile and responsive then that would be fun too (even if the enemies remained easy, it'd be fun to just hack your way through them out in the wilds).

The problem is that the combat is neither challenging nor (in and of itself) enjoyable. It's not really a pressure (after those first 30 mins or so), it's just a constant fucking annoyance. There's no sense of threat to the enemies, they do not feel like a challenge to overcome, they just serve to irritate.

The building side is very well realised and the combat doesn't come anywhere near matching it and feels entirely out of place.
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3680 In reply to 38140.3679 
What it was was people like you making a game to build shit and then asking your friends if they'd like to help. And then our friends (Peter) add a bunch of stupid shit in.


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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
38140.3681 In reply to 38140.3680 
:D

Aye.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3682 In reply to 38140.3679 
You're playing it wrong.

Just because you can shoot straight down into a cave and come up with a hoard of iron and diamonds before the second night doesn't mean you should do that.

If mobs aren't a big enough threat then don't wear armour, and don't use swords or bows.

If you want tactics and teamwork then get one of the mods for that and/or do PvP.

Not that I disagree that there shouldn't be tougher mobs, and dungeons with a single spawner are far too easy, but on the whole the game is still way better than Morrowind AND has better music too.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
38140.3683 In reply to 38140.3682 
I knew you'd say that. And it's /ridiculous/.

The game is good so long as you... don't play it?

I want to go and get the best materials. I want to then make the best weapons and armour. I want a challenge after I do so.

I don't want to use mods.

You're defending bad design.

I'm going to pretend you didn't say that about Morrowind otherwise I'm honour-bound to literally execute you. Legally of course, I have a writ.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3684 In reply to 38140.3683 
I'm not defending bad design, it's just incomplete is all, because Notch/Jeb/etc has to waste so much time adding different coloured wood for people like you instead of adding trolls and yetis and snakes and eagles and tigers and bears and wraiths and sharks and WTF did Firefox just crash for when it wasn't even doing anything!? :@

Anyway, I need to sleep.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
38140.3685 In reply to 38140.3684 
They don't need more (though that would be good too). They need to make combat not fucking dreadful. Badly designed, motherfucker.

<executes pb>
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
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-bash: pb: command not found
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
38140.3687 In reply to 38140.3686 
:'S

~bash: sudo apt-get install pb
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3688 In reply to 38140.3687 
~Pi: Insufficient memory to run pb


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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
38140.3689 In reply to 38140.3688 
(giggle)
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3690 In reply to 38140.3689 
Looks like I need to upgrade!


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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
38140.3691 In reply to 38140.3690 
Or do less intensive shit :Y

Don't put XBMC on it, that's boring.
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3692 In reply to 38140.3691 
That's only on one SD card.  I have two more that have other OS's on it!


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 From:  Oscarvarium (OZGUR)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
38140.3693 In reply to 38140.3683 
You want more challenge? Let's try this. Yes it's a mod but it's nicely subtle and purposeful, not just adding stuff for the sake of it.

I agree that the combat is not deep or interesting enough to carry a combat-focused game, but at the same time playing on peaceful has begun to feel sort of meaningless to me.

Also, I can't think of a signature, any ideas?
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Oscarvarium (OZGUR)     
38140.3694 In reply to 38140.3693 
Fuck mods.

And aye, understand that.
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