United StatesWhat the heck did you just freakin' say about me, you little delinquent? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in clown academy, and I’ve been involved in numerous magic tricks in birthday parties, and I have over 300 confirmed clients. I am trained in extreme miming and I’m the top ventriloquist in the entire UN Jester Forces. You are nothing to me but just another plebian. I will make laugh your guts out with the velocity the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my cultured words. You think you can get away with saying that garbage to me over the Internet? Think again, dingus. As we speak, I am contacting my extensive family of well trained psychics across Europe and your darkest secrets are being discovered right now so you better prepare for the storm, worm. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your post. You’re totally a laughingstock, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can make a fool of you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my mimicry. Not only am I the most extensively trained mime, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the ACME Corporation and I will use it to its full extent to make you laugh your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little worm. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “funny” post was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have not hit that grimy enter key. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you bore. I will rain comedy all over you and you will drown in it. The joke's on you, kiddo.
Well, okay.
@BenInSweden already covered that posting bans are a thing, so I'm not sure what to add to that. Temp bans usually get used more often in my experience, and while it's perhaps annoying to have submitting runs be inconvenienced for a time, I think it's intentional as a punishment. If you're being that much of an ass, then enjoy time-out for a while and maybe not do it next time. I feel inclined to say that I doubt ELO, as a company, wants "problematic" runners on the site in general for sake of image, so they'd be more inclined to use harder punishments.®
As for the alting, I think joke alts are hilarious and that it sucks they get perma-ed. But I also understand that it's for a reason, as ELO probably doesn't want the forums getting cluttered what with excess accounts and people submitting with aliases everywhere. More false users don't really result in money or growth of the site, only active ones do.
One other thing to consider is that disallowing alts is a ruling that tries to keep people as opaque as possible, (as well as the fact that speedrunning started with people using their actual name more than not.) The runs you do, everyone knows it's you, and every post on the forum made, everyone knows you made it. Stops it from getting confusing, and is a policy that tries to passively police against people who abuse it to be toxic in disguise.
The only way to restrict the latter is with annoyingly strict sign-up requirements. ...Which is why, the state of alt accounts is about as good as it can be right now, honestly. LinkThink
As for submitting runs with alts, I kinda don't understand the reasoning behind it.®® In most cases, you'd want to be able to say, 'hey, this is my record for this game,' right? If it's about cluttering up our profiles, I think the better solution here is that they allow us to set a priority to the runs displayed on our profiles. We've all got runs we're more proud of than our most recent runs, and games we run more than others. This of course triggers the discussion about how close SR.C should lean to being a social platform.
® I do believe that ELO will absolutely shill out if said person holds enough social clout. I don't want to start that argument though. ®® The one case I can kinda understand it for, is if you've run something you don't want to admit you've run. I'm shameless in this regard and I'll totally own it, but I get it if you don't want say, HuniePop, on your profile. Datface
Lazy/disgruntled moderation is an issue I've had to deal with before. It's an issue that seems like should be rather easy to solve, but it never is in my experience. It always happens with these quiet boards, and sometimes it's a vicious cycle that repeats itself when interest in the game dwindles.
There's another moderator for the game, but they don't seem to have any runs and they haven't been on in a year.
Best thing to do is to see if another runner of the game is interested in moderating it and see if you can get him to pass the role to somewhere else. If he thinks the game is so irrelevant, then what's the issue with giving the mod role to someone else?
@Hi Regarding the troll in the pronoun thread, I think it's since it was a rulebreaking fresh account that had signed up hours ago, they decided to just full ban the jerk. If it was a much older account with actual runs on it, I'd assume that there would be a different approach to it.
It's also possible it was an alt someone made to stir up trouble. I'd like to think that's not the case, but it's possible.
Of course, I've got to admit my bias in the fact that I didn't like the guy and thus am unbothered the banhammer fell like it did.
My super fast route:
- Open up internet browser
- Type in sp
- Autofill to speedrun.com
- no pending actions RNG
- close browser
Has multiple steps, but is seconds long very contested category
amog nus?
ͣ m ͦg n ͧs?!
I cͨaͣn'tͭ fuͧcͨkiͥng tͭaͣkeͤ iͥtͭ. I seͤeͤ aͣn iͥmͫaͣgeͤ oͦf aͣ rͬaͣndͩoͦmͫ oͦbjeͤcͨtͭ poͦstͭeͤdͩ aͣndͩ tͭhͪeͤn I seͤeͤ iͥtͭ, I fuͧcͨkiͥng seͤeͤ iͥtͭ. "Ohͪ tͭhͪaͣtͭ loͦoͦks kiͥndͩaͣ liͥkeͤ tͭhͪeͤ aͣmͫoͦng uͧs guͧy" iͥtͭ stͭaͣrͬtͭeͤdͩ aͣs. Thͪaͣtͭ's fuͧnny, tͭhͪaͣtͭ's aͣ cͨoͦoͦl rͬeͤfeͤrͬeͤncͨeͤ. Buͧtͭ I keͤptͭ goͦiͥng, I'dͩ seͤeͤ aͣ frͬiͥdͩgeͤ tͭhͪaͣtͭ loͦoͦkeͤdͩ liͥkeͤ aͣmͫoͦng uͧs, I'dͩ seͤeͤ aͣn aͣniͥmͫaͣtͭeͤdͩ baͣg oͦf cͨhͪiͥps tͭhͪaͣtͭ loͦoͦkeͤdͩ liͥkeͤ aͣmͫoͦng uͧs, I'dͩ seͤeͤ aͣ hͪaͣtͭ tͭhͪaͣtͭ loͦoͦkeͤdͩ liͥkeͤ aͣmͫoͦng uͧs. Andͩ eͤvͮeͤrͬy tͭiͥmͫeͤ I'dͩ buͧrͬstͭ iͥntͭoͦ aͣn iͥnsaͣneͤ, brͬeͤaͣtͭhͪ dͩeͤprͬiͥvͮeͤdͩ laͣuͧghͪ stͭaͣrͬiͥng aͣtͭ tͭhͪeͤ iͥmͫaͣgeͤ aͣs tͭhͪeͤ woͦrͬdͩs AMOGUS rͬaͣn tͭhͪrͬoͦuͧghͪ mͫy hͪeͤaͣdͩ. Itͭ's tͭoͦrͬmͫeͤntͭ, psycͨhͪoͦloͦgiͥcͨaͣl tͭoͦrͬtͭuͧrͬeͤ, I aͣͣmͫͫ beͤͤiͥͥng cͨͨoͦͦndͩͩiͥͥtͭͭiͥͥoͦͦneͤͤdͩͩ tͭͭoͦͦ laͣͣuͧͧghͪͪ mͫͫaͣͣniͥͥaͣͣcͨͨly aͣͣny tͭͭiͥͥmͫͫeͤͤ I seͤͤeͤͤ aͣͣn oͦͦvͮͮaͣͣl oͦͦn aͣͣ rͬͬeͤͤdͩͩ oͦͦbjeͤͤcͨͨtͭͭ. I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ fuͧͧcͨͨkiͥͥng liͥͥvͮͮeͤͤ liͥͥkeͤͤ tͭͭhͪͪiͥͥs... I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ! Andͩͩ dͩͩoͦͦn'tͭͭ geͤͤtͭͭ mͫͫeͤͤ fuͧͧcͨͨkiͥͥng stͭͭaͣͣrͬͬtͭͭeͤͤdͩͩ oͦͦn tͭͭhͪͪeͤͤ woͦͦrͬͬdͩͩs! I'll neͤͤvͮͮeͤͤrͬͬ hͪͪeͤͤaͣͣrͬͬ tͭͭhͪͪeͤͤ woͦͦrͬͬdͩͩ suͧͧspiͥͥcͨͨiͥͥoͦͦuͧͧs aͣͣgaͣͣiͥͥn wiͥͥtͭͭhͪͪoͦͦuͧͧtͭͭ tͭͭhͪͪiͥͥnkiͥͥng oͦͦf aͣͣmͫͫoͦͦng uͧͧs. Soͦͦmͫͫeͤͤoͦͦneͤͤ dͩͩoͦͦeͤͤs soͦͦmͫͫeͤͤtͭͭhͪͪiͥͥng baͣͣdͩͩ aͣͣndͩͩ I cͨͨaͣͣn'tͭͭ saͣͣy aͣͣnytͭͭhͪͪiͥͥng oͦͦtͭͭhͪͪeͤͤrͬͬ tͭͭhͪͪaͣͣn "suͧͧs." I cͨͨoͦͦuͧͧldͩͩ waͣͣtͭͭcͨͨhͪͪ aͣͣ mͫͫaͣͣn mͫͫuͧͧrͬͬdͩͩeͤͤrͬͬ eͤͤvͮͮeͤͤrͬͬyoͦͦneͤͤ I loͦͦvͮͮeͤͤ aͣͣndͩͩ aͣͣll I woͦͦuͧͧldͩͩ beͤͤ aͣͣbleͤͤ tͭͭoͦͦ saͣͣy iͥͥs "𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔰" lͣaⁿuͩgh aˡᶦᵏᵉ iᶠnͧsͨaᵏnͥeⁿᵍ Aᵖnͤdͬˢᵒⁿ. wͭoͪrͤd i"sͣᵐᵒⁿᵍ" Tͬhͧeͥⁿᵉᵈ. "ᵖaͪmͬoͣnˢgͤ iͧsˢ" Iͬᵘᶦⁿᵉᵈ. lͨiͣvⁿe'ᵗ Aͣmⁿoʸnͫgͦʳᵉ. hͧaˢs mͩyͤˢᵗʳᵒʸᵉᵈ lᶠiͧfͨeᵏ.ͥⁿᵍ wᴵant eͭjͦect fͫrʸoˢmͤˡᶠ pͭlͪaͥnˢe eͦxᶠistence. 🅜🅐🅚🅔 ⒾⓉ ＳＴ♢Ｐ！
"bye" has shown how simple a design actually can be, yet, this simple idea is extremely powerful when applied to a big project like a video game.
As we saw yesterday at the Game Developer Summit, I've built an extremely simple game that looks quite cool. For a game like that where you could build a website, you'd need something similar to something like the Zodiac Age Games blog post.
The Game Developer Summit is where this really happens. When we talk about a game, the next question that comes up is 'Are you trying to go beyond the first paragraph, or can you use your imagination (and creativity), to find out how you can use your imagination as well as your brain as a designer?' and I try my best to answer that question by doing my best to talk about three possible uses for game design.
I'll be tackling these three possibilities in one post, this time by giving an overview of my thought process for building a new visual novel. In this post, I'll be looking at an outline of one of the principles that game designers used to get the most out of their projects—how do we design a compelling visual novel.
Here is what I intend to talk about this time with a simple game. I want to do this because it's a simple idea, and one I really need to get off my back to learn about, and I want a very clear picture of how I want to design a game. A game that
Nice opinion, just one tiny problem with it. Inspecting your post, it looks like your opinion is different from mine. Let me tell you something, I am the baseline for opinions. Any opinion I hold is objectively correct and as a result, any other opinions are wrong. Guess what? You happen to hold the wrong one! I hope you know that your opinion is now illegal. I have contacted the FBI, CIA, the NSA, the navy seals, secret service, and your mom! You'll be sorry you ever shared your opinions, by the time you're reading this, you'll be done for. Nature will punish you, humanity will punish you, space will punish you. We decided just to make sure that we'll go ahead and delete you from the timeline. Because we can do that, even if it may cost the GDP of thirteen small countries.
It's a small price to pay, to remove your wrong opinion from this world.
