OK so I read something today that made me laugh, then cry, then get sick.I’ve gotta let some of this out before I climb the clock tower so here we go.Be forewarned I’m quite upset about this so this will be one of those R rated blog entries ;)
What’s more important?The game?The graphics?The story?Or who you play with?Guild Wars was released in April of 2005 and I bought it almost immediately thinking it would be a nicotine patch to get me out of my WoW addiction.It didn’t work.The game lacked the polish I was used to with WoW.It was far more focused on the PvP aspect of the MMO genre.And on top of that my friends were all still playing WoW.Fast forward to last night.My new group of friends in the Lion’s Guild were firing up Guild Wars so I reinstalled.I had a shitton of fun!Now why is that?Is it because the game has gained a certain amount of polish in the last 3 years?Or is it because I’m now playing with a group of guys (and girls) that make me laugh at least twice a minute?
OK so aside from their incompetent leader, which I shall rant on another day, I have always wondered how the US can be a world power. Their education system is one of the worst on the planet and if natural selection has anything to say one has only to look at the birth rate by state to get an impression that they're only a few generations away from renaming the country "Nascar-land." But recently I've been noticing more and more of the US populous have been making me seriously lose faith in humanity. What follows is my opinion. If you are easily offended and from the US, don't read, for both our sakes.
Note the following is a true story and expanded from a post I made to my TF2 clan's forum. This could also be seen as a defense for Valve after the verbal thrashing they continuously get at the hands of Shamus on his wonderful blog Twenty Sided. The story follows my opinion of Valve and Steam and contrasting it to Stardock and their methodology ... in my experience (ie - no technical data or research papers ... just my opinions based on usage)
