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Offline khadgar

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If AVWW were only developed when there was 100% consensus on what to add, this would be the new cover art:



i mean there arent even any mountains so i guess all the stuff in the valley escaped
« Last Edit: May 03, 2012, 02:35:32 am by khadgar »

Offline Misery

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2012, 07:14:15 pm »
I'll just assume this makes sense somehow.   Imagine me smiling and nodding in a sagely fashion.


Ugh, I need more caffiene to figure these things out, havent had any yet....

I'll just assume this is referencing something or other on the forums here.

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2012, 07:17:24 pm »
Uhh.....ha...ha?....

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2012, 08:09:40 pm »
I might be alone, but I get it :)
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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2012, 08:15:38 pm »
I get it, it's just rather mean-spirited, and not the funny kind unfortunately.

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2012, 08:23:13 pm »
If this is a reference to something, I don't get it.

However, if this means what I think it means, it is both a hilarious and sobering observation.

Offline Aklyon

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2012, 08:23:41 pm »
You forgot to include the art arguments discussions.

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2012, 08:25:06 pm »
I get it as well. :)

Fortunately, while community feedback is super important, we don't operate based on consensus.  Because, yeah: none would ever be forthcoming, about anything, ever.  I don't think it's mean-spirited, it's just a very good insight into human nature.
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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2012, 08:51:43 pm »
I get it as well. :)

Fortunately, while community feedback is super important, we don't operate based on consensus.  Because, yeah: none would ever be forthcoming, about anything, ever.  I don't think it's mean-spirited, it's just a very good insight into human nature.
It's certainly a reasonable point, and one I hope you guys take to heart. But jokes at the expense of critics rarely seem anything other than bitter to me, even if they're coming from a fan rather than the individual being criticized. And there seem to be a lot of threads recently complaining about people criticizing the game. I'm glad Arcen doesn't share that attitude, though.

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2012, 09:12:02 pm »
Ohhhh....I get it now. 

Haha, yeah, that's pretty true.

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2012, 09:13:12 pm »
I didn't take it in the spirit of him criticizing the critics, honestly -- it's more a matter of, critics or no, even amongst fans or critics or both there is no clear consensus on much of anything.  This isn't anything new at Arcen, or to these forums, or even to this game.  That's just the nature of a lot of people, all of whom are making various valid points and have their own tastes and interests.  Our job is always to try to see through to what will satisfy the largest possible group, or figure out ways that everybody can just do things the way they individually prefer (such as with controls) regardless of what anyone else thinks.

I don't know about the spirit the image was made in, but I've never seen khadgar to be in the slightest bit antagonistic to anyone, and I took it as just kind of a lighthearted humorous comic that we can all enjoy regardless of where you fall on the critic or "fanboy" (for lack of a better word at the moment) spectrum.

Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone, at any rate.  We could all use a little levity as we collectively put our heads together to make improvements and additions where need be.
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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2012, 09:29:41 pm »
What would the AI War one look like, though?

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2012, 10:12:30 pm »
Baaaaah, I resemble that remark!  Khadgar, you evil man, get OUT OF MY SOUL!  I had to eat four people just to get this one working again!
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Offline Quaix

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2012, 10:29:29 pm »
It would have a valley though...

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Re: If AVWW were to be developed based on community consensus:
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2012, 01:14:29 am »
Baaaaah, I resemble that remark!

Not as much as if I had changed the title to have the preface "Wanderer & Bluddy proudly present : "

It would have a valley though...

VALLEY IS OVERPOWERED REPLACE IT WITH A GULLEY