I guess Notch could finally afford macs after minecraft became a hit and liked it
shit game shit devs
Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's shit. This is the number one problem I have with users on GBAtemp. Very few people can differentiate between the good and bad games, and your opinions. Just because you don't like a game (looks at Guild) doesn't mean it's a bad game. Minecraft has tons of things going for it. I'd appreciate it if everyone would think before hitting a button on your keyboard. These asinine and utterly silly statements are getting old.
Oh, and Notch isn't a "shit dev". As a matter of fact, the amount of copies of Minecraft he sold on his own is proof he his a highly successful developer. Sure he's a drama queen and an attention whore, but he's competent in programming. Anyway, I think he's making a fuss over something very little.
To be fair, when people say something is good or bad (or, in this case, shit), it's obvious that they're giving their own opinion on the matter. I mean, our sentences would be needlessly cluttered if we had to stress that every point we offered was "in our opinion"; that's naturally assumed. No one here is forcing their opinions onto others; just providing it bluntly as a part of contributing to the discussion of Notch, Minecraft, and all that jazz.
Also, this is one of my pet peeves: "Successful" does not equal "Good". Franz Kafka died damn near penniless and completely unrecognized; Michael Bay is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Well, to be fair, they're great action flicks and any higher expectations are asking for trouble.
Naturally, assuming on the internet is bad any wich way you look at it. Tone is also hard to discern, so why take the risk? On of the many pitfalls people fall into in writing is making people needlessly assume. When you state your opinion in a matter of factly tone with strong statements such as these, you'd better get ready to clarify. Guild does this all the time and when he's called on it he tries to bullshit his way out. If you're going to put your opinions out for everyone, you need to give them the common courtesy of making it clear you aren't bashing the game on any factual ground but your opinions.
EDIT: Also, who's Franz Kafka? I can tell he's being compared to a director so... (I'm not actually interested enough to google it by the way).
An action movie can be fun without being aggressively juvenile and insulting. I'm not asking for high art, just for something good, and Bay can't even deliver on that.
I get your point here, really, but this is so basic of an assumption that clarification is redundant and needless; it dilutes the message, rather than strengthening it. Poe's Law really shouldn't have to apply here. The idea that when a person states their point of view, they are conveying their personal opinion on the matter is a pretty essential concept of communication, verbal or otherwise.
(If you want an example, take a look at our exchange over Michael Bay. I'm arguing because, hey, it's fun, and I want to convey my thoughts on the matter, but did I need you to clarify that you were speaking only for yourself? Did you feel the need to state "Now this is only in my opinion"? Of course not!)
As for Kafka... he was an author, not a director, but seeing how both he and Bay worked in creative mediums, I figured the connection fit. He was a prolific writer, one unlike any others of his time, and he produced a ton of works. Unfortunately, few were ever published in his lifetime, and he ultimately ending dying in obscurity. The point being, his lack of success doesn't necessarily reflect the quality of his work the same way Bay's enormous success doesn't reflect the quality of his own output.
(Also, are you sure you've never heard of him?
The Metamorphosis,
A Hunger Artist, the word "Kafkaesque"... none of it ringing a bell?)