pilgrim Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I hate you. Yes, all of you. Yurch, especially, because he makes everything sound fascinating. Poesel, especially, because he types what I'm thinking. The rest of you -- and yes, Clay, you especially -- because you've all pushed me past the breaking point. I heard about the game, saw the initial screenshots, and thought the game was, well, lacking. Then the beta came and I was hooked. Hooked in a major way. But there's no way I could justify $45 for myself, and I convinced myself that 3 copies (one for myself, and one for 2 of my boys, and we'd play at home on a LAN) was just too expensive. Then, the dual eLicense thing came. Two copies. I'd only need two copies. But two copies was still too expensive, right? So, I played the demo. And played the demo. And played the demo some more. And read. Read about infantry. Read about new maps. Read about new scenarios. Read about a $35 price tag. $35 was still too expensive, right? (Hey! I'm a bargain-bin kind of guy. Build a pc that's a year behind, and buy year-old games, and everything's cheaper, right?) But, then came the Bacchus. And a $35 price tag. And a blown motherboard at home that made me rebuild a pc. And a new notebook ("for you, my darling wife") that just happens to play DropTeam acceptably. Fine. I surrender. I clicked the Buy button, and now I'm downloading this too expensive game that I've already put more hours into than 25 of my bargain bin purchases combined. I hate you guys. All of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bboyle Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Originally posted by pilgrim: I hate you. Yes, all of you. Yurch, especially, because he makes everything sound fascinating. Poesel, especially, because he types what I'm thinking. The rest of you -- and yes, Clay, you especially -- because you've all pushed me past the breaking point. I heard about the game, saw the initial screenshots, and thought the game was, well, lacking. Then the beta came and I was hooked. Hooked in a major way. But there's no way I could justify $45 for myself, and I convinced myself that 3 copies (one for myself, and one for 2 of my boys, and we'd play at home on a LAN) was just too expensive. Then, the dual eLicense thing came. Two copies. I'd only need two copies. But two copies was still too expensive, right? So, I played the demo. And played the demo. And played the demo some more. And read. Read about infantry. Read about new maps. Read about new scenarios. Read about a $35 price tag. $35 was still too expensive, right? (Hey! I'm a bargain-bin kind of guy. Build a pc that's a year behind, and buy year-old games, and everything's cheaper, right?) But, then came the Bacchus. And a $35 price tag. And a blown motherboard at home that made me rebuild a pc. And a new notebook ("for you, my darling wife") that just happens to play DropTeam acceptably. Fine. I surrender. I clicked the Buy button, and now I'm downloading this too expensive game that I've already put more hours into than 25 of my bargain bin purchases combined. I hate you guys. All of you. Hey man...don't sweat it...we hate you too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonDestiny Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I love you. We're going to be best friends. Come to Arizona and I'll buy you a drink, good sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalinth Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Well there is a simple solution to your problem pilgrim. Come on out and do your best to smash us into a burning piles of radioactive debris. If you can... MUHAHAHAHAHA!!! ---- Welcome to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilibird Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 It's cool man. We love you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander SquidLord Williams Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Hey, I feel excluded from the hate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilgrim Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Originally posted by Alexander SquidLord Williams: Hey, I feel excluded from the hate! all of you The rest of you All of you Oh, believe me, you're in there. If you'd like to be part of the "especially" crowd -- and yes, it is an exclusive bunch -- I'll try to dig up something. *ruffle, shuffle, ruffle, crumple* Ah, here it is. ....and Squiddy, especially, because he used the word synethesia. ("...on the other, the tac is a kind of sensor synesthesia..."). Synesthesia? Synesthesia? Despicable. However, your membership is tenuous, at best. How can I hate anybody very long who can generate this kind of phraseology: murdered electrons to produce your message needlessly Murdered electrons to produce your message needlessly. Wow. Anymore of that poetry, and you're gone from the I-hate club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander SquidLord Williams Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I've spent decades murdering electrons and scraping their hoary old bones across cathode-ray cave walls, just to ready myself for this moment. [sniffle] Its like the Emmy's. I'm so proud. (Be careful, I grew up reading Lovecraft and Knuth. I'll describe something as "squammus" and then write my own mini-language to go further, if you're not careful.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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