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The author of any piece should be permitted a certain set of assumptions about their audience. I think as long as a term has a relatively unambiguous Google re
by frutiger 6y ago
The author of any piece should be permitted a certain set of assumptions about their audience.
I think as long as a term has a relatively unambiguous Google result (which is true in this case), it’s fair game to be used in public texts.
- stubish 6y agoThe arguments the author made make no sense without some sort of a baseline though. 'The majority always play online' for instance points to a fairly tight definition, and may even be tautological (No True fighting game is designed for offline play).
- shalmanese 6y agoThe author isn't writing for a hypothetical future HN audience. They're writing for their blog audience who, presumably, 99.9% know what it means.
- chowells 6y agoEvery fighting game is designed for offline play, and has been for 25+ years. But that doesn't mean that's where the majority of players are, and that's the point the author is making.