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> "collect all coins to finish the level." put that in place of: > "coins are good, take them."

• baddox 13y ago
  Both are direct instructions to take the coins.
  • freehunter 13y ago
    But one of them doesn't say it's required. I can finish a level in Sonic without collecting all the rings, even though rings are a good thing.
    • baddox 13y ago
      The "coins are good" part doesn't imply that it's required, but the "take them" part does.
      • twelvechairs 13y ago
        not to the rest of us.
        • baddox 13y ago
          I don't understand how it could be interpreted as anything other than a direct imperative.
          • freehunter 13y ago
            "Take them" implies that they are important, but does not definitively state that they are required. It's like saying in Legend of Zelda "Triforce pieces are good. Take them." It's massively understating the importance of the Triforce, since you can't beat the game without all the pieces. Let's just leave it at "some people were confused". Because honestly, in terms of user experience, that's all that matters.
          • woebtz 13y ago
            How would you interpret: "Lunch is good, take a lunch break," vs. "Take a lunch break or you will be fired."
          • EpicEng 13y ago
            "Eating is good, grab an apple" doesn't imply "eat something or eventually you will die."
      • babuskov 13y ago
        Simply add "all" and it will be fine: "Coins are good, take them all"
  • elwell 13y ago
    it's to avoid people having to go back in the level to get coins they thought were 'good' but optional.
  • EpicEng 13y ago
    No, "coins are good" doesn't mean "you must collect all coins." Coins are good in Mario too, but they're not mandatory.
    • kenbellows 13y ago
      "Take them" is still a direct instruction to take the coins. I wasn't confused.
      • lowboy 13y ago
        "Take them" !== "Collect all of the coins to pass the level" As stated, coins are often optional in other platformers.
        • kenrikm 13y ago
          I find it amusing how I can tell what programming language you write based off of your "not equal too" syntax for me it's "!="
          • lowboy 13y ago
            Heh, good ol' JavaScript! It's weird though, because I mostly write CoffeeScript instead of JavaScript, which uses "!=" and desugars to "!==".
            • _puk 13y ago
              What's wrong with isnt?
              • lowboy 13y ago
                Nothing, I just recognize "foo != bar" as a conditional better than "foo isnt bar".
        • EpicEng 13y ago
          I was going to cry "sytax error" for a moment until I remembered javascript :D
• boucher 13y ago
  There's a certain joy in the reward of having taken the coins before you knew for sure you needed to that would be lost.
  • tieTYT 13y ago
    I bet it's not as strong as the annoyance of missing them and then realizing at the end that you need them.