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It's really not. Most people would put "Great (father|mother)", "Wonderful Friend", but I suppose that's a value judgment and each has his or her own opinion.

by tdees40 12y ago

ekianjo 12y ago
"Great","Wonderful" is all relative. You don't usually benchmark your parents/friends with others, and in the case of parents there's a significant bias, because you know, you share half of your genes with them and stuff like that. And what I meant is, rather, few people can claim to have touch millions of people through their work, but someone who worked on GTA V can, even if it's just a tiny part of it.
- jerf 12y ago
  Here Lies Jerf Probably in at least the 60th Percentile of Parents (Based on a Biased Self-Reporting Survey of his Children) THIS EPITAPH APPROVED BY EKIANJO (No offense intended. The idea tickled me.)
  - ekianjo 12y ago
    haha :) I found that funny.
- coldtea 12y ago
  >"Great","Wonderful" is all relative Whereas the impact you've made to "millions of people" because of the quality of graphics in a game where pimps shoot people in the streets and beat women up is a subjective accomplishment?
  - ekianjo 12y ago
    Well everything is part of the experience. If something stands out in the game some people are bound to notice it, and no matter the subject of the game (GTA V was brought to light here but it could be any other popular game) you will probably feel responsible for some of the good reviews the game got (and how successful it was market wise). Beyond what you did as a person you were part of a team working on something that many people enjoyed.
  - ncza 12y ago
    GTA is a sandbox game. If violence against virtual women is all you do in it and that concerns you, I would highly recommend seeing a psychologist to find help.
    - coldtea 12y ago
      >If violence against virtual women is all you do in it and that concerns you, I would highly recommend seeing a psychologist to find help. Do people really think it's tactful and/or polite to suggest psychiatic treatment to others in a discussion? Especially after mis-reading their whole point? I don't do anything in GTA, have never played the game. The parent comment presented it as a something to be proud about as compared to being a parent/friend/etc. I just wanted to point out it's not some great achievement humanity wise.
      - ncza 12y ago
        Ah, that explains things. If you haven't played GTA yourself you are unaware how misleading and incisive your description of it was. Please consider actually getting a first hand impression of things before you regurgitate some propaganda. I wanted to point out that the things you mentioned are not what the game is about. The suggestion for psychological (not psychiatric) help arose from the fact that you sounded overly distraught from playing a game in your own way.
        coldtea 12y ago
        I don't know, while not immediately familiar with the game, I've read reviews, seen videos of people playing etc. Is this from Wikipedia not accurate, for example: "The mission "By the Book" features graphic depictions of kneecapping, electrocution, dental extraction and waterboarding, and the player is required to perform the acts in order to progress in the game."
  - ripdog 12y ago
    You don't seem to care that the game forces you to kill hundreds of men and even sadistically torture one. I don't think you're even forced once to kill a woman in GTA. And somehow this is a game about violence towards women?!?! It's amazing how modern 'feminism' has taken the victorian idea of women and children first and somehow made it 'progressive'. The heroes of the first two waves are crying.
    - Gurkenmaster 12y ago
      Well technicially one woman dies in the storyline, offscreen.
    - coldtea 12y ago
      >You don't seem to care that the game forces you to kill hundreds of men Seen that "shoot people in the streets", above? That was the first thing I wrote describing the game. Also the whole rant re: feminism totally misses the point of my comment. I could not care less about modern feminism. I just wanted to point out that it's a BS fast-food-like violent game, not some great cultural achievement.
- andygates 12y ago
  "nice trees" is relative too.

It's really not. Most people would put "Great (father|mother)", "Wonderful Friend", but I suppose that's a value judgment and each has his or her own opinion.

by tdees40 12y ago

It's really not. Most people would put "Great (father|mother)", "Wonderful Friend", but I suppose that's a value judgment and each has his or her own opinion.

ekianjo 12y ago

"Great","Wonderful" is all relative. You don't usually benchmark your parents/friends with others, and in the case of parents there's a significant bias, because you know, you share half of your genes with them and stuff like that. And what I meant is, rather, few people can claim to have touch millions of people through their work, but someone who worked on GTA V can, even if it's just a tiny part of it.

jerf 12y ago
Here Lies Jerf Probably in at least the 60th Percentile of Parents (Based on a Biased Self-Reporting Survey of his Children) THIS EPITAPH APPROVED BY EKIANJO (No offense intended. The idea tickled me.)
- ekianjo 12y ago
  haha :) I found that funny.
coldtea 12y ago
>"Great","Wonderful" is all relative Whereas the impact you've made to "millions of people" because of the quality of graphics in a game where pimps shoot people in the streets and beat women up is a subjective accomplishment?
- ekianjo 12y ago
  Well everything is part of the experience. If something stands out in the game some people are bound to notice it, and no matter the subject of the game (GTA V was brought to light here but it could be any other popular game) you will probably feel responsible for some of the good reviews the game got (and how successful it was market wise). Beyond what you did as a person you were part of a team working on something that many people enjoyed.
- ncza 12y ago
  GTA is a sandbox game. If violence against virtual women is all you do in it and that concerns you, I would highly recommend seeing a psychologist to find help.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    >If violence against virtual women is all you do in it and that concerns you, I would highly recommend seeing a psychologist to find help. Do people really think it's tactful and/or polite to suggest psychiatic treatment to others in a discussion? Especially after mis-reading their whole point? I don't do anything in GTA, have never played the game. The parent comment presented it as a something to be proud about as compared to being a parent/friend/etc. I just wanted to point out it's not some great achievement humanity wise.
    - ncza 12y ago
      Ah, that explains things. If you haven't played GTA yourself you are unaware how misleading and incisive your description of it was. Please consider actually getting a first hand impression of things before you regurgitate some propaganda. I wanted to point out that the things you mentioned are not what the game is about. The suggestion for psychological (not psychiatric) help arose from the fact that you sounded overly distraught from playing a game in your own way.
      - coldtea 12y ago
        I don't know, while not immediately familiar with the game, I've read reviews, seen videos of people playing etc. Is this from Wikipedia not accurate, for example: "The mission "By the Book" features graphic depictions of kneecapping, electrocution, dental extraction and waterboarding, and the player is required to perform the acts in order to progress in the game."
- ripdog 12y ago
  You don't seem to care that the game forces you to kill hundreds of men and even sadistically torture one. I don't think you're even forced once to kill a woman in GTA. And somehow this is a game about violence towards women?!?! It's amazing how modern 'feminism' has taken the victorian idea of women and children first and somehow made it 'progressive'. The heroes of the first two waves are crying.
  - Gurkenmaster 12y ago
    Well technicially one woman dies in the storyline, offscreen.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    >You don't seem to care that the game forces you to kill hundreds of men Seen that "shoot people in the streets", above? That was the first thing I wrote describing the game. Also the whole rant re: feminism totally misses the point of my comment. I could not care less about modern feminism. I just wanted to point out that it's a BS fast-food-like violent game, not some great cultural achievement.
andygates 12y ago
"nice trees" is relative too.