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A dose of reality

Rylana
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What players in this game claim (or think) they do (Jet Li)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5SR0C1150

What players in this game actually do. (Either the machine gunner or Ken Watanabe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCtuZ-fDL2E

@rylanadionysis == Closed Beta Tester October 2013 == Retired October 2016 == Uninstalled @ One Tamriel Release == Inactive Indefinitely
Ebonheart Pact: Lyzara Dionysis - Sorc - AR 37 (Former Empress of Blackwater Blade and Haderus) == Shondra Dionysis - Temp - AR 23 == Arrianaya Dionysis - DK - AR 17
Aldmeri Dominion: Rylana Dionysis - DK - AR 25 == Kailiana - NB - AR 21 == Minerva Dionysis - Temp - AR 21 == Victoria Dionysis - Sorc - AR 13
Daggerfall Covenant: Dannika Dionysis - DK - AR 21 == The Catman Rises - Temp - AR 15 (Former Emperor of Blackwater Blade)
Forum LOL Champion (retired) == Black Belt in Ballista-Fu == The Last Vice Member == Praise Cheesus == Electro-Goblin
  • KBKB
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    Your posts are so much better than 98% of the dribble that gets posted in this hive of scum and villainy.
  • Rylana
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    It's actually pretty self explanatory.

    But, let me help ruin my own implied joke by explaining ad nauseum what I mean.

    Video 1 is of a martial arts badass taking on 30 trained martial artists at once and kicking the crap out of them including their master at the end. (What players think they are, a complete badass that can solo everything)

    Video 2 is of a foolish (but well intended) cavalry charge into a situation they have no chance of winning. The player can either be the guy with the gatling gun (the FOTM cheese build) or the underequipped army of lemmings being fed to the cheese. Another way of looking at it would be the new era of snipers pegging away at someone from safety, while the actually good players are cut down because they arent using the new FOTM (notice they did slaughter the bads on the ground with them first)
    Edited by Rylana on November 8, 2014 2:12PM
    @rylanadionysis == Closed Beta Tester October 2013 == Retired October 2016 == Uninstalled @ One Tamriel Release == Inactive Indefinitely
    Ebonheart Pact: Lyzara Dionysis - Sorc - AR 37 (Former Empress of Blackwater Blade and Haderus) == Shondra Dionysis - Temp - AR 23 == Arrianaya Dionysis - DK - AR 17
    Aldmeri Dominion: Rylana Dionysis - DK - AR 25 == Kailiana - NB - AR 21 == Minerva Dionysis - Temp - AR 21 == Victoria Dionysis - Sorc - AR 13
    Daggerfall Covenant: Dannika Dionysis - DK - AR 21 == The Catman Rises - Temp - AR 15 (Former Emperor of Blackwater Blade)
    Forum LOL Champion (retired) == Black Belt in Ballista-Fu == The Last Vice Member == Praise Cheesus == Electro-Goblin
  • Grim13
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    Here's a dose of reality: purge shouldn't remove oil damage.

  • KBKB
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    Grim13 wrote: »
    Here's a dose of reality: purge shouldn't remove oil damage.

    Yeah, nah.
  • Rylana
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    People still use oil?
    @rylanadionysis == Closed Beta Tester October 2013 == Retired October 2016 == Uninstalled @ One Tamriel Release == Inactive Indefinitely
    Ebonheart Pact: Lyzara Dionysis - Sorc - AR 37 (Former Empress of Blackwater Blade and Haderus) == Shondra Dionysis - Temp - AR 23 == Arrianaya Dionysis - DK - AR 17
    Aldmeri Dominion: Rylana Dionysis - DK - AR 25 == Kailiana - NB - AR 21 == Minerva Dionysis - Temp - AR 21 == Victoria Dionysis - Sorc - AR 13
    Daggerfall Covenant: Dannika Dionysis - DK - AR 21 == The Catman Rises - Temp - AR 15 (Former Emperor of Blackwater Blade)
    Forum LOL Champion (retired) == Black Belt in Ballista-Fu == The Last Vice Member == Praise Cheesus == Electro-Goblin
  • KhajitFurTrader
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    Rylana wrote: »
    It's actually pretty self explanatory.

    But, let me help ruin my own implied joke by explaining ad nauseum what I mean.

    Ah, thank you. :smile:

    Video 1 shows an application of the popular wuxia trope Conservation of Ninjutsu, which states that "In any martial arts fight, there is only a finite amount of ninjutsu available to each side in a given encounter. As a result, one Ninja is a deadly threat, but an army of them are cannon fodder."

    I do not buy into the claim that any number of players seriously believe themselves of being able to make a stand against an opposing army and survive. Any time spent in Cyrodiil will teach them that in short order, because there are next to none one-on-one fights to be had, and contrary to what movies would often try to make us believe, no group has the courtesy to attack one member after another, ever.

    Players being who they are, they will always be on the lookout for a) the path of least resistance, and b) the highest efficiency at achieving anything. So Video 2 is correct in that players always try to be the guys with the gatling guns, or the guys who can safely strike out without fear of retaliation, or in general, be on the winning side. That's just human nature, and can't be faulted.

    But I now see that indeed the joke lies in opposing exaggerated wishful thinking and stark reality. :wink:
  • Grim13
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    Posts thread mocking the megalomaniacal misperception of some players...
    Rylana wrote: »
    ..All in all Rylana's tunnel of flames + invasion talons spam netted 427 kills, 59209 (dem diminishing returns :( ) AP, 12 glorious deaths,...

    ..then falls victim to the very same delusion in another thread.
  • Sypher
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    And here is me (Dad or Baby, doesn't matter)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTWfqi3-3qU
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  • Rylana
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    Grim13 wrote: »
    Posts thread mocking the megalomaniacal misperception of some players...
    Rylana wrote: »
    ..All in all Rylana's tunnel of flames + invasion talons spam netted 427 kills, 59209 (dem diminishing returns :( ) AP, 12 glorious deaths,...

    ..then falls victim to the very same delusion in another thread.

    I never said I was alone, either.
    @rylanadionysis == Closed Beta Tester October 2013 == Retired October 2016 == Uninstalled @ One Tamriel Release == Inactive Indefinitely
    Ebonheart Pact: Lyzara Dionysis - Sorc - AR 37 (Former Empress of Blackwater Blade and Haderus) == Shondra Dionysis - Temp - AR 23 == Arrianaya Dionysis - DK - AR 17
    Aldmeri Dominion: Rylana Dionysis - DK - AR 25 == Kailiana - NB - AR 21 == Minerva Dionysis - Temp - AR 21 == Victoria Dionysis - Sorc - AR 13
    Daggerfall Covenant: Dannika Dionysis - DK - AR 21 == The Catman Rises - Temp - AR 15 (Former Emperor of Blackwater Blade)
    Forum LOL Champion (retired) == Black Belt in Ballista-Fu == The Last Vice Member == Praise Cheesus == Electro-Goblin
  • FluffiestOne
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    Jet li trained me in the art of impulse. Why do you think those peasants made a circle around them?
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  • Gilvoth
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  • Columba
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    video two is impulse monkey spamming
  • Huntler
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    Columba wrote: »
    video two is impulse monkey spamming

    whoosh
  • serenenightmare
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    And here is me (Dad or Baby, doesn't matter)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTWfqi3-3qU

    this is the most adorable thing I have ever seen!
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  • Draxys
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    Columba wrote: »
    video two is impulse monkey spamming

    is your butt sore from being on your moral high horse for so long?
    2013

    rip decibel
  • WraithAzraiel
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    Edited by WraithAzraiel on November 9, 2014 7:09AM
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  • AbraXuSeXile
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    Columba wrote: »
    video two is impulse monkey spamming

    You remind me of an unintelligent kid who learns a word or phrase for the first time and tries to inject it in every conversation possible.
    Edited by AbraXuSeXile on November 9, 2014 7:03AM
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  • Gooey
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    Columba wrote: »
    video two is impulse monkey spamming

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  • Columba
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    Lol so many upset people. Sorry Impulse spamming is horrible for the health of the game. My opinion. sue me.
  • Ghostbane
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    Columba wrote: »
    Lol so many upset people. Sorry Impulse spamming is horrible for the health of the game. My opinion. sue me.

    Your opinion and only opinion!

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  • Columba
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    My opinion, and the opinion of many others.
  • WraithAzraiel
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    Why is there moss growing on its arse? You know what, don't answer that.

    In the mystical majestical future with Centicorns, they don't need roads....or horse diapers. They occur naturally.
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    Captain of the Black Howling

    "There's no such thing as overkill..."

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