PLEASE NOTE: The Reality TV World Message Boards are filled with desperate
attention-seekers pretending to be one big happy PG/PG13-rated family. Don't
be fooled. Trying to get everyone to agree with you is like herding cats,
but intolerance for other viewpoints is NOT welcome and respect for other
posters IS required at all times. Jump in and play, and you'll soon find out
how easy it is to fit in, but save your drama for your mama. All members are
encouraged to read the
complete guidelines.
As entertainment critic Roger
Ebert once said, "If you disagree with something I write, tell me so, argue
with me, correct me--but don't tell me to shut up. That's not the American way."
The sad truth is that no matter how much memory you commit to a game system, it will never have the conversational capacity possessed by 80% of the species (while outshining the remainder by A Lot). In games which contain discussions, clues, and extensive detail delivered through character dialogue, no programmer will be able to account for absolutely everything a player might ask -- which is why most of them work with dialogue trees: three options lead to three more options each, and so on down the line until you get what you need to know or alienate the informant beyond all hope.
And then you have programmers who don't bother doing that.
This citizen talks about the weather. He will always talk about the weather. And nothing else. A merchant yells at you for not wiping your feet. You just spent twenty thousand gold in his shop and all he cares about is the possibility of mud on your boots. Forever. And that police officer? Screams about jaywalking. You've been knocked twenty feet backwards by the monster invading the town and this idiot is permanently programmed to verbally assault you because you didn't get your ribs broken in the crosswalk.
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