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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)

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In my opinion the main problem with is the game isn't real so we can't really understand it he could have just said my flaberjout used its ability to send his dermkar to the land of kypstoom and it would have made about as much sense
 
Gonna have to admit I ended up skimming it as well, I'm afraid. Didn't seem to add much to the story, though I guess learning of that game's almost-existence was mildly interesting... This really could've used a little Canis or at least more dialogue from Kon...
 
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Oh, goodness me, yes. I remember buying Heroes of Might and Magic IV and not being able to play it for weeks because of that. It's completely unnecessary.
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Also very stupid, because at this point that always on authentication has been bypassed easily by hackers (it was within days when it first came out).

I frankly refuse to even purchase games that have "online authentication" included in a descriptor at this point; which is exactly why their Kickstarter failed. Many many people who've all had the same experiences as we have and all of them voted with their money after seeing their preferred authentication method in their first title.

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I didn't like the chapter and felt a lot more would have come to the story with actual character interaction because we couldn't see the game, most of us never heard of it and the reading medium didn't allow us to enjoy the scene of the two of them playing Star Craft (or whatever) against each other.

Substantial conversation between Kon and Paul would have helped a lot I think.
 
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Or, as usual, the silent majority is just that: Silent.
Only a small minority of us readers regularly comment on the story after all.
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There's no reason to assume that the commenters opinions wouldn't be representative of the lurkers.

Also seeing as the lurkers usually use likes (which is made obvious by the fact that the amount of likes per post from the author is significantly higher than the amount of commenters) and that the amount of likes received by this chapter was a lot lower than usual, it's quite clear what most people think on the matter.
 
Eh, it's just one segment. I'm not saying I was a fan but it's not really something to worry about. We'll be getting back to the pup, the snakeman, and the alien prince soon, I am sure.
 
On a general rule, DRM should die by Green Sun fire. Doubly so when it's trivial to bypass by piracy and makes a living hell the life of legal customers.
You want people stop pirating and paying for your product ? Make its availability greater than the pirated stuff : rather than having to jump through hoops and dodge ads and trojans, make it easy to purchase and use.

There is a reason why Steam and Netflix are so popular.*

*Yes I know Steam still has annoying DRM and Netflix has region lock, but the point still roughly stands.
 
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So Zoat, moving on back to actual story elements, hypothetically Darkseid reads George Orwell's 1984. What does he think? Some good ideas? A pale imitation of the glory of Apokolips? What?
 
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I don't know (and don't particularly want to know) what a transitive verb is. To my mind the comma indicates clearly how the sentence should be parsed.
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Rephrasing, to make the actual point I wanted to make: By using "deploys" like this, you give away that it's a video game, because nobody says "x deploys" or "x deployed" -- they say "y deploys x" or "x was deployed" or "x is deployed." I didn't actually know what the phrase even MEANT when I read it until I came across the later use of it and guessed from that context that it was a game verb for something like converting to siege mode. (I was thinking, "What was it deploying? Is that comma an error, and the forcefield is what it deployed? No, the sentence doesn't parse right if you take the comma out... Now I'm confused. Moving on. Maybe I'll figure it out later.")
 
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Eh, military use it. Like when you deploy a unit of soldiers, you get a unit to where it is meant to be, for purposes of engaging in combat.
 
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Eh, military use it. Like when you deploy a unit of soldiers, you get a unit to where it is meant to be, for purposes of engaging in combat.
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No, no, that's exactly my point. You deploy a unit of soldiers. That doesn't mean that the soldiers deploy. That means that the soldiers are deployed. And regardless, that's clearly not the intended meaning in this case, because the drone is the thing doing the deploying. But WHAT is it deploying? The description suggests that it deployed a forcefield, but that's not what was said.

EDIT: And from context, I'm pretty sure "deploys a forcefield" isn't even the ACTUAL meaning anyway, because as a game mechanic "deploy" appears to be more general than that and the forcefield is probably an effect of drones using the "deploy" action.
 
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Black Reign (part 13)
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    • 13th March 2011
    18:38 GMT

    Kon and I stare at the horrific sight before us. "Richard. Say it isn't so."

    He sighs and looks away. "Yeah. It is."

    He came to find us when Batman arrived for the League meeting.

    With Talia al Ghul.

    Who is now Batwoman.

    I mean… Yes, she's obviously got the skills required to keep up with him. She no longer has the alternate pulls on her loyalties which might lead to her holding back in helping him in some way. I'd rather assumed that she spent her time managing the League of Shadows' surviving legitimate business interests. Turns out that I was completely wrong. Or that she manages to find time for this as well. The costume is clearly a female riff on the black and grey one Batman himself wears, sensibly armoured without weighing the user down and equipped with a variety of useful gadgets. The electrified baton is unique, presumably a replacement for the sword she now feels would be inappropriate.

    Kon shifts his attention to Richard. "When's the wedding?"

    "May."

    "Really?"

    Richard shrugs exhaustedly. "They've been seeing each other for a couple of years now. With Ra's out of the way… Why wait any longer?"

    Batman… Getting married… I realise that's a thing people who aren't contractually obliged to be miserable do, it's just… A little weird.

    "Are you okay with that?"

    Richard shrugs. "I guess? I used to joke about him marrying a supervillainess, and now it's really happening. Oh, you're.. both invited, by the way."

    "Thank you. But what's our cover story? I don't have a secret identity, and Kon's got no reason to know the son of Gotham billionaire Bruce Wayne."

    He shakes his head. "Just don't wear anything orange. No one's going to look at you unless you draw attention to yourself." Something occurs to him. "Aren't you two supposed to be watching Canis?"

    I hold out my left hand, generating an image of his current location. "Turns out that he's more interested in performance art than static images. When he got bored with the database we took him out to see the Horses. He's out in the gardens now with a lump of granite, trying to capture their likeness."

    "I thought you couldn't scan for him?"

    "No, I can scan for him, his armour just prevents me from scanning inside it."

    "Who else is coming?"

    Richard brings up his arm computer. "Well, it's a whole League thing, so-."

    "No, I mean to the wedding."

    "Oh. Ah, I invited the whole team, and some.. friends from school. Talia invited Nyssa and she's bringing Doctor Munro. She's also… She hasn't had a lot of contact with her mother's family lately, but she's sent out a few invites. Her Grandfather's already said he's coming and he's going to be giving her away. Bruce has invited anyone on the Justice League who could explain why they're there. The Hawks, Guy Gardner and Plastic Man had to turn it down-."

    "How about Nabu?"

    Richard shakes his head. "Zatara's one of Bruce's oldest friends. He'd have liked him to come, but Fate didn't want to take off the helmet."

    As if I needed more motivation. Hm. Would Richard..? No. I'm not involving my team mates if I can possibly avoid it. And if Batman approved his appointment to the League-. No, I'm not going in circles with that again.

    "So does Canis look like a god?"

    "His armor had the same designs on it as the Sphere and those weapons the Bialyans had." Kon nods his head to the side. "I dunno. He was weaker than I am, but not by much."

    "Didn't throw lightning at you or anything?"

    "No.. just a.. strong guy with a sword."

    "Come on, Richard. Throwing lightning isn't hard, anyone with a taser can do it."

    "It's not quite the same thing, Oh El-."

    "Hey." The three of us look around as Red… Um, Speedy, walks around the corner. "Wonder Woman said I could find you here."

    Richard grins. "Hey Roy. How you been?"

    "Okay, I.. guess." He half turns, looking in the direction of the room in which the League are meeting. "It's weird seeing a guy who looks just like me on the Justice League. Other than that, everything's pretty much back to how it was before." He turns back to us. "Can I ask you guys something?"

    "Yeah." / "Certainly?" / "What is it?"

    "Is this hat goofy?" He picks his yellow.. cap.. thing.. off his head and holds it out in front of him. It has a red feather in it. Actually, it looks quite a lot like the one Kanto was wearing.

    "Yeah." / "Um…" / "Kinda."

    The other two look at me. "Does it have any protective qualities?"

    "No, it's.. just a hat."

    "In that case, yes. Kon and I fought a guy from the twelfth century today, and he was wearing the same hat. And why is it yellow?"

    "It was what they had at the store." He folds it up and slips it into his utility belt. "Ollie used to wear one as well. He switched to the hood while I was out of commission. I didn't really think about it before, but everyone on the team's wearing body armor these days-" He glances at Richard and Kon. "-even if they don't really need it. And after seeing how the other Roy dresses, I feel like I kinda went in the wrong direction with my costume."

    "If you're considering a-"

    Richard smirks. "Makeover."

    "-redesign, I know a guy in Metropolis who does a line in personalised personal protective equipment. Assuming you're.. not interested in power armour."

    "That's not.. really me. But, thanks." He nods. "I'll look him up."

    I take a card with Mister Peter Gambi's details on it out of subspace and pass it to him. He takes it and slides it into his belt with the hat.

    Kon nods at Roy. "Are you gunna be joining the team?"

    He nods. "Ollie's going to talk to Batman about it today. Ah, I don't have super strength or anything…"

    Richard smiles at him. "It'll be good to have you anyway."

    "And if you want super strength-."

    "Ah… No. Thanks." He glances at Talia. "Who's the Batman cosplayer?"

    "Talia al Ghul. My soon-to-be stepmother." Roy looks at him to try and tell whether or not he's serious. "Oh, I'm not kidding. I don't think there's anything I could say to make this more weird than it already is."

    "Batman's marrying-?"

    "Speedy." Ah, she was listening. "Do you have some problem with my marital relations?"

    He shrinks back slightly. "Noma'am."

    She's totally Batwoman! She's got the voice and the glare off pat!
     
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