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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2011, 06:19:13 pm »
I guess I'm fortunate that my local isn't staffed by pushy sales people looking to make their commission.  They ask once, I say no, they give a quick rundown of the "perks", I say no thank you and that's it.  Happens every time I go in, but it's never over the top.

Apparently the store where Pickle GF was kind enough to go get my game for me did around $5000.00 just this morning and had to have people wait outside for midnight release they were so crowded.

All for Skyrim.
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2011, 06:26:45 pm »
Quote from: Cramulus on November 11, 2011, 06:12:42 pm
Gamestop rant:

My least favorite thing about gamestop is the antics they pull to get you to sign up for their rewards card and preorder new stuff.

Today the guy was harassing me about not pre-ordering Assassins Creed 3. I was like, dude, I just put down like 65 bucks on a game, I don't need to buy ANOTHER game today.

He's like "Are you serious? You buy it later, you're getting a $60 game for $60. You pay for it now, you're getting a $130 game for $60. "

I didn't want to get into it with him. There's no way the little preorder gift or bonus content is going to be worth more than the game itself. He was starting to get visibly pissed off at me. His tone of voice changed to annoyance, like I'm some moron crapping up his store with my outlandish cheapness.

This happened last Christmas too -- the same guy asked me if I was SURE I didn't want a rewards card about four or five times in a row. "Are you SURE? Really? It doesn't cost you anything. And you're still sure. Okay.  :roll:"

Listen man, control of my PI is worth more to me than the five percent discount or whatever. I give it to you, I don't know what's going to happen to it, but it's clearly worth MORE to you than 5% of what I spend here, otherwise rewards cards wouldn't exist. So I'm going to pay the regular market rate and hold onto my data. That's win/win, isn't it?
Quote from: Disco Pickle on November 11, 2011, 06:19:13 pm
I guess I'm fortunate that my local isn't staffed by pushy sales people looking to make their commission.  They ask once, I say no, they give a quick rundown of the "perks", I say no thank you and that's it.  Happens every time I go in, but it's never over the top.

Apparently the store where Pickle GF was kind enough to go get my game for me did around $5000.00 just this morning and had to have people wait outside for midnight release they were so crowded.

All for Skyrim.

Usually these guys and gals don't get perks or commission for signing you up.  They have minimums to meet or they may lose their jobs.  This ensures only the most vile and pushy assholes stay employed there.
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2011, 06:48:03 pm »
I will think of something unsuitable character-wise later on, but

how does this work? it's a computer game and you can literally play any character you can imagine? in a MMORPG setting, I presume? how do they manage that?
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2011, 06:49:24 pm »
It's an open world, single player game.
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2011, 06:54:03 pm »
Quote from: Triple Zero on November 11, 2011, 06:48:03 pm
I will think of something unsuitable character-wise later on, but

how does this work? it's a computer game and you can literally play any character you can imagine? in a MMORPG setting, I presume? how do they manage that?

Not an MMO.
And it's not literally that elaborate, the system is just flexible. You can probably make a really short buck-toothed character, don some kind of silly red garb, focus your skills on acrobatics, and load up on speed and freezing magic to make a Noid-like character. Or something like that.
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2011, 06:58:40 pm »
Jesus H Christ.  All this butthurt about a game launching late.

I'm just now starting #4.  I have in no way suffered from this, at least in meaningful terms.  It's, you know, a VIDEO GAME.  It is not the delivery of granny's oxygen bottles.  Nobody is going to die because it's late, unless they get trampled at WalMart on Black Friday...And I think the world can do without people that dumb, anyfuckingway.

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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2011, 07:00:11 pm »
Quote from: Cramulus on November 11, 2011, 06:12:42 pm
He's like "Are you serious? You buy it later, you're getting a $60 game for $60. You pay for it now, you're getting a $130 game for $60. "

 :lulz:

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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2011, 07:01:02 pm »
Quote from: Triple Zero on November 11, 2011, 06:48:03 pm
I will think of something unsuitable character-wise later on, but

how does this work? it's a computer game and you can literally play any character you can imagine? in a MMORPG setting, I presume? how do they manage that?

Well... http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/

Basically, all possible skill sets are open to any character.  So, really, you can dress up your squishy mage in full plate armour (so long as he can handle the weight) or give your thief a claymore, or have your knight levitate and blast people with fireballs.  Or you can play an alchemist and avoid the main quest entirely.

You have certain key skills which, when you improve in them, you level up.  But you improve the other skills through practice as well, meaning, with enough practice, you can play in pretty much any style you'd like.  Also, as you increase your key skills, the attributes those skills are linked to (strength, intelligence, speed etc) can also be increased.

The games come with pre-set classes, but you can design your own, which is usually the better option.

(Note: this is all assuming they haven't totally reworked the class and skills system for Skyrim)  
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2011, 07:01:50 pm »
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2011, 09:46:35 pm »
Quote from: Cramulus on November 11, 2011, 06:12:42 pm
Gamestop rant:

My least favorite thing about gamestop is the antics they pull to get you to sign up for their rewards card and preorder new stuff.

Today the guy was harassing me about not pre-ordering Assassins Creed 3. I was like, dude, I just put down like 65 bucks on a game, I don't need to buy ANOTHER game today.

He's like "Are you serious? You buy it later, you're getting a $60 game for $60. You pay for it now, you're getting a $130 game for $60. "

I didn't want to get into it with him. There's no way the little preorder gift or bonus content is going to be worth more than the game itself. He was starting to get visibly pissed off at me. His tone of voice changed to annoyance, like I'm some moron crapping up his store with my outlandish cheapness.

This happened last Christmas too -- the same guy asked me if I was SURE I didn't want a rewards card about four or five times in a row. "Are you SURE? Really? It doesn't cost you anything. And you're still sure. Okay.  :roll:"

Listen man, control of my PI is worth more to me than the five percent discount or whatever. I give it to you, I don't know what's going to happen to it, but it's clearly worth MORE to you than 5% of what I spend here, otherwise rewards cards wouldn't exist. So I'm going to pay the regular market rate and hold onto my data. That's win/win, isn't it?

When salespeople pull that shit on me, I will set my merchandise down and walk out of the store. I don't do it every time, but I've done it before, and it's delightful to watch their faces fall, especially in places where I know they make a commission.

I worked retail for years. I worked commissioned retail. I know how this shit works. If someone's pissing me off enough, I'll ask them to call their manager, and then I tell the manager why I'm leaving, and I leave.
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2011, 09:57:19 pm »
It seems Skyrim only runs on a Windows platform, and a relatively good one at that, so I doubt I will be ever playing this. Sounds like the new short-term replacement for World of Warcrack though. :)
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Re: SKYRIM
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2011, 10:04:11 pm »
I've got a big deadline at work in two weeks, I'm going to get it after that.
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2011, 11:08:58 pm »
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.322746-Barrel-Aided-Crime-Spree-Ravages-Skyrim

ZGT posted this in irc -- basically convinced me to get this game now. 
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« Reply #29 on: November 12, 2011, 12:22:03 am »
Well wouldn't you know it.

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