Man... I kind of wish I WAS a troll because this thread went from being "mildly entertaining" to "just plain hilarious" in the course of one work shift.
Seriously, I'm too tired to even bother with isolating quotes right now so, CATAHA, just listen...
1.) Popular opinion is rarely, if EVER, a good judge of quality.
Go ask Michael Bay and the billions of dollars he rakes in every year when he makes a film about something crashing into something else and droves of simple-minded movie-goers flock to watch Bruce Willis dodge C.G.I. effects for 120 minutes.
Go ask the Jonas Brothers if even THEY think they make good music. Then ask them to show you their bank statements or the sales figures for their last platinum album.
These examples too U.S.-centric for you? Then go ask your grandparents how well Communism worked out? And most people over there thought that was a great idea.
What about those stupid fur-hats with the ear-flaps you guys love so much? (Wait, no. Those are actually pretty awesome...)
The problem is most people are kind of dumb. As some poet once said: "They're easily entertained and frustrated by change." I like to think that, in the realm of awesome niche-FPS games, the ratios aren't so slanted. But there, you just might have proven me wrong...
2.) I don't need (nor do I want) to sit here and explain to you every reason why 1.2 is superior to 1.1. Look back through just this thread, alone, and you'll find at least four of my arguments.
The simple fact is: I love 1.1 for what it is, an awesome FREE game I played the shit out of until a better (preview, as in NOT DONE) version of it became available. I played it for a bit. Liked some things, was angered by others. Became frustrated, went back to 1.1 in less than three days (about 50 rounds). Bitched about it here. People talked me into trying the newest version. I did. My world was rocked. I was glad to scream it on the rooftops: "1.2 works! It WORKS!"
Which brings us to you and why you frustrated me. Because, regardless of whether you WILL like it, I know you (or anyone else) can't possible understand why WE think it's so great until you've played it for at least a week. Long enough to get over your period of adjustment and THEN long enough to get to try all of the new tweaks. It doesn't matter how much you used them while you sucked because, frankly, you didn't know what you were looking at.
Once you finally understand the feel of the new balance, THEN you can start to appreciate the new dodge, pounce knock-back, forward bases, BP ratios and all of that stuff because you will be utilizing them effectively againsts players who are (hopefully) doing the same.
Alright, I'm done. Thank you, Pazuzu, for the awesomely biased poll (I'm tempted to vote "1" just to make her feel better...) And thank you F50 for pointing out that I couldn't be a troll (I try, I just don't have the time.) Also, thanks for doing your part to talk me into trying the new version of GPP. As You can see, I was trying to pay it forward. CATAHA, you can go and play whatever you want.
