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> I no longer own a Windows PC, play first person shooters, or use a mouse.

What point are you trying to make? FPS are still massively popular, and there's no doubting that many who were small children 14 years ago have taken your place, owning Windows PCs, playing FPS, and using mice.




I think his point was that he, personally, would have liked to play it :)


What point are you trying to make?

That generally, a large market for a sequel (of any kind of media) is people who enjoyed the first one. And that they have left it a bit late in this case. A sequel to a popular teen rom-com movie would lose a lot of impact if it came 14 years late.


My point was this is being released far too late for me to care. I was anxious about a sequel in the late 90's. But now it's been so long that I no longer use the technology or this type of entertainment anymore.


So you're making a comment to say that you no longer care for FPS...I don't quite get it. That's like saying the release of Starcraft 2 was a waste because some SC1/BW players got tired of RTS, or gaming in general.


No. He's saying he won't play it. Nowhere did he mention anything about other people or that the game as a whole is a waste.


Sigh. I didn't say the game was a waste of time, or that FPS games or dead, or anything like that.

If you're going to be pedantic, at least try to interpret an opinion literally.


I may not agree with it, but the heart of his criticism is (harshly put) that you're polluting HN with your opinion because it isn't valid past you, nor does it reveal anything deeper about the subject at hand.

He can correct me if I'm putting words into his mouth.


See, you're doing it too. You're putting words in people's mouth and arguing against a position that was never made.


However, what he said is spot-on. I am looking for some discernible "point" in the hope that the comment is not just the arbitrary expression of an individual's taste, which it now clearly is.




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