In news:%23KhHhYMhFHA.272@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
James <james@yahoo-mail.com> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> i agree with mike, you are infact all wrong
You're quite welcome to agree with anyone you'd like but I don't think you
can say someone is wrong can you? After all we all have different taste in
games probably. For me it was Zork which was a simple text based RPG in an
age when graphics really weren't even considered really. Even if they were
considered they were generally 8 bit Atari-like games such as Oregon Trail,
a few Amiga games, Intelivision, etc. At that time there was no other RPGs
available and this game was pretty limited but, at that time, pretty
limitless all things considered. (It even had the ability to save the game
which was unlike most other games at that time and you could print out your
steps taken to reach the place you were at to make a map but on dot-matrix
printers that took forever and a day.) So, from my perspective, that was the
greatest game. For some people the greatest computer game might be an online
game of poker, chess, or checkers... It might be coding in
VB .NET or C#. It
might be designing LegoŽ Robots. It might be any one of a number of games.
Each person is likely to have their own thoughts and there's no way that we
can say who is wrong and who is right. Who are we to judge another's
opinions?
Simply typing that you agree that the people who've responded were wrong and
not offering your opinions on the subject adds nothing to the conversation
and benefits nobody as near as I am able to tell. Instead, in my opinion, it
would be better if you told us what you felt was the best game and why you
felt it was the best. Then, for starters, we'd know where you were coming
from to draw your conclusion. We'd be able to see what you were thinking
about the game. We might be convinced to try the game. We might even then
agree with you. The point of a newsgroup is to share, grow, learn, and
teach. It's meant to exchange information (and opinions) but the opinions
should be backed up with reason. To simply cite that you're convinced that
everyone is wrong and you are right doesn't give us the opportunity to
understand why you feel the way that you do nor does it give you the chance
to show us what you know and we (or at least I) welcome anyone's opinions.
Galen
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."
Sherlock Holmes