Topic: Editorial on Revo-Europe

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Heres an Editorial on Revo-Europe:

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The thing I want to know is this Iun the same guy as our resident cynic Ian_Sane
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[BigJim]

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[Karl Castaneda #2]

The Revolution isn't for everybody. And apparently, it's not for him.

[KnowsNothing]

Ahaha, what a joke!

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Nintendo had it billed as a mind-blowing piece of high-tech wizardry, a marvel of the modern age that would blow all our minds.

No, that's what YOU interpretted it as.

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The company had us all salivating at the prospect of seeing the new controller, citing fears that competitors would steal their innovative ideas should pictures ever surface.

No, they said the concept would be stolen, and I'll let you stomp on my throat if it isn't.

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We searched the internet for gossip and rumours, desperately hoping that the rumblings abouta dual-screen, touch sensitive input were true.

orly?  What the **** are you even talking about?  That's what the DS is, that was the only thing that we were praying the Revolution WASN'T.

I don't feel like continuing this post, whatever  

[attackslug]

It's a point-counterpoint 2-part article -- the next article in the series will spout all the positives.  

[mantidor]

I only care if he actually tried the controller, he didnt, so his points are just ramblings.

[KnowsNothing]

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It's a point-counterpoint 2-part article -- the next article in the series will spout all the positives.

That's a spectacularly retarded way to go about this, if you ask me.  Just combine them, you get an article that actually has merit (well, as much merit that you can have without actually playing it ).  Of course, his next article will directly contradict this one, so it all...just.....falls......apart......  

[Hostile Creation]

From what I read, he doesn't actually make points.  It's just a bunch of whining, at least Ian has something to say when he whines.  I mean, the first half of the article he just complains about how it looks.
Not to mention it's terribly written.  But I don't suppose I should expect quality writing from the internet, even articles I agree with are often poorly written

[King of Twitch]

I'll start posting without any logic or common sense, then I'll rebut myself with logic and common sense.

"We searched the internet for gossip and rumours, desperately hoping that the rumblings abouta dual-screen, touch sensitive input were true."

Next I'll post about secrets I've learned over the internet about a secretive company in a foreign country, then rebut myself and post about the reliablilty of anonymous people on the internet.

PGC want me to do an editorial?

[Ian Sane]

"The thing I want to know is this Iun the same guy as our resident cynic Ian_Sane"

I'm not from Europe!

[KDR_11k]

You're complaining enough as-is, I don't want to know what your rants would look like if you suffered at the hands of NoE .

[wandering]

Humm. He's trying to pull a Charles Foster Kane, eh? Yeah, he didn't do a very good job.
But then, writing an article that you personally disagree with is a hard thing to do well.  

[ThePerm]

well for he most part...i agree with ian on everything....but he gets more flak because he is more coherent with his writing.

[thepoga]

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Originally posted by: KnowsNothing

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It's a point-counterpoint 2-part article -- the next article in the series will spout all the positives.

That's a spectacularly retarded way to go about this, if you ask me.  Just combine them, you get an article that actually has merit (well, as much merit that you can have without actually playing it ).  Of course, his next article will directly contradict this one, so it all...just.....falls......apart......

You've never heard of this method of writing? It's not reporting, its like a debate. In debates, its the judges who decide who "wins". In this type of thing, its YOU who decides what's right and what's not. If there's not a lot of valid statements, there are still things you can glean from that. Like the fact that there might not BE that many negatives. Writers are assigned stuff like this all the time.

[KnowsNothing]

I have actually, and I think it's ALWAYS a retarded thing to do, because it's one person debating with himself.  He's going to have to make up points just to be able to fill up the article, and that bothers me.

Of course, the way you described it makes sense, it's mostly just a personal issue I have with it

[wandering]

It can work...but only if the writer is really, really good, and can be mercilessly objective (this guy doesn't cut it.)

Really, it would've been 1000x better if revo-europe had actually found an articulate, intelligent hater of the REV controller to write the article.

[Caliban]

Ian perhaps? LOL!

[mantidor]

Nah, Ian wouldnt go as far as to say that the Rev controller wont sell consoles but the eye toy for some obscure and illogical reason did precisely that,  that part of the article made laugh.