>tfw amazing mod colors without having to use FF every time I post

That was incredibly cheesy and unconvincing. I have little hope for this game.

Sleep tight.

Quote from: Flee on December 18, 2014, 04:34:17 PM

Quote from: Shepard Clause on December 18, 2014, 04:28:39 PM

Too bad it's entirely irrelevant to my abilities to succeed in the game blind, which I've been doing.

Not really. Learning about things like hidden upgrade gives you a clear edge over what's still to come. You used a guide to help you obtain things that you wouldn't have found on your own and that gave you a clear advantage for the following parts you went in "blind". You can keep trying to deny it all you want, but in the end you relied on guides to help you be better informed and equipped to deal with parts of the game, which does detract from the achievement. There's really nothing else to say about this.

In the end it hasn't made any real effects on what I've done or yet to see. It's irrelevant, whether or not you like it.

>using guides to obtain advantages, upgrades and information that'll make the following parts of a game considerably easier has no real effects on what's yet to come

So, if a new player who just made it to the Undead Burg, watches a guide of areas he's already briefly passed through that shows him how to obtain a Fire Great Scythe +1, a ton of extra humanity, three fire keeper souls, extra lightning resins, a great shield, a lot of upgrade materials and a few big souls before even getting to the first real boss, that doesn't in any way detract from the fact that he then manages to beat Taurus on his first try? What you did probably wasn't that extreme, but it comes down to the same thing. Dark Souls is such an open and diverse game that if you know how (or if you go to a guide that tells you how), you can do and obtain a lot in very early and basic areas that very few people would actually figure out on their own.

You used a guide that helped you obtain clear advantages that you otherwise would've missed and that greatly help you deal with the upcoming areas. You can keep saying that it didn't effect your playthrough at all, but it is pretty relevant.

Now, I'm not saying you should feel bad about this or that it makes you any less of a player. I just don't think you're in a position to go around saying "lol, dark souls is such an easy game, I have no idea how people can struggle with it" when you relied on guides that undeniably provided you with a clear advantage.

Quote from: Flee on December 18, 2014, 04:13:36 PM

Quote from: Shepard Clause on December 18, 2014, 04:05:11 PM

If I looked up the guides before I went in, it would be invalid. But that would ruin the game for me and also give massive spoilers, none of which has happened because, LIKE I BLATANTLY HAVE STATED, I only look them up for that portion of the game once I've beat it myself. Blindly.

For a game like Dark Souls, using guides to discovering that you missed things like fire keeper souls and then going back to collect them is a pretty big deal that does, to a certain extent, invalidate your boasting.

Not really. I didn't use the guide to discover things I missed, I wanted to see how other players dealt with that section. It invalidates nothing at all, especially since so much of the "toughness" of the game is actually fighting and surviving, which is no issue for me to do. I've gone into all the boss fights not knowing what to expect or how they attack or blah blah blah. It doesn't detract from what I've done in the least.

I guess we'll just have to disagree then. To me, things like backtracking all the way from Anor Londo to Blighttown because a guide showed you that there's a hidden Fire Keeper's Soul there means it's no longer a blind run. You're free to think otherwise, but for a game as non-linear as Dark Souls, relying on videos and guides, even if they deal with areas you've already been to, gives you way too much additional information from these "veteran players" to still be considered a valid blind playthrough and definitely makes this a whole lot less impressive.

If I looked up the guides before I went in, it would be invalid. But that would ruin the game for me and also give massive spoilers, none of which has happened because, LIKE I BLATANTLY HAVE STATED, I only look them up for that portion of the game once I've beat it myself. Blindly.

For a game like Dark Souls, using guides to discovering that you missed things like fire keeper souls and then going back to collect them is a pretty big deal that does, to a certain extent, invalidate your boasting.

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Quote from: Priscilla on December 18, 2014, 09:51:00 AM

Sen's Fortress Dark Souls. Yeah the first time going through that is a nightmare.

That place was piss easy, though, all you have to do is take your time.

It's easy once you know whats ahead, but first time stepping on those traps was painfully lulzy

The only trap that killed me was the first mimic you encounter (Oh boy look a chest - OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS IT DOING dead). Other than that, I got through without issue. Do people have a habit of getting themselves killed rather easy on this game or something?

On their first blind play through you better believe it.

I'm still on my first blind playthrough it's lulzy how exaggerated the difficulty is of this game. Sen's Fortress? Easy. Anor Lando? LOL beat the fuck out of the Rodeo brothers, solo (so much for the legendary "City of the Gods"). Capra Demon? Dead our first encounter. Gargoyles? Solo'd. Stray Demon? Made him my bitch. Blighttown? Okay lagtown is a piece of shit, but I tanked through it. Sif? LOL sit the fuck down, pooch.

Are people unable to adapt quickly or something?

The fact that you've admitted to actually looking at videos and guides to help you kind of makes this a whole lot less boast-worthy.

The ECJ ruled that if the obesity of the worker "hinders the full and effective participation of that person in professional life on an equal basis with other workers", then obesity can fall within the concept of "disability".

Can being the keyword here. I'm pretty familiar with the ECJ at this point and even got to attend a few of its rulings, and I can assure you that they rarely ever deal in absolutes. This is not going to lead to fat people refuting them being fired just like that.

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Quote from: Flee on December 18, 2014, 03:05:23 PM

Mine aren't starting for another month.

Lucky

Lucky? I'll be studying 8-10 hours a day for the next 55 days without even half a day of free time to get over 4000 pages of course materials figured out. This is the worst time of the year.

Oh damn....
College I take it?

Final year of my Master's at Uni, yeah.

Mine aren't starting for another month.

Relevant.

My exams are about to start, so the next month and a half are going to suck.

I mean, I'M SO ANGRY.

Quote from: Flee on December 17, 2014, 10:33:08 AM

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Quote from: Tyger on December 17, 2014, 10:24:17 AM

You didn't win a quake tournament

Impressive. Lucky guess?

I vaguely remember you mentioning your girlfriend and b.net before, and Aryan and Italian nobility kinda go together so I just took a shot.

Well, it's correct. Have an upvote.

My life finally has meaning

And it even is a mod upvote. They count for 5 normal people.

yeah but there's no "normal" people on sep7agon

Let me rephrase. They count for 5 plebeians.

Quote from: Flee on December 17, 2014, 10:24:44 AM

UK, of course. It's a shame it even carries the same name as that American disgrace.

Petition to change the name of the US version to something more fitting?

That is something I could get behind.

You didn't win a quake tournament

Impressive. Lucky guess?