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MMO's are like jawbreakers...
slicknslim88
Member Posts: 394
...A massive jawbreaker that costs 3 bucks in one of those turn activated dispenser things. 3 dollars for 1 piece of candy is something that is quite expensive. But it's an investment, that is well worth it if you put the time into it to finish it.
The outer shell of it is hard and will really hurt you if you are overzealous and take a big bite into it, expecting it to be immediately delicious and crunchy and satisfying. Would probably turn you off on jawbreakers entirely. So you gotta work at the jawbreaker in order for it to slowly dissolve away to get to the delicious center. But a jawbreaker is no good if the layers of the shell of it isn't delicious as well. That's something we all gotta hope is also good. Of course it's not comparable to the delicious center, but it still has to be good in order for it to be enjoyable all the way to the center.
Jawbreakers are for the patient. For those who know that working towards a delicious goal is much better than just crunching into a piece of candy that immediately dissolves, though there is a place for those candies too.
The outer shell though is important. It may have a few cracks in it from being on the outside. It's to protect the rest of the delicious jawbreaker. It needs to be there, and it's going to have cracks in it, that's inevitable. But after the first layer, the rest of the layers are unscratched and unmarred.
So to those of you who will be enjoying the new and hopefully delicious jawbreaker that we will be receiving tomorrow. Just remember, the outer shell might be cracked, even if it's just a little bit. But this is to protect the deliciousness that we will be experiencing for the rest of the jawbreaker.
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Best analogy ever....now the fat kid wants some jawbreakers
No matter how cynical you become, its never enough to keep up - Lily Tomlin
Lol! I like that analogy. I'll be disappointed if there's no jawbreaker awaiting my Miqo'te upon login, though!
My lalafell's mouth is so small i dont think he will be able to enjoy a jawbreaker. Probably mini gobstoppers.
I just know there are going to be tons of threads coming out tomorrow complaining that Square Enix are a bunch of losers and how the launch was a failure, and how they can't connect at that very moment, etc etc etc.
This has become a normal occurrence for MMO's to have rocky starts. It should be expected now that people are going to have problems with logging in or lagging, or other common problems.
Thought a fun analogy would put things into perspective. Every MMO is going to have it's "cracks" at first. But they don't last long.
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
I really don't think so.
Your analogy makes you sound incredibly pessimistic. But also you are insisting that purchasing an MMO is like throwing money away at something that you know you are eventually going to hate, and be sad you spent the money on. And that is not true for plenty of people who bought plenty of recent MMO's like Guild Wars 2, Rift, and Tera.
Also according to how I'm taking your analogy, people who are purchasing MMO's are essentially "fanboi's" who just throw their money away on something, and immediately diving in going "omg this is delicious and awesome!" but then after several more bites they are like "bah, this gummy bear/mmo sucks!" Which also is pretty insulting of the MMO community as a whole.
Bought a jawbreaker so big once in like 1st grade it seriously lasted me over a month....
Also anyone else feel like this would be exactly what Edd or Eddy would say if they played an MMO I doubt Ed would ever come up with something like this.
Well lets hope this "jawbreaker" lasts us a lot longer than that. And yeah I freaking love Ed, Edd, and Eddy. I was actually watching the show on Netflix when I thought up this analogy!
What flavor gummy bear?
That makes a HUGE difference.
The OP wins +10 negative Nancy ftl
So you're saying that 90% of an MMO is flavorless sugar and 10% is that synthetic rubber and powdered resin that makes up the core?
That's interesting, because the first MMO ever created was a Sirloin Steak fresh off the grill. Nothing more and nothing less. You were whatever avatar you chose, and would shoot people you would come across for points, getting shot made you respawn in a different location and lose 5 points, that was it.
Anyways point is, Jelly Beans are better than Jaw Breakers.