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Jagex's Biggest Mistake
jjason g:
how much does your mom weight? She is the heaviest thing I've lfited
Mojo:
An interesting watch. As you suggest yourself it would be incredibly difficult for Jagex to implement the changes you suggest
Yikes:
Very interesting. Still think EOC was the worst update ever
Tog:
See, some of things you've said in this video remind me of why I left World of Warcraft. Certain logical flaws exist within both games that I really find it difficult to overlook. Specifically, "why have bosses never escaped this tower" or "the tower is accessible from the open sky, why can't you just fly up there". It's their use of magic to explain things that are convenient that causes events lacking magic after the fact to seem totally avoidable or dumb.
At the Wrathgate during the events of the WotLK expansion, Horde and Alliance forces team up to try and finally put a stop to the Lich King. Bolvar Fordragon, who you're made to believe is this ultimate Paladin, seems to forget he can cast a divine shield (more commonly known as a bubble) to stop himself from dying in that situation; something even very inexperienced, player controlled paladins can do. Sure, that wouldn't further the plot, but it's hard to say "oh yeah there's nothing he could've done to avoid that" when they show using abilities such as that with relative ease. It's filled to the brim with logical fallacies and plot holes.
When teleportation and flying are so prevalent, it's hard to believe that areas in the world of Azeroth remain undiscovered or unreachable.. Or that certain characters see a certain fate their their abilities should have prevented. Can't think of any better way to explain it? Magic mate. It's magic. Why spend time figuring out a decent way of explaining a situation when you can just say it was magic. It's less effort, right?
Karlfischer:
I finally got around to watching this recently, and you do a good job at communicating the problem. I definitely agree with your points.
One advice though is that I think the part about the tower was not necessary to be so long and is straining the attention of your audience. You could have got the message across through 5 or so of the best points, and there would have been more impact when they are not diluted by some of your less persuasive points.