Marcos El Malo's Flamebate Posts

For those of you that don't read the blog

Didn’t anyone tell Jalapeño NOT to quit his day job? Log in to see images! (view post)

For those of you that don't read the blog

Echuu Posted:

You are turning into onli Log in to see images!.

So anyways, anyone got something to say about the actual topic?

better?

I’m not sure what to say, since I haven’t read the blog yet.

ATTN: Onli-Wan Cahone (welcome to the forums) *smiley face*

YOUR ATTENTION!! YOUR AYYENTION PLZ!!!

DROP ERERYTHING AND RSPOND TO ONLI RIGHT AWAY. HES WITING IMPATIENTLY 4 UR RESPOSNE!! STOP DOING WTVR UR DOING & ANSRW HIM NAO!!!

THAT IS ALL1111111

warning: experimental poetry

fine upstanding member of societyfabulous personjaps Posted:

i didnt read his posts Log in to see images!

He’s so full of **** that he hits my 255 char limit before he can even type “BUH”. So, when I try to read it, all I see is “BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH, ETC.”

WHEN DID NOVELISTS THINK THEY COLD TROAL??111111

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Episode 2: Would you Pay?

L2 Posted:

I could see that idea going either way. It works well for sites like Gaia (bad example, since it’s not really a game) or AdventureQuest, but it always brings up the argument of elitism and unfair advantage. I’d support CZ whichever way they go, though.

The edge given could be very slight and only cost a few BP. As far as charges of unfair advantage, so what? Life is unfair. Is FW supposed to be some bastion of fairness in a cruel world?

Something I learned about customers/clients over the course of many years. I’ve always divided clients up into three groups: A) Your best customers, either know what they want and reward you handsomely for providing it, or trust you to know what they want and reward you handsomely. B) Good customers that you need to work with or educate but they pay on time and don’t try to **** with you after the fact. Can be trained to be A clients sometimes. C) Problem customers, never satisfied, always trying to get extra work out of you, look for cheapest price rather than quality of work, make last minute changes as a rule, don’t pay on time, feel entitled to monopolize your time, don’t respect boundaries, etc. In short, PITA clients that are not worth the effort.

The idea is to get rid of your C) clients and spend more time recruiting and working for A) and B) clients, and putting more time into training those B) clients to be A)s.

For the purposes of FW, I think we can divide the customers into two groups: those willing to pay and those not. Let’s call them A) customers and ****heels.

If CZ charges for anything, they’re going to alienate the ****heels. But so what? ONOES, WERE LOSING ****HEELS!! It’s not like there’s not several billion more ****heels where those ones came from. Lost ****heels don’t represent lost profit. EP 1 is free and will attract more people to try FW, and then they can either decide they want to be A) or ****heels. So **** ‘em.

Same goes for Multi/competition. Both A) and ****heels are enjoying this aspect. But who the **** cares if the ****heels get bent out of shape and leave? They’ll just get replaced with more freeloading ****heels before the week is out. The internet is literally overflowing with them. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE111

Now, I’m not saying that CZ couldn’t handle this in a more interesting/subtle way. Perhaps the item is available for purchase (w/flezz) only after you’ve completed a PAID (w/ BP or $) side quest (either pre Ep 2 or worked into Ep 2).

Anyway, I’ve got more thoughts, but ET should contact me if he wants to hear them. I’d also like to get a better idea of what the CZ business plan is, and he might not want to disclose that to a random stranger on the internet.

EDIT: Oh, you meant the chest crapping thing going either way. Disregard the rest of the post.

Episode 2: Would you Pay?

L2 Posted:

Really? I just use bomb threats. That always works.

I’m not sure I’m following. Like, I give you BP so you WILL **** on my chest, or so you WON’T?

And in a clever ploy to not get b7 (see what I did there?), I think the idea of buying item upgrades that would give PAYING players a slight edge in competition is an idea WORTHY of examination.

Bought avatar, chose clbum. Custom av gone.

Happened to me, too. I sent ET my n00dz and he refunded the BP.

Ben Stein's "Expelled"

nanafabulous personjesus Posted:

i’ve heard his name a few times, though I’ve never read any of his stuff.

anything you recommend?

The Illuminatus! Trilogy (with Robert Shea)

1) The Eye in the Pyramid

2) The Golden Apple

3) Leviathan

Is a good start. You could probably plow thru it in a weekend pretty easily.

Ben Stein's "Expelled"

Anansi Posted:

Marcos, I think he gets too caught up in nonsense like that 8-circuit model of consciousness to be really interesting.

However, the phrase “irrational rationality” appeals to me very much. After all, a raging hard-on for skepticism is unhealthy if it lasts for more than four hours.

LOL@Leary’s 8-circuit model.

Dude, you just haven’t taken enough acid (yet). Leary didn’t invent the 8-circuit model. It was handed to him. I’ve seen the SOURCE. IT WAS REAL. Real enough. Not as real as the IRS, though.

Girllss... post yer mammary glands!!

Summergirl_94 Posted:

Sorry, ain’t exactly legal yetLog in to see images!

This one’s pretty nice though:

Log in to see images!

1) ur a eurofabulous person. it’s legal. plus, it’s the internet. it’s legal (just use a russian server).

2) I’m looking at this pic and dipping my balls into a mug of warm water.

3) Now I’m cleaning up the screen of my laptop.

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