@antdickens Well, no offense, but that's a rather stupid mechanism. Maybe you guys should have then put a little disclaimer in articles where you invite users to rate games, because I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one that didn't realize that these games would then be automatically added to my profile as games that I supposedly own, while I definitely do NOT own them.
Now I have to spend my own precious time and energy on the decidedly needless effort of having to remove games that I don't own...
Oh, well...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX you're the first to question it - so I'm not sure it's that stupid. We obviously wouldn't want ratings from people that haven't actually played the games, so it makes sense in terms of design. Same reason you can only rate a game once, and not multiple times and multiple different scores.
@antdickens So that is why I have Pokémon Sword and Shield in my collection here?! Damn.
Better change it that if you don't have it in your collection you can't rate it. Or if you rate it you get a confirmation window that tells you that if you rate it, it will be added to your collection.
@ThanosReXXX Yep, hermit. I am the paragon of virtue as proscribed by most governments in the world. Bow before my hermific majesty, you....you.....interactionist zealot!
@antdickens Well, maybe I'm the first because I just happened to check my profile, something which I'm pretty sure not a whole lot of us do all the time...
And if making and/or completing a profile is supposed to be a completely voluntary act, then games being automatically added to it, actually IS rather weird and/or stupid. If I had WANTED to add them to my profile, then I would have already done so. Now I've spent the last hour removing all the crap that isn't supposed to be in there.
And you STILL haven't explained the fact that these games were on my "Have" list. Just because I rated games or had an opinion about games in an article, doesn't mean that I own all of them by default. Heck, almost half of them weren't even available in my region.
So yeah, I'd still vote for a disclaimer, the next time you make a "rate your favorite games list" article, and on that note, I'd say that @Zuljaras' suggestion on how to handle the mechanics behind it, is a pretty good one.
@NEStalgia Oh, just go look at some shrubs, pal...
@Eel That gets a bow and a tip of the hat from me. Good joke.
Weird, long, dreary Thursday. There are also some interesting temporary changes of operation concerning my place of work where a certain widespread health crisis is involved. Let's just say we're temporarily sharing our space with one of the other teams right now. It made for a weird morning.
@ThanosReXXX Masters of adaptation...I like that. I'd say that description is quite suitable. We definitely notice things that other people do not, such as members of our own club lol.
@HobbitGamer It is a social distancing implementation. It's primarily because the main building is almost at full personnel capacity right now. There's a new space in the works, but it isn't supposed to be finished for at least 2-3 months. The original date was in April, but they had to push it back. Besides, at the rate we're hiring, I don't know how much good the new space will do....
They're also forcing any employees who attended a conference down by the Gulf earlier this week and return tomorrow to take precautions and stay home for (at least) the entirety of next week. The few on my team that went are capable of working from home, so no huge interruption in operation there.
So yeah, definitely an interesting day. Some of the precautions make sense, especially the common sense ones. In execution, a couple of things are raising eyebrows.
Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)
@HobbitGamer I'll be throwing some coins in the proverbial fountain for you. Best of luck and get well soon.
We still need to discuss plenty of Wii hidden gems, after all...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Just got a message from my local town gym that they're "closed until further notice" due to concerns with the coronavirus. Now i'm going to get a bubble butt to shake at the beach since I can't listen to Sonic R music while sweating away stuff and thangs that are in the sweat when you sweat them out.
Also, this impacts MY DAD the most since he became a Pokemon GO addict, and they had lot'sa Pokestops and a couple gyms to swipe there and such.
Also x2 speaking of Pokemon GO, I FINALLY hatched another Riolu, and the attack and defense was maxed out, but the HP wasn't. I had a temper tantrum shortly afterwards, which lasted for over 20 minutes, but I was in the right this time since the game was bootleg for doing this to me.
I made Sheldon & Mr. Randoms back on Flipnote Hatena, now i'm a kangaroo mod that has a funko pop collection!
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