Yahtzee vs. CAD the decisive battle
#332
Posted 30 July 2008 - 11:03 PM
I just want to say that Tim might want to consider doing some actual research on Anglo-Saxon English before attempting to parody the Ten Commandments. There's more to it than throwing a "thee" and "thou" around in there, which is made apparent by the mistakes in the above picture.
See my signature for more details.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#333
Posted 31 July 2008 - 12:41 AM
I just want to say that Tim might want to consider doing some actual research on Anglo-Saxon English before attempting to parody the Ten Commandments. There's more to it than throwing a "thee" and "thou" around in there, which is made apparent by the mistakes in the above picture.
See my signature for more details.
While normally I would disagree saying the average person shouldn't be expected to understand the compexity of Anglo-Saxon English, I will agree with you as I don't believe those laws are very correct. Some of them are vague and they don't really make a good guide for ettiquete.
Chaotic Good
#334
Posted 31 July 2008 - 08:19 AM
Unless you're arguing that somebody trying to play tennis shouldn't have to know the rules of tennis?
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#335
Posted 01 August 2008 - 01:07 AM
Unless you're arguing that somebody trying to play tennis shouldn't have to know the rules of tennis?
Dammit Game Over. The best time for something you've previously said, and I can't remember it.
Well, Josh, the two comments you have are very different. You're using the example of wanting to do, whereas it's actually making fun of it.
For example, if I want to make fun of tennis, do I need to know the rules of it? No. I can just have a series of balls flying back and forth in a humorous fashion.
If I wanted to speak Anglo-Saxon English I would need to learn the rules. But if I was using it in a parody then it's not neccesary. The same goes for parodies of foreign countries. I don't think there was all that much research when Mike Myers spoke catonese in Waynes World.
Chaotic Good
#336
Posted 01 August 2008 - 08:22 AM
"Remember thou keep holy the release dates"? Remember you keep holy the release dates? How about the word TO?
This is pretty freakin' basic English, people.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#337
Posted 01 August 2008 - 05:14 PM
Well, it's not that I give a darn about Buckley, but English syntax is a fun thing to screw around with. And yeah, I think he fucked it up too, but that's not exactly a surprise, seeing how much he can't be bothered to actually look into things.
#338
Posted 01 August 2008 - 05:23 PM
"Remember thou keep holy the release dates"? Remember you keep holy the release dates? How about the word TO?
This is pretty freakin' basic English, people.
Okay, seriously now, I'm agreeing with you about the ignorant jackass bit, but then you're no longer arguing whether he needs to know uses of Anglo-Saxon English to parody it. The fact that he's selling a parody is irrelevent, otherwise you'd have to apply the same logic to every parody movie where it didn't parody correctly.
Chaotic Good
#339
Posted 03 August 2008 - 06:12 PM
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#340
Posted 03 August 2008 - 09:19 PM
Why so serious is in here I?
Edit: How hard can making a webcomic be?
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This post has been edited by Game Over: 03 August 2008 - 09:30 PM
#341
Posted 04 August 2008 - 12:01 AM
While true, was I wrong?
I just assumed you had a point to argue and was attempting to show the other side of it. I don't believe in one sided arguments, unless they're bloody obvious, like gravity.
Chaotic Good
#342
Posted 04 August 2008 - 09:09 AM
And yes, you are wrong. Even if you don't do the research to parody something properly, you at least do your absolute best to hide your lack of aptitude. This is something he probably threw together in the space of an afternoon for his "Church of Gaming" -- which is ridiculous in and of itself -- and I can see that absolutely no relaxation was spared in its creation.
For once, Game Over and I are in agreement.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#343
Posted 05 August 2008 - 08:33 PM
Say someone wanted to parody ZP. Does that mean they have to research how Yahtzee does it, the exact style? Or do they just go 'Well, I've seen it before and I'll base it off what I assume I know.'
Your argument is that the person doing the parody should research the style of ZP, and follow that exact style rather then just assuming you know how it's done.
Parodies aren't always done in the bounds of reality, and you're arguing that they should be.
One last thing. I've heard Monty Python do a parody using this kind of language, and they didn't get it correctly. Are you going to call them arrogant/stupid/etc?
This post has been edited by Patch: 05 August 2008 - 08:34 PM
Chaotic Good
#344
Posted 05 August 2008 - 09:32 PM
Please source your incredible claims.
Also, I'm done trying to convince you to quit being absurd and argumentative. He got it wrong. You're acting like the kid in high school who got a wrong answer on his test and is now trying to convince the teacher that he was just being really smart and the teacher is really the stupid one.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#345
Posted 05 August 2008 - 10:05 PM
Please source your incredible claims.
Also, I'm done trying to convince you to quit being absurd and argumentative. He got it wrong. You're acting like the kid in high school who got a wrong answer on his test and is now trying to convince the teacher that he was just being really smart and the teacher is really the stupid one.
I'm well aware the average Joe Schmoe is an idiot. That's the point.
You're telling me he got Anglo-Saxon English wrong, I'm arguing that he doesn't need it right to do a parody. Are we agreeing or disagreeing.
I can't remember what the Monty Python thing was called. I had a CD with that on it. It was to do with a guy, or a saint, I forget which, being annointed and then pleasured by a bunch of women. Then god takes them away. Then the guy calls god 'a rotten bastard' and god sends down an angel to comfort him.
I'm assuming it wasn't a television skit.
Chaotic Good