Unrealistic Cantr Reality Rant
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:08 am
This is just a rant. These aren't a list of problems that need to be fixed, things that need to be coded to be realistic, this is just pointing out that there is a difference between "Reality" and "Cantreality".
The point of it is, we know things aren't always logical, or even fair, but they work, and we like them. We have things we'd like to see added, to make the game more diverse, but we don't really see the need too often to work on the existing code to change something to make it harder. Let us keep what we got, and give us more. Don't take our toys away!
I can hold 15 kg of sand in my bare hands.
I can pass propane to someone else.
Mix green wood and raw meat together in a shallow pit lined with cold stone, and see if you want to eat the results.
There are eight rabbits here. You get one swing. Come back tomorrow.
That turkey attacked me.
Let's make camp on the side of the road ... Oh wait, there is no side to the road. Keep walking.
There's no bones in this tortiose.
Put the meat inside so it doesn't spoil.
My bow has turned to dust in 60 days...
The one thing I can't live without is my bone knife.
Now that we've mapped the exact position between several towns, and we travel in straight lines to and from there, we can calculate how long the road is by measuring the distance on the map, Right? Right?
I'm walking over a lake ...
I can gather fish, but I have to hunt the sheep ...
Want some uncooked, just pulled off the plant, rice?
The four of us have to work together to put the dead body in that house, but now not a single one of us can get inside...
Maybe I could ride that animal? Nah, that's crazy talk!
I can't reach you with my knife, maybe I can shoot you with my bow ... Nope, it can only go the same distance...
Let me start working on using extreme heat in dangerous conditions to melt the metal out of this rocky ore, because I want to keep working on it while I sleep.
I need some eggs and a stone pot so I can boil some eggs. No water or fire, just a little wood.
The point of it is, we know things aren't always logical, or even fair, but they work, and we like them. We have things we'd like to see added, to make the game more diverse, but we don't really see the need too often to work on the existing code to change something to make it harder. Let us keep what we got, and give us more. Don't take our toys away!
I can hold 15 kg of sand in my bare hands.
I can pass propane to someone else.
Mix green wood and raw meat together in a shallow pit lined with cold stone, and see if you want to eat the results.
There are eight rabbits here. You get one swing. Come back tomorrow.
That turkey attacked me.
Let's make camp on the side of the road ... Oh wait, there is no side to the road. Keep walking.
There's no bones in this tortiose.
Put the meat inside so it doesn't spoil.
My bow has turned to dust in 60 days...
The one thing I can't live without is my bone knife.
Now that we've mapped the exact position between several towns, and we travel in straight lines to and from there, we can calculate how long the road is by measuring the distance on the map, Right? Right?
I'm walking over a lake ...
I can gather fish, but I have to hunt the sheep ...
Want some uncooked, just pulled off the plant, rice?
The four of us have to work together to put the dead body in that house, but now not a single one of us can get inside...
Maybe I could ride that animal? Nah, that's crazy talk!
I can't reach you with my knife, maybe I can shoot you with my bow ... Nope, it can only go the same distance...
Let me start working on using extreme heat in dangerous conditions to melt the metal out of this rocky ore, because I want to keep working on it while I sleep.
I need some eggs and a stone pot so I can boil some eggs. No water or fire, just a little wood.
*claps enthusiastically*