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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3585624" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>First, a clarification of an incomplete thought:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A fan<em> truly</em> supports the hobby by supporting changes that better the hobby or maintaining the status quo of good aspects of the hobby, not by supporting bad elements of the hobby.</p><p></p><p>After all, I'm a big RPG hobbyist, with more than 100 systems in my collection, but I've never even been tempted to obtain a copy of F.A.T.A.L.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A plothole, by <em>definition</em>, is an omission from or addtion to a plot that creates at least as many problems with the storyline as it solves, like why people with perfectly functional phones or cellphones still insist on investigating the mysterious noise in the basement with no functioning lights...</p><p></p><p>Here you have an occurrance- the powerswitch- that would be used as a weapon by any rational being, even if it were unintentional.</p><p></p><p>And furthermore, it is an occurrance that results in enough confusion in the victims that the fight should be over. Sue's fiery flight into the heavens is uncontrolled- she's a big flaming baloon to be shot from the sky. Johnny is virtually trampled by the average joes and janes of the city when he goes invisible instead of flying- SS should just zap the area and be done with it.</p><p></p><p>But wait- Norrin Radd has morals!</p><p></p><p>Yes, but they're compromised- Norrin Radd agreed to become Big G's herald in order to spare his planet...and he<em> knows</em> that Big G's preferred meal is a planet with intelligent life. The humans of Earth are as good as dead if Big G actually does what he's supposed to. So what if a few bite the bullet ahead of his arrival- heck, it may even be a preferrable fate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3585624, member: 19675"] First, a clarification of an incomplete thought: A fan[I] truly[/I] supports the hobby by supporting changes that better the hobby or maintaining the status quo of good aspects of the hobby, not by supporting bad elements of the hobby. After all, I'm a big RPG hobbyist, with more than 100 systems in my collection, but I've never even been tempted to obtain a copy of F.A.T.A.L. A plothole, by [I]definition[/I], is an omission from or addtion to a plot that creates at least as many problems with the storyline as it solves, like why people with perfectly functional phones or cellphones still insist on investigating the mysterious noise in the basement with no functioning lights... Here you have an occurrance- the powerswitch- that would be used as a weapon by any rational being, even if it were unintentional. And furthermore, it is an occurrance that results in enough confusion in the victims that the fight should be over. Sue's fiery flight into the heavens is uncontrolled- she's a big flaming baloon to be shot from the sky. Johnny is virtually trampled by the average joes and janes of the city when he goes invisible instead of flying- SS should just zap the area and be done with it. But wait- Norrin Radd has morals! Yes, but they're compromised- Norrin Radd agreed to become Big G's herald in order to spare his planet...and he[I] knows[/I] that Big G's preferred meal is a planet with intelligent life. The humans of Earth are as good as dead if Big G actually does what he's supposed to. So what if a few bite the bullet ahead of his arrival- heck, it may even be a preferrable fate. [/QUOTE]
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