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<blockquote data-quote="shoak1" data-source="post: 7160477" data-attributes="member: 54380"><p>This argument and others like it essentially excuses everything in the game, and renders any discussions about balance pointless. I don't believe subjective things cant or shouldnt be balanced. I dont believe that there is not or should not be a norm in every game around which the system can be balanced. I believe in impartial objective balancing around a game standard as a crucial basic design premise. I believe that while not everything can be defined to complete exactitude that prudent estimation can and should be used to reach the goal of balace, and that arguments that exactitude cannot be achieved miss that point.</p><p></p><p>We have laws in this country based on norms of behavior and it is the cornerstone of our society. Simply because it is difficult to determine that norm, or that many people have different versions of right and wrong, is not an excuse to not work toward that goal. People who perceive injustices should be heard and there perceptions addressed based on merit. They should not be quieted, told they should go to some other country if they dont like it, or told debating laws is pointless because there are so many different opinions - or that everyone can just do as they please and that our laws are just "tools."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Long live law and order, objective reasoning, and the scientific method !!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shoak1, post: 7160477, member: 54380"] This argument and others like it essentially excuses everything in the game, and renders any discussions about balance pointless. I don't believe subjective things cant or shouldnt be balanced. I dont believe that there is not or should not be a norm in every game around which the system can be balanced. I believe in impartial objective balancing around a game standard as a crucial basic design premise. I believe that while not everything can be defined to complete exactitude that prudent estimation can and should be used to reach the goal of balace, and that arguments that exactitude cannot be achieved miss that point. We have laws in this country based on norms of behavior and it is the cornerstone of our society. Simply because it is difficult to determine that norm, or that many people have different versions of right and wrong, is not an excuse to not work toward that goal. People who perceive injustices should be heard and there perceptions addressed based on merit. They should not be quieted, told they should go to some other country if they dont like it, or told debating laws is pointless because there are so many different opinions - or that everyone can just do as they please and that our laws are just "tools." Long live law and order, objective reasoning, and the scientific method !!!!! [/QUOTE]
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