Ranger 1
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.03.31 17:49:00 -
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You know, you could have simply asked for the option to use a locally stored default portrait instead of the downloaded portraits... without all the silly condescension and attempts to justify it on an artistic level.
Of course, the thread is not nearly as much fun if the OP doesn't make an ass out of himself.
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Ranger 1
Amarr
Paragon Fury
Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.03.31 19:04:00 -
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 Originally by: Mkah Mvet
Originally by: Ranger 1
You know, you could have simply asked for the option to use a locally stored default portrait instead of the downloaded portraits... without all the silly condescension and attempts to justify it on an artistic level.
Of course, the thread is not nearly as much fun if the OP doesn't make an ass out of himself.
OP was a message to CCP. (I couldn't care less what you think.) At Fanfest a dev said the art team was sad/disappointed/whatever that people were choosing to stay silhouettes. As someone who can run the char creator fine (not awesome, but fine) I choose to stay a silhouette because I just can't get a character that falls outside an extremely narrow range of visual style. (looks like you went with douchebag-moustache, wannabe-soldier-haircut, trekkie politician jacket, with a lame "ooh, look at me, I've got a scary fiery background" if you want to play the troll game.) Besides the artistic reasons, I still don't trust CCP not to throw in a "microtransactions for non-lame portraits" even though they've claimed otherwise. With the CCP cavalcade of drama, year after year, expansion after expansion, summit after summit, I just don't have a lot of trust for CCP's word any more. Maybe I'm taking it a little seriously, but when it boils down to it, I see no value in updating my portrait, and I see positive value in remaining a silhouette.
Yeah, we got that the first time.
1: You can't figure out how to make a portrait you are happy with.
2: You believe there are also technical reasons why everyone should have the option to turn off auto loading them (touched on in later posts as an odd sort of additional justification).
3: You are a prima donna and a drama queen.
Thanks for reinforcing these points yet again.
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