That's n... what? I don't think "irony" is the word you're looking for.Originally Posted by Butt Futter
That's n... what? I don't think "irony" is the word you're looking for.
Yes, that is the word. Maybe you don't understand what it means.
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The word you were probably looking for is "hypocritical" or something. That's not ironic in the slightest.
Edit: just for questioning my vocabulary:
Merriam-Webster defines irony as:
1: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony
2: a) the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b) a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c) an ironic expression or utterance
3: a) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; an event or result marked by such incongruity
b) incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony
Synonyms
1, 2. Irony, sarcasm, satire indicate mockery of something or someone. The essential feature of irony is the indirect presentation of a contradiction between an action or expression and the context in which it occurs. In the figure of speech, emphasis is placed on the opposition between the literal and intended meaning of a statement; one thing is said and its opposite implied, as in the comment, “Beautiful weather, isn't it?” made when it is raining or nasty. Ironic literature exploits, in addition to the rhetorical figure, such devices as character development, situation, and plot to stress the paradoxical nature of reality or the contrast between an ideal and actual condition, set of circumstances, etc., frequently in such a way as to stress the absurdity present in the contradiction between substance and form. Irony differs from sarcasm in greater subtlety and wit.
Last edited by BigMoney; 06-20-2013 at 05:44 AM.
I repeat. I used it correctly.
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Every one should agree to get 1 case opened and then stop so we all get the top prize
I'm not top25, but I have 62 pistols, and will get top250. I think the odds of getting pistol have gotten worse. I might get one on 2nd or 3rd try, but then I go 12 in a row without one. This event has cost more than any other recent 20case event.
It seems to me that the open rate is (technically) the same, but that there may have been an alteration to how the randomness is generated.
Butt: I was more referring to people who have insanely juvenile mentalities when they're well and truly old enough to have developed basic social skills. And the hilarity that those sorts of people spend phenomenal amounts of gold but still can't manage to win anything at all.
Or from previous events, people who get game resets instead of the ban they deserve, and then blow all their gold chasing number 1, only to run out of steam after the first day.
In the end leaderboard events are a great way to part bad players with deep pockets from large amounts of gold for no reward, and we should all be thankful.
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BZ, I know you were. I was just jerking your chain. Gald to see you're back from your work function.
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Cheers mate, but it's Temporary, I'll be absent more than present for the next few months. I'm just glad the LTB was open for so long this time.
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well played sir... I salute your wit...lol
I would get 2 at the last possible moment.Every one should agree to get 1 case opened and then stop so we all get the top prize
I'd get ten. If someone approached me to collude for top prize, I'd definitely screw them at the last minute.
Why? Because when I play a game, I play to win, not tie.
Playing to tie is for people with no competitive spirit, and parents of children who need help with their self-esteem.
You'd lose out in the long run. If you had one rival who spends a similar amount of gold as you, you'd imagine that you would each win the top prize 50% of the time. So why not both win it every time and save yourself gold in the long term? No player has so 'dominated' this game in the sense of winning every single top prize for a sustained period. It's a split, dependent on who happens to spend more gold and who gets lucky in each event. It's therefore sensible to remove the chance element and come to a rough approximation.
Plus everyone would think you were a back-stabbing g*t and you'd lose your friends. But that's assuming you actually had any in the first place...
:P I jest
Fair assessment. But most of my friends are pretty competitive too.
I think they'd at least understand the move, if they didn't admire it.
Amen Sis! (poking finger in the eye)The point (does it really need explaining) would be to give one in the eye to those trying every trick in the book to empty players' bank accounts
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