Pedantic Observations

Lunchmoney

Lunchmoney
CMDR Crank Larson said:
Well, I have noticed that this seems to happen at real weddings too. :D
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Years ago I went to two weddings over two weekends. The best man at both weddings gave the same speech. They had both downloaded a speech and filled in the gaps. They did not know each other so was just complete coincidence :)
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There are two things I hate;
1 - lists
2 - irony
 
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ShimEnki

ShimEnki
Whiterose said:
As a Pedantry Olympian I would like to highlight certain things in ED that ping my pedantry radar:

1. The FSD counter is always a second out.
2. Why is every liner in the top 1%?
3. If every liner is in the top 1% why are they always late?
4. Why is it always a guy that jettisons his cargo whilst docked?
5. How can you have serious engine failure? Its binary, it works or it doesn't, in which case it is just engine failure.
6. Why when they say I should give way to larger craft do I get fined when a Sidey flies into my Cutter?
7. Why cant the logistics people in starports plan better? What difference would delivering something 1 minute later make?
8. Why cant wedding barges have local comms, I am not interested in somebody elses wedding.
9. Why do pirates announce their arrival before interdicting? Just do it and surprise me.
10.Why do I keep making lists?
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and those officers still to this day have no need to scan me, for I, have nothing to find.

About as much sense and logic as maintaining cargo as illegal that was released from pirates, as if the cargo shifted to legal pirate ownership instead of goods returnable to the system's original owners.

If this game is Mr Braben's true love and joy, I'd hate to see what remains existent in his world he dislikes.
 
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Anton_

Anton_
Why is there no bribery? We have theft, murder, piracy, drugs, cupidity, temptation, larceny, incitement -- what's missing is bribery, corruption, and crooked cops. Could also do with embezzlement, money laundering, outright fraud, etc. I'd also like "report crimes against me" buzzers to be destroyable modules, so that I can quietly murder someone in the space equivalent of a dark alley with a chloroform cloth over his mouth (portable CNB?).

We need to put the laughter back into slaughter, and the fun back into funeral.
 
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Schmack

Schmack
Why does the pirate drop out of SC until just before I get to the station? How does he keep up with me?

How does the pirate know I'm hauling anything the very second I appear in the system when it takes me seemingly forever to scan a ship?

Why does a ship turn and bank in the emptiness of space?

Why do relatively small rocks mass lock me but the planet just over there doesn't?

Why do conflict zone markers not realize there is a barrier of rocks between them and my ship, like a planet does?

How long did they work to actually stop the FTL travelling ship just before it plunges into the star? Is there a wall of honor for those who died testing it?

Why does my ship slow down as it's approaching a planet?

If it's physics, why doesn't my drive seem to notice that when it forces the loop of shame?

The loop of shame sometimes gets me there faster than slowing down ahead of time. Does that then become the loop of "hell yeah"?
 

Macy

Macy
Anton_ said:
Why is there no bribery? We have theft, murder, piracy, drugs, cupidity, temptation, larceny, incitement -- what's missing is bribery, corruption, and crooked cops. Could also do with embezzlement, money laundering, outright fraud, etc. I'd also like "report crimes against me" buzzers to be destroyable modules, so that I can quietly murder someone in the space equivalent of a dark alley with a chloroform cloth over his mouth (portable CNB?).

We need to put the laughter back into slaughter, and the fun back into funeral.
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I want a proper criminal career ladder. Like a huge space Mafia that we can work our way up.
 

SimImperial

SimImperial
As a Pedantry Olympian
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Sorry I had to look up the meaning. not a word I use everyday.

Pedantic means "like a pedant," someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality. It's a negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia, especially in a tiresome way. You don't want to go antique-shopping with a pedantic friend, who will use the opportunity to bore you with his in-depth knowledge of Chinese porcelain kitty-litter boxes.
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now I understand.
 

JetsonRING

JetsonRING
6. Why when they say I should give way to larger craft do I get fined when a Sidey flies into my Cutter?

Speeding.

Anton_ said:
Why does the Beluga (et al) have fins when there's no air? [<cynical>to make it easier for pilots to get entangled in the slot, and have the pleasure of their ships being destroyed, and incurring a fine or maybe even a bounty if they're lucky, getting a bollocking, and all the passengers upset, and lost REP. </cynical>]
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Mental click-bait to keep the hope of atmospheric landings alive.
 

Arguendo

Volunteer Moderator
Arguendo
Anton_ said:
Why is there no bribery?...what's missing is bribery, corruption, and crooked cops.
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That actually was a thing way back when in the olden Commodore 64 days. You could try to bribe starport security. Sometimes it worked...sometimes not so much.
 

Tarman

Tarman
Whiterose said:
2. Why is every liner in the top 1%?
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The galaxy is huuuge, therefore there is an extreeeemely large number of cruise liners out there, thus allowing thousands upon thousands of them to actually be telling the truth about being in the top 1%.
 
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Anton_

Anton_
Why do NPC ships that pass me on the way out when I'm doing dead on 100kph as per regs, and then speed away obviously way over 100kph, not get harried by cops on the way out - but I do if I go at 101kph? Let's all be subject to the same rules, please.
Why I have to make way for "larger ships"? Why can't smaller ships make way for me? I'm in a Beluga, well into the "large" category, but not even Sideys step aside. Why can't other Belugas wait for me if I got my nose into the slot first (on green)? Again, same rules, please.
Where are the escape pods of the ships I've destroyed? Why can't I destroy them as well (we could, in the old days) and thus do executions properly (and with greater glee)?
 

Bryan K

Bryan K
Here's one: why are the Anaconda's dorsal hardpoint bay doors and the large horizontal spar near said hardpoints invisible from the cockpit?

And what's with those tiny windows near the back of the cockpit that are only visible from the inside? The Eagle and iEagle have a similar problem with a portion of the canopy frame that is only visible from the outside, except under certain lighting conditions where you can see the silhouette from the inside.

As someone who spent years teaching myself how to use 3d modeling programs, this just seems remarkably sloppy. I'd get it if these were new ships, but they've been out for ages now.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
Anton_ said:
Why do NPC ships that pass me on the way out when I'm doing dead on 100kph as per regs, and then speed away obviously way over 100kph, not get harried by cops on the way out - but I do if I go at 101kph?
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Harried by cops? What do you mean? I don't bother keeping to the speed limit inside or outside the station, but haven't had anything beyond the usual "slow down" warnings from flight control. I treat most of the flight control noise as exactly that (just give me my pad number, I don't need anyone to tell me where it is or how to land).

And of course - if you go fast enough, you're not going to be hassled by anyone. :D
 
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