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curl-6 on 08 August 2013
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forethought14 said:
curl-6 said:

Hype is "true" whether it leads to a sale or not. Just because it doesn't pay off, doesn't mean it magically didn't exist.

And explanations don't magically make something not exist either. 

Well, think about it this way, if someone's hype and excitement was true, then there's no reason for reviews to change their pre-orders. True, strong, real high levels of hype are not (at least should not be) affected by the opinions of others. People are hyped right now for Sonic Lost World, but how much of that is real and loyal hype? Will some just not bother with the game if they see low reviews? If they do, then that "hype" they apparently had was always fragile and capable of collapsing; therefore the hype wasn't ever 100% true. 

Really? Explanations and exceptions exist in the world all around us, that doesn't break ideas and make them all of the sudden false. So according to you, the laws of physics should be just forgotten about because the anomally of the black hole exists? The laws of physics pretty much break down when near the center of the black hole, and that anomally exists, but the Laws of Physics aren't just tossed aside. They are called explanations and exceptions, Wii Sports Resort is explained as an exception to this idea because it's under special conditions (again, the Wii Sports phenomenon). 

Hype doesn't mean being closed minded to changing one's mind. Your definition of hype is too narrow.

And that's the opposite of what I'm saying; that an anomaly being explained doesn't make it somehow not exist any more.