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Final-Fan on 23 October 2007
cdude1034 said:
What? There is no winning and losing this as it's a matter of personal opinions either way.

We had competing arguments about whether you were a parasite to the market and my argument (that you were) defeated yours (that you weren't) and you proceeded to "compliment" my skills as a debater by saying that I could turn Ghandi into the AntiChrist.  That is all I meant by my statement. 

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Final-Fan on 23 October 2007
jjseth said:
So are you one of those parasites that will list that there are 14 games in that bundle of Wii with the wii sports and wii play and claim that?

eBayers just make me sick.

 Hey now, let's not jump to conclusions.  cdude1034, defend yourself.  Are you advertising Wii Play as one game or one dozen?  Show is the ebay page!



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cdude1034 on 23 October 2007
Final-Fan said:
cdude1034 said:
What? There is no winning and losing this as it's a matter of personal opinions either way.

We had competing arguments about whether you were a parasite to the market and my argument (that you were) defeated yours (that you weren't) and you proceeded to "compliment" my skills as a debater by saying that I could turn Ghandi into the AntiChrist. That is all I meant by my statement.

 Jesus, Final.

I never thought this was about being a parasite or not. Your definitions differ from mine. It's a matter of conflicting ideals. I'm sorry that this gray area isn't sufficient enough to simply end at one conclusion.

Despite of all this, I still respect your opinion. Peace? lol 



 

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jjseth on 23 October 2007

Oh I didn't say he was. I just did a look on ebay and saw that is how a few people are advertising the Wii. Some list 5 games (mini games in wii sports) others include Wii Play and count the 9 individual mini games as a game in the total. I really hope you wouldn't do that, because that is very misleading. The way I see it, it would be 2 games.

Honestly, good luck on ebay, but I really hope you didn't market it that way.



 


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cdude1034 on 23 October 2007
Final-Fan said:
jjseth said:
So are you one of those parasites that will list that there are 14 games in that bundle of Wii with the wii sports and wii play and claim that?

eBayers just make me sick.

Hey now, let's not jump to conclusions. cdude1034, defend yourself. Are you advertising Wii Play as one game or one dozen? Show is the ebay page!


 There is no way I'm posting the ebay page until after the auction ends. I'm not gonna leave myself open to people on here artificially inflating the price just so it won't sell. I haven't posted it yet, but I will later tonight. I think I'll advertise as 14 games though, as it does seem to help it sell a little better, and the objective is to make money. But then again I may not, because I too have an objection to the people who use technicalities to sell something or prove a point.

Oh psychology. 



 

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jjseth on 23 October 2007

Misleading people by counting the mini games as individual games is douchebaggery. Plain and simple. It's deception and fraud because they are not 14 separate games. You cannot buy certain mini games and get it for a lower cost.

Again, I really hope that you don't market it like that. The reason they sell for more is because people think they will be getting a TON of games, not just 2 games with a bunch of mini games.



 


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Final-Fan on 23 October 2007
cdude1034 said:
Final-Fan said:
jjseth said:
So are you one of those parasites that will list that there are 14 games in that bundle of Wii with the wii sports and wii play and claim that?

eBayers just make me sick.

Hey now, let's not jump to conclusions. cdude1034, defend yourself. Are you advertising Wii Play as one game or one dozen? Show is the ebay page!


There is no way I'm posting the ebay page until after the auction ends. I'm not gonna leave myself open to people on here artificially inflating the price just so it won't sell. I haven't posted it yet, but I will later tonight. I think I'll advertise as 14 games though, as it does seem to help it sell a little better, and the objective is to make money. But then again I may not, because I too have an objection to the people who use technicalities to sell something or prove a point.

Oh psychology.


See, saying it's 14 games is totally unethical.  Completely indefensible from a moral standpoint.  That's what NJ5 and others hated you so much for. 

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cdude1034 on 23 October 2007

Yeah, I'll agree with you guys on this one, jjseth and Final-Fan. I swear to god though if it sells for less than average I'm coming after you guys :-p

What do you think about advertising it with 14 mini-games total? 



 

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Final-Fan on 23 October 2007
cdude1034 said:
Final-Fan said:
cdude1034 said:
What? There is no winning and losing this as it's a matter of personal opinions either way.

We had competing arguments about whether you were a parasite to the market and my argument (that you were) defeated yours (that you weren't) and you proceeded to "compliment" my skills as a debater by saying that I could turn Ghandi into the AntiChrist. That is all I meant by my statement.

Jesus, Final.

I never thought this was about being a parasite or not. Your definitions differ from mine. It's a matter of conflicting ideals. I'm sorry that this gray area isn't sufficient enough to simply end at one conclusion.

Despite of all this, I still respect your opinion. Peace? lol


 You never thought this was about being a parasite?!  We debated this back and forth throughout the whole thread -- and I defined my terms at the very outset.  I don't understand how you could not have understood what BOTH of us were talking about. 

I'm going to post our debate history, without any further commentary, but then, yes, RIP this argument -- unless you want to raise it from the dead!  I can go with or without the debate zombification, either way is fine by me.    



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Final-Fan on 23 October 2007
cdude1034 said:

Yeah, I'll agree with you guys on this one, jjseth and Final-Fan. I swear to god though if it sells for less than average I'm coming after you guys :-p

What do you think about advertising it with 14 mini-games total?


Yeah, if you say it comes with "Wii Play, which includes 14 minigames" then anyone who misunderstands it deserves what they get.

[edit:  or is it "Wii Sports and Wii Play" that adds to 14?  Adjust accordingly.] 



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