Recent posts by johnthegenius on Kongregate

Topic: Kongregate / How do you rate?

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Topic: The Arts / I'm working on a story/game w/ multiple endings

I haven’t read through all of what you have yet, but I do have some comments to make it better.

I would try to make the letter to “you” seem more formal (ex. remove words like “which is called” when referring to the hotel and the game in the hotel.)

There is a small amount of errant grammar (ex. “she hanged up.”) and awkward phrasing (ex. “half and a quarter of your gas tank.”).

I’m sorry that this will seem overly critical, because in reality I like the story so far, but, frankly, your tense use is unacceptable. You constantly have changed between past and present tenses, even occasionally within the same sentence.

Lastly, I have a small technical point to make. You said that the hotel is in South Carolina, and “you” wake up in NYC. If he originally lived in New York, he could not have gotten anywhere in SC in under 11-12 hours without constantly running the speed limit, and you should change the time mentioned. If he didn’t, you should find a place to weave in exactly where he lived so that you don’t get any comments from careful readers once you’re finished.

Thanks for putting that out to view, it seems to have a good chance as a popular story game and it was—mostly—a pleasure to read.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Abortion

Originally posted by tenco1:

Originally posted by karmakoolkid:

What I’d like to know//discuss is just that: Were ppl like jhco to have their way….just what would the impact be?

Gerber will control 10% of the world’s economy.

And everyone would eventually be forced to take after China. And that would be viewed as a lot worse than allowing abortion in the first place.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Quote Discussion, Current quote: “The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.”

Of course they can. A leader can say whatever they want and be accepted, but that would better be said in a thread or a quote about large-scale corruption.
What’s necessary is simply what conditions must exist and what actions must be applied to achieve goals.
Right and wrong is the tricky part. What can be seen in one leader’s mind as good can easily be the opposite in another’s. No one but you can say what’s right or wrong (unless you’re a total moral conformist).

Originally posted by 1132:

“You don’t win the battle by doing what’s right. You win by doing what’s necessary.”

Truer words were never spoken.

I can see what you’re saying, but I would disagree. A good leader is required to change their system of morals to one that allows them to protect their people at all costs. Without total peace in the world (which would render this quote irrelevant and likely nonexistent), leaders must sometimes cast aside their regard for the good of other people in order to insure that that of their people is not lost.

Topic: TDP4 Team Battle / Daily Missions?

Originally posted by ZhangYide:

I like this idea – though all missions should be scaled based on level and every 15th level the cash increases by +1.

This idea is good, but if the cash goes up +1 every 15th level, the difficulty ramp should be a radical equation, not direct or linear variation. That way, it wouldn’t be possible to get cash twice as easily just for being a level 15; 3x for level 30; etc.

Topic: TDP4 Team Battle / Ways to earn coins, cash and exp

Originally posted by KnightBlood:

I think you should get more money for kills and what not. Only the real addicts or long time players have the rocket launchers and energy guns…

Or the people who waste their money

Topic: TDP4 Team Battle / Ways to earn coins, cash and exp

Originally posted by HighLordVin:

Originally posted by PhoenixW:

To get all artifacts you need 2900 cash. That’s either $290 in real life money or 795000 kills.

And that’s just the artifacts.

well there is a guy running around with all the artifacts, plus 4 guns that cost monies, PLUS his profile says he has 10093 cash

He definitely used a cheat engine and changed his cash. No one would spend $1000+ on any game. Hopefully, no one would even spend $200 (my opinion)

Topic: TDP4 Team Battle / Ways to earn coins, cash and exp

Originally posted by huntlol:

maybe u can change the name from frags to kills? some ppl think that frags are granades… plz fix this

doesn’t…relate…AT ALL!

Topic: TDP4 Team Battle / hawke222's camp strategies

Originally posted by yxz9899100:

Campers have the strongest mental power, since they are actually smart enough not to run ‘n’ gun and get killed. They have the ability to blend with thier surroundings, and most of them KNOW not to kill on sight.

I’ve learned that (very well in my opinion)
(the ’don’t kill on sight’ part)
The best thing I think is to wait until they’re being attacked by someone else and THEN start shooting. The odds of them being able to focus on everything around them while being attacked are considerably lower.

…and NEVER attack someone who camps in your spot. That’s just completely idiotic—wait till they leave again.