It's so easy to be with the majority opinion. It doesn't take much in the way of fortitude to jump on the bandwagon and agree with 40 folks attacking one or two.

However you should try it from the other side just once if only to build a little character. You'll find that if you try to  argue logically that most of your points will simply be ignored, mis-stated or misunderstood and your somehow always the "bad" guy. But I don't mind. I have enough experience and strength of character that 40 folks telling me I'm wrong, stupid, unreasonable, etc. etc. ad nauseum doesn't really bother me.

However the converse of a single person unwilling to share the majority opinion seems to bother the hell out of a whole lot of people.

May this thread rest in peace.

The educated my trolling isn't trolling argument. Why hang around to object to Impulse? Don't use it. There's all kinds of software I don't use and I don't go to their Web sites pitching one after another of supposed logical arguements as to all the reasons it's soooo unusuable.

It's too this it's too that it does this and I don't like that. Why all the verbage from you Mumbles? Why do find it too difficult to simply not use it and be unconcerned with it?



And, how many times are you going to flog this dead horse?

Actually I'm not going to "their" Web sites. I'm going to the Web site that I've gone to for over two years now. In fact it's the Impulse forums and that fact that they're shared across multiple sites that is spoiling what used to be my favorite web site.

I didn't come looking for the Impulse forum. It was forced upon me. If these Impluse threads did not intrude on the GalCiv2 site then I wouldn't fell compelled to respond to them. I've asked that they not be shared across different sites. I haven't received any official answer from Stardock although the fact that they continue to be shared seems a rather definite no.

Everyone seems fine with asking me to ignore things that annoy me. I'm just one guy. So if I annoy you then simply ignore me. Failing that you can petition Brad to ban me, otherwise you'll have to learn to live with me just as I must learn to live with you. But I will not be stifled.

Sounds like educated trolling to me. What do you want it to do? Most of what's been posted here is idealism and vague expressions of disatisfaction. Stardock has policies where threads are populated across a number of forums. How could that possibly be a problem to you?

Just because you want to call something a problem doesn't make it one. Furthermore you have made more attempts to stifle responses than anyone else Mumbles. You attempt to grant yourself nobility as the poor misconstrued receiver of unfair critisms because your opinion about a software product might not be popular. Or that the fact it's critism makes it valuable. And, the thread will die when we no longer post in it. All attempts on your part to stifle.

What's more you claim Impulse isn't up to your standards of usability, that is, not bugs in need of fixing, but rather it isn't to your liking. Good grief. That's why my response. Don't use it. Live without the game updates.

Impulse is very usable IMO. It has built in help and documentation. It has online web support both on the forums and through email. And, you can even just leave it on the Updates tab and all it will ever do when you open it is show you your available updates.

But, suit yourself. Your complaining comes across to me as senseless. Complaining for the sake of complaining and little more. When all the last of the real bugs are worked out of Impulse your audience for this sort of thing will dry up also.

No, but why are you trying to claim that I do?

Oh I see. I had assumed that by dead horse you meant this thread and I tend to agree but you keep talking so I see no reason to back down.

Apparently the dead horse you we're refering to was bringing up the point that I was insulted when not even present in the thread. The fact that I still have received no apology is apparently not germane. As far as I'm concerned until I receive an apology then it's not beating a dead horse. If you don't agree and this is also something that annoys you then why don't you just ignore it, otherwise I suggest that you get used to it.

As far as arguing, what's wrong with that? The only problem is that this seems far more like abuse rather than an argument. But I suppose you'll say that I'm the one dishing out the abuse while my 40 attackers are only righteously defending themselves.

In any case I can go on as long as you can.

Why that reminds me of something about argument versus abuse.

Zubaz showed me that it's possible to directly reference a you tube video however he neglected to explain how. So with my obviously limited computer skills I'll simply include the link. I will attempt to edit the link into usabilty however I probably will be as unsucessfull with that as in convincing you that anything I say has validity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy34xQ_XeEg

The only point you've really made is that you insist on having the last word which is all pretty much everyone else has insisted on as well. Well I'm sorry but if you get the last word it will only be because the thread gets locked just after you make a post.

But thanks for the video info (I think. I won't know for sure until I hit Post Reply and I may or may not be able to edit it). I didn't realize it was that simple. I had been trying to embed an html object. I won't see the results until I hit Post Reply and by then it may be too late to edit.

[edit] I guess my thanks were premature [/edit]

I am Mumblefratz of Borg... my troll implant has been tuned to 'always on' and now I can't shut-up.

I am BigDogBigFeet of Borg... now you tell me!!! OK, then, if you must, have the last word.

NUFF said????

I already reached that conclusion. At least he admitted he was only posting to argue.

anyone? anyone at all?