Some things that piss me the fuck off

[trinityvixen]

Time for a good old-fashioned gripe. Here's what's annoying me this week!

1. People who pronounce things wrong.I don't mean people who don't speak English well or have accents. They are lovely and allowed to speak with accents all their life for all I care, especially if they are British. (Or Australian. Or Kiwi. Or even South African, though I

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[edgehopper]

Meme Roth : Fat Acceptance :: Glenn Beck : Liberalism. That is, she's the most offensive, ridiculous, awful person opposing the group, but for some inexplicable reason she's considered the spokesperson (presumably because she's the head of her one person organization that sounds authoritative?) Every time something like this happens, she pops out of the woodwork to say something nutty. If journalists included an obligatory, "Meme Roth got birthday celebration cupcakes banned at her kids' school as part of her crusade," people would have the appropriate reaction to her insanity

[trinityvixen]

MeMe Roth...how was it phrased? Some blog pointed out that calling yourself "MeMe" is as sure a sign of narcissism as anything. She's sick. I am mad at her, and I loathe her tactics, but I don't hate her, really. I pity her. Because she is obviously less healthy than the obese people she targets. She's clinically unwell and needs help, not attention

[edgehopper]

It seems like the next one should be the future scenario, where Desmond finally becomes the main character--he should have learned all he can about assassin techniques by the end of AC2.

If not that...I'm skeptical of Japan, because Japanese history doesn't have as much appeal the the Americans and Europeans who are AC's main audience (sure, ninjas are cool, but the rest...) Given the focus on early 20th century industrialists in the AC2 files, I'd like to see something involving the 1900-1930 era. Make Tesla a major secondary character, filling Da Vinci's role in AC2. Assassinate presidents, posit some huge conspiracy behind Archduke Ferdinand's assassination and WWI, that sort of thing.

[trinityvixen]

It seems like the next one should be the future scenario, where Desmond finally becomes the main character--he should have learned all he can about assassin techniques by the end of AC2.

If I were Ubisoft, I'd save that for a fourth game :)

I mean, you're absolutely right, that is the next logical place to take the game, especially with Desmond being all leveled up in the present. And because they will, eventually, run out of things to add to the overarching mythos that connects Desmond to what his ancestors discovered, they should probably jump on having Desmond actually explore this thread that he didn't really realize connected everything until just now. However, from a purely capitalistic point of view, it's in Ubisoft's best interest to hold back that conclusion--because, really, what could come after that resolution?--as long as they think they can without losing too many gamers. Given the depth they've got in this series, I'd say they could take it to five games, though that might be pushing it.

If not that...I'm skeptical

[edgehopper]

I wouldn't have said that the first game was a time all that many people were interested in, from among the core demographic I mean, either. And Renaissance Italy? I couldn't think of a less likely place to stage a video game.The first game takes place in the Holy Land, which everyone with any knowledge of religion should have some interest in (there's a reason I put AC1 on my "Best real-life locations in video games" list for that year for its 10th century Jerusalem). Renaissance Italy wouldn't have been that expected before "The Da Vinci Code" came out, but there's a bit more interest in it now

[trinityvixen]

I wouldn't want Ubisoft not to play to their strengths, obviously, but people who have an interest in the holy land as some religious obligation/connection is hardly "I love reading about the Crusades, make that a video game." I'm just saying that for all that we have major cultures ready to blow themselves to bits over that scrap of land, most people don't really find the historical site as interesting for it being a living city. They're interested in a spiritual or geo-political value. That's just my impression. Also, no more arguments using the Da Vinci Code, please? I mean, it's the equivalent of saying, "Many people are idiots, ergo they like this thing." It's kind of a dig, not a praise, at Ubisoft for their accomplishment. The only thing the Dan Brown brigade care about is plucking things out of their time and pointing to it as proof. Ubisoft actually brought those things back to their creation and found as much interesting to say in the least of the alleyrats as they did in the voices of Popes and princes

[edgehopper]

But WWI would be Desmond's great-grandparents, at furthest remove. That's too close, I think, for him not to have some idea about them surely? Or am I missing something? It's been a while since Assassin's Creed...

Desmond is approximately our age, I think, and the game takes place in 2012. I have little to no idea about my relatives who were adults in 1900-1920--the most we know is about one line of the family we could trace to Belarus that came over in that era. Easy plotline possibility, probably more thorough justification than Ubisoft would actually use: Desmond's great-great-grandmother came to the United States in 1905 in that massive wave of immigration, and left his great-great-grandfather behind in the old country; he planned to follow, but family legend is that he died before he arrived. The truth turns out to be that he stayed behind for his work as an assassin, which is (insert plot here).

[trinityvixen]

I guess. I'm just digging in my heels because I like the older stuff better. Recent history is still too recent to really do it for me in the same way. I dunno, being stubborn I guess. I'm sure they will do fine, no matter what, but if I had any say, the closest they'd get to the 20th century is the 18th :P