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Wingbreaker, on 31 January 2014 - 11:30 AM, said:
I have a serious question.
Who writes your copy, IGP?
Let that sink in. Think about it, long and hard. No, actually, stop, because it doesn't make a bit of sense.
Look, the word "Skulk" means to do something in a secretive manner, to hide, or alternatively "a group of foxes."
So how do you really believe this has anything to do with a couple hero 'Mechs that are generally regarded as some of the worst? Are they hiding their capability to kill things, is that what you're trying to get across? I don't know a marketing team on the planet that would point at their own product and declare "This is ****, but please buy it."
In fact, in a bit of a literary jibe at yourself, you've accidentally just declared that these 'Mechs are going to send the player into a headlong crash. But they're going to do this stealthily, so no one will notice. I'm sorry, that doesn't make a bit of sense either.
The only way this phrasing makes more sense is to call it "A ruinous group of foxes," though this once again doesn't have a thing to do with the game itself. There are no fox themed 'Mechs in the game, nor would I think that sort of terminology even begins to apply to either of the highlighted heroes: A hybrid Awesome and a laser boat Commando.
I mean the closest you even could get to 'skulking' would be drawing a tenuous line between the origins of the word commando and this. None of these 'Mechs, not even the champion Spider 5K would be considered subtle or stealthy. The Pretty-Baby Awesome is the antithesis of stealthy, as are the Dragon and Highlander champions.
Seriously, I actually want to know what you were trying to get at with this. It isn't the first time, but it is the most egregious instance of a sort of word-salad jumble that sounds more like someone just thought the phrasing sounded cool.
Who writes your copy, IGP?
"Skulk of Ruin"
Let that sink in. Think about it, long and hard. No, actually, stop, because it doesn't make a bit of sense.
Look, the word "Skulk" means to do something in a secretive manner, to hide, or alternatively "a group of foxes."
So how do you really believe this has anything to do with a couple hero 'Mechs that are generally regarded as some of the worst? Are they hiding their capability to kill things, is that what you're trying to get across? I don't know a marketing team on the planet that would point at their own product and declare "This is ****, but please buy it."
In fact, in a bit of a literary jibe at yourself, you've accidentally just declared that these 'Mechs are going to send the player into a headlong crash. But they're going to do this stealthily, so no one will notice. I'm sorry, that doesn't make a bit of sense either.
The only way this phrasing makes more sense is to call it "A ruinous group of foxes," though this once again doesn't have a thing to do with the game itself. There are no fox themed 'Mechs in the game, nor would I think that sort of terminology even begins to apply to either of the highlighted heroes: A hybrid Awesome and a laser boat Commando.
I mean the closest you even could get to 'skulking' would be drawing a tenuous line between the origins of the word commando and this. None of these 'Mechs, not even the champion Spider 5K would be considered subtle or stealthy. The Pretty-Baby Awesome is the antithesis of stealthy, as are the Dragon and Highlander champions.
Seriously, I actually want to know what you were trying to get at with this. It isn't the first time, but it is the most egregious instance of a sort of word-salad jumble that sounds more like someone just thought the phrasing sounded cool.
Yea. PGI just makes me sad.
just think, if you got your wall you wouldn't have any more access to our beaches, cheap gas, and licentious women 
