shouldn't every joke have limits?

[marcus]

So first, several versions ago, pumaman puts a joke option called make my game with joke options and when you press ok the program 'laughes' at you for choosing those options.
this has offended at least one person (who posted a complaint about this not so long ago)
ok.. so it was a small joke which really wasnt that big and offensive.. ok...

but now, CJ  puts another 'joke'. the 'joke' is that when you try to open the program on 25/12 it gives a dumb message (which some find amusign and funny, but that's not the point) and closes the program. hence : ags disables itself. i dont know if pumaman just put it only on this year and he is gonna remove this from next versions for good, it does not matter.
oh and the 'change the date' thing : an average user can't figure it out.
i guess the joke could still be called mildly annoying if it just put the message and let the program continue starting. but it doesnt.
How would you feel if your operating system just chose some random day in the year on which it would not start?! well that's exactly the same thing. I bet some people are gonna leave AGS because of this (they wont post or anything, but they'll leave).
i think pumaman gone a bit too far this time. waaaay too far.
and yes, i understand this is a free service and bla bla bla so im NOT complaining, im advising pumaman to limit his jokes to silly unworking options or even although the regular boardies will stay, many others will leave.

edit : oh and just to clarify : this isnt a troll or a flame if you can't figure it out yourself  

[Sylpher]

"shouldn't every joke have limits?"

Maybe, but the better question is..

"Did Pumaman cross a limit with this joke?"

Answer is No.

[Privateer Puddin']

'change the date' thing : an average user can't figure it out.

why are they using ags?

[marcus]

"shouldn't every joke have limits?"

Maybe, but the better question is..

"Did Pumaman cross a limit with this joke?"

Answer is No.

dont you think that forcing people not to use a program at a certain day is crossing the limits of good taste let alone the limits of a good joke?! (and as i said. workaround which aren't conventional (and this workaround ISNT conventional (common sense)) is like cheating. so if you're using this program on 25/12 its against what pumaman wanted with his 'joke'. dont judge a joke by its workaround.
and without the 'workaround' it does cross many many limits of good taste

[Privateer Puddin']

As i see it, you are the only one that has a problem with it so far. Also, the workaround is common sense, imo and so what if you can't use AGS on one day of the year? what's the problem? :|

[Harvester]

Actually, I found the joke pretty funny (and I don't even celebrate Christmas today).

[marcus]

well i dont think i should continue to argue over this subject as you are too busy defending yourself and getting affected by peer presure and have no time to listen to common sense...

[Minimi]

think about this...who the heck,  is so boring, to start AGS on christmas?? I am! And second, if you are as a person that boring to start AGS at christmas as I do... why not start it again? and again??? and again!!!!! It's teh FUN!!!11111

ok... so marcus, every1 (that is able to make a game with AGS) knows to change the date!

[Privateer Puddin']

peer pressure? what the hell are you on about now?

[marcus]

Actually, I found the joke pretty funny (and I don't even celebrate Christmas today).

the joke was funny and while it can be found offensive in some ways, its not what im talking about.
if all it did was showing that 'joke' and when you press ok it lets you into the editor itself, then it was ok and i wouldnt say a word or say "ha! that's funny" or something.
also minimi - not everyone celebrates christmas.
also while only a litlle people dont know how to change the date, only a limited portion of them would think or care about changing it (take the post in the tech board for example)

i really dont know why im bothering here, you dont listen to anyone but yourselves.
and im sure there are enough people who agree with me they are just either left already, dont feel like creating an account and posting or care to much about their image to post.

also i do hope im talking here with highschool/college people and not adults. (not that high/college people cant be adults but they're allowed to be non-adults too)

[Privateer Puddin']

so, the joke was Okay but the fact you couldn't use AGS for one day, for some reason, went too far?

oh and

"i really dont know why I'm bothering here, you dont listen to anyone but yourselves."

because you have not given one good reason for us to understand your POV

[marcus]

yes. you cant force people to not use something on one day and think its a funny joke.
its a practical jokes if anything, and they're not so funny.

[Sylpher]

You don't find it the least bit odd that you are the only person who seems to care? Or is this one of those scenarios where everybody else is crazy you are the only sane one?

And the reason you are getting so much slack is cause you are being an uptight prick. Yes you are. No just be quiet and listen a second you are! This is a forum built on comedy. Most adventure games very backbone is humor. Practical jokes such as little willy and the classic 'Helm Vs. Eric' battle is the very backbone of this community..

If you are gonna come stomping in here like you know what the hell this community is all about you can stomp stomp stomp but it isn't gonna do anything. If CJ wants to make ags pop up with a transvestite in a bunny suit every 30 seconds he can do that. Because he makes the program. Who the hell do you think you are? His second brain? I mean WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

HAS EVERYONE GONE CRAZY? IT IS THE HOLIDAYS!

* Sylpher blasts off to x392-22

(Note: Point being simmer down there cowboy before you get your rope stuck in a pinch, ya dig?)

[Privateer Puddin']

one day, is it really worth getting so upset about because you are unable to use it?

nope. not at all.

[BOYD1981]

I bet some people are gonna leave AGS because of this (they wont post or anything, but they'll leave).

i think that's just a little bit silly and that you, yourself, are taking this joke too far, so i wouldn't bet too much money, plus didn't somebody start a thread about this "joke" about a week or so ago?

[marcus]

im not upset. im just trying to make you see that you're wrong. and since you are too close-minded or just simply lackeys to care, then ill stop.
oh and i wouldnt call 5 people 'everyone' not that i care about numbers...
too bad nobody understands that its wrong to deny people the right to use a product and label it as a joke. i'd label it as a mean product or something or a defected product...

[Matt Brown]

and today
and today
and today

d00d, there's like, 4 of these stupid threads going on

[Privateer Puddin']

i'm gonna label you, as Sylpher excellently did, an uptight prick

who the hell are you to say i'm wrong? it's my opinion and i'll do with it, what i like.

[santiago]

yes. you cant force people to not use something on one day and think its a funny joke.
its a practical jokes if anything, and they're not so funny.

I'm beginning to think that you are the practical joke, dude.  :  I tried to start AGS and got the practical joke-message too. When I read it I got more tempted to grab a couple of beers with my friends than just sit around and point 'n' click.

In a way CJ saved my whole evening, he saved my very soul and damn that beer tasted good!  

[DGMacphee]

OMG MARKIS IS RYGHT!!! AGS IS FULL OF JOKES!!1! OMG CHRIS JONEZ WHTA WERE YUO THINKIGN!!!1!! I SAY WE AERS BOYCOTT AGS UNTIL CRHIS JENOS REMOVES TEH JOKES!!!1!!

DO YUO SEE ME GO LOL? NO!!!1! TEH DECEMBER 25 JOKE IS SO OFFENCIVE!!! CJ HAS GONE [bold]TOO FARp/blod]!!!!

I SAY WE IS JOIN MARKIS'S SIDE CAUSE HE OBVIUSLY KNOWS TEH FUNNY WEHN HE SEAS IT!!!!!1!!!