I Never Did the Terminals (Destiny)

by Monochron, Sunday, September 14, 2014, 16:16 (3521 days ago) @ Kermit

Indeed. I know this adage as well as I know my name. Have been taught it and have taught it. That's part of my confusion with Jilly's usage of the phrase in this context.

You said " Any written story is told, not shown." That isn't true in relation to the phrase "show, don't tell".

For instance if Bungie gave us a Grimoire that was the length of a short story, perhaps with some characters or plot, and used that to really make us fear the might of the Vex, then that would be "showing". They won't do that though, they continue to simply tell us about the danger.

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Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 14:32
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 14:35
- I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:06
  - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 15:21
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:26
      - Halo 4 felt similar - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 21:18
        
        Halo 4 felt similar - Hyokin, 2014-09-15, 10:49
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:28
    - I Never Did the Terminals - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-09-14, 16:02
      - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:12
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:16
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:40
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:26
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:06
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:34
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 14:36
      - Example - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:05
        
        Example - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:10
- TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 15:31
  - TL;DR - Psyrixx, 2014-09-14, 15:34
  - TL;DR - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:38
    - TL;DR v2 - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:09
      - Hey, Insane. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        Hey, Insane. - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 20:15
        
        Hey, Insane. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:36
  - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:03
    - TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:11
    - TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:14
      - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:18
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:21
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:30
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:15
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 17:32
        
        TL;DR - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 17:40
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:42
        
        TL;DR - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 18:02
        
        Staten Perhaps? - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:39
        
        Staten Perhaps? - car15, 2014-09-14, 17:46
        
        TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:29
      - TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:31
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - kidtsunami, 2014-09-15, 06:52
        
        TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:53
    - TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:16
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:40
- Skyrim - minasodaboy, 2014-09-14, 17:34
  - Even a la The Last of Us - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:03
    - This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:10
      - This! - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:19
        
        This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:22
      - Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:24
        
        Yep, exactly. - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 18:40
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 18:56
        
        Yep, exactly. - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 19:02
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 19:09
        
        Yep, exactly. - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:06
        
        Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 19:18
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:14
        
        Halo 2 redux? - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 21:08
        
        Yep, exactly. - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 19:21
    - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-15, 08:04
      - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:44
    - Even a la The Last of Us - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 17:24
- Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:25
  - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 18:28
    - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:28
      - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 19:59
  - Orly? - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 18:44
  - WTF Is Going On Around Here: #22/500 - griknir, 2014-09-14, 19:20
  - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 19:23
    - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:30
      - Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 21:16
        
        Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - Kermit, 2014-09-15, 08:53
        
        Bungie can have that one for free - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:33
- It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 20:15
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 20:41
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 21:25
    - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 21:46
      - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 22:43

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