@TerriblyHuang You should start doing this? What the fuck? I already do. Well, not when they ask for a rating--just when they demand a five star rating or ask for a rating more often than they should.
Irk is so insightful! I love this stuff! We need some irk t-shirts. For real! We all know irk is the real star of meh. Not Glen or the singing cowboy. Let's have a deal for a proper irk t-shirt!!!!!
I was playing a dungeon crawler PC game a few months ago when right in the middle of the action, the game just suddenly paused and asked me to vote for it on Steam Greenlight. Needless to say, the uninstaller worked perfectly.
Okay, on the one hand, I think it's fine that a developer asks for a rating every time they update their app--and that may be the reason that the prompt recurs even if you've previously said "no thanks." And I can totally forgive that, because, yeah, most people are too damn lazy and won't rate an app unless prompted (people who do rate, I'm with you, so for godsake don't be offended). Plus, arguably, with each update, it's a new app, worthy of a new review--for better or worse. And your previous rating is nullified in some senses; at least in the Apple App Store, there's a distinction between current and lifetime ratings. Also, one could argue that your disinclination to rate may have changed.
And, Irk buddy, you're wrong. Here's what's worse: the assholes who insist that if you don't hate the app you need to give it 5 stars. In which case, I feel a moral obligation to give the app a 1-star rating, even if I kinda like it, because if you're the kind of asshole who's that demanding, who's such a ratings whore and who's willing to skew the system, well, fuck you, you need to be beaten down and I have a responsibility to participate in that beatdown.
Here's one (for I game I'd never heard of, btw). It highlights another obnoxious behavior: rating blackmail. "It'd be a shame if something bad happened, beloved user; give us five stars and we'll do our best to make sure it doesn't." Fuck you, ratings whore. Do me a favor and start charging for this shit so I don't waste any more of my time with you.
@joelmw You made an excellent choice in not playing Dungeon Keeper- it's a disgrace, and that's just one of many shameful things & dirty tricks it pulls:
Thank you, Irk. I think this one bothers you exactly as much as it should.
@Thumperchick +1 and maybe we should all start rating apps 1 star when they do this. Just as an e-commerce experiment, of course.
@TerriblyHuang You should start doing this? What the fuck? I already do. Well, not when they ask for a rating--just when they demand a five star rating or ask for a rating more often than they should.
Irk, who is the female of which you mention?
@irishbyblood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Daddario
True Detective was all the better for her being in it (nude).
@Pavlov Thank you kind sir. My eyes are happier this morning for your research.
@Pavlov Yes... Quite.
@Pavlov I suppose I should really catch up on old episodes of True Detective.
@eyewerks First season was pretty damn amazing. Looking forward to the next. Each season will be completely different actors/storylines.
Oh, you meant because of Alexandra . . . Yeah. hard to forget a perfect set of . . .
@Pavlov ... cast?
@kadagan Yeah, that's the ticket.
Irk is so insightful! I love this stuff! We need some irk t-shirts. For real! We all know irk is the real star of meh. Not Glen or the singing cowboy. Let's have a deal for a proper irk t-shirt!!!!!
@daveJay three irk moon t-shirt?!?
@daveJay I dunno man, them weekend worms...
@daveJay Irk is a close second to Drinking Terrible :)
Irk, you hit the nail on the head this time. It bothers everyone.
Amen, Irk!
I was playing a dungeon crawler PC game a few months ago when right in the middle of the action, the game just suddenly paused and asked me to vote for it on Steam Greenlight. Needless to say, the uninstaller worked perfectly.
@Knightp Uninstalled.
Irk needs his own TV development deal. I would probably resubscribe to cable just for that.
Okay, on the one hand, I think it's fine that a developer asks for a rating every time they update their app--and that may be the reason that the prompt recurs even if you've previously said "no thanks." And I can totally forgive that, because, yeah, most people are too damn lazy and won't rate an app unless prompted (people who do rate, I'm with you, so for godsake don't be offended). Plus, arguably, with each update, it's a new app, worthy of a new review--for better or worse. And your previous rating is nullified in some senses; at least in the Apple App Store, there's a distinction between current and lifetime ratings. Also, one could argue that your disinclination to rate may have changed.
And, Irk buddy, you're wrong. Here's what's worse: the assholes who insist that if you don't hate the app you need to give it 5 stars. In which case, I feel a moral obligation to give the app a 1-star rating, even if I kinda like it, because if you're the kind of asshole who's that demanding, who's such a ratings whore and who's willing to skew the system, well, fuck you, you need to be beaten down and I have a responsibility to participate in that beatdown.
Here's one (for I game I'd never heard of, btw). It highlights another obnoxious behavior: rating blackmail. "It'd be a shame if something bad happened, beloved user; give us five stars and we'll do our best to make sure it doesn't." Fuck you, ratings whore. Do me a favor and start charging for this shit so I don't waste any more of my time with you.
@joelmw Seriously, what is Dungeon Keeper trying to pull when you can only rate it a five or a negative three??
@joelmw You made an excellent choice in not playing Dungeon Keeper- it's a disgrace, and that's just one of many shameful things & dirty tricks it pulls:
Is it just me, or is Irk a puppet version of Joe Machi... (or vice-versa)
@SpenceMan01 Joe Machi is a puppet version of Irk, yes.
Agreed.
My disdain for the "app culture" is why I used a Maemo phone (Nokia N900) for years, and why I now use a Windows phone as my primary mobile device.