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This is the article I got flak for, I got people going up to me (people I thought I knew) and go "Bad article! bad bad bad!" and "resign! Horrible article" and finally "You are now banned from writing articles!" And these of course are from people who don't have any authority over the newspaper and aren't even contributors.
Battlefield 2
No game was more anticipated then Battlefield 2 since its predecessors Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam. Battlefield 2 breaks old rules and establishes new ones by being one of the few games our their to bring the FPS genre to the modern post Gulf war era of warfare. In BF2 you can play one of three militaries; The United States Marine Corp, the People’s Liberation Army and the MEC that is the Arab, force. In Battlefield 2 like in the former games you can play various kits, many that you will undoubtedly recognize to a few new ones such as Special Ops, which is a more supped up version of the engineers just a little funnier.
Battlefield 2 is also the first game that I’ve noticed to fuller introduce a in game voice option to allow for better Squad organization and having as an official feature the ability to form squads where instead of you spawning all the way behind your lines safe in a cozy little fort, you instead can spawn (your choice) where your squad commander is allowing for a faster paced battle in a multitude of well designed maps featuring stunning graphical detail. But that is not all featured, Battlefield 2 also offers a new command system where your team has an overall commander with the ability to give orders (though you can disobey them) to squads, call in artillery strikes (according to the recommendation of scouts but the Commander is the guy who pushes the button so we don’t get any asses who calls in an arty on his own team-mates. The commander can Para-drop in creates of ammo and health, which are a great tactical help.
Battlefield 2 also has the great ability to feature so little lag in its maps of 64 players though its recommended to play only with high speed internet it isn’t Starcraft man. BF2 is an amazing game full of challenges with only a few problems here and there (team killing will however probably never be fixed though BF2 offers a system where you can choose to forgive a team killer thus if he team kills too many times he’s gone). One final feature I should mention is that Battlefield 2 has a rank system where after a certain amount of kills it will allow you (depending on the server) to unlock new weapons, such as an auto sniping rifle for the medic a cool nice weapon to have.
A great game to buy I highly recommend it, there are thanks to punkbuster very few cheaters, go out to Futurshop buy it, and enjoy. Though one other note there is a special keyboard known as “Zboard” with a BF2 keyset for it that will allow you to have the ultimate gaming experience as it puts the buttons in convenient places, though that should be for another article. **** of ***** starts.
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If this article was published, then whoever was saying that to you was fully justified. This shouldn't come as news to you.
When your writing is riddled with grammar and spelling mistakes, it severely hinders its readability.
I'll be honest, I didn't make it through the second paragraph. So I have no idea if Battlefield 2 is a good game or not. It may not seem fair to you, but most people aren't going to struggle through an article filled with errors. If you want to share your love of games with people, you are going to have to: buy a dictionary (and use it), consult a style guide on comma and apostrophe use, and start caring about the quality of your writing.
I'm not talking about your posts here. A forum is inarguably more laid back, and a certain amount of spelling and grammar mistakes are allowed. I'll still grit my teeth, but that's just because it's a pet peeve of mine. If you want people to care about what you're saying, it's only fair that you show that same care.
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Yes but, I'm not the only one who makes grammar and spelling mistakes, everyone in the newspaper makes mistakes yet I was the only one who got flak for it.
If i had more time to fully write out the article I would've made sure to utilize spell check efficiently, but I didn't look at the sheduel correctly and I thought the issue was being printed next week and I had under 30 minutes to write it.
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Yes but, I'm not the only one who makes grammar and spelling mistakes, everyone in the newspaper makes mistakes yet I was the only one who got flak for it.
So stand out! Just because everyone is doing it doesn't make it okay. Posts: 561 | Registered: Feb 2005
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I still don't see how I by default should get all the flak.
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Stop with the "woe is me" mentality. People are criticizing your article, and rightfully so. If you don't like the criticism, you should do your best to make future articles perfect. At least from a grammatical and spelling point of view. Then, if someone doesn't like it, that's their problem, not yours. Someone will always dislike what you write. There are people who think To Kill A Mockingbird is drivel. But if you do your best work then be satisfied with what you produce.
Sorry if that's harsh. But you shouldn't let people like that bother you. Tell them to give it a try if they think they can do better. But get someone good to proofread it beforehand so no one can bang on you for little stuff.
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