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That Neurosplicer is a twat.

Ooooh, listen to this whopper. I found it in the Top Reviewers Forum on Amazon: Posted on 21 Mar 2010 07:35 GMT Mark Twain says: ..... Neurosplicer is a past master at plagiarising reviews himself. I first noticed him on Amazon when he copied a review of a pre-release version of "Stalker: Clear Skies". There was a feature on the pre-release version that was removed from the final sales version. Yet Neurosplicer's review criticised the game because of the feature. Despite the fact that the feature wasn't actually there. A similar thing happened more recently, on his review of Borderlands. I can only imagine how many other of his reviews are at best mere inventions and at worst, outright plagiarism. Frankly I am not that bothered about it, but I do find his double standards to be highly amusing. I appreciate that not everybody will be so amused, so do find myself biting my tongue a lot, believe it or not! ..... NeuroSplicer says: If there were even the slightest chance of me...plagiarizing a review don't you think that chunky/Mark would had reported it to Amazon every day of the week and twice on Sundays? Different regions can receive different versions of any given game come, often with different features. TORCHLIGHT has been electronically released six months ago on STEAM, retail two months ago in the US and in a few weeks in will be released finally in the UK: do you think all these editions they will all be the same version? Hardly. Later patches and upgrades get incorporated in editions that are released later on in different regions. STALKER: CLEAR SKIES came even with different types of DRM schemes (StarFORCE or TAGES) depending on where one bought his copy, why wouldn't it come with a previous patch of the game? Looking at his review of Clear Skies, I think Mark Twain was referring to the mugging. Neurosplicer says its annoying because at various times you can get mugged. As far as I know, it was only once and was a scripted event; ie part of the story. === EDIT === Might help if I included the clear sky review. One other thing, he says artifacts are harder to get because they are scarcer. I would have thought the fact that they were invisible was the main reason for them being tough: RADIOACTIVE BUGS & POTENTIAL S.t.a.r.F.O.R.C.E.!, 19 Sep 2008 By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews This review is from: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (PC DVD) (Video Game) Having been a big fan of the original STALKER, I was very eager to get my hands on this prequel. After a few days with it I have to ask: could this game actually have been made in Chernobyl? Because it is infested by pretty serious radioactive bugs! But first things first. Like its predecessor, STALKER:CS has amazing graphics and, yes, they are demanding. Barely making minimum requirements means barely enjoying the game visually. Having said that, I have to admire the work that went into the graphical design, from playful rays of light and shadows of moving branches to dilapidated buildings and endless skies, the game will grab you from the opening scene. The gameplay does not veer off the original but there are more customization options, both regarding the weapons and your character. What one will notice early on is that STALKER:CS is a harder game. Not only are artifacts much scarcer (making it harder to save up for that precious suit - which will allow you to reach more precious artifacts...) but there are also instances when your character could be stripped of everything! Immersion is one thing, aggravation quite another. Speaking of which, be prepared to experience not a few crashes and freezes. The game was either rushed and still in beta(!) or this is another form of Ukranian anti-piracy method: release the game unstable and then keep it dependent on downloadable patches. In any case, wait for the major patches to be released because saved games will usually not work with later patches. On a final note, European customers may be amongst the unlucky ones: due to ongoing class-action suits in the US, STALKER-CS there features a more benign DRM scheme (TAGES) - but this may not be the case in Europe: with the exception of the US, the rest of the world (and depending on the region) may or may not get the much hated and hardware crippling... StarFORCE bundled with the game! So, if you cannot get your hands on a US copy, keep your eyes peeled! Thank God for anti-rad and class-action suits!

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;21168061]For me, he is looking for attention. Why? Because, if he made "normal" reviews, he would probably be ignored- so he exaggerates and keeps complaining to get more attention. And fuck him, Mirror's Edge is great.[/QUOTE] It's ironic because he's complaining about a game's security when the story line is about a city with high security... :smugdog:

Many people don't like HL2. Just expressing your opinion to other people in the manner of which he did makes him a troll.

[QUOTE=Humungous Doom;21743801]Ooooh, listen to this whopper. I found it in the Top Reviewers Forum on Amazon: Posted on 21 Mar 2010 07:35 GMT Mark Twain says: ..... Neurosplicer is a past master at plagiarising reviews himself. I first noticed him on Amazon when he copied a review of a pre-release version of "Stalker: Clear Skies". There was a feature on the pre-release version that was removed from the final sales version. Yet Neurosplicer's review criticised the game because of the feature. Despite the fact that the feature wasn't actually there. A similar thing happened more recently, on his review of Borderlands. I can only imagine how many other of his reviews are at best mere inventions and at worst, outright plagiarism. Frankly I am not that bothered about it, but I do find his double standards to be highly amusing. I appreciate that not everybody will be so amused, so do find myself biting my tongue a lot, believe it or not! ..... NeuroSplicer says: If there were even the slightest chance of me...plagiarizing a review don't you think that chunky/Mark would had reported it to Amazon every day of the week and twice on Sundays? Different regions can receive different versions of any given game come, often with different features. TORCHLIGHT has been electronically released six months ago on STEAM, retail two months ago in the US and in a few weeks in will be released finally in the UK: do you think all these editions they will all be the same version? Hardly. Later patches and upgrades get incorporated in editions that are released later on in different regions. STALKER: CLEAR SKIES came even with different types of DRM schemes (StarFORCE or TAGES) depending on where one bought his copy, why wouldn't it come with a previous patch of the game? Looking at his review of Clear Skies, I think Mark Twain was referring to the mugging. Neurosplicer says its annoying because at various times you can get mugged. As far as I know, it was only once and was a scripted event; ie part of the story. === EDIT === Might help if I included the clear sky review. One other thing, he says artifacts are harder to get because they are scarcer. I would have thought the fact that they were invisible was the main reason for them being tough: RADIOACTIVE BUGS & POTENTIAL S.t.a.r.F.O.R.C.E.!, 19 Sep 2008 By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews This review is from: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (PC DVD) (Video Game) Having been a big fan of the original STALKER, I was very eager to get my hands on this prequel. After a few days with it I have to ask: could this game actually have been made in Chernobyl? Because it is infested by pretty serious radioactive bugs! But first things first. Like its predecessor, STALKER:CS has amazing graphics and, yes, they are demanding. Barely making minimum requirements means barely enjoying the game visually. Having said that, I have to admire the work that went into the graphical design, from playful rays of light and shadows of moving branches to dilapidated buildings and endless skies, the game will grab you from the opening scene. The gameplay does not veer off the original but there are more customization options, both regarding the weapons and your character. What one will notice early on is that STALKER:CS is a harder game. Not only are artifacts much scarcer (making it harder to save up for that precious suit - which will allow you to reach more precious artifacts...) but there are also instances when your character could be stripped of everything! Immersion is one thing, aggravation quite another. Speaking of which, be prepared to experience not a few crashes and freezes. The game was either rushed and still in beta(!) or this is another form of Ukranian anti-piracy method: release the game unstable and then keep it dependent on downloadable patches. In any case, wait for the major patches to be released because saved games will usually not work with later patches. On a final note, European customers may be amongst the unlucky ones: due to ongoing class-action suits in the US, STALKER-CS there features a more benign DRM scheme (TAGES) - but this may not be the case in Europe: with the exception of the US, the rest of the world (and depending on the region) may or may not get the much hated and hardware crippling... StarFORCE bundled with the game! So, if you cannot get your hands on a US copy, keep your eyes peeled! Thank God for anti-rad and class-action suits![/QUOTE] Thanks, added to OP.

He's fucking paranoid. Guys every game company wants to hack into our systems, and every game company is stealing from us. Those commercial motherfuckers!

Oh no someone on amazon is saying bad things about something I like

This guy reads EULAs? Seriously? He's too busy complaining about the details of the EULAs to see how unintrusive and user-friendly Steam really is.

[QUOTE=Marlamin;21165543]Seems like one of those "exaggerating until the argument makes sense" people. Just ignore him.[/QUOTE] I have a friend like that, but he is "exaggerating [B]and add random stuff[/B] until the argument makes sense" guy. And also opposed to this douchebag he is funny. Also about his argument about needing to have steam online all the time is just false as hell. He seems to have missed in the options that you can turn it off-line even when you have internet active.

Really old thread?

This guy complains about offline mode not working (which it does), praying that your games don't update (when you can just disable auto-updating) and says that when something is updating he can't play anything (when the updates just pause when he's playing something), he clearly has no idea of how to work with Steam at all :v:

Fuck DRM.

[QUOTE=doonbugie;21826849]Fuck DRM.[/QUOTE] fukk da p0lice man

Madness takes control! You couldn't make this stuff up. Its comedy gold. ======================================================================== NeuroSplicer says: As I have proved again and again, the real motivation behind most Amazon Trolls is pure ENVY. That is the cardinal motive. A bitter person takes notice of a certain reviewer (more or less at random) and concludes from his or her reviews that this man's life is much better lived than his miserable own. Better choices, more assertive decisions, solid self-confidence of opinions. So his envy flares up and then attempts to live the other man's life by stalking and than attacking his reviews and opinions. I am no Spring-chicken when it comes to Amazon reviews. So, knowing very well that you meticulously read every review I post I decided to toy with you. This last November I wrote and posted multiple negative reviews on Gillette blades (which I find a bad product to begin with), while, at the same time, strongly recommending shaving with badger brushes and safety razors. To make you took the bait, I made sure to post this review to both the UK site ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R344TTSVBNEXMA/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00159JVL4#wasThisHelpful[/url]) and the US site ([url]http://www.amazon.com/review/R3R9J4VK2IXHVW/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000BUW8WM#wasThisHelpful[/url]) as usual. Apparently I didn't even have to wiggle the worm: you swallowed it all, hook, line and sinker. True to your nature, you read my reviews and, envious of the better way of shaving you realized I was used to, you rushed to buy and then promptly review your own copycat "decisions" only some weeks later ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R35EQU9KE2J7R/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001EGN7KE#wasThisHelpful[/url] and [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3NA0X1MXK8PME/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001XPHA0E#wasThisHelpful[/url]). Hence the valid question: "did you cut open your throat yet with the open-blade razors I made you buy?" While playing the puppet-master is indeed fun (I couldn't stop laughing for a week!), once in a while try to live your own life chunky/mark. Otherwise I shall have to come back with another DANCE PUPPET, DANCE prank. ===================================================================== I want what he's smoking!

This guy is clearly retarded.

He looks like a pirate. Whining over all kinds of DRM.

that guy needs to get some serius help

[QUOTE=Humungous Doom;21936960] NeuroSplicer says: As I have proved again and again, the real motivation behind most Amazon Trolls is pure ENVY.[/QUOTE] Ok, I'm now 100% sure he is a troll.

I thought that as well, but if you look at his account, he' posted over 300 reviews on amazon uk and over 400 on amazon com. If he's just doing it to troll he's one hell of a determined one. I wonder what drives him?

His drive is.... PURE ENVY.

I want to much him so hard in the face. Any one else with me?

I now have an uncomfortable image of him jacking off with a hand puppet.

Seems like a schizoid with a PhD in paranoia, I'm betting his death comes at the age of 23 due to a rage induced heart attack once ep3 gets released.

How'd he write so much... on such an idiotic opinion :frown:

[QUOTE=Humungous Doom;21936960]Madness takes control! You couldn't make this stuff up. Its comedy gold. ======================================================================== NeuroSplicer says: As I have proved again and again, the real motivation behind most Amazon Trolls is pure ENVY. That is the cardinal motive. A bitter person takes notice of a certain reviewer (more or less at random) and concludes from his or her reviews that this man's life is much better lived than his miserable own. Better choices, more assertive decisions, solid self-confidence of opinions. So his envy flares up and then attempts to live the other man's life by stalking and than attacking his reviews and opinions. I am no Spring-chicken when it comes to Amazon reviews. So, knowing very well that you meticulously read every review I post I decided to toy with you. This last November I wrote and posted multiple negative reviews on Gillette blades (which I find a bad product to begin with), while, at the same time, strongly recommending shaving with badger brushes and safety razors. To make you took the bait, I made sure to post this review to both the UK site ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R344TTSVBNEXMA/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00159JVL4#wasThisHelpful[/url]) and the US site ([url]http://www.amazon.com/review/R3R9J4VK2IXHVW/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000BUW8WM#wasThisHelpful[/url]) as usual. Apparently I didn't even have to wiggle the worm: you swallowed it all, hook, line and sinker. True to your nature, you read my reviews and, envious of the better way of shaving you realized I was used to, you rushed to buy and then promptly review your own copycat "decisions" only some weeks later ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R35EQU9KE2J7R/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001EGN7KE#wasThisHelpful[/url] and [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3NA0X1MXK8PME/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001XPHA0E#wasThisHelpful[/url]). Hence the valid question: "did you cut open your throat yet with the open-blade razors I made you buy?" While playing the puppet-master is indeed fun (I couldn't stop laughing for a week!), once in a while try to live your own life chunky/mark. Otherwise I shall have to come back with another DANCE PUPPET, DANCE prank. ===================================================================== I want what he's smoking![/QUOTE] Added to OP... unfortunately. Could you post a link to where you got that from?

Its the "Top Reviewers Forum". You can get it if you click on a reviewer's rank. It brings up their position in the charts, and at the bottom of the page is the Top Reviewers Forum. You don't need to be a Top Reviewer to actually read it or post in it though. here's a link: [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/reviews/top-reviewers/ref=cm_pdp_rev_rank?_encoding=UTF8&rank=71#A74TA8X5YQ7NE[/url] Neurosplicer's thread is the one calling for the abolition of the negative vote.

[QUOTE=Humungous Doom;21962995]Its the "Top Reviewers Forum". You can get it if you click on a reviewer's rank. It brings up their position in the charts, and at the bottom of the page is the Top Reviewers Forum. You don't need to be a Top Reviewer to actually read it or post in it though. here's a link: [URL]http://www.amazon.co.uk/reviews/top-reviewers/ref=cm_pdp_rev_rank?_encoding=UTF8&rank=71#A74TA8X5YQ7NE[/URL] Neurosplicer's thread is the one calling for the abolition of the negative vote.[/QUOTE] His idea in his thread is actually pretty good.

Neurosplicer has been attacked by trolls and company shills for ever (anyone remember the famous Bioshock review of his? [url]http://www.amazon.com/BioShock-pc/dp/B000MK694E/ref=cm_cr-mr-title[/url]). I find him very brave to stand up for his beliefs, take on major game publishers and take a hit or two standing up. The guy is a samurai. Any gamer who really takes the time to actually read his posts will probably agree with most of his points. I may not agree with him disliking STEAM but I, for one, agree with him that DRM is getting worse and it is something I 'd rather not have to deal with. And it is really sad when a group of gamers gang up to attack someone who looks out for our best interests. Only because an obsessed Dr.BOB cannot stop trolling his reviews.

[QUOTE=DrStrangelove;22141030]Neurosplicer has been attacked by trolls and company shills for ever (anyone remember the famous Bioshock review of his? [url]http://www.amazon.com/BioShock-pc/dp/B000MK694E/ref=cm_cr-mr-title[/url]). I find him very brave to stand up for his beliefs, take on major game publishers and take a hit or two standing up. [B]The guy is a samurai.[/B] Any gamer who really takes the time to actually read his posts will probably agree with most of his points. I may not agree with him disliking STEAM but I, for one, agree with him that DRM is getting worse and it is something I 'd rather not have to deal with. And it is really sad when a group of gamers gang up to attack someone who looks out for our best interests. Only because an obsessed Dr.BOB cannot stop trolling his reviews.[/QUOTE] Because anyone who gives a negative response to his reviews/comments or believes differently from him is a troll. About the bolded bit: so he's a "samurai" and a "brave soul", according to you? Interesting.

[img]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1654/megarage.png[/img] Oh fuck I remember this thread. This guy is like the trolliest fucking troll in the universe.