Brad Shepard said:
ZeroMachine said:
Brad Shepard said:
I heard about her new book, how piss poor it is, plus she wrote some really bad parts of DA:O and I just have to say this, the fact that they are adding male homosexuality in the last installment of Shepard's story seems very off if you ask me.
All the same, saw the title of this article, had to grab this.
What parts? She wrote most of the Dwarven stuff, which was all fantastic, IMO.
Not to mention, as so many people like to disregard, she has NOTHING to do with Mass Effect.
never said she did.
This person is someone who posts on forums with content concerning their own opinions in current affairs. It is often theorised by social commentators that people who post forums with content concerning their own opinions in current affairs are moronic, homosexual twats.
See what I did there? It might
look like I just called you a moronic, homosexual twat, but in actual fact, what I wrote were two completely unrelated sentences (the accuracy of the second notwithstanding). Still, because both sentences featured a similar "linking" theme (ie. people who post on forums with content regarding their own opinions in current affairs), there is an
implication that I called you a moronic, homosexual twat.
For another example of this literary phenomenon, I shall draw your attention to the author's original statement. First of all, it is one single, long sentence, but can be split into two, which feature seemingly-related topics.
The first,
"I heard about her new book, how piss poor it is, plus she wrote some really bad parts of DA:O..."
draws attention initially to the author's opinions regarding [Hepler's] writing in EA games, specifically how "piss poor" it is. Notably, half of the author's opinion is based solely on word-of-mouth reviews of [Hepler's] new book, and thus doesn't even really represent his actual views. Not relevant for the purposes of this analysis, but interesting nonetheless.
The second,
"...and I just have to say this, the fact that they are adding male homosexuality in the last installment of Shepard's story seems very off if you ask me"
draws upon the similar theme of the writing in EA's games. Examined closely, it clearly shows no mention of [Hepler's] writing, or suggestion that she was part of the writing team for Mass Effect. However, seeing as it's relationship to the actual topic being discussed (ie. Hepler's writing] is cursory at best, one would question its relevance to the discussion at all. In truth, the answer is none: there is no relevance. However, coupled with the previous statement, regarding [Hepler's] writing, and further exemplified by the linking of the similar underlying theme, ie. writing in EA's games, there is no reason why the reader shouldn't come to the conclusion that the author is of the opinion that [Hepler] is responsible, at least in part, for a very specific aspect of Mass Effect 3's plot, which for unspecified reasons he feels are "off". Thus I have established the presence of an "implication" in the author's writing.
However, after having this implication drawn to his attention, he denies partaking in any such opinion, or so it would appear. Instead, he specifies that he "never said [Hepler had anything to do with Mass Effect 3]" which is, as I have demonstrated above, entirely accurate. Instead of denying that this is his opinion, clarifying his original statement, or showing any indication that he has given the matter more than the most cursory of deliberations, he simply brushes off the accusation with an accurate yet misleading comment.
The fact that the author didn't even attempt to separate the two original sentences throws further suspicion on his supposed obliviousness to the implication he was making. The use of implications in both writing prose and everyday conversation is universal and far-reaching, and thus I surmise that the author is suitably familiar with the concept, enough to know exactly what he is implying, and is therefore being purposefully obtuse and inflammatory, with the intention of "trolling", disguised as a (poor) attempt at simply appearing critical.
tl;dr: GTFO troll.
