Argument
The first stage of my argument is to state, in my own subjective opinion, that the word “argument” is too negative to use in such a positive, well mannered thread so I will hereby use the technical term “Personal, subjective, thoughtful discussion” instead, thereby insinuating a more positive and constructive feeling to what was formerly referred to as my “argument.”
Personal, subjective, thoughtful discussion
The Mac beta client was announced on September 18, 2012. It was very well received, in my personal, subjective (but thoughtful!) opinion. Being an open beta client, a stage in development in which the game is not fully completed, it was understandable that there would be problems. The problem with these problems is that they become more of a problem after the problems first addressed as problems become problems involved in other problems that increase in complexity to a problematic set of problems.
In other words, there are problems that have been here since the beginning that are still here. (In my personal, subjective, but thoughtful opinion.) The reason for this, in my personal, subjective, but thoughtful opinion, is that there is no great incentive for the team to be working on the Mac beta client. There is so much work to be done on the game as a whole that it is not often feasible to address the needs of one small subset of the larger community, even if it is the greatest, most awesome, dedicated part of the entire community. (In my personal…..well, you get it already)
How to Address Problematic Problems
I believe that there is only one way to truly address problematic problems of this magnitude: Ice Cream. You might think I’m crazy, which I would respect as your own incredibly valid opinion, but hear me out first.
According to Hugh Everett’s many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics, we exist in a universe of astounding possibilities. For example, we view the human bodies need for oxygen in order to survive as an objective, scientific fact. But what if we did not need oxygen to survive? What if there were other possibilities that might have occurred given a change of events at the start of human history that made it so that humans require a steady intake of helium instead? Now imagine that this incredible possibility as well as all other possible possibilities not only happened, but are happening, right now.
Enter THE MULTIVERSE.
Understanding that anything is indeed possible, we come to realize that there is incredible incentive for the team at Arena Net to finish the Mac client and to bring it out of beta.
Enter my favorite universe of the multiverse, EVERYONE WHO FINISHES THE MAC BETA CLIENT GETS FREE ICE CREAM!!!" Universe
Defining the “EVERYONE WHO FINISHES THE MAC BETA CLIENT GETS FREE ICE CREAM!!!” Universe
Now I know what you are thinking, “But Aigisthos! What are on earth are you saying? What kinds of ice cream are we talking about? What if I’m lactose intolerant? What does this have to do with Guild Wars 2?” Do not fret my inquisitive friends for I shall expound about this incredibly exciting universe.
In this possible universe, Hugh Everett would probably state (if he ever actually talked about this) that every person in the entire world LOVED ice cream and that no one was lactose intolerant. This is an incredible universe filled with joy and happiness for all who partake in it. There is only one great tragedy, a restriction placed upon the distribution of ice cream. If you release a game in beta without ever finishing it, your daily rations of ice cream will be withheld until the beta client is released.
Now I know what you are thinking, “But Aigisthos, what if that universe were to collide with ours thus creating a new universe within the multiverse in which this great law applied to the team at Arena Net? Please tell me it is not a possibility that the great team at Arena Net would be banned from the joys of ice cream until they finished this client!?!?!”
Unfortunately my dear friends, that is the harsh reality we live in. If Arena Net is not able to finish this client and release it out beta before we possibly collide with another universe in which ice cream is withheld from game teams that do not finish their beta clients, the team would forever be doomed to a life without the joys of ice cream.
