<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 8% 0% 8%; '>...why is everyone quoting so many sales figures, and arguing without trying to prove or state anything specific?
I really have no idea anymore about sales figures since Andrew Vestal and I parted ways back in '98. But I'd like to just possibly venture the thought that a lot of the figures y'all are claiming are not worth the pixels they're drawn on. Seriously. Movie studios ROUTINELY inflate weekend grosses, and it's the same with video game companies. Uninformed and opinionated people inflate them even higher. This is where a lot of the numbers you may be quoting are coming from. I very much doubt more than two or three people on this board have any real or comprehensive data! (I am not one of them.)
I really liked the way high school and college taught me to lay out an argument as follows:
1. State your point first.
2. Back it up with evidence and state facts.
3. Qualify the evidence; explain its relevance to your point.
4. Summarize your argument.
This makes for good arguments!!! Not big hot-air balloon fights. Fun wit-sharpening! It was the way I used to try to debate and discuss at the Shrine/AD and I loved the discussions we all had there.
Discussions are better when you go at them in an organized way. This is the summary.</div>
I really have no idea anymore about sales figures since Andrew Vestal and I parted ways back in '98. But I'd like to just possibly venture the thought that a lot of the figures y'all are claiming are not worth the pixels they're drawn on. Seriously. Movie studios ROUTINELY inflate weekend grosses, and it's the same with video game companies. Uninformed and opinionated people inflate them even higher. This is where a lot of the numbers you may be quoting are coming from. I very much doubt more than two or three people on this board have any real or comprehensive data! (I am not one of them.)
I really liked the way high school and college taught me to lay out an argument as follows:
1. State your point first.
2. Back it up with evidence and state facts.
3. Qualify the evidence; explain its relevance to your point.
4. Summarize your argument.
This makes for good arguments!!! Not big hot-air balloon fights. Fun wit-sharpening! It was the way I used to try to debate and discuss at the Shrine/AD and I loved the discussions we all had there.
Discussions are better when you go at them in an organized way. This is the summary.</div>
