Infraction for Trogdor: Trolling

◊ Kaubel · 08/21/08, 8:19 AM

Post: [Hunter] WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion
User: Trogdor
Infraction: Trolling
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

You need to simmer down.

In a discussion forum where people have been min/maxing for almost 3 years, you have to learn to accept that exact pretty much means exact when it comes to math.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Zurai

I already did, Trogdor. You even responded to it. You even admitted that the differences were significant.

Oh you mean this post?

Originally Posted by Zurai

As for the comparative math, using your numbers and just correcting the rounding, we get 21.685 DPS and 42 MP5. Those are a 7.8% difference and a 5% difference, respectively. Simply by correcting one small rounding error, we got a result that was almost 10% different from your result. The actual magnitude of the numbers isn't big, true (snip)

To which I replied:

Originally Posted by Trogdor

Well that's because I don't care about a 1.685 DPS difference.. or a 2 MP5 difference. You're looking at 7.8% and 5%, and yeah that seems a lot. But I'm looking at the end. Is a 1.685 DPS difference such a big deal when it's compared to 1500+ DPS output? Is a 2 MP5 difference so big when it's compared to 150+ MP5? To me it doesn't, and I don't choose to stress over such little details because there are more important things to me. I'm also not telling people they shouldn't stress about it, because if they want to.. sure do it.

I must have missed your apology somewhere, because if this was your "good" math versus my "bad" math, and all it had to show for was 1.685 DPS and 2 MP5 increase in the grand scheme of things.. I'm supposed to be impressed how? 20 DPS versus 22 DPS (I'll round up in your favor). 40 MP5 versus 42 MP5. And you [and everyone else] are trying to tell me that my method of rounding up from 6.66 to 7 is so incorrect and so far off from base? Seriously? See, I'm not looking at the 10% difference between 20 and 22. I'm looking at the 2 DPS difference between 20 and 22, because that, to me, matters more. That's the end result.

I would seriously hate to think that anyone is so DPS starved that rounding up hurts their feelings... or makes them feel better, whichever way. It's hard to say what's worse.