Slay the Spire
BaDKaRMa Oct 27, 2018 @ 4:55am
minor suggest: The word "Desecrated" in defeat would make more sense as "Decimated"
To desecrate is to taint something holy or divine. To decimate means to destroy the whole of something, or to separate into smaller pieces.
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Berik Xardas Oct 27, 2018 @ 8:38am 
Decimate(d) makes even less sense. Decimate can have the element of destruction in the meaning, but it always also carries "reducing an amount (drastically)". So it can be used in the meaning of being killed as in "The 12th division of the red army was decimated during the rush". But you cannot decimate a single person, or become "decimated".
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Paranoia Oct 27, 2018 @ 9:18am 
Originally posted by BaDKaRMa:
To decimate means to destroy the whole of something, or to separate into smaller pieces.

...It actually means reducing by one tenth. Well, at least that is what the Romans meant when they decimated unruly provinces.
BaDKaRMa Oct 27, 2018 @ 10:28am 
Originally posted by Berik Xardas:
Decimate(d) makes even less sense.

From dictionary.com -
1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.

From Thesaurus.com - annihilate, exterminate, obliterate, slaughter, wipe out, butcher, execute, massacre, commit genocide, kill off, stamp out,

You can argue with me but if you don't find a thesaurus and a dictionary compelling, then I dunno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Berik Xardas Oct 27, 2018 @ 2:52pm 
Originally posted by BaDKaRMa:
Originally posted by Berik Xardas:
Decimate(d) makes even less sense.

From dictionary.com -
1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.

From Thesaurus.com - annihilate, exterminate, obliterate, slaughter, wipe out, butcher, execute, massacre, commit genocide, kill off, stamp out,

You can argue with me but if you don't find a thesaurus and a dictionary compelling, then I dunno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I belive the dictionary definition does not read "It may mean kill, but it may also mean remove a large percentage".
Pretty sure it's actually "It may mean kill a large percentage [of a group], or remove a large percentage".
If so, the dictionary definition actually is an argument on my side, not on yours.

And a thesaurus isn't good evidence. Sometimes most of the other words will make sense in a certain context, while on another context not a single other one will make sense. As I stated before, decimate may mean kill, hence your thesaurus also gave in such results. But pretty sure that it doesn't make sense / is never used when one person is dying, or one person is killed off. Don't forget the context - that's important.
BaDKaRMa Oct 27, 2018 @ 3:17pm 
Don't care. Doesn't matter. Have a good weekend.
Null Winter Nov 10, 2018 @ 12:38am 
Originally posted by BaDKaRMa:
Don't care. Doesn't matter. Have a good weekend.

A bit bitey, no?

It may be worth considering that this game is full of references to other media, and some of the game over messages might also be references.
Berik Xardas Nov 10, 2018 @ 7:20am 
Originally posted by Null Winter:
Originally posted by BaDKaRMa:
Don't care. Doesn't matter. Have a good weekend.

A bit bitey, no?
Yep, indeed many ppl are when they run out of arguments, and simply can't admit that they were not right.
Funny though - first start the thread and then suddenly he "doesn't care", and it "doesn't matter" anymore haha.
But at least I can give props for not becoming personal or insulting.
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Date Posted: Oct 27, 2018 @ 4:55am
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