Decline It's Pause For Orders, not Real-Time with Pause

[samuraigaiden]

 

[moraes]

Maybe the name changed because the Infinity Engine was originally a RTS engine? So the designers named the thing real time [strategy] with pause. It seems to me the "with pause" clause was added to differentiate the flow of Infinity Engine games from RTSs. But I'm not an RTS player, I'm not sure if RTS games at the time had the pause and give orders mechanics or not.

 

[DalekFlay]

PFO acronym has one less letter than RTWP and arguably cries out less for capitalization variation, so I say let's jump on this.

 

[Louis_Cypher]

Pause for orders sounds better actually, conveys more sense of what it's about.

 

[Nortar]

Pause for orders sounds better actually, conveys more sense of what it's about.

It's shorter and easier to articulate, sure.
Although, maybe I'm not veri strong in Ingless, but "pause for orders" kind of implies that:

1. You have to pause to issue orders
2. You can pause only for issuing orders

Which is not always the case. So RTwP is both a broader and a more precise definition.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

Nortar is correct. RTwP is more accurate, because pausing is not a required action to issue orders.

 

[Tigranes]

That said, maybe calling it PFO would have had less people insist on playing these games entirely in real-time then complaining it's too chaotic.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

Make it "Pausable Real Time" and be done with it.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

For Space Hulk it was called freezetime.
Although it worked differently, you had to stay in real time to earn breathing space during pause.

 

[Ol' Willy]

RTwP is always inferior to TB or direct real-time. It's like finding something in between two options, but sacrificing good from both.

Like, "I don't want to stay sober, but I don't want to drink alcohol, so I drink non-alcoholic beer instead."
Or, "I don't like women, but I'm not gay, so I will fuck shemales instead."

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

RTwP is always inferior to TB or direct real-time.

This is frankly bullshit.
How would, for example, Freedom Force be a better game if it was strictly in Real-time only?

 

[octavius]

RTwP is always inferior to TB or direct real-time. It's like finding something in between two options, but sacrificing good from both.

Like, "I don't want to stay sober, but I don't want to drink alcohol, so I drink non-alcoholic beer instead."

Or, "I want to have some drinks with my buddies, but I don't want us all waiting our turn."

 

[PlanHex]

How about

Stop Hitting, I'm Thinking

 

[Serus]

I am strongly for "Pause with a little of real time from time to time".
PwLRTfTtT in short.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Sweeper]

Alright, so now that we've got the nomenclature out of the way, can we finally admit the fucking truth?
PfO > TB

 

[Transfiguring Roar]

When the clusterfuck hits it's Time to Pause for Orders!!!

 

[Sreggin Etah I]

This sounds like the Internet Explorer changing its name to Microsoft Edge to minimize its bad reputation.

 

[4249]

How about

Stop Hitting, I'm Thinking

PwLRTfTtT in short.

PlanHex got better acronym

When I SHIT, some times PwLRTfTtT is the sound that comes out though.

 

[DalekFlay]

When the clusterfuck hits it's Time to Pause for Orders!!!

Is this the real time to pause for orders?

 

[V_K]

When the clusterfuck hits it's Time to Pause for Orders!!!

Yes, "Clusterfuck with Pause" is the best description for this sort of combat.

 

[DraQ]

Make it "Pausable Real Time" and be done with it.

PRT? Sounds like onomatopeia for farting. I like it. Descriptive.

When the clusterfuck hits it's Time to Pause for Orders!!!

Yes, "Clusterfuck with Pause" is the best description for this sort of combat.

We have a winrar.

 

[Saerain]

I've always said it's real-time with queue. Every real-time game fuckin' has pause.

 

[JarlFrank]

But I'm not an RTS player, I'm not sure if RTS games at the time had the pause and give orders mechanics or not.

Usually not, and most still don't have it today because it's not part of the genre's flow.

 

[urmom]

When we get all this in order we should pause this thread.