crossfire comment review

"because he is not more the nr1 famous CF member "

by NzZ

A Literary Analysis

There is many a time in literature when the simple approach wields greater power than complexity. Many writers in the past have focused on using English in the simplest way possible in their story telling, one such example would be the great George Orwell who in his essay on effective writing stated that it is best to omit a long word where a short one will do. "Comment #1457534" by NzZ really highlights this approach and manages to convey a powerful message despite the socio-economic context of modern day western culture.

First up one cannot truly understand this piece of writing without understanding the structure.



Starting out with a conjunction emphasises that he is responding to a prior claim in the thread, and trying to explain in more detail the topic at hand. The choice of word, because, strikes me as one used by a person who wants to get straight to the point of the issue and get all participants on the same proverbial page. The subject is introduced next, in the form of the pronoun he. The subject is of course perforator, and one should bare this in mind whilst analysing the rest of the sentence.

The next part of the text which deserves mention is the use of "not more". While these days some would consider this unconventional grammar, I feel it serves it's purpose well given the context that is an Internet gaming website. You are really given an insight in to the environment. "not more" could be interpreted as "no longer" or used as a comparative (which is what I believe to be the stronger interpretation) as I labelled it above. Without understanding the last section of the sentence it is still hard to derive the intended meaning, but I believe this contributes to the beauty of the work. In order to truly understand the authors meaning, we must understand the entire thing, not just a mere section. I think this serves as a metaphor for life, that we make assumptions far too often and instead should be patient and wait for a full understanding before jumping to a conclusion which could be incorrect and result in displeasure.

Moving on to the climax of the sentence as it were, "nr1 famous CF member" we are instantly drawn to "nr1". I believe the author to be saying "number one", as in, he believes the subject (perforator) to be ranked at the top. One is the highest traditional ranking possible. While this could technically be subverted by a play on words by a "number zero" I believe the authors intended use of "number one" was to place the subject at the absolute top without any chance of others being above him. "famous CF member" brings the text to a close. Whilst the meaning of these three simple words are clear, you should not make the mistake of thinking the author merely wrote these words here and pressed submit. No, that would be foolish of the reader. It is clear that much thought went in to the structure of the sentence so that "famous CF member" could be placed at the very end, so that the reader would ponder other famous Crossfire members before moving on to the next comment provoking thought within the reader.

Coming to a conclusion, I think after some necessary literary analysis we are able to extrapolate the correct meaning of the sentence. NzZ was merely responding to a previous comment, arguing that perforator should be treated only as the "number one" crossfire patron for his famousness, and no more than that. Why he shouldn't be treated as anymore than that is left for the reader to decide. While one could argue that the author meant to qualify his thoughts but just forgot, I don't believe this to be the case. After analysing his text it is clear that even each letter was carefully plotted and calculated. The author wants the reader to make his own conclusions which is far more powerful than premeditated reasoning. This is just one of the reasons that the text has such a ridiculously effective impact on passing readers.


fin

apologies for any grammatical slips and breaks in flow, I'm tired and playing danmaku games