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over 2 years ago - /u/loriipops - Direct link

Originally posted by GeekFurious

I am excited to play. HOWEVER, let me toss in one thing that bugs me: "This means that each Beta Weekend will span across a period of three days" which is technically 2 full days & a handful of hours sends a message to the people predisposed to writing attack blogs that you're already trying to manipulate perception. I wouldn't have even included that sentence.

The word "span" means the full of extent of something. And "across" means from one end to the other. Neither of these words means "cover 74% of three days."

"Span across a period of three days" is exactly what we meant to say. Weekends are usually only two days, this sentence helps us explain it is a little bit longer. There is no "manipulation tactic" as the times for the beta weekends have been set very clearly for all to see.

To fix this, would you prefer I said spread across? There are many words I can change it to, but I think this argument is very silly.