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  1. 2012-08-09, 03:22 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #64
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    Default Re: OOTS #860 - The Discussion Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by sims796 View Post
    I don't get Roy's punchline, anyone cares to explain?
    It has long been a joke that every bug in Microsoft products was defended by the PR in Microsoft as "it's not a bug, it's a feature" no matter how annoying/dangerous the bug was ("my files disappeared" "It's not a bug, it's a feature: self-cleaning OS!").

    Here, Roy is using the same words to explain that Belkar, one of his own teammates, having been affected by a "friendly fire" (i.e. a spell cast by his own team) is not, in fact, a problem, but an advantage for Roy's plans.

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