Posted by
timothy
on from the please-give-me-a-driving-simulator dept.
PokeBlor writes: "Arena.net has an article by Patrick Wyatt, a Blizzard ex, that goes into depth about the creation of multiplayer games, ranging from replayability to lag. He uses good examples from Starcraft and Warcraft 2, two games that Wyatt was a designer on."
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World.");
} }
basic??
10: print "Hello World"; 20: goto 10
always looked good on a BBC:)
[for those of you who don't know, the ; on the end of the print line turned it into "print" rather than "println", i.e. it didn't append a CR, so the screen filled up totally]
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Re:Yeha, right
by
powerlinekid
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· Score: 1, Offtopic
Oh how about:
print "hello world"
Thats it in python, damn I love that language.
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Re:Rant!
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: -1, Offtopic
Yeah, I think it is lame too! What is even more lame, is the fact that if you are quick (damn quick) you can stop your browser before it gets to that page, and - tada!!! - you can easily read the article!
So, WTF is up with the warning?
Nothing galls me more than sites which pull this kind of crap. I wish for the day sites grow up and realize the content is worth more than the "glitz"...
I'm running an older browser on a 4-year-old sgi. It sees stylesheets just fine, but I get this bizarre error page everytime I load arena.net.
In fact, [and this is the annoying bit] during the 2 second meta-refresh pause, my browser acutally loads the page. But since it could not display just the right version of Arial, I could not view the page for long.
I'm sure the article is very interesting. I thought of loading on the laptop sitting behind me, but since they're being so snotty about it I think I'll pass.
...or just use the latest build of Mozilla. No page widening under that.
Mommy! Mommy!
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: -1, Offtopic
Look at me. I learned something new today.
Get with the program fag. That's old.
Re:I don't know if StarCraft is 'balanced' . . .
by
Restil
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· Score: 1, Offtopic
If you played on a rush map, then yes, rushing was the name of the game and zerg were best suited for rushing. But on a larger map, where it takes longer to locate your enemies, it is relatively simple to defend against a rush, especially with terrans.
I remember people bitching because I would load 8 firebats up in a dropship and dump them into the supply lines, and once all the peons were killed off, pick the bats up, and head off to the next enemy. It was always a good 10 minutes into the game before I was able to do this (due to the build order to get a starport for a dropship, and an academy for firebats). Yet, people still had undefended bases and bitched that this activity somehow represented rushing.
When you play, you have to take rushing into account. If you send out all your soldiers to attack some other base, leaving yours open for attack, thats your problem. Same as if someone uses a feature of a race you're unfamiliar with (like comsats), it doesn't mean they're cheating. It just means you haven't done enough research to "understand your enemy" and you deserve what you get.
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#include
int main(void);
int main(void) {
fprintf(stdout, "Hello World\n");
}
Parent should be appropriately moderated as flamebait and not insightful or interesting.
I don't get it. That's a lovely empty white box, though.
the one true language ;-)
:)
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World.");
}
}
basic??
10: print "Hello World";
20: goto 10
always looked good on a BBC
[for those of you who don't know, the ; on the end of the print line turned it into "print" rather than "println", i.e. it didn't append a CR, so the screen filled up totally]
---- Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"
Oh how about:
print "hello world"
Thats it in python, damn I love that language.
can't sleep slashdot will eat me
Yeah, I think it is lame too! What is even more lame, is the fact that if you are quick (damn quick) you can stop your browser before it gets to that page, and - tada!!! - you can easily read the article!
So, WTF is up with the warning?
Nothing galls me more than sites which pull this kind of crap. I wish for the day sites grow up and realize the content is worth more than the "glitz"...
I'm running an older browser on a 4-year-old sgi. It sees stylesheets just fine, but I get this bizarre error page everytime I load arena.net.
In fact, [and this is the annoying bit] during the 2 second meta-refresh pause, my browser acutally loads the page. But since it could not display just the right version of Arial, I could not view the page for long.
I'm sure the article is very interesting. I thought of loading on the laptop sitting behind me, but since they're being so snotty about it I think I'll pass.
What are you talking about? That post didn't widen the page, it's just a bunch of crap at the normal width.
Or, you could just use Netscape 4.8, works great, less filling, no page widening
later, dude
...or just use the latest build of Mozilla.
No page widening under that.
Look at me. I learned something new today.
Get with the program fag. That's old.
If you played on a rush map, then yes, rushing was the name of the game and zerg were best suited for rushing. But on a larger map, where it takes longer to locate your enemies, it is relatively simple to defend against a rush, especially with terrans.
I remember people bitching because I would load 8 firebats up in a dropship and dump them into the supply lines, and once all the peons were killed off, pick the bats up, and head off to the next enemy. It was always a good 10 minutes into the game before I was able to do this (due to the build order to get a starport for a dropship, and an academy for firebats). Yet, people still had undefended bases and bitched that this activity somehow represented rushing.
When you play, you have to take rushing into account. If you send out all your soldiers to attack some other base, leaving yours open for attack, thats your problem. Same as if someone uses a feature of a race you're unfamiliar with (like comsats), it doesn't mean they're cheating. It just means you haven't done enough research to "understand your enemy" and you deserve what you get.
-Restil
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