2003 Vaporware Awards

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @05:00AM from the annual-traditions dept.

7x7 writes "Wired News has the 2003 Vaporware Awards available for your perusal. Winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, if you hadn't guessed already: Duke Nukem Forever!"

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So... by CaptainAlbert · 2004-01-20 05:02 · Score: 5, Funny

...do these awards, erm, ever get presented? :)

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1. Re:So... by DaveJ2001 · 2004-01-20 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  What awards? This is just the press release, we'll never actually see the real thing...
Hurd by neodymium · 2004-01-20 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

GNU Hurd didn't make it into the list. Odd....:-)
1. Re:Hurd by __past__ · 2004-01-20 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Maybe you cannot be nominated more then 10 times in a row or so?
  
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They quoted... me?!? by downix · 2004-01-20 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Come on, out of who knows how many votes for AmigaOS 4, they picked me?

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Pre-Order for Duke Nukem Forever by FraggleMI · 2004-01-20 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I think I might have pre-ordered DNF, but I have moved 4 times since, and have a feeling some lucky person will end up with my copy in 2054.

Holy crap, think about, all those people that pre-ordered will end up buying another copy just because they forgot they preordered.

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Re:Duke Nukem Forever by cK-Gunslinger · 2004-01-20 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

But... you can pre-order the game:

Duke Nukem Forever Preorder

Only one more year! =P
I nominate by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

HTML standards-compliant Slashcode. ;)
Next Slashdot poll by C_Kode · 2004-01-20 05:09 · Score: 5, Funny

I think we should take a poll to rename the word "Vaporware" to "Duke Nukem".

Then next year we can have " the 2003 Duke Nukem Awards"..

Ahh, just a thought...
A modest announcement by inode_buddha · 2004-01-20 05:39 · Score: 5, Funny

I've recently begun work on the next-generation game engine called "WMD Hunt". Current version is 0.0.001-pre-alpha. Notable changes include leveraging multiple synergies across player groups and enabling your gaming buddies to achieve your goals via graft and military-industrial contracts. Some degree of randomness has been added to account for the "lone strikers" play meme. I'm still trying to speedup and optimise the UN code though - it's slow enough that most players won't be able to use that option. Also, the "relative agression level" needs to be more fine-grained; You could be agressive towards your own relatives, or turn your level down instead of simply having a blanket policy. As opposed to a *real* blanket, if your home was recently destroyed.

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Re:HL2 should not have been #1... by schon · 2004-01-20 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

How does the stealing of source code delay shipping?

Well DUH! It was stolen. Don't you watch ST:Voyager? When someone downloads something from you (like your EMH), you no longer have it.

If you need further proof of this, just ask anyone in the RIAA or MPAA.
OHHH!!! I got the perfect title for that list by StressGuy · 2004-01-20 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

[drumroll.....]
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"Little Piggies That Should Never Have Went to Market"
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. ....catchy huh?
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Re:probably best left on the drawing board... by geomon · 2004-01-20 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

the 1st thing on my list would be Diakatana. *shudder*

I was never lucky enough to have played this particular game. I did a web search for the name and came up with this website.

Truly frightning.

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Re:Duke Nukem Forever by GregWebb · 2004-01-20 06:21 · Score: 5, Funny

I always wondered whether 3D Realms have any motor racing anoraks on staff.

When you're looking down a results sheet, you will find some drivers will have 'DNF' printed against their names.

This stands for 'Did Not Finish' :-)

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