Or what about Half-Life 2: what if you could issue commands for your forces, like "medic!" "cover me!" or "attack that strider!" and your squad would actually do something useful, instead of just complain and get shot (which is about the limits of their current capabilities)?
In UT2k4 you could give orders to bots on your team by using a designation+order voice recognition thingy. If you had three bots, no matter their names, they'd have a "title" of alpha, beta, or gamma. You could hold a button, say "Beta, cover me." and "Gamma, defend.", then watch them run about to fulfill your orders. It would be nice if more developers would incorporate a similar system in single player squad based games.
If there has to be an analogy...
It's more like leaving the door open to a 24/7 Mom & Pop convenience store while you go and take an indefinite piss. If I walk in, read a paper and some magazines, play some pinball, and then leave without breaking anything or making a mess, how am I being a vandal or doing anything wrong? There was no closed sign, no indication that I shouldn't be there, so why is this considered a criminal action?
I'm just going to ignore your first two paragraphs. You troll poorly.
If you're against artificial restrictions on the distribution of creative works, why have these mental barriers regarding the act of artistic creation itself? I'll let you in a little secret: No starving artist ever set out to be one.
These mental barriers, as I stated, are mine and mine alone. Copyright restrictions are made up by content producers and enforced by the government. I see a slight difference there.
No starving artist may have ever set out to be one, but setting out with greed in your heart and a pencil in your hands is not a fast way to endear yourself to me.
An example: J.K.Rowling. Her books are far from brilliant, but I found them entertaining and had no qualms about paying for the hardcovers. Then came the lego sets, and then crappy plastic toys with little "goop" containers, and so on and so forth until every ounce of respect I had was whittled away. Just wave a few bucks in front of her face and you could damn near have your very own Harry Potter licensed porn! Yes I realize that is a hyperbole that's why I wrote it, but it doesn't change the fact. That is the prime example of selling out. Not doing commissions on the side, not working to pay your fucking rent, using something you created to fuel a rampage of greed.
Because, in my opinion, it demeans your art. Let me clarify. To set out, before sketch/word/stroke one, to make something that expresses yourself for the sole purpose of making money hand over fist is , again IMO, actively signing up to be a whore. In that case, while you still may garner some respect from me because you have a talent that I don't and can use it to whatever end, I will still treat you like a simple dime a dozen street corner slut.
Making art and profiting as a result of that art, with out the intention of "selling out"(I guess, it sounds like it fits) is much more respectable to me. It makes me care more about the artist, and inversely less likely to "pirate" their works. I guess buying art is like giving to charity to me, the more aggressive and obnoxious you are about getting what's in my wallet the less I want to give it to you.
Exactly. No one should be out to make art for a profit, and that's precisely what these middlemen want to do. They've brought up generations on the dreams of "making it big" being a rock n roll star or an A list actor, only to exploit those who actually do make it to the top of their game. So copyright can go straight to hell, and I don't care if I loose Heroes, Batman movies, and whatever bands that can't survive after it's dead. Theatre, live music performances, paintings, books, they'll survive. They've survived this long without life+70 haven't they?
Actually not a bad idea at all. The only problem I see is the content producers will throw a fit about the flat rate, not to mention that they still might try to get a tax on storage devices setup. After all, we may not all have gigantic hard drives, but anyone can go out and buy a DVD burner now a days and archive all their shit. Of course, I suppose one can do that with a Netflix account as well.
People have been voting "sane" and "safe" for years now. Don't you think we could use a bit of crazy in our lives? At least things would be interesting.
There is an arrangement of singularities in the Star Wars universe called the Maw. In the (incredibly hard to reach) middle of which sat the developing grounds of the Death Star and the Sun Crusher. Because the black holes were put in relatively close proximity to each other(by an unknown force) there was a veritable maze of gravity to hide the center.
The developers are antisocial, theres hardly any decent information about it, but there's for those of us that loved old school UO there's Darkfall to look forward to. If it ever releases that is.
The internet is an ambiguous place little man, believe what you want about me. I care not. Does it matter who told you to visit a website on the internet that much? I'm not trolling, phishing, or trying to hack anything, just posting a link.
http://www.darkfallonline.com/
If Darkfall doesn't deliver, I don't think I'll be playing another MMO. Nothing out right now is worth my time and money.
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Or what about Half-Life 2: what if you could issue commands for your forces, like "medic!" "cover me!" or "attack that strider!" and your squad would actually do something useful, instead of just complain and get shot (which is about the limits of their current capabilities)? In UT2k4 you could give orders to bots on your team by using a designation+order voice recognition thingy. If you had three bots, no matter their names, they'd have a "title" of alpha, beta, or gamma. You could hold a button, say "Beta, cover me." and "Gamma, defend.", then watch them run about to fulfill your orders. It would be nice if more developers would incorporate a similar system in single player squad based games.
If there has to be an analogy... It's more like leaving the door open to a 24/7 Mom & Pop convenience store while you go and take an indefinite piss. If I walk in, read a paper and some magazines, play some pinball, and then leave without breaking anything or making a mess, how am I being a vandal or doing anything wrong? There was no closed sign, no indication that I shouldn't be there, so why is this considered a criminal action?
I'm just going to ignore your first two paragraphs. You troll poorly. If you're against artificial restrictions on the distribution of creative works, why have these mental barriers regarding the act of artistic creation itself? I'll let you in a little secret: No starving artist ever set out to be one. These mental barriers, as I stated, are mine and mine alone. Copyright restrictions are made up by content producers and enforced by the government. I see a slight difference there. No starving artist may have ever set out to be one, but setting out with greed in your heart and a pencil in your hands is not a fast way to endear yourself to me. An example: J.K.Rowling. Her books are far from brilliant, but I found them entertaining and had no qualms about paying for the hardcovers. Then came the lego sets, and then crappy plastic toys with little "goop" containers, and so on and so forth until every ounce of respect I had was whittled away. Just wave a few bucks in front of her face and you could damn near have your very own Harry Potter licensed porn! Yes I realize that is a hyperbole that's why I wrote it, but it doesn't change the fact. That is the prime example of selling out. Not doing commissions on the side, not working to pay your fucking rent, using something you created to fuel a rampage of greed.
Because, in my opinion, it demeans your art. Let me clarify. To set out, before sketch/word/stroke one, to make something that expresses yourself for the sole purpose of making money hand over fist is , again IMO, actively signing up to be a whore. In that case, while you still may garner some respect from me because you have a talent that I don't and can use it to whatever end, I will still treat you like a simple dime a dozen street corner slut. Making art and profiting as a result of that art, with out the intention of "selling out"(I guess, it sounds like it fits) is much more respectable to me. It makes me care more about the artist, and inversely less likely to "pirate" their works. I guess buying art is like giving to charity to me, the more aggressive and obnoxious you are about getting what's in my wallet the less I want to give it to you.
Exactly. No one should be out to make art for a profit, and that's precisely what these middlemen want to do. They've brought up generations on the dreams of "making it big" being a rock n roll star or an A list actor, only to exploit those who actually do make it to the top of their game. So copyright can go straight to hell, and I don't care if I loose Heroes, Batman movies, and whatever bands that can't survive after it's dead. Theatre, live music performances, paintings, books, they'll survive. They've survived this long without life+70 haven't they?
Actually not a bad idea at all. The only problem I see is the content producers will throw a fit about the flat rate, not to mention that they still might try to get a tax on storage devices setup. After all, we may not all have gigantic hard drives, but anyone can go out and buy a DVD burner now a days and archive all their shit. Of course, I suppose one can do that with a Netflix account as well.
People have been voting "sane" and "safe" for years now. Don't you think we could use a bit of crazy in our lives? At least things would be interesting.
There is an arrangement of singularities in the Star Wars universe called the Maw. In the (incredibly hard to reach) middle of which sat the developing grounds of the Death Star and the Sun Crusher. Because the black holes were put in relatively close proximity to each other(by an unknown force) there was a veritable maze of gravity to hide the center.
"Get your ass to mars!"
"Jesus, the only enlightened philosopher." Excuse me? Bit of a hyperbole there don't ya think?
Like the OLPC needs more road blocks.
The developers are antisocial, theres hardly any decent information about it, but there's for those of us that loved old school UO there's Darkfall to look forward to. If it ever releases that is.
http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20En glish%20Version.htm/
I found this simple little app a while ago. Joysticks and gamepads can function as mice easily, and it rocks when you're playing little flash games and you bind the arrow keys to the Dpad.
The internet is an ambiguous place little man, believe what you want about me. I care not. Does it matter who told you to visit a website on the internet that much? I'm not trolling, phishing, or trying to hack anything, just posting a link.
http://www.darkfallonline.com/
If Darkfall doesn't deliver, I don't think I'll be playing another MMO. Nothing out right now is worth my time and money.