Warsow is, as I see it, a Quake clone that adds walljumps & some extra movement skills. Every weapon is a weapon that's in Quake, with the exception of the Gauntlet/Machinegun hybrid.
The problem is the users. Really folks this if FACEBOOK. You are putting the data on there yourself. Don't put any data up there you don't want everybody to see.
Except in this era of ubiquity of digital cameras attached to everything, you don't always get to make that choice.
It looks interesting from the video, but I'm tired of playing Quakelikes after all these years. And I only played Quake for the first time about five years ago.
Clones and similar games are inevitable, of course. I just wish someone would start cloning other hallmark FPS games, like Serious Sam, Doom, Perfect Dark, etc. I'd really like to see some sort of espionage-based FPS out there in open source; something like Splinter Cell, Perfect Dark, or Rainbow Six. Fun things like cloaking devices, remote cameras, etc.
But since Christmahanukwanzaa is coming up, I'd like to ask Santa for a true-to-the-spirit-of-the-original TRIBES remake. I still play that game nowadays but it isn't as much fun without new blood - and the game makes it very difficult to get new players to come in (thanks to the multiple barriers to entry such as a ridiculous number of mods, custom patches, unofficial master server (because the original was shut down), etc.
Well, if I'm shot in the foot, I'm sure as hell not gonna take that injection.
If a bullet went through my lung and I know I'm well and truly fucked, I'll take the 10% death risk over the "let's see how long it takes medevac to get here" death risk.
I used to play War Rock (Korean FPSRPG). You never bought weapons; rather, you "rented" them. To be able to afford the best weapons, you would have to play 1-2 hours a day every day.
It's not a weight issue. I'm 6' 5" and about 280 lbs. I'm doughy, but I'm not waddle-while-I-walk fat.
I learned how to drive in my friend's '89 Honda Civic. If the steering wheel were an inch lower it literally would have been grazing my balls. If the seat was an inch thinner I would have had to stick one leg out the door while driving around the parking lot.
I (ironically) like small, fast, and nimble cars, but I've yet to find one that I'll fit in.
Seriously. Be it private or commercial, someone has to get the damn thing moving (drive? pilot?). If most of the world's captains, crew, etc. banded together and said "We sail armed or we don't sail at all" and shipping was brought to a worldwide standstill, countries would ease up real quick.
Alternative, hire PMCs. Get 'em offa the ship and onto a smaller boat in international waters. No arms actually enter the country.
Excellent suggestions all around, but I don't own an iPhone and don't plan on ever owning one. d:
Slashdot Rule #237: Talk about an app that would be cool for a platform, and you'll get at least two replies within 8 hours about apps that do exactly that.
I am an American. That's how I know things are as fucked up as they are.
Oh what the hell, the NSA is probably poring through this already. Allah akbar jihad mentos. That last one will throw a wrench in ECHELON for a few days I hope. d:
One of my favorite quotes about the lottery is that it's a tax on people who are bad at math (specifically statistics/odds).
For every person who pawns their TV to buy fifty scratch-offs, there's ten people who buy the one Pick Six ticket a week. For every person who goes broke in Atlantic City, there's people like my good friend who can spend $200 at the Blackjack table, lose it all, and not drop anymore money.
The same can be applied to nearly every other "vice" behavior. I truly do believe that a minority of the overall people actually abuse it. But, even if abuse was widespread, it is still our right to abuse it.
A rating system would be trivially easy to implement. The Wiki software is really powerful when it comes to integrating it with other programs, plugins, etc. (A common Wiki integration, for instance, is linking a vBulletin/phpBB forum account so it automagically creates an account on an associated wiki when you sign up for the forum account.)
They can do something like this, and it would be more in line with the original spirit of Wikipedia, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Them Exclusionists just love their delete button a little too much.
And it sounds like it would be a really cool app, too... combine realty listings with Google map overlays. Integrate everything nicely with the GPS... mmm, metadata. *drools*
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Quit voting for the guys who want to raise your taxes
I don't think you can vote for "Nobody".
I'm pretty sure "Still Alive" alone makes #2 false.
Warsow is, as I see it, a Quake clone that adds walljumps & some extra movement skills. Every weapon is a weapon that's in Quake, with the exception of the Gauntlet/Machinegun hybrid.
The problem is the users.
Really folks this if FACEBOOK. You are putting the data on there yourself. Don't put any data up there you don't want everybody to see.
Except in this era of ubiquity of digital cameras attached to everything, you don't always get to make that choice.
It looks interesting from the video, but I'm tired of playing Quakelikes after all these years. And I only played Quake for the first time about five years ago.
Clones and similar games are inevitable, of course. I just wish someone would start cloning other hallmark FPS games, like Serious Sam, Doom, Perfect Dark, etc. I'd really like to see some sort of espionage-based FPS out there in open source; something like Splinter Cell, Perfect Dark, or Rainbow Six. Fun things like cloaking devices, remote cameras, etc.
But since Christmahanukwanzaa is coming up, I'd like to ask Santa for a true-to-the-spirit-of-the-original TRIBES remake. I still play that game nowadays but it isn't as much fun without new blood - and the game makes it very difficult to get new players to come in (thanks to the multiple barriers to entry such as a ridiculous number of mods, custom patches, unofficial master server (because the original was shut down), etc.
Always wondered who and how they plan out which direction they use to cut new rooms.
They used state of the art simulation software, of course.
Well, if I'm shot in the foot, I'm sure as hell not gonna take that injection.
If a bullet went through my lung and I know I'm well and truly fucked, I'll take the 10% death risk over the "let's see how long it takes medevac to get here" death risk.
Disclaimer: IANAS(oldier).
Right, what record label did Jonathan Coulton sign up with again?
How can this get modded Offtopic? This is exactly on the topic.
How is killing Jimmy Kimmel's house band going to stop these damned zombie trees?!
I don't know much about US politics, but when was the last time that the democrats or republicans ran a woman for president?
2008.
I think you have Chuck Norris confused with High Overlord Saurfang.
I used to play War Rock (Korean FPSRPG). You never bought weapons; rather, you "rented" them. To be able to afford the best weapons, you would have to play 1-2 hours a day every day.
I don't play War Rock anymore.
I've seen everything from car geeks to networking geeks... and now, for the first time, I see a lighting geek.
I love Slashdot.
Even 60C isn't that much. My old AMD Duron 1200 MHz system wouldn't crash until it hit 78-80C.
I hate Dells with a passion.
It's not a weight issue. I'm 6' 5" and about 280 lbs. I'm doughy, but I'm not waddle-while-I-walk fat.
I learned how to drive in my friend's '89 Honda Civic. If the steering wheel were an inch lower it literally would have been grazing my balls. If the seat was an inch thinner I would have had to stick one leg out the door while driving around the parking lot.
I (ironically) like small, fast, and nimble cars, but I've yet to find one that I'll fit in.
Maybe the ships need to unionize.
Seriously. Be it private or commercial, someone has to get the damn thing moving (drive? pilot?). If most of the world's captains, crew, etc. banded together and said "We sail armed or we don't sail at all" and shipping was brought to a worldwide standstill, countries would ease up real quick.
Alternative, hire PMCs. Get 'em offa the ship and onto a smaller boat in international waters. No arms actually enter the country.
You could have it shipped to a P.O. Box paid for in cash under a false name, but that's going a bit far at that point...
Excellent suggestions all around, but I don't own an iPhone and don't plan on ever owning one. d:
Slashdot Rule #237: Talk about an app that would be cool for a platform, and you'll get at least two replies within 8 hours about apps that do exactly that.
I am an American. That's how I know things are as fucked up as they are.
Oh what the hell, the NSA is probably poring through this already. Allah akbar jihad mentos. That last one will throw a wrench in ECHELON for a few days I hope. d:
One of my favorite quotes about the lottery is that it's a tax on people who are bad at math (specifically statistics/odds).
For every person who pawns their TV to buy fifty scratch-offs, there's ten people who buy the one Pick Six ticket a week. For every person who goes broke in Atlantic City, there's people like my good friend who can spend $200 at the Blackjack table, lose it all, and not drop anymore money.
The same can be applied to nearly every other "vice" behavior. I truly do believe that a minority of the overall people actually abuse it. But, even if abuse was widespread, it is still our right to abuse it.
The teachers were too busy playing dice games and drinking bourbon in the teacher's lounge to fight.
A rating system would be trivially easy to implement. The Wiki software is really powerful when it comes to integrating it with other programs, plugins, etc. (A common Wiki integration, for instance, is linking a vBulletin/phpBB forum account so it automagically creates an account on an associated wiki when you sign up for the forum account.)
They can do something like this, and it would be more in line with the original spirit of Wikipedia, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Them Exclusionists just love their delete button a little too much.
I.T. means Information Technology. That sounds pretty brainy and powerful as far as job titles go IMO.
Cue jokes about dumb IT guys.
And it sounds like it would be a really cool app, too... combine realty listings with Google map overlays. Integrate everything nicely with the GPS... mmm, metadata. *drools*