I'm a writer myself. I HATE story modes in games. A game, for me, lives and dies on it's, in RTS games, skirmish mode. I have Dawn of War here. Rather than play the standard campaigns, I went straight the Dark Crusade campaign mode, which let's you battle over territories. No story. If I want story, I'll go play Neverwinter or similar.
My favourite game right now is the race sim rFactor. However, since we're on a desert island, and I assume no internet, that means no mods or tracks to download. The core game, while good, is not worth taking to a desert island if you can't get the mods and tracks for it.
I loved Starcraft, but quit midway through the Zerg campaign as it just got so dull. All my highlights from that game come from online play. In fact I still have my list of griefers somewhere (who if there's any justice have been run over and killed by 18 wheelers by now).
But the early minutes of Starcraft are ALWAYS the same. Myth II varies hugely.
And to add something to my earlier post above yours, if I was allowed two games, or had to choose a PC game, I'd choose Championship Manager 01/02. While the current version of Football Manager is very complex and interesting, some of the fun has been removed since the 01/02 version.
Yeah, if we're talking RTS, I'd probably choose Myth II, though I do still LOVE Starcraft. Myth II removes the tedious starting resource gathering and building nonsense that plagues every other RTS.
I'd have a VERY hard time choosing my desert island game. I'd probably go with Gran Turismo 4 to be quite honest. So many cars and tracks, and I can think of worse ways of spending my life on an island than taking a Mitsubishi Evo VIII around the Nordschleife.
Demon Internet in the UK were like that back in 1994 when I signed up. I had some issues and changed the password. I'd come up with this long obtuse password and he said "Oh don't worry, it only reads the first 8 characters anyway."
So I dumped the convoluted password and went with something with 8 characters.
What I want to know is what fucking business is it of these US cunts? Contrary to what they think, they're not the fucking world police.
Disappointed Canada is not on the list. Given the fucking US attitude toward whoring themselves to corporations, I'd consider being on that list a badge of honour.
The problem is that most people aren't going to know about this. What I'd propose is that ALL internet radio stations that will suffer by this stage a day or two of action, synchronized. The busiest hours are probably 9am-5pm EST, so go black for one day, with a message explaining why.
The only reason the RIAA keeps getting away with this shit is because nobody is willing to stand up to them. If the radio stations banded together for one day of action to draw attention to the issue, maybe something will change, but it's gotta be done very soon, as I believe they only have two weeks to appeal.
The only stations I listen to are independent and have no RIAA music, but I really don't want to see the option go away. If it does, what are we left with? Your local Clear Channel owned station, and other "genre of the week" stations that satisfy nobody.
Okay, so if he's a MAJOR criminal, what does that make, to pick a name at random, Jeffrey Dahmer? I have no real sympathy for a pirate like that Australian one. He took a risk, got caught. But I DO have a major problem with your assertion that he's a MAJOR CRIMINAL. He's facing longer in jail than most rapists, or people responsible for manslaughter. If he'd broken into the office of the companies he copied software from, he'd be facing less time in jail.
So please, go ahead and explain how a womans body, or a human life, is worth less than some software.
I look forward to your justification of the term MAJOR CRIMINAL.
It's like the retarded system at the vault in "The Da Vinci Code". If you enter the code wrong, it locks the system out. And if you look closely, the system has no delete key to correct typos...
Well said sir. Anyone who thinks otherwise, just point them to that recent case of the Australian guy from DOD being prosecuted for COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. The word "theft" is thrown around for copying software, but the charge is always COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT because A) that's the correct legal definition, and B) due to the corporations buying up the lawmakers, it carries sterner penalties.
I once spent 30 minutes constantly typoing my Neverwinter Nights key because it was poorly printed out and was largely guesswork on several characters.
This developer is an idiot. I can understand the frustration of seeing your stuff ripped off, but to deal with piracy, he's basically sunk to the level of a virus or trojan writer.
Also, piracy tends to be a powerful weapon against your competition: you might not make money from the lost sale, but (1) your competitors won't either (2) the pirates gain familiarity with your software, and are more likely to choose it when placed in a situation where they can't use pirated software, or recommend it to friends, and your competitors don't gain this advantage.
That is a very interesting point. I'd never thought of that before.
This developer should be ashamed of himself. Two wrongs don't make a right has been said. This is akin to taking a shotgun to someone stealing an apple. Absolutely reprehensible behaviour, and I hope he suffers dearly for this Russian Roulette style of copy protection.
And let's not forget... Typos... The developer may think "Oh yes, well the odds of someone typing a key wrong that happens to match the ones that trigger deletion is incredibly small..." To which I point to the 6/49 style lottery. Chances of winning, 16 million to one. People still win it though. Regularly.
Ah, Leary... I liked his material a lot better when Hicks did it...
I fully expect Harper to capitulate to this bullshit. Canada actually has fair copyright laws. I mean how sensible is that. "You can tax, or prosecute. Not both!" Sane court decisions are possible...
Fuck copyright. (And I say that as someone who has been plagiarised and outright ripped off on more than one occasion, and I'd still rather live under Canada's "lax" (aka sensible) rulings than the retarded US nonsense.
Well the one thing this has going for it over the only other one I've tried is I can install on OS on this. VMWarePlayer doesn't allow you to. Yes, you can do it, but it's a pain in the ass.
I'm a writer. I've spent ten years writing a whole bunch of things that some folk find entertaining. Do I care if someone photocopies it and gives it to their friends? No. Do I care if someone crosses out their name, puts mine, then photocopies it for their friends? Damn right I do!
A lot depends on why you create stuff. Do you do it because you enjoy it? Or do you do it to make money? If you're the latter, you're the kind of pissy little bitch that can't see the distinction. If you care about more than money, then you can. It's that simple.
There's a big difference between downloading a song, and ripping off someone elses work, passing it off as your own, and making money off it, which is what this fucker Timbaland has done. It's not piracy. Piracy is when you download Nelly Furtado's album.
Outright theft is when someones work is stolen and passed off as your own FOR PROFIT.
And it's also a great example of the disparity in the legal system. This guy has been completely ripped off, and basically can't afford to take it to court, because Geffen are richer than him.
One world, under a dollar, with justice for none except the corporations.
HUH!? No WOW, so go play AC:WW? I love AC, but when I canned my WOW account last month, I didn't say "Yay! Now I can play Animal Crossing"...
Though given a choice, I'd choose Animal Crossing. It works properly, isn't constantly broken by the developer, and doesn't charge you for being, in essence, a beta tester.
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You're working on the theory that the goddamn fucking Starforce protection didn't fuck your PC beyond repair.
Seems like a pretty big risk to take on a desert island...
There is a version on torrent sites that I can confirm works just fine on XP service pack 1.
You are aware the AI cheats HORRENDOUSLY in that game, right?
I'm a writer myself. I HATE story modes in games. A game, for me, lives and dies on it's, in RTS games, skirmish mode. I have Dawn of War here. Rather than play the standard campaigns, I went straight the Dark Crusade campaign mode, which let's you battle over territories. No story. If I want story, I'll go play Neverwinter or similar.
My favourite game right now is the race sim rFactor. However, since we're on a desert island, and I assume no internet, that means no mods or tracks to download. The core game, while good, is not worth taking to a desert island if you can't get the mods and tracks for it.
I loved Starcraft, but quit midway through the Zerg campaign as it just got so dull. All my highlights from that game come from online play. In fact I still have my list of griefers somewhere (who if there's any justice have been run over and killed by 18 wheelers by now).
But the early minutes of Starcraft are ALWAYS the same. Myth II varies hugely.
And to add something to my earlier post above yours, if I was allowed two games, or had to choose a PC game, I'd choose Championship Manager 01/02. While the current version of Football Manager is very complex and interesting, some of the fun has been removed since the 01/02 version.
Holy crap, another Myth II player.
Yeah, if we're talking RTS, I'd probably choose Myth II, though I do still LOVE Starcraft. Myth II removes the tedious starting resource gathering and building nonsense that plagues every other RTS.
I'd have a VERY hard time choosing my desert island game. I'd probably go with Gran Turismo 4 to be quite honest. So many cars and tracks, and I can think of worse ways of spending my life on an island than taking a Mitsubishi Evo VIII around the Nordschleife.
Demon Internet in the UK were like that back in 1994 when I signed up. I had some issues and changed the password. I'd come up with this long obtuse password and he said "Oh don't worry, it only reads the first 8 characters anyway."
So I dumped the convoluted password and went with something with 8 characters.
What I find great is Slashdot have the story tagged with the code, and Digg are getting buried because they pulled stuff about the code.
Always knew Slashdot was the better site.
What I want to know is what fucking business is it of these US cunts? Contrary to what they think, they're not the fucking world police.
Disappointed Canada is not on the list. Given the fucking US attitude toward whoring themselves to corporations, I'd consider being on that list a badge of honour.
Sounds a lot like my marriage...
The problem is that most people aren't going to know about this. What I'd propose is that ALL internet radio stations that will suffer by this stage a day or two of action, synchronized. The busiest hours are probably 9am-5pm EST, so go black for one day, with a message explaining why.
The only reason the RIAA keeps getting away with this shit is because nobody is willing to stand up to them. If the radio stations banded together for one day of action to draw attention to the issue, maybe something will change, but it's gotta be done very soon, as I believe they only have two weeks to appeal.
The only stations I listen to are independent and have no RIAA music, but I really don't want to see the option go away. If it does, what are we left with? Your local Clear Channel owned station, and other "genre of the week" stations that satisfy nobody.
Ah, but do you mean shareware by it's original definition, or the bastardised time-limited crippleware that the term is used to describe now?
I remember when shareware meant "I wrote this. If you like it, feel free to share it." Now it seems to mean "Here's a demo."
MAJOR criminal.
Okay, so if he's a MAJOR criminal, what does that make, to pick a name at random, Jeffrey Dahmer? I have no real sympathy for a pirate like that Australian one. He took a risk, got caught. But I DO have a major problem with your assertion that he's a MAJOR CRIMINAL. He's facing longer in jail than most rapists, or people responsible for manslaughter. If he'd broken into the office of the companies he copied software from, he'd be facing less time in jail.
So please, go ahead and explain how a womans body, or a human life, is worth less than some software.
I look forward to your justification of the term MAJOR CRIMINAL.
Not to mention when pirates are prosecuted, it's for copyright violation, NOT THEFT.
Just because people call it something, doesn't make it so. I can call Budweiser Magic Moon Juice. Doesn't mean I'm right.
It's like the retarded system at the vault in "The Da Vinci Code". If you enter the code wrong, it locks the system out. And if you look closely, the system has no delete key to correct typos...
Well said sir. Anyone who thinks otherwise, just point them to that recent case of the Australian guy from DOD being prosecuted for COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. The word "theft" is thrown around for copying software, but the charge is always COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT because A) that's the correct legal definition, and B) due to the corporations buying up the lawmakers, it carries sterner penalties.
I once spent 30 minutes constantly typoing my Neverwinter Nights key because it was poorly printed out and was largely guesswork on several characters.
This developer is an idiot. I can understand the frustration of seeing your stuff ripped off, but to deal with piracy, he's basically sunk to the level of a virus or trojan writer.
Also, piracy tends to be a powerful weapon against your competition: you might not make money from the lost sale, but (1) your competitors won't either (2) the pirates gain familiarity with your software, and are more likely to choose it when placed in a situation where they can't use pirated software, or recommend it to friends, and your competitors don't gain this advantage.
That is a very interesting point. I'd never thought of that before.
This developer should be ashamed of himself. Two wrongs don't make a right has been said. This is akin to taking a shotgun to someone stealing an apple. Absolutely reprehensible behaviour, and I hope he suffers dearly for this Russian Roulette style of copy protection.
And let's not forget... Typos... The developer may think "Oh yes, well the odds of someone typing a key wrong that happens to match the ones that trigger deletion is incredibly small..." To which I point to the 6/49 style lottery. Chances of winning, 16 million to one. People still win it though. Regularly.
Ah, Leary... I liked his material a lot better when Hicks did it...
I fully expect Harper to capitulate to this bullshit. Canada actually has fair copyright laws. I mean how sensible is that. "You can tax, or prosecute. Not both!" Sane court decisions are possible...
Fuck copyright. (And I say that as someone who has been plagiarised and outright ripped off on more than one occasion, and I'd still rather live under Canada's "lax" (aka sensible) rulings than the retarded US nonsense.
Just as well, since he clearly has very little else to live for.
What a cunt...
I killed him.
In the server room.
With the candlestick.
Well the one thing this has going for it over the only other one I've tried is I can install on OS on this. VMWarePlayer doesn't allow you to. Yes, you can do it, but it's a pain in the ass.
Look forward to giving this a go.
Oh brave AC poster...
I'm a writer. I've spent ten years writing a whole bunch of things that some folk find entertaining. Do I care if someone photocopies it and gives it to their friends? No. Do I care if someone crosses out their name, puts mine, then photocopies it for their friends? Damn right I do!
A lot depends on why you create stuff. Do you do it because you enjoy it? Or do you do it to make money? If you're the latter, you're the kind of pissy little bitch that can't see the distinction. If you care about more than money, then you can. It's that simple.
There's a big difference between downloading a song, and ripping off someone elses work, passing it off as your own, and making money off it, which is what this fucker Timbaland has done. It's not piracy. Piracy is when you download Nelly Furtado's album.
Outright theft is when someones work is stolen and passed off as your own FOR PROFIT.
And it's also a great example of the disparity in the legal system. This guy has been completely ripped off, and basically can't afford to take it to court, because Geffen are richer than him.
One world, under a dollar, with justice for none except the corporations.
HUH!? No WOW, so go play AC:WW? I love AC, but when I canned my WOW account last month, I didn't say "Yay! Now I can play Animal Crossing"...
Though given a choice, I'd choose Animal Crossing. It works properly, isn't constantly broken by the developer, and doesn't charge you for being, in essence, a beta tester.