What has this got to do with my website? It was a weekend project. I could care less if it has one or one million users. My friends use it for storing personal files and off-site linking them to various places. That is the primary purpose it exists. If someone wants to make what they upload public, the website allows that, for free. The rest is irrelevant, especially to this discussion.
BTW, responding to replies to my posts doesn't take long, and I consider it a necessary part of continuing discussion. People post specific points. If I disgaree I reply with why I disagree. This reply took me all of one minute to type. Wow, that means I must've used a total of 10 (gasp) minutes of my time for this entire thread. I must have so much spare time...
At least I'm not an AC coming here posting without the balls to login, and making empty statements which they cannot possibly backup. You don't know jack what I know about running a corporation.
You know, I'm not really angry. I'm frustrated that people can be so dense. Isn't this supposed to be Slashdot? The land where Corporate America is always on trial?
You don't know me. You have no idea what I do for a living. You have no place to tell me whether or not I know better, and there is NO PROOF to prove me wrong. I am speculating, yes. But you cannot tell me I am wrong simply because some corporation hasn't done something. Corporations have made mistakes in the past. MANY OF THEM. And many, many times there were people who were standing around going I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO. But wait, they have billions of dollars, they must be smarter than god!
You are the fucking moron. Keep living believing that Corporate America knows better. Keep yourself in your little shell of a world. Keep letting them pull your puppet strings. You are pathetic. You are an example of why the USA is so fucked up right now, because you can't have a fucking original thought to save your life.
It's not just Microsoft. It's all the console makers. Microsoft happens to be 50% of the ones who make FPS games that I care about. Halo happens to be on a Microsoft console. I feel the same way about Sony.
They both make the game for both PC and Console. They both release games for the console way, way earlier than the PC. They both have no good reason for it.
I am a pretty calm person. It's not easy to get me riled up. But when someone starts spouting off bullshit about my favorite kind of games, FPS -- games which I have played professionally, games which I have loved since they existed, then I really just can't help it.
My original post was modded flamebait. I understand that, because I came off with the attitude. Oh well... It's not like anything I said on Slashdot would make a difference anyway;p
But hey, at least you agree. I don't feel totally alone now.
If one of the big console makers realized that adding mouse/keyboard support for FPS games would drastically increase FPS games sales on consoles maybe we'd be getting somewhere. I'd buy Halo/whatever for the consoles if they did that. And I promise you many other people would as well.
You're saying that you would buy an XBox to play some games that only exist on it, but you won't because there exists a game that only runs on the XBox?
You fail at reading comprehension.
It makes perfect sense why Halo exists only for the XBox - why would they want to fragment their multiplayer fan base by releasing on multiple platforms.
IT DOESN'T EXIST ONLY FOR THE XBOX GENIUS. Furthermore, they are not fragmenting a fanbase who is already fragmented. PC FPS players hate to play FPS games on the consoles because CONSOLES ARE CONTROLS INFERIOR TO PCs.
Plus, the ROI for console and console game sales is far greater than PC game sales. Why should Bungie/MS waste time & resources doing joint development, jeopardizing the release date of the 360 title, just for a marginal ROI that would be seen on sales of the PC version? Face it - PC game sales levels don't justify the kinds of budgets that A-list console titles pull down. PC gaming still has a place, but that place is niche gaming, independent gaming, and strategy wargaming.
Fucking airchair economist who has no idea what he's talking about. Bungie has released Halo/2 for PC, they have already developed it cross platform, TWICE already. THERE IS ROI. The ONLY reason they don't release it right now for the PC is because Microsoft is MISTAKEN that they will make any more money by doing so. They are WRONG. Releasing it on the PC right now would sell MORE copies than later. The hype is here now. The game is new NOW. Releasing on the PC a year or more later is the wrong decision. They do not understand the fan base difference between PC FPS players and consoles.
nally, why would you want to buy the PC version? PCs are just a money pit when it comes to keeping a gaming rig current. You can easily spend the cost of a 360 on video cards alone each year just to maintain a machine that will play the latest & greatest FPS titles at maximum fidelity. It's not worth a company's time to produce massively expensive titles for a tiny fraction of the game-playing public.
Any good FPS player will tell you that the controls on a PC are superior. The mouse and keyboard player will always beat the equally skilled console player. So why don't Microsoft and Sony release mouse and keyboard controls for their consoles? Because they want to keep the distinction between consoles and PCs. This is stupid. The first company who realizes this and fixes it will immediately increase their sales in the console wars, and the others will be soon to follow. It's time for this now. Time to stop the arbitrary bullshit. It's been too long coming already.
The only advantage a console gives you in the FPS games arena is that people cannot use aimbots and other hacks. If the consoles were allowed to have mouse and keyboard controls they would be IMMEDIATELY considered better than a PC for FPS gaming simply because of this fact that cheating, and installing cheat programs, on consoles, is much, much more difficult for the average cheater.
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It's because of the Halo series of games that I will never, ever, buy a Microsoft game console. The game should be released on the PC at the same time as the console. The only reason it isn't is because Microsoft wants to sell more consoles. This is complete bullshit and they might as well be giving the PC gamers the finger. Fuck that. The sad thing is there are some games on the XBox that I really would like to play. They chose this route, and I'm stubborn enough to sacrifice some of my own fun because of it. I wonder how many other people feel the same way?
There's no reason you couldn't write a very quick PHP function to do basically what you showed with the three Rails lines. In fact, you you could do it all in one line...
I believe said farmer would have to urinate on their hands after handling fertilizer, not wash, and actually probably need to vigorously rub their hands together until they were hot to generate a positive on this test.
Look, I understood the parent post. That was not my qualm with the post. My qualm is that when you have a good point, as the post did, and you decide to go too far, as the post did, then you're gonna piss people off and they are going to miss that good point through the blindness of a red rage.
That, and the use of the word "Dearie". Patronizing, if you ask me.
All you had to do was a LITTLE BIT of research into the NKVD to see how fucking completely wrong you are about that.
From the Wikipedia article:
[NKVD] was the leading secret police organization of the Soviet Union that was responsible for political repressions during Stalinism. It ran the Gulag system of forced labor, deported nations and peasants labeled as "Kulaks" to unpopulated regions of the country, guarded state borders, conducted espionage, and political assassinations abroad and was responsible for subversion of foreign governments, and enforcing Stalinist policy within Communist movements in other countries.
But we taser people too often, so we're worse. Seriously, fuck you.
I assume by 'access' they mean what occurs directly after you bend over and grab your ankles?
Anyway... We're at a time in this technology that is going to be a short-lived transition in the larger picture. Eventually prices for all cell phone service will drop dramatically, including all data services. Right now we're just getting out of the early adopter phase and are moving into widespread use. (I'm looking at timelines of how long it took the human race to develop sufficient technology for this to work and how long we've actually had it... the latter time is almost nothing)
So right now companies are able to bend us over... but whereas they didn't before, now they have to at least lube up.
I don't really see this lawsuit succeeding, but hey, it's worth a try I guess.
And it wasn't short after that fateful day, in the next post in fact, that the 8========D came along, forever ruining the intarweb. Historians would later say it was only a matter of time.
Too true. The tiered skill system in Diablo 2 and the way skills complimented each other was very, very well done.
Did you get to max level? I am hoping they just hadn't rolled out all the skills etc yet for you to see them.
Also, first person for hunters/fps chars and third person for melee etc I would imagine?
I am in the Tabula Rasa closed beta and it suffers from the same problem with a lack of skills that interplay. But the gameplay is really awesome, so I am hoping they can do something to think of more skills. If they do then I can see myself subscribing to TR and HL at the same time.
Well, I see the books as the backstory that you can read if you want it. This is the first time in my life I've ready a book based on a game. I was pleasantly surprised. It will make the game that much more enjoyable I think.
'course, if the game sucks it won't matter that the book was good.
I'm aware that Roper has said they are on content lock now, in other words no real new content until after release. That being said, and understanding that you are under NDA obligations, could you just tell me your impressions thus far?
You should read Mel Odom's first book of the Hellgate: London trilogy -- Exodus. It's sorta like the movie Anchorman where the reporter is talking about going in there to watch a panda have a baby but saying he can't because the panda will "literally rip your face off".. That's what Hellgate's story does to Diablo's "story". It rips its face off.
BTW, all the good artists and devs in from the Diablo days are making Hellgate: London so uhh, the jury is still out on Diablo 3, if it ever even gets off the drawing board.
Well, you were wrong about the pirating in the context of these games.
The rest, I admit I was wrong, for the most part. Might want to read the replies back and forth on this thread with the other guy who hates me now because I talked shit about Macs;p
By all rights Guild Wars is a successful game, and has been very profitable. ArenaNet runs on more than just the initial game cost you know. They use a campaign and expansion pack based subscription model vs. a monthly model. So far there have been: Factions, Nightfall, and now Eyes of the North.
For a game that has no Z-axis it has done very well. For me, not being able to jump over objects was a deal breaker. Nevertheless, I did buy it and the Nightfall campaign. So they got their money from me.. I didn't use much of their bandwidth either. They made out really well, at least on me.
And now Guild Wars 2 is coming soon. Not sure if it supports Macs, but I can tell you are intelligent enough to realize that if they're making a second game the first one did well.
I suppose the most damning way of phrasing it is that Guild Wars can only give away about a quarter as many subscriptions for free as World of Warcraft can charge fifteen dollars a month for.
So I've hope we've addressed that by talking about the campaign/expansion pack subscription model vs. the monthly installment model.
The main reason I don't think it's profitable (except in rare cases) is that co-development of patches on two platforms is a very difficult and expensive process.
So I imagine that if Hellgate sells a certain number of copies and reaches a certain level of subscriptions some accountant at corporate will go "Good to go" and the Mac version will suddenly appear, but not before then.
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What has this got to do with my website? It was a weekend project. I could care less if it has one or one million users. My friends use it for storing personal files and off-site linking them to various places. That is the primary purpose it exists. If someone wants to make what they upload public, the website allows that, for free. The rest is irrelevant, especially to this discussion.
BTW, responding to replies to my posts doesn't take long, and I consider it a necessary part of continuing discussion. People post specific points. If I disgaree I reply with why I disagree. This reply took me all of one minute to type. Wow, that means I must've used a total of 10 (gasp) minutes of my time for this entire thread. I must have so much spare time...
At least I'm not an AC coming here posting without the balls to login, and making empty statements which they cannot possibly backup. You don't know jack what I know about running a corporation.
You know, I'm not really angry. I'm frustrated that people can be so dense. Isn't this supposed to be Slashdot? The land where Corporate America is always on trial?
You don't know me. You have no idea what I do for a living. You have no place to tell me whether or not I know better, and there is NO PROOF to prove me wrong. I am speculating, yes. But you cannot tell me I am wrong simply because some corporation hasn't done something. Corporations have made mistakes in the past. MANY OF THEM. And many, many times there were people who were standing around going I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO. But wait, they have billions of dollars, they must be smarter than god!
You are the fucking moron. Keep living believing that Corporate America knows better. Keep yourself in your little shell of a world. Keep letting them pull your puppet strings. You are pathetic. You are an example of why the USA is so fucked up right now, because you can't have a fucking original thought to save your life.
It's not just Microsoft. It's all the console makers. Microsoft happens to be 50% of the ones who make FPS games that I care about. Halo happens to be on a Microsoft console. I feel the same way about Sony.
They both make the game for both PC and Console. They both release games for the console way, way earlier than the PC. They both have no good reason for it.
They both piss me off because of it.
I am a pretty calm person. It's not easy to get me riled up. But when someone starts spouting off bullshit about my favorite kind of games, FPS -- games which I have played professionally, games which I have loved since they existed, then I really just can't help it.
;p
My original post was modded flamebait. I understand that, because I came off with the attitude. Oh well... It's not like anything I said on Slashdot would make a difference anyway
But hey, at least you agree. I don't feel totally alone now.
If one of the big console makers realized that adding mouse/keyboard support for FPS games would drastically increase FPS games sales on consoles maybe we'd be getting somewhere. I'd buy Halo/whatever for the consoles if they did that. And I promise you many other people would as well.
Fucking airchair economist who has no idea what he's talking about. Bungie has released Halo/2 for PC, they have already developed it cross platform, TWICE already. THERE IS ROI. The ONLY reason they don't release it right now for the PC is because Microsoft is MISTAKEN that they will make any more money by doing so. They are WRONG. Releasing it on the PC right now would sell MORE copies than later. The hype is here now. The game is new NOW. Releasing on the PC a year or more later is the wrong decision. They do not understand the fan base difference between PC FPS players and consoles.
Any good FPS player will tell you that the controls on a PC are superior. The mouse and keyboard player will always beat the equally skilled console player. So why don't Microsoft and Sony release mouse and keyboard controls for their consoles? Because they want to keep the distinction between consoles and PCs. This is stupid. The first company who realizes this and fixes it will immediately increase their sales in the console wars, and the others will be soon to follow. It's time for this now. Time to stop the arbitrary bullshit. It's been too long coming already.
The only advantage a console gives you in the FPS games arena is that people cannot use aimbots and other hacks. If the consoles were allowed to have mouse and keyboard controls they would be IMMEDIATELY considered better than a PC for FPS gaming simply because of this fact that cheating, and installing cheat programs, on consoles, is much, much more difficult for the average cheater.
It's because of the Halo series of games that I will never, ever, buy a Microsoft game console. The game should be released on the PC at the same time as the console. The only reason it isn't is because Microsoft wants to sell more consoles. This is complete bullshit and they might as well be giving the PC gamers the finger. Fuck that. The sad thing is there are some games on the XBox that I really would like to play. They chose this route, and I'm stubborn enough to sacrifice some of my own fun because of it. I wonder how many other people feel the same way?
But.. but.. just yesterday we were told that Gmail was "revolutionary". /facepalm
Uhm. yea.
There's no reason you couldn't write a very quick PHP function to do basically what you showed with the three Rails lines. In fact, you you could do it all in one line...
But, whatever.
That is of course unless the good show is a documentary on new, awesome 73" 1080p plasmas!
But yes, you have a good point.
Doing all of that now huh?
... forgot ... about that. Right.
You mean, like this?
Oh, I guess you
I am taking no moral high ground. I am taking no ground at all. I'm pointing out factual errors in someone's post. And now I've done so for yours.
I believe said farmer would have to urinate on their hands after handling fertilizer, not wash, and actually probably need to vigorously rub their hands together until they were hot to generate a positive on this test.
Look, I understood the parent post. That was not my qualm with the post. My qualm is that when you have a good point, as the post did, and you decide to go too far, as the post did, then you're gonna piss people off and they are going to miss that good point through the blindness of a red rage.
That, and the use of the word "Dearie". Patronizing, if you ask me.
From the Wikipedia article:
But we taser people too often, so we're worse. Seriously, fuck you.
OMFG. If the thing really does make a sound that sounds like "OWNT" I am so buying one. For "animal" problems. Moose and stuff. yea.
I assume by 'access' they mean what occurs directly after you bend over and grab your ankles?
Anyway... We're at a time in this technology that is going to be a short-lived transition in the larger picture. Eventually prices for all cell phone service will drop dramatically, including all data services. Right now we're just getting out of the early adopter phase and are moving into widespread use. (I'm looking at timelines of how long it took the human race to develop sufficient technology for this to work and how long we've actually had it... the latter time is almost nothing)
So right now companies are able to bend us over... but whereas they didn't before, now they have to at least lube up.
I don't really see this lawsuit succeeding, but hey, it's worth a try I guess.
And it wasn't short after that fateful day, in the next post in fact, that the 8========D came along, forever ruining the intarweb. Historians would later say it was only a matter of time.
Too true. The tiered skill system in Diablo 2 and the way skills complimented each other was very, very well done.
Did you get to max level? I am hoping they just hadn't rolled out all the skills etc yet for you to see them.
Also, first person for hunters/fps chars and third person for melee etc I would imagine?
I am in the Tabula Rasa closed beta and it suffers from the same problem with a lack of skills that interplay. But the gameplay is really awesome, so I am hoping they can do something to think of more skills. If they do then I can see myself subscribing to TR and HL at the same time.
Well, I see the books as the backstory that you can read if you want it. This is the first time in my life I've ready a book based on a game. I was pleasantly surprised. It will make the game that much more enjoyable I think.
'course, if the game sucks it won't matter that the book was good.
I'm aware that Roper has said they are on content lock now, in other words no real new content until after release. That being said, and understanding that you are under NDA obligations, could you just tell me your impressions thus far?
Excuse me, but.. the Diablo storyline?
Uhhhm.
You should read Mel Odom's first book of the Hellgate: London trilogy -- Exodus. It's sorta like the movie Anchorman where the reporter is talking about going in there to watch a panda have a baby but saying he can't because the panda will "literally rip your face off".. That's what Hellgate's story does to Diablo's "story". It rips its face off.
BTW, all the good artists and devs in from the Diablo days are making Hellgate: London so uhh, the jury is still out on Diablo 3, if it ever even gets off the drawing board.
He wasn't forcing anyone to do anything. He was reserving his right to refuse business to anyone. He doesn't even need a reason.
And his manager exercised the right to suspend him without pay.
And the world spins on...
Well, you were wrong about the pirating in the context of these games.
;p
The rest, I admit I was wrong, for the most part. Might want to read the replies back and forth on this thread with the other guy who hates me now because I talked shit about Macs
For a game that has no Z-axis it has done very well. For me, not being able to jump over objects was a deal breaker. Nevertheless, I did buy it and the Nightfall campaign. So they got their money from me.. I didn't use much of their bandwidth either. They made out really well, at least on me.
And now Guild Wars 2 is coming soon. Not sure if it supports Macs, but I can tell you are intelligent enough to realize that if they're making a second game the first one did well.So I've hope we've addressed that by talking about the campaign/expansion pack subscription model vs. the monthly installment model.
The main reason I don't think it's profitable (except in rare cases) is that co-development of patches on two platforms is a very difficult and expensive process.
So I imagine that if Hellgate sells a certain number of copies and reaches a certain level of subscriptions some accountant at corporate will go "Good to go" and the Mac version will suddenly appear, but not before then.
Really the pirating factor has nothing to do with subscription based games, because they cannot be pirated.
One thing I am wondering... It *is* possible to get a two+ button mouse on a Mac now, right? Using a one-button mouse would kill games dead imho.
That probably shows you how little I know about Macs.