Free Kevin, indeed. I was really interested in reading this until I caught the "right-thinking people everywhere" remark. This sensationalist news-reporting has to go stop on/.. Is it really that hard to leave just a smidgeon of objectivity? Their are a lot of you that you claim their are a lot of nefarious organizations out there trying to take away my rights and influence the way I think but I'm starting to see the lines blur between us and them. Instead of right-and-wrong it's become my-way-their-way.
So in the future, admins could you please try to just report the news without shallow, short-sighted remarks and let us form our own opinions about the story? It would go a long way with me.
Woah, cool. It must be "say sensationalist bullshit and get modded up" day at/.
Lemme try one: It's my constitutional and god-given right to burn MGS2 and give it to my friends to play on their modded ps2's while watching porn using an illegal cable descrambler. Any organization that attempts to stop me is stepping on my rights and needs to be obliterated.
You can be a normal person that has a stronger sense of the force but isn't a Jedi, they're called Force Adepts. Their's no real faction/alignment choice to be one, and it requires no training..you just are aware..you can do some small force tricks, nothing majoir. Anyone can be one, of any trade or temperament. But of course, a real Jedi would eat them for lunch.
As for Sith, you can't be one. Their are only 2 given Sith at any time; a master and an apprentice. You can, however, be a Dark Jedi, but only by first becoming a real Jedi and then falling out of grace.
As for EQ, if you think that's a balanced game I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. I can divide that game by class in a ton of ways..those that solo, those that are forced to group for experience...those that suck in the beginning, those that suck in the end game. Their is not one class that is as good solo as they are grouped. Not ONE.
While kidding, you raise an interesting dicussion. I've been told that LucasArts will be limiting the number of people that can become Jedi on each server. Something like a 1000 per server, if I remember correctly. I honestly believe that 95% of the people that join this game will want to become Jedi. I find it hard to believe that with telekinetic, laser-sword wielding demi-gods running around that anyone would want to be a bartender, mercenary, imperial officer(you apparently can be an officer, just not a storm trooper. Unless you want to spend your online time manning some post on Hoth), etc. Now while this is bad news, mark my words: the Jedi cap would be removed in a month. The first time they saw 10,000 accounts get canceled because players were forced to make at-at repair crew avatars, they would lift that ban so fast heads would spin.
Now, I know you can be force-adepts, but a half-assed Jedi is no better than no Jedi.
The thing that makes EQ so much fun is the game is so utterly massive and everything you see and everyone you talk to just might have something for you to do. Quests are what make mmmorpg's so much fun. And what do quests get you? That's right, ph4t l3wt. For EQ their are two types of players: those that play to get the best gear in the game and liars. So if Galaxies wants to survive past it's 6 month, it will need to add some uber mobs that drops +5 Light Sabers of the Headless Mofo. The drive to keep playing EQ is that someday you will walk back into your starting town decked head to toe in Vex Thal and Snake Temple gear and watch the newbs shit themselves? Then when they ask why you don't have your epic weapon, you say you banked it because you got better.
The sooner they build the rocket, the sooner they find an advanced civilization that can gives us the computer needed to run Doom3 above 800x600. Just have patience.
They have their place, and of all the personal electronics I carry around, my PDA is easily the lease intrusive. It's never waken me up at 2am with an idiotic work problem.
You just basically posted that you misuse your moderation points, which with one email is rectafied. You're new at this whole stalking thing, aren't you?
And what's also funny is that by having posted that, you lost karma, therefor becoming closer to the point where you can't moderate at all! hahaha..loser.
You'll need them all homey. If I even dip my toe in the whoring pool, I can drop out a few dozen 5's in a row. But keep the dream alive, nice to have a fan.
I think the better solution would be to just not give a shit. If you like the game, you can overlook this. I pity the fuckers that think this is the cause for them, like it's some travesty against their fellow man. Choose your battles, indeed.
Yes, best hear it from you than those roaming bands of anti-stargate thugs. They're everywhere these days, seems like I can't even go to the store anymore without seeing a best sci-fi show turf war. Instead of throwing up signs, they got action figures and shit, quite a site.
WIRED RANT: Granted these days Wired blows monkey ass, but more than 5 years ago, it was the shit. I remember having a subscription and reading about these people that were true and utter geniuses that I honestly wanted to believe were going to change the world. For the longest time I thought Ted Nelson of the "Xanadu" project was perhaps the most innovative person in the computer industry.
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Your karma pimp wants his money.
Free Kevin, indeed. I was really interested in reading this until I caught the "right-thinking people everywhere" remark. This sensationalist news-reporting has to go stop on /.. Is it really that hard to leave just a smidgeon of objectivity? Their are a lot of you that you claim their are a lot of nefarious organizations out there trying to take away my rights and influence the way I think but I'm starting to see the lines blur between us and them. Instead of right-and-wrong it's become my-way-their-way.
So in the future, admins could you please try to just report the news without shallow, short-sighted remarks and let us form our own opinions about the story? It would go a long way with me.
Correcting myself: grammar
You misspelled(2 S's):
E
*BELIEVE
*REFERRING
*MISSPELLING
*APPROPRIAT
And TECHNICALLY he is guilty of bad grammer, not misspelling. Site is actually a word, but not the one he wanted.
Woah, cool. It must be "say sensationalist bullshit and get modded up" day at /.
Lemme try one: It's my constitutional and god-given right to burn MGS2 and give it to my friends to play on their modded ps2's while watching porn using an illegal cable descrambler. Any organization that attempts to stop me is stepping on my rights and needs to be obliterated.
Hey..I feel the karma already.
After seeing him at that trial, I was half-expecting him to summon the power of Greyskull.
See what happens when you try to think off the medication?
Yeah, yeah, I knew it was wrong. I even went to snpp.com to try to find the actual quote, but didn't have any luck.
Flanders: Homer's BYOBBB? What's the first extra B stand for?
Homer: Beer
Flanders: And the second?
Homer: That's a typo.
You can be a normal person that has a stronger sense of the force but isn't a Jedi, they're called Force Adepts. Their's no real faction/alignment choice to be one, and it requires no training..you just are aware..you can do some small force tricks, nothing majoir. Anyone can be one, of any trade or temperament. But of course, a real Jedi would eat them for lunch.
As for Sith, you can't be one. Their are only 2 given Sith at any time; a master and an apprentice. You can, however, be a Dark Jedi, but only by first becoming a real Jedi and then falling out of grace.
As for EQ, if you think that's a balanced game I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. I can divide that game by class in a ton of ways..those that solo, those that are forced to group for experience...those that suck in the beginning, those that suck in the end game. Their is not one class that is as good solo as they are grouped. Not ONE.
Then don't connect to their servers. End of discussion.
While kidding, you raise an interesting dicussion. I've been told that LucasArts will be limiting the number of people that can become Jedi on each server. Something like a 1000 per server, if I remember correctly. I honestly believe that 95% of the people that join this game will want to become Jedi. I find it hard to believe that with telekinetic, laser-sword wielding demi-gods running around that anyone would want to be a bartender, mercenary, imperial officer(you apparently can be an officer, just not a storm trooper. Unless you want to spend your online time manning some post on Hoth), etc. Now while this is bad news, mark my words: the Jedi cap would be removed in a month. The first time they saw 10,000 accounts get canceled because players were forced to make at-at repair crew avatars, they would lift that ban so fast heads would spin.
Now, I know you can be force-adepts, but a half-assed Jedi is no better than no Jedi.
The thing that makes EQ so much fun is the game is so utterly massive and everything you see and everyone you talk to just might have something for you to do. Quests are what make mmmorpg's so much fun. And what do quests get you? That's right, ph4t l3wt. For EQ their are two types of players: those that play to get the best gear in the game and liars. So if Galaxies wants to survive past it's 6 month, it will need to add some uber mobs that drops +5 Light Sabers of the Headless Mofo. The drive to keep playing EQ is that someday you will walk back into your starting town decked head to toe in Vex Thal and Snake Temple gear and watch the newbs shit themselves? Then when they ask why you don't have your epic weapon, you say you banked it because you got better.
The sooner they build the rocket, the sooner they find an advanced civilization that can gives us the computer needed to run Doom3 above 800x600. Just have patience.
You're kidding right? Captalism is the only true religion or political party anymore. All the others are just a front.
They have their place, and of all the personal electronics I carry around, my PDA is easily the lease intrusive. It's never waken me up at 2am with an idiotic work problem.
You just basically posted that you misuse your moderation points, which with one email is rectafied. You're new at this whole stalking thing, aren't you?
And what's also funny is that by having posted that, you lost karma, therefor becoming closer to the point where you can't moderate at all! hahaha..loser.
You'll need them all homey. If I even dip my toe in the whoring pool, I can drop out a few dozen 5's in a row. But keep the dream alive, nice to have a fan.
Yeah, it's easier than a real cause: Examples of a real cause:
1. Protesting starvation of children
2. Fighting evil, violent oppressors
3. Donating and volunteering at an abused women and children's shelter.
The following are NOT examples of a worthy cause:
1. Your right to burn CD's at will
2. Your right to mod a Tivo
3. Your right to download software of any type you desire.
Get your collective head's out of your asses people and choose a cause that's not 100% selfish, such as digital consumer rights.
I welcome the flames from the photoshop pirating wanna-be Zach De-La Rocha's.
I think the better solution would be to just not give a shit. If you like the game, you can overlook this. I pity the fuckers that think this is the cause for them, like it's some travesty against their fellow man. Choose your battles, indeed.
Commander Sheridan is a little biotch! All about the new school sci-fi! Smallville up in this piece in the deuce-0-0-deuce.
Yes, best hear it from you than those roaming bands of anti-stargate thugs. They're everywhere these days, seems like I can't even go to the store anymore without seeing a best sci-fi show turf war. Instead of throwing up signs, they got action figures and shit, quite a site.
WIRED RANT: Granted these days Wired blows monkey ass, but more than 5 years ago, it was the shit. I remember having a subscription and reading about these people that were true and utter geniuses that I honestly wanted to believe were going to change the world. For the longest time I thought Ted Nelson of the "Xanadu" project was perhaps the most innovative person in the computer industry.
You weren't exactly his girlfriend, you were more of that thing that stood on that bridge and wouldn't let people cross until they answered riddles.