I believe there is some element of randomness to the fireballs in the rivet levels - you can tell from the article that those are by far the most difficult levels.
The Diablo bot is a very discrete situation - a loop to walk to one close-by boss and shoot a couple fireballs, pick up the loot then start again.
You were told that by doing those steps you could dupe your own items. Your own greed cost you those items, not the jokers who pulled it on you. You got what you deserved.
Speaking as someone who has spent many hours playing D2, I must say this is a good way to beta test this patch. For those that don't know, this will practically be an expansion pack with the amount of changes being made. There are SO MANY factors that go into D2's combat system that balancing is an enormous task that even after 3+ years is not ironed out. The new forums on www.battle.net indicate to me that they will be listening to a lot of userland suggestions. That kicks ass. I know/.ers are supposed to hate Blizzard but I am just too much of a fan boy to go against my gamegeek leanings.
You're asking an for an awful lot to include the disclaimer 'don't break the bank'. A good money-saving tip if you like ethernet are D-Link pocket print servers that change the printer's parallel port to an ethernet port. You simply telnet to the print server's IP address to configure it, so it's OS neutral. I was pricing printers for work and this solution was MUCH cheaper than printers with built-in ethernet.
I consider myself a Christian and there's certainly some great material from the Bible to build a video game around, but that title has got to go. It's like they're TRYING to live up to the Catholic=depressing stereotype from the movie 'Dogma'. I'd much prefer a title that evokes the spirit of forgiveness or spiritual fulfillment, and I'm sure Generic Gamer X (whatever he believes) would as well.
That's exactly what I thought, the orignal post may have been from someone "in the know" when it comes to Army IT, but that person isn't "in the know" when it comes to mainstream Linux distros.
I imagine the people who play this games are voters for the most part. A non-violent, non-twitch game should keep the typical mouth-breathing FPS troglodytes away and bring in people willing to exercise their brains and social skills. The same type of person likely realizes the importance of voting in real life elections.
This is all IMHO of course (total speculation and educated guessing), but there you have it. I vote and I think the premise of this game sounds intriguing.
No kidding - there is more info in the Slashdot writeup than in the linked article! This is a rare case where readers who haven't RTFA are on par with the rest of us.
What an incredible story. I'd say somebody will lose their job over this but it seems EVERYBODY will likely lose their job over this. I can't see Gravity surviving the legal action and loss of business that will occur, and rightfully so if their security was as weak as it appears. This is a fuckup of epic proportions and the company's silence is telling.
I feel for you - they look useful at first glance but I have browsed through several 'Unleashed' books and found them to unilaterally be just a shade north of useless.
In fact the last time I was in Chapters I saw Red Hat 7.1 Unleashed, Red Hat 7.2 Unleashed and Red Hat 7.3 Unleashed all side by side on the shelf. It really smelled like a publisher rushing a book to the shelf just to have the latest and greatest version number on it.
O'Reilly's Running Linux doesn't need nearly that many updates and is filled with much more useful info. I'm you could also find a much better OS X alternative from them as well
I've heard a lot of people complain that this is silly legislation when there are more important things politicians should be spending their time on (and yes that is probably true), but one thing about this that really warms my heart is that this is a bona fide example of elected representatives listening to their constituents wants and acting on it. A lot of things in the U.S. government have sucked lately but here we have a nice example of the system working the way it should.
What in God's name do you need to have such a conveniently located backslash key for? Do you do a lot of DOS shelling? (yuck) Or is it for intro C programming courses require you to print out a multiplication table using a for-loop?
Just like life, it's not what you know, it's who you know that gets you ahead. From items to money, there's nothing that a high experienced friend can't get you.
That's the best one-sentence description of online Diablo II I've ever read.
Um, like the old grey lady has any credibility at this point.
Troll? No, legitimate comment on the credibility of a "source" of information.
While this is absolutely true, I am grateful that, at the very least, this article will raise some public awareness of the dangers of electronic voting. Something us Slashdotters have known of for some time.
While it's always good to see somebody challenging the Slashdot status quo (and upmodded no less!) your analogy is flawed (see previous reply) and sweeping generalizations are a poor argument in any debate.
Slashdot Mirror
This thing has been in development a looooong time, here's a mention of it in an April 2000 Slashdot article: (No release date announced indeed)
I believe there is some element of randomness to the fireballs in the rivet levels - you can tell from the article that those are by far the most difficult levels.
The Diablo bot is a very discrete situation - a loop to walk to one close-by boss and shoot a couple fireballs, pick up the loot then start again.
You were told that by doing those steps you could dupe your own items. Your own greed cost you those items, not the jokers who pulled it on you. You got what you deserved.
Speaking as someone who has spent many hours playing D2, I must say this is a good way to beta test this patch. For those that don't know, this will practically be an expansion pack with the amount of changes being made. There are SO MANY factors that go into D2's combat system that balancing is an enormous task that even after 3+ years is not ironed out. The new forums on www.battle.net indicate to me that they will be listening to a lot of userland suggestions. That kicks ass. I know /.ers are supposed to hate Blizzard but I am just too much of a fan boy to go against my gamegeek leanings.
Since buzzword-speak became the lingua franca of the tech world (so we're talking at least 5 years now).
Now if you'll excuse me, my toilet is leaking so I have to do some plumbering and a light bulb burned out and it needs electricianing.
You're asking an for an awful lot to include the disclaimer 'don't break the bank'. A good money-saving tip if you like ethernet are D-Link pocket print servers that change the printer's parallel port to an ethernet port. You simply telnet to the print server's IP address to configure it, so it's OS neutral. I was pricing printers for work and this solution was MUCH cheaper than printers with built-in ethernet.
I consider myself a Christian and there's certainly some great material from the Bible to build a video game around, but that title has got to go. It's like they're TRYING to live up to the Catholic=depressing stereotype from the movie 'Dogma'. I'd much prefer a title that evokes the spirit of forgiveness or spiritual fulfillment, and I'm sure Generic Gamer X (whatever he believes) would as well.
That's exactly what I thought, the orignal post may have been from someone "in the know" when it comes to Army IT, but that person isn't "in the know" when it comes to mainstream Linux distros.
I imagine the people who play this games are voters for the most part. A non-violent, non-twitch game should keep the typical mouth-breathing FPS troglodytes away and bring in people willing to exercise their brains and social skills. The same type of person likely realizes the importance of voting in real life elections.
This is all IMHO of course (total speculation and educated guessing), but there you have it. I vote and I think the premise of this game sounds intriguing.
Howard Scott Warshaw of Yar's Revenge (and E.T.!) fame
How embarassing! That's like being introduced as the producer responsible for Citizen Kane (and Battlefield Earth!)
Sending them an IM in their MMORPG of choice?
No kidding - there is more info in the Slashdot writeup than in the linked article! This is a rare case where readers who haven't RTFA are on par with the rest of us.
What an incredible story. I'd say somebody will lose their job over this but it seems EVERYBODY will likely lose their job over this. I can't see Gravity surviving the legal action and loss of business that will occur, and rightfully so if their security was as weak as it appears. This is a fuckup of epic proportions and the company's silence is telling.
I feel for you - they look useful at first glance but I have browsed through several 'Unleashed' books and found them to unilaterally be just a shade north of useless. In fact the last time I was in Chapters I saw Red Hat 7.1 Unleashed, Red Hat 7.2 Unleashed and Red Hat 7.3 Unleashed all side by side on the shelf. It really smelled like a publisher rushing a book to the shelf just to have the latest and greatest version number on it.
O'Reilly's Running Linux doesn't need nearly that many updates and is filled with much more useful info. I'm you could also find a much better OS X alternative from them as well
Most people just pay $0 for Photoshop. I don't think patents matter much in the world of warez. Now who's offering XP Pro?!
I didn't have the patience to create an account at win4lin.com - is there a free downloadable version available?
How could you miss the step we're in right now:
???
I've heard a lot of people complain that this is silly legislation when there are more important things politicians should be spending their time on (and yes that is probably true), but one thing about this that really warms my heart is that this is a bona fide example of elected representatives listening to their constituents wants and acting on it. A lot of things in the U.S. government have sucked lately but here we have a nice example of the system working the way it should.
Just thought I'd point that out.
What in God's name do you need to have such a conveniently located backslash key for? Do you do a lot of DOS shelling? (yuck) Or is it for intro C programming courses require you to print out a multiplication table using a for-loop?
Just like life, it's not what you know, it's who you know that gets you ahead. From items to money, there's nothing that a high experienced friend can't get you.
That's the best one-sentence description of online Diablo II I've ever read.
The WSJ just had an article last week about MBAs not getting offers at all right now.
This is a negative article, but this bit certainly gave me a kick. It's about time those with a truly useless education felt the pinch
Hell, with the money you save not owning a car, just eat out every night!
Um, like the old grey lady has any credibility at this point. Troll? No, legitimate comment on the credibility of a "source" of information.
While this is absolutely true, I am grateful that, at the very least, this article will raise some public awareness of the dangers of electronic voting. Something us Slashdotters have known of for some time.
For a glimpse into the potential repercussions of the Diebold e-voting machines used in the last federal election look here.
WARNING: This is really unsettling stuff and may cause you to lose (more) faith in the U.S. election system.
While it's always good to see somebody challenging the Slashdot status quo (and upmodded no less!) your analogy is flawed (see previous reply) and sweeping generalizations are a poor argument in any debate.