If it means more money for the people who produce the games I like, so they can hire more coders, more artists, more level designers, etc., then great!
I don't object to the idea in principle. I think it's a great idea, actually. Only concerns I have circle around the degree of anonymity and security. But if those are issues that are handled well, then this is a good thing for me as a gamer.
The US mile and the Imperial mile have always been identical in length. At one time there was a difference in how a nautical mile was defined between the US and UK, but that would not be relevant here.
Remind anyone of the combo system for the Assassin?
Yes, but "reminds" != "identical to". It does not, in fact, sound identical to it. In fact, it sounds more like the system used in Guild Wars for assassins, with attack chains rather than charges, and different abilities being able to chained together in different ways.
Yes, the Hellfire expansion has a Monk class. As much as I've been a Blizz fan over the years, I actually never owned Hellfire. I wonder if there are any similarities?
Not of any significance that I can see, beyond the name. Also, to be fair, Hellfire was neither produced nor sold by Blizzard. It was essentially a third-party mod that was sold in stores rather than traded for free on the net.
In all honesty, I'm sure I'll still like the game even if they borrow HEAVILY from the past. I know it's tough, but I'm just amazed that Blizzard's talent would choose to recycle so much instead of coming up with fresh material in its place. Based on their track record though, I can only assume they know what they are doing.:-)
In all honestly, the FIRST releases in every one of Blizzard's lines were rather light on fresh material. Blizzard's talent has always been in taking ideas and implementing them better than anyone else did, not in coming up with anything original.
And, I'm sorry... but D3 and SC2? Same game as the ones I already own from the series, it looks to me.
Not sure about SC2, but if you think D3 is the "same game" as D2, you're bloody nuts. I'm assuming you're simply ignorant of the details, rather than actually as stupid as that comment sounds. Of course, why you'd say "same game" without knowing any of the details of the game you'd need to know to make that judgment doesn't speak well for your cognitive abilities...
I understand that Warcraft, Starcraft, Zelda, Mario and Diablo were all good games and some of their sequels (where applicable) were pretty good too, but when your studio is not releasing a single NEW title for over a decade (correct me if I'm wrong here)...I lose interest.
In most of the cases, the sequels in these series are entirely new games that share little if anything in common with their predecessors beyond the name and setting/fictional universe. Is the title of the game, and entirely gameplay-unrelated things like the name of the planet you're fighting on being "Korhal" rather than "Newgamehal", really that important to you?
I think they should be releasing new games much more often than they do. Whether they actually have new "titles" or not is irrelevant...
That said, it should be noted that they are working on something new right now, a new MMO not tied into any of their previous games lore/universe-wise.
There also is no shame in releasing games with only updated graphics and a few minor changes. How many people would buy remakes of their favorite games if they stayed true to the original?
If only they'd done that with Tomb Raider: Anniversary, it would have been a vastly superior game...:(
Improvement in any field depends fundamentally on copying ideas. If everything must be original, nothing can ever be improved.
The sign of a bad designer/inventor/author/creator is a stubborn unwillingness to embrace and extend other people's idea. "Not Invented Here Syndrome" is just one of the many manifestations of that...
Actually, you're confusing "valid" with "sound". An argument is [i]valid[/i] if the truth of its premises guarantees the proof of its conclusion. Since a circular argument assumes its conclusion is true, it is [i]necessarily true[/i] that any circular argument is also a valid argument. However, it's not necessarily a sound argument, and it's certainly not a good argument.
I'm a little surprised to see that Cannonical isn't on this list. Redhat, sure, but Cannonical has a huge marketshare.
Your surprise demonstrates the often pooh-poohed danger of confusing a kernel with an operating system. It shouldn't be surprising that Canonical's contributions to the Linux kernel are, like Volkswagen's, less than 1%. Both companies use the Linux kernel in their products, but one produces an OS, the other produces a car, neither have much business mucking around in Linux much. Their focus is elsewhere...
Actually, it's accurate, but your thinking appears to be a bit fuzzy. If you want to compare individual things, the largest single contributor is Red Hat at 12.3%. If you want to group things up, then yes, unaffiliated individuals constitute 18.2%, but corporate-affiliated individuals constitute 74.2%. What isn't a sensible comparison is grouping on one side but not the other. To say the largest contributor is unaffiliated individuals makes no more sense than saying the largest contributor is companies that contribute less than 1% (together they contribute about a quarter of the contributions, which is larger than 18.2%).
Yeah, I couldn't believe that wasn't thrown out of the list. What makes it funnier, though, is that the #5 contributor could well be the very set of isolated kernel hackers that they claim don't exist.
Hint for the mathematically impaired: 18.2% plus some portion of 7.6% adds up to a great deal more than 0.0% ("don't exist"). Forget TFA, did you even read the summary?
But its on digg, and therefore Slashdot is required to post it...
Maybe I'm trolling here, but it seems like a voluminous number of articles these days are already on diggs front page. Not sure whats so hard about finding new and interesting things to post.
That's the point. It's not hard at all. Just check digg.:p
Apple actually paid intel to include VT support in a p7350 processor that doesn't normally have it. "
Yes, ironically, these days if you want full support for everything the Intel world has to offer, you're best bet for name-brand computers is Apple.
That said, I'm still a "build your own PC" fan. I don't look for a new computer, I look for a new motherboard, new processor, etc. Laptops aside, I haven't bought a pre-built computer since the 80's...
The latter two of which are absolutely huge for a brand new manufacturing operation that is not running at capacity. EBITDA always makes me chuckle a little. See it started as EBIT, then became EBITDA because the PHBs said no, really we need to look profitable so we can get this loan or whatever. Pretty soon it'll be EBITDAP (payroll) and then EBITDAPHAB (hookers and blow) etc.
And they say techies speak a different language... we got nothin' on accountants.
I play too much WOW. I read "Blacksmither" and "Death Knight".
Everybody who plays WoW plays too much WoW. (Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go earn another 2400g to buy new mounts for all my toons that now qualify thanks to patch 3.2...)
First off, it's been said that people only use 10% of their actual brain power.
Lots of stupid things have been said. People generally only use 10%-20% of their brains at any given moment. They use nearly all of it through the course of the day.
Actually, even that's not true. 30% of the brain is used for vision processing alone. No one is ever using only 10%-20% of their brains.
Point in fact, we use nearly 100% of our brains nearly 100% of the time.
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If it means more money for the people who produce the games I like, so they can hire more coders, more artists, more level designers, etc., then great!
I don't object to the idea in principle. I think it's a great idea, actually. Only concerns I have circle around the degree of anonymity and security. But if those are issues that are handled well, then this is a good thing for me as a gamer.
Almost any time I hear mention of Moore's Law, the speaker is engaging in posterior communications...
The US mile and the Imperial mile have always been identical in length. At one time there was a difference in how a nautical mile was defined between the US and UK, but that would not be relevant here.
several people from my office flew to blizzcon just to play a demo of a game. somebody please get these people real lives.
Sounds like they have them, and are enjoying them. This wouldn't bother you so much if you had one of your own.
Remind anyone of the combo system for the Assassin?
Yes, but "reminds" != "identical to". It does not, in fact, sound identical to it. In fact, it sounds more like the system used in Guild Wars for assassins, with attack chains rather than charges, and different abilities being able to chained together in different ways.
Yes, the Hellfire expansion has a Monk class. As much as I've been a Blizz fan over the years, I actually never owned Hellfire. I wonder if there are any similarities?
Not of any significance that I can see, beyond the name. Also, to be fair, Hellfire was neither produced nor sold by Blizzard. It was essentially a third-party mod that was sold in stores rather than traded for free on the net.
In all honesty, I'm sure I'll still like the game even if they borrow HEAVILY from the past. I know it's tough, but I'm just amazed that Blizzard's talent would choose to recycle so much instead of coming up with fresh material in its place. Based on their track record though, I can only assume they know what they are doing. :-)
In all honestly, the FIRST releases in every one of Blizzard's lines were rather light on fresh material. Blizzard's talent has always been in taking ideas and implementing them better than anyone else did, not in coming up with anything original.
It doesn't sound to me like they are doing anything but copy the steam community system.
o.O
It doesn't sound to me like you actually read anything about it, then.
Blizzard is aiming for two titles in 2010. That'll be SC2 and WoW:Cat. So, 2011 at the earliest, and that's assuming their schedule doesn't slip...
And, I'm sorry... but D3 and SC2? Same game as the ones I already own from the series, it looks to me.
Not sure about SC2, but if you think D3 is the "same game" as D2, you're bloody nuts. I'm assuming you're simply ignorant of the details, rather than actually as stupid as that comment sounds. Of course, why you'd say "same game" without knowing any of the details of the game you'd need to know to make that judgment doesn't speak well for your cognitive abilities...
I understand that Warcraft, Starcraft, Zelda, Mario and Diablo were all good games and some of their sequels (where applicable) were pretty good too, but when your studio is not releasing a single NEW title for over a decade (correct me if I'm wrong here)...I lose interest.
In most of the cases, the sequels in these series are entirely new games that share little if anything in common with their predecessors beyond the name and setting/fictional universe. Is the title of the game, and entirely gameplay-unrelated things like the name of the planet you're fighting on being "Korhal" rather than "Newgamehal", really that important to you?
I think they should be releasing new games much more often than they do. Whether they actually have new "titles" or not is irrelevant...
That said, it should be noted that they are working on something new right now, a new MMO not tied into any of their previous games lore/universe-wise.
There also is no shame in releasing games with only updated graphics and a few minor changes. How many people would buy remakes of their favorite games if they stayed true to the original?
If only they'd done that with Tomb Raider: Anniversary, it would have been a vastly superior game... :(
Can you STOP COPYING IDEAS?
It worked for Shakespeare...
Improvement in any field depends fundamentally on copying ideas. If everything must be original, nothing can ever be improved.
The sign of a bad designer/inventor/author/creator is a stubborn unwillingness to embrace and extend other people's idea. "Not Invented Here Syndrome" is just one of the many manifestations of that...
Oh, the irony... XD
To enjoy life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. -- Lazarus Long
Actually, you're confusing "valid" with "sound". An argument is [i]valid[/i] if the truth of its premises guarantees the proof of its conclusion. Since a circular argument assumes its conclusion is true, it is [i]necessarily true[/i] that any circular argument is also a valid argument. However, it's not necessarily a sound argument, and it's certainly not a good argument.
Did you miss the joke, are you trolling, or do you simply think people shouldn't tell jokes unless they're properly screened for international appeal?
I'm a little surprised to see that Cannonical isn't on this list. Redhat, sure, but Cannonical has a huge marketshare.
Your surprise demonstrates the often pooh-poohed danger of confusing a kernel with an operating system. It shouldn't be surprising that Canonical's contributions to the Linux kernel are, like Volkswagen's, less than 1%. Both companies use the Linux kernel in their products, but one produces an OS, the other produces a car, neither have much business mucking around in Linux much. Their focus is elsewhere...
Actually, it's accurate, but your thinking appears to be a bit fuzzy. If you want to compare individual things, the largest single contributor is Red Hat at 12.3%. If you want to group things up, then yes, unaffiliated individuals constitute 18.2%, but corporate-affiliated individuals constitute 74.2%. What isn't a sensible comparison is grouping on one side but not the other. To say the largest contributor is unaffiliated individuals makes no more sense than saying the largest contributor is companies that contribute less than 1% (together they contribute about a quarter of the contributions, which is larger than 18.2%).
Yeah, I couldn't believe that wasn't thrown out of the list. What makes it funnier, though, is that the #5 contributor could well be the very set of isolated kernel hackers that they claim don't exist.
Hint for the mathematically impaired: 18.2% plus some portion of 7.6% adds up to a great deal more than 0.0% ("don't exist"). Forget TFA, did you even read the summary?
True things can't be funny.
lolwut? The funniest jokes are funnier precisely because they're true.
You have to put the coins in the proper coin slot. The really talented strippers can even dispense change for you.
o.o
I need to go wash out my brain now...
But its on digg, and therefore Slashdot is required to post it...
Maybe I'm trolling here, but it seems like a voluminous number of articles these days are already on diggs front page. Not sure whats so hard about finding new and interesting things to post.
That's the point. It's not hard at all. Just check digg. :p
Apple actually paid intel to include VT support in a p7350 processor that doesn't normally have it. "
Yes, ironically, these days if you want full support for everything the Intel world has to offer, you're best bet for name-brand computers is Apple.
That said, I'm still a "build your own PC" fan. I don't look for a new computer, I look for a new motherboard, new processor, etc. Laptops aside, I haven't bought a pre-built computer since the 80's...
The latter two of which are absolutely huge for a brand new manufacturing operation that is not running at capacity. EBITDA always makes me chuckle a little. See it started as EBIT, then became EBITDA because the PHBs said no, really we need to look profitable so we can get this loan or whatever. Pretty soon it'll be EBITDAP (payroll) and then EBITDAPHAB (hookers and blow) etc.
And they say techies speak a different language... we got nothin' on accountants.
I play too much WOW. I read "Blacksmither" and "Death Knight".
Everybody who plays WoW plays too much WoW. (Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go earn another 2400g to buy new mounts for all my toons that now qualify thanks to patch 3.2...)
Lots of stupid things have been said. People generally only use 10%-20% of their brains at any given moment. They use nearly all of it through the course of the day.
Actually, even that's not true. 30% of the brain is used for vision processing alone. No one is ever using only 10%-20% of their brains.
Point in fact, we use nearly 100% of our brains nearly 100% of the time.