Agreed. In my younger years, I memorized the first 50 digits of pi on a bet that I couldn't do it in an hour.
I thought I'd long forgotten them, but to my surprise when I tried writing it down the first 17 digits were still there. Only took me 20 minutes to be able to recite the remaining 33 as well
Plus with starcraft 2 they designed it and what would be in it and each expac before the first game was release
Really? Never heard that....source? It seems unlikely given the amount of change that goes on even during the beta's And even if they did, not sure what it has to do with them being 3 games or not. Is the Lord of the Rings series one movie cause they filmed them at the same time?
the campaigns for starcraft 2 are not 3x as good nor 3x as long.
3x as good is relative (I happen to disagree...I found some of the missions in SC2 to be quite inspired and original for an RTS (day/night mission, lava rising, flame wall).
I suspect the total length of all 3 campaigns in SC2 will be 2-2.5 times the length of SC1.
No, Assassin's creed 2 is not "integrated", but it fairly obviously uses much of the code, models, engine from AC1.
Never actually bought CoD anything (Actually I might own CoD 3), but my son buy's all of them. I can't tell which one he's playing by watching.
Having said that, I've never actually bought the game. I just use a dummy Battle.net account, offline cache files supplied by someone on a SC2 cracking site and a license generator.
Really? Cause they indicate that that problem was resolved in 1.5.4.
Currently the only outstanding bugs they have listed with regards to offline mode is that you need to go online once after patching, and you must fully download the game prior to going offline.
Gonna check when I get home. Actually, screw that....gonna kill me some Terrans for a while...then check.
Agreed...and everyone I know bought it for the single player campaign as well (although a handful of us have wasted a lot of time on cooperative online games).
That being said, the sheer popularity of multiplayer in Asia makes me wonder if Campaign-only players aren't in the minority.
The later SC2 patches included a very reasonable multiplayer tutorial and AI bot "ranking" matches to ease you into the game.
I'd also argue that the Campaign is a terrible way to learn to play multiplayer. Many of the maps in the Campaign are fairly specific objective based, and unreasonably unbalanced towards one side or the other. As well, many of the Campaign units and upgrades are unavailable in multiplayer.
So they give a new interface, new multiplayer game modes, new units, new game replay features, new maps, new matchmaking, new grouping/clan features, new cinematics, and an entirely new full-length campaign....but it's just an expansion?!?
Please explain how this is any less of a full game than Assasin's Creed 2? Halo 2? Call of Duty Anything?
No...after more research, it was a bug, and it is mostly fixed. See here for details.
TL;DR: Blizzard screwed up offline mode at one point.
Currently to go offline, you must have: 1) The game fully downloaded (makes sense) 2) Go online once after patching (they are working on fixing this).
So right now if you are a hermit in a cave with no online connectivity, but you happened to pick up the open wi-fi of a passing hiker and patch SC2, but then did not go online after the patch....then you are screwed.
Otherwise, yes, you can apparently play the campaign offline.
Maybe. But I'd worry that the multiplayer would sell well enough that Blizzard would realize there is no point in developing a single player game.
I'm guessing that the Single player version development costs are 4-5 times those of the multiplayer, but the single-player only people likely do not represent 80-90% of the users....
So, does this one, like the previous, require an always-on Internet connection to Blizzard's authentication servers
Yes
Because I really don't like the idea of not being able to play a single-player game just because some recent update to WoW is overloading their servers.
Wikileaks at least shares some of the blame for leaking the information. At least gross incompetence over the handling of sensitive information.
I'm not saying the NYTimes would have done any better, but I know if I handled sensitive information in my job as clumsily as Wikileaks did, I'd be shown the door pretty damn quick.
Really? And exactly how are you planning on landing the thing?
Keep in mind the point of neutral gravity between the Earth and moon is still around 37,000 km from the moon. As a best case scenario, let's suppose your sphere starts there at zero velocity. I'd like to see the springs that can survive a 34,000 km drop, with virtually no atmosphere.
According to my back of napkin calculations, with those spheres will be moving at approx 10 km per second when they hit. I wouldn't expect much "bounce".
2) You can take to the intrawebs and try to convince others why this is a bad/harmful thing.
The issue is, the company creating the product has already had "money taken away from them"....in development costs. Not buying a product already communicates that this was a bad idea.
If enough people buy a product for a company to recoup development costs (and profit) then whatever they are doing obviously isn't so "bad / harmful".
Although I completely fail to see how you can assign a moral position ("bad/harmful") on the distribution model chosen by a company. Exactly how is server-based DRM "harmful"?
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Agreed. In my younger years, I memorized the first 50 digits of pi on a bet that I couldn't do it in an hour.
I thought I'd long forgotten them, but to my surprise when I tried writing it down the first 17 digits were still there. Only took me 20 minutes to be able to recite the remaining 33 as well
In any case, two far better ways to remember long digits are the major system or the method of loci.
Uhh...the 31st of April? Don't you see a small problem with that?
No....but the services mentioned must not do that as it does work. I use unblock-us daily and it works perfectly with Hulu and Netflix US.
Oh, sorry...my mistake.
Sanctimonious asshole.
No...putting the unredacted dataset onto Bittorrent in incompetence, regardless of whether it was password protected.
Yes, the Guardian made it easier to crack the file, but it would have happened anyways.
By those terms, you can't own a condo either.
Really? Never heard that....source? It seems unlikely given the amount of change that goes on even during the beta's
And even if they did, not sure what it has to do with them being 3 games or not. Is the Lord of the Rings series one movie cause they filmed them at the same time?
3x as good is relative (I happen to disagree...I found some of the missions in SC2 to be quite inspired and original for an RTS (day/night mission, lava rising, flame wall).
I suspect the total length of all 3 campaigns in SC2 will be 2-2.5 times the length of SC1.
No, Assassin's creed 2 is not "integrated", but it fairly obviously uses much of the code, models, engine from AC1.
Never actually bought CoD anything (Actually I might own CoD 3), but my son buy's all of them. I can't tell which one he's playing by watching.
I'm not so sure about that...I don't remember a multiplayer component for Dune 2.
Now you kids....get off my lawn!
Asshole
Sorry...I'll try to be more indecent in the future.
Really? Cause they indicate that that problem was resolved in 1.5.4.
Currently the only outstanding bugs they have listed with regards to offline mode is that you need to go online once after patching, and you must fully download the game prior to going offline.
Gonna check when I get home. Actually, screw that....gonna kill me some Terrans for a while...then check.
Agreed...and everyone I know bought it for the single player campaign as well (although a handful of us have wasted a lot of time on cooperative online games).
That being said, the sheer popularity of multiplayer in Asia makes me wonder if Campaign-only players aren't in the minority.
The later SC2 patches included a very reasonable multiplayer tutorial and AI bot "ranking" matches to ease you into the game.
I'd also argue that the Campaign is a terrible way to learn to play multiplayer. Many of the maps in the Campaign are fairly specific objective based, and unreasonably unbalanced towards one side or the other. As well, many of the Campaign units and upgrades are unavailable in multiplayer.
Yep...I first saw that thread last year, but never went back to read the entire follow up.
It's definitely a bug, and mostly fixed at that.
So they give a new interface, new multiplayer game modes, new units, new game replay features, new maps, new matchmaking, new grouping/clan features, new cinematics, and an entirely new full-length campaign....but it's just an expansion?!?
Please explain how this is any less of a full game than Assasin's Creed 2? Halo 2? Call of Duty Anything?
Sorry...I was incorrect. I thought they had removed offline mode in some previous patch, but apparently it was just a bug
No...after more research, it was a bug, and it is mostly fixed. See here for details.
TL;DR:
Blizzard screwed up offline mode at one point.
Currently to go offline, you must have:
1) The game fully downloaded (makes sense)
2) Go online once after patching (they are working on fixing this).
So right now if you are a hermit in a cave with no online connectivity, but you happened to pick up the open wi-fi of a passing hiker and patch SC2, but then did not go online after the patch....then you are screwed.
Otherwise, yes, you can apparently play the campaign offline.
Reallly? I'd heard that since patch 1.5, Guest mode went away.
Many people here seem to agree.
The system requirements for HOTS indicate that Broadband internet + a Battle.Net account are required.
Maybe. But I'd worry that the multiplayer would sell well enough that Blizzard would realize there is no point in developing a single player game.
I'm guessing that the Single player version development costs are 4-5 times those of the multiplayer, but the single-player only people likely do not represent 80-90% of the users....
Yes
Then don't buy it.
Yep. I totally lost Tristam. Never could find my way back.
But unfortunately it is half-true.
Wikileaks at least shares some of the blame for leaking the information. At least gross incompetence over the handling of sensitive information.
I'm not saying the NYTimes would have done any better, but I know if I handled sensitive information in my job as clumsily as Wikileaks did, I'd be shown the door pretty damn quick.
Really? And exactly how are you planning on landing the thing?
Keep in mind the point of neutral gravity between the Earth and moon is still around 37,000 km from the moon. As a best case scenario, let's suppose your sphere starts there at zero velocity. I'd like to see the springs that can survive a 34,000 km drop, with virtually no atmosphere.
According to my back of napkin calculations, with those spheres will be moving at approx 10 km per second when they hit. I wouldn't expect much "bounce".
Posting to undo moderation....
I wish I could punch the slashdot moderation developers through the internet....
Somebody +1 funny the parent please!
Of course you can:
1) They have a customer feedback option.
2) You can take to the intrawebs and try to convince others why this is a bad/harmful thing.
The issue is, the company creating the product has already had "money taken away from them"....in development costs. Not buying a product already communicates that this was a bad idea.
If enough people buy a product for a company to recoup development costs (and profit) then whatever they are doing obviously isn't so "bad / harmful".
Although I completely fail to see how you can assign a moral position ("bad/harmful") on the distribution model chosen by a company. Exactly how is server-based DRM "harmful"?
What does a lawsuit about SecuROM damaging computers have to do with online-only DRM?
And this still has nothing to do with the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act.
You apparently have no idea what you are talking about.