It is hard to believe that there is not legislation in place to protect consumers from instances such as this.
I say its time for a full on boycott of AT&T
"No one, no matter how geeky needs the Internet. "
Hey genius, some of us here make a living with this "internet" thing. Are you going to start paying my bills?
The united states is now under martial law.
The US economy is in the crapper. All projects new gaming projects have been canceled. Do not attempt to contact electronic arts, richard garriot, or origin staff.
SHUT UP!
be happy.
i use adobe apps, and play games. My profession makes it so I MUST use adobe apps. Yes there are alternatives in the Linux world, but I don't care what anyone says, Gimp is no photoshop! Nevermind, image ready, illustrator, etc.. BUT! I would probably make due if gaming was possible. The biggest question for the success of this project in my mind is how big of a performance hit would you be taking? The hardcore gamer does everything in his/her power to eek out that last FPS. This would not help that cause.
But the concept of actually having a viable choice and alternative to M$windoze is very appealing. Even at such a high cost. One thing is certain.. This is one of the many steps necessary to get the masses to switch.
I have been ready to dump windoze for YEARS. But I have needs. Deal with them and I will drop windoze like a bad habit.
I am a northpoint customer, and prior to obtaining the service I had spoken to sales reps at UUNet, and they assured me that it was not possible to receive dsl at the price these northpoint ISP partners were quoting me. (SDSL) Well I thought, idiots.. I have sdsl and you were wrong.
Now that this has all happend, I starting to think that guy from UUNet knew what he was talking about, and that this pricing model was destined to fail. Fun while it lasted I guess. 784k/784k for $39 per month, what a deal.
It's games like these that modern day gaming companies should should study. While not visually amazing, even in its own day.. Just goes to show that GAMEPLAY is really what counts. These days its all about how many polys, textures, and the res etc... All flash, and no meat. Hell, old arcade games often got more milage than modern shooters..and its not because they looked revolutionary, its because they were FUN pure and simple. Much like this RPG. Last note.. Baulders Gate 2 was ass. Being bombarded with 50 quests simultaneously really kills the level of enjoyment dramatically. Diablo 2 was ass. Do I even need to explain? I thought not.
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It is hard to believe that there is not legislation in place to protect consumers from instances such as this. I say its time for a full on boycott of AT&T
"No one, no matter how geeky needs the Internet. " Hey genius, some of us here make a living with this "internet" thing. Are you going to start paying my bills?
The united states is now under martial law. The US economy is in the crapper. All projects new gaming projects have been canceled. Do not attempt to contact electronic arts, richard garriot, or origin staff. SHUT UP! be happy.
i use adobe apps, and play games. My profession makes it so I MUST use adobe apps. Yes there are alternatives in the Linux world, but I don't care what anyone says, Gimp is no photoshop! Nevermind, image ready, illustrator, etc.. BUT! I would probably make due if gaming was possible. The biggest question for the success of this project in my mind is how big of a performance hit would you be taking? The hardcore gamer does everything in his/her power to eek out that last FPS. This would not help that cause. But the concept of actually having a viable choice and alternative to M$windoze is very appealing. Even at such a high cost. One thing is certain.. This is one of the many steps necessary to get the masses to switch. I have been ready to dump windoze for YEARS. But I have needs. Deal with them and I will drop windoze like a bad habit.
I am a northpoint customer, and prior to obtaining the service I had spoken to sales reps at UUNet, and they assured me that it was not possible to receive dsl at the price these northpoint ISP partners were quoting me. (SDSL) Well I thought, idiots.. I have sdsl and you were wrong. Now that this has all happend, I starting to think that guy from UUNet knew what he was talking about, and that this pricing model was destined to fail. Fun while it lasted I guess. 784k/784k for $39 per month, what a deal.
It's games like these that modern day gaming companies should should study. While not visually amazing, even in its own day.. Just goes to show that GAMEPLAY is really what counts. These days its all about how many polys, textures, and the res etc... All flash, and no meat. Hell, old arcade games often got more milage than modern shooters..and its not because they looked revolutionary, its because they were FUN pure and simple. Much like this RPG. Last note.. Baulders Gate 2 was ass. Being bombarded with 50 quests simultaneously really kills the level of enjoyment dramatically. Diablo 2 was ass. Do I even need to explain? I thought not.