I can't wait to see how they balance Hulk-like powers against Kitty Pride, or Thor-like powers against Jubilee.
I can see the message boards now. "Hulk punched Wolverine, stripping his flesh off his skeleton, then busted the "indestructible" skeleton since the Hulk has Adamantium Busting Rage as his Rank 9 power. NERF!
Yeah, I can't wait for the "strong guys" to whomp on casters and the casters not only not insta-die, but not even have their spellcasting interrupted.
Actually in games like Quake, you actually have to aim. And if the target moves after you've fired, the rocket or whatever misses, end of story. In most MMORPGs, the "bullet" or spell or whatever will follow the target while it moves, just so it "hits", animation-wise, to keep pace with the fact the game has already decided the hit was successful. So it looks stupid.
It's interesting that the most action-oriented of all MMORPGs I've ever played (which includes EQ, DaoC, AC, Horizons, SWG, MxO, WoW, and CoH) is City of Heroes, but even that suffers from "attacks tracking as the target moves". Still, at least I can move quickly with my travel power, and through 3D (neither of which is possible with pokey horses in WoW, and don't give me that griffen crap, that's not freeform 3D travel, that's pre-defined paths.) And do it at a low level, 14, and for free, not at level 40 for the astronomical sum of 40g to get a "horse" that might as well be wearing a ball and chain strapped to all four hooves.
Which is pretty sad given how clumsy their interface is and how sluggish their movement is.
They, too, could use a lesson from City of Heroes -- 3d movement built right into the game. SWG is more anti-3D movement than even WoW. The animation for "jumping while running" = your body keeps running as it moves through a geoometric arc through the air. You can't leap over anything but the smallest things you can walk up.
Actually, he mentions that the bacteria would be programmed to interact with other bacteria (say, by bioluminescence) and that these bacteria would form computational networks automatically. And if they were designed to do so while floating around in air and also reproducing then such things could be very difficult to eradicate or even avoid.
And yes, perhaps invasion of your body might be tough, but being an omnipresent spy would be straightforward.
In 1976 they brought 4 red LED calculators into my 4th grade class for us to practice using. We bundled up into four large groups and each took turns punching in some simple math equations. Then we carefully returned them to their styrofoam containers and they were put away, taken to another classroom, I suppose. Be careful! They're $400 each! To put it in perspective, my dad's 1972 loaded Plymouth Fury station wagon (AC, AMFM radio) with wood paneling was $2900.
Three years later, my mom bought one for her accounting class for $79.00, still an outrageous amount, but a heck of a lot better than one eigth of a station wagon.
> In order to accomplish this, Nintendo has mirrored the entire game. > This includes maps, since they were apparently designed with a left-handed Link in mind."
Uhhh, wouldn't it be easier to mirror Link's movements and body?
> "A supernova more than twice as bright as others of its type > has been observed, suggesting it arose from a star that > managed to grow more massive than theoretically thought possible
> Then exercise, because no girl is going to date a 200lb lard-ass.
Actually, just found out via the grapevine (i.e. my daughter) my 260-lb. D&D-playing, "Here, read V for Vendetta graphic novel" "Don't call it Japanimation as they consider that rude" son just successfully interacted with, with condom, his fairly good-looking blonde girlfriend, who is considerably under 200lb. Although she instigated it AND brought the condom.
So just go find a good-looking fatty chaser who wants to do you, easy!
> Unfortunately MMORPGs are no different we have the "hermit" who all he does is > play the game til he dies, he's stuck in his "home", he constantly thinks > about it, to be away from it too long is painful.
And this is a problem because...?
If he fails to reproduce, evolution will take care of it. If he does reproduce, evolution has taken care of it.
> Because instead of sitting on an increasingly larger ass playing video games during > his time off, he actually goes outside and does physical activity. > > You'd be amazed at how easy it is to fit into a kayak when you're not 400lbs and > growing due to a complete lack of physical activity outside of moving between > computers and going to the store to pick up for Cheetos.
With all due respect, they areFlamin' Hot Cheetos.
> however WoW is not based on skill. Its based soley on the amount of time & money you spend playing.
I don't know. In WoW, by level 22, I had amassed 50 gold in the bank and was wearing another 60 worth, all self-generated, while my level 39 friend was whining about how he was struggling to get the 40 gold for his level 40 (i.e. first) mount.
And for what, a horse that runs a little faster than you can. Back to City of Heroes I went, ahh, the freedom to jump hundreds of feet in one leap, or outright fly wherever you wanted. Plus I could one-shot monsters "my level", and not stand there swinging a wiffle bat over and over to chew down the monster over the course of half an hour.
> Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. > Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. > > Wouldn't you like to get away? > > Sometimes you want to go > > Where everybody knows your name,
"Hey, Angry Paladin! Long time, no see!"
> and they're always glad you came.
"We're doin' the purple dragon in a few. Want in?"
> You wanna be where you can see, > our troubles are all the same
Hmmm...maybe the correct solution is to have a strong Constitution that severely limits, and, more specifically, elucidates exactly what powers the government shall possess, and none more.
And this time, please re-phrase the "interstate commerce" clause so it clearly means its intent: to allow Congress to prevent states from interfering with each other's trade, or trade just passing through. It's not to give Congress a way to outlaw products, or to pass laws that are only connected to interstate trade the same way your breathing is connected to plate techtonics.
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I can't wait to see how they balance Hulk-like powers against Kitty Pride, or Thor-like powers against Jubilee.
I can see the message boards now. "Hulk punched Wolverine, stripping his flesh off his skeleton, then busted the "indestructible" skeleton since the Hulk has Adamantium Busting Rage as his Rank 9 power. NERF!
Yeah, I can't wait for the "strong guys" to whomp on casters and the casters not only not insta-die, but not even have their spellcasting interrupted.
Actually in games like Quake, you actually have to aim. And if the target moves after you've fired, the rocket or whatever misses, end of story. In most MMORPGs, the "bullet" or spell or whatever will follow the target while it moves, just so it "hits", animation-wise, to keep pace with the fact the game has already decided the hit was successful. So it looks stupid.
It's interesting that the most action-oriented of all MMORPGs I've ever played (which includes EQ, DaoC, AC, Horizons, SWG, MxO, WoW, and CoH) is City of Heroes, but even that suffers from "attacks tracking as the target moves". Still, at least I can move quickly with my travel power, and through 3D (neither of which is possible with pokey horses in WoW, and don't give me that griffen crap, that's not freeform 3D travel, that's pre-defined paths.) And do it at a low level, 14, and for free, not at level 40 for the astronomical sum of 40g to get a "horse" that might as well be wearing a ball and chain strapped to all four hooves.
Which is pretty sad given how clumsy their interface is and how sluggish their movement is.
They, too, could use a lesson from City of Heroes -- 3d movement built right into the game. SWG is more anti-3D movement than even WoW. The animation for "jumping while running" = your body keeps running as it moves through a geoometric arc through the air. You can't leap over anything but the smallest things you can walk up.
Actually, he mentions that the bacteria would be programmed to interact with other bacteria (say, by bioluminescence) and that these bacteria would form computational networks automatically. And if they were designed to do so while floating around in air and also reproducing then such things could be very difficult to eradicate or even avoid.
And yes, perhaps invasion of your body might be tough, but being an omnipresent spy would be straightforward.
In 1976 they brought 4 red LED calculators into my 4th grade class for us to practice using. We bundled up into four large groups and each took turns punching in some simple math equations. Then we carefully returned them to their styrofoam containers and they were put away, taken to another classroom, I suppose. Be careful! They're $400 each! To put it in perspective, my dad's 1972 loaded Plymouth Fury station wagon (AC, AMFM radio) with wood paneling was $2900.
Three years later, my mom bought one for her accounting class for $79.00, still an outrageous amount, but a heck of a lot better than one eigth of a station wagon.
Do y'all wish it were cooling instead? The one certainty is that static is not allowed.
> Shawyer proposed that the company develop his idea. "I was told
> in no uncertain terms to drop it," he says. "This came from the very top."
Bzzzzt! Baloney detector alert! Baloney detector alert!
> What's crucial here is the Q-value of the cavity
What does how much girls 13-29 think the cavity "is their friend" have to do with this?
> In order to accomplish this, Nintendo has mirrored the entire game.
> This includes maps, since they were apparently designed with a left-handed Link in mind."
Uhhh, wouldn't it be easier to mirror Link's movements and body?
Seriously, I'm sure the vast majority were just census takers who never returned them, and, hey, nobody ever came and got it!
> something that hasn't been possible during most of recorded human history.
Looks like we dodged another murderous ice age. Whew!
Oh, wait, that's not the politically correct answer, is it?
> "A supernova more than twice as bright as others of its type
> has been observed, suggesting it arose from a star that
> managed to grow more massive than theoretically thought possible
Assuming the theory is correct...Contact! You heard it here first!
Sci-fi is replete with civilizations that are messing around with black holes and supergiant stars and crap.
> "Engadget reports that Wal-Mart accidentally published online the
> intended price of the Microsoft Zune; the iPod
Microsoft: How dare you! We're a hundred billion dollar corporation, the most powerful in the world!
WalMart: WTF ever, we won't sell anything Microsoft then.
Microsoft: Now now, let's not get hasty...
Love Lego Star Wars! Here's an excerpt!
Obi-Wan: Yes, your father wanted you to have this block-saber.
Luke: You knew my father!?!?!?
Obi-Wan: Yes, I knew your father. But Darth Vader betrayed and [very solemnly] disassembled your father.
Oh, wait, I forgot! He's socially very talkative and outgoing.
Hmmm. Maybe that has more to do with it than being chubby or out of shape.
> Then exercise, because no girl is going to date a 200lb lard-ass.
Actually, just found out via the grapevine (i.e. my daughter) my 260-lb. D&D-playing, "Here, read V for Vendetta graphic novel" "Don't call it Japanimation as they consider that rude" son just successfully interacted with, with condom, his fairly good-looking blonde girlfriend, who is considerably under 200lb. Although she instigated it AND brought the condom.
So just go find a good-looking fatty chaser who wants to do you, easy!
> Unfortunately MMORPGs are no different we have the "hermit" who all he does is
> play the game til he dies, he's stuck in his "home", he constantly thinks
> about it, to be away from it too long is painful.
And this is a problem because...?
If he fails to reproduce, evolution will take care of it. If he does reproduce, evolution has taken care of it.
> There is nothing in WoW that even closely relates to Cheers.
Ya have to admit, though, Norm would make a pretty good drunk dwarf.
> Because instead of sitting on an increasingly larger ass playing video games during
> his time off, he actually goes outside and does physical activity.
>
> You'd be amazed at how easy it is to fit into a kayak when you're not 400lbs and
> growing due to a complete lack of physical activity outside of moving between
> computers and going to the store to pick up for Cheetos.
With all due respect, they are Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
> however WoW is not based on skill. Its based soley on the amount of time & money you spend playing.
I don't know. In WoW, by level 22, I had amassed 50 gold in the bank and was wearing another 60 worth, all self-generated, while my level 39 friend was whining about how he was struggling to get the 40 gold for his level 40 (i.e. first) mount.
And for what, a horse that runs a little faster than you can. Back to City of Heroes I went, ahh, the freedom to jump hundreds of feet in one leap, or outright fly wherever you wanted. Plus I could one-shot monsters "my level", and not stand there swinging a wiffle bat over and over to chew down the monster over the course of half an hour.
> Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
... @*%#*^%&!!!"
> Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
>
> Wouldn't you like to get away?
>
> Sometimes you want to go
>
> Where everybody knows your name,
"Hey, Angry Paladin! Long time, no see!"
> and they're always glad you came.
"We're doin' the purple dragon in a few. Want in?"
> You wanna be where you can see,
> our troubles are all the same
"Leroy Jenkins!!!!!!!"
"Nooo! Get back here!
Yes, your "averagenaut" life has been very special.
I often wondered if Microsoft embedded personal information in programs I compiled.
Or, dare we say it, Al "I'm married to Tipper 'Please think of the children getting at porn on the Internet' Gore" Gore?
Oop! I touched a precious third rail.
Hmmm...maybe the correct solution is to have a strong Constitution that severely limits, and, more specifically, elucidates exactly what powers the government shall possess, and none more.
And this time, please re-phrase the "interstate commerce" clause so it clearly means its intent: to allow Congress to prevent states from interfering with each other's trade, or trade just passing through. It's not to give Congress a way to outlaw products, or to pass laws that are only connected to interstate trade the same way your breathing is connected to plate techtonics.
> and how to to cripple a grown man that chooses to violate those limits.
Meanwhile, back in the real world...