It crashes occasionally on WinXP with an nvidia card too, so you're not really any worse off than anyone else. As for having no lag though, you must not stop by the auction house too often.
I agree completely. I was old MUDer back in the day and played quite a bit of Diablo(1 and 2) as well. WoW seems to combine the feel of those two experiences in wonderful 3D splendor. I ended up taking last friday off of work and dedicated the entire weekend to playing. I ended up sleeping a grand total of like 10-12 hours from thursday-sunday. Usually 10-12 hours is what I sleep on friday night(saturday afternoon?) alone. This game is like crack and heroin all rolled up in a fatty blunt. I'm going to go crazy this weekend with anticipation.
I also agree with your suggestions and I did notice a few bugs even last night(such as stuck "in combat" and can't eat) and I do anticipate more to crop up in the first month or two. Overall though, I think the game already feels much better put together than some other games *cough*SOE*cough* that will continue to be paid beta for the foreseeable future.
So thank you Blizzard. I can't wait for my panda.:)
I'm a 25 year old(adult?) who drives to work. I've owned a GB, GBC, GBA, and now an SP. My main play time comes during lunch break and in the crapper. Thankfully the SP is so small that it's always in my pocket so I'm able to find other brief little periods of play time(like in the line to vote). That's why I'm not buying a DS(right away). The DS is just too big to carry all of the time. I can't be as spontaneous with it as with my SP. The other reason it will be a while before I get a DS is price. I only got the SP because of the price drop to $80 and the fact that I could trade in my GBA(couldn't sell it). Not that I can't trade in my SP too, but I love the size and the fact that it can still play all of my old greyscale GB carts. Maybe someday if they get the DS down to $99 I may splurge on it but it can never replace my SP. When Nintendo announces a true SP successor is when I'll get truely excited.
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I'm no Mac guy, but isn't that G4 choked by a 133Mhz FSB while the P4 is running 800Mhz(200x4)? Doom hasn't really been out long enough to notice a trend, but Quake3 scales VERY well with bus/memory speed increases. Doom3 might just need the bandwidth that only the top of the line FSBs can provide. Something to think about....
Sure TNG had the chemistry, but everyone was the same. DS9 not only had chemistry between the main cast but also diversity that led to all kinds of interesting exchanges. Everyone talks about the Dominion War episodes being the best of DS9 but the characters are what made that show. I think a lot of the best episodes were based on taking any two characters and sending them off in a runabout on some zany adventure. Especially when involving non-federation characters.
Sisko, refering to Garak: "Try and bring him back in one piece."
Worf: "At the first sign of betrayal I will kill him... but I promise to bring back the body intact."
NT Workstation and Win95 will install with 00100-0123456-00100.
Starcraft will install with 10000000000... not sure how many 0's but you just fill the field. Doesn't work on battle.net, but it's handy for LAN parties.
The saddest part is that since Win98 doesn't have an "OEM key", I've managed to memorize QXPY6-QYMD3-YC2B3-CJ966-PMP6W. I'm getting pretty close to knowing a Win2K key as well, but the one I've been using doesn't roll of the tongue as well as the 98 key.
Makes me glad I still have my MSDN version of Office 2000 that doesn't even ask for a key:)
Seriously though, MS doesn't need to patch their pirated software if they don't want to. Besides, if you really want a pirated version of Windows that can be patched then just use Win2K. I use WinXP and OfficeXP on my desktop because MS gave me free copies at their events, but I turn off or don't use all the crap they added from the 2000 versions anyway. Windows2000 is still the best MS has to offer and doesn't require you buy it to stay up to date(even though you should).
I however never really go for speed when I (re)play a game. I generaly like to look around a lot and do EVERYTHING in a game. It still takes me a few hours to beat Zelda because I do silly things like get the white sword, blue ring, and anything else I can possibly get before even entering level 1. My favorite trick though has always been getting the white sword w/o getting the basic one.
I'm sure most of you familiar with old DOS games remember making the boot floppies to get many of these games to run. So how feasable would it be to make a bootable DOS CD with a bunch of games on there? I'm sure there'd still be speed issues with newer PCs, and of course you can't save to the CD. Has anyone ever tried this?
I love my GCN and will never own an X-Box, but to keep things in perspective you should see that MS has a different spin on the year. What they don't tell you is how my new console, the 3Dudeboxcubemegastation, has outsold all others by 999999999% and I am now the the leader in 3rd party titles too. Damn, I love marketing:P
After reading your post I thought I was a dumb american for not knowing the difference between inquiry and enquiry myself. That is untill dictionary.com says they're both the same too. Could you enlighten me on the subtle differences?
It reads like a press release because I'm too retarded to make up anything original. Sure there are tons of newer and "better" games out there. This patch is special not just because it's a Blizzard game, but because it's a free patch that adds NEW features to a game that is five years old. Rip on Blizzard all you want, but most games are lucky if they're supported after the first year of being released. Blizzard basically/.ed their own game servers today to release new features for a game that not only doesn't bring in $14.95 per player/month, but only sells for about $29.99 retail. Who's really gonna buy Diablo II these days anyway? This release is a "thank you" from Blizzard to all their loyal fans. Sure Blizzard is known to make mistakes, but no company that has to support as many copies as Blizzard sells can put out the kind of quality gaming experience that they do.
Sure it's the biggest drive out there, but it's based on yesterday's technology. I'm much happier with my WD 250GB(really 232GB)/7200RPM/8MB/Serial ATA drive. Yes I understand that it's meant data and not apps, but if I'm going to spend top-of-the-line dollar I expect top-of-the-line product. I intend for my drive to last a long time(atleast the duration of the 3yr warranty). Hopefully it will outlive the life of even the PATA interface and someday can be a spare drive I throw into some router or something because, "It's only 250GB."
It only determines where you were registered for the number. I was born in New Jersey, but have a California prefix of 572. We moved out here whan I was about 3.
Sure, that's plenty for our current terrestrial "Internet", but what happens when we want to communitcate with all of our planetary colonies over the "Galactanet" or GAN? We'll probably just end up adopting the protocol of our alien rulers by then though.
While it is true that Bowser and Kong were the fastest on Super Mario Kart, they are most definatly not the fastest on MK64. Yoshi, Toad, and Peach are by far the fastest in that game. The big guys were fun because you could run into people and spin them out and what not, but it's hard to do consistantly. The light-weights are the ones with the best time trial times.
My buds and I have worn our N64 controllers to nubs playing Mario Kart. I was greatly dissapointed when Mario Kart wasn't a GCN release title. There's no finer waste of time than taking bong rips and destroying your friends with red turtle shells. I'm a little wary of the new element of two characters per kart, but knowing Nintendo's track record with great gameplay I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Once I have this and Mario Tennis in my GCN library I will finally be able toss out the ol' N64(unless someone knows where I can still get brand new Nintendo-made controllers).
File sharing on my XP box suddenly stopped working not too long ago. I fortunatly have a firewall and decent enough admin passwords(not to mention nothing in startup) so I'd wager I'm not infected. Doesn't change the fact that any attempts I make to renable the workgroup fail miserably. This should teach me for using a legal copy of XP. Next week I go back to pirating 2000. --
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"These people need air!"
Heh... Sounds like it could be Arnold's campaign slogan for governor of Mars.
It crashes occasionally on WinXP with an nvidia card too, so you're not really any worse off than anyone else. As for having no lag though, you must not stop by the auction house too often.
I agree completely. I was old MUDer back in the day and played quite a bit of Diablo(1 and 2) as well. WoW seems to combine the feel of those two experiences in wonderful 3D splendor. I ended up taking last friday off of work and dedicated the entire weekend to playing. I ended up sleeping a grand total of like 10-12 hours from thursday-sunday. Usually 10-12 hours is what I sleep on friday night(saturday afternoon?) alone. This game is like crack and heroin all rolled up in a fatty blunt. I'm going to go crazy this weekend with anticipation.
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I also agree with your suggestions and I did notice a few bugs even last night(such as stuck "in combat" and can't eat) and I do anticipate more to crop up in the first month or two. Overall though, I think the game already feels much better put together than some other games *cough*SOE*cough* that will continue to be paid beta for the foreseeable future.
So thank you Blizzard. I can't wait for my panda.
I'm a 25 year old(adult?) who drives to work. I've owned a GB, GBC, GBA, and now an SP. My main play time comes during lunch break and in the crapper. Thankfully the SP is so small that it's always in my pocket so I'm able to find other brief little periods of play time(like in the line to vote). That's why I'm not buying a DS(right away). The DS is just too big to carry all of the time. I can't be as spontaneous with it as with my SP. The other reason it will be a while before I get a DS is price. I only got the SP because of the price drop to $80 and the fact that I could trade in my GBA(couldn't sell it). Not that I can't trade in my SP too, but I love the size and the fact that it can still play all of my old greyscale GB carts. Maybe someday if they get the DS down to $99 I may splurge on it but it can never replace my SP. When Nintendo announces a true SP successor is when I'll get truely excited.
I'm no Mac guy, but isn't that G4 choked by a 133Mhz FSB while the P4 is running 800Mhz(200x4)? Doom hasn't really been out long enough to notice a trend, but Quake3 scales VERY well with bus/memory speed increases. Doom3 might just need the bandwidth that only the top of the line FSBs can provide. Something to think about....
Dad, I always knew that you would sell out one day.
Your Son, jesus@heaven.org
USB mice only sample at 125hz. If you want real precision you go PS/2 and run at 200hz.
The Anandtech review is the best in that compares the new Semprons with a range of Celerons, Athlon XPs, and even the Duron 1.6.
Sure TNG had the chemistry, but everyone was the same. DS9 not only had chemistry between the main cast but also diversity that led to all kinds of interesting exchanges. Everyone talks about the Dominion War episodes being the best of DS9 but the characters are what made that show. I think a lot of the best episodes were based on taking any two characters and sending them off in a runabout on some zany adventure. Especially when involving non-federation characters.
Sisko, refering to Garak: "Try and bring him back in one piece."
Worf: "At the first sign of betrayal I will kill him... but I promise to bring back the body intact."
Sisko: "I hope you're joking."
Worf: "We will see."
NT Workstation and Win95 will install with 00100-0123456-00100.
Starcraft will install with 10000000000... not sure how many 0's but you just fill the field. Doesn't work on battle.net, but it's handy for LAN parties.
The saddest part is that since Win98 doesn't have an "OEM key", I've managed to memorize QXPY6-QYMD3-YC2B3-CJ966-PMP6W. I'm getting pretty close to knowing a Win2K key as well, but the one I've been using doesn't roll of the tongue as well as the 98 key.
Makes me glad I still have my MSDN version of Office 2000 that doesn't even ask for a key :)
Seriously though, MS doesn't need to patch their pirated software if they don't want to. Besides, if you really want a pirated version of Windows that can be patched then just use Win2K. I use WinXP and OfficeXP on my desktop because MS gave me free copies at their events, but I turn off or don't use all the crap they added from the 2000 versions anyway. Windows2000 is still the best MS has to offer and doesn't require you buy it to stay up to date(even though you should).
I however never really go for speed when I (re)play a game. I generaly like to look around a lot and do EVERYTHING in a game. It still takes me a few hours to beat Zelda because I do silly things like get the white sword, blue ring, and anything else I can possibly get before even entering level 1. My favorite trick though has always been getting the white sword w/o getting the basic one.
Just my 1.5
I'm sure most of you familiar with old DOS games remember making the boot floppies to get many of these games to run. So how feasable would it be to make a bootable DOS CD with a bunch of games on there? I'm sure there'd still be speed issues with newer PCs, and of course you can't save to the CD. Has anyone ever tried this?
I love my GCN and will never own an X-Box, but to keep things in perspective you should see that MS has a different spin :P
on the year. What they don't tell you is how my new console, the 3Dudeboxcubemegastation, has outsold all others by 999999999% and I am now the the leader in 3rd party titles too. Damn, I love marketing
Dragon Warrior I and II were both released on a single cart for the GameBoy Color a few years ago.
After reading your post I thought I was a dumb american for not knowing the difference between inquiry and enquiry myself. That is untill dictionary.com says they're both the same too. Could you enlighten me on the subtle differences?
It reads like a press release because I'm too retarded to make up anything original. Sure there are tons of newer and "better" games out there. This patch is special not just because it's a Blizzard game, but because it's a free patch that adds NEW features to a game that is five years old. Rip on Blizzard all you want, but most games are lucky if they're supported after the first year of being released. Blizzard basically /.ed their own game servers today to release new features for a game that not only doesn't bring in $14.95 per player/month, but only sells for about $29.99 retail. Who's really gonna buy Diablo II these days anyway? This release is a "thank you" from Blizzard to all their loyal fans. Sure Blizzard is known to make mistakes, but no company that has to support as many copies as Blizzard sells can put out the kind of quality gaming experience that they do.
Sure it's the biggest drive out there, but it's based on yesterday's technology. I'm much happier with my WD 250GB(really 232GB)/7200RPM/8MB/Serial ATA drive. Yes I understand that it's meant data and not apps, but if I'm going to spend top-of-the-line dollar I expect top-of-the-line product. I intend for my drive to last a long time(atleast the duration of the 3yr warranty). Hopefully it will outlive the life of even the PATA interface and someday can be a spare drive I throw into some router or something because, "It's only 250GB."
It only determines where you were registered for the number. I was born in New Jersey, but have a California prefix of 572. We moved out here whan I was about 3.
for a remake or sequel to Master of Magic. I've been waiting almost 10 years already, and yes Age of Wonders was close but not quite the same.
Sure, that's plenty for our current terrestrial "Internet", but what happens when we want to communitcate with all of our planetary colonies over the "Galactanet" or GAN? We'll probably just end up adopting the protocol of our alien rulers by then though.
It was Lt. Barclay you fewl!
While it is true that Bowser and Kong were the fastest on Super Mario Kart, they are most definatly not the fastest on MK64. Yoshi, Toad, and Peach are by far the fastest in that game. The big guys were fun because you could run into people and spin them out and what not, but it's hard to do consistantly. The light-weights are the ones with the best time trial times.
My buds and I have worn our N64 controllers to nubs playing Mario Kart. I was greatly dissapointed when Mario Kart wasn't a GCN release title. There's no finer waste of time than taking bong rips and destroying your friends with red turtle shells. I'm a little wary of the new element of two characters per kart, but knowing Nintendo's track record with great gameplay I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Once I have this and Mario Tennis in my GCN library I will finally be able toss out the ol' N64(unless someone knows where I can still get brand new Nintendo-made controllers).
File sharing on my XP box suddenly stopped working not too long ago. I fortunatly have a firewall and decent enough admin passwords(not to mention nothing in startup) so I'd wager I'm not infected. Doesn't change the fact that any attempts I make to renable the workgroup fail miserably. This should teach me for using a legal copy of XP. Next week I go back to pirating 2000.
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