I like this idea, it's interesting. I would also like to see true world pvp so you can kill your own faction (those jerks) and maybe some other ways to perma-die in the game besides the time limit you mention. Maybe they could make a "hardcore" server for this gameplay mode.
I don't understand why they dont just do the same damn thing that worked so well in THEIR previous game, Diablo II, and make the dungeon scale in difficulty based on the number of players. You could also throw in more loots based on that, and you can make it scale on a curve or whatever just to keep it funky. It's very simple, just pick a multiplier and apply it across all the mobs HP and attacks. Also annoying to me is the progressive nature of these dungeons, which is another matter altogether, but basically you need to get decked out in MC/Onyxia loot to do well in BWL/ZG, and then AQ will give better loots but only if you have the uber-loots from BWL/ZG to survive, which leads to the new one in the article.... and on to infinity. Dollars for blizzard, that is.
I don't want to come off as being against your post, because I totally agree, but I wonder if the O-rings thing wasn't just another in a long list of things the engineers were complaining about (of varying importance)... Engineers are certainly the kind to make known all their qualms about anything, and presented with a roomful of engineers I am sure a lot of managers would be quick to gloss over most of their complaints. Add to that the fact that this would only fail under certain circumstances and you can see how it falls down the list. I see it happen all the time in the software world. And then of course as soon as you agree to "let it slide for now", that certain circumstance is guaranteed to occur. That's gotta be some kind of Murphy's Law of engineering...
"in my neighborhood no one ever got polio, no one, ever. you know why? cause we swam in the east river. we swam in raw sewage! it strengthened our immune systems, the polio never had a prayer, we were tempered in raw shit."
You have missed the point of this charity. This is not about saving lives, never will be. This was started on 2 premises: (1) kids in the hospital have huge amounts of time to spend doing nothing, it's boring and scary at the same time, and (2) this is a huge fuck-you to the media/politicians who always seem to get behind the "gamers are bad people" stories.
Anyway, from my perspective this is an awesome charity because it's all about raising the quality of life for these sick kids - and you get to pick out the exact items you want to buy for them on amazon.
..."almost as good", right like eating salad with a spoon instead of a fork is almost as good. It has its uses, but as someone who accesses a variety of windows servers remotely every day, I can tell you VNC is one beating I'd rather not take if I can avoid it.
Toys R Us used to do the same thing with their baby stuff (diapers, formula), don't know if they still do. And yes, Best Buy did it for years using CDs to lure people in for the big ticket items (worked like a charm too).
Regression testing is wonderful but you can't take it to extremes in the face of serious security problems. Patching critical security holes with exploits in the wild should be top priority for MS. They release untested patches for specific issues via product support all the time. They can just throw the security patches out there with a disclaimer that it hasn't been tested blah blah blah, we really mean it blah blah blah, okfine blah blah blah.
I went the same route, took 7 years off (and only went before that like 2 or 3 times in my whole life). Had to eventually go for the wisdom tooth, which had developed a monster cavity. But no cavities anywhere else. The dentist said they are finding out now that some people are genetically prone to harbor the bacteria that cause cavities (or something like that) and some are not. I obviously fell into the latter group. But gum disease is another story, so if you have insurance and if flossing hurts at all I would recommend seeing the dentist regardless of the cavity situation just to find out your gum status. Unfortunately after 12 years without a cleaning you might be in for some pretty painful gouging (the old root planing/scaling)...
The AI seems harder to beat, which is a plus I guess, however your teammates will still eagerly jump rush towards the enemy, get right in your line of fire, and expect you not to shoot them in the back 100 times. I have taken to killing them on purpose because it's just easier that way.
There is definitely something different about the AI in F.E.A.R. Aside from the fact that they always yell "he's trying to flank" when you move forwards 1 foot, the enemies seem to at least behave semi-randomly in their strategies. I have caught them lying in wait, charging as a group, flanking me (though never surrounding me), and you can literally play each firefight repeatedly and it will play out differently each time.
No, YOU could reasonably assume that. Consumers can and do take it one step further. Things like "Windows Media Player" encourage this type of thinking by consumers. Also, it should be noted that MS has trademarks on several things which just start with "Windows".
The "Windows" trademark pertains to software products, which is what the guy made. Consumers could reasonably assume that "Windows Defender" was affiliated with MS based on the name alone, which was not true. If he made something that had to do with non-software windows, i.e. the glass kind, there would be no trademark infringement.
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But how many people play golf every day or even every other day?
I am all for it!
People don't like to be stupid, even if they are.
I like this idea, it's interesting. I would also like to see true world pvp so you can kill your own faction (those jerks) and maybe some other ways to perma-die in the game besides the time limit you mention. Maybe they could make a "hardcore" server for this gameplay mode.
I don't understand why they dont just do the same damn thing that worked so well in THEIR previous game, Diablo II, and make the dungeon scale in difficulty based on the number of players. You could also throw in more loots based on that, and you can make it scale on a curve or whatever just to keep it funky. It's very simple, just pick a multiplier and apply it across all the mobs HP and attacks. Also annoying to me is the progressive nature of these dungeons, which is another matter altogether, but basically you need to get decked out in MC/Onyxia loot to do well in BWL/ZG, and then AQ will give better loots but only if you have the uber-loots from BWL/ZG to survive, which leads to the new one in the article.... and on to infinity. Dollars for blizzard, that is.
I don't want to come off as being against your post, because I totally agree, but I wonder if the O-rings thing wasn't just another in a long list of things the engineers were complaining about (of varying importance)... Engineers are certainly the kind to make known all their qualms about anything, and presented with a roomful of engineers I am sure a lot of managers would be quick to gloss over most of their complaints. Add to that the fact that this would only fail under certain circumstances and you can see how it falls down the list. I see it happen all the time in the software world. And then of course as soon as you agree to "let it slide for now", that certain circumstance is guaranteed to occur. That's gotta be some kind of Murphy's Law of engineering...
obligatory George Carlin:
"in my neighborhood no one ever got polio, no one, ever. you know why? cause we swam in the east river. we swam in raw sewage! it strengthened our immune systems, the polio never had a prayer, we were tempered in raw shit."
You have missed the point of this charity. This is not about saving lives, never will be. This was started on 2 premises: (1) kids in the hospital have huge amounts of time to spend doing nothing, it's boring and scary at the same time, and (2) this is a huge fuck-you to the media/politicians who always seem to get behind the "gamers are bad people" stories.
Anyway, from my perspective this is an awesome charity because it's all about raising the quality of life for these sick kids - and you get to pick out the exact items you want to buy for them on amazon.
..."almost as good", right like eating salad with a spoon instead of a fork is almost as good. It has its uses, but as someone who accesses a variety of windows servers remotely every day, I can tell you VNC is one beating I'd rather not take if I can avoid it.
If treason isn't a good enough reason to be impeached, maybe we can come up some kind of blow-job scenario.
How much of it is anti-Castro I wonder...
It's also the SQL Server way of managing memory (shudder)...
Toys R Us used to do the same thing with their baby stuff (diapers, formula), don't know if they still do. And yes, Best Buy did it for years using CDs to lure people in for the big ticket items (worked like a charm too).
It's not just Buy.com, that's the standard deal on those "free" black RAZRs everywhere.
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1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.
Regression testing is wonderful but you can't take it to extremes in the face of serious security problems. Patching critical security holes with exploits in the wild should be top priority for MS. They release untested patches for specific issues via product support all the time. They can just throw the security patches out there with a disclaimer that it hasn't been tested blah blah blah, we really mean it blah blah blah, okfine blah blah blah.
Plus, you can bet if they didn't put the guy to death the silent partners in the lie would have remained silent...
I went the same route, took 7 years off (and only went before that like 2 or 3 times in my whole life). Had to eventually go for the wisdom tooth, which had developed a monster cavity. But no cavities anywhere else. The dentist said they are finding out now that some people are genetically prone to harbor the bacteria that cause cavities (or something like that) and some are not. I obviously fell into the latter group. But gum disease is another story, so if you have insurance and if flossing hurts at all I would recommend seeing the dentist regardless of the cavity situation just to find out your gum status. Unfortunately after 12 years without a cleaning you might be in for some pretty painful gouging (the old root planing/scaling)...
The AI seems harder to beat, which is a plus I guess, however your teammates will still eagerly jump rush towards the enemy, get right in your line of fire, and expect you not to shoot them in the back 100 times. I have taken to killing them on purpose because it's just easier that way.
There is definitely something different about the AI in F.E.A.R. Aside from the fact that they always yell "he's trying to flank" when you move forwards 1 foot, the enemies seem to at least behave semi-randomly in their strategies. I have caught them lying in wait, charging as a group, flanking me (though never surrounding me), and you can literally play each firefight repeatedly and it will play out differently each time.
MS has trademarks on several things which just start with "Windows".
No, YOU could reasonably assume that. Consumers can and do take it one step further. Things like "Windows Media Player" encourage this type of thinking by consumers. Also, it should be noted that MS has trademarks on several things which just start with "Windows".
The "Windows" trademark pertains to software products, which is what the guy made. Consumers could reasonably assume that "Windows Defender" was affiliated with MS based on the name alone, which was not true. If he made something that had to do with non-software windows, i.e. the glass kind, there would be no trademark infringement.
guess what the new enterprise manager is based on... VS2005!
Agreed, lol.