I have no idea what the % of E&B players were that migrated to Star Wars Galaxies, a game without space ships when it started, or EVE. I left E&B for SWG, EVE had no draw for me as I couldn't get out of my ship and be a true person in a RPG world.
E&B had player balance issues as do all MMORPGs, the ID Matrix giving certain users on the server godlike abilities compared to the 1000s of other players out there and then nerfing them down to worthless status. I was one of the lucky ones who got to make tons of items with one. When the nerf came down, I left the game and started playing SWG. I knew they had database issues using flat files and no good editing tools, tons of devices and weapons had bad or non-existent drop rates and crafting became insane with tons of items never learnable after countless failures in deconstruction. The buyout and closing of Westwood all predicted the death of E&B long before this.
I had loads of fun living out in space, helping newbs out with my top notch building and travel tours, and performing scouting duties at Tada-Oh gate for my guild.
Hopefully the Sci-fi genre can produce another game with a budget to do it right again and keep getting better.
Did anyone else come home from the bars, check their email, see a body builder on a slashdot ad and lose the erection for the girl they have laying on the couch? WTF? Seriously....
"Packaging managers are a must. Whether it's dpkg or rpm or yast, show them the different tricks and options. Also, if show how to roll a custom package, but choose one of the simpler ones"
He uses gentoo. No need to learn tricks when you have emerge.
It is called 'potential'. Bandwidth to most means the capacity of a circuit, not the size of a packet sent. And yes most wireless access points do rate scaling. 11Mbit, 5.5Mbit, 2Mbit, 1Mbit. Not that most libraries or networks in general are going to have an Internet connection faster than the LAN speed.
Just because you already own BF1942 doesn't mean I do. I particularly am not into WWII, I figured bolt-action rifles to not be my style. I purchased BF Vietnam well knowing it was 'just like BF1942 but with palm trees'. Same thing goes for UT2k4, if there is 'just one feature added' don't buy it. It isn't for you. They gave a rebate to those who already had 2003 as well, knowing people like you would say these things. FPS on console, what can I say.. Goldeneye would have been so slammed by PC gamers for being a piece of shit I would agree porting to another platform would be a mistake. What? I can't fall? I can't jump off of stairs? Goldeneye was about 5 years behind the physics of other PC FPSs when it came out. Now all they need is for some REAL (read PC) FPS gamers to be able to take out all the console fanboys with the tools of the trade, trusty old mouse and keyboard.
When those systems break, or need maintainence, at least those unix programmers and sysadmins will have job opportunities to compete with the MCSE's working on the Exchange and IIS systems. No one makes money writing Open Source, they make their money doing customizations. That is the business model. And as for giving back to the community, the point is that those who program in their spare time can have full time jobs dealing with maintaining others codes and they may have the power to give back.
Reminds me of the hottie in 2 Fast 2 Furious, ecstatic that she passes the chicano so she isn't last before the bridge jump.. Vrrooom we are a pink corvette..
Topic does apply to you very well. People who bitch about grouping in MMORPGs should just drop the MMO part. Why bother paying a monthly fee when you don't want other people there? When game companies cater to whiners who want to solo everything, they end up making the game too easy, which allows power-gamers to level up to the top ranks in days and get bored and bitch about lack of content.
Try to compare it to the Death Star blowing up. Virtual people being silenced. Did we ever see anyone from Alderan in the first place? 9/11 is overboard. People can post their crap in another place, they aren't dead.
There is a folder (prefetch I believe) in XP that holds a saved memory state of every application that ran, that is how it is booting so fast. Basically a hibernation folder. I have to remember to clean viruses out of this folder.
Look for RASPPPOE. Some German guy wrote it and it's easily available online. You don't need to run Enternet 3000 or whatever PPPoE crap they want you to.
Are you the guy who came up with the 'Due to the events of Sept 11th...' crap blaming great delays in shipping that were apparently from an internal problem you had with both your software and shipping department on a national tragedy? I personally quit netflix in October after my service became horrible. After I complained that the post office had NOT stopped accepting and delivering mail, and accused your company of abusing sentiment, I was sent an email blaming all delays on a database shipping problem.
Your company acted as bad as those people who took donations for their own benefit when you lie to cover up things and 'hope no one is looking/paying attention'.
" Code Red shut down entire networks, this one only hit webservers " Code Red only hit IIS servers, and who in their mind would go thru the trouble of installing IIS to use as an FTPd or gopher server?
Apparently you've never taken speed (which most diet pills are made of). It takes the hunger pangs away. How hungry are you on a head full of cold medicine?
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I have no idea what the % of E&B players were that migrated to Star Wars Galaxies, a game without space ships when it started, or EVE. I left E&B for SWG, EVE had no draw for me as I couldn't get out of my ship and be a true person in a RPG world.
E&B had player balance issues as do all MMORPGs, the ID Matrix giving certain users on the server godlike abilities compared to the 1000s of other players out there and then nerfing them down to worthless status. I was one of the lucky ones who got to make tons of items with one. When the nerf came down, I left the game and started playing SWG. I knew they had database issues using flat files and no good editing tools, tons of devices and weapons had bad or non-existent drop rates and crafting became insane with tons of items never learnable after countless failures in deconstruction. The buyout and closing of Westwood all predicted the death of E&B long before this.
I had loads of fun living out in space, helping newbs out with my top notch building and travel tours, and performing scouting duties at Tada-Oh gate for my guild.
Hopefully the Sci-fi genre can produce another game with a budget to do it right again and keep getting better.
Did everyone go broke buying Star Wars DVDs and lightsabers on thinkgeek?
Did anyone else come home from the bars, check their email, see a body builder on a slashdot ad and lose the erection for the girl they have laying on the couch? WTF? Seriously....
"Packaging managers are a must. Whether it's dpkg or rpm or yast, show them the different tricks and options. Also, if show how to roll a custom package, but choose one of the simpler ones"
He uses gentoo. No need to learn tricks when you have emerge.
It is called 'potential'. Bandwidth to most means the capacity of a circuit, not the size of a packet sent. And yes most wireless access points do rate scaling. 11Mbit, 5.5Mbit, 2Mbit, 1Mbit. Not that most libraries or networks in general are going to have an Internet connection faster than the LAN speed.
Who could possibly make fun of AOL that wouldn't make fun of Linspire? Are these on E-machines? I miss my Packard-Bell.
Just because you already own BF1942 doesn't mean I do. I particularly am not into WWII, I figured bolt-action rifles to not be my style. I purchased BF Vietnam well knowing it was 'just like BF1942 but with palm trees'. Same thing goes for UT2k4, if there is 'just one feature added' don't buy it. It isn't for you. They gave a rebate to those who already had 2003 as well, knowing people like you would say these things. FPS on console, what can I say.. Goldeneye would have been so slammed by PC gamers for being a piece of shit I would agree porting to another platform would be a mistake. What? I can't fall? I can't jump off of stairs? Goldeneye was about 5 years behind the physics of other PC FPSs when it came out. Now all they need is for some REAL (read PC) FPS gamers to be able to take out all the console fanboys with the tools of the trade, trusty old mouse and keyboard.
When those systems break, or need maintainence, at least those unix programmers and sysadmins will have job opportunities to compete with the MCSE's working on the Exchange and IIS systems. No one makes money writing Open Source, they make their money doing customizations. That is the business model. And as for giving back to the community, the point is that those who program in their spare time can have full time jobs dealing with maintaining others codes and they may have the power to give back.
Reminds me of the hottie in 2 Fast 2 Furious, ecstatic that she passes the chicano so she isn't last before the bridge jump..
Vrrooom we are a pink corvette..
How do you eat so many hotdogs?
Topic does apply to you very well. People who bitch about grouping in MMORPGs should just drop the MMO part. Why bother paying a monthly fee when you don't want other people there? When game companies cater to whiners who want to solo everything, they end up making the game too easy, which allows power-gamers to level up to the top ranks in days and get bored and bitch about lack of content.
Apparently you haven't tried XP out yet..
Try to compare it to the Death Star blowing up. Virtual people being silenced. Did we ever see anyone from Alderan in the first place? 9/11 is overboard. People can post their crap in another place, they aren't dead.
There is a folder (prefetch I believe) in XP that holds a saved memory state of every application that ran, that is how it is booting so fast. Basically a hibernation folder. I have to remember to clean viruses out of this folder.
Why do they always put the fake pictures up instead of the real thing? Are those semi-interested in space that shallow?
I belive you mean moo point, like a cow's opinion.
MOOOOOOOOOOO
FP!
Not true. You can't play Dark Reign unless you install DX3. And DX3 won't install on 2k.
Look for RASPPPOE. Some German guy wrote it and it's easily available online. You don't need to run Enternet 3000 or whatever PPPoE crap they want you to.
You tear down my shitty wall!!!!
Are you the guy who came up with the 'Due to the events of Sept 11th...' crap blaming great delays in shipping that were apparently from an internal problem you had with both your software and shipping department on a national tragedy? I personally quit netflix in October after my service became horrible. After I complained that the post office had NOT stopped accepting and delivering mail, and accused your company of abusing sentiment, I was sent an email blaming all delays on a database shipping problem.
Your company acted as bad as those people who took donations for their own benefit when you lie to cover up things and 'hope no one is looking/paying attention'.
Not posting AC because I care.
You got fucking probation, he is going to prison, care to not compare oranges and apples?
" Code Red shut down entire networks, this one only hit webservers "
Code Red only hit IIS servers, and who in their mind would go thru the trouble of installing IIS to use as an FTPd or gopher server?
...they will be hard-pressed to find 3000 people willing to give them a penny.
Apparently you've never taken speed (which most diet pills are made of). It takes the hunger pangs away. How hungry are you on a head full of cold medicine?