Good call, friend. I'm sure that there are a lot of people at home playing a quiet game of Baldurs Gate 2 or Diablo 2 as we speak. I myself have been playing the Baldurs series since release and have never played it online (I do LAN with friends, though). Even the Quake3 idea of 'bots' inhabiting the game world is better than nothing, and it would justify the price of some of these games that are basically unplayable unless you are logged on to the game server. It would also give newbies a chance to get their shit in one sock (so to speak) before jumping on-line and getting vaporised.
The only reason I don't play any of the better MMORPG's about is a reason I think alot of people will agree with. If I just paid $50 or more for a game, thats it. I have a real problem with ongoing payment (mostly because I dont own a credit card)toward a game I already own! I understand it costs money to keep the servers up and other stuff, but hey, make the game slightly more expensive on initial purchase and eliminate the ongoing payment. I won't pay to play on principle. I would maybe consider it if the game cost had a ceiling, ie: you buy the game, pay to play for 12 months, then it becomes free. When a mate showed me Asheron's Call and explained how it worked, the only thing I could hear were the cash registers going off in my head.
So let me get this straight, you pay $50 for the game, then $12.95 every month? And how long have you been playing now? *ching ching*
When Strider showed himself to Frodo and the gang at Bree, he declared himself as Aragorn of a royal heritage. Only a few more extra seconds and would've added much to the drama, and later "feeling" for this ranger during all the battles.
I agree, I had my "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn" speech all ready to go when I went into the cinema. It broke my heart that some of the best lines in the book weren't in the movie, this one in particular.
I also can't find anything unreasonable with your post. It's all completely true we had HUNDREDS of returns at our dept store over the faulty lid-switch thingy, and the only reason I can think you are getting modded down is because there is a pussy ps-owning moderator out there who doesn't like hearing the truth about his pride and joy. Don't worry too much though mate, I've got the slashdot karma thing sussed:
Modded Up: Comments about Linux being the best.
Modded Down: Comments based on anything else, or when you point out the "Modded up" rule.
I have a feeling it doesn't do diddly without the rider's weight activating the machine. It just sits there luring people to come touch it and muss up your shiny titanium finish.
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
He said they ate cat, not they are inferior beings. Vietnamese eat beetles, hell, aussies eat crocodile. Is stating that racist too, Einstein? It may be a generalisation, but it is still a proven fact.
Get over yourself, Tipper Gore.
Like that will really make a difference? They were the ones that started the whole sell-off shit anyway...
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I have one of these for my SNES. It is awesome, i have probably about 200 games for it. you just dump the cartridge onto 1 or 2 floppy disks and thats it! Im currently mucking around trying to get rid of the floppy and instead use a HDD but that project died in the arse when I saw the Doctor V64. Hmmmm... N64 cartridge backups? tasty!!
Some of the inventions us dopey aussies threw together...
refrigeration
the heart pacemaker
aircraft inventions:
the `black box' flight recorder
Interscan aircraft landing system
aircraft radar distance measuring equipment
inflatable escape slide
the photocopier (liquid xerographics)
the utility truck (i.e. the pickup truck)
interactive computer systems
the torpedo
the bionic ear (cochlear implant)
the wine cask
permanent press fabric
microsurgery
differential gears
atomic absorption spectroscopy
the (military) tank (concept only)
the car radio
Police car radio
ready-mix concrete
the lawn mower
in vitro fertilisation and frozen embryo implantation
the clothes hoist
the orbital engine
the Favco crane
the wave-piercing catamaran
self-twist yarn spinning
speed packer garbage collector
Michell thrust bearing (for screw propeller)
artificial rain
mechanised brick production
snake bite antivenene
Owen machine gun
Mills cross radiotelescope
laser lighthouse
sports ergometer
contour farming
agricultural machinery:
harvester
sunshine harvester
stripper harvester
sugar cane harvester
stump-jump plough
chaff cutter
drill cultivator
rotary hoe
shearing machines
infra-red chicken brooder
guided anti-aircraft weapons
Ikara anti-submarine torpedo/missile system
furniture castors
sound-proof windows
beamed radar
snail killer
modern milking machine
tubular sheet metal
periscope rifle
Totalisator betting system
processes for extracting precious metals:
Lister's zinc/lead process
bromocyanide process for extracting gold
water meter (direct measurement)
spun concrete pipe
exploding bullets
automatic lid for jugs
superefficient solar cell
optically variable plastic banknotes
superlightweight fabrics
superlightweight composite machine parts
rare earth supermagnet motors
3D prototyping
BTW, you DO know that Crocodile Dundee and the Crocodile Hunter wouldnt get the time of day in their own country, while Americans fall over themselves to throw money at em....
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Hell yeah! One of my favourite flicks of all time. It's hard to believe he went on to make a little film known as Lord of The Rings.
Good call, friend. I'm sure that there are a lot of people at home playing a quiet game of Baldurs Gate 2 or Diablo 2 as we speak. I myself have been playing the Baldurs series since release and have never played it online (I do LAN with friends, though). Even the Quake3 idea of 'bots' inhabiting the game world is better than nothing, and it would justify the price of some of these games that are basically unplayable unless you are logged on to the game server. It would also give newbies a chance to get their shit in one sock (so to speak) before jumping on-line and getting vaporised.
So let me get this straight, you pay $50 for the game, then $12.95 every month? And how long have you been playing now? *ching ching*
Master of Magic. Man, that game kicks ass. I know it was Microprose not Sierra, but still...
Just a test to weed out the Manilow fans ;)
I agree, I had my "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn" speech all ready to go when I went into the cinema. It broke my heart that some of the best lines in the book weren't in the movie, this one in particular.
Modded Up: Comments about Linux being the best.
Modded Down: Comments based on anything else, or when you point out the "Modded up" rule.
Here it comes.....
If you weren't AC you would soon be posting at +1.
You know they're only breedin' 'em to throw rocks at 'em....
MOD PARENT UP!!!
What, you mean yours doesn't already?
I'm just looking forward to not having some cab-driver make you clean up when you puke 17 beers and half a kebab in the back of one at 3:00 AM....
Even his sig is spelt incorrectly, For fuck's sake.
Has war been officially declared over there, or is it just media hype? (Just a question)
This WOPR, perchance?
Like Youngblood Priest?
I have a feeling it doesn't do diddly without the rider's weight activating the machine. It just sits there luring people to come touch it and muss up your shiny titanium finish.
as far as you like, gorgeous...
Um... who's we? you got a turd in your pocket?
According to this site a substantial number of child abductors/killers live with their parents...
. ht ml
http://www.wa.gov/ago/homicide_report/sum_facts
but I bet you cant take them seriously...
Function: noun
Date: 1936
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
He said they ate cat, not they are inferior beings. Vietnamese eat beetles, hell, aussies eat crocodile. Is stating that racist too, Einstein? It may be a generalisation, but it is still a proven fact. Get over yourself, Tipper Gore.
Like that will really make a difference? They were the ones that started the whole sell-off shit anyway...
I have one of these for my SNES. It is awesome, i have probably about 200 games for it. you just dump the cartridge onto 1 or 2 floppy disks and thats it! Im currently mucking around trying to get rid of the floppy and instead use a HDD but that project died in the arse when I saw the Doctor V64. Hmmmm... N64 cartridge backups? tasty!!
Some of the inventions us dopey aussies threw together...
refrigeration
the heart pacemaker
aircraft inventions:
the `black box' flight recorder
Interscan aircraft landing system
aircraft radar distance measuring equipment
inflatable escape slide
the photocopier (liquid xerographics)
the utility truck (i.e. the pickup truck)
interactive computer systems
the torpedo
the bionic ear (cochlear implant)
the wine cask
permanent press fabric
microsurgery
differential gears
atomic absorption spectroscopy
the (military) tank (concept only)
the car radio
Police car radio
ready-mix concrete
the lawn mower
in vitro fertilisation and frozen embryo implantation
the clothes hoist
the orbital engine
the Favco crane
the wave-piercing catamaran
self-twist yarn spinning
speed packer garbage collector
Michell thrust bearing (for screw propeller)
artificial rain
mechanised brick production
snake bite antivenene
Owen machine gun
Mills cross radiotelescope
laser lighthouse
sports ergometer
contour farming
agricultural machinery:
harvester
sunshine harvester
stripper harvester
sugar cane harvester
stump-jump plough
chaff cutter
drill cultivator
rotary hoe
shearing machines
infra-red chicken brooder
guided anti-aircraft weapons
Ikara anti-submarine torpedo/missile system
furniture castors
sound-proof windows
beamed radar
snail killer
modern milking machine
tubular sheet metal
periscope rifle
Totalisator betting system
processes for extracting precious metals:
Lister's zinc/lead process
bromocyanide process for extracting gold
water meter (direct measurement)
spun concrete pipe
exploding bullets
automatic lid for jugs
superefficient solar cell
optically variable plastic banknotes
superlightweight fabrics
superlightweight composite machine parts
rare earth supermagnet motors
3D prototyping
BTW, you DO know that Crocodile Dundee and the Crocodile Hunter wouldnt get the time of day in their own country, while Americans fall over themselves to throw money at em....