This was a great debate/topic/opinions until dumbass trolls/Blizzard spoke-holes "RealBigNUKE" and "dragonsongcame" out. You guys couldnt make it anymore obvious.
Here are some good points in this topic, summarized.
*50 cents a day is still money, and if you dont think so, please send it to me, or make a donation to this website. * EULA doesnt mean LAW. (Blizzard protects and give itself all rights of GOD, while consumer gets no rights.) *Why we accept that WoW must have bugs, and we must be inconvinienced? *Just because EQ and UO etc etc had.has problems why is it an excuse for every other MMO that came out. WoW has nothing revolutionary in game or graphics. With graphics being somewhat sub-par. And its been 2 1/2 years + and they still don't know how to make it right. That is just incompetence. 10 years from now, we will have another MMO, and we will still have the same lame excuses? *People play MMO so they can play with a LOTS of other people, moving to a server which are "empty" defeats the whole point of why people bought this whole game in the first place. *No one complains when their game makes great review or gets GOTY, but as soon it doesnt, they question the "motives" or talkes about "Credibility" of the source. For your info, Penny Arcade is one of the few places that hasn't whore itself out to big companies as most video game magazines due. * WoW sales are mostly to great hype and reputation Blizz had. * Software companies must be hold accountable for the products they make. Blizzard is no different. *It costs a lot of money to run an on-line games. (You know if in 1999 it was 2-4 dollars out of 10 for band, 5 years later, the cost is cheaper actually, but great point) *Penny Arcade gave very good reason on why WoW doesn't deserve GOTY. And it does mean something. Penny Arcade has more credibility then most game magazines. *Blizz doing lots of LIP service. *Lag is real, que's are real, problems which were talked about in BETA. There are no surprises, so what is going on is bad programming.
People pointed out that Blizzard was forced to put out the game before it was done. Care to prove it?
You want to give a message to Blizzard, don't continue to subscribe to the service. Unless you like to grab your ankles without any lube...then you deserve all the whining and moaning.
They do make sexy hardware, but somehow I managed to shake it off before I got really enthralled. And Nintendo was waiting for me in the curve and they're the ones getting my money.
I was under the impression it already was sort of "open source", being that you could customize most of the stuff and recompile it yourself with tools provided.
I received a few messages from the boards around july, asking people what the advantages were of moving a project to an open source model.
anyway.. here are the sourceforge details..
>> RunUO is a Microsoft.NET based Ultima Online game server package. The software will allow you to run your own Ultima Online server, with limitless possibilites!
Gaming Foundry, Distributed Computing Foundry
* Development Status: 6 - Mature
* Intended Audience: Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
* Operating System: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
* Programming Language: C#
* Topic: Role-Playing
* User Interface: Console/Terminal
you're right.. silly homepage. I should make something out of it.
And the theory is not mine. It was related to us by a litterature teacher in a sci-fi/horro around 1990. He probably mentionned seafood but I have no recollection of it. But I do remember that HP, in a letter, did mention something to that effect. Along the lines of : when you have read everything that has ever been written about sex at age 10 and about love at age 12, these things don't make any sense anymore.
Then again, I might be wrong.. My college years are pretty fuzzy, and taking physics at univ was a good move, but I lost a lot of my litterature lore in the process.
Come on.. Even when doing real work, you can be frauded the way he explained when you trade through Paypal.
PayPal will retract payments made if they were reported as 'fraudulent', up to three months after the payment is made. (...) When the transaction involved a physically shipped good to a verified customer address, the seller can get the money back; but otherwise you're SOL. Obviously, selling virtual currency is not covered.
For those who get it, no explanation is needed. For those who don't, none will ever be good enough. - Former World Championship Wrestling World Champion Jeff Jarrett
And obscure jokes are funny because not everyone will get them.
yah mann! Them Cosmo be bad voodoo fo' da macheeen! My mammma's mamma got the cosmo that won time big time and it kurst her gooood. -- (it's funny. laugh)
Right click on the taskbar button, select move, press a couple of arrow keys, move your mouse and the window should be clipped to your mouse cursor now. Click anywhere.
Most of the users in the teleconference at the time were francophones, so we were a bit puzzled why we couldn't type in "wristwatch" until someone finally realised what the bad word was.
A few weeks later, I think we just removed the filtering system. It was a family channel, but most of the users were well behaved.
Expensive, but I think I still have dreams about them.
We used to hang out between courses at the Montreal location and when it closed down, there was a lot of stuff to buy.. (being the only francophone location, they couldn't re-sell the "monde virtuel" or "velocité=victoire" stuff elsewhere)
Jaques Villeneuve used to be a regular there between races, when he had the chance to come back to Montreal.
I started playing on version 4, I think, (when you didn't have to remember the coolant flush codes)
The problem, especially in old GB games, is alignment.. There's a 1/16" difference between the slot and the carts on old Gameboys, so the trick was to power done, move the cart a little (left or right), and try again.
Same thing for the nes. Put the cart in, click. try. if it fails, move it a bit sideways.. sometimes, you'd even get into the game, with everything fine but a few letters showing up screwed up. I wouldn't recommend saving your game at this point.:)
Shit, I don't even OWN a GBA, but you can bet that if they released the QFG series, Space Quest, LSL games for it? You can bet I'd buy the games AND a GBA. Those games were worth it.
But that's what GBAGI is for. And it works pretty well, too! On that page, you can also read why it wasn't officially released and what you need to be able to play them.
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Ulamr:
This was a great debate/topic/opinions until dumbass trolls/Blizzard spoke-holes "RealBigNUKE" and "dragonsongcame" out. You guys couldnt make it anymore obvious.
Here are some good points in this topic, summarized.
*50 cents a day is still money, and if you dont think so, please send it to me, or make a donation to this website.
* EULA doesnt mean LAW. (Blizzard protects and give itself all rights of GOD, while consumer gets no rights.)
*Why we accept that WoW must have bugs, and we must be inconvinienced?
*Just because EQ and UO etc etc had.has problems why is it an excuse for every other MMO that came out. WoW has nothing revolutionary in game or graphics. With graphics being somewhat sub-par. And its been 2 1/2 years + and they still don't know how to make it right. That is just incompetence. 10 years from now, we will have another MMO, and we will still have the same lame excuses?
*People play MMO so they can play with a LOTS of other people, moving to a server which are "empty" defeats the whole point of why people bought this whole game in the first place.
*No one complains when their game makes great review or gets GOTY, but as soon it doesnt, they question the "motives" or talkes about "Credibility" of the source. For your info, Penny Arcade is one of the few places that hasn't whore itself out to big companies as most video game magazines due.
* WoW sales are mostly to great hype and reputation Blizz had.
* Software companies must be hold accountable for the products they make. Blizzard is no different.
*It costs a lot of money to run an on-line games. (You know if in 1999 it was 2-4 dollars out of 10 for band, 5 years later, the cost is cheaper actually, but great point)
*Penny Arcade gave very good reason on why WoW doesn't deserve GOTY. And it does mean something. Penny Arcade has more credibility then most game magazines.
*Blizz doing lots of LIP service.
*Lag is real, que's are real, problems which were talked about in BETA. There are no surprises, so what is going on is bad programming.
People pointed out that Blizzard was forced to put out the game before it was done. Care to prove it?
You want to give a message to Blizzard, don't continue to subscribe to the service. Unless you like to grab your ankles without any lube...then you deserve all the whining and moaning.
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(that's what you get for not previewing)
System Shock
Yes. I'm still playing it.
Again, my ironic signature is still there.
by Looking Glass Studios, makers of Thief.
Doom 3 came close in concept, but I'd definitely need to "invest" in a new graphic card to even begin to enjoy it.
So can you see a bit of yourself in this comic.
They do make sexy hardware, but somehow I managed to shake it off before I got really enthralled. And Nintendo was waiting for me in the curve and they're the ones getting my money.
I was under the impression it already was sort of "open source", being that you could customize most of the stuff and recompile it yourself with tools provided.
.NET based Ultima Online game server package. The software will allow you to run your own Ultima Online server, with limitless possibilites!
I received a few messages from the boards around july, asking people what the advantages were of moving a project to an open source model.
anyway.. here are the sourceforge details..
>>
RunUO is a Microsoft
Gaming Foundry, Distributed Computing Foundry
* Development Status: 6 - Mature
* Intended Audience: Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
* Operating System: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
* Programming Language: C#
* Topic: Role-Playing
* User Interface: Console/Terminal
Project UNIX name: runuo
Registered: 2003-07-07 23:11
you're right.. silly homepage. I should make something out of it.
And the theory is not mine.
It was related to us by a litterature teacher in a sci-fi/horro around 1990. He probably mentionned seafood but I have no recollection of it. But I do remember that HP, in a letter, did mention something to that effect. Along the lines of : when you have read everything that has ever been written about sex at age 10 and about love at age 12, these things don't make any sense anymore.
Then again, I might be wrong.. My college years are pretty fuzzy, and taking physics at univ was a good move, but I lost a lot of my litterature lore in the process.
That's TWO pages at a time.
Left and right.. 1-2, 3-4..
I bet we'll get 5-6 on friday or something...
O.. Spirit of Continuity..
Anyone know how many pages they plan for this drama?
Funny because it's what it's meant to be.
Cthulhu is HP Lovecraft's representation of the female organs.
He always was a party animal.
Come on.. Even when doing real work, you can be frauded the way he explained when you trade through Paypal.
PayPal will retract payments made if they were reported as 'fraudulent', up to three months after the payment is made.
(...)
When the transaction involved a physically shipped good to a verified customer address, the seller can get the money back; but otherwise you're SOL. Obviously, selling virtual currency is not covered.
Weird.. that link gave me, instead of the comic itself, a single text line.
"jack john that out way fricking time thang up"
Maybe Tycho and Gabe love bees?
And he overshot his estimation by 4.
How many computers do you really access?
How many do you really want to access?
One.
The same computer. No matter where you are sitting or what you do.
That's my opinion on it.
That's where I want the technology to be in the next couple of years.
Then again, I'm an IBMer.
And obscure jokes are funny because not everyone will get them.
You must be new here.
yah mann! Them Cosmo be bad voodoo fo' da macheeen!
My mammma's mamma got the cosmo that won time big time and it kurst her gooood.
--
(it's funny. laugh)
I need a copy of that program.
Some creative marketing team could even make a box and think of a name and cook up an instruction manual.
I smell a software patent!
Quick helpdesk solution:
Right click on the taskbar button,
select move,
press a couple of arrow keys,
move your mouse and the window should be clipped to your mouse cursor now. Click anywhere.
We had a problem like that a few years back.
Most of the users in the teleconference at the time were francophones, so we were a bit puzzled why we couldn't type in "wristwatch" until someone finally realised what the bad word was.
A few weeks later, I think we just removed the filtering system. It was a family channel, but most of the users were well behaved.
The problem is not the legality of it, on a consumer point of view.
As posted above, the problem is that they're selling you an 8$ device at 60-70$ prices, just a bit less than a console.
I wouldn't want to be the kid whoose dad buy one of those thinking he'll save a buck or two. Scam scam scam.
Those games rocked.
Expensive, but I think I still have dreams about them.
We used to hang out between courses at the Montreal location and when it closed down, there was a lot of stuff to buy.. (being the only francophone location, they couldn't re-sell the "monde virtuel" or "velocité=victoire" stuff elsewhere)
Jaques Villeneuve used to be a regular there between races, when he had the chance to come back to Montreal.
I started playing on version 4, I think, (when you didn't have to remember the coolant flush codes)
Good times...
The problem, especially in old GB games, is alignment.. There's a 1/16" difference between the slot and the carts on old Gameboys, so the trick was to power done, move the cart a little (left or right), and try again.
:)
Same thing for the nes.
Put the cart in, click. try.
if it fails, move it a bit sideways..
sometimes, you'd even get into the game, with everything fine but a few letters showing up screwed up. I wouldn't recommend saving your game at this point.
Except when DMR/"trusted computing" will be fully in place.
Then forget any component swapping that the manufacturer did not intend. It just won't be possible, the cpu not "trusting" the new components.
How can you not like a game that has tiny lobsters?
The thing is they are not driving the prices up.
The price will remain the same.
They would be creating artificial shortage for the marketing buzz, which is worth much more.
An arcade. Would make sense.
I think they also have big rooms to rent for events, which would be the case.
Shit, I don't even OWN a GBA, but you can bet that if they released the QFG series, Space Quest, LSL games for it? You can bet I'd buy the games AND a GBA. Those games were worth it.
But that's what GBAGI is for. And it works pretty well, too!
On that page, you can also read why it wasn't officially released and what you need to be able to play them.
Just don't buy the book and wait for the movie adaptation if that's your cup of tea.
A lot more people probably checked out the story seeing they might get involved in its unfolding.
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I for one welcome our new alternate-reality "majestic"-type puzzle making overlords.
Then again, I've played Myst IV.