So you want to penalize people for being able to play more than you? Or to subsidize your bill? Maybe you should stick to single player games.. For 15$ a month this is a pretty good bargin since your granted unlimited playtime.
I remember a number of years back when UO came out.. I said to friends that i'd never play a game that had a monthly fee... I was shocked when I heard about it. But realistically these games provide alot of fun factor for the price of a movie admission and I get alot more enjoyment out of it.
I've played quite a few MMORPGS since my first (Asheron's Call) and I must say WoW has captured my attention... There are lots of nifty little things in there that keep it interesting.
My biggest complaint, not just with WoW but most new MMORPGS, is that it requires minimal skill to play. You either fight at your level or you get slaughtered. You can't run into a mob 5 levels above you (solo) and survive easily (by running away).. The reason why this doesn't bother me as much in WoW is that you get most of your experience from quests.. There is so much content for a game just released that you don't notice some of these issues. I also find that its difficult to powerlevel in WoW because of the way mobs spawn and there doesn't seem to be a bonus with grouping. ie, I can probably gain more xp running around the wild solo than in a group.
On that note, you can solo alot of this game besides the scattered quest. And it appears to be relatively easy to find a group working on the same one.
Back to skill tho, the thing I liked about AC that I haven't seen in MMORPGS since was that you could put yourself into seemingly impossible situations and surivive. Sometimes you'd gamble and die repeatedly but there would be times that you would survive by the skin of your teeth. I can't count how many times i've recalled out with 1hp left keeping the mobs busy so my friends could escape. Unfortunately i'm a geek and can't properly describe the feelings you experience but I haven't felt the same in other mmorpgs. They are too dumbed down.
In AC you knew the levels and some info on the mob (depending on your skills) but that didn't mean much. You could go against a mob 20 levels above you and easily wipe the floor with it, while another mob around your level would kick your butt. None of this color coded mob crap. You had to know the mobs weaknesses to attacks.. Some were nearly invulnerable to certain types. You had to prep for your adventures.. If you knew you were going to run into mob x, y and z you'd prep different than mob a, b and c. While in other mmorpgs it doesn't seem to matter.
Maybe AC was too arcade like... You could play it safe but if you wanted to push the edge the fun factor was amazing. Maybe this style of game didn't do well because it required a slight twitch factor. Maybe it was bad timing or MS's lack of marketing (did they have any?)
But back to WoW, it is the first MMORPG i've played in 3 years that I have really enjoyed. It doesn't feel like a level grind like most of them. Even tho the quests are the same type, collection, delivery, they do toss in the scattered twist which keeps you on your toes. I personaly give it a 9/10 and forsee myself playing this for awhile.
Now that we have the space station NASA shouldn't be worried about having to have a shuttle as big as it is. Alot of the stuff they used to do (ie experiments) could be transfered to the space station.
It appears to me that the Russians are used to working on a budget and design stuff to get the job done effectively. They may not be able to do all the things that NASA would like to do but are they necessary? Is that little bit extra worth 10x the cost?
One nice thing about the shuttle was you could do space walks to repair satelites,etc... You wouldn't be able to do that with Russia's model (even tho you can detach for upto 15 days) but i'm sure instead of a cargo bay you can design one that can handle those types of requirements.
Anyways, its nice to see at least one Country looking forward and it looks like they hit the nail on the head.
I know it comes on at least 2 stations in Canada, CityTV and Space. Friday nights and Sun nights respectively.... With timeshifting I can watch it either 8pm Fri nights or 11pm (I think).
Did they have to get peeled off the front windshield? I'm sure its possible to design a vehicle that can withstand a concrete wall relatively intact but what softens the blow for the occupants?
In modern cars you have crumple zones and lots of metal 'softener' to obsorb some of the impact.
I really sympathize with him... I've been having a pain in my right side for over a year now. I've seen 2 doctors and a specialist and they still aren't 100% sure what the problem is. I've had 3-4 xrays, a bone scan, at least 2 ultrasounds, a scope and the pain is still there. What I have found is that its very hard to find a compedent doctor.
My pain is sporadic, its more annoying than painfull, i'd say maybe a 3/10. But after awhile you start to get tired of constantly feeling pain. My only choice, like him, is to keep seeing doctors and research on my own to toss out possible causes/solutions because they sure as hell don't have any ideas or aren't burning the midnight oil trying to find out whats going on.
I'm sure my doctors dread seeing me coming and thing i'm a hypochondriac (maybe I am, maybe its stress?) or something but what am I supposed to do? Ignore it and hope it goes away? Personally I don't care how annoyed people get with me, cracking jokes like i'm falling apart, etc. I want to be around to see my kids grow up.
2 things to note, if your not a citizen you will have to pay for treatment. And if they refer you to a specialist I hope your sticking around for 4-6 months because thats how long it takes to get an appointment up here.
I'd love to move back closer to my family.. Are you willing to employ me? No? Should I work at McD's and shop at thrift stores for my kids clothes? No? Yes?
There are many reasons why people move away and the big one is work. I'd love to move back to where i'm from but the economy is very weak. Its one of the few provinces were the population is decreasing.
Ok, who modded this insightful? Last time I checked Belgium is like the size of Vermont! You go for a drive and your in another country! You can't compare families in tiny European countries to the states. Alot of family are spread apart by hundreds/thousands of miles so they can't have a weekly family dinner parties.
Same up here in Canada, unless you grew up in a major centre chances are you moved for work. The majorty of people I went to school with are either spread across Canada and into the states. Not by choice, i'm sure alot of them would rather live closer at home.. At least 90% of the people that I know up here would like to move back.
You don't need a national holiday to be with your family but as I said before if you live in another part of the country its great opportunity to get back for a visit. The idea behind Thanksgiving is why so many people travel for that holiday... Maybe it means nothing to you...
I would have to say that Americans have a stronger sense of family than other countries.. Look at their thanksgiving weekend.... Airports, train stations, etc are packed with travellers.
Up in in Canada we can't say the same thing.
Many people live a fair distance from their families, myself included.. I'm willing to move for work but i'm not willing to traverse continents.. The further you live from Family the less you see them.. IM, emailing or talking on the phone isn't the same as being there with them. You miss out on ALOT of stuff.. If you don't agree with that then you don't have a sense of family or you haven't live away from them long enough to realize.
I've lived away from home for 7 years now.. and I miss it more and more each day... I've missed so much i'm afraid i'm going to regret it down the road.. i'm already starting to regret it now.
Business loans.... This guy isn't going to be paying back all his startup costs in the first year.. I've never taken out business loans before but I would expect he'd have a few years to pay his loans back.
I grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland and its a beautiful place and i'm hoping to move back there (if I can find a job since the economy isn't the best..) The last time I visited was over 2 years ago but I still remember the smell of the harbour and picture the bubbling sewage, along with flocks of Seagulls like they were at a feast.
I heard if you fall in you have to get a ton of shots.
I thought Treasure Planet was an awesome movie.. My kids really enjoyed it as well...
I know Pixar is a favorite here on/. but I hate to break it, there are plenty of good animators out there these days so I think it depends on who writes the scripts. If Pixar entirely wrote the previous 2 movies then Disney may have a hard time filling their shoes but if Disney did the majority of it, then i'd say they could make another hit.
Looks like some fanboys have mod points.... I'm serious tho, I do enjoy the show and am glad it was renewed but McKay and the 'Scottish' Doctors performances are annoying and over-exaggerated at times.
first post? Probably not but i'm glad Atlantis has been renewed.... It took me a few shows to get into it and i'm ignoring the fact the canadian guy is always yelling and that the doctor is a compete and utter wuss with his fake Irish accent..
Granted, i'm not a teacher but I recall using various sources to do research on topics.. Magazines, newspapers, library resources, encyclopedias, etc..
Just because a particular resource has support from education instituations doesn't mean they are error-free. You should be using these multiple resources to confirm your facts. You should be teaching your students to use all sources of information available to them and if your teaching them properly they'll be smart enough to piece it all together.
But hey, i'm not a teacher, i'm just a guy who graduated from university but was told by his 'teachers' that he'd be lucky to graduate from high school. (Actually they told my parents that...) I guess I get the last laugh tho because my salary after 6 years of working is higher than theirs will ever be. Maybe someday i'll give into my mom and send her a copy of my paystub so she can give it to all my former teachers.
The poster just shows the narrow mindedness of many teachers in our system.
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I'll admit, I don't play alot of sports based video games such NHL or NBA Live but is there that much of a difference from year to year? I mean, does the game play change that much that its worth 50$ bucks to buy the new version?
Or are people just buying these games for the updated play stats and listings? Is it peer pressure to have the latest version?
I'm not trying to be a troll or rude but what am I missing?
Why else do you need to upgrade? Unless you do some fancy stuff at home chances are that 486 you used to have could get you by. Computers these days (especially at work) are expensive terminals. I use my laptop for email, word processing, spreadsheets, a browser and telneting/vnc'ing into servers.
The last upgrade I did at home was to play Asheron's Call 2. I got in the WoW beta last night and thankfully my computer can still run it pretty smooth even tho its almost 2 years old. Otherwise i'd have to upgrade.
My other computer at home, a pieced together AMD K6-2 500 processes my spam (and the scattered email), hosts some websites etc.
Woot, closing time! I can stop ranting and go home!
ie, people sending email to you are going to see the gmail.com address... Unless they know you they won't know if your getting your email via pop3 or a forward.
Then they may be inclined to check out googles services. This probably isn't the reason but just thought i'd toss it out there.
The patent may be only a year old but sometimes it takes years to get a patent approved.. I'm not sure of the details but they probably filed it years ago.
Umm.. you don't need to arrive to a hospital via an ambulance to be admitted in Canada. I've gone or brought people to emergency quite a few times unfortunately.
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I remember a number of years back when UO came out.. I said to friends that i'd never play a game that had a monthly fee... I was shocked when I heard about it. But realistically these games provide alot of fun factor for the price of a movie admission and I get alot more enjoyment out of it.
My biggest complaint, not just with WoW but most new MMORPGS, is that it requires minimal skill to play. You either fight at your level or you get slaughtered. You can't run into a mob 5 levels above you (solo) and survive easily (by running away).. The reason why this doesn't bother me as much in WoW is that you get most of your experience from quests.. There is so much content for a game just released that you don't notice some of these issues. I also find that its difficult to powerlevel in WoW because of the way mobs spawn and there doesn't seem to be a bonus with grouping. ie, I can probably gain more xp running around the wild solo than in a group.
On that note, you can solo alot of this game besides the scattered quest. And it appears to be relatively easy to find a group working on the same one.
Back to skill tho, the thing I liked about AC that I haven't seen in MMORPGS since was that you could put yourself into seemingly impossible situations and surivive. Sometimes you'd gamble and die repeatedly but there would be times that you would survive by the skin of your teeth. I can't count how many times i've recalled out with 1hp left keeping the mobs busy so my friends could escape. Unfortunately i'm a geek and can't properly describe the feelings you experience but I haven't felt the same in other mmorpgs. They are too dumbed down.
In AC you knew the levels and some info on the mob (depending on your skills) but that didn't mean much. You could go against a mob 20 levels above you and easily wipe the floor with it, while another mob around your level would kick your butt. None of this color coded mob crap. You had to know the mobs weaknesses to attacks.. Some were nearly invulnerable to certain types. You had to prep for your adventures.. If you knew you were going to run into mob x, y and z you'd prep different than mob a, b and c. While in other mmorpgs it doesn't seem to matter.
Maybe AC was too arcade like... You could play it safe but if you wanted to push the edge the fun factor was amazing. Maybe this style of game didn't do well because it required a slight twitch factor. Maybe it was bad timing or MS's lack of marketing (did they have any?)
But back to WoW, it is the first MMORPG i've played in 3 years that I have really enjoyed. It doesn't feel like a level grind like most of them. Even tho the quests are the same type, collection, delivery, they do toss in the scattered twist which keeps you on your toes. I personaly give it a 9/10 and forsee myself playing this for awhile.
It appears to me that the Russians are used to working on a budget and design stuff to get the job done effectively. They may not be able to do all the things that NASA would like to do but are they necessary? Is that little bit extra worth 10x the cost?
One nice thing about the shuttle was you could do space walks to repair satelites,etc... You wouldn't be able to do that with Russia's model (even tho you can detach for upto 15 days) but i'm sure instead of a cargo bay you can design one that can handle those types of requirements.
Anyways, its nice to see at least one Country looking forward and it looks like they hit the nail on the head.
Oh, I have kids, so I have no life. :)
In modern cars you have crumple zones and lots of metal 'softener' to obsorb some of the impact.
My pain is sporadic, its more annoying than painfull, i'd say maybe a 3/10. But after awhile you start to get tired of constantly feeling pain. My only choice, like him, is to keep seeing doctors and research on my own to toss out possible causes/solutions because they sure as hell don't have any ideas or aren't burning the midnight oil trying to find out whats going on.
I'm sure my doctors dread seeing me coming and thing i'm a hypochondriac (maybe I am, maybe its stress?) or something but what am I supposed to do? Ignore it and hope it goes away? Personally I don't care how annoyed people get with me, cracking jokes like i'm falling apart, etc. I want to be around to see my kids grow up.
2 things to note, if your not a citizen you will have to pay for treatment. And if they refer you to a specialist I hope your sticking around for 4-6 months because thats how long it takes to get an appointment up here.
There are many reasons why people move away and the big one is work. I'd love to move back to where i'm from but the economy is very weak. Its one of the few provinces were the population is decreasing.
Same up here in Canada, unless you grew up in a major centre chances are you moved for work. The majorty of people I went to school with are either spread across Canada and into the states. Not by choice, i'm sure alot of them would rather live closer at home.. At least 90% of the people that I know up here would like to move back.
You don't need a national holiday to be with your family but as I said before if you live in another part of the country its great opportunity to get back for a visit. The idea behind Thanksgiving is why so many people travel for that holiday... Maybe it means nothing to you...
Many people live a fair distance from their families, myself included.. I'm willing to move for work but i'm not willing to traverse continents.. The further you live from Family the less you see them.. IM, emailing or talking on the phone isn't the same as being there with them. You miss out on ALOT of stuff.. If you don't agree with that then you don't have a sense of family or you haven't live away from them long enough to realize.
I've lived away from home for 7 years now.. and I miss it more and more each day... I've missed so much i'm afraid i'm going to regret it down the road.. i'm already starting to regret it now.
I heard if you fall in you have to get a ton of shots.
Some links of interest:r bour/cleanup.jsp The Harbour Cleanup Project website.l and_and_Labrador A post on /. wouldn't be complete with a a wikipedia reference.
http://www.ozfm.com/skycam.htm for a live webcame of the downtown core.
http://www.stjohns.ca/cityservices/environment/ha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's,_Newfound
I know Pixar is a favorite here on /. but I hate to break it, there are plenty of good animators out there these days so I think it depends on who writes the scripts. If Pixar entirely wrote the previous 2 movies then Disney may have a hard time filling their shoes but if Disney did the majority of it, then i'd say they could make another hit.
When will you realize your browsing an American based site? I don't browse British or Chinese portals and complain....
Looks like some fanboys have mod points.... I'm serious tho, I do enjoy the show and am glad it was renewed but McKay and the 'Scottish' Doctors performances are annoying and over-exaggerated at times.
Ok.. I think I just ruined the series for myself.
Just because a particular resource has support from education instituations doesn't mean they are error-free. You should be using these multiple resources to confirm your facts. You should be teaching your students to use all sources of information available to them and if your teaching them properly they'll be smart enough to piece it all together.
But hey, i'm not a teacher, i'm just a guy who graduated from university but was told by his 'teachers' that he'd be lucky to graduate from high school. (Actually they told my parents that...) I guess I get the last laugh tho because my salary after 6 years of working is higher than theirs will ever be. Maybe someday i'll give into my mom and send her a copy of my paystub so she can give it to all my former teachers.
The poster just shows the narrow mindedness of many teachers in our system.
damn..
Or are people just buying these games for the updated play stats and listings? Is it peer pressure to have the latest version?
I'm not trying to be a troll or rude but what am I missing?
The last upgrade I did at home was to play Asheron's Call 2. I got in the WoW beta last night and thankfully my computer can still run it pretty smooth even tho its almost 2 years old. Otherwise i'd have to upgrade.
My other computer at home, a pieced together AMD K6-2 500 processes my spam (and the scattered email), hosts some websites etc.
Woot, closing time! I can stop ranting and go home!
Then they may be inclined to check out googles services. This probably isn't the reason but just thought i'd toss it out there.
1. cost about 500 bucks.
2. be lethal or at least be capable of inflicting injury.
3. Illegal (unless you live in Texas).
The patent may be only a year old but sometimes it takes years to get a patent approved.. I'm not sure of the details but they probably filed it years ago.
Any links to back up your claims?
I guess its safe to say they aren't on the bleeding edge.
Unfortunately besides that and remote desktop our company doesn't support any other products.