Let's face it, a lot of games suck. I buy the game. I play it for an hour or two. I see the pretty. I hear the boom. I go "cool" at the twist or the plot or the theme that made me want to buy it in the first place. Then back it goes into the GameSpot "used" bin.
Maybe its more about the author's attitude toward gaming in general than the fact that there is something wrong with "unlocking" new content. If the game is good enough, then the unlockables are just bonuses that boost the game to an even higher status...if the game isn't that good, I doubt making the would-be unlockable content readily available is going to make it any better or more fun.
Being balanced is not the same thing as being better either. Its all about preferences. I preferred the huge array of unit choices and complementing strategies available in TA to the simplified and strictly balanced units of W2. With W2, after a while it felt like you were just playing the same games over and over again, at least IMO.
Chalk me up as another huge fan of TA. Man, I played the hell out of that game back in the day. Me and a couple buddies would frequently spend 4-5 hours playing each other. Definately some pretty intense games there.
However, outside of our subgroup, most everyone else on the RTS scene was in love with Warcraft 2. Which I admit was a very good game, but I still enjoyed my playtime with TA more. I think it comes down the fact that the sheer number of unit choices you had in TA was staggering, while W2 it was more simplified. People were more comfortable playing W2, in the same way so many people feel more comfortable playing WoW than any other MMOG.
So, by your logic, the only person who did anything wrong was the person who first found and used the exploit. Anyone following him was just trying to play catch-up and was thus justified?
Come on, what you are saying doesn't make sense. The more people who use an exploit, the worse it makes it for those people who don't want to have to cheat to play the game.
Whats worse. 5,000 people duping items over a week or so, or 100,000 people duping items over the course of a couple days?
My point is that its not necessary to include instructions on how to do the dupe as part of the newspost. Sure, people can find it if they look hard enough, but that doesn't mean that broadcasting it isn't worse. All this does it make sure more people have access to the exploits that normal. I don't see anything but disadvantages to doing this.
There might be more important things than broadband for many people/organizations, but more important to the FCC? I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
Thats just BS. Its not required that they include instructions on to perform the dupe. In fact, it has no relation to the story at all other than to teach people who would have otherwise never known what to do.
Now every n00b from script-kiddies to regular people looking to catch a break in-game can all come together to help ruin the in-game economy.
each layer of logic takes many steps of masking, diffusion, etching, washing. Each step, even if carefully done, kills a certain percentage of the chips. If you try adding another layer of logic, the yield goes WAAAY down, making the whole process uneconomical
Thats exactly what I was thinking as I read through all these comments. Everyone is talking about cooling, etc. All I can think of is how bad the yield would be for a chip with multiple transistor layers. Sure, I may not have much knowledge as to the specifics, but I sure do know that production of current chips is tough with the yield rates, and this seems like it would worsen the problem buy an order magnitude.
Actually, it this case its not about easy money. Its about getting back at the people that stored evidence that allowed them to lose a lawsuit made against them by another company (unless I misunderstood this all completely.)
Smith, who police said admitted to using Dinon's Wi-Fi, has been charged with unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. A pretrial hearing is set for July 11.
It remains unclear what Smith was using the Wi-Fi for, to surf, play online video games, send e-mail to his grandmother, or something more nefarious.
Actually, being a wireless transmission makes all the difference. The router is allowing the person access from outside their house. The key word is allowing. Sure, the owner may not be giving the express permission to use the network, but by leaving the default settings there, they are allowing the router to give permission to anyone that wants access.
I find your cable/power analogy good, except for one thing. The person taking the bandwidth isn't doing anything to take it. It would be more along the lines of this:
Someone takes an extension cord and runs it into their neighbors house, sticking the end next to the couch. The neighbor wants to plug in a lamp to read, they notice the cord sitting there and figure "Hey, might as well use this."
THe person with the AP is providing the internet to anyone in the surrounding area. Its their job to regulate who has access to it.
Thank god we have ACs to correct people's grammar and spelling...I mean, without them...well...we'd...you know...not have ACs correcting people's grammar and spelling...I guess...
Alright, I'll admit ahead of time that I haven't RTA or any of the other replies to this thread, and excuse the language ahead of time, but...
No one fucking knows if and when this will ever happen.
Christ, I wish this topic could be made illegal. It just ends up into flamewars between the console and PC fanboys, leaving the rest of the real gamers to have to put up with the crap being flung around.
This topic is repeated every single time any news about a new console comes up. Sure, one of these times someone may guess right. But hey, if I guessed that the world will end every year for the next gazillion (TM) years I might end up right then too.
What do you expect libraries to do? Give out a load of books to anonymous people with no collateral. That is basically saying anyone can come in and steal whatever books they want.
I think the point is that this system has too many downsides to replace any current system for checking out books. No one is saying you shouldn't have to have collateral, but having to throw down cash for every book you checkout just seems to be taking it a bit far for me.
Yeah, having to throw down $20 or so for every book I take out would just cut into the budget too much.
However, I wouldn't mind seeing this as just an option to other ways to take books from a library.
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You know you're right. But my point still stands with Starcraft.
Maybe its more about the author's attitude toward gaming in general than the fact that there is something wrong with "unlocking" new content. If the game is good enough, then the unlockables are just bonuses that boost the game to an even higher status...if the game isn't that good, I doubt making the would-be unlockable content readily available is going to make it any better or more fun.
Being balanced is not the same thing as being better either. Its all about preferences. I preferred the huge array of unit choices and complementing strategies available in TA to the simplified and strictly balanced units of W2. With W2, after a while it felt like you were just playing the same games over and over again, at least IMO.
Chalk me up as another huge fan of TA. Man, I played the hell out of that game back in the day. Me and a couple buddies would frequently spend 4-5 hours playing each other. Definately some pretty intense games there.
However, outside of our subgroup, most everyone else on the RTS scene was in love with Warcraft 2. Which I admit was a very good game, but I still enjoyed my playtime with TA more. I think it comes down the fact that the sheer number of unit choices you had in TA was staggering, while W2 it was more simplified. People were more comfortable playing W2, in the same way so many people feel more comfortable playing WoW than any other MMOG.
So, as a parent...does this really affect how you view the game your 17 year old is playing?
So, by your logic, the only person who did anything wrong was the person who first found and used the exploit. Anyone following him was just trying to play catch-up and was thus justified?
Come on, what you are saying doesn't make sense. The more people who use an exploit, the worse it makes it for those people who don't want to have to cheat to play the game.
Whats worse. 5,000 people duping items over a week or so, or 100,000 people duping items over the course of a couple days?
My point is that its not necessary to include instructions on how to do the dupe as part of the newspost. Sure, people can find it if they look hard enough, but that doesn't mean that broadcasting it isn't worse. All this does it make sure more people have access to the exploits that normal. I don't see anything but disadvantages to doing this.
The fact that the dupe exist is news. The instructions to do the dupe isn't news, its explainations on how to cheat in an online game.
There might be more important things than broadband for many people/organizations, but more important to the FCC? I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
Thats just BS. Its not required that they include instructions on to perform the dupe. In fact, it has no relation to the story at all other than to teach people who would have otherwise never known what to do.
Now every n00b from script-kiddies to regular people looking to catch a break in-game can all come together to help ruin the in-game economy.
Am I the only one who thinks its absolutely retarded that a link was included with instructions on how to perform the dupe?
Way to go Slashdot. Its always nice to see (semi) mainstream news sites helping people cheat at the online games they play.
Actually, it this case its not about easy money. Its about getting back at the people that stored evidence that allowed them to lose a lawsuit made against them by another company (unless I misunderstood this all completely.)
I suggest you take your own advice. From TFA:
Smith, who police said admitted to using Dinon's Wi-Fi, has been charged with unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. A pretrial hearing is set for July 11. It remains unclear what Smith was using the Wi-Fi for, to surf, play online video games, send e-mail to his grandmother, or something more nefarious.
Where do you think most people get their numbers on slashdot? ;)
Actually, being a wireless transmission makes all the difference. The router is allowing the person access from outside their house. The key word is allowing. Sure, the owner may not be giving the express permission to use the network, but by leaving the default settings there, they are allowing the router to give permission to anyone that wants access.
I find your cable/power analogy good, except for one thing. The person taking the bandwidth isn't doing anything to take it. It would be more along the lines of this:
Someone takes an extension cord and runs it into their neighbors house, sticking the end next to the couch. The neighbor wants to plug in a lamp to read, they notice the cord sitting there and figure "Hey, might as well use this."
THe person with the AP is providing the internet to anyone in the surrounding area. Its their job to regulate who has access to it.
If you could mod up an AC posts, this would definately be one of them, haha.
Damnit...
Am I completely wrong in saying... That is some pretty sweet stuff!
Thank god we have ACs to correct people's grammar and spelling...I mean, without them...well...we'd...you know...not have ACs correcting people's grammar and spelling...I guess...
Overrated? Interesting...
Alright, I'll admit ahead of time that I haven't RTA or any of the other replies to this thread, and excuse the language ahead of time, but...
No one fucking knows if and when this will ever happen.
Christ, I wish this topic could be made illegal. It just ends up into flamewars between the console and PC fanboys, leaving the rest of the real gamers to have to put up with the crap being flung around.
This topic is repeated every single time any news about a new console comes up. Sure, one of these times someone may guess right. But hey, if I guessed that the world will end every year for the next gazillion (TM) years I might end up right then too.
Her account balance is temporarily reduced by $15
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Umm...I think you read tha article wrong
What do you expect libraries to do? Give out a load of books to anonymous people with no collateral. That is basically saying anyone can come in and steal whatever books they want.
I think the point is that this system has too many downsides to replace any current system for checking out books. No one is saying you shouldn't have to have collateral, but having to throw down cash for every book you checkout just seems to be taking it a bit far for me.
Yeah, having to throw down $20 or so for every book I take out would just cut into the budget too much. However, I wouldn't mind seeing this as just an option to other ways to take books from a library.