UT ('99, the first and only true version) kicked ass in this department. Most (that I'm aware of) have to do with launching players (or objects) and are especially fun in team games, like CTF and Assault.
A player could be launched all the way across an outdoor map by a teammate with a fully loaded rocket launcher shot to the legs or ground immediately next to the player. Combined with some sloping surfaces, such launches could be easily performed while being very accurate. On AS-Mason such rocket launch could get a player all the way over all defenses and just an elevator ride to the final goal. That is, unless the other team is aware of the launch and has people waiting there.
It's also possible to launch players with the impact hammer, but from experience it's a little harder to perform with people who aren't familiar with the technique. While looking for some illustrations, I noticed that the wikipedia has a few paragraphs about launching, so I won't go into more details here.
What the wikipedia article doesn't seem to mention is that it's also possible to launch your translocator pretty far with the impact hammer, for example from the top of one of the towers on CTF-Face to one of the balconies on the opposite one. Another one, which I never actually mastered, was book launch/jump. It involves standing on a book object, like those lying around on the floor in libraries, and then either hitting it with the hammer, or having someone else shoot it (I think). This, of course, also resulted in a huge jump, and is probably more of a bug than the other methods.
Most of these methods seem to be just exaggerations of standard physics, since both the impact hammer and rocket launcher are supposed to throw stuff around. At first, I found these tricks frustrating, but IMO they add a lot to the game. Especially Assault, which otherwise becomes a spam-fest with everyone camping the choke points like it's some kind of counterstrike. Epic probably recognized this, so they never changed this in UT99, but all of this is sadly gone in UT03/04.
>Lots of companies redirect country TLDs to one website, such as www.example.co.uk -> www.example.com/uk/. It's just as convenient a standard and I don't see what advantage a TLD gets you.
Sure, it's not difficult to remember to append "/uk" to the URL, but the problem is that there is no standard. It could be example.com/uk, example.com/world/uk, uk.example.com, and countless other combinations.
Hunger and starvation are most certainly not due to the lack of food in the world, but you actually managed to make the US/EU agricultural policies sound reasonable. All the various price support tactics encourage the farmers to rape the land for as much output as possible, since the govt will bail them out in case of overproduction. And don't get me started on the import/export machinations!
>[..] you can tell Google not to cache your pages. I cannot tell Turnitin to do the same [...]
Yes you can. You know, by not actually submitting the paper to the service? Google will index and store your pages by default. Turnitin will not touch your essay unless you yourself submit it there. If the teacher/professor forces you to do that, than that's where the problem is.
I see you support monoculture... Seriously, this is the first-gen Zune. First gen iAnything sucks ass too, and if you haven't heard about problems with ipods, you obviously weren't keeping your eyes/ears open.
Hmm, now that I think about it, a hashing approach to desk maintenance might be an excellent solution after all! Imagine if all papers, disks, notes, and food found on an average geeks' desk could be represented by single 32-char hex string!
Since FLAC was already mentioned, I'll just suggest you try Monkey's Audio. It's lossless, usually compresses better than FLAC, the source is available (not sure what license though), supports tags, and basically does everything you want. It's probably not as widespread as FLAC, but that shouldn't be a problem in your case.
I heard it'll require a special Chinpokomon controller, maybe it has something to do with VOIP too? Anyway, I hope they get the game out pretty soon, I'm getting very excited about finally destroying the evil power!
Hey, it was you who went on an offtopic rant after the second paragraph about global corporations which exploit the poor people in a disgusting manner by giving them callcenter jobs, all for the sake of showing how much you care and are trying to change the world through the power of music. I must, however, congratulate and compliment you on using the phrase "gluttonous creeps", that must be a new one.
To conclude, I'd add "humorless", "immature", and maybe "self-righteous" to AC's list.
your comment has been deemed harmful to children *and kittens*.
Dude... seriously, you'd jerk off to that comment? Not only it lacks any good material, it's also most likely made by a stereotypical male slashdotter. Ewww.
I wish I could write vividly enough to express how disgusting the exploitation of the "developing world" by global corporations is and how badly it's misusing the people in those places.
You don't really need to, this topic has been done to death by hippies countless times over by now.
Most of the updates in SP2 have been already released as separate patches by now. If the system was kept up to date, this SP will only download/install only the few things that are missing and you don't have to go back and re-install anything.
Basically, an SP is mainly a a convenient way of getting an outdated system fully patched-up.
I think quite a lot changed in RPGs since the beginning. For example, now you have to kill 50 fully 3D goblins to collect their fully 3D noses, instead of boring 2D goblins or, worse yet, ASCII characters that look nothing like goblins.
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Ah, but will they give away Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
But really, who would turn in a real high-calibre weapon for a lame virtual imitation? I know I wouldn't!
UT ('99, the first and only true version) kicked ass in this department. Most (that I'm aware of) have to do with launching players (or objects) and are especially fun in team games, like CTF and Assault.
A player could be launched all the way across an outdoor map by a teammate with a fully loaded rocket launcher shot to the legs or ground immediately next to the player. Combined with some sloping surfaces, such launches could be easily performed while being very accurate. On AS-Mason such rocket launch could get a player all the way over all defenses and just an elevator ride to the final goal. That is, unless the other team is aware of the launch and has people waiting there.
It's also possible to launch players with the impact hammer, but from experience it's a little harder to perform with people who aren't familiar with the technique. While looking for some illustrations, I noticed that the wikipedia has a few paragraphs about launching, so I won't go into more details here.
What the wikipedia article doesn't seem to mention is that it's also possible to launch your translocator pretty far with the impact hammer, for example from the top of one of the towers on CTF-Face to one of the balconies on the opposite one. Another one, which I never actually mastered, was book launch/jump. It involves standing on a book object, like those lying around on the floor in libraries, and then either hitting it with the hammer, or having someone else shoot it (I think). This, of course, also resulted in a huge jump, and is probably more of a bug than the other methods.
Most of these methods seem to be just exaggerations of standard physics, since both the impact hammer and rocket launcher are supposed to throw stuff around. At first, I found these tricks frustrating, but IMO they add a lot to the game. Especially Assault, which otherwise becomes a spam-fest with everyone camping the choke points like it's some kind of counterstrike. Epic probably recognized this, so they never changed this in UT99, but all of this is sadly gone in UT03/04.
>Lots of companies redirect country TLDs to one website, such as www.example.co.uk -> www.example.com/uk/. It's just as convenient a standard and I don't see what advantage a TLD gets you.
Sure, it's not difficult to remember to append "/uk" to the URL, but the problem is that there is no standard. It could be example.com/uk, example.com/world/uk, uk.example.com, and countless other combinations.
Hunger and starvation are most certainly not due to the lack of food in the world, but you actually managed to make the US/EU agricultural policies sound reasonable. All the various price support tactics encourage the farmers to rape the land for as much output as possible, since the govt will bail them out in case of overproduction. And don't get me started on the import/export machinations!
Oh I'm sorry, did I insult the Apple god?
>[..] you can tell Google not to cache your pages. I cannot tell Turnitin to do the same [...]
Yes you can. You know, by not actually submitting the paper to the service? Google will index and store your pages by default. Turnitin will not touch your essay unless you yourself submit it there. If the teacher/professor forces you to do that, than that's where the problem is.
I see you support monoculture... Seriously, this is the first-gen Zune. First gen iAnything sucks ass too, and if you haven't heard about problems with ipods, you obviously weren't keeping your eyes/ears open.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to buy RightClick.
Opportunities like this don't arises too often, Mike should have just replaced the image with hello.jpg.
especially for all zee Germans!
Hashing? Don't you mean caching?
Hmm, now that I think about it, a hashing approach to desk maintenance might be an excellent solution after all! Imagine if all papers, disks, notes, and food found on an average geeks' desk could be represented by single 32-char hex string!
Since FLAC was already mentioned, I'll just suggest you try Monkey's Audio. It's lossless, usually compresses better than FLAC, the source is available (not sure what license though), supports tags, and basically does everything you want. It's probably not as widespread as FLAC, but that shouldn't be a problem in your case.
I heard it'll require a special Chinpokomon controller, maybe it has something to do with VOIP too? Anyway, I hope they get the game out pretty soon, I'm getting very excited about finally destroying the evil power!
Don't you mean,
"Cunning Stunt bonus"!?
>mobby, you are an ass.
Hey, it was you who went on an offtopic rant after the second paragraph about global corporations which exploit the poor people in a disgusting manner by giving them callcenter jobs, all for the sake of showing how much you care and are trying to change the world through the power of music. I must, however, congratulate and compliment you on using the phrase "gluttonous creeps", that must be a new one.
To conclude, I'd add "humorless", "immature", and maybe "self-righteous" to AC's list.
>May I add "mindless" and "hypocritical" to the word hippies?
You may of course, but you shouldn't, since that would be redundant.
Most of the updates in SP2 have been already released as separate patches by now. If the system was kept up to date, this SP will only download/install only the few things that are missing and you don't have to go back and re-install anything.
Basically, an SP is mainly a a convenient way of getting an outdated system fully patched-up.
No, but we'll burn them and contribute to global warming.
When I camp, I only have my railgun with me.
DST doesn't give you any more daylight than there is. Why don't you just exercise in the morning and leave everyone else out of this?
Sure, but in the Netherlands you can get an ID with a photo of you dressed up as Joker!
>... I bet the cocaine was still confiscated ...the drugs are still off the street
ORLY? What do you think they do with the drugs after posing with them for the press photo?
I think quite a lot changed in RPGs since the beginning. For example, now you have to kill 50 fully 3D goblins to collect their fully 3D noses, instead of boring 2D goblins or, worse yet, ASCII characters that look nothing like goblins.