Or howabout the Civil War? I'm surprised nobody has created a good Civil War FPS yet. They could make multiple covers of the box like Warcraft 3. They could sell one with the American flag in the northern states and one with a Rebel flag in the southern states. You know every redneck in Tennessee would have to have that game based upon the cover, even if they don't have a computer. I'm not sure if there would be too many class options, but you could make up for it with a soundtrack of the era.
All I know is I loves me some Battlefield Vietnam. I can just hear my soldier screaming as he falls to the ground from a sniper wound, "Why Nixon WHY?"
Carmack also mentioned that "they were hoping to re-use some of the assets created for DOOM 3 to help speed up development of whatever they do next, but even that would have a tradeoff."
How about lending some "assets" to 3Drealms to help speed up the development of Duke Nukem Forever. God knows, they're due for another engine switchover.
Oddly enough, on that link you posted, I noticed that the Microtel SUSE pc priced at $598 was Out of Stock. Does this mean that they sold out of them? I'm kinda curious as to how many they had in stock to begin with.
I think I will probably wait until Half-Life 2 comes out. I just recently picked up Battlefield Vietnam, and I think it's going to tie me over for awhile as far as online fragging goes. Half-Life 2 on the other hand, will hopefully still be inovative when it comes out. But then again, at the rate their going, all the inovations in it might already be out in other games by the time it comes out. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Daikatana and be too late or never come out like Duke Nukem Forever.
You know, it'd also be nice to see a version of Windows without the "built-in" options of Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. Ah, we can only hope that Europe makes them remove IE also. Apparently, we here in America have no intentions of stopping their evil ways.
My guess is that when the next-gen of consoles come out with hard drives and all. Game developers will start releasing less than 100% complete games. Why? Because they can patch them later.:P At that point, consoles will lose their biggest advantage over a PC when it comes to gaming. The main reason to buy a console game is the ease of use combined with the promise that it works entirely without any lockups or quirks.
Actually, I purchased a DVD player at Best Buy for 40$ that comes with a remote, has more functionality for playing DVD's than an XBOX, and is really small and cute.:D Oh and it doesn't produce a quarter of the amount of heat an XBOX does. Probably uses a quarter of the power also. As for gaming, why pay for XBOX Live service when I can do my online FPS'ing online for free with any game I buy.
GameRanger? Is that a company or a game? If a company, what games do they make? But yes, for a company to continue to be profitable; they will have to learn to differentiate between legitimate players and cheaters to a very good degree so as to not alienate players that are just very good or lucky. They will have to find a way to uniquely idenfity people running a hack/bot program and ban them without disclosing any information as to how they can tell so that it's hard for the people that write the bots/hacks to come out with workarounds.
Anybody who uses cheating software knows damn well the consequences of their actions. If anything the company that produces the game has the right to sue them. Everybody that plays the game is bound by the EULA. And in that EULA, I'm sure you will find a section about cracking and hacking. And of course, altering the software so that you could cheat would surely fall somewhere under the DMCA. I mean seriously, you expect a court to defend your right to cause a game company profit loss by ruining the experience for other customers. That would be like trying to sue a gas station because they had you arrested for pissing in the other customers tanks.
I don't think this would work for a company as a profitable product. I mean seriously, the people that would be interested in playing a game based upon writing cheats wouldn't buy it. They would download and crack it. And as far as the lamers that use utility cheats made by crackers. They'll lose interest once everybody is cheating and the playing field is leveled so that they can't ruin legitimate games. It's like back in the days of the first Diablo. Make a game called HAXS DUELZ GOD KILL and nobody, not even regular cheaters, will join. Make a game called LEGITS ONLY, and it will fill up with the most possibly hacked characters possible all begging you to go into their portal.
I have a dream, that one day, man will frag and snipe without hearing the crys of WALLHACK, OMG HAXOR!!!!
Contact your congressman about putting a stop to the cheaters.
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Writing a cheat tool is not a perfectly valid strategy for playing the game. It's actually a perfectly example of violating the user agreement. It's a perfect example of a reason to ban cd keys. It's a perfect example of somebody trying to ruin the fun for everybody else because they don't want to spend the time to actually get good.
Brainless??? I play Ragnarok Online. You know how much thought has to go into being a merchant. It's like the stock market or something. You gotta price low enough to undercut competition yet sell high enough to make money.
"That's so GAY!" is heard almost every round of Counterstrike. "God, why does that fag have to keep cheating?" If you're a real gamer, you know what I'm talking about.
Maybe we're just saying... "That's so HAPPY!" and "God, why does that cigarette have to keep cheating?"
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Or howabout the Civil War? I'm surprised nobody has created a good Civil War FPS yet. They could make multiple covers of the box like Warcraft 3. They could sell one with the American flag in the northern states and one with a Rebel flag in the southern states. You know every redneck in Tennessee would have to have that game based upon the cover, even if they don't have a computer. I'm not sure if there would be too many class options, but you could make up for it with a soundtrack of the era.
All I know is I loves me some Battlefield Vietnam. I can just hear my soldier screaming as he falls to the ground from a sniper wound, "Why Nixon WHY?"
Please please please, make a portable version of Super Dodge Ball. That game freaking rules.
Carmack also mentioned that "they were hoping to re-use some of the assets created for DOOM 3 to help speed up development of whatever they do next, but even that would have a tradeoff."
How about lending some "assets" to 3Drealms to help speed up the development of Duke Nukem Forever. God knows, they're due for another engine switchover.
Sometimes, I like to unleash the power of the Sun... Oh wait different product, my bad.
Nope, I live in Tennessee. Not much to do, but damn if I have to drop below 55mph once on my way to work other than the parking lot and my driveway.
I thought that we were trying to get people off their cell-phones while driving?
Oddly enough, on that link you posted, I noticed that the Microtel SUSE pc priced at $598 was Out of Stock. Does this mean that they sold out of them? I'm kinda curious as to how many they had in stock to begin with.
I think I will probably wait until Half-Life 2 comes out. I just recently picked up Battlefield Vietnam, and I think it's going to tie me over for awhile as far as online fragging goes. Half-Life 2 on the other hand, will hopefully still be inovative when it comes out. But then again, at the rate their going, all the inovations in it might already be out in other games by the time it comes out. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Daikatana and be too late or never come out like Duke Nukem Forever.
You know, it'd also be nice to see a version of Windows without the "built-in" options of Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. Ah, we can only hope that Europe makes them remove IE also. Apparently, we here in America have no intentions of stopping their evil ways.
That's because Microsoft ownz the media... except in Europe. That's Real's backyard.
My guess is that when the next-gen of consoles come out with hard drives and all. Game developers will start releasing less than 100% complete games. Why? Because they can patch them later. :P At that point, consoles will lose their biggest advantage over a PC when it comes to gaming. The main reason to buy a console game is the ease of use combined with the promise that it works entirely without any lockups or quirks.
Actually, I purchased a DVD player at Best Buy for 40$ that comes with a remote, has more functionality for playing DVD's than an XBOX, and is really small and cute. :D Oh and it doesn't produce a quarter of the amount of heat an XBOX does. Probably uses a quarter of the power also. As for gaming, why pay for XBOX Live service when I can do my online FPS'ing online for free with any game I buy.
So I wonder if their next college football/basketball games will have their own team, with extra high stats of course.
I wonder if homework in any class includes Battlefield Vietnam sessions?
"I'm sure at least some cheat writers have most of their fun seeing how long they can cheat before they get caught."
Kinda like shoplifting to see how long you can get away before you get taken away by the police.
GameRanger? Is that a company or a game? If a company, what games do they make? But yes, for a company to continue to be profitable; they will have to learn to differentiate between legitimate players and cheaters to a very good degree so as to not alienate players that are just very good or lucky. They will have to find a way to uniquely idenfity people running a hack/bot program and ban them without disclosing any information as to how they can tell so that it's hard for the people that write the bots/hacks to come out with workarounds.
Anybody who uses cheating software knows damn well the consequences of their actions. If anything the company that produces the game has the right to sue them. Everybody that plays the game is bound by the EULA. And in that EULA, I'm sure you will find a section about cracking and hacking. And of course, altering the software so that you could cheat would surely fall somewhere under the DMCA. I mean seriously, you expect a court to defend your right to cause a game company profit loss by ruining the experience for other customers. That would be like trying to sue a gas station because they had you arrested for pissing in the other customers tanks.
I don't think this would work for a company as a profitable product. I mean seriously, the people that would be interested in playing a game based upon writing cheats wouldn't buy it. They would download and crack it. And as far as the lamers that use utility cheats made by crackers. They'll lose interest once everybody is cheating and the playing field is leveled so that they can't ruin legitimate games. It's like back in the days of the first Diablo. Make a game called HAXS DUELZ GOD KILL and nobody, not even regular cheaters, will join. Make a game called LEGITS ONLY, and it will fill up with the most possibly hacked characters possible all begging you to go into their portal.
I have a dream, that one day, man will frag and snipe without hearing the crys of WALLHACK, OMG HAXOR!!!! Contact your congressman about putting a stop to the cheaters. Paid for by the association of friends of elasticwings.
Writing a cheat tool is not a perfectly valid strategy for playing the game. It's actually a perfectly example of violating the user agreement. It's a perfect example of a reason to ban cd keys. It's a perfect example of somebody trying to ruin the fun for everybody else because they don't want to spend the time to actually get good.
Brainless??? I play Ragnarok Online. You know how much thought has to go into being a merchant. It's like the stock market or something. You gotta price low enough to undercut competition yet sell high enough to make money.
Hmm, is it also the 35-54 age range women that *want you to add 3-4 more inches*?
"That's so GAY!" is heard almost every round of Counterstrike. "God, why does that fag have to keep cheating?" If you're a real gamer, you know what I'm talking about. Maybe we're just saying... "That's so HAPPY!" and "God, why does that cigarette have to keep cheating?"