This just seems like a huge waste of time. Why not devote themselves to something actually useful, like wireless transmission? A better RFID standard? A good way to read tags simultaneously?
When HL2/Vampire first came out, Valve put out a bunch of patches fixing a major stuttering bug on many pc configurations. When Troika was asked about fixing the bugs, they replied that there would be no patches since their budget didnt allow for it. It looks like they were counting on the game's success to carry the company, but the expectation was that the game wouldn't be a huge hit. Why else would they not want to patch the game?
Vampire was built on the Half-Life 2 engine, and would be a wonderful model for any game company interested in making a first-person RPG with amazing graphics.
Your "if I have more money then spare time why shouldn't i move ahead and have more fun?" argument is invalid. A WoW player who buys a character/weapon etc isn't taking anything away from the other people playing the game. The campers may be, but that's a different issue, either let it happen or don't.
While I have never bought or sold game-related property online, which I think is a huge waste, I hold no grudge against people willing to pay real money for fake items/characters. Let them blow their money on whatever they want. If Blizzard really wanted to stop this, they could cap the max amount of gold carried based on level, they could make a fair trade system, they could limit the amount of money sent, things other MMORPGS do.
Why would you be twisting the PSP during play? What gameplay motion involves twisting?
The whole point is that a simple accident can cause your game to exit and send the disc flying, possibly damaging it in the process. Kids tend to not follow standard procedure when playing games as well...
It didn't look like an extreme amount of effort went into causing the disc to eject. Yes, you have to twist it a certain way, but the fact that it can happen with such little effort makes the product that much less desirable for me.
Looks like you didn't touch logic with a 10-foot pole either. See, you grouped everyone who is a nice, harmless pot dealer with everyone who sells highly-addictive drugs like coke, heroin, or speed. You have no basis to say that peer-pressure, a bad upbringing, or any number of factors led to this girl's abuse of hard drugs, just like you have no basis to say that softer drugs caused the problem either.
How does this apply to the drug-war? Wouldn't you rather have had the opportunity to give the girl couseling when the major problems first arose? Unfortunately, we have little to no mandatory-drug programs for abusers, as hundreds of billions of dollars are being used to fight the drug-war, you had no avenue which required this girl to get help. Instead, you tried to fight the war the way it is currently being fought: you called the cops and tried to lock her up. It really shows how well the current system is working, seeing as how she 'ruined your neighborhood' with 'no penalty'.
It's sterotypical, close-minded thought like your last paragraph that will continue to ruin this nation and it's people. This girl didn't need jail! She needed MAJOR FUCKING COUNSELING. Something our current system has no means of providing. However, it is more than likely that people who think like you will never change, and the cycle will continue. People with shitty lives like this girl will continue to become addicts, and people like you will continue to lock them up.
What makes you think this content is free? You pay $15/mo to play the game, which is well above what it takes to maintain the game.
They ARE necessary though, as CoH has a fraction of the content that WoW has, yet they are the same price.
Counter-Strike Source is a port of CS 1.6, not Condition Zero. Unfortunately, for some crazy reason Valve decided to port over the older, crappier hostage AI from CS 1.6 instead of the interesting, semi-realistic behaviour of the condition zero ones. Don't expect the bots to be any better.
Valve & Vivendi are in another legal battle concerning the sale of HL2 on Steam. Apparently the deal was inked back when Steam was still in beta, and Valve told Vivendi that they didn't expect steam sales to even come close to retail sales. However, with Valve's early release of Counter-Strike Source bundled with a to-be-released copy of HL2, and the midnight activation on release day, Valve has sold tons of copies of HL2 on Steam. Vivendi is suing Valve for misleading them on steam sales, causing them to agree to the contract under false assumptions. However, there was no specific clause limiting steam sales in any way. This is much different that the one in the article as Vivendi explicitly broke a clause in the contract, whereas in this one Valve did not.
Look at this case as the first blow in a legal battle... The next of which is due in court by December 31st.
In addition, HL2 is $50 on Steam because the contract stated that Valve could sell HL2 for no less than retail. Expect future games to be cheaper though.
Make your own game, or be apart of a mod team. Learn the SDK of Half-Life 2 or UT2K4. Even mapping can get you a full-time job.
Once you have proven you can produce quality work you chances at getting a game job go up exponentially.
IMHO, the Half-Life 2 SDK will be the best chance you have. With time, you can make nearly any kind of game you want, not just an FPS, but an RTS, RPG, Side-scroller, Flying game, or even a MMORPG.
In regards to the software testing, I think it has more to do with the game than the network connection. Specifically, what actions are taking too much CPU time/bandwidth/memory. Hopefully they'll get the kinks out in time for the open beta.
It was Bush's duty as president to critically examine evidence that could draw this country into war. It is pretty obvious that evidence could have been taken into account that wasn't given to the people. Nobody could argue about tangible reasons against the war in early 2003, because the government suppressed every last bit of it. All opponents could really say is, 'Well now we don't know for sure...', a rather weak argument against 'we were under imminant threat of attack'. Only after the fact do we find strong evidence from multiple sources saying that the U.N. inspectors were probably right and Iraq was no immediate threat at any length. But no, Bush had to damn Iraq as an immediate threat, when no threats had been made against the U.S. by Iraq. Since we really can't learn about any underhanded scheming, and all we have to go off of is Bush's word, then Bush failed at his duty as president.
I feel he is a monster for wanting to invade a country, causing so many deaths, creating nearly global disdain for the United States, putting fear and doubt into the minds and hearts of americans, suppressing the voices and evidence of people having opposing viewpoints, thinking all the while that we are foolish enough to accept this.
We have be lied to along with the rest of the world. Our government which is supposed to aid & protect us has foolishly abused its power. Vote tomorrow to get this monster out of office.
Its a one-time activation. You don't need to be logged into Steam the whole time, just that first time you install so certain files can be unlocked on your hard drive. After that, play offline all you want.
The issue is that you can't play HL2 single player until you create a steam account on the computer you intend to play it on. This requires a small amount of online activity. Apparently some people, a majority of whom have regular old internet connections, are going to steal the game instead of being 'forced' to activate online.
OMG a one-time online activation. How does this hurt you? Can't connect properly? Get a trial AOL account. Then play in offline mode.
What is the big deal? Unless you have something to hide it makes no sense why an honest individual can't wade through the trouble of a one-time online activation.
Slashdot Mirror
HOW could you prove that they were marketing M-rated games to kids?
The same way they proved camel was marketing cigarettes to kids.
Now you can actually KNOW you got hit with that lightning bolt instead of having the short guy with the high-pitched voice telling you every time.
This just seems like a huge waste of time. Why not devote themselves to something actually useful, like wireless transmission? A better RFID standard? A good way to read tags simultaneously?
When HL2/Vampire first came out, Valve put out a bunch of patches fixing a major stuttering bug on many pc configurations. When Troika was asked about fixing the bugs, they replied that there would be no patches since their budget didnt allow for it. It looks like they were counting on the game's success to carry the company, but the expectation was that the game wouldn't be a huge hit. Why else would they not want to patch the game?
Vampire was built on the Half-Life 2 engine, and would be a wonderful model for any game company interested in making a first-person RPG with amazing graphics.
Your "if I have more money then spare time why shouldn't i move ahead and have more fun?" argument is invalid. A WoW player who buys a character/weapon etc isn't taking anything away from the other people playing the game. The campers may be, but that's a different issue, either let it happen or don't. While I have never bought or sold game-related property online, which I think is a huge waste, I hold no grudge against people willing to pay real money for fake items/characters. Let them blow their money on whatever they want. If Blizzard really wanted to stop this, they could cap the max amount of gold carried based on level, they could make a fair trade system, they could limit the amount of money sent, things other MMORPGS do.
Why would you be twisting the PSP during play? What gameplay motion involves twisting?
The whole point is that a simple accident can cause your game to exit and send the disc flying, possibly damaging it in the process. Kids tend to not follow standard procedure when playing games as well... It didn't look like an extreme amount of effort went into causing the disc to eject. Yes, you have to twist it a certain way, but the fact that it can happen with such little effort makes the product that much less desirable for me.
Looks like you didn't touch logic with a 10-foot pole either. See, you grouped everyone who is a nice, harmless pot dealer with everyone who sells highly-addictive drugs like coke, heroin, or speed. You have no basis to say that peer-pressure, a bad upbringing, or any number of factors led to this girl's abuse of hard drugs, just like you have no basis to say that softer drugs caused the problem either.
How does this apply to the drug-war? Wouldn't you rather have had the opportunity to give the girl couseling when the major problems first arose? Unfortunately, we have little to no mandatory-drug programs for abusers, as hundreds of billions of dollars are being used to fight the drug-war, you had no avenue which required this girl to get help. Instead, you tried to fight the war the way it is currently being fought: you called the cops and tried to lock her up. It really shows how well the current system is working, seeing as how she 'ruined your neighborhood' with 'no penalty'.
It's sterotypical, close-minded thought like your last paragraph that will continue to ruin this nation and it's people. This girl didn't need jail! She needed MAJOR FUCKING COUNSELING. Something our current system has no means of providing. However, it is more than likely that people who think like you will never change, and the cycle will continue. People with shitty lives like this girl will continue to become addicts, and people like you will continue to lock them up.
What makes you think this content is free? You pay $15/mo to play the game, which is well above what it takes to maintain the game. They ARE necessary though, as CoH has a fraction of the content that WoW has, yet they are the same price.
Why is this an issue? If you get a worm, it could just as easily run code that DDOS attacks non-spam targets.
mouse 4 is so easy
Counter-Strike Source is a port of CS 1.6, not Condition Zero. Unfortunately, for some crazy reason Valve decided to port over the older, crappier hostage AI from CS 1.6 instead of the interesting, semi-realistic behaviour of the condition zero ones. Don't expect the bots to be any better.
Valve & Vivendi are in another legal battle concerning the sale of HL2 on Steam. Apparently the deal was inked back when Steam was still in beta, and Valve told Vivendi that they didn't expect steam sales to even come close to retail sales. However, with Valve's early release of Counter-Strike Source bundled with a to-be-released copy of HL2, and the midnight activation on release day, Valve has sold tons of copies of HL2 on Steam. Vivendi is suing Valve for misleading them on steam sales, causing them to agree to the contract under false assumptions. However, there was no specific clause limiting steam sales in any way. This is much different that the one in the article as Vivendi explicitly broke a clause in the contract, whereas in this one Valve did not.
Look at this case as the first blow in a legal battle... The next of which is due in court by December 31st.
In addition, HL2 is $50 on Steam because the contract stated that Valve could sell HL2 for no less than retail. Expect future games to be cheaper though.
No, they are read to him. That way every hour has a storytime.
I miss the commercials of people/things going really fast. Too bad they were all a waste.
Make your own game, or be apart of a mod team. Learn the SDK of Half-Life 2 or UT2K4. Even mapping can get you a full-time job. Once you have proven you can produce quality work you chances at getting a game job go up exponentially. IMHO, the Half-Life 2 SDK will be the best chance you have. With time, you can make nearly any kind of game you want, not just an FPS, but an RTS, RPG, Side-scroller, Flying game, or even a MMORPG.
Maybe the first two people had good lawyers, while the third did not.
In regards to the software testing, I think it has more to do with the game than the network connection. Specifically, what actions are taking too much CPU time/bandwidth/memory. Hopefully they'll get the kinks out in time for the open beta.
It was Bush's duty as president to critically examine evidence that could draw this country into war. It is pretty obvious that evidence could have been taken into account that wasn't given to the people. Nobody could argue about tangible reasons against the war in early 2003, because the government suppressed every last bit of it. All opponents could really say is, 'Well now we don't know for sure...', a rather weak argument against 'we were under imminant threat of attack'. Only after the fact do we find strong evidence from multiple sources saying that the U.N. inspectors were probably right and Iraq was no immediate threat at any length. But no, Bush had to damn Iraq as an immediate threat, when no threats had been made against the U.S. by Iraq. Since we really can't learn about any underhanded scheming, and all we have to go off of is Bush's word, then Bush failed at his duty as president.
I feel he is a monster for wanting to invade a country, causing so many deaths, creating nearly global disdain for the United States, putting fear and doubt into the minds and hearts of americans, suppressing the voices and evidence of people having opposing viewpoints, thinking all the while that we are foolish enough to accept this.
We have be lied to along with the rest of the world. Our government which is supposed to aid & protect us has foolishly abused its power. Vote tomorrow to get this monster out of office.
Now we will have scammers blackmailing businesses with the threat of sending falsified phone calls to the general public.
Its a one-time activation. You don't need to be logged into Steam the whole time, just that first time you install so certain files can be unlocked on your hard drive. After that, play offline all you want.
The issue is that you can't play HL2 single player until you create a steam account on the computer you intend to play it on. This requires a small amount of online activity. Apparently some people, a majority of whom have regular old internet connections, are going to steal the game instead of being 'forced' to activate online.
OMG a one-time online activation. How does this hurt you? Can't connect properly? Get a trial AOL account. Then play in offline mode.
What is the big deal? Unless you have something to hide it makes no sense why an honest individual can't wade through the trouble of a one-time online activation.