Counter Strike was never my style. I guess I'm just not much of a team player. Don't tell my boss.
I like to shoot up my roomate and girlfriend once in a while, and three or four people don't make for a very fun game of Counter Strike.
I hope you're right. I'm guessing that the vast majority of those 20,000 accounts were owned by software pirates.. but there is also a good chance that at least a few didn't deserve to be canned.
For those who didn't deserve to have their steam accounts closed, I think Valve should give them their money back, and let them keep playing. It's good to keep the customer happy.
Hopefully a good chunk of the people who DID deserve to have their accounts closed will come to the conclusion that it's not going to be worth stealing the game and just cough up the $50.
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Internet Hunting
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Luckily it takes a lot less to make a paper target bleed to death.
But even if they used a much larger rifle for hunting actual animals, I still don't see this doing well.
It's common that you actually have to track the deer after you shoot it, even with a good hunting rifle like a 7mm magnum and getting it straight through the chest, the deer can get up and hop away. Then you have to follow blood splotches and bone chunks until you find your deer.
Besides, this doesn't sound very sportsman-like. Might as well go play duck-hunt and buy yourself some meat at the butcher.
When I fast forward I'm not trying to avoid ads so much as I'm trying to get back to the show I was watching.
If you don't like the ad, then don't look at it. It's not like the web where banner ads take up prescious screen real-estate; who cares if you can't see part of an advertisement you were fast forwarding through anyway.
However, I could see how it would be annoying when you're fast forwarding through a movie trying to find a certain point.
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What I mean to say is I don't much care if Mozilla or Firefox or Opera or Netscape compete for market share, as long as it's not IE that ends up with it.
Either that, or IE needs to improve. I'd be pretty damned happy if that happened as well.
Re:The Mozilla brand is probably stronger now
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Netscape Reborn?
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Because Netscape = AOL. It should stay that way. AOL is right in rebranding the browser for their own needs; I sure don't want Firefox/Mozilla associated with AOL, look at what they did to Netscape.
And from my point of view, the browser war translates to "IE vs. standards compliance" From a webmaster's point of view, the percentages should break down based on rendering engine, not brand name.
I would say the extra RAM would make more of a difference than the boost in processor speed.
Of course, you would see the best improvement after switching to a DX9 capable video card, but that wasn't one of the choices.
I only had about 10 minutes to play before I came to work.. and those guys in gas masks like to pound the shit outa me. Apparently they don't like it when you get into their personal space.
I thought the bump mapped monsters in doom 3 looked awesome.. but the humans didn't really pull it off so well. I thought the humans in doom3 all looked like plastic shiny action figures with tiny heads and huge bodies.
I just haven't had the problems with their products that you have.
And while I don't really know whose products run faster on a 5 year old machine, they ran well and installed easily on mine. I don't benchmark my games, I just play them, and I _enjoy_ half-life more than any other FPS I've played. I think it's more FUN.
Choosing a game because of odd technical reasons is like my roomate who watches movies based on what hot celebrities are acting in them. Man he watches lame movies.
Would you seriously know what "alpha" or "beta" means coming from Microsoft anyway? IE is on version 6.x.. I don't think their versioning scheme has anything to do with a level of quality.
Re:pffft ... FPS on a console..get an adapter
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And above all, nobody is allowed to have any fun. Rules first, fun second.
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I would hope not. I can't do much more than run in circles using one of those analog thumb joysticks.
I feet like such a gimp trying to play Mario on the N64.
Re:Other record: Best reviewed game ever?
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It has received scores similar to that of Half-Life 2.. and if Halo 2 is anywhere near as good as I expect HL2 will be, I might finally get around to buying an xbox.
I haven't heard whether they plan to port it to the PC or not. (and if they do port it, hopefully they'll do a better job this time around)
Yeah, it makes all the difference where Bush visits, considering it's just one big feel good pep rally with nobody but his supporters allowed to attend.
I choose tyranny of the masses over tyranny of the government anyday.
Until today, I had no idea that SPAM stood for SPiced hAM, but rather I thought it was a combination of Sausage Pork and hAM.
Without slashdot, I would still be wandaring aimlessly in a fog of ignorance. (ha)
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Counter Strike was never my style. I guess I'm just not much of a team player. Don't tell my boss. I like to shoot up my roomate and girlfriend once in a while, and three or four people don't make for a very fun game of Counter Strike.
The continuing "In Korea" jokes make baby Jesus cry.
C'mon, you know deep down inside you think it's funny.
I hope you're right. I'm guessing that the vast majority of those 20,000 accounts were owned by software pirates.. but there is also a good chance that at least a few didn't deserve to be canned.
For those who didn't deserve to have their steam accounts closed, I think Valve should give them their money back, and let them keep playing. It's good to keep the customer happy.
Hopefully a good chunk of the people who DID deserve to have their accounts closed will come to the conclusion that it's not going to be worth stealing the game and just cough up the $50.
Luckily it takes a lot less to make a paper target bleed to death.
But even if they used a much larger rifle for hunting actual animals, I still don't see this doing well.
It's common that you actually have to track the deer after you shoot it, even with a good hunting rifle like a 7mm magnum and getting it straight through the chest, the deer can get up and hop away. Then you have to follow blood splotches and bone chunks until you find your deer.
Besides, this doesn't sound very sportsman-like. Might as well go play duck-hunt and buy yourself some meat at the butcher.
Yes, yes we are.
When I fast forward I'm not trying to avoid ads so much as I'm trying to get back to the show I was watching.
If you don't like the ad, then don't look at it. It's not like the web where banner ads take up prescious screen real-estate; who cares if you can't see part of an advertisement you were fast forwarding through anyway.
However, I could see how it would be annoying when you're fast forwarding through a movie trying to find a certain point.
What I mean to say is I don't much care if Mozilla or Firefox or Opera or Netscape compete for market share, as long as it's not IE that ends up with it.
Either that, or IE needs to improve. I'd be pretty damned happy if that happened as well.
Because Netscape = AOL. It should stay that way. AOL is right in rebranding the browser for their own needs; I sure don't want Firefox/Mozilla associated with AOL, look at what they did to Netscape.
And from my point of view, the browser war translates to "IE vs. standards compliance" From a webmaster's point of view, the percentages should break down based on rendering engine, not brand name.
Belly buttons should never "hang"
Man, you're such a buzz kill.
I would say the extra RAM would make more of a difference than the boost in processor speed. Of course, you would see the best improvement after switching to a DX9 capable video card, but that wasn't one of the choices.
I only had about 10 minutes to play before I came to work.. and those guys in gas masks like to pound the shit outa me. Apparently they don't like it when you get into their personal space.
I thought the bump mapped monsters in doom 3 looked awesome.. but the humans didn't really pull it off so well. I thought the humans in doom3 all looked like plastic shiny action figures with tiny heads and huge bodies.
I just haven't had the problems with their products that you have.
And while I don't really know whose products run faster on a 5 year old machine, they ran well and installed easily on mine. I don't benchmark my games, I just play them, and I _enjoy_ half-life more than any other FPS I've played. I think it's more FUN.
Choosing a game because of odd technical reasons is like my roomate who watches movies based on what hot celebrities are acting in them. Man he watches lame movies.
You want to search for them? I would be dissapointed if Half-Life 2 was like Myst with a "blow shit up" addon.
I think there is a Rage Against the Machine song in there somewhere.
Would you seriously know what "alpha" or "beta" means coming from Microsoft anyway? IE is on version 6.x.. I don't think their versioning scheme has anything to do with a level of quality.
And above all, nobody is allowed to have any fun. Rules first, fun second.
I would hope not. I can't do much more than run in circles using one of those analog thumb joysticks. I feet like such a gimp trying to play Mario on the N64.
It has received scores similar to that of Half-Life 2.. and if Halo 2 is anywhere near as good as I expect HL2 will be, I might finally get around to buying an xbox. I haven't heard whether they plan to port it to the PC or not. (and if they do port it, hopefully they'll do a better job this time around)
Can someone let me in on the whole Halo 2 / French thing? I keep hearing the jokes, but what's it all about?
80s music is crappy compared to everything. Even compared to poop itself.
Yeah, it makes all the difference where Bush visits, considering it's just one big feel good pep rally with nobody but his supporters allowed to attend.
I choose tyranny of the masses over tyranny of the government anyday.
Until today, I had no idea that SPAM stood for SPiced hAM, but rather I thought it was a combination of Sausage Pork and hAM. Without slashdot, I would still be wandaring aimlessly in a fog of ignorance. (ha)