It should be noted that the Homestar popups do not occur on IE 6.0, even the pre-SP1 version. I'll have to check more extensively to see what happens with Firefox in Windows versus what happens in Linux.
I'm not exactly fond of the MS Knowledge Base-esque way of dealing with problems such as the Flash thing. (e.g. Q: System X has problem A: Disable System X) You may prefer not installing Flash, but unlike some people in here, I'd rather not be in a minimalist contest with my system. (e.g not having to browse the web by typing wget www.webz2crapshop.com > crap.txt && htmlparse crap.txt | grep "shopping cart" <><><>(*^/s) >/dev/toilet)
Try getting a No-CD patch off of gamecopyworld.com and watch a couple popups come up in Firefox.
Plus, check out the Strong Bad email, Virus, and see an instance of Homestar's face (Click on the Monkey!!) popping up in a new Firefox window among all the fake popups that are part of the Flash animation.
Not to mention Tribes: Vengeance's complete lack of open-ended bot play. The A.I. is there - I don't see what the problem is in implementing it for open, unscripted offline play.
It's no surprise either. Remember when Team Fortress was big? Pretty much all the hardcore players stayed on the original Quake version of it because Team Fortress Classic's extremely subtle physics changes screwed up the ability to do neat tricks in the game in their minds.
It's hard enough getting TF players to play better-looking versions of 2fort4 because there's always something wrong with it. Gotta stick with the one that looks like it was made by an 8-year-old.
Seeing the complaints of CS:S, I'm hoping this will bring players back to deathmatch. I always found vanilla deathmatch and Deathmatch Classic in HL1 to be quite fun, but there were 5E200% times as many Counterstrike servers as there were deathmatch servers at any given time, making it impossible to play due to lack of availibility (I then resorted to bots).
Just the thought of a spinning space heater speeding towards my face at 60 MPH makes me laugh.
So if she is smarter than Ken then we can expect her to beat Ken's 2.5 Million dollar record?
I'm apparently getting the Jeopardy shows several hours earlier while in Japan (AFN) than people are stateside. I've seen it and can tell you that she loses to the lady on the right by a big margin.
You forget to mention that there was really no surprise to teleporting in the original Doom games. By the time you heard the sound, you could run 30 MPH and be a football field away from the monster if you wanted to.
Oh yeah, and it didn't take ten shotgun blasts to kill an imp that jumps highway speeds towards your character, who gets outrunned by a Lark.
The original Dooms didn't stoop to the level of epic spider battles either. If there's one thing common of all FPS games within the last five years, it's fucking spiders that jump at you, spit crap at you, and take 50 rounds of.50 cal ammunition to kill, despite being the size of a vinyl record. I believe Something Awful did a couple front page articles on this subject. (I'm, of course, not referring to big spiders with plasma guns, etc., at least those were supposed to be slow and heavy)
I just installed the new Linux version of Doom 3 over the first release and got to hear surround right away (after setting surround in the menu). One thing that bothers me - and this is occurs in the Windows version too - is that the rear surround channels are too quiet. There needs to be some sort of rear channel adjustment in the game if simply hardcoding the volume up conflicts with other people's configurations in which the volume is just fine.
No other game that uses surround has this problem. The UT2004 demo used to have a quiet sound problem on all channels on both Windows and Linux, but that got solved rather quickly.
I guess I should mention I have an SBLive! Value (4-channel version of the EMU10K1), but it shouldn't matter much, considering it has a pretty large user base.
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I heard the section on crate-bashing at MIT proves to be quite handy in the real world. Maybe that's what you're talking about.
It should be noted that the Homestar popups do not occur on IE 6.0, even the pre-SP1 version. I'll have to check more extensively to see what happens with Firefox in Windows versus what happens in Linux.
/dev/toilet)
I'm not exactly fond of the MS Knowledge Base-esque way of dealing with problems such as the Flash thing. (e.g. Q: System X has problem A: Disable System X) You may prefer not installing Flash, but unlike some people in here, I'd rather not be in a minimalist contest with my system. (e.g not having to browse the web by typing wget www.webz2crapshop.com > crap.txt && htmlparse crap.txt | grep "shopping cart" <><><>(*^/s) >
Try getting a No-CD patch off of gamecopyworld.com and watch a couple popups come up in Firefox.
Plus, check out the Strong Bad email, Virus, and see an instance of Homestar's face (Click on the Monkey!!) popping up in a new Firefox window among all the fake popups that are part of the Flash animation.
Not to mention Tribes: Vengeance's complete lack of open-ended bot play. The A.I. is there - I don't see what the problem is in implementing it for open, unscripted offline play.
I'd say more like The Fifth Element getting Best Picture. There's an example of a well-made, but drug-induced, movie.
There are few situations where Debo can be the President..."Ah don't want uh-incident!"
"Innovation is a game that looks to have been designed while someone was drunk?"
Not to mention rectangular grannies, which are both drug induced and game-optimizing at the same time!
Yeah, but I think Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk - wait - what were we talking about?
It's no surprise either. Remember when Team Fortress was big? Pretty much all the hardcore players stayed on the original Quake version of it because Team Fortress Classic's extremely subtle physics changes screwed up the ability to do neat tricks in the game in their minds.
It's hard enough getting TF players to play better-looking versions of 2fort4 because there's always something wrong with it. Gotta stick with the one that looks like it was made by an 8-year-old.
Sorry for my harse languadge...
Yeah, your language is pretty harsh.
Seeing the complaints of CS:S, I'm hoping this will bring players back to deathmatch. I always found vanilla deathmatch and Deathmatch Classic in HL1 to be quite fun, but there were 5E200% times as many Counterstrike servers as there were deathmatch servers at any given time, making it impossible to play due to lack of availibility (I then resorted to bots).
Just the thought of a spinning space heater speeding towards my face at 60 MPH makes me laugh.
When are they going to rip off Unreal Tournament 2004 Onslaught?
You misspelled Tribes. Granted, Onslaught isn't an exact replica of Tribes' gameplay, it shares more in common than it differs.
Why not just implant the memory of flying solo around the world in a jet - as a secret agent?
(Too many Arnie movies)
Lousy Smarch weather!
So if she is smarter than Ken then we can expect her to beat Ken's 2.5 Million dollar record?
I'm apparently getting the Jeopardy shows several hours earlier while in Japan (AFN) than people are stateside. I've seen it and can tell you that she loses to the lady on the right by a big margin.
When I was watching that, I was thinking it was Nielsen, the TV ratings company, since their work is also seasonal.
They said that its rumoured that Ken Jennings might loose today.
What is an adjective, Alex?
Alley-OOP!
You forget to mention that there was really no surprise to teleporting in the original Doom games. By the time you heard the sound, you could run 30 MPH and be a football field away from the monster if you wanted to.
.50 cal ammunition to kill, despite being the size of a vinyl record. I believe Something Awful did a couple front page articles on this subject. (I'm, of course, not referring to big spiders with plasma guns, etc., at least those were supposed to be slow and heavy)
Oh yeah, and it didn't take ten shotgun blasts to kill an imp that jumps highway speeds towards your character, who gets outrunned by a Lark.
The original Dooms didn't stoop to the level of epic spider battles either. If there's one thing common of all FPS games within the last five years, it's fucking spiders that jump at you, spit crap at you, and take 50 rounds of
I just installed the new Linux version of Doom 3 over the first release and got to hear surround right away (after setting surround in the menu). One thing that bothers me - and this is occurs in the Windows version too - is that the rear surround channels are too quiet. There needs to be some sort of rear channel adjustment in the game if simply hardcoding the volume up conflicts with other people's configurations in which the volume is just fine.
No other game that uses surround has this problem. The UT2004 demo used to have a quiet sound problem on all channels on both Windows and Linux, but that got solved rather quickly.
I guess I should mention I have an SBLive! Value (4-channel version of the EMU10K1), but it shouldn't matter much, considering it has a pretty large user base.
Oakies? You mean Okies, right? I think Oakland would scare the shit out of most Oklahomans.
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Find web pages that contain the term "www.nytimes.com/2004/11/27/nyregion/27theft.html"
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I see a good opportunity for creating the first Linux spyware aimed at users concerned at managing power.
...or cowbell.
I'd better get started on my Porn-for-Food program right away!
The downside is having less time available to them to keep up on their spelling skills.
For today's more retarded moderators who are inclined to mod the parent as Troll, I give you the Wikipedia entry for the Chinese calendar system
Note that the years relative to the Christian calendar that it has mainly considered to have started on: 2637 B.C. According to Wikipedia, that puts us at year 4641.
I hope you feel more educated about this. See you in metamoderation.