Was it some guy from 127.0.0.1? I used Zone Alarm once and that guy was always trying to hack me. To bad I showed him, I made a batch file and pinged him thousands of times a second. Then my computer lagged so I stopped but I think I probably got him pretty good./sarcasm
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FWIW, I used to work in a retail store that sold zunes and other MP3 players and we never got spiffs for zunes despite the fact that other companies offered stuff like that (Helio Phones always gave a pretty good spiff). Maybe he is just a zune owner and wants to "squirt" your daughter.
Yeah but when you have to pull it out of your pocket every 2 minutes after the latest Justin Timberlake song ends so you can change it to the next song you just heard on the radio (probably by Fergie) since you can't figure out how to create a playlist you'll realize it spends a lot more time out in the open than usual. And at that point, why not just keep it out the whole time so everybody knows how cool you are.
I remember in the playstation days there were quite a few popular titles that required switching disks (Final fantasy games, grand turismo, metal gear solid etc.) and I don't own a single game that uses multiple dual layer DVDs for actual gameplay. Maybe I just got lucky and didn't buy one but to me that is a sign that the format is not quite dead yet and we don't need to worry about HD-DVD game content.
This game gets triple the press of games that are 100 times more popular (yes I made this stat up but it is probably close to true). According to http://www.mmogchart.com/ it had 45,000 players at the last time they counted and it seems like every week there is a news article, TV segment or slashdot post about Second Life. Is somebody tipping these people off or something? Sure it offers a currency exchange for US dollars, but so does Everquest 2 and Entropia universe, along with countless games that have a black market for such thing. You can run businesses? Oh wait, I think I recall setting up a shop and selling customized goods in Star Wars Galaxies 3 years ago. Players can create things? Well how about trying to modding tools that come with almost every game that isn't an MMORPG these days, creat all you want. To me it just seems like people are playing a glorified chatroom, but maybe that appeals to some. It still doesn't explain why this game gets so much attention.
What about the people who run 2560x1600 resolution on their 30" monitors? I am sure they would want a card like this. I have a 24" monitor that runs at 1920x1200 and if I want to run games with the highest settings and anti-aliasing and AF, I would "need" one too. Nobody "needs" a Ferrari but there are certainly people who will buy one and max it out, just like people will buy this card and find a way to crank up the graphics high enough to get the frames per second to drop all the way down to the minimum playable rate of 30-40 FPS (maybe more or less depending on what kind of game you are playing).
If you are worried so much about the backwards compatible games, you probably already had an xbox. If you already had an xbox and love those games so much, keep it plugged in. Pretty simple really. I am sure there are just as many people with a 360 that don't want time being wasted by making "old" games as there are people with the old xbox who want to have some new games for their system.
Although I'm not the OP, reader comment #11 by bv pretty much summarizes my feelings on comment #7, so like a good little blogger I'll use a really short excerpt:
11. elle-
Sounds like:
A) You don't like FPS's.
B) You are a girl and like video games (this is impossible)
C) Gears of War wasn't half assed at E3. Watch some videos of it in action or read the billions of articles where people revered it as the best game at E3.
D) You don't like Cliffy B. because he wouldn't go to the prom with you.
E) I'm kidding about D, unless its true.
and direct to the source (scroll down to #11)
People need to keep in mind that the PS3 is expected to last quite some time, probably past their next TV upgrade. When 2010 rolls around and you are heading to best buy to pick up a new 42" 1080P plasma for 600 bucks, do you really want to spend even more money to upgrade your PS2? Of course by that time you will probably be able to get a good stand alone 1080P BRD player for 200 to 300 bucks, but a 100 dollar upgrade right now might be nice so you don't have to worry about it later.
The xbox 360 has brought a lot of new things to the table in addition to some sweet graphics and sound for the home theater/HDTV crowd. I would definately call the concept of Xbox Live arcade a success and it is something that hasn't been done before. Not only that but they make it easy for people to check out new games without having to buy the latest issue of "Overpriced Console Magazine Monthly" through the use of demos and trailers. Don't forget the fact that you can push the X button in the center of the controller and talk to some friends while your games are loading, change music, or see what gamerscore you want to shoot for when you are ready to go. Then there is the fact that you can use the box as a Media Center extender, making it even more useful in your home. I know a lot of people here are not very big fans of the work that Uncle Bill does, but the technological advancements in making gaming a more social atmosphere through the use of xbox live cannot be denied.
I don't see how making PS2 open source would help them at all. Everybody on the planet already knows what a PS2 is, even my aunt who refers to everything else as a "gameboy" so they don't need the publicity. Secondly, consoles hardly make any money through hardware sales. As we have seen with the PS1, sony will continue to pump out games for quite some time and any free games would really cut into those sales. Sony still sells their old games and people still buy them. I know quite a few people who buy nothing but the games in the Greatest Hits lineup because they are affordable, all of these games could be considered old games. You keep talking about a resurgance of support and I never even noticed that "support" left in the first place.
I just purchased my 360 not long ago and I had to search long and hard for it. I wanted to get a premium package but they were nowhere to be found in retail stores and I was finally able to find an EB that had a single core system left. I know a lot of people that never had problems, yet I know quite a few people that had problems with their PS2 release consoles and the DVD drive that came with it. Every launch console has problems and people who are against the console tend to hype it.
It sounds like you are just logging on at the right time. I have heard dark iron has queues at night but maybe you are getting on before them. I know that on my own server, bonechewer, I will get a queue of up to 300 if I log on between 6-8PM PST, but almost all other times I am fine.
I do not know much about the farming industry but I think it is safe to say that the farming is not done in public (and probably expensive) internet cafes. Few gold farmers are freelance, most of them are working for somebody and getting paid for meeting a quota every day or week. If a farmer had to pay to use the machine they are at and pay for an account with subscription the whole process would not be nearly as profitable. And if the money in china is anything like the US, it would be hard to get any kind of bank account or paypal if you were underage. Since it is only teenagers being banned, I think it is safe to say that your gold will still be available.
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Was it some guy from 127.0.0.1? I used Zone Alarm once and that guy was always trying to hack me. To bad I showed him, I made a batch file and pinged him thousands of times a second. Then my computer lagged so I stopped but I think I probably got him pretty good. /sarcasm
FWIW, I used to work in a retail store that sold zunes and other MP3 players and we never got spiffs for zunes despite the fact that other companies offered stuff like that (Helio Phones always gave a pretty good spiff). Maybe he is just a zune owner and wants to "squirt" your daughter.
I call dibs on vin_diesel_is.xxx
I was gonna say Mike Birbiglia (the commedian)
Yeah but when you have to pull it out of your pocket every 2 minutes after the latest Justin Timberlake song ends so you can change it to the next song you just heard on the radio (probably by Fergie) since you can't figure out how to create a playlist you'll realize it spends a lot more time out in the open than usual. And at that point, why not just keep it out the whole time so everybody knows how cool you are.
Well how am I supposed to look up the spawn points on thottbot.com if it changes for each person??
I remember in the playstation days there were quite a few popular titles that required switching disks (Final fantasy games, grand turismo, metal gear solid etc.) and I don't own a single game that uses multiple dual layer DVDs for actual gameplay. Maybe I just got lucky and didn't buy one but to me that is a sign that the format is not quite dead yet and we don't need to worry about HD-DVD game content.
I think this one may fit better http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comici d=717
This game gets triple the press of games that are 100 times more popular (yes I made this stat up but it is probably close to true). According to http://www.mmogchart.com/ it had 45,000 players at the last time they counted and it seems like every week there is a news article, TV segment or slashdot post about Second Life. Is somebody tipping these people off or something? Sure it offers a currency exchange for US dollars, but so does Everquest 2 and Entropia universe, along with countless games that have a black market for such thing. You can run businesses? Oh wait, I think I recall setting up a shop and selling customized goods in Star Wars Galaxies 3 years ago. Players can create things? Well how about trying to modding tools that come with almost every game that isn't an MMORPG these days, creat all you want. To me it just seems like people are playing a glorified chatroom, but maybe that appeals to some. It still doesn't explain why this game gets so much attention.
What about the people who run 2560x1600 resolution on their 30" monitors? I am sure they would want a card like this. I have a 24" monitor that runs at 1920x1200 and if I want to run games with the highest settings and anti-aliasing and AF, I would "need" one too. Nobody "needs" a Ferrari but there are certainly people who will buy one and max it out, just like people will buy this card and find a way to crank up the graphics high enough to get the frames per second to drop all the way down to the minimum playable rate of 30-40 FPS (maybe more or less depending on what kind of game you are playing).
If you are worried so much about the backwards compatible games, you probably already had an xbox. If you already had an xbox and love those games so much, keep it plugged in. Pretty simple really. I am sure there are just as many people with a 360 that don't want time being wasted by making "old" games as there are people with the old xbox who want to have some new games for their system.
Although I'm not the OP, reader comment #11 by bv pretty much summarizes my feelings on comment #7, so like a good little blogger I'll use a really short excerpt: 11. elle- Sounds like: A) You don't like FPS's. B) You are a girl and like video games (this is impossible) C) Gears of War wasn't half assed at E3. Watch some videos of it in action or read the billions of articles where people revered it as the best game at E3. D) You don't like Cliffy B. because he wouldn't go to the prom with you. E) I'm kidding about D, unless its true. and direct to the source (scroll down to #11)
People need to keep in mind that the PS3 is expected to last quite some time, probably past their next TV upgrade. When 2010 rolls around and you are heading to best buy to pick up a new 42" 1080P plasma for 600 bucks, do you really want to spend even more money to upgrade your PS2? Of course by that time you will probably be able to get a good stand alone 1080P BRD player for 200 to 300 bucks, but a 100 dollar upgrade right now might be nice so you don't have to worry about it later.
The xbox 360 has brought a lot of new things to the table in addition to some sweet graphics and sound for the home theater/HDTV crowd. I would definately call the concept of Xbox Live arcade a success and it is something that hasn't been done before. Not only that but they make it easy for people to check out new games without having to buy the latest issue of "Overpriced Console Magazine Monthly" through the use of demos and trailers. Don't forget the fact that you can push the X button in the center of the controller and talk to some friends while your games are loading, change music, or see what gamerscore you want to shoot for when you are ready to go. Then there is the fact that you can use the box as a Media Center extender, making it even more useful in your home. I know a lot of people here are not very big fans of the work that Uncle Bill does, but the technological advancements in making gaming a more social atmosphere through the use of xbox live cannot be denied.
Then I won't be in anybody's contact list.
Comparing a http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/A ppleStore.woa/6404003/wo/8G15tdAjAweN2ApknSDleU3r0 JJ/2.?p=0 to a http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx ?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=E1705FDC&s=dhs&fb=1 (you probably have to re-select the options) yields two computers with similar specs, the dell costs 1669 and the apple costs 2499. I didn't even have to shop around for that and the dell is 66% of the price on the apple.
I don't see how making PS2 open source would help them at all. Everybody on the planet already knows what a PS2 is, even my aunt who refers to everything else as a "gameboy" so they don't need the publicity. Secondly, consoles hardly make any money through hardware sales. As we have seen with the PS1, sony will continue to pump out games for quite some time and any free games would really cut into those sales. Sony still sells their old games and people still buy them. I know quite a few people who buy nothing but the games in the Greatest Hits lineup because they are affordable, all of these games could be considered old games. You keep talking about a resurgance of support and I never even noticed that "support" left in the first place.
None of my friends buy PC games from wal-mart because almost every box is already opened so you know the cd-key has been jacked.
I just purchased my 360 not long ago and I had to search long and hard for it. I wanted to get a premium package but they were nowhere to be found in retail stores and I was finally able to find an EB that had a single core system left. I know a lot of people that never had problems, yet I know quite a few people that had problems with their PS2 release consoles and the DVD drive that came with it. Every launch console has problems and people who are against the console tend to hype it.
I did the same thing to be honest. I haven't bought games in ages but once I got a chance to buy a 360 I bought 4 games right away.
It sounds like you are just logging on at the right time. I have heard dark iron has queues at night but maybe you are getting on before them. I know that on my own server, bonechewer, I will get a queue of up to 300 if I log on between 6-8PM PST, but almost all other times I am fine.
I do not know much about the farming industry but I think it is safe to say that the farming is not done in public (and probably expensive) internet cafes. Few gold farmers are freelance, most of them are working for somebody and getting paid for meeting a quota every day or week. If a farmer had to pay to use the machine they are at and pay for an account with subscription the whole process would not be nearly as profitable. And if the money in china is anything like the US, it would be hard to get any kind of bank account or paypal if you were underage. Since it is only teenagers being banned, I think it is safe to say that your gold will still be available.
Or if you really wanna stick it to the man... www.bugmenot.com !
Seems to be UUI, which is just a package of a bunch of smaller mods. The top bar is called Titan Panel if you want to download just that.
... and the instructions link is slashdotted. :(