That's actually a good point, and I am actually surprised you were modded Troll.
I am not familiar with Mac OSX at all, so when you clarified that there wasn't actually any activation at all, your post was actually insightful; which I learned something from.
Which this is kindof funny, because the 2nd URL (which I went to myself) has a REF in it, but the first one does not. Could someone please enlighten me?
Rockstar has lost TONS of earnings because of this. Here it states that they've lost 28.8m due to the game being rated AO. Not only that, but Take2Game's CEO was rated the worst CEO of 2005 .
I personally am surprised this Hot Coffee issue is still being dragged out... mainly because the sex scene wasn't available by default... people had to *work* around the normal game to get to it. I think this Hot Coffee issue has been more an issue of politics -- they are just attacking an easy target to make themselfs look better.
Anyway, I don't think this is good news for Rockstar... but I hope they do win in court.
AFAIK, there's no guidelines on what to do if two companies share the same name and the same product, though I guess that would be relatively unlikely.
...OR, the SAME company released the same product TWICE!
Very interesting post. You brought up a lot of good points too.
As far as Ed Greenwood, I have read his books on Elminster (except the one about Elminster's daughter, haven't got to that one yet).
But anyway, back to the topic. I'm sure everyone else in the group (3ppl) were happy with the progress (must have been to stick with it for so long), and they were ALL really into the storyline and environment. There was SO MUCH information that they had/knew that it was quite overwhelming. Example, I asked about how the magic-system worked in the world (being genuinely interested) and they talked for at least 45 minutes describing the Weave, and how different types of magic worked, and THEN about how different worlds have different magic systems. It was so much information on the subject that there was no way I could comprehend it all, it was like sitting in an intense History class.
Then, the key time that really made my decision (that it wasn't for me) was when we were in a cave and there was this runed door with a few handles on it, and my friend Jim (who was a co-worker and the one who got me into the group) was the mage/summoner and so we literally spent close to an hour sitting there trying to figure out what to do while Jim experimented with trying to unlock the "code" to this door. I guess it was just un-fun, and way too long and in-depth for me.
Not to say that I didn't enjoy my time overall though. Half the time we were RPing, but the other half we were just talking about interesting subjects and having debates (It was also interesting how these guys' could make Politics an interesting subject... normally I can't stand hearing about it).
So overall, the group was very interesting and fun, but I just kept on thinking that it would be so much better if we could be meeting over some other game than D&D (I was hooked on DDR at the time, haha). So I'm not sure if it's just how the group implmented D&D, or if my problem is with D&D it's self... I've enjoyed computer games based off of D&D such as Baldurs Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights, and Nethack, so I dunno.
I played the beta for about 2 weeks... In my opinion it wasn't that fun.
I just remember this one part in the game where I was in a room and there were easily at least 50 barrels to destroy for items. After 5 minutes of clicking on barrels to attack & destroy them to see if one of them supposedly had this key I was looking for, I decided that this game definitely wasn't for me.
Now I only played D&D (the table-top RPG) for a few months on the weekend with a group of friends. I didn't really get into that either (they took it WAY too slow, all had characters in levels 3-4 after playing this certain campaign for easily 3 years), but I don't remember any instances where we had to break into a room, and destroy tons of barrels to find this "hidden" key.
DDR is actually pretty fun if you give it a try.
I've been playing for about a year, and I'd have to say it's my #1 all-time favorite game. (My #2 being Nethack, and #3 being Neverwinter Nights, just to let you know where I'm coming from in a gamer's standpoint).
I actually owe quite a lot to DDR. It's what basically got me started on eating healthy, working out, and taking good care of myself.
I'm probably not as geeky as I used to be, but there is an element of geeky-ness to DDR as well. When your plaing MAX 300 on HEAVY, and arrows are flying by so fast, a *normal* person wouldn't be able to see a thing, and wouldn't have a clue as to what's going on. In a way, it's almost like watching a program compile in linux... kindof.
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That's actually a good point, and I am actually surprised you were modded Troll.
I am not familiar with Mac OSX at all, so when you clarified that there wasn't actually any activation at all, your post was actually insightful; which I learned something from.
Hmm, must be because it's a Friday.
Did you do that? Holy crap, that's *awesome*.
wtf u talkin bout us 'mericans?
Check the main page?!
I just read the first word of the headings in the RSS feed.
All You Bitches Are Butchering The Unaware
I think I see a dropped sidekick on the road in that picture!
Alright... I looked it up,
millisecond = 1/1,000
microsecond = 1/1,000,000
nanosecond = 1/1,000,000,000
"Brown and yellow stains on furniture. "
WTF are you doing with your furniture?
Very nice! Thanks for the info & work you put into that.
That... *crys*.. was the most beautiful thing I've ever read!
Ok -- So how exactly do we tell that a link to Amazon contains a referral or not?
/ christorculve-20/102-7757899-4084146?_encoding=UTF 8&camp=1789&link_code=xm2
1 /qid=1144246883/ref=sr_1_1/104-8075798-9983914?_en coding=UTF8
I took a look at the URL the poster gave, which is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069111725X
I also surfed to Amazon independently and clicked on the product, which gave me the following URL:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069111725X/sr=8-
Which this is kindof funny, because the 2nd URL (which I went to myself) has a REF in it, but the first one does not. Could someone please enlighten me?
Don't worry -- I always used to say "a lot more better" :-D, really, what's wrong with that anyway?
Only benefits Rockstar?!?!
Rockstar has lost TONS of earnings because of this. Here it states that they've lost 28.8m due to the game being rated AO. Not only that, but Take2Game's CEO was rated the worst CEO of 2005 .
I personally am surprised this Hot Coffee issue is still being dragged out... mainly because the sex scene wasn't available by default... people had to *work* around the normal game to get to it. I think this Hot Coffee issue has been more an issue of politics -- they are just attacking an easy target to make themselfs look better.
Anyway, I don't think this is good news for Rockstar... but I hope they do win in court.
Sounds like a game of Katamari!
Very interesting post. You brought up a lot of good points too.
As far as Ed Greenwood, I have read his books on Elminster (except the one about Elminster's daughter, haven't got to that one yet).
But anyway, back to the topic. I'm sure everyone else in the group (3ppl) were happy with the progress (must have been to stick with it for so long), and they were ALL really into the storyline and environment. There was SO MUCH information that they had/knew that it was quite overwhelming. Example, I asked about how the magic-system worked in the world (being genuinely interested) and they talked for at least 45 minutes describing the Weave, and how different types of magic worked, and THEN about how different worlds have different magic systems. It was so much information on the subject that there was no way I could comprehend it all, it was like sitting in an intense History class.
Then, the key time that really made my decision (that it wasn't for me) was when we were in a cave and there was this runed door with a few handles on it, and my friend Jim (who was a co-worker and the one who got me into the group) was the mage/summoner and so we literally spent close to an hour sitting there trying to figure out what to do while Jim experimented with trying to unlock the "code" to this door. I guess it was just un-fun, and way too long and in-depth for me.
Not to say that I didn't enjoy my time overall though. Half the time we were RPing, but the other half we were just talking about interesting subjects and having debates (It was also interesting how these guys' could make Politics an interesting subject... normally I can't stand hearing about it).
So overall, the group was very interesting and fun, but I just kept on thinking that it would be so much better if we could be meeting over some other game than D&D (I was hooked on DDR at the time, haha). So I'm not sure if it's just how the group implmented D&D, or if my problem is with D&D it's self... I've enjoyed computer games based off of D&D such as Baldurs Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights, and Nethack, so I dunno.
Thanks for your post again though.
I played the beta for about 2 weeks... In my opinion it wasn't that fun.
I just remember this one part in the game where I was in a room and there were easily at least 50 barrels to destroy for items. After 5 minutes of clicking on barrels to attack & destroy them to see if one of them supposedly had this key I was looking for, I decided that this game definitely wasn't for me.
Now I only played D&D (the table-top RPG) for a few months on the weekend with a group of friends. I didn't really get into that either (they took it WAY too slow, all had characters in levels 3-4 after playing this certain campaign for easily 3 years), but I don't remember any instances where we had to break into a room, and destroy tons of barrels to find this "hidden" key.
Ohhh sweet, free screensavers!
Besides being rated Offtopic, I actually really like that mp3.
It reminds me of this other song I have (which I'd upload, but I don't have it because I'm at work), but it's by Androgyn Network called Electrovore.
Anyway, if you made that piece, nice job.
I think this post was very well said (despite being offensive) and I'd mod it up if I had points.
Actually... 'Dead or Alive: Beach Katamari 6' sounds kind of interesting... you get to roll around a beach picking up hot chicks.
Sounds fun.
I just have to wonder... have people ever used exploits like this to do any purposeful remote-administration?
DDR is actually pretty fun if you give it a try. I've been playing for about a year, and I'd have to say it's my #1 all-time favorite game. (My #2 being Nethack, and #3 being Neverwinter Nights, just to let you know where I'm coming from in a gamer's standpoint). I actually owe quite a lot to DDR. It's what basically got me started on eating healthy, working out, and taking good care of myself. I'm probably not as geeky as I used to be, but there is an element of geeky-ness to DDR as well. When your plaing MAX 300 on HEAVY, and arrows are flying by so fast, a *normal* person wouldn't be able to see a thing, and wouldn't have a clue as to what's going on. In a way, it's almost like watching a program compile in linux... kindof. -- blog: sirfrummel.com