I've played 2 characters into the beta, albeit not very far. I've played quite a few MMO's, the most important being City of Heroes and Warcraft.
I'll also say that I love DC comics, and I'm a huge fan of Superman and Batman ( as well as others). This game just isn't doing something that distinguishes itself from the pack. They could have chosed a more comic-like interface, instead it feels like an all too familiar MMO. They could have chosen a different combat system or more creative powers, but it feels recycled.
Maybe it feels a lot better on the PS3, but this is one game that will most likely never be installed on my PC once it goes live.
Geeks who do not own a set of dice should be a bit more careful with how they throw around the term. D20 is to geek as sword is to knight.
But the Power of Faerun book makes for a good read, if you are interested in the forgotten realms campaign setting. Otherwise, not necessarily the best addition to your book library.
When I worked for a bank a while back, we would scan all active accounts on a monthly basis. Essentially submitting a client list against a database of known suspects. It never searched for suspicious activity, so thats not a common thing.
But frequently we had known customers appear on the list, and just waived them. Never really sure why they appeared but we knew they were ok, and just put them on the allow list basically.
But it's definitly not a bad idea IMO
I was in attendence this year, it was a blast. You felt out of place if you didn't have a DS however, so friday night I got one from the local bestbuy. That place was a barren wasteland. Empty shelves, depleted stock, I got 1 of the 2 last DS's they had.
The Tabletop room at the Red Lion was great, and it definitly benefitted from having it's own location.
The smell... was not as bad as I was lead to believe, but not flowers by any means.
Lots of free swag, demo's, contests, and raffles.
Bawl's was everywhere... til they sold out, but Sno-bawl's was excellent!
I took a few pictures, but haven't had a chance to digitize them and upload yet.
Next year's bigger location in Seattle should make it an even bigger and more enjoyable event, and I highly recommend that video game inclined persons make it out at least once
Read em? I still have mine on the shelf!
Books like shadowgate really helped introduce me into the world of fantasy.
The pun thing from castlevania was hilarious, and these stories I still find enjoyable to this day!
Just the other day my girlfriend caught me cheating on her. Luckily I had a copy of leisure suit larry nearby, so I was able to blame it on the game. She took this in stride, and we're happier than ever!//see how stupid it sounds?
As a network admin and a wow player (I spent 25 hours a day on my PC), I've noticed a decent improvement in how many monitor related headaches I get from switching to an LCD. You said you use a laptop, so that's probably a null point. I don't really understand why that is, you'd think I'd get headaches regardless too.
Is there a scientific reason why looking at a monitor would decrease eyesight? I have 20/20 right now, and I really hope it doesn't go down over the years. Honestly I'm more worried about my hands/wrists, carpal and arthritis. I do find that if I break off from the monitor for a while it helps me focus better when I return.
Last time I played Worms World party my worms died after falling about 3 inches! You're telling me these worms survived a fall from space? Now thats a cheat code.
Get your gear to commemorate this great tragedy here
https://secure.team17.com/
Anyone know a link to a video of Lee Yunyeol playing? I'd love to see what kind of pace he plays at, but a few searches just turned up articles on starcraft and such
I think that publishing an exploit where the user has to receive a corrupt tagged TIFF file is just making the problem into a bigger issue.
The article says it only affects certain versions of the servers, and than only a certain, corrupt image file. THAN it only prevents you from getting other attachments.
Not exactly a big deal in my book (of course we use palms anyway, haha)
Let's face it, 90% of us would love to get paid by people to sit on games like World of Warcraft and just play. Sure it's 'work', but with work like that, who need's fun?
I for one think it's moderately helpful. I've purchased gold before, because on months where I'm on the road, I can't rationalize my character just sitting around doing nothing.
I do agree however that such practices cause in game price inflation, and some problems with people 'ninja'ing items (ie taking it from right under your nose while you do real player stuff, like kill monsters)
But in disagreement with the Article, I've never been directly harassed by a farmer, but have gotten messages (PMs) from companies trying to sell me gold. I don't see the two as one in the same however, since the actual farmers themselves just do one thing, FARM.
Can you imagine what it would feel like to be beaten by a small boy? I mean his hands can't even be big enough to grab a full size xbox controllerand he's screaming in his pre pubescenet voice "HEAD SHOT!"
Thats the sort of thing that makes a man go play The Sims.
My favorite prank thus far took place earlier this year. The local McDonalds was near another building with a spot light. I simply moved the spot light closer to the McDonalds, and changed the board to read "Now Serving beer" (I can't remember what it read before I changed it.
Needless to say, a McDonalds serving beer in a college town was quite a hit. Until people just left with cheeseburgers and disapointments.
Bringing the ol Laptop home
Games that run on it: Master of Orion 2, Rome: Total War
Games I try to play at 1.5 FPS: World of warcraft.
No but seriously, please don't attack my character if you see me this weekend.
All your drives are belong to us. I wonder if Seagate will continue to manufacture Maxtor drives, or simply consolidate the entire company? Nothing quite as lucrative as owning your competition
When I read this my thoughts immediately drifted to network infiltration. If someone doesn't have to take the additional time to find the 3rd party software necessary for VPNing into my network, wouldn't that step an entire step out of breaking in?
Granted it would be nice to VPN into work from anywhere using a protocol I can use about anywhere, but what would also prevent an entire internet cafe from launching a brute force attack using the same method?
haha I can just imagine it now.
You install a clean version of windows or Linux...
and you can't load drivers for your new fancy keyboard because nothing you type comes out right! Fantastic!
Does anything else think this looks like a speak and spell? I wouldn't take a computer seriously with that thing plugged into it
Thats how I'm going to walk into this movie, with a sense of dread. Comic book movies have been relatively succesful lately (Xmen, X2, Spiderman, Punisher) and this one is touching some sensitive areas.
The supermans released in the 70's and 80's were a different breed entirely. He was corny, and awkward, and a boy scout. Current superman images are mixed at best. Comic books show him in a variety of different ways, Smallville shows him as a young man (which I've never watched), and cartoons show him as I personally believe he should be portrayed.
I think Superman: TAS and Justice League are the only steps in the right direction for a superhero like superman. People may complain about his invulernability and boy scout attitude, but to me its those 2 things that make some of his moral problems difficult to solve. Watching a movie where this 2 criteria are not considered, would give me a headache.
I've been a superman fan for a majority of my life, and I can remember how shocked I was when he died at the hands of doomsday.
To me, that would be one of the best movies they could make about him, but unfortunately could also turn into the biggest bust of all (if half of the idiocy took place that was mentioned in OP)
I hate to say it, but Superman: TAS didn't last long.
Justice league unlimited on cartoon network has a blurry future, and now this movie comes out.
This just might be the deciding factor on whether superman has a future with our children, and I hate to leave decisions like that in the hands of the WB.
I played CoH for a long time from its inception. One day I just couldn't take it anymore. It is monotonous, and lacks any real personal interaction besides chatting.
I did the beta for CoV, and I didn't even think I was playing a different game. It couldn't hold my interest past the first 5 levels. Which, generally speaking the first 5 levels should be the ones that really pull you into a game.
A lot of the villain powers were the same as from city of heroes, though I admit I did like summoning cronies. But my backup power was a bow and arrow.
I felt it was the same as CoH with a few different powers, and they basically used purple everywhere instead of blue (how villainous!)
I really wanted to like it though, due to my deep seeded superhero infatuation.
I stopped playing CoV beta, and I continue to WoW.
But I'm praying to the MMORPG gods that DDO wins out
The trick really is, if you are an employed, you get no benefit from having an employee certified.
Maybe they learn something by studying for it, but more than likely they should learn just from doing their job, and you don't need to hand them an addition few hundred dollars to have Microsoft or CompTiA say "Nice job buddy!"
It doesnt make them any better at their current job, when in fact all it does it make them more desireable at other positions, at other companies.
That being said, if your employer will pay for ceritifications, eat it up. Take them, as much as possible, especially if the testing center isn't far, and they don't care if you pass the first time.
My current employer pays for mine, and I feel a little guilty, but it's something to do, and I'm young enough yet where I need this to move on, because the experience I'm getting now is doubly as good if it shows I am still learning, and getting certified on the side.
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I've played 2 characters into the beta, albeit not very far. I've played quite a few MMO's, the most important being City of Heroes and Warcraft. I'll also say that I love DC comics, and I'm a huge fan of Superman and Batman ( as well as others). This game just isn't doing something that distinguishes itself from the pack. They could have chosed a more comic-like interface, instead it feels like an all too familiar MMO. They could have chosen a different combat system or more creative powers, but it feels recycled. Maybe it feels a lot better on the PS3, but this is one game that will most likely never be installed on my PC once it goes live.
Geeks who do not own a set of dice should be a bit more careful with how they throw around the term. D20 is to geek as sword is to knight. But the Power of Faerun book makes for a good read, if you are interested in the forgotten realms campaign setting. Otherwise, not necessarily the best addition to your book library.
When I worked for a bank a while back, we would scan all active accounts on a monthly basis. Essentially submitting a client list against a database of known suspects. It never searched for suspicious activity, so thats not a common thing. But frequently we had known customers appear on the list, and just waived them. Never really sure why they appeared but we knew they were ok, and just put them on the allow list basically. But it's definitly not a bad idea IMO
I was in attendence this year, it was a blast. You felt out of place if you didn't have a DS however, so friday night I got one from the local bestbuy. That place was a barren wasteland. Empty shelves, depleted stock, I got 1 of the 2 last DS's they had. The Tabletop room at the Red Lion was great, and it definitly benefitted from having it's own location. The smell... was not as bad as I was lead to believe, but not flowers by any means. Lots of free swag, demo's, contests, and raffles. Bawl's was everywhere... til they sold out, but Sno-bawl's was excellent! I took a few pictures, but haven't had a chance to digitize them and upload yet. Next year's bigger location in Seattle should make it an even bigger and more enjoyable event, and I highly recommend that video game inclined persons make it out at least once
Read em? I still have mine on the shelf! Books like shadowgate really helped introduce me into the world of fantasy. The pun thing from castlevania was hilarious, and these stories I still find enjoyable to this day!
Pre order cost is $280. You'll see a better FPS increase spending that on a graphics card, RAM, or some groceries for 6 months.
Just the other day my girlfriend caught me cheating on her. Luckily I had a copy of leisure suit larry nearby, so I was able to blame it on the game. She took this in stride, and we're happier than ever! //see how stupid it sounds?
As a network admin and a wow player (I spent 25 hours a day on my PC), I've noticed a decent improvement in how many monitor related headaches I get from switching to an LCD. You said you use a laptop, so that's probably a null point. I don't really understand why that is, you'd think I'd get headaches regardless too.
Is there a scientific reason why looking at a monitor would decrease eyesight? I have 20/20 right now, and I really hope it doesn't go down over the years. Honestly I'm more worried about my hands/wrists, carpal and arthritis. I do find that if I break off from the monitor for a while it helps me focus better when I return.
But what game did they meet on? My guess is Spongebob Squarepants! These games are not safe for kids!
Last time I played Worms World party my worms died after falling about 3 inches! You're telling me these worms survived a fall from space? Now thats a cheat code.
Get your gear to commemorate this great tragedy here https://secure.team17.com/
Anyone know a link to a video of Lee Yunyeol playing? I'd love to see what kind of pace he plays at, but a few searches just turned up articles on starcraft and such
I think that publishing an exploit where the user has to receive a corrupt tagged TIFF file is just making the problem into a bigger issue.
The article says it only affects certain versions of the servers, and than only a certain, corrupt image file. THAN it only prevents you from getting other attachments.
Not exactly a big deal in my book (of course we use palms anyway, haha)
Let's face it, 90% of us would love to get paid by people to sit on games like World of Warcraft and just play. Sure it's 'work', but with work like that, who need's fun?
I for one think it's moderately helpful. I've purchased gold before, because on months where I'm on the road, I can't rationalize my character just sitting around doing nothing.
I do agree however that such practices cause in game price inflation, and some problems with people 'ninja'ing items (ie taking it from right under your nose while you do real player stuff, like kill monsters)
But in disagreement with the Article, I've never been directly harassed by a farmer, but have gotten messages (PMs) from companies trying to sell me gold. I don't see the two as one in the same however, since the actual farmers themselves just do one thing, FARM.
Can you imagine what it would feel like to be beaten by a small boy? I mean his hands can't even be big enough to grab a full size xbox controllerand he's screaming in his pre pubescenet voice "HEAD SHOT!"
Thats the sort of thing that makes a man go play The Sims.
Serious?! Eh show me an infected web site, and I will traverse it! Unless its filled with trannies and dog sex. Than good riddance.
My favorite prank thus far took place earlier this year. The local McDonalds was near another building with a spot light. I simply moved the spot light closer to the McDonalds, and changed the board to read "Now Serving beer" (I can't remember what it read before I changed it.
Needless to say, a McDonalds serving beer in a college town was quite a hit. Until people just left with cheeseburgers and disapointments.
Bringing the ol Laptop home Games that run on it: Master of Orion 2, Rome: Total War Games I try to play at 1.5 FPS: World of warcraft. No but seriously, please don't attack my character if you see me this weekend.
All your drives are belong to us.
I wonder if Seagate will continue to manufacture Maxtor drives, or simply consolidate the entire company? Nothing quite as lucrative as owning your competition
When I read this my thoughts immediately drifted to network infiltration. If someone doesn't have to take the additional time to find the 3rd party software necessary for VPNing into my network, wouldn't that step an entire step out of breaking in? Granted it would be nice to VPN into work from anywhere using a protocol I can use about anywhere, but what would also prevent an entire internet cafe from launching a brute force attack using the same method?
haha I can just imagine it now. You install a clean version of windows or Linux... and you can't load drivers for your new fancy keyboard because nothing you type comes out right! Fantastic! Does anything else think this looks like a speak and spell? I wouldn't take a computer seriously with that thing plugged into it
Thats how I'm going to walk into this movie, with a sense of dread. Comic book movies have been relatively succesful lately (Xmen, X2, Spiderman, Punisher) and this one is touching some sensitive areas. The supermans released in the 70's and 80's were a different breed entirely. He was corny, and awkward, and a boy scout. Current superman images are mixed at best. Comic books show him in a variety of different ways, Smallville shows him as a young man (which I've never watched), and cartoons show him as I personally believe he should be portrayed. I think Superman: TAS and Justice League are the only steps in the right direction for a superhero like superman. People may complain about his invulernability and boy scout attitude, but to me its those 2 things that make some of his moral problems difficult to solve. Watching a movie where this 2 criteria are not considered, would give me a headache. I've been a superman fan for a majority of my life, and I can remember how shocked I was when he died at the hands of doomsday. To me, that would be one of the best movies they could make about him, but unfortunately could also turn into the biggest bust of all (if half of the idiocy took place that was mentioned in OP) I hate to say it, but Superman: TAS didn't last long. Justice league unlimited on cartoon network has a blurry future, and now this movie comes out. This just might be the deciding factor on whether superman has a future with our children, and I hate to leave decisions like that in the hands of the WB.
I played CoH for a long time from its inception. One day I just couldn't take it anymore. It is monotonous, and lacks any real personal interaction besides chatting. I did the beta for CoV, and I didn't even think I was playing a different game. It couldn't hold my interest past the first 5 levels. Which, generally speaking the first 5 levels should be the ones that really pull you into a game. A lot of the villain powers were the same as from city of heroes, though I admit I did like summoning cronies. But my backup power was a bow and arrow. I felt it was the same as CoH with a few different powers, and they basically used purple everywhere instead of blue (how villainous!) I really wanted to like it though, due to my deep seeded superhero infatuation. I stopped playing CoV beta, and I continue to WoW. But I'm praying to the MMORPG gods that DDO wins out
The trick really is, if you are an employed, you get no benefit from having an employee certified. Maybe they learn something by studying for it, but more than likely they should learn just from doing their job, and you don't need to hand them an addition few hundred dollars to have Microsoft or CompTiA say "Nice job buddy!" It doesnt make them any better at their current job, when in fact all it does it make them more desireable at other positions, at other companies. That being said, if your employer will pay for ceritifications, eat it up. Take them, as much as possible, especially if the testing center isn't far, and they don't care if you pass the first time. My current employer pays for mine, and I feel a little guilty, but it's something to do, and I'm young enough yet where I need this to move on, because the experience I'm getting now is doubly as good if it shows I am still learning, and getting certified on the side.
I for one welcome our computer overlords, and hope that my loyalty lands me as the new Duke of Michigan!