that this thing looks ugly as sin? I have the first version of the kindle, and this one just looks uglier. The screen is the same size from what I gathered, but it looks smaller. That's because the rest of the thing is larger, except that it is thinner. But the larger width and height gives it the illusion of a smaller screen. That just doesn't sit well with me. I'm not crazy about the new keyboard either.
At least it has all the features of the previous one, including wireless internet. As far as cost of books, you don't have to buy them, you can "pirate" books if you want.
Disclaimer: I am in no shape or form advocating copyright infringement. Nor the use of the word "piracy" or any derivatives there of, as it pertains to copyright infringement.
Or lack of there of... Can I end that with a preposition?
Looking at this thing you can really tell when the game was launched, and when the free month ran out. And there is no reliable data since. Not a promising sight for a WoW-killer.
Homeless do rob banks. When I was on vacation in Hawaii few years back, I remember reading in local paper that a homeless person robbed a bank (lot of homeless there). Of course they were caught jsut like about everyone else.
My guess is they'll start handing hardware out for free... What was it that Bill gates said a few years ago? Oh yeah hardware should be almost-free. Let's see he said 10 years out in 1995, I guess he missed it by few years, eh?
Funny thing is that it is almost free, if you don't have to pay for windows;)
Blizzard requires a fax of a lot of RL info before it releases control of an account if a token is lost. PayPal/eBay have a mechanism of calling one of the phone numbers on file.
Sounds to me like Blizzard should take a page from eBay.
I'm happy to hear this. It's hard not to hear what goes on in that game, and over the years I got the impression that BoB was strangling the life out of the game. I hope this fosters in new era for people who enjoy this game.
The game I used to play no longer exists in it's true form. It has been warped into another run-of-the-mill gear grinder. Prior to that you needed two things to pvp, balls and a brain. If you had bigger balls and sharper brain you could take on amazing odds and come out on top. Show where pvp like this exists in a modern MMO? It is extinct.
PvP combat that is predetermined mostly before hand by 1. gear 2.class 3.level is not my cup of tea. And the only way to beat the handicap chart is to use greater numbers and swarm your opponent. How can I enjoy this? I got used to PvP where I was on even plane with my opponents, or even disadvantaged, and I could turn the situation on them quickly, and even triumph.
I played WAR BETA and I found nothing about the game that was fun. Just same shit I seen before redone a bit. You capture something with your group of 10 friends, and eventually you die because 50 enemies showed up. No amount of organization, know-how or voice communication would make a difference. Or you get into a 50 on 50 melee, and even thou you have people dedicated to healing, who will heal you over some random sap on your faction, you wills till die. Because once the dps train hits you, your only stop is Respawnville. So no I don't like a game where I'm just waiting for my turn to die, because there is no way to stop it.
No I find casual approach to PvP very unsatisfying. The game combat is geared such that everyone gets to win sometime. All you have to do is bring more friends to the battlefield. I guess such approach works for the most part at keeping your audience pool large, as some players just won't play if they can never score a kill. I just have a different definition of PvP is all.
I mean I doubt the telecom companies are doing it out of the warm fuzzy feeling it will make in their hearts. What will be the other side of this? Are they planning to offer on demand TV/Movies? Site to site teleportation? I mean that is a lot of bandwidth.
Listen you flamebaiter. It's funny how you miss the point of my post. I know Naxx was released for free. So if it was free, why did you pay to play it in WOTLK? Wouldn't that mean it was not free after all? Or you enjoy paying for rehashed content?
You want the game all at once, go play on your PS3 and STFU.
Who said this? I mere stated that Blizzard has an incentive to release their expansions free of charge. And any free content they do release just backs up my point, not yours.
What are you babbling on about? You didn't pay for Naxx? What's the first raid dungeon in WOTLK? Oh yeah... that one. And not everyone that played WoW raided. And those that did probably never made it to BWL. BT was supposed to be part of the Burning Crusade.
People who stopped playing might be a lot more likely to try the game again if they didn't have to pay $40 for the expansion. Hell it doesn't even come with a free month as far as I know.
You mean a class where you sit playing a game on your laptop while some professor is at the board giving a lecture? I had that class in college. I called it physics101... and intro to computer science... and... well you get the picture.
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that this thing looks ugly as sin? I have the first version of the kindle, and this one just looks uglier. The screen is the same size from what I gathered, but it looks smaller. That's because the rest of the thing is larger, except that it is thinner. But the larger width and height gives it the illusion of a smaller screen. That just doesn't sit well with me. I'm not crazy about the new keyboard either.
At least it has all the features of the previous one, including wireless internet. As far as cost of books, you don't have to buy them, you can "pirate" books if you want.
Disclaimer: I am in no shape or form advocating copyright infringement. Nor the use of the word "piracy" or any derivatives there of, as it pertains to copyright infringement.
Stopped reading right there. If these guys are doing it, I want nothing to do with it. I'm sure many others feel the same way.
Or lack of there of... Can I end that with a preposition?
Looking at this thing you can really tell when the game was launched, and when the free month ran out. And there is no reliable data since. Not a promising sight for a WoW-killer.
In fact, to spend all that money you would have to spend around 365,000 dollars a day for the whole 6000 years of this planet's existence.
Homeless do rob banks. When I was on vacation in Hawaii few years back, I remember reading in local paper that a homeless person robbed a bank (lot of homeless there). Of course they were caught jsut like about everyone else.
My guess is they'll start handing hardware out for free... What was it that Bill gates said a few years ago? Oh yeah hardware should be almost-free. Let's see he said 10 years out in 1995, I guess he missed it by few years, eh?
Funny thing is that it is almost free, if you don't have to pay for windows ;)
Blizzard requires a fax of a lot of RL info before it releases control of an account if a token is lost. PayPal/eBay have a mechanism of calling one of the phone numbers on file.
Sounds to me like Blizzard should take a page from eBay.
I'm happy to hear this. It's hard not to hear what goes on in that game, and over the years I got the impression that BoB was strangling the life out of the game. I hope this fosters in new era for people who enjoy this game.
The 6th sense is what the corporation gets by tracking your ever query.
The game I used to play no longer exists in it's true form. It has been warped into another run-of-the-mill gear grinder. Prior to that you needed two things to pvp, balls and a brain. If you had bigger balls and sharper brain you could take on amazing odds and come out on top. Show where pvp like this exists in a modern MMO? It is extinct.
PvP combat that is predetermined mostly before hand by 1. gear 2.class 3.level is not my cup of tea. And the only way to beat the handicap chart is to use greater numbers and swarm your opponent. How can I enjoy this? I got used to PvP where I was on even plane with my opponents, or even disadvantaged, and I could turn the situation on them quickly, and even triumph.
I played WAR BETA and I found nothing about the game that was fun. Just same shit I seen before redone a bit. You capture something with your group of 10 friends, and eventually you die because 50 enemies showed up. No amount of organization, know-how or voice communication would make a difference. Or you get into a 50 on 50 melee, and even thou you have people dedicated to healing, who will heal you over some random sap on your faction, you wills till die. Because once the dps train hits you, your only stop is Respawnville. So no I don't like a game where I'm just waiting for my turn to die, because there is no way to stop it.
No I find casual approach to PvP very unsatisfying. The game combat is geared such that everyone gets to win sometime. All you have to do is bring more friends to the battlefield. I guess such approach works for the most part at keeping your audience pool large, as some players just won't play if they can never score a kill. I just have a different definition of PvP is all.
And yes there are other MMO genre's, like MMORTS
"Users' Use of Windows Makes Most Windows Malware Worse"
For now on, every time a Slashdot editor posts a link that isn't the original source of the story, I'll be posting the original link.
Good for us that Slashdot does not have a post count. Otherwise you would initiate integer overflow in no time.
Anyone know what was their target subscriber pool? I heard rumors of 1 million. I'm sure they wanted more than 300k.
Disclaimer:I'm a mmo pvp die-hard, which is why I stayed away from that game.
Wow Iran demonstrated they have technology that's 50 years behind ours. "Way to go" to them. *one handed clap*
anyone?
Seriously, who modded this funny?
I mean I doubt the telecom companies are doing it out of the warm fuzzy feeling it will make in their hearts. What will be the other side of this? Are they planning to offer on demand TV/Movies? Site to site teleportation? I mean that is a lot of bandwidth.
And how, pray tell, does a non-human species go about adapting to urban sprawl completely destroying its habitat?
They evolve to be adorable, and become pets.
Listen you flamebaiter. It's funny how you miss the point of my post. I know Naxx was released for free. So if it was free, why did you pay to play it in WOTLK? Wouldn't that mean it was not free after all? Or you enjoy paying for rehashed content?
You want the game all at once, go play on your PS3 and STFU.
Who said this? I mere stated that Blizzard has an incentive to release their expansions free of charge. And any free content they do release just backs up my point, not yours.
Exactly, you paid for it in WOTLK, even though you supposedly got it for free before.
What are you babbling on about? You didn't pay for Naxx? What's the first raid dungeon in WOTLK? Oh yeah... that one. And not everyone that played WoW raided. And those that did probably never made it to BWL. BT was supposed to be part of the Burning Crusade.
People who stopped playing might be a lot more likely to try the game again if they didn't have to pay $40 for the expansion. Hell it doesn't even come with a free month as far as I know.
Nice. I wish Blizzard did this. They sure as hell have the money for free expansions.
You mean a class where you sit playing a game on your laptop while some professor is at the board giving a lecture? I had that class in college. I called it physics101... and intro to computer science... and ... well you get the picture.
Interesting. My phone has all those features, plus a camera, games, and it's a phone! I know you will ask, the answer is 1 GB.