I used to live in Lexington, KY. While you wouldn't call it urban, it isn't sprawling either. I'm an avid cyclist, and I lived a couple blocks from downtown in the Chevy Chase area. Lovely. Great location. Why? Because I could be on my bike, out the driveway, and into the countryside in under five miles. I walked a mile to work. As of April of last year, I was down 10 lbs. from my regular weight, and I wasn't even trying. It was every day life that afforded me the ability to burn those calories.
Now, I live in the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area. Talk about sprawl. There's no riding out my driveway and out into the countryside without a trunk rack and a minimum 10-minute drive away from the 'burbs. I'm just off KY18, a freeway of certain death for a cyclist. I'd sooner enter a competitive eating contest than venture out onto KY18 and get aced. I'm 10 lbs. overweight now: a 20 lbs. swing in the last nine months.
Point is, in the 'burbs, everyday life no longer suits a fit lifestyle.
If anything, myself and those I game with are looking to get OFFLINE. Bottom line: we don't want our gaming experiences to be manipulated by others. We deal with that shit in the real world. It'd be nice to, you know, play a game every now and then. When I play something online, I'm repeatedly managing other people's shit. That's not gaming. FUCK ONLINE.
Yes, you. You are the kind of bitchass I fix in metamoderation. But hey, if you want to spend your Saturday evening squandering mod points on/., help yourself.
Dude, I score mod points almost every other day. Yes, I metamoderate like a motherfucker. Good news for you, I relish the opportunity to smack Troll/Flamebait/Offtopic/Redundant mods that are out of line. Metamoderate at every opportunity. It's the best way to take back/., man.
We have all this technology but it's implemented by idiots.
Written by someone with no clue about the complexity of modern avionics. If the folks in charge of writing autopilot software are idiots, then I invite you step right in and do it for them, since you seem to know what's what.
Totally agree. Hey, Civ3 was well done. But when you spend a fair chunk of your time supressing bitchass dissidents, it ceases to be a game. There's something beautiful about being able to get a sizeable scientific edge, converting to fundamentalism, raising serious coin, building an impressive force in a few short turns, and unleashing unholy, savage hell on the rest of the world. The ability to buy cities out from underneath opposing civs with spies is a nice touch too. Challenging? Maybe not. Sinfully fun? YES.
The original Medieval: Total War was a breeze to play. You could really whisk around the map and get through a game turn. With Rome: Total War, the 3D rendering really slowed things down with little value added. I think a game based on a hex or squared based map is ideal for 2D. It's simpy a better fit, and it doesn't require added electricity and
The nice thing about Rome: Total War is the ability to round up the population of a city you capture, and put them to the blade. No more corruption or rebellion! Any chance of implementing this, so I can get back to gaming instead of spending all my time putting my boot in the back of every rebellious city's neck?
Yeah, you're probably right. I don't share that urge though. Case in point: The Matrix. I saw none of those movies in the theaters. First time I saw the first one, I had bought it. Blew me away. Rented Reloaded and was sorely disappointed. Didn't bother to buy it instead waiting to see how the third one shook out. Revolutions was a sad end to a terrific beginning.
So now I have The Matrix on my shelf, and none of the others, and I'm happier and ~$40 richer for it. Why buy a movie you don't like just because it follows one you did like?
or does he hire a contractor to do it Yoda gets contractors, but they cost him a pretty penny because of the "brain drain" that happens when the Death Star gets blown up.
Now, if you think that Linux support is intractable because of support costs, then fine. Give me the game without support. Just give me some version of the game.
I give you America's Army. Several versions behind the Windows one and therefore largely useless.
The one thing holding me back from buying a notebook for personal use (got one from work), is that I DON'T want to take a PC everywhere with me. Sure, there's folks that can really use that sort of mobility. But when I'm done with a computer, I want to leave it behind, you know?
Then again, I'm not a gadgeteer of any sort either. Guess that makes me kind of a loner...here among...loners.
You can have mine and my dual 20.1" LCDs when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. That and when I can mix and match parts (i.e. upgrade) a notebook to meet my needs.
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I used to live in Lexington, KY. While you wouldn't call it urban, it isn't sprawling either. I'm an avid cyclist, and I lived a couple blocks from downtown in the Chevy Chase area. Lovely. Great location. Why? Because I could be on my bike, out the driveway, and into the countryside in under five miles. I walked a mile to work. As of April of last year, I was down 10 lbs. from my regular weight, and I wasn't even trying. It was every day life that afforded me the ability to burn those calories.
Now, I live in the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area. Talk about sprawl. There's no riding out my driveway and out into the countryside without a trunk rack and a minimum 10-minute drive away from the 'burbs. I'm just off KY18, a freeway of certain death for a cyclist. I'd sooner enter a competitive eating contest than venture out onto KY18 and get aced. I'm 10 lbs. overweight now: a 20 lbs. swing in the last nine months.
Point is, in the 'burbs, everyday life no longer suits a fit lifestyle.
You forgot Rome: Total War. It was preceded by Medieval: Total War.
If anything, myself and those I game with are looking to get OFFLINE. Bottom line: we don't want our gaming experiences to be manipulated by others. We deal with that shit in the real world. It'd be nice to, you know, play a game every now and then. When I play something online, I'm repeatedly managing other people's shit. That's not gaming. FUCK ONLINE.
Or is it a "first person shooter?" ;)
That isn't coffee shoot^H^H^H^Hpilling onto^H^H^Hver the keyboard.
Yes, you. You are the kind of bitchass I fix in metamoderation. But hey, if you want to spend your Saturday evening squandering mod points on /., help yourself.
Dude, I score mod points almost every other day. Yes, I metamoderate like a motherfucker. Good news for you, I relish the opportunity to smack Troll/Flamebait/Offtopic/Redundant mods that are out of line. Metamoderate at every opportunity. It's the best way to take back /., man.
We have all this technology but it's implemented by idiots.
Written by someone with no clue about the complexity of modern avionics. If the folks in charge of writing autopilot software are idiots, then I invite you step right in and do it for them, since you seem to know what's what.
Anyone know where I can go and kick the propellers on one of these? ;)
Let's admit it, it's the most beautiful thing in all of the Civ series. Losing your cherry to a spearman (wow, what a pun!).
Any thought given to expanding guerilla tactics?
Totally agree. Hey, Civ3 was well done. But when you spend a fair chunk of your time supressing bitchass dissidents, it ceases to be a game. There's something beautiful about being able to get a sizeable scientific edge, converting to fundamentalism, raising serious coin, building an impressive force in a few short turns, and unleashing unholy, savage hell on the rest of the world. The ability to buy cities out from underneath opposing civs with spies is a nice touch too. Challenging? Maybe not. Sinfully fun? YES.
The original Medieval: Total War was a breeze to play. You could really whisk around the map and get through a game turn. With Rome: Total War, the 3D rendering really slowed things down with little value added. I think a game based on a hex or squared based map is ideal for 2D. It's simpy a better fit, and it doesn't require added electricity and
The nice thing about Rome: Total War is the ability to round up the population of a city you capture, and put them to the blade. No more corruption or rebellion! Any chance of implementing this, so I can get back to gaming instead of spending all my time putting my boot in the back of every rebellious city's neck?
For your SFTP needs.
I fight local/state sales tax on principal by buying online. The ball is in their court now, and look how they react.
people will want to complete their "collection"
Yeah, you're probably right. I don't share that urge though. Case in point: The Matrix. I saw none of those movies in the theaters. First time I saw the first one, I had bought it. Blew me away. Rented Reloaded and was sorely disappointed. Didn't bother to buy it instead waiting to see how the third one shook out. Revolutions was a sad end to a terrific beginning.
So now I have The Matrix on my shelf, and none of the others, and I'm happier and ~$40 richer for it. Why buy a movie you don't like just because it follows one you did like?
or does he hire a contractor to do it
Yoda gets contractors, but they cost him a pretty penny because of the "brain drain" that happens when the Death Star gets blown up.
Anyone responsible for an early release of that waste of celluloid (and pixels) should be put down and put down hard.
And your response gets modded troll. Who are these people that waste mod points like this? FWIW, these are the mods I smack in meta-moderation.
Now, if you think that Linux support is intractable because of support costs, then fine. Give me the game without support. Just give me some version of the game.
I give you America's Army. Several versions behind the Windows one and therefore largely useless.
The one thing holding me back from buying a notebook for personal use (got one from work), is that I DON'T want to take a PC everywhere with me. Sure, there's folks that can really use that sort of mobility. But when I'm done with a computer, I want to leave it behind, you know?
Then again, I'm not a gadgeteer of any sort either. Guess that makes me kind of a loner...here among...loners.
*crickets*
The desktop is dead...
You can have mine and my dual 20.1" LCDs when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. That and when I can mix and match parts (i.e. upgrade) a notebook to meet my needs.
Yeah, and if you're downloading 3-4 DVD's worth of stuff a day
Acius, meet Sun. Sun, this is Acius--no, don't burn him. UV rays are like kryptonite to him. We must take this slowly...
Yeah, I guess by the time I'm done downloading the news, you've been finished with it for three years.
*goes browsing for bald-headed chick porn*