Gah, this is nothing but Troll bait.....We can't stop Jack Thompson from talking to the press. We can't stop the press from listening to him...so why do we even bother to post these. All we get are comments ranging from the useless to the insane (yes threating JAck with violence is an excellent way of proving he's wrong *sigh*).
This post included;)
Now in addition to illegal immigrants, our prisons (already overflowing from the "war" on drugs) can now cram in the geeks as well. Soon their will be more people in prison then working to pay for them!
In regards to the horse patch..."selling well" without stating a number is a marketspeak trap. For example, if they only expected to sell 2 and they sold 3, then the product is selling well. It doesn't really MEAN anything....The fact they are releasing the second pack at a lower cost would lead me to believe that "well" in this case = not well enough.
Help me here, as one who does not have the apple logo tattooed on the back of his head.
I'm on "mac" hardware (now intel based), running windows XP with the option of switching back to the Apple software.....but the programs I want to run are in the windows side of things.
How is this anything but a blow to the Temple of Apple? How long will it be before companies stop making Apple versions of any program (why spend your resources on a two prong approach?)...And if you have to switch less and less to the Apple OS, why do you need that OS at all???
On the subject of humans.....I believe it's less a social statement and more of a power gaming statement. Humans have the best "long term" build. While the other races have interesting bonuses, few outweight the almighty bonus feat/bonus skill points. And as was said, you need a team, unfortunately, you can always guarantee yourself a team...so you need to build a power timmy if you want to get your play in.
As for graphics and sprites, having played WoW were just about every piece of gear has an effect on your character to go back to the rather lame "well your armor changes...and it looks like everyone elses" sucks.
Also XP debt isn't that big of deal in games where you can go grind and "fix" the damage. Unfortunately, since there is no way to grind, the only way to fix the debt is to replay a mission. That doesn't seem very table top to me. I've never turned to my DM and asked him if we could replay a module....
Finally, and most damning of all...is that the instances are the same every single time. To the point that I was casting spells around the corner to catch creatures as they spawned on my screen. Not a lot of replay value in that.
ONE MORE THING: What's with the walkways without guard rails? Falling to your death, because you slipped off the stairs is lame. LAME. WoW did this in the beginning, then they went back and fixed them. Seriously people, WoW is not perfect...but if your building a brand new game learn from someone elses mistakes!!!
Oooh I can see it in courts all over now...
Mob Stereo Type: Of course we wacked'im yer Honor...It's a common practice, yah gets out of line, yah get wacked.
Hacker: Of course I bootlegged the entire MGM catalogue, then posted it online. It's a common practice among my peers.
Guy to the Traffic cop: Of course I was speeding, it JUST COMMON PRACTICE!!
There is a good deal more to online play then just the WoW's of the world....IRC used to be a haven for RP, but has since moved on to MUSHs and MUDS. These mediums are at the same time more successful and less successful then then WoWs of the world. They tend to be more in the spirit of TT games, but have horrific player turn overs.
I also remember when Never winter nights appeared on the gaming scene...There was a hope among MUD/MUSHers that that was going to be the "next" level of gaming. Unfortunately the tool were just too clunky to use.
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Gah, this is nothing but Troll bait.....We can't stop Jack Thompson from talking to the press. We can't stop the press from listening to him...so why do we even bother to post these. All we get are comments ranging from the useless to the insane (yes threating JAck with violence is an excellent way of proving he's wrong *sigh*). This post included ;)
Now in addition to illegal immigrants, our prisons (already overflowing from the "war" on drugs) can now cram in the geeks as well. Soon their will be more people in prison then working to pay for them!
In regards to the horse patch..."selling well" without stating a number is a marketspeak trap. For example, if they only expected to sell 2 and they sold 3, then the product is selling well. It doesn't really MEAN anything....The fact they are releasing the second pack at a lower cost would lead me to believe that "well" in this case = not well enough.
Help me here, as one who does not have the apple logo tattooed on the back of his head. I'm on "mac" hardware (now intel based), running windows XP with the option of switching back to the Apple software.....but the programs I want to run are in the windows side of things. How is this anything but a blow to the Temple of Apple? How long will it be before companies stop making Apple versions of any program (why spend your resources on a two prong approach?)...And if you have to switch less and less to the Apple OS, why do you need that OS at all???
On the subject of humans.....I believe it's less a social statement and more of a power gaming statement. Humans have the best "long term" build. While the other races have interesting bonuses, few outweight the almighty bonus feat/bonus skill points. And as was said, you need a team, unfortunately, you can always guarantee yourself a team...so you need to build a power timmy if you want to get your play in. As for graphics and sprites, having played WoW were just about every piece of gear has an effect on your character to go back to the rather lame "well your armor changes...and it looks like everyone elses" sucks. Also XP debt isn't that big of deal in games where you can go grind and "fix" the damage. Unfortunately, since there is no way to grind, the only way to fix the debt is to replay a mission. That doesn't seem very table top to me. I've never turned to my DM and asked him if we could replay a module.... Finally, and most damning of all...is that the instances are the same every single time. To the point that I was casting spells around the corner to catch creatures as they spawned on my screen. Not a lot of replay value in that. ONE MORE THING: What's with the walkways without guard rails? Falling to your death, because you slipped off the stairs is lame. LAME. WoW did this in the beginning, then they went back and fixed them. Seriously people, WoW is not perfect...but if your building a brand new game learn from someone elses mistakes!!!
Oooh I can see it in courts all over now... Mob Stereo Type: Of course we wacked'im yer Honor...It's a common practice, yah gets out of line, yah get wacked. Hacker: Of course I bootlegged the entire MGM catalogue, then posted it online. It's a common practice among my peers. Guy to the Traffic cop: Of course I was speeding, it JUST COMMON PRACTICE!!
There is a good deal more to online play then just the WoW's of the world....IRC used to be a haven for RP, but has since moved on to MUSHs and MUDS. These mediums are at the same time more successful and less successful then then WoWs of the world. They tend to be more in the spirit of TT games, but have horrific player turn overs. I also remember when Never winter nights appeared on the gaming scene...There was a hope among MUD/MUSHers that that was going to be the "next" level of gaming. Unfortunately the tool were just too clunky to use.