I suppose you could consider me addict to this game. I'm a high ranking officer in my guild. However, you don't see the game in such a fashion as I do.
"Their skills of killing brainless mobs? -guess what those are all irrelevant skills in RL. "
I suppose most of the mobs you kill while leveling are 'brainless'. However that's not what this game is about. The teamwork involved in doing endgame raids is a very real skill to have IRL. When you have 40 people all in the same voice channel on Ventrilo, with one person leading, everyone has to have discipline and listening skills. It's very rare that you will need the ability to simultaneously work with 39 other people on the exact same goal in real life. So these 'worthless skills' that we aquire while playing this game are so much more. People enjoy this game in their spare time. While some create spare time to play this game, others enjoy the teamwork and the community derived from this game. It sounds to me like you write all your own code in your software projects and can't work with anyone else. But that's just my opinion =)
I know most of you have an undying hatred of Microsoft, and you have your reasons. But at least Microsoft makes people happy. The industries are nothing but evil, in its purest form. There's forces of nature that are defied by their continuing existence.
Perhaps rather than coming up with new ways to sue people, they should embrace technology and higher consultants that can help them adapt to this change, rather than being the stubborn old men they are, and continuously screaming "Damn kids! get out of my yard!" However, this is just a phase. They *won't* last long. They are in their decline, and will soon die. It will take time, but through their own actions, Stubborn Old Men of America will die when they've run out of people to sue.
It's quite easy, really. Google doesn't intend to have gBuy integrate with eBay. I'm quite sure the next product rolls out will be gBay. So they won't even have to worry about it!
You have to look at it this way: if you were Blizzard, would you a) make a game that sells for $50 or b) make a game that sells for $50 AND requires a $15/month subscription fee to play?
I guess it all comes down to numbers nowadays. With the passing of the game gods and the upcoming of super powers such as EA and Vivendi, no one is concerned about a good game unless it makes them loads of cash.
While i've never played Oblivion myself for the taxing hardware requirements, I am an avid fan of World of Warcraft. I've come to the conclusion that there is a virus in the IDEA of an MMO that propogates itself into the code. Every time Blizzard releases a patch, something else breaks. Stop nurfing my class and fix the bugs is what I say.
I must say, however, I do feel for these companies. Though they are making upwards of $90 million a month from subscriptions, let alone the cost of the game, the must feel a bit like they became too successful too fast. If your little website went from 100 users to 15,000 users overnight, don't you think you'd be a bit taxed? I can't even comprehend the number of servers Blizzard has to host its realms and instances. I imagine it quite the same for Oblivion. If you have that many users, if %10 percent of them compain, that's a lot of complaints. It's impossible to make everyone happy in these situations.
I'm almost sure if created something as cultly popular as WoW and Oblivion, I'd sell it right off before the nightmares began.
As far as I can tell, running a Personal Computer does not make you susceptible, running windows makes you susceptible. People running a decent O/S on their PC (OS X / openBSD / linux / etc) seem to be no more susceptible to viruses then phones are.
I'm sorry. I was under the impression that *NIX users weren't completely ignorant. The only people that have a problem with windows security are people that open email attachments without examining them, or people that still plug their machines into their cable modem (eg. my parents and girlfriend). I've been running "windows" since DOS 6.02 and windows 3.1 and i've managed to stay virus free. Funny how far a bit of education goes.
Also, you ever wonder why windows dominates the virus/exploit market for desktop software? Because windows dominates the market for desktop software. If I were going to write a virus, what OS would I write it for? 90% of the market? or 10%? really just a bit of logic. Also, would you care to explain to me how your beloved *nix servers dominated the server vulnerabilities in 2005? Oh. Again. perhaps because 85% of servers are *nix. Man those virus authors are smart!
I agree with the bit about the machines being cheap. Just think. If you had a desktop with the kind of gaming power these little boxes such as the 360 and the PS3, they'd cost well over $1,000. I'm not buying a console since I sold my gen 1 xBox. I don't think they're worth it.
Besides, how many of you can pull yourselves from your computers long enough to play on a console?
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"how tricky would it be to mod this robot into a motion sensing attack robot with a motion sensitive firearm or bomb thrower?"
They already invented that. It's in Splinter Cell. you have to hack to control panel to disarm them. duh.
.... definately will not switch to linux. How can you switch to something that you don't know exists?
i agree completely. I signed up when i tried getting a free iPod or something. and my conversation when something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYIXzfhel8
I know most of you have an undying hatred of Microsoft, and you have your reasons. But at least Microsoft makes people happy. The industries are nothing but evil, in its purest form. There's forces of nature that are defied by their continuing existence.
Perhaps rather than coming up with new ways to sue people, they should embrace technology and higher consultants that can help them adapt to this change, rather than being the stubborn old men they are, and continuously screaming "Damn kids! get out of my yard!" However, this is just a phase. They *won't* last long. They are in their decline, and will soon die. It will take time, but through their own actions, Stubborn Old Men of America will die when they've run out of people to sue.
It's quite easy, really. Google doesn't intend to have gBuy integrate with eBay. I'm quite sure the next product rolls out will be gBay. So they won't even have to worry about it!
"Another wholesome product from a good company. Oh yeah, and it's free. Hey Microsoft, take IE and shove it :D"
I use firefox myself. But, IE is free also. And Firefox is funded by AOL. So take your pick.
I guess it all comes down to numbers nowadays. With the passing of the game gods and the upcoming of super powers such as EA and Vivendi, no one is concerned about a good game unless it makes them loads of cash.
LMFAO.
... with a last name like that and his profession, i think he's done his fair share of Venus research. (bottom right corner)
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"Curator: Bryan Walls
NASA Official: Ron Koczor"
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I'm a bit apprehensive to click on any links from this article while at work... are these okay for viewing in public?
While i've never played Oblivion myself for the taxing hardware requirements, I am an avid fan of World of Warcraft. I've come to the conclusion that there is a virus in the IDEA of an MMO that propogates itself into the code. Every time Blizzard releases a patch, something else breaks. Stop nurfing my class and fix the bugs is what I say.
I must say, however, I do feel for these companies. Though they are making upwards of $90 million a month from subscriptions, let alone the cost of the game, the must feel a bit like they became too successful too fast. If your little website went from 100 users to 15,000 users overnight, don't you think you'd be a bit taxed? I can't even comprehend the number of servers Blizzard has to host its realms and instances. I imagine it quite the same for Oblivion. If you have that many users, if %10 percent of them compain, that's a lot of complaints. It's impossible to make everyone happy in these situations.
I'm almost sure if created something as cultly popular as WoW and Oblivion, I'd sell it right off before the nightmares began.
Apparently you aren't either. Otherwise your orignal post wouldn't have been modded 0.
Don't you have anything better to do that sit around and reflame people that flamed your ignorant post?I'm sorry. I was under the impression that *NIX users weren't completely ignorant. The only people that have a problem with windows security are people that open email attachments without examining them, or people that still plug their machines into their cable modem (eg. my parents and girlfriend). I've been running "windows" since DOS 6.02 and windows 3.1 and i've managed to stay virus free. Funny how far a bit of education goes.
Also, you ever wonder why windows dominates the virus/exploit market for desktop software? Because windows dominates the market for desktop software. If I were going to write a virus, what OS would I write it for? 90% of the market? or 10%? really just a bit of logic. Also, would you care to explain to me how your beloved *nix servers dominated the server vulnerabilities in 2005? Oh. Again. perhaps because 85% of servers are *nix. Man those virus authors are smart!
I agree with the bit about the machines being cheap. Just think. If you had a desktop with the kind of gaming power these little boxes such as the 360 and the PS3, they'd cost well over $1,000. I'm not buying a console since I sold my gen 1 xBox. I don't think they're worth it. Besides, how many of you can pull yourselves from your computers long enough to play on a console?
... I'm sure it will be time for MS to announce their next generation of OS. or maybe server. who likes using 3 year old server software???