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| News Comments > Evening Consolidation |
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Re: Evening Consolidation |
Apr 27, 2013, 11:10 |
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In other words. They'll include a "feature" that publishers will or will not use depending on the title and/or their policies at the time and MS will wash their hands about it.
Also, even if only a minority of games require always on, they will have accomplished their objective. Allowing them to annoy us with ads ad infinitum for their own profit. Clever isn't it?
Forget it, single player is offline and for me will stay offline. I'm gonna inform my fellow gamers and let em make their own decisions about it.
This comment was edited on Apr 27, 2013, 11:15. |
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| News Comments > Festivus Safety Dance |
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Re: Festivus Safety Dance |
Dec 24, 2012, 09:35 |
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TurdFergasun wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 17:08:
Hell most of you shouldn't be allowed sharp scissors let alone firearms ffs, and most of the pro nra arguments support that statement by behavioral example. You act like a bunch of 10 year olds being told to go to bed slightly early. Set the iq for gun ownership at 100, problem solved. No more armed brawndo sippin freedom fanatics.
Bullshit, 140 IQ here and I almost went on a killing spree in 6th grade because of intimidation and bullying. Only thing that held me back was the only friend I used to have, not my "IQ". |
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| News Comments > Maxis: That's Rain on Your Leg |
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Re: Maxis: That's Rain on Your Leg |
Dec 24, 2012, 09:24 |
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Dev wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 16:07:
Simon Says wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 06:52:
*looks at drm, looks at 56k modem* *facepalm*
Heck even steam nowadays is a no buy for me. Logging on takes forever, once logged on, *bing bing* mandatory update to steam. Once steam is updated *bing bing* mandatory 100+ meggers patch to download before being able to even try to start the damn game that's supposed to be playable in the shipping state. *ctrl-alt-del* *kill process* *throws 60$ in the trash* Thx bbye. Steam updates are optional to restart the computer. They are also pretty small, since the client itself isn't that large
If you set steam into offline and play only there, you can get at least a few weeks out of playing most of their games without patching it. You can also set games to never update, although steam seems to have issues with respecting that.
If you are indeed on a 56k modem, there are some things you can do to help or mitigate the situation. For instance, libraries often have broadband access and/or wireless. Many free wireless hotspots are out there. Most of GoG titles once you download them they install and you are done. So if you were able to download them at a friends house, that would get the titles installed at least.
For once a constructive post about this issue, I HAD to underline it :).
But, I'm already doing pretty much everything you describe here. Still, buying a game, coming home and being presented with mandatory too huge to download on a 56k modem patches is a no-buy for me. For the really "wanted" games I have to haul my computer tower 25 kilometers away for steam to update and install it to be playable. And no, there aren't any local libraries/public services adressing this issue. I'm trying to get a free hotspot going but most of the population already being connected recently, they don't really care and see it as wasted taxes even tho it's only a small fraction ( the core ) of the village that is being serviced. You know the irony in this? If only they had taken the money we've been sending them the past 15 years ( 25 per month, that's around 4500$ per household ) to put a few repeaters on the line, we'd pretty much all be connected, but they didn't because they don't have any competition, so why bother? Even more ridiculous is the fact that the smallest high speed package they offer is LESS pricey than dialup by 5$, go figure... |
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| News Comments > Maxis: That's Rain on Your Leg |
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Re: Maxis: That's Rain on Your Leg |
Dec 23, 2012, 06:52 |
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*looks at drm, looks at 56k modem* *facepalm*
Heck even steam nowadays is a no buy for me. Logging on takes forever, once logged on, *bing bing* mandatory update to steam. Once steam is updated *bing bing* mandatory 100+ meggers patch to download before being able to even try to start the damn game that's supposed to be playable in the shipping state. *ctrl-alt-del* *kill process* *throws 60$ in the trash* Thx bbye. |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
Dec 8, 2012, 13:36 |
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eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 7, 2012, 22:44:
Best quote
Our infrastructure has the ability to provide much faster speeds today.
Which is why they are so valiantly offering said advanced speeds... heck, you can't even roll eyes enough for that absurd statement from their CEO
Does TWC offer 1gbps up and down for any customer, anywhere? NO.. so yeah.. wow 
And then they try to tell us they need to cut bandwidth caps because their network is strained. THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE! BULLSHIT! |
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Nov 21, 2012, 04:42 |
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Had my first encounter with Win8 today in a shop. I was shopping for keyboards and trying them out on running demonstrators.
So I go from machine to machine, hitting the windows button on the keyboard, arrow up, type "note", hit enter then do my thing on the keyboard to test the feeling.
Then I get to the Win8 one, notice the no "start" button... confused for a second, I try the hot corners, no "execute" anywhere... Bit stumped, I hit the windows key *facepalm* "tablet UI" pops up. I had to look closely for the "note" thingy that reminded me of that crappy android app that does pretty much the same thing. After about a minute of fiddling around I finally test the keyboard...
Didn't find notepad anywhere!
And I ain't a newcomer to computers, I had my beginnings in DOS...
Sticking to win7, ty very much! |
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| News Comments > Win8 Exclusive DirectX 11.1? |
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Re: Win8 Exclusive DirectX 11.1? |
Nov 12, 2012, 16:09 |
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Microsoft trying to pull a vista/dx10 exclusive move once again to shove a new OS down into gamers throat. THAT WAS SO PREDICTABLE! XD Come on, who didn't see it coming the moment they saw Win8 was total crap? I remember telling myself that they'd probably try a move like this.
Time to let DirectX die and move to openGL maybe dear devs? |
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| News Comments > Diablo III Bans |
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Re: Diablo III Bans |
Nov 9, 2012, 13:22 |
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Haven't played the game, will most likely never play it unless cracked to not require online at all times. Shamefull, just shamefull.
Big brother is watching you... And Blizzard too! Come on... |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Nov 6, 2012, 15:24 |
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Incredibly good article at The Astronauts. The plato's cavern allegory analogy was spot on. The thought process that the author wants to engage the developer in can be applied to all aspects of life, not just making games.
That's one for the books. Those who will listen will get out of the cavern and thrive all the while being hated by those, unfortunate 'don't want to adapt and evolve while slowly dying' folks, still gawking at the shadows in the cavern.
This comment was edited on Nov 6, 2012, 15:33. |
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| News Comments > Sunday Legal Briefs |
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Re: Sunday Legal Briefs |
Nov 4, 2012, 16:54 |
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| Agreed. Fear demanding ultimate outward self-illusional control. the bits want to be free, just as we do. Let the bits be free! |
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Mar 31, 2012, 00:25 |
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Makes me remember a work for school I've done with a friend in a philosophy class around 1999. Our 2 main arguments about why piracy wasn't "bad" were:
-Lost sales aren't lost sales, cause they never had the intention of buying it in the first place, allowing them to spend their money on USEFULL stuff, like food and clothing, also raising happiness, reducing their needs for drugs/medications. Better mood = better health, less stress on health systems.
-The ones pirating are actually doing free marketing when they TALK about it to other people "have you seen that movie? heard this new band/album? played this game? IT ROCKS". Word of mouth you know, increasing legit sales.
Main argument number 2 is at work in full force here. Remove the word of mouth and what do you get? Plummeting sales.
Though as I read elsewhere, it isn't about increasing sales, it's about CONTROL. Fear DEMANDS it. Listen again to Star Wars and you'll see EXACTLY how it WORKS and inevitably FAILS.
P.S.: I never bought a single Star Wars dvd/cassette, word of mouth at work here, thank me later Lucas ;). |
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| News Comments > CD Project RED Dropping All DRM |
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Re: CD Project RED Dropping All DRM |
Mar 9, 2012, 08:35 |
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"7. Re: CD Project RED Dropping All DRM Mar 8, 2012, 20:56 Quboid
Flatline wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 20:24:
nin wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 20:21:
What really surprised me is that the pirates didn't use the GOG version, which was not protected. They took the SecuROM retail version, cracked it and said 'we cracked it'."
Wave the red cape in front of the bull and what happens?
Pretty much. For the crackers it isn't about playing the game for free, it's about being the first out with a cracked copy of the game.
But but what about supporting organised crime and funding terrorism?!
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????? You have no idea how these guys work huh? They dont make a SINGLE PENNY doing this. WAKE UP! It's merely a challenge of their ability for them, just like the guitar hero/rock band type games, just like online competitive gaming in general. You're drinking the propaganda like it's breastfeeding milk.
This comment was edited on Mar 9, 2012, 08:45. |
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| News Comments > Star Trek Game Next Year |
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Re: Star Trek Game Next Year |
Feb 12, 2012, 05:32 |
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| If it's anything like either Elite forces, Dominions Wars or Bridge Commander I'm all for it. Otherwise I'll pass. And mixing game styles is always a big fail, mind it. |
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