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Off Topic / Google Talk

« on: August 24, 2005, 06:19:42 PM »

Im afraid nothing really yet, LF. Though they say somewhere on there that they are working on having it support connecting to other services with it.

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This is already possible with Jabber (the protocol they are using). I dont know why Google didnt take advantage of this right away.

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Off Topic / NS Forums hacked

« on: August 11, 2005, 06:40:21 AM »

Just spam Flayra's blog in the meanwhile.


Although I wouldnt be surprised if they took this opportunity to do stuff to the forums for Nexus.

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Off Topic / N64 vs GameCube

« on: December 23, 2004, 07:17:50 AM »

Eternal Darkness?
Smash Bros(GC)?
Paper Mario(GC)?
Pikmin 1/2?
Tales of Symphonia?

and Mario Sunshine sure as hell counts as "classic" if you count Yoshi's Story and Wave Race as "classic"

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Off Topic / N64 vs GameCube

« on: December 23, 2004, 06:21:06 AM »

Now i can name 3 PSX releases that happened after the PS2's release (FF Origins, FF Anthology, FFVI), how many games were released after the GC's release? Oh, that's right, none.

I cant let this go. FFVI is part of FF Anthology. Also, both these 'games' were repackaged previous games. Although Origins had a facelift, Anthology required nearly no resources on Square's part. In summary

-its 2 games
-both were ports of games from older systems
-not good example

Basically what it boils down to is that the style of games on both systems were very different. The PSX's main appeal was RPGs and survival horror games, not counting the slew of other types that were available.

bingo. PSX's victory basically boils down to 3 series:
-Final Fantasy
-Resident Evil
(and the one you missed)
-Tomb Raider

These three series and the hoard of games that tries to emulate their success was what won the 32/64bit generation "war" for PSX.

oh, and GT1 and GT2 kicked a needlessly large amount of ass too.

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General / NS PROBLEM

« on: December 17, 2004, 01:01:45 PM »

I was told its due to the "QoS Packet Scheduler" or something like that. Look for it in your connection settings and try turning it off. You can also try to disable it as a service.

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Off Topic / Anarchy Online Free for a year

« on: December 17, 2004, 07:22:35 AM »

Hmm, hmm. I tried a one week (or was it fourteen days?) free trial of AO once. What AO needs is a guide telling you where the fun's at.

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so, any pointers for the nubs here?

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Off Topic / Anarchy Online Free for a year

« on: December 16, 2004, 07:25:55 PM »

Does it still need your credit card number for your account? That's what stopped me dead in every other freebie they've run =P

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no.

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General / Retail NS!

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:47:53 AM »

actually, the picture on the nes cartridges were pretty good. The pixelation was unnecessary.

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General / Sorry for laughing, Reasa

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:44:21 AM »

nope, I once got resslotted as the team gorge running to put up the second hive in 1.0x.

bye bye 80 res and team's chances of winning.

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Off Topic / World Of Warcraft Release!

« on: December 11, 2004, 10:22:27 AM »

I'd say "Kharaa" would work pretty well.

For those who dont know it, it sounds like some random old fashion-y title.
For those who do, they'd know you guys are ns players.

and then you can all scream "For the Hive!" when charging into any major battles

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General / HL2 AI movie

« on: December 09, 2004, 09:21:56 AM »

System Shock 1/2!

:lol:

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 08, 2004, 08:27:29 AM »

The primary function of the no spawncamping rule is twofold to prevent jackass style drawing out of long games and also to prevent stat whoring...  The latter is probably the more problematic when it comes to translation of the spawncamping rule in my opinion...

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"jackass style drawing out of long games" is impossible when consession is allowed, and people know when and how to use it.

stat whoring...you guys actually take the stats seriously? I thought its a really informal thing. How is the rating calculated anyway?

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 07, 2004, 10:07:25 PM »

So the spawncamping rule is there to patch up a problem brought in by yet another rule? :blink:

You can probably guess what my suggestion woulda been, but since they aint going to change that, I got nothing more to add.

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 07, 2004, 09:31:34 PM »

Keyser basically answered my part, but I'll add a bit more.

Theres uphill struggles, and then theres ramming your head at a wall. A good commander (or icky space alien) knows when the battle is lost.

But were going off on a tangent here.

I guess what Im trying to say is: you may claim that a spawncamper is artifically extending a game thats already over. Im responding by telling you that its also the spawncampee's fault for enduring it, when you have the handy button 4 keys to the right of Esc. Looking at it from this point of view, spawncamping is not a crime/exploit, and thus should not be a bannable offense.

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 07, 2004, 06:31:20 AM »

-Allow spawn camping
-If the game is clearly lost, and the other team is spawn camping just to prolong it...do what the SC/Chess/etc pros do... F4. Its a clear loss. Give up. Start anew, and learn what you did wrong last time. The answer to your problems is so rediculously simple.

There is no "honor" in sitting in the spawn queue for 20mins.


(yes, there is an F4 button in chess...look harder.)

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 03, 2004, 07:09:34 PM »

"too thick not to read it"  heh.


I know what scripts can do. I know their limits. Ive used some myself. I personally have nothing against it. Thanks for your assumptions anyway


[devils advocate]
convenience. advantage.
where do you draw the line?


Scoreboard+netgraph script. Innocent and convenient, no? It gives the user the ADVANTAGE of being able to get that info faster than one who does not have this script. Is the advantage trivial? hell yes. Is it still and advantage? yep.
A convenience is an advantage.


Why are steroids banned substances? I mean, the users still have to train their bodies. Its just more CONVENIENT to use 'em. Its not like you take them and they do the workout for you. Heck, you gotta go buy the drugs themselves. You gotta spend time to get the money to buy these drugs.
An advantage is a convenience.


In this sense, you can call every convenience gained an advantage and every advantage a convenience.


Think about what you said. "The reason they/we fight for scripts is because we've spent time on them making the game easier for us personally" Heh, isnt that what a cheat does? make a competition easier for yourself? Who are you to decide which convenience is not too convenient?
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I've used scripts (3jump mostly, romano's switch thing was nice too). I lost them over a reinstall and am too lazy to get them back. If you really dont need it, you should be able to lose them and not feel the need to raise hell to get it back.

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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS

« on: December 03, 2004, 01:49:49 PM »

Theres just something fishy about clanners fighting tooth and nail over this, then going "oh, I dont really need it btw." <_<

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General / :O

« on: December 03, 2004, 11:36:12 AM »

EDIT: http://whitepages.com/9900/search/Find_Per..._zip=&state_id=

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According to the HL storyline, our crowbar-wielding protagonist went to M.I.T.

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Off Topic / Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

« on: December 03, 2004, 07:38:50 AM »

I thought the story was set somewhere in the time of that first Metal Gear for the Nintendo.  This one looks prettier.

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actually in MGS3, you play as Big Boss. If you know your MG mythos, youll know this means it takes place way before the metal gear for NES.

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General / :O

« on: December 02, 2004, 06:39:34 PM »

yea, you dont wanna anger Gordon. Last time that happened the military got pwnt.