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It may be cheaper and more flexible, but it's also way less easier to use (you conceded this point as well). Furthermore, I think you underestimate Microsoft's relationships with games companies and hardware manufacturers for supporting DirectX. They work with ATI and nVidia for drivers as well as hardware features. They work with game companies to expand and improve the DirectX library. When John Carmack is starting to sway at the impressiveness of DirectX, I wonder how much longer OpenGL will still be used for gaming.

I never did finish up the original Parasite Eve, but I did enjoy it.

Because it's cheaper? Besides, they do receive support from Microsoft with respect to DirectX and whatnot. It's just as much of a reflection of the consumer base as it is "solidifying Microsoft's monopoly on the OS-market." It costs money to make it for Linux, and likely wouldn't result in that big of a turn around. Yeah, you might get decent Linux sales, but it's hard to say if they wouldn't have had some of those sales if it was Windows only. There is a large crossover. I'm not sure how you can accuse them of being irresponsible. You could argue it would be irresponsible for them as a business to waste resources for negligible return. To be perfectly frank, can you imagine how much more difficult things would be if there was an even wider assortment of basic operating systems available? Not only would a developer of PC games have to deal with different hardware issues, they'd have to deal with the nuances of different OSes. Including how those different operating systems deal with the different hardware! I suspect it'd be a mass exodus of PC gaming, as it'd become much less coss effective (than it already can be) to make a game for the PC.

Meh, seemed like on topic discussion to me.

Exactly. The best story in the world means **** if it's told poorly. When people refer to the "quality" of the story, I figure the presentation of said story is included in it. Especially if you want to take abstractions of the story.

Well...Roy is the winningest goalie of all time.

I haven't seen it. I hadn't heard many good things about it though.

So? I don't insult people and get all hostile if they prefer 2nd edition. We were talking about how intuitive it is compared to 2nd edition, not which is better. Given the responses that have occurred while you were gone, seems like I'm not the only person. Surely you will put in your quibble about AoO right about now. So? You were alleging that the only reason why I could make the relationship that a higher number in armor rating would be better is because of previous precedent.

One of my favourite missions is when I put a bomb in a suitcase when the guy wasn't looking, and when he delivered it, I set it off, killing both my targets.

It certainly can be, if you want it to be. The only time I went on any thing resembling the kinds of killing sprees they went on is when the witness thing got out of control and basically everyone saw me. That and when the Oilers lost.

What's so inticing about this modship thing? I definitely would not want any part of it (plus I'd be a bad mod too).

Sellout!

Oh wait...I guess I did fall victim to the Blaster Worm.

Yikes.

The latest rumour is that Pronger had a romp with an Edmonton TV personality. In trade related news, TSN is reporting that the Ducks have expressed interest as well. They have a lot of young talent that i think is going to be very good, plus if we can't sign Roloson, they have two good goalies. We could take back some salary in the form of Giguere. Lupul, Perry, and Getzlaf would be nice acquisitions. It might not even be impossible to get the Neidermeyer brothers. They're from the area. This one would just be for Pronger naturally though. It'd be the darkhorse of the trade.

I suspect they'll make you a mod soon enough.

I probably shouldn't volunteer too much information, but I've been internet banking and internet purchasing for years. Meh. For the record, I also don't do any P2P sharing of any kind, and don't typically visit websites out of the few that I normally frequent.

For a new life

Says the guy that refers to those that prefer 3rd edition as lost souls. For what it's worth, I was able to figure out what RPG I played first between Ultima VI and Eye of the Beholder. It was Eye of the Beholder.

Meh. Soon I won't be able to report any posts.

Use a coin and toss it off the beam through the window. Not that it matters as its just a tutorial. You might need to actually sneak past though, otherwise they'll hear you and turn around.

When did we switch to the third person? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's not the third person. She's just referring to herself as a plural.

*zing*

Quoted for truth.

This thread was not revived 5 days ago. It's just when the last post was made.