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You're definition. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am not! (That might even be a compliment; but, still, an undeserved one.) Waits for the penny to drop ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It still doesn't make sense. I mean, maybe if he added 'a' to it. Like, You're a definition or something. You're definition makes no sense.

The Appendix of State of Fear was a very interesting read.

As their fan base grew up, the impression is that their games didn't. While this may or may not be actually true (I have no idea how many "non-kiddie" game the GameCube has compared to "kiddie" games), the impression that they haven't is all that matters.

Paying for patches? What? And clearly the mod isn't done. If he didn't want to work on it, he wouldn't. It's not like $5 a sale is going to make him go from "I absolutely do not want to work on it" to "Sure, I have no problems working on it." I'm sorry, I'm unfamiliar with the Black & White Mod. Which game was it for? Uh, what? Apparenlty you don't know what the Slippery Slope is (I did provide 5 or so links for you to view). You know, the "first step" comment. That's the slipperly slope. And that's the logical fallacy. (Note: The Fallacy you did here was Straw Man. Thanks for coming) This assumes of course Garry is not interested in doing it. It also overlooks the fact that, if he wants to continue to improve his mod, even for free, it's starting to get expensive. Especially time wise. Sucks for real life to get in the way of things. He essentially was hired by Valve. After he commented that he wasn't going to work on it anymore, Valve provided him with an opportunity and have essentially contracted him to continue working on it. Kudos to him, he got hired. Unless you're claiming that Garry started the mod with the sole purpose of eventually making money on it. In which case, kudos to him for achieving his goal. And he was moving on. Valve essentially offered him a job to keep going on when they offered him a contract. The complaints were because Valve's servers were overworked, and there was issues authenticating the CD copies of the game. If you want to bitch, bitch about copy protection. About that slipperly slope... If Garry wishes this venture to actually make him money, it's in his best interests to release updates. Since you claim he's only doing it for the money as well. Why? I did read the EULA of Half-Life 2. I even quoted it for you (hell, I even posted it on this forum). Since you missed it: "This License Agreement may be amended, altered or modified only by an instrument in writing, specifying such amendment, alteration or modification, executed by both you and Licensor." Since I don't have NWN installed on my computer (just did a reinstall) and I think the discs are in my roommate's room (who is sleeping), post it so I can read it. But hey, they're content with just releasing the "Premium Modules" which is completely different. Besides, since you mentioned this wasn't an issue until DD came along, it was already exercised by the Silicon Valley (a company) project called World Builder. Like metadigital said....welcome to the old school method of software distribution, Shareware. And who cares if Garry is popular? He's made a product that he (and Valve, the company that has contracted him out [i.e. hired him] to continue work on his mod) feels he can market. It's also a product that had him asking for donations to keep it running. Considering it's entirely possible for you the user, to continue using the free version of his software to no skin off of your back, you have no foundation for your argument. I'd keep going, but I noticed that meta has responded, and I really don't have anything else to say.

On the plus side, the Whyte Ave celebration became a gong show to the extreme today. Idiots.

Odd of Volo not buying DA is probably as good as the odds of me not buying DA.

Hahaha, it's fate. EDIT: Anaheim also lost in seven. Whoops

It's an apartment, so I don't know if new locks is really in the agenda. We'd need to get new keys or get the lock made for the current key and whatnot. We anticipate having to take it apart. Though the landlords said they would take care of that tomorrow for us, since it was late and we were able to get inside.

Haha. I'm sure without Atari's involvement Bioware would be confused as what to do, as there'd just be NWN.

I'm not sure how much weight Dvorak lost. AFAIK he wasn't even sick. Raffi lost 14 pounds though.

I went to watch the local sports team put themselves in the Stanley Cup Finals, and when I got home some asshat put glue in my keyholes. After bothering the manager at home, with a screwdriver and some WD-40 we were able to clear the bottom lock, and by a stroke of luck we forgot to lock the deadbolt! But trying to clean out the deadbolt is NOT working nearly as effectively. Any suggestions of clearing out this glue? I assume it's some sort of crazy glue/super glue because it's clear, and exceptionally solid. Thanks for the help.

Depends a lot of what Roloson's state of mind is. He's an older guy with a family, so a bit of stability might be valued a bit more. In any case, I'm hoping that there's some bias towards signing with Edmonton because of both the excellent playoff drive, as well as the opportunity Edmonton provided for Roloson. For the first time in his career, he was given the reigns to be the number 1 goaltender. He got off to a shaky start (and the team wasn't playing too well in front of him either), but he's taken the bull by the horns now.

I like the guy that wishes he had never bought an Atari 2600 back in the day.

Too bad you can't do that the whole game. It was super cool to see it happen the first time.

That would make more sense. Point taken with respect to the horsies. I'm not liking this trend of you smacking down my arguments with impunity. I guess it truly is you that has won the internets. And the most impressive accomplishment you made was having me convinced that I had won the internets. Excellently played maestro...excellently played.

Hehe, yup. I'm scared to go play it Of course, Nova Prospekt is shortly afterwards, which is also one of my all time favourite levels in a game.

No, but they just recently decided that it was a bad idea to continue to do so.

Ever hear of the phrase, what have you done for me lately? :D I think it would be a poor decision to give the go ahead to allow a feature get patched into the game, that was cut from their new game.

Fernando is a darkhorse. But much like how Fedotenko didn't win it despite scoring tons of key goals for Tampa, I don't think Pisani will win. Which he's ok with. He's already enjoyed adding a definition AND example of clutch in the dictionary. It's just baby steps for the former 7th round draft pick playing for the hometown team.

That's true, but my experience is that IE can drive up the temperature a degree or two. At any rate, I still have that wonkiness with FEAR. I don't everytime, but if I play it and quit, I can expect it somewhere along the line. City of Heroes doesn't have a problem. FEAR has all sorts of weird issues, though. For example, sometimes I get an error message saying that the game either cannot find or authenticate the orginal CD. Whatever the hell that means. I've been playing it again anyhow. I'm playing with my only reloads on dying. I'm actually doing better than I thought. I'm halfway through Interval 05 and I've only had one really tough area. Other than a few reloads there, I've basically been going through pretty easily. I think I'll install HL2 and see how it works. FEAR still isn't scary for me, but the battles are entertaining and I'm enjoying the game more this time around than the first run. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't find it "scary," but rather "creepy/bizarre." I did enjoy it. Ravenholm has it beat though

I can just imagine the fallout of an official release for NWN has rideable mounts in it, but NWN 2 didn't. It wouldn't necessarily be justified, but people have long since shown that they aren't particularly smart. As for whether or not Bioware was going to make PM for NWN2, did this come from Bioware, or from the DLA people?

Scientists were also concerned with Global Cooling throughout the 70s.

It's a tossup between Roloson and Pronger in my opinion. Both have played stellar.

Wouldn't that be a species?

Since you brought it up you might as well suggest some.