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Deciding not to play arguably the definitive adventure game for PC? I hearby strip you of the rank of "PC Gamer" and demote you to chump. Sorry, it had to be done It's too bad it wasn't a popular seller, but that seems to be par for the course for most adventure games. It's style and humour is just too much fun though.

The Bnet version of Warcraft 2 came out after Starcraft. Again tho, Warcraft 2, Red Alert, etc were all only 1 on 1. Something to be said for that step, but Starcraft was somethign else. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I played team games in C&C and Red Alert on Westwood Studios Westwood Chat/Matchmaking service. In any case, Quake demolishes SC for its contribution to online gaming. It came out a year before Starcraft, and anyone lucky enough to have access to a T1 line, or even dual ISDNs would host a server. It resulted in QuakeSpy being created, which ultimately evolved into GameSpy, and spawned the Team Fortress mod that laid the foundation of online, class-based team gameplay. The thing Starcraft has going for it, is that it's arguably still the best and most balanced RTS out there. Not bad for an 8.5 year old game. Kudos to it for having 3 separate factions, that weren't just carbon copies of each other (I hated WC2 for that), with distinctive gameplay styles. But Quake dominated in multiplayer.

I think a lot of the "difficulty" in older games came from the fact that we weren't as good at gaming. Playing older "really hard games" often does not give me a "really hard" experience.

Except that's not what was said. But hey, if you feeling like calling people idiots, have at it.

It makes for quotable quotes.

Don't get sucked into his slippery slope/straw man argument!

I realized that after I posted. Though I won't worry too much about it at the moment as I'm not at home.

You still have greater freedom though. The venture becomes less risky, and results in a larger variety of possible sources of funding. Assuming the game is expensive enough to require funding.

Where can I get that Fionavar? I just did a reinstall with my new computer, and am leery of throwing Norton on there.

Given the fact that some of us actually seem to have done a bit of research on the topic, I'd say we're decidedly less average joe on this subject. I don't think it's a stretch to assume that many people just take what is fed to them on this subject, without doing any critical assessment of it.

I didn't even bother. Was too busy playing with new computer.

I dunno, Farcry took quite a while to load on my new computer. Of course I only saw the one loading screen at the beginning

I have heard they are feeling quite a bit better. Here's hoping!

Let's Go Oilers!

Because spawns of Bhaal who have a very high concentration of Bhaal's essence have their corporeal form disintegrate upon death.

Oil is significantly less renewable than trees. Having said that, when Oil becomes scarce, investment in other forms of energy will increase. I'm actually not too worried about an impending end of the world. I think human beings are a bit narcissistic, and overestimate their influence on the planet.

I don't know. I just find it funny because the activists in the US still claim that the US is destroying its forests and an unprecedented rate. The thing about trees....as long as there is money to be made off of them, I have a feeling they will always be around.

Let's see if I can find them...... There we go!

Any interesting factoid I heard was that the amount of area covered by forests in the US has increased over the past 10-20 years.

That explains why someone like Richards could sign shortly after being eliminated from the playoffs. Or the numerous other signings. After all, the Free Agency period doesn't even start until August 1st, but you have people getting signed to different teams that day. And all throughout the first week. There was no reason for Thornton's signing to take over a month if both parties really wanted to be there.

Is it even possible for Imoen or Yoshimo to die while they still have things to do in the plot? I thought Yoshimo always disappeared after X damage. And Imoen is taken away from you right away....what happens if she dies in the prologue?

Oh god no!

Grim Fandango is a fantastic game.

KOTOR deaths make more sense when characters are very intertwined with the story. It makes sense, given that from my observations, most people just reload after losing a party member anyways.

Escaped from Prison and that Dungeon! Freedom!