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Just played through SS2 with a friend. Pending a decision to purchase Boiling Point, I'll probably go back to conquering the USSR.

You refer to the comment about not wanting to read plot suggestions? Actually I don't pay that any attention. If people want to post plot suggestions then they will and should. Besides, many of us have posted them in the past, only we didn't exactly want the same things in the game. Oh well... I don't discuss it anymore, because I sort of regret that I posted my own ideas. Not that I mind other people reading it, but now I'm thinking I'll be disappointed when K3 does come out and it's not what I expected. I would have been better off not thinking about it and instead just accepted the surprise of the next game's plot... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was referring to this:

I don't mind wookie speak, when it's used as it is in the movies. Whoever thought it'd be a great idea to have a Christmas special featuring giant scenes of exclusively wookie speak should be tortured though. I wouldn't have minded it in KOTOR, if "ok" wasn't translated into: "Rawrrrr..rooerararRARRswrsraarw..rrrarraawr..roarrararaa.rarrarrrrRRarR.rRo araRerararaeadsr"

Saw Two for the Money and Serenity today. Two for the Money was alright, but I really enjoyed Serenity. "Uh...we may be experiencing some turbulence and then..uh..explode."

I don't know if any game has really changed my life. I've been a game geek as long as I can remember. For changes in gamestyles.....hmmmm. Uprising taught me the joys of mouselook in FPS games. Ultima VII was my transition to PC Gaming (though I had already attained years of gaming on Apple computers). FF7 got me into Final Fantasy Games. Ultima VI into RPG games. Doom made me like FPS games. Privateer 2 was the first game that made me get a joystick for my computer. Half-Life pretty much single handedly bring PC gaming back into my life, after being almost exclusively a console gamer for many years. I'd say it probably put me on the PC bandwagon for good. Baldur's Gate 1 initially sold me off AD&D based RPG games, since I struggled with the game and felt the first level characters were weak enough to make the beginning of the game unnecessarily frustrating. This was in spite of my previous knowledge of AD&D CRPG games...but I hated level 1 characters then too. It was with the insistence of a roommate that I play through BG1 again. THough I think learning that Bioware was a local developer also helped. As for consoles...hmmm. Mario 3 got me an NES. Starfox got me a SNES. GoldenEye got me an N64. FF7 got me a PSX. First game I remember playing: Lode Runner for the Apple II

You can't suggest that someone *should* do something that they are incapable of doing. If you wanted to make it clear, you should include something along the lines of "be able" as in "they should be able to sue." Saying that someone "should" do something, implies that they are able. Fixed! In any case, there's plenty of dirty hits that don't get suspensions, fines, or any sort of repercussions. Jarret Stoll got blasted completely from behind head first into the boards. The player was ejected from the game. No fines, no suspensions. LOL, "severe lack of caring." HAHAHA. Well, that might be because when they were growing up they were unable to compete for Olympic Gold!. And since you feel it's "PC crap" that they do it for the love of their country, then why are they competing? Perhaps it's because they want to win the Olympic Gold? Did Mario Lemieux play through his injury, to the point where he didn't play another game that season after the Gold Medal game, because he didn't feel like winning an Olympic Gold? I have yet to meet an athlete that did not have favourable memories about winning an Olympic gold medal. You are talking out of your ass, and just bitter because a player on your team got hurt. Even though the Owners agreed to let him play, as well as himself.

If you're complaining about everyday debit card fees while living in Canada, you aren't looking hard enough. I haven't paid a fee for a debit transaction in over 5 years. Nor do a pay a monthly fee for my debit card. It's interesting, because I guess it just doesn't exist, at least not large scale, in Europe.

Family Day up here in Canada.

The Blessed Hammer became THE skill for Paladin's in 1.10

Well, since it's clear Ender won't be coming back, he has no need to run up his totals anymore.

The multiplayer of EU2 was great. I was England, one friend was France, and another was Spain. After Spain started making absolutely retarded amounts of money with the trade in the new world, France and I attacked them. Prior to the war though, we continued to fund pirate activities in his unprotected sea zones, to mess up with his trade empire. One of the most fun things about the game (and Hearts of Iron 2) is the events that happen. On occassion, huge events come up that allow you to alter history, or perhaps follow it, that just make the game so much fun. They also lend a little bit of predictability to the game, which for the most part can be played out in insane ahistorical situations. I remember playing one game as the Ottoman Empire and having a blast pushing into the middle east, as well as Eastern Europe. But after a while, the countries got pissed off (I had accumulated a ton of "badboy" points since I was a major aggressor), and pretty much all of Europe declared War on me. The combat can be pretty tactical too (though pales in comparison to HOI...given the limited unit types). I think copying from Risk, they have basic Infantry, Cavalry, and Cannons (though they are different in EU, unlike risk). Cavalry is great in open fields, and very fast. Infantry is more versatile, and so on. Plus, weather can play a key role, with heavy storms slowing units down. Winter is a monster! Certain provinces can only support armies of certain sizes, and if you are an aggressor, a winter province in occupied enemy territory suffers from insane attrition. It makes fighting battles in the north more strategic, as well as a ton of fun! Nothing like hearing the guy scream because the Russian winter has saved Muscovy from annihilation. You could also research improvements in your land units, convert "heathens" to your religion (useful when conquering places), and so on. Discovering gunpowder was a TSN turning point, as it gave you a "free" attack against non gunpowder nations, before you engaged in melee combat. I prefer HOI2 because of it's increased strategic diversity (much more difference in unit types), and I'm a WW2 buff. But my experiences with EU2 made me look at HOI2, because I really enjoyed my experiences with EU2 first. The biggest knock on the game is the interface. Though I felt they made a world of improvement with HOI2, so hopefully the trend continues. As for people calling it a TBS game....I'm not sure why. I mean, unless you conisder each day to be a turn, with the fact that the days move ahead automatically on their own! I'd call it an RTS game first, but not like a standard RTS game. It's actually strategic, rather than tactical. To be clear, I typically consider TBS games to be games where you have to click an "end turn" button to proceed to the next turn. EU2 was definitely not that.

I always forget to load crossfire

It's a holiday tomorrow, but I'm going to see if my local store is open and if they still have their copy.

Put little green "stink" wavey line type stuff. It's what I did in elementary art classes :D

But written orkish rules. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dabue? Zub Zub.

On a side note, why on earth would we not talk about KOTOR 3, in the only thread that the moderators would keep open regarding the topic?

You were the one saying the Rangers' should sue, not me. Because it's obvious that, in the middle of a heated competition, it's possible for a player to get injured. It happens all the time in the actual NHL. If they expected players to play like it was an All-Star game, then the NHL and the NHLPA are a bunch of morons. Besides, the NHL lets players do the same **** in their own league without repercussions. Getting their panties in a bunch would just make them appear like class A hypocrites. The Owners signed the deal that let the players play. If they wanted to go back on it, why did they RENEW the deal for this Olympics, and into 2010? If the NHL owners feel the threat of injury is too extreme, then don't sign off on contracts that allow NHL players to play in the Olympics. And anyone that doesn't think the Olympic Hockey is "real hockey," is either just trolling, or has no real concept of the sport of hockey.

Fallout's ending must have pissed you off to no end then.

Neither do I. After what happen to Bloodlines and Troika itself. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you referring to Activision keeping Troika's doors open long enough so that they could actually release a much needed patch? They could have closed shop right after release, but they didn't.

To be honest, I just pull them randomly until all three are lit. I've never really gave it much thought. It didn't take me many pulls at all either.

I would think that developers would be a tad bit more cautious since the whole Fable fiasco, then again I guess it is too much for people to learn from mistakes. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They didn't make Fable, and IMO this is hardly the same thing. Especially when I have yet been unable to see where they guaranteed mounts would be in the game. The way I see it, as it stands right now, it's as if they never announced mounts anyways. It's not like it was suddenly taken away from us after using them. To use your words though, I guess it's too much to expect people to not buy in too much with the pre-release hype.

With true iterative development, you get the Extreme Programming/Agile Development paradigm, in which alphas are indeed given to the end user for them to see how it is coming. One of the big goals of this method is to ensure that issues get fixed while they are still easy to fix. You typically don't expand on the code base, until what you have is working properly, been extensively tested (i.e. it's now robust), and only if it is necessary.

I've heard of bridges that let you use an RFID tag to pay your toll, so as you drive by it just charges you. I do think that, as this type of technology becomes more and more accessible, the ability to counter illegal spending sprees will also improve. I mean, already I am not responsible for merchandise purchased by my credit card if stolen...though the supplier is still SOL.

I found Presence useless. I don't think I ever used it actually. If I did it was in 2004. I'd suggest skipping it personally.

Is presence the one that weakens all around you?