alanschu

There's no proof that he couldn't sense him

I'm not 'acting' surprised. What I am is disgusted by the shoddiest customer support I've ever had the displeasure of witnessing. I don't care about your cliches either. All I'm looking for is an update. Yes, that's right. 2 1/2 months ago an Obsidian Entertainment employee stated on this board that the patch would be out 'in a few days' - and since then... nothing. How is expecting a follow-up to that statement an 'outrageous demand'?!? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because I'm not confined to your narrow little world. If you notice, my post was a reflection of the PC industry as a whole, not your single request. Yes, that's right. No..it's not. It never is. It's basic psychology. Why are parents told to not give in when their kid is having a temper tantrum? Because it reinforces the temper tantrum. You may think you'll be happy with it...just like many people think that TV commercials don't affect them or anything like that. But it does. Furthermore, it also encourages everyone else and their dog to post requests. It may start out small...but it sets a precedent. I imagine you were a member of the BIS boards, when the same people that are now at Obsidian tried to be open with the community. As long as you hold every other game developer to the same standards. I'm surprised you even continue to play video games seeing as they all apparently have a complete lack of respect for their customers. Nevermind the a$$wipes in the community that ruined it for us all. But I guess hacking into developers computers because they missed a deadline is an acceptable action in your world.

Wouldn't there be some sort of action-reaction thing though that would prevent the Earth's orbit from actually changing, since everyone in China is orbitting too? Not that I'm sure it would matter..... Mass of earth is about 6.0 x 10^24 kg Average mass of man is 70 kg I'm going to ignore kids and women, which will give the estimate a high bias.... 1.3 billion people in China x 70 kg = 9.1 x 10^10 kg Which is roughly 0.000000000000015 or 1.5 x 10^-14 Earth Masses, or 1.5 x 10^-12 % of Earth's Mass. I doubt it'd be significant, even if they could push off with a force equalling a few times their body weight. Although I would still contend that we are a closed system and even if we were to all jump it wouldn't make much of a difference. I would think you'd need something exceptionally energetic (like Nukes or something....but even then) to make an impact on the orbit of the Earth. But I'm just speculating....I haven't taken Astronomy in a little while.

Anakin is in the building while they are still fighting. He gets disarmed and looks "helpless" the instant Anakin enters the room. For all Anakin knows, there was just Mace bullying his mentor/friend. While I voted yes to Mace being able to win, I do think that Mace's "decisive" victory was a calculated risk by Sidious. And since everyone is demanding "proof," what proof is there that he ISN'T faking it? Simply being "beaten" is not proof, since both outcomes equally support either side. At no point in the novelization do I see "Palpatine is clearly NOT faking it...this fight against Windu is the real deal and he's fighting for his life, and if he doesn't give it his all then he's going to get owned!" Furthermore, I DO see in the novelization that Mace cries out for help stating that Palpatine is "too strong" for him. But to try and make sure no one can conveniently ignore my question, I'll put it again at the end... What proof is there that Palpatine is NOT faking the fight?

I never said better than Michael Jordan. But someone mentioned that it's hard to catch up to someone who plays a lot. Going through the same regimine as MJ, I would catch up to him (although I doubt I'd ever get as good...there IS some biological factors at play).

Would the cause be "lead-poisoning." I would think most deaths related to bullets have to do with blood loss and damage to vital organs

Actually it's easier! It's diminishing returns If I practice basketball for a week straight, I will show more improvement than Michael Jordan, because he's already reached his apex :D

Is it really "obsolete" equipment? If you're just looking to play XBOX360 games, would the new DVD player really make a difference?

If you wanted to SELL the game, it'd probably be pretty difficult to distribute the game. If you wanted to give it away, it'd probably be a lot easier. I know Lucasarts actually supports the mod scene, and the only stipulations they seem to have is the music, since it's John Williams' work.

Hand-Eye coordination can be trained. You think all those athletes were just born with those abilities? I guarantee that if you persistently played FPS games, you would get better at them.

Try leaving the planet if Onderon was the last place you visited

Apparently their next Close Combat game is going to be an RTS style game. Whether or not it's like the old ones or not is hard to say. But I hear it will take place in the Korean conflict.

Yeah, it was cool that suppression fire and whatnot was actually effective. After being shelled by that 88 for a few minutes, even if I hadn't lost any men, I still had to accept the fact that the squad was as good as gone, since they weren't doing anything any time soon. It was bittersweet to hear the "We're pinned down!" when you gave an order :D

Hehe, there was a quaint charm about the dialogue in Ultimas...like "Name" "Job" and "Bye" hehehe Although it is pretty dated by today's standards

Spellmar seems more hostile than I remember back in the day.

I ocasionaly play PvP in Guild Wars and I have no desire to play a medic, I seen how monks have to deal with healing its not my thing. The problem with online games is PUGs only go as far and get slaughtered by any clan/guild since those guys live for PvP and do a lot of stategy training that PUGs naturaly lack and joining a guild/clan means time investement I really dont feel I can do since I dont live to play one game. Thats a problem with games that end up being more a job that entertaiment, online PvP games are expecialy guilty of that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lucky for you, what you base your opinion on really has nothing to do with a completely different game, both gameplay-wise and game-mechanic wise. To compare the monk in Guild Wars to the Medic in BF2 is pretty stupid. Furthermore, clans do NOT play organized games on the public servers of BF2 (or really any public servers), so you'll never have to worry about the incident that you describe in Guild Wars. Why you would compare a very deliberate, skill based MMORPG with an FPS is beyond me though.

Ultima 8 was wierd....not the usual ultima experience. Very action oriented....and hard IMO. I got stuck, but the world wasn't very "versatile" in that you were much more limited in what you could do, especially compared to Ultima 7

It's a neat little game. I've only played the demo though. As for snipers.....if you're moving, it's almost impossible to snipe you. You actually have to lead the guy, and it can be pretty difficult to do. It's cool being a medic and jumping into an APC, since it makes your APC a mobile healing station. Also, while yes guys do die relatively quicklky in these sorts of games, medics can be useful because they can actually revive people from the dead. Given that you cannot immediately respawn in this game (there are respawn intervals, usually about 15 seconds or so), so a medic can come in and whip out a defibrilator and zap you back to life. It's actually pretty fun when bullets are whizzing along and that enemy plane is strafing you! The biggest beef I have is the lack of nodes. UT2004 had them, and it was nice because you wouldn't have to worry about some dork sneaking behind the front line and capturing all your rear spawn points because you were on the offensive. But that's just me I guess. I like the idea of an established front, not worrying about keeping a guy in the back protecting your spawn points.

I don't really think this is spoilerish...but meh Wasn't there two expansions for the game? Or was it one for each?

I never did play the expansions. I heard that Forge of Virtue is where the Avatar gets the Blackrock Sword is it not? It sounded like there were "extra area" expansions, where the Avatar would eventually return to Britannia to continue his quest in VII. To use those programs, do I just need to install the games on my HD and go from there?

It's not strictly a 2D plane. There are a number of horizontal planes that you can move to in the space battles, so if you want to fly under the ship, then you can. As for Empire at War's 1vs1 campaign mode.....well...it's better than any other campaign mode I've ever played multiplayer in an FPS (which is none). I'll admit I haven't played many RTS games, but I never noticed a multiplayer campaign mode in C&C, SC, or AOE. I never played RON except for the demo. I don't believe TA (yay for acronyms) had a multiplayer campaign either. I felt that Star Wars Rebellion had a lot of potential, and I'm hoping that this game will actually deliver. Company of Heroes on the other hand....WOW. I have high hopes for this game. I have been waiting for a spiritual successor to Close Combat for a looooooong time. I'm hoping this game delievers. I tried getting into games like Codename: Panzers and stuff, but when I sneak behind an enemy tank and shoot it, and it starts to lose HP at a faster rate...then I go ALT-F4 and uninstall the game. In close combat, sneaking behind an enemy tank pretty much meant death for that tank. I loved the realism and the attention to detail. Hiding a bazooka man in a two-storie building and waiting for that Tiger to go by me, waiting the whole time for the perfect time to strike was intense enough as it was.....watching the Tiger go up in smoke afterwards was absolutely exhilirating. It was also frustrating to be careless with your Sherman and having him move into a long street, at the last second noticing there's a FlaK 88 at the end of the road and scrambling to get him to move before the shoot. BOOM, now I have a huge road block for my tank column and life is going to be much more difficult. Waiting for the perfect ambush with an MG42 squad when defending the Bridge at Son and watching them cut down two whole fully exposed infantry squads was great! Ugh, so many memories.

Heh, if you actually were planning on playing either game (time to dig out the floppy drive, and the old cloth map), you'd be happy to know that I have spoiled so unbelievably little of it..... Besides, it's the fantastic dialogue and problem solving that made the game so great. I honestly could have known the entire plot and still would not have had an ounce of trouble playing it :D

Dosbox. The game runs perfectly, without errors and with music and sound effects. All my old games run fine with it. Having all your party possessed by demons - forcing you to find a way to save them - it was fantastic. Loading all their equipment onto automata takes ages... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When they all dropped their inventory, I immediately reloaded the game because I was NOT going through that crap. It was dumb that everything doesn't remain in the backpack, so I just had them drop them before the encounter :D As for that DosBox...interesting. I'll have to look into it. Although I'm not so sure where my copies of either game are...they're still at my parent's place somewhere. And I hope the cloth map is with the first one, as well as the manual for both of them so that I can actually pass the copy protection That and I need a floppy drive

Sorry, I guess you're right. Although I'd doubt anyone who hasn't already played either of the Ultima VII games is about to pick it up and play it any time soon.

Actually, since we're on the Ultima VII: Part II, I also loved the trial in Fawn. I remember that one time I failed miserably in defending Dupre....but something helps me out along the way to keep the plot moving....but I also remember one time doing a stellar job and everyone being amazed at my performance and getting him off no problem :D I also remember the neat swamp that would always pass you out, and the cool dungeon that. And considering I had my Soundblaster so it was cool with sound. I very much remember one part, when, just after you get the Serpent Earrings, a bigass serpent appears on your screen and starts talking to you. Scared the bejezzus out of me. Getting seduced by Frigidazzi was cool...and watching Fibelircio (sp?) sentence you to the dungeon. And using the daemon sword against the uber-mage to get out of that dungeon. Ahh....soooooo many memories.