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I'm guessing he is referring to the specifics of your comment, which the paraphrase of the dialogue wheel doesn't display.

It probably uses Steamworks. I, on the other hand, love Steam

My last comment regarding this: You are king at either misunderstanding posts, or strawman attacks. Good day.

I didn't think so haha.

Meh, I've just never felt the need to bother trying. Same with stuff like cigarettes. I was a late bloomer to drinking even (26) and I hardly do it. /shrug

That was done for performance reasons I think, wasn't it?

Wasn't it more like 4 years since no development was being done by Obsidian on the game after Sega pushed back the release date? Development was still done on the game after the delay (things like inventory comparison screens were added). According to some interviews, nope. Which interviews are these? Certainly not this one with Matthew Hickman: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alpha-Proto...ay-134262.shtml Kotaku also mentions it here Among other things.

Doesn't appear that way.

After watching that tech demo (without seeing anything else to bias my opinion), what is it about that demo that is so phenomenal? On its own it's a tech demo, but I don't feel any Fallout atmosphere at all (nor do I fault it). I honestly think people are ascribing their own expectations onto that Tech Demo simply because it's from Troika. I'm certainly skeptical that, if that tech demo came from Bethesda, it'd not be so highly thought of. I'd like a list of the good points from that tech demo. The only one I can think of that's unique would be: "Isometric"

I did read all the posts. If you understand latency, then why'd you make a post that would infer I should ascribe various "signs" to you? 720p at 32-bit color is already going to exceed even the 25Mbps connection's bandwidth without data compression (it's about 30 million bits for a single frame). Obviously there is data compression involved, which is why I'd be curious how it runs at a lower bandwidth. Because this would actually allow me to infer if the latency at 25 Mbps is due to the bandwidth, or the latency of going through server switches and/or any other restrictions on the latency. Stating "And it is much worse than i have thought ... average latency of ~180ms on 25Mbps Fibers??? Don't make me laugh..." without any other frame of references literally indicates that you feel bandwidth is the sole contributor of the latency. You don't have enough information to make a "don't make me laugh" comment, yet you did. Bravo /clap You're the only one that brought up 1 Mbps. No kidding the service will suck if you are below the requirements. I'm sure today's games don't run on my TNT2 Ultra very well either! *sigh*

As one... I would say that it was the developer's choice to clone their previous title draped in the Fallout setting that did it. ** This was not Fallout 3, but it... "coulda been a contenda" back when Bethesda out bid them. I suspect that that game would have been probably not very successful either. Sure, you are happy. Just like Ausir is happy with a game like Bloodlines. I probably would be too. Heck, I love Bloodlines as well. But lets be realistic here: It was a game with a less than trivial budget and development cycle that sold something like 80k copies in its first month? As much as I love big budget games catered specifically to my tastes, I also understand that it's just not a smart business decision to keep doing so.

And it is much worse than i have thought ... average latency of ~180ms on 25Mbps Fibers??? Don't make me laugh... I'd be more curious how it'd still run on 10 Mbps connection. Giving it a 4000000 Mbps connection isn't going to make the latency very low if you have half an understanding of how networking works.

Ha.. the.. wha.. bu...! What about Fallout/2, Jagged Alliance/2 and X-Com/2/3?! As a giant fan of the Fallout and Jagged Alliance games, I wouldn't call any of them AAA games. They have always been a part of their little niches. XCom too for that matter (and really, only the first one would be among the top ranking games). These games are also over a decade old. Fallout 3 didn't seal the fate for a turn-based Fallout. The gaming audience did (and really, that's what pisses the old schoolers off I think).

One of the big complaints about DAO was that it's art style was too generic. Could be hoping for a more distinct art style and hence where some of the concept art ideas come from. I suspect the characters will still look more real than that concept art though.

No, I read it just fine. I just see it as one of the obvious possible consequences of posting private information in a public forum. I'm surprised you don't. I repeat the question: how is this, again, a qualitative jump in risk from having your name and phone number appear in the directory? Or posting wedding announcements on the newspaper? I find that doing that sort of things and complaining about one's privacy being at risk are incompatible. But hey, I may just be paranoid, right? Because WoW boards users are like a Biblical scourge, or something. I already admitted where this could be a real risk, and it's with regards to data mining ops by HR depts. But as another poster said, if playing WoW is going to get you fired, maybe it's time to quit. My guess is simply due to the exposure. The number of people that actually take notice of a thread may (I don't know) be higher than the wedding posting or whatever. A popular post on the Blizz forums will probably be read by a lot of different people. Though to LadyCrimson, if people are phoning you to harass you, they've stripped away layers of their anonymity (unless they're long distance calling you from a pay phone or something, but then suddenly the effort required for this type of trolling starts to increase a lot) because they're leaving a more obvious trail to themselves.

Awesome, you support people searching other people on the internet and posting it on their blog for their readers (who are upset at the company affiliated with this person) to harass. Speaks volumes about yourself.

You can use real ID in game by making friends requests with the specific email account of a user in the game. If the other user accepts, then you are realID friends and will see your full name. If you don't make RealID friend requests, and don't accept any yourself, then it won't come up.

Wasn't it more like 4 years since no development was being done by Obsidian on the game after Sega pushed back the release date? Development was still done on the game after the delay (things like inventory comparison screens were added).

Aside from the poor sales and poor reception of the original game? I was saying that if you feel a need to make a game that is improving aspects of a previous game you made, it can just as well be a sequel than an original title. I would like to think that designers and programmers always improve upon previous games they made, as it's always a learning experience. However, the opportunity to do so is often dependent on financing. If Obsidian would like to improve on the model they made with Alpha Protocol, it's more likely that it'll happen with a game not related to the Alpha Protocol franchise.

I like both companies and tend to feel they do good games. I'm not "blaming" Obsidian for a lack of sequel. The game didn't do as well as they had hoped, which is a shame, but I'm not surprised that there is no sequel in the plans.

Aside from the poor sales and poor reception of the original game?

Several people on here know that and I've posted links that have my real name before (I'll not re-post them but feel free to dig through the archives if you want to find it). Did I ever say that? All I'm saying is that it's not illegal in itself and thus your hope of legal action is misplaced. Fair enough. The point was more along the lines of "I hope this backfires in this smug bastard's face" because he could have gotten his point across a lot easier, because he certainly demonstrated he has no issues compromising his apparent beliefs to post information about a Blizzard employee because of... what exactly? Because he won't be able to use Blizzard's forums they way he would like to use them? Thumbs up to this guy for sure.

What they've more likely done is made Blizzard reconsider whether or not "Blue's" can post under pseudonyms. You can most definitely CHOOSE to not post on the Blizzard forums (I know I won't). You can also CHOOSE to not be a part of real ID. You can also CHOOSE alternative (and IMO, more effective) forms of tech support from their website aside from using the forum. You can also CHOOSE to go to other forums (and there are plenty) to discuss WoW and WoW related issues. Blizzard may have just single handedly killed their forums (a bit of me wonders if that was their intent to be honest), but that only really affects Blizzard. The only reason this will kill Blizzard's forum though, is if people exercise the choice that you seem to imply they do not have.

I wouldn't, and that's why i do not post on any forums under my real name... I do not want any asshat to datamine all information about me which can be obtained by legal means and post it there, here or anywhere else on TEH INTERNETZ!!11ONE Are you condoning and supporting the actions of the guy that did? (I also didn't ask you, but hey, since you've volunteered). Be honest (even though it's the internet and you can just make **** up as you want): What are your thoughts about the guy sharing the information about the Blizzard Employee? Do you feel vindicated like he is "fighting the good fight?" Because you can just as easily get this guy's name from the instruction manual. But I have a feeling it'd be different if THAT is where someone found his name.... Wouldn't it?