Everything posted by Gorgon
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Random generation vs. Careful planning
Because I dislike stat spread that the new point buy system generates for reasons I have already explained. The stats are supposed to reflect a character, not exclusively a character class.
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Global warming: Will the Sun come to our rescue?
We gotta get cracking on colonising the galaxy before that happens.
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Monty Python star Jones has cancer
Actually my dad died of it. I can't muster the empathy to care about people I don't know in person who are going through what is after all a pretty everyday occurance.
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
I don't understand how going online could be an escape from everyday problems. I wish it could be Maybe with something more immersive like an MMOG, but just surfing ? doesen't seem like a very satisfying drug to me.
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Monty Python star Jones has cancer
You gotta die of something.
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Random generation vs. Careful planning
The current point buy system only allows for min-maxed characters. You need so many points in so many stats to be effective in your class. This means there are no smart or wize figthers and no hardy and strong mages. Instead of reflecting a fictional personality, the point buy system makes stats representative only of class demands. It's moronic. Every time I start a E3 point buy game the first thing I do is look for the stat cheats. I also disagree with the spell level stat requirements for the same reason. A mage with a 15 INT should be able to cast spells of any level.
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Now that NWN2 is finished...
I'm a bit worried that with Lucas saying he is done with the francise the number crunchers will vote against KOTOR 3 and for yet another MMOG. But it's really a no brainer that they will extend the sales of both NWN 2 and it's adons but going in that direction. Unless they farm it out of course. What the hell is IP and PNJ.
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HUZZAH! Neverwinter Nights 2 gone Gold!
Ohh dear. Review sites are always too kind. If it's under 70% it's pure manure. Still, I need a new RGP and since the other offers are worse...
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Marvel Universe Online
A world populated entirely by mutant teenage supermodels. nopls.
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Most powerful Sith in KOTOR series (spoilers???)
Revan. Revan can reload everytime he loses a battle. Handy that.
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IE7 Released and Available for Download
What is IE, some kind of unpopular browser ?
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Deus Ex
Deus Ex had NPCs you remembered rather than always going 'who was that again and why do I care'. Good voice acting, an excellent plot. Too bad they screwed up the sequel.
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Anyone looking forward to FF12?
Final Fantasy is sillypuddy. I mean I like manga, just not the overly silly kind.
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I Can Now Dominate NWN2 Pitiful Reccommendations
I wonder why it says I have two processors running. Hypertreading ? I pass too, but I imagine it will be painfull to play untill I chuck my Radeon 9800
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My problems with mice
I've had several expensive optical mice that are supposedly unbreakable with normal use and 'do not need cleaning' and therefore cannot be opened up sieze up due to **** buildup in the mice wheel and between the buttons. They would have been perfectly cleanable with screws instead of solid fixings, but I guess that way the mice makers stop making money. EDIT : G00k. Jesus I forgot the agressive filter, how annoying.
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Medieval: Total War II
" love roleplaying leaders. Actually, if you want any sort of historical simulation going on in your mind, RTW's 2-turn system really kills it; RTW's movement rates and the level of detail on the campaign map means that each turn is rather like a month than a year. Yet increasing movement rates means it's too easy to "go around" things, as it's not simultaneous turns (and can't be, probably, due to CPU constraints), and decreasing the level of terrain / land detail would cheapen the new map system. That, and things like raising armies and buildings would take a lot longer in the number of turns, so that the focus of campaign gameplay would become tactical movements, and I don't think they want TW to have too much of that. A pity, but should still be good." With the old system it would have taken 20 years to march an army arcross Europe.
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Mr. Sawyer Owns Us All With NWN2!!!
"Crabs is something like PST," Burn heretic !
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Mr. Sawyer Owns Us All With NWN2!!!
The first campaign is simply horrid, the less said about it the better.
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HUZZAH! Neverwinter Nights 2 gone Gold!
Or you could have a LN Paladin who believes vehemently that he is really LG but that helping that beggar in the street or that war refugee is not in the interest of the 'big picture'.
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Just got Gothic 3...
Looks preeety crappy if you ask me.
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Mr. Sawyer Owns Us All With NWN2!!!
" ... Because Drow are commonplace in Neverwinter, being able to survive outside the Underdark and quite welcomed by the ordinary townsfolk. turned.gif" I don't understand what one thing has to do with the other.
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Microsoft's new DRM policies
"As a slashdot reader mentioned, the point is that not many people know otherwise. The average Joe doesn't even know there are alternatives. Also, don't forget that regardless of what Media Player you use, you'll be running it on Windows. How long before MS transfers these functionalities to the OS core? WMP could just be a testbed." If that happens we will finally start to see a rise in Linux releases because people will be deserting windows in droves. I can't wait.
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Building a new PC one piece at a time
I'm thinking i'll make a clean brake after I extend the shelf life of my box with a year or so with one last AGP card. It's still going to be servicable if not impressive for a long time, so I can always use the old box for LAN battling.
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KotoR 3: Ideas, Suggestions, Discussion
This thread is .... .... long. Anyway I wan't to be able to play as HK47.
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Building a new PC one piece at a time
I remember reading on Tom's hardware guide that you could salvage ram and CPU in most cases, but you really want a PCI express system with the latest frills, not some AGP combover that doesen't have DDR2 Thats my problem too, unless I choose some outlandish intel mobo with integrated graphics I can't make the transition. Sucks big time.