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It's amazing that whenever there is a thread about MMO's, all the negative nillies show up and feel the need to throw in their two cents. If there was a thread about the top five RTS's, I wouldn't post because I'm not a fan of them. I wouldn't clutter the thread with my negativity. I'm a big fan of MMO's. I always have one subscription going. 5. Ultima Online - Deserves a spot because it was the original big guy. It also did some stuff that other MMO's still haven't given the players. There was no levelling, skills could go up or down, and there was a lot of diversity in each character. It had a lot of customization in the world too, you could actually open up a shop and set up vendors. The PvP was hardcore and thieves actually stole stuff from players. I played for a couple months about 3 dfferent times. 4. Asheron's Call 2 - I put this on more because I personally enjoyed the experience with a few close friends I had in the original AC. It wasn't that great of an MMO, it was pretty incomplete, but the combat was pretty sweet. I played for 6 months before the content wore out. 3. Asheron's Call - My first real addiction when it came to MMO's. I met some great people in this game and I loved the wide open game world. It was a huge map. It also relied more on skills than levels, skills went up with use. It hooked me on Turbine games for sure. I played for a year and a half. 2. WoW - It's got millions of subscribers for a reason, it's polished, colorful, and has engaging quests. The starter areas are all so awesome that you really need to create a whole stable of characters to experience it all. The game does a good job of disguising the grind, but it really is a loot centric game. You are constantly trying to upgrade your gear, and that burnt me out after awhile. Still, I played for about 2 years and enjoyed it. 1. Lord of the Rings Online - I'm amazed at everything in this game. The graphics are awesome. The storyline is epic. The game world really captures the feel of the books and the movies. I've yet to feel like I was grinding for the next level and I'm at 47. I've just followed the storyline and my progression has been very natural. I also soloed from about 15-30, and it was challenging and fun. Lately I've joined a bigger kin and I'm having even more fun. I've played since release, about a year and a half. Honorable mentions (games I've played more than a month): Everquest 2, Vanguard, Final Fantasy XI, Age of Conan, Lineage 2

I linked Boston to Buffalo on Railroad Tycoon 3. I also managed to take over all my competitors and create a complete monopoly.

1960? When a failry unqualified but good looking JFK barely edged out the ruthlessy effective Nixon? The only good thing that came out of 1960 was LBJ got to serve 5 years and pass a gigantic amount of legislation while pushing the civil rights movement farther forward than anyone since Lincoln.

ToEE suffered from an unengaging storyline and an extremely steep learning curve. Where the heck were you supposed to go at level 1? I gotta blame the developers on that one.

You know, if this stuff is true, it's going to hit the fan rather quickly. Somebody will step with information eventually. There is big money in it now.

I think I mentioned earlier that anyone with this belief is clearly under 25. Or a virgin.

I think it's pretty awesome that we will either have a black president or a female VP. It's a big step for the US, and it's about time. I think people make too big a deal about where they stand on abortion, stem-cell research, and other issues. The preident really isn't that powerful in our system. They can't do much without the House, and in the end the Supreme Court can reverse everything. Taxation is a much bigger issue in my mind. What there plan is for the military, and how they will handle our deficit are the real key issues.

I could use a new signature. Maybe something with the San Jose Sharks.

I'm paying $3.95 a day to send y'all this image from an RV park.

Poor Graham!

After children, pron replaces sex.

Yep, they are supposed to have about 6 kiosks available to play the full game. Maybe Bethesda just hates Euro's?

When buying a Saurus, the key is you need to be willing to walk away from the dealership. If they don't chase you, you know you got the lowest offer.

Thank you for being a frrreinddd Traveled down the road and Back again Your heart is true! you're a pal! and a confidante! Da Da daaa and if you threw a partayyy Invited everyone you knew-oo-oo you would see the biggest gift would be from me and the card attached would sayayayy thank you for being a friend

I didn't really do much shooting in Hitman. I'm not sure what you would classify that as.

The best thing about the Bloodlines combat was that it didn't last long.

There are rats working the crossbows. Sentient crossbows would just be silly.

Wals was having issues posting images, so he wanted me to show what it looks like inside his rig:

I'm enjoying Braid. The world with your shadow is pretty awesome. I'm terrible at a few of these though.

Which one was the D&D RTS? I thought that one was ok. Not a must have, but playable at least.

Has it locked up at all? I used to have a Dell that had heat issues. I removed the case panel and kept a small fan running at it all the time. It worked.

What? I now have this image of you living in some gated community for beautiful people, where you walk gracefully from room to room, occasionally throwing raw meat to the 'norms' over the fence. Amazingly accurate depiction of my life. We also laugh haughtily while we go about our daily routine.

That's not a spoiler, she could be coming back in a number of roles, and they bring people back for flashbacks constantly. She might just pass someone in the airport. I'm really excited. 2 more seasons to go! I'm amazed that I've been able to really keep up with it for the entire series.

I only talk to attractive people. Consider yourselves lucky.

DN, I agree with Wals, have a girl talk to her about the guy. You can mediate or whatever, but it won't come across as well in an email or even if you pull her aside yourself.