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Priceless. Perhaps you don't realize the relevance of that statement, but alas, that's what MMORPGs are all about. If you remove that, there would be no difference between a MMORPG and a SP CRPG. But since day after day the gaming community becomes less and less immature and is ever increasingly moronic, odds are, you will find 3 f*ckwads for each good player. I'd rather not waste my time searching for good players in a sea of f*ckwads. There is still the issue of the 'sense of purpose' which a MMORPG lacks altogether. When I play a game, I want the game objective to be clear from the beginning. But since a MMORPG has no objective whatsoever other than 'keep going' for the most part, that also conflicts with my definition of fun. Perhaps some other people with a whole lot more of time on their hands would enjoy wasting their time in such fashion, but I do not.

Difficult topic. I don't think I can clearly say yes or no. Let's see, where exactly is the limit in fictional violence? Brains as wallpaper? The smell and taste of blood? Mass murder of children? A snuff movie studio? As things are right now, I don't see a problem with violence in games, it's not anywhere near real, live violence. But in an industry which aims for absolute realism (and will accomplish it eventually) in its fictional products, it's only a matter of time before we have to ask ourselves if it's actually possible to tell the difference between fictional violence and the real thing. The truth is that any sane person will probably not be able to withstand the crudeness of true murder, let alone carnage. Enjoying it is out of the question. However, in time photo-realistic violence might become an integral part of video games, and hence, a way of entertainment. Shall this mean that anyone which actually enjoys such a product is a true psycho? I think that perhaps, when making a game that is so realistic that it is actually sick to play, gaming companies will give up graphical violence, in favor of other types of simulation. The key here is, again, what is 'sick'.

Fallout 3 The Fall Duke Nukem Forever And perhaps KotOR 2 and RotS.

Probably because it's still in the Beta stages and only finished games made it into the list. Or something.

Huh? What are you babbling about? Interplay hasn't failed. Remember that Herve has a plan for the company and he's following it. " He'll show y'all when his new MMORPG is released, real soon.

That only depends on the number of people they manage to fool into wasting their money. No one said that making MMORPGs is cheap OR profitable. Yet another reason NOT to.

A lot of things are successful. That doesn't have anything to do with the actual quality of the product itself, though. How long would it take to make K3? I'd rather not see it done in under two and a half years. How long would it take to make a KotOR MMORPG? As long as it takes me to die of old.

Yes, but does solving the design flaws qualify as 'bug fixing'? (I'm thinking about the 'broken' influence system, for instance)

FO 2 has the best overall RP'ing component of them all. That, S.P.E.C.I.A.L., and an excellent combat system make it my personal number one, even though there are next to no NPC interactions at all.

I don't consider it 'fanboyism' that you liked the game. Some people like it, some people don't. I will definitely be trying this game, but I will wait and see if they support it with patches before buying. Still, almost every review I read about this game seems to have in common a feeling that the game could have been much better. I'll have to wait and see for myself.

Hmm. Since the original poster asked for some pointers as to how to deal with girls, I thought you might find this thread interesting. If you can't get a girl using that stuff, well, I won't be surprised. ^_^

There are very good bands in all of those lists, aye. The others mostly I haven't heard. Only recently I became very fond of Lacuna Coil, after listening to the V:tM - BL ending track. And of course, Louis Armstrong is da man.

Even less funny when you look at the result. "

Yeah, but it's an 8 on the personal insult scale. Whatever. It destroys the dumbass rating scale.

Heh. Can't wait to see the headcrabs. :cool:

You have spent a great deal of XP in upgrading your language skills, it seems. Eh, wait a minute...

Stephen King is the 'fast food' of modern literature. Nice sometimes, but have too much of it and you'll end up dead.

You seem to forget that K2 hasn't been released everywhere yet. You might be fine with spoilers, but International xboxers and us PC'ers are not. And while you may think that usually problems will be resolved between the involved parties without many problems, that is not always the case. Perhaps when these boards were only frequented by die-hard fans it was enough, but with all the new users (and we haven't seen the bulk of them yet) we are going to need somebody to enforce the rules, lest we want these forums to become the LA Message Boards, Pt II. Funny you say there is too much policing to your liking when of the four mods assigned to this forum, only two have logged in in the past two weeks, with Ms. Teksuni MIA since early October.

Master Uthar was great at that. I really liked his voice and his way with words. In a totally different set of circumstances, I think he would have made a great endgame villain, infinitely better than Malak and his Ming the Merciless laughter.

These boards need some policing. If anything to prevent spoilers from being posted everywhere. Flaming is alright with me for as long as it's confined to a single thread or whatever. Should it become personal, it's no longer flaming, it's harassing. And a lot of people wouldn't be happy with that.

Yeah dude. What I wouldn't give for that fabled quickload button sometimes. And about girls... well I really don't know what works, but I can tell you something that doesn't. Drinkin' your ass off in hopes your shyness and nerves will go away will only result in... BIG headaches in the morning, and possibly, an empty wallet. A drink or two are fine, but if possible, let her be the one who does the drinking. " Oh, and don't listen to women giving you advice on how to get it on with women... they don't know what they want.

I think you guys are taking this way too far. The moved threads are not deleted and can still be tracked in the tech support forum. Not only that, they leave behind a 'moved' link so you don't lose track of the thread. Surreptitious censorship? Come now...

Ok, you got me. I don't do it to keep my originals safe. I do it out of sheer laziness. I really hate having to go fetch this and that CD each time I want to play. :">

How so? If you damage your single DVD you aren't any more screwed than if you damage any of the 4/5 CDs of a game. I only use the original CDs/DVDs for setup purposes. Once that's done, I always go for No-CD patches to avoid any further risk of damaging my originals.

Now THAT was cruel. Anyway, my voice changed quite a while ago and I still suck at doing Vader. I can't seem to do the breathing noises while I speak.