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Somehow, people who says "trust me" always make me nervous. Sure you didn't just forget about adding that part ? :blink:"

Aw come on, x-boxers make such good beta-testers Seriously though, games could always use a bit more QA time than they get. An unfortunate trend, ship it ASAP to make some return of investment for the publisher...

I'm not quite sure how this works, somebody correct me if I get it wrong. Micro$oft doesn't make any money on the hardware they sell, but they do get a royalty from each title sold, that runs on their hardware ? Makes sort of sense using all means at your disposal then to force (no pun intended) the issue and rush the x-box release date to get in on the x-mas madness ?

They might pick up a few the more obvious (easily fixable ?) ones from the feedback, that the guinea pi... I mean the X-Boxers runs into the next few weeks. That would be stuff like missing triggers, wrong ability checks, stuff that is usually stored in datafiles and scripts. Something always get overlooked. Some of it might be just annoying, some potentially game breaking. Let's lean back, get the popcorn and listen to the wailing of those who get the first release batch of the game :-"

I hope they don't even consider adding stuff to the PC version. I would rather see them getting as many scripting bugs, wrong item definition files etc. fixed before going gold. Personally, I think the US X-Box version was rushed by the powers that be. It might have gotten the game out of the door for the X-Mas sales (wonder if there is something about the X-Thing there), but it might not have gotten the spit and polish bit that an extra month of QA could have given it. Crossing fingers for the PC (and the international X-Box version for those who might care) version already including the first patch before it goes gold >_

Actually, their main grievance seemed to be that it ran on the Kotor engine and something I suspect is an x-box performance problem (didn't have enything even remotely like that on my PC version of Kotor). That leaves a small issue, real or perceived, with the end story part

There was a reason for some of the cutscenes, not all were "skippable" on the PC... How about the ability to "jump to the end" to each individual script ? It may have been my imagination, but in some cutscenes you could "fastforward" it by clicking a couple of times, by others you couldn't. It was as if you had to wait for the voice over to finish, before the script could progress. One from top of my head is the introductions to the duel arena, where some lines of text could be skipped, others you had to wait for the guy finishing his introduction lines... If you could "speed up" things a bit. it wouldn't need to skip it entirely. Especially nice if reloading before long scenes or even when playing through the game for the umpteenth time. Yeah... what you saw there in the Arena was a certain 'delay' that you had to wait through before you could start skipping over the dialog nodes quickly. That delay was the time necessary to set up a lot of things via script in order for the arena to work right. To keep you from breaking the arena, they keep you from skipping over certain key nodes, or skipping too quickly, until the stage has been set. While it seems to tie in with the voice-over, it's actually not connected. It was just an issue of 'necessary delay so that things work'. There will be places in KotOR2 where you run into some of the same things unfortunately. It's something we can't get around in the engine. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that we'll be more careful in forcing you to undergo a cutscene over and over again. I found the opening to the arena tedious as well, especially since I kept dying and having to do it over and over, and couldn't just skip over the intro to it. Then again, maybe we want to force you to watch a cutscene over and over so you can get a feeling for what it's like debugging one! -Akari Shooting down sith fighters was fun once... Fortunately somebody made a patch that would remove all the random ones

Now if they would just add an Ichidorian (sp?) too, you would have the good, the bad and the ugly. Of course, who is who is up for debate then. (enter: music by Ennio Morricone)

Yeah, it will have to wait until February though Would be nice to have a party member though who actually goes together wit the Echani Foil, the Echani Duelling Shield. Wasn't there also an Echani Armour somewhere ? I think I ended up selling most of the stuff anyway though

Its ok I totally got censored anyway Another wonderful day of head bashing. In my next life, I want to be a Sith Lord too... you should've said something...i was lookin for an apprentice. i had to go with some guy named Ulic :D :D Like I said, sorry about getting exessively aggressive there...

Its ok I totally got censored anyway Another wonderful day of head bashing. In my next life, I want to be a Sith Lord too...

Sorry, but I didn't really started the being unpleasant: Stuff like that just ticks me off for reason... Edit: Of course, the guy who complained about it, didn't exactly have a very stylish way of expressing himself either :-"

Use that little "Report" button that is somewhere on the post. Idiots like that is also the reason, that you can switch off signature viewing in your settings. Makes for much more pleasant reading anyway...

Damn you Ivan, now I feel all melancholy again. Something like that is unlikely to ever get published again... :'( A strong ending can make or break an otherwise mediocre game just as well as a great game.

I'm beginning to understand... :-"

It had Kristanna Loken in it. No other reason necessary :p" Wasn't it released in 2003 though ? I really tried, but I couldn't come up with a movie for 2004 that I thought "Wow, I just have to get the DVD" of Van Helsing was probably the only 2004 release that I've bought so far. That really is a bad sign...

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Well, to be fair, it's not just a European thing: From BBC Sports: 9 March 1946 Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City Tragedy hits an FA Cup tie between Bolton and Stoke when a wall supporting fans collapses at Burden Park. The collapse crushes spectators and sparks a stampede which kills 33 people and injures more than 400. 24 May 1964 Peru v Argentina The fierce South American rivalry unfortunately moved from the football pitch into the stands when Argentina beat Peru in Lima in an Olympic qualifying match. The crowd became incensed when the referee disallowed a Peruvian goal two minutes from time, sparking outrage amongst the fans in the National Stadium. Their protests soon turned into a full-blown riot and 318 people were killed in the ensuing violence, with more than 500 major injuries. 23 June 1968 River Plate v Boca Juniors Seventy four people are killed and more than 150 are injured when spectators mistakenly headed towards a closed exit after a first division match in Buenos Aires. The fans at the front of the melee are crushed to death against the doors by other fans unaware of the closed passageway at the back. 2 January 1971 Celtic v Rangers The Old Firm derby attracted enormous crowds and this game at Ibrox Stadium was no different. The match was heading for a goalless draw until Celtic scored with a minute to go, prompting a mass exodus of disappointed Rangers fans. Although Colin Stein scored for Rangers in the last minute for 1-1 draw, many Rangers supporters were still on their way out. But with so many fans leaving at the same time, the downward force pushed many people trying to get out to the stadium onto the ground. The momentum of the crowd meant that once people started to fall, there was no way of holding the mass of bodies back and 66 people lost their lives, with another 140 suffering injuries. 20 October 1982 Spartak Moscow v Haarlem Three hundred and forty people were reportedly killed during a European Cup match in Moscow. Police were blamed for the incident because they were said to have forced fans down a narrow, icy staircase before the end of the match. But when a late goal was scored, exiting fans tred to re-enter the stadium, crushing the people caught in the middle. Russians officials attempted to claim the official casualty loss was only 61 and the police were not responsible for the disaster. 11 May 1985 Bradford City v Lincoln City A stray lit cigarette stub ignited a wooden terrace section at Valley Parade. Fire soon engulfed the stand, causing 56 people to lose their lives in one of the worst tragedies in English football. 29 May 1985 Juventus v Liverpool Trouble began when fights broke out between rival English and Italian supporters at the European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. Police repeatedly clashed with fans, but when a wall separating the two sets of fans collapsed, a riot ensued, taking the lives of 39 spectators. 12 March 1988 Kathmandu, Nepal At least 93 people were killed and 100 more were injured when fans attempted to flee from a hailstorm inside the stadium. But they could not escape because the stadium doors are locked, causing a fatal crush at the front. 15 April 1989 Liverpool v Nottingham Forest The worst tragedy in English football happened during an FA Cup semi-final at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, killing 96 people. Police, worried about the number of Liverpool fans outside the ground, opened one of the main gates which resulted in a huge number of fans entering the Leppings Lane end. The sudden surge crushed many Liverpool fans against the riot fencing which surrounded around the ground. The disaster prompted huge changes in the structure of English football when Lord Justice Taylor published his report into the incident. 16 October 1996 Guatemala v Costa Rica Eighty four people died and more than 150 others were injured during a stampede at an all-Central American clash in Guatemala City. 11 April 2001 Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates A stampede at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesberg results in the deaths of 43 people, the worst disaster in South Africa's sporting history. 30 April 2001 Lupopo v Mazembe An eventual total of 14 people killed during a stampede following crowd trouble at a major league match at city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This does not include all the killings and assassinations of individual referees and badly performing players, nor does it include the "Soccer War" which was a war fought between Honduras and El Salvador after the 1970 World Championship qualifiers :huh:"

It's erhh... Star Trek for adults Yes, a big flying planet destroying bug with a captain that is an abject coward, a love slave (in love with the assassin) and a 2000 year old undead assassin (with a deathwish) for crew members (oh, and a robot head in love with the love slave). The story begins with their escape from "His Divine Shadow" and the destruction of "The League of 20000 planets" Sort of a mix of Star Trek TOS, Blood'n Gore, Monthy Python, Splattering brains, Sex, Nudity etc. Generally a team of low morals and hilarious antics. Edit: @Darque, Thanks, I might just try that. Never been there before, but I have a least heard about it before, just never thought about it

Just curious if anybody could give me some pointers... I've got seasons 2 and 3 from amazon.com, but they don't have a complete season 1 (only parts 1,2 and 4), nor do they have a complete season 4 (only first half). Anybody know of alternatives to amazon.com for some secure internet shopping (and who delivers to this part of the world) ? I really don't want to buy partial seasons in the hope, that I might spot the missing ones at a later time...

What was the third state to join the US ?

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Hmm, couldn't find my favourite position in the poll... Obsidian's Publisher That way, I would be in womewhat in control of what their next game would be. Something featuring ritual virgin sacrifice and crates and men in blue jumpsuits and whatever (w00t) Picking from the options available, it was engine programmer. Probably suits me best interest wise. Some day, somebody is going to write the ultimate game AI and pathfinding algorithm...

You seem to be not the only one... http://www.thetrolls.com/phpbb/archive/o_t...winadtools.html I don't know if you got as far as step 7 and 8 in what "ElTaco" suggests there...

Part of a scene that was cut from Star Wars has recently surfaced. It's in the Millenium Falcon, after the escape from the Death Star: HAN: Listen, I ain't in this for the revolution, and I ain't in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money. LEIA: If money is what you want, then that's what you'll get. LEIA: One million credits enough?! HAN: A million? Uhh.. yeah, that's fine. LEIA: There! There's your reward. Enjoy it! HAN: Ahh, Thanks. LEIA: I wonder if he really cares about anything. LUKE: I care... HAN: Hey, wait a minute - "First National Bank of Alderaan"??!