Tuesday, 6 May 2008
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| Re: Turn-based strategy isn't dying McV 12:38:34 |
| | Vincenzo Beretta <reckall@hotmail.com> wrote:
They got upset at all the RTS discussions that were occuring on this Can't blame them for that, I suppose. People having orgasms with "the new historicol RTS!!!!!111" were a big factor, but the "D***k S***t Cults war" raging at that time... ...Scratch "that time": the raging "D***k S***t Cults war" helped the exodus a lot.
I find myself wondering how to fill in those asterisks. It feels like
there's a huge gap in my c.s.i.p.g.strategy history knowledge.
mcv.
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Science is not the be-all and end-all of human existence. It's a tool.
A very powerful tool, but not the only tool. And if only that which
could be verified scientifically was considered real, then nearly all
of human experience would be not-real. -- Zachriel
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| Re: supreme commander forged alliance NoSpam 12:34:05 |
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
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Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote: Lets see what I can remember: What are you playing now? Just curious. Civ4
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Sunday, 4 May 2008
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| Re: Gas Powered Games (GPGNet) meets Stardock (Ironclad Gaming): Demigod-like failure Carl 12:50:30 |
| | Oh dear, that doesn't sound too good. I have both those games, Supcom seems
to be patched regularly, I haven't had Sins long enough to say about it. Can
you give any other examples for this kind of behaviour? I ijust ask, as
neither of these games has crashed on me, but I have had the misfortune of
buying buggy broken games before, STALKER, springs to mind. But then, isn't
the case also with a heap of graphics cards as well, either flawed hardware
or drivers.
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Thursday, 1 May 2008
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| Re: What the hell IS Spore, anyway? (Article) Gerry Quinn 19:53:03 |
| | In article <ad36d9d4-7106-4dcd-8b8e-db118ca4b420
@r9g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, jonahnynla@mindspring.com says...
Posted this article:
Spore is the apotheosis of hype, a pyramid of waffle which will leave
Dai-Katana forgotten in the dust.l
- Gerry Quinn
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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| blah blah blah Carl 11:54:47 |
| | If you'd read the text I typed you would see how to delete your mad
ramblings. I read your replies, the link to the child molester was
particularly entertaining, it's great fun to see someone who reckons that
their status in society exempts them from obeying the law like the rest of
us, (well me anyway, you seem to be fond of committing libel and slander),
getting taken down a peg or two. You really are a BIG STUPID HEAD. In your
workplace, are you a programmer, or the janitor? I hope I don't offend you,
but I only ask as you seem to be computer illiterate. I also am not, "some
faceless guy on the net," I do in fact have a face, with features that
enable people to recognise me as an individual distinct from other
individuals. As far as your replies go about strong arms etc, well I think
that you are just being childish and puerile, and cannot give a reasoned
argument. Hence my earlier jibe of BIG STUPID HEAD. Have a look at this:
http://www.ic3.gov/
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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| The Settlers - Rise of an Empire John A. 22:09:35 |
| | I've just purchased (from Best Buy) and installed 'The Settlers - Rise of an
Empire'. It was manually updated to v1.5. However, upon starting the game,
the little copy protection disk cursor comes on and the I am told to "Insert
the original DVD" even though it's already in the drive.
I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it... upon starting it, I let it
autoupdate this time. Same result. Any idea why this copy protection is not
working?
Thanks,
John
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Monday, 28 April 2008
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| Re: Total War Games [was: The Settlers - Rise of an Empire] Sheldon England 23:30:02 |
| | Peter Huebner wrote:
BobW wrote: I assume he means Medieval Total War. Ah, that one - I just looked it up, yet again, for the umpteenth time. It always slips under my radar when I read the description: Real Time 3D battles with 10000 units, blah blah blah - that just does not sound like my cup of fizz. So it goes.
For what it's worth, that is only one aspect of the Total War games. If
you are just into empire building you can play the campaign games
without ever having to control, participate in, or even watch any of the
real-time battles.
In the campaign games you manage your city(ies) growth, build
infrastructure (with upgrades) and armies, and defend/expand your
borders. You can send spies and assassins to keep an eye on the
competition, diplomats to make trade deals, alliances, or broker peace.
You need to keep your peons well fed, give them sanitary living
conditions, provide entertainment, and keep the peace from enemies and
rebels. Religious conversions are also important, as is keeping a
healthy bloodline for your royal families. In the Rome game you also
have a senate to keep happy. In the Medieval game there is a Pope.
The tactical battles occur whenever armies or navies come in contact and
you can choose to command them yourself or just let the AI do the work
for you. If you don't ever want to command a tactical engagement you
don't have to.
I pick and choose when I fight the tactical battles. Usually it is only
in "close" battles where I need to have every unit perform at its best
or when laying siege against a strong defender. If I can overwhelm my
foe I'll usually just let the AI do it. With a good graphics card, those
battles with 10,000 units is an impressive thing!
If you want 100% historical accuracy in tactical battles these are not
games for the grognard. If you want a fun empire builder, then you
shouldn't overlook these games.
IMO.
- Sheldon, only played up to CivIII so far, too busy with Total War
games!
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| Neat Victoria trick Joseph Nebus 20:41:42 |
| | I discovered that one can do some lovely tricks in Victoria:
Revolutions by assigning one's army or navy as Expeditionary Forces
to another power. In particular, this lets you get them off your
own budget (although they suffer nasty attrition), and they can be
guided around (although the power to which they're donated can cancel
your orders). This offers all sorts of ways to affect conflicts
without actually breaking neutrality, not to mention building up the
military might (and ranking) of other powers.
You know it's an interesting 19th Century when China pops up
in the Great Powers, ahead of the Italian states.
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Joseph Nebus
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| Any Upcoming TB Squad-Based Sci-Fi ? Jim Larson 14:02:58 |
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Are there any new commercial turn-based, squad-based, sci-fi releases upcoming
?
Also, are there any indie x-com clones even close to being released in a
decent, stable beta form ?
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Sunday, 27 April 2008
Saturday, 19 April 2008
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| Re: combat in galac civ 2 Loren Pechtel 03:34:32 |
| | On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:58:24 -0700 (PDT), nke23 <rony_gh1@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:
Hey guys, i was just thinking on investing in galactic civilisations 2 Can any body tell me how combat takes place in it? How does weapon upgrades work out for example how different is laser iii from laser ii
Basically you put whatever you want on the hull so long as it fits. I
forget exactly what happens between things like laser ii and laser
iii, probably a bit smaller or a bit more punch.
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Friday, 11 April 2008
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| Civ4 BTS Portrait problems Nats 01:53:42 |
| | Anyone tell me why after installing Beyond the Sword for Civ4 my Ottoman
leader portrait has gone completely bright red and my Korean leader protrait
has tunred into the invisible man with a moustache?
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Regards
Nats
"It's life Jim, but not as we know it"
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Saturday, 5 April 2008
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| Re: Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition vs HARPOON 3 - ADVANCED NAVAL WARFARE Vincenzo Beretta 00:00:24 |
| | Matrix games has 2 Harpoon games for sale. Which is better. Which has the potential of finding most opponents?
A good place to post this question, beside Matrix's forums, is
www.harpoonhq.com
However, be advised that, as of now, Harpoon Classic has *no* multiplayer -
even if "the code for it is in the game" (after all there was a multiplayer
version aeons ago on the Kesmai network). Dunno if/when it will be
implemente by the programmers.
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008
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| Re: Soulstorm bug Grant Anderson 22:04:11 |
| | Ray wrote:
Was in the Chaos campaign. Met Eldar for the first time. I annihilate them and they keep sending troops. I've scanned the entire map fully with aircraft and they have no buildings other than listening posts. I see a walker vehicle pop into existence near a listening post. After awhile, they bring in their ultimate troop. I quit the game in disgust.
Eldar can cloak their bases - did you scan the map with your units that
can see cloaked units/buildings?
Cheers,
Grant
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| Imperivm Romanvm? Backspace 20:25:10 |
| | I was at Walmart last night and saw a game on the shelf called 'Imperivm
Romanvm'. I can't find any real info on it on the web. Even Game
Rankings shows nothing for this game. Any one here have it and have
opinions of it? If it is just the standard RTS fare then I am not
interested in it. Thanks.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lnNDHv_e258
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Sunday, 30 March 2008
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| Re: Dawn of War: Soulstorm : Chaos Campaign Elgena/Ed 17:30:38 |
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"Ray" <wichitajayhawks@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8ffd5040-2ac0-41f7-b877-1f77e65dd913@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
I just started a new campaign with the Chaos Space Marines. I am having an engaging battle versus the Dark Eldar. I should be winning, but for some reason my Recquisition is decreasing. I have three listening posts, upgraded all the way, but my Recquisition has dropped to +52. I looked in the Dawn of War manual over the Chaos Space Marines and didn't encounter a description of anything like this. Can someone please tell me why my Recquisition is disappearing?
I don't know if this is your first experience with the DOW series, but
degrading requisition has been a common feature since the original DOW game.
It depends how long you've been drawing from a given req site, I think after
about 20-30 minutes the degradation starts. Upgrading the outpost will
raise the plateau, but not to the level of what it would be for a comparably
upgraded site that you've drawn from for only five minutes.
I don't have Soulstorm, but I haven't seen the degradation go all the way
down to zero for any outpost in any of the previous games. Is that what's
happening here?
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Friday, 28 March 2008
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| Re: Command and Conquer 3 Kanes Wrath Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz 19:07:55 |
| | On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:06 -0400, Jeff D wrote:
Maybe the genre is getting old but I remember having alot more fun with Generals let alone Tib Dawn/Red Alert etc. I played the Generals Zero Hour challenges alot, was fun.
IMO, Generals Zero Hour represents the pinnacle of "quick game" RTS.
Of all the RTS games I've played (and I've played a lot), none are as
quickly entertaining and just plain fun.
--
Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz
Promote someone else.
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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| Are 'Act of War' and 'Joint Task Force' from the same developer or
what? Backspace 00:39:09 |
| | I bought JTF from Steam when it was on sale for $9.99 and then a week
later I got Act of War for $4.99 from Zellers. The game play in these
two games is similar and the interface is almost identical and yet
reviews score Act of War quite a bit higher. They are so similar they
must have been designed by the same people. The developer names are
different though.
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Saturday, 22 March 2008
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| WOG ERM Scripts Jake 22:55:47 |
| | Anyone know a good site to get ERM scripts for Heroes III: Wake of Gods?
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Jake
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