@Powerlord Yeah, was able to open the Stove now that I figured that out. I was just moving my mouse around randomly when I noticed the corner fold down.
Most polearms come with a swing and thrust damage number, but while on horseback, the default attack seems to be only thrust. How do I swing a polearm while on horseback?
(I spent half the time cutting 2 hundredths off this time, so you're going to clock one second faster at the first try and I'm again going to pretend I don't care)
@CRoss The trick is to play popular games early, and ask the dumb questions everyone has about the game ;-). It also seems that RPGs are very good for attracting lots of traffic to the site.
I haven't played Dead Island for a few days so I missed the release of the new patch over the last weekend. So when I tried to play with my buddies I obviously couldn't because of version differences. I tried to delete the game utility from my HDD, but when I opened up the utility folder, the fil...
@ArdaXi Well, revising that message like that, I hardly think that putting all the TF2 players as better than me, sans some appropriate scale, is fair.
@Wipqozn Stuff like "Don't support business models which I think are bad for the market as a whole in the long-term" and "I'm in control of every computer I'm the admin of", mostly.
@badp No, but I control very tightly which software gets to run, in which version, and when. Both on the 1000+ Linux servers and 10+ Windows computers.
@badp It starts to get nasty when I prevent it from auto-updating, and it offers no features for me which would justify spending even a single processor cycle running it in the first place.
@ArdaXi The only multiplayer game I play regularily is an MMO (Lineage II), and I can indeed control when it updates, and to which version. Even roll back updates, though it tends to cause instability.
@badp A typical reason to reject a newer version is "I didn't run it through the testing environment yet", of course. I'm a sysadmin besides being a software developer.
Anyway, even if I would be more lenient with games (which I don't see any reason at all to do; I have enough games which work fine under those constraints), there's still the case of me not agreeing with GFWL and similar business models.
@ArdaXi I don't like the wilful destruction of the second-hand market, and I don't like the companies trying to undermine my rights of ownership of the software I buy, and I don't like DRM of the kind which is possible with online validation after purchase.
With an MMO, I know I'm paying for a service, and I know it. The client is free. With other games - especially single-player ones - I pay to own a copy of the software.
@MartinSojka Can you cite a law directly denying companies the right to grant you a licence rather than a full, unlimited right to the software itself?
Because the only way what you're saying is true is if there is a law that invalidates the provision in EULAs.
@MartinSojka then only buy games when they're dirt cheap, and accept the fact you're buying an inferior product for a lower price, giving an appropriately smaller margin :)
I have been working on a cobblestone generator. Being ultra-lazy, I don't want to spend countless minutes (and who knows how many pickaxes!) actually harvesting the cobblestone. Is there something I can add to the system that will "pop" the cobblestones so I need just run them over and pick them ...
@ArdaXi Aktenzeichen: I ZR 178/08: "Nach § 17 Abs. 2 UrhG ist - mit Ausnahme der Vermietung - die Weiterverbreitung des Originals oder eines Vervielfältigungsstücks eines Werkes zulässig, wenn dieses mit Zustimmung des zur Verbreitung Berechtigten im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum im Wege der Veräußerung in Verkehr gebracht worden ist. Für Vervielfältigungsstücke eines Computerprogramms enthält § 69 Nr. 3 Satz 2 UrhG eine entsprechende Regelung der Erschöpfung des Verbreitungsrechts....
.... Der Eintritt der Erschöpfung hat zur Folge, dass die weitere Verbreitung des körperlichen Werkstücks (mit Ausnahme des Vermietens) das ausschließlich dem Urheber zustehende Verbreitungsrecht (§ 15 Abs. 1, § 17 Abs. 1, § 69c Nr. 3 Satz 1 UrhG) nicht verletzt und daher von ihm auch nicht nach § 97 Abs. 1 UrhG untersagt werden kann."
@GraceNote I've only played the Orange Box version of TF2 as well. It doesn't even come close to the content of the standalone PC version of TF2, apparently.
@MartinSojka I played it on a uh.. private shard for a bit that had boosted values for XP/whatever their currency name is that I can't remember, but it didn't catch me enough to make me want to seriously dedicate myself to the game
First they were complaining about the lack of updates, then complaining about the bugs and exploits and neglect, but over time it shifted to bragging about how their "version" of the game is better.
@FallenAngelEyes As always with MMOs, it's not really the game which keeps you playing, it's the community. In case of Lineage II, a community of hungry, cannibalistic sharks. With friggin' lasers on their heads.
@MartinSojka Hahaha. Didn't know it was that bad. Though most of my MMOing money does go to NCSoft (Guild Wars, City of Heroes, I played Aion a bit as well but no longer, and Guild Wars 2 will be a future purchase)
@FallenAngelEyes Neither L2 nor EVE are much for solo PvPers (no idea about Darkfall). Without some 100+ people on your side, you'll have a hard time achieving anything worthwhile.
I've played (and finished) the original Portal on my Xbox 360. I really liked the game, and thoguth many times about having another go to listen to the developer commentary. However, I do not fancy another play-through using that wicked game-pad contraption.
Recently I picked up the PC version ...
@badp I made a really complicated track earlier, and it kept giving me like 19 second penalties for skipping track, even though I wasn't skipping any pieces.
Game Suggestion:
Super Spring Break SpeedBoat Hero SD
To be completely honest (for once!), I actually can't think of a more casual/accessible game than this for Game on! sessions. It's undeniably fun to build tracks, share them with other players, and compare your times. There was some grea...
@badp did you ever get a time on my track?
Wow, look at the URL that was generated for this track.
Most polearms come with a swing and thrust damage number, but while on horseback, the default attack seems to be only thrust. How do I swing a polearm while on horseback?
Future Game Suggestion:
Super Spring Break Hero SD
I've played (and finished) the original Portal on my Xbox 360. I really liked the game, and thoguth many times about having another go to listen to the developer commentary. However, I do not fancy another play-through using that wicked game-pad contraption.
Recently I picked up the PC version ...
