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Comment I had intimidation factor on my side before (Score 5, Interesting) 99

Back when I was first to 1500 wins in Warcraft3 and #1 in 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 99% win rate in 3v3, I would have people be awed at me when they come into the game. They would just be happy to play against a big name in the game and express it like a kid who meets his favorite sports player or a famous person. They'd say things like,"Man, you're going to win, but its nice to even get a chance to play you." So my name had intimidation factor to it, but I earned that intimidation factor by first being actually good and having a great record. If you play Starcraft2 and you spend more than a few seconds making your screen name, you're doing it wrong :P

That said, I like this screen name more than my ol' gamer tag. If people go visit my website, they can be well on their way to eternal life, and my Bro Jesus will have cool things to say to me when we finally meet.

Comment Re:Back in my day (Score 1) 142

With 1 gb/s internet, you could have upwards of 2 million people playing FPS in the same zone. Basically with 1 gb/s Internet, you're limited by the number of people who want to play or other hardware concerns.

Not every game needs 2 million players, but once they start digitizing the real world, we could see realistic reenactments of famous wars. Another application would be bigger MMORPGS. Some say,"Who needs that many players at once." But I say games have always trended better when the game play limitations have been lifted.

Comment I had an idea similar once (Score 1) 75

My idea was:

Have a MMORPG that players can host on their own server.

Everyone can host their own server.

There's no rules against hacking cuz you can't stop it anyway

Have a main server which allows people to buy virtual goods.

Allow players to make their own meshes they can sell on the main server's virtual good server, and get a cut.

Comment Anyone else just a bit slightly worried? (Score 1) 423

The virus writers who have been holding back XP payload might have vectors that also hit Vista/7/8. With all the juicy XP targets to compromise, they can do more effective random IP address attacks like the days when XP Service Pack 2 wasn't around. So I'm not totally concerned, but just a little bit concerned that this could hose more than just the XP installations.

Comment Politicians are generally the bad guys now (Score 4, Interesting) 234

Politicians like to keep pointing fingers at other people at being the bad guys so less people points fingers at them.

As long as the law says it is legal to bribe politicians with campaign contributions, the only way someone will get in a significant office is if they're willing to take bribes. The system is designed to get crooks in office and keep honest folk out. Mandatory corruption is generally unsustainable in the long run.

Comment Re:Almost Famous? (Score 1) 164

Magic carpet 2's engine was way ahead of its time with deformable terrain. Its a shame they didn't keep using it. In mage battles, I found the easiest way to win was to make a mountain, then carve a hole in it and hide for mana regen, then burst people down, and hide in mountain cave again.

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