Gabal

[quote]But the reason, I think, it was such a big success was that it but lots of differnt elements together and did them all to a decent standard. That beign said i personally thought that Dark Reign(DR) and Total Annihaltion (TA) where released a year before Starcraft where IMO better games and it always suprised me that NOBODY ELSE seemed to argree with me. Almost nothing that was in starcraft that was totally new. So there where three unqiue faction. Great yeah nobody else had THREE unqi

[quote]MEH, thats what i think of when i play Starcraft. wheather its little 12 yeAR OLDS SPAMMING ZERGLINGS BEFORE YOU EVEN BUILD A BARRACKS (i wonder if anyone gets this reference)or those protoss players that literally make an impregnable definisive spot or evet the terrans that continnualy spam wraiths,marines,or nukes. Meh, that is my attitude toward "The greatest RTS in the past decade" MEH!!![/quote] No single game is for everyone. Starcraft seems to not be for you. If you get sp

[quote]guild wars was a terrible mmo IMO wow had better graphics, gameplay and everything on it.. WoW also has a manual text u can type to improve its graphics significantly. to the point where my geforce 5, drops by 20 fps.[/quote] Wow, people that are using obsolete hardware to play modern video games and then complain when the graphics are not pretty, there a word for that type of people but I best not say it. Just buy a new computer with decent hardware for about $1000. [qu

[quote]First of all, I think that monthly fees for MMOs has really hurt the economy lol.[/quote] I'm gonna take the liberty of adding the line /sarcasm to this comment. [quote]It is also gay that I would have to shell out 15 bucks a month for some grinding[/quote] Do you have a cellphone? That is more than 15 a month. If you don't like grinding, don't play MMORPGs, nothing can be done about it, its the nature of the beast. [quote]Yes there are free MMOs out t

[quote]Mind you I did love the space battles, its the land battles that needed serious work.[/quote] Eww.. please don't mention those awfull land battles, it make me wanna puke just thinking about them.....

[quote]I do believe Ion Drives to be an effective "energy source" for space travel. Sadly I am sure none of us all will ever even see a working prototype in our lifetime. Same does for FTL.accaly NASA plased a Ion Drive on a space probeAnd it more than did it's job the probe was able to visit three different asteroids.[/quote] I stand corrected. Though I was thinking more in terms for manned crafts. Still its very interesting. :D

[quote]That's the faultiest "lol u loes i win" logic I've ever heard. If you didn't intialy understand my argument, that's on you, MAAAN. You didn't even try to argue my points or anything! Typically that means that YOU loose. loosen. Lose. Whatevs. All we were arguing about was your one-dimensional view of corporations which, really, doesn't make for a very fun argument in the first place. I concede. You win. Good day, sir.[/quote] How old are you? (Don't answer if y

[quote]What I was trying to say was that a company ....[/quote] In an argument, if you have to explain what you were trying say..... That usually mean you are loosing the argument.

[quote]Eh? John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith were proponents of free market, laissez-faire economic policy. Granted, that kind of economic environment sets up nicely for capitalism, but the two are not mutually exclusive.[/quote] Exactly, Free Market, where the only law is "Survival of the Fittest". Not the regulated market we have today where there exist anti-monopoly laws. [quote]That, and how do you think a company makes money? By providing a service or good. If they treat the

[quote]You peons and your pathetic politics. One day I will take over the world, so who you elect president is of little consequence.[/quote] The harder I can make it for you to take over the world, the better. The more I can annoy you, the funnier. :D:D:D:D j/k

[quote]So basically your vision of corporations is that of a faceless, heartless machine that exists only to squeeze the money out of people and not to, like, provide a legitimate service or product and expect a fair amount of payment back? EVERY SINGLE Corporation exists only to further its own agenda and is headed by men who have no principles or morals whatsoever? Is that the claim you're trying to make here?[/quote] Yes. You should read up on Capitalism as written by people

[quote]And this is a bad thing...? If they can't pay, they die. It's as simple as that. Money is a way of recompense for your productivity. If you don't have enough money to pay for your medical bills, then you obviously weren't productive enough, and as such are a waste of resources which ought to be terminated. [/quote] Nothing is black and white. So it is not as simple as that. Money is not a way to recompense your productivity, it is a medium for trade. It is a bad thin

[quote]Well, with 2/3 of the budget going to the Iraqi war and to various military and defense related spending, there's not a whole lot left over to spend on even highly necessary things like, say, fixing the health care system or helping education, much less to fund a space program.[/quote] I sincerely hope you do not live in the USA. Else I feel sad for you for being such an ignorant person. As danielost said, 2/3 (quite possible even more) of the budget is going to social s

[quote]I have to say that space travel would be wicked, but i do not think we will ever get that far... and as to all these laws i keep reading about.....ever heard "laws are ment to be broken"? or how about "PEOPLE screw up"...Plus, these laws are not actual laws in the way you seem to understand them....these are called laws, cause it is something that has been observed...like the "LAW of nature" is not really a law, it is just something that has been observedThese laws are things that happen

WARNING: WALL OF TEXT INCOMING. TO AVOID BOREDOM, SKIP TO THE END. [quote]Look at terrestrial fleets, once battleships ruled the waves but as soon as large weapons capable of taking one out from a small plane were launched, fighters rule the waves.[/quote] Looking at that piece of history we can safely predict the future in vague terms (nothing precise of course). Let me put forward the most basic factors that influence any kind of combat. -Terrain -Weather<br/

[quote]If this be so, then we are in need of a reason for the universe to suddenly come into existence, for we cannot have an effect (the universe) without a cause.So why not intelligent design then?[/quote] Because Intelligent Design is not a science? [quote]The Second Law of Thermodynamics clearly states that all energy in the universe is rapidly becoming unusable.[/quote] It cannot be said that "the universe" is a closed and isolated system as there are still forces

[quote]Well, lets see....why this tread? Because i am one eve online player that doesn't like how long it takes to do some progres in that game, because i don't like their 10 years training time to get all the skills and finally because i like SOASE much more and i'll be thrilled to pay a subscription to play it like an MMORPG, so, i am asking you guys, is there any chance that an MMORPG based on SOASE will appear in the near future??[/quote] Short Answer: No Long Answ

Hmmm....well let me start by saying... Proof or STFU!! Now, both sides of the argument, bring forth your proof. The official word from the devs have always been that only the unfair AI get any sort of boost or cheat.

[quote]As I've read this thread I've noticed one commonality that gets my goat, people saying it is impossible to travel faster than light. As a correction it is impossible or, in my opinion, damn hard to accelerate faster than light. Accelerating to said speed would require not just huge amount of power but a huge burst of power, a slow acceleration is not feasible as it would be cheaper to build a generation ship. [/quote] In order for any object to archive light speed, one very i

[quote]I think it should be like this for all Pc games..Before installing the game the game runs a little test or what so ever to make sure u will meet the system requirments for that game. If u don't the game wont install. If U do u pass and u can install simple as that. [/quote] That is not politically correct. Prepare to get sued!!! :P

[quote]...or like one where you can BE anything like SWG?I remember those days of SWG too, just after the release of JTL it all seemed good... Then the so called upgrades and respecs came ruined it RUINED IT I say.The STO game has been in development for a while, it was started by Perpetual Entertainment which went bust and probably sold its assets to Cryptic. It's the same game just with a new company name.[/quote] From what I heard, Cryptic only brought the name "Star Trek Online". Th

[quote]Curse of MMOs. They are so expensive to develop and support that an MMO flop is a Bad Thing. So developers always want to stay on the safe side and most MMOs tend to keep the same basic elements. The downside of course is that people start getting tired of seeing the same gameplay over and over only with different environments and character textures MMOs, sadly, rarely innovate much. I would call EVE Online one of the most innovative MMOs, but it's a niche game really - there's rarely mor

[quote]Piracy[/quote] Extremely complex issue, and for better or worst, that is one thing that set apart the PC gaming from console gaming. [quote]Pickiness of PC customers.[/quote] Sadly, both casual pc gamers and old timers have become spoiled gamers. Games like Starcraft, WoW, Diablo, Age of Empires, C&C, Half-life, Civilization, etc. They are all polished and very good at what they offer. People who play those games today get used to their level of polish. A level

[quote]I'm a Civ4 fanatic, as well as an old MOO2 fanatic, and heard its a great game to get into if you're into those games. Look forward to reading your input.[/quote] What are you waiting for? You should be installing GalCiv II instead of posting here. ;) [quote]P.S. - not interested in playing the demo.[/quote] Why?

[quote]What would be better, I think, would be to be able to scale back fleet researches when you need to, so that you can save your economy. Say you lose a large fleet battle in a game ... it's economically devastating to have a huge chunk of your resources going forth to supply a fleet that no longer exists. Or, as my case above, you decide to change from a fleet-focus to something else (perhaps econ focus to support players), but can't. The way it is now simply locks players into fleet produc