Charvel1

I just noticed that they called version 0.85 the 'un-fun' one. That's a complete lie because I'm having a blast already.

[quote who="LordJerith" reply="15" id="2389238"]Your threat to "boycott" UPS because they pulled their ads from FoxNews is comical. I'm quite cerain UPS could care less about your "stance." And then, to say your upset because they "boycotted the whoe network." Well, you may have missed this, but the network hires that crackpot and gives him the space to spew his crap. Let me show you the total impact of your statemetn in terms that should be clear to you. "

[quote]Xanrel(from ARS) Sometimes I get tired of defending the pirates, but this is the sort of hypocrisy that can't be left to stand. You are implicitly claiming that your work is "art" and thus so important to the public good that it is deserving of the social contract of copyright. To then, in the same breath, proclaim that it is just "entertainment" and that the public has no legitimate need for it, well, it's an inherent contradiction. Either there exists a moral need for and

[quote]$80 is ludicrous. Where did you get that figure from?[/quote] If he's not in the USA it could be that much.

[quote]Could you guys list the suggested reading order for some of these authors/series? I'd like to try Goodkind or maybe Donaldson.[/quote] The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: 1) Lord Foul's Bane (1977) 2) The Illearth War (1978) 3) The Power That Preserves (1979) The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: 4) The Wounded Land (1980) 5) The One Tree (1982) 6) White Gold Wielder (1983) T

[quote who="n0nam3-123" reply="18" id="2142603"]is the piracy policy of stardock to sell bugged software[/quote] No. [quote who="n0nam3-123" reply="18" id="2142603"]and make the fixes only available for these with a valid regestration?[/quote] Yes.

[quote]If you live in the US where Stardock happens to have its servers, then it is easy.[/quote] Thanks for agreeing that Impulse is easy to use and access updates to software all in one place. The rest of your post shows that you are either trying to pirate the game or your Internet connection is crap. In either case your problem is not with Impulse or Stardock. Call your ISP for internet problems. If you're trying to pirate the game, I have no sympathy for you.

[quote]Well, it seems Stardock hates pirates more than we deserve easy access to game updates.[/quote] You've obviously never used Impulse. Impulse = easy access to game updates

[quote who="Fantasyjunkie" reply="14" id="2132040"]Being a new player, I bought the Ultimate(For once I did not write "Ultima" from having too many Lord British flashbacks LOL) Edition I have to say that this is worth every penny. I LOVE the keyboard guide! One question though, I see that I have it registered under Impulse. If I ever lose my disc and have to reinstall it for some reason is it like Steam to where I can download it without paying twice?[/quote]

I'll take a guess: http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/critical.html

I don't currently play Sins multiplayer but I play other online type games wireless on a laptop. Played WoW for 3 years, TF2, Left 4 Dead, Civ 4, others. All on the laptop through the wireless router in my house. Or sometimes even played at the library or Panera Bread wireless. Never experienced a drop in signal because of the router or laptop. Worst that would happen would be the ISP would be down for some rare reason.

[quote who="Charvel1" reply="6" id="2130856"]Our first PC was a Commodore 64. There were a LOT of games going around on floppies for that system. The ones I remember the most are: Shamus (1982) Impossible Mission (1984) The Bard's Tale (1985) [/quote] Geez, I forgot to put in LodeRunner (1983)

[quote who="Solam" reply="15" id="2131571"] I'm just wondering what you did not like about goodkind. I read his series and I found afew things annoying but mostly it,s not so bad. The reason I am asking is that I have found that most people have the same opinions as you and I am wondering what you guys see that I do not. It,s just outof curiosity [/quote] For me, I liked the first few books of Goodkind but then I started to realize that his hero and hero

Our first PC was a Commodore 64. There were a LOT of games going around on floppies for that system. The ones I remember the most are: Shamus (1982) Impossible Mission (1984) The Bard's Tale (1985)

[quote who="CobraA1" reply="14" id="2129190"]I dunno if a single council is the best way to go, if they add such a thing. If you look at real life - it's not very realistic. There is a tendency to create several bodies for such things (UN, NATO, EU, etc), depending on relations between nations of the groups and the purpose of the groups. Sometimes allies will band under some common flag, while the enemies of an allience will often go off and form their own group(s). The

Perhaps this has been mentioned (I didn't read all the posts) but how about a Council mechanic where after a certain time or event the leaders of the various teams are elected to a ruling council that can pass laws (like prohibiting the use of planet destroying weapons...Novalith..etc). Or perhaps the council is 'just there' from the beginning and every now and then the different teams vote on a given issue. The vote changes the gameplay in minor or major ways. If you wanted you could go furt

[quote who="Ilumino" reply="7" id="2128993"]If you're just starting to read Shannara, I would definitely NOT recommend starting with The Sword of Shannara as it is basically a LotR rip-off.[/quote] That's the mistake I made and I haven't been able to really like Terry Brooks ever since. After reading the LOTR for the 2nd or 3rd time I picked up Sword of Shannara and immediately recognized it's basically the same setup as LOTR. The world felt really small and the characters were taken

OK, perhaps I'm being a bit harsh here with Attila. I apologize for that. It's just that I've seen soooo many posts on here in the last 3 months on 'Impulse is bad', 'Impulse is DRM', 'Impulse is draconian', 'Impulse is crap' that I fail to see how these labels can be aimed at Stardock's distribution system. At EA yes, at Steam to some degree yes. But Impulse is so user-friendly it seems absolutely ridiculous that anyone would have a problem with it. If you want to use it to buy

Have you already tried updating through Impulse? 1) Download Impulse 2) Register your GCII 3) Update it

Have you contacted THQ for help? Perhaps they can supply you with a new key? Or help you get your old one?

[quote who="Attila464" reply="8" id="2122147"]Charvel are you really that retarded that you need a program to keep games updated and organized? Also i WANT a cd i want a real object in my hand that won't get screwed up that won't somehow "forgot" my purchase. And it is Intrusive i don't want to have a useless program that only serves to update my game and "keep them organzied" I mean seriously is it that hard to host patches here or keep you games organzied. Charvel when you actually find som

What a baby! You don't want to keep a 20MB file on your computer that keeps your games updated, keeps them organized in one spot, is non-intrusive, allows you to install your game on ANY computer in the world without a CD, and allows you to play online multiplayer 'which is most of the fun' you get. Go cry somewhere else you big baby!

Boy, nothing gets people talking better than a good old DRM discussion.

Quit crying!!! If you don't want Impulse, don't install it. You don't need it to play Sins.

I'm in the same boat. I sometimes think my boss is trying to kill me? Does that make me happy? You'll know when you open the cover and see that your car is just like all the others. Hope this helps.