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Emmett.hendrick

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  1. quote:Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: I kinda gathered that, I think. I always like the 'get down and dirty' aspect of sims, but I always wanterd a bit more. How much emphasis is placed on the dog-fighting and how much on the command aspect? Or is entirely up to you (ie that's how deep it is) as to how you play it? I love my sims and shooters, but always felt them a little 'empty' sometimes (except Deus Ex and FS2). I get bored very quickly with RTS games and have only ever finished one, too much planning and strategy for my liking. A compromise between the two would suit me down to the ground, and I hope BCM will deliver the goods. Am I asking too much, or is this what BCM is all about? In BCM it will depend on which career you choose, depending on what you want to do..... You want command be a commander(thats probably a bit obvious) you want dog fighting become a pilot. You want FPS become a marine..... But even within those choices there will be a world of other choices. One things for sure when BCM goes multiplayer and when GCO comes out the RP threads that go on here will become a more integral part of the gaming expierence and will enrich the expierence even further. Wait and see what you think with the Demo but I forsee I will be loosing a lot of time to BC over the forseeable future! quote: Originally posted by Nivest I have trouble downloading the demo too because my internet connection keeps failing, what's this Gozilla thing and how do I get it? Gozilla is a download manager there are a few available but Gozilla and Getright seem to be the most popular you can read more and download them from www.gozilla.com www.getright.com [ 05-08-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]
  2. I remember reading recently on the ST site that Torpedos are the only weapons that can be launched when a ship is in warp which would explain the FTL travel speeds of torpedos, if a torp is launched at warp it stays at that speed, likewise if launched at impulse it stays sublight. The speed of the Capitol ships given above is for sublight speed each ship has a seperate hyperspace modifier giving its Light speed multiplier.(thus a ship with a X2 multiplier is only going half light speed which most of the capitol ships have) The M. falcon on the other hand has a .5 multiplier which means you multiply its travel time by .5 meaning its travelling at twice light speed.
  3. I'm looking for volunteers I am looking to tell the story of how James Smyth became the commander of the GCV Andromeda, I would like others to help me tell the story....... Any volunteers or takers.....Please!
  4. quote:Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: I have played quite a few space sims, Freespace 1 & 2, all the X-wings, one of the Wing Commanders, Starlancer, Tachyon etc. What will be different about BCM? Paddy thats like asking whats the difference between chalk and cheese BC is a completely different games, BC is a much larger scope of a game and the amount of freedom you have is imense(and somewhat overwhelming), the closest I can describe is Elite but that even pales in comparison. Demo will be on the way during the week(will get it this weekend for you) enjoy once you get hooked it will never let you go
  5. OK I'm seroiusly in trouble in most cases her the only thing I don't seem to do is embaras my son when we go out,(but then again he's only 1 and couldn't tell me if I did anyway)
  6. CCCOOOOOoooollll! Great idea SC now I just need to find out what the group logo will be?
  7. I really can't remember why I bought BC but I remember bring it home and loading it up and getting killed in the first 5 minutes or so. It sat on my shelf for a while (I'm not a great manual reader) but then I sat down over a weekend and read the manual and got the patches read some posts on the forums and sat down and tried again. I'm still wet behind the ears and die regularly as I'm still getting to grips with some basic operations and stuff. But I digress my biggest WOW moment was when I realised just how big the BC world is and just how much freedom you have its overwhelming, I'm looking forward to BCM and GCO so I don't feel so lost so I can follow someones orders again!(instead of wandering round like a lost puppy on my own)
  8. First game I ever played was called Panama Joe on the Sinclair Spectum +2 with built on tape drive(or how I prayed for a disk drive) First PC game - X-wing, how I remember trying to run it and put all my device drivers in UMB, ah the glory days of DOS
  9. I think you'll find the anti-matter yield in ST torpedos is very much contained there is enough there to start a reaction and thats about it really (SF rules and reg you know) any I though that ST was banned from this discussion as per first post but if they are allowed then the Defiant has to get a mention here. Hard fast and with enough firepower to put a hole in anything......It was built to combat the Borg for God sake.
  10. I don't think it stiffles inovation but with that many different people writing software AD-HOC as it were then stability will take a hit.
  11. LOL lots of fun to be had their I could commit my DAD, if I hear about his PC one more time I'll strangle him
  12. LOL as someone who has worked in helpdesks and support roles for a number of years I can definatly say that they would all be off great use at some point
  13. I had a short lived affair with Linux about this time last year it certainly is way above MS on stability and such but as 90% of my home pc time is Gaming I dumped Linux for Win2k and haven't looked back. MS have some flaws but they also make some damn good software aswell!
  14. quote:Originally posted by Shingen: Baaah! Where I come from talk is cheap and the fastest way to fill up a body-bag. Let's hope you can fly better then you can yap your gums, fleet. [/QB] /rp Watch who your talk to insurgent Wraith fleet is not the kind of people you want on your case or one day you'll find a STS missile coming through your bridge viewer with your name on it /rp off
  15. quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: [QB]galactica smatica, [QB] I agree while the Galactica was good for its time its fighters are under armed and the cruiser itself did not have an overwhelming amount of firepower
  16. quote:Originally posted by Gallion: hehehehe...everyone in BCM is a target. Just who do you think the biggest target would be when the GCV Warmonger shows up on a server? If you don't know, then search the forum. Indie or fleet = Target Practice and if the TCO shows Red, then it be eligible for DeD Process implimentation. TTFN Gallion your looking like a nice target when BCM comes around to me! better watch your six! [ 05-03-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]
  17. /rp "Recently promoted Cmdr James Smyth reporting from the GCV Andromeda sir. Awaiting orders......" "Sir, a ship has just entered the system!" "Kill the comm channel NOW......Engage Cloak!" Cmdr James Smyth GCV Andromeda, Recon somewhere in Insurgent space.......
  18. Like Straker I rarely download demo I tend to wait for a magazine to download, however in BCM's case I made an exception. You can also download the demo from www.pczone.co.uk I downloaded from there and I have a 56k dial up and it took about 5 hours all told, using getright as my download manager off course
  19. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So basically what you're saying is that in order for an Indie to get work in BC:M, he has to grovel to the fleets is that it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would not say that you would have to grovel to the fleets but if your going to be profitable you'll probably want to be trading/working for as many people as possible and making enemies with a fleet is not a good idea, if you don't like a fleet fine but for the good of your business(at least at the start) keep that information to yourself, if at a later point you get a good working relationship going with an opposing fleet then you can make your opinions known
  20. Things were fairly quiet here for MAY day but I heard on the news that protests in England got out of hand with shop windows getting smashed and banks being targetted. Sounds like a fun day had by all
  21. The Andromeda as it stands in the Series is at a serious disadvantage, not being fully crewed and all. If that were address however I'd say she's have a fighting chance against most others listed. As a BC she is highly manoverably and quite fast, she holds an impressive fire power and I think I heard her fighter count is somewhere in the hundreds. As a capitol ship she has a good few strengths including the planet destroying NOVA bombs I think however small fighter sized craft ie X-wings from SW and fighters from B5 could cause problems in enough numbers. I hate to say it but the humble BC is fairly outmatched here, in SW you have the hulking Star Destroyers with some serious firepower and an entire fleet of tie fighters (and others on board)
  22. I can see the job/order postings now Wanted good pilot to take care of Snoopy diplomat. Pay neg....... Certainly keep the mercs and Indies busy anyway!
  23. /RP Course ..... Course ....... obviously were off course the navigation officer is dead, somebody get a medic up here and check the crew for anybody who PASSED astrogation 101 at the academy....... Excerpt from the log of Cmdr James Smyth lost somewhere ...... sometime and looking for a way home..... /RP off
  24. quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: Curious, just had a bunch of article about that in school for a big exam coming soon.[/QB] Yea GM foods along with a couple of other issues seem to pop their head up in a sort of rotating fashion this month its GM foods next month it'll be something else etc but they all come round again to haunt us
  25. I miss Leno and the like we used to get NBC over here but our cable supplier decided to get rid of it, I miss the dialogue that would be on nightly(can't say I understood all of it) but it was a good wind down after a long day
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