Parias

It looks like Jeff K. is at it again, busy as ever. His latest masterpiece? An in-depth preview of upcoming Summer games! And he even makes a passing mention of Derek Smart! You can check it out here.. here's a quote to get you interested: quote:yuo can play multiplayar with many of yuor Dungons and Dragon fagot buddys, but BRING YUOR OWN 500 SIDED DICE, FAGS! yuo can palay as a ghoul, human or inbred. yuo haev too use a soundcard that supports directX, so no more petium 5 for yuo! UPGRADE TO CELERON OR PERHAPS ABIT/ there is also 3D sound which means yuor mom si in back of yuo and yuo here a zombie on the game, she sounds liek a zombie! HA HA I WANT 3D SOUND ON MY GAMES, MAEYBE GAB NEWELL WILL USE IT IN POWERPLAY< HUH SMARTY? MAKE MY MODEAM A LAN PARTY GAB, BUT DONT TOUCH MY RAM and work hardar on Team DFortrass too, maeybe it can use teh Quake 5 engine in time. How about that folks? Go check it out already! You simply cannot survive without reading this wonderful article! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you're passing by and feel like dropping in, keep passing by untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

First off, above all else, remember to read the FAQ and search the forums extensively before posting, because chances are you'll probably find your answer already. That being said, can you elaborate a little? What's your exact problem? Saying "It doesn't work" doesn't exactly help much.. heh Also, to check which version you're running, hit Control+V whilst in-game. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

*Adds another notch onto his list of reasons to dislike living up in Canada* Since I can't really make it down there, I just have one thing to say: Let camera click! I want to see a full barrage of pictures after this is over, and stories all around! ..Or at least the stories.. man, I really gotta move down there sometime.. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Trust me Crus-in, it's enough. It has to be. If it wasn't, I'd be unhappy, because my fastest system (I have 2) is about 67 mhz slower than yours, and I'd have to buy a new one... kinda difficult since I'm not exactly cash-happy And we all don't want Parias to be unhappy anyways, right? Right? *Crickets chirp* ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

I think everyone's just waiting for more news from the SC ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

I'll have to keep this in mind... *evil psychotic laughter* ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Heh, if you think that's bad, you'll just LOVE the PlanetDaikatana forums... whoopee! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

I like... I like... ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Well, whatever anybody else says, one thing still stands clear... this sucks ass! Bluargh, I think I'm gonna go nab the SOF demo again just for the pleasure of nabbing a .44 Silver Talon and blowing some guy's damn head off. Interesting post BTW SC, you raise quite a few good points there.. but if there's one area where a massive gamer uproar just ABOUT managed to save a game, that's be Babylon 5. As far as I know, they're still chugging away at trying to nab a publisher.. or maybe they've gotten one by now, it's been about a month since I last checked. But they had one hell of a fan base behind them (myself included) which at least made SOME headway. News postings about this started popping up all over the place... But where am I going with this? I don't think the gaming community is at a stage where they'll cough up a few million dollars to save a company.. I'll just shut up now before I start going in circles again ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Ahhhh that's what my problem is then.. I never really had a chance to PLAY the Wing Commander series, aside from Secret Ops. Figures.. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan [This message has been edited by Parias (edited 05-27-2000).]

*Homer Simpson impression* Mmmmmmm.... Jackie Chan.... I may be a really crappy movie critic (for instance, I happened to enjoy the Wing Commander movie.. *ducks under flying tomatoes, pears, and watermelons*) but anything with Jackie Chan in it is generally a good movie for me.. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

If you guys want another look at this from one of the LGlass developer's point of view, check out http://members.aol.com/thief2metalage/ ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Well, here's why they did it. Basically they weren't making enough money off of their products to keep the company going. They had always had financial trouble, but this seemed to be it for them. It gets worse though. Eidos COULD have saved the company, but it turns out that the bank was pissed off at them for blowing so much cash into Ion Storm/Delaykatana and not getting anything back that they refused to issue any more cash out to them to buy LGlass. Result? Deal fell through, LGlass is gone, and a lot of good developers are out of the street. Found this out over on VE.. man, when stuff like this happens, I just wanna kick something. Fortunately I have my empty Razer Boomslang 2000 cookie-tin-can-thingie-majigger But seriously though.. kinda sucks how things like Delaykatana can get endless funding, whilst great little developers like this just get pushed under the rug. GARGH! *Goes off on a cussing spree that would make a seasoned sailor blush* ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Excessive happy b-day wishes to you Will! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

*Homer Simpson impression* Mmmmmm.... pretty nebulas.... ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Just read it, definately interesting.. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

ROFL! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

I'll be chugging about in a puny little shuttle.. phear my tractor beam of doom! UWA HAHAHAH! And if the action heats up, I'll just go EVA (assuming it's possible while out in space in a shuttle), jump off, latch onto some poor sap's hull, leave a few charges, and fly away again, laughing psychotically. Of course, I'll probably get gunned down by PTA fire, flying vagrants, or Tac's insane flying, but hey, it's worth a shot ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Well, uh, I don't think the kids would be too concerned about a deep and detailed plot.... heh ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Hah hah! Oh.. wonderful, another addition to my already over-stuffed humor folder... either it's going to explode or I'm going to run out of HD space from the sheer number of bookmarks I have going in there (okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but you get the point).. hehe. Time to churn up the pr0n pipe and get downloading.. this stuff looks hilarious! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

quote:I'd stay away from Celerons. *Cries* Why is it I always start hearing these things a few months AFTER I've picked up the given component? Blarghy! I'm thinking the dual processors just MIGHT be worth it.. of course, you could save up for a few more months and nab a 1Ghz rig as well But still, it'd be a nice server machine (assuming you have the supporting RAM and bandwith) and BCM would probably fly with it, since as the SC said, it has support When all else fails and you can't come to a decision, just pass down the "What the hell?" variable and go for it... that's what I always do. Of course, that's also how I ended up with this Celeron.. *cough* ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

*Pats his 17-button Gravis Firebird and laughs psychotically* I will be UNSTOPPABLE! MWA HAHAH! ....Well, except for the fact that the Firebird only works on my older computer.. Serial port issues and all that (needs to plug in through the keyboard). So I'll just have to live with me MS Force Feedback Pro But, on topic, you're gonna try and play BCM with a gamepad commander? Well, like the SC said, just use the software to define your key config if possible.. but I honestly can't recommend using such a controller for a space game like this. I suppose it MIGHT work... but give me my purdy lil Force Feedback stick (or even my 6 year old "Mr. Floppy" Flightstick) over a gamepad any day ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Happy B-day Blade-eo! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you feel like dropping in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan

Whenever I'm not busy ordering newbies about to do my evil bidding ("Gimme 50 Vagrants and escort these Interceptors all the way over to Earth! No I don't want to hear your excuses! Trust me, it's for the good of the game!"), I'll be sure to definately pop into this server so you can all give me a good licking As always, lookin forward to it! ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you decide to drop in, keep going untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in!" -Jake Logan

Such praise brings a tear to me eye.. ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "I took this job because I just really love to blow sh*t up!"