ah, you poor guy! you don't know what soul calibur is? Although i haven't played it yet... :( anyways, its a fighting game for consoles, 2 and 3 are for ps2 xbox and gamecube i think, 4 and eventually 5 are for ps3 and xbox360 i believe.
On 12/13/11, Connor Moser <[email protected]> wrote: > just to ask. what is soul calibur. is it axesable? is it for the pc? is it > free? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 7:23 AM > Subject: Gamers Digest, Vol 70, Issue 125 > > >> Send Gamers mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Gamers digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. a bit more soul calibur info (Clement Chou) >> 2. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 3. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 4. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 5. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Dallas O'Brien) >> 6. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Dallas O'Brien) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:41:57 -0800 >> From: "Clement Chou" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>, "Gamers Discussion list" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Audyssey] a bit more soul calibur info >> Message-ID: <6E713B7FC438444F881C90CBEE2F8CD2@setbc> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> No vids this time, just some facts that some people may not have about the >> >> gameplay system. The three biggest things to point out are probably, the >> just guard, brave edge, and critical edge. Just guard is basically a perry >> >> maneuver. When you tap the guard button and let it go, you'll have a few >> frames during which if an opponent hits you with an attack, you will >> automatically perry their attack and will be able to punish them while >> they're recoverying. Brave edge is basically a powered up version of a >> normal move. If you compare the SF games with this, the SF games have >> special and ex-specials. In SC, you don't really have special moves... >> instead you have a series of normal attacks that can be increased in power >> >> and have certain properties. A critical edge is the SC equivalent to a >> super move. The command for the critical edge is the same for everyone, >> but unlike 2d games you can't just throw them out and hope they connect... >> >> you have to combo into them. Because if you perform one and miss, you're >> in big, big trouble. Aside from these three things, the rest of the >> gameplay is more or less the same, just without the critical finisher, and >> >> the speed is faster. Hope this little snippet was somewhat informative! >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:45:20 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <caafbg10jcwaovqpxnty_5dmvrkqs-hqyclv4nqda1sr5bte...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi, >> >> Well, that's where Ebay and places like that come in handy. I've seen >> old Pentium 133 computers with Windows 95 on them for like $15. You >> could purchase the computer or find someone on there selling Windows >> 95 separately on the cheep and install it in a virtual machine. That's >> really the only solution for hanging on to software that is that old. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Yea... >>> But what do you do about the classic games? >>> Surely, there are still many people in the world who want to use the old >>> games. >>> But running an outdated operating system like Windows 95 or older on >>> modern >>> PCs isn't an option when the os doesn't get along with your hardware due >>> to >>> a lack of drivers... >>> And you might want to use a virtual machine, but then is the question >>> where >>> to get that old operating system you need legally. >>> Good if you still have installation media, but what if not? >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:46 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <CAAfBG11Mbr9ZXHkaFyfd+TB3xWLB-T_K_RBwVz=62o0srrm...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> That is true. Technically the DirectX end user license forbids >> installing the components separately out side of the official >> Microsoft installer, and of course dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll do not ship >> with newer DirectX runtime distributions. From a legal standpoint its >> a lose-lose situation. >> >> However, several people like Jim Kitchen, GMA, etc install those >> libraries anyway, and I don't see it as a very big crime. No one has >> ever been asked to remove it from their installers and Microsoft >> hasn't given anyone grief over it. So while it might technically be >> illegal Microsoft isn't actively hunting people down and making them >> stop either. >> >> So as an end user I wouldn't worry too much about it. As you already >> know we can install the missing Visual Basic runtime libraries and >> they are still compatible with Windows 7 code. This is, I think, a >> testament to how backwards compatible Windows really is. If you are >> worried about legal issues this is a classic case of "don't ask don't >> tell." >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Thomas, >>> I don't want to judge anyone. >>> But there is a difference here. >>> Fine if MS wants to remove VB 6 support. It is a developer's job to do >>> something about a programs compatibility. >>> But what should someone do as an end user? >>> It is not my fault if a program screams about missing DLLs... >>> OK, I can download the VB 6 runtime if I need to run a VB 6 file. >>> But isn't part of current DirectX end user license specifically >>> forbidding >>> you to manually install DX7VB.DLL or DX8VB.DLL into your current >>> operating >>> systems and/or their DirectX (DX 10 or DX 11)? >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:10:16 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <caafbg12vwa1zd9rgtt_gyxgqmpxtbmwrac-ncqjjm2d1vaq...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi Charles, >> >> Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the >> ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For >> instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a >> nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu >> bar. Plus all the other major free applications like Internet >> Explorer, Windows Mail, Media Player, etc all use ribbons now. Its >> pretty much a case of learn to roll with the change or stick with XP >> until your PC dies of old age. Then, of course, sooner or later you'll >> have to invest in a new PC to replace the old one and end up having to >> get use to the changes anyway. I don't really see any realistic way >> around it unless you decide to go Mac, Linux, or adopt some other >> operating system other than Windows. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If the ribbons are going to be removed, and if the traditional menus that >>> are accessible to everyone return, that feature alone might make me want >>> to >>> switch. >>> >>> --- >>> "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:20:54 +1000 >> From: Dallas O'Brien <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> haven't yet been able to test the xp mode out, even though i have pro on >> my toshiba, i have yet to download the virtual machine and xp image. >> they don't actually come with it, you have to download them. but yes, >> the support is definatly there. >> dallas >> >> >> On 13/12/2011 15:35, Thomas Ward wrote: >>> Hi Dark, >>> >>> Actually, this already exists. I don't know if you know this but >>> Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate come with a licensed >>> Windows XP virtual machine complete with the VB 6 runtime libraries >>> and the whole nine yards. Granted you have to pay extra for Windows XP >>> backwards compatibility, but to say Microsoft doesn't already do this >>> is false. Microsoft knows companies and gamers can't necessarily run >>> all their older software on Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home so >>> they've included a Windows XP virtual machine into the Professional >>> and Ultimate versions of the opperating system. So Microsoft is aware >>> of the issue, and offer the very feature you mentioned below in their >>> pro and ultimate versions of Windows 7. Its not a compatibility pack, >>> but a licensed copy of Windows XP that is installed inside Windows 7 >>> Ultimate so you get the best of both worlds on the same dvd. >>> >>> This is precisely why I feel you guys are giving Microsoft a bad wrap >>> here. Microsoft is doing the best they can to maintain long term >>> backwards compatibility and the way they have done it in Windows 7 is >>> by using a virtual machine they created specifically for Windows XP >>> applications. I suppose the only reason most people are unaware of it >>> is that most PCs from HP, Compaq, Toshiba, Del, etc all come with >>> Windows 7 Home Premium, and you need Windows Ultimate to get all of >>> the applications and extras for Windows 7 Microsoft has to offer >>> including a licensed copy of XP for the Windows 7 virtual machine. I >>> really recommend doing a bit of research about this topic as I think >>> you just opened your mouth and inserted your foot on that one. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> On 12/12/11, dark<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Alex. >>>> >>>> But if microsoft care so much about customers, why don't they have any >>>> options to extend backwards compatibility of products? for instance a >>>> licenced microsoft virtual machine? >>>> >>>> Frankly, the reason they had to extend xp support is simply because >>>> vista >>>> was buggy as heck for several years and thus new xp machines were being >>>> bought as late as 2010. If microsoft had dropped support for what the >>>> majority of users use, people would go over to mac or other os and >>>> they'd >>>> lose sales. >>>> >>>> I don't really understand this business about "technology moves move >>>> with >>>> it" >>>> >>>> I repeat, I have my snes, which is now close to 20 years old. I keep it >>>> because I like the games on it. >>>> >>>> The fact that something is "new technology" has no real applicability to >>>> myself or probably to several other people as well if it doesn't >>>> actually >>>> let us do the things we want. >>>> >>>> A computer is afterall just a tool. >>>> >>>> Beware the grue! >>>> >>>> Dark. >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:23:40 +1000 >> From: Dallas O'Brien <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> bare in mind, that the developer windows 8 isn't exactly how its going >> to look at final production. so they may well remove those before the >> full version comes out. but never the less, they are looking in to >> getting rid of it at some point. if not in 8, then the next version >> perhaps >> dallas >> >> >> On 13/12/2011 16:10, Thomas Ward wrote: >>> Hi Charles, >>> >>> Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the >>> ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For >>> instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a >>> nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu >>> bar. Plus all the other major free applications like Internet >>> Explorer, Windows Mail, Media Player, etc all use ribbons now. Its >>> pretty much a case of learn to roll with the change or stick with XP >>> until your PC dies of old age. Then, of course, sooner or later you'll >>> have to invest in a new PC to replace the old one and end up having to >>> get use to the changes anyway. I don't really see any realistic way >>> around it unless you decide to go Mac, Linux, or adopt some other >>> operating system other than Windows. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> If the ribbons are going to be removed, and if the traditional menus >>>> that >>>> are accessible to everyone return, that feature alone might make me want >>>> >>>> to >>>> switch. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the >>>> Lord." >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> End of Gamers Digest, Vol 70, Issue 125 >> *************************************** > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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