Where does $50/year come from? You only need to buy the game once.
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Brian Weeden
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:08 AM, maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com
Some games have addon/expansions like WoW, so chances are you'll get hit again in a
year. Even is it every 2 years or not at all moot point, it's still $180/yr in
subscription fees plus $50 initial investment.
Just as bad as that subscriptions is the micro-purchase sales model! the Sims3, PS3
Just means you pay a monthly fee to play on official servers. That's why
Bilzzard makes so much money. Not only do they sell the game but you pay
your monthly fee as well to take part in playing it. MMO: Massive
Multiplayer Online. Pretty sure that's right anyway.
DSinc wrote:
I suppose
Yes, that is exactly right. I still play World of Warcraft, and pay my
$15 dutifully every month . lol
Regards,
Gary
At 05:30 AM 10/26/2009, Stan Zaske wrote:
Just means you pay a monthly fee to play on official servers. That's why
Bilzzard makes so much money. Not only do they sell
Cheap entertainment.
Gary Jackson wrote:
Yes, that is exactly right. I still play World of Warcraft, and
pay my $15 dutifully every month . lol
Regards,
Gary
At 05:30 AM 10/26/2009, Stan Zaske wrote:
Just means you pay a monthly fee to play on official servers. That's
why
:36 AM
To: Brian Weeden
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives
Hello Brian,
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 9:01:53 AM, you wrote:
I played, maxed levels and crafting and quit WoW before Onyxia was
beaten.
So yeah, I'm old school :)
For those that don't know, it's gone SUPER casual. Any idiot can get
I played WoW for a several months early on during the original and
then quit. Then I played for a number of months after Burning Crusade
came out and then quit. Now I've recently started playing again since
Wrath of the Lich King.
I gotta say that WotLK has been the most unsatisfying so
Hello Brian,
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1:36:50 PM, you wrote:
I'm sure it's great but I went cold turkey on MMOs. With a toddler in the
house and another on the way I am strictly a single player, pause any time
sort of gamer now (not that I didn't enjoy my time with MUDs, DAOC, and
WoW).
Hello Brian,
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 3:16:35 PM, you wrote:
Taking our time to work through the entire Temple of Atal'hakkar in WoW with
some close friends in one sitting and appreciating the little details the
designers put in.
Wow, that's old school. That's still one of my favorite
I played, maxed levels and crafting and quit WoW before Onyxia was beaten.
So yeah, I'm old school :)
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Brian Weeden
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at
This where I went around the same time also. Q6600 4870X2 have served well playing
Crysis Stalker which I still consider benchmarks for visual beauty coding
nightmares. ;)
A little over 4TB mix of Seagate Hitachi SATA's and looking to add more since this
is also my PS3 Media Server.
Only one I'd consider playing is floundering in the beta stage: Stargate Worlds.
Guess MGM should of not frakked PTY Lmtd. and backed release of the originally
promised stand-alone SG-1 game from 2005!
Quake stated MO (not massive) play for free phenomenon the money grubbers have
polluted. I
I do not understand that argument. $15 for on average 60+ hours of
fun a month is pretty darn cheap compared to many other firms of
entertainment.
I would much rather pay that subscription than $50 for a game with 15
hours of game play and no replay value.
Or a trip to the movies.
I'm playing it right now having a blast and not paying a dime either. :-)
maccrawj wrote:
Only one I'd consider playing is floundering in the beta stage:
Stargate Worlds.
Guess MGM should of not frakked PTY Lmtd. and backed release of the
originally promised stand-alone SG-1 game from
Hello Brian,
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 9:01:53 AM, you wrote:
I played, maxed levels and crafting and quit WoW before Onyxia was beaten.
So yeah, I'm old school :)
For those that don't know, it's gone SUPER casual. Any idiot can get
decent gear and be viable if they can press a few buttons.
I suppose that I am w-a-y out of the norm here.
Can someone please 'splain me this concept of subscription for a video
game for a PC?
Do not believe I am a complete dweeb. I so have a subscription for my
weekend newspaper. OR? Might this be close?
I an really curious
Best,
Duncan
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To: Brian Weeden
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives
Hello Brian,
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 9:01:53 AM, you wrote:
I played, maxed levels and crafting and quit WoW before Onyxia was
beaten.
So yeah, I'm old school :)
For those that don't know, it's gone SUPER casual. Any idiot can get
I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems like the
system puts it's file manager to sleep, so that if you try to do a disk
action, you get a substantial delay. For instance, I'll be playing a
game, then I jump to email, when I try to drag and drop, there is a
delay, I get
Yes. It is annoying.
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From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:25:22
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives
I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives
I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems like the
system puts it's file manager to sleep, so that if you try to do a disk
action, you get a substantial delay. For instance, I'll be playing a
game, then I jump to email
Yep, Vista and Win7 are both very hardrive intensive compared to XP.
Better pony up the dough and get a solid state drive with the barefoot
controller. LOL
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems like the
system puts it's file manager to sleep,
Hard drives have been the major system bottleneck for most computer users
for years now. I'm surprised that it's taken this long for that fact to
settle in AND for companies to realize that's the future growth area.
Video cards? Eh...unless you are a freak you can get by. I play most new
games
With gaming it depends on the resolution you play at. With a 30 monitor
you're going to need some decent horsepower and even with my 24 there
are times I wish for something better than my 4850 (5850 coming up as
soon as price takes the 1st drop). I'm confused, you speak of an Intel
quad core
I bought a Q6600 for $250 in March 2008. I consider that to be a dirt cheap
price to get a processor that will meet my foreseeable needs for 3-4 years.
I bought a Radeon 4850 for $180 in Oct 2008 and it has suited me just fine.
The last game I played - Batman Arkham Asylum - ran very smooth.
I have something you might be interested in Brian:
Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free
http://bit.ly/8dUTM
Brian Weeden wrote:
I bought a Q6600 for $250 in March 2008. I consider that to be a dirt cheap
price to get a processor that will meet my foreseeable needs for
I'm sure it's great but I went cold turkey on MMOs. With a toddler in the
house and another on the way I am strictly a single player, pause any time
sort of gamer now (not that I didn't enjoy my time with MUDs, DAOC, and
WoW).
Oblivion, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Civ 4 (still going
Brian,
Thanks for the excellent report of your choices and use. I agree that
you do need the power you chose. For, me, I have had perfect service
from my trio of E8400 C2D's (now 1yr old) that run 24/7. Once I got all
the user-caused glitches worked out, these three procs now simply own
me! I
The recent Tomb Raider games (esp Legend) have been pretty darn good.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
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Montreal Office
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, DSinc
It's my first MMO. After all these years of playing games it took the
words Dungeons and Dragons and free to get me to try it. I still
play it in single player mode however. Someday I'll take the plunge and
join a social group. Probably get eaten alive by the kids in there. LOL
Brian Weeden
I didn't playing MMOs because they sucked, quite the opposite. I liked them
a bit TOO much, and I just don't have room in my current life for the time
commitment they require. i still have some very fond memories.
Running a guild in a MUD in college (Dragons, Legends and Lore) and spending
days
You're one of those kids that would probably eat me alive and I didn't
say that MMO's suck and heard that you're a new daddy. Congratulations
by the way. Child gets a little older: think of the MMO possibilities.
You know, after school and sports of course. :-)
Brian Weeden wrote:
I didn't
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