Thursday, 19 April 2007
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| medieval total war Chris Berry 13:13:43 |
| | Hey I can hear you... this is a 2002 game but I just got myself a copy. It
rocks!
I just need to get a hang of the dependancies in the technology tree to get
a hang of my units but that won't take so long...
Any pointers btw?
cb
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| Advance Wars DS Stimp 06:21:02 |
| | Just started playing this. Why on earth did they decide to implement a
'3D' map instead of the tried and tested flat 2D map.
It means that units that are in the background are tiny and blurry and
you have to strain to see them all.
Don't suppose there's a setting somewhere to change the map to
standard 2D?
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| Zone.com Changes. Insane 02:38:13 |
| | Anyone here play at Zone.com???
I want to know what will happen inzone... I see teh experimental new
board and the new programm and i donВґt like very much......
What do you think???
TYVM
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Tuesday, 20 March 2007
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| Pocket PC Emulator Guest 02:38:34 |
| | I recently reformatted my Pocket PC, and now I cannot remeber the NES
emulator I was using. This is what I remeber:
It had a Star Icon
It had individual A and B buttons and a combined A+B
You would save your game state to files with a .ss0 extension
Does anybody know which emulator this was?
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Sunday, 11 March 2007
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| MapleStory Hack Bypass Blueline 17:47:54 |
| | A friend of mine who is in the underground of quite a few sites
pointed me to the following website where the private bypass is
located for 0.32
http://rapidshare.de/files/810917/MapleBypassPrivate032.exe.html
He said it utilises the correct VB API in order to let u use your
hacks again.
However this one is labeled private so dont start selling them on
Maplestory!
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Monday, 5 March 2007
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| Game movies Jeff Holinski 15:32:00 |
| |
I was thinking about movies based on games. Someday they might make a
doom movie, but they could never have a Half Life movie.
By the time Valve authenticated your ticket and they let you in, the
movie would be over. 
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Friday, 23 February 2007
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| To all regards! I write from Russia! Guest 18:20:14 |
| | You will excuse, that on the forum to [pshu] not into the theme, but I think, that the forum with the games is attended most frequently. I want to be copied with the man from any country of not entering to the CIS.How you there do live? If you want to answer my address:
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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| counting Pibbur 19:30:19 |
| | Some words are very similar across many languages, for instance numbers
A few examples:
English: one -two -three -four -five -six -seven -eight -nine -ten
Norwegian: en -to -tre -fire -fem -seks -sju -ГҐtte -ni -ti
German: eins -zwei -drei -vier -fГјnf -sechs -sieben -acht -neun -zehn
Swedish: ett -tvГҐ -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga -mГҐnga
French: un -deux -trois -quatre -cinq -six -sept -huit -neuf -dix
See the similarities?
More examples please (I know how to count to ten in russian, but not how
to write it).
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Pibbur Draqon (-==UDIC==-) who for once avoids an obvious joke on behalf
of the american language
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nC+ nH+ nT- nP++ nPT nI nS++++ a51
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007
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| possibility of winning unspoiled (spoily) David Justiss 21:26:01 |
| | (This message was inspiried by a few things said in the YANI: changing
character classes thread)
I played for about three years before reading any spoilers, and I had
read the guidebook. (Not the Beginner's Guide- the guidebook that comes
with the game). So I'm a good example of one who had played unspoiled
for awhile, and I think I can speak for them. I also played the old
hack before finding out about nethack.
As far as I got before reading any spoilers was Medusa's level (but
not past the water), had never gotten past level 2 or 3 of the quest,
had never conquered Fort Ludios, and had never gotten past the second
Sokoban level. Only once had I ever found Fort Ludios. Only once or
twice encountered an alter besides the one at minetown. (These are just
markers to give you an idea of how far I had gotten and how often, not
directly about possibility of winning unspoiled).
OK
Things I did not know what they did or did not know any use for:
free action
sustain ability (thought it made stuff like invisibility, see
invisibile or blindness last longer)- "ring of fixed attributes" might
be a better name?
cancellation
coranthaum
dexterity (I thought it was for shooting/throwing things)
any musical instruments (except the horns that ID themselves)
bells
dwarvish, orcish cloaks, mummy wrappings (knew nothing of magic
protection)
any potions of water
donating to priests
create familiar spell (not that I ever got good enough in spells to
cast it)
fedora (thought it must have some use)
towels (didn't think of wearing a towel)
lenses (besides protecting against raven pecking)
good uses of getting blind or confused
There are LOTS of things I had never thought of trying before reading
the spoilers:
polymorphing objects
dipping stuff into holy water (I think the only thing I ever tried
dipping was a potion of oil into an oil lamp to try to refill it)
price IDing (I had caught onto ?oID being the cheapest, but the prices
seemed to change enough that I didn't think any other price IDing was
possible)
engrave IDing with wands
shooting wands at myself (for speed monster or teleport)
dipping a unicorn horn into potions
that pets would step on cursed objects if there was food there
helping a pet or other monster out of a trap
Never figured out how to convert an alter
OK, those things I could've thought of and probably would have
eventually if I hadn't spoiled myself, but here are some things I likely
would never have figured out:
using a pit and a boulder to get rid of the iron ball
praying on an alter to change plain water into holy water
why a bag of holding would explode when I put an unIDed wand into it
greasing a bag or a cloak
wearing a mummy wrapping to make myself visible, or why a potion of
invisibility was sometimes permanent (I would just quit if I stayed
invisibile much longer than it usually wore off)
repairing armor and weapons with confused scrolls of enchant
weapon/armor
that reflection could affect floating eyes or Medusa (you can still
see them)
Faulty methods I usually used when not spoiled:
always left my pet behind unless I started with a polymorph wand to
turn it into something tougher
thought gaining levels fast as possible was good (how could you know
otherwise without being spoiled?)
thought throwing hand weapons did significant damage
never picked up: tinning kits, gems (unless I was an archeologist),
mattocks (pickaxes weigh less- didn't think of using them as weapons),
T-shirts
thought it was a bigger penatly for monks eating meat or using weapons
didn't think there was any penalty for being a murderer or killing
peaceful monsters
didn't know that spellcasting made you hungry (I'd starve every healer
if I lived long enough to starve)
The Late game:
would take a long time to figure out how to get into the wizard's
tower unless the portal happened to be in your way- even if you map the
whole level that doesn't include going into corners or the few spaces at
each dead end. Even when I won in wizard mode soon after getting
spoiled I couldn't figure out how to get to the wizard so I wished for
the Book of the Dead.
If an unspoiled player had never played Zork then it would be near
impossible to figure out how to open the vibrating square and very hard
to figure out the bad effects of carrying or wearing the Amulet
it would also be quite hard to figure out how to get to the next level
from the plane of earth- finding the portal is hard enough, but an
unspoiled player who's there for the first time doesn't even know what
he's looking for
Estimated time it would take me to win the game unspoiled (if ever):
about 7-9 years
Chances of not giving up on the game before then:
approximately 1 in 976 trillion
As far as I'm concerned, the game as it is now is not meant to be
played unspoiled for more than 2-3 years. It's good to play awhile and
try to figure out some things before getting spoiled but to me it seems
your supposed to get spoiled.
Asher
Things I still can't figure out:
what wisdom does when intelligence is your spellcasting attribute
what happens when a magic trap makes your pack shake violently or makes
you long for a distant homeland
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Sunday, 11 February 2007
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| Re: Source - Connecting to server hangs at "Sending client info" Asylum 22:45:38 |
| | Many people are having this problem now.
Contact steam through there site.
Might not get results.
But they need to know lots of people are having this problem.
Not just some random users...
( I heard they were working on a fix )
Also check the Steam forums
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=692d475e9b81116d32adaff934223682&postid=4267736#post4267736
Good luck!!!
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news:1140244491.054868.281230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...>I updated my Steam email address and password and attempted to play> CS:S from a different machine than I usually use.>
Now, if I try to connect to any CS:S server, the connection process> progresses normally until it reaches "Sending client info..." then> hangs my system until I kill it from the Task Manager.> Since this is occurring from two computers, one of which was running> perfectly until the Steam credential change, I suspect an upstream> issue (namely Steam authentication).> Does anyone have any insight into this issue?>
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Monday, 5 February 2007
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| Red Alert 2 Online gaming Saif Barry 16:53:01 |
| | Hi folks, just wondering where the Red Alert online gaming action is these
days. Is anyone out there still playing this game??
Saif
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Monday, 22 January 2007
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| When is PM going to remake Populous Bob Maxie 19:16:02 |
| | Populous is one of my top 5 games of all time. I remember reading an
interview with Peter M. last year where he said that one of his top
TODOs is to remake Populous. Anyone heard anything more? If it seems
to be dead right now, let's get a petition going.
Bob
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Friday, 19 January 2007
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| Maestro Doubles Glen Ashton 03:32:10 |
| | Maestro Doubles of Their 1NT Openings
If you play penalty doubles over 1NT openings, you may find that switching
to Maestro Doubles can deliver you better results. It can be briefly
summarized by this:
Double shows values and either a minor, both majors, or any very strong
hand.
In reply to double, partner will pass with 10 or more HCP, or bid a major
naturally, or bid 2D to ask for a four card major, or bid 2C with none of
these.
Key advantages of employing the Maestro Double are:
. Far more frequent than penalty doubles.
. Drives opponents out of their notrump contracts.
. Enables partner with a five card or longer major to bid that major to
play.
. Finds 4-4 major fits (except when partner is very weak, in which case two
of a minor can be an okay spot until doubled).
. Shows values so partner can compete if opponents bid.
. Adds definition to other bids - in particular the two level bid that shows
both majors is now always distribution based, and bids showing a major and a
minor, or a major and another suit, will suggest a five card or longer
major.
The double is called Maestro as it is Major oriented, and was intended to be
played with the Astro family of defenses, though can also be played with
other notrump defenses like Cappelletti (also called Hamilton). For more
details on Astro etc. see
http://www.bridgeguys.com/Conventions/Astro.html
http://www.bridgeguys.com/Conventions/Aspro.html
http://www.bridgeguys.com/Conventions/Asptro.html
http://www.bridgeguys.com/Conventions/Cappelletti.html
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/def_1nt01.htm
The Maestro double has a strong affinity with the double of the Woolsey
defense to 1NT. For more details on this defense see:
http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~jeff/system/woolsey.html
Details of Maestro
The Maestro double shows:
A) 10+ HCP, five card or longer minor, good suit if just five, no
singleton/void in a major unless good six card or longer suit willing to
rebid on three level.
B) 12+ HCP, at least 4-4 in the majors, not balanced.
C) 17/18+ HCP, a strong hand that needs to take some action.
For hand type A it is not a 5-4-3-1 with a singleton/void in a major, as we
don't want to steer the opponents to their major fit if they have one.
Instead, when holding this, pass first and if they find their major fit and
stop at the two level, then double for takeout. With a long minor and less
than 10 HCP, either pass or jump the bidding to the three level.
For hand type B, this allows whatever two level bid over 1NT shows the
majors to show either less than 12 HCP, or if good values then a
distributional 5-5+ hand type.
For hand type C, doubling will often force the partner of the notrump bidder
to start a run-out sequence (since will usually have a very weak hand and
cannot afford the double to be passed), which will help us to determine the
level and strain to play at, or allow us to double them.
Detailed responses to a Maestro Double are:
Pass: 10 or more HCP. This pass happens less frequently than one might hope
for, but when it does you have the notrump hand surrounded by two good
hands. The primary benefit of having this call is that it limits all the
other bids, so the doubler has a good idea of what to do next.
2C: Artificial, 5-9 & no four card or longer major, or 0-4 & no six card or
longer suit. Over the 2C response:
Pass: 5 or longer Cs, likely as good as spot as any, up to 18.
2D: 5 or longer Ds, up to 18.
2H: Both majors, 12-18.
2S: 17/18+, 4+Ss, non-forcing.
2NT: 17/18+, not 4+Ss, non-forcing.
3C+: 19+, natural, non-forcing.
2D: Artificial, 5-9 with a four card major. Over 2D:
Pass: 5 or longer Ds, no four card major, game unlikely.
2H/S: Four card or longer major, not forcing, up to mild game invitational
values. If the doubler bids 2H, then 2S must be bid next if no H fit. If
the doubler bids 2S, 2NT next asks for five card or longer minor.
2NT: Asking - bid your worse minor if 5-6 HCP, bid your four card major if
7-9 HCP. Over these replies, a suit bid below game is now natural & game
forcing.
3C: 5 or longer Cs, no four card major, game unlikely.
3D: Both majors, game invitational values.
3H/S: Four card or longer major, good game invitational values.
4D: Both majors, game forcing.
2H/S: 0-9 with a six card or longer major, or 4-9 with a five card major.
3C/D now to play, 3 of the major is a mild game try, and 2NT is a good game
try or better, forcing to 3 of the major.
2NT: Game force distributional hand. Asks partner to bid a five card minor,
or best major with both majors, or 3NT if 17/18-20 and none of these.
Bidding continues naturally.
3C/D: Six or longer suit, 5-9, no four card or longer major.
If the opponents redouble the Maestro double, then responses are the same.
If the opponents bid directly over Maestro, then new suits are non-forcing,
double shows values asking partner to describe hand but is passable if
partner has length in suit doubled, and 2NT shows a hand with values that
does not want to double since is short in the suit the opponents are
bidding. If the Maestro doubler later doubles a second time, it is takeout
if doubling a minor suit and it is penalty if doubling a major suit bid or
notrump.
The Maestro Double works well with the Asptro (non-Kastro variation)
convention:
2C: Hs & another, if second suit is Ss it will be a shorter or a weaker suit
than Hs.
2D: Ss & another, if second suit is Hs it will be a shorter or weaker suit
than Ss.
2NT: Both minors.
Rest: Natural.
When Asptro is played with the Maestro Double the 2C and 2D bids will often
have a five card or longer major (or a six card or longer minor that can be
rebid), so partner is free to bid the major with just 3 in the suit.
This short document will be maintained and updated from time-to-time on the
www.BridgeMatters.com site.
(c) 2005 ETM Information Services Inc. (Canada)
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Wednesday, 3 January 2007
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| runescape players Ash82695 16:42:23 |
| | if u play runescape can u please email me. cutie82695 @ aol . com
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Saturday, 9 December 2006
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| board game mashups David W. Talmage 16:30:45 |
| | I'm looking for board game mashups, the joining of one or more board games
into a single, new game. I've played and enjoyed Settlers of HeroScape,
which is Settlers of Catan played on a HeroScape board with combat to
determine who gets the production each turn. I found the directions on the
HeroScape section of BoardGameGeek (and I posted a session report about the
game). Also on BGG, I found the suggestion of making an Elfenland board
out of the HeroScape tiles but that's not really a mashup, is it?
Any other mashups that you've actually played and enjoyed?
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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| Bunyon v0.1, Scott Adams TI99 game interpreter Stu George 09:14:09 |
| | Well, here goes... Have made bunyon v0.1 available on the IF-Archive
(currently in /incoming or unprocessed)...
Lets you play TI99/4 format Scott Adams games and homebrew games made
with the Adventure Editor (a scott adams format editor/compiler circa
1983/4/5? for the TI99)...
v0.1 plays Adventures 1 through 12 (which I uploaded as a separate zip
file).
have not tested it on the homebrew games yet (which again, a separate
zip file), which has the colossal cave version and some other stuff.
There is a WinGLK front end for those that dont like to compile, or
those that do, the source supports glkterm (developed under cygwin) +
winglk. should be portable enough to other glk frontends.
Theres bugs I'm sure, and the winglk front end has no bells and
whistles like the glkterm version, anyway...
-Stu
- Stu : Email via http://public.xdi.org/=stu
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Saturday, 28 October 2006
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| New Message Board - Join Now!!! Moomoo 14:00:15 |
| | Come visit, new members/posters wanted for new political/current
events/misc message board. Free memberships!!!
All are welcome! www.said1.proboards50.com
Cheers!
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Friday, 29 September 2006
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| Chessmaster 10 - On-line connection Bruce Howard 10:14:17 |
| | I cannot connect for on-line play. Error message "Could not log to the
router! The arena has not yet detected your disconnection. (ERR: 3)"
I have downloaded and installed the v1.02 patch.
Does anyone know how to solve this?
Thanks.
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Wednesday, 27 September 2006
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| Thank You Garry! Jouni Smitti 05:30:04 |
| | ... for all this years of brilliant chess.
I'll miss You.....
Breaking news: Kasparov retires from professional chess> 10.03.2005 The winner of Linares and the world's strongest chessplayer,> Garry Kasparov, has just announced his retirement from professional chess.> His games in Linares are the last in his professional career, that has> spanned thirty years, with twenty on the top of the ratings list. Full> details to follow.>
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Tuesday, 26 September 2006
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| Uru -saved game? Sarah 22:01:58 |
| | Just started on Uru; loved Myst and Riven, but this is something else,
for sure. Does it support saved games? So far I haven't seen anything
about saving and I'm getting thoroughly sick of that trek across the desert,
besides I don't have time or patience to keep starting over at the
beginning.
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006
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| ds news group? Mewthree 08:52:18 |
| | when will there be one?
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Monday, 18 September 2006
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| Re: runescape Tips Guest 12:38:02 |
| | wats with u and the links, ive been thru 3 subjects on runescape and
its got a list of ure links in 2 of them...
sup witht that??
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Friday, 15 September 2006
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| 3 questions Pibbur 19:44:51 |
| | What is the correct reply to "You make ma want to puke"?
What is "the correct use of soap"?
What is the date I joined Ultima Dragons (under the name Thalamus Dragon)?
OK, the last one is what I really want to know.
pibbur
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Tuesday, 5 September 2006
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| SSG - Battles in Italy - new scenarios Eddysterckx@Hotmail.Com 16:48:58 |
| | Hi,
From the blurb :
Three new scenarios for Battles in Italy have been posted to and
released on the SSG Scenario Page.
Fall Weiss - created by Pete_au examines the Axis invasion of Poland at
the start of World War II.
http://www.ssg.com.au/Run5/scenarios/FallWeiss.htm
Patton in Charge - also created by Pete_au is a variant of the
Operation Husky scenario from Battles in Italy.
This variant sees Patton invading at Palermo and adds some additional
flexibility to the Allied Navy.
http://www.ssg.com.au/Run5/scenarios/PattonCharge.htm
Churchill - is a Mega Campaign for JSS and is an 80 turn mammoth
scenario which examines what may have occured if Churchill had his plan
and opted for a full invasion of Italy on the back of Germany's defeat
at Kursk!
http://www.ssg.com.au/Run5/scenarios/Churchill.htm
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
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Monday, 28 August 2006
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| Why can't they leave Bobby Fischer alone?! Sw 16:32:32 |
| | Now the USA wants to get him for income tax evasion! Obviously BF is
mentally ill and needs tender, compassionate care NOT a bunch of
assholes who want to grind him into the ground without no thought as
to why he does the things he does AND what he says. He definitely has
some kind of Bipolar - Schizo disorder. You look at his life from a
boy up and you put this in the back burner and you can see the disease
progressing until it's full fruition now.
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