CyrusNunn

Awesome, thanks. I think I checked every file except that one. Now I feel kinda dumb.

Is there a mod to change the number of turns required before a city can be razed? Failing that, which XML file has the number, so I can go edit it myself? I haven't been able to find it. Note that this is not about the insta-raze AI bug. This is about me, not liking the waiting period and wanting to change it. Thanks.

I will have to check this out. JA2 is one of my favorite games ever -- the last time I played it through, I soloed with just the IMP merc, and finished will every sector on the map cleared and Meduna full of veteran militia before I killed Deidranna.

[quote who="AccountNumber1492" reply="336" id="2715740"]The other side pulled out the Gamer's Bill of Rights where it was completely unnecessary and unfair. [/quote] Erm ... while I agree with most of your points (and they echo some points I made a few pages ago), I think that bringing out the Gamer's Bill of Rights is completed justified. Frogboy wrote it.

@Tridus (mostly) You wanted the opinion of someone who ripped Blizzard in the SC2 thread, and I guess I qualify. Comparing the single-player DRM of Elemental to SC2 is apples and oranges. Elemental has no single-player DRM; SC2 does. I'm against DRM in single-player, period. As far as this goes, I'm still happy with Stardock, and still unhappy with Blizzard. Comparing the multi-player experience ... well, here we have apples and apples. What Sta

[quote who="andrewlt" reply="99" id="2711644"]Well, said flaming would also get those same people banned on Elitist Jerks, often with some sarcastic, witty remark from Kaubel. I actually find Elitist Jerks a good reason why certain ban and infraction happy moderators are not just warranted but welcome.[/quote] EJ would also ban the retard before the serious theorycrafter got a chance to flame them, which is why all of WoW's humorless math geeks call EJ home. (There are a bu

That a mod is thin-skinned and ban-happy? I don't find it hard to believe at all. I've seen it. Admittedly, there's a lot of jerkassery goes on which deserves banning, but in some cases the mods abuse their positions. Or they or their employers decide the forum in question is going to be squeaky-clean and ban anyone who expresses an opinion. Or the forum goes 1984 and bans anyone who's critical of a pet issue.

Want. CNN interview. Now.

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="78" id="2707950"][T]his is one of the issues with DRM and online authentication; ultimately, pirates have the better product. [/quote] Give the man a cigar. Also, your story made me happy I don't buy Bioware stuff anymore. But back on the original, original topic: Thanks, Stardock!

Jagged Alliance. EDIT: And Dungeon Keeper. And Mech Commander.

I wasn't thrilled by the trailers, but a friend talked me into seeing it, and I ended up being amazed. It's so rare that a movie actually makes you think. Plus, the hallway fight scene was f*cking incredible.

[quote who="SpaghettiMon" reply="143" id="2704227"]Seems to make sense. I heard about this a while ago and I've been thinking about doing it. I'd need to get the barefoot stile shoes though, because I don't think I'd want to run completely barefoot in the streets here; due to them being hot enough to fry eggs and all.[/quote] We should really keep this out of the SC2 discussion, but I wanted to add a word of caution: you don't want to switch over to full-on barefoot run

Outdoors, no shoes is the goal. I mostly run in uncushioned flats at the moment, until I build up better calluses. I can only do about a half mile barefoot now. After that, I risk blisters. In barefoot running, you land on the balls of your feet, you keep your calf muscle tight so that your Achilles' tendon acts as a spring. If you do it right, your heels barely touch the ground. It's practically no impact on your knees and back, like you get from landing

[quote who="SpaghettiMon" reply="129" id="2701386"]Boo! Consoles are even more draconian and ridiculous than PC games, especially on Xbox. I have all of the consoles, but only for a few games and to play with friends. PC gaming is still the best when done right (Stardock, Valve, and other indie devs).[/quote] Now that I think about it, I really haven't drifted toward console games, by the definition of buying newer stuff like the PS3 and the Xbox. I have a PS2, and I've been pla

These days? Very little. In the last five years, I've drifted away from PC games and toward console games. On the whole, I prefer PC games, but PC game developers have made their choices and I've made mine. And you're talking to someone who reinstalls and plays through JA2 every year or two. If EWOM is any good, I can live without a day 0 patch.

[quote who="Aractain" reply="121" id="2699672"]And btw, you did not single out Blizzard that was a 'bad argument' but the idea of the point still stands. "Most" companies offering AAA (expensive) titles operrate a closed enviroment that they TRY and control (and usually fail) to ensure they earn maximum return on thier investment. You dislike this but "most" companies (the ones you hate) do it and blizzard is BETTER than "most". Complaing about SC2 seems silly in the face of say ub

[quote who="Aractain" reply="121" id="2699672"]I didn't put the other options in there because I didn't think it was worth my time.[/quote] Touché. [quote who="4Nana" reply="122" id="2699690"]If you don't want to lay out a clear argument but attack others for not laying things out, then I don't plan on reading your posts, because I don't think it is worth my time.[/quote] I wasn't attacking you for being unclear. I was attacking you fo

There are actually two ideas in his post. The first idea is that I'm singling out SC2, which is not true . I just didn't bother to address this idea because I didn't think it was worth my time. The second idea in his post implied that my choices were that (a) I only hated Starcraft (and was a hypocrite) or that (b.) I hated everyone (and was a fruitcake). False di

Are those my only choices?

[quote who="Tridus" reply="113" id="2699163"]Yeah. OMG it's the same as... almost every other game! The horror! How dare Blizzard make a game like everybody else![/quote] A swing and a miss.

[quote who="marlowwe" reply="110" id="2698413"]Tridus' library analogy was appropriate.[/quote] And that's what makes the irony so delicious.

A brief recap, in our own words. Me: If Blizzard were a book publisher, they'd be saying, "You have to check in with us every time you take the book off the shelf." You: Actually, they're saying "you have to check with us when you take the book out of the library" Me: So you keep books that you own in the library?</e

[quote who="Tridus" reply="103" id="2698170"] Quoting CyrusNunn, reply 94 Fail comparison is fail. There's one minor detail that completely destroys your entire point: the SC 2 single player modes work without Internet access. In fact, I just did it to prove that I could. God, the misinformation around here sometimes is just pathetic. If Ubisoft were a book publisher, they'd be saying "You have to check in with us every time y

[quote who="Tridus" reply="73" id="2696619"] Quoting CyrusNunn, reply 60 Quoting 4Nana, reply 59Done. You should go ahead and quit bitching about needing the internet in this day and age. You do not appear to have more of a clue than last time. Here's a small one: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/07/ubisoft-drm-authentification-server-is-down-assassins-creed-2/ Fail comparison is fail. There's one minor

What Spaghetti said goes for me, too. Sorry. Love to the Stardock devs.