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by kurzweil
September 20, 2004, 6:27 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Burnout 3 (XBox)
Replies: 2
Views: 565

Also picked this up instead of Fable. (multiplayer > singleplayer) Loads of fun. Aftertouch crashes are a blast. 2 player mode is a bit tricky, even on a big screen it's hard figuring out who's who sometimes, but still fun. Multiplayer crash mode can be pretty humorous, although all the different cr...
by kurzweil
September 19, 2004, 3:34 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Star wars: Battlefront
Replies: 16
Views: 1735

can you run through the battlefront campaign in co-op multiplayer?
by kurzweil
June 16, 2004, 2:06 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Shopping for monitors
Replies: 14
Views: 2132

Viewsonic has a slightly smaller desk footprint than the samsung. If realestate is an issue, I'd go with that.

I've had a viewsonic for over 4 years and 2 moves, and it's still going strong.
by kurzweil
June 14, 2004, 2:42 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: SWG doing this bad?
Replies: 11
Views: 1404

Almost a year after release they finally admitted: "We do not think the current holo-grind system of becoming a Jedi is healthy for the game, and we want it to stop as soon as possible." I almost died laughing when I read that. (background: in order to become a jedi, the original system re...
by kurzweil
June 14, 2004, 2:34 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: SW-Battlefronts...
Replies: 5
Views: 975

Hope it lives up to its potential.

...and for those who need something to tide them over in the meantime:

BF1942 star wars mod:
http://www.galactic-conquest.net/index.php

there's also a gcx mod out, that has converted several of the GC maps into co-op multiplayer.
by kurzweil
June 8, 2004, 2:00 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Can Hockey Survive?
Replies: 32
Views: 2782

I think timing is also an issue.
SC Playoffs vs basketball. March Madness, the NBA Finals vs. two relatively unknown hockey teams? The networks were/are spending all their time pushing basketball, and hockey gets lost.
by kurzweil
May 11, 2004, 7:54 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Can you believe it
Replies: 6
Views: 1711

I'm just happy they got rid of Shatner as 'Chairman' for Iron Chef America. He was horrible.


Iron Chef Drinking game!
http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/i ... ngGame.htm
by kurzweil
March 18, 2004, 6:06 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: MechWarrior
Replies: 13
Views: 1526

mektek has put out a third-party mech pack for mercs.

features lots of new mechs (marauder!!) and weaponry. those heavy lasers are nasty!

very nicely done. this, combined with New Battlefields is quite fun.
by kurzweil
May 18, 2003, 8:31 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Enter the Matrix deal
Replies: 12
Views: 2132

so how is it?
by kurzweil
May 13, 2003, 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New 20 Dollar Bills
Replies: 70
Views: 17007

Dutch bills were some of the coolest looking paper money I've seen. Too bad they're all euros now.

Maybe the new US$20 will be puce? ;)
by kurzweil
May 4, 2003, 3:57 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Decimator Vs Striker Vs Rocket Rifle
Replies: 5
Views: 1099

Striker is less powerful than Decimator; both are more powerful than a single rocklet. Striker has visual lock/tracking ability; Decimator is dumbfire. You can carry more ammo for the Striker than you can carry decimators. Not sure on reload times. I had Striker, but dropped it for SA because it has...
by kurzweil
May 2, 2003, 4:46 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Problems with crashes
Replies: 9
Views: 1037

Most recent crashes have been when continents get full and go down. And when they had just tweaked the cap XP and there was that bug where your hack finishes and your entire squad gets dumped to desktop. I've had to alt tab and kill task a few times during logout, of all places, but never had to reb...
by kurzweil
May 1, 2003, 7:11 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Old school space age game
Replies: 5
Views: 1577

SC2 was soooo much fun! :D
by kurzweil
April 30, 2003, 7:20 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: My thoughts on Darklight
Replies: 18
Views: 2252

Hm, only problem with darklight only working for agile suits is instead of MAX's hunting down infiltrators, you'll have people in harrassers running down teammates to get to that cloaked enemy... :D Of course, that's all outdoors, so maybe not a bad thing. My MAX is very happy with the advanced targ...
by kurzweil
April 29, 2003, 4:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The parrot
Replies: 35
Views: 1861

Albatross! Get yer albatross!
by kurzweil
April 27, 2003, 3:18 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Yeah~
Replies: 2
Views: 615

doh! lol. great shot :)
by kurzweil
April 26, 2003, 3:36 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: 04.25 patch notes
Replies: 11
Views: 1758

posted 04-26-2003 11:25 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just to let you guys know we are working on the issues. #1 is the invulnerable state, this should be pretty easy to nail and is entirely host side (no, we don't trust clients to assign/take d...
by kurzweil
April 24, 2003, 7:17 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: 04.25 patch notes
Replies: 11
Views: 1758

04.25 patch notes

Apr 25: Voice IP removed from this patch. Not ready to go. Addendum added to #25 (base capture) regarding squad size. Okay, here we go. REMEMBER...no ETA on the patch yet. "Tonight" can mean anytime before the sun comes up. Enjoy! ============================================== NOT READY FO...
by kurzweil
April 23, 2003, 1:45 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Daily Updates for the next ~10 Days
Replies: 0
Views: 558

Daily Updates for the next ~10 Days

A downloadable patch will be available before we bring the servers up tonight. That patch has a map revision to fix an issue with a Tower being underwater. We've been making other map fixes, but they're very large files, so we're only patching one a day for the next 10 days or so. Expect a download...
by kurzweil
April 22, 2003, 2:45 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Change to new server?
Replies: 17
Views: 2303

Sturmgrenadier moved over to the emerald server. That was probably the large NC squad you saw. Those guys will probably be near the top of that server and would at least give some good competition. They have broken into 2 battle groups and regularly have 50+ peeps in Battlegroup II. These guys show...
by kurzweil
April 22, 2003, 2:27 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Servers back down. Feck.
Replies: 4
Views: 815

so much for "24/7" testing... *sigh*
by kurzweil
April 22, 2003, 3:49 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Change to new server?
Replies: 17
Views: 2303

Spent tonight there. Sanctuary is much quieter. Only saw one person getting run over. There is still lag, there are still massive battles on Cyssor. Was having fun dogfighting in a reaver when an organized NC outfit showed up (I'm assuming) -- at least 5 reavers, 2 galaxies, a few mosquitoes, assort...
by kurzweil
April 21, 2003, 8:04 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: morons post your certs in here
Replies: 37
Views: 4684

BR6

Med Assault
AA MAX
AMS

+ 3 points to assign. Backing out AA MAX or AMS and maybe going combat engie.

Chaingun is nerfed now?
by kurzweil
April 21, 2003, 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Haha, GO Wings GO!!
Replies: 47
Views: 2725

Image
by kurzweil
April 21, 2003, 4:53 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Ventrilo server up!
Replies: 18
Views: 2381

Finally got your static IP straightened out, Aran?
by kurzweil
April 21, 2003, 6:08 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Maps
Replies: 10
Views: 4328

Added table of current known base info to the link at the top.
by kurzweil
April 21, 2003, 4:53 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Post Your PS Beta Names Here
Replies: 82
Views: 27439

Qintal - TR
by kurzweil
April 19, 2003, 5:22 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Maps
Replies: 10
Views: 4328

Maps

Got tired of trying to get out of Sanctuary without crashing, so I made some map of current warp gates and connections, and base info. Apr 20 - added table of base info from this thread. Apr 24 - updated w/ info from latest upcoming patch notes (various benefits removed for replacement at a later da...
by kurzweil
April 18, 2003, 8:27 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: I'm mad!!
Replies: 14
Views: 1646

Ask and ye shall receive! High water mark today was 3331. That's about 1000 more players than we've ever had before. Of course, in the course of doing this, we've found more issues to correct. But after all...that's what beta is for. Those of you that are being patient and helping us test this so we...
by kurzweil
April 18, 2003, 6:13 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Server locked?
Replies: 14
Views: 1727

and again: [13:59:15] SmokeJumperPS: We recently received some server optimizations from an outside team. They appear to be the source of the lag issues we're experiencing now. The first issue that we backed out was a huge memory leak that was introduced with that code. [13:59:32] SmokeJumperPS: The...
by kurzweil
April 18, 2003, 4:22 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Server locked?
Replies: 14
Views: 1727

[11:54:58] SmokeJumper: Last night's patch was pretty good...but it had that one nasty crash issue in it. Basically anytime you bailed out of a Galaxy in a vehicle, the zone crashed. [11:55:11] SmokeJumper: That's why it seemed like it went down every 15-30 minutes. That's fixed now. [11:55:29] Smo...
by kurzweil
April 17, 2003, 3:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Haha, GO Wings GO!!
Replies: 47
Views: 2725

Red Wings swept by the .... DUCKS?!?!?!!
by kurzweil
April 16, 2003, 2:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Disembodied eyes
Replies: 40
Views: 2750

I think Mission:Impossible had some eyeball/retinal scan scenes.

Does Terminator, with the laserbeam/eyeball count?
by kurzweil
April 16, 2003, 2:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Replies: 57
Views: 3482

Buffy was good, then when Angel started, the writers moved over to Angel, and Buffy started slacking.

The episodes of Angel with Spike in it were fantastic. Good writing.
by kurzweil
April 15, 2003, 7:00 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: This game sucks nuts
Replies: 53
Views: 7241

Saw the Dirty Dozen in action last night, and they were quite the sight to behold. Although seeing Aranuil run down by an ANT was a bit of a letdown ;)
by kurzweil
April 14, 2003, 5:29 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Screenshots
Replies: 3
Views: 651

Image

oh, the carnage!
by kurzweil
April 13, 2003, 10:38 pm
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Grief Fix Coming Soon (thank god)
Replies: 10
Views: 1850

Oh, don't forget, you also get grief points if you blow up an enemy vehicle that's parked too close to a friendly door or turret. :vv_BANGHEAD2:
by kurzweil
April 13, 2003, 5:53 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: Screenshots, Sys Req's, UI and other info's....
Replies: 6
Views: 896

Tried using my sidewinder joystick, but it didn't seem to take, so gave up and went back to mouse. Weaving between trees in a Reaver is fun. :)
by kurzweil
April 13, 2003, 5:52 am
Forum: Planetside
Topic: SS of Brittney in Planetside!
Replies: 10
Views: 1306

LOL. I see a Galaxy just blew up...
by kurzweil
April 10, 2003, 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Smiley Icons
Replies: 55
Views: 3041

Image
by kurzweil
April 10, 2003, 12:41 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Frank Herbert's Dune & Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Replies: 4
Views: 960

/agree Scifi Channel did a great job. You pretty much have to read the books to fully understand what's going on in these movies; since so much is unspoken and implied. I thought the Lynch version of Baron Harkonnen was better than the SciFi Channel version, but other than that, the SciFi version wa...
by kurzweil
April 8, 2003, 5:34 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: favorite 1970/80s slapstick comedies!
Replies: 29
Views: 5880

Evil Dead I and II!

(pre-Army of Darkness Bruce Campbell!)
by kurzweil
April 7, 2003, 2:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: DirectX 9
Replies: 8
Views: 1045

DX9 messed up my friend's sound card, and also managed to drop his joystick (MS sidewinder). After updating sound card and joystick drivers, everything was happy again.
by kurzweil
April 7, 2003, 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: so cute
Replies: 11
Views: 1554

too funny!
by kurzweil
April 5, 2003, 12:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what class
Replies: 20
Views: 1492

MP/ENG duo ;)
by kurzweil
April 2, 2003, 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freelancer - anyone play it yet?
Replies: 27
Views: 1801

If any of you played 'Space Rogue' back in the late 1980's, this game is laid out very similiar.
by kurzweil
April 2, 2003, 2:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freelancer - anyone play it yet?
Replies: 27
Views: 1801

Visuals are good, gameplay is well done. Very stable in both single and multiplayer mode. Once I got used to NOT having a joystick, the FPS type controls worked great. Missions and barchat get repetitive very quickly. ("You new here?") Interface could have used more hotkeys, some parts are...
by kurzweil
March 21, 2003, 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: FPS
Replies: 43
Views: 3808

Medal of Honor is good. Lots of fun, very realistic. Supposedly has a cooperative mode in multiplayer, but I haven't tried that yet.
by kurzweil
March 21, 2003, 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shadowbane anyone?
Replies: 9
Views: 694

Torn between picking that up or picking up Morrowind, just to have a new game to play. I'm leaning towards Morrowind.
by kurzweil
March 19, 2003, 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Web Hosting
Replies: 9
Views: 673

I use http://www.dreamhost.com

$9.95/month
pretty darn close to what phpwebhosting has to offer.
150MB, subdomains, site parking/mirror/redirect, php, cgi, sql, etc etc