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8th Jun 2005, 03:16 AM
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| Super Active Join Date: 18 Oct 2004
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 You brought it up because it sucked?? Hey, does playing DotA count as online gaming? If it's played over a LAN? If it does, then this is THE online game for me!  For the uninitiated - DotA: Defence of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.  | |
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8th Jun 2005, 06:23 PM
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Reputation: 7 Rep Power: 0 | AI can be good... I managed to write an absurdly simple game once upon a time... The self-teaching AIs ended up owning me most of the time...  No human player ever managed that...  I like online gaming, but for a lot of games, it turns out to be a competition between the rigs running the games (and their bandwidth) - Warcraft is entertaining though... Gotta admit it is more satisfying to own someone who can feel bad about being annihilated... |
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8th Jun 2005, 09:59 PM
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 It was only after I played it did I realize that.  But anyway, I got it for free. My friend made a copy of the game and lent me.  Oops. 
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12th Jun 2005, 02:14 PM
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Reputation: 7 Rep Power: 0 | I just hate being the Noob :Boohoo: I tend to enjoy those games I can hold my own in - Warcraft III, and that's about all The FPSes of today barely give me enough time to think, let alone read what someone is writing to me... Call me slowpoke... The other extreme is too much for me too, however... MMORPGs where you meet online once per week... play-by-email style... NO game can hold my attention for a year - It would be nice if someone came out with an online AD&D RPG that allowed the same freedom as the pen & paper variety but still added niceties like graphics and ejecting your cupholder for you (think CD drive)  Enough. |
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12th Jun 2005, 02:38 PM
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| Hyperactive  Join Date: 14 Jul 2004 Location: Singapore!
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But give me any FPS and I'll do fairly well.
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12th Jun 2005, 04:25 PM
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If..hopefully in our lifetimes.. a holodeck ? | |
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13th Jun 2005, 11:58 PM
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 Although it's been awhile since I've played any FPSes... Maybe the last was CS... But once you've got the hang of an FPS, shouldn't be hard to handle them all! I'm really bad at WarcraftIII, my neglected accounts on Battlenet are not worth even mentioning! Just can't build bases fast enough or micro[-manage] my armies! But DotA... One hero, I can handle!  | |
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14th Jun 2005, 05:41 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: 2 Jun 2005
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Reputation: 7 Rep Power: 0 | Drawbacks - downloads Just bought Lineage II... Installed it and immediately had to start a download which ran overnight without finishing.... Over ADSL... Not impressed... Not sure how many 100s of megs the updates are, but if I wanted to download the entire game anyway, why pay for the CD? ... Sooo... a bit disappointed, though nevertheless the concept of receiving updates is a good one... 100s of Mb suggests maybe someone should provide the stores with more recent versions.... Also it's a pity there's no single player option... I'd like the choice.... Anyway, that's my rant for today... |
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14th Jun 2005, 05:43 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: 2 Jun 2005
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Reputation: 7 Rep Power: 0 | Good thing about battle.net is the custom maps... Hero Wars, Tower Defense and the like... give them a go - learning curve of perhaps an hour, in Hero Wars you've only got your hero to worry about (troops are handled by computer)... |
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