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Reply to It's SPRING!!!! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Or at least... They want you to think it is spring. *goes off on long conspiracy theory ending with 'and that is the real reason why Roanoke was abandoned.'*

Reply to Red Alert 3 wont let me online in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

EA = zombie, your computer = brains. Once they get in there, your pretty much screwed.

Reply to I think and I think...cuz I'm Blind.... in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Uh... tactical combat has been part of Elemental since production began (or at least since before it was announced).

Reply to Random quotes in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Here is one from the comments section of this article talking about Discovery's bat stowaway: "It never bodes well when Systems Engineering and Integration performs a debris analysis on you..." That has got to be the funniest comment I have seen all week.

Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else Elemental Forums

"1:In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2:And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3:And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5: And God called the light Day, and the darkess he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6: And God said let there be a

Reply to Draw the mount you'd like to see in Elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I would personally like to be able to do this . (skip to around 1:40) Multimillion dollar computer graphics optional. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to The Impulse Millionth User PC Prize in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

*drool*

Reply to Elemental: scale of power in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="b0rsuk" reply="8" id="2104526"] Contrary to popular belief, you can't out-ninja all arrows being shot at you. Even if you tried, it doesn't matter.[/quote] Just cut them out of the air with your katana! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] But yes, the HP system is getting a bit dated. However, it will be a little while still until is it possible to make an accurate simulation of how a soldier's bodily functions are affected by a sharp metal object entering. Until we

Reply to Paintball; Go play it! in Everything Else Demigod Forums

Ah. I only played once, woodsball. Used all rented crap. So the 'mask' was pretty much a full helmet not to far off from Halo's helmet. :P As far as glasses, I can't stand having anything in my eye let alone purposely putting something in it. And besides, they are very slightly reflective so I can make sure no ninjas are sneaking up behind me without turning my head. [e digicons]:ninja:[/e]

Reply to Paintball; Go play it! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Paintball is fun... Just don't make the mistake of making one person on each team a 'medic,' in which they can get people in again who got shot. I got pinned in a small bunker with the medic, got shot at least 20 times before I just gave up. On another note, paintball is hard to play for those of us with glasses. The glasses will fog up almost immediately in the paint ball helmets and you won't be able to see anything. Oh, and remember to always wear a neck gaurd and a cup if your a g

Reply to A Monday at Stardock in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="ShadowMastiff2468" reply="24" id="2102856"]Hum...you guys looking for more staff !?! [/quote] Considering they are acquiring more studio space... I would guess they are now, or will be fairly soon. I just hope they have some openings when I finish college in a bit over 5 years... Otherwise I might have to go to somewhere like EA where they beat their programmers with bullwhips. [e digicons]X([/e]

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[quote who="Gnats3" reply="17" id="2102520"]Better pictures of the Elemental-computers and the Elemental wall at the top of the picture of Cari's desk would be nice [/quote] Time to download some image clarification software! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Also, I don't think its the camera resolution which needs increasing, but its shutter speed... It seems to be movement blur from slight hand movement, etc. Perhaps the free trial of <a href="http://www.oceansystems.com/

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[quote quoting="post"] There aren’t cities where you get to crank out armies of Unicorns and dragons or goblins. There are dragons and trolls and other such creatures in the game. But they are rare, special and have to be recruited. Your units start out as peasants. And you can train them (which gives them more HP) and you can arm them (which gives them more attack) and you can give them armor (which increase their defense). [/quote] Aw...

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Nom nom nom nom nom! -Zombie, upon being introduced to a human

Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ryat" reply="12" id="2101590"] Science has proven that the water content in the atmosphere was much greater many years ago than today, especially when the earth was still in its formative years. He change the languages because they were voilating his command to spread out over the earth, not settle in one massed area. The building of towers was for their own glory as one united people. [/quote] I don't care how great the 'w

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[quote who="Varsi1" reply="9" id="2101441"] the bible says that god is perfect, we are not. [/quote] It also says there is a big layer of water above the atmosphere. And that the reason we speak different langauges is because some people decided to build tall building. Tall meaning as tall as one can get with 'mud bricks,' since they will collapse under their own weight fairly quickly; a new york city skyscraper would be taller. Oops! I guess god failed on that

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

I don't think I will be playing much more ETW until they patch the AI on units. Tactical battles, especially seiges, are just silly. Any movement or attack order involving going anywhere near a wall, fence, or other building, especially when it involves moving over/through something makes the AI go nuts. For example, in one seige I was playing, I told my soldiers to attack enemies on the other side of a wall which had been breached. Rather than going through the breach and firing like I had e

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

The biggest problem I have encountered in ETW is the AI of soldiers in tactical battles. I had one battle where I marched my army into their blasted apart fort, expecting heavy resistance from the occupants (about 4 groups of units), only to find the enemy not fighting back. Not just not firing, but totally not acknowledging my troops presence. I marched my units within about 4 feet of theirs and they still just stood there. They even had their backs turned. It was more of a firing squad than

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

They are probably special homing cannonballs then! Or magnetized so the gunpowder attracts them like in Indiana Jones!

Reply to Science Fiction in Everything Else Elemental Forums

The only reason they hate it is it has a tendancy to change more rapidly and a previous version of a page is not easily accessable. Which means you could be plagarizing for all they know. As far as accuracy, a study done by Nature 4 years ago came to the conclusion it was really no less accurate than Encyclopedia Britanica. Oh, and happy Pi Day! 3.14159265358979323846264338

Reply to The mechanics of warfare: Weapons in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

If all else fails, wikipedia it! According to the wiki article on rapiers, they were meant for 'civilian self defense and dueling.' They were known in Spain as a 'dress sword.' So they were essentially the equivalent of a child's BB gun. They were meant for show rather than use, and while they could be used, they were really not effective as an instrument of death. They only had to be light and fast, since they were meant to be a person's only defense in both civilian use and in a duel. On th

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[quote who="weissengel86" reply="8" id="2099753"]I think we fell into the second dark ages once we started using CE and BCE instead of AD and BC. Our Dark Ages have only just begun people think the middle ages were bad wait until PC police become a government agency. Technology, especially networking, makes centralization of power easier not harder. I think society and technology will radically change in the future so science fiction beyond the next 30 or so years is completely speculative.<b

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

I have also seen a ship 'just explode.' My guess would be a good ol' cannonball up the exhaust po... er, gunpowder storage room. That is a problem in ships of the era... wood + flamable materials for coating the wood + room full of gunpowder = mild fire hazard. Oh, and Phalnax, of course he has an account to play online with! After all, the game requires a Steam account to install.

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[quote who="Parasky" reply="4" id="2098417"] 2000 years ago it was 9 AD. Beginning to understand civil life? The Roman Empire was at its peak! And the Romans are anything but primitive. [/quote] Yes, the problem with western history is we did fall into a dark age. The world essentially fell apart around 300-400 CE with the fall of Rome and really did not begin to progress again for 1000 years. If you really look at things, progress didn't really start to be made a

Reply to My last big disapointment in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Far Cry 2 - Looked pretty, but the gameplay is horribly repetetive.