mad_axeman

Reply to very disappointed in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Tridus"]I don't really buy what you are saying. Once you have read one software licensing agreement you know the basics of almost all of them, you know full well you are buying a license to use the software on the media and you have purchased the media itself[/quote] Do you? Can you say that all EULA's are the same without looking at them. I think not. While they all share a lot of similarities, a lot also contain other snippets of information. Just look at the Googl

Reply to very disappointed in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Cykur" reply="8" id="1941671"]Software and cars are not governed by the same laws. Most of the time, when you buy software you are just buying the license to use it, you don't actually own it. Software is intellectual property. In this case, the license is non transferable. Sometime read those huge contracts to which you are constantly clicking "Yes, I agree". You might find it fasinating what you are agreeing with.[/quote] No they are n

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="apricotslice" reply="1" id="1899072"]One of the advantages of buying the box here in Australia is the 7 day return policy.[/quote] Pah! No such luck in the UK. Retailers won't take them back once opened (Game even go to the extent of putting a box ruining sticker on them to make sure) for fear that you've copied it. [quote who="FelixDrake"]Once upon a time, in North America, people had a certain degree of rights regarding purchased software. Then, less than a

Reply to Here comes the next OS from Microsoft in Personal Computing Sins Forums

Well, they're due a good desktop operationg system... Windows 3.1: good. Windows 95: bad Windows 98: good Windows Millenium: bad Windows XP: good Windows Vista: bad Windows 7: good??????????

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm quite disaappointed with Sins. And the OP is correct, after a while it does become a grind with games all playing out in exactly the same way. I've said this befaore, and I still think that it's the case, that there are no elements of 4X in Sins other than what you find in a standard RTS. As far as strategy is concerned, there's no more strategy than a standard well balanced RTS. And as far as RTS's go, Sins is only average. [quote]Is there something that differentiates Si

Reply to Returning armada in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Controversial statement ahead: Just another nail in the coffin of this game. It was a great game, but the constant shouting of the people who only ever play TEC is successfully managing to nerf anything that isn't TEC, and this has been happening since 1.04. How about we nerf the TEC cannon - can wipe out a planet in 2 shots? Too powerful that's obviously too powerful. I notice that the TEC economy is massively ahead of everyone elses - once it's fully

Reply to Stardock's Impulse Awarded Microsoft's Certified for Vista Logo in Personal Computing Sins Forums

Having had experience of "independent testing for Microsoft partnership/certification" I can say that the certification is actually very easy to get, especially as the "independent testers" are far less rigorous than our own in house QA team. I was there when the "independent testers" tested out product, and I can say that they skipped roughly two thirds of the tests that they should have done. Including one that would have failed our product.... But well done anyway....

Reply to Have You Updated to Vista SP1? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote]is vista worth getting now?[/quote] Not really. I have upgraded my home system to Vista SP1, but not my work system as Vista SP1 breaks some of the things that I use regularly for work.

Reply to Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]As noted, you're basically paying twice. I guess you could look at it as paying a fee to get the use of it early, and ultimately it's the consumer's decision on whether or not to pay that fee or wait the extra 3 months.[/quote] Actually, you don't pay for it twice. Look at EA's store and you will see that if you purchase the Creature Creator, they give you a code that gives you the price you paid for the creature creator off the price of spore. So in the nd, you pay the same for

Reply to To Anyone Who Plays the Sins of A Solar Empire SP in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]All i here is whine whine whine. LRM spam doesn't win games. I think some of u just dont want a bruised ego, and the rest are cynical about humanity in general.Ok, I could say that it's people like you that keep me from playing online, but that would be untrue. For a number of reasons, I simply have no desire to play any non-MMO online and would not even if every single online player were the salt of the earth. However, if I did have any desire to play online, then it would be people like

Reply to To Anyone Who Plays the Sins of A Solar Empire SP in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

edit: typical, doesn't post, so I come back later to post it again and it's there...

Reply to To Anyone Who Plays the Sins of A Solar Empire SP in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]All i here is whine whine whine. LRM spam doesn't win games. I think some of u just dont want a bruised ego,[/quote] Not at all. I don't play online because: 1) It doesn't interest me. 2) I can't play for more than 30 minutes at a time. 3) I would rather enjoy 100% of the games I play in single player than have 20% of my games ruined by a d*ck while playing on-line and only enjoy 80% of them. 4) Past experience with on-line games reveals that there are a surprisingly l

Reply to The China Post in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]mad_axeman,that was a bit confrontational and did nothing to answer the original questions. Woe upon us the day we must look to the USA to be the moral standard of the world. There is no need to compare everything to the USA nor any other country, but to objectively discuss the merits and flaws of the country in question.[/quote] I will objectively discuss the merits and flaws of the country in question when other people do the same (which the poster I quoted was not doing). And

Reply to The China Post in Everything Else Sins Forums

Every time I see this thread, I see this post and I can't help but reply to it (I've tried 3 times already, but kep doing stupid things that make me lose my text... [quote]There are a few major issues with China that bug me.[/quote] And a few with the US that bug me. Chief among them that some US citizns seem to have ben brainwashed in believing that they are better than everyone else... [quote]1. Tiananmen Square.[/quote] Go study some American history. It's full of t

Reply to The China Post in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]One that truely serves the people, not high ranking/corrupt government officials.[/quote] Rather than our corrupt western governments that only line their own and big businesses pockets...?

Reply to Can we change or can you plan to change the mod path? in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]I realised...but its a symbolical link like in linux OS.[/quote] Yes. I loved symbolic links when I was working with Unix. They're just so useful. And then I changed job and now work solely on Windows. I come across so many instances in Windows where symbolic links would have been perfect in Windows and would have loved to know about junction points sooner that I did.

Reply to POLL: Do you like or dislike pirates? in Strategy Sins Forums

I like the idea of Pirates, but dislike the implementation of them in game. I like - the idea of marauding bands of enemies as an annoyance. - the fact they can be used as an experience factory. I dislike - pirates turning up with 50 ships (it's just not going to happen) - non random attack patterns of the pirates - the fact that they can always be bought for money - that you can't buy them off once they launched (I would have thought that pirates woul

Reply to Can we change or can you plan to change the mod path? in Technical Sins Forums

Argh. No edit!! Programs see the Junction point you create as a standard folder, so SoaSE thinks it's looking in [I]"C:\Documents and Settings\youraccountname\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire"[/I] for the files, but it's actually looking in [I]"D:\Sins of a Solar Empire"[/I] I'm currently running SoaSE like this and haven't had any problems (I'm also running some of the business critical systems at work like this, but don't tell anyone....)

Reply to Can we change or can you plan to change the mod path? in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]Coud you plan to add the possibility to change this path in a patch?That's been asked a lot but it's not going to happen. Games for Windows program mandates the use of that path. Some people have tried to argue that things like mods don't fall under the criteria of what needs to be there based on their interpretation of the GfW agreement, but nonetheless it's highly unlikely to change.[/quote] That is indeed wrong. The Games for Windows spec says that content that the user may ne

Reply to Will America always be a superpower? in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]As for the future of the US, I beleive that what SpacePony says to be the truth. We are not in a recession. The recession was created by the 'Bush-Haters' to scare people into becoming one of them. The environmentalists feel that if they can scare people enough, which obviously they have since this topic came up on a Sci-Fi Site, they can gain support for not only converting to biofuels and green technologies, but they can also aid the movement to pull out of Iraq. As for pestici

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]Then one day, they intercept [I]gangsta rap[/I]. In their shock and disgust for the depths of depravity these earthlings have fallen to, they come to the conclusion that man must be destroyed, for if given a chance man would surely bust a cap in their ass.[/quote] Couldn't agree more. :CONGRAT:

Reply to What is the'karma' rating next to people's names? in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]The probability that a heavy object will land on you as you're innocently walking on the street?[/quote] Better do your best not to get 100 karma points then...

Reply to Advent OP late game? Or is repulsion broken? in Strategy Sins Forums

If it's late game, couldn't you and your team mates just build a couple of Novaliths each and just nuke all his planets. Won't stop income completely, but there's no defence for this and it would certainly put a stop to him advancing for a while.

Reply to Advent AoE -- can't see anything in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Well, I'm glad it's not just my eyes. I have this too and with usually less than 10 guardians. I have to scroll all the way in in order to be able to see anything.

Reply to When will the price drop? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

$40 [B]is[/B] cheap!!! In the UK, games usually retail at anything between £30 and £40 on the PC (currently around $60 and $80 (US Dollars)). I object to paying those prices, but $40 is an absolute bargain!!