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Reply to Mac and PC side by side in Personal Computing LittleTinyFrogs Forums

I learned Windows 98 first and at a young age, so a lot of Windows conventions seem natural and second nature. I've experimented with linux and Mac previously but a lot of the changes seem arbitrary and counterintuitive; needlessly creating friction. However I am aware that Unix conventions were established first and microsoft created these barriers, but given the market share dominance of Windows I feel the onus is on the competition to ease this friction.

Reply to The state of Steam in 2012 in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

At launch, I bought a gift for a friend using the new GameStop client and the system accidentally transferred my ENTIRE account to his. Fortunately his account was new so it was easy to get things sorted out. Since then things have improved a lot but I expected a far more, shall we say "solid", client to be developed before GS tossed out the old one.

Reply to The state of Steam in 2012 in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

I use steam ONLY because I have to in any way shape or form OR because I consider myself to be renting [but only if the game is cheap](I usually buy a boxed version if available and a good game). I was burned by Steam before (pun intended) because my (old) school firewall-blocked steam's ports and you can't use a proxy and finally because offline mode didn't work (using port 80 steam identified a mandatory update). Also auto-updating isn't always in the be

Reply to It's nice to see Pirates being held accountable. in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

somewhere i read an interview of some guy, (napster founder?) that he believed the war on music piracy was lost... and i guess i have to agree with him. the music industry needs a new business model, rather than bludgeon people into the old one. i buy music i can afford, and pirate songs i listen to only rarely. (usually i don't even pirate, just use music provider which has ads to pay music company). what i can't stand is charging extra money for video game soundtracks, buying

Reply to Lot of interesting stuff going on in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

so for the scouting thing here's my idea: have scouting units AND spells, and have the counter be of the opposite type (example: a spy unit (or item pack) that is detected by a spell and a a scry spell that is fooled by a non-detection item) also, with item packs, you can justify the lack of weapons with the ability to ambush (always go first when ambushing?) . as for logic, you have to carry/hold part of your disguise or you are trying not to be threatening so you c

limited edition availability in War of Magic Stardock Forums

i don't have the money right now but i want to buy the limited edition. is it likely that i will still be able to get one in early September when i do get money?

Reply to New Demigods prepare to go out to the public in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="lifekatana" reply="99" id="2413633"]Where does all this hate come from? I've seen some cheaty money grabbing moves by game studios in my time and the amount of hate does not even come close to this. While Demigod is just fine and is even GIVING AWAY Demigods. tl;dr Celmare shut up, you don't even give arguments for your hatepoasts.[/quote] totally agree: has anyone here experienced the money-vacuum <a title="money sink" href="http://store

Reply to New Demigod #1 Concepts in Demigod Stardock Forums

i'd like to see a rebuild button in the citadel after the building health add-on. it would be priced based on the buildings that had been destroyed and would rebuild them. it also wouldn't hurt to have it be part of a new tree that would add more towers/forts/walls to ur base. i'd also like new skill trees and a higher level cap if they make an X-pack. (regulus needs a short range multishot)