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Reply to Faith in God in Religion JoeUser Forums

I am not overly religious, but I have faith, and I believe in god. I don't go to Church, i'm not of any regular "Religion" as they are known, nor do I preach the word of god to anyone. My faith is inside, personal, and is a important part of my life. But with that being said, I don't consider myself religious in the sense that people define it nowadays. You won't find crosses all over my house, nor will you find me talking about God to anyone..

Political Machine keeps on giving.. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

New Page 1 Even before I worked at Stardock, I loved Stardock games.. I have a very short list of games I keep around and play, but one game that keeps coming back for more arou

Reply to MMORPG's falling flat for me. in MMORPG JoeUser Forums

The game you refer to is called "Realms of Krel: Mourning", I'm beta testing that as well, but its far from release ready at this time.. If it holds out, then that could be the one.. Wish, Krel, and Dark and Light are my last hopes for the MMORPG genre. If none of those pans out, then i'm done with the genre for a long time. Its really sad that EA bought Origin, and canned UO2, that game woulda been incredible. As for Eve-Online, great game

Reply to Pirates! Misses the boat, and Sid Meier walks the plank! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

That was a poor design decision.. I mean, who wants to start a campaign, then have to quit it, and restart another to pick a difficulty level? Thats just dumb, and once again, shows they think are too stupid to make our own decisions?

Reply to Definition of success in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Damn, I guess by the definition of success, i've been a successful person for the majority of my life. I have a great wife, two great kids, a nice house (thats mostly paid off) in the most desirable area to live in Michigan (according to the newspapers), and we both have successful careers. We do what we want, when we want to, and buy things that we want. However, I will say, even with our success, we both find it exciting to "Get deals" o

Pirates! Misses the boat, and Sid Meier walks the plank! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

New Page 1 One of my all-time favorite games, is without a doubt, the original "Pirates!" by Sid Meier. I'd venture a guess, this game is on the top 10 best games list of every

Reply to MMORPG's falling flat for me. in MMORPG JoeUser Forums

That is EXACTLY what happened - and it happened to Meridian59 as well.. The result? Both games virtually died overnight because of the changes some beancounter decided to have made to them. Asheron's Call the first couple years, was pure gaming bliss, as was Meridian59... Then 3DO took over Meridian59, hired a bunch of unskilled people, and released patches that took away the freedoms of the players, and added contrived "Rules" to the world.. Boy

Reply to "Christmas" - why do we celebrate it like we do? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Somehow, when I saw this topic, I knew it would ultimately degrade into a anti-jesus/anti-religion thread - which it already has apparently. I'm ascribed to the view that different people believe in god in their own ways, and religion isn't always a requirement to have belief and faith. However, I also acknowledge that our country was founded by people of deep faith, and to neglect that for fear of offending secular people is rediculous - its negle

MMORPG's falling flat for me. in MMORPG JoeUser Forums

Tonight I was reflecting on the problems with the current MMORPGs, and why I’m not happy with them.. World of Warcraft(WoW) is a good game, in the traditional sense of MMOs, its probably the best “Standard Template” MMO out there. But that doesn’t mean it’s free of issues, or filled with vision…One of the biggest problems I see with WoW(and traditional MMOs), is th

Reply to Video tour of the new WinCustomize 2K5 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Err, wheres the video?

Reply to Don't punch your boss! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Its happened again, as I told you, the league will now crack down big. Link The fans are in charge, and the owners and league are making this very clear.. Millionaire players with bad attitudes better shape up, or ship out!

Reply to Ack! Having one of those days! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I had a day almost exactly like this, it was last monday. *NOTHING* went right that day, nothing at all.. The trouble started early in the morning, from something simple, like me spilling my breakfast on my shirt, then escalated when I found out someone was using my dads cellphone for 15 hours of calls a week, despite him dying in October... Then a fight with my now former mortgage broker, about why I have to pay PMI on a new house i'm considering,

Reply to World of Warcraft: Uther Guild in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'd join, but I PvP, and this is a PvE server. 8-( Currently, my clan is on Shattered Hand, my name there is "Padlock". If anyone joins that server, type /join dhl to join our chat group.

Reply to WoW or Everquest 2? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

WoW is a better game. To me, EQ2 feels like a very very entry level MMO for newer gamers - or "MMO-Lite" if you will.. I agree about the graphics in EQ2. I have a very high end machine, and found the graphics in EQ2 to be very unattractive, they are a mixed bag, like they tried to do too much with them, and ended up doing nothing. Worse, they mixed graphical techniques with ones that just don't look right.. Its like they saw GuildWars, like

Don't punch your boss! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I'm sure everyone is aware of the major brawl that happened at an NBA game here in Michigan last week. Not only has it been big local news, but its been hitting the press and airwaves nationally and worldwide as well. Its been the talk of the sports community, and much to the dismay of the NBA, has been used by people dislike sports to point out that sports breed th

Reply to So I got an XBox in Console Games JoeUser Forums

I agree, overall the Xbox isn't very good. I had an Xbox when they were first released, and all I played was Halo, everything else was pretty bad. When I got bored of Halo, I sold the Xbox and Halo.. Then a little over a year ago, a friend convinced me that "Xbox is great now!", so I purchased another one. That lasted for 4 months, it wasn't great, it was like playing a bunch of PC wannabe games with a bad controller. So I sold it. <B

Reply to My New Half Life 2 computer in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Awesome box for that price!!! Ffor regular joes Dell you pay a big premium, and for what I am still trying to figure out! I build my own machines for the following reasons: 1) More bang for the buck - money goes way farther doing this. 2) Better components, and hand picked components - XYZ brand ram IS NOT the same as CorsairXMS matched pairs. 3) I like to install my own OS, without all of the preinstalled stuff Dell s

Reply to Copy protection blues.. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'd advise that you return dud games rather than selling them on. If you simply sell the game on then the distributors/makers won't care... they got your money anyway. But if they start seeing people buy their game and then return them the same day then the shops will get pissed as it costs them to restock etc. The retailer w

Copy protection blues.. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I've really had it with copy protection. As a gamer that BUYS his games, i'm incredibly inconvenienced with horribly obnoxious copy protection to the point I don't even feel like buying games anymore! They should start putting the type of copy protection on the outside of boxes, so I can make my buying decision with this method. Consider that I have two chil

Reply to UAW and Detroit Diesel in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Karma, I agree, unions outlived their usefulness YEARS ago.. They were created out of the disasterous working conditions in the 30's and 40's. When workers were grossly underpaid, management was abusive, and working conditions were absolutely abysmal! So whats the excuse now? There is none, and unions need to go away. I know a guy that makes $75,000.00 a year putting seat covers on Mustangs, he has a 10th grade education, and has trouble with basic spelling and math. Hes not an excep

Reply to Bush haters motivated Bush voters in Politics JoeUser Forums

Kerrys problem was obvious I think to everyone, he just didn't know what he actually believed himself, and in fact, probably took a "Poll" at home before taking his kids to the movie. Its unfathomable to me that the democratic party could actually nominate such a character, when theres consistant and moderate people amoung their party like Liberman, who probably would have stood a good chance of actually winning. But hey, no skin off my back. But I do agree with the premise of this ar

Reply to Konfabulator for Windows - Everything old is new again! in Skinning JoeUser Forums

Mac people are arrogant snobs and have convinced much of the planet, that despite their 1% marketshare, everything they do is better and smarter.. Its funny though, everything i've seen from MAC try to make it in the PC market gets HAMMERED, and I expect nothing less from this application to be honest. Perhaps Stardock will have a PR person soon to increase its exposure?

Reply to Brad's election prediction in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting, Political Machine is a great game, but a great tool for election predictions? We'll see tomorrow!