[quote who="4Nana" reply="7" id="2796069"]I think he was mostly pointing out that I go at a quick speed and unless you have a decent idea of what is going on in the game, the replay isn't going to be helpful on strategy [/quote] Simple: Slow down time when watching replays. It worked for the Prince of Persia series.
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="5" id="2796042"]You don't learn how to run a marathon by watching Olympic runners.[/quote] Well, a lot of athletes (particularly in team sports) spent hundreds of hours during their careers reviewing footage of themselves, competitors, and all-time great athletes. Observation is important, but it is certainly insufficient alone.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="2796025"]Imagine your job being keeping me out of trouble?[/quote] How do you control a boss who has an army of bees?
[quote who="solidsmooky" reply="14" id="2790405"]Nah i'm just kidding. Still can't alt tab and the game is still boring as hell and will be until January when they change the mechanics. Do not buy![/quote] Thank you for your contribution to the thread. Not only did you share your deep insight into the state of the game, but you did so in a mature, gracious manner. ...Did one of the Stardock honey bees sting you at some point? [e digicons]:waaaa:[/e]
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="319" id="2788038"]fanbois[/quote] Can we stop it with the name-calling? This isn't a 360 vs. PS3 thread. [e digicons]:moo:[/e]
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[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="74" id="2785866"]Yeah - I very much like the raptors. Got a great deal on them and was able to pick them up for $100 a pop at best buy, no less. The things they put on clearance sometimes... I figured in raid I'd get great performance and it should be fairly comparable to an SSD, but a cheaper setup with much more space per $. At any rate, the way the tech is going, these will be my last mechanical drives, but they are quite nimble.
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="64" id="2785250"] and that is relevant how? Enjoy your vomit. [/quote] Delicious boot times my friend.
[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="62" id="2785197"] Hard drives - 2 300 gig Veloricraptors in Raid 0. [/quote] I threw up in my mouth a bit.
I'm pretty sure that RtP development has been postponed or abandoned. I wouldn't expect anyone to use it until Stardock returns to the project.
[quote who="Saryk" reply="37" id="2783497"]Civ 5 has problems, has great reviews. But as you said is a better game at the end of the day. However I am still seeing a number of sites and new reports stating that the game has it flaws. And seeing several sites that posted 90-98 (out of 100) points on the game and then seeing 1up give it a C, gets me a tad bit confused on who or what to believe.[/quote] The reviews don't confuse me. I've learned the following: New players
[quote who="klaxton499" reply="33" id="2783434"]Melamine - I said unreasonable. You may have a valid reason to hate Steam.[/quote] I am a Steam skeptic. I use Steam regularly and I understand the appeal of the platform. However, I consider the platform flawed and I am disturbed by the disproportionate praise it receives from gamers. Refusing to buy Civ V, based on its use of Steamworks, is a valid reaction. I am a principled individual who acts on his concerns. More offe
[quote who="klaxton499" reply="30" id="2783347"]unreasonable hatred of Steam [/quote] Oh no he didn't.
[quote who="Addage" reply="248" id="2783235"]My 2 cents your milage will vary [/quote] I had to refill my tank three times while playing Civ V. Don't they care about the polar bears?
[quote who="FadedC" reply="713" id="2782561"]So I stand by my statement that you may have a strong opinion beyond what is justified.[/quote] That would be fine, if that was an objective statement. What exactly qualifies as justifiable criticism? Agreeing with you?
It appears that we suffer from a fundamental disagreement in the realm of semantics. In the interest of this thread, we should move on.
[quote who="Firbolg" reply="708" id="2782378"]An ad hominem is an attempt to discredit outside the context of the argument. Saying that someone is too old, young, uneducated, rich, poor, etc. is attempting to bring an attribute of the speaker into question that is not part of the argument.[/quote] You are hung up on "context." Any attempt to discredit an opponents character, regardless of its relation to the context of the argument, is ad hominem. There are different types of ad homin
[quote who="Firbolg" reply="706" id="2782319"] ...[/quote] To paraphrase: "Okay, so you aren't really a partisan, but I'm going to claim that you are, because I believe that you are part of an informal group, henceforth known as X." "If someone implies that you are a zealot, it's not ad hominem because it's only a subtle attack on your character. Nuance!" [quote who="Firbolg" reply="706" id="2782319"]Even if someone were to call you a crusader it wo
[quote who="Firbolg" reply="701" id="2782136"] How exactly is anything he said ad hominem? He criticized your argument as being partisan and exaggerated but did not mention or imply anything negative about you as a person. That's pretty much the dead opposite of an ad hominem attack. [/quote] Before I get to the substance of your words, let us first examine vocabulary. You use the term "partisan" to describe me (you infer that another user criticized my argument as being par
[quote who="FadedC" reply="696" id="2781661"] I realize that you are on a crusade against Steam and you may have some good points. But I feel like you just going by a knee jerk reaction to criticize every single thing about them whether it's logical or not.[/quote] Ah, the eventual descent into ad hominem. Because I, by pointing out obvious and troubling flaws, must be on an illogical crusade (in your terms). Pardon me.
Apply the parent/grandparent situation: If non-tech-savvy users are likely to get hijacked, then the system needs to accommodate them. Most credit cards have fraud protection (if your card is stolen or cardmember account hacked, you are not liable for any charges incurred, if you report the issue within 60 days or so). Valve's customer policies are inferior to those of the major banks? Ouch. Or consider this situation: If someone steals my car and then hits a pedestrian,
[quote who="FadedC" reply="688" id="2781412"]I'm inclined to agree with that policy, otherwise everyone who cheats would just claim that their account was stolen.[/quote] Valve could easily verify this by checking connection logs and such. It's a terrible policy because it puts convenience (for Valve) ahead of the customer. I'm inclined to condemn a system that assumes that its users are potential cheaters. But hey, that's old-fashioned. In a Mark Zuckerberg world, you take wh
[quote who="falconne2" reply="685" id="2781335"] All of which are much less likely than you losing a physical copy of the game, along with the dvd case containing the serial.[/quote] I disagree. I know several people who have had Steam accounts hijacked. It is a common practice and the thieves are quite clever with their phishing and hacking methods. [quote who="Rebell44" reply="686" id="2781380"] Also stolen account can easily be recovered.[/quote] </div
[quote who="Qyth" reply="203" id="2781311"] Actually, in the library games list of the steam app, you can right-click on the game in the list and go to the properties dialog, pick the updates tab, then select "Do not automatically update this game". No more automatic updates for the game.[/quote] That doesn't circumvent the compulsory updates when online, sadly. If you try to launch the application it will attempt to update and will not load until updated. The workaround is appar
[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="198" id="2781130"]If a Steamworks game is updated, you cannot choose to play the old version. You must update the game. Not 100% true. If your game is set up on offline mode it won't update until the next time you go to online mod. A small difference, yet it is there.[/quote] True, but only if you expect the update in advance and go into offline mode to avoid it. I forgot about that workaround.
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