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Messages - Grakelin

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Other Games / Re: Crusader Kings 2 is released.
« on: February 27, 2012, 11:23:44 pm »
For a period of about 8 years, my King of Ireland (who is Dutch) decided to be a Sunni Muslim just before he was able to offer vassalization to a bunch of neutral states caught in a French Civil War. Eight years later, the crisis ended when he realized "Wait, I'm not a Muslim", but by then the Holy Roman Empire had landed in Saxony and it was too late.

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Other Games / Re: Your favourite Video game Towns
« on: February 27, 2012, 11:21:00 pm »
The village in Harvest Moon I.

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Other Games / Re: Automation - A Car Company Tycoon Game
« on: February 23, 2012, 12:24:04 am »
Yo, has anybody made a bailout joke yet?

Okay, here we go: Is it possible to become such an important part of my home nation's economy that I can effectively stop trying to turn a profit for a while and force the government to bail me out?

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Other Games / Re: Crusader Kings 2 is released.
« on: February 23, 2012, 12:14:11 am »
Was doing really well in Ireland until my son sabotaged the dynasty by imprisoning his younger brother in a civil war and then forming a Republic so he could no longer inherit.

Like, what the hell.

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General Discussion / Re: Dolphins as Non-Human Persons; or Viva la Cetalucean!
« on: February 23, 2012, 12:03:54 am »
The minute we give dolphins equal rights is the minute they take advantage and annex our civilization.

Don't be a stepping stone for limbless beings.

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General Discussion / Re: Richard Nixon
« on: February 23, 2012, 12:02:02 am »
"Talked down" from blackmail? They weren't trying to wiretap the place because they enjoyed the silky smooth baritone of a Democratic voice.

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Other Games / Re: Starcraft II
« on: February 23, 2012, 12:00:02 am »
Price isn't going down any time soon. It's arguably worth the price when compared to other games of similar cash value. If you don't want to risk it, you could always try-before-buy, but you'd miss the multiplayer, which is the selling point.

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General Discussion / Re: Documentary on Dwarf Fortress?
« on: February 21, 2012, 05:48:27 pm »
Quote from: Azkanan on February 21, 2012, 05:35:38 pm
How the hell can you make a film about a guy programming and drawing concept? It's ridiculous. Let's make a film about playing pong next, hurr.

You can make a film documentary about any form of labour. The process of creating work in other forms media isn't actually all that much more entertaining than computer programming. You just spend more time staring at attractive people when you're doing films than you do when you're making an indie game.

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Other Games / Re: Spacestation 13 *New Topic*
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:45:00 pm »
More than one BS12 admins are younger than 17.

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Other Games / Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« on: February 16, 2012, 11:27:06 pm »
I always assumed draining the Eye meant the dude was going to be ALL POWERFUL, or that it would explode.

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General Discussion / Re: Richard Nixon
« on: February 15, 2012, 06:17:57 pm »
Villified? That man definitely deserved to be called a crook.

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Other Games / Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« on: February 09, 2012, 09:44:25 pm »
Quote from: Ultimuh on February 09, 2012, 02:07:00 pm
Quote from: Leatra on February 09, 2012, 12:24:22 pm
Anybody still remember the horse armor DLC for Oblivion?

Eh.. don't remind me..

..

At least I got it and some other DLCs together with Knights Of The Nine.
It dosn't feel as bad then.

..

Altough the feeling is but an illusion.  :P

When I saw E3 on TV, the host said to the developer:

"Hey, I notice that horse doesn't have any armour."

And there was an awkward moment.

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General Discussion / Re: Ubisoft Uses Signiant for its Managed File Transfer
« on: February 07, 2012, 09:41:32 pm »
Exactly the same way it works on a business connection. It just wouldn't be able to go as fast, obviously, because the home connection is physically lesser than the business one. It's just software.

This Danish guy has one with a free web-based version that I like for personal uses. I don't think it has the speed, but I find it easier than using MegaUpload (especially now hurr hurr hurr), since it sends a DL link right to the recipient's inbox, then tells you when they've downloaded it.

The ability to see when the person has downloaded the file has been used by online merchants to catch people who try to chargeback scam, because it gives a receipt that proves the person actually did, in fact, get their product, and that no bugs have occurred.

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General Discussion / Re: Ubisoft Uses Signiant for its Managed File Transfer
« on: February 07, 2012, 09:30:13 pm »
The way I see it, and the reason this is the story that made me mention it (EA also uses an MFT server), Ubisoft is benefiting because their company is so decentralized. If they need to send something from France to Canada, it will take a lot longer over FTP than it will using MFT.

It actually would work for the home consumer, but it's only sold at the enterprise level at the moment, so it is prohibitively expensive. While speeds obviously wouldn't be as fast as the office, the acceleration would still apply to a home connection. Ubisoft could send the data to your house far more quickly than they could before.

This would actually synergize with the DRM model they have where they make you download the game while you play.

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General Discussion / Re: Ubisoft Uses Signiant for its Managed File Transfer
« on: February 07, 2012, 09:21:44 pm »
You must not have read my first post, Akylon. Did you know that businesses make video games?

Excuse me a moment while I go get the documentation. MFT isn't actually new. It's been tested and observed.

Greg Pettit sums up some of MFT's benefits and how it does what it is doing on the FileCatalyst blog:

http://www.filecatalyst.com/what-problems-are-we-solving/

He's one of my favourite tech marketers, even though his company got caught using puppet accounts to review the product back in '09.

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