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MollyBloom

Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Whatevs...I'm bringing Game Boy this time around. |
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Thunndarr

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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| nicholas_chiasson wrote: |
You're not a real gamer unless you know what spell does 1d6fore damage per level in a radius and allows a reflex save for half damage.  |
Hmm...not sure about the save, but my guess would be good old fireball. |
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nicholas_chiasson

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| nicholas_chiasson wrote: |
You're not a real gamer unless you know what spell does 1d6fore damage per level in a radius and allows a reflex save for half damage.  |
Hmm...not sure about the save, but my guess would be good old fireball. |
winner. you want a prize? |
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doggyji

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| Starcraft.... think of it this way. Does anybody say..."you still play Chess? That's a friggin old game!!"? It is complete yet simple enough. |
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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| Starcraft.... think of it this way. Does anybody say..."you still play Chess? That's a friggin old game!!"? It is complete yet simple enough. |
Yeah. Fair enough. Who's to say what game a person should or shouldn't play.
Can it be compared to chess? Does a game of Starcraft have million of permutations? How to win most computer games (I don't play strategy games so I really don't know) can be worked out and then just repeated. |
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Young FRANKenstein

Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| Who are consoles made by? The Japanese. That's why console gaming never got popular in Korea. Starcraft 2 won't be as popular as most people think. I asked my students if they were excited for it, they weren't. They're still going to be playing Starcraft 1. |
No they won't. Blizzard has said it will shut down the Starcraft servers soon after Starcraft 2 is launched. If Korea is going to continue playing Starcraft, they'll have to create and maintain their own servers, apart from Blizzard. |
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Night Ranger

Joined: 17 Jan 2008
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| To be fair....Starcraft is one of the greatest video games ever made. It is on every major gaming magazines top 100 games of all time...usually in either the top 10 or top 20 spot. I personally am not a huge fan of RTS games...I play them occasionally and even played some Starcraft some years back. I am not knocking Starcraft...it truly is a great game. My problem is that and a handful of other games that people have mentioned are the ONLY games that Koreans play. Just like with everyone else...they follow a herd mentality. |
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KirbyMagnus
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Has anybody played Patapon? Not since Cannon Fodder has war been this much fun.
Pata pata pata pon...
Pata pata pata pon...
Pon pon pata pon! |
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Snowmeow

Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Location: pc room
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| You beat Contra 4, you're a gamer in my books. |
Up up down down left right left right B A start? |
Missed the select button before pressing start. No unlimited lives in Contra for you
Just wait for Starcraft 2 this fall. I'd like to see what the Korean fans are like on release day. |
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JustJohn

Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Can it be compared to chess? Does a game of Starcraft have million of permutations? How to win most computer games (I don't play strategy games so I really don't know) can be worked out and then just repeated. |
Starcraft isn't turn based. It has a theoretically infinite number of paths. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm playing socker and playing with firends. I"m playing pc gamesuh teacher. |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Night Ranger wrote: |
| To be fair....Starcraft is one of the greatest video games ever made. It is on every major gaming magazines top 100 games of all time...usually in either the top 10 or top 20 spot. I personally am not a huge fan of RTS games...I play them occasionally and even played some Starcraft some years back. I am not knocking Starcraft...it truly is a great game. My problem is that and a handful of other games that people have mentioned are the ONLY games that Koreans play. Just like with everyone else...they follow a herd mentality. |
Gimme a break, that applies to near everywhere, on my college campus Halo, sport games, and Smash brothers was played religiously. Plus since many play in PC bangs, they're limited to whatever the owner puts on the pc.
Hell, the PC itself is quite a limited platform genre-wise....pretty much every major release in the past few years were either: FPS, MMORPG, and RTS. If all your friends are playing Lineage 2, are you really gonna buck the trend and leave them to play WOW alone?
I wouldn't.... |
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KirbyMagnus
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Can it be compared to chess? Does a game of Starcraft have million of permutations? How to win most computer games (I don't play strategy games so I really don't know) can be worked out and then just repeated. |
Starcraft isn't turn based. It has a theoretically infinite number of paths. |
Spam most powerful unit. Click on enemy base. Repeat ad infinatum. |
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Chillin' Villain

Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: Goo Row
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Snowmeow wrote: |
| Chillin' Villain wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| You beat Contra 4, you're a gamer in my books. |
Up up down down left right left right B A start? |
Missed the select button before pressing start. No unlimited lives in Contra for you  |
Crap! I guess that means no bad-ass jetski in Contra 4, either. ㅜㅜ
I totally get the OP about the few PC games-or-nothing mentality with the K-folk. What I don't get is the contempt a lot of em seem to show for console games. Once in a while if I bring up xbox 360 in a games conversation I'll get a smirk or "psssht" or scoff-type reaction, like I just said I enjoy playing with Barbies or something. Now if it's someone who thinks games are childish in general, fine whatever, but it's usually the biggest PC game nerds who do this. WTF? A lot of console games, especially with being online now, are just as sophisticated as most PC games, no? At least moreso than pap like Kart Rider, Sudden Attack, and that lame-ass street basketball game I always hear in the PC rooms.
(4 more days til GTA 4, bitches.) |
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Thunndarr

Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| KirbyMagnus wrote: |
| JustJohn wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Can it be compared to chess? Does a game of Starcraft have million of permutations? How to win most computer games (I don't play strategy games so I really don't know) can be worked out and then just repeated. |
Starcraft isn't turn based. It has a theoretically infinite number of paths. |
Spam most powerful unit. Click on enemy base. Repeat ad infinatum. |
Well, now that you know the secret, I expect to see you rake in the cash as a pro gamers. |
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