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Embrace the Love
by Steve Gibson, Mar 26, 2002 12:18pm PSTOk, as it's only fair and because things are just so exciting today, now it seems appropriate to share today all the things you love about the latest trends in the industry as compared to things you hate. I know you can do it, everyone loves something in the gaming industry, that's why we're all here together! I'll start again:
- The proliferation of multiplayer as a market of its own, no longer an afterthought of most developers - I love the technology curve. Almost everything keeps getting cheaper and faster - Keeps growing! More gamers, more choices, more diversity - A few developers still get "in the trenches" and associate with their fans. Unlike other industriesSo what do you love? Keep in mind, the focus is on the gaming/tech industry. You leave the topic your comment will be marked as such, check out your filters.
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So we gamers really reap the benefits of having multiple systems. Each company will try to sell their wares to us and the result is great games coming from all directions in the next year.
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1. Several of us over at Tech-report.com irc were discussing HalfLife. I remarked that it was based on the Quake 1 engine. There was a virtual riot over this. They all thought it was the Quake 2 engine. I emailed Gabe Newell at Valve and HE ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION. That may seem minor, but can you imagine getting an answer back from Bill Gates about MS Office?
2. I love the fact that if I have a problem with my computer, there are countless websites where I can find an answer. One simple Google search and I can find tons of people with similar problems and the steps they used to fix it. I haven't had to contact a tech support line in years.
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/doh!
:)
* this post delayed DNF by 2.1 minutes.
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I rrrrepresent.
I'm keeping it rrreal.
w3rd.
lol
Cliff
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I love the stability of most games now.
I love genuine inovation.....with a weighty plot.(Friends and I really had a blast with Max Payne).
I love highly interactive environments involving no fogging (Operation Flashpoint).
I love games.
I love the community.
Okay, some people hate it for the whiners, but the fact is I might not be playing CS if not for that. When you have a group of friends on a server nothin beats hearing them yell, curse, swear and bark orders like a brit :)
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-competition seems to be coming back to a lot of markets lately (namely CPU's, Consoles, Graphics Cards, OS's (hey...there's actually some UNIX distributions that might be worth using at home) )
-Games crash a lot less than they used to
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Who had to realize that none of thier games would ever make any money but they did it anyway.
Warren Spector & Ion Storm for continuing to do the same.
My fat pipe DSL- provided by the ILEC for $50/month.
CPMA- mod just owns
RA3-mod has lots of players who should be playing cpma but still way fun.
AMD Cpu - finally some ownage cpu's to compete with intel, it's nice not to spend $300 for a "decent" processor.
Home gateway\router- is it way cool to have 4 100mb switched ports of love and your fat pipe shared for the whole family for $90! or is it just me?
Windows 2000/XP- Dealing with NT4 for the last few years has made this OS a godsend at work.
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/ V
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-Industry Standardization (back in the old days, it was a fucking mess!)
-Plug and Play (when it works)
-nVidia's Drivers
-The way different parts of my LianLi case ALWAYS fit together PERFECTLY.
-That ABIT is finally ditching serial and ps2 connections
-That M$ released at least one good OS (Win2k) *before they made a terrible one based on the same technology. (Win XP)
-The new line of Maxtor harddrives that are REALLY quiet.
-That the death of Napster spawned the birth of 100s others.
-That the RIAA is dying the slow and horrible death that they diserve.
-How cheap computer parts are.
-That AMD is finally releasing processors that blow the doors off, and that I predicted it back in 94 when I had an AMD 486DX4 120mhz that my friends made fun of. (Though it was faster than the less expensive P120 ).
-That SEGA still makes awsome games.
-That Maarten is still sexxxy!
And my Klipsch Promedia speakers :)
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GTA3 =) Everything I loved about the console version with higher res, more memory, more control options and multiplayer experience. I'm fucking excited as hell.
The SledgeHammer gives me a stiffy.
- Wireless keyboard and mice
- Affordable 21" monitors with a decent refresh rate
- CD-Rs
- MP3s with at least a 192 bitrate
- A fantastic mod community that always manages to throw something interesting out there every couple of weeks. The mods may not always work, but they are damn interesting!
- The rise of DVDs as the dominant home entertainment delivery system
- The increase in the "Special Editions" found when I look at the DVD rack
- DVD sales @ Wal-Mart
- www.shacknews.com
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