Recent content by Andrew

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) On 29 Sep 2005 12:36:07 -0700, "s" <ymailus@yahoo.com> wrote: >is it just to save you the hassle from downloading everything via steam >again? Yes. >i always thought that all you need is to remember your steam account >login and you can...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:24:07 +0100, "Steve Wade" <steve@destry.demon.co.uk> wrote: >So basically I should check that any card I consider runs Direct-X 9. The GF FX cards run DX9, but not at a speed that is worthwhile, which is why HL2...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:04:08 +0100, "Steve Wade" <steve@destry.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Is there a natural choice between the two? Easily the 9800 Pro as it can play the game well in DX9 mode, whereas the 5700 runs in DX8 and loses eye candy...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:01:50 +0200, "R.V. Gronoff" <regis.gronoff@saddamifrance.com> wrote: >If you can put your hands on the return South Africa vs. New Zealand >Tri-Nation match of last month, you'll understand what I'm talking...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (More info?) On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:00:17 +0800, "blue" <blue@blue.com> wrote: >(boy, this is fun) For you maybe. *plonk* -- Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:41:47 +0200, "R.V. Gronoff" <regis.gronoff@saddamifrance.com> wrote: >> Which is why it's a great sport, intelligent gameplay mixed with great >> athleticism and violence. What's not to like? > >The lack of...

Archived from groups: alt.games.unreal.tournament2003 (More info?) On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:45:25 -0700, "goPostal" <none@this.net> wrote: >Anyone play BF2 now? Yup, UT2004 is a distant memory now :-) -- Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:38:30 +0200, "R.V. Gronoff" <regis.gronoff@saddamifrance.com> wrote: >US football is not a sport at all. *yawn* > It's chess played with armoured pawns >on a rugby field. Which is why it's a great sport...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (More info?) On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:47:34 +0100, "DustJunky" <me@privacy.net> wrote: >On some very old mini systems the command is pingpong From the guy who wrote it: http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html -- Andrew, contact via...

Archived from groups: alt.games.unreal.tournament2003 (More info?) On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:18:41 +0100, "Ben Brammah" <ben.brammah@hotmail.com> ignored the umpteen test newsgroups and wasted everyones time with: >ignore okay, *plonk* -- Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (More info?) On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:43:57 +0100, "DustJunky" <me@privacy.net> wrote: >Yes remember that ping is short for ping pong, the term used by early system >developers to indicate a packet being sent then returned. I believe the...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic (More info?) On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:13:27 +0200, Michael Vondung <mvondung@gmail.com> wrote: >An exception list...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic (More info?) On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:51:38 +1000, wyzwyz <wyzwyz@wyz.wyz> wrote: >And another thing, Adblock has no...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 08:56:17 +0100, "Paul Catley" <paul.notreallymyaddress@hotmail.com> wrote: >Details seem pretty sketchy, but I presume it is to DOD what CS:S was to CS, >i.e. a graphical makeover with the game remaining the same...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:15:25 +0200, "R.V. Gronoff" <regis.gronoff@saddamifrance.com> thought he would demonstrate how completely clueless he is in a public forum with this: >OT, but have you ever wondered why nobody outside of the...