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mace wrote:
> i own a yacht wrote:
>
>
>>because it involves revealing personal information, and also because
>>mace is a jerkoff. why not ask him why he's being so obtuse in his
>>replies to me? i still don't know what all his dopey suggestions are
>>about. either english isn't his first language or he's retarded.
>
>
> Heh, well, Engklish is my third language (and far from perfect) but
> that is hardly the point at all here. The point is that your, mostly
> pointless, "criticism" of BP is quite irritating. An AMBITIOUS project
> like this, which has been made with FRACTIONS of resources compared to
> those cookie cutter BIG NAME games targetted to Joe Sixpack (like
> you?),deserves way more than that.
>

An ambitious deserves nothing if it does not deliver. Battle Cruiser
3000 was "ambitious" and was universally condemned by all and sundry.

I liked the idea of BP for a while *until* I started to read reviews
from posters here. It seems clear to me that the game is

a) Undecided as to what it is. RPG? FPS? Hybrid?
b) Unfinished.
c) Boring. Even Lewis' panty wetting outpouring failed to point anything
good about the game other than "mine shafts with boards across", a nice
UI and easy as hell driving physics. Not exactly inspiring stuff.

Having said that, there is a tendency to trash games in this NG (and I'm
not one of them I think) and I'll wait awhile longer to hear from some
posters whose opinion I might actually value.
 
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:25:00 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:

>mace wrote:
>> i own a yacht wrote:
>>
>>
>>>because it involves revealing personal information, and also because
>>>mace is a jerkoff. why not ask him why he's being so obtuse in his
>>>replies to me? i still don't know what all his dopey suggestions are
>>>about. either english isn't his first language or he's retarded.
>>
>>
>> Heh, well, Engklish is my third language (and far from perfect) but
>> that is hardly the point at all here. The point is that your, mostly
>> pointless, "criticism" of BP is quite irritating. An AMBITIOUS project
>> like this, which has been made with FRACTIONS of resources compared to
>> those cookie cutter BIG NAME games targetted to Joe Sixpack (like
>> you?),deserves way more than that.
>>
>
>An ambitious deserves nothing if it does not deliver. Battle Cruiser
>3000 was "ambitious" and was universally condemned by all and sundry.
>
>I liked the idea of BP for a while *until* I started to read reviews
>from posters here. It seems clear to me that the game is
>
>a) Undecided as to what it is. RPG? FPS? Hybrid?
>b) Unfinished.
>c) Boring. Even Lewis' panty wetting outpouring failed to point anything
>good about the game other than "mine shafts with boards across", a nice
>UI and easy as hell driving physics. Not exactly inspiring stuff.
>
>Having said that, there is a tendency to trash games in this NG (and I'm
>not one of them I think) and I'll wait awhile longer to hear from some
>posters whose opinion I might actually value.

It really is good. You should give it a try. All of the features that are in
the game actually do work. There are some gripes about its performance. It
really is a resource hog but if you have a meaty enough machine then you'll be
fine. There are some other issues with the AI path finding, evidenced by
pedestrians that will walk up to your parked car and stay there rather than
walking around it. When you get in and try to move off you kill them, or at
least knock them down, affecting you standing with the Civilians, one of the
factions in the game. Some have said it is similar to the GTA games. I would
say there is an element of truth to this but the world is much, much larger
and the missions appear to be more varied.
 
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:36:26 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
wrote:

>John Lewis wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:21:33 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>>Babbages'. Just one copy in stock in our whole local area.
>>>
>>>And, as usual, our John has the insider knowledge. Yup Surree.
>>
>>
>> You are a royal twit....
>>
>> I found it by phoning/on-line-hunting yesterday.. since I had a
>> pre-order through EB on-line which suddenly was not going anywhere.
>> EB withdrew their listing on the very day it was supposed to ship
>> (yesterday, 06/06). Fry's did not have it...
>
>Yeah sure John. LOL. You really have the finger on the pulse where
>numbers of copies are related. Why, you were even right about HL2 ending
>up in the bargain bin 2 weeks after release .... snigger.

That's funny, I don't recollect saying that... pardon my senility...
or maybe your hallucinations. It first went ON SALE about a month
after release @ $39.99 IIRC.

John Lewis
 
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:20:40 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:40:45 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action mace <mmace@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, but did you buy it or torrenting it?
>>>
>>>neither. any other questions?
>>
>> So how did you get it then?
>
>why, i bought it of course!

So why so coy? Or this another job related thing or an anonymous thing. If you
bought it and don't like it, will your retailer let you take it back and
exchange it?
 
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:27:17 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> LOL Sorry mate I left school a long time ago. Now if they had actually
>> included the MP portion of the game, which parts of it are there if you look
>> in the game.ini file there are reference to MP voice buttons etc, I might have
>> taken you up on your silly little gauntlet toss there.
>
>i thought my challenge was pretty non-aggressive. but your response is
>what i expected. is this where i'm supposed to make a bunch of
>half-assed assumptions about your character because you refused my
>challenge?
>
>> I enjoy them also but BP is a melding of that AND CRPG
>
>so? what does that have to do with how horrible the action elements of
>the game are? it is a melding, as you say. at least 50% of the game
>revolves around the action. and it blows
>
>> You can un-install your copy now since you have already stated you won't be
>> playing it more and I will keep an eye out for any more BP posts from you
>> that suggest you have gone back on your word of not playing it anymore. Mkay?
>
>it's already uninstalled. and if i see a bp thread and feel like
>commenting, i will.

Then I will feel free to ignore your comments since they won't be based on
first hand experience.
 
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Quoth The Raven "John Lewis"<john.dsl@verizon.net> in
42a6bda7.20491362@news.verizon.net
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:26:07 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action John Lewis <john.dsl@verizon.net>
>>wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:40:45 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action mace <mmace@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, but did you buy it or torrenting it?
>>>>
>>>>neither. any other questions?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I shall ask the obvious question:---
>>>
>>> How did you come by your copy of Boiling Point ?
>>
>>i'd rather not say because it relates to my job.
>>
>
> Huh ?? How come ??
>
> If you are an official reviewer, or beta-tester there is nothing
> reprehensible (or contravening a NDA) about admitting it after a game
> has been officially released ....

sound to me like he reproduces the games illegally, or he works for the
distributor/publisher and helped himself to a "broken" one

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:49:38 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:40:45 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>why, i bought it of course!
>>
>> So why so coy? Or this another job related thing or an anonymous thing. If you
>> bought it and don't like it, will your retailer let you take it back and
>> exchange it?
>
>because i didn't buy it of course! nor will i be making any kind of
>donation to the developer. but see how easily i could've avoided all
>this if i wanted to lie?

So why did you tell me in another post that you did buy it? Maybe I'm confused
but did you buy it or not? Why don't you just admit you downloaded it and have
done with it?

>all this because a guy who ranks english as his third language
>misunderstood the context of 'support.'
 
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:52:06 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Then I will feel free to ignore your comments since they won't be based on
>> first hand experience.
>
>i played it for several days and probably completed 80% of the game. but
>because i don't like it and uninstalled it i have no right to speak
>about it?

That's not what I said. What I mean is that since you are no longer a current
player your words won't carry as much weight as someone who is playing it now.

>i guess only people who leave a game installed forever are allowed to
>comment about them, or something. gosh people say some dopey things when
>they take videogame criticism personal.

You have made your comments pretty clear. You probably downloaded the game,
didn't like it, somehow managed to get 80% of the game completed in a couple
of days and presumably un-installed it. Time to move on buddy. But don't try
and make other people not like the game. You have your opinion, I have mine
and nothing you can say will make me not like it so why persist?
 
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John Lewis wrote:
>
>
> Not morally if you have not paid for it......... But go ahead anyway,
> since you have no conscience to insist that you do otherwise....
>

This coming from the man who buys mostly used games at bargain bin
prices : not one cent of which is realised by the games developers.

Laughable.
 
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:09:17 GMT, Memnoch
<memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> dared speak in front of
ME:

>On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:49:38 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:40:45 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>why, i bought it of course!
>>>
>>> So why so coy? Or this another job related thing or an anonymous thing. If you
>>> bought it and don't like it, will your retailer let you take it back and
>>> exchange it?
>>
>>because i didn't buy it of course! nor will i be making any kind of
>>donation to the developer. but see how easily i could've avoided all
>>this if i wanted to lie?
>
>So why did you tell me in another post that you did buy it?

To point out the stupidity of your question: you have no way of
verifying his honesty.

>Maybe I'm confused
>but did you buy it or not? Why don't you just admit you downloaded it and have
>done with it?

Because there are other possibilities. Some of which are even
legitimate.

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Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> once tried to test
me with:

>>i played it for several days and probably completed 80% of the game.
>>but because i don't like it and uninstalled it i have no right to
>>speak about it?
>
> That's not what I said. What I mean is that since you are no longer a
> current player your words won't carry as much weight as someone who is
> playing it now.
>

Why not?

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:27:54 -0600, Kaos <kaos@invalid.xplornet.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:09:17 GMT, Memnoch
><memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> dared speak in front of
>ME:
>
>>On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:49:38 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:40:45 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>why, i bought it of course!
>>>>
>>>> So why so coy? Or this another job related thing or an anonymous thing. If you
>>>> bought it and don't like it, will your retailer let you take it back and
>>>> exchange it?
>>>
>>>because i didn't buy it of course! nor will i be making any kind of
>>>donation to the developer. but see how easily i could've avoided all
>>>this if i wanted to lie?
>>
>>So why did you tell me in another post that you did buy it?
>
>To point out the stupidity of your question: you have no way of
>verifying his honesty.
>
>>Maybe I'm confused
>>but did you buy it or not? Why don't you just admit you downloaded it and have
>>done with it?
>
>Because there are other possibilities. Some of which are even
>legitimate.

Sorry Kaos but they are his words, not mine! He said previously when I asked
where he got it and he said "I bought it of course!" and now he says he didn't
buy it. Either way he is a liar by his own admission.
 
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:57:45 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:

>John Lewis wrote:
>>
>>
>> Not morally if you have not paid for it......... But go ahead anyway,
>> since you have no conscience to insist that you do otherwise....
>>
>
>This coming from the man who buys mostly used games at bargain bin
>prices : not one cent of which is realised by the games developers.
>
>Laughable.

Its not theft though is it. Do you also laugh at people who buy used cars
rather than new ones?
 
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On 10 Jun 2005 00:44:41 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m@gmail.com> wrote:

>Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> once tried to test
>me with:
>
>>>i played it for several days and probably completed 80% of the game.
>>>but because i don't like it and uninstalled it i have no right to
>>>speak about it?
>>
>> That's not what I said. What I mean is that since you are no longer a
>> current player your words won't carry as much weight as someone who is
>> playing it now.
>>
>
>Why not?

Because if for instance a new patch is released that makes changes to the way
the game works, his comments will no longer be based on fact. Only on what he
has previously experienced. But the fact of the matter is he just doesn't like
the game. Time to move on I think.
 
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Memnoch wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:57:45 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>John Lewis wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Not morally if you have not paid for it......... But go ahead anyway,
>>>since you have no conscience to insist that you do otherwise....
>>>
>>
>>This coming from the man who buys mostly used games at bargain bin
>>prices : not one cent of which is realised by the games developers.
>>
>>Laughable.
>
>
> Its not theft though is it. Do you also laugh at people who buy used cars
> rather than new ones?

I never said it was theft : the point was JL harping on about how the
developers dont benefit.

In addition : big difference. With a car it has a visible presence :
marketing. After sales parts & care : it keeps an industry. Used games
don't.
 
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Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> once tried to test
me with:

> On 10 Jun 2005 00:44:41 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> once tried to
>>test me with:
>>
>>>>i played it for several days and probably completed 80% of the game.
>>>>but because i don't like it and uninstalled it i have no right to
>>>>speak about it?
>>>
>>> That's not what I said. What I mean is that since you are no longer
>>> a current player your words won't carry as much weight as someone
>>> who is playing it now.
>>>
>>
>>Why not?
>
> Because if for instance a new patch is released that makes changes to
> the way the game works, his comments will no longer be based on fact.
> Only on what he has previously experienced. But the fact of the matter
> is he just doesn't like the game. Time to move on I think.

Ok well I don't see how that invalidates his opinions. That would only
invalidate something he said if it was actually addressed in a patch.

--

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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:04:20 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Because if for instance a new patch is released that makes changes to the way
>> the game works, his comments will no longer be based on fact. Only on what he
>> has previously experienced. But the fact of the matter is he just doesn't like
>> the game. Time to move on I think.
>
>time to move on? apparently i'm not the only one who's noticed you're
>the one having difficulty moving on.

Okay. I'm moving on right now.
 
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:59:20 GMT, i own a yacht <me@privacy.net> dared
speak in front of ME:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Kaos <kaos@invalid.xplornet.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:09:17 GMT, Memnoch
>> <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> dared speak in front of
>
>>>So why did you tell me in another post that you did buy it?
>>
>> To point out the stupidity of your question: you have no way of
>> verifying his honesty.
>
>ding ding ding we have a winnar! <3 kaos.

All I did was paraphrase your own words. That's not being a "winnar"
<sic,> that's just exhibiting basic reading comprehension.

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