PC Gamer gives F.E.A.R a 92%

[Andrew]

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:45:53 -0400, me@home.net wrote:

>Questions:
>1. Why do they make you connect to play SP games if they don't
>transmit information?

"They" don't make you each time, once you have authenticated and
updated Steam and the games you can run it in offline mode.

>2. Why do they not disconnect when you are done playing their games?

How do "they" know when you are done? "They" do not possess godlike
powers, despite all the credit the twat SK gives them.

>3. Why do they want us connected all the time to their network?

*sigh*, as has been discussed ad nauseam, for anti-piracy reasons.
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Quoth The Raven: jwb <jwb3333removethis@excite.com> in
lOqWe.34456$%w.18583@twister.nyc.rr.com
> <paulwilliamsonremove@removespamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:gebki1p20bgbcj8b589g1u5hkv7sd5ugpd@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:02:26 -0700, "JLC" <j.jc@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just got the latest PC Gamer in the mail today and they have a huge
>>> review of F.E.A.R in this months issue. The review is about the
>>> same size as they gave HL2 for those that had a chance to read that
>>> one. I haven't had a chance to read the whole thing yet, but from
>>> what I have read, it's sounding
>>> like it could be the next "Big One" I enjoyed the demo, and can't
>>> wait for this one to come out so we'll have something fun to talk
>>> about in this group
>>> for change. JLC
>>>
>>
>> I haven't trusted a PC Gamer review in years. I stopped subscribing
>> to their mag years ago. There is something up with them.
>
> I don't trust their reviews on big games where they get an exclusive
> or whatnot. But they are a decent enough monthly read for the price.
> Especially since they've expanded their "mods" column and list lots
> of good fan-made mods to various games, both old and new (this
> month's had a link to a Fallout 2 mod that I never knew existed).
>
> I just don't have time to be involved in each game's community to
> know what good mods are out there, so this is a big help. They also
> sometimes review a game I hadn't heard of that interests me.
>
> However, the magazine has been shrinking steadily - I suspect it will
> be no more in a few years, and they will move to an online component
> that competes with Gamespot (lotsa luck there)

our aussie mags are huge, and the advertising material is non obtrusive,
but I certainly cant say the same for pcgamer. it is so thin and every
second page is an ad, the cd is small and I never find anything in it I
hadn't read elsewhere. the UK one says nads and bollocks all the time
and all I can think of a spotty faced nerd with bad teeth in an anorak.
I stoped buying them years ago.

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me@home.net wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:29:16 +0930, GFree <neon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>steamKILLER wrote:
>>
>>
>>>valve is SPYING you!
>>
>>Bullshit. There have been several reports by security companies
>>showing/proving that Steam is not Spyware. People have run
>>packet-sniffers and verified that Steam connects to its
>>content/authorization servers and nothing else, and only the required
>>data is transmitted.
>
> Got any links?

I think one of the veterans here posted some links in a previous thread.
I have seen the links and they are conclusive proof. If you are unable
to find them youself, you'll just have to trust me.

 

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Andrew wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:45:53 -0400, me@home.net wrote:
>
>
>>Questions:
>>1. Why do they make you connect to play SP games if they don't
>>transmit information?
>
>
> "They" don't make you each time, once you have authenticated and
> updated Steam and the games you can run it in offline mode.
>
>
>>2. Why do they not disconnect when you are done playing their games?
>
>
> How do "they" know when you are done? "They" do not possess godlike
> powers, despite all the credit the twat SK gives them.
>
>
>>3. Why do they want us connected all the time to their network?
>
>
> *sigh*, as has been discussed ad nauseam, for anti-piracy reasons.

Give it up. Unfounded cynicism is part of human nature, and such people
will not accept an answer if it doesn't conform to their pre-existing
notions.

i.e. The Steam debate ended for most people ages ago. You'll get a
headache arguing with the stragglers.

 

[Andrew]

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:59:39 +0930, GFree <neon@gmail.com> wrote:

>i.e. The Steam debate ended for most people ages ago. You'll get a
>headache arguing with the stragglers.

You are the one who defies logic and keeps arguing pointlessly with SK
while the rest of us try to ignore the twat.
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me@home.net wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:29:16 +0930, GFree <neon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>steamKILLER wrote:
>>
>>
>>>valve is SPYING you!
>>
>>Bullshit. There have been several reports by security companies
>>showing/proving that Steam is not Spyware. People have run
>>packet-sniffers and verified that Steam connects to its
>>content/authorization servers and nothing else, and only the required
>>data is transmitted.
>
> Got any links?

I have some in my browser history it would seem:

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/steam/
http://www.auditmypc.com/process/steam.asp
http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/steam/

Of course, I except you'll ignore the conclusions presented in the
links, given that they don't match your prejudices against Steam.

 

[Andrew]

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:35:57 +1000, Nostromo
<nostromo@spamfree.net.au> wrote:

>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone responds to
>smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for 90 days. I
>strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the list in a separate
>thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating the figures, say weekly,
>or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone & everyone who replies to him
>with a count (+ a final warning at 2 posts), that would be great.

Sounds good to me, I had been toying with a similar idea for my own
killfile, although 90 days may be a bit OTT. It is just a shame that
SK and his pro and anti accomplices push the requirements for
killfiles a lot further than current Usenet clients can accommodate.
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[shawk]

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"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:35:57 +1000, Nostromo
> <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> wrote:
>
>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone responds
>>to
>>smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for 90 days. I
>>strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the list in a
>>separate
>>thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating the figures, say
>>weekly,
>>or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone & everyone who replies to
>>him
>>with a count (+ a final warning at 2 posts), that would be great.
>
> Sounds good to me, I had been toying with a similar idea for my own
> killfile, although 90 days may be a bit OTT. It is just a shame that
> SK and his pro and anti accomplices push the requirements for
> killfiles a lot further than current Usenet clients can accommodate.


OK - I'm bored with him so I'm up for it...

KF'd for a week or two is more than enough tho' - don't want to be driving
regs away for the sake of that arsehole.

 

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Thusly Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> Spake Unto All:

>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!

Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.

 

[ME]

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:46:50 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
<mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Thusly Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> Spake Unto All:
>
>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!
>
>Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
>sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.
>
You gives a F%@k who you filter.

 

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Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> once tried to test me with:

> Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone
> responds to smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for
> 90 days. I strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the
> list in a separate thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating
> the figures, say weekly, or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone
> & everyone who replies to him with a count (+ a final warning at 2
> posts), that would be great.

If everyone else goes along with it, why not. He's boring now. Broken
record, blah blah blah. It was fun to taunt him but the fun has worn off.

--

Knight37 - http://knightgames.blogspot.com

Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer.

 

[Jab]

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Knight37 wrote:
> Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> once tried to test me with:
>
>
>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone
>>responds to smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for
>>90 days. I strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the
>>list in a separate thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating
>>the figures, say weekly, or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone
>>& everyone who replies to him with a count (+ a final warning at 2
>>posts), that would be great.
>
>
> If everyone else goes along with it, why not. He's boring now. Broken
> record, blah blah blah. It was fun to taunt him but the fun has worn off.
>

Shouldn't you therefore have a rule that says you can only taunt him for
so many times over a defined period? It seems a bit unfair that now the
regulars have had their fun no one else gets to have some

 

[shawk]

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<me@home.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:46:50 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
> <mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Thusly Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> Spake Unto All:
>>
>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!
>>
>>Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
>>sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.
>>
> You gives a F%@k who you filter.
>

I don't imagine anyone gives a F%@k as you put it - I wouldn't normally give
a $hit who KF's me. I wouldn't want to get KF'd by everyone though -
wouldn't enjoy talking to myself.

SK tends to bollox up many threads with inane rambling and ranting. He's
stopped being entertaining and has become insulting. If you have a better
idea for reducing the effects he has on all those threads then I for one am
all ears?

 

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Thusly me@home.net Spake Unto All:

>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!
>>
>>Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
>>sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.
>>
>You gives a F%@k who you filter.

I do.

*plonk*

 

[nostromo]

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Thus spake "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses>, Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:16:09
+0100, Anno Domini:

>
>"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
>news:rdimi1h659d8422kcphi9ah67tm22ffh4p@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:35:57 +1000, Nostromo
>> <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone responds
>>>to
>>>smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for 90 days. I
>>>strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the list in a
>>>separate
>>>thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating the figures, say
>>>weekly,
>>>or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone & everyone who replies to
>>>him
>>>with a count (+ a final warning at 2 posts), that would be great.
>>
>> Sounds good to me, I had been toying with a similar idea for my own
>> killfile, although 90 days may be a bit OTT. It is just a shame that
>> SK and his pro and anti accomplices push the requirements for
>> killfiles a lot further than current Usenet clients can accommodate.
>
>
>OK - I'm bored with him so I'm up for it...
>
>KF'd for a week or two is more than enough tho' - don't want to be driving
>regs away for the sake of that arsehole.
>
>

Fair enough - each person can decide how long for. I'm just gonna post the
weekly stats. Each person can decide how many strikes is out for themselves
as well .

Once even the regs realise noone else is reading or responding to their
posts because of ShitEATER, the STN ratio here should pickup pretty quick

--
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:02:10 +1000, Nostromo wrote:

> Once even the regs realise noone else is reading or responding to their
> posts because of ShitEATER, the STN ratio here should pickup pretty quick

This is your second post in this thread, so that's your second strike.

M.

 

[nostromo]

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Thus spake me@home.net, Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:07:25 -0400, Anno Domini:

>On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:46:50 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
><mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Thusly Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> Spake Unto All:
>>
>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!
>>
>>Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
>>sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.
>>
>You gives a F%@k who you filter.

We'll start with you, SteamLICKER! >8^P

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[nostromo]

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Thus spake JAB <nochance@nohope.com>, Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:31:37 GMT, Anno
Domini:

>Knight37 wrote:
>> Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> once tried to test me with:
>>
>>
>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone
>>>responds to smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for
>>>90 days. I strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the
>>>list in a separate thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating
>>>the figures, say weekly, or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone
>>>& everyone who replies to him with a count (+ a final warning at 2
>>>posts), that would be great.
>>
>>
>> If everyone else goes along with it, why not. He's boring now. Broken
>> record, blah blah blah. It was fun to taunt him but the fun has worn off.
>>
>
>Shouldn't you therefore have a rule that says you can only taunt him for
>so many times over a defined period? It seems a bit unfair that now the
>regulars have had their fun no one else gets to have some

Hey, I'm just makin a suggestion & postin the stats - not the rules!
Each half sane person can decide for themselves if they want this trollsmeg
to continue to hijack our gaming groups, along with those who encourage him.
Don't shoot the messenger!

--
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[Jab]

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Nostromo wrote:
> Thus spake JAB <nochance@nohope.com>, Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:31:37 GMT, Anno
> Domini:
>
>
>>Knight37 wrote:
>>
>>>Nostromo <nostromo@spamfree.net.au> once tried to test me with:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT! I'm keepin count - anyone
>>>>responds to smegboy 3 times goes on the shitlist & gets killfiled for
>>>>90 days. I strongly suggest everyone else does this. Let's start the
>>>>list in a separate thread - if someone knows a quick way of collating
>>>>the figures, say weekly, or better yet, auto-posting a reply to anyone
>>>>& everyone who replies to him with a count (+ a final warning at 2
>>>>posts), that would be great.
>>>
>>>
>>>If everyone else goes along with it, why not. He's boring now. Broken
>>>record, blah blah blah. It was fun to taunt him but the fun has worn off.
>>>
>>
>>Shouldn't you therefore have a rule that says you can only taunt him for
>>so many times over a defined period? It seems a bit unfair that now the
>>regulars have had their fun no one else gets to have some
>
>
> Hey, I'm just makin a suggestion & postin the stats - not the rules!
> Each half sane person can decide for themselves if they want this trollsmeg
> to continue to hijack our gaming groups, along with those who encourage him.
> Don't shoot the messenger!
>

Honestly I don't know why the 'regulars' don't just ignore the little
twat. I don't tend to use a killfile but if that's what it takes then
all the better.

To get back on topic - the demo for F.E.A.R is bloody good just don't
know whether the whole game can keep up the atmoshpere. Haven't been
this 'scared' playing a game since HL1. Doom3 was far to predictable but
I've got high hopes for this one.

What about BIA: Earned in Blood? I really liked the first one (I think I
may be in a minority here) but they seem to now be releasing what it
should have been i.e. improved A.I., dynamic battles etc.

 

[shawk]

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"JAB" <nochance@nohope.com> wrote in message
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>
> To get back on topic - the demo for F.E.A.R is bloody good just don't know
> whether the whole game can keep up the atmoshpere. Haven't been this
> 'scared' playing a game since HL1. Doom3 was far to predictable but I've
> got high hopes for this one.

I enjoyed it - I'll be buying it when it comes out.

> What about BIA: Earned in Blood? I really liked the first one (I think I
> may be in a minority here) but they seem to now be releasing what it
> should have been i.e. improved A.I., dynamic battles etc.

I like the first one - fired it up again last night cos I still haven't
finished it. Haven't seen much on BIA: Earned in Blood so I'll be looking
at that next - thanks for the heads up.

 

[Jab]

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Shawk wrote:
> "JAB" <nochance@nohope.com> wrote in message
> news:SHRWe.5801$ws4.3399@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>
>>To get back on topic - the demo for F.E.A.R is bloody good just don't know
>>whether the whole game can keep up the atmoshpere. Haven't been this
>>'scared' playing a game since HL1. Doom3 was far to predictable but I've
>>got high hopes for this one.
>
>
> I enjoyed it - I'll be buying it when it comes out.
>
>
>>What about BIA: Earned in Blood? I really liked the first one (I think I
>>may be in a minority here) but they seem to now be releasing what it
>>should have been i.e. improved A.I., dynamic battles etc.
>
>
> I like the first one - fired it up again last night cos I still haven't
> finished it. Haven't seen much on BIA: Earned in Blood so I'll be looking
> at that next - thanks for the heads up.
>
>

There's an 'in play' demo from E3 2005 at

www.gamespot.com/pc/action/brothersinarmsnewchapter/media.html

 

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:49:54 +0200, Michael Vondung
<mvondung@gmail.com> dared speak in front of ME:

>On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:02:10 +1000, Nostromo wrote:
>
>> Once even the regs realise noone else is reading or responding to their
>> posts because of ShitEATER, the STN ratio here should pickup pretty quick
>
>This is your second post in this thread, so that's your second strike.

He didn't quote SK, so it's more of a foul tip
--
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out
the conservative adopts them.
Samuel Clemens, "Notebook," 1935

 

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PC Gamer has a reputation for giving out hype reviews in exchange for
exclusive first-publish rights.

 

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Tecknomage wrote:

> SteamKiller, my sentiments _exactly_! You and I see eye-to-eye
> on PC gaming.

thanks Tecknomage!
thank you very much for your support and we are not alone

and i'm sorry if you had to be insulted just cause you don't
like steam and console ports

its so sad seeing some in this group uncapable of accepting
pc gamers with different tastes, opinions and systems
a part of this group functions very much like a mob, and this
specific steam mob wants to impose over all others there own
way which is not surprising cause they defend a dictatorship
system called steam
if they could the steam mob would silence everyone questioning
valve and steam
again thanks Tecknomage and please stay in this group and don't
feel intimidated by the bulling the steam mod does
please actively participate and share your opinion with us all
i've been insulted by all them since day one but i've managed
to keep posting and be true to myself

i didn't reply the day you wrote and i read your post but it
seams they changed this thread completely and what was suppose
to be something dealing with what will be 2005 game of the year
to another plan to try and silence me and condition the freedom
of speech this group and all usenet has
this thread was only about a very sincere praise to f.e.a.r. so
lets keep it this way
yesterday i read f.e.a.r. turn "gold", yes!
so lets make f.e.a.r. a fabulous success and at least surpass
the 1 million units sold in the first month
f.e.a.r. rocks!
long live pc game titles like f.e.a.r.!
down with censorship, dictatorship and STEAM!

--
post made in a steam-free computer
i said "NO" to valve and steam

 

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:10:09 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
<mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Thusly me@home.net Spake Unto All:
>
>>>>Ok, new policy - 3 strikes & yer OUT!
>>>
>>>Fairynuff. 30 days timeout to anyone who replies to
>>>sayNO2steam/Terry/difool/steamKILLER. I'm in.
>>>
>>You gives a F%@k who you filter.
>
>I do.
>
>*plonk*
What will I do now ?
>
>