just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.
it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.
decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?
Just to add:
Looks like this Tuesday or some time next week, AA:R is supposed to add another module that adds the ranger school (and whichever weapons that adds) in addition to a swamp map among other things.
Should be pretty neat.
BTW, anyone here have any comments on Operation Flashpoint? I'm curious how it compares.
ok...3 days ago, i found out that i was going to be a father!!
good new right?
well then she says that she is considering having an abortion...which i am totally against....so we discussed it...then she started to think that she might have the child....so she talked it over with her twin sister...and she told her to get the abortion...now she says she wants the abortion...now i am upset...not onlly does she want the abortion...but she wants me to pay for the entire thing...so not only am i going to be terminating a developing life...but i have to pay for it????
which is generally before a mother ever knows she is pregnant. I don't see how this can be include in a discussion about a parent's decision on abortion. That 50% is obviously never in need of an abortion
I don't even understand what you are saying here. How does the mother knowing she is pregnant or not change the fact that a conceived fetus dies?
Either it does or it doesn't? Says who? How about either it does, or it doesn't, or we'll never know. You are looking for an answer to an unanswerable question to justify the abortion of life.
No, I'm drawing a parallel. Unless you are an absolute atheist, you must believe some higher power had SOMETHING to do with the presence of humanity in its current form, and is thus at least partially responsible for our reproduction and, specifically, the soul and afterlife.
My point was that, if the 'soul' is granted at conception, then we are designed remarkably poorly, since 60-76% of all souls die before even being born.
I maintain that this is ridiculous, no 'god' would grant a soul at the point in a being's development when there was still an 60-76% chance of dying before being born! Would it not be more logical to conclude this does not happen until later - say, the 24th week. The point where we DO start seing brain waves. And at which point a fetus that survived that long has something like a 95% chance of being born?
Since that answer is not available it is no excuse for aborting life.
I'm sorry, this is just too much. 'If it doesn't make sense, you must acquit'?!?
And brain waves have nothing to do with a soul.
Mind suggesting what you think DOES, then? Keeping in mind my above comments.
just curious.
i know we have a few gamers on the board.
any thoughts on neverwinter nights?.
Actually, interesting you resurrected this thread...I've since played MUCH more Morrowind. I also picked up a (shhh) warez copy of NWN to see if I could get into it enough to fork over the cash.
So...I'll comment on your comments to my comment:
the game world is huge but very lifeless
That still seems a little true. There are touches, though. Once you get along some on the main quest, events start happening in the game world. Also, if you advance in the great houses you can build your own little town - a fortified compound. You can actually change the game world quite a bit. And, of course, NPCs do react to you - quite a bit once you start on the main quest, but even to a lesser extent depending on your level of criminal activity.
I was a little disappointed the first time I saw them milling around in the street at 3am at the same spot they were earlier
This is the only thing that really damages the immersion in it. The developers, apparently, experimented with having NPCs actually having legit daily activities (and you can even see part of that in one of the bosmer's activities in Seyda Neen). They decided against it because it just made the game so much harder. You ended up not only having to know WHO to talk to at a given moment, but then you had to FIND them using time sensitive information.
So, they decided, it was a LOT harder to write into the game, made the game harder, and didn't really add anything - so it was scrapped - for this game.
In NWN it isn't much different. This is not a game where the NPCs go on about their lives
I did notice that.
only that I got bored with MW and stopped playing, I finished NWN
Well, I've finished neither so far, but uninstalled NWN. I guess I liked the freedom Morrowind offers - that in NWN, once you leave an 'area' you can't always get back...was a little irritating. The game was just TOO linear. It's like, it acts like a roleplaying game (in which you could play any role and play the game as you will)...but it isn't really - there is only ONE way through the game.
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here...since so many don't know how to do it:.
it is instructional and damn funny too...(oops i said damn - i meant a big pond with water really i did).
Teeheehee - I like the comments on the '3 and 4 person positions'. The woman's favorite anal sex position is funny, too.....
(Brain dirty now. Must wash brain.....)
just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.
it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.
decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?
Lieu #1:
Yeah, it'll be cool. If you look around on the training maps, you can get a feel for what the engine is capable of. I expect some great things from them still.
(Oh, plus - the engine used, UT2K2 - is the same one being used in Deus Ex 2!!)
Lieu #2:
Guy with the family problems? You mean, the guy who ran the apartment complex your brother was in? Good grief, no! You give HIM your gun. Then, when the bad guy comes back to bully him, he stands up for his daughter (finally) and she respects him and stays. If you kill the bad guy, she runs away because she is tired of living in fear, if you kill him she just runs out screaming, and if you don't even give him a weapon...hmmm...don't recall what happens. I think they all leave?
I just loved that game though - for that very reason. You can play it however you like - it's almost completely open.
Which is why I dig Morrowind so much. It's like, that much freedom x 1000. In Morrowind, all the way through the game, you have completely free reign of the entire island. You can talk to anyone, walk anywhere, deal with any person who trades, be a thief, magician, warrior, etc. All the sub-quests are great, and give you the feeling of an entire game on their own - the main quest is just out of this world, though (if you remember to do it ). Quite addictive.
Julien:
No, but I've heard decent things about them. Don't know, though - Morrowind can play a lot like either of those games if you develop a 'thief' character, and the plot is much more open (to my liking) and graphics are much more up-to-date.
just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.
it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.
decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?
Nope.
'Shooters' I've played:
Not a really big shooter fan usually, hence the short list. I play simulations MUCH more often.
october 1st 2002 watchtower.
page 16 para 20. strong faith, in turn, fortifies us to obey jehovah, even when his requirements seem to go contrary to human reasoning.. .
para 22how important, therefore, that we have an obedient attitude toward that 'slave'!.
Strong faith, in turn, fortifies us to obey Jehovah, even when his requirements seem to go contrary to human reasoning
All I want to know is....what the HELL are they prepping the 'sheep' for with THIS one?!?!
Edited by - Xander on 15 August 2002 18:28:43
just another page from the pagan daybook of mine.. .
august 15, 2002. thursday - the of thunor, or thor, the god of thunder and agriculture.. .
festival of arianrod, the great mother goddess, end of the dog days.
Then years later, I involved myself with JWs ....
Hmmm...found some of the wacko wiccans, then the JW....
Let's see....
Might be a good idea for you to tell us what religions you are considering next, there, Dizzy...just so we can make sure we stay clear of them!
just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.
it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.
decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?
pace of R6 is slow but it is a very tactical game.
R6 is one of the ones I was considering...
How are the graphics? Up-to-date looking? Not that I'm shallow, it's just that I have a GF4 Ti w/ an AXP 2100+ and I like having games that make me feel I'm not wasting too much money on my gaming rig. (I am, I know, but I don't want to be reminded of that, thank you very much...)
And the character models...can you still not see your own body?
I tried the single player demo for Rogue Spear - too much setup work for my taste. It was fun, to be sure, but too much setup and not enough action. Also, the damage model seemed...I dunno...a little weak. Does the newer Ghost Recon series support location-based damage modelling yet?
CS can be but I stopped playing because of all the cheaters
Yeah, that's what I've heard. Hence, never tried it. Can't stand cheaters. Hate, hate, hate. Really ruins the game.
Any thoughts on some of the others? Hitman 2? Operation Flashpoint? etc...
I only tried Tribes 2 and hated it but I hear Tribes is better
Tribes and Tribes 2 ARE very different games. What didn't you like about T2?
just another page from the pagan daybook of mine.. .
august 15, 2002. thursday - the of thunor, or thor, the god of thunder and agriculture.. .
festival of arianrod, the great mother goddess, end of the dog days.
between's description is very good for how many pagans feel.
Note that there is nothing that forces you to believe that way, though.
'Pagan', is, in fact, something of a shotgun term used to describe anyone not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. So, Hindus, Buddhists, American Indians, etc. are all pagans.
The most basic beliefs all have in common are not plentiful, but are, at least, the core beliefs:
1) There is no single all-powerful deity responsible for all life and all events
2) Conversely, there is no single, powerful, entity of evil ruling all other evils in a war against 'god'
3) As a result, these is no absolute 'right' or 'wrong' - a persons conduct must be ruled by their own conscience and how they would to be treated by others
4) EVERYTHING has special/spiritual significance. Living things especially are sacred. Which doesn't require a vegetarian lifestyle or wild-eyed pacifism (although some choose those paths) - it just means that if life is taken, it must be with consideration to the natural world, since it is also the spiritual world.
