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General Gaming / Sandbox v Not Sandbox and other gamer arguements

« on: August 10, 2011, 08:11:52 AM »

Terraria 50% today only:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/

minecraft is better

if you like big blocks with no bosses and no stories and that looks crap, yea mincraft is better.
If you like boss fights, coop play, slightly better graphics and more to find than Terraria is better

both have random generated worlds, but in mincraft you create a char for that specific world, and he stays there, world is huge, there are no ends.

Terraria has a limited size, but your char can be used in more than 1 world so you dont have to go building him and equiping him each time

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The Dog & Duck / guy arrested, for playing with Americium, Radium and Beryllium

« on: August 04, 2011, 01:49:19 PM »

hehe first post
"My project is to build a working nuclear reactor. Not to gain electricity, just for fun and to see if it's possible to split atoms at home. I would be a breeder reactor, and my primary goals is to carry out two main reactions, which is "

http://richardsreactor.blogspot.com/

he had a meltdown in his cooker

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The Dog & Duck / i like applebashing

« on: August 02, 2011, 11:16:54 AM »

completely bored at work. fortunately a news site where i can comment decided to post something about icloud and fortunately the majority of the apple users don't know anything about computers.
I think i am gonna have a lovely afternoon

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EVE Online / erm do i get free aur now?

« on: July 28, 2011, 09:08:10 AM »

http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=4682&tid=1

eve is real milestone reached
reported by CCP Fallout | 2011.07.26 21:27:46

It didn't take long, but the first EVE is Real sharing milestone has been reached and unlocked! Almost 1,000 images and video have been entered into the EVE is Real museum so far, and the first level of sharing has unlocked Aurum for the entire EVE Online community. A lot of Aurum, about 108,000 PLEX worth of Aurum. We hope to deliver 1,000 Aurum to the wallets of all active EVE Online accounts this Friday, July 29.

If you've not yet checked out the EVE is Real site, we encourage you to do so. Participate by uploading your EVE images and videos on the site, and then spread the word by sharing. Our next milestone will result in another 1,000 Aurum being distributed to every EVE Online player.

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The Dog & Duck / is there no end to destroying my childhood dreams

« on: July 28, 2011, 08:39:18 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku40DEMg57k

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General Gaming / from dust

« on: July 27, 2011, 01:16:44 PM »

Must say this game appeals to me also. Does remind me of Populus and more recently Black & White.

Hope its as good as it looks, but from the eggsbox 3.60 review i've seen its not "that great"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBEQwLJcQis

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General Gaming / Small Worlds by David Shute

« on: July 19, 2011, 11:36:33 AM »

browser game. involves jumping and exploring

http://www.rathergood.com/content/small_worlds/small_worlds.swf

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EVE Online / Captains quarters made more fun

« on: July 12, 2011, 06:12:32 AM »

Actually playing The Great Dictator with the music from Inception

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biacyzAPW4o

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EVE Online / thats one expensive navy raven (that got suicided on)

« on: July 11, 2011, 06:00:17 AM »

http://a-kills.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=454866

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EVE Online / nex retail pricing strategy reported by CCP Zinfandel

« on: July 08, 2011, 10:46:12 AM »

nex retail pricing strategy
reported by CCP Zinfandel | 2011.07.08 10:30:44 | NEW | Comments

As requested in last week's special CSM summit

EVE Online players and the Council of Stellar Management have been asking questions, looking to understand the pricing strategy unfolding in the in-game virtual goods store The Noble Exchange (NeX.) The store opened with relatively few items, which was "by design" so we could take small measured initial steps in virtual goods sales. However there weren't enough items in the store to build a very clear image of pricing strategy. In an effort to help players understand our approach to pricing, we have prepared this dev blog.

In hindsight, we likely should have launched the Noble Exchange separately from Incarna 1.0 to separate launch issues from the store. However sometimes you just have to take that first step to see what happens.

Ideally we would have wanted more goods available in the low-tier price range for sale in the store. For example having one full outfit available in each price tier would have clarified a lot of the misunderstanding that followed the launch. 

What's this about pricing tiers? Yes. We are planning to offer clothing and accessories at an affordable tier, a mid-tier, and a deluxe tier, with occasional exceptional offers of rare goods for a very limited number of customers. And our plan is to fill in these pieces gradually over the summer and fall but we may need to revise that plan due to the apparent gap in price tiers. To understand tiers, it helps to understand outfits and slots.

Wearing Clothing in Slots

From bottom to top order, you can currently wear items in the following slots: Footwear, Bottoms, Tops, Outer, and Eyewear slots. You can only wear one item in each slot.

Our fashion designers are making coordinated outfits. The descriptive text will often tell you which New Eden design house created the piece you are inspecting in the store. There are also some independent pieces not designed for a particular outfit (for example, the current eyewear.)

Click image to enlarge

How do the tiers work?

The items in the Noble Exchange come in several price ranges. Normally, an outfit will all come from one pricing tier. An affordable tier outfit can be purchased and assembled for roughly the value of one PLEX in total - slightly cheaper if you are fortunate enough to time your purchase well.

Mid-tier outfits will be priced such that an outfit will total approximately 3-4 PLEX, depending on individual elements.

Deluxe tier outfits are aimed at flamboyantly rich capsuleers regardless of whether they measure their wealth in ISK, Aurum, PLEX, or currencies from Earth. While price is of little concern for these players, they could find themselves spending two or three times the price of an affordable outfit on a single piece for their ensemble. An exceptional tier is rumored to exist that represents a very special and rare investment for the wealthiest members of the EVE community.

Aurum versus ISK

Remember, these items can and will be available for ISK as long as someone puts them up for sale there. As with the rest of EVE the market is based on supply and demand and selling clothes may become a lucrative way of making some additional ISK. If you are currently wearing an outfit, it is effectively indestructible so put it on before you leave if you're making your purchase at a well-traveled market hub like Jita.

Enjoy your purchases now in the privacy of your own quarters. Then show them off later in public establishments when the doors into the station are opened.

 

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General Gaming / Age of Conan

« on: July 08, 2011, 06:17:30 AM »

Is F2P now

played it after release, but will probably give it a go again. Looked good when it came out. hope you have something to do now after leaving the starter village

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General Gaming / MOAR zombies

« on: July 05, 2011, 08:21:20 AM »

I love this preciousness raw gem (current version is a tech demo, free)

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/

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EVE Online / hello

« on: February 15, 2011, 10:09:55 PM »

could you give me access to the new part you created for the directors par.

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General Gaming / Company of heroes online

« on: September 05, 2010, 02:47:31 PM »

Just wondering if anyone is playing this. It is currently in beta, but should be free to play once released. Its mainly just multiplayer with levels and rewards etc. But for those of you who have never played company of heroes. It includes all the missions (and storyline) of the original company of heroes. SO it might be fun to check.

and added a Link

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General Gaming / Dwarf Fortress

« on: March 07, 2009, 05:17:56 PM »

Just missed a link about the greatest game there is. (ok ok not the greatest grapics, and well if you get teh vanilla version from the site no graphics even)

yet it is the best sandbox/city building/storytelling game there is.

DF just rules.

a few links that can be handy when playing DF:
DF itself
DF Wiki
DF tilesets