Saturday, January 03, 2004
RANDOM THINGS ATTACK
I still like old Prodigy best.
It takes an hour to bake a potato.
Winamp needs the ability to link dynamically to removable/moving storage so that you don't have to constantly make new playlists when you roomie's comp is on the fritz.
1 paycheck from computer shopping.
Someone needs to make a Star Trek game that does not suck. Preferably with epic ship combat where multiple players can work as a team to run a ship's systems. Each player role on the 'bridge' would be in the form of a minigame (directing shields, managing power, piloting, targeting), but it would be played from a 1st/3rd person perspective in a tactical, yet arcade fashion. It would allow small teams to pilot large ships, and solos/duos to fly the smaller ones. All the systems and 'characters' would be customizable and upgradable. The larger ships would have systems designed for managing smaller ships, and thus 'Captains' would command their fleet as their extended team. They would battle opponents to aquire sectors in 'space' which would NOT be an ugo hex map. Ships/Planets/Stations would be to scale. An expansion or sequel would add a first person 'marine' mode to the game, allowing players to beam themselves onto ships with AI marines an attempt to kill the opposing crew or sabotage the ship/station. The borg would not be a playable race and would ream any players they happened upon, being controlled by a merciless AI, or a gamemaster with sadistic inclination.
Walk without rythm and you won't attract the worm.
Shane needs to roll his stats. Gord needs to roll his stats and pick his class. Pete needs to choose a character. Ian...is pretty much ready to play, as is Caitlin. Jim needs to find his old character or just roll new stats. Anyone else who is thinking of playing should email me (capt_stumpy@hotmail.com). If you don't want to run a country, you are still invited to keep up on the world info and make a character as there WILL be roleplaying and adventures and you can act as a character in the service of a Regent player at their discretion.
I estimate that I talk to ~100 customers a month who have never called tech support before and, thus, I have not talked to before. If I assume that the other 100 agents in my department are taking similar numbers, that's 10000 new customers each month. HOW IS THERE THAT MANY AMERICANS BUYING ONE BRAND OF PC?
It's like that scene in LOTR. You know, the one where the guys are up against legions and legions of goblinoids, with no end in sight and no hope of surviving the endless flood? Yeah, that scene, only all of the main characters are already dead or at home smokin' da pipe.
Crichton may not be the deepest scifi writer out there, but his books are usually pretty fun. It's actually alright to be just fun and not have to inspire you to ponder the meaning of life on every page. Damn media snobs.
If I say that I'm a hypocrite, does that not make me one?
Church gets out at a neaby place here at 6pm right when I walk past. They all leave in seperate cars, walk home almost single file, not talking or socializing with each other at all. It must be a Catholic church.
I hope, one day, we determine that plants have sentience. Millions of fadists will have to sacrifice themselves for the horror and misery they have wrought on all of plant kind. I, however, will continue to bask in my crimes against plantmanity by baking tubers alive in a thin metal wrap at 350C for an hour and then saying things like "The metal keeps the soul from escaping".
"Hear that? Yes, it's water and steam escaping the potato skin, but that's also how they scream".
I still like old Prodigy best.
It takes an hour to bake a potato.
Winamp needs the ability to link dynamically to removable/moving storage so that you don't have to constantly make new playlists when you roomie's comp is on the fritz.
1 paycheck from computer shopping.
Someone needs to make a Star Trek game that does not suck. Preferably with epic ship combat where multiple players can work as a team to run a ship's systems. Each player role on the 'bridge' would be in the form of a minigame (directing shields, managing power, piloting, targeting), but it would be played from a 1st/3rd person perspective in a tactical, yet arcade fashion. It would allow small teams to pilot large ships, and solos/duos to fly the smaller ones. All the systems and 'characters' would be customizable and upgradable. The larger ships would have systems designed for managing smaller ships, and thus 'Captains' would command their fleet as their extended team. They would battle opponents to aquire sectors in 'space' which would NOT be an ugo hex map. Ships/Planets/Stations would be to scale. An expansion or sequel would add a first person 'marine' mode to the game, allowing players to beam themselves onto ships with AI marines an attempt to kill the opposing crew or sabotage the ship/station. The borg would not be a playable race and would ream any players they happened upon, being controlled by a merciless AI, or a gamemaster with sadistic inclination.
Walk without rythm and you won't attract the worm.
Shane needs to roll his stats. Gord needs to roll his stats and pick his class. Pete needs to choose a character. Ian...is pretty much ready to play, as is Caitlin. Jim needs to find his old character or just roll new stats. Anyone else who is thinking of playing should email me (capt_stumpy@hotmail.com). If you don't want to run a country, you are still invited to keep up on the world info and make a character as there WILL be roleplaying and adventures and you can act as a character in the service of a Regent player at their discretion.
I estimate that I talk to ~100 customers a month who have never called tech support before and, thus, I have not talked to before. If I assume that the other 100 agents in my department are taking similar numbers, that's 10000 new customers each month. HOW IS THERE THAT MANY AMERICANS BUYING ONE BRAND OF PC?
It's like that scene in LOTR. You know, the one where the guys are up against legions and legions of goblinoids, with no end in sight and no hope of surviving the endless flood? Yeah, that scene, only all of the main characters are already dead or at home smokin' da pipe.
Crichton may not be the deepest scifi writer out there, but his books are usually pretty fun. It's actually alright to be just fun and not have to inspire you to ponder the meaning of life on every page. Damn media snobs.
If I say that I'm a hypocrite, does that not make me one?
Church gets out at a neaby place here at 6pm right when I walk past. They all leave in seperate cars, walk home almost single file, not talking or socializing with each other at all. It must be a Catholic church.
I hope, one day, we determine that plants have sentience. Millions of fadists will have to sacrifice themselves for the horror and misery they have wrought on all of plant kind. I, however, will continue to bask in my crimes against plantmanity by baking tubers alive in a thin metal wrap at 350C for an hour and then saying things like "The metal keeps the soul from escaping".
"Hear that? Yes, it's water and steam escaping the potato skin, but that's also how they scream".
