[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="43" id="2487664"] I backup every game I buy, then write them to a DVD. How is it different from a retail version (apart the re-sailing thing[/quote] Because you cannot use that backup if the the game is removed from your account or your account is banned.
Banned for installing the firewall after 2 days.
Banned for not making a sarcastic comment.
[quote who="Melchiz" reply="39" id="2487347"] Whenever I try to restore Orange Box backups I have to verify the GCF files anyway, or the games won't launch. Thus far, nothing beats the offline install/backup experience of retail. [/quote] And nothing ever will!
Banned for se7en.
[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="3" id="2487364"] Note the above does NOT apply to things like trade goods or galactic achievements. Only structures with effects limited to the planet they are built on can receive tile bonuses. Anything that affects your empire as a whole cannot use a bonus tile.[/quote] Hehe, that being allowed would have so exploitable. Nano-recorders, anyone?
[quote who="scorpion305678" reply="6" id="2487354"]Good points on all sides : > I wish I hade TA : ( then I could check out what your saying. Also I prefer tech victory, and when Neutral, I sometimes get thousands from trade. One time I was getting 800bc/week (plus or minus a few) from taxes, and getting 1500bc/week (plus or minus a few) from trade. But its all in game style as you said, you prefer war in your games.[/quote] The importance of trade as
[quote who="pacov" reply="32" id="2487192"]congrats on the new rig [/quote] Thanks, I was still tuning my system. Now it is tgame time finally! [quote who="abuggeredhedgie" reply="33" id="2487240"]2v2 is my favorite game mode D:[/quote] Wrong thread? ;)
[quote who="GoodGame" reply="35" id="2487273"] That's true, but what you're missing is that with a disk, you can reinstall at will (till the disk wears out). That's a problem if say you move to an area with poor (overpriced) internet access and say your hard drive crashes. Then you'll wish you had bought hard copy versions of your games.[/quote] Backup! ;) Works great for Steam, though not so great for Impulse right now.
Banned for not banning in a thread dedicated to banning those who have banned others.
Thanks abuggeredhedgie! Appreciative words are always welcome :) Unfortunately, the chances of my going for Demigod MP are quite slim right now. Partly because of my slow speed and partly because I bought a new i5 gaming PC on Christmas eve and I have games like World in Conflict which I have longed to play but have been unabl
Banned because I have played very few games on my new rig.
Banned for taking a holiday off the calendar.
Banned for untra-vires
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="27" id="2486769"] You're mistaking what a forced refund is in this case, as in Stardock forced refunds on some players and banned them from the service. It wasn't chargeback. Same with some Steam cases, but if a company won't give you the game or is so late in delivering that the game is already purchased, and refuses to refund you, it seems to put a customer between a rock and a hard place. You either eat the cost of the game, having got nothing for it so esse
Banned myself because it does matter, though less than the HDD itself.
[quote who="CraigHB" reply="3" id="2486821"]There is some difference in neutral between DA and TA. Neutral is better in DA and I like playing neutral more in that game. [/quote] Would you care to elaborate on that? I thought the loss of +100% econ bonus in TA made the MCC much less of a no-brainer. The artificial slave centre and no mercy invasio centre a really nice, but the +1-% approval bonus for neutral is also huge IMO. I think that MCC change would make Neutral more useful
You are banned because having an i5 doesn't matter all that much with disk operations.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2486491"] 2. Ability to repair towers. 3. Ability to wipe out towers buffed big time. I personally see qot as a siege unit. Very good at tearing down enemy defenses.[/quote] This would be lovely - I love taking down those pesky towers - second only to killing enemy demigods.
You are banned because I got a new i5 rig :D
Banned for not specifying which type of branded.
Banned for knowing about ascension crstals. They are Top Secret: Exclusively Eyes only!
The quote as well reply system seems to be broken right now. [quote]There is only one winner in this: The PC Gamer. Ask those Console zealots about the deals they're getting for the holidays..oh wait, they aren't. When I see Steam or Direct2Drive or whomever doing aggressive sales on PC games I think: Excellent! [/quote] [quote]...[/quote] So do I - excellent! With these insane sales, the only restriction that I have right now is low bandwidth. I can and want to buy a lot of games,
Banned because I am going to sleep. Finally.
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