Gwenio1

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Reply to star ruler on sale this weekend in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="hfbrooklyn" reply="9" id="2924562"]Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the game where you can build a ship the size of a galaxy, then fill it with ships the size of planets? And on and on, like those Russian dolls...[/quote] Yes, though a ship the size of a galaxy would take forever to make...

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Reply to star ruler on sale this weekend in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="7" id="2924555"]I'm still torn between wanting the game, and not wanting it from Impulse knowing that Blind Mind is about to pull Impulse support.[/quote] The plan is for it to still be availible for those that purchased it, it will just be that no more people can buy it. However, it remains to be seen how that works out.

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Reply to star ruler on sale this weekend in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="2" id="2924430"]I was focusing on their decision to stop using impulse as a distribution platform because, while they trust Brad (froggy), they don't trust/agree with/ respect current practices of new owner of impulse.[/quote] It has no DRM, and everything is in the install directory so if you keep the install around (burn to CD or something) then it can always be used. It also is compatible with the updates from their site and it h

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Reply to A Flippable USB Plug - This is smart! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="M-203" reply="22" id="2924433"]I simply take a felt-tip pen, and mark the side that goes up on each and every USB plug. Simple and cost-effective problem solving...[/quote] But what about plugs on machines that are not yours?

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Reply to star ruler on sale this weekend in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Star ruler, 1/2 this weekend on impulse. Anyone who has played this have comments. i might get this one.... [/quote] Get the demo at: http://starruler.blind-mind.com/ (See orange link on the right hand side of the page) Work is still being done on the game (AI rewrite help it handle the stuff that has changed since it was written is coming up soon I hear... specifical

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Scripting support? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="impinc" reply="3" id="2924296"]I'm guessing no for right now. I'm guessing scripting support won't come until the third "expansion". I think it's one of those things of trying to make the best game they can right off the bat, then worry about scripting support afterwards. They're doing a lot to make sure things are moddable by XML right now, and if they keep going with that idea, scripting may not be as necessary (though there are always things you'll proba

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Reply to is this the entire campaign? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Terrorball" reply="20" id="2759883"]A single map.[/quote] I suspect that is how all campaigns for Elemental will be: one (big) map. Though that is not really a problem as you can put lots on a single map; however, for this campaign they did not.

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Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Quick update: It seems that for one reason or another Star Ruler may be pulled earlier than originally planned. Link: http://forums.blind-mind.com/index.php?topic=3235.60

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Reply to A Flippable USB Plug - This is smart! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="2" id="2924010"]Man, my computer at work, has the most awful USB slot, I comes up from the bottom at this strange angle, I cant see it at all, so every time I try and stick anything in it, I have to fumble around forever. Just like sex.[/quote] Sounds like the front slots on the computers in the math lab at school. Naturally after 6 to 8 years of use the front slots on just about all of them are broken, so you have to move the tower to where you can g

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Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Lets put it this way: When a private company gets too big of a market share it may be a bad thing for consumers. When a public company gets too big of a market share it will be a bad thing. This is because share holders own publicly traded companies and they are in it for the money. With a private company there is a small chance the owner(s) may prefer to provide a great service over maximizing profits.

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="EternalRequiem" reply="151" id="2923232"]most of the equipment that is... in 300... the Spartans wore no armor... which is wrong... from what I've read and learned about the Greek state, they had armor[/quote] The movie I am refering to does have them in bronze armour.

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="EternalRequiem" reply="149" id="2923198"]... I'd actually be glad to see some reality with Hollywood movies... I'd actually love to see a more historical 300 Movie instead of the blood fest of movie that was made, granted it was a good movie yes...[/quote] Try looking up "The 300 Spartans". 300 is based on a comic/book/whatever that is in turn based on that movie. At least they got the equipement historically accurate.

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="142" id="2923078"]And no, hammering doesn't remove the impurities. The folding process makes the steel more even by spreading the impurities in the steel (mostly the carbon) around.[/quote] Impurities are removed by the folding and hammering process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana The process discribed there roughly matches from what I recall from a documentary where they showed h

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="138" id="2923062"]Yeah, should have read dozens. They actually got folded a dozen times. About 30'000 layers of metal were the goal of the folding after all. [/quote] The point is not to layer it, it is to remove impurities by hammering on it (causing sparks which are impurities that have been purged). Therefore you fold until it stops sparking.

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Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Weapons in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="135" id="2923041"]As Lord Xia says, a Katana can't cut through European medieval plate armour. (It also can't cut through other swords.) Usually. The funny thing about Katana's and the folding technique used to create them is that the reason for this complicated folding was that steel in ancient Japan was very low quality in general. Compared to European steel of that time, Japanese steel was very brittle (iirc). To prevent their weapons f

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Reply to What do you hope to see in v1.4 or v1.5 of EWOM? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="49" id="2922205"]Honestly - I'm of the opinion they should nuke harbors and ships completely until it can get some love (like minor factions). I haven't used a boat since Sep '10 (about a week after I bought the game and realized they were useless). It's easier to teleport or just raise land to an island anyway.[/quote] Or just harbors, as the campaign uses ships.

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Reply to The games you find truly groundbreaking, original, awe-inspiring and memorable in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="7" id="2920903"]Lord of magic - damn, I have to try this one. Could not run it under Win7.[/quote] Try running it in XP mode with a compatablility mode for an even earlier version of Windows (say 98). It will still have issues, as all the bugs that made it stop playing correctly in earlier versions of Windows seemed to just make it crash there.

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