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Funnily enough if you actually admit to heavily basing what you make off of something else it absolves you of ripping off. Ripping off is where you blatantly copy something and don't admit to doing so. They said they were making a DotA based game, asked the current custodian of it for his blessing and were granted it.
I really don't see any problem with that.
@D4nte:
LoL tries to be DotA based but tries to do a lot of its own thing as well. The result of which doesn't really feel enough like DotA to be worth playing instead of DotA.
HoN on the other hand got both myself and about 7 of my friends, all long time DotA players, to finally kick the game for good and move on. #lan
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DotA does the DotA part just fine but everything else about it is and always will be under the heel of WC3 and its limitations.
HoN also does the DotA part fine along with allowing people to rejoin after being DCed, better matchmaking tools, an improved interface as well as a bunch of other stuff. #lan
11/16/09
This article says that we (PC LAN people) mainly play older games, and while that is true, it's mostly true of competitive gaming from my own experience. I would say we play a lot of newer games like Killing Floor, CoD5, UT3 and more.
It's unfortunate that games like MW2 will not be played as we can't guarantee connection to be stable with so many users using the same connection. For me, this was the biggest argument for dedicated servers. #lan
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maybe if they charged money to get in, but i'm still not sure most schools would be willing to set aside the space required. #lan
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Still, I'd like some sort of gaming community that I can get in touch with. All my friends are either very light gamers or not at all. I love local multiplayer/LAN parties but I can never find enough people to get a good meeting going. I'd start a group if I weren't in engineering/wasting all my time at Kotaku. #lan
11/16/09
If it's not there now, then start it.
Dorms tend to have a pre-set up LAN network ready and waiting.
So just ask around, find the PC gamers (usually in PC labs) and get something going.
Maybe ask at your IT office. Our uni has UT3 installed on a floor of our comp building, so as long as we ask nicely and only play at night then we can use it for some gaming. Just obviously no food n drink, n keep it quiet:P
So yeah, ask about, maybe make some flyers, and get something going. And remember to pitch it to the people in charge how socialable it is, the ones in charge like that stuff. Meshing students together, breaking the ice n all that. #lan
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Enjoy. #lan
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Brave man. #lan
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I can't remember much from my Uni days, but I have always been interested in AI... I wonder if there will be a way to watch these battles?
It can't be any worse than watching people online play Smash Bros...
"We'll bet on Kirby! Kirby is supposed to be a good character.
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...Why are they just standing in the corner taunting?" #starcraft
11/12/09
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Gameplay wasn't the only thing driving the game, but just the basic concepts of the three races, the Zerg, controlled by the demonic sounding Overmind, the humans, constantly being raped by everything, including themselves, and the Protoss, an advanced race comprised of arrogance that have lost their way.
Not to mention the sounds! Who has played Starcraft that can't remember the sounds?
Goliath online!
You want a piece of me boy?
Vector, locked in!
I am wretched... but I am STRONG!
Sacrifice me...
*Hydralisk spitting acid*
You could no more evade my wrath... than you could your own shadow.
It is a good day to die.
The merging is complete.
No doubt within the next hour at least a hundred people will be able to name each and every unit I've quoted. #starcraft
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"Spawn more Overlords."
"We require more vespene gas."
"You must construct additional pylons." #starcraft
11/14/09
"Dad. Dad. Dad. SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS." #starcraft
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And then kills us all. #starcraft
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I wonder how old she is now?
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"We need less people like this in the world".
Well, let's see... there's two ways of doing that. One involves providing the necessary help, and the other involves genocide. And since you obviously think that the mentally ill don't deserve help, then that leaves option two.
So... when should we show up for the execution, sir? I spent quite a few years in institutions and therapy, so I guess I've forfeited my right to exist in society as well. Wouldn't want one of us nutjobs going out and killing people, after all.
10/11/09
You can only be evil if you knowingly and maliciously perform an evil on another person. This guy read a guide and apparently followed it as fact or truth in his own demented mind. You can't punish someone for a crime they were unaware of. This itself though is a sticky situation, the guy is not an immediate threat to society but at the same time can be manipulated to being a threat.
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[jezebel.com]
10/12/09
You have no idea how it works, do you? As long as he is a danger to himself or others, he won't have a choice in the matter. They will force him to take the meds. And most of these meds are fatal or debilitating if stopped suddenly, anyway.
I'm starting to wonder if you're not one of us after all. Hell, you may be the head honcho of "the crazies". You're talking about some Hitler-level segregation here.
I said earlier that I wouldn't wish mental illness on you. Consider that sentiment revoked.
You need to walk a mile in this guy's shoes. You need to live in the daily fear of losing control of your own mind. You need to meet people who think like you do, and be outcasted by them for having a disease that you never asked for or wanted.
10/12/09
I hope to god you never have a daughter. She could be victimized and you would do nothing about it.
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