Recent content by klasbo

If the server clearly states "no explosives", then you'll quickly find out how that affects gameplay. If you don't like that new gameplay variation, don't play on that server any more. I was thinking more along the lines "no players over rank X" (which is vulnerable to smurfing, sure), or...

Try http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc Much more active than the escapist forums.

It depends. Most games with dedicated servers let the server force the client to take a screenshot and send it to the server. This screenshot is then reviewed by a human. This is of course after all automatic checks of the integrity of the clients game files (usually md5 checks). But the...

There aren't always ESL games going, and sometimes you just want a night of fun, and not a 2-hour coordinated event. Now you're not letting the football player play with his/her non-professional friends. So it boils down to matchmaking or skill matching, but then you have the problem above...

All I can tell you is that being banned from a server simply because you're "too good" is equally (if not more) frustrating than being roflstomped. If you're playing a game that values individual skill, and you don't have that skill (yet), then you need to keep playing against better players...

Adding another vote for Command & Conquer 3. The campaign is a great introduction to most of the essential mechanics, and some of the mater missions let you do more or less whatever you want. However, C&C has a very different style of base management than most other RTS games. Another - so...

If you play on the xbox, there's no wonder the game feels imbalanced. Empire and Allies rely so heavily on the micro intensive air openings (since PK/turret pushing gets denied by tengu harrass). It's just not physically possible to mash buttons fast enough with a controller, but it's doable...

The biggest community is probably C&C3 Kanes Wrath. The place to go is GameReplays.org [http://www.gamereplays.org/kaneswrath/]. Pretty much the entire KW community is over there. C&C3 might be bigger though, I'm actually not sure. I'm biased towards KW. There is also a smaller RA3 community...

First person is easier than third person because you're not wrestling with the camera. Seeing your own feet is something that has only been introduced quite recently, and it might help some people a bit. For me it doesn't, because I'm used to not having my feet visible. There might be a PC...

It's almost like you think I haven't thought this through. I've numbered your points, for the sake of organization. (1): Where does the line between "casual" and "hardcore" go? Time spent? Type of game played? "Hardcore" is so immensely vague it's a pointless term. (2): Someone who listens...

> Play and complete 5-hour game > "Didn't like it" > Get digital refund > Repeat I can't see how you'd make this work. Physical refund should be limited to when there is something physically broken and/or missing from the product, like a scratched disk or similar. The "digital refund"...

Unless you're a progamer (or at the very least an amateur gamer), you're a casual gamer. You play games recreationally, and not as part of an organized event outside the game (see: playing football with friends in the park vs. playing for 5th division team vs. playing professionally). The...

For the biggest cost to entertainment ratio: Fallout. Once you know how to beat a chamber in Portal 2, there is absolutely no replay value, unless you want to delve into speedrunning or equivalent meta-challenges. So Portal 2 is either a 5-hour or a 500-hour game, depending.

Jack shit, actually. Then IKEA named a lamp after me about 2 years after I started using it.

In the words of Day[9]: You don't learn magic, you end up knowing magic.