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07-08-2002, 07:40 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Mr Sleep
LOL @ surfing for porn, it's what the internet is there for  | Unfortunately, it's my email address that the cookies give out, so since he's been home, my mailbox has been flooded with solications for porn, debt consolidation, new car financing and low-interest credit cards.
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07-08-2002, 07:41 AM
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| | It is a lot like walking in the wilderness, it can be quite confusing at times, i guess it depends on what you want from a game 
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07-08-2002, 07:51 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by HighLordDave
Unfortunately, it's my email address that the cookies give out, so since he's been home, my mailbox has been flooded with solications for porn, debt consolidation, new car financing and low-interest credit cards. | I keep on getting "julie" email my Hotmail box, i am not sure how she managed to set up this new web cam since she seems to spend all day at home, and it isn't exactly power dressing 
Plus everyone seems to think i have great credit
<edit> I don't get that much porn otherwise...
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07-08-2002, 07:54 AM
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| | Well I think I'm the only 18 year old being offered Viagra at the moment. Damn hotmail 
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07-08-2002, 08:01 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Mr Sleep
Plus everyone seems to think i have great credit | I think everyone has great credit . . . some bank wanted to send me a Visa card with a $100,000 limit (so I could charge a 1967 Corvette Roadster, a Toyota MR Spyder, two Jeep Wranglers, plus the insurance on all of them, then pay it back at 0% APR for one year). I'm neither filthy rich nor destitute, but I didn't borrow $100,000 for my mortgage; what the hell do I need with a line of credit that large?
By the way, send me Julie's email; someone named Kristen and her roommate Tanya are always sending me stuff, so maybe we can hook them up for a 3-way.
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07-08-2002, 08:16 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by HighLordDave
I think everyone has great credit . . . some bank wanted to send me a Visa card with a $100,000 limit (so I could charge a 1967 Corvette Roadster, a Toyota MR Spyder, two Jeep Wranglers, plus the insurance on all of them, then pay it back at 0% APR for one year). I'm neither filthy rich nor destitute, but I didn't borrow $100,000 for my mortgage; what the hell do I need with a line of credit that large? | LOL maybe you are about to take on the national dephicit of a country? You are their favourite customer who never was Quote: | By the way, send me Julie's email; someone named Kristen and her roommate Tanya are always sending me stuff, so maybe we can hook them up for a 3-way. | I am not sure if she would appreciate me becoming her pimp Lets hope that they might be able to scrape together some clothes, they must be freezing, i mean they don't even have any blankets or anything.
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07-08-2002, 12:16 PM
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| | | Hi all!
Well, the general opinion seems to flow towards NWN. If DS is rather linear then that doesn't really appeal to me much. Or there's HLD's suggestion which will probably happen anyway.
London was good, I even picked up a copy of Diplomacy for 1 pound. Haven't installed it yet though.
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07-08-2002, 12:28 PM
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| | | If it's not killing you to have right now, then why not wait for six months or so? The price on Dungeon Seige will drop from $45 to $30 (USD); in a year, it will probably be down to $20.
Psychologically, I have a hard time paying $60 for a computer game (NWN's MSRP), just like I can't bring myself to pay $125 to see The Eagles in concert (hell, I have a hard time paying $50 to see Jimmy Buffet play). So I was going to wait until the price dropped at the store. Fortunately, I found NWN as Sam's Club for $46 and I got it there; still, it's more than I paid for IWD a couple of years ago, but it seemed like a deal considering its full retail price.
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07-08-2002, 04:46 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by HighLordDave
Psychologically, I have a hard time paying $60 for a computer game (NWN's MSRP), just like I can't bring myself to pay $125 to see The Eagles in concert (hell, I have a hard time paying $50 to see Jimmy Buffet play). | I agree (maybe not the bit about The Eagles ) i just can't bring myself to pay upwards of 30 quid for a game, it just seems strange, The most i have ever paid for a game was 32.99 that was Myst and it was also the first game i ever purchased on a PC  I do hope no one follows the trend that NwN has sent, i don't think it right we should end up spending the same as the consoles...
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07-08-2002, 05:11 PM
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| | | The sad part is that people will shell out $60 for a computer game, especially one as hotly anticipated as NWN, which I believe will only embolden game publishers to raise prices again. The people who develop and distributed PC games aren't doing it to make you and I happy; they want to make money. I accept that they're going to price their product at the absolute upper end of what the average consumer can afford (and maybe little higher) because they know they can get some poor schlep (and all of his/her friends, too) to pay it.
I also understand that several factors go into the pricing: demand, hype, development costs, dwindling market share for PC games compared to consoles, inflation, etc. Still, when the price of a computer game goes up disproportionate to the rate of inflation ($45 for BG2 two years ago to $60 for NWN is a 33% price hike), I can't help but feel gouged a little.
On the one hand, if I don't want to pay $60 for the game, I can always wait a year for the price to drop or I can just not buy it, but on the other, since I have liked all of Bioware's other D&D products and it is superior to POR2 (which, incidentally, is now marked down to $20) I guess I can either gripe some more about how computer games are becoming unaffordable to many players or I can shut the hell up and pay a small king's ransom for the game (which I did).
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07-08-2002, 05:32 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by HighLordDave
The sad part is that people will shell out $60 for a computer game, especially one as hotly anticipated as NWN...one hand, if I don't want to pay $60 for the game, I can always wait a year for the price to drop or I can just not buy it, but on the other, since I have liked all of Bioware's other D&D products and it is superior to POR2 | I have stuck to my principles on this one and probably will for a while yet. The pricing just seems to go against my better principles, i see it as a cynical venture, i am sure NwN is excellent and was very expensive to produce but no more than any other game and when companies can still sell most for under 30 and make a profit i don't see NwN as being any different.
Medal of Honour has been selling consistently for the last few months for over 35 quid, now that tells me something, EA have told all department stores to stock it at a set price since they sell enough loads, i get the feeling there might be a similar issue with NwN, so i will be waiting for many months. The accountants and analysts did well really, i don't think most gamers have made the concious choice not to buy it if the figures are anything to go by, they have made quite a lot of money i would expect from the large marketing campaign, my hat off to them
There was game called Serious Sam 2 released, it was a nonesense FPS and frankly was just ludicrous, it was however fun, stick it in multiplayer put on Infinite lives and there were many hours of entertainment. This retailed for 20 pounds which is just pittance compared to a game twice it's price, i am not sure if i would get that much more fun out of NwN since it's longevity seems tied to the on-line environment, one which i can't afford or support at the moment, someone care to prove me wrong?
Maybe i am just being too cynical and should just buy into the hype...
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07-09-2002, 07:21 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Yshania
DS is NOT Diablo, and the seamless graphics are the way forward - no loading scenes. It is linear, I admit, but not a bad game. | Sorry, but I don't agree with this. DS is Diablo, except not as good and with a bit of BG added (i.e. party members. Yay.) D2 also had seamless graphics - a great thing, I must admit. NWN's loading screens are really starting to drive me up the wall, especially as there are less hints than in BG2 it seems, and many more/much longer loads. Quote: Originally posted by Mr Flibble
London was good, I even picked up a copy of Diplomacy for 1 pound. Haven't installed it yet though. | So would you be up for a game of Diplomacy after our current one is over? I'll be GMing I think A quid isn't bad, but you can get a very good free client on the PC free: http://realpolitik.sourceforge.net/
@Sleepy: how much is NWN retailing for? I got my copy for £30 from gameplay...is it more in the shops?
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07-09-2002, 07:25 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Kameleon
@Sleepy: how much is NWN retailing for? I got my copy for £30 from gameplay...is it more in the shops? | Upwards of 35 quid, Wh Smiths had it for 39:99 PC World was 35:99 IIRC. BTW how much was postage from Gameplay?
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07-09-2002, 07:34 AM
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| | | I think it was only £1 for next day delivery (aka you'll get it in two or three days) I'm not entirely sure as I split it with a friend, but I think it was only £1, but postage is usually free if you don't take next-day.
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07-09-2002, 12:30 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Kameleon
So would you be up for a game of Diplomacy after our current one is over? | Gotta figure out how to play it first, but yep, i'd be interested.
As for the big decision, I've decided to follow HLD's advice and just get both. DS arrivves today and NWN should be here in a couple of days. Problem solved.
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