Hello Again

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:02 am

Hello all. It's been so long since I posted to SYM. I've had a lot of computer woes. My hard drive (a Maxtor) finally died--would not spin. May it RIP. I ordered a new hard drive (a Seagate), but because of the holidays, it took a long time to get to me. At the same time, Excite.com filed Chap. 11 bankruptcy, so that my ISP (Comcast) had to migrate everyone over to new servers. I was not able to go online for the first 2 1/2 weeks of January!!! To top it all off, I could not even play games, because they would freeze instantly. After I was finally able to go on the net, the culprit for that problem turned out to be that the puter needed new drivers for the motherboard. Now everything's hunky dory.

I bought Empire Earth. It really didn't turn out to be as cool as it could have been. AoE it ain't. I wonder if Civ III is better.

How is everyone???

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:09 am

Originally posted by VoodooDali
How is everyone???

Well i can't speak for everyone, but i am doing okay

Good to see you back

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:22 am

Hi, @VD. Good to see you, again, although I'm sorry to hear about your computer travails.

Yes, Empire Earth is a pretty poor game in many respects, and its sales haven't justified all the advertising they poured into it. On the other hand, Civ III is pretty good. Personally, I'm still more impressed by Patrician II and Europa Universalis II. You might want to check 'em out, if you want a strategic 4x game.

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:31 am

Guh! I send a silent praise to the computer gods for not being targeted every time i hear about such problems.

And im alive

btw: Havnt tried Patrician 2 but EU and EU2 are really excellent games. (although my mighty swedish army are starving to death outside the walls of St

etersburg right now

)

fugitive · Post by **fugitive** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 11:39 am

im new here, so NICE TO MEET YOU

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 11:45 am

Well glad to see U coming back

SPAM on Brother ! Onward !

Alienbob · Post by **Alienbob** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:15 pm

i thought Empire Earth was okay. not what i expected, but still a fairly good game. though replayability is a bit limited and the ai cheats like hell.

GandalfgalTTV · Post by **GandalfgalTTV** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:31 pm

Welcome back.

Have a beer on me in BS's tavern.

Originally posted by KidD01
Well glad to see U coming back SPAM on Brother ! Onward !

I think you mean comm on.

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 1:15 pm

Originally posted by GandalfgalTTV
Welcome back. Have a beer on me in BS's tavern.

I think you mean comm on.

Gandalf, don't you know that COMM is always capitalized??? I thought so.

GandalfgalTTV · Post by **GandalfgalTTV** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 1:23 pm

Originally posted by Vicsun

Gandalf, don't you know that COMM is always capitalized??? I thought so.

I like the double meaning when posted that way. But you are right.

@VD: I have seen the light, and so can you. Follow the way of the great one, join the ranks of COMM. The only true path. The path of The Weasel.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 1:54 pm

WB! Please, don't feed the COMM's, and enjoy your stay..

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 7:58 pm

Hello Voodoo, and welcome back, it's nice to see you haven't given up SYM!

I have also been away for a while (because of my work) but I started posting again the last few days.