Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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There was a cloth map? Hmm mine is parchment, bought it probably a month after release.
Mine is, too. Bought at release. |
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Yegolev
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My reason is that I don't take the time to clear out old stuff, although I used to keep things. I just looked up and saw an Ordinator figure, so maybe that UO pin is around somewhere under dust. Found some tiny enameled trinkets that look like the robots from The Black Hole, but no pin behind that. Why do I have a pirated copy of C&C Zero Hour? Lego Universe minifigure? Check!
I found my Diablo "disk". Apparently I was once really into pirating.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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I ended up junking a bunch of stuff in 2009 when I moved out. I only took whatever I could fit in my car (Mustang) at the time. A lot of stuff got tossed or given away, like a TV I didn't need or my giant Ace Combat flightsticks, along with most of my gaming memorabilia (maps, etc).
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Fear the Backstab!
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Ironwood
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My UO Pin got broken when some drunken bitch grabbed my coat on the way down.
True Story.
No, I didn't fuck her.
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Teleku
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You married her?
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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I think I still have my UO pin and t-shirt from launch in storage somewhere. And the archaic beta CDs from UO, EQ, SWG, etc.
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Yegolev
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I didn't actually wear the UO pin at any time.  |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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IainC
Developers
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Wargaming.net
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I think I still have my UO pin and t-shirt from launch in storage somewhere. And the archaic beta CDs from UO, EQ, SWG, etc.
Haha! Yeah I remember when games came on CDs too. |
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rattran
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We all have so much old stuff, we don't need any new xmas stuff. Just go into the closet/storage area/basement/steamer trunk and look at cloth maps, pins, figurine, discs (oh look, swg beta 3 cd stack) and other old tat and it's like xmas every day!
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Yegolev
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Just don't boot up any of those games, or you'll ruin it.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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NiX
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We all have so much old stuff, we don't need any new xmas stuff. Just go into the closet/storage area/basement/steamer trunk and look at cloth maps, pins, figurine, discs (oh look, swg beta 3 cd stack) and other old tat and it's like xmas every day!
I'm pretty sure I still have my Anarchy Online and Horizons beta CDs. |
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Yegolev
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Did I need a CD for the AO beta? I can't remember... I do (did?) have a disc around somewhere.
Horizons? Retail box.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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I still have my SWG Collectors Edition box  |
..I want to see gamma rays. I want to hear x-rays. I want to...smell dark matter...and feel the solar wind of a supernova flowing over me...
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Yoru
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Did I need a CD for the AO beta? I can't remember... I do (did?) have a disc around somewhere.
Horizons? Retail box.
Yeah, I had an AO Beta 3 CD, but I think that's been lost to the ages in my case. |
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Yegolev
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I suppose that was during the dial-up era. How easy to forget broadband is recent!
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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I still have my SWG Collectors Edition box I have 5 copies signed by the entire team. The number of staff who signed it that went with Gordon over to Baustin is staggering. It's like a who's who of HOW YOU KEEP WORKING IN INDUSTRY? |
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Reg
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Such bitterness. Aside from having a job you envy what have they done to warrant that?
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Samwise
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You must not have played SWG.
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Reg
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Nope I never did. The silly one character per account thing put me off.
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schild
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Such bitterness. Aside from having a job you envy what have they done to warrant that?
That's not bitterness. It's FACT. Sorry to burst your bubble, but not all gaming studios are rainbows and great ideas. Some are puppy mills and concentration camps. I don't like gaming industry failures continuing to get jobs based on their resume. You know, there are Presidents and CEOs out there who haven't a single iota of positive use to the industry? They got there by failing upwards. The problem is pandemic in gaming. Fun statistical fact: The majority of problems in the western industry can be traced directly back to 80s-90s EA and Origin in the 90s. I don't care how precious UO is to everyone here. Those studios are a stifling plague on all our houses. |
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Reg
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Okey dokey. /shrug
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Engels
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Fun statistical fact: The majority of problems in the western industry can be traced directly back to 80s-90s EA and Origin in the 90s. I don't care how precious UO is to everyone here. Those studios are a stifling plague on all our houses.
Wait, the western gaming industry or the entire western industrial world? One seems feasible, maybe even verifiable, the other seems a case of tunnel vision. |
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I still have my SWG Collectors Edition box I still have my SWG Beta 2 and Beta 3 CDs |
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luckton
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I see your SWG beta discs and raise you an Asheron's Call beta disc  |
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
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schild
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Fun statistical fact: The majority of problems in the western industry can be traced directly back to 80s-90s EA and Origin in the 90s. I don't care how precious UO is to everyone here. Those studios are a stifling plague on all our houses.
Wait, the western gaming industry or the entire western industrial world? One seems feasible, maybe even verifiable, the other seems a case of tunnel vision. The western gaming industry, obviously. |
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taolurker
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I still have my SWG Collectors Edition box I still have my SWG Beta 2 and Beta 3 CDs I still have the Station Store receipts for the shipments of the SWG beta cds. |
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Fabricated
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Such bitterness. Aside from having a job you envy what have they done to warrant that?
That's not bitterness. It's FACT. Sorry to burst your bubble, but not all gaming studios are rainbows and great ideas. Some are puppy mills and concentration camps. I don't like gaming industry failures continuing to get jobs based on their resume. You know, there are Presidents and CEOs out there who haven't a single iota of positive use to the industry? They got there by failing upwards. The problem is pandemic in gaming. Fun statistical fact: The majority of problems in the western industry can be traced directly back to 80s-90s EA and Origin in the 90s. I don't care how precious UO is to everyone here. Those studios are a stifling plague on all our houses. This is literally every industry ever by the way. |
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KallDrexx
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I'd say that Steam, and their increasing indie-friendlyness is starting to change that and tip the sides back to non-corporate. Sure, AAA titles aren't coming out of them due to costs, but you can get extremely well done games for $10 now that compliments gaps between good AAA titles.
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tazelbain
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Also Steam must be making killing on the Long Tail which a physical store can't compete and is very indie friendly.
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Salamok
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Such bitterness. Aside from having a job you envy what have they done to warrant that?
That's not bitterness. It's FACT. Sorry to burst your bubble, but not all gaming studios are rainbows and great ideas. Some are puppy mills and concentration camps. I don't like gaming industry failures continuing to get jobs based on their resume. You know, there are Presidents and CEOs out there who haven't a single iota of positive use to the industry? They got there by failing upwards. The problem is pandemic in gaming. Fun statistical fact: The majority of problems in the western industry can be traced directly back to 80s-90s EA and Origin in the 90s. I don't care how precious UO is to everyone here. Those studios are a stifling plague on all our houses. Failing upwards works sometimes, especially if you fail in a glorious manner, shadowbane->wizards101 comes to mind. |
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schild
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Shadowbane and Wizards101 are barely the same industry. I'm not talking about fringe companies, I'm talking about companies that continually try to churn out hit after hit or AAA MMO after AAA MMO.
If ALL the ex EA and OSI employees went to social/fringe gaming, it'd be a blessing to the industry. Thankfully we're halfway there. Unfortunately, I see them all coming back from social gaming within the decade, where they will occupy senior positions again, slowing progress once more because they learned exactly nothing in their time away.
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sigil
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I see your SWG beta discs and raise you an Asheron's Call beta disc Mine is in my mom's attic. Yaraq Pride! Fired that game up a few monts ago in a fit of bored philanthropy. Wow. that game... is not pretty. It never really was, to be sure. |
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schild
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If I hadn't just packed everything, I would post pictures of all the beta discs.
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Pennilenko
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If I hadn't just packed everything, I would post pictures of all the beta discs.
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