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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:20:10 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:

> "Ceowulf" <noneed@toknow.askifyoudo> wrote in message 
> news:4a810efc$0$22783$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>> DocScorpio wrote:
>>> ......with many new features and many of the original players from 10 
>>> years ago.  I loved this mmo space sim back in the day and have been 
>>> sucked back into it.  It's free till your chars reach a high-level, then 
>>> there's a small, one-time only fee.
>>>
>>> I posted abt it here because the space sim ng is dead and the other 
>>> gaming ng's nearly so.  Go to the following for more info on the new 
>>> Diaspora, if you're interested:
>>>
>>> http://hestia.nighsoft.net/nighsoft/index.php?aff_id=193
>>
>> I downloaded it and tried it, but couldn't get past... well the start 
>> screen? Every time I tried to trade it closed down the program. Couldn't 
>> launch as nothing happened when I clicked on the button.
>>
>> Very confusing start :p
>>
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> Sorry for the delay in responding to you.  I'm afraid I don't monitor the 
> ng's like I used to.
> 
> I know this is a dumb question, but did you buy a ship before you tried to 
> launch?  Your char doesn't start with a basic ship.  You have to spend some 
> portion of your starting 50K DC to buy and equip one.  After you have a ship 
> assigned to your char (there will be a box around the ship, when you view it 
> in the hangar), you should be able to launch.
> 
> As for the trade screen.  When you get the basic trade screen which show the 
> commodities, hit "enter" before trying anything else.  Then click on the 
> right menu choice at the left top.  This will bring you to the buy-sell 
> screen.  Type amounts in the space and hit "enter to buy and sell.
> 
> Hope this helps.

And once you've had your fill of people being helpful, D*r*k Sm*rt has
released a new -- well, newish -- game via Steam called "All Aspect
Warfare".  You can watch him make friends on the Steam forums:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=676

For example, from the "Game Reviews" thread:

Smart: <posts link to game review on some obscure website>

Potential Customer: Wait til we see reviews from IGN, GT, G4TV then we will
decide.

Smart: People who make their buying decisions based on someone else's
personal opinions are patently foolish.

Another Potential Customer: if reviews/professional opinions are foolish
then what is this thread for? 

Smart: <quotes above> Where exactly did I even utter those words?

The more things change ... 

Bret