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"Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
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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
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Ceo-
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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
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Shame on you, Bret!  You hijacked my thread.  However, I must confess that I 
went, like the lemming I am (whatever happened to lemming anyway?), to the 
linked forum....and the posts were like a trip down memory lane. :)  God, it 
was almost 15 years ago that it all started! 



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