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On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:28:07 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:

> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
> news:xbndgelsnhuj.tr7e97190xwd.dlg@40tude.net...
>> 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!

That's the spirit!

> You hijacked my thread.

Sure, but I limit myself to one hijacked thread per year.

> However, I must confess that I 
> went, like the lemming I am (whatever happened to lemming anyway?),

Wish I knew -- I miss the old gang. Then again, I never did get out much.

> 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! 

Just for old time's sake:

*BING*

Bret