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On Oct 14, 4:05 pm, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:51:06 -0700 (PDT), baldypevs...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > On 20 Aug, 01:32, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:28:07 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:
> >>> "Bret Ripley" <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:xbndgelsnhuj.tr7e97190xwd.dlg@40tude.net...
> >>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:20:10 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Ceowulf" <non...@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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>
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>
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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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>
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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
>
> > Hello Bret you devil you.
>
> > I'd completely forgotten I could get here from Google.
> > I hope you are well and prosperous.
>
> > The old gang is spread very far and wide I fear, I've even lost touch
> > with Xan.
> > Lemming I spoke to about 2 months ago, he and his fambleh have moved
> > back to the county of his birth, Cumbria, and seem very happy, bless
> > 'em. I have an email addy for Lem if you so desire it.
>
> > The only spacesim type chicanery I'm close to now is the dear old X
> > series (remember when she was just an upstart?). I'm now bradF430 on
> > those forums and still haven't managed to play the game. I've now
> > purchased, installed and entirely failed to play all four iterations,
> > I'm something of an expert.
>
> > Best of luck to those that still haunt this godforsaken place, good
> > men and true everyone of you.
>
> > br d
>
> Br d!
>
> How are things with you? I hope your business is still going strong.
>
> Sorry for the slow response, but I only check this froup about as often as
> I get my teeth cleaned. There's just something about the taste of blood in
> my mouth that reminds me to check c.s.i.p.g.s-s.
>
> I think X(2? 3?) is the last space sim I played. It was great fun at first,
> but I soon reached the dreaded "is that all there is?" plateau. I don't
> have as much time for pc games as I used to, and lately I've been reduced
> to playing "Mafia Wars" on Facebook. At this point I must recognize that
> habitual use of illicit drugs would probably be a positive step for me.
>
> I do miss ol' Lemming. I'll never forget the time I almost stopped by his
> house, nor the time he almost chased me off his property while pelting me
> with a seasonal medley of root vegetables.
>
> Not much of the old gang seems to be around anymore. I haven't seen
> anything at all of Bill Huffman, Xan, Shingen, and too many others to name.
> Maybe they were the first against the wall when the revolution came.
>
> In other news: I've become a little bit of a football fan over the last
> couple of years (Sounders FC!), so I should probably apologize for the shit
> I used to give you about the sport. But that doesn't sound like any fun.
>
> But look: Doc Scorpio and Ceowulf were having this charming discussion
> about Diaspora, and here we are just pissing all over it. Seems a little
> like old times. <sniff>
>
> See you around the salt mines, old timer.
>
> Bret

Hey guys!

Long time no chat.

I already tired Diaspora.. I think I found it over here:
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/forum.html

Lately.. I've not had too much time for gaming. I've been playing some
Evochron: Alliance.. I might purchase Legends, but I haven't decided.

Derek is as Derek does. Some things never change. He sure loves his
flame-wars!