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Article #99417Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99
From: Lemming
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:00
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:00
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:00:18 +0000, br d <one1@two2.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:00:26 -0800, bp <6ball@comcast.net> wrote: > >>On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:18:13 +0000, br d <one1@two2.fsnet.co.uk> >>wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:35:58 -0800, bp <6ball@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>>On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:33:27 +0000, br d <one1@two2.fsnet.co.uk> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:21:00 -0800, bp <6ball@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:57:41 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not >>>>>>not)notmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>"bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>news:a2pd20p1gr6sekb84qc3rgmjmu4qckt0tj@4ax.com... >>>>>>>> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 23:25:19 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135@(hot not >>>>>>>> not)notmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >I will still attempt to put some time into this game to see if I can find >>>>>>>> >any redeeming features. Just maybe somewhere in there is some fun >>>>>>>gameplay. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How is UC different form the other BC games? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>So far it looks the same. The main screen lacks the tutorial button, which >>>>>>>IMO is a step in the wrong direction. You would think that after publishing >>>>>>>a game with a button to access tutorials that didn't tutor anything, that >>>>>>>the next game woud actually add tutorials that did tutor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I have no idea what changes were made from BCG to UC to "rebrand and action >>>>>>>focus" the game. Best I can tell is it's just a name change and an >>>>>>>incremental update over BCM plus a long overdue printed manual. >>>>>>> >>>>>>Hey br d sounds like you owe me some kudos. >>>>> >>>>>You don't get it that easy, I said if somebody says it's crap, he >>>>>hasn't said that (yet). >>>>>Anyway, that's FLY135, I have him palmfiled, which means I have to put >>>>>my hand over the parts of the post he wrote. >>>> >>>>I believe you got on me for suggesting the game would be buggy. >>>> >>>> http://www.3000ad.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=21 >>>> >>>>Maybe this will help convince you. >>>> >>>>BTW buggy CTD games are crap. >>>> >>>>I'll be waiting. >>> >>>This is where I referred to UC: >>>---------------------------- >>>You've been pulling people up about UC and saying "How can you know >>>this", so lets question the questioner, how can you have these >>>opinions about the game when you've never played it? >>>You want to tell people it's full of bugs, or in your experience it >>>doesn't run or patch then great, go ahead you're talking from first >>>hand knowledge, but someone came here for some genuine information >>>about the game and you say all of the above. >>>------------------------------- >>> >>>You'll notice I said that if you wanted to tell people it was full of >>>bugs then fine, hardly "getting at you", the rest of the post I was >>>referring to BCM, and more pointedly, to the fact that you readily >>>offer critical opinions on something you haven't had any experience >>>of. How the game we still don't know, if it's buggy as fuck then >>>great, you made the right call, although I never said I expected it >>>not to be, I said BCM was now "mostly stable". >> >> >>NO NO NO NO >> >>YOu said > >Oh bugger yes I did say: > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Look, i'm happy to be friendly, or i'm happy to fall out, I don't >>care, my intention with this is not to slag you off and start a row >>but just to highlight the absurdity of it. If someone fancies trying >>the game then they can find out for themselves, if they come back here >>and say "You were spot on bp, it's a load of old horse shit" I'll >>laugh and give you a bit of kudos, >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>But I see you are correct no one as actually come here and said it's a >>load of old horse shit yet. >> >>I'll wait a little longer. > >Ok. > >But I haven't lost yet have I? > >Shit bp, i'm pissed. let's sort this out tomorrow. Translation for our Merkin readers: br d isn't angry at this point. In the UK "pissed" means drunk. If he was angry, he'd say "pissed off". >Let's wait a little longer. :) Lemming -- Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.
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