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by Sirian
Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:50 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: D3 Deceased
Replies: 31
Views: 4846

I'm thinking about it this way: If we are the "only" group of 6DoF players currently playing, then when CD comes out (assuming that the game becomes a greate hit) will all be the best players, untill some of the GP noobs get better. hehe I won't be a complete noob anymore! there will be a...
by Sirian
Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:30 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: A video for nOObs
Replies: 74
Views: 11971

I'm with you, in that there I don't think people should complain about being typekilled or spawnkilled. I could be mistaken, but I don't see that you're with me at all. Voicing a complaint vs holding a silent grudge makes no difference. Slapping the label "dishonorable" on to somebody in ...
by Sirian
Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:02 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: A video for nOObs
Replies: 74
Views: 11971

If I NOTICE that someone has just spawned (and isn't shooting), I don't shoot. It offends some folks, so why not err on the side of honor and give them some time to get their Bearings. Fair question. So here's my answers. 1. If a player was always meant to have a lot of weaponry, the game would spa...
by Sirian
Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: A video for nOObs
Replies: 74
Views: 11971

4. Play with honor . Typekills, spawnkills, etc. Noobs have to know what they are, and why they are dishonorable. If you think playing the game is dishonorable, then you -are- a n00b. 8) Hi. My name is not important. I must confess that apparently I am a "dishonorable" player. If it's in ...
by Sirian
Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:42 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

Oneye! I'm so glad you stopped in to say hi. .) Catch22, I didn't get to know well until 97, when we met at a LAN. (Sat in the same corner of the room, though different tables). Grax was at my table then, too, and he and I have stayed in touch privately. I have not seen anything of Redlion in severa...
by Sirian
Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

Are there any USB sticks on the market that could serve as a reasonable substitute for a 3D Pro? Just wondering.

- Sirian
by Sirian
Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:46 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

We all evolve through time.

Would you believe I'm capable of making short posts now? :)


- Sirian
by Sirian
Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:24 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

SRP. You know you'd love to have a machine SLOW ENOUGH to play that baby again, as it was meant to be played. 8)

Eat plasma and die like a real man. ... Thank you. :D


- Sirian
by Sirian
Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:07 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

What's up with me? Games, games and more games. :D

You know, the usual. 8)


- Sirian
by Sirian
Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: oh em gee D2X-XL!!
Replies: 13
Views: 2638

D2X-XL?

Anybody got a nonashholio blurb on what that's all about? (Like, can you sum it up in a sentence or three? For da noob, Sirian. Danke.)


- Sirian
by Sirian
Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:20 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

Not very many old, old timers left, eh? :)

Well, I'll chat with those who do show. What's up, guys? 8)


- Sirian
by Sirian
Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:01 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

Re:

hmmm 1996... I'd been playing for 2 years by then, ya N00B! :D I think.. didn't d1 demo come out 1994?? :? Late Late 1994. And from there to January 1996 is not two years, unless one of them is a dog year. :lol: But before you all start spamming up the thread, this isn't a "when Kali started&q...
by Sirian
Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:12 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Ingus is still yo babies daddy! NINJA MAGIC BABY! NINJAMAGIC
Replies: 25
Views: 3421

Two words: The Manes. 8)
by Sirian
Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:09 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Sick One and the DBB
Replies: 2
Views: 718

It wasn't '95. :)
by Sirian
Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:57 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Ten Years
Replies: 183
Views: 149491

Ten Years

So it's been ten years now since I first showed up on Kali to play Descent. If you remember playing with me in 1996 (you know who you are!) I'd love to hear from you. Pop in, say hi, tell me what you're up to, how it's going, etc. :)

- Sirian
by Sirian
Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:13 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Civilization 4
Replies: 16
Views: 1322

There is an official strat guide, and it was written by someone who actually knows the game (someone I worked with in development). If you're looking for help, that is a good way to get it without having to pore over the Civ4 boards, trying to figure out who knows what they're talking about and who ...
by Sirian
Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:21 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Civilization 4
Replies: 16
Views: 1322

Hardware T&L is required. Shader support HIGHLY recommend, as well. Avoid: GeForce2 or 4 MX varieties. No Shader. I think ATI 7500 is in same or similar boat. GeForce3's are good as are non-MX 4's. Anything above that is smooth sailing. ATI I'm not as sure about. Some ATI cards had an odd issue ...
by Sirian
Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:51 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Civilization 4
Replies: 16
Views: 1322

They let me have control over the game's maps (and produce most of them). If you appreciated my levels for Descent (1, 2 or 3) you may like what you find on that score in Civ4. The multiplayer is for real this time. In fact, if anybody here wants to get their clock thoroughly cleaned by the equivale...
by Sirian
Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:43 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What game are you playing?
Replies: 53
Views: 3273

I'm about to start a binge of Civ4. :)
by Sirian
Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:34 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Way to go Fox News.....
Replies: 135
Views: 6770

(by the way, you exercised a good argument tactic of the concession, something I rarely see here). Really? I thought the quality of debate was a bit higher than that here. ... Maybe it's not, and I'm wrongly blaming the worst offenders for a disproportionate share. Anybody who won't concede valid p...
by Sirian
Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:01 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Way to go Fox News.....
Replies: 135
Views: 6770

Hmm, this seems to be turning into a democrat vs. republican pissing match, which I didn't intend for. I don't root for the democrats, nor have I ever voted for one in a major election. I do not consider your criticisms to be devoid of merit. I do believe you overreached. I have too often been guil...
by Sirian
Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:52 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Way to go Fox News.....
Replies: 135
Views: 6770

Nice work with the figures, Sirian. Inverting Fox's stat to invent some sort of statistical center, as if 50% were to be strived for. You can't have it both ways, Vander. Birds is loudly and repeatedly harranguing FOX News in this thread for having more Republican guests than Democrats. Only... the...
by Sirian
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Way to go Fox News.....
Replies: 135
Views: 6770

You never saw George Will do that about his network employer, did you? I watched for twenty years, maybe two out of every five shows, and I never saw it. I'm sorry, I don't know George Will, I have not seen this program you speak of, I have only really been watching news the past 5 years. You've ne...
by Sirian
Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Way to go Fox News.....
Replies: 135
Views: 6770

Birds... I remember having this conversation before. I pointed out that ABC's Sunday morning news program, "This Week" (with David Brinkley) ran for decades with George Will as the only conservative on a panel with three liberals. Week in and week out! Now that's a THREE TO ONE margin... f...
by Sirian
Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Islamic Sharia Law comes to Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 880

Re: Islamic Sharia Law comes to Canada

Ontario has allowed Catholic and Jewish tribunals to settle family law matters on a voluntary basis since 1991. IMHO the Muslims should have the same rights given to others. The Muslim men, you mean. Are all religions created equally? What if, tomorrow, someone started a religion whose "divorc...
by Sirian
Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

Mike Brown has been "reassigned back to Washington" -- polite and not so gentle way of shuffling him out of the way. Coast Guard Admiral is taking over the relief effort. - Sirian He's being shuffled to Washington so he can be fitted for a medal and unavaible for any more press conference...
by Sirian
Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

Mike Brown has been "reassigned back to Washington" -- polite and not so gentle way of shuffling him out of the way. Coast Guard Admiral is taking over the relief effort.

- Sirian
by Sirian
Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:02 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pros and Cons of Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Replies: 30
Views: 9170

Why I titled the thread the way I did: I figured that it would give people a serious matter to talk about besides religion and politics for a change. A breather if you will. That's reasonable. People gravitate toward either current events or timeless questions. Logic is neither. Logic is fairly wel...
by Sirian
Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pros and Cons of Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Replies: 30
Views: 9170

I didn't come to this thread looking to take a swing. That's a fact. I came out of curiosity as to what you had to say. I wasn't looking to take a swing at that, either. I just wanted to hear you out. Well... I did. You had absolutely nothing to say. The thread title indicated that you would say som...
by Sirian
Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pros and Cons of Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Replies: 30
Views: 9170

So I thought when I saw this thread title that, for once, Ferno had written an article on something. I looked forward to reading it. Maybe it would be funny. Maybe it would be insightful. Maybe it would be sardonic. Surely it would not be Yet Another Empty One-Liner. SURELY. Heh. YAEOL strikes again...
by Sirian
Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:47 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

It's not red tape, it is constitutional law. The feds are legally prevented from intervening until the governor calls them in. Furthermore, FEMA clearly mandates that it is not a first response organization and that they require 72 to 96 hours notice before they can arrive and assist. The governor ...
by Sirian
Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy books/series.
Replies: 41
Views: 2062

1. Starship Troopers - Robert A Heinlein 2. Ender's Game (and sequels) - Orson Scott Card 3. The Foundation (and sequels and prequels) - Isaac Asimov Also great by Heinlein: * Stranger in a Strange Land * Orphans in the Sky * The Puppet Masters * The Moon is a Harsh Mistress * Farnham's Freehold - S...
by Sirian
Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

"What went wrong" is pretty obvious: RECORD storm surge. No storm has ever pushed that much water up on to the land in our recorded history. People who thought their first floor would flood drowned in their attics. People who thought their three story apartment building would still be ther...
by Sirian
Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

Where was the Lousiana National Guard that should have been deployed immediately following the storm? Oh that's right, the all volunteer army in Iraq, forgot about that. One third of the Lousianna National Guard was deployed to Iraq by a Republican President, but the other two thirds were sitting o...
by Sirian
Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Katrina
Replies: 125
Views: 6540

Ferno wrote:this has nothing to do with 9/11. at all.
Non sequitur.
by Sirian
Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:06 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Monitors
Replies: 26
Views: 1514

Bettina... I just made the move to LCD. I've been waiting for the tech to grow fast enough to suit my tastes. It is finally here: ViewSonic Xtreme Gamer with 5ms response time (4ms gray to gray). Even this speed demon blurs a few things, but not so much in games as text on forums when I scroll. By c...
by Sirian
Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:46 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Katrina
Replies: 125
Views: 6540

According to Madame Secretary of State, no help has been rejected and none will be rejected. So, apparently, we're caught up in red tape, because the help hasn't been accepted yet either. The mantra of the Red Cross is "We don't want anything but your cash." This makes some sense, in that ...
by Sirian
Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:32 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How to evacuate a city....NOT
Replies: 137
Views: 6555

Birdseye wrote:I don't think the blame game solves much, we should send money to the poor and figure out how to clean this up... then we can figure out how to prevent it.
I concur.

- Sirian
by Sirian
Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Attention Bettina...
Replies: 39
Views: 2808

Sirius wrote:We used to have Sirian for this.

Not that he ever got in on that topic.
You must not have paid close attention.

- Sirian
by Sirian
Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Katrina
Replies: 125
Views: 6540

The SuperDome is on a plot of land above sea level. It may flood a little but it won't drown. The French Quarter may in serious danger, though.