Planet Descent
Community => Mess Hall => Topic started by: -<WillyP>- on May 23, 2012, 03:25:48 AM
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I think we need new Polls and Picture Of The Days more often. And we need more news. Any volunteers? Any ideas?
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Nobody sends me any POTD's anymore. And I don't have any of my own.
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I have a couple funny D3 pics.
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Eh, I have pics I could send in, but... :-\
As for the lack of news, I highly suspect it's because there isn't any, or it just gets put in the Mess Hall, and everybody seems okay with it being there.
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Do you guys think we should pull news from the general gaming industry? Or, stick to Descent only, for news?
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That might be cool, but it'd be a lot of news coming in. :P
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Well, at this point then, it'll either be a whole boat load of news or next to no news at all.
I will say that if we pull news from the whole gaming industry, I probably not pay much attention to it anymore. There really isn't much going on in the gaming industry that really interests me mostly.
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It would not be just random news, of course, I was hoping someone who follows such things anyway would be willing to post up a few bits and pieces now and then, of stuff that might be of interest to us all. And perhaps not just the gaming interest, some interesting tech articles, computer development, etc... Or perhaps a once a month 'month in review' type of article, touching on gaming computers tech etc...
Or should we stay purely to Descent News?
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Microsoft is doing some nasty stuff.
Windows 8 demo can erase your harddrive, $99 for removing software off their OS, something like that.
no real news on Descent.
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I get my daily gaming and tech news fix from http://www.neoseeker.com/. (http://www.neoseeker.com/.) Really great articles there on hardware and games. I visit it every day, always something new and cool to see. They usually find stuff before anyone else does, so I get to say "I knew X thing before you!" to all my friends. Lol
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Don't- Windows 8. Just, no.
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Microsoft is doing some nasty stuff.
Windows 8 demo can erase your harddrive, $99 for removing software off their OS, something like that.
no real news on Descent.
I remember when it was rumored that versions of Windows 7 Basic would only let you run "one" application at a time.
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It doesn't let you personalize your desktop which is stupid.
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Better question: Why would you ever use Windows 7 Basic?
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Because your note-taking machine came with it and you don't want to shell out the extra money when all you use it for is to take notes in class.
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It's the old adage... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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I would never buy a laptop so cheap that it came with Home Basic, tbh.
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Why would anyone use Windows
7 basic?
Seriously, not a lot of Descent news. Wiiware version appears to be the same, release date: 2012.
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Well, what about our fan-made missions? Any new missions for D2X-XL similar to Vignettes and The Enemy Within?
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Not as far as I know. I'm working on one or two, very slowly, and I will enlist people for various roles (like voice acting!) when the time is right.
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OH! OH! OH! Duuuuuude... I do voices... SERIOUSLY! I can change my voice and mimic so many different accents and personalities... seriously!
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Well I haven't exactly written the script yet, and I don't know how many parts I need to write for...
All I really know right now is that in the big bad's levels he does an evil laugh whenever a robot maker activates. And that all the characters (even the player character) will also have lines, and "discussions" in various areas.
But I will definitely characters with various accents.
Do you have a good-quality mic?
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I was just about offer my voice (kind of always wanted to try voice acting, and have had some minor, past acting experience) but you got me at "good mic." Just got the built-in on my laptop.
As for Windows 7...been running it for a good year now. Have no complaints. Don't know what you folks are going on about it for, actually.
Other Windows versions I hear you on, though. ;)
In other news, I got to use a Mac for the first time in what felt like years about a week ago. TOTALLY had forgotten how to use the darn things... ::)
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New descent levels, mods, music, about all the decent news we're going to get
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There are the other Descent-like games in the works we could include on this, like Miner Wars and that other one somebody posted a thread about not so long ago whose name alludes me...but it really caught my eye, so...anyway, there's that.
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Yes, I'd love to hear about Miner Wars! What's their website?
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Miner Wars Official Website (http://www.minerwars.com/index.aspx)