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[WAR] Thread: CEs Betaning NOW on the A server! Or some of us are.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    War, war never changes.



    Who else wants to join the Applied 4 Life club?

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    War, war never changes.



    Who else wants to join the Applied 4 Life club?

    I keep telling you, if we hadn't called it a club but had instead called it a guild....

    SammyF on
  • KendrikKendrik Lewisville, TXRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So, I got a call from the Gamestop where I pre-ordered the CE. They told me they had received the pre-order boxes and mine were waiting. But I already got my little CE pre-order sheet. So, I went to the store and they handed me 2 pre-order boxes, each with the TCG and an SE pre-order sheet. So, best of both worlds? :)

    Anyone else get this?

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  • SelnerSelner Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hmm, no call from GS here and that's where I preordered my CE.

    Maybe they'll call today or tomorrow.

    And I can see it... years from now I'm going to see the word "Applied" and fly into an incoherent rage and run around shouting "Waaaagh!".

    Selner on
  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Figgy wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I never preorder a game, it is almost always pointless because I have never had trouble getting a game without a preorder. That includes GTA4, Halo 2 and Halo 3. Oh well maybe I can pirate the game when it comes out, and play on a private server, because I am sure that will happen before a trial comes out.

    Are you seriously upset because Mythic is rewarding their pre-order customers? You're saying you won't buy the game unless you can play a trial first, but then you rag on suggestions that you use a pre-order as a method of trial. Putting $5 down on the SE Pre-order just for the Open Beta code isn't a viable option for you? If you hate the game, transfer the $5 to another title you want to buy.

    Kind of reminds me of my friend who is all up-in-arms about the CE's getting in-game content that no-one else will ever be able to get. I tried talking to him about all other MMO's that have done things like this (as well as other genres which have done it worse. Battlefield I'm looking at you!), but he didn't listen. I didn't even try to tell him about all the Con's he would have to go to to get everything ever disigned for an MMO. But, in the end I think all hes saying is: "Wahhhh why didnt I order the CE when I had the chance. Wahhhhh!!"

    At the risk of bad forum form bringing back a post that's already more than a page old (I hate doing this), wtf? The original idea he expressed had nothing to do with "why didn't I order the CE?" It was "I want to make sure this runs on my system before I make a sizeable financial outlay." Which is a reasonable point; even if your system meets the system specs outlined by the developers it's nearly impossible to test every possible combination of hardware components and drivers. Some people exceed the recommended specs for Age of Conan and still experience memory leaks. Some people are hovering around the minimum system specs and yet report no problems at all.

    Suggesting piracy--even as a hyperbole--wasn't particularly necessary, and a $5 outlay at Gamestop so you can pre-test and then decide simply not to go pick up to final product if you decide you don't like it isn't terribly unreasonable (PLEASE NOTE: I know someone who did this for a different game and he can't preorder at that Gamestop anymore, so don't do this if you live in a town with only one Gamestop) but I have to ask, since when is a consumer wanting to make an informed decision considered "whining?"

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  • FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    08-18-08

    That's my girlfriend's birthday.

    D:

    Ferrus on
    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2008
    oh god the age of conan forums are hilarious right now


    people posting videos from last august saying how bad the game looks

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  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    She'll understand.

    Cade on
  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2008
    you can smell the fear

    Unknown User on
  • FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Cade wrote: »
    She'll understand.

    Maybe she'll play a bit...:winky:

    Ferrus on
    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    oh god the age of conan forums are hilarious right now


    people posting videos from last august saying how bad the game looks

    That's...that's super annoying.

    There are plenty of reasons to dislike the game, you shouldn't have to make shit up.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2008
    Some guy posted saying hes in beta and he was playing and his DoK only had 2 animations and walked a foot above the ground



    someone replied with a very recent youtube of a DoK



    the first guy never posted again

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  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Ferrus wrote: »
    Cade wrote: »
    She'll understand.

    Maybe she'll play a bit...:winky:

    She can even dress up a bit.

    Him: Five damage five damage!

    Her: Stop hitting me!

    Cade on
  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh. OH you meant they're posting videos of WAR on the AOC forums. That makes so much more sense. I thought they were complaining on the AOC forums about AOC, as per usual. Man fuck those guys.

    edit: Also, Cade, there is never a point in time when it's funny if your girlfriend says "stop hitting me."

    Plus she wouldn't be in this situation if she'd learn to stop talking back in the first place.

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  • rehtonAesoohCrehtonAesoohC Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SammyF wrote: »
    edit: Also, Cade, there is never a point in time when it's funny if your girlfriend says "stop hitting me."

    Plus she wouldn't be in this situation if she'd learn to stop talking back in the first place.

    Wow, you simultaneously redeemed and condemned yourself in a single post. Amazing...

    rehtonAesoohC on
    Was wowed by Rift so I'm trying that now.
  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Figgy wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    Where? Starting on the weekend would be pretty awesome.

    Man, no one reads the shit I link. I even highlight it for you guys and everything.

    I slave over a hot forum all day.... and this is the thanks I get.

    Read #4

    This was concerning the head start, not beta or preview. Now who's slaving?

    I can't wait to see the AoC boards in... December or January or so.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Morskittar wrote: »
    Figgy wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    Where? Starting on the weekend would be pretty awesome.

    Man, no one reads the shit I link. I even highlight it for you guys and everything.

    I slave over a hot forum all day.... and this is the thanks I get.

    Read #4

    This was concerning the head start, not beta or preview. Now who's slaving?

    I can't wait to see the AoC boards in... December or January or so.

    I thought that was what you were asking... Robothero was saying he heard CE Pre-orders get an extra day on headstart... which they do.

    In Jan, the AOC boards will be filled with people wondering where their DX10 update is.

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  • TheCrumblyCrackerTheCrumblyCracker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Why is there a Nurgle Marauder? What is going on here?

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Even the mods at the AOC forums are getting in on the action.

    He is, of course, an idiot. As if the three factual things he listed are based on biased? No, good sir. If I tell you a game has trees and armour, that is not bias.

    Figgy on
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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2008
    Lufkin has proven that he is a grade A moron



    nothing has changed

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It's nice that he tacitly admits AoC's failure by saying he thinks it would be funny if WAR failed the same way.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    What will happen when the NDA drops and these people see the state of the game? It fills me with glee.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Morskittar wrote: »
    What will happen when the NDA drops and these people see the state of the game? It fills me with glee.

    Come on Morskittar, do you really think anything will change? They'll still say it's a piece of crap. They'll still link year old footage. They'll still make generalizations on a game they've never played.

    An addendum to the Internet Fuckwad Theory should be that people must automatically hate and bash any MMOs they are not currently playing.

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  • FryholeFryhole Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Figgy wrote: »
    An addendum to the Internet Fuckwad Theory should be that people must automatically hate and bash any MMOs they are not currently playing.

    My unfavorable bias towards AoC was based solely upon the developer name of Funcom.
    Also, tumbleweeds.
    That is what the AoC forums will be full of in a few months.

    Fryhole on
  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Figgy- Do internet fuckwads revile a game more if it is the unreleased competitor to their game of choice, or a game they previously played and enjoyed, and then moved on from?

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    What is this I don't even.
  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2008
    There are plenty of reasons to dislike WAR. 99% of the things thrown around on the internet are not any of those reasons, and most of them are outright lies.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    There are plenty of reasons to dislike WAR. 99% of the things thrown around on the internet are not any of those reasons, and most of them are outright lies.

    I hear that WAR supports human rights violations in China.

    Darkewolfe on
    What is this I don't even.
  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    robothero wrote: »
    There are plenty of reasons to dislike WAR. 99% of the things thrown around on the internet are not any of those reasons, and most of them are outright lies.

    I hear that WAR supports human rights violations in China.

    Olympic Fever: catch it!
    Caution: Olympic Fever actually SARS

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  • TharghorTharghor Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Let's discuss the newsletter instead. Nothing new except the intro trailer is supposedly over 5 minutes.

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  • dpw2atoxdpw2atox Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I am in the closed beta, because of the NDA all i can say is i will not be buying the game when its released.

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  • Flippy_DFlippy_D Digital Conquistador LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Boy is that an annoying post.

    Also I can't believe your squig didn't win. Beat some of the others hands-down. Unlucky dude.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    dpw2atox wrote: »
    I am in the closed beta, because of the NDA all i can say is i will not be buying the game when its released.

    I don't think you're even allowed to say that, but I doubt you or Mythic really care either.

    Forar on
    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • rehtonAesoohCrehtonAesoohC Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I just couldn't in good conscience play a game made by a company called Funcom. I mean... really? Funcom?

    rehtonAesoohC on
    Was wowed by Rift so I'm trying that now.
  • eatmosushieatmosushi __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    ^ aoc mods in our forums, postin in our threadz



    (Also, Warhammer will be great)

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    There are plenty of reasons to dislike WAR. 99% of the things thrown around on the internet are not any of those reasons, and most of them are outright lies.

    There are a lot of people who won't want to play WAR for very valid reasons. Without any knowledge beyond what is publicly available, I wouldn't assume Mythic has been vague or not-descriptive with anything about WAR. It will likely be exactly as described.

    Many may confuse "I don't like" with "It is bad". Also "It is great" won't mean that it is for everyone.

    Oh, and I can't wait for the trailer.

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  • dpw2atoxdpw2atox Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    yea i really dont care a whole lot honestly but yea i wont buy it. ive been in closed beta for 4 months now.

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  • SelnerSelner Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Hello Kitty Squig is hilarious :) . I'm glad I put my drink down, or I'm likely to have spewed all over the computer.

    And the AoC guys are just upset with themselves for backing the wrong horse. Their horse pulled up lame on the first turn, fell over dead and is on its way to the glue factory.
    Hopefully post-release they'll come to their senses.
    Why is there a Nurgle Marauder? What is going on here?

    What's this in reference too? I'm confuzzled... but as a way of a probable answer, there is a Nurgle-themed dungeon in the Inevitable City.

    Selner on
  • elgatoelgato Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Honestly, I'm old school. If I get even two months of enjoyment out of a game, I feel like it was a good purchase. The dollar value dwarfs all my other hobbies that barely give me 2-3 hours of enjoyment when doing them.

    So the question is, for 60 + 15 (game price and one month of subscription) can I some fun to last me a couple of months?

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    dpw2atox wrote: »
    yea i really dont care a whole lot honestly but yea i wont buy it. ive been in closed beta for 4 months now.

    Completely 100% unrelated question; what MMOs do you like?

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