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Why even buy Wiindows ME? Just make sure you have a decent cpu and 256 megs of ram a run W2K. Just my opinion and like every other post I have made I'm sure people will blast me. But you know I'm right.
Why even buy Wiindows ME? Just make sure you have a decent cpu and 256 megs of ram a run W2K.
Just my opinion and like every other post I have made I'm sure people will blast me.
But you know I'm right.
hehe
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Just my opinion and like every other post I have made I'm sure people will blast me.
But you know I'm right.
hehe
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1. "I said, these games did not work until the company game out with a patch or something. In these cases, they were service packs, or DX8."
Guess you haven't been using 9x very long. ALOT of 9x games these days require patches.... or haven't you as a hardcore gamer been playing them? Also SP1 & DX8 didn't fix any issue for my games and I never had any sticky key issues with aformentioned games.
2. "they are going to go out and find an OS that is capable of running any and every game right out of the box without any problems. That's the bottom line!"
Again not all games run out of the box or run well at all "without any problems" even in 9x. Wanna use a crappy 9x OS? Fine with me that's your decision of course but I like to muddle through and actually help people out by trying to get the games to work not by giving up and running 9x instead. So I guess in that respect I am not a "hardcore gamer" I buy all the latest games, I play and beat all the latest games but I WILL NOT install 9x to play a game I will try my best to get it to work in NT5. If it doesn't then I'll just wait for the patch.
3. "Oh yeah, Rogue Spear, Nox, SOF, and Vampire TM:R didn't run correctly at firs, so does that mean that for that short amount of time, they sucked???? And who gives a sh*t whether the demo works in win2k or not??"
Rogue Spear ran fine here when I last played it a couple of months ago on an RC of Windows 2000. Don't remember which version. Even took it to a LAN party.
NOX- Never played it.
Soldier of Fortune: I haven't played the full game but the demo ran fine. The demo is the same as the full except with all the extra stuff cut out.
Vampire: Ran fine here OUT OF THE BOX. Except for the fact of no stupid save game feature and some graphical corruption on my G400.
4. "nd who gives a sh*t whether the demo works in win2k or not??"
Obviously the person who made this site, the people like me who submit the working demos to this site, the people who want to play the demos. The people who want to know if the full game may work in 2000.
5. "when i buy a game i don't want to have to wait for microsoft to come out with a damn service pack just so i can play it. And DX8??? So now we are supposed to use beta drivers that are very secretive and hard to get just so our games will run??"
Is it Microsoft's fault that the company who made the job did a crappy job of R&D NO? (Except for the control issue which it seems odd that only some games and some people experience). If you are a HARDCORE gamer then you must know that using the latest beta drivers is part of the trade. Also Directx 8 is extremely easy to find on the internet. Obviously you haven't been looking very hard. Mabye you've been spending too much time playing games. ;(
*Since your a HARDCORE gamer go buy a Playstation,N64,Gameboy or some other lame little console. Obviously you don't wanna help the computer world and would rather play games instead of trying to get them to work MR. HARDCORE.
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1. "I said, these games did not work until the company game out with a patch or something. In these cases, they were service packs, or DX8."
Guess you haven't been using 9x very long. ALOT of 9x games these days require patches.... or haven't you as a hardcore gamer been playing them? Also SP1 & DX8 didn't fix any issue for my games and I never had any sticky key issues with aformentioned games.
2. "they are going to go out and find an OS that is capable of running any and every game right out of the box without any problems. That's the bottom line!"
Again not all games run out of the box or run well at all "without any problems" even in 9x. Wanna use a crappy 9x OS? Fine with me that's your decision of course but I like to muddle through and actually help people out by trying to get the games to work not by giving up and running 9x instead. So I guess in that respect I am not a "hardcore gamer" I buy all the latest games, I play and beat all the latest games but I WILL NOT install 9x to play a game I will try my best to get it to work in NT5. If it doesn't then I'll just wait for the patch.
3. "Oh yeah, Rogue Spear, Nox, SOF, and Vampire TM:R didn't run correctly at firs, so does that mean that for that short amount of time, they sucked???? And who gives a sh*t whether the demo works in win2k or not??"
Rogue Spear ran fine here when I last played it a couple of months ago on an RC of Windows 2000. Don't remember which version. Even took it to a LAN party.
NOX- Never played it.
Soldier of Fortune: I haven't played the full game but the demo ran fine. The demo is the same as the full except with all the extra stuff cut out.
Vampire: Ran fine here OUT OF THE BOX. Except for the fact of no stupid save game feature and some graphical corruption on my G400.
4. "nd who gives a sh*t whether the demo works in win2k or not??"
Obviously the person who made this site, the people like me who submit the working demos to this site, the people who want to play the demos. The people who want to know if the full game may work in 2000.
5. "when i buy a game i don't want to have to wait for microsoft to come out with a damn service pack just so i can play it. And DX8??? So now we are supposed to use beta drivers that are very secretive and hard to get just so our games will run??"
Is it Microsoft's fault that the company who made the job did a crappy job of R&D NO? (Except for the control issue which it seems odd that only some games and some people experience). If you are a HARDCORE gamer then you must know that using the latest beta drivers is part of the trade. Also Directx 8 is extremely easy to find on the internet. Obviously you haven't been looking very hard. Mabye you've been spending too much time playing games. ;(
*Since your a HARDCORE gamer go buy a Playstation,N64,Gameboy or some other lame little console. Obviously you don't wanna help the computer world and would rather play games instead of trying to get them to work MR. HARDCORE.
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Okay, i am going to make this as short as i can because you are beginning to annoy me.
"Again not all games run out of the box or run well at all "without any problems" even in 9x. Wanna use a crappy 9x OS? Fine with me that's your decision of course but I like to muddle through and actually help people out by trying to get the games to work not by giving up and running 9x instead. So I guess in that respect I am not a "hardcore gamer" I buy all the latest games, I play and beat all the latest games but I WILL NOT install 9x to play a game I will try my best to get it to work in NT5. If it doesn't then I'll just wait for the patch"
Okay, there is no way you are ever going to convince the world that NT5 is more compatible with games than 9x. Im not saying 9x is better, so get that through your thick skull. Unlike you, i am not single-minded. Like ive said before, i am an NT/Unix user. So don't sit there and try to f*cking tell me that NT is better and blah blah blah. I know it is better for quite possibly ever other reason than gaming. A game has a hell of a lot better chance of working on a 9x platform right out of the box than NT. That's the bottom line. Microsoft's said it, game manufacturers have said it, and now ive said it from personal experience.
"Rogue Spear ran fine here when I last played it a couple of months ago on an RC of Windows 2000. Don't remember which version. Even took it to a LAN party"
Well aren't you just more special than everyone else here. Why don't you do us all a favor and save me from having to type much and do a search on this board for Rogue Spear's sticky keys in Win2k.
"Is it Microsoft's fault that the company who made the job did a crappy job of R&D NO? (Except for the control issue which it seems odd that only some games and some people experience). If you are a HARDCORE gamer then you must know that using the latest beta drivers is part of the trade. Also Directx 8 is extremely easy to find on the internet. Obviously you haven't been looking very hard. Mabye you've been spending too much time playing games."
You just contradicted your only strong point in this argument. No, it is not MS' fault. When is the last time you saw a service pack for Win98 SE that enables more game compatibility?? (ouch....that one hurt). Oh, by the way, i have DX8, but it sure wasn't easy to get it when it first got out. It was quite hard to obtain, and least for most of us. You seem to be an exception to everyone else's problems, so you probably got it right away right?
"Since your a HARDCORE gamer go buy a Playstation,N64,Gameboy or some other lame little console. Obviously you don't wanna help the computer world and would rather play games instead of trying to get them to work MR. HARDCORE."
First of all, that is horsesh*t. You're telling me that i need to play games on a little lame console?? Dude, i would love to actually play you at a First Person Shooter Computer game. Console games are lame. I am a computer gamer, so that little attempt of an immature insult there was insignificant. And one last thing..Did you even look at the f*cking post you are in?????? Ronin asked a question. I answered his question and my response was a lot more helpful to the Computer World than any of yours here. I am the one that is helping people get their games to work. Maybe you need to actually use your brain and think before you spout out comments that make you look bad.
-HarU
"Again not all games run out of the box or run well at all "without any problems" even in 9x. Wanna use a crappy 9x OS? Fine with me that's your decision of course but I like to muddle through and actually help people out by trying to get the games to work not by giving up and running 9x instead. So I guess in that respect I am not a "hardcore gamer" I buy all the latest games, I play and beat all the latest games but I WILL NOT install 9x to play a game I will try my best to get it to work in NT5. If it doesn't then I'll just wait for the patch"
Okay, there is no way you are ever going to convince the world that NT5 is more compatible with games than 9x. Im not saying 9x is better, so get that through your thick skull. Unlike you, i am not single-minded. Like ive said before, i am an NT/Unix user. So don't sit there and try to f*cking tell me that NT is better and blah blah blah. I know it is better for quite possibly ever other reason than gaming. A game has a hell of a lot better chance of working on a 9x platform right out of the box than NT. That's the bottom line. Microsoft's said it, game manufacturers have said it, and now ive said it from personal experience.
"Rogue Spear ran fine here when I last played it a couple of months ago on an RC of Windows 2000. Don't remember which version. Even took it to a LAN party"
Well aren't you just more special than everyone else here. Why don't you do us all a favor and save me from having to type much and do a search on this board for Rogue Spear's sticky keys in Win2k.
"Is it Microsoft's fault that the company who made the job did a crappy job of R&D NO? (Except for the control issue which it seems odd that only some games and some people experience). If you are a HARDCORE gamer then you must know that using the latest beta drivers is part of the trade. Also Directx 8 is extremely easy to find on the internet. Obviously you haven't been looking very hard. Mabye you've been spending too much time playing games."
You just contradicted your only strong point in this argument. No, it is not MS' fault. When is the last time you saw a service pack for Win98 SE that enables more game compatibility?? (ouch....that one hurt). Oh, by the way, i have DX8, but it sure wasn't easy to get it when it first got out. It was quite hard to obtain, and least for most of us. You seem to be an exception to everyone else's problems, so you probably got it right away right?
"Since your a HARDCORE gamer go buy a Playstation,N64,Gameboy or some other lame little console. Obviously you don't wanna help the computer world and would rather play games instead of trying to get them to work MR. HARDCORE."
First of all, that is horsesh*t. You're telling me that i need to play games on a little lame console?? Dude, i would love to actually play you at a First Person Shooter Computer game. Console games are lame. I am a computer gamer, so that little attempt of an immature insult there was insignificant. And one last thing..Did you even look at the f*cking post you are in?????? Ronin asked a question. I answered his question and my response was a lot more helpful to the Computer World than any of yours here. I am the one that is helping people get their games to work. Maybe you need to actually use your brain and think before you spout out comments that make you look bad.
-HarU
All this crap almost makes me yearn for the good old DOS days, when a HARDCORE gamer was known by how much of the 640K he could s-q-u-e-e-z-e out of his config.sys and autoexec.bat, rather than having to resort to a boot disk to play games.
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"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" -Adolph Hitler, 1935
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"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" -Adolph Hitler, 1935
*sigh*
Well, i tried to give you a good reason Ronin and all i am getting is "flames" from other "so-called Know-it-alls" that think they are god's gift to computers. Dos and Eddie can go ahead and fiddle around with win2k and all their patches and service packs, and i will buy a game, install it, and play until i am sick of it with no problems. I guess its your choice. If pretending that you are an NT Guru makes you feel smarter, than go ahead. I will continue to run my 100+ computer network at work running Win2k pro, server, and advance server, but until the games that i buy says it supports Win2000, i will continue to use Win98/ME for games. If you guys feel like trying to challenge me on NT questions (because, according to eddie, i don't know what im talking about) then by all means, go for it. And, if you have a fast connection and feel like challenging my "hardcoreness" *cough* eddie and dos, then maybe we can spar for fun. I was just trying to give Ronin a good reason for using ME.
-peace-
-HarU
Well, i tried to give you a good reason Ronin and all i am getting is "flames" from other "so-called Know-it-alls" that think they are god's gift to computers. Dos and Eddie can go ahead and fiddle around with win2k and all their patches and service packs, and i will buy a game, install it, and play until i am sick of it with no problems. I guess its your choice. If pretending that you are an NT Guru makes you feel smarter, than go ahead. I will continue to run my 100+ computer network at work running Win2k pro, server, and advance server, but until the games that i buy says it supports Win2000, i will continue to use Win98/ME for games. If you guys feel like trying to challenge me on NT questions (because, according to eddie, i don't know what im talking about) then by all means, go for it. And, if you have a fast connection and feel like challenging my "hardcoreness" *cough* eddie and dos, then maybe we can spar for fun. I was just trying to give Ronin a good reason for using ME.
-peace-
-HarU
well, at least i have the pleasure of using the NT kernel (No Fatal Exceptions for me). I could care less if some apps don't run. Patches? I don't even use the 02.17.00 hotfixes or SP1!!! I could care less. You won't see a patch or SP for win9x because they come out with a new damned version every year, there's no use for a SP, you know why win9x is unreliable???? LEGACY. thats why, its time to move on....its time to jump on the train of progress or you'll get left behind...its time for a new age in greatness......Vote for EddiE314 for Moderator in 2000....haha
[This message has been edited by EddiE314 (edited 03 October 2000).]
[This message has been edited by EddiE314 (edited 03 October 2000).]
I totally agree with you on this eddie, even though you insulted me before. You are right about the advancing technology, but unfortunately, the need to advance technology has struck only users such as us. It has not influenced game manufacturers *yet*. But, i know it will soon. Most likely very soon. As soon as they see the speed and management of the NT kernal, they will advance; I know some have already started. But, as long as games are being more compatible on Win9x, i will encourage people to use it for games, and nothing else. I guess that is just the impatience that i have so much of. If im not satisfied right at the moment, i look elsewhere. When win2k first came out, i used it for games, because i had a dual celeron system. It worked pretty well, the games and apps were faster, the driver databases and hardware management was awesome, but the first instance of a game not working urked me. Then more and more incompatibilities came, and that just kinda ruined my original experience with win2k gaming. It's probably improved since the last time i used it for gaming, and i am sure i will try it again in the near future. I just know that at the moment i am willing to sacrifice speed for compatibility, but i guess on this board, i am alone on that issue.
-peace-
-HarU
-peace-
-HarU
