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Has anyone said 'ManofManyAnuses' yet? edit: I, for one, am glad of the fresh start.
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ManofManyAliases posted:Has anyone said 'ManofManyAnuses' yet? It's time for a new belt imo
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:08 |
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Hav posted:They were preceeded by Voodoo and S3 who broke hard into 3d around the time of wing commander prophecy. Voodoo never managed to break away from the limitations of Glide and S3 Virge cards were really loving variable; but they were cheap enough for LAN games of Quake Arena. gently caress the Longest Yard. Yeah, I only bring up nVidia because of the 1993 connection and what we've arrived at today in terms of market share — the GeForce 256 didn't come out until, what? '98-'99:ish, and that was the end of the old 3D add-on cards — on-chip hardware T&L had arrived. TIE Fighter was essentially the 2.0 of X-Wing: take everything that worked, refine it, and make one of the best games in the genre for a long time. However, the initial version didn't use any of that tech, iirc (although the first Voodoo was released that year). They made a (significantly) updated version for the Collector's CD Edition in 1998, running on Windows, and I think that's when they squeezed in 3D acceleration and all the other good stuff. So it may have coincided with the GeForce launch, if that's what you're thinking of? The other important year would otherwise be 1996 (but then I'd have to rant about Wing Commander IV instead): the year of Quake, Duke 3D, Civ II, Super Mario 64, Diablo, Warcraft II… aaaand Tomb Raider. Why does TR get a special mention? Because it is commonly credited as the first major title to come with 3D acceleration support built in from the start rather than as a later patch or addition (which is why I'm curious about the details of TIE Fighter… but then, Descent (1995) didn't have acceleration either so the TR claim is probably accurate). Even Quake had to wait a year until GLQuake was released.
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someone's on a roll
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Quavers posted:Posting on page 6666+2 ART
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M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL
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ManofManyAliases posted:Has anyone said 'ManofManyAnuses' yet? What human interface devices do you oft elect to use
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:15 |
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:What human interface devices do you oft elect to use He only uses human restraint devices though?
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Erenthal posted:He only uses human restraint devices though? if he had human restraint he'd be $10k richer
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:19 |
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This guy.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:21 |
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Tippis posted:Yeah, I only bring up nVidia because of the 1993 connection and what we've arrived at today in terms of market share — the GeForce 256 didn't come out until, what? '98-'99:ish, and that was the end of the old 3D add-on cards — on-chip hardware T&L had arrived. That's very possible - the era coincided with my discovery of ecstacy, so recall gets fuzzy for a three year period that I just recall being awesome. I remember picking up Carmageddon Max Damage, then going back a week later to splurge on a Voodoo 1 and wing commander prophecy; the Voodoo 1 was the piggyback card where you took the output of your normal graphics card and fed it through the Voodoo with a little lead. After initial problems with the drivers, I was blown away because gourud was all we had until that point. While I'm fairly certain that I downloaded an executable at some point from a BBS that updated Tie Fighter to 3DFX, your recollection of the time might be better.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:21 |
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ManofManyAliases posted:Has anyone said 'ManofManyAnuses' yet? Yes. You. I don't know why, though. Masochism?
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:24 |
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Libluini posted:Yes. You. Post / AV Combo checks out.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:24 |
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The Titanic posted:This guy. How about this guy?
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Hav posted:That's very possible - the era coincided with my discovery of ecstacy, so recall gets fuzzy for a three year period that I just recall being awesome. Could be both, tbh. A lot of games scrambled to update for 3D once the cards started to gain traction — Lucasart weren't exactly lazy so they probably did so too. I just remember that TR got a lot of press, not just because of the game itself (which obviously spawned a side-genre of its own) and because of Lara, but because of how they managed to ride that wave perfectly right from the release version.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:29 |
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spacetoaster posted:How about this guy? what about him
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He's right.
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HOOAH
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:38 |
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'Murica, gently caress yeah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:what about him
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Tippis posted:Also, continuing the discussion where we last left off… I got a steel series sensei because it was on some sort of super sale and it's been ridiculously awesome. I miss the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical. The Sensei was the closest I could find to it though.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:47 |
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Zowie EC-1 Evo has mostly the same shape as the intellimouse explorer
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 16:51 |
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:I got a steel series sensei because it was on some sort of super sale and it's been ridiculously awesome. That old Microsoft mouse was the best. I had a razor mouse for a few years but it wore out. Some idiot goon told me to get a Logitech one because they have great customer service and will send you a replacement when it breaks every nine months or something. I ended up getting a steel series one and I really like it.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:00 |
I swear I had the only MX518 that wasn't bulletproof. Mine crapped out after a year or so. The logitech mmo mouse is good though, for sure. It's very large and I didn't like the third mouse button they put under your pinky, but I loved that mouse. Mine recently died and I got the Corsair one, I think it's called the Scimitar. It's a bit smaller, but it's nice because the number pad on the side can be moved backward or forward and then locked in place so you can put the thumb buttons exactly where you want them. The only downside is it uses Corsair's CUE program to control the lighting and buttons and junk, but CUE is getting better and since I have a Corsair headset I already use it anyway, so it's nice to be able to control all my peripherals from one window. It's extra handy for doing multicrew in Star Citizen because I can macro commands to my thumb buttons and have different macros for each mouse mode - one for doing scanning, one for C&C, one for working the main weapons control, one for ahahahaha just kidding.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:00 |
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spacetoaster posted:How about this guy? This guy is a special snowflake!
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:03 |
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https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5g3ujj/do_i_have_to_download_entire_game_again_after_26/ Star Citizen: Tedious and Frustrating
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What mouse is best for fidelitously tilting my character to space poop in the space toilet across the room while manning the space gun for multi space crew battles?
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Dementropy posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5g3ujj/do_i_have_to_download_entire_game_again_after_26/ reddit poster CradleRobin (gets me every time) in there quick with the Jesus patch defense.
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Charles Get-Out posted:What mouse is best for fidelitously tilting my character to space poop in the space toilet across the room while manning the space gun for multi space crew battles? The trackball on the star citizen HOTAS of course
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:10 |
Ol Cactus Dick posted:The trackball on the star citizen HOTAS of course Simple. Elegant. Functional.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:11 |
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Ol Cactus Dick posted:reddit poster CradleRobin (gets me every time) in there quick with the Jesus patch defense. Yeah. The name really hit home during the Happy Alaskan defense thread. He's going to always have a Jesus Patch defense. Even when/if 3.0 comes out, it'll be "In the next one. They're working on it. Cut them some slack! They've progressed to pre-alpha-alpha-beta now!" - ad infinitum.
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Charles Get-Out posted:What mouse is best for fidelitously tilting my character to space poop in the space toilet across the room while manning the space gun for multi space crew battles? Apple Mighty Mouse or the Magic Mouse in a pinch.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:12 |
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Beet Wagon posted:
Dementropy posted:Yeah. The name really hit home during the Happy Alaskan defense thread. Be careful quoting me guys, you could end up on the Old School Internet Warlord's ignore list.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:22 |
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Ol Cactus Dick posted:Be careful quoting me guys, you could end up on the Old School Internet Warlord's ignore list. Just keep posting the good stuff and soon he'll have the whole thread on ignore
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:23 |
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Chalks posted:Just keep posting the good stuff and soon he'll have the whole thread on ignore Just tested, you can't put a mod or admin on ignore. Anyone wanting to talk to Derek will have to go through Beet or Beer.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:25 |
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Chalks posted:Just keep posting the good stuff and soon he'll have the whole thread on ignore
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:28 |
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Ol Cactus Dick posted:Zowie EC-1 Evo has mostly the same shape as the intellimouse explorer Zowie is good and is what I use for my gaming mice. For work/everyday mice, though, I like the vertical mouse design of Evoluent more.
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:31 |
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(Stealing Daztek's valor) Have they kissed & made up yet?
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# ? Dec 2, 2016 17:31 |
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Hey Derek, seriously though: a while back you mentioned that some source dropped a lot of dirt on your lap. Did that turn out to be a hoax or troll or something? You haven't mentioned it in a while. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, I'm just honestly curious. e: taxxe Propagandist fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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