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Ah the days of the homologation specials....never mind the barriers, standing that near to one of those beasts flying past on a special stage that isn't tarmac would require you to avoid stones like shrapnel whizzing past.. Rally fans are, shall we say, different....

GMT games do their P500 list to do exactly this don't they? They put a game up on their list and if it gets 500 pre-orders then they will do a run. Seems eminently sensible to me? http://www.gmtgames.com/t-GMTP500Details.aspx

"Yes and no IIRC. I think his explanation was that a tactical use of nukes would almost immediately escalate to a strategic exchange modeled by setting fire to the map. This was in response to questions from gamers as to why tac nukes were not included in the game." I actually owned a copy of NATO and definitely remember the lighter fuel remark in the rules to simulate strategic nuclear weapons. NATO also definitely did have tac nukes modelled. My copy of Palmers "The Best of Board Wargaming" also verifies it of the NATO game too. Of course it's possible Dunnigan used it in both sets of rules?

"Who could forget Dunnigan's tactical nuclear simulator of soaking the map in lighter fluid, then igniting it?" Surely, the strategic nuclear exchange option presented in "NATO" by Dunnigan wasn't it?

Nah, you can close a forum down and not allow anyone to post on it without removing the data (which isn't to say BF haven't done that..)

Ah, okies. I was thinking it would mean I was assuming that you might understand the challenges of pushing any PC game out with a small design and implementation team This isn't a criticism by the way, I have no handle whatsoever on the reasoning on dropping it and couldn't really care less to be honest, business is business, just me trying to read the runes and be a smart-alec If I want to buy the game I can, and I can't really ask for more than that...

I doubt that was the reason... http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=75558

Trogdor is easily the awesomest game with dragons in it (well one's drawn with consumate v's anyway!)

I know nothing about the other places, but Welwyn Garden City is not the most inpiring place to live. It's a "New Town" which means it's been planned from the outset, which is either a good or a bad thing depending on your point of view, but my visits there didn't make me think "If I move house it will be to here..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City Apparently it was Sir Ebenezer Howard who came up with the name...

Stats don't add up dude, simple truth is Australia were done in by 1 horrible session, just the same as England were at Headingly.. Thursday, 20 August 2009 npower Test Match Series England: 332 & 373-9 (95.0 overs) Australia: 160 & 348 (102.2 overs) 2 highest batting scores came in the 3rd and 4th innings...

Brute Force - John Ellis Crucible of War - Barrie Pitt

Benefits of working for the company who makes it mate...

I had my first go on OFP2 last night, Xbox version sadly and not PC. Looked great and played great, even with the horrid console controls. I firmly believe this will be much better than ArmaII...

I think any side that is compared to one that boasts Hayden, Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath would look bad in comparison. Which isn't to say it's a bad side just not as good as one boasting those players. Katich looked good as did Hilfenhaus imho...

Because they paid 3.2m for the privelige of staging the test match. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/The-Ashes-2009-First-Test-Begins-In-Cardiff-Between-England-And-Australia/Article/200907115331645?f=rss

Sorry dude, badly phrased question. I know what micro armour is, since I'm a wargamer and have a 1/300th German WWII one, I wondered what period / nation you had micro armour for sale for? (If any..)

What's the 1/300 WWII stuff mate? Nation? Period? Are they based up for any rule sets?

Okies, Sixx, thanks for that, I was looking for some info on support for MMO's out of Russia though. I've no interest in PW Free-to-play games with microtrans aren't my cup of tea at all I'm afraid...

Thanks Sixx, I'm assuming that's Perfect World in Russia right? I thought PW was free-to-play? Is it by sub in Russia then? If it is Russia, then CS is done by mail? Is that how you raise an issue with them? I gather Nival Online publish it in Russia, do you know if it's their support as well? Any more info gratefully received!

Indeed, CS is Customer Support.. Just trying to get a handle how the Russians handle their CS for a work project and hoped someone here would have some direct experience. My Russian doesn't extend very far so I can't read their forums unfortunately...

Anyone here can give me a steer on how MMO support runs in Russia? I know Age of Conan, WoW and Eve are all localised and have local CS... Has anyone experienced any of these? What's the CS model? Email? Dedicated support interface? Phone? What's the CS game knowledge like? Good, Indifferent, Poor? What's the CS turnaround for a ticket like? Minutes? Hours? Days? What's the hours of operation? 24/7? Evenings only? Any help or feedback very much appreciated....

One of my favourites from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/review/R1LPA5YOND6TGD/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm Including such classics as: "Spiers's eyes popped extraneously from their sockets, as his face turned from a deep red to a sickly purple." "The lamp's glow was very weak compared to the blue glow emancipating from the basement." "It infiltrated his lungs, filling them with a kind of innovativeness he had never felt before." And many more...

Dude, you really need to play GTAIV, and let's just leave it at that...

Well it's not a mock up of Scampton airfield with all those lovely hills in the background

And I would argue that GTAIV has a deep plot (as deep as any other video game anyway) and a genuine story to tell, it takes several days of playing to get from the beginning of the story to the end, on the way the character goes through a wide range of emotions including repentance, guilt, anger, love, sadness, jealousy etc. etc. And Nico is filled with doubts about his actions throughout the whole game, he has several discussions with other characters about the war he has fought in and how he is seeking revenge for the murdering of his friends and comrades, how he feels his life is a complete mess and he just wants to exact revenge so he can move on and how he wants to build a better life for himself, it's all there in the story and the plot, how he is driven for a desire for revenge, regularly placed in an impossible position and forced to choose between the lesser of two evils... GTAIV is none of those things... There is never any indication that showing this violence is for shock value in GTAIV, if you want to stand in a street an shoot people down in cold blood you can, that's the consequence of trying to create a realistic environment in which to place your game, but the consequence of this is a wanted level that forces you to evade the police to continue playing the game, evading the police is not a trivial exercise and regularly results in Nico being shot and having to restart the mission... I strongly suspect you are a victim of the hype that the makers of the game actively sought to use to promote it... Not even books like this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chopper-Mark-Brandon-Read/dp/1904034144