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Phoenix
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 Post subject: Phoenix (who is this guy?) and his EQII beta journal Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 04:26 am |
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I'm going to preface this buy saying that I have never played EQ or any other MMORPG. Also, I really like EVE. So draw from that what you will.
10/26 - Well, I downloaded the game from Sony after getting my beta email and got ready to play the game. By the time I registered my Station name, and finished an essay that I actually made myself finish, I was ready to play the game. Then, oops, I had to download over 2 gigabytes of updates.
10/27 - Okay, it finished downloading. Go me. Now it's time to play the game. I was actually a bit excited because I had kind of enjoyed the game I had a chance to play at E3. Granted, my machine is not nearly as good as the machines they used at E3, but it's still a sweet machine. I made a character, one of those lizard guys because Rihk won't shut up about them. And I must say, my character looks pretty mean and threatening, especially because he has a big, green tail. Well, I jumped in the game and ... it sucks. Let me clarify here. My computer sucks. Four years ago, this GHz machine with 256 MB of RD RAM was oh so sweet. Counter-strike looked AWESOME! But with EQII? Holy primary colors Batman. If I could post a picture of it, I would. Maybe I can, I'll check. But my goodness, my comptuer just can not handle the game. It runs decently well, but I found myself thinking that the starting boat didn't have stairs in the beta build until I realized that it was not a wall of black but a set of stairs. Granted, I only played the game for like 30 minutes, just long enough to kill a rat, a goblin, and some sort of STD on the beach. It started lagging a bit in the city and I realized that I was late for my Organic Chemistry lab (again), so I had to stop. If I have time this weekend, I'll log some more time in and complain some more about that game. |
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Finnmacool1
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 05:15 am |
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| <<<<insert more useless text here>>>> |
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Xaln
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 05:26 am |
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So it sucks because your machine can't run it?
Wow, nice critique. I extend a warm thanks from all the people that were interested in such an intelligent analysis. |
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Pale
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 06:17 am |
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| Four years ago, this GHz machine with 256 MB of RD RAM was oh so sweet. |
That's your main problem right there. The game's recomended minimum RAM is 512... there's a reason for that, you know.  |
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VonDrevon
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 06:29 am |
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| Well of course he's a moderator... he won't be able to play the game with that piece of crap, so he can spend all his times on the forums... |
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Ilowen T'Cirele
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 06:34 am |
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There's more than just the ram, look at all the info....Ghz machine? as in 1? 
256 RD ram, .....damn you for your getting into beta over me! |
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Phoenix
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 08:48 am |
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| Xaln wrote: |
| So it sucks because your machine can't run it? |
Try reading it. That might help you avoid making stupid comments.
Pale, I know.
And yes Ilowen, as in 1. I didn't even apply for beta, they just throw stuff at me. |
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Nicolaskl
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 01:05 pm |
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| Wow. Best....review.....evar.... |
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Ilowen T'Cirele
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 01:55 pm |
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| Ah ok then I retract my anger, I had thought you were taking the potential spot of someone else but if they gave you a spot as a mod... |
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Silverleaf
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| Post subject: Re: Phoenix (who is this guy?) and his EQII beta journal Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 02:22 pm |
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even if they did give it to you... and you knew you couldn't run it.. thats all good. But what compelled you to tell us all about it? Do any of us care about your lack of current technology or your tardiness to Chemistry? I sure don't.
and this part kills me..
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| And I must say, my character looks pretty mean and threatening, especially because he has a big, green tail. |
yeah dude... tails are so cool. They totally rock. yeah.. tails...  |
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OnyxRaven
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 02:32 pm |
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Silverleaf has it right - tails rule.
Good review of trying to play on a below-spec machine
phoenix needs a new computer! |
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Silverleaf
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 02:44 pm |
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| no lie.. dude! how can you mod a site with that PC?! |
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Claritin
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 04:09 pm |
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You could mod this site on a 486 66 Mhz with 128 megs RAM and a 1 meg integrated video card As long as you have a decent ISP....
All you need is Windows 95 and IE6.
And yeah the moderators got in beta.. 2 weeks pre-release... 40,000 people got in before us... I think Pheonix was being sarcastic when he said they "threw" stuff at him... I worked really hard to get in 40,000 people late.... |
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EQ2 - Claire 50 Troubadour (Woodelf/Female) on Permafrost
EQ1 - Retired 65 and 66 AA Bard/62 and 3 AA Druid/56 Shaman/40 Rogue from Veeshan
FF XI - Retired 57 PAL/39 WHM/31 RNG/27 MNK/27 WAR/21 RDM/20 BLM/16 THF... from Bismarck |
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Silverleaf
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 04:13 pm |
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| Actually I think it is odd they did not give you guys beta first. Would sure have made you more effective on the boards. |
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Claritin
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| Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 06:45 pm |
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Yeah I thought so too... they waited so long I don't really have time to help Onyx make like equipment databases and other things that are expected of a site this size and caliber.
I mean seriously how many piece of equipment can I find in 2 weeks? I just got off newbie island.... How many spells can I try? How many monsters can I fight? How many maps can I make? Not much... all I really have time for is my Beta Logs.... Anything else I start right now would be so incomplete it would be worthless anyway. |
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Claritin Dangermouse
EQ2 - Claire 50 Troubadour (Woodelf/Female) on Permafrost
EQ1 - Retired 65 and 66 AA Bard/62 and 3 AA Druid/56 Shaman/40 Rogue from Veeshan
FF XI - Retired 57 PAL/39 WHM/31 RNG/27 MNK/27 WAR/21 RDM/20 BLM/16 THF... from Bismarck |
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