Posts by house atreides

to see an alien in person would not scare me at all ( unless it had violent intentions) I would make every attemt to communicate with it and find out if I could drive its ship lol. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

I am also a very logical person ( and spirtal as well) and I dont buy into ANYTHING unless I have the facts to back it up ( like the werewolf thing) but personal experence does count for something. I dont expect you to beleive me and I do hope that you never encounter a ghost, it is never fun. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

no offence taken <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I know such things are hard to beleive in unless you see it for yourself. I dint beleve my mother when she said she saw a ghost before I saw my first one. But the world is full of individuals who just wont give up on life, even after said life ended.But one of the things that still creep me out even now is when I sence when a place is haunted. Sometimes I dont want to know how I can do this but still it happens. I am not psychic, I just know how to sence these things. I guess it comes from living a really weird life lol. if you want some other weird things I have seen a werwolf (in real life it is a mental disease were a person thinks that they have changed into a wolf) I have meet vampires (vampireism is a sexual fetich) I know many witches ( some of us prefer the name wiccan) Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

I know for a fact that ghosts exist because I have been dealing with them for all my life, most are of the varity that have no intelligence and are more like a record of an event then is put on indeffinet loop. I also have seen what has been termed &quot;shadow people&quot; there is one that looks to be a woman that lived here in the house I am at now that shows up every now and them , seems to only want to check me out lol. I have also been attacked by angry spirits. That is no fun at all. when you see the walls glow red for no reason ( and for the record I dont do drugs or drink) you know it is time to move out . But for the most part other then the rare shock most of the ghosts that I have seen have been interesting and harmless. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

Well I have played all three of the big guys, evolutions, TNG, and crossfire. Evolutions is more geared to the trader aspect of the game and as such has added alot to the economy aspect, like you can sell the pilots of the ships you destroy. and it has a lot of new systems.The latest version (1.30) has done away with the dule thrusters because they were too buggy. Crossfire is very combat oreneted (sp?) and the weapon effects are very impressive, and like evolutons hasa added many new systems. with The next generation this mod is mainly a starwars mod and is a very well done one, I have played it on MP and checked out the single player version of it and was impressed with what they had done to it. Allin all which mod is best for you depends on your playing style. All three have great ships that are not uber and are well blaneced. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

my best advice is stick with freelancer, I have also tried most of the games on your list ( except EVE, I have SWG and one pay per month mmo is enough for me) Of cource X3 seems interesting, if they fixed the caracter adamation,that is what did it for me on the X2 game. For freelancer I play mainly the evolutions mod because it mainly sticks with the trader aspects of the game, and it helps that there was a recent released mod that randomizes the economy and were you can buy ships. Hope this helps. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

Play some very viloent video games and if that does not help ..........play some more. lol. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

Evolutions mod hands down.... I have tried a bunch of them and Evolutions just suits my playing style the most.

the only reson that the macs have not been &quot;publicly &quot; hacked is because they are not as widely dispersed. The Government dont use macs yet but once they do I´m sure that hackers will start to more actively target mac OS´s. But it is only time before there will be reports of mac hacks. It is a shame thou that this is fact and not maybe <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> As for the reports of the hacks of the &quot;longhorn&quot; OS. I am not at all surprise that this info was leaked to the public. Microsoft is the big sucess and as such it is hated by many people, and while I am not impressed by many of the pratices of the company ( shadow monopoly anyone?) I do use the XP OS and will continue to use it. I have had no trouble will solveing all of the problems I have faced since I built my computer. And as one friend put it I have had as many problems in one year as most people do in five lol, and I am someone who didnt know a thing about computers when I bought the motherboard lol !! Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

while I am not a modder ( I currently have my hands full with my own projects) but I have every intention of contacting my congressman. how about the rest of you ? this has gone on far enough. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

disturbing news for all modders.( copied from my internet provider tech. news page) Video Game ´Mods´ Under Scrutiny By MATT SLAGLE, AP Technology Writer Fri Jul 22, 8:07 AM DALLAS - With many video games, there´s no &quot;game over&quot; screen, no reason to ever get bored. In a long-standing practice called &quot;modding,&quot; fans create their own new chapters, artwork and other twists to extend the lives of their favorite games. Many game makers freely encourage the practice and give away free software tools to help. But some in the industry are now wondering about the ratings implications posed by mods after a Dutch programmer created one that unlocks a hidden sex level in the violent action game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&quot; After all, video games aren´t like the feature films you see in the theater or get on a DVD. They´re made of software code. They´re malleable. The Grand Theft Auto mod, called &quot;hot coffee,&quot; was developed by Patrick Wildenborg, who made downloads freely available on the Internet about a month ago. Most major retailers promptly removed the game from store shelves after the Entertainment Software Rating Board, an industry body, changed its rating Wednesday to &quot;adults only&quot; from &quot;mature.&quot; Like souping up car engines or expanding the capacity of TiVo digital video recorders, modding is largely unsolicited and uncompensated. For most, modding is all about the love of games, not of dollars - though many large publishers have found ways to cash in on the tinkering that can change the way characters appear or add elements the creators hadn´t intended. Though most mods are written for PC games, it is becoming increasingly popular on consoles. In 1999, modders turned Half-Life´s &quot;X-Files&quot; world of government conspiracies and alien invasions into Counter-Strike, a multiplayer game that pits soldiers against terrorists. The mod, which remains popular to this day, had completely new maps, weaponry, graphics and sound effects. Half-Life´s owner, Valve Corp., eventually released Counter-Strike to commercial success. Many workers at the Bellevue, Wash., company are themselves former modders. &quot;Hot coffee&quot; in many ways is unique among mods because it accessed content left in the game by its maker, Rockstar Games, instead of adding new material, said Jeff Gerstmann, senior editor at the review and news Web site GameSpot. When the sex scene was discovered, Rockstar initially blamed malicious hackers for the problem but later conceded that the material had been left in the game by its commercial developers. It depicts the fully clothed lead character having sex with a woman wearing a thong and T-shirt. The mini-game can be won or lost depending on how well players fill up an &quot;excitement meter.&quot; Even though Rockstar admitted the mini-game was hidden in the retail game, the &quot;San Andreas&quot; ratings flap could change the way game companies view mods. In a statement, the Entertainment Software Rating Board´s chief, Patricia Vance, called on the industry to proactively protect games from illegal modifications by third parties, &quot;particularly when they serve to undermine the accuracy of the rating.&quot; But completely stopping modders could to be a near impossible task, said Sid Shuman, an editor for GamePro.com. &quot;It´s something, frankly, that digital entertainment is not really well equipped to deal with. You can´t really stop people from making changes,&quot; he said. &quot;People will always find where that one file is, and they will always be able to modify it.&quot; Another catch is that the game-development process involves programming concepts or levels that are never fully explored but left in games because altering or removing them could cause other parts to stop working. &quot;Grand Theft Auto&quot; was released in October with an &quot;M&quot; rating, for players 17 and older. It was last year´s top console game, selling more than 5.1 million copies in the U.S., according to market analyst NPD Group. Xbox and PC versions were released last month. Rockstar has now stopped making that version of &quot;Grand Theft Auto&quot; and is working on secure update that complies with an &quot;M&quot; rating. In a bit of irony the company is apt not to find amusing, Rockstar says it will also offer a downloadable patch to fix the sexual content in current PC versions. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. what makes this disterbing is that rockstar games already had this content in the game but the press is makeing the modders the guilty party and as I read it the game development companies may try to impliment canges that make mods not only more difficult but in a extream case aginst the law. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars. Edited by - house atreides on 7/25/2005 7:02:06 PM

the star wars prequels are defintly up there, but in their defence I have to say that they made the saga focus on rise, fall, and redemption of anakin skywalker rather then his winny son lol. the fast and the ferious 1 and 2. bad acting, bad directing, bad script ( or rather no script lol) but guilty pleasures non the less lol. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

very good job there. the title doesnt fit the pic thou ( maybe it will after you do more to it, it did say &quot;work in progress&quot; right?) but that is my honest opion and you may take it or leave it, your choice <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. But still excelent job there. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

heard a report yesterday on the news that staeted that rockstar game did indeed place the sex scene in the game themselves and it was not the work of a hacker ( guess thatts their work for modders) and that the scene is also in the ps2 and x-box versions. Now I think the whole thing is geting out of hand for cristes sake its a game !!! If I didnt want my kid to play a game I wouldnt let them, its that simple. As for them playing it over at a friends house I would be intouch with the friends parents and POLITELY ask them to see that while my child is there they dont play certain games!!!Why must we be a blameless socity?!! Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

I´m 34 on the outside but inside ( were it counts) I am 21 FOREVER!!!! Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

Hopefully everyone who was injured in the explosions aer on the quick road to recovery. I heard about the explosions when I was at work and was shocked, but not surprised, terrorists will atack anyone they want for any reason ( or no reason) and the sad thing is that they think they are doing the right thing, even when their own religious leaders condem them, even when their families and friends condem them. they thingk that they are doing gods work, but in realaity they are only doing what even their religion conciders evil, but they still do it. What happened in london today was deplorable and served no pourpose, not even to those who did the act. I know many people who visit this site live or work in london, I hope that they and their families are safe and their friends are also safe. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

cool to hear that the mod is still a go. I only wish you would have places the mod on the 3025 era instead of the 3050+ era, I am a staunch House Steiner supporter, and was never into the whole clan thing, even thou the clans were defeated in the end lol. But I might be in the minority here so good luck with the mod and I hope to see it soon. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

Ok I might not have the rules memorized but in warhammer fantasy, core units are formed up into ranks of 4+ ( useally four but I like to use five) and only the front rank gets to roll for hits, unless they are equiped with spears and then the second rank can add to the hit rolls. With my lizardman army each model has two attacks in the front rank and with units armed with spears ( I currently only have one spears unit, the rest are basic weapons) the second rank has only one attack, thus my one unit of spear welding lizardmen have 15 attacks compared to the normal spear unit of 10. Now aod2 what part of this do you find rubbish? Or are you just trying to rattle some chains? Now I am always willing to hear other sides of a story so out with it aod2. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

well as bevis was so fond of saying &quot; fire fire fire&quot;. Lol I never was that bad but I seem to be the odd man out here in Pittsburgh. Its the same way with snow, but that is a different story. Thanks for the comments and helping me understand how messed up this lovely city is lol. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.

if it is a birthday thing hen one of the neabores has one really big family. just one house has been fireing off fireworks since febuary and like I said others have been doing the same thing for three months. Blessed Be to all those that still dream of the flight to the stars.