Posts by WapCaplet

    Just thought I would mention that one of the promotions through PokerSourceOnline is called Instant Bankroll. You do not have to deposit ANY money for this promotion. No credit card numbers, no bank account information, nothing. You sign up through http://www.instantbankroll.com and PokerSourceOnline gives you $75 REAL money to play with at PartyPoker.com. You have to play 500 raked hands with that $75, after which they will credit your account with an additional $25. Any money you have left is yours to keep. So if you know how to play, you could walk away with anywhere from $25 to $100 or more FREE. I know it sounds crazy, but keep in mind that POKER sites do not make money from people who lose. They are not like a traditional casino. Casino games rely on players who lose money. Poker games don´t. The Poker site just takes a rake (usually 25 cents) from each hand that is played. That´s how they make their money. They don´t care who wins or loses the pot. Anyway, just thought if there was anyone interested in actually trying out online poker, here´s a way to do it for FREE (aside from the time commitment). Anything you win after 500 raked hands (and the $25 bonus) is yours to keep. You can check it out at http://www.instantbankroll.com. They are only accepting 25 new sign-ups per day so if you really want to play you would have to wait until midnight, when the server resets, and try to sign-up fast. Bit of a drag. You can also read about it at http://www.pokersourceonline.com. If you DO decide to check it out, please use WapCaplet (case sensitive) in the referral field. I get points to use at PSO if you do. If you have any questions, let me know. The beauty of this offer is that if you lose EVERYTHING, you lose nothing. And you are not obligated in ANY way to pay ANYTHING at ANY time. They don´t even ask for any of your banking or credit card information. That´s all for now... Wap Edited by - WapCaplet on 12/9/2004 10:17:54 AM

    Well, I can only speak from experience, and I guess it depends on the person. I´ve managed to maintain the patience and skill required for online play. So far, I have a free 500pc poker chip set and I´ve managed to make over $75 USD. By the time I finish all the promos I´ll have over 1000 chips, a texas holdem folding table top, chip trays, cards and all the other little goodies for playing poker at home with friends. And it will cost me nothing. I´m not even playing with my own money anymore, just money I´ve won. Finally, a hobby that not only pays for itself, but one that actually gives you free stuff (as long as you are patient and skillful enough). Wap

    Sorry if it came off as advertising. That really wasn´t my goal. Just a fun thing I´ve gotten into in the last few weeks and wanted to share with people. More of a &quot;if-you´re-interested-here´s-how&quot; type thing than anything else. Unfortunately I don´t really know an effective way to say &quot;Hey, do you want free poker chips?&quot; without people thinking it´s advertising or spam. It´s not, in this case, but what can I do? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Wap

    Erm....and what exactly would take place at a Freelancer Convention? I mean, aside from a bunch of guys standing around talking about Freelancer? Lifesize replicas of the very heavy fighters, perhaps? Lifesize replicas of Juni? Voice actors signing autographs and sharing their experiences from working on the Freelancer project? (which would probably amount to something like &quot;Uh, I did the voice for Bartenders #2 and #14. They paid me $250. It took 45 minutes. Uh...that´s all I have to say about that...&quot<img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Wap

    I´m sure most of us have had moments like this one, but here´s my funny story. Was flying an Eagle in one of the Omicron systems (the one with the mine field and the Corsair base) while carrying 9 or 10 Level 10 weapons (including some purple ones) to give to a friend of mine who was at the base. As I was approaching the base I kept chatting to him saying &quot;20k to go...&quot;, &quot;15k to go...&quot;, etc. Anyway, as I was flying through the mine field, I had already typed out the message &quot;10k to go...&quot; but hadn´t hit enter yet because I was waiting until I was right at 10k...know what I mean? Anyway, you can already guess what´s coming... My last message to my friend was &quot;10k to go...fffffggggffgfgfggfgfggfgfgff&quot; (WapCaplet is no more). Wap

    Plenty of good name ideas in Monty Python sketches. Take The String Sketch for example: &quot;Aah, welcome to Mousebat, Follicle, Goosecreature, Ampersand, Spong, WapCaplet, Looseliver, Vendetta and Prang.&quot; WapCaplet and Goosecreature are taken. Vendetta would sound cool tho. And Prang. Wap

    Arania, Hang in there buddy. I think it´s true that the teenage years are definitely the toughest. I know mine were. Let me assure you that you are not alone in how you feel, and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I don´t know if that is much consolation now, but just know that there are people thinking about you and encouraging you. Friends you´ve made here on TLR and even people you don´t even know, like me! <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Just take it one day at a time. Your parents really do love you. But that doesn´t mean that they have everything figured out. You have to work WITH them to get through this crazy thing called life. Parents and children have disagreed since the dawn of time, but that has nothing to do with any lack of love. Try to remember that, especially when you are totally frustrated. Anyway, just wanted to say that there are people thinking about you and (at the risk of getting flamed, insulted, or possibly offending you), also praying for you. Hang in there. Wap

    Whoa....I feel like I´ve got a cold or flu coming on this morning. I wonder if it´s contagious and I managed at to contract it from you through TLR? You never know how advanced Internet technology is getting. We could be spreading virtual germs through cyberspace. We need a cool name for these cyber-germs....how about...viruses!! Oh wait... Wap

    Esquilax, Cool article. I never played D&amp;D a whole lot, but I played tons of other RPGs. I still play them occasioanally (like once a year maybe..lol). Role playing games are so unique to other styles of gameplay. The article sums it up really. You have rules and paper and pens and dice, but it´s up to your imagination to fill in the rest. I love that aspect. There are no limits. It´s a great forum for storytelling and a chance to just hang out with friends and have a few laughs. Happy Birthday D&amp;D! Wap

    I was born on the same day and month as Napolean Bonaparte. I was born in the year that was exactly 3/4 of the way through the 20th century. Wap

    From a storyline point of view, it´s not a bug of the game. Look at it this way: If you play a fantasy RPG and you are required to save a village from some bandits, but you choose to kill the villagers instead, how can you complete your mission? Is this a bug of the game? Or is it an indicator that you did not play the game well (ie, made the wrong decision)? I can see where you are coming from, being a Freelancer game and all, but while playing the single player missions, you still have to remember that Trent is supposed to be helping his affiliates succeed in their goal. So running missions AGAINST a faction that you are supposed to be helping can be looked at as a poor decision, one which you are now suffering the consequences. All computer games require us to be powerful, intelligent, cunning, strategic and make the right decisions in order to win. When in battle, you have to make the right decisions in order to survive. If you die during battle, do you blame the game and say it´s a bug? Now, I know many people will argue this, but I´m just trying to get you to look at it from another perspective. Is it the game´s fault that you chose to make an enemy out of the faction you are supposed to be helping? Mabye it is...but then again, maybe it isn´t. Maybe part of winning the game isn´t just surviving the missions and killing the enemies. Maybe part of winning the game is making the right choices and not making the wrong enemies. Just my 2 cents. I still TOTALLY can understand your frustration in that situation. If you are willing to take the time (and want to keep the same game), you should start running missions from other bases, or look for bribes at other bases that you can use to get back in good standing with Shukoku. Cheers, Wap

    Guess I´m the first to reply to this thread who is from Canada. Calgary, Alberta is where I hail from. Home of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede (Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth), home of the Calgary Flames who made it to the second round of playoffs for the first time in 15 years (woohoo), home of the Calgary Stampeders who didn´t make it to the NHL playoffs (duh), home of the Calgary Tower, which should really not be called a tower (any tower that you can stand in, point UP and say &quot;Wow, that would be a nice office to work in&quot; is NOT a tower), home of a brand new Krispy Kreme donut shop (I´m addicted now) and most importantly.... Home of WapCaplet. WapCaplet

    This is a wild shot-in-the-dark, but I suspect that most of the people on this forum will suggest that you play Freelancer a lot. Imagine that, people on a Freelancer forum suggesting that Freelancer might be a good game to play. Hmmmm... Seriously though, what are you expecting us to say? &quot;Don´t play Freelancer?&quot; I don´t think so. It´s awesome. I tried the demo for X2 and found the interface so counter-intuitive that I didn´t give it more than 5 minutes of my time. Freelancer has it all, as far as I´m concerned. It´s one of those games that let´s your imagination do the work. Freelancer is just a tool that let´s our imaginations run wild and take shape. Whoa...that was almost philisophical. Wap

    Nick, I´ve been browsing the forum for a while now, but I started posting again more frequently about a month or so ago. Much more in the last couple weeks. Well, more than in the last year anyway. Started playing Freelancer like crazy again about a month ago, so I figured I´d come see how TLR was doing. Cheers, Wap

    There could be SO many things causing your drive to fill up. Windows is certainly one of them. Your internet cache might be set really high. You may have tons of duplicate files from old software installs. Uninstalled programs that did not FULLY uninstall. Saved game folders and files. There are a number of software programs that are designed to search your hard drive and clean up all unneccessary files. Check some of them out. Here´s a couple links to get you started: http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/A…4520-7297_16-4207951.html http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/A…4520-6033_16-4207261.html Good luck, Wap

    Indy, fair enough. I think we understand each other. To be honest, I wish I could afford a larger TV so that my widescreen movies looked better, but I certainly know what it´s like to need money for more important things like food, clothing, shelter, wife...etc. I should have clarified my original question, now that I think about it, and now that I have read your arguments. My point was to discuss Widescreen vs Fullscreen with those people who don´t realize what those &quot;black bars&quot; are. IE, someone who still insists on watching Full Screen, even though they have a 27&quot; or larger TV. Maybe it´s just me, but it your TV is at least 27&quot;, then you should be able to see any Widescreen image clearly at up to 10 feet away or more.If someone´s eyesight is so bad that they still can´t see the image clearly, then they have bigger problems than Wide vs Full. So, that being said, does anyone out there still insist on Full Screen DESPITE TV screen size? Especially those using 27&quot; or larger, do you still insist on Full Screen? If so, why? Wap

    Indy, good point. You also illustrate the main problem with the whole Widescreen vs Fullscreen debate. TV manufacturers are the ones deciding what &quot;size&quot; is sufficient. Because we got used to a certain size TV screen, we naturally assume that anything smaller (or fills less than the whole screen) is too small to watch. We´ve been tricked. What if a famous art museum only had a certain size frame for paintings. If a Van Gogh is going to be displayed but it´s too wide to fit in the frame, should the museum cut the painting down to fit? The reason movies were formated to fit TV screens is because TV manufacturers thought people would be mad if the entire screen weren´t filled with something. And because TVs are generally square, but movies are filmed in a panoramic widescreen, they had to cut the edges off (actually more than just the edges, they cut off a good 33-46%) to get it to &quot;fit&quot; on a TV screen. And then when directors insisted that the original format of their film be made available, the only way to do it was to make it so the width fit the TV, which meant a portion of the top and bottom of the TV screen is not used (hence the &quot;black bars&quot;.) Many people instantly equated those black bars to &quot;smaller screen! harder to see!&quot;. Unfortunately, &quot;harder to see&quot; is not really a valid arguement since movies and TV are filmed in infinitely different &quot;zoom&quot; distances. Sometimes an actor´s face fills the whole screen, sometimes you see a vista covering the area of an entire city, or galaxy. One of the websites I included prior includes information about the Artist´s Rights Foundation. Film makers are trying to get their movies released ONLY in widescreen. Many feel that their films are being unfairly edited when they´re cropped into Pan and Scan format. And rightly so. If an artist creates a statue to display in a lobby somewhere, but the ceiling is too low, should the lobby-owner have the right to cut the statue in half? Anyway, greater minds than mine have argued both sides. Guess I´m just trying to get the information out there for people who have let TV manufacturers tell them what they should &quot;see&quot;. Wap Edited by - WapCaplet on 4/21/2004 10:39:50 AM Edited by - WapCaplet on 4/21/2004 10:40:48 AM

    The crusade continues... Here´s another site featuring information on widescreen vs fullscreen. Only this site has actual Audio and Video clips of directors discussing how much Full Screen takes away from the original intent of the movie. Leonard Nimoy, John Carpenter and Martin Scorsese each discuss how Full Screen (or Pan and Scan) detracts from the original film. http://www.widescreen.org/multimedia.shtml I should say that this is just my little rant. For those of you who still choose to watch in Full Screen, I´m not trying to flame or bash or anything like that. Really. I was surprised when I learned all this stuff myself, so maybe you will find it interesting. Ultimately all that matters is that we enjoy watching movies. <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> And although many DVDs now offer the option of either Widescreen or Fullscreen, many still do not. You cannot always make that choice from the menu or whatever, you actually have to either buy the Widescreen version, or the Full Screen version. Usually this is because many movies are encoded with Dolby Digital or DTS soundtracks, or enhanced special features, and so there isn´t enough room on the disk to include both aspect ratio formats. Wap Edited by - WapCaplet on 4/21/2004 10:09:58 AM