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S'phtman™ wrote on Tuesday, 12/18/2001 - 10:43 pm:
: well thats just a big pile of friggin steaming sh*t.
:
: god damnit.
:
: my heart goes out to Chia's family, and himself in the
: best wishes that he will recover to the best of his ability
: or better.
:
: its sickening that people like that trucker are allowed to
: drive.
:
:
:
: best wishes,
: S'phtman.
The trucker should have known to turn off the RIGHT side of the road and not into the opposing lane of traffic. He should not be on the road, let alone driving a commercial truck.
Personally, I never knew Chia, never talked to him. But I extend my deepest hopes that he will pull through, and remain a prominent member of this tightly woven community. And in the update, it gives the address to send flower. What about i-cards? whats his email so we can send him an i card so he can them when hes better, or now, if he has access to a laptop or something.
: My friend and fellow Myth community member, Chia (David
: Pindrys), was recently involved in a serious car accident.
: Driving home from school, he was struck head on by a truck.
:
:
: He was in a coma for a week, and remains in the hospital
: with extended brain damage.
:
: The news report can be found here:
:
:
: http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/2001/dec/1/teenseriously1.htm
:
: I think we, as a community, should do something. But I'm
: not sure what.
:
: Any ideas?
I've been in touch with David's familly and lawyer and am currently setting up www.helpdavidpindrys.com with pertinent info and such. It should be up by tom'w.
Right now, flowers are verboten in the hospital, for various reasons, and no visitors are allowed. He is, for all intents and purposes, still comatose, so gifts of any kind really won't help.
David and his family have a long hard road ahead, but his mother is being very strong in all this and I applaud her for that. I insisted that we send cards or banner to try to make the environment more cheerful, but she herself insisted that it was not necessary....
The short of it is that really the best thing that can be done at this moment is to send money to them. They really really need it. There's a fund that his aunt is setting up that as soon as I clear it with their lawyer, will be featured prominently on the page.
I've know Chia for a while, he's even featured prominently in several Bungie Sightings slideshows. Hell, the man designed my site! We kinda lost touch the last year or so, but every now and then we'd chat on AIM and it was always good to hear how he was doing with his school and aspirations for college. My wife had given him some advice on some schools that had good Art programs, and his mother tearfully told me that he was so looking forward to checking out some colleges besides the ones he had already looked into.
Folks, he only had his license for TWO days. How cruel is that?
Anyway, I've been posting updates over at the mythvillage.com forums, feel free to check over there for any info I may have missed relaying here.
Miguel Chavez wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 12:55 am:
: cataclysm wrote on Sunday, 12/16/2001 - 5:34 pm:
:
: : My friend and fellow Myth community member, Chia
: (David
: : Pindrys), was recently involved in a serious car
: accident.
: : Driving home from school, he was struck head on by a
: truck.
: :
: :
: : He was in a coma for a week, and remains in the
: hospital
: : with extended brain damage.
: :
: : The news report can be found here:
: :
: :
: :
: http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/2001/dec/1/teenseriously1.htm
: :
: : I think we, as a community, should do something. But
: I'm
: : not sure what.
: :
: : Any ideas?
:
: I've been in touch with David's familly and lawyer and am
: currently setting up www.helpdavidpindrys.com with pertinent
: info and such. It should be up by tom'w.
:
: Right now, flowers are verboten in the hospital, for
: various reasons, and no visitors are allowed. He is, for all
: intents and purposes, still comatose, so gifts of any kind
: really won't help.
:
: David and his family have a long hard road ahead, but his
: mother is being very strong in all this and I applaud her
: for that. I insisted that we send cards or banner to try to
: make the environment more cheerful, but she herself insisted
: that it was not necessary....
:
: The short of it is that really the best thing that can be
: done at this moment is to send money to them. They really
: really need it. There's a fund that his aunt is setting
: up that as soon as I clear it with their lawyer, will be
: featured prominently on the page.
:
: I've know Chia for a while, he's even featured prominently
: in several Bungie Sightings slideshows. Hell, the man
: designed my site! We kinda lost touch the last year or so,
: but every now and then we'd chat on AIM and it was always
: good to hear how he was doing with his school and
: aspirations for college. My wife had given him some advice
: on some schools that had good Art programs, and his mother
: tearfully told me that he was so looking forward to checking
: out some colleges besides the ones he had already looked
: into.
:
: Folks, he only had his license for TWO days. How cruel is
: that?
:
: Anyway, I've been posting updates over at the
: mythvillage.com forums, feel free to check over there for
: any info I may have missed relaying here.
Are you having trouble finding a decent Internet venue to donate money? As suggested by Noc, I've had good experiences with PayPal in the past. And it's free.
vector40 wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 10:23 pm:
: Are you having trouble finding a decent Internet venue to
: donate money? As suggested by Noc, I've had good experiences
: with PayPal in the past. And it's free.
It's not that... there's an issue with the fund and how it accepts money. There's also an issue with it being non-profit. Right now, the easiest best way to deal with this is to send a check. Once their legal counsel and bank has worked out some stuff, we'll try a few venues.
c2it.com actually has the best deal, (Claude and I used it for the BORG shirts) but I still need to settle somethings before I move ahead with any of them.
After all... if members of the community are going to contribute, you'll probably get many more contributions, the easier you make it to give. That's just the truth.
So... I see you've provided an address on the website now. How about an online method, using check-cards, online checks or credit cards?
Hey - we've been doing that for the various funds related to Patriot Day (September 11th) for the last few months. I think we could probably do that here.
The name of the guy who wrote the article you posted on here... is the same (last name) as that of the Truck Driver that injured your friend.
That is just eerie...
I hope he gets better, and although I don't know him online or otherwise, please give him my best wishes.
Take your Xbox in and play it near him... they say sometimes Coma victims can still "hear" sometimes. Either that, or just go in and talk to him. Familiar sounds are always good they say.
Geez... just drove 2500 miles to get from San Diego to Tampa and now I read this. Not comforting since I'm about to step in the car and drive another 300 to Miami.
This blows. I don't know what I can do right now except for offer my condolences. I'm not having regular computer access, but otherwise I'd be doing whatever I could to help. I'll be checking in and trying to come up with some ideas.
Hey everybody, I tried at HBO and didn't really get any responses so I thought id try here. Does anyone know any good places to xboxs in canada. I mean I know all the ordinary ones but maybe even a rebate or coupon. I dont $500 right now but I would be will to spend mb $400 or somthing like that. Anyone got any ideas?
Drive a few hours and pick one up in the US maybe, im suprised they are only 500 Canadian right now, especially with the exchange rate. I would be guessing it should be 550 or 600 Canadian.
gl trying to find one, but sometimes you just have to dish out the cash, i doubt the price will go down any time soon.
The XBox price is not negotiable and it is definitely not going to be found at $400 CAD ($255 USD.) Dream on.
The best you can do to guarantee yourself an XBox by Christmas is to bid on eBay *today* and foot the shipping charges. This will probably cost you in nearly $550 CAD.
Otherwise, drive across the border next monday very early in the morning and camp out at a Toys R Us...or maybe even a Target or WalMart. You will be able to get one for ~$320 USD (~$500 CAD) after sales tax.
: The XBox price is not negotiable and it is definitely not
: going to be found at $400 CAD ($255 USD.) Dream on.
:
: The best you can do to guarantee yourself an XBox by
: Christmas is to bid on eBay *today* and foot the shipping
: charges. This will probably cost you in nearly $550 CAD.
:
: Otherwise, drive across the border next monday very early
: in the morning and camp out at a Toys R Us...or maybe even a
: Target or WalMart. You will be able to get one for ~$320
: USD (~$500 CAD) after sales tax.
:
Well thansk for the help. Unforunatly I don't live anywheres near the border but getting one before christmas isnt an issue. Coupons or reabates for even like 20 bucks would be quite handy too so if there are any out there that would be nice. Also, just so you know I can presently get one for $530 tax included at the local zellers. I wish I were a dummy and hadn't missed all the contests and give aways about a month ago. Oh well, im hopeing mb bungie will put up another contest.
thanks all
Swiftdeath
Hey everyone, just thought I'd say 'hi' ::waves to everyone:: I'll be posten around and the like, I got a lot of time durring my teachers assistant period with which i surf the net(mostly around rampancy) so I figured I'd register and start posting...
oh, while I have your attention, Id appreciate it you would check out the eMac, it me and my buddy tox's creation spoofing the iMac, we thnk its funny, but would like other opinions :-)
anywho, that was kinda a roundabout way of saying 'howdy'
a little hint on posting and disscussions. when you post, try to do it at a time when people are online and willing to respond, posting it at a time when people aren't will to respond leads to a dead end post in no time.
no I don't know when that is, I'm still trying to figure it out.
the only exception to this rule, is if you flame someone. unless, you flame some one higher on the food chain, say Narcogen. see I can say "HAHA Narcogen SUCKS!!!" and everyone knows that's so redicules that they don't respond :-)
Being the upstanding citizen of this forum that I am, people just swarm at the chance to defend me...ok so it really only drug out an anonymous, disgruntled, PN member, who didn't so much defend me as take the chance to get at you ;-)
"Both the GameCube and Xbox enjoyed strong demand in their first weeks on the market. Through the week after Thanksgiving, Microsoft sold 738,000 Xboxes and an average of 2.4 software titles for every console sold, according to Credit Suisse First Boston. Nintendo sold 534,000 systems and 1.9 games for every console, it said."
I am in French, in 9th grade, French I. As I read through the fall of reach for the third time, it hit me. :) I finally realized Cote D'Azur sounded French ( i guess i just never thought about.) So i asked my teacher what it meant. It turns out Cote D'Azur is actually a place in France near Toulouse, and refers to that area of coastline in France. Odd. Wonder if Mr Nylund thought of that when he wrote the book. I dont remember Cote D'Azur in the book being near water. ?
PanZerschreck wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 12:37 am:
:
: I am in French, in 9th grade, French I. As I read through
: the fall of reach for the third time, it hit me. :) I
: finally realized Cote D'Azur sounded French ( i guess i just
: never thought about.) So i asked my teacher what it meant.
: It turns out Cote D'Azur is actually a place in France near
: Toulouse, and refers to that area of coastline in France.
: Odd. Wonder if Mr Nylund thought of that when he wrote the
: book. I dont remember Cote D'Azur in the book being near
: water. ?
It's a human colony - we tend to name things to remind us of what we love, or what we left. New England is nothing like England, nor is it surrounded by water. New York is quite different from York. And so on.
Cote D'Azur was probably founded by a spacefaring Frenchman. :)
Ok guys I thought it would be nice if the Myth comunity could react as a whole and send Chia our best wishes. Of course this dosnt mean each and every one of us can do it on their own also.
What I was thinking is this, we can setup a webpage (I can do it) were people can go and send a short message to Chia. It would also be great if people who have a scanner scan their signature and include it.
Then we can gather all the messages and signatures, put some nice Myth Image as a header, print it down in a huge card and mail it to Chia with the myth comunity's best wishes.
If you gusy think the idea is good I can setup the page and then sed the card.
Rauko.
P.S. Please spread teh word on this to other forums, see what the rest of the comunity has to say.
P.S.2 "Paranoid considerations": if you are worried about sending your scaned signature around just dont use your usual one, a simple sketched line or 2 will do, the idea of the signature is just to give it a human touch, not just computer printed words. Also, if you dont like passing your real name around, just use your usual myth name.
"Sony sold 1.4 million units of the PlayStation 2 in the United States in the fourth quarter through Dec. 8, according to sales figures tallied by NPD and compiled in a report released by Credit Suisse First Boston. Microsoft trailed slightly, selling 934,000 copies of its Xbox through Dec. 8. Nintendo came in a more distant third with 615,000 units of its GameCube console. The Xbox went on sale Nov. 15; the GameCube debuted Nov. 18."
_/\ C
p.s. (sorry, but I just couldn't resist the Tobin bait)
You know how I feel about the CSFB and MS press releases.
MS already being guilty of spinning Halo ahead of Luigi's Mansion...
However, I just came back from the mall and EBX just got a dozen or more XBoxes in, so either Nintendo has a supply shortage or it's selling out better because they didn't have any. Of course, EBGames has been saying all along that they've been getting more XBoxes than GameCubes.
I went to Best Buy too and I saw a woman walk out with a GameCube, but I have no idea if they had any others in stock. If they do, they don't keep them on the floor.
Of course, 4 people walked out with PS2s while I was there. 1 person walked out with an XBox...I didn't realize they had special XBox plastic bags at EBX.
Xbox 934,000 / (15 Nov - 08 Dec = 24 days) = 38,917 per day
PS2 1,400,000 / (01 Nov - 08 Dec = 38 days) = 36,842 per day
NGC 615,000 / (18 Nov - 08 Dec = 21 days) = 29,286 per day
Or, "graphically":
Xbox ****r****o****o****l****z**************
PS2 *************************************
NGC ****d****r****u****l****z****
From Thanksgiving week to December 18, they've sold 1.5 million PS2s. If we consider the beginning of Thanksgiving week to be November 18, that's 30 days ... or 50,000 PS2s a day.
So anything not precisely vis-a-vis comparable is irrelevent?
Actually, don't you think calculating an average "/day" sales rate is irrelevent? First of all, the numbers cannot be averaged because there's no indication the distribution was equal every day. Not only do you totally ignore the fact that certain days of the week are better shopping days than others, your own averages aren't for the same time ranges. Your quotes are for the 30, 16 and 13 days, respectively. How is this casual comparison any more valid than mine? If my average isn't attributable to yours, your own averages are just as meaningless.
In reply to: Re: er +8 days for each of my numbers [NT]
It is still way to early to see whether PS2 will continue to dominate as GameCube and Xbox games. and you all conveniently ignored the fact that the Gameboy Advance and Color games had just as many top games in the top 20 as sony. As i have heard that eventually the gameboy games will be playable on the Cube id say that Nintendo has a perfect strategy. Secondly some of the people buying ps2 titles have had them for over a year. where as everyone buying xbox and Cube just now got them. Give it t least 6 months then youll know
It's not a contest of the PS2 vs. the Gamecube, but a contest of the PS2 vs. the Xbox. Now, Halo may be the best first person shooter around, but it's still *just* a FPS. Most of it's good ideas have roots elsewhere, such as the vehicles from Tribes, and the whole game feels like a vamped-up GoldenEye to me. Don't get me wrong, the game is addictive . . . but it isn't worth the price of a whole new console, especially when it's coming out for Mac/PC as an improved version. Think about it, Bungie's success has its cores in the community support, which includes mods and third party plugins . . . obviously that is rather hard to include on ANY console. When it comes out for Mac/PC, then it'll deserve the title of the best game around.
Now, back to the subject. PS2 vs Xbox. First question - what do you buy a console for? Well, you buy it for the games. You don't need the console to be particularly powerful as long as there are plenty of decent developers for it. It's nothing like buying a Computer. PS2 has a gigantic library of games, while the Xbox has less than 40. Granted, the PS2 has had an extra year to build up that library, but the PS2 also had more launch titles than the Xbox . . . and they were good. Especially SSX. (If you haven't given that a try, you're missing out. SSX, NOT SSX Tricky.) Now we have Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X . . . with the advent of Tekken 4 somewhere along the line. Also, slightly older games such as Grand Theft Auto III and Gran Tourismo 3 plus these other epic games are enough to keep ANY avid gamer happy for ages.
Back to the Xbox. The Xbox has very few renowned developers. MicroSoft made the same mistake Nintendo did and didn't sign Squaresoft, and unless MS buys Take2, they don't get Grand Theft Auto III. Also, if MS buys Take2, guess who gets the rights to the Myth series? =\
True, the Xbox is more powerful than the PS2, but the load times are still there. The Xbox has the ability to use more textures, more polygons, more whatever . . . but that would slow it down by a good margin. Guess what, very few developers have used the full extent of the Xbox's power for just that reason.
So, I can hear you saying . . . The Xbox has four controller ports! Didn't you know? Having four people play a game is a massive hog of power. If you're playing a game that doesn't have much slow down from this burden, then chances are you could do the same thing on the PS2 with the adapter that lets you have four controllers connected. (Example - The Bouncer is one of those games that can be played with four people without massive reduction of frame rates . . . but the game sucks. It's absolutely worth a play, but not worth the buy. The game IS beautiful, just the interface is irritating.) If you want a pary console, go buy a Gamecube and get the sequel to Smash Brothers. I'll give Nintendo credit for creating the ultimate party game!)
Thusly: PS2 Xbox Gamecube.
--
Cheers, Coriolis of Ancrik www.ancrik.com
p.s. I have not read the bulk of the posts in this topic, so please forgive me if I have repeated others. It was not intentional.
p.p.s You're still reading? Wow . . . You've got too much free time on your hands! =)
:
: HREF="http://www.breedgame.de/">http://www.breedgame.de/
:
: Well, they did bother to change the PoA's and the
: Covenant's names.
:
: (Cross-posted from HBO)
:
: Thanks to Headless for finding that. And sorry if this was
: posted earlier...
Apparently the topic was brought up earlier... Sorry. Nothing to see here...
Loren Petrich wrote on Monday, 12/31/2001 - 7:42 pm:
: It's been nearly a year with no news -- does anyone know
: what's happened?
Well, it's been a goodly while, hasn't it? I'm thinking that either Nathan got smart and shut everything up until they had something to show, or the whole project simply vaporized at the first ray of sunlight. Right now I'm leaning towards the latter possibility, since at last report they had a number of designers, story people and "advisors" - including some questionable individuals (who frequently displayed questionable judgement and disreputable behavior) from the small fan community - but not really anyone to do any serious coding. Such an inelegant team composition doesn't produce confidence. Or working titles. They were also looking for funding, IIRC. Startups like that need a wad of cash - because you need to be able to feed yourself (and maybe your family) during the X number of months (or YEARS) where you're still working on that first, profitable product.
It's awfully hard to tell the wannabe groups from the real thing at the earliest stages... I think that there was a certain extra amount of attention that many people paid Nathan and Island Four just because Nathan had been a designer for Halo (pre-acquisition) with Bungie, years ago.
Not that I'm trying to be excessively harsh... but we are attempting to discuss the few facts that were known about an attempt to operate within the real business world. The software development industry is becoming more and more harsh, lean and unforgiving.... hence the extinction of greats like Looking Glass, the acquisition of numberless companies by numberless corporations, and the trend towards lower budgets, tighter schedules and plentiful me-too-formula titles on the market.
Noctavis
Bunbu Itchi - "The pen and sword in accord"
p.s. - Amazingly enough, having a Mac is helping to prevent me from having to "sift the wheat from the chaff" myself, since the better and more popular titles tend to be the ones which are ported or developed, cross-platform.
: Well, it's been a goodly while, hasn't it? I'm thinking
: that either Nathan got smart and shut everything up until
: they had something to show, or the whole project simply
: vaporized at the first ray of sunlight.
However, I recently checked on www.islandfour.com and the page is still there, though it is nearly content-free.
: Right now I'm
: leaning towards the latter possibility, since at last report
: they had a number of designers, story people and "advisors"
: - including some questionable individuals (who frequently
: displayed questionable judgement and disreputable behavior)
: from the small fan community -
I don't recall exactly what gross misbehavior.
However, Nathan Bitner had wanted to focus on design; to get a detailed design worked out before doing full-scale coding and artwork. But one wonders how well this has worked out.
An easy way to test one's ideas is to create approximations of them running on existing game engines; I wonder how much of that the Island Four developers have done.
: but not really anyone to do
: any serious coding. ...
Seems like a serious indictment. However, if they were trying out ideas on existing engines, they might not need one right away.
: p.s. - Amazingly enough, having a Mac is helping to
: prevent me from having to "sift the wheat from the chaff"
: myself, since the better and more popular titles tend to be
: the ones which are ported or developed, cross-platform.
One bit of expediency on my part: there's an Internet cafe near where I live, where I go to play demos and short scenarios.
Due to the Microsoft buyout, Bungie will not be there, as it has done on many previous years; however, I will be there, probably Wednesday and Friday and perhaps also Thursday; I anticipate an excessively-big crowd on Tuesday, the first day of the revealing of new stuff there. I'll be at the game area part of the time, and these might be good subareas to meet in:
MacPlay: Aliens vs. Predator, Giants
MacSoft: Myth 3
Asypr: Wolfenstein
I chose those publishers who have some recent vaguely Marathon-ish real-time-3D games, as well as that of Myth 3.
I'll probably have to prepare some answers to common Aleph One questions.
Comments
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: Chia, aka Dave Pindrys
In reply to: Re: Chia, aka Dave PindrysS'phtman™ wrote on Tuesday, 12/18/2001 - 10:43 pm:
: well thats just a big pile of friggin steaming sh*t.
:
: god damnit.
:
: my heart goes out to Chia's family, and himself in the
: best wishes that he will recover to the best of his ability
: or better.
:
: its sickening that people like that trucker are allowed to
: drive.
:
:
:
: best wishes,
: S'phtman.
The trucker should have known to turn off the RIGHT side of the road and not into the opposing lane of traffic. He should not be on the road, let alone driving a commercial truck.
PanZerschreck
Re: Chia, aka Dave Pindrys
In reply to: Chia, aka Dave PindrysPersonally, I never knew Chia, never talked to him. But I extend my deepest hopes that he will pull through, and remain a prominent member of this tightly woven community. And in the update, it gives the address to send flower. What about i-cards? whats his email so we can send him an i card so he can them when hes better, or now, if he has access to a laptop or something.
Miguel Chavez
Hello all...
In reply to: Chia, aka Dave Pindryscataclysm wrote on Sunday, 12/16/2001 - 5:34 pm:
: My friend and fellow Myth community member, Chia (David
: Pindrys), was recently involved in a serious car accident.
: Driving home from school, he was struck head on by a truck.
:
:
: He was in a coma for a week, and remains in the hospital
: with extended brain damage.
:
: The news report can be found here:
:
:
: http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/2001/dec/1/teenseriously1.htm
:
: I think we, as a community, should do something. But I'm
: not sure what.
:
: Any ideas?
I've been in touch with David's familly and lawyer and am currently setting up www.helpdavidpindrys.com with pertinent info and such. It should be up by tom'w.
Right now, flowers are verboten in the hospital, for various reasons, and no visitors are allowed. He is, for all intents and purposes, still comatose, so gifts of any kind really won't help.
David and his family have a long hard road ahead, but his mother is being very strong in all this and I applaud her for that. I insisted that we send cards or banner to try to make the environment more cheerful, but she herself insisted that it was not necessary....
The short of it is that really the best thing that can be done at this moment is to send money to them. They really really need it. There's a fund that his aunt is setting up that as soon as I clear it with their lawyer, will be featured prominently on the page.
I've know Chia for a while, he's even featured prominently in several Bungie Sightings slideshows. Hell, the man designed my site! We kinda lost touch the last year or so, but every now and then we'd chat on AIM and it was always good to hear how he was doing with his school and aspirations for college. My wife had given him some advice on some schools that had good Art programs, and his mother tearfully told me that he was so looking forward to checking out some colleges besides the ones he had already looked into.
Folks, he only had his license for TWO days. How cruel is that?
Anyway, I've been posting updates over at the mythvillage.com forums, feel free to check over there for any info I may have missed relaying here.
Miguel Chavez
my bad, wrong url...
In reply to: Hello all...Miguel Chavez wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 12:55 am:
: cataclysm wrote on Sunday, 12/16/2001 - 5:34 pm:
:
: : My friend and fellow Myth community member, Chia
: (David
: : Pindrys), was recently involved in a serious car
: accident.
: : Driving home from school, he was struck head on by a
: truck.
: :
: :
: : He was in a coma for a week, and remains in the
: hospital
: : with extended brain damage.
: :
: : The news report can be found here:
: :
: :
: :
: http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/2001/dec/1/teenseriously1.htm
: :
: : I think we, as a community, should do something. But
: I'm
: : not sure what.
: :
: : Any ideas?
:
: I've been in touch with David's familly and lawyer and am
: currently setting up www.helpdavidpindrys.com with pertinent
: info and such. It should be up by tom'w.
:
: Right now, flowers are verboten in the hospital, for
: various reasons, and no visitors are allowed. He is, for all
: intents and purposes, still comatose, so gifts of any kind
: really won't help.
:
: David and his family have a long hard road ahead, but his
: mother is being very strong in all this and I applaud her
: for that. I insisted that we send cards or banner to try to
: make the environment more cheerful, but she herself insisted
: that it was not necessary....
:
: The short of it is that really the best thing that can be
: done at this moment is to send money to them. They really
: really need it. There's a fund that his aunt is setting
: up that as soon as I clear it with their lawyer, will be
: featured prominently on the page.
:
: I've know Chia for a while, he's even featured prominently
: in several Bungie Sightings slideshows. Hell, the man
: designed my site! We kinda lost touch the last year or so,
: but every now and then we'd chat on AIM and it was always
: good to hear how he was doing with his school and
: aspirations for college. My wife had given him some advice
: on some schools that had good Art programs, and his mother
: tearfully told me that he was so looking forward to checking
: out some colleges besides the ones he had already looked
: into.
:
: Folks, he only had his license for TWO days. How cruel is
: that?
:
: Anyway, I've been posting updates over at the
: mythvillage.com forums, feel free to check over there for
: any info I may have missed relaying here.
The correct url is www.helpdavepindrys.com my bad.
vector40
Miguel...
In reply to: my bad, wrong url...Are you having trouble finding a decent Internet venue to donate money? As suggested by Noc, I've had good experiences with PayPal in the past. And it's free.
Miguel Chavez
Re: Miguel...
In reply to: Miguel...vector40 wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 10:23 pm:
: Are you having trouble finding a decent Internet venue to
: donate money? As suggested by Noc, I've had good experiences
: with PayPal in the past. And it's free.
It's not that... there's an issue with the fund and how it accepts money. There's also an issue with it being non-profit. Right now, the easiest best way to deal with this is to send a check. Once their legal counsel and bank has worked out some stuff, we'll try a few venues.
c2it.com actually has the best deal, (Claude and I used it for the BORG shirts) but I still need to settle somethings before I move ahead with any of them.
noctavis
The fund could use an online donation method
In reply to: Hello all...After all... if members of the community are going to contribute, you'll probably get many more contributions, the easier you make it to give. That's just the truth.
So... I see you've provided an address on the website now. How about an online method, using check-cards, online checks or credit cards?
Hey - we've been doing that for the various funds related to Patriot Day (September 11th) for the last few months. I think we could probably do that here.
- Noc
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: This is very strange, kinda creepy...
In reply to: Chia, aka Dave PindrysThe name of the guy who wrote the article you posted on here... is the same (last name) as that of the Truck Driver that injured your friend.
That is just eerie...
I hope he gets better, and although I don't know him online or otherwise, please give him my best wishes.
Take your Xbox in and play it near him... they say sometimes Coma victims can still "hear" sometimes. Either that, or just go in and talk to him. Familiar sounds are always good they say.
PCD
Earendil
Hey There Stranger!
In reply to: Re: This is very strange, kinda creepy...Long Time No Text! :)
Now I forget, did you know me as
Gandalf =Koa=
or
Earendil -Azur- ?
oh well, good to see you're still around :-)
acrappa
Checking In From Tampa, FL
In reply to: Chia, aka Dave PindrysGeez... just drove 2500 miles to get from San Diego to Tampa and now I read this. Not comforting since I'm about to step in the car and drive another 300 to Miami.
This blows. I don't know what I can do right now except for offer my condolences. I'm not having regular computer access, but otherwise I'd be doing whatever I could to help. I'll be checking in and trying to come up with some ideas.
Get well, friend.
Matt Martinez
Earendil
Best of Wishes to David
In reply to: Chia, aka Dave Pindrysthough I don't know him, I'll be thinking of him.
Anonymous (not verified)
Xbox prices
Hey everybody, I tried at HBO and didn't really get any responses so I thought id try here. Does anyone know any good places to xboxs in canada. I mean I know all the ordinary ones but maybe even a rebate or coupon. I dont $500 right now but I would be will to spend mb $400 or somthing like that. Anyone got any ideas?
rhino badlands games
Re: Xbox prices
In reply to: Xbox pricesDrive a few hours and pick one up in the US maybe, im suprised they are only 500 Canadian right now, especially with the exchange rate. I would be guessing it should be 550 or 600 Canadian.
gl trying to find one, but sometimes you just have to dish out the cash, i doubt the price will go down any time soon.
rhino - badlands
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: Xbox prices
In reply to: Re: Xbox priceswait till 1st of the year
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: You can't be serious
In reply to: Xbox pricesThe XBox price is not negotiable and it is definitely not going to be found at $400 CAD ($255 USD.) Dream on.
The best you can do to guarantee yourself an XBox by Christmas is to bid on eBay *today* and foot the shipping charges. This will probably cost you in nearly $550 CAD.
Otherwise, drive across the border next monday very early in the morning and camp out at a Toys R Us...or maybe even a Target or WalMart. You will be able to get one for ~$320 USD (~$500 CAD) after sales tax.
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: You can't be serious
In reply to: Re: You can't be seriousTobin wrote on Monday, 12/17/2001 - 8:42 pm:
: The XBox price is not negotiable and it is definitely not
: going to be found at $400 CAD ($255 USD.) Dream on.
:
: The best you can do to guarantee yourself an XBox by
: Christmas is to bid on eBay *today* and foot the shipping
: charges. This will probably cost you in nearly $550 CAD.
:
: Otherwise, drive across the border next monday very early
: in the morning and camp out at a Toys R Us...or maybe even a
: Target or WalMart. You will be able to get one for ~$320
: USD (~$500 CAD) after sales tax.
:
Well thansk for the help. Unforunatly I don't live anywheres near the border but getting one before christmas isnt an issue. Coupons or reabates for even like 20 bucks would be quite handy too so if there are any out there that would be nice. Also, just so you know I can presently get one for $530 tax included at the local zellers. I wish I were a dummy and hadn't missed all the contests and give aways about a month ago. Oh well, im hopeing mb bungie will put up another contest.
thanks all
Swiftdeath
NeoBob
Howdy...
Hey everyone, just thought I'd say 'hi' ::waves to everyone:: I'll be posten around and the like, I got a lot of time durring my teachers assistant period with which i surf the net(mostly around rampancy) so I figured I'd register and start posting...
oh, while I have your attention, Id appreciate it you would check out the eMac, it me and my buddy tox's creation spoofing the iMac, we thnk its funny, but would like other opinions :-)
anywho, that was kinda a roundabout way of saying 'howdy'
=NeoBob=
Visit L33TW3RKZ
Earendil
Hey there
In reply to: Howdy...Welcome NeoBob.
a little hint on posting and disscussions. when you post, try to do it at a time when people are online and willing to respond, posting it at a time when people aren't will to respond leads to a dead end post in no time.
no I don't know when that is, I'm still trying to figure it out.
the only exception to this rule, is if you flame someone. unless, you flame some one higher on the food chain, say Narcogen. see I can say "HAHA Narcogen SUCKS!!!" and everyone knows that's so redicules that they don't respond :-)
oh yeah, I'm bored....
Earendil
noctavis
EARENDIL SUCKS! *wink* [NT]
In reply to: Hey thereAnonymous (not verified)
AS DOES NOCTAVIS
In reply to: EARENDIL SUCKS! *wink* [NT]He can't even finish updating a simple website.
Earendil
My Point Exactly!
In reply to: EARENDIL SUCKS! *wink* [NT]Being the upstanding citizen of this forum that I am, people just swarm at the chance to defend me...ok so it really only drug out an anonymous, disgruntled, PN member, who didn't so much defend me as take the chance to get at you ;-)
I love off topic forums.
noctavis
Re: My Point Exactly!
In reply to: My Point Exactly!Yeah... he's got a permanent case of jock itch. It gets to you after awhile. =)
(and I did TOO update it... I just need to get more work done)
Carch
Independent Console Sales Figures (NY Times)
This NY Times article at Yahoo! News says:
"Both the GameCube and Xbox enjoyed strong demand in their first weeks on the market. Through the week after Thanksgiving, Microsoft sold 738,000 Xboxes and an average of 2.4 software titles for every console sold, according to Credit Suisse First Boston. Nintendo sold 534,000 systems and 1.9 games for every console, it said."
_/\ C
PanZerschreck
Cote D'Azur
I am in French, in 9th grade, French I. As I read through the fall of reach for the third time, it hit me. :) I finally realized Cote D'Azur sounded French ( i guess i just never thought about.) So i asked my teacher what it meant. It turns out Cote D'Azur is actually a place in France near Toulouse, and refers to that area of coastline in France. Odd. Wonder if Mr Nylund thought of that when he wrote the book. I dont remember Cote D'Azur in the book being near water. ?
Claude Errera
Re: Cote D'Azur
In reply to: Cote D'AzurPanZerschreck wrote on Wednesday, 12/19/2001 - 12:37 am:
:
: I am in French, in 9th grade, French I. As I read through
: the fall of reach for the third time, it hit me. :) I
: finally realized Cote D'Azur sounded French ( i guess i just
: never thought about.) So i asked my teacher what it meant.
: It turns out Cote D'Azur is actually a place in France near
: Toulouse, and refers to that area of coastline in France.
: Odd. Wonder if Mr Nylund thought of that when he wrote the
: book. I dont remember Cote D'Azur in the book being near
: water. ?
It's a human colony - we tend to name things to remind us of what we love, or what we left. New England is nothing like England, nor is it surrounded by water. New York is quite different from York. And so on.
Cote D'Azur was probably founded by a spacefaring Frenchman. :)
Anonymous (not verified)
An idea for Chia. (please read)
Ok guys I thought it would be nice if the Myth comunity could react as a whole and send Chia our best wishes. Of course this dosnt mean each and every one of us can do it on their own also.
What I was thinking is this, we can setup a webpage (I can do it) were people can go and send a short message to Chia. It would also be great if people who have a scanner scan their signature and include it.
Then we can gather all the messages and signatures, put some nice Myth Image as a header, print it down in a huge card and mail it to Chia with the myth comunity's best wishes.
If you gusy think the idea is good I can setup the page and then sed the card.
Rauko.
P.S. Please spread teh word on this to other forums, see what the rest of the comunity has to say.
I can be reached at : hobbit@adinet.com.uy
P.S.2 "Paranoid considerations": if you are worried about sending your scaned signature around just dont use your usual one, a simple sketched line or 2 will do, the idea of the signature is just to give it a human touch, not just computer printed words. Also, if you dont like passing your real name around, just use your usual myth name.
Miguel Chavez
Re: An idea for Chia. (please read)
In reply to: An idea for Chia. (please read)I'm currently working on helpdavepindrys.com It should be up in another hour or so. I'll make sure that there's a guestbook feature added.
Carch
Gamecube sucks, Playstation 2 rules.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8225616.html?tag=mn_hd
"Sony sold 1.4 million units of the PlayStation 2 in the United States in the fourth quarter through Dec. 8, according to sales figures tallied by NPD and compiled in a report released by Credit Suisse First Boston. Microsoft trailed slightly, selling 934,000 copies of its Xbox through Dec. 8. Nintendo came in a more distant third with 615,000 units of its GameCube console. The Xbox went on sale Nov. 15; the GameCube debuted Nov. 18."
_/\ C
p.s. (sorry, but I just couldn't resist the Tobin bait)
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: dunno
In reply to: Gamecube sucks, Playstation 2 rules.You know how I feel about the CSFB and MS press releases.
MS already being guilty of spinning Halo ahead of Luigi's Mansion...
However, I just came back from the mall and EBX just got a dozen or more XBoxes in, so either Nintendo has a supply shortage or it's selling out better because they didn't have any. Of course, EBGames has been saying all along that they've been getting more XBoxes than GameCubes.
I went to Best Buy too and I saw a woman walk out with a GameCube, but I have no idea if they had any others in stock. If they do, they don't keep them on the floor.
Of course, 4 people walked out with PS2s while I was there. 1 person walked out with an XBox...I didn't realize they had special XBox plastic bags at EBX.
Carch
Incidentally ...
In reply to: Re: dunnowith a bit of mathematics, that totals out to:
Xbox 934,000 / (15 Nov - 08 Dec = 24 days) = 38,917 per day
PS2 1,400,000 / (01 Nov - 08 Dec = 38 days) = 36,842 per day
NGC 615,000 / (18 Nov - 08 Dec = 21 days) = 29,286 per day
Or, "graphically":
Xbox ****r****o****o****l****z**************
PS2 *************************************
NGC ****d****r****u****l****z****
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: According to Sony
In reply to: Gamecube sucks, Playstation 2 rules.From Thanksgiving week to December 18, they've sold 1.5 million PS2s. If we consider the beginning of Thanksgiving week to be November 18, that's 30 days ... or 50,000 PS2s a day.
Carch
There you go again ...
In reply to: Re: According to SonyTobin wrote on Friday, 12/21/2001 - 3:02 pm:
: From Thanksgiving week to December 18, they've sold 1.5
: million PS2s
comparing apples and bananas
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: There you go again ...
In reply to: There you go again ...So anything not precisely vis-a-vis comparable is irrelevent?
Actually, don't you think calculating an average "/day" sales rate is irrelevent? First of all, the numbers cannot be averaged because there's no indication the distribution was equal every day. Not only do you totally ignore the fact that certain days of the week are better shopping days than others, your own averages aren't for the same time ranges. Your quotes are for the 30, 16 and 13 days, respectively. How is this casual comparison any more valid than mine? If my average isn't attributable to yours, your own averages are just as meaningless.
Anonymous (not verified)
Shut up, both of you!
In reply to: Re: There you go again ...What a stupid argument this is. Does anyone really care?
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: er +8 days for each of my numbers [NT]
In reply to: Re: There you go again ...Anonymous (not verified)
It is still to early
In reply to: Re: er +8 days for each of my numbers [NT]It is still way to early to see whether PS2 will continue to dominate as GameCube and Xbox games. and you all conveniently ignored the fact that the Gameboy Advance and Color games had just as many top games in the top 20 as sony. As i have heard that eventually the gameboy games will be playable on the Cube id say that Nintendo has a perfect strategy. Secondly some of the people buying ps2 titles have had them for over a year. where as everyone buying xbox and Cube just now got them. Give it t least 6 months then youll know
Andrew
Forget the gamecube . . . (Long rant - pro PS2)
In reply to: It is still to earlyIt's not a contest of the PS2 vs. the Gamecube, but a contest of the PS2 vs. the Xbox. Now, Halo may be the best first person shooter around, but it's still *just* a FPS. Most of it's good ideas have roots elsewhere, such as the vehicles from Tribes, and the whole game feels like a vamped-up GoldenEye to me. Don't get me wrong, the game is addictive . . . but it isn't worth the price of a whole new console, especially when it's coming out for Mac/PC as an improved version. Think about it, Bungie's success has its cores in the community support, which includes mods and third party plugins . . . obviously that is rather hard to include on ANY console. When it comes out for Mac/PC, then it'll deserve the title of the best game around.
Now, back to the subject. PS2 vs Xbox. First question - what do you buy a console for? Well, you buy it for the games. You don't need the console to be particularly powerful as long as there are plenty of decent developers for it. It's nothing like buying a Computer. PS2 has a gigantic library of games, while the Xbox has less than 40. Granted, the PS2 has had an extra year to build up that library, but the PS2 also had more launch titles than the Xbox . . . and they were good. Especially SSX. (If you haven't given that a try, you're missing out. SSX, NOT SSX Tricky.) Now we have Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X . . . with the advent of Tekken 4 somewhere along the line. Also, slightly older games such as Grand Theft Auto III and Gran Tourismo 3 plus these other epic games are enough to keep ANY avid gamer happy for ages.
Back to the Xbox. The Xbox has very few renowned developers. MicroSoft made the same mistake Nintendo did and didn't sign Squaresoft, and unless MS buys Take2, they don't get Grand Theft Auto III. Also, if MS buys Take2, guess who gets the rights to the Myth series? =\
True, the Xbox is more powerful than the PS2, but the load times are still there. The Xbox has the ability to use more textures, more polygons, more whatever . . . but that would slow it down by a good margin. Guess what, very few developers have used the full extent of the Xbox's power for just that reason.
So, I can hear you saying . . . The Xbox has four controller ports! Didn't you know? Having four people play a game is a massive hog of power. If you're playing a game that doesn't have much slow down from this burden, then chances are you could do the same thing on the PS2 with the adapter that lets you have four controllers connected. (Example - The Bouncer is one of those games that can be played with four people without massive reduction of frame rates . . . but the game sucks. It's absolutely worth a play, but not worth the buy. The game IS beautiful, just the interface is irritating.) If you want a pary console, go buy a Gamecube and get the sequel to Smash Brothers. I'll give Nintendo credit for creating the ultimate party game!)
Thusly: PS2 Xbox Gamecube.
--
Cheers, Coriolis of Ancrik
www.ancrik.com
p.s. I have not read the bulk of the posts in this topic, so please forgive me if I have repeated others. It was not intentional.
p.p.s You're still reading? Wow . . . You've got too much free time on your hands! =)
rhino badlands games
Myth III for mac released
found a mac myth iii demo posted at versiontracker.com
http://www.versiontracker.com/redir.fcgi/kind=1&db=macosx&id=12940/Myth3...
rhino - badlands
Anonymous (not verified)
I wonder what inspired these guys...
http://www.breedgame.de/
Well, they did bother to change the PoA's and the Covenant's names.
(Cross-posted from HBO)
Thanks to Headless for finding that. And sorry if this was posted earlier...
-Heady
Anonymous (not verified)
Move along
In reply to: I wonder what inspired these guys...: : HREF="http://www.breedgame.de/">http://www.breedgame.de/
:
: Well, they did bother to change the PoA's and the
: Covenant's names.
:
: (Cross-posted from HBO)
:
: Thanks to Headless for finding that. And sorry if this was
: posted earlier...
Apparently the topic was brought up earlier... Sorry. Nothing to see here...
-Heady
"Wasting valuable bandwidth since 1780"
kalis
phoenix (mis?)information and a new poll to smash
All over at VoodooExtreme. Phoenix-related thread is here, and they do make the blasphemous mistake of forgetting about Myth.
Oh, and Halo is currently in third place for game of 2002 most looked forward to.
kalis
coolest mouse?
I want one. It's not what's on the outside, it's what's on the inside. Now if only I could read Finnish...
Anonymous (not verified)
needs to be in OT forum [NT]
In reply to: coolest mouse?Anonymous (not verified)
English version
In reply to: coolest mouse?: Now if only I could read Finnish...
http://hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html
Anonymous (not verified)
Island Four?
It's been nearly a year with no news -- does anyone know what's happened?
noctavis
Re: Island Four?
In reply to: Island Four?Well, it's been a goodly while, hasn't it? I'm thinking that either Nathan got smart and shut everything up until they had something to show, or the whole project simply vaporized at the first ray of sunlight. Right now I'm leaning towards the latter possibility, since at last report they had a number of designers, story people and "advisors" - including some questionable individuals (who frequently displayed questionable judgement and disreputable behavior) from the small fan community - but not really anyone to do any serious coding. Such an inelegant team composition doesn't produce confidence. Or working titles. They were also looking for funding, IIRC. Startups like that need a wad of cash - because you need to be able to feed yourself (and maybe your family) during the X number of months (or YEARS) where you're still working on that first, profitable product.
It's awfully hard to tell the wannabe groups from the real thing at the earliest stages... I think that there was a certain extra amount of attention that many people paid Nathan and Island Four just because Nathan had been a designer for Halo (pre-acquisition) with Bungie, years ago.
Not that I'm trying to be excessively harsh... but we are attempting to discuss the few facts that were known about an attempt to operate within the real business world. The software development industry is becoming more and more harsh, lean and unforgiving.... hence the extinction of greats like Looking Glass, the acquisition of numberless companies by numberless corporations, and the trend towards lower budgets, tighter schedules and plentiful me-too-formula titles on the market.
Noctavis
Bunbu Itchi - "The pen and sword in accord"
p.s. - Amazingly enough, having a Mac is helping to prevent me from having to "sift the wheat from the chaff" myself, since the better and more popular titles tend to be the ones which are ported or developed, cross-platform.
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: Island Four?
In reply to: Re: Island Four?noctavis wrote on Tuesday, 01/1/2002 - 8:36 pm:
: Well, it's been a goodly while, hasn't it? I'm thinking
: that either Nathan got smart and shut everything up until
: they had something to show, or the whole project simply
: vaporized at the first ray of sunlight.
However, I recently checked on www.islandfour.com and the page is still there, though it is nearly content-free.
: Right now I'm
: leaning towards the latter possibility, since at last report
: they had a number of designers, story people and "advisors"
: - including some questionable individuals (who frequently
: displayed questionable judgement and disreputable behavior)
: from the small fan community -
I don't recall exactly what gross misbehavior.
However, Nathan Bitner had wanted to focus on design; to get a detailed design worked out before doing full-scale coding and artwork. But one wonders how well this has worked out.
An easy way to test one's ideas is to create approximations of them running on existing game engines; I wonder how much of that the Island Four developers have done.
: but not really anyone to do
: any serious coding. ...
Seems like a serious indictment. However, if they were trying out ideas on existing engines, they might not need one right away.
: p.s. - Amazingly enough, having a Mac is helping to
: prevent me from having to "sift the wheat from the chaff"
: myself, since the better and more popular titles tend to be
: the ones which are ported or developed, cross-platform.
One bit of expediency on my part: there's an Internet cafe near where I live, where I go to play demos and short scenarios.
vector40
Re: Island Four?
In reply to: Re: Island Four?Loren Petrich wrote on Wednesday, 01/2/2002 - 8:58 pm:
: However, I recently checked on www.islandfour.com and the
: page is still there, though it is nearly content-free.
Hmm... there is an email address, however, info@islandfour.com. Anyone want to give them a buzz?
Anonymous (not verified)
San Francisco Macworld Expo?
URL: http://www.macworldexpo.com -- January 8-11, 2002 (Tue-Fri) at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
Due to the Microsoft buyout, Bungie will not be there, as it has done on many previous years; however, I will be there, probably Wednesday and Friday and perhaps also Thursday; I anticipate an excessively-big crowd on Tuesday, the first day of the revealing of new stuff there. I'll be at the game area part of the time, and these might be good subareas to meet in:
I chose those publishers who have some recent vaguely Marathon-ish real-time-3D games, as well as that of Myth 3.
I'll probably have to prepare some answers to common Aleph One questions.
Anonymous (not verified)
Re: San Francisco Macworld Expo?
In reply to: San Francisco Macworld Expo?I'll be there.
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