General Discussion

Originally posted by randomt

Communication isn't about spelling or any particular medium, so if you say stuff and can't fracking spell, and I am unable to understand.. its up to me to ask for clarification isn't it?  Then again most oldschoolers can read typoese without thinking about it :D

 It is if you're in a text-based environment like... oh... THIS ONE!

Besides, we're not talking about typos, we're talking about people who are functionally illiterate.

Originally posted by fyerwall

 

Originally posted by Horusra

Do not think you can count MUD's they are a different form of gaming.  If you want to use MUD's then you have to use pnp players before that as old school.  I think it starts with UO for the current MMORPG world.

See, I would count PnP and MUDs, They are the grandfathers of what grew up to be the MMORPG. Sure its like comparing the Model-T to todays Mustangs, but it was still a car none the less.

 

A gamer is a gamer no matter the medium they started in in my opinion.

Now if they were talking about just from the start of the graphical MMOs, then I would discount many MUDs and all PnP games. Some MUDs did use a form of graphics.

I think the dynamic of character interaction changed with graphical MMO's.  MUDs and PnP you rely on the people you are with to create the experience, while in graphical ones you rely more on the makers of the game to create the environment.  Well that is my opinion.

I don't really consider MMO's old school at all.

Pong, Dungeons and Dragons, that's my idea of old school.

To the guy who thinks WoW isn't Hardcore......

What an idiot.

There are millions of extremely hardcore WoW players. A game is as hardcore as you take it.

Just because a game can be played casually, does not mean that it cannot be played hardcore. Just because a game is played casually, does not mean it is not hardcore.

There are hardcore chess games out there. Football can be played about as hardcore as any game on the planet. And yet it is the most casually played game in the world.

Simple little games. As hardcore as any the world knows.

What about that Korean guy who died playing Starcraft? Was he hardcore? is Starcraft a hardcore game?

It's simpler and more accessable than WoW.

Having a poorly made game with a stupidly implemented learning curve doesn't make it hardcore. It just makes it low quality.

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Originally posted by baff

To the guy who thinks WoW isn't Hardcore......
What an absolute cool dude, I want his babies.

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Fixed it for you :), I know what you ment ;).

Hardcore chess games! Can you jump up and kick someone in the face? Nope, not hardcore then is it.

Originally posted by Munki

People flaunting their Joined date...

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NEVER

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who would do such a thing?!?!
Thats just eltist and wrong.

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almost got a year on me xD

Originally posted by HashBrick

 

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Originally posted by baff

 

To the guy who thinks WoW isn't Hardcore......
What an absolute cool dude, I want his babies.

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Fixed it for you :), I know what you ment ;).

Hardcore chess games! Can you jump up and kick someone in the face? Nope, not hardcore then is it.

Throwing tantrums doesn't make you hard. It just makes you a sore loser.

Anyone remember Starflight for PC?    

I remember that game it was a blast to play,  played the heck out of the original wizardry as well  (played on a Tandy 1000 ex )

Oh yea, Starflight! That was fun! One of my old favorites was Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back on the AtariST. Like someone who posted earlier, I also still have my Atari 2600 in the closet, still works too, I still dig it out every now and then when I need to dish out some pain on my friends in a good game of Warlords....:)

<----- LOL I just noticed my join date vs. my posts... heheheh... feel like a lurker...

Originally posted by Thud_The_ACE

<----- LOL I just noticed my join date vs. my posts... heheheh... feel like a lurker...

Just think, at this rate by 2012 you will have 14* posts!

*7 posts as of this message, just incase he somehow hits 15 in the next few hours/days

Originally posted by Coralis

Anyone remember Starflight for PC?    

I remember that game it was a blast to play,  played the heck out of the original wizardry as well  (played on a Tandy 1000 ex )

Starflight was awesome, 2, eh... it was ok...

Hrm... wonder if they have an emulated version somehwere...