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• • Server Populations

  • I'm thinking about returning to EQ2 once again, but I'm honestly wondering if the server populations even make it worth it.  I really miss the game itself, and I really love a lot of the changes I've been reading about, but none of that is worth anything if there aren't other people around to play the game with.  If anyone has information about the Blackburrow server specifically, that would be very much appreciated.  Also, I know that the population at this stage in the game's life is going to be more shifted toward the high end, but are there still any people playing around the lower levels in case I decide to make a new character?

    I understand that this game probably took a pretty big hit with the recent releases of AoC and WAR, but I'm not entirely sure just how big the hit was.  If the population is still healthy at all, I'd definitely love to come back.

  • Posted: 11/11/08 11:14 PM
    Everquest II
• • macbook or notebook?

  • Here's the thing...  I'm typing this right now on a MacBook Pro which I love very much.  Power-wise, it's much better than most PCs out there.  The catch is, most games do NOT run natively on a Mac.  While some games do, including everything from Blizzard, about 95% of games won't run on a Mac.  However, that's not to say I don't have any Windows only games on my laptop.  Apple sponsors something called Boot Camp which allows you (within warranty and even with Apple support) to put Windows XP or Vista on your Mac.  You just section off a chunk of your hard drive for Windows, run a program shipped with the OS X, and follow the onscreen instructions.  You have to have a legitimate copy of Windows, but other than that there's nothing else to it.  Once you get Windows up and running, games run smooth as ice.  The current MacBook Pros (mine included) have 512MB nVidia 8600GTs, which are damn good cards.  I can run pretty much everything on or close to max settings with the exception of Crysis.

    As for price, Macs are always going to be more expensive.  However, most of the time Alienware is even worse, so if you're looking at them I'm guessing price isn't that much of an issue.

    Basically, if you are buying the laptop JUST for gaming, I don't recommend a Mac.  There's just too much hassle to warrant the purchase of an operating system that you won't use.  However, if you're like me and prefer the Mac OS for 99.9% of computer-related tasks and only plan to use Windows for gaming, then I think it's a good option.

  • Posted: 7/12/08 3:53 AM
    General Discussion
• • Great Video that explains a lot of view points I agree

  • I think it's a tragedy that more people in this country aren't willing to vote for candidates like Ron Paul.  It's really a shame that the political spectrum has become so narrow-minded and divided in this country that no one can even see people like Ron who actually make sense.  It's even worse that no one seems to give a damn about the actual Constitution anymore.

    Ron Paul was about as close to Libertarian as you get in the Republican party:  economically very conservative and socially pretty liberal (though many of the social issues such as gay marriage and abortion he said should be left to the states), and that's exactly what I liked about him.  Too bad people are so blind and he doesn't stand a chance in hell of getting elected.

  • Posted: 7/11/08 6:32 AM
    General Discussion