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>
> looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
> game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
> EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.

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> Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.
>
> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.

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> ~70 MB standard definition trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
> ~200 MB 720p HD trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
> looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
> game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
> EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>
>
> Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.
>
> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.
>

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>~70 MB standard definition trailer
>http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
>~200 MB 720p HD trailer
>http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
>looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
>game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
>EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>
>
>Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.
>
>now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
>Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.

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>
> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159725744.872571.36210@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> As the Halo series sucks big donkey balls, this would hardly be
> surprising.

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> ~70 MB standard definition trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
> ~200 MB 720p HD trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
> looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
> game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
> EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>
>
> Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.
>
> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.

quote:

---

> ~70 MB standard definition trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
> ~200 MB 720p HD trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
> looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
> game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
> EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>
>
> Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.
>
> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.
>

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> GIANT CRABS! WOO HOO!
>

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> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159725744.872571.36210@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> Yes, none of the other hardware of the Xbox 360 has anything to do with it.
> And there would be no other way of ever being able to do those same
> explosions on any other hardware.
>
>
> Not if the demo from a few months back is anything to go by. Those energy
> crystal thingies ruined it for me.
>
>

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>
> "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
> news:bSTTg.15850$PP1.9919@fe04.news.easynews.com...
>
> What's Halo and Halo 2's GameRankings score?
>
> Why is Peter Jackson hot to not only produce a Halo movie but another Halo
> game?
>
> Why did Halo 2 earn $125M in preorders on the first day alone?
>

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> Because the Halo series sucks big donkey balls.
>
> Just because lots of people like it, doesn't mean it's any good.
>
> Titanic the film anyone?

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>
> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:foUTg.8612$UG4.7203@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
> Because the Halo series sucks big donkey balls.
>
> Just because lots of people like it, doesn't mean it's any good.
>
> Titanic the film anyone?
>
>

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> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.

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> Not in denial, people who don't wish to see a 'man'/creature sent down
> on the basis of stories that keep changing from people who want payoffs
> and weak evidence at best. Innocent until proven guilty, and there was
> nothing in that case concrete enough to send him down for those charges.

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> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4oatqoFdpeggU1@individual.net...
>
> Ya, and OJ didn't kill his wife either.
>
>

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> Just because lots of people like it, doesn't mean I have to.

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> "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
> news:6PWTg.89544$Pi2.14463@fe08.news.easynews.com...
>
> Or World Of Warcrap.
>
>

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> Schrodinger wrote:
>
>
> Fixed your post so you don't sound like an arrogant jerk.
>

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> AirRaid <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> spake thusly:
>
>
> I wouldn't go that far. It does look incredibly hot though, both single
> and multiplayer.
>
> Love the mech that converts to a snowmobile, lol.

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> On 10/1/06 5:06 PM, in article JZWTg.5356$3E2.2579@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com,
> "Jim Vieira" <WhiplashrAT@wiDOT.rrDOT.com> wrote:
>
>
> Once again, World of Warcraft is awesome in most people's opinion. If you
> don't think so, that doesn't make most people wrong.

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> "Devala Rees" <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote in message
> news:C145C491.1F30%darkeagle@lisco.com...
>
> That doesn't make them right either. Gullible people falling for the
> latest,
> trendy gadget/fad FTW!
>
>

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>On 1 Oct 2006 11:02:24 -0700, "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Yet another third person console game. If they had made it an FPS then maybe.

quote:

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> In message <lf20i29sqmbpaf4nhnmj14de74avvn3icl@4ax.com>, Memnoch
> <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> writes
>
> Yes, because we need some more FPS' as the gaming world does not have
> nearly enough of them.

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> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159725744.872571.36210@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> Yes, none of the other hardware of the Xbox 360 has anything to do with

quote:

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> And there would be no other way of ever being able to do those same
> explosions on any other hardware.
>
>
> Not if the demo from a few months back is anything to go by. Those energy
> crystal thingies ruined it for me.

quote:

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>
> "Hank the Rapper" <xflopgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6PydnR47Rpyg0L3YnZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> Thanks. The things is, though, I am by definition quite a bit more
> intelligent than the majority of the population. By "quite a bit", I
> mean a lot.
>
> I would suspect that a significant proportion of the people who post to
> this group would fall into the same category.
>
> Either way, I am clever and I think Halo sucks.
>
> I can see why stupid people would think it is a good series of games
> too. Forgive me for stating facts, Hank, but sometimes - so they say -
> the truth hurts.
>
> It all makes sense in the end, Hank.

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> ~70 MB standard definition trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
> ~200 MB 720p HD trailer
> http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
> looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
> game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
> EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>
>
> Lost Planet has instantly become my most-wanted '360 game.

quote:

---

>
> now I understand why it's being called "the Japanese Halo". I'll bet
> Lost Planet ends up being a better game than Halo 3.
>

quote:

---

> On 2006-10-02 01:16:29 +0100, "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> said:
>
>
> Can you elaborate? Which of the following statements do you disagree with?
>
> It had great graphics for its time.
>
> It had great sound for its time.
>
> It had great controls for a console FPS for its time.
>
> It had a great story by the standards of most games.
>
> It had great AI when played on higher difficulties.
>
> It had a great multiplayer component.
>
>
> Yes, the levels got repetitive, but I wouldn't mind knowing where you
> felt the game failed, other than the repeating scenery.
>

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>
> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159725744.872571.36210@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> Maybe for your impression from that video, but for me, not from playing
> the demo. The thing I disliked most was; the clumsy mode of when aiming
> one's weapon, it was difficult and made the fighting confusing, especially
> when the enemy doesn't seem to have that difficulty. I also didn't see the
> graphics being better that any other game I've played to date, and the
> demo wasn't even close to the graphics of Oblivion nor GRAW.
>
>
> LOL, place your bet and see. I personally think that even (graphically and
> from scenery) Halo and Halo2 still looks better than LP. So I don't think
> H3 will lack to LP graphically. If explosions are what impress you as you
> say here, then go for it, but I think the whole game should be good
> grapically, and I wasn't impressed from the demo.

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> On 2006-10-02 01:16:29 +0100, "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> said:
>
>
> Can you elaborate? Which of the following statements do you disagree with?
>
> It had great graphics for its time.
>
> It had great sound for its time.
>
> It had great controls for a console FPS for its time.
>
> It had a great story by the standards of most games.
>
> It had great AI when played on higher difficulties.
>
> It had a great multiplayer component.
>

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> Yes, the levels got repetitive, but I wouldn't mind knowing where you felt
> the game failed, other than the repeating scenery.
>
> --
> Zo
>

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>
> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4oc5bqFdrks1U1@individual.net...
>
> I disagree with all of them, except the console bit, as I was talking about
> the PC version. I neither know nor care about the console version.
>

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>
> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4oc5bqFdrks1U1@individual.net...
>
> I disagree with all of them, except the console bit, as I was talking
> about the PC version. I neither know nor care about the console version.

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>~70 MB standard definition trailer
>http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3152_en.html
>
>~200 MB 720p HD trailer
>http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3153_en.html
>
>
>looks fantastic. best realtime explosions I've *ever* seen in
>game--probably only possible because of the incredibly high-bandwidth
>EDRAM in the '360 which a certain other console lacks.
>

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> Well, considering this is an "XBOX" newsgroup, I would think you have the
> logic not to comment on the PC version, especially since "PC" wasn't even
> mentioned. Funny though, that you don't know nor care anything about

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> gaming (as you so suggest), yet provide comment in an XBOX (which is a
> console gaming device) newsgroup.

quote:

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> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:Oi1k8cm5GHA.3836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> console
>
> Psst, check the newsgroup listing on this thread. It's also going to a PC
> action games group. That's where he probably saw it, and why he felt
> it was relevant.
>
>

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> It all makes sense in the end, Hank.

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>
>"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
>news:OyI8mtg5GHA.756@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>I agree.
>LP didn't do a thing for me and I didn't care for the control or game design
>as a whole.
>Halo 3 will probably make this game look dated graphically. I have a
>feeling it's going to be a jaw dropper which Lost Planet is not.
>

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>
> "Jim Vieira" <WhiplashrAT@wiDOT.rrDOT.com> wrote in message
> news:0CfUg.25894$8_5.24070@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>
> Relevant to make ad hominem attacks and inane remarks because of a
> person's gaming preference. Considering you think people are gullible for
> the same reasons, that is also pure ad hominem. Scrotumger (named because
> of his "donkey balls" remark) didn't give any good reason why Halo is bad.
> He also shouldn't comment on the Halo console game since he states, "I
> neither know nor care about the console version". When he plays it on a
> console, then make a comment.
>
> People like what they like, and because you don't like certain games (or
> feel people to be gullible for owning them) doesn't make you right, it
> makes you a hater by your own personal preference of games. I wouldn't
> tell you that you're gullible, or suck donkey balls because I may not like
> what you play, I simply wouldn't play it and leave it at that. If one
> wanted the reason, I would give one based on the playing experience, not
> because of the person I replying to.
>

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> Schrodinger wrote:
>
>
> It does and all of the sudden all of your posts make sense as well. To
> paraphrase Homer Simpson, "Why would a
> man whose shirt says "Genius at Work" spend all of his time playing video
> games?"
>
>

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> i own a yacht wrote:
>
>
> See, I disagree with that. Halo was my first console FPS game, everything
> before that was PC. I've played Halo five times because it's fun. The PC
> port was crap, though.

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> "Devala Rees" <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote in message
> news:C145C491.1F30%darkeagle@lisco.com...
>
> That doesn't make them right either. Gullible people falling for the
> latest,
> trendy gadget/fad FTW!
>

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>
> What's Halo and Halo 2's GameRankings score?
>
> Why is Peter Jackson hot to not only produce a Halo movie but another
> Halo game?
>

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> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in
> news:foUTg.8612$UG4.7203@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>
> Because it will make him more money. He's not stupid. If a Barbie
> game was the "it" thing right now, he would make a movie about it.
>
> Halo is a run-of-the-mill first person shooter that only received high
> accolades because it was released on a console, and most console gamers
> are clueless about FPS games. I wonder how many have heard of or
> played Tribes? Battlefield? Half-Life?

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> Had Halo been released on PC first, it would not have received scores
> anywhere near what it got.

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>On 2006-10-03 12:12:17 +0100, yooznet <nomail@spam.isp> said:
>
>
>Played all 3. Halo is on par with Half-Life and miles better than
>Tribes or Battlefield.
>
>
>Well the PC port was shite. People who have played many, many PC
>shooters play the Xbox version and adore it. Edge, the hardest game
>magazine in the world to please, gave it a 10, which they give out on
>average less than once every two years (only 5 games have ever got it
>in about 11 years), and they've played every PC FPS game under the sun.
>
>It was, first and foremost, built for a console. In 99% of cases, games
>built for PC and then ported for console are better on PC, and vice
>versa. It is a game that was built to be played with a controller, on a
>couch. The multiplayer was built to be played with your mates, with
>controllers, on a couch. It is exceptionally good at what it was
>designed for. It was not designed to be a 64-player online fragfest, or
>a huge MMOFPS, or a big tactical team-based warzone. It was designed to
>be a FPS, with great graphics and sound for the time, with good solid
>gameplay, that told a story, with decent AI, decent controls and a fun
>local multiplayer game, all playable from the comfort of the sofa in
>front of the TV. And it did exactly that.

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> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:44:58 +0100, Zomoniac
> <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> actually, it started life as a PC title, then MS bought Bungie.
>
> </pedant>

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> On 2006-10-03 12:12:17 +0100, yooznet <nomail@spam.isp> said:
>
> Played all 3. Halo is on par with Half-Life and miles better than
> Tribes or Battlefield.

quote:

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> Well the PC port was shite. People who have played many, many PC
> shooters play the Xbox version and adore it.

quote:

---

> Edge, the hardest game magazine in the world to please, gave it a 10, which
> they give out on average less than once every two years (only 5 games have
> ever got it in about 11 years), and they've played every PC FPS game under
> the sun.

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> It was, first and foremost, built for a console. In 99% of cases, games
> built for PC and then ported for console are better on PC, and vice
> versa. It is a game that was built to be played with a controller, on a
> couch. The multiplayer was built to be played with your mates, with
> controllers, on a couch.

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> It is exceptionally good at what it was designed for. It was not designed to
> be a 64-player online fragfest, or a huge MMOFPS, or a big tactical
> team-based warzone. It was designed to be a FPS, with great graphics and
> sound for the time, with good solid gameplay, that told a story, with decent
> AI, decent controls and a fun local multiplayer game, all playable from the
> comfort of the sofa in front of the TV. And it did exactly that.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Hank the Rapper <xflopgoon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> where's the disagreement? i said it was fun. but i guess you haven't
> noticed all the people claiming it to be the pinnacle of fps gaming and
> one of the greatest games of all time. that's just ridiculous, by any
> standard.

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> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:11:38 -0400, "booty bandit"
> <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> considering it won;t be out for around a year, you'd bloody hope it'd
> look better
> --
>

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>
> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:earD44m5GHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> To be fair, I didn't realise (I should have) that it was being cross
> posted to a load of Xbox groups. I don't see why I should justify
> subjective opinions - how can I "justify" that the graphics aren't that
> good - other than saying "because they're not".
>
> I stated that the game "sucks big donkey balls", not the poster. Thanks
> for the opinion, though.
>

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>
> "Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
> news:ba73i25otno2tfg8fpuuna2mne16rto7t0@4ax.com...
>
> No, not a year, but 3 months from now, as stated at Gamespot
> http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/adv...q=lost%20planet
>
> Maybe you meant in "quarter" of a year :-), but it doesn't mean it
> will be then. But a year is a way big stretch to far to be released,
> considering the hype happening now regarding the game.

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> So then what is your point? We have heard your silly little rant about the
> Top 40 but you have not given one reason why these people should actually
> care about other music. Most of them are probably more snobbish about the
> toilet paper they buy than they are of the music they listen to. Why,
> exactly, should it be the other way round?

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>
> I am sure your average person strives to be someone who hates the Top 40 and
> thinks that Halo is overrated.

quote:

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>
> So give a reason why they should be deeply interested in music.

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>
> Do you actually have a point to make anywhere amongst all this?
>
> So far you have given a rather yawn-inducing and predictable spiel against
> the masses and what is currently popular. Your last paragraph doesn't even
> make any sense in the context of anything that has so far been said.
>
> And as for being boring...? So far all you have said is that you hate the
> Top 40 and Halo. I doubt if anyone sees that as being an example of someone
> leading an exciting life.

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> On 10/3/06 3:48 AM, in article 12i48u4fp7l94f9@corp.supernews.com, "i own a
> yacht" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> No, by your standard. Personally I think it is at the pinnacle of FPS gaming
> (perhaps sharing the spot with a few others like Half-Life), and it is one
> of the greatest games of all time. And a lot of people agree. What's
> ridiculous is people saying that it definitively IS the greatest game ever,
> which can never be said about any game because of the nature of opinions.

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> where's the disagreement? i said it was fun. but i guess you haven't
> noticed all the people claiming it to be the pinnacle of fps gaming
> and
> one of the greatest games of all time. that's just ridiculous, by any
> standard.

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>
> "Hank the Rapper" <xflopgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> You might notice it isn't JUST the @*&#@^# sales. Check GameRankings and the
> CRITICAL reviews, too. (rolling eyes)

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> so halo 2 received all those perfect scores just because of the
> multiplayer?

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> Have you played Halo 2? They did add some depth to the gameplay like
> stealing the Covenant's vehicles while they are on them and using two
> weapons at once. The story is my biggest beef with the game.

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> I can only assume from this comment (and others) that you have not yet even
> got past the 'college' stage of life. Certainly, you have no real
> responsibilities in your life yet and so cannot grasp the concept that music
> is not really that much of a priority to most people compared to everything
> else.

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> No-one ever regards employment/shopping/rent/work as something to be enjoyed
> or hated - they are regarded as being ESSENTIAL to earning money and keeping
> yourself supported.

quote:

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>
> That would be mostly people who have little else in their lives to
> contemplate.

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> No-one has yet used popularity to wholly validate the quality of what they
> are playing or listening to. That is something that you yourself have got
> into your petty little mind and then run away with to such an extent that
> you have real idea what it is that you are trying to say anymore.

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> Unfortunately the only simple one here is yourself. In one post you have
> swung from hinting that you acknowledge that I understand popularity does
> not equal quality, to then saying that I could not figure it out.

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> If you are going to try to insult people and question their intelligence on
> such a regular and persistent basis, I suggest that you take the time to
> learn some grammar first. Hearing your tirades is like listening to someone
> with Unertan syndrome tell me I am stupid for not walking on all fours.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Michael Cargill <fickle@fickle.abc> wrote:
>
>
> because no one with any "real" responsibilities cares about music. or
> maybe you're just a boring old fart who doesn't care about music and
> can't understand why it might be important to some people.
>

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>
> right, no one ever hates or loves their job, hates or loves shopping,
> enjoys working, no one ever takes a lesser paying job so they can do
> something they love. everyone thinks like you do, old man. no wonder you
> can't figure it out.
>
>
> because everyone shares your interests and spends their time doing the
> same things you spend your time doing. why wouldn't i just listen to top
> 40 music? we all think alike, so it's guaranteed to be good!
>
> clearly there's no good reason for anyone to spend any time thinking
> about human psychology. there's not enough time, what with all the jobs
> and paying of rent.
>
>
> no, you just have an extremely narrow black-and-white worldview coupled with
> some pretty bad reading comprehension.
>
>
> or maybe i wasn't hinting that at all and you just imagined it? you said
> my point is obvious but you're still arguing against it. no, you don't
> get it.
>
>
> shall i point out all your mistakes in this post, professor? i know it
> must burn your XXX that someone who doesn't even capitalize at the
> beginning of a sentence is calling you an idiot, but try and deal. it's
> all going to be ok.
>
> so, you have no respect for art or individuality. you're not someone i
> really want to have anything to do with. so make your closing statement
> and bugger off.

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> On 10/6/06 10:33 AM, in article 12ictr6rb0h9v92@corp.supernews.com, "i own
> a
> yacht" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Exactly. Is a man who makes a living as a musician less responsible than a
> man who makes a living any other way?

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> "Devala Rees" <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote in message
> news:C14BFB50.2001%darkeagle@lisco.com...
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> You must have been educated in the same establishment as Mr Yacht. Or maybe
> you have replied to the wrong post by accident.
>
> Your response is not related to anything that I have said. At what point
> have said that a musician is less responsible than someone who works
> somewhere else? Where have I even MENTIONED musicians, or any other
> particular trade?
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>

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> On 10/6/06 4:24 PM, in article 4onvrpFf9p5pU1@individual.net, "Michael
> Cargill" <fickle@fickle.abc> wrote:
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> I never actually saw your original post (I've only been looking on the
> halo
> group, so I've missed some of your messages), but I was just assuming that
> Mr. Yacht was quoting you correctly and backing him up. So if he wasn't,
> my
> apologies.

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> I never actually saw your original post (I've only been looking on the halo
> group, so I've missed some of your messages), but I was just assuming that
> Mr. Yacht was quoting you correctly and backing him up. So if he wasn't, my
> apologies.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Devala Rees <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote:
>
>
> i was quoting him correctly, you can see the original message at google.
> he just doesn't seem to know what he's saying.

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> "i own a yacht" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:12ictr6rb0h9v92@corp.supernews.com...
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> At what point did I say that no-one with responsbilities cared about music?

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> To the vast majority of people music really is not all that important in
> relation to everything else. You can protest to the contrary all you like
> but the declining sales of the record industry over the past 15 or 20 years
> or so backs me up.

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> So, for about the fourth time, please explain to me exactly WHY someone
> should have to care about music beyond what they can hear on the radio?

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> I lumped work in with a couple of other things as examples of them being
> things people do because they HAVE to and not so much because they WANT to.
> This was in response to you saying that people who do those things instead
> of looking for music are boring.

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> Perhaps one day when you will learn that listening to music does not pay the
> bills.

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> You have no responsbilities in your life.

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> You think music is very important.

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> Other people work.

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> Sales of music are in decline.
>
> That speaks volumes.

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>
> What has this got to do with anything?
>
> Advances in the knowledge of human psychology are made by psychologists who
> do as it a job.

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> You still haven't been able to backup what you are saying.

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> And to be quite frank it does not 'burn my XXX' hearing you call me an
> idiot. I believe that I have already provided an example of how I find your
> insults - perhaps your reading comprehnsion skills are lacking. Or maybe
> your dyslexia does not enable you read the confusing word in that sentence.

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>
> Absolutely incredible. I merely try to tell you why so many people are not
> deeply interested in music and you somehow come to the conclusion that I
> have no respect for art or individuality.

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> It would appear that I have far more respect for individuality than you do

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> as I have not critisised anyone for taking an interest in music, yet here
> you are saying that you do not want to be associated with anyone who is not
> passionate about their CD collection.

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> I have asked you a few times now to tell me why someone should care so much
> about music. I have explained why people do NOT care so much for it, but
> you have not been able to provide one argument against it. I have asked you
> the same question three times in this post alone - are you able to backup
> your insults and rants with anything more solid?

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> "i own a yacht" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:12ifl98bq0dlr27@corp.supernews.com...
>
> Oh really? So perhaps YOU could tell me where I even comment on the
> legitamatacy of musicians making a living.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Michael Cargill <fickle@fickle.abc> wrote:
>
> do you see the word "musician" in my part of the quote? devala got that
> from your comment. evidently she (she?) got the same impression from
> your comment as i did.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Michael Cargill <fickle@fickle.abc> wrote:
>
> do you see the word "musician" in my part of the quote? devala got that
> from your comment. evidently she (she?) got the same impression from
> your comment as i did.

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> On 10/7/06 12:35 PM, in article 12ifpank3turm9c@corp.supernews.com, "i own a
> yacht" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Ahem... That would be a "He," thank you very much.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Devala Rees <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote:
>
> sorry. now i'm going to spend an hour reading about hinduism. bloody
> wiki.
>

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> --
> "Please excuse my posts in this thread this morning, I had not yet taken
> my meds." -Jim Vieira

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> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159725744.872571.36210@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
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> As the Halo series sucks big donkey balls, this would hardly be

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