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[Itnetlolor]

Is that a CRT? WTF are you still using one of those for!?

Actually, that's how the game is rendered. I don't have any of those fossils in my household anymore. See for yourself.

http://www.piratehearts.com/blog/games/you-have-to-win-the-game/

[MaximumZero]

Is that a CRT? WTF are you still using one of those for!?

Actually, that's how the game is rendered. I don't have any of those fossils in my household anymore. See for yourself.

http://www.piratehearts.com/blog/games/you-have-to-win-the-game/

Well, then, nevermind. That's a pretty freakin' sweet effect, and it fooled me thoroughly. Bravo to them.

[Reudh]

I still use a CRT.

[MaximumZero]

I still use a CRT.

* MaximumZero cancels post: Head asplode.

[Reudh]

I still use a CRT.

* MaximumZero cancels post: Head asplode.

It's twelve years old.

[MaximumZero]

...that's almost as old as some bay12ers. Think about that for a moment. Now, imagine that thought within the timescales of technology.

Also, that thing is an electricity hog. Why not try to get a cheapie LCD from a pawn shop?

[Oliolli]

...that's almost as old as some bay12ers.

And older than some gamers.

[Reudh]

It probably is, but I haven't the money to replace it, and plus! It works just fine.

[joemoben]

I had just gotten a Paragon, what I believe to be the best ship in the game for various reasons, including but not limited to - A couple of lasers that shoot farther than the screen will let you see, The ability to take 3 of a factions best capital ships plus a entire fleet on, with a modest fleet of my own and take only one point of hull damage. Then take on another fleet just like the first one, with only slight changes directly after the first battle, and ended up at roughly half health. By that point my fleet was decimated and it was mostly just me hanging on with a few fighters. Then, the Hegemony supply fleet decided to attack. Ended that battle with 1% health on my only remaining ship, my Paragon. It felt amazing.

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Starfarer

[Matz05]

I use a CRT too-- a Samsung SyncMaster 793DF that I got free from a local school -- it's actually pretty new, black-and-silver trim, very flat front glass, bright, nice clear colours, decent resolution... Only every monitor of this model I've seen has the weird intermittent problem that it gets horizontal (to the right (scanwards?)) brown/darkened lines from high-contrast dark patches in the image (usually text, some other thin black lines). A good tap on the top of the monitor usually fixes it, and it goes away on its own pretty quickly most of the time.

The monitor/particle accellerator was free though, so I can't complain about it!  Also, unlike cheap flat panels, it has infinite viewing angle (if reflections off the glass don't bother you)

...Come to think of it, I didn't pay for much of my computer set up. Most of it is salvaged, and the rest is still secondhand or gifts. My family is like that. I have a floppy drive in my computer, for example. It sure didn't come with one! The CD drive isn't the original one (that broke back when the computer belonged to my dad and we installed a salvaged one). One of drive slots has a blanking plate in it that doesn't match, but it was so pretty (translucent blue plastic over matte white for a crystiline quality and chromed bolts holding the layers together) that I had to use one. It almost fits too! (one side is fairly secure, the other can push back about a centimetre.

As for the computer, it used to be a Dell Dimension 5150 with a Pentium 4.

[Reudh]

I use a CRT too-- a Samsung SyncMaster 793DF that I got free from a local school -- it's actually pretty new, black-and-silver trim, very flat front glass, bright, nice clear colours, decent resolution... Only every monitor of this model I've seen has the weird intermittent problem that it gets horizontal (to the right (scanwards?)) brown/darkened lines from high-contrast dark patches in the image (usually text, some other thin black lines). A good tap on the top of the monitor usually fixes it, and it goes away on its own pretty quickly most of the time.

The monitor/particle accellerator was free though, so I can't complain about it!  Also, unlike cheap flat panels, it has infinite viewing angle (if reflections off the glass don't bother you)

...Come to think of it, I didn't pay for much of my computer set up. Most of it is salvaged, and the rest is still secondhand or gifts. My family is like that. I have a floppy drive in my computer, for example. It sure didn't come with one! The CD drive isn't the original one (that broke back when the computer belonged to my dad and we installed a salvaged one). One of drive slots has a blanking plate in it that doesn't match, but it was so pretty (translucent blue plastic over matte white for a crystiline quality and chromed bolts holding the layers together) that I had to use one. It almost fits too! (one side is fairly secure, the other can push back about a centimetre.

As for the computer, it used to be a Dell Dimension 5150 with a Pentium 4.

Finishing up on the derail:

My computer is a Toshiba Satellite A300D, connected to a HP Pavilion mx50 monitor.

[MaximumZero]

HP Pavilion mx50 monitor.

Holy shit I used to have one of those years ago. Wow.

Your technology, Reudh, it makes me weep.

[miauw62]

I combined fire with missile so much times that it consumes all my mana.
But it also incinerates stone walls.

Its in the tutorial tough, but i still find it owning enough to post here.

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vapors of insanity

[JWNoctis]

Now visiting some oldies on Gameboy Advance:

Just rolled credits with Karen on year 2 summer. Not too bad for a first playthrough methinks.

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Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town

And 19 hour 36 minutes of Pokémon Emerald on a comfortable pace. The AI was just too vulnerable against any sort of setup.

EDIT: Tasty grammar.

[ThtblovesDF]

Shoting people shoting people in dayz.