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Question What happened to Real Time Strategy Games?

I think the RTS experience hit it's zenith with Forged Alliance in regards to scale and number of types of units to play with. I'm sure some could argue SC2 was closer to the roots, but I disliked how rigid the gameplay as it was balanced for competitive play. The spiritual successor to SupCom...
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- Post #46
- Jul 7, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question What happened to Real Time Strategy Games?

Perhaps you are right, but even so AAA publishers don't like taking chances. They are like Disney. If they don't think they can make all their money back within the first week or two of sales they don't risk it at all. I think that if RTS games were as ripe for monetization as you say, they...
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- Post #43
- Jul 6, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question What happened to Real Time Strategy Games?

It's hard to monetize RTS games in the same way you can a FPS. They are seen as less profitable and therefore not worth the effort.
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- Post #41
- Jul 6, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Is it time for Call of Duty Vietnam, or Medal of Honor Korea?

Honestly, if it would be anything like the last couple of Battlefield games or the Battlefront series they can keep it. I'm tired of the microtransactions. If they want to charge full price for the game and 30-40 every now and then for a full-featured DLC/expansion then i'm on board...
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- Post #18
- Jul 6, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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FreeNAS Questions

It's the wrong argument. It's not about dependency, it's about best practices. Web servers aren't dependent on passwords or encryption, but that doesn't make it smart to run them without. I think the larger reason this topic even comes up is because Intel has screwed up things buy not...
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- Post #16
- Nov 13, 2018
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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FreeNAS Questions

I agree. Avoid using RaidZ unless you use ECC. It's not that you can't, and you may never see a problem, but it does active correction in RAM unlike other solutions like MDRAID. It's very RAM intensive, moreso than MDRAID. That said, it will still do single drive sharing (1drive Raid 0) or...
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- Post #14
- Nov 13, 2018
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Looking for a NAS with newbie-friendly GUI

Linux will give you the most flexibility and is generally my first pick, BUT if you are confortable with Windows and building your own machine, Windows Pro is an option. You can run it headless and access it from another machine using RDP. Additionally, there are some solid pooling options...
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- Post #11
- Nov 7, 2018
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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How big is your gaming display?

I run a 27" 4K LG monitor. I run a GTX 1070 and it's fine for playing most games at high or better settings. It can be lacking in some titles.
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- Post #51
- Nov 6, 2018
- Forum: PC Games
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FreeNAS killing my hard drives?!

I agree with those above. There is nothing inherently wrong with using RAID, but it is meant for uptime and depending on which level you use can stress them beyond what is considered normal for consumer drives. Physical stress is only part of it. Heat is another enemy that isn't generally an...
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- Post #20
- Nov 6, 2018
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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FreeNAS Questions

I think people are attracted to it because it's free and relatively turnkey. Windows licenses cost money and many of the fit for purpose linux distros are still a pita to setup for people who don't know linux. If you aren't using RaidZ and instead mount drives as individual shares, FreeNAS can...
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- Post #4
- Nov 6, 2018
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Why hasn't a common, open standard, game/app platform been created?

Companies tend to make the most money when they control the method of delivery, and that includes codec standards such as DirectX and OpenGL/OpenAL. To me, the biggest irony of capitalism is that it feeds off monopoly. We won't allow companies to get so large that they can defacto control...
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- Post #7
- Aug 15, 2018
- Forum: PC Games
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Has anyone played GOG's or Steam's TIE Fighter Special Edition?

You'll need to find an original floppy or CD Collector's Edition if you want the reactive music. They are MIDI based and to "more recent" audiences, they won't sound as appealing as the actual movie soundtracks included in the SE. The SE also gutten most of the animated menus which is a...
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- Post #2
- Aug 15, 2018
- Forum: PC Games
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GPU/SPU for GNU Linux

Those links were useful. Thanks.
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- Post #15
- May 30, 2018
- Forum: Open Source
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GPU/SPU for GNU Linux

Target performance is basic desktop use with multimedia extensions for websites. On my 5820K, Noveau works pretty well at 1080P on my GTX1070, but there is huge amount of GPU power being left on the table. Maybe you are right that expectations for FOSS are pretty high, but if that is the case...
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- Post #13
- May 29, 2018
- Forum: Open Source
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GPU/SPU for GNU Linux

I've said in earlier posts, this is a test machine. I want to see how viable a FOSS machine would be with my own usage. That would exclude software like Chrome. I'm using Debian Mate right now with good success I appreciate the advice, but the practicality of using such a system was not part...
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- Post #9
- May 25, 2018
- Forum: Open Source

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