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  • D dorkshoe

    How bout you take up reading? More entertaining than any game, in my opinion. If you like fantasy type games, then read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. ;) -dork ps: I am making the jackass assumption that you dont read, so if you do, I apologize. I'm just not a big gamer. =)

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    dorkshoe wrote: read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. Wow! that's saying something.. ;) If you haven't, and like fantasy series, check out Thomas Convenant (Stephan R. Donaldson) and Death Gate Cycle(Weis & Hickman). Very entertaining. BW Bored people are boring for boredom shows a lack of inner resources - Amy Thompson

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      dorkshoe wrote: read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. Wow! that's saying something.. ;) If you haven't, and like fantasy series, check out Thomas Convenant (Stephan R. Donaldson) and Death Gate Cycle(Weis & Hickman). Very entertaining. BW Bored people are boring for boredom shows a lack of inner resources - Amy Thompson

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      I never got into the Death Gate Cycle..I read Dragon Wing and it didnt really do anything for me. I'll check out the Thomas Covenant, though. Always looking for some good fantasy. If you want some awesome, fast reading fantasy, check out Raymond E. Fiest's Riftwar Saga..thats some good readin'! Magician:Apprentice is probably the fastest book I have ever read. Its great. -dork

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        dorkshoe wrote: read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. Wow! that's saying something.. ;) If you haven't, and like fantasy series, check out Thomas Convenant (Stephan R. Donaldson) and Death Gate Cycle(Weis & Hickman). Very entertaining. BW Bored people are boring for boredom shows a lack of inner resources - Amy Thompson

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        Andreas Saurwein
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        brianwelsch wrote: check out Thomas Convenant (Stephan R. Donaldson) Yup, I'm still wondering if it is better than or just equal to the "Lord of the Rings". I mean, story is somewhat similar in means of the environment and races, but the main character is just the most lovely, torn, tortured soul ever. The "The Gap into..." series is just as nice too. I keep submitting “VB” as a Priority-1 bug, but apparently no one here knows how to fix it. Nick Hodapp, Semicolon

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        • S Shaun Wilde

          Now bored with diablo 2 <> I'm looking for a game with more variety. Skulking round corners disguised as 'The Ethiopean' in Doom style games was fun, the hack and blast of Diablo was entertaining. and the gather up your forces and smite thine enemy of CIV style strategy games took the boredom away - but alas I am getting old - my reflexes are no longer what they were, my concentration is down the pan. What shall I do. I've been tempted by EverQuest but not sure whether to take the plunge - bandwidth not a problem as I might as well do other things with it rather than read the lounge and other (but not as interesting) bulletin boards and programming sites. So thoughts please on where this decrepit gamer can go.

          Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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          Mauricio Ritter
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          Try Neverwinter Nigths Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:

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          • A Andreas Saurwein

            brianwelsch wrote: check out Thomas Convenant (Stephan R. Donaldson) Yup, I'm still wondering if it is better than or just equal to the "Lord of the Rings". I mean, story is somewhat similar in means of the environment and races, but the main character is just the most lovely, torn, tortured soul ever. The "The Gap into..." series is just as nice too. I keep submitting “VB” as a Priority-1 bug, but apparently no one here knows how to fix it. Nick Hodapp, Semicolon

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            brianwelsch
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            It's at least LOTR. I definitely think I felt more for Thomas than I did for Frodo, the universe was more colorful also. Reviews: http://www.sffworld.com/authors/d/donaldson_stephen/reviews/chronicles.html[^] BW Bored people are boring for boredom shows a lack of inner resources - Amy Thompson

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            • D dorkshoe

              I never got into the Death Gate Cycle..I read Dragon Wing and it didnt really do anything for me. I'll check out the Thomas Covenant, though. Always looking for some good fantasy. If you want some awesome, fast reading fantasy, check out Raymond E. Fiest's Riftwar Saga..thats some good readin'! Magician:Apprentice is probably the fastest book I have ever read. Its great. -dork

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              dorkshoe wrote: Raymond E. Fiest's Riftwar Saga :cool: I take a look. You may want to read some Neil Gaimen, also. Neverwhere and American Gods are both fun reads. BW Bored people are boring for boredom shows a lack of inner resources - Amy Thompson

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                Shaun Wilde wrote: I've been tempted by EverQuest but not sure whether to take the plunge I personally think all the massively mupltiplayer games would benefit from a AOL-like 30 day trial. Those sort of trials should be fairly easy to organise in any subscription type games and would allow people to try them out. Kevin

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                benjymous
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                Anarchy Online[^] gives a 7 day trial (which seems a bit short to me, so I guess it'd only be worth using on a week that you really had nothing to do) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                • D dorkshoe

                  How bout you take up reading? More entertaining than any game, in my opinion. If you like fantasy type games, then read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. ;) -dork ps: I am making the jackass assumption that you dont read, so if you do, I apologize. I'm just not a big gamer. =)

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                  dorkshoe wrote: then read The Sword of Shannara...its the best book in the world - ever. I read that Terry Brooks one and some of the follow ups. I almost died of boredom! Now if you want a good long story The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan is a good bet, although he hasn't quite finished the series. The next book is out in the new year. Books come down to personal preference. Whats good for you/me may not suit someone else. Which is a shame as there are a lot of good stories out there. Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 I have a terminal disease. Its called life!

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                  • B benjymous

                    Yup, I've loved flashpoint since I got to play the first betas :-D (Though I tend to get stuck on the single player campaigns as they tend to get difficult way too quickly for me) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                    I must admit I use the savegame cheat. Otherwise some missions just become frustratingly long and laborious.

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                      Shaun Wilde wrote: I've been tempted by EverQuest but not sure whether to take the plunge I personally think all the massively mupltiplayer games would benefit from a AOL-like 30 day trial. Those sort of trials should be fairly easy to organise in any subscription type games and would allow people to try them out. Kevin

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                      everquest does offer a 30day trial

                      Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                      • S Shaun Wilde

                        Now bored with diablo 2 <> I'm looking for a game with more variety. Skulking round corners disguised as 'The Ethiopean' in Doom style games was fun, the hack and blast of Diablo was entertaining. and the gather up your forces and smite thine enemy of CIV style strategy games took the boredom away - but alas I am getting old - my reflexes are no longer what they were, my concentration is down the pan. What shall I do. I've been tempted by EverQuest but not sure whether to take the plunge - bandwidth not a problem as I might as well do other things with it rather than read the lounge and other (but not as interesting) bulletin boards and programming sites. So thoughts please on where this decrepit gamer can go.

                        Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                        Brigg Thorp
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                        There's a great game that comes with Windows....it's called Solitaire! :) Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation

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                        • S Shaun Wilde

                          Now bored with diablo 2 <> I'm looking for a game with more variety. Skulking round corners disguised as 'The Ethiopean' in Doom style games was fun, the hack and blast of Diablo was entertaining. and the gather up your forces and smite thine enemy of CIV style strategy games took the boredom away - but alas I am getting old - my reflexes are no longer what they were, my concentration is down the pan. What shall I do. I've been tempted by EverQuest but not sure whether to take the plunge - bandwidth not a problem as I might as well do other things with it rather than read the lounge and other (but not as interesting) bulletin boards and programming sites. So thoughts please on where this decrepit gamer can go.

                          Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                          Paul A Howes
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                          Try Battlefield 1942. Look for a server called "THE TEXAS CONNECTION" -- It's a P4 2.53GHz w/ 1GB of memory and a dedicated 10Mbps Internet connection. Our whole team actually pitches in a few bucks for that one. -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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