14th October 2004, 9:39 PM
I totally want to do my bestest attempt!
Really though, anyone else have the essentially unused Broadband adapter like I mistakingly bought? Do those same people who did the answering of yes to that also have Mario Kart and the Doubled Dash for Senior Cardgage's new invention, the Gamecube?
Then we could play on that.
Just one small problemo. Warp Pipe sucks, it just totally sucks. Look, no offense to the guys who made it, well maybe I do mean to offend a little, but it's somewhat apparent this is one of their first major projects. Now, I'm not entirely sure how much data a game like MKDD sends over the lines vs a game like Halo, but I'd assume it's about even. Really, what is with all that horrid slowdown? It's painful playing a game of MKDD in slow motion. Fortunatly, it is slow motion as opposed to simply making the game choppy, but it's still pretty bad. That's the major problem they have had from the START. I'll download their latest BETA, play around with it, and find the slowdown so bad after a few games I don't even touch the thing until the next BETA. To read the forums though you'd think you just found the bestest thing ever. I'm of the opinion the majority of them are Nintendo fanboys who are magically supressing the reality of the whole thing.
Honestly, I REALLY hope Nintendo's online play doesn't end up entirely in the hands of these guys. Their work, for all they have tried, and I appreciate the sentiment, is just unacceptable, and that's considering the whole thing is free.
On another note, seen that site lately? There's this actual online petition to stick LAN play in the next Star Fox game. They are sending it in to NINTENDO of all people at that. The lack of understanding is just sorta painful. Not only is a petition from a bunch of nobodies from out of nowhere just going to be ignored, they aren't even sending it to people in charge of the development of the game, Namco. I also wonder if either company wants to actually put themselves in a position where they are suddenly known for accepting game ideas from the outside. I'm fairly certain we all know the responses these companies generally give, that they already have enough great game ideas already and don't need outside help, but in a nicer way.
Really though, anyone else have the essentially unused Broadband adapter like I mistakingly bought? Do those same people who did the answering of yes to that also have Mario Kart and the Doubled Dash for Senior Cardgage's new invention, the Gamecube?
Then we could play on that.
Just one small problemo. Warp Pipe sucks, it just totally sucks. Look, no offense to the guys who made it, well maybe I do mean to offend a little, but it's somewhat apparent this is one of their first major projects. Now, I'm not entirely sure how much data a game like MKDD sends over the lines vs a game like Halo, but I'd assume it's about even. Really, what is with all that horrid slowdown? It's painful playing a game of MKDD in slow motion. Fortunatly, it is slow motion as opposed to simply making the game choppy, but it's still pretty bad. That's the major problem they have had from the START. I'll download their latest BETA, play around with it, and find the slowdown so bad after a few games I don't even touch the thing until the next BETA. To read the forums though you'd think you just found the bestest thing ever. I'm of the opinion the majority of them are Nintendo fanboys who are magically supressing the reality of the whole thing.
Honestly, I REALLY hope Nintendo's online play doesn't end up entirely in the hands of these guys. Their work, for all they have tried, and I appreciate the sentiment, is just unacceptable, and that's considering the whole thing is free.
On another note, seen that site lately? There's this actual online petition to stick LAN play in the next Star Fox game. They are sending it in to NINTENDO of all people at that. The lack of understanding is just sorta painful. Not only is a petition from a bunch of nobodies from out of nowhere just going to be ignored, they aren't even sending it to people in charge of the development of the game, Namco. I also wonder if either company wants to actually put themselves in a position where they are suddenly known for accepting game ideas from the outside. I'm fairly certain we all know the responses these companies generally give, that they already have enough great game ideas already and don't need outside help, but in a nicer way.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)