Topic: Off-topic, but I need someone to SEE it, lol. Eve?

[SSCF-LeRoy]

http://www.eve-online.com/

14 day trial:

http://www.mmorpg.com/eve_trial.cfm

Is it any good though?

It's not for everyone, but I really love it.  Been playing since march, tried out most aspects of the game.  For me the PvP was most exciting.  Unfortunately for me I left my corporation/alliance right before the biggest fleet battle to date... something like 180 ships.
Eve is a world of freedom.  You can do whatever you want, it's really up to you.  Of course, that means you also have to look out for scammers, griefers, and thieves 

You actually have to pay to be able to play it online though even after you buy the game?

The game download itself is free. To play online, however, ya gotta pay up after yer fourteen-day free ride expires

[Dizzy]

Right now, they are offering a 30 day freebie, but I cant seem to get into the secure site...

Anyway, I change my mind. If you have to slave in boredom for 72+ hours straight b4 u ramp up to being able to have any mediocre level of fun...

I have 3x games on the horizon I will not miss... and no doubt it will cut into my SFC time, but I wont quit playing it. So I dont have time for the time it takes 'level up' on EVE.

Ck out:
WH40K Dawn of War
Rome Total War
Halo 2

[el-Karnak]

"Rome: Total War" looks cool.

"Simpson also tells us that Rome: Total War is "more moddable than any other game we made before." That means that, on top of the half-dozen historical campaigns in the game, and on top of the different playable cultures you can unlock by beating it (the Britons, the Egyptians, the Gauls, etc.), the Internet community will be able to create their own units and their own scenarios. The result is a deep, visually incredible strategy game that'll provide months, even years of delicious gameplay online or off."

source: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/rome-total-war/510597p3.html?fromint=1

[Dizzy]

If WH40K turns out to be as modable as Medieval/Rome Total War, then it will likely gobble up tons of my time... hehe. WH40K has so much background info on it, its a whole world in its own right. Gothic, scary, morbid and frightening... it's gonna be so much fun, I think.

[Hexx]

Having played the DoW beta I can say it's a lot of fun. Although the Orks take some getting used to .
If they make it modable, or even plan out expansion packs well it will go from a game I'm going to want to buy
to a game I'm going to have to but. Haven't played many of the 'Total War" series. Just picked up a used Shogun TW at EB.Seems to be cool but the pdf manual seems damaged/corrupt .(It won't open). So I'm not really sure what I'm doing..

[FPF-Bach]

The real question is why are yoy guys letting these games interfere with you SFC time.

Get your priorities straight for crying out loud.   

[Dizzy]

Very cool. Didint know u were a DoW tester. Have to ask u some questions later.

I have shogun too. Very cool game. Have to glance over the manual tho... It's very nearly playable w/o it, but there are just a few things you have to know... Go here: http://www.totalwar.com/community/download.htm to get all the latest D/Leds and patches. I cant get u the manual now, but soon, but try asking someone in the forums there in the meanwhile. They love to help. They will get u one. Forums: http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm1

[FPF-DieHard]

. . . So I'm not really sure what I'm doing..

And how is this different from SFC?

[Hexx]

Welll I don't have you screaming at me over TS that I'm an idiot for one...