My good friend will love this. He has been talking about buying a PC just for EQ.
I would put money down that it looks better on the Mac than it does on the PC 
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ACES! Another post by Azizza:
I would put money down that it looks better on the Mac than it does on the PC
Why?
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Mr. Barrimas said this about your mom:
Why?
The Engine will be a complete rework I am guessing, even more so than with SoL.
Perhaps a complete new engine even.
I am looking forward to it and will probably pick up a copy so I can use my second account.
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We were all impressed when Azizza wrote:
My good friend will love this. He has been talking about buying a PC just for EQ.
I do have a friend that did this, lol.
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Azizza had this to say about Duck Tales:
http://eq.castersrealm.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=4408My good friend will love this. He has been talking about buying a PC just for EQ.
I would put money down that it looks better on the Mac than it does on the PC
Depends. Do you mean 'looks better and bogs down like you wouldn't beleive' or do you mean 'looks better with equivalent framerates to a PC'?
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Azizza stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
The Engine will be a complete rework I am guessing, even more so than with SoL.
Perhaps a complete new engine even.
I am looking forward to it and will probably pick up a copy so I can use my second account.
This is the same Verant we're talking about, right?
It'll probably be changed just enough to work on a MAC and will be buggy as all hell when first released.
I doubt Mac users will be getting anything better than PC users.
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Azizza had this to say about Punky Brewster:
[QB]The Engine will be a complete rework I am guessing, even more so than with SoL.
Perhaps a complete new engine even.[QB]
New engine: No.
Old engine shoehorned into a non-DirectX environment: yes.
Remember, PC's users are the vast, VAST majority.
If Verant is going to spend money, and they're going to spend it on either one group or the other, who do you think they're going to spend it on?
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Azizza attempted to be funny by writing:
The Engine will be a complete rework I am guessing, even more so than with SoL.
Perhaps a complete new engine even.
I am looking forward to it and will probably pick up a copy so I can use my second account.
So essentially, it's going to be an entirely different game, while being the exact same game?
I'd get a PC anyways. The amount of games out for Macs are almost negative three*. PCs are the ONLY computer gaming systems.
However, this is just an opinion. Let's not start yet another flame thread on this, alright?
*Physically impossible, but you get the idea.
<SYSTEM MESSAGE> GM-Admin Someor'Another: Greetings Norrath, all world servers will be coming down in thirty minutes for emergency maintenance, we are aware of the issue with Macintosh-users' headphones catching fire and are working to resolve it, thank you for your patience.
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Modrakien's account was hax0red to write:
Verant wants to support / patch two different clients? Woo hoo!<SYSTEM MESSAGE> GM-Admin Someor'Another: Greetings Norrath, all world servers will be coming down in thirty minutes for emergency maintenance, we are aware of the issue with Macintosh-users' headphones catching fire and are working to resolve it, thank you for your patience.
Seriously, this is going to suck ASS for server stability.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Mr. Wilams said:
Seriously, this is going to suck ASS for server stability.
How so? The Data being sent will be no different. Only the client will change.
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Azizza got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
How so? The Data being sent will be no different. Only the client will change.
It's going to go down every 5 minutes to fix the next Mac user bug that crops up?
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Modrakien probably says this to all the girls:
<SYSTEM MESSAGE> GM-Admin Someor'Another: Greetings Norrath, all world servers will be coming down in thirty minutes for emergency maintenance, we are aware of the issue with Macintosh-users' headphones catching fire and are working to resolve it, thank you for your patience.
Now I have to wipe soda off my screen. Thanks Modrakien...hehehehehehehehe
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
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Azizza had this to say about Pirotess:
The Engine will be a complete rework I am guessing, even more so than with SoL.
Perhaps a complete new engine even.
I am looking forward to it and will probably pick up a copy so I can use my second account.
No way would they make a new engine just to support a different platform. If anything they will 'patchwork' it to work on the mac, and it will look worse because it was not originally designed for it.
Don't expect it to look better, you're only setting yourself up for dissappointment
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Fighter wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
I'd get a PC anyways. The amount of games out for Macs are almost negative three*. PCs are the ONLY computer gaming systems.
Not true, Warcraft 3 is out for Macs, Neverwinter Nights is being made for Macs and so is Shadowbane. [ 07-17-2002: Message edited by: Willias ]
Seems as though Macs are finally getting attention from the gaming world... (Which makes me wonder if that Direct-X 8.1 Mac conversion has been completed.)
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Willias had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Not true, Warcraft 3 is out for Macs, Neverwinter Nights is being made for Macs and so is Shadowbane.
Seems as though Macs are finally getting attention from the gaming world... (Which makes me wonder if that Direct-X 8.1 Mac conversion has been completed.)
Macs have always gotten sporadic game support.
It always lags behind PC's, it's always far buggier than the PC's, and they never get any signifigant number of titles, let alone any exclusive titles.
Macs, simply, suck ass for gaming.
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Mr. Wilams's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
It's going to go down every 5 minutes to fix the next Mac user bug that crops up?
Client-side fixes that don't affect servers generally don't require downtime.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Willias wrote:
I know that and you know that Maradon, but as I said, it seems that more and more games are being made for Macs, especially more popular ones, or games that are expected to sell very well.
Also, if something a lot like DX 8.1 was made for Macs, it should increase graphics capabilites by quite a bit right? (I could be very wrong here.)
Blizzards usually in favor of both($$$), but support PCs first, due to the being the mass majority.
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Maradön² wrote this stupid crap:
Macs, simply, suck ass for gaming.
Ahh I love how people think they know SOOO much.. Especially when they don't [ 07-17-2002: Message edited by: Azizza ]
Macs have great gaming potential.. It is the developers who hold that back not the hardware.
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Azizza had this to say about Cuba:
Ahh I love hope people thing they know SOOO much..
Macs have great gaming potential.. It is the developers who hold that back not the hardware.
I wonder why that is.
Things don't just happen like that. I wish Mac users would get over it already.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Azizza was all like:
Ahh I love hope people thing they know SOOO much..
Macs have great gaming potential.. It is the developers who hold that back not the hardware.
Not to mention the pain in the ass upgrading, which would be necessary for the way games are going.
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Willias probably says this to all the girls:
I know that and you know that Maradon, but as I said, it seems that more and more games are being made for Macs, especially more popular ones, or games that are expected to sell very well.
And I said, no more games are being made for Macs now than there were before. Macs didn't suddenly recieve a shot of attention, they're getting about the same attention they've always gotten, and from the same people too.
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Also, if something a lot like DX 8.1 was made for Macs, it should increase graphics capabilites by quite a bit right? (I could be very wrong here.)
I was under the impression that they already had a direct-x equivalent. Whatever the case, it doesn't change much. Until you can install windows programs on a Mac without using some spotty, patchwork, half-assed emulator, Macs just won't have the games that PC's do.
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This one time, at Azizza camp:
Macs have great gaming potential.. It is the developers who hold that back not the hardware.
Macs have great gaming potential. MacOS very much does not
Why not just buy a PS2 or X-Box and call it a day?
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Azizza had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Ahh I love how people think they know SOOO much.. Especially when they don't
Macs have great gaming potential.. It is the developers who hold that back not the hardware.
You douse yourself in kerosine before you post, don't you?
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Skaw had this to say about Pirotess:
Not to mention the pain in the ass upgrading, which would be necessary for the way games are going.
What is so hard to upgrade in a Mac?
I can go down to COmpUSA and get anything from a sound blaster live to a GeForce4 (which came out for the MAC before the PC)
Maradon Mac OSX is leaps and bounds beyond the older versions of MAC OS. It is simple and efficient. not to mention that it has a Linux core
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Lashanna wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
You douse yourself in kerosine before you post, don't you?
I think it's in his blood. Literally.
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Lashanna impressed everyone with:
You douse yourself in kerosine before you post, don't you?
And you just look for any chance you can to attack me don't you.. [ 07-17-2002: Message edited by: Azizza ]
Go play in traffic kid. :> 
As it stands, Windows-based machines just have more support, more potential, and more versatility.
And if you ask me they're even easier to use, despite what any fuggin commercial tells you
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We were all impressed when Maradön² wrote:
If you could install Windows on a Mac, I'd buy one in a second.As it stands, Windows-based machines just have more support, more potential, and more versatility.
And if you ask me they're even easier to use, despite what any fuggin commercial tells you
Well since I have them side by side right now I can tell you that ease of use is about the same although the edge still goes to the mac.
MAC OS is still a smarter OS without a lot os the behind the scenes mess.
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We were all impressed when Azizza wrote:
GeForce4 (which came out for the MAC before the PC)
Back down now before you hurt yourself.
I especially like how that article talks about how exactly they released it for both systems at the same time.
Oh, but surely the press release on Nvidia's own website lies, right Azizza?
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