By Supertanker on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 12:35 am:
I found my original Half-life box a couple of days ago, and the receipt was inside. At $34.95 for three years (and counting), that has to be one of the best entertainment deals in history. No wonder I've never been able to bear subscribing to one of the MMORPGs.
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 07:25 pm:
Sheesh. Beats the crap out of the $54.95 they're charging for Return To Castle Wolfenstein.
I hope like me you bought the Counter-Strike retail add-on because, well, they deserve the extra cash.
By Fumpus on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 07:32 pm:
I can think of needier folks than game companies. Go build somebody a house, Wumpus. Jimmy Carter is watching you.
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 07:57 pm:
God helps those that help themselves.
What is your point here? That you can determine how much money is proper for someone to make and thus withhold your payment, vigilante/napster style? Or that we should spend time helping other people rather than frittering it away on personal entertainment?
By Fumpus on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 08:16 pm:
I guess those poor guys who made Counter-Strike didn't get a nickel from Valve. Boo hoo. I guess it's up to us to see they get paid.
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 09:17 pm:
I never said that.
What I am saying is this: they made the best online FPS game ever. EVER! And for that they deserve my money.
http://www.gamespy.com/stats/
One of the highest compliments I can give RTW's multiplayer is that it really is almost as good as counter-strike.
CS is still boatloads of fun, by the way, except for the recent epic proliferation of point-and-click ease to cheating. I hope Valve addresses cheating in the next release as promised..
By Fumpus on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 11:18 pm:
"What is your point here? That you can determine how much money is proper for someone to make and thus withhold your payment, vigilante/napster style? Or that we should spend time helping other people rather than frittering it away on personal entertainment?"
Neither.
By Fumpus on Monday, December 3, 2001 - 11:21 pm:
Bitch!
By Met_K on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 12:26 am:
It's quite sad when this message board starts getting trolls.
By Michael Murphy (Murph) on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 12:40 am:
What's sad is when you actually see the trolls getting trolled. (Is that a word?)
By Furphy on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 01:42 am:
It's sadder when kittens cry.
By Land Murphy (Lando) on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 08:48 am:
You guys take this stuff way too seriously.
Trolls, schmolls.
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 04:02 pm:
fumpus?!? Wumpus with an "f" in the front? That's it! I'M COMIN' OUTA THA BOOTH!
Hint: it's funnier with an "h" in front.
By SiNNER 3001 on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 04:54 pm:
Tea, crumpets, and humpus?
I'd prefer hummus.
By Supertanker on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 - 12:35 am:
Humping hummus will be in American Pie 3.
By SiNNER 3001 on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 - 12:57 am:
In a sad twist, the guy humping the hummus will be Eugene Levy doing a bad Osama Bin Laden imitation.
By Jason McCullough on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 09:14 pm:
'God helps those that help themselves.'
You know, my first interpretation of this was always "God likes shoplifters."
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:49 pm:
My interpretation is that we're God. That's just me though. Me and Gord.
By BobM on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 03:19 pm: