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  • Re: My One Game Holiday Give-Away.

    From Idaho Homo Joe@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 07:37:07 2022
    On 12/23/2022 7:23 AM, Mike S. wrote:
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

    Nobody wants your fucking Hebe game. Adolph Hitler loves you!

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 07:23:46 2022
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 06:34:06 2022
    On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 4:23:49 AM UTC-8, Mike S. wrote:
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

    I played it briefly but didn't get into it. It was a physical copy that
    went out with the trash. It pains me to say that.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 09:58:39 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:23:46 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

    Of course I have it! ;-) Well, I have it on GOG and not Steam but that
    still counts. I'm not averse to having it on multiple platforms, but
    Christmas is about sharing so rather than indulge my greed I'll give
    others an opportunity to claim it.

    Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
    as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
    time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
    and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
    Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
    spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

    It has an unfortunately slow start - being an AD&D game, you start as
    1st level nobodies and your spellcasters are useless - but the game
    really picks up after a few levels. It's definitely one of those
    games you have to invest some time into before you starting seeing any
    returns, but it's a quite satisfying experience by the end.

    I haven't played "Icewind Dale" in years, largely because it -like so
    many fantasy RPGs - is such a time sink. But it's really one of those
    games I /want/ to play again... if I can find the time.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Dec 23 07:09:49 2022
    On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 6:58:55 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:23:46 -0500, Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com>
    wrote:
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.
    Of course I have it! ;-) Well, I have it on GOG and not Steam but that
    still counts. I'm not averse to having it on multiple platforms, but Christmas is about sharing so rather than indulge my greed I'll give
    others an opportunity to claim it.

    Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
    as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
    time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
    and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
    Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
    spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

    Maybe I need to give it another try then. I gave it up pretty early.
    I still won't take it as I've played it.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Dec 23 10:21:14 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:58:39 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an >action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
    as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
    time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
    and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
    Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
    spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

    Yeah, I don't think of Diablo when I think of Icewind Dale but to each
    his own I guess.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 11:16:07 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:21:14 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:58:39 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an >>action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
    as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
    time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
    and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
    Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG >>spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

    Yeah, I don't think of Diablo when I think of Icewind Dale but to each
    his own I guess.

    No, but that's how it was advertised at the time. Action-RPGs were all
    the rage in that era, and traditional RPGs were seen as slow, clunky
    dinosaurs that wouldn't sell. So a lot of the ad-copy and magazine
    previews (arguably the same thing ;-) hyped up how "Icewind" was going
    to be a much faster game, not all stodgy like "Baldurs Gate".

    The reality was that "Icewind" was still very much more like "Baldurs
    Gate" than Diablo, but its (slightly) faster-paced gameplay was an
    attempt to attract the click-happy Diablo-crowd, and its original
    portrayal in the media reflected this. Fortunately, I eventually gave
    the game a try and found it wasn't so bad as I feared. But I was very
    much turned off by the direction Bioware was (supposedly) headed by
    the original advertisements.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 08:24:48 2022
    On 12/23/2022 4:23 AM, Mike S. wrote:
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

    I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)
    --
    Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Season's Greetings! "[An angel of the
    Lord said,] 'Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;
    he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
    wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of
    the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
    'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his
    favor rests.'" --Luke 2:11-14. Another known human death again. That's 4
    in total for this yr. & 2 many (6? total) for this decade so far. :~(
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Dec 23 11:54:05 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:24:48 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)

    Ok Ant, since Spalls already owns it, you can have it. I need an email
    address to send it to. If the one I see above (ant@zimage.com) is
    legit and the one you want me to use, just confirm it.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 12:54:52 2022
    On 12/23/2022 8:54 AM, Mike S. wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:24:48 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)

    Ok Ant, since Spalls already owns it, you can have it. I need an email address to send it to. If the one I see above (ant@zimage.comREMOVETHIS) is legit and the one you want me to use, just confirm it.

    Yes, it is. ;)
    --
    Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Season's Greetings! "[An angel of the
    Lord said,] 'Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;
    he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
    wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of
    the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
    'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his
    favor rests.'" --Luke 2:11-14. Another known human death again. That's 4
    in total for this yr. & 2 many (6? total) for this decade so far. :~(
    Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see
    this below signature correctly.
    /\___/\ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org
    / /\ /\ \
    | |o o| | Axe ANT from its address if shown & e-mailing privately.
    \ _ / Please kindly use Ant nickname & URL/link if crediting.
    ( )

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Dec 23 16:33:56 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Yes, it is. ;)

    Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 15:00:44 2022
    On 12/23/2022 1:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Yes, it is. ;)

    Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

    If not the beavants will send a sharknado your way.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to dtravel@sonic.net on Fri Dec 23 19:35:40 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:00:44 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    If not the beavants will send a sharknado your way.

    Now I really hope it works.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 18:23:28 2022
    On 12/23/2022 1:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Yes, it is. ;)

    Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

    Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)
    --
    Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Season's Greetings! "[An angel of the
    Lord said,] 'Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;
    he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
    wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of
    the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
    'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his
    favor rests.'" --Luke 2:11-14. Another known human death again. That's 4
    in total for this yr. & 2 many (6? total) for this decade so far. :~(
    Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see
    this below signature correctly.
    /\___/\ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org
    / /\ /\ \
    | |o o| | Axe ANT from its address if shown & e-mailing privately.
    \ _ / Please kindly use Ant nickname & URL/link if crediting.
    ( )

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Dec 23 22:33:32 2022
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:23:28 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)

    Excellent!

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 23 20:40:24 2022
    On 12/23/2022 7:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
    On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:23:28 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)

    Excellent!

    Saved from the Sharknado! :D

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Sat Dec 24 11:22:53 2022
    On 23/12/2022 14:34, Justisaur wrote:
    On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 4:23:49 AM UTC-8, Mike S. wrote:
    I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
    Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

    I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
    wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
    of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
    new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

    I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
    them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

    Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

    I played it briefly but didn't get into it. It was a physical copy that
    went out with the trash. It pains me to say that.


    I do still have my original copy somewhere but like you it didn't grab
    me in the way BG:1/2 or PS:T (I have the EE editions of all of them)
    did. I think part of it was it felt a lot more combat focused, instead
    of story, and that all the PC's were yours removed an element I like
    from CRPG's - interesting companions.

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