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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Titan on March 30, 2010, 03:42:46 pm
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Well, PC Gamer seems to think so. Their May 2010 (???) issue includes the arrival of the Collosus in their list of the top 9 best moments of PC gaming history, as part of a list of the top 200 reasons to love PC gaming. Go Freespace!
Sorry 'bout the long title.
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Is there some linkage for that?
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Sorry, no can do ATM. I read it in the magazine at the library. Still there - the internet on the comps is to ****ty to go through pages looking for it.
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i could really think of better FS2 moments though...
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Dive dive dive.
Gunnery control, open fire.
Godspeed pilots, this is allied command shining off.
Can't you take a pic? Actually, if the new one's out I might buy it today.
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Godspeed pilots, this is allied command shining off.
:lol:
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:p that'll teach me to proof read while using predict-o-phone input.
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(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv359/BlueLion/Shiningjump1-1.jpg)
I'm....... I'm sorry.
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rofl
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i would definitly put DIVE DIVE DIVE! into my leist of top 3 "HOLY S***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111oneone" moments of all time. i can not think of any other moments that got me like that one
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I would also definitely like to see that in print, how soon can you get a scan or something up?
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Wait. I subscribe to PC Gamer. Waaaiiit. My latest issue just came in the mail... Do I have a camera? I do. Hmmmm.
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4412/img0867internetready.jpg)
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Is that screenshot from a fan campaign? It must be, mustn't it?
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Yea the hud is different
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Woo Google Images! :p
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Caption: THE ARRIVAL OF THE GTVA COLOSSUS
Picture: SD Lucifer
:wtf:
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(http://kn46fg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pOmu6NcclujPgORJF6tWNjt4EUZJ2Z1mZao7q45aWWLQ93BqQ1dHj8U_SWne0tLddLB2hHLuloiy625B0Co0F7A/Screen_10.PNG) (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=58422.0)
Wow, PC Gamer, that's sad.
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Ohhhh, I get it now. Yeah, I guess that is kind of sad.
To be fair though, the guys who put this article together did have to find 200 moments, and pics for many of them. Still, for number 3 on the list you'd think they could put in a little more effort. Maybe the googler didn't actually know what a Colossus was?
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It shows GTVA Colossus right there in the image in the targeting screen, and it looks nothing like the big red-black ship that is the center of the image.
It's just failure to give a ****.
Let derisive insults commence.
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(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv359/BlueLion/ofalltime2-1.png)
I'm not sure what's up today. I can't be the only one who thought that from the title
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(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv359/BlueLion/Shiningjump1-1.jpg)
I'm....... I'm sorry.
you don't have to apologise for brilliance
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I'd go after that with a backpack of RAID and a baseball bat.
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To: PC Gamer
First: Good job guys, congratulations!
Now: For moment number 3, "The Arrival of GTVA Colossus," the screenshot you provided is not in fact of the Colossus, but the SD Lucifer. The screenshot you captured that from, btw, is from a fan-made campaign.
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http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Colossus
Dear *,
Thanks for writing in! We are fully aware that the screen does in fact feature the Lucifer, however we really wanted to capture the feeling of something getting bown up, one of our favorite aspects of Freespace 2, and this particular instance is (as I am sure you are aware) the GTVA Colossus taking down the Lucifer after it has arrived. Apologies for any confusion!
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Ha, I don't think he realized it wasn't actually from FS2.
But, he sounds like a nice guy, and we should not harass him. Or we might wreck our good name!
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Well, taking down a lucifer was the colossus's advertised role.
It's not too off :P
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And you can't fault their reasoning: "We wanted to show a pic of something being blown up. (The best part of FS2)"
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Maybe they couldn't find a pic of the C blowing up a Sath? I mean really, what else does it blow up that looks cool?
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Maybe he thought that might be spoiler material? I mean, a Sathanas is not shock and awe if you see it in some game magazine, rather than see it (well, not really, unless you're really close to it in the nebula) shred the crap out of a friendly ship.
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We should probably just be happy that the game got a shout-out in the first place, and not sweat the small stuff so much. :p
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i really don't think they are worrying about spoilers ten years later.
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Ohhhh, I get it now. Yeah, I guess that is kind of sad.
To be fair though, the guys who put this article together did have to find 200 moments, and pics for many of them. Still, for number 3 on the list you'd think they could put in a little more effort. Maybe the googler didn't actually know what a Colossus was?
It was #3 on a mini-list of 9 moments. And I don't think order had any impact.
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i really don't think they are worrying about spoilers ten years later.
What is the standard time that spoilers are no longer worried about?
10 years?
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i really don't think they are worrying about spoilers ten years later.
What is the standard time that spoilers are no longer worried about?
10 years?
Depends on the venue. I'm part of one or two anime-related forums where any significant event in a series is grounds for a spoiler-marking, even if said series was created ten or twenty years ago. Granted, that's a much more niche form of entertainment, one that doesn't have nearly the cultural penetration of something like Star Wars or Final Fantasy 7.
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i really don't think they are worrying about spoilers ten years later.
What is the standard time that spoilers are no longer worried about?
10 years?
Depends on the venue. I'm part of one or two anime-related forums where any significant event in a series is grounds for a spoiler-marking, even if said series was created ten or twenty years ago. Granted, that's a much more niche form of entertainment, one that doesn't have nearly the cultural penetration of something like Star Wars or Final Fantasy 7.
I think thats the first time I've seen the word anime and penetration without..... hey how about that magazine article eh?
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Ha, the Colossus blowing up the Lucifer.
I guess they felt obligated to call out an older game. Would've been cool if they'd actually played it. :p
Can you see the next letter to the editor?
Hey PCgamer, the Colossus never destroyed the Lucifer.
Oh, you misunderstand. The image was in reference to the time that the Colossus was destroyed by the Lucifer while defending the Sathanas system (as I am sure you are aware).
How about the next one?
PCgamer, I think that the Colossus destroyed the Sathanas.
Who's retarded now? The Sathanas system was destroyed by the Lucifer fleet.
And the next one?
Hey, long time reader here. I just wanted to point out that it was, in fact-
**** you. Buy Fallout 4, we gave it a 110/100.
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(http://circleh.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/picard-facepalm1.jpg)
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People, stop overreacting. It's one picture, and it's hardly as bad as when Interplay put the EAC Eclipse from Inferno as the picture for FS2. At least the Colossus is in the mission, and it's not firing at some fan -made ship.
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People, stop overreacting. It's one picture, and it's hardly as bad as when Interplay put the EAC Eclipse from Inferno as the picture for FS2. At least the Colossus is in the mission, and it's not firing at some fan -made ship.
^QFT^
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Blargh, it's not in PCGUK.
I bought the mag for nought :(
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The fact that they're mistaking fan-made material for retail grade quality stuff is simply testament to the productivity of the community. :yes:
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The folks at PCGamer are second-rate hustlers.
It would please me to see Fs2 outlast them.
Oy, Kosh: you need to remove the subtitles from that image. Otherwise it is self-defeating.
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The fact that they're mistaking fan-made material for retail grade quality stuff is simply testament to the productivity of the community. :yes:
There are so many things you guy said i want to shout out and quote... but ill settle with this.
You all did wonderful work and FS2 is once again mentioned. Congrats and rejoice!
Also someone should link that photo, and this topic to :V: and :I: so they can once again see publicity. I want FS3 from V. Maby one day.
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:::PROUD VASUDAN RIGHTS SUPPORTER:::
You sicken me :p
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Wooo!!! Underdogs! Go you alien b*******!!!
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Refering to FS1 ending where vasudan ships are stranded on earth. They can reproduce and start a colony near Sol.
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Three pilots?
All men?
Not likely :p
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You're assuming there's no Vasudan Embassy on earth or something like that...
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Three pilots?
All men?
Not likely :p
Hey, there were four...and unless you know something I don't, I'm not sure how we could know that all of them were men. :p
Plus, like TrashMan said, there were presumably a number of Vasudans on Earth at the time of the node collapse. Military officials, diplomats, scientists, engineers, people like that.
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You might consider some of the Vasudans that had family on Vasuda Prime may have wanted revenge and figured that fighting to defend their (now) ally's homeworld would be the best way to do it. I did note that one thing Vasudans say when they go out with a bang is "Avenge Me!" so I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of them had decided to make some sort of last-minute stand to defend Earth.
Pure speculation, of course.
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You're assuming there's no Vasudan Embassy on earth or something like that...
There wasn't. They were at war for the last ten years, remember?
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Why not establish one after the Shivans arrive to better coordinate with your new allies?
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The Shivan attacks occurred over the course of a few weeks didn't they?
Nowhere near enough time to sort out an infrastructure move like that. I'm fluent in assumptions I realise. But I doubt that any semi permanent residence would have occurred pre-collapse. Maybe a cruiser tops. So a few hundred Zods at most.
Not viable for colonisation.
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I'm sure there would have been a group of Vasudans near Sol or working with the Technological or Shipyard sectors to help produce weapons using Vasudan/Terran tech.
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The Shivan attacks occurred over the course of a few weeks didn't they?
According to the wiki timeline (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/The_Great_War) (ignore the non-canon gray parts), it was about two-and-a-half months from the destruction of Riviera Station to the destruction of the Lucifer, and about two months from the cease-fire to the latter. Terran and Vasudan scientists managed to collaborate on shielding technology, the Interceptor missile, and the Ulysses fighter during that time. I think that's more than enough to suggest that there was some degree of Vasudan presence in Sol by the end of the war.
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The Shivan attacks occurred over the course of a few weeks didn't they?
According to the wiki timeline (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/The_Great_War) (ignore the non-canon gray parts), it was about two-and-a-half months from the destruction of Riviera Station to the destruction of the Lucifer, and about two months from the cease-fire to the latter. Terran and Vasudan scientists managed to collaborate on shielding technology, the Interceptor missile, and the Ulysses fighter during that time. I think that's more than enough to suggest that there was some degree of Vasudan presence in Sol by the end of the war.
Wait. They can design, test, and begin production of a next generation fighter with combined technologies in 2 months? Then why did it took them so long to replace the Valk? :confused:
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Being in the middle of a fighting-for-your-species'-existence war tends to speed up the process a bit. :p And I'd assume that the technology that went into the Ulysses was based on pre-existing projects.
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Being in the middle of a fighting-for-your-species'-existence war tends to speed up the process a bit. :p
OK. That sounds reasonable enough for an answer. :lol:
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Humans would still turn on them through blind anger at losing the universe. It's the way we work, and they'd make very nice scapegoats :nod: