I will be dying now.

The reasons for my continued existence are growing thin... I think Drinking myself to death may be the best possible solution.

http://www.fanmadefallout.com/?chapter=News

 

That's a shame. I wasn't tracking FMF, but I was hoping to play it. Well, these things happen.

 

That's rough. I feel bad for those guys/DU. 7 years of time is a long commitment.

Still, it probably feels nice to acknowledge it and be able to move on.

 

I wasn't aware of the project. I'm a great Fallout fan but I wasn't ever interested in fan modding (except for the Restoration Project, but that one is specific). Yet it's a shame, since it sounds interesting and would be really fun to play someday. I'm even more happy that I didn't hear about it before, since after 7 years of awaiting and hope the dissapointment must be deadly.

 

Here's another brain-dead infant on life support of which you all were probably unawares:

http://www.projectxenocide.com/

 

I guess if we're linking to brain-dead baby projects, there's the high-res one.. http://www.hiresfallout.com

 

God, I would personally finance an X-Com relaunch project if I could. All time favorite game hands down.

 

Again we're in total agreement. Uncanny!

(Slightly off topic: I was really looking forward to Microprose's X-Com Alliance. I think the promotional poster is still on the door of my old room in my parents' house!)

 

My devotion to that game is so extreme I spent hours slaving over DOSBOX trying to get the damn thing to work with my original CD-ROM copy of the game.

When I finally got it to work I called in sick to work and played the game all day.

 

So, wait, what game? Link please?

 

Many agree, it's one of the best games of all time.

I have been told by reputable sources that the UFO series is an adequate substitute for actual X-Com, but clearly not a replacement.

EDIT:
DF, you unwittingly linked us to an image of a Sectoid. Nicely done!

 

Actually, it was a picture of a brain-dead baby.

But anyway, is this game considered abandonware, or is it still something I'll've to hunt around to buy?

 

Shame on you.

 

Drink yourself to death. Please. I need to know how painful it is before I do it. Call it research.

That's true laziness. I commend you.

 

According to the article linked above, the games are available on Steam. If this is true, it's pretty convenient!

I wonder if the Steam version of the first game uses the original sound effects? Rereleases of the game often inexplicably replace those sounds with the (in my opinion inferior) ones from the sequel.

Think i'll spend some time playing it again today


P.S. I also use compound contractions in informal writing.

 

Attaining the research findings is going to be a little tricky.

 

I disagree.
It may seem lazy, but as I see it, it would take a bit of effort to type that way.
It just doesn’t happen naturally.
'2' instead of 'to' is lazy.
Inventing creative contractions to mimic the sound of the way you actually talk is different.
If he was lazy he would be doing the 2's and l8r's etc., which would lead to his fifth (*blink*blink* sixth?) banning.
This would be bad for a number of us, since this time the powers-that-be may just ban North America this time.

 

True enough. My statement was made with the assumption that people type in the manner in which they speak.

Not really. The brain remains passively active long after medical death and the pain centers are pretty well mapped out. The tricky part will be to determine whether or not it's *excruciatingly* painful like I fear. For this, he should make a vid of himself drinking to death and make it part of his will to have it put up on youtube for educational purposes in order for it to be analyzed by all the other weak-willed individuals who are pondering about early termination.