Tezcatlipoca

Has anyone played this game? I've been toying around with it the last few weeks, and while it took a while, I do enjoy it now. It's a difficult game (both to get used to and to win), but I believe that's mostly due to the features. Essentially it's an RTS, set on the Soviet front of WWII. While you are commanding a large number of forces, you have the choice of either simply telling them where to go and what to do, or taking control over an individial unit and micro-managing them. Each unit has an inventory where you can stack weapons and items for use, which is where the micromanagement starts to come in. The cut-scenes and voice acting are really bad, but the gameplay itself is pretty nifty; not sure if I enjoy the multiplayer yet though...

Ah I see. Well, my box cover definately says nothing like that. I couldn't tell you about the CD insert since mine was on floppies, but I'm willing to bet you're right.

As to the original post, I don't even see the item in the market place anymore but... for those curious, I believe there was a thread a while back with all the Dune II covers. But I can't seem to find it. Anyone know where it is? I still have the cover of the version I had, with the infantry observing the burning wintrap, posted earlier in the thread.

ooooo burn. You have to admit, he's right. Take him seriously, because he's one of the good people who keep 'writing' books that essentially attack the dignity of the originals. Clearly, they are not bias and are probably not just doing it for money.

Looks like the Sedierta and Nennokrah will have to battle on Sikarra for control of the universe and its precious Nutmeg smelling Herb industry with assistance from the Nemerf and Rakuadras from now on. Watch out for the Silicasnakes!

If indeed that is supposed to be a "company's" website, and by chance a member of it (at what ever level of authority) sees this post, here's a little friendly advice that you should try to take as seriously as possible, and not get defensive: -Your site is terrible looking, does not function well at all, and no one is going to take you serious at all with it looking like it does. Honestly, it looks like a 13 year old signed up for a free site as a poorly implemented joke in the year 1997. -First, fork over the small amount of money for a real site that either has no ads and popups, or uses ads more descretely, intelligently and usefully. -Either develop, or have developed a real design for the site (visit www.99designs.com and similar sites to find a designer to do this for you if you do not have any in house), or if you must go with a template (if you're actually a company this should really not be necessary), be sure to fill out little things like "(Name / Company)" and "(Email Address)" fields on the front page. -Be aware that clip-art is not exactly an "acceptable" form of decoration for a site anymore, if you want it to be professional. -For those links and "activities" on the site that are *not* ads, get rid of them as well; if your site distracts the users with functionality that has nothing to do with the site, why they're there and why you want them to be there, then said functionality should not be there. -If these things are "in the works" then your webpage should not be publicly accessable until they are done, tested, debugged and generally ready for others to see and use. That should be enough to get you started.

I don't know if I can wait that long

Work on your ideas and wishes for the game to be sure, but might I suggest attempting to keep to the concepts in the core novels? Its very similar to what Issac Asimov once said about his robot laws, in that he could have written stories without them, but having them makes things so much more interesting and complex. In this case, doing without the non-canon concepts from the movie/games can produce a much more exciting game, instead of just "another-fps" with different colored weapons, and name changes. You can see where I'm coming from I'm sure if you have peeked at all at my Dune mod for Tribes, and certainly (as I've learned) it doesn't appeal to everyone, but it certainly makes for a more interesting and complex idea and game as a result. That and because of his writing style, there is still much to be interpreted (to provide for creative and artistic personalization), even if you do require at least starting point that is solidly in the novels.

Hrm. Didn't see this post for a while; sorry. What particular problem are you experiencing? I can list a host of issues that you'll probably run into. A) First you'll need to fix your game to point to a new "Master Server" so you can actually get a list of servers B) You may want to host your own Dune server, as I don't think anyone consistantly does anymore (Through it's life time only 2 of us ever hosted it.) I just restarted mine but I haven't been consistant lately because there has been no interest. So, you should see my server "Tupile" on the list if you can get a list. C) Other problems no doubt exist. If you have any questions feel free to ask me directly or ask in this thread and I'll try to help.

Herbert definately should be higher (and I'm not just saying that because I'm on a Dune forum), and Heinlin much lower. Frankly the list proves to be worthless if it doesn't include in the top 10 Wells, Verne and Burroughs. Just because they wern't handing out awards like candy when they were around... The only spots he got right were 1 and 2

I always envisioned the Spacing Guild's logo to be more like this, and I'd like to think that FH did as well:

Who the hell has that many yellow legos. Seriously! Now that I think about it, that's a lot of brown too...

There's no need to be a jerk, asshole or anything else you frequenly preceive. I don't know how the original lass got mixed up with the original fellow, but really you just need to do a combination of this: be yourself, be confident, and be assertive. Girls are humans, which means they share all those personality ranges themselves. Frequently, those "good" girls that are the most attractive are just as shy. Some I've known arn't really shy, but will be coy simply to make sure they can weed out those fellows without confidence. If you want a "primal" way of expressing it, you can relate confidence to strength. If you're personality doesn't have any room for confidence or strength, you can A) fake it or B) make room.

No problem. The server should be remaining up for a while. Although I can't promise you many players at any point next week. So far tonight it looks like we have a good number, so it should be fun if you can spare the time (which for you unfortunately would land at about midnight to 4am...) :/

If that continues to fail (and the server not show up) try this: once you're in the server list, press your tilda (~ and `) key. Then type in Connect("IP:69.54.57.240:28003"); press enter, and then press ~ again. This should connect you directly to my server.

Ya. Trying to fix that link now. The siera FTP however appears to work just fine for me. Course.. I'd avoid the jmods page as much as possible :( It's so spammy. The tutorial is a better bet; it has all the links, with more information, better organized, and no popups/ads. The server should be perfectly visible on the main server listing page. Use the default Master Server to get the server listing--they are currently working just fine. If you don't see my server there, refresh the full list once or twice. Sometimes the Master Server clears its list and you catch it at a time where servers are haven't sent out their "I'm alive" packets yet. Check out the attached image for what the server name, type, and even IP/port should, and will be.

Quite similar to some of the points I was getting at Wolf. Nice to see I'm not alone ;)

I just wanted to extend an invitation to anyone interested. This friday, March 28th, myself and a few other players are going to get together for a game of "Dune Tribes," a mod for Starseige: Tribes (available for free download). More info about how to get started with the game is available here: http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=7757.msg114151#msg114151 We'll be playing from about 8:00pm Eastern-Standard (US/Canada) until about midnight or after. The server we'll be playing on is named "Tupile" and can be found on the main server listing in the game. We'll also be coordinating in game with the voice communication software GameComm (www.gamecomm.com for that program and to register (free)). We'll be on the voice server with the address "Tribes". If you're interested and have any questions, let me know and I'll help you out.

You're probably aware since you're mentioning it, but at least 2 Dune muds have been done (and as far as I know, exist and are doing fine). One--I visited once--appeared to just be a stock codebase, with all the names and locations changed to be Dune stuff... so it was pretty stupid. The other I never tried, but heard it was better (again, I know I differ from many people in that I don't think I'd find a Dune RPG style game to be too interesting). Speak for yourself! Mine was finished up quite nicely. We had a small group of dedicated players and we had fun for a couple of years with it. Even had a person or two from here check it out (and one stay). :)

Yes, on some fronts (technology and battle) it could be considered more accurate. but it did have inaccuracies. And yet even with reduced inaccuracies, I still liked it less.

My thoughts on the subject (Scroll down for a Yes/No answer) Having also created a game based on the Dune universe, I had to come to grips with the "tank" issue. I eventually put it in, although my interpretation was both a bit more lenient and a bit more restrictive than I'll outline here. Also note that some of this has been said in the thread already, but I re-include here for completeness, and do not quote the individuals that first mention it in the thread, since I would rather leave the all out, and mention that they could be in here, than forget one while including others. -My definition of Tanks I consider tanks to be any large ground based vehicle that is heavily armored. This may or may not include energy shields, but most certainly does include thick enough armor to repel most modern small arms, creating a safe mobile barrier against such light ranged attacks for the people inside. Tanks may or may not include a gun, but frequently will since you

I'm a bit excited but reserved as well. With it's inaccuracies, I enjoyed Lynch's version. With it's inaccuracies, I did not like Sci-fi's Miniseries. I can be a good boy, and using my brain say "well, I hope they get a good writer", but then there's the Dune side of me that says "fuck a script writer; use the god damned book, or don't make the movie!" I suppose we can expect to see a reissue of the original book with some unmachable actor on the front of it once the movie comes out :(.

We had that storm in NE Ohio earlier this weekend. All snow. It really wasn't nearly as bad as people around here took it. Only dropped 2 feet or so. Problem was that this city has shit for snow response and even less for plow funding. So two days in, they still don't have streets completely clean, morons are still getting stuck (and needing me to help push them out) and sidewalks arn't even a consideration for pedestrians. It's times like these I *wish* I was in Canada where they actually know how to deal with it.

Of course I do! But the other one is hairy :(

We're saved! He's come to save us from this tyranical rule! Huzzah!