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MiquelFire
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January 2003
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You don't point it at any screen. It works the same as how your phone detects how you're holding it. Three axis to play with... I'm going to assume it has a compass in it of sorts because when you hold it parallel to a table, you can tilt it back and front, left and right, AND it detects turning as if you have a steering wheel sticking out of your table.

I haven't played enough games to get used to the gyro yet, and when I tried it, it's annoying that the game I tried it with, left with two usable buttons to really use it. Don't want to use that unless you're aiming after all.

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Strictly speaking I think that a "gyroscope" is able to detect rotations in any direction (including rotating horizontally on the y axis, as a compass needle might). So that much makes sense. I just fail to understand how this is supposed to be better to control a game whose view port is 2 dimensional and a mere sliver of the 3D space in the game world. Necessarily either you turn away from the view port or your motion is constrained preventing you from using the gyro for full control.

jmasterx
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October 2009

One year anniversary of this thread coming up on the 26th. We should do something special to celebrate. I'm so proud of us all >:(

Elias
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May 2000

There's still a chance it gets locked before that...

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Niunio
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March 2002
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jmasterx said:

One year anniversary of this thread coming up on the 26th. We should do something special to celebrate. I'm so proud of us all >:(

Yes, we're awesome. A logo would be nice.

Elias said:

There's still a chance it gets locked before that...

I'm not sure that would happen. May be the forum thread counter will overflow before that. Actually we're testing Matt's programming skills right now.

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MiquelFire
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January 2003
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Are we even close to a record in terms of number of posts yet?

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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I believe I recall thousand-post threads in the past so we probably aren't close to the record in terms of post count yet, but I suspect we're getting close in terms of length of time open (unless maybe they didn't automatically close in the beginning).

Gideon Weems
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October 2003

This is post #657. I wonder who will get the Post of the Devil.

Edgar Reynaldo
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MiquelFire
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January 2003
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You know... if Gideon's post is #657, then the posts are zero based... but the Post of the Devil number is using a one base numbering system... so post #665 is the Post of the Devil?

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Febreze (and other air fresheners actually) is just below perfumes/colognes, and that's just below dead skunks in terms of smells that offend my nose.
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Mark Oates
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March 2001
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You know... if Gideon's post is #657, then the posts are zero based... but the Post of the Devil number is using a one base numbering system... so post #665 is the Post of the Devil?

I think you're right, actually.

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GullRaDriel
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September 2003
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Hell, I would have loved to be the devil.

But I can't let the thread die >:(

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Mark Oates
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March 2001
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Not it!!

That would be funny if the thread died because nobody wanted to be #666. ;D

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GullRaDriel
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September 2003
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That can't be.

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Bruce Perry
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April 2000

Yoink. 8-)

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Gideon Weems
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October 2003

Onewing
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August 2005
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Ha! This is the first time I've seen this thread. I never look in this section of the forums. I feel I've been missing out. :'(

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Bruce Perry
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April 2000

Welcome! Bambams will show you around :)

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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This should pretty much sum it up:

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MiquelFire
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January 2003
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Whatever the source of that image is, it looks REALLY poorly made.

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Febreze (and other air fresheners actually) is just below perfumes/colognes, and that's just below dead skunks in terms of smells that offend my nose.
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If anyone is of the opinion that there is no systemic racism in America, they're either blind, stupid, or racist too. ~Edgar Reynaldo

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Niunio
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March 2002
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That gif with that Iron Maiden music is just EPIC. Some parts are actually synchronised!

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Thank you for ^ that. I have flash blockers that prevent it from loading on-load, but I see what you mean. :)



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