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Posted by Cassius on Fri Jun 25th at 12:39am 2004

http://www.gigex.com/general/article/?id=6956&game_id=&source=00001



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Jun 25th at 12:52am 2004

speaking as someone who has seen s**t like this first hand, no company that starts at the bottom of the ladder in layoff's, truly knows whats wrong in a failing business.

in most cases, its the top levels of the ladder that truly constitute financial instability..

consider, one president of a company makes enuff to pay the salary of what? 100 employees? 1000?

in most cases, you cannot rightly replace the president/owner.. but you usually have many subordinates who tally up a considerable sum.. if the whole ladder was reduced say, 10 percent, you could retain more of the mid-level, and lower level employees, who are essentially the backbone anyways..

anywho's.. i doubt there is any issues with the people discharged, that the upper levels didn't cause

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Posted by Hugh on Fri Jun 25th at 1:05am 2004

I was under the impression that Sierra had already been dead... They're a relatively local company, could have sworn I saw something about them being shut down around a year ago. But after reading that, they're Seattle-based, so maybe they just shut down the Eugene part of it... I dunno.



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Fri Jun 25th at 2:00am 2004

I believe you are thinking of Dynamix... that was one of their sub devlopers in Oregon.

I am quite sorry to see Sierra go. I played all the kings quest games and many more besides. anyone remember Aces of the Pacific?

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Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Jun 25th at 2:15am 2004

They are nowhere near the company they used to be. All the great titles I associate with Sierra predate '95 with the exception of HL, of which they don't really back all that well anyway. [addsig]



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Posted by fishy on Fri Jun 25th at 4:56am 2004

THERE'S AN ADD ON THAT PAGE SAYING THAT THE HL2 RELEASE DATE IS 5 DAYS AWAY!!!



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Posted by Rumple on Fri Jun 25th at 5:23am 2004

WOO! well i hope its right probly isnt tho...
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Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Jun 25th at 5:32am 2004

Well according to EBGames it's September 9th...and seeing as they are a large retailer and are reliable in their sources I'd go with their estimate seeing as I haven't heard anything about a June date from anywhere but this little box. [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Fri Jun 25th at 6:48am 2004

? posted by fishy
THERE'S AN ADD ON THAT PAGE SAYING THAT THE HL2 RELEASE DATE IS 5 DAYS AWAY!!!

Wouldn't get too confident, over at amazon they are saying thats its not released till 3rd of september, and they say that this is the system specs;

Windows98/2000/Me/XP
700MHz processor
128MB RAM
DirectX 6.0 or higher compatible graphics card/accelerator

Bit low for HL2 isn't it?

[addsig]



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Posted by mazemaster on Fri Jun 25th at 7:08am 2004

I predict 9/30. [addsig]



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Posted by Hugh on Fri Jun 25th at 7:57am 2004

TB: Right, Dynamix, thanks for clearing that up.

$loth: No, the HL2 system requirements were made low so more people could play, because that's a lot of the reason why HL1 was so popular... anybody on his piece of crap 166 could play it.





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Posted by $loth on Fri Jun 25th at 8:07am 2004

Also, i could play it on my old 2meg Graphics card [addsig]



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Posted by Hugh on Fri Jun 25th at 8:19am 2004

At 0.25 FPS. I don't trust their video card requirement, but the rest should be fairly kosher...





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Posted by Forceflow on Fri Jun 25th at 8:41am 2004

The Source engine is very customizable. You could play HL2 at a decent framerate with those specs, but you'll have to play at the lowest res and miss all the spinky effects like shiny/reflecting water and so ... [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Fri Jun 25th at 9:23am 2004

30/06/04 is the last day of Q2. I expect they just have the release date in their database as 'Q2'.



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Posted by Ferret on Fri Jun 25th at 2:40pm 2004

and this is why I'm buying a whole new computer

that and it'll become loads easier to make pimp map for you guys!





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Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Jun 25th at 6:17pm 2004

Oops, I meant it said September 1st.

My uber rig computer should be finished just in time, so I'll be able to map quicker, as well as HL2 map in all its glory.

[addsig]



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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Fri Jun 25th at 6:53pm 2004

Hmm, I reckon that if you play with the lowest specs, HL2 will probably look like HL1. Kind of an anti-climax, I would think. [addsig]



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Posted by fishy on Fri Jun 25th at 7:48pm 2004

? posted by $loth

Windows98/2000/Me/XP
700MHz processor
128MB RAM
DirectX 6.0 or higher compatible graphics card/accelerator

Bit low for HL2 isn't it?

there's no way that hl2 will require high end, cutting edge, up to the minute specs or components to run well. even if you want all the settings at max. after all, the engine is already over a year old. i mean, if it wasn't for the theft, then lots of us would have been loading it up on comps that were, in one way or another, inferior to what we have now. i know i'd have been happy playing it on a 15 inch monitor with a gforce4. not to say i wont be happier with my new 19" and fx5900ultra.

then again, if things keep to form, i might have upgraded again by the time the game eventually gets released. who knows what christmas* could bring?

? posted by Ferret

and this is why I'm buying a whole new computer

if i wanted to be sure that a new comp was brand sparkley new when hl2 does hit the shelves, then i'd really be waiting to see the released game with my own eyes before i went anywhere near a computer store.

*2005





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Posted by scary_jeff on Fri Jun 25th at 9:11pm 2004

Same here.. I bought new CPU/RAM, but am waiting for the game to be out before getting the graphics card. I have needed an upgrade for a couple of years anyway, and have been able to play a few decent games like far cry and UT2K4 on my old graphics card.




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