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Why Valve is awesome: A story about being lucky.

By Ddz



I’m not exactly sure where to start this incredible story about being lucky as shit, but here goes, from the top:

Last year, on the day before Thanksgiving, my software development/IT staffing company let us off work early. We had no travel plans for the holiday, so a few coworkers and I decided to go to our favorite dive bar, where we pretty much regular every Friday night. We were sitting ...

Since people always pester me for more stats here are the ones for August but this doesn't mean I'll update monthly.

Top Threads

1. GD - Random Image Thread XXXVIII -- no surprise there
2. FFXI - Neo Nyzul Isle
3. FFXI - Test Server Findings
4. FFXI - Dev Tracker
5. FFXI - Gimp/Confused/WTF Player Thread XXIII
6. FFXIV - Naoki Yoshida at Gamescom/A Realm Reborn presentations
7. FFXI - Dorp XXV
8. FFXI - Random Fail XIII
9. FFXIV - Stats and how they work.
10. FFXI - Legion - info and strategies
11. FFXI

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Back in 2010, a trio of RPGs was released for the Wii in Japan to critical acclaim. Many heralded them as a return to the glory days of Japanese RPGs. Unfortunately, while many clamored for their release worldwide, Nintendo claimed to have no plans to release them outside Japan. Gamers launched "Operation Rainfall" which successfully persuaded Nintendo to release these games (two of them ...

For those familiar with data mining FFXI, the existence of the folder "ROM9" has sparked speculation as to what its contents mean.

The reason for this is because ROM folders are usually used to house files from different expansions separately.
Chain of Promathia occupies ROM3, Treasure of Aht Urhgan in ROM4, and so on. The previous folder ROM8, was used for the add-on A Shantotto's Ascension. (all Abyssea data is stored in the main ROM folder).

ROM9 ...

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E3 has rolled around again and with it, a plethora of information for gamers. Who were the big winners? Which press conference fell the shortest? Which games are poised to be blockbusters? And what was the unexpected game that stood out from the crowd of exceptional games? Similar to last year, I’ve decided to convey my thoughts on the press conferences by the “Big Three” (and due to not ...