by Kurgan » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:12 am
I think it's hilarious that people don't want to upgrade from .64, but they are willing to download a modified version of .64 to play a new game!
Silly.
Look, I can understand people hated .67 because it felt "laggy" compared to .64, but honestly, we haven't had that problem in years... the other unofficial builds have long since surpassed it and improved on virtually everything.
The only downside is if you still have an old PC that has trouble with newer versions .64 came out in February 2003... that means your PC is over 3 years or older! time to upgrade methinks... or did you spend all your cash on new game console? Let me guess... since Xbox live! doesn't support these games yet, you're holding onto the old pc?)... and can't run the slightly higher system requirements of the new versions.
And if a person is willing to download the new games and the new "upgrades" for .64, then they can afford to download a slightly larger (the file sizes have increased slightly over time) file size of the new builds.
I mean even if the .64 "with KOF2003" was somehow backwards compatible with the original .64, you would STILL have to download it.. think about it... because otherwise if you wanted to play KOF2003 (or whatever other game has been hacked in) you'd need the new version... it's not like you'll be playing this game solo, after all.
Plus, .64 support is always going to be older and more inferior to modern updates.
Look, even if an update of the game got worse (as sometimes happens from build to build, sometimes games "break" support), it would be fixed by now.
Sorry for the rant, I just think the "no upgrade" people seem a bit illogical in their reluctance to upgrade.
Yes, I understand the frustration with system requirements increasing every year, and new PC's not going down in price, but really, why the snotty, luddite attitude?
Ultimately I think they just reinforce each other... "oh if I upgrade I won't be able to play anymore" because they fear everyone else won't upgrade, so unless all 1,000 or so active kaillera players in the world (half of which appear to be from Korea or are 14 years or younger) upgrade permanently, simultaneously, they won't do it! Argggh.... don't they realize they can run more than one version on a computer??
Set your mojob mame color in display to match your stupid ass desktop color to avoid black screen in netplay, fukaz. t(';'t -TFR, AD 2-20-02