Brett's Profile

Member since May 5, 2000

  • Name

    Brett Tesdall

  • Location:

    United States of America

Favorite Files

  1. AVS Disc Creator
  2. AVS TV Box
  3. PDFCreator

Recent Posts

  1. Comment - EA drops Take-Two bid, fumbles Spore

    (Sep 16, 2008 - 7:08 AM)

    You're talking apples and oranges here.

    First of all, no one has managed to pirate WoW and gain access to a legitimate server. Accounts get hacked from time to time, but I can't go to a warez site, get a WoW key, install the game from a buddy's CD's and expect to play. Nor could I use my buddy's key either. Therefore, the original poster is correct.

    The "100 private WoW servers" you mention are not Blizzard-run, and are so f'ed up that it's a completely different experience. Encounters don't work the way the ones on the legit servers do, spells don't work, weapons and armor completely unbalanced and God-like, and you can automatically become max level within minutes after creating a new character with the best armor and weapons in the game.

  2. Comment - Odigo Blocked by AOL - Again!

    (Jun 12, 2000 - 8:42 PM)

    OK, people....here is the truth of the matter. "Security Issues" are just the catch phrase of the day that will make everyone's questions go away--the universal, "Oh, OK. I get it." answer.

    The truth is that AOL has AIM and they own ICQ. Would they do the same thing if ICQ themselves developed the interoperability with AIM? Probably not, since AOL owns both.

    AOL are hypocrites. Plain and simple. They cry out that they are trying to develop an open standard, then when someone opens it for them, or tries to bust in on their turf, they shut the door and cry "security issues".

    If interoperability is to be accomplished between ICQ, Odigo, MSN, Yahoo, and everyone else (minus AOL), these parties need to form their own standard and beat AOL to the punch. I guarantee that if that happens, watch AIM be relegated to the same bunch of people that subscribe to AOL, and watch the ICQ-Odigo-MSN-Yahoo conglomerate start slamming the door in AOL's face. Sweet justice in my opinion.

  3. Comment - Security Flaw in Quake 3 Arena

    (May 5, 2000 - 9:05 AM)

    Jeez, I had the 1.17 patch on my hard drive at home for a full day before BetaNews even knew it existed.

    What's happened to this site???