From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > I have a two-year investment in the PC/PS2 servers that I wouldn't want to   
   > give up if I got a new Guardian's license. Sega is supposed to wipe out   
   > old data after 30 days, but I've heard anecdotally that people have   
   > renewed months later to see their characters still intact. I haven't heard   
   > anything about PSU homebrew servers, but I'm sure it's only a matter of   
   > time if interest holds up.   
      
   I figured with all the homebrew PSO servers that they'd hit PSU   
   eventually. In fact, I was shocked to see that people have WoW servers,   
   FF Online servers, etc. I *almost* want to get that FF Online "Ultimate"   
   pack that has the game and all expansions for just $19.99 right   
   now...just so I can join one of the free servers and try it out. Hell,   
   if it came with a month trial(does anyone know if it does?) I'd buy it   
   just to try it out...   
      
   > The card game? Yeah, I played it. It didn't click the first time around,   
   > mostly because it takes like a *month* to play through any one mission.   
   > Also, the balance of the game is skewed towards the good guys, who have an   
   > advantage in game sequence that the bad guy player can't possibly defend   
   > against. Still, the way it added to the PSO narrative was interesting in   
   > the way that it added internal dissent to the Pioneer refugees.   
      
   Being a card game...is it like Pokemon in any way? I've played a few of   
   those on the GB...and I gotta say, they're not bad.   
      
   > Not for Total War, since it does some funny direct hardware access that   
   > people were supposed to stop doing in Windows XP. The new one with   
   > Napoleon that isn't part of the original trilogy does work under Win7, as   
   > far as I know.   
      
   Though I hear Windows 7 is quite good...it's my obsession with PC gaming   
   that has me not wanting to upgrade at all. We just now finally got to a   
   point where most stuff has been re-released or patched to work via   
   XP...I'd hate to give all that up. If I couldn't Quake, Unreal, etc. to   
   work...I'd die.   
      
   Bel   
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