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| Author: | The_Real_Chris [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
Should you play 40k, well i shall let the inclusion of this device in the game decide you. The LOS Markerlight. |
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| Author: | The_Real_Chris [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
Something which has been joked about for as long as the technology has existed and DBM players learnt human speech is now available for a game. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
There will always be someone willing to undermine the common sense approach to gaming. I think devices like this are counter to the spirit of the game. I can't even remember the last time a player or I doubted someone's word when calling a target in a game. |
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| Author: | The_Real_Chris [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
Well, its mail order only, currently... |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
Great I'll get my order in then... er... I mean... er... not for me, no thank you. |
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| Author: | Reaver [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
I want one! I could glue it to my glasses and pretend to be a Borg... Regards, Reaver |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
I've no idea why you should be looking down upon this. You realise Warhammer 40,000 is a game for kids, right? |
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| Author: | loofnick [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
These things normally have heath warnings. Must be weak or they'd put an age restriction on it, in which case you have to play in a dark room. They'll might end-up withdraw theirs, after accidents with people buying and using full-strength pointer-light-thingies instead. Gaming-wise it's unnecessary tat- nothin' wrong with a piece of string. Perhaps the next move is to make some sort of computer to calculate the line of sight and trajectory. Maybe add some graphics, sound, keyboard and mouse... |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
Must be weak It uses a LED instead of a laser. |
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
(Evil and Chaos @ Jun. 22 2008,13:31) QUOTE Must be weak It uses a LED instead of a laser. I'm curious now - and serious too - how would an LED produce a beam to illuminate a target - great optics? If it IS a laser, then I wonder what class of laser - I've seen at least class 3 lasers used as pointers, and the 'class 3' label ('4' is the highest class) means that it can blind you. By the way, according to the US site (I think) they're sold out. And I agree it's tacky-come-gimicky. |
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| Author: | loofnick [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
(Evil and Chaos @ Jun. 22 2008,12:31) QUOTE Must be weak It uses a LED instead of a laser. I suppose a good, highly-focused LED might be bright enough. But I'd guess that the moment any light is bright enough, then it's also going to be a health hazard, regardless of the method used. |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
how would an LED produce a beam to illuminate a target It's not a beam, it's a dot. Even a laser won't produce a beam unless you're in a smokey room. |
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| Author: | pixelgeek [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:31 pm ] |
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(Evil and Chaos @ Jun. 22 2008,04:14) QUOTE You realise Warhammer 40,000 is a game for kids, right? You realise that this sort of comment just makes you look jealous that 40K is 100x* more popular than Epic? * not a real stat. I just made that up since it seems appropriate. It's not a beam,it's a dot. Its a target symbol actually. Not a dot at all. It uses a LED instead of a laser. Nope. It is in fact a laser. Read the GW site. It is a Class 2 laser. If you want to mock something try to at least be aware of what it is tyou are trying to make fun of. |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
You realise that this sort of comment makes you look jealous that 40K is 100x more popular than Epic? I must be jealous of myself then, seeing as I play Warhammer 40k often. I was saying that W40k is designed primarily to appeal to kids, and that a lot of GW's support for that game will be designed to appeal to kids, and in no way was lamenting Epic's situation as compared to W40k... ... I'm not a bitter person, Pixelgeek. Nope. It is in fact a laser. Read the GW site. It is a Class 2 laser. That's quite a surprise to me, as a GW manager told me it used a LED a couple of weeks ago. If you want to mock something try to at least be aware of what it is tyou are trying to make fun of. I'm not the one doing the mocking here, pixelgeek. |
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| Author: | blackhorizon [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ye Gods, is it bad news when a game needs this?!!! |
I think a necessary invention for the 40k tournament scene. |
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