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> "Daniel Rudy" <dcrudy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Somewhere around the time of 10/13/2003 23:30, the world stopped and
> > listened as cr88192 contributed this to humanity:
> > > "IndigoParadox" <alexanderb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >
> > >>"cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>>"IndigoParadox" <alexanderb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > message
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> > >>>news:vomkehcds967bb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>
> > >>>>"cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>>>news:vom1kbm8e86hac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>>>>"IndigoParadox" <alexanderb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>>
> > >>>message
> > >>>
> > >>>>>news:voklhaj2d6hh4b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>Does anyone know if there will ever be a .hack MMORPG? That
would
> > >
> > > be
> > >
> > >>>>>>schweet! Oh well, just idly wondering... I finished .hack and
now
> > >
> > > I
> > >
> > >>>have
> > >>>
> > >>>>a
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>strange desire to join Everquest or FFXI (When it's out.) If
there
> > >>>
> > >>>were
> > >>>
> > >>>>to
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>be a .hack MMORPG, though, I would wait for that for sure!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>.hack invoked me to play some mmrpg's, but then I discovered:
> > >>>>>the free ones I could find sucked;
> > >>>>>the pay ones cost money (I am not able to pay for them at
> > >
> > > present...).
> > >
> > >>>>>this put a bit of a damper on things.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I looked at a bunch. One called Plain****ft
(http://www.plane****ft.it)
> > >>>
> > >>>looks
> > >>>
> > >>>>like it might be okay... Someday... For now my friend's letting me
> > >
> > > mooch
> > >
> > >>>off
> > >>>
> > >>>>of one of her Shadow Bane accounts. :OP
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>yes, I had played this one.
> > >>>I would want things like monsters, a larger world, stuff to do, ...
> > >>>last I used it, it was not much more than a kind of 3d chatroom.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>Indeed. Not quite "The World" yet, eh? Like I said, someday... Like
in
> > >>2007... When does .hack take place approximately, anyway? I know in
the
> > >>knowledge quest episode they mentioned 20MB hard drives as being
within
> > >>Bear's lifetime...
> > >>
> > >
> > > I think it is around 2007, but someone else probably knows better
than
> me
> > > about this.
> > >
> > > I am not sure exactly when 20MB harddrives were new, but quite
possibly
> they
> > > were within my lifetime (I was born in 1983), so for one who I guess
is
> a
> > > bit older sometime around 2007 this would not be that major.
> > >
> > > I think reference was also made to older styles of rpgs (late
80's/early
> > > 90's?).
> > >
> > > of course, all this is outside what I know.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Around 1985 or 1986 I think is when IBM first came out with their 10MB
> > harddrive and PC-DOS 2.0 to handle it. I think the 20MB harddrives
came
> > out in 1987. 20GB drives were comming out in 1997, and today, you can
> > get 250GB drives reletively cheap. Bear would probably be in his 40's
> > or 50's during the timeframe of .hack//SIGN. At least that is my
guess.
> >
> I think the idea was that bear was supposed to be pretty old...
>
> in 1997 I remember the typical hd being a bit smaller than 20GB (I would
> have guessed closer to 6 or 8), but I may be wrong on this...
>
>
>
I upgraded in 1998 (how many computers/parts ago was that?), and the new
computer I got had a 6GB hard drive, so I think your original guess was
correct.
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