"Daniel Rudy" <dcrudy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Somewhere around the time of 10/14/2003 16:48, the world stopped and
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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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> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>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.
> >
> >
>
> What I was refering to was not in pre-built computers, but on the parts
> and upgrade market. You currently have 250GB drives available, but the
> most that I have ever seen in a Dell or HP computer is 80GB.
>
>
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> Daniel Rudy
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Good point! I never thought of that! ^^;;
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