Author Topic: Mailbag Talkback Thread (Read 14628 times)

Jonnyboy117 · « **on:** August 04, 2005, 03:19:02 PM »

Here's a thread to discuss the mailbag and its daily contents, if you feel so inclined. If you have a question or comment to direct to me, please use the mailbag email address, but if you want to discuss any mailbag stuff with your fellow readers, you can do it here! Thanks to UB for the idea.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2005, 03:39:38 PM »

This is a question, but whatever.

I like that there are a ton of mailbags, but I often miss a lot because I check my news from Talkback. Is there a way we could have the Newsbot post them? Or perhaps there could be another board like the PGC/Radio Trivia board, where everytime there's a new mailbag there's a new thread. It would also make discussing the content a lot easier.

It'd be more useful than the Europe board anyway

Content-wise, it seems that you contradict yourself sometimes, especially when it comes to the Wi-Fi on the DS. You told some people that you could play the DS online using Dial-up, and you told some that you couldn't.

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2005, 07:08:42 PM »

I'll ask Rick to take a look at adding mailbags to the newsbot.

As for dialup WiFi, I think I said from the beginning that it's technically possible but probably won't work well, if at all, for DS gaming. But it's very possible I contradicted myself. I am human, after all. :-)

stevey · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2005, 04:35:54 AM »

what the odds of there bein a zelda game cube?

Dasmos · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2005, 05:15:17 AM »

How can there be odds? What are the odds of a Zelda pie? Or the odds of a speckled sea serpent sucking a saucy seagulls spade eating 3 playing cards from the queen of england?

There is no evidence to create accurate betting odds..

UncleBob · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2005, 06:45:04 AM »

Woo! My idea was useful!

nickmitch · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2005, 10:25:11 AM »

Well since there already WAS two Zelda games on the cube and one's coming up, I'd say pretty good.

UncleBob · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2005, 01:58:06 AM »

>Has PGC ever considered adding a forum folder for trading/loaning/selling of used games? It can be really difficult to find used games for a decent price and even if you can piracy is such a huge problem (especially for GBA games) that its often not worth the risk.

I could go for this...

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2005, 06:53:49 AM »

Regarding the buy/sell forum, Dan's opinion was a resounding "NO". Yes, in caps just like that. I have to go with his recommendation since he spends a lot more time in the forums and knows a lot more about them than I do. Sorry guys.

UncleBob · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2005, 06:04:44 PM »

I won't whine and complain - as much as I like trading forums - but can we lowly users be privy to the reasons behind that resounding "NO"?

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2005, 06:35:16 PM »

What if a problem arises? What if the either the money or the game isn't sent? What if it's a pirated game, or a broken game? Even if there's a disclaimer, these people will take it up with the site or forum officials. Since a lot of members here are minors, are they even allowed to make transactions like that? If something went wrong with a minor's order, he's going to tell his parents about it, who may look into taking legal action. While putting up a disclaimer could potentially protect PGC from legal persecution, who wants to deal with all that crap?

With all the other options on the internet, why bother? Besides, if somebody happens to mention in some other context that they're selling something, drop them a PM and set up the transaction through email or something.

Dasmos · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2005, 06:58:07 PM »

OMG KnowsNothing knows a whole lot

UncleBob · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2005, 07:20:10 PM »

Why bother? Because it can help to build a closer knit community!

As far as holding the forum responsible, etc... There are *tons* of sites out there that offer a trading board (even the quasi-minor focused PokeGym.net) and they all manage it - somehow...

Bloodworth · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2005, 11:10:32 PM »

Seriously, KnowsNothing hit the nail on the head. The issues go beyond user to user problems. If pirated goods become part of the equation, and a publisher determines that we're turning a blind eye to it, they may sue or have other means of retaliation. You'd need a lawyer to write a statement that would be sue-proof, and even then another lawyer might get around it. There are several new game-specific auction sites out there now, so I don't see a need for it.

Also, I don't buy the idea that it will build a closer-knit community. I can't think of one time where involving business in any of my friendships has done anything but create tension. Someone gets screwed over, and we start having flame wars crossing the forums, possibly between people that used to be quite happy with each other. Why put that burden on our readers?

vudu · « **Reply #14 on:** August 08, 2005, 09:12:51 AM »

Alright, since my idea was shot down, will someone loan me their SNES copy of Final Fantasy III (6JP)? I promise to return it in the same condition I got it as soon as I finish. I'll even pay for shipping.

Nephilim · « **Reply #15 on:** August 08, 2005, 09:20:25 AM »

"A few days agp, MrCHUPON said that there might be some problem with the DS only being 802.11b, but the speed of "b" is much faster than most broadband connections operate at, so that should not be a problem at all."
so anyone has the specs at the speed that 802.11b sends at?
Just wonder, i know it wont effect myself because im getting adsl2 before xmas, but im wondering

Pale · « **Reply #16 on:** August 08, 2005, 09:24:45 AM »

eBay

I'm sure you could cart only for around 20 bucks from one of those auctions...

Also, if you have a PS1/2, check this out...

Final Fantasy Anthology

That's what I own.

Pale · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2005, 09:27:34 AM »

And to deadly... IIRC b is 11Megabits/second and g is 54Megabits/second...

Note that those are bits and not bytes... so that means b is about 1.4 megs/second and g is like 6.8 meg/sec ish....

IceCold · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2005, 06:35:28 PM »

"Router compatible with the DS"

The B connection turns out to about 1,375 KB/s - quite a bit more than necessary, but read what Pale's got to say.

EDIT: link

Renny · « **Reply #19 on:** August 08, 2005, 11:04:37 PM »

Due to the CSMA/CA protocol overhead, in practice the maximum 802.11b throughput that an application can achieve is about 5.9 Mbit/s over TCP and 7.1 Mbit/s over UDP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11

Bandwidth for games should be kept low. The DS may only be able to sync at 2Mbps to conserve power, as it does in 'NiFi' mode.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** August 09, 2005, 11:49:18 AM »

CSMA/CD... And I thought they found some way to give each device a unique communication channel instead of forming a freaking bus.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #21 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:17:40 PM »

Bruce Campbell rocks. I've been watching the Adventures of Brisco County Jr. the past several days with a friend of mine. What a great show.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #22 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:23:26 PM »

I miss that show.

ssj4_android · « **Reply #23 on:** August 17, 2005, 10:56:21 AM »

You put Nintendo was planning to release Twilight Princess worldwide by the end of 2004. I think you meant 2005.

Caliban · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2005, 05:40:38 PM »

On the Mailbag, from Sunday-August 28 posted at 8:50pm, MrChupon said:

"For those of you worrying over the fact that these parts won't generate as much heat or need as much power means that the Revolution is "less powerful" than the Xbox 360 or PS3, continue to worry because that is very likely, it makes sense, and is in line with what everyone at Nintendo is saying."

That is true in a certain perspective however you have to also consider the size at which the transistors were built. Why? Well imagine that you have 2 chips, one built with 130nm technology and the other is 90nm, both run at 3.0GHz. which one creates more heat and needs more power? It is the 130nm chip. The same thing can be said for PC video-cards, example: an ATI 9800 PRO 128MB (I own one) will need a cable coming directly from my PSU, while any of the ATI X?00 series do not and they are more powerful then my current card. Now what I'm trying to get at is that it is possible that Nintendo might have built the Rev with technology that is much smaller than the one that will be used for X360 or PS3 hence there statements about it. Do I have to say anything more?! I think not. Make your own predictions until full specs are disclosed.

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Author Topic: Mailbag Talkback Thread (Read 14628 times)