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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Microid's 2024 Empire of the Ants demo came out yesterday! Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:40:05 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <2mt0hjt6j8bt65v2phv4u4aqhd7fal06o0@4ax.com> <5zudnX_HZP_4AYz6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:40:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8706eae9c67e75b75d29dccf41c811a7"; logging-data="1124587"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19so6ooXncWkzzrfHduVZrk/NqEao70ynIP+IIhI5z51g==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tnukx0OAT6XihpfCILcQ8WW2EPE= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 23:23 this Thursday (GMT): > PW wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:54:32 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >> >PW wrote: >> >> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:12:02 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >> > >> >> >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287330/Empire_of_the_Ants/ >> >> > >> >> >And I'm still too busy and using an old video card (MSI NVIDIA GeForce >> >> >GTX 750 Ti (N750TI-2GD5/OC; 2 GB of VRAM) so I can't play it for now. :( >> >> >Maybe I will finally play it in a decade when it is free and have better >> >> >hardwares. Ha! :P >> > >> >> *-- >> > >> >> Maybe we should all chip in and get Ant what he needs to play his >> >> family game. Or maybe Spalls will find something good at the >> >> dumpsters for Ant. >> > >> >> I am downloading the demo now :-) >> > >> >Please kindly let us know how it is. I know it's pretty, but is it fun? >> >I didn't like the original game back in Y2K/2001: >> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants_%28video_game%29. >> >Funny, the company gave me a free retail copy back then! They should >> >give me this one and a better video card/PC. ;) Did anyone play that one? > >> *-- > >> It is pretty for sure, and detailed. I find the angle low to the >> ground hard to see things and move, especially moving the mouse and >> making orders. Maybe I should try a controller.. I have ordered a >> couple of my two groups of ants to attack and claim territory but that >> is it so far. Looks like there will be lots to do. But not sure how >> much I can take at a time. A little bit of a learning curve, of >> course. > >> I am going to try it again maybe tomorrow. > > Interesting. I thought this RTS game would be perfect for keyboard + > mouse combined like other RTS games. > > >> I am itching all over the place now! :-) > > Do I make you itch too? ;-) im not allergic to bugs -- user is generated from /dev/urandom