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MrTerrorist · 2014-03-12, 11:11

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Originally Posted by monster

It's a now-discontinued certification program for games that includes integration with Windows Vista and Windows 7.

So, yes, Games for Windows titles should still be playable.

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Originally Posted by Dextro

There's a rumour that the system is being shutdown this summer which means that the online bits of the games who use the system would stop working. For some games that just means that the multiplayer is shutdown, for others who use the online activation features they turn useless.

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Originally Posted by monster

Isn't that limitation only applicable for Games for Windows - LIVE?

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Originally Posted by blaze0041

There's been no official word on if/when GFWL will be shut down (well, since the deleted Age of Empires Online support article). A lot of games that used to use GFWL have been patched and moved off the service (e.g. Bioshock 2, now using Steamworks for matchmaking), mainly as a result of the closure of the Games for Windows Live Marketplace back in August last year.
GFWL has basically been superseded by Xbox Live for Windows, but that's really only for Windows Store games on Windows 8 and 8.1.
At the core of things though, Games for Windows branded games that don't rely on Games for Windows Live services should still be OK (and thus far, GFWL games are still playable offline and online as far as I know, aside from how crappy the service generally is), though there may be a few exceptions (basically, anything got to do with online services and multiplayer). An example of this would be the original Company of Heroes game (Games for Windows certified, but doesn't use the Live service) - The original game used middleware for their online service, called Quazal, which was snapped up by Ubisoft. As it would result in the shutdown of online services for the game, a new version of the game was released on Steam, with online services migrated from Relic Online to Steamworks.

So it's a DRM (shudders with disgust saying this word).
So if i were to buy Sid Meiers Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, which has GFW, i could still install and play it?

SaintessHeart · 2014-03-12, 11:46

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

So it's a DRM (shudders with disgust saying this word).
So if i were to buy Sid Meiers Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, which has GFW, i could still install and play it?

Yes. If not, go the other way (you know what I mean) during installation.

MrTerrorist · 2014-03-12, 11:50

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Yes. If not, go the other way (you know what I mean) during installation.

Nope. I'll just wait until Desura or GOG.com finally have that game on their site.

SaintessHeart · 2014-03-12, 12:05

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Nope. I'll just wait until Desura or GOG.com finally have that game on their site.

I wish Steam bought over Resident Evil Op Raccoon City. It is a great MP game but hard to find people to play with.

Dextro · 2014-03-12, 15:29

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

So it's a DRM (shudders with disgust saying this word).
So if i were to buy Sid Meiers Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, which has GFW, i could still install and play it?

Not at all. GFW does not imply DRM. Some games use those features but many use other different copy protection schemes (like Starforce and the likes).

As for that particular game it features no DRM aside from a disc check and even that was removed in a later patch. That particular game just uses the branding, nothing more.

monster · 2014-03-12, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Zero-2

How long does it take before an AS member gets Senior Member status?

If I recall correctly, it's not time-based, but after making 100 posts.

Of course, don't overdo it. There's nothing to be gained by such title.

felix · 2014-03-12, 19:16

It takes 1s, go into your account and change your title to "Senior Member"

Please dont spam the forum to get it.

JokerD · 2014-03-15, 11:20

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Do I look like I would do that kind of stuff? I am an upstanding, law-abiding citizen! Right down to the full support of 377A!

If you say employers, do "self-employed" count as one?

I think you need to register a company or something.
And you need to register your income. They don't look at your bank accounts...
I just thought of something, did you miss your payments on the medical insurance?

Other than that, can't think of anything else. Anything further, book a phone appoint at one of the service centres (shorter waiting time) and check what's the problem...

Guernsey · 2014-03-20, 06:08

How do you put out a magnesium fire if you cannot use water as it make the situation worse?

speck123 · 2014-03-20, 06:17

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Originally Posted by Guernsey

How do you put out a magnesium fire if you cannot use water as it make the situation worse?

Cover with sand is the usual remedy. Deprives it of Oxygen. There might be some kinds of fire extinguishers that'll do the job also.

Lord of Fire · 2014-03-20, 07:43

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Originally Posted by Guernsey

How do you put out a magnesium fire if you cannot use water as it make the situation worse?

Class D fires require dry powder extinguishers, in this case ones that contain sodium chloride.

risingstar3110 · 2014-03-20, 09:03

Is there any protection law that prevent boss/manager from exploiting the minimum wages/ company structural wages. In this case, by broking a deal with the contracted workers on paying only for 1 hour of work for works that he have to spend 3 hours to finish?

Because it effectively reduce his hour wage to one third and could make it lower than the market/ company minimum wages

Cosmic Eagle · 2014-03-20, 09:51

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

It is the local hobbyist community's term for this guy.

I thought you meant the golden one....

RRW · 2014-03-27, 06:51

Ah Boys to Men

Anybody know this movie? How was it?

DonQuigleone · 2014-03-31, 07:50

I want to introduce a girl I know to authentic Chinese food(of which I am a fanatic). Now I found a decent sichuan place, but all its best stuff is on a Chinese language menu. Now I'd like things to be smooth. Could a poster here who both knows sichuan cuisine and can read chinese give me a selection of interesting dishes to order? The girl doesn't like meat, but is fine with fish and seafood. I'd like a mix of main dishes and vegetable side dishes, and a mix of spicy and non-spicy. You can send me via pm.

The menu can be found here.

SaintessHeart · 2014-03-31, 08:36

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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

I want to introduce a girl I know to authentic Chinese food(of which I am a fanatic). Now I found a decent sichuan place, but all its best stuff is on a Chinese language menu. Now I'd like things to be smooth. Could a poster here who both knows sichuan cuisine and can read chinese give me a selection of interesting dishes to order? The girl doesn't like meat, but is fine with fish and seafood. I'd like a mix of main dishes and vegetable side dishes, and a mix of spicy and non-spicy. You can send me via pm.

The menu can be found here.

Won't it be easier to ask the restaurant to recommend, since Chinese dishes are usually seasonal? I think you might want to pick a couple from the last page (green) as it is the chef's new dishes.

Also, stop making us married men jealous. Move this to the dating thread you perv.

DonQuigleone · 2014-03-31, 12:30

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Won't it be easier to ask the restaurant to recommend, since Chinese dishes are usually seasonal? I think you might want to pick a couple from the last page (green) as it is the chef's new dishes.

Also, stop making us married men jealous. Move this to the dating thread you perv.

I'd like to be smooth, and certain waiters can be difficult to work with. That said the review posted outside explicitly mentions their chinese menu, so they may be used to it.

I was going to post in the dating thread, but the question is not actually dating related.

I also don't know sichuanese dishes too well beyond Ma Po Doufu, so advice on that would also be good...

HasuMasu · 2014-04-09, 07:48

Is anything we've sent to Venus still active now?

Dextro · 2014-04-09, 16:21

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Originally Posted by Masuzu

Is anything we've sent to Venus still active now?

I don't think that any probes that humanity has sent to the atmosphere of Venus has survived (it's highly corrosive in there). The ESA has an Orbiter around the planet called Venus Express that should keep going until the end of the year (according to wikipedia).

HasuMasu · 2014-04-10, 04:01

Yeah sorry I was talking about orbiters, but that is fewer than I thought.

It seems I really can't find anything other than that...so just one...

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