GPL Left Out In The Cold!

Well, have you seen this? It's the Computer Game Developers' Association (CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp for the full disgusting story. Jack Rambo ---------------------- 1999 Spotlight Award Nominees Best PC Game Rainbow Six, Half-Life, StarCraft, Thief: The Dark Project, and Baldur's Gate. Best Simulation Falcon 4.0, European Air War, Need for Speed III, Gran Turismo, F1 Racing Simulation, Monaco Grand Prix Racing 2, Motocross Madness, and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. Best Multiplayer Game Half-Life, Rainbow Six, StarCraft, Starsiege: Tribes, and Fireteam. Most Innovative Game Design Thief: The Dark Project, Rainbow Six, Metal Gear Solid, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Commandos, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon, Battlezone, and Army Men. Best Use of Graphics Half-Life, Unreal, Trespasser, Grim Fandango, Thief: The Dark Project, and Parasite Eve. Best Use of Audio Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Thief: The Dark Project, Falcon 4.0, Unreal, Might and Magic VI, and NHL 99. Best Artificial Intelligence Half-Life, Thief: The Dark Project, Creatures 2, The Operational Art of War, and Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

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>Well, have you seen this? >It's the Computer Game Developers' Association >(CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. >Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and >GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? >Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to > http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp... >for the full disgusting story. >Jack Rambo

I don't understand it either. I had GPL before I installed F1RS and F1RS lasted about a week before I removed it from my hard drive. I guess the steep learning curve for GPL takes it out of the realm of mass appeal. It's a shame that the people a Papy haven't received the accolades that their work on GPL deserves. I hope this doesn't discourage them from working on "GPL, The Turbo Era" ( I can dream can't I <G> )

I think seeing Need For Speed III and Gran Turismo in the "Best Simulation" category says it all. It is kinda surprising to see the Ubisoft titles nominated as F1 sims aren't exactly mainstream titles.

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>Well, have you seen this? >It's the Computer Game Developers' Association >(CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. >Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and >GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? >Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to > http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp... >for the full disgusting story. >Jack Rambo >---------------------- >1999 Spotlight Award Nominees >Best PC Game > Rainbow Six, Half-Life, StarCraft, Thief: The Dark Project, and >Baldur's Gate. >Best Simulation > Falcon 4.0, European Air War, Need for Speed III, Gran Turismo, >F1 Racing Simulation, Monaco Grand Prix Racing 2, Motocross Madness, and >Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. >Best Multiplayer Game > Half-Life, Rainbow Six, StarCraft, Starsiege: Tribes, and >Fireteam. >Most Innovative Game Design > Thief: The Dark Project, Rainbow Six, Metal Gear Solid, The >Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Commandos, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon, >Battlezone, and Army Men. >Best Use of Graphics > Half-Life, Unreal, Trespasser, Grim Fandango, Thief: The Dark >Project, and Parasite Eve. >Best Use of Audio > Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Thief: The Dark Project, Falcon 4.0, >Unreal, Might and Magic VI, and NHL 99. >Best Artificial Intelligence > Half-Life, Thief: The Dark Project, Creatures 2, The Operational >Art of War, and Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

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>Well, have you seen this? >It's the Computer Game Developers' Association >(CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. >Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and >GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work?

Don't worry about it. It's just like when Marissa Tomei and Cuba Gooding Jr. won Oscars. Cuba is peddling Pepsi for shit's sake. When was the last time you saw an Oscar winner doing that? People are stupid, and the mainstream sucks. -- http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1 (dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)

You would think that they wouldnt leave GPL out because it was too realistic. I mean its a sim category for cryin out loud, what do they want, an easy game?

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>Well, have you seen this? >It's the Computer Game Developers' Association >(CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. >Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and >GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? >Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to

http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp...

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>for the full disgusting story. >Jack Rambo >---------------------- >1999 Spotlight Award Nominees >Best PC Game > Rainbow Six, Half-Life, StarCraft, Thief: The Dark Project, and >Baldur's Gate. >Best Simulation > Falcon 4.0, European Air War, Need for Speed III, Gran Turismo, >F1 Racing Simulation, Monaco Grand Prix Racing 2, Motocross Madness, and >Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. >Best Multiplayer Game > Half-Life, Rainbow Six, StarCraft, Starsiege: Tribes, and >Fireteam. >Most Innovative Game Design > Thief: The Dark Project, Rainbow Six, Metal Gear Solid, The >Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Commandos, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon, >Battlezone, and Army Men. >Best Use of Graphics > Half-Life, Unreal, Trespasser, Grim Fandango, Thief: The Dark >Project, and Parasite Eve. >Best Use of Audio > Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Thief: The Dark Project, Falcon 4.0, >Unreal, Might and Magic VI, and NHL 99. >Best Artificial Intelligence > Half-Life, Thief: The Dark Project, Creatures 2, The

Operational >Art of War, and Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

While looking for a contact email to suggest that they include GPL as a nominee - after all if it is in the simulation category, you would have thought that GPL would be there before NFS3 - I noticed that Lego racers is about to go live. This will be a must in our family. "In Lego Racers, kids not only get to customize their own Lego race car, but they can then put the pedal to the metal by going up against as many as five other drivers. Twelve different racetracks are provided in the game, set within a Castle, Town, Space, and Adventurers motif." Hee hee - wonder what the physics are like. Do you think the customisation will affect performance? :-) Cheers, Paul

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> Well, have you seen this? > It's the Computer Game Developers' Association > (CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. > Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and > GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? > Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to > http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp... > for the full disgusting story. > Jack Rambo > ---------------------- > 1999 Spotlight Award Nominees > Best PC Game > Rainbow Six, Half-Life, StarCraft, Thief: The Dark Project, and > Baldur's Gate. > Best Simulation > Falcon 4.0, European Air War, Need for Speed III, Gran Turismo, > F1 Racing Simulation, Monaco Grand Prix Racing 2, Motocross Madness, and > Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. > Best Multiplayer Game > Half-Life, Rainbow Six, StarCraft, Starsiege: Tribes, and > Fireteam. > Most Innovative Game Design > Thief: The Dark Project, Rainbow Six, Metal Gear Solid, The > Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Commandos, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon, > Battlezone, and Army Men. > Best Use of Graphics > Half-Life, Unreal, Trespasser, Grim Fandango, Thief: The Dark > Project, and Parasite Eve. > Best Use of Audio > Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Thief: The Dark Project, Falcon 4.0, > Unreal, Might and Magic VI, and NHL 99. > Best Artificial Intelligence > Half-Life, Thief: The Dark Project, Creatures 2, The Operational > Art of War, and Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

Also alot of these gamer mags and sites are affiliated with only certain software makers.Like on those demo discs you can get with thier Mags.Some have signed exclusive rights to get thier demo's first and only and it appears that it's also affected thier "industry-wide" awards.I wonder what would happen if say only a certain part of thier demographics stopped buying thier magazine.Probably why so many of them go under or are about to go under.

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> While looking for a contact email to suggest that they include GPL as a nominee > - after all if it is in the simulation category, you would have thought that GPL > would be there before NFS3 - I noticed that Lego racers is about to go live. > This will be a must in our family. > "In Lego Racers, kids not only get to customize their own Lego race car, but > they can then put the pedal to the metal by going up against as many as five > other drivers. Twelve different racetracks are provided in the game, set within > a Castle, Town, Space, and Adventurers motif." > Hee hee - wonder what the physics are like. Do you think the customisation will > affect performance? :-) > Cheers, > Paul > > Well, have you seen this? > > It's the Computer Game Developers' Association > > (CGDA) 1999 Spotlight Award nominees. > > Nominations for MGPRS2 *and* F1RS and > > GPL is no where to be seen! How does that work? > > Here's an extract from the GameCenter.com story or go to > > http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2552,00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp... > > for the full disgusting story. > > Jack Rambo > > ---------------------- > > 1999 Spotlight Award Nominees > > Best PC Game > > Rainbow Six, Half-Life, StarCraft, Thief: The Dark Project, and > > Baldur's Gate. > > Best Simulation > > Falcon 4.0, European Air War, Need for Speed III, Gran Turismo, > > F1 Racing Simulation, Monaco Grand Prix Racing 2, Motocross Madness, and > > Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. > > Best Multiplayer Game > > Half-Life, Rainbow Six, StarCraft, Starsiege: Tribes, and > > Fireteam. > > Most Innovative Game Design > > Thief: The Dark Project, Rainbow Six, Metal Gear Solid, The > > Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Commandos, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon, > > Battlezone, and Army Men. > > Best Use of Graphics > > Half-Life, Unreal, Trespasser, Grim Fandango, Thief: The Dark > > Project, and Parasite Eve. > > Best Use of Audio > > Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Thief: The Dark Project, Falcon 4.0, > > Unreal, Might and Magic VI, and NHL 99. > > Best Artificial Intelligence > > Half-Life, Thief: The Dark Project, Creatures 2, The Operational > > Art of War, and Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

Gary... These were trade association nominees. Jack Rambo