Doesn't this just make you feel good...

This just made my day. With all of the when/why/how questions we're stuck with regarding the next Nascar sims, you would think that we'd all had our fill of Sierra bashing. Well, try this on for size. I just read that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull Rider." http://www.gamespot.com/features/e399/spo.html -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

> Well, try this on for size. I just read > that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull > Rider." For Sierra that is nothing out of the ordinary, being they have always made and sold all different kinds of software titles. Papyrus is the one that would surpass me if they made a bull riding sim ! But after all at one time they were thinking about creating a Airplane Racing sim. Dennis

The worst thing is, this is going to outsell GPL.

Pretty incredible, Bill. In a weak moment I bought one of Sierra's flyfishing titles. Nothing could be LESS like standing in a Montana stream than is sitting in my bedroom with a beer in one hand and my mouse in the other. Wonder how they hope to suspend disbelief? Maybe they'll include two guys who grab your shoulders and shake you while you play? Wonder if they'll have "sim" and "arcade" modes? Wonder if they'll be able to get licenses from all the big-name bulls? It's a wacky world! Kurt Steinbock

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> This just made my day. With all of the when/why/how questions we're >stuck with regarding the next Nascar sims, you would think that we'd all >had our fill of Sierra bashing. Well, try this on for size. I just read >that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull >Rider." >http://www.gamespot.com/features/e399/spo.html >-- > | "Instead of letting the moon be the >Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let >Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

>The worst thing is, this is going to outsell GPL. I believe the expression is "...and monkeys will fly outta my butt". Cheers! John

>Pretty incredible, Bill. >Wonder if they'll have "sim" and "arcade" modes? Not sure about that. But get this, it's supposed to have Internet multiplayer where one person plays the rider and one person plays the bull! -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

It's already OUT!!!! To think they actually spent money on THAT instead of Win95 multiplayer for N99!!! Gunner

>>had our fill of Sierra bashing. Well, try this on for size. I just read >>that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull >>Rider." > It's already OUT!!!! To think they actually spent money on >THAT instead of Win95 multiplayer for N99!!! Actually, the technical stuff like multiplayer is more directly a Papy issue (be it Sierra influenced or not). I'm just kinda miffed that Sierra is spending $'s and effort in the publication/distribution of things like Bull Riding when they could be putting it towards Papy so that they can forge ahead with N3 (or a CART sim) and not have to do stupid projects like N2K. But who knows. Maybe the Bull Riding game was just a project that they purchased from someone else. -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

Well, if they use the money they get to do some REAL sims, I guess we'd have to settle for it... Look at the Jane's fans: they have to let Jane's do something like Fighter's Anthology, so they can get something like F-15! I just hope they're not "wasting" their money. Shameful as it is, just because WE don't like a sport doesn't make it stupid - there are a LOT of rodeo fans out there!! .... just can't for the LIFE of me figure out how ANYone could be "immersed" while riding a bull on the computer!! Gunner

> This just made my day. With all of the when/why/how questions we're >stuck with regarding the next Nascar sims, you would think that we'd all >had our fill of Sierra bashing. Well, try this on for size. I just read >that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull >Rider." I guess that is good. It means they have something else to use the N2 engnie with :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >http://www.gamespot.com/features/e399/spo.html >-- > | "Instead of letting the moon be the >Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let >Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

Hmmm....could this lead to other types of simulators (or a patch for this one) where one 'person' is atop another? The mind reels..... Imagine the multiplayer sessions at '***.com'. How about the custom controllers people would build to play it.. no, maybe I don't want to think about this. ~Daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

That wasn't through their Papyrus group, but Dynamix. -- Best regards, Bruce. ====== The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff! http://welcome.to/the_stunned_mullet =============================================== >But after all at one time they were thinking >about >creating a Airplane Racing sim. >Dennis

On Wed, 26 May 1999 15:22:32 -0400, "Kurt Steinbock"

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>Pretty incredible, Bill. >In a weak moment I bought one of Sierra's flyfishing titles. Nothing could >be LESS like standing in a Montana stream than is sitting in my bedroom with >a beer in one hand and my mouse in the other. >Wonder how they hope to suspend disbelief? Maybe they'll include two guys >who grab your shoulders and shake you while you play? >Wonder if they'll have "sim" and "arcade" modes?

It doesn't matter -- the bulls and riders today are nothing like the bulls and riders were in 1967. Better hoof compounds and the addition of downforce have killed the sport.

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>Wonder if they'll be able to get licenses from all the big-name bulls? >It's a wacky world! >Kurt Steinbock >> This just made my day. With all of the when/why/how questions we're >>stuck with regarding the next Nascar sims, you would think that we'd all >>had our fill of Sierra bashing. Well, try this on for size. I just read >>that Sierra is going to be putting out a game called "Professional Bull >>Rider." >>http://www.gamespot.com/features/e399/spo.html >>-- >> | "Instead of letting the moon be the >>Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let >>Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

And who will be the first to lap the Bullring in under 8 minutes?! -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824 ________________________________________________________________________________ "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" (Calvin & Hobbes)

and riders were in 1967. Better hoof compounds and the addition of downforce have killed the sport. << LOL! Rob "...and I've got to stop, because I've got a lump in my throat!" ~Murray Walker "82.4% of statistics are made up on the spot" ~Vic Reeves "When the segulls follow the trawler, it is because the expect fish to be thrown for them." ~Eric Cantona

I bet you'll be one Graeme..lol Just funnin' Cheers Thom_j. aka ^Fretts

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> >"Professional Bull > >Rider." > And who will be the first to lap the Bullring in under 8 minutes?! > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash > [link lost in import] > ICQ# 11257824

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I think I speak for all of us in r.a.s. when I say... ouch!

Yeah, but aren't the 1967 bulls way too hard to ride for the average consumer? I mean, no way can a bull just throw you off it's back in four seconds, my fathers cow doesn't that and it's pretty realistic.

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>> Not sure about that. But get this, it's supposed to have Internet >> multiplayer where one person plays the rider and one person plays the >> bull! >Hmmm....could this lead to other types of simulators (or a patch for this one) >where one 'person' is atop another? The mind reels..... >Imagine the multiplayer sessions at '***.com'. How about the custom >controllers people would build to play it.. >no, maybe I don't want to think about this.

I was just thinking of Stormtroopers and Dewbacks, but your idea sounds more fun to ahem....watch. (No one would ever admit to actually playing your version.) -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

>I think I speak for all of us in r.a.s. when I say... ouch! I don't think there's any one person on god's green earth who could challenge the impossibility of "speaking for everyone on r.a.s."! It would be easier to speak for all sides in Kosovo. Cheers! John

If you mean the one in Birmingham.... IMPOSSIBLE <G> Mark

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> >"Professional Bull > >Rider." > And who will be the first to lap the Bullring in under 8 minutes?! > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash > http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk > ICQ# 11257824

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<Checks for April 1st>...This _has_ to be "bull", if you'll pardon the pun. Is there a force-feedback cape that you get in order to play properly? Some *** to throw around the room for that authentic atmosphere? Bizarre, I would have thought in these PC times a animal cruelty sim would be a bit of a dodgy proposition. Cheers! John

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><Checks for April 1st>...This _has_ to be "bull", if you'll pardon the >pun. Is there a force-feedback cape that you get in order to play >properly? Some *** to throw around the room for that authentic >atmosphere? >Bizarre, I would have thought in these PC times a animal cruelty sim >would be a bit of a dodgy proposition.

Hey John, you're confusing US rodeo bull riding with Spanish bull fighting. In rodeo bull riding, the rider just has to sit on the back of a wild bull for as long as they can. I think 8 seconds is considered a complete ride. I suppose it's still debateable if rodeo bull riding is cruelty to animals, but from what I've seen, its usually the human that gets the brunt of the cruelty. <g> Tim

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>><Checks for April 1st>...This _has_ to be "bull", if you'll pardon the >>pun. Is there a force-feedback cape that you get in order to play >>properly? Some *** to throw around the room for that authentic >>atmosphere? >>Bizarre, I would have thought in these PC times a animal cruelty sim >>would be a bit of a dodgy proposition. >Hey John, you're confusing US rodeo bull riding with Spanish bull >fighting. In rodeo bull riding, the rider just has to sit on the back >of a wild bull for as long as they can. >I think 8 seconds is considered a complete ride.

8 seconds? Sounds like the technology is fast approaching that will soon allow us to simulate sex on the computer, too . . . <G>

Oh...okay John. Then speaking for all sides in Kosovo, I say...."ouch"! -- Best regards, Bruce. ====== The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff! http://welcome.to/the_stunned_mullet =============================================== >It >would be easier to speak for all sides in Kosovo.