ATI lawsuit

[Caohmin]

Class action lawsuit against ATI:

http://www.aticlassaction.com/index.html

"You are a class member if, while residing in the United States, you purchased for your own personal use and not for resale an ATI graphics card (that means a card built by or for ATI, not by or for another company such as Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, Palit, Sapphire, or VisionTek) from one of the following series: Radeon® 9550; Radeon® 9800; Radeon® x700; Radeon® x800; Radeon® x850; Radeon® x1300; Radeon® x1600; Radeon® x1800; Radeon® x1900; All-in-Wonder® 9800; All-in-Wonder® 2006; All-in-Wonder® x600; All-in-Wonder® x800; All-in-Wonder® x1800; All-in-Wonder® x1900; or any FireGL® or FireMV® series of graphics cards. You must have made your purchase during the period from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006."

Depending on how many people file a claim you could be eligible for a video card or a share of the 3 million dollar cash settlement. I did replace my video card on my old computer in that time period but I'll have to dig around and see if I qualify.

There's an online claim form at the the site linked.

[Axecleaver]

Looks like this is about the inclusion of HDCP content protection features. Pretty sure I bought a 9800 pro during this time but damned if I could dig up a proof of purchase. Nice post Cao.

[Zutroy]

damn! i actually still had the box for my 9800 pro (i think the receipt was inside) but i threw it away when i moved about a month ago.

[Caohmin]

Anyone going to check the WAR expansion?

http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=813

[Axecleaver]

Did they ever fix that casting lag problem?

[Caohmin]

No idea to be honest. Haven't been keeping up with the game at all.

I've been checking out LOTRO lately which has been suprisingly fun.

[Axecleaver]

I tried it briefly during the open beta and decided it wasn't really my deal. But I got an email recently with a $10 deal to try it out for a month... might do it. What server you on?

[Axecleaver]

Went ahead and bought the online version for $10 with a free month.

[Caohmin]

I picked Brandywine because it has the most population.

Got a few characters I'm checking out, but I've been playing a warden mostly - Brohna - and got to level 21 the other day. I'll look for you, I'm getting on right now.

[Axecleaver]

Cool, I can restart over there. I made a lore master on some other server and got him to 10 yesterday, looks like a supporty kind of class with a little crowd control. Forums say they're hard to play well, that sounds promising.

There's an awful lot of those Xbox-style "accomplishments" built in, like "cast this 2 minute cooldown spell 1000 times." They have buffs associated with them but I can't tell if those are really necessary to work toward or if they're just a distraction. I've been picking one and sort of obsessively casting it whenever I'm walking between quests.

[Caohmin]

Lore master is dps or healing but not both at the same time with a little cc thrown in there. If you go with an LM I have a low level guardian (tank) that I can play. I've read on the forums that they make a great duo.

The buffs from the achievements are helpful. When you find a bard in a town you can activate or re-arrange them. You get achievement, racial, class and legendary buffs. Some you get from using a spell or skill over and over again and others from getting to a certain level.

As far as working towards them, that I never do. I just play the game. In the early levels they don't seem to make a huge difference, but I've heard in the higher levels they are necessary and that you can change your build to suit a certain situation (dps, healing, tanking, etc.)

My dwarf guardian's name is Caohmen and I'll try to be on around 8ish eastern time.