Ok, I have a big problem, and I can't find any answers no matter where I go. My Nintendo Wi-Fi USB connector was working fine, but earlier I was getting error codes so I tried re-installing it. The problem is my computer now refuses to recognize the USB connector. When I try to install it, It tells me to "Please insert the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector into your computer's USB port." when the installation is almost done.This is a newer connector, so all the drivers should already be installed. Even weirder is that the green light isn't flashing on the connector. I know it's connected properly, because my computer makes a noise whenever I plug it into the USB port. I have tried with all the other USB ports I can use, and still nothing. Please, HEEEEEEELLLLLPPPP!!!gamefan06

I'm getting the exact same problem. Slayer, can you help?

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]

 

I thought Total Annihilation was a ZILLION times better then SC.

ardylicious

It is. But try telling the far east that.

I mean look at HALO, this game for may pc gamers to be a great FPS. Hype or Console gamers sabotage?

The same with starcraft its technically weaker than TA. Yet do the 6 million chinese and koreans agree? Mass hype. Music, Movies, and form of art goes the same way. Truth is you have ot look for greatness not accept whats given. That is why TA is better.

In English please? 

And if a game were to sell on hype alone people would quickly realize it sucks and stop playing it, but they still play SC.  However, how many TA games do you think are happening right now?

[QUOTE="rpgsuperfan"] Starcraft is the Counter-Strike of RTSs, whether you like it or not. I personally enjoy WC3 and SupCom more, but I'm not so naive as to think my opinion is the only factor that makes a good game. Champy87

Har har har... What a flawed way of thinking. The Counter-Strike of RTSs? Listen up bud; Just because Britney sold a truckload of albums doesn't make her a particulary interesting artist. Try looking at the sales of videogames; Whats the top seller in UK at the moment? Spiderman 3. Does that mean Spiderman 3 is a good game? Hell no, it's mediocre at best.

Granted. Starcraft is a classic, and people still play it after 10 years, whereas people won't even know there had been a Spiderman game 10 years from now. However, that does not change the fact that Starcraft now is horribly, horribly dated. Today, there are so many new concepts, and/or old concepts revitalized. The cover system in Company of Heroes, and strategic zoom in SupCom are just 2 examples. Starcraft has it's faction balance, and that's probably the only thing which makes it playable today; it's a fairly good platform for competitive play. But do NOT try to play this one as if it's the god of all RTS's. It doesn't have one chance against games like Company of Heroes or Supreme Commander. It just doesn't.

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Edit: As another poster wrote in this thread; It's not the best RTS ever. It's just a classic.

Britney hasn't sold the most albums. 

Top seller in UK at the moment.  

If it was horribly dated why would people still play it?

A new concept is not automatically better, and a single feature is only a fraction of the whole game.

If it doesn't have a chance against CoH or SupCom, why have they still not surpassed it in sales or concurrent players?  At there are far more gamers now than there were in Starcraft's time, so even if only half of them bought either of those games it would put them way ahead, but they haven't.

Please, take more time to think about your arguements, it's more fun knocking down walls than cardhouses. 

This is to rpgsuperfan, and those of his ilk: World of Warcraft has the most players of any MMOG ever, but would you call it the best? There are MMORPGs that have arguably better gameplay, graphics, audio, and pretty much everything. So why does everyone play WoW? It's accessible, and addictive. That's how it is with Starcraft. The units are easy to identify and easy to manage. The game isn't rocket science- It's one of the simplest RTS games I've played. You build up as many units as possible as fast as possible. It's really easy to get into and offers some nice gratification for effective maneuvers. It's always cool to see a marine explode. The game also had some nice audio and a VERY respectable storyline, and the online browser was simple and clean. The gameplay, though, had as much depth as the kiddy pool at my local Y. So yes, Starcraft is the most POPULAR RTS of ALL TIME, just as Counter-Strike is the most popular FPS, and Final Fantasy is the most popular RPG, and WoW is... WoW. But numbers can lie. Those games are popular because ANYONE can get into them; It doesn't necessarily reflect a degree of quality on their part. Starcraft is the most popular RTS of all time. You're right about that. But whether it is the best or not remains under heated debate. I love Starcraft, but I think it can be too much of a rock-paper-scissors game. I like my RTS with a certain degree of tactics as well as strategy. It's easy to have a plan- But can you see that plan followed through? That's why games like Warcraft 3, Company of Heroes and Supreme Commander are so great. Starcraft isn't terrible- I dare call it great. But it is by no means the best. Kkrokotillianis

So you're saying accessibility is not a factor of quality? A less accessible game can be just as popular, but it needs to make up for it in other areas. A lesser "quality" game can be more accessible so more people can enjoy it, and a game is SUPPOSED to be made to be enjoyed, so does this not make it a better game? Anything any one person here says about the game is only a subjective opinion, if you want an objective answer, which game was the most successful? Starcraft. Period.

There's a big difference between favorite and best. I already said Warcraft 3 is my favorite, but Starcraft is still the best. Get over yourself.

And yes, WoW is the best MMO ever.  It's a shame the community sucks, but the game is good enough that people continue to play regardless.

[QUOTE="holyknight234"]

Starcraft: Mother of all RTS games. (Or Father)

I belive that Blizzard is the Father of RTS and Relic is Mother of RTS :)

Avitu666

Starcraft would be great-grandchild of all RTS games...the genre was already well settled when Blizzard came along with their Xerox to copy the accomplishments of other companies.

Starcraft was definitely the best RTS of 1998, that's for sure...but for me it's not the best (CoH is the best for me).

Of course, that's entirely subjective. There's no such thing as the best game, but there is such a thing as the most popular game, as someone pointed out in an earlier post...

Of course, some people will say "x million people can't be wrong". on that I can only refer them to January 30, 1933 to prove that x million people CAN be wrong ;-)

You forgot that x*2 million people disagreed.

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[QUOTE="Scotti912"]Were only elitists because we know how powerful our system is and we love gaming without all the immature kids. Though they seem to be everywere these days.dnuggs40

Funny, but I find this thread full of immature kids.

Well then you have not visited the XBox 360 forums then. While I agree there is a certain degree of immaturity on the pc forums, it is rampant over there.

I never said it wasn't. 

your joking right lol console game better than a pc game lol. They don't even have mmorpg on a console game lol let alone the games even come close to real rpg games out there.

blackdreamhunk

Well that's FF12, bad example.  They intentionally made it less involving to get rid of some tedium.  Speaking of tedium, I've played both Fallout and Neverwinter Nights as well as most FFs and I can say without any hesitation that the early FFs are superior in every way.  I agree though that consoles need to stop trying to be like PCs.

Were only elitists because we know how powerful our system is and we love gaming without all the immature kids. Though they seem to be everywere these days.Scotti912

Funny, but I find this thread full of immature kids. 

We're all graphics whores. People who say gameplay is everything and graphics, just haven't come out of the closet yet.

If graphics didn't matter, they wouldn't be getting better at such a fast pace.

F1_2004

They matter for sales, because most of the money that game companies make don't come from the pockets of real gamers.  Real gamers are a very rare breed, a minority, and most money comes from the same sort of people Hollywood thrives on.  I bought a PSP just to play NES and SNES games, and it gets far more of my time than my PS2 or Gamecube.  In fact, I haven't even bought a PS3 or either XBox because I see no worthwhile exclusives, just the Wii because Wii sports is fun as hell, even if it looks really bland and "kiddy".

As long as there are people that still read books, there will be people who don't care about graphics beyond the ability to represent entities.