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Those specs sound about right Green2711! I think the original World of Warcraft had a 2004 graphics engine. My Geforce 5600 ran so-and-so on on medium game settings and later I had the Geforce 6800 and that thing flew on high settings. The Geforce 8800 would be a touch higher still.
To keep the nostalgia going, which years did you all play Warcraft and how far did you get in the game?
I played from late 2005 to late 2009. I rolled 2 warlocks up to around level 20 to try out both factions, then carried on with the Alliance warlock thereafter. I hit level 60 in mid-2006 (max level back then) and joined an up-and-coming social/raiding guild. It was pretty good as none of us had raided before so we were all in it together, got each other attuned, Jailbreak etc. Then we went on to complete Ony, MC, ZG, AQ20, BWL – all of them on farm. Most were geared up in T2 by the end of 2006. We got halfway through AQ40 then the clock stopped as it was Christmas and the Burning Crusade was around the corner. So yes the Warcraft base game had my fondest memories. While I liked the content from the Burning Crusade, there were some guild politics due to the reduced raid sizes and it meant that a lot of the players got left behind. Then Lich King came out in late 2008, did Naxx (which I never saw the first time round) but lost interest soon after.
When yesterday’s video was down, members on here posted links to y2mate, gofile.io and Mediafire. After a few hours, the Mediafile link was still working but the others weren’t. Perhaps the Bandit can upload to both YT and Mediafire on the Sunday? So it means that if the YT gets flagged again, readers can still use the Mediafire link on Sunday while YT sorts itself out. This might need to be done every Sunday now unfortunately.
Okies, the links on page 1 are dead, but I can confirm that the one on this page from Mediafire does work at the time of writing this. 441 megabyte file, reasonably good quality at 720p. For those who see adverts, you really need to be using Adblock or Ublock, and you must not under any circumstances install add-ons that you see on those sites!
Some of the Novos (formerly Astra) are pretty ancient. Book of Ra is at least 10 years old and Reel King at least 12 years old!
Weirdly enough, I had a dream back in April about a slot bonus that would progressively increase in its Megaways. The layout was more like Primal though, with 6 reels without the “double reaction” Bonanza-style top reel. I vividly remembered the symbols getting smaller (and more of them) as the ways increased.
Then Return of Kong came out and I’m absolutely loving it. You’re looking out for the number of remaining spins, the Megaways level and the multiplier level. So like with the original Kong, there is a lot going on with this slot.
It is my favourite slot of 2019 so far.
Can someone please explain the significance of slot providers using a launcher that isn’t their own? e.g. BTGs being launched by SG. I thought it was better when the providers used their own launchers e.g. BTG used BTG’s own one. Mix-and-matching I think just confuse the punters.
Could this be that casinos are removing BTGs because of the new (April 2019) gambling taxes? VS in particular have been lowering the slot RTP to approx. 94% by selecting a lower maths model, which most providers offer. BTG slots only had 1 maths model, typically 96%, so having BTGs still on board meant less profit for the wealthy execs (in their air-conditioned boardroom) and the shareholders. Hopefully this is just tin foil hats, but this thread has generated suspicion in me and I tend to be cynical.
A shame because BTG is (or was) my favourite provider.
I’m up for that. Backinamo is a busy forum and the Bandit videos each get over 1000 views. So I think a year-end poll would get plenty of votes 🙂
In early December in the current year, readers would put forward their favourite 3 slots of the year. Use your judgement e.g. Bandit Sunday slots and other channels to check the slots’ debut year is from the current year. The Bandit or Seedy would then populate all of the reader slots, taking out duplicates, into a single list. These are the shortlisted slots.
In late December, every reader would cast 1 vote on their most favourite slot. Then like in an election, the votes are counted and arranged into a top 10 or top 25 depending on how big the poll becomes.
That’s only my suggestion though. I think other people should suggest their own system, discuss, and see which one appeals to the most.
Another system that I can think of is what the Bandit did with the White Rabbit competition. So put the slots into pairs and a voting round kicks off for each paring. The slot from each paring that gets the less votes are knocked out and the other slot goes through to the next round. And so on.
I never understood why Starburst is heavily marketed and hyped up by the casinos? Yes it looks pretty and colourful, but if you want to play something similar then stick with Queen of Riches.
Starburst would suit land-based better as I think it has a 500x jackpot and hence become an arcade game.
@Bandit – your setup (the kids being off now) is the norm. I come from a family of teachers from multiple areas and they all broke up last Friday. The general rule is that you break up on a Friday in late July but still allowing a full week of July for week 1 of the summer holidays. This means that the date falls in the region of 18th-24th July.
I’ve certainly never known of schools to be open again in late August. Following the above July 18th-24th rule, students would be back in school in the region of 2nd-8th September. Plus, if the teachers had a Baker day / PD day / Inset day on the first day of term, the students would go back a day later, so the 3rd-9th September for the students. This was the case for me when I was in school and 6th form.
I don’t work too well in the heat, so I got a mini fridge-sized air con unit at home. Keeps the room running nicely at 20C and it doesn’t use that much. 750W when maxed out, compared to a small heater that uses 3kW maxed out.
At work, only the important people (read: boardroom execs!) and the server room has a/c.
The buses are greenhouses, and that’s my only transport option. In Germany though, their buses turn their a/c on as soon as it hits 24C. In the UK though, drivers will put the heating on without hesitation when it’s 19C outside. Arriva – this is you!
Roll on early autumn, late Sep / early Oct time.
I think the reason why you don’t often see big multiplier wins on the bigger stakes (£10+) is because the funds run out quicker and thus gives the slot less opportunity to dish out that big multiplier.
It baffles me how many people think the RTP gets lower for you because people are winning.
The shocking thing is, plenty of croupiers and casino workers that I speak to also think this. Common misconception!
I think it stems from history, and how pub slots work.
Agreed. This is the difference between random and compensated. Both will stick to a percentage, let’s say 90%.
– Random means that every game you play have no bearing on each other and the 90% comes from the slot’s maths model. This applies mainly to video slots from online gambling, land casinos and arcades.
– Compensated means that every game you play does have bearing on each other and the machine runs on a cycle. This applies to fruit machines which you find in pubs, nightclubs, arcades, cafés, railway stations, airports, fairgrounds and holiday camps. Compensated also applies to club machines. These are found anywhere that is pay-walled, again nightclubs but also membership clubs e.g. a snooker club or dance lessons where you have to pay to get in.
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