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mattybones · August 14th, 2002

well i got me another dreamcast for the reason of phantasy star online and a few others but i am wondering if anyone still gets on-line with phantasy star and is it better than playing single player

Kaiser Sigma · August 14th, 2002

I still play it online and as for me, yeah, I think it's way better than the single player mode.

Decoy_Octopus · August 14th, 2002

Online is the only way to play PSO, but im too poor to subscribe.

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Kaiser Sigma · August 14th, 2002

depends... V1 is free of charge, besides, the game it's pretty fun in the offline mode but nothing beats meeting other people on the lobbys...

Decoy_Octopus · August 14th, 2002

Is PSO V1 worth buying just for the offline?

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Kaiser Sigma · August 14th, 2002

well... not for the offline... but you get to play online for free.

Gamer1 · August 14th, 2002

that kinda sucks that pso v2 is a pay only, and once you upgraded, you can't go back to v1 ever. stupid sega.

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Kaiser Sigma · August 14th, 2002

actually V2 only pays on America, on the rest of the world it's free.

ToM_E · August 14th, 2002

That sucks....I had pso but then I didnt know how to go online /w the 56k modem....and I heard it lags a lot so I just gave my cd away.

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Decoy_Octopus · August 14th, 2002

Lucky non-americans. im from nj and i have isdn, so i cant use my dreamcast's online without signing up with another isp. i think ill just buy grandia II instead.

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Kaiser Sigma · August 15th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by ToM_E
That sucks....I had pso but then I didnt know how to go online /w the 56k modem....and I heard it lags a lot so I just gave my cd away.

Well... I live on a country with one of the worst connections ever and still PSO is by far the game I played most without lag (I mean it). Maybe it's because of Sega servers, who knows ? but I assure you that lag is something you won't find by playing online.

Decoy_Octopus · August 15th, 2002

where r u from

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Kaiser Sigma · August 16th, 2002

Argentina...

Drack · August 16th, 2002

Wow I heard that Argentina's telephone system was really bad. Like the plan of government/privite control didnt work

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Kaiser Sigma · August 17th, 2002

should I have any love for my country that would have hurt... too bad I don't care about it... anyway, even though the telephone system it's pretty bad I play PSO without lag.

Drack · August 17th, 2002

Sorry, I didnt mean to be insulting

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S.SubZero · August 17th, 2002

I used to play PSO religiously. Not anymore. I gave up when the hackers and cheaters just got too numerous. There was a code to crash anyone in the lobby with potential permanent character curruption, so I immediately stopped playing. Sega couldn't address the hacks properly or in a timely fashion, and I think they just gave up trying.

I have four characters, with about 1000 hours combined on them. Each is in the L120-130 range, and three finished Challenge mode.

I was one of the lucky ones, I got the BroadBand Adapter (aka the ethernet card) so I was able to use my DSL with it. I never had to use the modem.. ever. It was definately a beautiful thing.

Japan and America had to pay for V2. Since it came out so late in Europe, past the point where it was still generating significant revenue for Sega, I guess they figured it would be cheaper not to implement a pay system for them. This also has the side effect of attracting V2 players for when the Gamecube version comes out.

I've been tempted to buy one more 3-month subscription and just go online anyways regardless of the results, but I have so much else keeping me busy I just don't have time.

Yeah.. they rocked.

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**cooliscool** · August 17th, 2002

yeah, i have v.1 and v.2.. beaten dark falz one on very hard and v.2 on ultimate mode, seen about all there is too see. Neverthelessm, the game is VERY good and about this lag crap, nah, maybe once in a while but not most of the time.

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Kaiser Sigma · August 18th, 2002

also let's give credit to Sega's servers, they are the responsibles for allowing us to have such a nice-free of lag game... those are examples of how a server must be.

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August 14th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	I still play it online and as for me, yeah, I think it's way better than the single player mode.

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Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	Online is the only way to play PSO, but im too poor to subscribe. __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	depends... V1 is free of charge, besides, the game it's pretty fun in the offline mode but nothing beats meeting other people on the lobbys...

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Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	Is PSO V1 worth buying just for the offline? __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	well... not for the offline... but you get to play online for free.

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Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,241	that kinda sucks that pso v2 is a pay only, and once you upgraded, you can't go back to v1 ever. stupid sega. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	actually V2 only pays on America, on the rest of the world it's free.

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ToM_E 8+ Years Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Over The Rainbow Posts: 2,794	That sucks....I had pso but then I didnt know how to go online /w the 56k modem....and I heard it lags a lot so I just gave my cd away. __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 3.74 Ghz Xigmatek Dark Knight G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 533 GIGABYTE EP45-UD3P Hitachi 1TB Samsung 1TB LG 20X DVD-RW (SATA) Lancool K62W Asus 4870 Dark Night Corsair 750TX Scythe Kaze Master Ace Windows Vista Eternity x64

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Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	Lucky non-americans. im from nj and i have isdn, so i cant use my dreamcast's online without signing up with another isp. i think ill just buy grandia II instead. __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

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Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	where r u from __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	Argentina...

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Drack Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: PDX, USA Posts: 1,187	Wow I heard that Argentina's telephone system was really bad. Like the plan of government/privite control didnt work __________________ Athlon64 +3200, GeForceFX 5900, 1024 MB DDR 400, nForce3 250Gb chipset 80 GB SATA Seagate , 80 GB 7200 RPM Seagate, 120 GB 7200 Seagate Lite-on SOHD-167T and Pioneer DVR-A06D Running XP Professional and SuSe 9.1

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	should I have any love for my country that would have hurt... too bad I don't care about it... anyway, even though the telephone system it's pretty bad I play PSO without lag.

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Drack Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: PDX, USA Posts: 1,187	Sorry, I didnt mean to be insulting __________________ Athlon64 +3200, GeForceFX 5900, 1024 MB DDR 400, nForce3 250Gb chipset 80 GB SATA Seagate , 80 GB 7200 RPM Seagate, 120 GB 7200 Seagate Lite-on SOHD-167T and Pioneer DVR-A06D Running XP Professional and SuSe 9.1

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S.SubZero Windows 7 x64 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 1,096	I used to play PSO religiously. Not anymore. I gave up when the hackers and cheaters just got too numerous. There was a code to crash anyone in the lobby with potential permanent character curruption, so I immediately stopped playing. Sega couldn't address the hacks properly or in a timely fashion, and I think they just gave up trying. I have four characters, with about 1000 hours combined on them. Each is in the L120-130 range, and three finished Challenge mode. I was one of the lucky ones, I got the BroadBand Adapter (aka the ethernet card) so I was able to use my DSL with it. I never had to use the modem.. ever. It was definately a beautiful thing. Japan and America had to pay for V2. Since it came out so late in Europe, past the point where it was still generating significant revenue for Sega, I guess they figured it would be cheaper not to implement a pay system for them. This also has the side effect of attracting V2 players for when the Gamecube version comes out. I've been tempted to buy one more 3-month subscription and just go online anyways regardless of the results, but I have so much else keeping me busy I just don't have time. Yeah.. they rocked. __________________ -SSZ

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cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	yeah, i have v.1 and v.2.. beaten dark falz one on very hard and v.2 on ultimate mode, seen about all there is too see. Neverthelessm, the game is VERY good and about this lag crap, nah, maybe once in a while but not most of the time. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

August 18th, 2002	#19 (permalink)
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	also let's give credit to Sega's servers, they are the responsibles for allowing us to have such a nice-free of lag game... those are examples of how a server must be.