this thread because thorn complained about the other one
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I wouldn't mind some co-op Ace Combat on Saturday evening. Although you're probably out aren't you? I'm the only one who stays in on a Saturday playing computer games against a pretend man from the internet.
[ 22.02.2008, 06:10: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I will be online this weekend. I might be on tonight and tomorrow but will definitely be online Sunday.
Although, I've only played about 45 minutes of Halo and therefore would be pretty useless in a team environment.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I am out tonight, but tomorrow I'll be free to play games all day / night. Louise is doing an ACCA, and that means I get Saturdays free now.
Up for Halo and ace combat. Ace Combat especially, as I've yet to play on co-op.
I don't think gh2 is online...?
I shall add you as a friend though, sg5.
Tilde? Tilde?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
burnout paradise is supposed to be a good online game.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I am out tonight, but tomorrow I'll be free to play games all day / night.
Of course you are. What use is an imaginary friend if it can't falsely claim to offer companionship.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yes. Also, we could play gauntlet or golden axe or something.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I may get Burnout Paradise but am going to have to complete Halo first. I have no idea if GH2 is online to be honest I was just assuming, and you know what happend when you assume. Something along the lines of you aren't always right or something. I'm not entirely sure I've remembered that joke accurately.
I've just checked out the CEX website and for trading in just TWO of my gamecube games I can get a whopping £31. That's amazing. How can they give such ludicrously high exchange prices.
Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
command and conquer generals on pc? its cheap, old and everyone can run it.
And its sort of fun.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I quite enjoyed Sunday's Halo 3 session, although I get the impression Dr Benway found it an exercise in frustration, with me and my friends proving so inept that it actually harmed Benway's skill rating to be on the same team as us.
Probably my favourite moment was Benway yelling down the mic for us all to stick together, for fuck's sake, finally managing to rally us into the same place at the same time, only for us all to get sniped in the head, one after the other, in less than three seconds.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Benway and I had a cracking game later on last night. It was 4 vs 4 slayer and pretty much as soon as the game started the other two people on our team decided to quit making it a 2 vs 4 game.
We started off poorly and were quickly about 10 points down then realised that teamwork was needed to try to form some sort of comeback.
So, we stuck together, we sniped, we bludgeoned, we dodged, we weaved and more importantly, we believed.
We still lost by 2 points, but we tried damnit, we tried.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Probably my favourite moment was Benway yelling down the mic for us all to stick together, for fuck's sake
Heh, yeah. He does that if you're in the same room too. You think for a minute you're being really helpful but then you'll look at his screen and you can see yourself making doughnuts with the Warthog and trundelling pathetically up a sand dune then getting shot.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Thorn (L) vs Benway (R) - the game nobody wins
I enjoyed myself a lot too! There is something crushing about watching an enemy team act as this well oiled machine - a warthog w/gunner, missile pod support + snipers, carefully moving from territory to territory - and then seeing your own side just jumping up and down on a hilltop shooting each other in the face. But it's all good. Always going to be up for some of that action. I enjoyed the later games with the ever changing teams as well. The screenshot above is of my favourite moment from one of those games.
But SG5 is correct. When we did actually work together, both of our kill counts went up.
[ 25.02.2008, 06:32: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I hope I'm not perceived as some kind of **** , blaming his team-mates for his own shitty tactics.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Well, none of you bothered to be online last night which is just rude really so i had to play mostly with Americans. But.. I found a fellow Bournemouth fan! (Not american). What's the chances or that? There are only like 9 of us in the world and we're slowly being decapitated. Or that might be highlanders.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
yes, I was outside of my house last night, and this evening I believe there will be bitches in the living room, but rather than getting it on, they'll probably be watching a Kylie DVD. But wednesday will be all about being humiliated on xbox live.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I had to stop playing team slayer as it was upsetting me so much. I don't understand how I can pump 9 shots into someone with the battle rifle then hit them from close range yet they don't die. Yet I keep dying from one or two shots from someone behind me (not sniped). It was making me really angry but then I found the game where you are in teams of two, one driving, one shooting from the vehicle just rushing to checkpoints and blowing up the enemy. That was a lot more relaxed.
I guess it's a bit case of "Learn to play" for me, but surely 9 shots and a hit with the gun should kill anyone unless they have a shield but I would say that it didn't work in over 50% of cases. Is it because I'm mostly hitting the chest rather than the head?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
If they're getting you in the head with the battle rifle, that'd explain why you go down so fast. Or even two hits from a mauler or a shotgun will take you down. Not sure about 9 shots and a punch being enough. Typically I find myself unloading an entire clip from the AR and following that with a punch is the only way to be sure.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
yeah, with the battle rifle, you have to go for the head. With anything really. Shooting at the chest will just end up with you being dead as they return fire into your face.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
also, that AR / punch tactic is so common that it seems 75% of the time, you'll also go down as your opponent does the same thing to you. The real killers seem to use headshots from the battle rifle, but you know. That's quite hard.
[ 26.02.2008, 05:36: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
when we're all in clan TMO, we should try for BR headshots.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I shall spend tonight working on emptying my cartridge into the face of the enemy.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
That's funny because it sounds like I'm going to spunk in their face when I'm actually going to shoot them. It's a sophisticated piece of comedy known as a double entendre. I don't expect you all to master it just yet, but just that you know it exists is enough for now.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Getting up close and shotgunning them in the face is a satisfying instant-kill, as well. Obviously works best on close-quarter levels. Less effective when you have to sprint the length of Valhalla to get close to anyone.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I don't know why I'm handing out advice on a game I suck at.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I really want an x-box now just to be in Team TMO on Halo.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I bet Ringo is weeping real tears about his decision to get a PS3 now.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I really want an x-box now just to be in Team TMO on Halo.
You are missing out. It's like having a TMO meet but without having to go the effort of putting on trousers.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I really want an x-box now just to be in Team TMO on Halo.
I like how you've hyphenated Xbox there. Like it's X-Men or something.
Anyway, the only tears I'm crying are the tears of sheer literal joy at being able to watch Scary Movie 4 on blu ray in glorious eye-wanking high definition.
Can you watch Scary Movie 4 in high definition on your Xbox? Let me answer that one for you: No you cannot!
Ha, and indeed Ha, at your feeble attempts to defend your puny console against the might of the black monolith of Justice that is the PlayStation 3
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Can you watch Scary Movie 4 in high definition on your Xbox? Let me answer that one for you: No you cannot!
I thought it was traditional to gloat about something good when having a console-off?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That was the joke dude. Too subtle?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Actually, seeing as even the Wayans weren't part of it, I should have seen that.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
for ringo, a TMO meet is all about taking off the trousers, not putting them on.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
anyway thorn did you see that I sent you a video of our mutual sticky grenade disaster?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
who is up for gaming fun? Seb Newman? Thorn Davis? Tilde? Tilde? Tilde?
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: who is up for gaming fun? Seb Newman? Thorn Davis? Tilde? Tilde? Tilde?
I will be at some stage this weekend. Probably mostly mornings though which isn't the most social time to play. I think as Kate has just had 8 night shifts in a row and I've not seen her I'm going to have to do things that people in a relationship do like sit on the sofa watching crap on TV and not talking to each other.
Or playing Oblivion!
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Sorry everyone, I'm afraid I probably won't get a chance to play at all this weekend. You'll just have to make do without me this time.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Loi.
Buy a 360 Ringo. Do it.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Excellent. Google image search for "360 ringo" turns up this beauty.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
alright see you online tilde mate lol
Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
Now I'm staying my 360 is being sent back to me, huzzah.
Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
Pink just bought one. The living room now constantly sounds like a warzone and I've not been able to watch tv for weeks, but he has completely stopped moaning about me spending too much time online so I love it.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
This is quite an excellent Halo suicide.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
good game last night, everybody Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
It was a good game. I think I need to rename myself bullet magnet though.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
anybody up for a few rounds tonight?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Sorry, I didn't see this message as I finished work at 4 but I was up for a few rounds but you weren't on.
Very nearly won my first ever game on Lone Wolves. Swords on the Pit. I started off not being able to find anyone for ages and by the time I had my first point the leader was on 7 which wasn't promising, but I'd been reading up on swords and I know how to do the lunge now. (Move towards them until your central aiming thing turns red then hit right trigger although this can be blocked by a sword leaving you open to attack).
Anyway, I came back and at one stage I was 2 points in the lead. The adrenaline was pumping and I think I started getting a little careless and this guy was coming back. With 30 seconds to go it was 20-20 with me and this other guy. I'm running around manically trying to find someone then a grenade gets thrown at me. I neatly jump away from the explosion, still taking a little damage but still alive. I see the grenade thrower who was one of the lower scored ones so I figured this was an easy kill for the win. I start chasing him down, he's backing up throwing grenades. I'm weaving and jumping and getting closer. 10 seconds remaining. He's still running backwards, I can see the fear in his eyes. Probably 5 seconds remaining. Still 20-20. He runs backwards into a wall. YES. Here we go. I cover the remaining couple of yards, my aiming display goes red. I hit trigger and my player starts his lunge forwards.
Game Over. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. It was a tie. I was about 0.05 seconds away from winning Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Actually. I just remembered I won a Lone Wolves game of oddball 100-0-0-0-0-0 but that doesn't count.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
What really sucks is that my colleague at work advised me he never plays his Xbox 360, so he's gonna loan me his with Halo 3 until I can buy one. So I just have to buy a TV for now. Gutted.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: So I just have to buy a TV for now. Gutted.
At least you won't need a Teevee License... unless you plan to watch programmes, that is.
Actually, I have a TV that I could probably let you have. Er, I mean it's a birthday present for you!
It's a 14" ALBA - which should be perfect for Halo.
ETA: Not sure if it's HD ready - I'll check the manual when I get home okay, bud?
[ 05.03.2008, 12:33: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Has anyone heard anything from Benway recently? He's not posted since the third and i've not seen him online. I hope he's OK Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Some good games last night, even though I was drunk enough to be a complete liability. My favourite moment was thrashing around hopelessly in The Pit for the the first three quarters of the match and then finding the rocket launcher and nudging us into the lead ten seconds before the end. A thrilling victory.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I enjoyed last night a lot also but I did feel quite guilty every time I killed Octavia. I apologise for my actions.
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
Lol. I am an easy target, though. You can't not shoot someone bimbling slack-jawed around High Ground with no real clue. Thorn's boot camp wasn't terribly good preparation for the real thing as it mostly consisted of him standing in front of me going "ok now shoot me... no, trigger... right trigger... no, that's the melee button - B for Bash, remember?"
[ 11.03.2008, 05:14: Message edited by: Octavia ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Does anyone among us play TF2? Have I asked this already?
Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
mcandrew does aye, I will soon enough.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
alright dudes, who's doing xbox this weekend?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I might do Sunday evening but I'm away in Gloucestershire from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon so I shall be missing out.
There are three free Dropkick Murphy's tracks to download for GH3. They were meant to be going live on St Patricks day but rumours are that they are available today.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
FAIL
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Why time them with St Patrick's Day? What's St Patrick's day got to do with the Dropkick Murphys?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
keep it tight
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
we need to try and stick together here guys, they're all over us. aaronnonfailure has got the rocket launcher. we're getting wasted. anybody got the sword? fucking hell. come on, we need to try and be in the same place... they're really organized. christ. oh for fucks - thorn - thorn are you - nuhh. right, i'm in the warthog, have you...oh no, it doesn't matter. right, let's meet up, i'm by the hill...yeah? guys?
[ 13.03.2008, 12:41: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
oh man, this is embarrasing
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
fucking hell i like unloaded into his face with a shotgun and punched him and he didn't die! i think they're glitching or something...dammit..
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
come on, let's keep it tight now, we can do this
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
oh lord...
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
haha finsgay is a n00b Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Anyone around tonight? I should be on from about 5.30 to 9ish. Unless I decided to look at porn.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
in which case he won't get on until 5:31 Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I can be around
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: in which case he won't get on until 5:31
You wouldn't think that a joke in which ralph mocked CiH for his sexual performance would end well at all, but this kind of worked for me. Well done, ralph.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Thanks. That really means a lot to me. It really does.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Ha. I only just finished looking at porn just now. I think it's fairly clear who the winner was here ralph
[ 17.03.2008, 14:43: Message edited by: Cherry In Hove ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
You can try, but you'll not take away the high I've been on since Thorn gave me his thumbs up. I've waited three yeras for his approval.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
Eventually, if online multiplayer support for the Wii ever catches on, I might be able to enjoy this thread.
Then again, it seems the Wii has a pretty solid repulation as not a real gaming system, so there's a solid chance I'll be locked out for some time to come.
It's too bad, though - I think manhunt 2 would make a fantastic online game. The gameplay motions are frankly disturbing. I actually had to put the controllers down for a minute after going through the motions of strangling a guard for the first time.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Rainbox Six Vegas 2 comes out soon. How about we all get that and play it together.
[ 18.03.2008, 13:06: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
okay I know I totally blew all your minds with that one (its pretty heavy I know) but I wanted to say also that I will be online tonight for fun and laughter in halo 3 or whatever, so if you are around make a date with me tonight!!! or you are owned!!!
[ 18.03.2008, 13:13: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Are there any games out where X360 and PS3 owners can play together, cross platform?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
fuck!!! there's a guest or something here - another person, in the lounge, talking to louise. That means I can't just stick on halo. Shit. I'm going to have like an hour tops tonight to play, when they go out to do some kind of activity.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Are there any games out where X360 and PS3 owners can play together, cross platform?
360 is well cheap now.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
cheap and nasty
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Rainbox Six Vegas 2 comes out soon. How about we all get that and play it together.
Hardly a resounding endorsement of the Wii online multiplayer ability, is it? The best thing they could say about it is that it's "technically functional". It's like a restaurant review that points out only that the reviewer survived.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: cheap and nasty
hey, I see that your beloved GT5 prologue is out. That must make the PS3 seem a bit better. When the actual GT5 comes out (assuming it gets better scores than the one just released), it might be time to bite the bullet. I played the first couple of those games to death.
[ 18.03.2008, 17:34: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Not quite out yet. Still another 10 long days if I remember rightly.
I'm hoping it turns out to be everything it promises to be. I've got the early japanese demo and it's pretty good but still very much has the feel of a work in progress. The graphics look absolutely mesmerising though. Have you been reading about the GT TV stuff they're on about doing with it? When you get bored of playing the game, it can download fresh content, video features about the cars in the game, replays of actual races, etc etc. They were even on about letting you watch F1 races live but I think that's a bit optimistic.
So yeah. I'm pretty excited about GT5 Prologue, but really GT5 is what I'm waiting for.
But there should be plenty of very decent stuff coming out for PS3 in the mean time. Fingers crossed.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
!!!!!!
Just seen that Gamespot have put up a few more GT5 promo shots, this time featuring what appears to be the 2007 Ferrari F1 car!
:boner:
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Well, I logged on but Benway was playing Mass Effect or something so I had to head into Lone Wolves to take the world on on my own and you'll all be excited to hear I did spectacularly well.
[ 18.03.2008, 18:05: Message edited by: Cherry In Hove ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yeah, you don't really suck at halo. or guitar hero.
I do though.
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
I went looking to by a copy of Gt5 this evening but sadly its not out until the 28th - I did get a second Sixxaxis today though so for wo player fun with the Simpsons.
I've also been playing GH3 which is fun but very RSI-inducing. Also seems some songs are easeir to play than others (One by Metallica, knowing and loving the song was great fun. Cult of personality - very difficult. Raining Blood - impossible - and this is all on easy level)
So my next purchases have to be GT, GTAIV and maybe something a little more relaxing - perhaps if Darryn heads over this week he can bring Tiger Woods for a demo?
Ringo - have you seen the complete steering wheel/seat combo thing for GT ? I think it will be the first thing on your christmas list. Also when I get it I want driving lessons online from you
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Alson Ringo - have you got a steering wheel for it yet? Any recommendations?
And do you know if they are bringing out a decent firearm peripheral? I'm thinking Medal of Call of duty would be ace with a proper rifle thingy
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I've got the Logitech Driving Force Pro which I use for my PC and PS2/3. I originally bought it for GT4 but it's fair to say I've had a lot more use out of it playing Live For Speed online on my PC. It's force feedback and has 900 degrees of steering rotation. My only complaint is with the force feedback. In terms of feedback it's brilliant, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty noisy which detracts from the experience a little, and can also cause issues when playing late at night. It also makes for a slight lack of realism when using the full rotation (can be set from 180 degrees to the full 900)
I'll explain. You know I've done real life drifting in my car, so I know how a steering wheel behaves. In terms of countersteering once the car begins to slide, all a driver needs to do is simply allow the steering wheel to naturally slip through his hands, as the force on the front wheels will naturally create the steering angle required. The DFP however doesn't have the torque in its force feedback motors to be able to do this fast enough meaning you have to physically push the wheel round. And unlike a real wheel it becomes very hard to do this quickly because it's very small and because it's connected to motors rather than actual wheels. This is why, when I'm doing drifting on Live for Speed, I have the wheel set to 180 degrees of rotation as it's the only way to change steering angle quick enough.
That technicality aside, it's robust and feels pretty much unbreakable. You do need a desk or some other solid object to bolt it to, and it requires its own power supply.
That said, I fully intend at some point to replace it with its successor, the Logitech G25. It's meant to be quieter and have a better setup for force feedback. It also features a clutch pedal and a small H-pattern gear shifter to give the ultimate in driving simulation. AFAIK, GT5 will support the clutch and gear shifter feature (although it might not be available on full blown race cars which may require the use of the paddles or the sequential shifter)
But it's like £160 which is a lot of money for a peripheral if you're not sure you're going to use it.
I've thought many times about building myself a decent cabinet with a racing seat and a Logitech G25. On the Live for Speed forums, there are people who have dismantled their G25s to invert the pedals (so they hang down rather than protrude from the floor, making it more like a real car) to facilitate proper heel/toe gearshifts. I would have done it ages ago but I just don't have the space for anything like that at the moment sadly.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
That wouldn't work with COD4 - it's for the Time Crises style of on-rails shooter.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
If you want me to play Halo with you that much, just have a whip round and buy me one.
Paypal to ringo_star2001@hotmail.com
gracias
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I think playing Halo 3 with Ringo, whichever team he was on, would be the opposite of fun.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
he's right. I'm no fun to play with or against in any kind of FPS type environment. In fact, competing in any sense rarely brings out my better qualities.
I went on a training course with Kyocera to learn how to fix printers and whatnot. A colleague went with me as well. The course had about 8 attendees, and we were split into pairs. Naturally through all of the practical exercises, I made a point of finishing first out of everyone, and through the entire afternoon I didn't even let my colleague touch our printer for fear he might cost us the win.
He doesn't really speak to me much these days.
ETA - even recounting that tale, it's with some shame that I must admit feeling quite a strong sense of satisfaction from the fact we were consistently fastest all through the day. I am a small, petty man deep down
[ 19.03.2008, 05:29: Message edited by: Ringo ]
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I am a small, pretty man deep down
sorry. everyone. really sorry.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Rainbox Six Vegas 2 comes out soon. How about we all get that and play it together.
I'll be getting that - be around to play it sunday evening/ Easter Monday.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: I think playing Halo 3 with Ringo, whichever team he was on, would be the opposite of fun.
yeah, I agree. But then I would say the same thing about myself. Something I've learned is that I need to not drink beer throughout the halo sessions, as after two or three tins, I'm pretty much just in it for the lulz.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I wouldn't say that. Our three man teams have been some of the most fun I've had on the X-Box.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that's very kind. Have you noticed how horribly good sg5 is getting? His overall k/d is nearly .8
Anyway, RS:V2 isn't out yet, but it is coming out. We could always switch things up a little by playing some of the first game over the weekend. I also have Call of Duty 4, which is worth it. It's way more fast paced and war-like than the knockabout fun of halo. Also, no jumping.
Also we could play some arcade games. I still think gauntlet could be fun. Or bomberman.
Man I can't wait for the weekend!
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Anyway, RS:V2 isn't out yet, but it is coming out. We could always switch things up a little by playing some of the first game over the weekend.
It's out tomorrow. Which is why I said I'll be playing it on Sunday. Pay attention - you'll enjoy it more. Anyway I can't play the first game, because I sold it.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: that's very kind. Have you noticed how horribly good sg5 is getting? His overall k/d is nearly .8
Yeah, I saw that coming a mile away, though. I've lived in the shadow of his casual brilliance at everything for nearly twenty years now. Whether it's musical instruments, mathematics, gaming, whatever, Cherry In Hove has got an unpleasant and uncanny ability to reach genius level in just a few hours before fixing you with a quizzical "I don't know what you're finding so difficult about this?" look. It's like being friends with Good Will Hunting. Except I don't feel any Good Will towards him, just bitterness and resentment.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
what a jerk.
OK I will buy Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
Did you know that jnhoj will be at my house on friday, so perhaps he can 'jump in' on some social halo matches, split screen style.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I'm going to be in London (the city, not the poster) from Thursday - Sunday so much as I would like to join you and TMO indie pixie jnohj on Halo 3, I can't.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
You could drop your xbox off at my house if you're not going to be using it. I think my xbox live account is still valid so I wouldn't even mess up your gamer score.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
No, I won't be doing that.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I will be in Dorset from Friday to Sunday and then the pub in Brighton when I get back on Sunday so don't think I'll be playing any computer games until Monday. This sounds like the worst Easter ever.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Poor Cih.
Try to take a few moments to remember that Jesus Christ suffered and bled and died on the cross so that you might have eternal life. Talk about a crappy Easter. Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
You know what, though. If you were the son of god it'd be easier to endure three days of suffering than if you were an aetheist. You know? You'd be like "OK - this is awful, really awful, but this time next week I'll have ascended into paradise and for the rest of eternity I will be able to do whatever I want." You'd grit your teeth and see it out. But some people endure for far longer than that without the promise of a million billion years of rocking out and finger fucking chicks at the end of it.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I can't see the son of God finger fucking chicks. But I'm not that spiritual of person. I'll defer to your knowledge of basically everything.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Poor Cih.
Try to take a few moments to remember that Jesus Christ suffered and bled and died on the cross so that you might have eternal life. Talk about a crappy Easter.
I bet he had an Xbox in his cave though. I'm literally not going to be near a computer for about 60 hours ralph. No computer games, no e-mail, no TMO just having to hang out with my family and get drunk. Sure jesus had to hang out on a cross but at least he didn't have to put up with big family arguments. I reckon he was glad of the peace.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
why wouldn't he finger-bang chicks? What's wrong with it? Once you're in heaven you can do what you like, right? And if you're there for infinite time, at some point you're going to give it a try just out of boredom if nothing else. Heaven is like a kind of virtual reality land where all of your fantasies come true isn't it. Like the trocadero when it first opened. And Center Parcs.
[ 19.03.2008, 08:01: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
For the Christian on the cross it's pretty much win/win isn't it. I mean, if it turns out not to be true, and your essence simply snuffs into oblivion, then you'll never know the disappointment of being wrong. And at the very least, your faith will have comforted you through a few days of pain. But if you're an atheist, you're pretty much screwed either way. If you're right and there's no afterlife, then the rest of your existance is going to be spent enduring one of the most unpleasant forms of death us humans have ever devised. But if you're wrong and there is eternal judgement at the end of it, not only have you had a really shitty death, but you've then got an eternity of punishment ahead of you. Either way you're pretty much done for.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: why wouldn't he finger-bang chicks? What's wrong with it?
I never said there was anything wrong with it. I just can't picture Jesus Christ finger banging chicks. And I'm an athiest!
[ 19.03.2008, 08:06: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
That girl's pussy is going to be wrecked come morning. A complete disaster zone.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
You can tell by the expression on his face that Jesus is going to be completely merciless.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
That's so unlike him though. I can't imagine he'd do much more than grab her ass a little bit.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Pft you saw what Jesus did in the Exorcist. He's a fucking savage.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
for those involved in abrahamic religion though, they spend their lives totally not partying, so they can party for infinity once they're dead. Little do they know that actually, they're just wasting what little party time they're going to get. That's not a win/win situation. There's no win after death, and they're totally failing at life by walking around believing that a kind of ghost is controlling everything.
[ 19.03.2008, 08:31: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Pft you saw what Jesus did in the Exorcist. He's a fucking savage.
I haven't seen the Exorcist. Thanks for ruining it for me.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Well there's no fail though is there. Because if you're to accept that once you die, your consciousness ceases to be, then they'll never actually realise that they were wrong. They'll never have to suffer the misery of realising that they had wasted their lives. They lived, smug with unwavering certainty that they would be granted eternal happiness, right up to the moment they fizzle out of existance.
Atheists on the other hand have to suffer the misery of knowing that they're completely accountable for the direction of their lives and know that there is no reward greater than the ones we create for ourselves within our own lifetimes. So there's more of a burden on an atheist to do something with their lives. While a Christian can sit at home on a Friday night, perfectly content with just watching TV or whatever, an atheist in the same situation is full of doubt and regret, worrying about their life which they're pissing down the drain.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Atheists on the other hand have to suffer the misery of knowing that they're completely accountable for the direction of their lives and know that there is no reward greater than the ones we create for ourselves within our own lifetimes. So there's more of a burden on an atheist to do something with their lives. While a Christian can sit at home on a Friday night, perfectly content with just watching TV or whatever, an atheist in the same situation is full of doubt and regret, worrying about their life which they're pissing down the drain.
Quite the opposite really. While a Christian has to spend his life concerned over whether or not he's serving God to his fullest, the athiest can just slack off and do whatever, safe in the knowledge that nothing lies beyond the grave.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
but a christian would worry that they might be displeasing god by sitting around on their arse, watching un-religious and highly inappropriate things on TV. Unless they watch nothing but GOD TV they're going to be guilty. if you're catholic, you're guilty all the time anyway because you're filthy and sinful, and you know that the son of god fucking died in a horrible way so you can sit around thinking about sex like some kind of disgusting whore. Or if you're protestant, sitting around doing nothing is going to send you to hell because you were put on this earth to work and be properous, and to not do so will guarantee a ticket downstairs. When I'm sitting there in my knock-off raiders shirt and sweatbands, drinking booze and gawping at the TV, I'm having a really good time, not feeling guilty at all*. Because I'm not letting anybody down. If you feel guilt over that kind of shit, that's the protestant work ethic, man. That's religion right there, telling you that you have to work all the time and doing nothing is sinful. That's residue; even if you aren't a believer, that's martin luther talking.
*The guilt sets in later at night, when I'm lying in bed.
[ 19.03.2008, 08:59: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
That's what I said.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
yes, but I started writing that before you posted what you said. Ever used a forum before?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
lol. Not properly, no.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
that's true.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Implying that everything else I've ever said is a lie?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
no, just confirming that I agree with your previous statement. Man, you must be fun at parties.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Man, you must be fun at parties.
I used to be. Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah but Christians have the comfort of knowing that their suffering is for some greater purpose. Like in the book of Job. For those that haven't read it, it goes like this:
Satan: Hey God, these people here, they like you a lot. But only because you're nice to them.
God: nonsense, they love me because I = teh awesome. Look a Job there, he's a top guy. Loves me.
Satan: Pfft yeah. He loves you because he's got a big farm, loads of livestock and ten kids. If he didn't have that, he'd diss you hard.
God: yeah whatever. Come on then, prove it.
So Satan causes all of Job's kids to die in a series of accidents. His farm is ruined, his livestock all die.
Job: well, this certainly is an unfortunate series of events. Oh well, the lord giveth, the lord taketh away.
Job's mates: Have a word, Job. God's punishing you for something. You've sinned. I bet you're really a paedo
Job: no no, I'm a good guy, God wouldn't punish me
Job's wife: well if you're not being punished for sinning, then God must be a total jerk for doing this.
God then smite's Job's wife
God: Well she's dead. But he still loves me. Look how he grovels.
Satan: Only because he's still healthy. He's lost all that stuff, but he's not in any pain. Here, check this out.
Satan completely ruins Job physically. Boils, sores, arthritis, erectile dysfunction, the works.
Job: Aarrrrrrrgggh my skin!!
Job's mates: See, Job, you're being punished. Just admit it, you've done some bad shit. Repent and maybe God will let up a bit.
Job: arrrrrgh!! Come on God, that's enough now, surely? What gives, what did I do wrong?
God: STFU. I'm GOD. I'll do what I want. You know what it's like being GOD? No, you don't. When was the last time YOU created the universe? Oh, that's right, never. Don't question my infinite wisdom, n00b.
Job: sorry god
God: yeah, that's right. And your mates can fuck off, too.
So Job prays for his mates' forgiveness.
Satan: well I guess you were right. Job got completely pwned and still he loves you
God: Well of course. I am God, after all
Satan: True!
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
implying that everything that God had said previously was a lie? Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
what?
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
I think The Bible As Interpreted By Ringo could be a great project. Could sell millions.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
In teh land of Uz wuz a man calded Job. Teh man wuz goodz, wif respeck fur teh Ceiling Cat and hated evilz.2 Teh man hadz seven sunz and tree doters,3 And lots of sheepz and camlez and rinoceruseses and servnts, srsly.4 His sunz tok turns mading cookies, and they all eated them.5 And Job wuz liek "Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prey, just in cased."
Furst Tess
6 Teh ayngles wented to seez Ceiling Cat, and Saitin wented two.7 Ceiling Cat axt Saitin, "Wher wuz u?" Saitin saied "Oh, hai. I'z wuz in ur earth, wawking up and down uponz it."8 Teh Ceiling Cat sayd "Has u seen mai servnt Job? He can has cheezburger cuz he laiks me."
9 "No wai!" sed Saitin.10 "U just plyin favrits.11 If u take his cheezburgers, oar his bukkit, he no laiks u no moar."
12 Then teh Ceiling Cat sed "Okai, u can take his bukkit, but no hurtzing Job hissef." And then Saitin went awai.
13 Wun day Jobes' sunz and doters were eateding cookies at teh oldest wuns hoose,14 And a mans cam to told Job a mesege. "Ur donkzeys and moo cows was eateding grass"15 And thens teh servnts was atacked by some dudez and ur naminals was stoldz by them and only i got wai."
16 And then anotter mans cam to told Job a diffrant mesege. He sed "Teh Ceiling Cat maids fyr fall from teh skys and it burnded ur sheepz and more servnts and only i got awai."
17 And thens a more diffranter mans cam to told Job a mesege. "Sum Chaldean dudez took ur rinoceroseseses and killd moar servnts and only i got wai."
18 And then 1 moar mans cam to told Job a mesege.19 "Ur sunz howse feld over and skwishded evryones. Sry."
20 Then Job got upt and shaved and was liek "Gota prey now."
21 "Teh Ceiling Cat giv me cheezburger, teh Ceiling Cat takded mah cheezburger awai. I stil laiks teh Ceiling Cat."
22 And teh Ceiling Cat sed "I winz!!"
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
My mum once sent me a present at Christmas. It was a Kids Bible. What I was particularly gutted about 9apart from wanting He-Man figures) was that at the time I was perfectly able to understand that sending a kid a bible was the lamest shit you could do. My Dad said nothing, but it was like she was saying 'here you go, j...just in case you need saving' Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to know better than what was written in there, so a small part of me has a hard time disbelieving that Noah built an ark because the world was full of 8 foot giants who beat people up.
...in fact, I almost thought I had imagined it. I did not. Behold: Bullshit. Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I like that page. It's kind of like "giants are obviously nonsense aren't they? We'd better explain away this happy horseshit right here"
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: "giants are obviously nonsense aren't they? We'd better explain away this happy horseshit right here"
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
No Andre The Giant (has a posse) was a seraphim. Not the son of one.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Anyway, RS:V2 isn't out yet, but it is coming out. We could always switch things up a little by playing some of the first game over the weekend.
It's out tomorrow. Which is why I said I'll be playing it on Sunday. Pay attention - you'll enjoy it more. Anyway I can't play the first game, because I sold it.
As we arranged, I bought the game and was all ready for some sweet co-op terrorist hunt.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Er yeah. I bought the game too and was all set except I got distracted on Sunday when this dude gave us this new amplifier with a phono stage and so i spent most of Sunday rewiring that and then gettign the turntable out and calibrating it and then wiring it in and playing it in and then I got excited by all the records I'd forgotten I owned like a 10in single of I wanna Go Where the People Go, which I think I bought for 99p for the cover art and so it'd never been played and I was genuinely impressed with the warmth and detail in the sound, which meant that on Monday, when we were also supposed to be playing I went out to the record shop in Oxford only to find it'd closed - so you had the last laugh there, in a way - and spent much of the rest of the day playing CDs and being slightly frustrated that the amp didn't seem quite as tight as responsive as the previous one when it came to rock and metal (although it had a bit more clarity in the top end, which is a poor trade-off) and wondering what to do about it. Then I fell asleep listening to The Blackening.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
nice one. I finished it anyway with jnhoj.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
playing Mass Effect. Not as good as oblivion. The side quests are all exactly the same: Go here, drive around, get an artifact, kill some dudes. I don't like the combat system with that menu where you have to select what special powers to use, I don't like all the pointless scanning of planets to try and find the one you're supposed to land on. Driving the car up mountains can get boring. The lack of upgrades on the car is annoying, as is the reliance on omni-gel. The weapons aren't varied or interesting enough, and the weapon / armour customisation seems more annoying than fun.
I do like the character models, and I do like the main storyline. Some of your crew are genuinely interesting. I like the way environments look and feel. I like the voice acting, I like the mission system were you can quickly find out how far through each sidequest you are, and you know exactly where to go. The actual combat seems pretty good and exciting, although the whole cover system is a bit limp. Too many times though I've thought that I was doing okay, and then two seconds later, I'm dead, because the battlegrounds can get a bit confusing with everybody running around in almost random directions. But it's still satisfying to kill people.
Other good things include the design of your ship, the effort they've made to try and make loading times a bit unlike loading times, the way you can gain information simply by overhearing things, and the way, for me at least, it instills a genuine desire to be 'good' (paragon), even if it's always a bit too easy to choose the 'good' path in dialogue trees.
No enough sweet future technology though (think: Deux Ex), and the Geth are basically just the robots off phantom menace.
In fact, Deus Ex kind of beats it on every level apart from how it looks and sounds. But I haven't finished yet, and I'm expecting some good plot twists in the future. Especially concerning my favourite crew member, thn robot chick. Is she a chick? Is she a robot? Thinking about it actually, perhaps the story of Mass Effect is better than that of Oblivion... it's just the boringness of the sidequests that make it fail. Like, in Oblivion, it was always a bit scary going into the dungeons, because you never quite knew what was down those dark, damp holes. And you genuinely felt like you were adventuring, finding stuff that was hidden. That doesn't happen on Mass Effect.
[ 27.03.2008, 06:39: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I am also playing a lot of Lumines Live and N+ at the moment. Lumines is a great way to trance out for half an hour or so, and is one of the few games that I'm happy to replay the same levels over and over again, in order to try and get to a new stage. I like how it kind of fucks with your head in that, some 'themes' seem much easier than others to play with, even though the principle never actually changes.
N+ is just freaking awesome, although quite frustrating once you hit the harder levels. Also - Darwinia+ is coming to the 360! Darwinia baby! That's one of the most atmospherically emo games of all time, and totally upset me when I played the last level on the pc.
Other games that I'm interested in right now are Condemmed 2 (360), Final Fantasy Crisis Core (PSP), Braid (360), Ninja Gaiden (DS) and of course - 1 month to go until GTA IV.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I've tried to get into Oblivion twice now - on PC and Xbox - and it just won't grab me. I prefer Mass Effect by a country mile, but I think it's just a personal thing. ME is more about the story and characters whereas Oblivion seems to be about having a big open world where you can do anything, with the whole gates of oblivion thing seeming a bit like an afterthought - a main quest thrown in to give things some structure. With ME it's more the other way around - it's all about the main quest, with the side missions being there because RPGs have to have side missions.
ME's probably my favourite game on the Xbox, mainly for the great dialogue and the way it's worked into the game, and for the remarkably good story. Plus! It's a game that actually makes a romance subplot work which is quite rare. The only other one I can think of is KOTOR.
Also, comparing it to Deus Ex is a bit unfair, as Deus Ex is the best game ever. It's a bit like saying "Not sure about this film. It's not as good as Seven Samurai".
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: my favourite crew member, thn robot chick. Is she a chick? Is she a robot?
You mean Tali? She's just a chick, but she has a suit on because she lives on a hyper-sterilised armada most of the time, so she has no immune system and has to wear all that crap to stop from doing. She's got lovely hips, but you can't fuck her because she'd die. You can fuck the blue alien though.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
well, you're wrong about Oblivion vs Mass Effect. While I agree that the main story is better in Mass Effect, in order to fully enjoy it, you're going to need to do all the dungeon crawling to level up, and it's just a drag. The universe in Oblivion felt more rounded - the various guilds all had their own pretty good plots, and each sidequest would still advance some kind of rewad driven plot line. You got things at the end of the fighters guild and the thieves guild that were genuinely cool, and had required a lot of hard work to get to. Oblivion had stuff like... waiting until people have left their house in the morning so you can use your lockpick and then break into their house and take their stuff, poke around in all their private things, read their letter and diaries, and then chip off and flog it all. I loved that, it really made me feel like I was doing the wrong thing, but then I had no 'bad points' to 'punish' me for it. I didn't need that, because I knew I was being a bastard. I don't get that in mass effect. I can say ***** things, but that's it. Also, some of the quests in Oblivion were amazing. The one where you get sucked into the painting and everything appears as if it had been painted. The one where you have to set up ridiculous slapstick 'accidents' for people while doing the assasin's guild. The one where you end up working for a paranoid delusional, carrying out increasingly absurb spying missions for cash. And the whole thing with the world split between two sides of the manic depressive within whose imagination everything exists... There's none of those awesome incidental characters or thoughtful, cool side missions in Mass Effect. The moral choices in Oblivion didn't always seem "good" or "bad" like they do in ME.
Also, ME is only funny or lighthearted if you start being pointlessly rude to people. It takes itself very seriously. The tone doesn't change much, which is a shame considering how long you spend in the game.
EDIT: to make it readable
[ 27.03.2008, 07:03: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: She's got lovely hips, but you can't fuck her because she'd die.
Yes, I've read the back story and chatted loads with her, but there's something in the codex where it says people often wonder if members of her race are partly cybernetic, and I thought how do you know that in fact, the geth didn't create her race, rather than the other way around, and there's been some hints that there are some secrets there, and I was looking forward to finding shit out.
I guess not though. Thanks for that.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I've got back into Oblivion again now and am still loving it. Getting close to finishing the mages questline now, then will start on the fighter's guild and then the dark brotherhood I guess. Then I might think about doing the actual game.
The only problem I can see with Oblivion is that it isn't really going to have much replayability for me. I've read of people who are on like their 5th play through but I can't quite understand why. Although you can obviously change your major skills that doesn't really change much about your character apart from what it is strongest in to start with. And as there is no variety with quests I'm not sure i'd ever play it through again. But.. having said that, I'm not sure this is a major issue as I'll probably be close to 100 hours when I've finished so that's still good value for money.
Mass Effect. I've played it a bit, not much though. I don't like the combat so far but this might just be because I'm not used to it. The conversations are OK. I haven't scratched the surface enough to give a proper opinion on that yet.
Currently playing some wrestling game which is OK. Really I'm just playing it still so I can finish the season and get like 250 gamer points.
I ordered Splinter Cell 4: Double Agent yesterday which I'm looking forward to. I loved the first one and haven't actually played any since then so it should be good.
I'm a bit tired of Halo to be honest. It's Ok when there are people you know to play with, but all the American NPCs are programmed in a very generic way. I also think their coding is slightly off as it seems to be
if teamlost -> Throw racial slur if teamwon -> Throw racial slur
This AI just isn't believable and definitely needs to be worked on in Halo4
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
you should try rainbow six or call of duty then if you're done with the halo.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I'm not sure I'll bother with rainbow 6. I'm not a big fan of having to control multiple people. I didn't enjoy Cannon Fodder on the Amiga very much. I didn't particularly like Freedom Fighters on the gamecube. I don't really like Red Alert type games, I'm not sure I like controlling multiple people in Mass Effect and so I don't think this is going to change for Rainbow 6.
I think it's because I'm a bit too stupid to focus on more than one thing happening at a time.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I find it dead handy in Rainbow Six - I like sending my men into open ground to find out where the snipers are firing from. They always do it too. Always willing to take one for the team.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
yeah but then they die and you have to go in and save them. It's best just to leave them out of harms way, behind a door at the beginning of the level.
But rainbow six vegas 2 online is good fun. Tense.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I'm probably well behind the crowd here, but I just discovered that GTA is going to have online multiplayer. I'm pretty excited about being able to get a gang together and all beat up hookers.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
just like saturday night etc etc.
Maybe that should be my last post on TMO - bringing my posting career full circle as I joke with CiH about beating up women in the street.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Maybe that should be my last post on TMO -
Well. You managed four minutes without posting which is pretty impressive for a Friday afternoon.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
thorn will you be on rainbow six ever
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
look this is quite good if you want to quickly see if any of your pals are online. Sadly no vista sidebar gadget though.
[ 28.03.2008, 10:30: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
fans of aaronnonfailure can find his myspace here Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: thorn will you be on rainbow six ever
Yeah, but unlikely to be this weekend as I'm doing 'things'.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
all these people doing things at weekends... I don't understand... what is there to do?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
In this instance, going to see Stewart Lee, looking at some houses and then going to a barbecue in the evening. At some point I need to prepare for a job interview on Monday.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
fuck the BBQ, look at the weather. Why bother going? It'll be shit, those people aren't really your friends. You'll only make a dick out of yourself.
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
I thought I'd played MIster Egg, but it turns out I actually played Mr Egg.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
If you go to a job interview, there is a chance you could get the job which would cut down on Xbox time. Bear that in mind.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
No, they're OK. Sophie and Giles. They live in Henley. If the weather's rubbish we'll eat indoors.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Not that you spend much time on Xbox anyway. Steve and I were discussing your poor attendance the other day. We're quite disappointed.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
Sophie and Giles? What are you? Bertie Wooster?
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
ah, great cuss benway, lol thorn pwned!
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I knew you'd say that - explode into some class warrior persona. But it is me who is laughing because I know they're nothing like you imagine.
[ 28.03.2008, 11:06: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
you won't be laughing when you're sitting there in the conservatory, eating potato salad, rain drumming all around you, listening to giles bleat on about how long it took him to build his bbq from reclaimed bricks, and how gutted he is that the weather turned.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
He's not really like that. He's kind of a wild-eyed mad scientist who's job seems to be attempting to re-create black holes in underground bunkers and whose idea of a party trick is to strap his daughter onto a rope hanging into the garden and then smash her full force into a tree trunk.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Are Sophie and Giles crusties who squat in a derelict building?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
so he's an alcoholic? Should be a fun party then.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
louise is doing her course tomorrow so I'll have some time I imagine. Although somebody is staying round here because they are going to Christina's hen do on saturday night and need a place to crash. I might be dragged out to socialise with them during the day.
eta: yes, I will be. Just found out. Crouch End, no less. You can imagine how cheerful I am when I go to pubs in Crouch End.
[ 28.03.2008, 11:24: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Anyone around this weekend at all? I should be on tonight as Kate is out at some nurse party or something. I may also be around Sunday late afternoon evening.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
I'm around this weekend I think.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Excellent.
As I can't have my computer and xbox connected to the internet at the same time at the moment I've had to come up with a good way to maximise my gaming time and my pornography time and I've discovered that while surfing porn I can have bungie.net open in the background which will tell me when my friends are online and so I can finish off quickly and then get onto Halo. It's revolutionised my life.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
enjoyed multiplayer sunday, although I feel as if our skills have diminished somewhat.
[ 02.06.2008, 05:16: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Sorry I didn't join you for multiplayer Sunday and ignored CiH's message. I spent the entire afternoon drumming on Rock Band. Started stepping the difficulty up to 'Hard' on songs that I've been listening to for years, like Epic.
It's an immensely satisfying experience, not just because you're learning the rudiments of a new instrument, but also because - like all the best computer games - you're training your brain in new ways to interpret information. You see the coloured blocks coming towards you and you start to see them as rhythms, rather than simply as an instruction saying 'hit green now'. Great, great fun.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
you should donkey konga then. way more sophisticated.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: enjoyed multiplayer sunday, although I feel as if our skills have diminished somewhat.
It certainly started out poorly.
On our first game, I had been mainly playing GTA before hand and so in an attempt to get back into Halo controls I hit the left trigger to bring up targeting, but unfortunatley on Halo the left trigger throws a grenade which wasn't a great move as the whole team was in the area. Oh well.
I really enjoyed it yesterday. We had loads of really close games. Annoyingly we lost more of the close ones that we won, mostly by 1-3 points. We had a few games where all four people were playing as a team and they were great.
I'd forgotten quite how much I like Halo
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
any days free in the evening this week?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Probably. Depends when Kate is working and if I can persuade her to go out on the days when she isn't....
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
right, yeah. I'm out on tuesday and thursday I think, but nothing else planned.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
didn't mean to fuck everybody up with that information. sorry.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
it's ok, but really, it's a lot to take in first thing on a monday morning.
updates tmo calendar - benway out on tuesday and thursday Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I didn't really think before I blurted it out, and by then it was too late. You can't un-drop a bomb.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I'm only asking for a little more notice next time is all.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
It's just that Louise has invited us all round for a couple of parties on those two days. We knew you weren't going to be there but you mentioning it like that made things a bit tense.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
*shoots self* Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
best day on the boards ever.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
We could have a MSPaint drawing competition of various ways of committing virtual suicide.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Poor TMO.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
The worst part is, it'll never actually die.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Part of me kind of likes that. The idea of being 78 and wiring into the supernetwork or whatever we'll have by then to find that Thorn's posted a picture of a dog having sex with a baby or something.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
it's cute how you see thorn as some kind of trangressive.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Unless Peak Oil happens, actually. then we will all be dead and the internet would be broken, so TMO would have to die.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I did used to borrow my sister's jeans occasionally.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Wait that's something else, isn't it?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: it's cute how you see thorn as some kind of trangressive.
Mostly I just view him as a tasteless idiot.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Don't listen to her thorn. You're not tasteless.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Mostly I just view him as a tasteless idiot.
That's not true either, though, is it.
[ 02.06.2008, 12:18: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Probably not.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
hopefully the third impact will have taken place before we get into our eighties, and the Human Instrumentality Project will have successfully brought down our individual AT fields and unified humanity as a single entity, the god-child of Lilith and Adam, the eighteenth angel.
[ 02.06.2008, 12:22: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Who the fuck is Lillith? Some aunt of yours?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
BLUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
The first Angel - the origin of the First Impact, and the mother of humanity.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
She's Frasier's ex-wife in the popular american television series, Frasier. God, don't you know anything about popular culture?
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: She's Frasier's ex-wife in the popular american television series, Frasier. God, don't you know anything about popular culture?
that's right. Here she is:
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
One of my mates used to post here as Lillith, but I think someone was rude to her and she left.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
most people have left now, haven't they. I wonder why.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I wonder if it was my fault.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: someone was rude to her
Rubbish. Link or it didn't happen.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
It wasn't your fault.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
quote:Originally posted by Louche: someone was rude to her
Rubbish. Link or it didn't happen.
Fucking hell, it was in like 2002 or something.
ETA: 2004, apparently, and she made a stunning 19 posts. Mostly about education.
Maybe I wasn't the best at recruiting to TeeMO
[ 02.06.2008, 12:30: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
2002? Never heard of it. Link or it didn't happen.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
phil, stevieX, bamba, modge.... the glory days.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
x
[ 02.06.2008, 12:37: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: phil, stevieX, bamba, modge.... the glory days.
what was so glorious about them?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: that's right. Here she is:
I remember that scene, LOL! It was from the episode where Nials finds that Lilith has 'accidentally' drunk his irreplaceable vintage bottle of Chateau d'Yquem. A classic!
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Frasier is embarrased by the behaviour of his blue-collar father during a swanky event, but later realises that perhaps he was actually the one in the wrong.
[ 02.06.2008, 12:46: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: One of my mates used to post here as Lillith, but I think someone was rude to her and she left.
Yeah sorry about that
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: phil, stevieX, bamba, modge.... the glory days.
what was so glorious about them?
it was before eveybody got jobs, paired off, moved away, and got pregnant.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
gotcha. thx.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I try and kick it like it's 02. It ain't as easy as it was. But at least I try, eh ralph? At least you can't take that away from me.
[ 02.06.2008, 12:54: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I really hope that all these ***** who bought to let are going to be fucked up by the property thing that's on the horizon.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
other stuff: I stood next to boris on the tube today. He's big and blonde, like marilyn monroe.
[ 02.06.2008, 13:01: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Yeah sorry about that
It's not really important, I suspect she's forgotten all about it by now.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
peace out motherfuckers.
Posted by Lillith (Member # 831) on :
I haven't forgotten. I hate you all, you muthas.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Ringros: Yeah sorry about that
You weren't even rude. It was like 'I think this' and she did a shit and ran away. I am modern lady! I cower in the face of conviction!
edit: lol!ellolil.
[ 02.06.2008, 15:49: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Lillith (Member # 831) on :
I was so hurt by Ringo not knowing anything about historical education that I flounced. I've spent the last four years trying to talk Handbag and Damsels round to my way of thinking on the matter of Ulster. It was your loss TMO. Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
So are you going to join us for a round of Halo Lilith?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Good news. Kate is working a long day on Wednesday so I should be around for some Halo action from about 4pm onwards if anyone fancies a game. I'm looking mainly at you here Lilith, but if Mister Egg or Thorn (or Tilde lol) is around then we could play.
Posted by Lillith (Member # 831) on :
I'll be honest, I suck at Halo. But at least I don't own a PS3.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I will be ready for duty on wednesday.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
Well, I just bought Halo 3, dudes. Pretty sure I'm going to hate it, but then I thought that about the 360 in general, so who knows. Maybe I should get Call of Duty 4 too. I dunno. It looks a bit ... hard.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
awww, you can't hate on the halo.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Bad news I'm afraid. I have to attend a work thing tonight so I may well not be able to play. I shall be at the work thing from 6 and so probably won't be leaving until 9ish and then Kate is home about 9.45 so it's looking unlikely that I'll be around Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
no, you said that tonight we'd be playing
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Your recollection of historic events cannot be called ito judgement, however this unforseen activity where I get plied with free alcohol and food and get to flirt with the HR girl has been thrust upon me and therefore plans have had to be changed.
It is an unfortunate set of events and one for which I apologise profusely, but I may be available later and I should be available Friday AND Sunday!
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
no... no... Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I don't think you understand. This HR girl is really pretty.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
but you...
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I don't think you understand. This HR girl is really pretty.
Photos or you're making it up Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
It's a real shame you don't have a PS3, sicne I'm at a loose end tonight and I have the big tv all to myself. We could have played Skate or something. I don't know.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
lol
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm so bored I could almost go out and buy a 360 just so I had something to do
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I'm getting pumped about tonight. Going to pick up some Boost on the way home from work. Anybody else in?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I'm afraid I've got some bad news about tonight Kanye....
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Sorry. That was just a mean joke. I'm there. I've taken another day off work sick so I'll be all over it tonight.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I'm feeling a bit peaky too. Coughed up blood this morning. TB?
I need to watch the last episode of The Wire season 4 before I can start Battle Rifling motherfuckers in the face.
[ 06.06.2008, 05:23: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
tears before bedtime.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
I just played Halo 3 online and got utterly destroyed. I don't understand the game at all. Some of the guns seem so overpowered it defeats the purpose of having a variety of guns to choose from. I'd spend ages shooting one of those alien handguns at some dude, only for him to take me out with a single shot from a grenade launcher or something. None of my own hand grenades seemed to explode - I don't know if you're supposed to detonate them somehow or if it happens automatically - and I couldn't figure out how to pick guns up with my left hand - sometimes it lets you, other times it doesn't. I just ... didn't find it instantly gratifying, I guess, in the way that TF2, for example, was. I also felt pretty isolated, not being able to communicate with people during the match, for some reason (only in lobbies afterwards). I can see how it could be a really fun game if you know what you're doing and understand exactly how everything works, but for a noob like me who jumps straight in, it's just ... too ... hard. Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
pwnt.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: tears before bedtime.
no. It was good, but seemed to go on a slight whimper compared to previous ones.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
So. Tuesday evening. Halo action? I shall be there. I suspect Dr Benway will be there. McAndrew? Thorn? JonhJ? Tilde? (lol)
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
lol, Tilde
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
lol Fionnola
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
lol Thorn I hope we'll see Thorn for a game but he might be busy playing drums. Or preparing for a wedding or something.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
lol weddings
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I've got all this evening free. I've got three cans of Guarana and Basil drink in the fridge. I'm mentally prepared. I'm going to keep it tight. I AM PUMPED ABOUT TONIGHT!
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
yeah I'm feeling much better today that I have for the last week or so, and am up for it as well. I am SUPER PUMPED, and will be keeping it tighter than a nun's drum in a cucumber field. I will be firing the BR just ahead of moving targets, double wielding the maulers, and hitting B before other motherfuckers do, laying the smackdown like I'm a TNA wrestling pro. Tilde is a big Halo player, he should definitely join in.
I have a litre of Boost in the fridge, but I am going to go easy because that shit makes sleeping quite difficult.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
lol skill level 11.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
We might be 12 by the time tomorrow comes. Then all these people who didn't turn up will rue their opportunity to level up with the masters.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
It looks like we might have to sort out a time to play rather than just a day as I turned up at about 7.40 and Mister Egg had been offline for about 20 minutes so there was no Halo action last night.
I know this will be a disappointment to everyone who wanted to read about how we kept it tight.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I played last night with fionnula after about 10
[ 11.06.2008, 03:49: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Bleh. I stopped playing online at about 9.45 and went to get pizza.
I shall be online tonight as Kate is going to visit her mum and staying there for the night so I'm basically available from 4pm to about 3am.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
real space commandos wouldn't have these problems.
I am boozing it up real pretty tonight, company paying for my 'freshment to lay praise for my non stop awesomation. But if I can ditch those squares early enough, I'll be popping on some blam!blam! before bedtime.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yo yo yo I gots few plans this weekend - any players picking up that pad?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I may be able to Sunday evening. Unfortunately I've got some shindig I've got to go to on Saturday that means I won't be able to play any Halo And I've got a work night out tonight. But possibly Sunday. Possibly. This isn't a promise so don't go crying if I can't make it.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I'm going to say that the chances of me playing Halo this weekend are zero. I'm going to a wedding on Saturday and I really can't get out of it. I tried telling Octavia that I didn't really want to go, that I'd rather spend time playing X-Box Live, and she got really angry with me yelling "Why wait until now to tell me this?" So we've pretty much comitted to going. I suppose it would be awkward if we cancelled at the last minute.
[ 27.06.2008, 06:45: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yeah man, fucking weddings.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
are...are you getting married this weekend, thorn?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I've managed to get out of a couple this year though. I think Louise is actually happier if I'm not there.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
hmm, that didn't work. You're probably better off not seeing that, really.
[ 27.06.2008, 06:55: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Actually, I won't be able to do Sunday evening as it's the final of the Euros innit. So probably not this weekend.
However, Kate is on nights Tuesday to Friday this week so from 9pm onwards it's porn and computer games solidly.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yeah well I didn't want to play with you fucking losers anyway. Fuck it.
Next week sounds good though.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I would imagine that Thorn will be available Sunday to play. Don't think he'll have much else to do.
I can't play next weekend as I'm down in Dorset going on a cooking course! I'm so excited.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
next weekend, my calender tells me, a bloke is coming round to fit some kind of TV...thing..in the flat. They put some sky dishes up or something. New aerial socket maybe. Not sure. Anyway, that's it for me.
[ 27.06.2008, 07:08: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
weekend after that, my calender tells me that the only thing I've got to remember is 'Battle of the Boyne', whatever that is.
The benefit of having no friends is that it's possible to enjoy a lot of free time.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
That's my July, so if anybody is around, I'm free for discreet gaming fun and cybersports.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I wonder how it ended up like this.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
this is it now.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
for ever.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: weekend after that, my calender tells me that the only thing I've got to remember is 'Battle of the Boyne', whatever that is.
You're about 320 years late for that. Just how old is this calender?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
it's an outlook calender that's got a public holidays thing plugged into it. Pointless.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Good news is that the English won it without your help JBN, so it doesn't matter too much that you weren't there.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
they must have kept it tight, worked as a team.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
found the shotgun.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
It was looking worrying when James VII of Scotland got into the Ghost, but fortunately one of Willian III's men managed a beautiful shot with a sticky grenade deposing of him quickly.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Having written that, I'm not sure if I should have used disposed rather than deposed. I cba to work it out and edit though.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Thinking about it. Deposing is removing from power, which I suppose is almost right but not really. Disposed makes more sense. Apologies TMO.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I think TMO probably tuned out already.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I suspect ralph is still reading.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
such a jerk.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: weekend after that, my calender tells me that the only thing I've got to remember is 'Battle of the Boyne', whatever that is.
You could celebrate by eating some carrots because carrots were actually bred to their modern orange colour by patriotic Dutch farmers.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I suspect ralph is still reading.
yeah
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: such a jerk.
yeah Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I can't play next weekend as I'm down in Dorset going on a cooking course! I'm so excited.
Sounds interesting. Are you planning on entering Masterchef, by any chance?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Funnily enough it was suggested to me that I should enter, but I don't think I will.
I'm a competent cook, but not adventurous enough I feel.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
My girlfriend keeps telling me to enter too. "You've nothing to lose!" she says. "Just don't tell anyone you're going to be on it until you make the quarter finals!"
I think I'd crack under the pressure and I don't think my repertoire extends anywhere near the level they have to achieve at the final stages when they're having to cook for the Roux family and other ultra-critical judges. I'd probably get wankered and start a fight with them or something.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
stick to ready steady cook.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
[ 27.06.2008, 10:32: Message edited by: Zygote ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Does anyone have PES 2008 on the Wii?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
lol
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Mario Kart?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I should have Diablo 2 fully downloaded when I get home today which is pretty exciting.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
We don't do Wii then?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I do own a Wii, I've just not used it for about 6 months. I don't think I have any online games for it either.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Is that because you don't get any 'achievement' points?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Not really. It's more that most of the games are a bit shit.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Well I enjoy the Wii games, but I'm about to order my next console, which I think is going to be a PrayStation Fwee.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
PS3 lol
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Sorry if my games console's not cool enough for me to be in your gang.
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I should have Diablo 2 fully downloaded when I get home today which is pretty exciting.
I was looking at that the other day, graphics looked rather dated though. Have you seen that 3 is in the pipeline? Looks rather nice from what I've seen. I'm currently getting into Guild Wars, being a necromancer and raising yourself an undead army to fight for you is rather good fun..
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Physic: I was looking at that the other day, graphics looked rather dated though. Have you seen that 3 is in the pipeline? Looks rather nice from what I've seen. I'm currently getting into Guild Wars, being a necromancer and raising yourself an undead army to fight for you is rather good fun..
Yeah, the graphics are awful. I realise the game is 8 years old, but the graphics are poor for back then.
However, apparently it's amazing to play. The reason I got it was because I watched the gameplay trailer of Diablo 3 which looked right up my alley so thought I'd best get into Diablo 2 to see what all the fuss was about.
With respect to guild wars. I've given up on online gaming really apart from schooling JBN at Halo occasionally as I find it sucks my life away too much.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I don't think you've schooled me.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
anyway, I didn't just school all of you bitches at COD 4, I put you through college, got you internships and haggled your first pay rise. Like how when Ringo's mum called up his work to ask them to give him a raise. Lol, ringo.
[ 03.07.2008, 10:41: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: Like how when Ringo's mum called up his work to ask them to give him a raise. Lol, ringo.
Really?
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
yeah.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Did he get the pay rise?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Did he get the pay rise?
Of course. Nobody can say no to Ringo's mum...
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: I don't think you've schooled me.
I don't think I've schooled you either. I just feel the need to keep pointing out that I hang around with forumite favourite Dr Benway outside of TMO so that everyone will think I'm cool by proxy.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Everyone with GH3 needs to get on it today or tomorrow as to celebrate Thanksgiving they're giving a free download of the Top Gun theme!
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I just feel the need to keep pointing out that I hang around with forumite favourite Dr Benway outside of TMO so that everyone will think I'm cool by proxy.
It seems to be working in reverse, as Benways coolness has gone up in my eyes, while yours is dropping at an alarming rate.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: Everyone with GH3 needs to get on it today or tomorrow as to celebrate Thanksgiving they're giving a free download of the Top Gun theme!
we could duet later on, Iceman and Maverick finally joining in axe shredding unity
[ 03.07.2008, 11:07: Message edited by: Kanye West ]
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: we could duet later on, Iceman and Maverick finally joining in axe shredding unity
I just downloaded it and got 5* on expert first go. It's a bit disappointingly easy Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I think I've just been schooled.
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: With respect to guild wars. I've given up on online gaming really apart from schooling JBN at Halo occasionally as I find it sucks my life away too much.
I know what you mean, I gave up WoW for that very reason. Guild Wars I find a bit different though, there's no monthly fee so I don't get that feeling of having to play all the time to get my money's worth, and it's only really nominally an MMORPG anyway, as there are only other people around when you're in the main cities, the rest is instanced so that it's just you and anyone you team with, so raiding isn't a factor.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Anyone around for some gaming this weekend? I should be around tonight assuming I can get control of the TV. Also tomorrow morning and Sunday are possibilities.
I can now be doing online:-
Tiger Woods 08 Halo 3 Beautiful Katamari GH3
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I've got no plans this weekend, so I can be around.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
It's a shame there aren't more betterer co-op games isn't it.
You should get Call of Duty.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I probably should. I might see if I can find it on offer.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Actually. I could trade in GTA. Don't think I'm ever likely to play that again.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
what's good on the 360 at the moment
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
oh! Battlefield Bad Company. Supposed to be good.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I bought Blue Dragon yesterday as well as Beautiful Katamari. I suspect that Blue Dragon was a foolish choice and I should probably have got Eternal Sonata instead.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Played it on PS2. It's alright. Single player is a bit hit and miss. I've not played multiplayer but my friend does and he thinks it's the best thing to happen to him since he discovered wanking.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Battlefield bad company does look good. I think we could keep it really tight if we got that.
Anyone else fancy getting it? Thorn? Jonhj? Mcandrew? Tilde? lol
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I am currently playing Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, so am getting my J-RPG nourishment.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
Tilde? Lol
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Blue Dragon!
Girl with cleavage in a pirate hat! This is going to be awesome
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
that's going to take hella long time to get through.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
CEX will give me £22 part exchange for GTAIV and £8 for madden 07 on the Wii. That should be almost enough for Battlefield. I may pick this up tomorrow.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I may pick it up tomorrow then as well.
I am going to Jermyn Street for to buy business clothes.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Isn't it a bit of a waste of money to buy business clothes when you've already got some?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I'm running low though. Shirts becoming threadbare, getting a bit yellow-y under the arm, whites going grey. Time for a wardrobe refreshment.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
plus, what with my upcoming 'ink' work, I'm going to need shirts of a better, less transparent thread quality
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Getting a tat? What of?
Might I suggest...
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
might I suggest STFU
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
All you had to do was say no. No need to be cranky. So what are you getting, and where are you getting it?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
basically this:
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
STFU
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
come on that's fucking well sweet.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
what kind of guy gets a half-naked man tattoo?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
what could be more manly?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
a half-naked woman perhaps?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
the only thing that could be more manly would be a tattoo of some Ultimate Fighting Champship action, only there's like 20 men in the octagon, and they're all like grappling and shit. Legs and feet everywhere. Bare chests rubbing against tight buttocks. All captured in a sweet tattoo on my chest. That would be a pretty fucking manly tattoo.
[ 11.07.2008, 11:27: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
yeah, that would be pretty manly. is your back big enough to host such a work of ink art?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I tried the demo for battlefield and wasn't a big fan so don't think I'm going to get it.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: basically this:
That's beautiful man, beautiful. I've made it my new office desktop.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
That's a big ten-four, Rubber Duck Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
Well, guys. I've had my 360 for about two months and it's already on its way out. Whenever I try to load previous saves, they either stick at the loading screen or they play properly for five seconds, then slow down to about two frames per second, then stop completely. It's one of those new 65nm falcon things too, which I thought were supposed to be better than the launch units, but clearly not. Yay Microsoft.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That's a damn shame
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
Why not get a tattoo of Sabian on your back? He used to drive a truck so it's almost the same thing Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
That's unfortunate FTC. At least it will still be covered by the shop you bought it from so you can just exchange it for a new one.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Is anyone up for some Halo this weekend? I've not played for ages so don't expect me to be any good but it would be good fun.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Excellent! See you all online then!
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
You'd best make sure you keep it tight Tilde.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
Halo3 eh? I could come in. Although really, it should be COD 4.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Ok. You play COD4. I'll play Halo 3. I'll try to join your server. Let us see how your little rifle does against my needler.
I watched a great 25minutes video about myths of Halo the other day that they either proved or disproved.
Things like you can bat a missile away with a gravity hammer, the path of a missile can be diverted with a grenade, if you empty a full needler clip into a gun on the floor just before someone picks it up then they explode. It was 25 minutes of stuff I'd never considered. I liked it.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Hearing about Halo makes me think Mart might've been right all along.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
yeah....I'm with mart on this one.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Shut up, ralph.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
You're wrong ralph.
I found your wife's home schooling blog. It's good.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
lol @ both of you fuckers.
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
Well I've finally joined the 'next gen' console club, bought a PS3 this afternoon and am now online under the staggeringly original moniker Physic77 if any of you other PS3 types fancy some online play. Got Fifa 2009, LBP and Fallout 3 at the moment.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Is anyone up for some 360 Left4Dead this week/weekend at all?
I don't have the game yet, but I shall purchase it this week if anyone is up for some multiplayer. If not, then I guess I'll try the advance chambers in portal or something. But I'd like some multiplayer zombie fun.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
unlikely Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Ouch. So what do you do with your life now? I'm guessing the only option is to finish work, get drunk and then go to bed?
There is some way some people have fixed it by wrapping it in towels or something. Sounds odd, but might be worth a try.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
From what i've read, the problem is that the machine overheats and something gets soft. When you turn it off and it cools down again, a part warps and causes a short which is what gives you the rrod.
The towels thing is this - wrap the system up so it's nice and warm then turn it on. Leave it on long enough for it to overheat again, then turn it up the other way and let it cool down. Apparently this *might* undo the damage.
I've also read about people putting them in the oven.
Though personally I'd just call the service people as apparently they're pretty quick at replacing them.
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
Yeah, don't do any of that, you just need to call the service people, they send you a big envelope thing that's all addressed and paid for and it goes to germany to get fixed. Comes back in a few weeks. Very efficient.
Note, if you put in the original box you won't get the box back.
Also note, I don't know anyone who has an xbox and hasn't had the RROD.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tilde: Also note, I don't know anyone who has an xbox and hasn't had the RROD.
Cherry in Hove?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Three red lights on the Xbox 360's ring piece indicator representing "general hardware failure,"
Is that really what they call it?
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
UPS dude is picking it up tomorrow, the whole replacement process seems like a well oiled machine. I don't mind really, the thing is a few years old.
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
hey it might not be a dude, it could be a chick. A delivery chick. A hot one. One that demands that she drains the pole as a kind of 'payment' for picking it up. Yeah lady. You can have your payment. Yeah.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
quote:Three red lights on the Xbox 360's ring piece indicator representing "general hardware failure,"
Is that really what they call it?
I guess so. A ring piece can be loads of things, not just your asshole. In fact, I think 'ring piece' meaning asshole is figurative. Like watersports is things like waterski-ing and diving, rather than just weeing on your partner, and jugs might refer to a large vessel for transporting liquids, rather than breasts. You have to understand that these words have a literal meaning and that this crops up from time to time, and it's also what generates humour when they're used metaphorically.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I dunno man. So she turns up, and you answer the door. It's the middle of the day and you're at home. You're looking like post-capture Saddam, probably not totally dressed, and she's picking up your knackered, overworked games console. I just have a feeling she's not going to think you're the kind of dynamic alpha male that she's going to invite into her stiff brown UPS trousers.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Pearl necklace. There's another one. It doesn't really work if it only means cumming over a lady's chest. The phrase gains its power from the imagery; the literal meaning of a necklace made of pearls has to come first.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
You couldn't make it up!
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
quote:Originally posted by Tilde: Also note, I don't know anyone who has an xbox and hasn't had the RROD.
Cherry in Hove?
True. I have never had the RROD. And I play a LOT.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I'm still on my first Xbox, which is coming up for three years old this year. Meaning, if it does croak I'll have to pay for a new one.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
My second 360 I had for the better part of a year and that didn't have the RRoD and it didn't scratch discs or do anything else bad. Seemed a perfectly decent bit of kit. Noisy, but then they all are.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I don't have a problem with noise, but whatever games I'm playing at the time I just install to the hard drive so there is no disc spinning which I guess helps prevent any disc scratching and also probably helps stopping it overheat.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I thought the scratching thing was mostly from idiots moving their consoles around when the drive was spinning anyway
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
You get laser burn and things like that just from regular use. My Xbox hates my Mass Effect disc, for some reason and keeps fucking it up. At first I kept taking it to gamestop where they would put it through the disc cleaner, and it'd work fine. Then I found scrubbing at the marks with the soft cloth worked, too. More than any other, that's the game I'd put on the harddrive, because it seems murderously hard on the DVD drive. The HDD is chock full of rock band songs at the moment, though.
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
I basically played left4dead with johnj so hard, and dished out so much awesome that my machine killed itself so it could capture that perfect moment forever, and never again have to face mundane tasks like playing CSI DVDs or examining thorn's achievement list.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Every now and then, y'know like just occsasionally, I think about buying another x360 so I can play online with you guys. But mostly I decide against it because the experience is unlikely to be worth the money..
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
surely you can live it up with physic, misc, darryn and the wanyninator?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah for sure, but it actually sounds kinda fun playing with you and thorn
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Ouch! You hurt my feeling.
:tear:
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove:
Oh yeah and that guy
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
and tilde.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Nice one ringo. Now you've upset Misc, Tilde and me and also basically mocked Benway for having a broken 360.
Ringo "Oh, I'd love to play online with you Benway. Lets play online. Oh no, you can't because your console is broken and this is basically a metaphor for your manliness i.e. you are a broken specimen of a human being".
I hope you're proud of yourself.
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
what a dick.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Ah jeez. I'm sorry everyone. I've been under a lot of stress and I guess I just sorta took it out on a few people.
It's not big or clever and it's not ok. I'll not let it happen again.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I haven't had any problems with my BBC Micro, Megadrive, Acorn A3010, Playstation, Gamecube, PSP, Wii, Playstation 3 or DS. However, my X-Box has a broken DVD drive and won't read discs. Hmm.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Also, here's how Lost apparently pans out:
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Anyway. I've been invited to a Stag do in York in May. I thought I'd look into booking my train ticket in advance as that should be cheaper.
Cheap? Ha. Not in THIS country. £139 for a return from Brighton to York. How on earth can that be right that it would cost about 3 times as much to get a train as it would for me to take a car on my own? I blame Thatcher.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
crazy innit
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
it's the same here in the states too.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: Anyway. I've been invited to a Stag do in York in May. I thought I'd look into booking my train ticket in advance as that should be cheaper.
Cheap? Ha. Not in THIS country. £139 for a return from Brighton to York. How on earth can that be right that it would cost about 3 times as much to get a train as it would for me to take a car on my own? I blame Thatcher.
Split it into stations online and then buy tickets for each individual journey. It'll be a lot cheaper. eg Brighton - Waterloo, Waterloo - Northampton, Northampton - Birmingham, Birmingham - York or whatever permutation of journey it is.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Wow. You're 100% right.
Return from Brighton to Victoria is £17.65
Single from Kings Cross to York on the Friday is £28.50 and from York to Kings Cross on the Sunday is £25.
So that means it is £71.15 plus the cost of a tube across london, so about £76 in total or something which is not far off half the price.
Thanks for that McDirts. I'm surprised that a Player has to use the trains so much that he knows the ways to get a cheap ticket.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
That's how playas buy their train tickets, see.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Perhaps that's how McD gets to travel Player Class for the price of a Standard Class ticket.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
I often buy tickets for my Moms to come and visit me from Philly. Tickets from Philly to Bel Air are mad expensive yo. Split it down per station and all of a sudden the getting's good.
Obviously Players don't travel anywhere by regional railway. Or indeed any railway. Except the Orient Express yo.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: IMAGE HOSTING - you're worth it
Thank you, Misc. Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo:
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Hopefully playing GTR Evolution if I can get it installed through Steam (fury).
Any luck with this yet? might be fun to race 'online'
I've got the GT Legends mod pack for it too which is super cool.
Well I had a nightmare of a time trying to get this game installed. I bought the combined Race 07 + GTR Evolution on DVD-ROM. It asked if I wanted to install the online or offline version - I picked online. It then did something with Steam and installed GTRE. It said it was complete, so I clicked Play GTRE and then it told me Race 07 was required and proceeded to download the whole bloody thing from Steam. Not just updates - the whole Race 07 game. Shouldn't this have been on the DVD? Took about three hours to download that.
So I finally got it up and running and configured my Logitech wheel. For some reason the wheel constantly jerks from left to right, a couple of times a second, even when you're driving in a straight line, on a flat surface. This doesn't happen in any other games and I can't find out what's causing the problem. Could it be something to do with dead zones? I tried 2% and 5% deadzones on the steering axis to no effect. It's almost drivable if I concentrate really hard on fighting the left-right wiggle. I can nearly keep up with the pack (100% difficulty) on the first track in WTCC 2007 but I'm sure my lap times are suffering.
I've tried searching the web, but can't find any meaningful answers. Any suggestions?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That's really odd, and what makes it odder is the fact that my logitech wheel does the same thing with the demo of GT Legends but is fine with GTR. I have a 2 degree dead zone set but it works fine with no dead zone at all. I'd say it's probably something in your feedback settings which needs tweaking.
There are also scalable sensitivity options so you have a less sensitive area towards the centre. i.e. steering inputs towards centre are translated to sublte movements in the game, while the further you turn the wheel, the more sensitive it gets. I have this turned up reasonably high which works well for faster, undulating tracks.
I just remembered I installed the offline version so can't say about Steam. I should probably change that as I probably can't play online at the moment.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: That's really odd, and what makes it odder is the fact that my logitech wheel does the same thing with the demo of GT Legends but is fine with GTR. I have a 2 degree dead zone set but it works fine with no dead zone at all. I'd say it's probably something in your feedback settings which needs tweaking.
I did mess about with these a bit, trying to find the culrpit, but to no avail. I seem to remember there were four different sliders under FFB - engine, springs, dampers, etc - and they were all set as 0% by default. Any idea what yours are set to?
quote:There are also scalable sensitivity options so you have a less sensitive area towards the centre. i.e. steering inputs towards centre are translated to sublte movements in the game, while the further you turn the wheel, the more sensitive it gets. I have this turned up reasonably high which works well for faster, undulating tracks.
I tend to keep the sensitivity around 80% which suits me for most of these sims.
quote:I just remembered I installed the offline version so can't say about Steam. I should probably change that as I probably can't play online at the moment.
I'm not quite ready to race online yet, but once I've got these FFB problems licked, I'll look forward to it.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Good old Steam. I was frequently moved to bitter tears when Half Life 2 came out, and I was living in a house with a 56k modem. It took me something like 8 hours to make the game playable, even with the DVD. It's the future, you know.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Good old Steam. I was frequently moved to bitter tears when Half Life 2 came out, and I was living in a house with a 56k modem. It took me something like 8 hours to make the game playable, even with the DVD. It's the future, you know.
I hadn't had a problem with Steam for years until I bought GTRE. Yes the HL2 fiasco was a pretty big cock-up, but I've found that Steam has improved hugely over the years. I was surprised to find that after recently reinstalling Windows, I was able to connect to Steam and it could download and install all the games I've bought without having me having to dig out the original discs and CD-keys. As easy as pi-racy.
The only thing that pisses me off about it is that many games are available on DVD-ROM from actual shops or online resellers for about half of the Steam price. Obviously they have server costs to cover, but surely that doesn't add up to the cost of disc manufacture, packaging, distribution, shop markup, etc.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Yeah that seems nuts - I thought one of the big selling points of steam was that it would be cheaper, because it didn't have to offer a discount to retailers and so on.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I just reinstalled and tried to lauch it with Steam and got the same thing - needs to install Race 07. Predicted time - 12 hours. That's fucking ridiculous. You buy a game but in order to play it online you have to download a whole other game?!
Anyway, I've still got the offline version on there so I checked my FFB settings on it and they run thusly:
Which all seems a bit odd as I don't think I tweaked it much but it seems a bit weird. You'd have thought they'd have a baseline of like, 50% for each one and then you tweak it up or down accordingly. Who knows. That's what it's set to and it feels good.
Not sure how much the Logitech drivers come into play though as there are FFB settings on there too, or if it's totally app controlled.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Thanks for that Ringo. My settings match yours and it seems to work properly now. Unfortunately it makes the driving feel completely different - I'm having to adapt to the new handling.
But, man those Caterhams are excellent...
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Absolutely. Really fun to just powerslide around and very well balanced. The Radicals are also really awesome machines, just completely point and shoot.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
So. L4D over the weekend at all anyone? Not you NWOD, you don't play on a proper system.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I got three achievments in one game yesterday. The one where you only use pistols, the one where all four people survive and surviving a campaign I hadn't done myself. Rock.
I keep failing to get the Cr0wnd achievement though as I suck.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
there's a great chance of me being online sometime over the weekend. I'm still playing that fucking lost odyssey though. I'm completely gripped by that thing. On the final disc now, but have done almost no sidequests, secrets etc.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Lost Odyssey was good. I think I was on about 35-40 hours when I got to the last disk and finished on about 70 hours. It's a big one the last disc if you're going for all achievements. (Well, I missed out on one, but that one was stupid and involved kicking every single fucking pot in the game)
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
You will all be excited to hear that I just got another three achievements in one game of L4d. One for not disturbing the witch, one for not having to be revived at all and one for survivinv dead air! At this rate I'll have 4000/1000 points for this game in no time!
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
My weekend has been made! Allah be priased!
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
So, I went online over the weekend and Thorn was playing the Xbox Dashboard game so I didn't want to disturb him from that, and Benway was a bit caught up playing "Away for 47 minutes" and I know he's been working hard to get the "Away for 1 hour" achievement and with him so close to that I thought he would be furious if I interrupted his brilliant streak so I had to play L4D with other forum favourites.
We had a great game. Kovacs was constantly entertaining on the microphone regaling us with witty stories and setting up some backstory for the characters as well as suggesting that as Louis and Francis seemed to be so close all the time perhaps there was something going on. Had us in stitches! Cheers m9!
It was a shame that just as we were all getting in the elevator and the doors were closing a smoker grabbed Bamba and pulled him through. I tried to shoot that smoker Bamba, but I had the shotgun out at the time and that just wasn't good for the distance shot, sorry about that
It has to be said though, Discodamage is a headshot MONSTER. She was like a woman possessed. Zombies streaming towards me after the car alarm had gone off and I was having to reload and I sensed imminent death then BANG head explodes, BANG another head explodes BANG BANG BANG. Brilliant stuff.
We'll have to do it again guys!
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I'm ready for some online racing now, Ringo.
My attic is finally bedecked with an awesome Recaro leather driving seat. It's eight-way electrically adjustable, and also heated, although I haven't managed to get the electrics to work yet, using a mains-12V adaptor. Maybe I need a car battery under my desk?
It's also got a built-in airbag, which should afford me some protection in the event of a 170mph crash. So, yes, I'm ready to hit the road...
ETA: Ringo's blatantly going to kick my arse.
[ 14.04.2009, 06:17: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm still downloading Race07 through Steam so you'll have to wait till that's finished. But I'm not all that good at gtr so you probably don't have anything to worry about
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: So, I went online over the weekend and Thorn was playing the Xbox Dashboard game so I didn't want to disturb him from that, and Benway was a bit caught up playing "Away for 47 minutes" and I know he's been working hard to get the "Away for 1 hour" achievement and with him so close to that I thought he would be furious if I interrupted his brilliant streak so I had to play L4D with other forum favourites.
look, if you want to play l4d just say so. Coming online and being all coy isn't going to help.
[ 14.04.2009, 07:01: Message edited by: Deep Freeze ]
Posted by Deep Freeze (Member # 841) on :
I started playing Banjo-Kazooie nuts and bolts. It's very good.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I was watching Virtuosity with some people who were down for the weekend. I'll do a proper write up when I've got some time, but it was incredibly, unbelievably bad.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring John E. Depp. It showed off the colour gamut of my television admirably.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Looks like Race07 will be finished downloading tonight Misc so maybe tomorrow night we can have a race or something.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Excellent! So what are we driving? Caterhams?
I've also been enjoying the *Touring Car Legends mod for rFactor. It's got some great 80s-90s motors, like the Sierra Cosworth, Escort RS Turbo and even the Rover SD1, Volvo 240, etc. The Cossie is a pretty scary beast - I've flung it in to the Donington armco more often than I can count.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah Caterhams are a good shout. I'm not totally sure how this 'online gaming' thing works though, so it might involve an element of us talking on the telephone
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Excellent! So what are we driving? Caterhams? The Cossie is a pretty scary beast - I've flung it in to the Donington armco more often than I can count.
I was at a track day event when one guy who'd retrofitted a US market XR4ti closer to Sierra Cosworth specs tried to complete an autocross course just after dropping his exhaust system. It still had the US market 2.4l turbo four, but tweaked to the point that without the backpressure from the recently lost exhaust, the car was undrivable. Made lots of tire smoke as it went around in circles though, shortly before being disqualified.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I think we just need to know each others' Steam IDs. Mine's ajpaynter.
There's a message when you load up the Steam version of GTR:E that says something like "Press Shift + Tab to access the Steam community while playing" so I guess that'd be the place to start.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: I was at a track day event when one guy who'd retrofitted a US market XR4ti closer to Sierra Cosworth specs tried to complete an autocross course just after dropping his exhaust system. It still had the US market 2.4l turbo four, but tweaked to the point that without the backpressure from the recently lost exhaust, the car was undrivable. Made lots of tire smoke as it went around in circles though, shortly before being disqualified.
That's very odd. positive backpressure is usually only a requirement for naturally aspirated engines where pulse resonance is a factor. With a turbine you don't have any exhaust resonance as it's all deadened by the compressor. Generally speaking the lower the pressure behind the turbo the better as it aids spool and increases the responsiveness of the turbo. Look at old turbocharged GT cars and the 'exhaust' systems on them are little more than a couple of inches pipe coming straight off the exhaust housing.
Is not not possible the guy was just, like, not awfully good?
Interesting fact - when Sierra Cosworths were used in the WTCC they ran with 'spool' differentials - completely locked rear differentials meaning both rear wheels constantly engaged and turning at the same speed. And they were absolutely mighty. I only mention this because most internet fools try to tell you that a locked/welded differential will be lethal on the road.
Anyway, Misc I think my steam ID is lfschris (same as my Live for speed ID) so, uh, I guess give that a try or something. I might even be online tonight.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
What I meant to clarify was that the rig he'd built was so overboosted that without the backpressure of the exhaust to keep it in check, it couldn't do anything but spin the rears once the turbo spooled up. I don't think the engine as a whole lasted very long under those conditions either, if I recall correctly.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Ah yeah I guess he was using a simple modified mechanical wastegate which wouldn't be much cop against the boost surge at mid rpm.
Still though, it's amazing what you can throw together if you know what you're doing. A friend of mine has turbocharged his MX5. it's a 1600cc one with about 115bhp from standard. He used a patern manifold from ebay, the turbo and intercooler off an old saab, retarded the igition by rotating the cam angle sensor and then just boshed the rest together with some old silicon and aluminium hose sections. It's not pretty, and the fuelling is controlled by a variable resistor spliced into the wiring for the AFM so it's pretty inneficient. But it cost him less than £500 to put together and it's now happily hitting around 150bhp at the wheels. It's a bit of a dog off boost but if you keep it in the sweet spot it really flies.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I might even be online tonight.
I missed you by about 20 minutes the other night. But I see we are now "friends" according to Steam. I should be about over the weekend a bit, possibly.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
I just ordered a so-called 'style' bar for my MX5. The perils of internet access of work, boredom, and an itchy credit card finger...
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I never liked those style bars personally. Always seemed to me that if you were in an accident and the car rolled, they're in the perfect place to fold down over your skull. That's why I got a proper rollcage for mine.
You might be interested to know that www.mx5parts.co.uk are doing a special offer on all their stainless steel exhausts, which I can heartily recommend as they look and sound great.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
that's where I ordered my style bar from! Exhausts sound too much like hard work to me.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
my style bar was delivered to work today. you can all let your breath out again now.
so, what shall I do this evening, huh? continue the epic garden weeding session which I started last night, or have a go at fixing my style bar?
in other news, I blacked out on the way to the loo to throw up on Sunday morning, having managed to generate a truly heinous hangover from 3 glasses of wine taken with food. that's the second time I've done this - something to do with the vagus nerve, apparently - at least this time I only ended up in a heap on my bedroom floor rather than at the foot of the stairs, which was my first experience of this rather amusing litte physiological quirk. The bruises on my right arm and knee are not so much UDIs as IHIs.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Do we all need to club together and get you some home help? I'd advise you to move into a home and sell your house, but I've got my eye on that for the kid's univesity fund.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Also wtf is a style bar anyway?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
You know on modern roadsters, like the Audi TT, and that Ford Ka thing, they have those metal hoops behind the seats which are there for rollover protection? Old roadsters never had to have those so if the car rolled over you got well and truly destroyed. A style bar is a thing which bolts behind the seats to look like you've got rollover protection, when in fact they're mounted really flimsily and are made from a very thin grade of steel so offer no actual protection. Hence 'style' bar rather than 'roll' bar.
A proper rollbar has to be much more substatial and requires a bit of cutting to attach at the hard chassis points. A rollbar is a fair bit more expensive too.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I see. Yet another tool with which to yell to the world "I'M A MASSIVE WANKER!".
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Yep, that's me, I am a compulsive masturbator.
Basically, I'm looking for ways to do myself a head injury, what with the style bar and the passing out thing.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Also, way to complete that 12k, Thorn! I feel honoured that you spent that crucial landmark moment on calling me a wanker :proud glow:
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
It felt appropriate, didn't it? I like to think of us as like those two dudes from the Seven Samurai. The hyperactive childish one, and the quiter farmer dude that he's always yelling at. And then when the farmer dude gets killed the hyperactive one totally goes apeshit. By the way, that's a Seven Samurai spoiler, but if you haven't seen it yet, what the fuck are you thinking? It's been out for, like, 60 years now.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I was *finally* going to watch it this Friday night. Mother. Fucker. Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Well, you know. You still should. It's not like I revealed any of the really good stuff, like the revelation that the twatty one was abandoned as a child, or the bitter irony of the super-skilled one getting killed by a gunshot or anything like that.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Man, this is making me want to watch Seven Samurai again.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Cherry in Hove, do you have Soul Calibur IV? I should have it by the weekend if you're interested in a couple of matches?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I'm not sure. I did buy it, but I've got a feeling I traded it in.
I'm not going to be around though as I'm off to Dorset tomorrow morning then going to a wedding in Somerset on Saturday then back to Dorset on Sunday then won't be back in front of my xbox until Monday.
Of course, this is subject to change as Kate has just been signed off work for 2 weeks so if she can't travel then I'm not sure what will happen.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
For old times sake, anyone fancy a game of Halo this weekend?
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
who is playing the star trek online beta apart from me.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
great, see you in the delta quadrant later today for federation fun.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I can't play PC games so I'm not. Got the new DLC for DA:O last night then didn't bother to do any of it.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Commander Data - Engage. Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Is it any good? I've been watching the previews and it looks like something I could get into.
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
I sense happiness, Captain Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Do you think you could be a little more descriptive?
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Captain, somehow this...lifeforce... has taken control of the holodeck! Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Riker to Enterprise, do you copy?
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This is Commander Riker to the Starship Enterprise, do you copy?
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Enterprise, Come in!
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Geordi, I can't reach the Enterprise.
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Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
Geordi, I'm detecting a high concentration of tachion particles
Thanks Data... well, that explains why we can't reach the Enterprise. The particles must be forming some kind of barrier or forcefield.
So how do we get off this rock?
Well, it's a long shot, but I could try reversing the flow of chronotrons being given off by Data's homing device. That might just give us enough time to contact to Enterprise and receive a transporter lock on our location.
But wouldn't that mean that we'd be almost invisible to any away teams? There's got to be another way!
Commander, I believe that Geordie is correct. If we can reconfigure the homing device located wthinin my cranial sensor array, we can momentarily disrupt the tachion field.
And how long would that give us?
By my calculations, using my remaining power, we could disrupt the field for approximately ten point three-four-eight seconds. Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
And after that?
Well, after that Commander, Data here is going to be taking a loooong nap.
We can't do it, it's too risky.
Commander, I'm afraid it may be our only chance. Unless we can contact the Enterprise, my sensors are reporting that we only have enough oxygen to survive on the surface for another two hours.
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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I love this shit.
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: Got the new DLC for DA:O last night then didn't bother to do any of it.
How did you achieve this? It's not showing up on our XBox live games marketplace. Is it really shit? I know you get to pick up Cailin's armour - are there another two achievements like there are on the golem quests?
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
Not that I'm achievement-obsessed on this game or nuffink.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Just one achievement for 25 points. It isn't showing up as they realised there was a game breaking glitch in it that corrupts games and means you can't learn specialisations any more so they pulled it from marketplace.
Gah! Ah well, might as well carry on brushing up my Mass Effect skills. Damn that mako.
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
Cherry - how did you get that xbox avatar with the white face and little golden bird. Was it from playing a game?
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
White face is just an option isn't it? I didn't do anything special for that.
Golden Chocobo, I had to register about 8 weeks ago an interest in FF13.
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