Thoughts of an ItalianPenguin

[ItalianPenguin]

For some reason I just felt the need to post some of these random thoughts...

While I was in the shower, I thought of how awesome the Halo 3 theme song is on Guitar Hero 3. Then I thought about how I really need to buy GH3.

The sub-prime mortgage crisis has finally convinced me that Europe is correct on it's assumption of American people. America really is full of morons.

http://www.macfixitforums.com/ - Proving one thread at a time that Apple computers are not bulletproof(thanks Maddox).

The Pittsburgh Steelers will lose in the first round of the playoffs.

For some reason Amy Winehouse is attractive...in a weird way...



Probably more to come later....

[NuclearDreams]

For some reason Amy Winehouse is attractive...in a weird way...


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[ItalianPenguin]

http://www.mp3-easy.com/images/Nov_06/amy_winehouse_rehab.jpg

[Statalyzer]

Nope.

[nilloC]

Attractive in the break her in half way then cut your dick off for fear of infection way.

So you thought about Amy Winehouse in the shower, Brett? J_t

[Statalyzer]

I hope he didn't do that while he was banning you.

[SiDeWiNdEr]

Uhm.... :jab:

Are you human? IMo she's got to be one of the worst things I've seen.

[Derek]

I hope he didn't do that while he was banning you.
**** you, I've been waiting two years to bring that joke back and you beat me to it! :p

[Toxic10x]

Now you've made me sad again that my GH3 guitar was defective, and my lazy roommate hasn't gotten it replaced yet :(

In other news, my other roommate is playing Jordan right now-- he's getting closer to beating it! One day!

[ItalianPenguin]

Attractive in the break her in half way then cut your dick off for fear of infection way.
So you thought about Amy Winehouse in the shower, Brett? J_t
Uhm.... :jab:

Are you human? IMo she's got to be one of the worst things I've seen.
Hey I never said I knew why or that I like thinking that way, for some reason I just do. I think it has something to do with boobs....I'm on a boob kick as of late.

Now you've made me sad again that my GH3 guitar was defective, and my lazy roommate hasn't gotten it replaced yet :(

In other news, my other roommate is playing Jordan right now-- he's getting closer to beating it! One day!
Jordan is a cool song. It's one of my favorites on GH2. Halo 3 is probably the best song to ever appear on Guitar Hero though. :)

Don't worry. I feel your pain...I don't even have the game. lol

More thoughts...

Why are women drivers so much worse than men at driving? I mean aren't women supposed to be known for paying attention to detail and taking precautions?

Old people who stop 8 car lengths from the light and never trip the sensor piss me off.

[SiDeWiNdEr]

Hehe, Fair enough! I'm a legs person myself <3

Women Drivers - I was reading something about it the other day, Theyeither concentrate too much... or just put bloody makeup on. >_>

Old People driving - Seriously get on my nerves. Espeiclaly if they have a stupidly fast car and probably don't realise what they're driving.

E.G - On my way to work yesterday, A women (roughly 60s) was driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STi (not exactly slow..) 40Mph in a 60 Zone, in the outside lane attempting to over-take some body else doing 40Mph... HELLO! To overtake someone doing 40Mph you need to do more than 40Mph!!

[Derek]

Another law of driving I have discovered: The competence of the average driver is inversly proporational to their wealth. In other words, rich people are terrible drivers. My hypothesized explanation for this is that because of their money they aren't worried about wrecking their car - they'll just buy a new one.

[ItalianPenguin]

Another law of driving I have discovered: The competence of the average driver is inversly proporational to their wealth. In other words, rich people are terrible drivers. My hypothesized explanation for this is that because of their money they aren't worried about wrecking their car - they'll just buy a new one.
I agree! Very rarely I will see a rich person that can drive very well. However, they're usually in a sporty car, and I assume they've probbably taken lessons somewhere on how to race. Perhaps they enjoy going to the track for a few laps every so often too. Those are the only explanations I can think of.

Attractive in the break her in half way then cut your dick off for fear of infection way.
So you thought about Amy Winehouse in the shower, Brett? J_t
No, that was only for GH3. :)

[Statalyzer]

Why are women drivers so much worse than men at driving?

They aren't.

[Chuckie]

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The phrase "Uglier than a bag full of Assholes" comes to mind.

[ItalianPenguin]

They aren't.
Yes, yes they are. Seven out of times I see an act of stupidity on the road a woman is behind the wheel.

The phrase "Uglier than a bag full of Assholes" comes to mind.
Pictures of people when they're **** hammered = instant ugliness. At least use the picture I supplied.


More thoughts...

Mythbusters is one of the best shows the Discovery Channel has ever shown.

If a higher being exists, snow/ice has to be the worst creation they have ever come up with. Yeah yeah yeah, I know of all the pretty pictures, but the money, lives, and time lost from it is such a waste.

Survivorman > Man vs Wild

[Gaucho8788]

Yes, yes they are. Seven out of times I see an act of stupidity on the road a woman is behind the wheel.

It seems like it anyways.

Pictures of people when they're **** hammered = instant ugliness. At least use the picture I supplied.

Still though, thats just ****ed up ugly.

More thoughts...

Mythbusters is one of the best shows the Discovery Channel has ever shown.

It isn't ONE of the best shows on discovery channel, it IS the best. Nothing is better than taking the original myth and seeing how you can make it either explode, or explode bigger.

If a higher being exists, snow/ice has to be the worst creation they have ever come up with. Yeah yeah yeah, I know of all the pretty pictures, but the money, lives, and time lost from it is such a waste.

Completely agree.

[ItalianPenguin]

It seems like it anyways.
My job requires that I drive. Sometimes I actually drive eight hours a day. I actually counted today how many times another driver put in me a dangerous situation, such as one that could put us in an accident, and what gender they were. There were ten incidents. Eight of those were by women drivers. Two were men. I'm working tomorrow as well as Saturday, so I will continue this. From what I recall from memory though, I seem to be cursing women more often than men during my job.

It isn't ONE of the best shows on discovery channel, it IS the best. Nothing is better than taking the original myth and seeing how you can make it either explode, or explode bigger.
I'm more partial to Dirty Jobs for some reason. I like Mike Rowe's sense of humor.

[Trevorrex]

It's a biological fact women are not as good at direction finding as men are. Something to do with how their brains are wired.
And before the female population attacks me, women are better at other things - eg: list memorisation etc.
Basically, men are superior at visual spatial tasks (maps) and women better at language memory tasks. There are other things too, but I can't remember them.
Lol.

[Statalyzer]

Women seem to usually be better at multitasking - except when driving. Statistically, you guys are wrong about female drivers though. Men have a lot more accidents, but it's also about equally compensated for by men driving a lot more miles than women do.

[ItalianPenguin]

Not surprising that men are in more accidents since more of them drive and they drive more than women do, like you said.

Also, like both of you have said women are better than men at tasks also. For example, many top companies are now trying to hire more women as managers, as they seem to just simply be better at it.

[Camel]

Women seem to usually be better at multitasking - except when driving. Statistically, you guys are wrong about female drivers though. Men have a lot more accidents, but it's also about equally compensated for by men driving a lot more miles than women do.

:rockbrow:Accidents caused coz wife was nagging husband while driving never gets mentioned...

[Gaucho8788]

:rockbrow:Accidents caused coz wife was nagging husband while driving never gets mentioned...

I'm guessing that this has happened to you personally?

[SgtRicko]

The Spike TV show Manswers has claimed that women drivers are worse then men due to a car finance company's claim that for every seven out of ten car crashes that occur, a woman was responsible for causing it. I'm not too sure about this one though, since it did come from a show with a really obvious bias.

[ItalianPenguin]

I didn't get to drive much today, but when I did I had a woman riding my ass talking on her phone. Almost slammed into me at a red light.
Women: 1
Men: 0

Totals:
Women:11
Men 2

Thoughts...

DGNF needs a Halo 3 tournament(teams vs teams)

I'm seriously considering selling my Wii back to Gamestop.

The Ghostbusters game coming out next year better be awesome.

Am I the only person on Earth who doesn't like Bioshock?

[Statalyzer]

Found some data my insurance friend has. Basically, men have higher insurance rates because they do more driving. Women cause more accidents per mile than men, but men cause more of the bad crashes (ie more fatal accidents).

It's a biological fact women are not as good at direction finding as men are.

This is definitely true. There are a few specific guys I know who I won't give verbal directions to unless they are really easy, but I won't do it at all for a girl unless she really assures me she can handle it. I find it odd since women should be better at remembering things, but I guess men make the mental picture of how the roads line up better? Guys also seem to be able to reverse directions better without being told.

[Desolator12]

DGNF needs a Halo 3 tournament(teams vs teams)
Wait for me to get a 360 and another X-box live account!

The Ghostbusters game coming out next year better be awesome.
Won't be.

Am I the only person on Earth who doesn't like Bioshock?
Yes.

[Delta-4]

DGNF needs a Halo 3 tournament(teams vs teams)
Wait for me to get Halo 3 and some Xbox Live time and I can join you.

[ItalianPenguin]

This is definitely true. There are a few specific guys I know who I won't give verbal directions to unless they are really easy, but I won't do it at all for a girl unless she really assures me she can handle it. I find it odd since women should be better at remembering things, but I guess men make the mental picture of how the roads line up better? Guys also seem to be able to reverse directions better without being told.
I remember seeing something about this before. Men are exponentially better at getting from point A to point B because they remember landmarks along the way. Pretty much when you tell a man to "turn left at this building," he's going to turn left at that building. So once they find their way there, men pretty much remember it for life. Women on the other hand try to go directly by road names or things of that nature. As we all known this works horribly, and fails in the end. lol
Wait for me to get a 360 and another X-box live account!
Wait for me to get Halo 3 and some Xbox Live time and I can join you.
When would you two happen to be getting these 360's and Halo 3?

[Delta-4]

When would you two happen to be getting these 360's and Halo 3?
I'm getting Halo 3 soon, already have a 360, and just need money to pay for my Xbox Live account. I already have one, name's Tediz Slayer, but it's Silver and I don't have any money at the moment.

[Derek]

I'm seriously considering selling my Wii back to Gamestop.
Dude, stores rip you off when you sell things back. Sell it on Ebay or to a friend and you'll get a lot more for it, especially since the Wii is in such high demand right now. I still say hold it for Brawl though.

Am I the only person on Earth who doesn't like Bioshock?
Apparently so. Bioshock > HL2 (neither is as good as HL1 though)

I remember seeing something about this before. Men are exponentially better at getting from point A to point B because they remember landmarks along the way. Pretty much when you tell a man to "turn left at this building," he's going to turn left at that building. So once they find their way there, men pretty much remember it for life. Women on the other hand try to go directly by road names or things of that nature. As we all known this works horribly, and fails in the end. lol
I don't know about that. I much prefer to be given street names, they're far less ambiguous. If your told to turn left at Smith Farm Rd. and you see a Smith Farm Rd., you know to turn left. If someone tells you to "turn left at the red brick building" they may have forgotten that there is a red brick building at the turn before as well. I only like landmarks if its something really obvious or something you already know from experience.

[ItalianPenguin]

Dude, stores rip you off when you sell things back. Sell it on Ebay or to a friend and you'll get a lot more for it, especially since the Wii is in such high demand right now. I still say hold it for Brawl though.
Yeah but I'm impatient and I want Guitar Hero III. :D

I don't know about that. I much prefer to be given street names, they're far less ambiguous. If your told to turn left at Smith Farm Rd. and you see a Smith Farm Rd., you know to turn left. If someone tells you to "turn left at the red brick building" they may have forgotten that there is a red brick building at the turn before as well. I only like landmarks if its something really obvious or something you already know from experience.
I should have been more precise. I mean landmarks such as a building that looks like a fish. I do this all the time for long trips, and my friends do also. I dunno, I'm just going off of what I've heard and personal experience.






Delta, if you do get Xbox Live Gold make sure to get the 12 month card. 10 bucks cheaper and one extra month.

[SgtRicko]

Dude, stores rip you off when you sell things back. Sell it on Ebay or to a friend and you'll get a lot more for it, especially since the Wii is in such high demand right now. I still say hold it for Brawl though.

I can definately attest to this - about two and a half years ago I finally decided to sell my Nintendo 64 along with a large amount of PS1 games I never used ...BIG mistake. Not only did Gamestop buy my system from me for only $40 (accessories and such included - btw, they only gave me two freakin dollars for the rumble pack!), but the most I could get out of a N64 game was about $5, tops. As for the PS1 games... they all sold for about $2 bucks each. Needless to say, I lost out big time that day.

[Gaucho8788]

Needless to say, I lost out big time that day.

That goes without saying.

[ItalianPenguin]

So I have concluded my study of male vs female drivers. Today so many female drivers put me in a dangerous situation, I LOST TRACK of how high the number actually was. Needless to say I doubt within the next day men will be able to catch up to the women. If I ever become head of an insurance company, I'm going to add an option to specifically protect against accidents caused by women that won't make your rates go up (yes, I know this probably violates some kind of law, just work with me here). God, it's ****ing horrible. I'm still pissed off just from today.

On the complete opposite side, men were polite and took turns at intersections. It was a very safe and efficient day with men.

Other thoughts...

Skunks are on this Earth simply to make humans cringe at the smell.

Wind blows...pun intended.

Assassin's Creed is an excellent game.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[YuriRuler90]

If someone tells you to "turn left at the red brick building" they may have forgotten that there is a red brick building at the turn before as well. I only like landmarks if its something really obvious or something you already know from experience.

Turn left at the ****ing Statue of Liberty. :p

[Derek]

Which one? The one in the middle of the ocean or the eighty million replicas? :p

[ItalianPenguin]

The one in Vegas, of course!

[Gaucho8788]

So I have concluded my study of male vs female drivers. Today so many female drivers put me in a dangerous situation, I LOST TRACK of how high the number actually was. Needless to say I doubt within the next day men will be able to catch up to the women. If I ever become head of an insurance company, I'm going to add an option to specifically protect against accidents caused by women that won't make your rates go up (yes, I know this probably violates some kind of law, just work with me here). God, it's ****ing horrible. I'm still pissed off just from today.

That bad huh. Wouldn't it be nice if you could do that, though some woman would come along and notice that and she'd try to sue you for discrimination against women or the like.

On the complete opposite side, men were polite and took turns at intersections. It was a very safe and efficient day with men.

Score one for the men.

Other thoughts...

Skunks are on this Earth simply to make humans cringe at the smell.[quote]

I haven't seen one in so long I forgot they existed.

[quote=ItalianPenguin;369455]Wind blows...pun intended.

:lol:

Assassin's Creed is an excellent game.

That it is. I like the way they designed the game. You can do just about anything. The sky is the limit.

Merry Christmas everyone!

And to you to kind sir.

[ItalianPenguin]

Finally got GH3, and it owns. Especially the Halo 3 song.

Like it or not, RA2 was a good game(not excluding YR which was horrible).

I once again stand corrected. I predicted the Wii would be a big surprise and not be the best seller(right on one, wrong on the other). I predicted the PS3 would be awesome and would be king like the PS2, and I predicted the 360 would fall short of both of those....whoops.

The NBA is a league for wimps and players who just wanna roll in dough. "Whoops, i touched you, that's a foul!"

Now the real fun begins....New Year's Eve parties!

[Gaucho8788]

Finally got GH3, and it owns. Especially the Halo 3 song.

I like Guitar Hero, it's a good game. However, you should get Rockband. Rockband is a much better game. In GH you just get to play a guitar but in Rockband there is an Electric Guitar, a Bass Guitar, a drum set, and a microphone for singing. I've played it with my friend who owns it for the past couple of days and it kicks so much ass.

Like it or not, RA2 was a good game(not excluding YR which was horrible).

I think the only thing that made Yuri's Revenge horrible was its single player.

I once again stand corrected. I predicted the Wii would be a big surprise and not be the best seller(right on one, wrong on the other). I predicted the PS3 would be awesome and would be king like the PS2, and I predicted the 360 would fall short of both of those....whoops.

The Wii is a decent system, haven't had a chance to play one so I can't make an accurate judgment about it. Though I will say it has done better than the Gamecube. The PS3 is awesome but because of its high price it still is not capable of being the king that the PS2 was. And last but not least, the Xbox 360 has done quite well, much better than its predecessor in fact, IMHO. The only thing that bugs me about the 360 is the fact that any of the good games don't get below $50 or $60 for quite a while. It takes longer on that system than it does on the other systems.

The NBA is a league for wimps and players who just wanna roll in dough. "Whoops, i touched you, that's a foul!"

Isn't it though.

Now the real fun begins....New Year's Eve parties!

Yes, and I get to work during that time. It's going to be so ****ing busy.

[ItalianPenguin]

I like Guitar Hero, it's a good game. However, you should get Rockband. Rockband is a much better game. In GH you just get to play a guitar but in Rockband there is an Electric Guitar, a Bass Guitar, a drum set, and a microphone for singing. I've played it with my friend who owns it for the past couple of days and it kicks so much ass.The only problem though is that I don't get the chance to play games much with other people other than online. From the way I understand it, Rockband is much better suited for multi player in person.



The Wii is a decent system, haven't had a chance to play one so I can't make an accurate judgment about it. Though I will say it has done better than the Gamecube. The PS3 is awesome but because of its high price it still is not capable of being the king that the PS2 was. And last but not least, the Xbox 360 has done quite well, much better than its predecessor in fact, IMHO. The only thing that bugs me about the 360 is the fact that any of the good games don't get below $50 or $60 for quite a while. It takes longer on that system than it does on the other systems.
The Wii is a TON of fun...for about a year. Then it gets old and you just wanna sell it.

I think the 360 games stay at such a high price for a longer period of time for one reason...they sell, and they sell well. If they didn't the prices would drop much sooner. It's all in the economics. I don't mind the higher price as long as it's a quality game.

Yes, and I get to work during that time. It's going to be so ****ing busy.
Ouch, Im sorry man. I'll be working late during the day...I'll probably be too tired to party though, lol. I'll probably fall asleep at 11:30, haha.

[Derek]

I think the 360 games stay at such a high price for a longer period of time for one reason...they sell, and they sell well. If they didn't the prices would drop much sooner. It's all in the economics. I don't mind the higher price as long as it's a quality game.
They don't really stay at that price any longer than other games stay at their launch price. However both the PS3 and 360 have opted to sell their games for $60 instead of $50.

[Avapodnaught]

The Wii is a TON of fun...for about a year. Then it gets old and you just wanna sell it.
Hello Mr. Italian Penguin, I think your problem with the Wii is that you don't have a game like Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet...

Not to mention there are barely any games for it yet (I just got one and I only have two games, the one that came with it and the extremely short and amusing The Simpsons Game)

Well just saying hello now because I barely had any room to squeeze a hello in because I don't know anything about the Guitar Hero game :wave:

[ItalianPenguin]

I once had about 12 games for the Wii, and I got bored with almost all of them. The only games I have left are Twilight Princess, The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, Blazing Angels, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08. The only reason I ever have my Wii still is because of Super Smash Bros Brawl...but one game isn't enough to make me keep playing a system.

[Derek]

What about Super Mario Galaxy?

[ItalianPenguin]

It came out the same time I bought my xbox, so I never got it. My friend has a free game rental from blockbuster coming up, and he never uses it so I probably will on SMG. I dunno though, I'm just not into the Mario's anymore. I don't even really care to go back and play any from the old NES days.

[Derek]

Well you should definately try it. Its gotten the highest average reviews since Ocarina of Time.

Which leaves me a tough dilemma...which do I get first: Crysis, or Galaxy? I'm going to get both eventually, but which first!

You know, this really has been an amazing year for video games. Super Mario Galaxy, The Orange Box, Call of Duty 3, Crysis. All awesome games. And thats not even getting to the games that could have been GotY contenders in any other year, Metroid Prime 3, Halo 3, Rock Band, Stalker. Last year was kind of weak for every system except the 360, but this has been the best year for the entire industry that I can ever remember.

There, thats your Thoughts of a Derek for today. :p

[ItalianPenguin]

Indeed, this has been a great year for video games. I can't remember a time when so many great games have been released in one year. Although it is a shame games such as MP3 have been overshadowed, I think the the good for the entire industry outweighs the bad. The bar has been raised, and raised considerably.

Btw, I say go with Crysis.

[SgtRicko]

Which leaves me a tough dilemma...which do I get first: Crysis, or Galaxy? I'm going to get both eventually, but which first!

I'd say Super Mario Galaxy, because it is your God-given duty as a hardcore gamer to pay tribute to the almighty Shigeru Miyamoto and any (and all) of his great holy works. To waste your money on any other game would be a heresy, punisable by hanging of the testicles! (we reserve death for lesser acts of treason):evil:

but if you got the cash for both though, well then don't let me stop you...:p





You know, this really has been an amazing year for video games. Super Mario Galaxy, The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4, (not 3, n00b!:irked:) Crysis. All awesome games. And thats not even getting to the games that could have been GotY contenders in any other year, Metroid Prime 3, Halo 3, Rock Band, Stalker. Last year was kind of weak for every system except the 360, but this has been the best year for the entire industry that I can ever remember.


Yeah, I'm hearing you on that. The only year that could possibly beat this one would be back in 1999 when they released such massive hits such as Ocarina of Time, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, and FFVIII, and more.

[ItalianPenguin]

I'd say Super Mario Galaxy, because it is your God-given duty as a hardcore gamer to pay tribute to the almighty Shigeru Miyamoto and any (and all) of his great holy works.
Does this mean I have to go buy a Gamecube and get Mario Sunshine now?

[Derek]

It was actually supposed to be quite good, though not as good as 64 or Galaxy. I must confess to not having it either though. You wouldn't have to buy a cube though, the Wii can play GC games (I hope you knew that already, if not, then go buy some GC games now!)

[SgtRicko]

Does this mean I have to go buy a Gamecube and get Mario Sunshine now?

Super Mario Sunshine wasn't really a bad game at all: honestly, the only major gripes that most people had with it were the camera and the lack of anything truely new or innovative... though I must admit that the FLUDD pack was DAMN fun to use once you got the rocket uprgrade for it:D

[ItalianPenguin]

It was actually supposed to be quite good, though not as good as 64 or Galaxy. I must confess to not having it either though. You wouldn't have to buy a cube though, the Wii can play GC games (I hope you knew that already, if not, then go buy some GC games now!)
Slipped my mind last night when I was typing that. I was so tired all day yesterday.

BTW, did anyone who posted in this thread finally get their gamertag's? I know Live went down this weekend because of the x-mas overload, but it was fine until Friday night.

[Derek]

For the record, I went with Galaxy. The reason being that one of the big reasons I want Crysis if for multiplayer, but I'm already still playing TF2 a lot, so I don't really need another multiplayer FPS right now.

A funny little sidestory to this, I walked up to the counter to pay for it and I heard the following exchange, something like,
Clerk: "So its times 8 with a critical, and then the 1.5..."
Man: "So its basically unstoppable"

I immediately knew what game they were talking about. E-cookie for anyone who can guess the game and explain what it means.

[apple23]

Sounds almost like conqueronline (if anyone has ever heard of it). 8 times with dragon gems, and then 1.5 for potency FTW!

Naw, i'm just joking, conquer is a FTP download client anyways, not storebought.

SOme of my thoughts:

RA2 was the best game released in its timespan by a long shot, in my opinion
YR stunk it up badly
Crysis looks fun, but i'm not really into FPS games
GH3 and Rock Band are both awesome games, played one and watched the other.
Super mario sunshine was pretty cool, but i was borrowing it so i didnt get very far. The rocket pack looks like fun =P
The Wii sounds fun, but from what i've heard, Penguin is right, it gets old.
I agree, this year has been bursting with great video games and computer games alike.

[SiDeWiNdEr]

I've yet to get bored of my Wii. I've actually just brought it 'round to my parents house for New Years. Should be highly amusing watching them bounce around playing games! I've just got Jen Tomb Raider Anniversary for it, Pretty fun to play TBH.

[Delta-4]

A funny little sidestory to this, I walked up to the counter to pay for it and I heard the following exchange, something like,
Clerk: "So its times 8 with a critical, and then the 1.5..."
Man: "So its basically unstoppable"

I immediately knew what game they were talking about. E-cookie for anyone who can guess the game and explain what it means.
Sounds like one of the main reasons I stopped playing TF2.

[Derek]

No, this has nothing to do with criticals in TF2, which definately do not do 12 (8*1.5) times damage. I like the crits in TF2 though, because they reward aggressive players and break stalemates where a team has just put up a wall of people/turrets that can be healed faster than they can be damage.

[Delta-4]

Spies, ubercharges, and demomen are there for a reason.
And since critical hits are almost entirely random, also factoring in that the defenders will most likely gain points faster than the attackers, they will do little to break a stalemate of that kind.
So far, all I've seen critical hits do is imbalance what would have been a balanced fight. I've seen people do it to me as well as myself having done it to other people. While I'm not too bad as a Soldier or Demoman, I will admit that critical hits tend to make up a large enough portion of my score at times to just seem ridiculous. I've cleared out an entire sewer on 2Fort with just me and a Medic when I was a Soldier thanks to critical hits.
It also just tends to get stupid when you think you have enough health for a rocket jump or enough health to plant a rocket or grenade right in front of you 'cause a Scout won't back off with his baseball bat, but then a critical hit gets you killed.


Vons knock-off sodas really aren't that bad.

[Derek]

Spies, ubercharges, and demomen are there for a reason.
These all help too. The developers put a lot of things in the game in order to prevent stalemates, watch the developer commentaries and you'll see. But all these things need to be present for it to fully work. Spies are useless if the defense is large, demomen are useless if the terrain isn't right, and ubercharges can usually only take out two sentries at best. Its when you get all these things, including criticals working together that it works.

And since critical hits are almost entirely random, also factoring in that the defenders will most likely gain points faster than the attackers, they will do little to break a stalemate of that kind. So far, all I've seen critical hits do is imbalance what would have been a balanced fight. I've seen people do it to me as well as myself having done it to other people.
But you see, they're not almost entirely random, they're in fact quite consistant. As you score points, the probability of getting a critical rises quickly, then slowly drops back. This allows you to exploit streaks to great effect. While defenders due tend to score more points, criticals are also less useful to them.

While I'm not too bad as a Soldier or Demoman, I will admit that critical hits tend to make up a large enough portion of my score at times to just seem ridiculous. I've cleared out an entire sewer on 2Fort with just me and a Medic when I was a Soldier thanks to critical hits.
And you know why you were able to clear out the sewer with criticals? Because you were on a spree. You got a couple kills first, and these increased your chance of getting a critical, which continued your spree. Just today (or maybe it was yesterday, tbh I forget) I was playing Granary as a Pyro, the enemy had us pinned down outside our second point, so I slipped behind their lines to the middle and started capturing. Pretty soon a scout showed up, I killed him. More people showed up, and I killed some more. Because of these kills, I started getting criticals, which allowed me to continue my streak. In the end I killed six or seven of their guys in the middle, stopping their offensive and allowing my team to break out of our second point. For my aggressive play I was awarded my criticals to use.

It also just tends to get stupid when you think you have enough health for a rocket jump or enough health to plant a rocket or grenade right in front of you 'cause a Scout won't back off with his baseball bat, but then a critical hit gets you killed.
Now you're just being naive, you always take the same damage to yourself when rocket/pipebomb jumping (about 50 and 75, respectively), significantly less than the enemy takes, and criticals have no effect on it. You just aren't judging your jumps well.

[Delta-4]

These all help too. The developers put a lot of things in the game in order to prevent stalemates, watch the developer commentaries and you'll see. But all these things need to be present for it to fully work. Spies are useless if the defense is large, demomen are useless if the terrain isn't right, and ubercharges can usually only take out two sentries at best. Its when you get all these things, including criticals working together that it works.Two sentries is usually more than half the normal defenses.
Spies aren't useless with a large defense force, just trickier to manage. You have to pick your targets a whole Hell of a lot more and use acquired intel to pick routes that won't get you stuck behind a sentry in the middle of a hallway or running into a couple of Pryoes.
As far as I've seen, only distance impedes a Demoman when it comes to terrain. The Demoman has basically been the class that ignores terrain for me.

But you see, they're not almost entirely random, they're in fact quite consistant. As you score points, the probability of getting a critical rises quickly, then slowly drops back. This allows you to exploit streaks to great effect. While defenders due tend to score more points, criticals are also less useful to them."The rich get richer while the poor get poorer" is not what I call balance.

Just throwin' this out there; that's one of the reasons I despise War Rock.

And you know why you were able to clear out the sewer with criticals? Because you were on a spree. You got a couple kills first, and these increased your chance of getting a critical, which continued your spree. Just today (or maybe it was yesterday, tbh I forget) I was playing Granary as a Pyro, the enemy had us pinned down outside our second point, so I slipped behind their lines to the middle and started capturing. Pretty soon a scout showed up, I killed him. More people showed up, and I killed some more. Because of these kills, I started getting criticals, which allowed me to continue my streak. In the end I killed six or seven of their guys in the middle, stopping their offensive and allowing my team to break out of our second point. For my aggressive play I was awarded my criticals to use.Huh. Y'know, the way I cleared that sewer was simply like this:
Me and the medic were going into the sewers. A Heavy, Medic, and Engineer, as well as a few others I can't remember, had set up camp in our base. I went in as usual, spraying rockets to intimidate the "defenders" on the long approach. The Heavy popped out with his Medic just out of view, healing him, and returned the favor by spraying his minigun. This turned into a long stalemate where neither side got much of anywhere. I had to back off a few times to let my Medic get fixed up, but it pretty much remained the same for a few minutes.
Eventually, though, I got a critical hit and that killed the Heavy's Medic. I charged in with a few reinforcements and we took the main sewer section with force, me taking quite a few sentry rounds to the ass in the process, but still coming through.
About that time, a counter-attack pushed into the sewer and turned it into an all-out, psychotic frenzy with rockets, grenades, syringes, body parts, and baseball bats flying everywhere. It eventually progressed to me standing alone and going on a rampage that can only be described as something that'd certainly fit in an action movie. There was a trickle of reinforcements from our side, but only a few Medics and Demomen every now and then. A lot of times, critical hits saved my ass from situations I would've never gotten out of without a damage boost. That's why I still feel that I shouldn't have lived in a balanced situation.
I know that may seem somewhat like an arrogant exaggeration, but I can tell you that I can remember the experience vividly even with my shattered attention span.

Now you're just being naive, you always take the same damage to yourself when rocket/pipebomb jumping (about 50 and 75, respectively), significantly less than the enemy takes, and criticals have no effect on it. You just aren't judging your jumps well.My memory says differently, but that's failed me before. I'd test it out to be sure, but TF2 takes way too long to load up. I'll see if I can find anything if I ever play another round.


I need to lose this WH40K obsession I've been developing. I've actually had thoughts of getting some of the figurines. :scared:

[Derek]

Two sentries is usually more than half the normal defenses.
Spies aren't useless with a large defense force, just trickier to manage. You have to pick your targets a whole Hell of a lot more and use acquired intel to pick routes that won't get you stuck behind a sentry in the middle of a hallway or running into a couple of Pryoes.
Clearly you've never seen three sentries and dispensors blocking the alley on the first point of the third round of dustbowl. With a few pyros hanging around. A spy can literally not get through there, he will bump into something and that = death.

As far as I've seen, only distance impedes a Demoman when it comes to terrain. The Demoman has basically been the class that ignores terrain for me.
Distance is easy to compensate for, the pipebombs at a 45 degree angle have great range and don't lose damage like all the other weapons* However, pipebombs cannot go around corners, as long as the sentry is not hugging the corner, its immune to pipebombs, and walls don't always bounce grenades in the direction you need them too, there might not even be a wall to bounce them off of at all. This makes it impossible for the demoman to destroy the sentry.

"The rich get richer while the poor get poorer" is not what I call balance.

Just throwin' this out there; that's one of the reasons I despise War Rock.
Yes, but thats how you prevent stalemates. If a game gives the losing team an advantage then the natural outcome is a stalemate in which a better team can't make the final push to defeat the losing team. Most games do this indirectly by keeping the spawn points fixed while the front is pushed back to the losing team's spawn, thus shortening the distance they have to walk, effectively decreasing their spawn time and increasing the winning team's. To avoid this, the developers put in a lot of things to give the winning team the advantage, which makes stalemates (and as a side effect, comebacks) less common. Thats why the final captures on Well and Granary capture so fast. Now compare these maps to custom territory maps, stalemates are far more common on the custom maps, in fact the custom maps almost never end in anything but stalemates, which gets quite boring after awhile. As a plus, when you do make a comeback, its all the more dramatic.

Huh. Y'know, the way I cleared that sewer was simply like this:
Me and the medic were going into the sewers. A Heavy, Medic, and Engineer, as well as a few others I can't remember, had set up camp in our base. I went in as usual, spraying rockets to intimidate the "defenders" on the long approach. The Heavy popped out with his Medic just out of view, healing him, and returned the favor by spraying his minigun. This turned into a long stalemate where neither side got much of anywhere. I had to back off a few times to let my Medic get fixed up, but it pretty much remained the same for a few minutes.
Eventually, though, I got a critical hit and that killed the Heavy's Medic. I charged in with a few reinforcements and we took the main sewer section with force, me taking quite a few sentry rounds to the ass in the process, but still coming through.
About that time, a counter-attack pushed into the sewer and turned it into an all-out, psychotic frenzy with rockets, grenades, syringes, body parts, and baseball bats flying everywhere. It eventually progressed to me standing alone and going on a rampage that can only be described as something that'd certainly fit in an action movie. There was a trickle of reinforcements from our side, but only a few Medics and Demomen every now and then. A lot of times, critical hits saved my ass from situations I would've never gotten out of without a damage boost. That's why I still feel that I shouldn't have lived in a balanced situation.
Then everything went perfectly: A crit broke the stalemate, then once you were on a spree criticals started flowing out of your rocket launcher as a reward, allowing you to overcome the enemy.

My memory says differently, but that's failed me before. I'd test it out to be sure, but TF2 takes way too long to load up. I'll see if I can find anything if I ever play another round.
Trust me. Skyscraper would be impossible if rockets and pipebombs did normal damage to the users. It does greatly reduced and non-crit damage.



*I don't know why the developers did this, but all weapons except the sniper rifle, grandes, bombs, and criticals lose damage as the range increases. For example, a rocket at close range does >100 damage, a rocket at long range does around 20-30. A critical always does about 250. This means that at long range, you're losing damage and accuracy.

I need to lose this WH40K obsession I've been developing. I've actually had thoughts of getting some of the figurines. :scared:
Got Dark Crusade?



And for the record, the answer was Pokemon. Dual weakness is 4 times damage, critical is 2 times (4*2=8), and same-type-attack-bonus is 1.5 times damage.

[Delta-4]

Got Dark Crusade?
Yes, but I deleted it since the Imperial Guard got nerfed to nothing but grunt spam. I've only really played Tau, Necrons, and Guard so far, but I'm not holding my breath that the others are fine. Wouldn't be at all surprised if the Space Marines got the same treatment...
I can download it from Steam again at any time, but my hard drive's gettin' fairly cramped and having a game I don't like on there won't help.

Another thing is that I can't get online with any of the DoW games. It always gives me an invalid password or nickname error whenever I try to create an account, no matter what I do. I've stuck to Direct Host for playing with my friends so far, but I doubt we'd ever be able to pull together a sort of organized event that I'd be able to take part in.

[ItalianPenguin]

So I took my HDD for my 360 over to my buddy's house last night for some GH3 action with all of the songs. He has a Halo 3 edition 360. The thing froze while loading the DLC for GH3. Had to restart it with the outside button. My profile got corrupted, and Gamertag recover services are still down for 360 from the overload. So now I have no access to any of my save files for any of my games until the service is back up.

It's going to be a long end to x-mas break if gamertag services aren't back up before Monday. =\

[SgtRicko]

So I took my HDD for my 360 over to my buddy's house last night for some GH3 action with all of the songs. He has a Halo 3 edition 360. The thing froze while loading the DLC for GH3. Had to restart it with the outside button. My profile got corrupted, and Gamertag recover services are still down for 360 from the overload. So now I have no access to any of my save files for any of my games until the service is back up.

It's going to be a long end to x-mas break if gamertag services aren't back up before Monday. =\

You know, they really ought to allow one to keep their data on a memory card like back in the days of the N64 and PS2. That way, if anything ever happens to your hardrive, you at least won't lose the entirety of your saves and records.

[Derek]

You can, but a memory card is small and expensive where as a harddrive is large and cheap.

[Avapodnaught]

You can, but a memory card is small and expensive where as a harddrive is large and cheap.
Wt...

Where I live the Memory Card is very small and very cheap where the hard drive is large and cheap (after you have one hard drive and it had many little memory cards, woohoohoo...)

[Derek]

Divide the size of the memory card by its cost, now divide the size of the harddrive by its cost. Now tell me which one is cheaper.

[Avapodnaught]

Divide the size of the memory card by its cost, now divide the size of the harddrive by its cost. Now tell me which one is cheaper.
must be a clearance sale then... :p

[Derek]

You're clearly not very good at math...

[apple23]

160 GB hard drives come at roughly $50-$70, whereas an 8MB memory card comes at, what, say, $10?

that means you get about 2.5GB for each dollar with the HD, and less than 1MB for each dollar with the memory card, am I on the right track?And for the record, the answer was Pokemon. Dual weakness is 4 times damage, critical is 2 times (4*2=8), and same-type-attack-bonus is 1.5 times damage.

I knew it... damn pokemon... :lol:

[ItalianPenguin]

You're clearly not very good at math...
Just let him continue thinking the way he does. It's how people like us can steal money from him the legal way.

160 GB hard drives come at roughly $50-$70, whereas an 8MB memory card comes at, what, say, $10?

that means you get about 2.5GB for each dollar with the HD, and less than 1MB for each dollar with the memory card, am I on the right track?
Prices are wrong in reference to the xbox 360, but you are correct. It's cheaper to buy in bulk.

[apple23]

Oh, really? I didn't know the prices were any different for xBox. I just got my own internal HD for my computer for christmas (160GB) and it was like $60. The memory card price was just an educated guess on my part.

[Derek]

Just let him continue thinking the way he does. It's how people like us can steal money from him the legal way.
Good point...

Hey Avapod, I'll give you a handful of these metal discs for that green portrait of Benjamim Franklin you've got...

Oh, really? I didn't know the prices were any different for xBox. I just got my own internal HD for my computer for christmas (160GB) and it was like $60. The memory card price was just an educated guess on my part.
The 360 harddrive is more expensive than an equivalent PC harddrive (another way for MS to make a bit more money, they don't make much off the console itself), but you've got the idea.

[ItalianPenguin]

Oh, really? I didn't know the prices were any different for xBox. I just got my own internal HD for my computer for christmas (160GB) and it was like $60. The memory card price was just an educated guess on my part.

The 360 harddrive is more expensive than an equivalent PC harddrive (another way for MS to make a bit more money, they don't make much off the console itself), but you've got the idea.

Yep, the 360 HDD's come in their own case. Fits right into the side of the 360. Like Derek said, just another way for Microsoft to get more money. I can't imagine the killing they make off all the stuff they sell on live too.

[apple23]

yeah, having to pay for xBox live seems really expensive and kind of annoying because you make a transaction and get said minutes and then have to buy a new card for more minutes. Like a manual cell phone bill, if you know what i mean :p but mind you i don't really know a whole lot about the whole xBox live thing, or much about xBox at all. :\

[ItalianPenguin]

I personally don't mind paying for xbox live. It boils down to about $3.18 per week. For the wealth of information available to you, as well the as ability to play every game that supports online, it's a bargin. However, the last month the service has been acting up. When you're paying for something, that's too long of a time.

[Derek]

Yeah, but I can still get all the same online stuff on my PC for free, and the games are $10 cheaper.

[Avapodnaught]

Good point...
Hey Avapod, I'll give you a handful of these metal discs for that green portrait of Benjamim Franklin you've got...

It was a good deal while it was there (wasn't that much of a difference there) but I never said which one was less did I Derek or did I miss something while I was typing, eh?
(not so much of a :rolleyes::lmao::rofl: who would have thought Derek sprung the trap?}

Well, I think my experience with everything (including the pc) has tuned down since I have lost something dear to me, I could be playing the Wii that I got for Christmas (only two games for it) but I have a gut feeling that isn't washing away no matter what I try to do and I would appreciate that you don't mock me while this is going on

*Blurr of thought The Simpsons Game I have for the Nintendo Wii is a fair game but it was rather short and I finished it easily, but still have to go back and find all the secrets as in cliches and such...
I could have easily tried to finish it with cheating (by use of a guide) but their seems to be a difference in the guide given on IGN and a certain cliche and something about an ice bridge...
I have not dwelled much into it so I will figure it out when I am up to it...

Rather then end with that complete blurr of thought have any of you ever read the works of Christopher Pike, a horror book author of compelling magnitude?

[ItalianPenguin]

Yeah, but I can still get all the same online stuff on my PC for free, and the games are $10 cheaper.
Good point. I guess it all equals out in the end though.

Here's how I break it down. Every 5-6 years a new console comes out. Lets say to build a decent gaming PC requires about $1000. Since we're talking about the 360, we'll go with the launch price of $400 USD.

My desktop as it is can barely run Gears of War for the minimum specs. I have an Athlon 64 3400+, 1 gig ram, and 128mb Geforce 6800. The computer is about three years old. At the time, pretty much everything was near top of the line. According to the min specs for Crysis, I shouldn't even dream about trying to run that game.

I dunno, maybe my logic is flawed but I think it all equals out in the end. Don't get me wrong, I love PC games, but I also love games in general.


Note: Finally got my gamertag back! Whoohoo!

[Gaucho8788]

I feel the same way man. I like games in general. I'm not dedicated to one system or another, or just to PC games though that is what I prefer.

[SgtRicko]

Used to be a PC fan, but I lost taste to it after the money started getting tight around the house and the s***load of problems my comp had made it impossible to play anything 3D for a while. Nowadays I'm just playing Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, along with some Smash Bros. Melee.

[Bouncing Ball]

Used to be pc fan, now I am just a reversed PS3 fanboy..

[ItalianPenguin]

I was going to originally get a PS3. Then it was announced to have a 600 USD launch price. Then Ace Comabt went to the xbox, so did Mass Effect, lets not forget MS has Halo. Plus I guess the 360 is still getting exclusive DLC for GTA IV first.

I might still get one eventually. Not at least until the summer though when I get my job back.