General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[blackwiggle]

You're not kidding.
My brain hurts after just watching that at 360p on a 20cm X 12cm portion of my screen, the flashing is like little strobes running across the screen :dizzy

I can imagine Frost-E getting right into that game.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

This is with regards to the volcanic ash over parts of Europe.How is it affecting you guys in Europe,especially those in the United Kingdom and France?
Singapore is not spared apparently...Flights to Europe were grounded and those who were on grounded flights were stranded at the Airport.

[KIGO1987]

Yeah all the poms and european folk are stuck at the international and Avalon airport atm. FUBAR if you need to get anywhere.

[ACE-FLO]

Poms? lol, careful there... play cricket will ya.

[KIGO1987]

i dont play Cricket.

But Australia is still the best in the world at the game :D

Wouldnt you agree there Ace ;)

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Yeah all the poms and european folk are stuck at the international and Avalon airport atm. FUBAR if you need to get anywhere.

You cheeky sod ;) :lol

FEISAR - I'm personally not affected by it, but all flights have been cancelled for 2 days now, and there's a lot of angry people who can't go on their holidays.

I read in the newspaper that the last time the volcano in Iceland (I can't pronounce the name, forgive me) erupted in the 1800's, the smoke took 2 years to clear fully. Surely that can't be the case today with the wonders of technology...

[Mr Phlanj]

just put together a new BBQ :D

I was disapointed when my mum came back with a bbq, i put it together then found out she didnt get anything to cook on it :P

[Woopzilla]

It's amazing how some people can become angry at the flight cancellations though... would they rather crash and burn than miss a holiday/business appointment? (I'm referring to just the ones who are cursing the companies rather than the volcano.) :P Saw some of these angry posts on random forums and news comments.

[Mr Phlanj]

my mum has got 10 muinets into the pacific and she had decied she dont like it, even tho she loved band of brothers.

[SaturnReturn]

I saw that on your facebook profile Phlanjeeee ;) I thought you meant the actual Pacific - no clue it was a film. I was confused.:dizzy

[andy]

It's a big tv series like band of brothers, made by the same people. I caught the last couple of minutes but I dunno what to make of it yet, but I don't even have sky movies so i suppose it wont matter too much. :P

[SaturnReturn]

Oops. Haven't seen Band of Brothers - assumed that was a movie too.:redface:

[blackwiggle]

The Pacific is a 10 episode mini-series about the Marines in the Solomon Islands among other places.
It stops and starts again, and is quite a bit different from Band of Brothers mainly because historically there were many months between events.
It doesn't really pick up until EP 5, and I think it would of lost a good chunk of it's audience already because of it.

[Mr Phlanj]

the 1st two episodes were on free view so i wont see anymore of it for ages.

i only think band of brothers is better so far is coz its starts with them learning how to fight and getting to know each other. I still think these 2 episodes were awesome in their own right.

[KIGO1987]

You cheeky sod ;) :lol

FEISAR - I'm personally not affected by it, but all flights have been cancelled for 2 days now, and there's a lot of angry people who can't go on their holidays.

I read in the newspaper that the last time the volcano in Iceland (I can't pronounce the name, forgive me) erupted in the 1800's, the smoke took 2 years to clear fully. Surely that can't be the case today with the wonders of technology...

HAHA :clap

Everything is stuff in the means of aircraft transportation atm. You should see what ash doesnt to an aircrafts engine, its sand blasts the **** out of everything, finer than talcum powered, yet courser than sand.


The Pacific is a 10 episode mini-series about the Marines in the Solomon Islands among other places.
It stops and starts again, and is quite a bit different from Band of Brothers mainly because historically there were many months between events.
It doesn't really pick up until EP 5, and I think it would of lost a good chunk of it's audience already because of it.

i really should watch this, ive been told its really good. It shows Melbourne in the mid 20th century too, look unreal :D

[blackwiggle]

Does this mean that since this volcano erupted and all flights are canceled that Yelder might be stuck in the USA?
Or the USA might be stuck with Yelder , depends how you look at it :P:D

[KIGO1987]

thought he was traveling to South America as well, via Mexico. Dont think he is going back to the UK for another month.

[yeldar2097]

Or the USA might be stuck with Yelder , depends how you look at it :P:D

Ahem... Cheeky bugger :p

In the USA until 5th May then I'm going down to Guatemala for a bit, then down to Peru to trek to Macchu Picchu and that...then going to Buenos Aires for the final stint. Bit of R&R on the beach to finish off my trip. Getting back mid-ish June. Might head off to the Far East and maybe Aus if I'm not completely skint. We'll see.

Off to make my millions in Vegas now, need moar cash :hyper

[Mr Phlanj]

Off to make my millions in Vegas now, need moar cash :hyper

quick wheres mad ice! one pull on his beard and you will have all the luck you need :D

[blackwiggle]

Yelder
You should find some mug in Vegas who will play you at Wipeout Hd for money.
With a few under the table bets and 12 race tourney, it could have you traveling 1st class for the rest of your trip.:)

[yeldar2097]

Pahaha, careful where you tread in this thread or lance will eat you for breakfast ;)

Seems they don't really care about U21s if they're english, me likey :beer

MGM Grand ftw

[Mr Phlanj]

heres a vid of me spinning some sock poi (its just a pair of socks with some juggling balls in them :P), if only they were nunchuks :D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmSxy2dXK60

you can see me mess up almost strait away :D and the damn kids next door screaming

[SaturnReturn]

You forgot to bow at the end. ;)

[Mr Phlanj]

damn!

ahh well, the camera was almost dead anyway so i just wanted to have a bit of fun and then put it on the internets

[Rachel Johnson]

Ugh, I got the date for my second lot of surgery... =/ (17th May)

[Lance]

Damn all "necessary" evils. Good luck to you, Rachel.

[Rachel Johnson]

Thanks. Let's hope they get it right this time. :P

[Mr Phlanj]

here's the lawsuit that can get SL back on their feet :D

Assegai (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Assegai-Wilbur-Smith/dp/0230529208)

[KIGO1987]

Assegai is a stabbing tool the guys in South Africa use. Been around alot longer than Studio Liverpool. lol. Still would be good to see those guys come back. I felt there was at least one extra expansion pack on Wipeout HD that we all missed out on.

[yeldar2097]

Hung Parliament bullshit...if Mandelscrot and Browny try to make a dirty deal with the libs and succeed I will be thoroughly displeased :bomb

/exclusion of most people outside the UK

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Haha tell me about it yeldar - although it's not a majority, Cameron got the most votes, so shouldn't he govern anyway?

[OBH]

2 party politics is a joke.
I hate these pompous bas&*%$. Every single one of them is a complete knob.

[Woopzilla]

Well, Nick Clegg has pretty much indicated that he'll be talking to the Tories first... and going by what's been said it probably won't end up being a coalition but a minority government. We just need to see if Brown backs down or keeps hanging on by his fingernails. :P

[blackwiggle]

I reckon the UK will have another election before the end of the year by the looks of things.
A coalition won't be able to get anything done without too many party faction appeasing compromises, a toothless tiger.
The UK or any other country for that matter can't afford to have that in the current economic climate, especially in Europe with the Greek economy pulling the Euro down.

[OBH]

Id prefer to entrust my country to a circus permorming monkey rather than these monkeys. At least he'd be able to perform tricks :)

[yeldar2097]

Well so long as Gordy backs down we may be alright. Clegg is a Tory in Lib shoes so maybe that'll help the cause.

Might be another election but I reckon so long as Brown buggers off
people will be happy enough to settle for it.

At least my not voting didn't affect the outcome in my constituency ^_^

[SaturnReturn]

We won't be alright because, as blackwiggle says, very little is likely to get done. In this state we'd have to rely on politicians making the right decisions for the sake of the country, even if it meant going against they're own political beliefs. That's not going to happen, so little will get done. In the past I don't think hung parliaments have been all bad and have had their successes, but given that decisive action is really key at the moment, things don't look great.

People seem to be under the impression that Cameron and Clegg feeling the wuv wuv will be good for the country, but it won't mean anything at all. They can talk all they want about electoral reform and the future of the economy, but I can't see the Cons being particularly flexible about two of the issues on which they most fundamentally disagree with the other parties.

The most annoying thing for me is that Cameron got in simply by pleading to the throwing change round as a buzzword, as if 'change' is synonymous with 'improvement', or 'different' with 'better', and no-one in the other parties thought to point voters in the direction of a thesaurus.:mad: I just think his whole campaign was so lazy. Labour were always up against it. With the war, the economy, the fact they've been in so long, that Gordon Brown didn't get elected and bears more than a passing resemblance to a sleepy garden toad, they weren't likely to do well. But at least they had something more to show than the most obvious slogan anyone could possibly think of.

[OBH]

Its such a farse this year. Thousands of people got turned away and unable to vote. What a joke.

[yeldar2097]

You just ruined my wuv wuv :(

Cameron wasn't lazy, he was minimalist in his approach. Tactical :nod
:p

Hung Parliament sucks balls, so coalition is the way...cept that probs
won't work. Basso we're buggered.

[SaturnReturn]

People usually blame their problems on the nearest target. Cameron let them think that that is the right way to do things. He just reinforced that one message over and over. If people hadn't already been thinking that way then he would basically have brainwashed them. He appealed to the simpleton in all of us. Luckily he did it a bit too much and not everyone fell for it. But it was still very lazy. He rarely said anything of substance. In previous election I've not cared at all. But after seeing Cameron's methods this year I was really quite pissed off at him for thinking people are that stupid. It's really quite insulting. If people want to vote conservative based on policies then I have no problems with that, but that was never his game and everyone knows it.

There's a cat prowling across the rooftops right now where I am. Looks like it has something in its sights. It's cool to watch.

[KGB]

Personally I don't trust any of these ex-public school boys! Dodgy music tastes, strange haircuts and think they have a god given right to rule over us. But enough about Yeldar :p.

The Gordon Brown slip up when he was overheard in the car talking about a lady he just met summed up what I think about politicians these days. It showed a complete lack of respect and highlighted the contempt that these so called leaders really think of us. They all will of had the same conversation with their aids at some point so I don't think It's just Gordon Brown.

I voted Labour and always will, but I know really that they are all tarred with the same brush, that brush being covered in **** not tar!

[SaturnReturn]

My constituency used to have a Labour MP and a Conservative controlled council. I just found out it now has a Conservative MP and a Labour council.:dizzy

[yeldar2097]

Personally I don't trust any of these ex-public school boys! Dodgy music tastes, strange haircuts and think they have a god given right to rule over us. But enough about Yeldar :p.


Ahem... :lol

What's wrong with the Smiths? I reckon I might go for a Moz haircut next, along with a flowery tail to complete the look :g

[KGB]

He he!

Something like this might suit you

[SaturnReturn]

Wow, the resemblance is uncanny. Same face and everything.

[KIGO1987]

So who actually won in the pommy election? Still nothing is certain atm right?

[yeldar2097]

How does one usually deal with cockroaches? I've just done a 12hr bus ride and need a shower cept there's a massive one lurking in there :(

[SaturnReturn]

Call the Men In Black.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Spray those airborne insect sprays that kill them.DO NOT overdo this though.I once did this with my younger bro to get rid of that roach.However,we overdid it and thus oversprayed the spray......in the master bedroom and toilet.Got a telling off by our parents.....frack....

[yeldar2097]

We got him! Stunned him with a hiking boot then caught him in a glass and put him outside so he could pester other people :D

[SaturnReturn]

Either that or find its way back in again, just like it got in the first time. Except this time it could be when you're sleeping, with your mouth wide open and...or not.

[RedScar]

I just downloaded the declassified flight manual for the SR-71, its long but omg its AWESOME!

[yeldar2097]

They declassified it? What? When did that happen?

Found another cockroach under my bed...not sure whether to risk sleeping in it. Massive bug phobia :paperbag

[RedScar]

Few years ago, but finally someone has uploaded a complete .PDF recently (or at least I just found it recently)
108mb, 750 pages

[blackwiggle]

Yeldar Quote:Found another cockroach under my bed...not sure whether to risk sleeping in it. Massive bug phobia

It's just a early prototype model of a Mirage AG craft, I found one behind my fridge last summer, they don't bite, but they are fast hard to kill when on the run :)

[Mr Phlanj]

or the cockroach is there to distract you from the army of bug in your pillow :D

[KIGO1987]

why dont you kill the bastard cockroach. Get one of you nice shoe's Yeldar and give it a good wack!

Problemsolved.

[ACE-FLO]

Hey, I had a pretty nasty flu these past few weeks. Only just got over it, only to catch the vomiting bug offa some one... Not at work today, Hurrah? NOT... This sucks really bad :(... maybe I shoulda posted this one in the Gears Grinded thread... :?


I just downloaded the declassified flight manual for the SR-71, its long but omg its AWESOME!

Lockheed (aka Skunk Works) made some fascinating schitt, under the management of Ben Rich (the then CEO of Lockheed). Yes, the SR-71 BlackBird was a machine (did mach3, sonic booms and all that), but for me - the F117a Stealth Bomber was the piece de resistance... and they made us resist... They made that stealthj bomber in the 60's would you know? But debuted in 1993... the first desert storm with Bush Senior (muppet)

Btw, Lockheed is in the Nevada desert, namely Area51... prior to the 90's, and for decades - you may remember strange black triangular shaped objects being filmed floating in the sky? well, that would be the F117a during prototype testing and that kinda rigmarole.... rigmarole, love that word! :g

@ RedScar - seeing as you are loving the awesomeness of the SR71, I recommend a book named "Skunk Workls" authored by Ben RIch - it's a real EYE OPENER - I loved it and have read it through like 3 times already... :)

AH, searching through this thread, me finds this -


i dont play Cricket.

But Australia is still the best in the world at the game :D

Wouldnt you agree there Ace ;)

You know what mate - You're right! :paperbag... shoulda seen that one coming really.

[KIGO1987]

^^

Lol your a wise one arent you Ace :beer

Just keep your wits about you mate, and leave those goddamn nunchucks at home would ya ;) :beer

[blackwiggle]

The TV stations,the Aus cricket board and sport reporters are bemoaning the fact that cricket, the once most followed sport in Australia, is suddenly dying.

The one day internationals get barely 40% of ground capacity now, it was only around 5 years ago you had to buy ticket up to a month beforehand to get a seat, and TV rating have plummeted where before you could see nearly every set in your street would be watching.
I reckon it's a combination of too much cricket now with the Indian premier league and the 20/20 matches which has turned it into baseball basically, it's diluted the excitement of those once classic one day matches.

If you add in the betting scandals / match fixing, and demise of the West Indies & Pakistan as competitive teams, it's no wonder interest has been lost.

[rdmx]

Who wants to watch a sport which can last for five days yet still end in a draw?!
I know that's test cricket, but even one days are boring now compared to the frenetic twenty20

[yeldar2097]

I completely agree bw. There's far too much cricket nowadays. 20-20 used to be cool but it's a bit meh now. 20-20 world cup should be banned, I don't like it.

I didn't want to use my nice shoes on a massive bug, it might infect them with bug juice. Smacked it with a hiking boot ;)

Found one under my bed as well, so not cool. Saw some monkeys today though, that was nice ^_^
I shouted "monkey" at them a la Johnny Vegas - didn't get a response :P

[SaturnReturn]

No response? Maybe they already know they're monkeys. That would be crazy.

[RedScar]

@ ACE-FLO
Ya I've read most of it when I borrowed it from a buddy, but never did get to finish it.

[ACE-FLO]

Finish it, the part about the manned U2 spy planes gave me plenty of belly wobbling entertainment. The chapter on the SR71 is coooooool man :rock

[KIGO1987]

Spy planes?? i think your getting a bit paranoid there Ace if you know what i mean ;)

[RedScar]

Buy me a copy ACE? I'm still looking for a job this summer after finishing my 3rd year of Uni

[ACE-FLO]

You can "borrow" my copy :)

@Eureka - Paranoia ... it's just so exciting. A bit like being bipolar, or living out separate identities, am I right ;) ;) Nudge nudge ... it's gotta be the excitement dude, why else?

[KIGO1987]

Bipolar :beer:eek:beer:eek haha love you Ace you crazy nut

[ACE-FLO]

Wait - I just recognized your PSN ID - you're Eric Prydz? I really thought you was someone else for a sec... kinda reminded me of someone... controversial :D

[Mr Phlanj]

aussie + trakis = man who wont be named under penlety of death

[ACE-FLO]

Lol, that's about right :D It wouldn't be so bad if Aussies were crap pilots in Triakis ships, but that's just it - they aint! :D Patriotism can be an annoyance :D
EDIT: @Kieran // aka Phlanjee - we could just call all Aussie pilots "The STIG"

[Mr Phlanj]

haha thats a good idea mosh // aka ace-man-flow im going to start thinking of a pun to mix The Stig and aussies for a unofficial team name. I think it will take some time :D

[KIGO1987]

Hmmm Kieran :lol


Wait - I just recognized your PSN ID - you're Eric Prydz? I really thought you was someone else for a sec... kinda reminded me of someone... controversial :D

Eric Prydz is a brilliant Swedish DJ! no denying in that

[ACE-FLO]

Eric Pryds, got him on a few CDs. One tune I started out hating but ended up kinda liking is called "WOZ NOT WOZ" but it's a track made by Eric Prydz and Steve Angelo...

... but if we're getting obvious and recopgnizable, then you've all probably heard "Call On Me" the one to get would be the Eric Prydz Vs Retarded Funk Mix.

So, you not Eric Prydz then... just wanna be him I take it :D

[KIGO1987]

Oh **** yeah, now thats what i am talking about :)

Woz not woz is on the Ministry of Sound The 2005 Australian annual. Love that. Call on me is epic. Dont forget "Voices (Eric Prydz Remix)" by Steve Angello. That song is the definition of club house music. AlterEgo Rocker is another good one. But my all time favourite is 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix) by Paolo Mojo. That is such a well made brilliant song mix. Everything is perfect about that song, a lovely song to play with Wipeout, and with any other game as well too.

Im not Swedish so i cant be Eric Prydz. But i can try i guess :beer

[mdhay]

3 days left in school now. :D :D :D :D Can't come fast enough! :hyper

[KIGO1987]

You got mid year breaks over there in pommy land right?

Here its the other way around. End of the year during summer time.

BTW why does Ace call Blackburn Hobbit land? lol

[mdhay]

I'm leaving school for good. :hyper and Ace calls Blackburn Hobbitland because he's seen nothing but midgets when he used to live here.

[KIGO1987]

Ah ok, lol.

Last day of high school for me was epic. Its called muck up day. When you cause and absolute chaos in the school. Bloody stink bombs going of in the air conditioning vents and horse **** being put in the school swimming pool. Not to mention the flour bomb that hit directly on the head of the deputy principles head! lol Good times. May they live on forever :)

Mdhay listen in from an wise old mate. Have as much fun of your last days of high school and enjoy every minute of it while it lasts, you'll remember it for year to come !

[ACE-FLO]

RE: Blackburn and Hobbits...Kinda true... actually, largely true!

I used to be engaged to girl in Blackburn, she was really pretty, nice, sexy all that - and she loved to cook (Indian food :)) but it didn't work out for a big reason. I was only living in Blackburn temporarily back then, and when I moved back to London we had a long distance relationship (300 odd mile away from eachother) so we didn't see each other much.

Bad move, coz me moving to London led to her finding someone else to fill in the gap (boo :-) - she thought I wouldnt find out but I got peeps everywhere and they are loyal as blood. SO, one day I'm on the phone to mate who lives near Blackburn (in Preston) and he gave me the lowdown. I didn't wanna beleive it but he said he wouldn't let me marry her coz he KNOWS she is CHEATING - I went mad at him. He kinda expected it but remained adamant (good friend is my Charlie) ... so I played a lil game.

I used to visit her once a month (weekend) and she'd show me love etc wot not, so I was really quite confused... but when she went to the shop, I looked through her handbag (don't hate me) she left in my car and say a few texts that spelt it all out very very clearly for me. She was cheating with some dude called Salim or something like that... anyway, I had the info I wanted, now it was time to play MY GAME...

here's what I did - we had 3 months left to our wedding and I played dumb fiance right to the last week before my wedding, and then I went to Blackburn unannounced. I turned up at her parents house (where she also lived) and demanded to have a word with them... I told them what I had discovered and ended with a comment which shook up her family... here's what I siad to her dad "My sister is the same age as your dughtrer right?"
"right" replies her dad.
"The difference between my sister and your daughter is that, my sister is like Gold Dust - she's valuable - whereas your daughter is just dust - now clean up your mess" and I left her house - however, half her Indian family had arrived (as they do a week before the wedding) just then, and the schit really did hit the fan. They accused me of slander and worse, but I stood head and shoulders above all of them - the bloody hobbits! My fiance comes running up to me, begging forgiveness but I just looked at her dad and said "How can I be lying when the guilt is written all over her face - she broke my heart, now she's breaking yours" and I went home...

Anyway - you might find this funny, but I've been in love 5 times now, am used to my heart breaking... am with a girl atm who I love to bits but we're having issues also. Life - what a trip :) they say you live and you learn - but fools fall in love all the time ;)

[KIGO1987]

Damn!

Just had a look at google maps uk then. Blackburn is heaps far away from London. Its just a tad north of Manchester. Still even on a small island it is a fair wack of a distance to travel Ace.

[Mr Phlanj]

but I got peeps everywhere

so YOUR the one sending the suites to spy on me!! I caught one once but he took a suicide pill before i could get a name out of him :D

[ACE-FLO]

Men in Black... all they wanted was to see your Contact Ball skills man... :D I told 'em your skills were outta this world, and they thought you was alien. :paperbag sorry for the "stalking feeling". Won't happen again (but if it does - be careful, they'll zap you and you'll become a ferret with the power to merge continents with the power of thought alone - actually if that does happen, can you join America to Africa? it would be quite educational for both parties, especially since one continent is the poorest in the world, and the other - the richest, most wasteful, gluttonous, and misinformed continent in the world... )

[ACE-FLO]

I was looking through some old schit with my mum earlier and found my old Spiderman Y-Front underpants, from when I was like 5 yrs old or someything... complete with the (now extinct) Woolworths label inside still - how awesome is that eh? ;) :D :rock - I'm bloody well chuffed. Think I shiould frame em and hang em on my bedroom wall? :D

[KIGO1987]

Woolworths extinct?

Wollies is still over here mate :beer

Bastards are good at scanning the wrong items through the checkout here alot.

[Dan Locke]

Wollies is still over here mate :beer

Actually, no. There is a company called "Woolworth's", but they're completely unrelated and just use the name. It's like the game publisher "Atari" versus the console and computer company that died in 1996.

[yeldar2097]

Can't find the CoLD SToRAGE thread. Hmmm

Anyways, he now sells other lovely merchandise such as T-Shirts, Hoodies, Hats etc...

Get them while they're hot :g

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Think I should frame em and hang em on my bedroom wall? :D

Go ahead. Y fronts....what are they? similar to briefs?
Talking about Woolworth's,I was in Australia end 2008.Took a few Vodafone AU Sim Cards that are useless(quite) in where I am...kind of embarrassed :redface: to know that they had a 2 A$ price tag...how and why I took em I don't really know.....think it was from a pile...of Vodafone AU "Starter Packs"

[Dan Locke]

Y fronts....what are they? similar to briefs?
Y-fronts are briefs.

[KIGO1987]

I want this car bad.....

http://ninemsn.carpoint.com.au/news/2009/sports/subaru/legacy/subaru-reveals-trackready-legacy-17279

[UB3R~JKP]

My dad is actually jittering with excitment about Red Dead Redemption.
How sad is that :D

[KIGO1987]

Heads up to everyone here ModNation Racers Demo is now available in the Playstation store now :)

[ACE-FLO]

My dad is actually jittering with excitment about Red Dead Redemption.
How sad is that :D

Man, thats one cool dad you got there. my old man frowns at me when I play the PS3... and I'm 34 mate :) so consider yourself pretty lucky there. Least you get to play the games for free eh? :)

[UB3R~JKP]

Yeah Ace, He is cool in theory but cutting into my PS3 time so he can play RDR will be even more aggrivating than his current obsession with Race Driver GRiD.


Oh yeah, little hint for everyone here...im going to be posting my PSP WipEout Project soon that I am sure you will adore....DON'T TELL ACE :P
(P.S Free games are ALWAYS good news xD)

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

JKP,you've already told him.....by posting here...Slightly big mistake eh?
On the PS3 playing in my household,I am the one that plays the PS3 the most......and I am sure some of you know what I keep playing.
Yes,the PS3 is shared between my bro and me,but he does not play it much though........

[ACE-FLO]

....DON'T TELL ACE :P


classic, thinking you can hide stuff like this from the C.E.O of the AirLicker Group and A.L.T.E.R.N :g... speaking of which, you should become a member of A.L.T.E.R.N mate. You making that cover thingy for your PSP is really AirLicker Group worthy imo...

Oh man, I got something to tell everyone. Y'all know I been a head for weed right? well guess what? I havent smoke a joint in over two weeks (maybe 3?) And I feel good... to top it all off, I actually went to aMosque today, and did a few prayers. I feel refreshed and happy, like real happy. What is it about faith that makes a man/woman at peace with themselves? Is this too deep? OK I'll shut up :D

[yeldar2097]

Good man ACE, happy for you :)
Keep nurturing them good vibes :+

You're coming to my house in July though, I've decided. If I can borrow my mates' PS3 we could go for some side-by-side 1080p action.
Would make for some good filmage methinks :D

In other news, everyone in Peru is addicted to coca leaves...aids digestion apparently...yeah sure, that's why you chew it all day :dizzy

[IH8YOU]

Coca FTW!!!

Also takes care of headaches, thirst, lag, Zone 100+.....

Naptime!

Yeldar - how's the trip thusfar?

[KIGO1987]

^^

True there IH8YOU :)

@ Yeldar: I was thinking you did disconnect your Citroen C1's car battery didnt you before you leave right? Your battery will be flat when you come back and try to start it up.

[SaturnReturn]

I deleted a few of the last posts. There was too much talk about that thing that this thread is not for talking about. Let's get back 'off' topic please people, if you see what I mean.

[mdhay]

Irn - Bru and Fizzy vimto is suprisingly nice. :D
SR don't you mean, "on topic"? :P

[KIGO1987]

I didnt know you could go offtopic on this thread:?

[SaturnReturn]

That's the point, it's for general conversation about everything off topic, with respect to the rest of the forum. But there's one thing which clearly isn't to be discussed, based on the thread title, because there are tonnes of other threads for that already, which I'm sure hasn't escaped everyone's attention.

[SaturnReturn]

Does anyone believe in signs? When I was younger I went through a phase where every night I would be failing to get to sleep and I would roll over to look at the digital clock and it would read 22:22. Recently this has been happening again.
The logical part of me thinks it must just be because my subconscious mind notices the repetition of 2222 in my peripheral vision and I'm somehow drawn to look at it. But then sometimes that logic doesn't work, like just now when I looked at my phone, the screen of which is otherwise blank, and it read 22:22. It's just been happening pretty much every night recently and it's freaking me out a little. It's not like I'd know what it meant, even if it was more than coincidence, but it's still weird. Maybe I should set them up for 12 hr clock.:lol

[ProblemSolver]

There will be a new Wipeout! WipeouT 2222. :hyper Thx, Sat! xD

[KGB]

That's funny that SR, because I have been using my running machine lately and the past three times I have managed to look down at the distance covered just as it hit 6.66 KM. I wish I hadn't liked Iron Maiden when I was a kid :cold

[SaturnReturn]

I just checked my phone again and it said 2323. That happens sometimes too, only less often. I never seem to see the time when it's 2121, 2020, 1919 etc. Or maybe I just don't notice it. But seriously, 2222 happens faaaar too often to not be something more than just a time.

P.S. @PS - we don't talk about that game here. ;) But you're welcome. :lol

[Aeroracer]

perhaps these are your lottery numbers you keep seeing...buy a ticket and may win some money..

[Woopzilla]

I experienced something similar quite a while ago... I would randomly check the time and it would always read 19:45. It's strange because it's not even anywhere near bed-time and it's just a purely random check. This number doesn't seem too special besides being the end of WW2, heh.

Perhaps you could explain your case due to a very consistent internal clock which makes you head to bed at 22:22. ;)

[BulletWraith]

I get this sometimes as well, few weeks ago a girl inadvertently glanced at my watch a and exclaimed 11:11(pm), then I got the same thing for a week or so after that
early this year I was dreaming and a character in my dream told me the time, I woke up soon after and it was 2 minutes after the time the dream character told me
we have a perfect internal clock, I believe in signs too, they don't have to be important, like I'll be thinking of going to a certain place or do a certain activity and a few mins later I'll see people randomly doing that activity in the background of a video on youtube or something

-zer:donutshen

[mic-dk]

The odometer on my motorcycle read 40.000 just as I passed a gasstation this morning.

I'll leave up to the reader to discern any signs, but I have a suspicion on what the gods are telling me...

[SaturnReturn]

mic - I think that's telling you that you have gas. ;)

@Woop - I go to bed around 1am on work days and generally a bit later on non-work days. But maybe it is something to do with my body/internal clock.

Nice to know I'm not the only one that has experienced something similar.

[Dan Locke]

The odometer on my motorcycle read 40.000 just as I passed a gasstation this morning.

I'll leave up to the reader to discern any signs, but I have a suspicion on what the gods are telling me...
They're telling you to play Warhammer.

[mic-dk]

Yay! That Space Marine gear will come in handy the next time someone crosses me!

Eat bolter rounds! stupid lady in the supermarket line

[mdhay]

I have all of them on Fallout. I might not play W40K, but hot damn, those armour sets and weapons are schweeeeeeeeet! :g

[Harvai]

The odometer on my motorcycle read 40.000 just as I passed a gasstation this morning.

I'll leave up to the reader to discern any signs, but I have a suspicion on what the gods are telling me...

On Saturday, the odometer in my mum's car read 11,111.

This is a global conspiracy, I tell you...

[SaturnReturn]

It just happened again. I went to turn off my PS3 but it didn't seem to be doing anything so I looked at the screen and sure enough - 22:22. :bomb

I'm definitely taking this as a sign. First of all I'm gonna go for the obvious one that I might possibly check the time too often. :|

[KGB]

There's a mad, bad gunman on the loose in the Cumbria, better keep my head down. Watch out Amorbis he's coming you way :paperbag.

[mdhay]

This was pretty funny, just had to share it with you guys:

I played Oblivion blacked - out drunk and here's what happened (via picture story (http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=12178983&postcount=1)

[KGB]

12 people dead, 25 injured! I often wonder what's going on in people's heads when they do this. What could of triggered that? He even shot an old women riding by on a bike FFS!!

[andy]

Apparently there was an argument between him and some friends at a taxi rank the night before. : / I don't get how people can decide to just do that sort of thing.

[mdhay]

Wheredid you see that?

[KGB]

See what, the killings?

It's been on the news all day.

[mdhay]

Oh, I wouldn't know about it then. Where did it happen?

[andy]

It was in the Lake District in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

[Amorbis]

There's a mad, bad gunman on the loose in the Cumbria, better keep my head down. Watch out Amorbis he's coming you way :paperbag.

Fortunately he didn't make it this far south. It has been a bad day though, you don't really imagine this sort of thing happening in the rural counties.

[yeldar2097]

It's ridiculous, it seems the whole world has gone to **** since I left: The Koreas, Thailand, Oil, Guatemala (and I was there just 2 weeks ago :paperbag), Pakistan, Israel killing innocents, Cumbria, 2 year olds on 40 cigs a day in Indonesia, Times Square, tourists dying/getting shot while trekking in Peru (where I was a week ago o_O) the UK Govt, and now that Chinese woman who stabbed 9 people on a train. Absurd.

Hopefully normality will be restored upon my return to Blighty. It's a sign I tell you :nod

[mdhay]

In all honesty, it was like that before, as well. ;)

[yeldar2097]

Mm I suppose. Actually since leaving I've been following the news much more rigourously than when I am at home.

Slightly relieved to hear that things are permanently tits-up, I was beginning to think I the world was being punished because I ate a Guinea Pig.

Poor little creature.

Yes the world does revolve around me, I've decided :g

:lol

[UB3R~JKP]

Spain On Saturday :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D



















?Sorry...im excited!

[yeldar2097]

Lucky bastard! :p

Coming home in a week. Excited to see my dog and cats but other than that epic meh.

Back to the office. Yay -_-

[mdhay]

Spain On Saturday :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
?Sorry...im excited!

Erm, exams? Don't you have them?

[UB3R~JKP]

Just finished mines Mdhay! Started awwwwaaaaayyy back in May 12th ;)

[mdhay]

Oh, damn you! :P

[UB3R~JKP]

;)




Getting back into Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for my flight, 'tis great...though I don't know why!

[omega329]

It's the sheer epicness of beating massive creatures against all odds, being nothing more than a single man against the world.
(that, and the ridiculous length of the game)

224 Hours playtime on MHFU, stuck on the HR6 unlock quest, two High-Rank Tigrex simultaneously.

:blarg

Current Armour:
Full Ceanataur S, upgraded until when ryl armour spheres are needed
Def: 546
Fire: 5
Water: 10
Thunder: -5
Ice: -5
Dragon: 0
Skills:
Attack Up (Medium)
Sharpening Skl Inc
Sharpness +1
Weapons:
Mainly using LS, and have a few decent ones, but the Narga LS seems to be the best in terms of raw damage at the moment. In the case of the Tigrex, I'm attempting to learn Lance, but I'm still getting raped :\

[UB3R~JKP]

Amen to that Omega! TWO FLIPPING TIGREX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 hours in :P, Got it a month and half ago but I stopped playing when the Exams kicked in. :(


Am I the only who think the aggrivating controls enhance the experience :lol


(P.s making a WipEout soundtrack on "Beaterator", custom vocals et al ;))

[omega329]

They're High Rank as well, which means they hit harder, are more likely to rage, and take longer to kill. :\

[Mr Phlanj]

SWEET! I knew Lungbok playes aswell but we didnt have a chance to talk about when we met so its awesome to know others play :D

Game time: 43.32

Gathering Armour:
Full Melahoa
DEF:143
FIRE RES: 0
WATER RES: 5
THUN RES: 5
ICE RES: 0
DRAG RES: 0

Skills:
Hight speed gathering
Gathering +2
Health Items Improved

Weapon: Dark Scythe

Hunting Armour:
Full Giaprey (i could get the next set but im doing fine with this (because of my skills with the weapon)
DEF: 90
FIRE RES: 5
WATER RES: 9
THUN RES: 14
ICE RES: 18
DRAG RES: -6

Weapon: Wild Bow II

[UB3R~JKP]

Monster Hunter Thread in order? :D

[omega329]

Indoobitably

[rdmx]

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you... Project Natal :g
EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pabWdwvmyDI[/URL]
Here's the original
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm0KKa6wACQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzXqK4fh-A)

[mdhay]

Bleh. Just bleh. If I wanted to be the controller, I'd go do whatever is on the screen, not a psychadelic raindance. :g

[rdmx]

bleh, I posted the wrong link: this is the one I meant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pabWdwvmyDI

[mdhay]

Ah, that's even worse!! :O :P

[OneAVGNFan]

World Cup starts in a few hours, E3 come next week, no school for 14 weeks...
All equals good way to start vacation and slack off. :rock

[mdhay]

Done my last exam. :g

[ProblemSolver]

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you... Project Natal :g
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pabWdwvmyDI
I hope they got paid doing this. xD

[yeldar2097]

I wasn't sure whether to put this in the gear grinding thread or the good laugh thread, middle ground ftw: Pot Noodle advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbg2Iypnpk8)

:lol:bomb

[BulletWraith]

the Sony press conference was awesome!, Nintendos was pretty cool too:hyper
I sure picked the wrong time to quit video games, gah! MVC3 looks insane!

oh and I sorta started LARPing:paperbag

good day all
-Stevie

[rdmx]

I wasn't sure whether to put this in the gear grinding thread or the good laugh thread, middle ground ftw: Pot Noodle advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbg2Iypnpk8)

:lol:bomb
They don't sell that here but that is irritatingly catchy.:blarg

[Dark_Phantom_89]

That's great, love that one.

I still think that this Pot Noodle Advert was the best one though :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy2nqEfSx3Q

[mdhay]

Steam and Portal 2 is going to be on PS3. :hyper

[UB3R~JKP]

Sony conference was AWESOME!

Here's looking at you GT5 and PSP Support.

[KIGO1987]

Australia got its first female Prime Minister today.

She is a ranga, and born over in pommy land.

Watching the latest update on tellie right now. Poor K-Rudd kinda feel sorry he got stabbed in the back.

Quite interesting. Still prob going to vote for the Liberals at this rate. Guess most West Aussies will be doing the same as well. Stupid massive mining tax.

[KIGO1987]

Ill post my old crummy broadband i had during the golden years of WOHD

http://i47.tinypic.com/zyj9.jpg

Now people should understand why i was MrCranky for such a long period of time. LOOK at the upload limit people, reason why i never had anything on my youtube channel for ages.

Ping isnt as near as bad as Gaz's net though.

[ACE-FLO]

lol, Kigo - you should have put up a before n after pic of your net speed, so we can see the difference.

Anyway, check it - one of my most favourite games of all time is coming to PS3. Deus Ex I played the hell out of it on the PS2, but man - I just saw the trailer for it on PSN store and it looks too good... tooo damn good to be true. Deus Ex is coming soon guys :g

[OBH]

I keep telling you, pick it up for the PC for pennies :)

Youll be laughing if you enjoyed it on the ps2 that much, it was shocking in comparison :g

[ACE-FLO]

I need a PC first :paperbag. My sister wont really let me use hers anymore (since I crashed it a few times - it's a dinosaur)

Think for now, I'll have to settle for the PS3 version. I want a PC now :(

[UB3R~JKP]

I picked up Dark Void for 5 pounds haha, fun game! I want Blazblue soooooo badly :(.

[Mr Phlanj]

Sundays: finished work at 6am, 1st bus back home 10.30am, last bus back to work 5pm and start at 6pm.

damn sundays :(

[SaturnReturn]

Broadband connection speed discussion moved to its own thread.

http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7547

[KIGO1987]

Cant find the bloody Top Gear thread anywhere. Im certain there was a top gear thread somewhere. Anyway i have watched the last couple of new episodes from this new season. Gotta say the content is quite good, and there still is heaps of life left in this tv series. There was even a car that reminded me of Yeldar in the last show. Citroën DS3 Racing edition. Ill link an image to this post to those who are not familiar with this car, and Gaz too. :p
http://i48.tinypic.com/eofvk.jpg

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Photoshopped picture!
The only version I watched of Top Gear was the UK version(ah,the controversies of Clarkson...) and I liked it...
I wonder...any of you have Adobe Creative Suite 5 (any version)?

[KIGO1987]

:lol

No, no photoshopped picture there FEISAR, a prnt screen save from the last Top Gear episode from the VLC player i was watching it on, then i pasted it on MS paint then worked from it there. The pic is under the 50kb limit and Gaz is cool with the pic so SaturnReturn wont be crackin theshits with me about this.

Do you use Adobe Creative Suite 5 FEISAR? I really should upgrade my artistic skills to another more professional program, what would you recommend? i did use Corel DRAW 10 back in highschool, prob an ancient program now.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Getting it this Friday. Paid student pricing(I'm 14).Was originally intending to Photoshop pictures taken in WipEout HD for a "We Didn't Start the Flame War WipEout Rendition" video.I'm getting CS5 Design Premium.Will see progress and then advise you from there(I think).

[KIGO1987]

You getting the academic edition of the software? awesome :)

Ive done that many crappy retail and hospitality jobs since high school, ive lost my touch from the skills of Corel DRAW i had back in the day. Really did enjoy using that software and doing projects and assignments with it. If you get Adobe Creative Suite 5 and CS5 Design Premium let me know how they go, if there good, that'll be the thumbs up for me to purchase the software. I think i should get back to my roots more often. Might look into doing a course in graphic design or something before i become an old fart and be over 30years old and still doing this same crummy same jobs. Hmmm thats got me thinking.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I forgot to clarify.It was not the academic version. I paid student pricing. Anyone here listened to "We Didn't Start the Flame War"?

[KIGO1987]

i thought the academic version and the student one are both the same package and pricing.

Havent heard of "We didnt start a flame war". Got a link?

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

We Didn't Start the Flame War by collegehumor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos)
Student pricing does not equal to academic version(I think)

[DreamyElf]

according to eurogamer.net, Sony will release white ps3 with upgraded hd this month in japan.
here is the link if you are interested:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/white-ps3-slim-out-in-japan-this-month

looks good imo but i would prefer a white or any other colour to be gloss.
i just hate matt colour. lol
no news if this will be released outside japan though.
i'm still hating Sony for not releasing the amazing limited edition white ps3 with lightning from ffxiii outside japan...
i'm tired of being treated like the last customer on earth...

[KIGO1987]

hahahaha, lol. I remember that video now. Not sure where i saw it first though.

I bought Microsoft Office Project 2007 at academic price earlier on in the year. I think it was that option or the business option. I think student is the same as academic versions... i think. Not entirely sure myself.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Office 2010 was recently released. My school still uses 2003(really),which can lead to incompatability problems,since most of the students(I think) use 2007 or 2010(2003 saves in .doc,2007&2010 save in .docx).Same for the others.Am now waiting for my CS5 design premium and will try doing the"We Didn't Start the Flame War" WipEout rendition video....

Anyone of you used top-up cards before? I feel like spending 33S$ on Cherry Credits for an account upgrade on AdventureQuest.This is part of a dilemma of mine. (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showpost.php?p=176327&postcount=232)
I'm gonna get killed by Rob and the moderators...

[KIGO1987]

Whats new with the office 2010? Ive got a copy of 2007. Cant really see what they could put new in it, compared with 2003 vs 2007 just a bunch of additional poncy features thats about it. Oh yeah Word 2007 is a pain to open on anything made before that.

[QUOTE=DreamyElf;176324]according to eurogamer.net, Sony will release white ps3 with upgraded hd this month in japan.
here is the link if you are interested:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/white-ps3-slim-out-in-japan-this-month

320GB PS3 in those images. In all honesty this new PS3 better have more RAM, Ive got an old school proper 60GB PS3 and its got a 500GB HDD in it, the XMB loads so loooooooooooooooong now since of the new HDD i put in it. PS3 struggles with it alot. Anything larger than 250GB you can noticed longer scrolling and loading times on the HOME XMB screen on the PS3.

[OBH]

I forgot until i went to my mates house the other day, that the original ps3 has slots for various different kinds of memory card!! How annoying! I could really use that.... :bomb

[Mr Phlanj]

WOOHOO!!!

My sis passed yer 1st college year and even got a few merits :D

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

My Adobe CS5 Design Premium has arrived!
Will see how things go...

[ACE-FLO]

In all honesty this new PS3 better have more RAM, Ive got an old school proper 60GB PS3 and its got a 500GB HDD in it, the XMB loads so loooooooooooooooong now since of the new HDD i put in it. PS3 struggles with it alot. Anything larger than 250GB you can noticed longer scrolling and loading times on the HOME XMB screen on the PS3.

Hmmm... I'm pretty sure the PS3 wasn't ever desingned to take 500GB HDD. Too much stress on the processor and RAM to work fast enough will only serve to burn the compound off the processor, making it YLOD.... That's what went wrong with yours Kieran, probably !

This new 350GB console they're releasing, may just be the limit of what the PS3 can process within a reasonable time. And yeah, they need to increase that damn RAM :D

[yeldar2097]

I think it was just Kigo being punished for throwing his controllers too much when playing Blur ;)

The PS3 feels their pain and wanted vengeance. After all, my 500GB is fine and dandy :g

*touches a whole forest*

[KIGO1987]

Funny you mention the controller i damage on Blur a few weeks back Yeldar, i put it back together last monday, glued the sides in, still is the best working controller of the bunch. The old Sixaxis controllers are heaps more sensitive over the new DualShock3 controller, was using it to play WipeoutHD in the past few days before the YLOD.

Im being punished for using my PS3 for greater evil over the summer period, most of you folk prob know what i am talking about, karma does exist, this is a prime example.


Hmmm... I'm pretty sure the PS3 wasn't ever desingned to take 500GB HDD. Too much stress on the processor and RAM to work fast enough will only serve to burn the compound off the processor, making it YLOD.... That's what went wrong with yours Kieran, probably !

This new 350GB console they're releasing, may just be the limit of what the PS3 can process within a reasonable time. And yeah, they need to increase that damn RAM :D

I do know that Ace, thats why i havent opted to go over HDD size over 500GB, the PS3 RAM will just simply not take the added load. There are people out there with 640 and 750GB PS3s ive seen on other sites, even 1TB ones also!. So maybe the limit of the old PS3's is 160GB and the limit of the slims is 320GB before they start having issues. My PS3 has done me good since 2007 i appreciate it for its good times ive had with it.

The new slim model isnt 350gb Ace, its 320, just looked at the link on the other thread.

This is why my PS3 overheated. all the thermal connections on the PS3 have baked to ****! that is what Australian summer do best. Check out this photo:


Here is a photo of what the inside of my PS3 is like:

I dont know if you can see how royally stuffed the thermal connections are, it looks like building plaster tbh, only could use this 50kb size.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Talking 'bout "faulty" consoles and handhelds,I used to have an Xbox(the original one)that I played a lot when I got it and it slowly declined when I got the DS and the PSP(1000 model).Few years after I got the Xbox,when I powered up the console,the thing took ages to load,so much so it was practically unplayable! Since the "faulty" Xbox was now of no use to me,I took(some of)it apart.Got out the harddrive.That was basically what I did.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Why has the entire South East of England turned into an oven? It's so darn hot here, even at night. I want the winter back :cold

[yeldar2097]

Lol, I think it's awesome. Beer festival down my local as well ^_^

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I don't mind a bit of heat, but it's been like it for 3 weeks now. There's only so many times you can sit in the garden and go to the beach. Bring on the rain!

[blackwiggle]

You can have your weather back I'm over it.
Must of got the wrong address, it's cold enough to freeze the nuts off a penguin in Sydney at night, and has been raining for 6 out of 8 weeks.:cold:cold

The worse thing is that they have just increased the price of electricity, again, this time by 30%, so if I put on the electric heater [it chews 3000 watts] I might as well be burning $20 notes.

Christ it's like being in Manchester :frown:, depressing, no wonder those little shits from Oasis were such miserable bastards.

[KIGO1987]

****ed if im having the heat back. I hated every day of it, the flies, the heat, the flies, the heat, oh yeah, did i mention the flies?

You poms can keep it for a couple of years. Sleeping in this weather is heaps better than those sleepless nights in summer time.

[OBH]

3.18am, been a good night (2 fit girls number! haha!), but me thinks its time for sleep! get involved when im online tomorrow,making a sick wo video! laters people! :beer

[rdmx]

Thermal paste doesn't just suddenly evaporate :S

[blackwiggle]

Yeah it looks like Kigo's chip got a minimum allowance of thermal paste when it was built, especially around one area, surprised it hasn't failed from overheating way before this.
Easy enough to rectify, if that's all that's need though I doubt it, damage might of been done.:frown:

[KIGO1987]

I think your right there. Dodgy bastards, where being extra dodgy with the amount of thermal paste they used when assembling the console. Stingy bastards. Not what i paid a grand for at all.


Thermal paste doesn't just suddenly evaporate :S

I doubt the PS3 was designed by Sony to survive the Australian summer. Considering the amount of 40C/105F plus degree days Perth had last summer i can see why it bombed out, also with the stingy thermal paste used. Funny how the PS3 crapped itself on one of the coldest days of the year though.

[Darkdrium777]

Thermal paste doesn't just suddenly evaporate :SThey put this much in every large PS3. I've seen other pictures at other places, it looked like that too.

On that note, it's old but still funny:
I've seen things with my eyes... (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/scampi/)

[KIGO1987]

PS3 new firmware update in September (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/home-theater/sony-to-give-playstation3-firmware-upgrade-for-3d-blu-ray-support-in-september/3647)

[blackwiggle]

That 3D Blueray disc playback was supposed to be in the last update.
I suppose there isn't exactly a rush for it, although if you have bought a Sony 3D TV and were promised 3D playback from the PS3 to be here earlier, which you would need to playback your one and only 3D disc, then you would be pretty miffed that it has taken so long.
Early 3D TV take up hasn't be so bad for Australian owners, at least they have had 3 State of Origin Rugby leauge matches, and 15 World Cup matches all broadcast live free to air over the last 2 months.
I wonder what they will do for content after tonight's last World Cup match though?
Those 3D specs are going to be gathering dust.

Looks like slim pickins in every other country 3D TV content wise, which I can't see giving people a reason to go out a buy one.

[KIGO1987]

Does anyone here wonder what Namco-Bandai are up to these days?

I remember in the last Ridge Racer. Ridge Racer 7 on the PS3, when you complete the entire game you unlock some pretty cool videos. One of them is Ridge Racer Project 2010. Well it is 2010 now isnt it. In fact half the year has already gone. Is there another Ridge Race title on the PS3 in the making? Cant seem to see any videos or reviews or talk about it at all. Joke really tbh, also what about an Ace Combat title on the PS3? Is there one coming out in the near future? Patiently waiting for this, along with Gran Turismo 5 as well too.

[OBH]

Ridge racer type 4 ftw :)

4th best racing game after wipeout, rock & roll racing, and need for speed underground 2 :beer

[BulletWraith]

jogcOn oooooh yeaah!

[yeldar2097]

Ridge racer type 4 ftw :)

4th best racing game after wipeout, rock & roll racing, and need for speed underground 2 :beer


Gran Turismo? Rollcage? Crash Team Racing :P ?

Never played a RR cept for the demo on PS3. Didn't really get on with it that well. The drifting felt a bit...artificial. Anyone know what I mean?

[OBH]

Rollcage is sick too! how could i forget, though i feel we should either make a new thread or leave this debate here for now :)

[yeldar2097]

I think there might be one hanging about somewhere already.

Rollcage HD would be the dog's proverbials :rock

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Who could forget Rave Racer,Ridge Racer,Ridge Racer Revolution,Rage Racer which introduced Reiko Nagase,and the last Ridge Racer game for the PS1,Ridge Racer Type 4?
Ah...the classics...

[KIGO1987]

Ridge racer type 4 ftw :)


Gran Turismo? Rollcage? Crash Team Racing :P ?

Best PS1 racing games. Real Racing Roots '99 in phantom mile. Could never get past that bloody level with the Dig Dug Racing Team, so bloody hard. CTR was a great multiplayer game. Need more of them on the PS3.



Never played a RR cept for the demo on PS3. Didn't really get on with it that well. The drifting felt a bit...artificial. Anyone know what I mean?

The drifts are very artificial in Ridge Racer. It is a arcade racing game, not really meant to be real at all. Just a good drift racing game with some legendary electronic tunes in the game.

[UB3R~JKP]

Applied for an apprenticeship as a "Heavy Vechicle Technition" Hope I get an interview :D

[OBH]

Just a good drift racing game with some legendary electronic tunes in the game.

Type 4 is right up there are as one of my favourite game soundtracks ever.

[DreamyElf]

i've never gotten into RR games...
tried them but didn't like them.
i was more of a sim-freak!:lol
you know GT(ALL of them), Colin McRae Rally (i still remember the days i lost in this gem plus rally school ftw^^)
but i played some arcade games too like Sega Rally and Le Mans 24H in Arcades and CTR, rollcage, vigilante 8( if i remember correct)and of course mario kart at some friend's house...:)
feeling a bit nostalgic about those good old days...:|

[KIGO1987]

Vigilante 8 was a bloody good one, shame the PS1 variants of the game never came available on the PSN to download, bloody shame. Colin McRae rally was a really good rallying game, first of its kind in terms of realism and all the drifts i pulled in that game i do now days as well too on the gravely dirt roads in the hills :P

Gotta say i had more fun with PS1 games back in the goods days far more than with any PS3 game ive had to date.

[OBH]

v8 was amazing, though Twisted Metal World Tour FTW :beer All about Roadkill, Outlaw, and Mr. Grim :g

[DreamyElf]

yeah i also enjoyed the games more back then...
also GT and Colin McRae were groundbreaking back then with unique features unlike most of todays games that try to impress with graphics.
maybe the fact that i play with strangers online and not with my real friends in my house, have also played a role in my enjoyment.
only exception is wipeout hd, a game that enjoy and that helped me make friends(even on psn)...:rock
another factor i think is that most playstation games were unique and started long-termed franchises, so today we get more sequels with just updated graphics rather than some new projects...
there are of course some exceptions but i think nowadays people prefer games with 'omg' graphics rather than unique and rare gameplay.
look the sales of Ico and Okami.
this is a reason, imo, why the market is flooded with so many shooters...

[KIGO1987]

The first Colin McRae rally was ahead of its time. I remember the night levels in the game as well as the wet ones also. Also i remember that cheat thingy in the game where when you where on that night stage and you took the wrong turn you would come to a fence where you would stop and you car would turn off and you couldnt restart it then you got beamed up into a light and your car would slowly rise then disappear, then you would come back on the stage with something like 4minutes added onto your time and your entire car turned into a jelly state. Quite a clever design in the game for who, who discovered it.

Hey did anyone watch the last Top Gear episode? Yeldar was in there driving the reasonably priced car and believe it or not he got the top time on the track as well also too:!

[DreamyElf]

yeah those night levels were terrifying!
still remember the night stage at monte carlo...
blind corners, slippery road and only a voice to help you!:lol
also playing the stage at indonesia complete with raining and thunderstorms from the in-car view was the best experience i had for years back then!:g
i'm still waiting for a great rally game to arrive.( dirt 2 is way to americanised for my likes)
haven't seen the top gear episode,do you have a youtube link?

[ACE-FLO]

Yep, I also saw the Camaro the Yanks gave to you Aussies to have the suspension worked on, and other clever bits :) £40,000 brand new for a muscle car with modern handling is a bloody good price imo - especially compared to the Benz which is almost double that :D though Hammond claims its twice the car, he would take the camaro anyday - betcha!:D

[KIGO1987]

Yeah a fair wack of the Chevrolet Camaro comes from the Australian built Holden Commodore. Leave it to the Aussies to make a shiity American car better;) You drive a VE Commodore with the 6.2Liter V8 in it and you will be extremely surprised how well and balanced it handles, a kid could drive that car like a nut and would still have control over it. I drove one earlier on in the year, was a manual Holden Commodore SS the car just casually overtakes other cars effortlessly on the roads. Real good cars built for the harsh environment here. I loved when Clarkson put the time for the Camaro on the board and the Holden HSV Maloo ute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSV_Maloo) was quicker. lol! I bet the sedan and wagon versions where probably quicker than the Camaro also.

[Harvai]

God knows how it came up, but I was talking with some friends and this question came up;
How did the Minigun get its name? I mean, it's not very 'mini', is it?

[mic-dk]

Wikipedia says:

"Specifically, minigun refers to a single weapon, originally produced by General Electric. The "mini" of the name is in comparison to designs that use a similar firing mechanism but larger shells, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan."

So, it's basically smaller than an even larger one... :lol

[mdhay]

Then that would make the one on Fallout a little bit ****, although IMO it was anyway. ;)

[OBH]

plus wasnt it called a 'mini gun' because it was originally only mounted on helicopters? technically making one a person would hold to be very mini in comparison :)

[KIGO1987]

Check this out there is a 20story building somewhere in France that is a replica of a of a PS3 fat.

Maybe this is the HQ of Team France or something :P

[OBH]

'Most users ever online was 794, 5th August 2009 at 01:21 AM'

Ive never even seen anything close to that many users at once! :eek

[ACE-FLO]

LOL I kept wondering about that too -- was that when the FURY expansion pack came out? must have attracted a lottta attanetion to this site if so, is what I'm thinking :)

That PS3 building is crazy, if only we had one of those in Canary Wharf :g I could see it from where I live, kinda.. maybe :?

[KIGO1987]

Trying to look back at my posts from around that time and check out why so many people where on around that time, but i kept on getting these bloody error 500 codes.

Well there is this getting built not far from Canary Wharf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_London_Bridge) Ace if you are interested. Something that'll be ready before the 2012 Olympics.

[DreamyElf]

here is an interesting and nostalgic video about some milestones in gaming history according to gametrailers:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/top-10-gt-countdown/701657
i have to say that i really miss the arcade days in '90s...:|

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Thinking about Headquarters for the different regional teams(Team France,NAWTY(did I spell it correcty?)),I wonder...is there something similar to the PS3 or PSP in Singapore? And I've been trying to garner support for team Southeast Asia,but I never seem to even get off the ground!

[blackwiggle]

Singapore has bizarre things happening with it's internet I've found, it can be fine, then for no apparent reason it can slow down to dial up speeds.
I used to visit Echo Loft, the Singapore based HiFi forum, but it got beyond a joke trying to post there because of the erratic internet connection, pages would take many minutes to refresh.

As the PSN uses what is basically a torrent service to run games, and the benign military based Singaporean government making known it's disdain of any use of torrents, I think your might have problems if your Singapore based.
It would rather all the pirates stay in the straights of Malacca rather than the streets of Queenstown. ;)

The PStore & PSN is not as global as you might think, it's impossible to purchase anything from the PSstore from quite a few countries, so since HD/FURY is download only, there's no real legitimate way for them to get it, how they get connected to the PSN I don't know, perseverance and a proxy server I suppose.
I see very few South east Asian racers online, maybe less than half a dozen from Malaysia, a few from India, a couple of Srilankans, no Thia's or Vietnamese.
I'm guessing those few that are playing are Europeans working overseas, like Designer79 who was playing from China till the Chinese Government changed something with the internet there, now he has so many problems staying connected he doesn't bother.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Thing is,I AM based in Singapore. In fact,I live here!(check my location).Say,how'd you know there was place called Queenstown?
Regarding a Southeast Asia Team,who are the ones from Malaysia who play the game? I remember meeting a fellow Singaporean who played HD,but I met him only once...

[KIGO1987]

like Designer79 who was playing from China till the Chinese Government changed something with the internet there, now he has so many problems staying connected he doesn't bother.

I was having a chat with him about a month ago. Something with the Chinese internet system or infrastructure is not letting him sign into the PSN for some reason.

[blackwiggle]

Maybe the Chinese are afraid that Designer79 might start downloading movies and flood the streets of Shanghai with pirated DVD's.:g

I can't remember when it says he signed in last, I'll check tomorrow.

F.E.I.S.A.R .
I saw that it says you are in Singapore, but when I read this.
QUOTE:I wonder...is there something similar to the PS3 or PSP in Singapore?

I thought maybe not, as if you were living in Singapore you would surely know.
How do I know about Queenstown?
My family used to live in Singapore many many years ago, not in Queenstown itself though.
Singapore is where I first learnt what it was like to really sweat.:)
I remember getting drenched in the 4 o'clock downpours in monsoon season, trying to sleep with the clacking down of mahjong tiles on metal tables going on till all hours of the morning and picked up my love of Sambal oelek.
My brother was there 2 years ago, he said I wouldn't recognize it as it has change entirely.:frown:

[Mr Phlanj]

I cant decide what to have as my message tone. should it be...

a) "and now for something completely different"
b) "he's not the messiah he's a very naughty boy!"
c) "now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
d) "FU*K OFF!......we're the people's front of judea"
or e) "The problem sir is that it's dead"

is there a theme going on here or what?? :g

[blackwiggle]

A couple of others from Holy Grail
a]The song of "Sir Robin the Brave"
b]"Bring out your dead"
c]"She's a witch - burn her!"

A couple from Life of Brian
a]"Tfhrust him to the fwoor again centuwion!"
b]"Your find yourself in Gwadiator school vewy swifly"

[KIGO1987]

My message alert tone on my mobile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKIL43gbJ6g)

My ring tone on my mobile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3D0UJCg2Dc)

:p

Most of the time ive got the mobile on silent thought :)

[mdhay]

MGS Codec sound effect, you've gotta love it. ;)

[wiintermute]

Hmm...sound effects as ringtones... Is there a chance someone has the boost sound from WHD? I reckon it would sound great. Is it even possible to rip sfx from the PS3 game?

[Mr Phlanj]

@mdhay i know too many people with that or the '!' noise, if i was going to have a mgs tone i think it would have to be "hey whats this box??"

@blackwiggle hehe good monty python ones, you remineded me some some more aswel so your making it harder :D (and i forgot how funny the sire robin song was)

"SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!!...............well i got better"
"wats worng with Bigusdickus??"

@wiintermute shhhhhh!!! we have to be very quiet about this.........ok i think no one is watching........ i was thinking of a zone call out like "SUPER-ZEN" or the noise of the leach beam being fired.

[mdhay]

I also have Borderlands' Claptrap screaming that he doesn't want to die, always fun in a crowded room. :g

[KIGO1987]

Just downloaded and watched the recent episode 4 of Top Gear.

Was a good laugh this episode. The Caravan challenge was a good one, Clarkson in that stupid dumb french car Citroen Xsara POS or something. Has similar faulty air suspension to what my car once had lol. Love how the handbrake was removed and the car was pushed off the top of the cliff at the end. This has been quite a good season to watch i gotta say. Looking forward to watching the rest of the episodes for this season.

[stin]

Yes it was, I well we never laughed so much for a long time!!!!:hyper, yes you right, that was a good one!.

Can`t wait for another episode!!!:cowboy

stevie:)

[blackwiggle]

I always wanted to use the 5 notes the aliens used to communicate in Close Encounters of a 3rd kind as a ringtone.
Well, for when certain people ring :) it's never been available commercially.
I don't know why, but Steven Spielberg flatly refuses to allow anybody to use it for that, so you have to roll your own.

I didn't really find last weeks Top Gear that good, well, compared to ep 1 with the Robin Reliant's, I think it was the weakest of the 4 eps of season 15 so far, thankfully not quite as bad as some of last years dismal seasons eps.

Any news when the new season 8 "H" of Q.I. starts in the UK?
God I love this show, my favorite by a long way.
I know they finished recording the latest 16 eps a while ago, a bit of a shake up in the guest list this series, Sean lock & David Mitchell, who I find the funniest, both only appear in 3 eps, and Jimmy Carr & Johnny Vegas only once.
Some of the "one off" guests and eps.
Eddie Izzard ep 1
Daniel Radcliffe [xmas special] ep 14
Ruby Wax ep 15

[OBH]

New top gear was good, not as ball-tighteningly-funny as ep.1 with the reliant robin :beer

my god i p*ssing myself with laughter! :g:hyper

[KIGO1987]

Bloody Reliant Robins i remember first seeing the car on the MrBean episodes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II1U-85lzkQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECeRhqqVGT0

Loved them.

Was actually called MrBean back in Primary school lol!

[yeldar2097]

I love Mr Bean, I still watch it ^_^

Our dishwasher just broke so I'm a bit annoyed atm. These hands weren't made for washing...it's so degrading. I'll get the cleaning lady to do it :twisted

/epic faux-snobbery :g

[KIGO1987]

Best Mr Bean Episode ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IacjiYGj9l4 :D
The guy at 6:38 reminds me of Stevie from here :lol

I dont have a dishwasher.

Gaz there is a thing you can buy here to wash your dishes with , i cant post the name of them on this forum since Chris will crack the shiits with me. Quite a funny name. Im not a great fan of washing dishes myself, i find in the summer months the skin around my knuckles crack bad.

[DreamyElf]

i just played some uncharted 2 online earlier and noticed that my ps3 was louder than ever!
never knew the fans can reach this stage:eek
i think uncharted 2 is the most demanding ps3 game so i suppose it's natural all this noise.
i even remember playing it back in january and hearing the ps3 fans working so hard and loud compared to all the other games in which my ps3 slim was quieter than my breathing!:lol

so my advice to anyone who has a fat ps3 with symptoms of overheating is to avoid playing too much u2 during summer or you are risking a ylod...

[KGB]

Funny you should mention that DreamyElf, I remember my fans kicking in a lot when playing both Uncharteds. Someone once said to me the exact same thing about it taking a lot of ps3 power to run it. I wasn't sure if that was right, I guess it must be though now.

[ProblemSolver]

@KGB1971: That's true. If a game uses all the SPEs, then the Cell chip will
consume more power (which translates to more radiated heat). Cell has
something implemented called speed-stepping, meaning that if a unit isn't
under load it's frequency will be cut to save power / heat.

[mdhay]

Found out my ex is now a lesbian. Because of me. ****ing great for me. Nawt. :bomb :(

[KIGO1987]

Christ.... Thats a bit of a story there mdhay.

[mdhay]

Tell me about it. Dunno what I did, but christ. :rolleyes: Chances are she's probably bullshitting, but she does screw with my mind.....

[KIGO1987]

The amount of lost crazy bitch stories ive encountered your right, she is bullshitting. There everywhere across the world. Just you have to change your mobile number once you've dealt with them.

[SaturnReturn]

Found out my ex is now a lesbian. Because of me.

Don't be silly, that's not how it works. If she's claiming it is then she's either lying, stupid, mean, attention seeking, or all of the above. Whatever, you're better of without her. Probably the least harsh (to her) option would be that she's confused. If that's the case then you're still better off without her, because she's trying to blame you for her confusion.:-

[mdhay]

Well, I don't know how it works. Never had the opportunity to find out. You're probably right, I'm not ever going to see her again, which is probably a good thing.
It is only an assumption because from that I'm responsible what I can tell, I was the last guy she went out with, which is likely, because most of the lads in my year are against her because of what she did to me and she is a racist who lives on the wrong side of blackburn for her, you know?

But yeah, she is all of the above anyway. :g

[SaturnReturn]

When I talk about how it works, I obviously don't mean I know because I'm a lesbian. What I mean is, if she really is into girls, then that doesn't just happen because of one guy. It's not like you turned her off so much she switched sides. I wouldn't switch to coffee because I had one bad cup of tea. Neither would I switch to coffee because I had an awesome cup of tea, but didn't like it, so assumed I wouldn't like any other tea. That make sense? Probably not, and I'm not trying to trivialise things by using a tea example, but you see what I mean - yes, there may well be a moment for some people when they realise, but a change in sexual orientation doesn't just happen overnight. I'd even suggest it's a bit arrogant to think that you could be the reason, but you don't seem arrogant, so I'm guessing it's the opposite reason that makes you think that way.

Is she really a racist or one of those people who is very ignorant, and fails to hide it?:P