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apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:27 pm

Loving Starcraft 2!

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:27 pm

apophenian wrote:Loving Starcraft 2!

fkn pwns!

finished campaign yesterday, great fun.

going well in gold division 2v2 with a mate. sticking to 'toss for now til i get gooder. fav atm

1v1 whole other kettle of fish! fun but more tense

im a bronze nub after placements 3-2

mecka / apoph anyone else if u wanna team up or prac games or anything addski me.
name: Kai
char code: 238

Post by **huge** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:47 pm

i picked up an asus xonar essence stx sound card on the weekend as i was sick to hell of listening to my hdd's spining thru my speakers. totally awesome to have an excellent sound card again. lucky ive been buying flac for a while cos all the old mp3's sound woeful on this compared to them hah.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:28 pm

nice.
GAH stupid sc2 ladder system now 7-3 owned too much n got promoted to silver no0ooo
EDIT: make that gold now. beating platinum players :/

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:38 pm

rank 5 plat ._.

Post by **huge** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:54 am

anyone interested in sharing a seedbox with me for uuhhh.. downloading teh latest hi def linux distros?

Post by **huge** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:48 am

firefox 4 and its new tab management

installed it today and it's totally awesome. my tabs get way out of control and i forget what the hell im meant to be doing most of the time.

http://vimeo.com/13560319

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:14 pm

umm can anyone tell me why gmail plays me music and how i can turn it off? argh!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:01 pm

Because it's just trying to GET TO KNOW YOU THE ONLY WAY IT KNOWS HOW.

Geeze tash.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:04 pm

Kaiproject wrote:
SDF1 wrote:Just got BF BC2 last night on PC.
Been years since I've played any online shooters (QIIIA being the last major one, apart from occasional TF2 dabbling).

Expecting to get reamed repeatedly and rage quit on first go.
Hahaha. Yeah its a little tricky at first but gets real fun and easier when you start getting upgrades.

I've been playing it when I get a chance, almost rank10 - Medic easiest to level up and get unlocks (drop kits, revive peeps, spam LMGs). Fun as. Assault also pretty easy and fun.

Me steam ID: Kaiproject, BFBC2 = C Kai
Addski up!

Holding off on SC2 a bit, just don't have the time atm well not to get decent at it...

Been playing it heaps myself too.

Leejay83 is my BFBC2 thing. Seem to be having the most success with Recon though.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:11 pm

mecka wrote:Because it's just trying to GET TO KNOW YOU THE ONLY WAY IT KNOWS HOW.

Geeze tash.

it's freaking me out and infinitely annoying when i'm listening to music.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:31 pm

If anyone is interested, Richard Stallman is doing a talk in Melbourne 15 January

http://www.nicta.com.au/nicta_events/ev ... d_stallman

If you don't know who he is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:10 pm

haven't played games in years really but recently got a hankering fot getting into civilization again....

anyone played civ 4?

it kind of suited me as I'm not so fussed on individual battle strategy, and like the whole evolution of knowledge and technology thing...

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:20 pm

Civ 5 comes out next week FoundationStepper

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:29 pm

yeah keeping eye out on that too, cheers. gotta check whether it would run on ppc

i know a little bit of these other larger strategy games with more a combat element but is there anything that kind of catpures the civilization vibe?

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:55 pm

Halo Reach!!! :drool:

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:13 pm

Been playing Reach. Not bad, multiplayer is rad, firefight is awesome fun

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:30 pm

If I am well enough tomorrow to drag myself out of bed I will endeavour to procure a copy of said game.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:12 am

mecka wrote:If I am well enough tomorrow to drag myself out of bed I will endeavour to procure a copy of said game.

... then get on live so we can pwn noobs together

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:14 pm

OK So managed to drag myself into a games store to pick up Reach (will fork over for a Legendary Edition later on).

Production values are as high as they've ever been with any Halo game. Cutscenes are cinematic, vehicle and weapon designs are very detailed even when compared to Halo:ODST. I'm also enjoying the varied colour palette as opposed to ODSTs grey grey and grey, or the shiny purple/green grass blue skies of the earlier games.

Soundtrack, as always, is amazing.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:06 pm

As an addendum to the above post: Reach is easily one of the most beautiful games I have ever played. Bungie really managed to nail a unique flavor with this addition to the series and it's a shame they won't be producing any more Halo games.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:14 am

Dick Smiths are selling it for $84. I cant wait to play it!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:19 pm

Zone Adrenalan on Bourke St have it for $79, $74 if paying by cash/eftpos.

Its an incredible game. I've been playing it almost non-stop all weekend, clocked it on Heroic and I'm about a third of the way through on Legendary. Its nice having invincible squadmates.

Sociopathic · Post by **Sociopathic** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:50 pm

I HAS WIRELESS THROUGH HOUSE!!! whoop whoop.
So my new puppy ate my blue cable thingy that connects internets to computer.
One problem I have now is that I have an open unsecure network running around my house.
how does one fix this.
the modem is a d-link DSL2642B
No i didn't run the instalation dvd I just plugged it into my modem and then installed the adapter.
No I'm not telling you where I live so you can sit out the front and steal my internets unless you tell me how to make it secure then I may contemplate it.

No really though can someone who knoes stuff help please?

Sociopathic · Post by **Sociopathic** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:07 pm

Ok figured out the ip address for the router, and how to log in. But can't figure out how to do ANYTHING.
It doesn't have a little tab with info about the wireless part of it or anything like I was expecting... I AM RETARD~!

Post by **huge** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:14 am

figured it out?

Sociopathic · Post by **Sociopathic** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:22 am

no cause I suck

Post by **huge** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:27 am

hah. do you know how to take a screen grab and post it here?

Sociopathic · Post by **Sociopathic** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:58 pm

THAT I can do

dada

theres one screen

theres another

and the last one
Only the menu options down the side changed in each of them. Theres no wireless section where I can password it...

Post by **huge** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:21 pm

ok well, you said your wireless router was a d-link DSL2642B and im looking at a netcomm nb6. so im thinking you have the netcomm acting as your adsl router and the dlink as your wifi router?

netcomm nb6 does not have wifi as far as i can tell which is why you cant see any options for it. you will need to jump onto the d-link. it will have a different IP address which will be similar to the one you have there (192.168.1.1). it might be 192.168.1.2 or 192.168.1.254 or something. the last number will be the only one different. you might be able to check it thru the netcomm if you check connected devices or whatever.

if the wifi router is runnig a DHCP server (not unlikely lol) you could plug straight into it and get its IP easy.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:35 am

Enjoying Civ V alot. The fact that you can't stack units combined with the new hex map changes combat a little, but I think I like it.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:45 pm

I finished Halo 3, finally. stoked.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:36 pm

much different in Civ v on technology, diplomacy, etc?

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:15 pm

technology is pretty much the same. They have removed religion, espionage and corporations. The way that civics is done has changed, and they have added city states. In some ways it's a lot simpler, but it still has a lot of depth...

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:27 pm

apophenian wrote:They have removed religion, espionage and corporations

I'm still struggling with the use of esionage... but removing religion seems a bit confining, its an easy way to maintain early game peace

still the great people (religion) generally hasn't helped so far

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:42 pm

Why would they remove stuff? Weird.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:20 pm

I thought that religion swayed things a bit too heavily, and corporations never really served much purpose for me.. Am missing espionage a bit though...

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:07 pm

enjoying civ IV - haven't played since civ II I think...

getting to just post industrial era, on top of the pack but with three friendly civs who all like each other - waging war on one might be easy enough but likely to open me up to attack on all fronts -

I;m wondering about dominance by culture or other means? haven't done this before, but is it really achievable or should I focus on getting military tech dominance and just going the warfare front? can espionage play a big part with friendly civs?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:04 pm

Picking up Civ 5 tomorrow for $54 which is pretty nice.

Finished Halo: Reach on Legendary yesterday. I think every 90 minute stint I've played on Legendary has netted me 100+ deaths. The worst was 150 in 90 minutes.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:10 pm

technical question. why does my Xbox display on my plasma look blurry and a bit shit?

Its connected with analogue RCAs so do I need a digital connection for it to look really good?

Can anyone tell me the name of the lead I need?

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:27 pm

youthful_implants wrote: Its connected with analogue RCAs so do I need a digital connection for it to look really good?

yup, that's definitely it. You need HDMI

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:03 pm

HDMI rocks.

Picked up Battlefield Bad Company 2 on the weekend - really liking it. More so than the latest Medal of Honour.

Do they still make Command and Conquer games? (for PS3).

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:36 pm

yep alex, was the same for me until I plugged it in using HDMI, then it looks 10,000x better

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:47 pm

sween! thanks.

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 last couple of days. Nearly clocked it, its pretty easy. Great game though...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:55 pm

would look shit with RCA though TBH

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:57 pm

yeah its gash.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:12 pm

Catch of the day had ps3s for $199 today, halo:reach for $29

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:24 pm

youthful_implants wrote:sween! thanks.

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 last couple of days. Nearly clocked it, its pretty easy. Great game though...

I reckon Bad Company 2 beats it.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:29 pm

Direkt wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:sween! thanks.

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 last couple of days. Nearly clocked it, its pretty easy. Great game though...
I reckon Bad Company 2 beats it.

Ha yeah I've got that on my PC. It looks like it would be good but its shit using a mouse and its really juddery on my graphics card. fail.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:25 pm

BC2 owns
mouse is the only way to play
and yeah its reasonably gfx intensive i have a recent midrange card and it runs sweet