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mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:44 am

Bought Civ 5 today. Tomorrow I have to be up at 6. This is not going to end well.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:38 am

hahaha

Post by **huge** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:15 pm

mecka wrote:Bought Civ 5 today. Tomorrow I have to be up at 6. This is not going to end well.

lol how'd ya go? i want to play confuser games again. stupid being busy.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:53 am

OK Civ 5... feels too simplistic. The game boils down to fewer aspects than the others in the series. No espionage (WTF), no religion (which, frankly, should have been expanded and tweaked instead of removed). The city management aspect of the game feels heaps more fiddly and requires shitloads more micro to make the most out of your resources. I dislike using gold to buy everything - cheapens the strategy behind the game. I found myself putting up heaps and heaps of Trading Posts (particularly on Jungle, where they get a +2 science bonus eventually) and then spamming Banks and Markets + mo money = quick buying of fuckin everything.

Combat is HEAPS better though. The hex grid and lack of unit stacking makes for heaps more tactical maneuvering. If your unit is stronger than another unit it WILL beat it (no more caravel vs battleship upset bullshit here).

It's a shame because I thought they almost got the balance perfect with Civ 4. If they had implemented the hex grid and combat system into Civ 4 and upgraded the graphics I would have been well chuffed. Unfortunately I'm not completely convinced. The game is still fun but... not as much as it could be.

7 food out of 10 from me.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:23 am

Yeah, after nearly playing through one game I actually got a little bored.

I still don't really miss religion, but no espionage is a bit weird.

It definitely feels a little stripped back. Hopefully they release some new game mechanics in dlc or something...

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:52 am

sounds like they need an equivalent of a beyond the sword upgrade - perhaps part of a tactical sales plan?

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:35 pm

gaming vs clubbing
ROFL
http://www.purepwnage.com/teh_tv_show/e ... mail-sac-9

man these are gold i totally forgot about this, i missed the first ep of their TV show that was on last nite on ABC2 definitely iViewing that shit up soon!

love this one too:
http://www.purepwnage.com/teh_tv_show/e ... ail-sac-13
1hand muta micro skillz while eating cereal froma cup ftw

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:32 pm

More on Civ 5. Its started to grow on me but only because im an ultra-warlike aggressive player. The AI doesnt really know how to lay seige to cities which is my only new gripe. City-states are mildly overpowered, especially Maritime ones with their food bonus. Become allies with two of those and you never need to worry about feeding your cities and can concentrate on units, gold and science production.

They really need to rethink each civs abiliies. Seriously, the Ottomans get a 25% chance to capture Barbarian sea units on defeat? WTF

quick · Post by **quick** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:21 pm

i have no idea what u are talking about Oli, but I love reading your posts on this game...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:46 pm

Kaiproject wrote: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

Damn... finished BC2. Behind 'God of War III' it's the next best game I've had the pleasure of playing on PS3.

Just a shame it all ended so soon.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:27 pm

There's a virus on my server

it's a BSD (Unix) machine running mac share and windows share (SaMBa) programs... I haven't run anti virus for aaages as there are no longer any windows machines in the house. Funny coz it looks like a windows virus, it's been dumping .exe files all over the place (usually with the same name as the folder they are in)... for example.. Server>files>pics>pics.exe

almost every folder has this problem. Hmmm, I think it came from somebody's lappy or something. Anyway, does anyone know if a mac anti-virus (like avast) will fix this?? or will it only work locally? or will I need a windows machine to fix it? fecking annoying...

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:24 pm

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:13 pm

^ haha thats gold clearly someone was mega bored with their assignment/thesis/research

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:24 pm

bahahaha

lately i been hooked on persona3
an RPG type game.
i like it. but sometimes i get bored of the fighting cos i am shit at that part

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:23 am

Loving the hell out of PS3 online. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 rocks.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:11 am

We bought Kinect for xbox yesterday and Dance Central. Its quite fun!

I also picked up Mass Effect 2 and Fallout 3 for cheapsies and more srs gaming.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:08 pm

so hooked on SC2
any of u j00bs wanna play
platinum/diamond level protoss

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:00 am

HELP!

I have a Maxtor 500Gb hard drive which has all of my music, movies, photo files on.

It's not working and I have gig tomorrow for most of the day at an outdoor event and I need to get access - mind you, I'd really like to not lose all of my music too!

It fires up when the power is plugged in, it flashes once with the light and you can hear the fan starting up and something working inside and then it just stops.

have tried two different power cables and two different USB cables and nothing has changed.

anyone experienced anything similar and can maybe shed some light on this for me?

Post by **huge** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:40 am

pull the drive out and stick it into another enclosure. if it still does not work you might be in trouble.

as long as the hard drive itself is not making any strange scraping noises etc you could use a tool to try and fix. but firstly, go get another enclosure ($10-$20 max) and try that out.

quick · Post by **quick** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:57 pm

yep what Hugh said, same thing happened to mine, but it was fixed with a new case...

eN · Post by eN » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:57 pm

I'd just like to say Black Ops is rubbish. Overhyped and riding on the success of MW2 in my opinion. Multiplayer has some cool new features but that's it. It's still entertaining but not nearly as good as MW2..

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:10 pm

eN wrote:I'd just like to say Black Ops is rubbish. Overhyped and riding on the success of MW2 in my opinion. Multiplayer has some cool new features but that's it. It's still entertaining but not nearly as good as MW2..

I really like Black Ops. Single player is rad with a cool story, and multi is a massive improvement on MW2.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:20 am

they're all shit BFBC2 ftw and sc2>*

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:27 am

assassin's creed: brotherhood. end of.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:36 am

fooishbar wrote:assassin's creed: brotherhood. end of.

Def gonna have to pick that up eventually, but my list of "must play games" is really starting to pile up. Just got on to Fable 3, then i've still got Fallout NV...

My gamerscore did crack the 60k mark last week though, so fuck you all.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:04 pm

Red Faction: Armageddon. OMG

I absolutely love Red Faction: Guerilla this looks even better. Magnet Gun! BOOM.

Its out in March 2011

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:12 pm

youthful_implants wrote:yeah its gash.

i am lolling at the gash usage on these forums lately...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:21 am

Kaiproject wrote:they're all shit BFBC2 ftw

My word.

You play online?

I'm under the handle die_wrecked

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:44 pm

tekken 6 story mode is awesome, just like a newer version of double dragon... good fun

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:04 am

Bioware are expected to announce Mass Effect 3 this weekend, I might wee a little

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:36 am

quick wrote:tekken 6 story mode is awesome, just like a newer version of double dragon... good fun

WORD. Really loved that. I got 1000/1000 on that game.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:43 am

mecka wrote:Bioware are expected to announce Mass Effect 3 this weekend, I might wee a little

:spoof:

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:14 pm

Hardy wrote:
quick wrote:tekken 6 story mode is awesome, just like a newer version of double dragon... good fun
WORD. Really loved that. I got 1000/1000 on that game.

nightmare train was hella hard... took me ages, and finally won when devil Jin jumped off the edge lol

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:23 pm

quick wrote:
Hardy wrote:
quick wrote:tekken 6 story mode is awesome, just like a newer version of double dragon... good fun
WORD. Really loved that. I got 1000/1000 on that game.
nightmare train was hella hard... took me ages, and finally won when devil Jin jumped off the edge lol

That level took me fucking AGES. Smashed controllers aplenty. I'm pretty sure I had to do like you and wait til the CPU commited suicide. Fuck it, a win's a win!

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:18 pm

Hardy wrote:
mecka wrote:Bioware are expected to announce Mass Effect 3 this weekend, I might wee a little
:spoof:

I'm half way through mass effect 2 its such an awesome game.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:18 pm

Any advice?

Dear Customer kronz

Attached is an email that TPG has received complaining about certain conduct. The IP address and timestamps provided by the complainant indicate that the conduct occurred over your TPG Service.

Infringement IP address: 220.244.174.66
Infringement timestamp (SYD): 2010-12-13 11:09:49

TPG does not condone the use of TPG Services for activities which are offensive, illegal, or infringe on the legal rights of other persons.
Such activities are expressly stated in your agreement with us as being a basis on which TPG may suspend or terminate the supply of services to you.

It is alleged in the attached complaint that you, or someone authorised by you, have engaged in such an activity. If you agree that you did engage in the activity, please cease it immediately. If you do not believe that you have engaged in the activity complained about or you believe that the activity is not illegal, offensive or an infringement of another person's rights, please contact the complainant as soon as possible and explain your position to them.

If you have any questions about this email or our Terms and Conditions, please contact Customer Service on customer_service@tpg.com.au or
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Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Internet Abuse Team
TPG Internet

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:58 pm

kronz wrote:Any advice?
Dear Customer kronz

Attached is an email that TPG has received complaining about certain conduct. The IP address and timestamps provided by the complainant indicate that the conduct occurred over your TPG Service.

Infringement IP address: 220.244.174.66
Infringement timestamp (SYD): 2010-12-13 11:09:49

TPG does not condone the use of TPG Services for activities which are offensive, illegal, or infringe on the legal rights of other persons.
Such activities are expressly stated in your agreement with us as being a basis on which TPG may suspend or terminate the supply of services to you.

It is alleged in the attached complaint that you, or someone authorised by you, have engaged in such an activity. If you agree that you did engage in the activity, please cease it immediately. If you do not believe that you have engaged in the activity complained about or you believe that the activity is not illegal, offensive or an infringement of another person's rights, please contact the complainant as soon as possible and explain your position to them.

If you have any questions about this email or our Terms and Conditions, please contact Customer Service on customer_service@tpg.com.au or
13 14 23.

Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Internet Abuse Team
TPG Internet

Meh. I've had those, nothing will happen.

Post by **huge** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:56 pm

yeah just ignore dude.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:47 pm

^ it was all Morgs' fault. Downloaded South Park from a public tracker.

Post by **huge** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:50 pm

morgs

noob

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:18 pm

morgs in torrent fail shocker.

Mass Effect 3

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Batman: Arkham City

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Post by **system** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:28 pm

i've been smashing a couple of games on the wii recently:

epic mickey
sonic: colours
nba jam
donkey kong country returns
golden eye 007

golden eye 007 in particular is just awesome. such a good remake, although it's a bit weird having daniel craig replacing pierce brosnan and the locations being changed too. that and having deadmau5 smashing up a club dance floor in one scene.

eN · Post by eN » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:38 pm

Use utorrent and IP filtering. Google search should show u how. U can just download a list of known tracking Ips and it blocks em.

kronz wrote:Any advice?
Dear Customer kronz

Attached is an email that TPG has received complaining about certain conduct. The IP address and timestamps provided by the complainant indicate that the conduct occurred over your TPG Service.

Infringement IP address: 220.244.174.66
Infringement timestamp (SYD): 2010-12-13 11:09:49

TPG does not condone the use of TPG Services for activities which are offensive, illegal, or infringe on the legal rights of other persons.
Such activities are expressly stated in your agreement with us as being a basis on which TPG may suspend or terminate the supply of services to you.

It is alleged in the attached complaint that you, or someone authorised by you, have engaged in such an activity. If you agree that you did engage in the activity, please cease it immediately. If you do not believe that you have engaged in the activity complained about or you believe that the activity is not illegal, offensive or an infringement of another person's rights, please contact the complainant as soon as possible and explain your position to them.

If you have any questions about this email or our Terms and Conditions, please contact Customer Service on customer_service@tpg.com.au or
13 14 23.

Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Internet Abuse Team
TPG Internet

quick · Post by **quick** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:33 pm

bejeweled 3... fun times

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:13 pm

mecka wrote:morgs in torrent fail shocker.

Mass Effect 3
Watch the posted video on YouTube.

so Mass Effect as a franchise has been taken over by independent UK film-makers and Guy Ritchie to make Mass Effect 3 aka Lock Stock and Two Smoking Plasma Rifles?

AWESOME!

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:14 pm

PS I'm playing Halo Reach. its mad.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:55 am

Where do you peeps order games from online? Who are the cheapest?

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:24 am

Come on you faggots, help a brother out!

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:43 am

I generally get my pc games through Steam.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:48 am

Hardy wrote:Come on you faggots, help a brother out!

Shop local!