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Showing content with the highest reputation on 05/15/2014 in Posts

  1. Saw this on the oatmeal, had me laughing. Thought about Joe or deterioration. hahaha
    5 points
  2. I've never been a cat person but this? Wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qggsy3Cxg4U
    4 points
  3. That would probably be wrong. Steve Jobs went to the Xerox Palo Alto R&D facility and was memorized by the Mouse and Windows. Both were invented by Xerox who said they had no need for it since the could not use it on their copiers. He was told he could use it. Meanwhile MS got a contract from IBM to develop an operating system for their PC. This happen after talks with DEC failed. DEC had the CP/M operating system which worked on 8080 and 8086 (cpu used in the first PCs). MS emulated many of the functions from CP/M and some of them still remain today. Apple saw a lot of success with their windows stuff and people were liking it, so then MS decided to copy Apple. Like I said, Gates wasn't original but at least he could run and market a business. The current management can't even do that. Xbox isn't exactly new either. The were loads of gaming consoles before they decided they would have one. A lot of what we do see today in computers however was technology that Xerox chose not to deploy because they didn't want to hurt their copier business. Who ever made that choice is probably one of the guys running MS They wouldn't be the first knuckle heads from a large company to do something like that only to regret it later.
    3 points
  4. Diddums

    Microtransactions

    When I first heard about these, I thought "excellent", the ability to buy cosmetic goodies for a few pence or a pound here or there would be excellent. Whether it was a hat in TF2, a camo pack in BO2, or a shortcut kit in BF4, it just made perfect sense. The only downfall it would have is that some folks wouldn't be able to afford them, but that goes with the territory. When WoW started with "microtransactions" I thought it was awful. It started off with a pet or a mount for the game, which although I disagreed with and never paid for, was definitely a success for Blizzard as everyone seemed to have one eventually. They must've made a killing. The mount was I think... £15? Something like that. Now that on it's own is taking the "micro" away from transaction. You could buy the base game for that price, or even an expansion pack. Hell, you could buy multiple games for that price. Yet here you paid £15 for a horse. And that's the point I started disliking microtransactions. The problem with them is that gamers will fork out cash for anything. I can guarantee you that if Blizzard released a gold covered horse for £1000 tomorrow, you'd see them all over the place within a month. Now there's nothing wrong with that, if someone wants to spend a grand of mommy & daddy's hard earned on a horse that's up to them, but what about the rest of us, who can't be bothered paying so much but want might also want something nice on the cheap? Well, that's where the cheaper stuff comes in. There are loads of other mounts and pets on the store, which are great. The problem is that once people start spending larger amounts of in-game items, some companies take this as "oh they will pay, charge more then" which gradually filters down to the rest of the playerbase, so many of us end up paying much more than we should for something which is effectively just a horse with a different colour. Now you can also buy a character boost to max level for $60. Yes, sixty dollars. This is somehow marketed as a "microtransaction". I'd like to know how they class a sum which can feed a family for a week as "micro". These are great in theory, but as usual once greed starts settling in it all goes pete tong very fast.
    3 points
  5. Diddums

    Xbox One for $399

    I wish MS would just sack the lot of their PR and marketing department and start fresh. Consoles should be "for gamers, by gamers" no "for gamers, by greedy suits". If MS sacked off the number crunchers, hired in some people who actually have a vested interest in gamers, their sales would double overnight. Ever since their delusional "always on, always watching, no used games or lending games, always online" nonsense people have caught on, and as much as I hate to say it, but only three people buy Xbones: Those who have been so far under a rock they have no idea what went on. Those who are such devout fanbois that MS can do no evil. The uneducated who have bought one as a gift. That's it. Anyone who reads the odd forum / blog / tech article will know what a stink that caused, and the only way of fixing this is to start from scratch with a whole new team. There is hope, but MS seems so dedicated to raising a sinking ship that they're completely blind to what the gamers want, and at the end of the day, without us, their product is a very expensive excursion into Dreamcast territory. Which is sad really. The Xbone is a good machine, make no mistake. The hardware is powerful, the interface is lovely, it has loads of extra features which are quite simply a pleasure to use, but unfortunately it was let down by the morons heading up the Xbox team. One quote says it all: "We have a product for those who don't have internet access, it's called the Xbox 360". That quote right there just shows how distanced they are from a gamer's wants and needs. Literally no clue. "Ah, that number is bigger so that's the one we're going with". Yes, but that number is also the final nail in the coffin, and now nobody wants your console. What now Mr. Numbers? I don't want to see Xbox go. I really don't. At this point in time it's all we have keeping Sony honest and if Xbox goes, who's going to fulfill that role? Nintendo? I very much doubt it. So please MS, there is still hope. Grab your marketing team by the scruff of the neck, throw them all out the door and get a fresh team in. Give them more generous budget constraints (still turn a profit, just a bit slower) and let them market the machine as it should have been marketed from day one: "By gamers, for gamers". Either that or have fun digging your own grave.
    3 points
  6. crippled_viper

    The Class Types

    The Hunter is version of the Rogue or Thief. Their armour to cloth ratio is 50:50. They are specialists at stealth and long range fighting, but are just as leathal with their blade. They were once outlaws, prowling in the wilderness and wastelands. Now, bending the rules and being as 'resourceful' as they are comes in handy. Unique Features: The Hunter wields a combat knife for quiet, close-quarter kills. The Titan class is the walking tank. It is Bungie's Sci-Fi Warrior or Barbarian. They have a 80:20 armour to cloth ratio and specialize in heavy weapons as well as light machine guns. They were the ones who built the Wall and they were the ones who gave their lives to hold it during the Collapse of the Golden Age. They are forged from strength and sacrifice, being as merciless as their enemies. The Warlock is your classic Mage, but with a Bungie twist. They can use weapons as well as magic, making it so you can master both without being weaker that the other classes. They have a 20:80 armour cloth ratio. By studying the Traveler and learning to control some of its magical energies, the Warlocks came to be. While the true purpose of the Traveler and its abilities, including the ones granted to you, remain a mystery, discovering the truth has always driven you into the unknown. http://www.ign.com/wikis/destiny/Classes
    3 points
  7. You can have three characters per account and you can trade items between your characters. So if you're a Hunter and you find some sweet Titan armor it's not wasted.
    3 points
  8. They are remapped to whatever buttons you want. So for CoD like to jump or go prone you don't have to remove you finger from the analog stick. They work great. My biggest problem when moving over from Xbox wasn't the controller but losing my paddles. I will be ordering one
    2 points
  9. Sennex

    Random Pictures

    U Want Some M8?
    2 points
  10. Dylanimo

    Eurogamer 2014

    Hi, my name is Dylan thought i should show face in hear lol
    2 points
  11. I work all weekend. I have no cell phone connection when I'm there. I'll participate when I'm home at night. Someone text me who my target is and I'll take care of it after work. Thanks.
    2 points
  12. Drop Ramos, he's a cunt, end of
    2 points
  13. They need to reward objective players. To this day; I still cannot believe IW didn't include this in Ghosts for the first half of the games existence. I remember playing Kill Confirmed and seeing players on my team with 30+ kills and just a couple of tags. Also seeing players bottling B flag on DOM because they didn't want to die for no reward. I loved how Black Ops 2 rewarded objective play. Even the weakest of players were able to get on the killstreak ladder without needing a string of kills. Everything seemed more balanced back then but Ghosts was lopsided towards noob camping or killwhores. Also, I hope strike packages aren't included and we have one basic ladder of streaks. about 80% of stuff included on Ghosts is unused or just not popular.
    2 points
  14. This just seems to be a case of catering for the age group who supposedly can't buy this game i.e. pre 16 year old kids.
    2 points
  15. I just want it to be good enough to get a full party again, i miss those days. I think the unlock system should be sorted as well, the only thing on Ghosts that you need to unlock is Camos and even those challenges are a piece of piss. I miss the grind of having to use a shit default class until lvl 4 then have to use a pretty shit gun until about 15-20. Now I just choose Soldier, buy gun I want, buy perks I want, buy my scorestreaks and off I go... Wooo
    2 points
  16. First and foremost, everyone wants a good connection. I want the prestige system to be redone. As stated above it's shit. I want to be able to unlock guns through my prestige and not be able to buy whatever gun I want, whenever I want. Because of this system, I immediately buy guns like the honey badger and never try guns like the.... See I don't even know all the gun names. In MW2 and CoD4 I could name all the guns simply because at one point or another you had to try them because you didn't unlock that damn AK-47 yet. I want that back. Then when you use the gun you unlock at level 4 you have to unlock attachments the more you use it. So if you unlocked a sniper rifle, you would actually need to put some effort into the gun to get it max level before you get your thermal scope. That's the kind of system I want. I really wish Call of Duty developers would stop catering to new players. When we started playing World at War, CoD4, MW2 or before all that, we didn't have target finders and shit. Hell naw. We had to get better (LOL). They need to get better too or they can give up and play Mario Kart. We need brighter maps. Not flamboyant Nuketown maps... Just brighter maps. Stop using dark colors to cover up your ancient engine. Allow me to complete whatever challenge I want to complete and don't limit me. Looking at you Ghosts! One of my favorite things to do with John is unlock challenges, compare what challenges we have done and work on game mode challenges together. So Ghosts failed with that in my opinion. They fixed it as of late but the sting is still there. Killstreaks... Call me old fashioned, but I want 3 default killstreaks and that's it. Just like CoD4. I know that's not going to ever happen though. So what I do want is Barebones back, HQ, and all the other fun game modes. Not this Blitz shit. Oh and I want my classic UAV back and Stinger. I'm done. I think.
    2 points
  17. Xbox 360 owners did upgrade.... ...to PS4 Anyone who hasn't upgraded can't afford to at present because the Xbox One is a rip-off even Kinectless and when they have got that sort of money; a PS4 makes more sense I think Microsoft are absolutely desperate and are just trying to convince themselves that everything is fine. The amount of u-turns they are doing is unheard of and just shows how ridiculous their initial policies were. They should rename the console Xbox One-eighty for all the u-turns they do.
    2 points
  18. I'm going to throw this in here: Why is the PS4 outselling the Xbox One? Microsoft weighs in... Yusuf Mehdi says, "They're in 40+ markets, we're in 13," and claims Xbox 360 owners are enjoying the systems so much they are less inclined to upgrade. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-is-the-ps4-outselling-the-xbox-one-microsoft-weighs-in/1100-6419622/ The untruthfulness of "People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short-term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360" infuriates me. Good reply I saw was "Excuses are like PS4's. Everybody's got one!"
    2 points
  19. How times change! This was the ball back when Scotland last qualified: This was Scotland when they last won a game
    2 points
  20. The lesson here is NEVER fuck with ninja cats
    1 point
  21. Just preordered for PS3 today and put code into Bungie for Beta.
    1 point
  22. jordie1892

    Game of Thrones

    So my friend pointed out how much I look like Grey Worm, and then decided to photoshop me to prove it...
    1 point
  23. TigerBurge

    Far Cry 4

    Damn there are some good games coming out this fall
    1 point
  24. J4MES OX4D

    Far Cry 4

    Holy facking sheet! It's real bitches!
    1 point
  25. Chookes

    Eurogamer 2014

    I'm so glad he's hear.
    1 point
  26. Chookes

    Eurogamer 2014

    Collage
    1 point
  27. deterioration

    Random Pictures

    ^ Replace the water with a sub sandwich and thats me. Ommm nom nom nom nom... Few day old 2015 STI. Boy racers are too fast... Too furious.
    1 point
  28. I saw this on Facebook, I'm hoping our cats lynch the yapping neighbours dog that keeps me awake
    1 point
  29. Dylanimo

    Eurogamer 2014

    Hi, my name is Dylan got it from collage.
    1 point
  30. Drinks might be on you at Eurogamer!
    1 point
  31. I've just put £25 on Belgium to win the World Cup
    1 point
  32. I wonder what the odds are that he'll get sent off at some point, might be worth a few quid
    1 point
  33. tronic44

    Microtransactions

    Shorts? ............. .......i might be interested
    1 point
  34. My missus will love this..... our cats would do bugger all
    1 point
  35. This^ We have to be rewarded for objective play, this is a must!! They took such a step backwards by not including this straight away but then at least showed that they kind of are listening by sorting it out. Way too late though IMO
    1 point
  36. Diddums

    SCUF 4PS controller

    All they have to do to sell more controllers is replace the dual shocks with rubber titties.
    1 point
  37. Looking forward to this weekend's slaughterfest. A few questions: To qualify, I simply attack someone in the days running up the the event, right? During the event, I could only attack twice last time. Is that correct? And how do I donate stuff?
    1 point
  38. Dis mudda fucka!!!
    1 point
  39. 1 point
  40. Just seen that both teams in the Europa League Final were given 9,000 tickets yet there's empty seats galore. Fuck UEFA and their prawn sandwhich brigade the don't bother turning up or go home early! 60,000 seated stadium and only 18,000 REAL fans in there. Wankers
    1 point
  41. I'd buy it if it turned you into a giraffe or elephant or something completely random, like the number 8, something extra weird
    1 point
  42. cyberninja2601

    Xbox One for $399

    We've hear you say " we all want a PS4" and we are tired of getting our asses kicked every time new sales figures come out
    1 point
  43. Dattebayo

    Xbox One for $399

    lol Didn't they say that Xbox One will never be sold without Kinect? Well whatever, this is good news nonetheless. Just 100 dollars more, you bastards, then it's in my price range...
    1 point
  44. Sennex

    it got better

    me explaining databases to Dave:
    1 point
  45. Man, I loved it when he said "Hodor". Such a serious moment. Also, I have not seen the past two episodes.
    1 point
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  47. We did bloody well last night, there wasn't too much more that could have been done. It seems like the other team don't seem to realise they are in a war or just don't care which is good news for us
    1 point
  48. Great work on this yesterday, pretty good way to start things off. I wonder how many people are actually on this and haven't just signed up to forget about it. Looking forward to seeing how much we gain from this too.
    1 point
  49. 1 point
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