OTC Mike

Yeah, I come around from time to time. Don't post alot, but read a few threads here and there.

I've watched all the episodes from the beginning. I don't always 100% agree with what he says, but he always makes it worth watching, whether you agree or not.

Why not just use one of the modpacks on the FTB launcher/AT Launcher and update from that. Pick the largest pack and then update from there. You can disable any of the mods you don't want and if there are some that you want added, they are easy to add = download mod -> drag and drop into folder. Seems easier that way, no?

I play Black Ops 2 daily. Unless you like TDM, the only other game you can really get into is NukeJacked which is 9v9 on either Nuketown or Hijacked. Mixed game modes and mixed core/hardocre.

I also noticed you hated Cites XXL. I dabbled a little bit into it. It was my first game like this and didn't really mind it. It did seem fairly easy though. One thing I like about that game over Skylines is that you could add in the different classes of housing versus this game where they level up.

Never played any of the Sims, but...yep sounds like Skylines has all the stuff you didn't like. Personally I like all the micromanagement. It was a bit tough to get used to at first, but now that I have a better understanding of how it works I enjoy it. I feel it prolongs the game and really makes you work at building up your city. But also, like I said - I do have a city that has unlimited money and everything unlocked from the beginning. You still have to run power lines/water lines etc, but since resources are unlimited, you can just spend 20 minutes building all that at the beginning and not really have to worry about that too much.

I picked it up on release and had a tough time getting a city going in the beginning. I kept running into a budget deficit that I couldn't climb out of. Not unexpected really as it is my first game of this type. I've finally got a decent size city going now, but am only scraping by. Still need to figure out the best optimization of school/fire/police locations to cover the most area. Bart - explain what you mean by Sims 2k as I'm not familiar with that game and want to know what you mean. I do have one city where I'm playing with unlimited money and all features unlocked and that is actually tons of fun.

I've been watching this show for years. I love it. I'll even watch reruns. I've even gotten my 5 year old daughter to watch it with me, even though she doesn't even know half the stuff they are making. They have a whole "side" show that is all about luxury/exotic cars that is pretty cool as well.

So much metal in this thread... Here, relax for a bit

Don't do it. This game is optimized horribly for PC. COD on PC is dead. The numbers are dwindling so fast. If there are 1,000 players online at any given time, it's a good day.

Hendricks is the only Gin I'll drink. Ask for a hendricks and tonic. If they serve it with a cucumber, you know you're in a place that knows what they're doing.

The 4096 tile is impossible I think. Hence the name 2048. You would need one of each of the following tiles: 2048 1024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 Plus other tiles that add to 8, but you've run out of spaces. My highest is like 11,000. Have broken 10,000 a few times. Average score probably in the 7,000 - 8,000 range.

I'll spend Monday like I have for the past 9 years. I'll wake up and go to the same parade I have been going to since I was a little kid. At some point during the parade my wife will ask when I'm going to walk or ride in it, and I'll dance around an answer by telling her "maybe someday." At some point during the parade I'll wander off and find a place where I can be alone and I'll end up breaking down in tears as I think about my friends who didn't come back from Iraq, and their families and their kids who have to endure this day with out their husbands and fathers. I'll eventually make my way back to the parade and watch my daughter grab candy that is thrown from the floats, pretending to have a good time. After the parade I'll get home and start setting up for a picnic that I always have at my house. The day will go on as usual, and as usual I'll drink myself into oblivion, call 3 or 4 of my buddies that I still keep in touch with from the Marine Corps and see how their day is going - usually the same as mine - Hating life and pissed off at all the people who look at this day as just another day off from work and a reason to get drunk with their friends. At some point later on in the night I'll black out and pass out - hopefully in my bed. And if it's a really special day, like the one 6 years ago, I'll wake up around 2:30am, take off my clothes, grab my car keyes and tell my wife I'm going to play golf and I'll be back in a few hours. (true story)

Every gun is amazing in HC

Fright Night was one of my favorite movies, along with Deadly Friend and Rad

There's always Titanfall

I have to disagree with alot in your post. While I agree that the lack of guns is dissapointing, I think what they've done in terms of gun balance is tremendous. None of the guns seem overpowered and pretty much all are fun to use. The only one that could be argued is OP is the smart pistol. I don't think it's that bad, but wouldn't really disagree with anybody who said that it's OP either. Personally I love the bot aspect of the game. It keeps people happy because get their kills while not really altering the game all that much. Would I love to play 9v9 or 12v12? Absolutely! But does 6v6 w/ bots kill the game? Not at all in my opinion. Regarding the campaign - I completely agree that as far as a campaign goes it sucks. You really don't get a feel for any story line. But for me, that doesn't matter. Starting with MW2, my combined campaign time totals less than that of a single full campaign. While I'm sure there are players who enjoy the campaign in FPS games, I would be willing to bet that most don't ever play it, or play it only occasionally. Hell, I never even downloaded the campaing for MW3... I do, however, think that it is a good way to get introduced to the game in what seems like a pretty low key way.

Country music. I just can't stand it (for the most part). Some of the more mainstream is ok, but in general I can't stand it. I think it's very good music, and the musicians are just as talented as any others, I just can't listen.

Maybe the first part of your goal is to have an end goal in 4 years. At that point you can rework your plan and adjust accordingly. No one says that what you do now, has to be what you are doing in 20 years. When I first started college I really didn't know what I wanted to do. But I know I really loved math. Well as it turns out I really like economics and business as well - but I didn't know that until I went to school and learned about it. But I still had no idea what I wanted to do. In my sophomore year I learned about an internship at a Reinsurance Company. I, like most people, didn't know what the heck that was. I did a little research and thought it sounded interesting so I applied and got the internship. I really liked it and ended up doing it between my junior and senior years as well. Now I've been in the industry for 4 years and I really enjoy it. 6 years ago I had no idea that this industry even existed. And now I'm in the process to moving on to an investment banking role in the same company (along with my current role). Again something I hadn't even thought about 6 years ago. My point is that you don't know whats out there until you start doing something. That thing you decide to do, may open doors to other opportunities that you like even more. Try different things out, it might work it might not, but it'll be a learning experience either way.

Alot of solid advice here. And I'll add my $.02. I've always been of the opinion that college isn't for everybody, nor should it be. And not going to college isn't something that should be looked down upon, so first and foremost don't ever feel like you're "less" than anybody for not going to college. Next, if you really love what you do, and you put in the time and effort, you will be sucessful - whatever sucessful means to you. The most important thing to do though, in my opinion, whether you go to college or not, is have a solid plan. Having a solid plan will enable you to evaluate yourself at various times and let's you know if you need to make adjustments or rework your plan. I can almost guarantee that at some point in time, your plan WILL fall apart, but that's ok. You can rework your plan at any time. I don't know you well enought to say you should or shouldn't go to college, but I know that the later in life you get the harder it is to go back to schol. I know in the US there are alot of scholarships and grants that you can apply for to get financial aid to help lessen some of the high costs. At a minimum if you're looking into a career where many of your peers/competitors have degrees, you should at least look at the cost/benefit analysis of going to college. It may make sense, it may not. That's for you to decide.

So, I had a pretty awesome experience with the good ol' interweb this weekend, in spite of a pretty terrible reason, that I thought I might share. Now, first thing I need to say that I really don't use internet for anything other than gaming, this forum and browsing YouTube and Facebook. I know some of you are members of other forums (gaming or otherwise) and have heard of some great experiences, but never really cared to use the internet in any other way than I currently due. So with that said, here goes. On Saturday morning my wife's grandfather passed away. He was 91, had dementia and was in poor health due to being 91 and having dementia, so his passing was no real surprise, and is looked upon as a good thing in our family, as the last few months have been hard on him. He's also a WWII Marine Vet. And as some of you know I'm also a Marine Vet, so while shoveling my driveway Saturday afternoon I thought I would pay my respects the only way I knew I could, and that was by wearing my Dress Blue uniform to his funeral. The only problem is that I don't own one anymore. So, I needed some and I needed some fast. Getting a full set of dress blues sized correctly with all medals and ribbons mounted in 3 days is about as easy as your wife getting ready to go out to dinner in 3 minutes. I did some google searching for some local military surplus stores, but nobody had what I needed. Feeling pretty bad, I tried one more search...And found a full set, brand new, with all the works (blues have tons of buttons, belt and accessories) on eBay. But their shipping policy wouldn't get it here on time. So I messaged the poster... And he's where the story gets good. He messaged me right back with his phone number and I gave him a call. I explained the situation to him. He told me he would take it off ebay and ship it overnight from California that night and I could just pay him through paypal. I was kinda nervous about that, but he had a positive rating of 99.5% with over 400 items sold, and is a former Marine himself, so I took my chances and went for it. We exchanged a few texts and I checked the fedex tracking number this morning and the package will show up this afternoon. Well, I also need my ribbons and medals mounted, which is still no easy task in a short timeframe. Well, as it turns out, the guy who sold me the dress blues, knows another former Marine in Arizona who does just that. He passed along this other guys contact info, and a couple of calls later I’ve got a full set of medals and ribbons on the way. So in short, I was able to get something done that seemed impossible. A full set of dress blues while being nowhere remotely close to anyplace that sells it, from 2 guys who I never met, but who were both former Marines who did everything they possibly could to help out a fellow devil dog. All so I could wear a uniform for 3 hours.

Just thought I'd add a little light hearted humor

It's probably been recommended to you before, but have you tried using Optifine? It's a mod that improves performance for MC.

My question is - why would you get it for PS? Honest question here, and not trying to be all PC elitist or anything, but a toaster can run Minecraft.