RenFengge

Thanks for love @GazzaGarratt. @RenFenggeand I would like to donate our wins. Thanks for all you do.

We stopped for a bit but @RenFengge @Tar-Eruntalion and I have by far played the most. If there is renewed interest I'm down for a nice change up!

I finally started playing this last night after picking it up at the weekend (and waiting for the 98gb download since i used the free ps5 upgrade 🙄) and I am already addicited and remember why i enjoyed Zero Dawn so much. I only managed to soend about an hour and a half on it but instantly remebered the controls and how fun it is to take down the machines. Really looking forward to where the story goes and getting to explore the world and missions 🙂

Just an FYI to those playing right now.  I ran into a bug during a quest called "Ancient Relics" for the Oseram salvager north or the main tenakth settlement.  You have to collect relics needed to create armor in 2 locations.  The location north of bleeding mark is bugged.  My advice?  Before getting this quest, go to both areas and collect all the purple relics found in old war machine and vehicles.  The other area is just east of the mentioned above settlement near a ravager location.  There's 3 in the first area and 4 in the ladder.  Once you've got them, then go get the mission and you'll complete it right away.

Good stuff @GazzaGarratt
 
Everyone shower Lee with some love.  This is a really great way to get folks engaged with the site.  
 
You're a LEGEND bud.

So it took a while but was live last night and looks like many of you have found the bits and pieces so far, which is great to see. What I've picked up so far just from my own viewing:
 
Ranks are reasonably set well, may need a slight tweak with numbers here and there. However, my intention to bring 5 extra ranks into the mix at a later date might come forward so the most active here have something to chase and work towards. Added a Widget on the front page showing Recent Rank Promotions and Recent Medals Obtained. Rocket League medals are under consideration Taking Quizzes was one I wanted to get out but just missed the launch due to how the software is created. An update will come soon that then will introduce lots of medals for interacting with Quizzes - and doing well too. There are some already live for people that create them, and with the update there may be ones where people get extra medals for people not being able to 'Beat the Quiz Host', etc. Note these won't backdate, just means we'll have to make more Quizzes! 😄 We need to identify the topics for each Game where it can help us understand what Medals people have been obtaining. Thats from one evening through my eyes so hopefully you see more.
 
Oh, and when you obtain a badge that less than 3% of FGers have, it will have a 'RARE' badge across it, so you can see how even more special it is whilst it sits on your Profile. Definitely been way more fun checking people's profiles out recently. Thanks for all the support so far.

Have you read the Article yet? Take a read below first if you haven't already!
 
 
So, i'll grab the key points to be aware of first from the article:
 
PLEASE TAKE NOTE
Its a brand new, never done before FG System. We will have issues problems from time to time so please share your thoughts and help us make it better! When its first turned on, it may take upto a few days to register everything - it has to run through every single rule i've created for every single FGer. Hopefully you'll see your Medals grow over time! We may tweak the Ranks and their respective points targets after going live if we find they are imbalanced in some way. Most Rules for points will be retrospectively activated when Live. There may be rules we add at a later date that will only look forward (e.g some Quiz ones will be created soon but look forward, not backwards) unless I rebuild the system...which may mean you get 're-awarded' automatic points and medals you had. Games will not look backwards - this is to help give everyone a chance to focus on starting out how to get them all and create some buzz about bringing FGers together. Most Games Medals are manually awarded with the help of the FG Team here. I expect us all to start talking and sharing information about our escapades as FG online in all of our games. It helps bring to life what we're all achieving together and it speeds up the validation time to award Medals. I will NEED HELP with this. If you're interested in supporting the cause in helping, please let me know. Its about doing things here but also encouraging FGers to get involved across all aspects of what we do.  
 
Outside of this, lets hear your questions and stuff you want to know more about below! Thanks All!
 
P.S. If you want to know how soon it will be....well, its already moving so hopefully it won't be long today! 
 

Might be a great idea to hold off on it. I held off on the original.. just as its one and only DLC was coming out. I was super glad I integrated the DLC story into my first playthrough.
 
However, since this is the game for me for 2022, I will not be waiting.
 
I might be holding off on Elden Ring. Haven't decided.

Sony isn't EA, so I'm not exactly "worried." 
 
Then again, while I play D2, it's not a game I cherish... nor do I think there's anything really to ruin by this acquisition. We all know the general grind for D2. And, the story is like background noise if you haven't played since D1. D2 is straight loot shooter. Any RPG elements that made it unique and interesting was left in the D1 era.
 
I would be more "concerned" if Microsoft bought D2... Sony actually lets its developers go do their own things (in general) and not dictate nonsense (RPG developer - yeah, you don't do that anymore. You do loot shooter).

Might be a great idea to hold off on it. I held off on the original.. just as its one and only DLC was coming out. I was super glad I integrated the DLC story into my first playthrough.
 
However, since this is the game for me for 2022, I will not be waiting.
 
I might be holding off on Elden Ring. Haven't decided.

Might be a great idea to hold off on it. I held off on the original.. just as its one and only DLC was coming out. I was super glad I integrated the DLC story into my first playthrough.
 
However, since this is the game for me for 2022, I will not be waiting.
 
I might be holding off on Elden Ring. Haven't decided.

Woah!! £70 is a big price for it! Like you say, it does look amazing, but £70 is still a little on the steep side, definitely be a second hand or sale buy for me lol

I've just seen the prices and it's £70 on PS5 which I'm not sure I am willing to pay especially with Elden Ring being £50 a week later. I may have to put this on ice for the summer when it's cheaper and there's no rush anyway - don't wanna burn myself out too much with open world games especially with Dying Light 2 also released this month. This game does look bloody fantastic though and a big step up even from the already impressive original. 

I really cant wait to play this!!! I loved the first one and this looks just as good if not better to me

That's cool dude, and I appreciate it so don't take my post the wrong way. I honestly couldn't give a shit where I play as long as I've got people around me who listen to me moaning and shit jokes.

I am just about to go to bed and my brain is honestly fried!!!
 
Today I thought I would bite the bullet and let Lee and co show me pretty much all that my mind could take, Whether it was learning more about Discord, Understanding the FG Website (WHICH I DIDNT KNOW WE HAD 🙂) or having a fun filled evening on 7 days with everyone. 
 
I think was all about getting use out of my new PC which since I have had it, I have only really used it for work. 
 
We started today around 1pm, @GazzaGarrattshowing me through Discord and FG along with Dave I believe, sorry my memory isn't the best and I am very tired.  Was really great to learn if I am honest as Discord is not my strongest point. So in return I told lee I would bet on Blackburn to win today to which they lost hahaha (He now hates me)
In the evening I jumped on 7 days with Lee, @RenFengge @Diddums @TurboR56Mini  @crispymorgan  @Ajay  for a quality night shooting up some zombies. 
 
Was genuinely humbled that they all took so much time out to help little old me and show me what to do, even managed to survive the Zombie threat which I am kinda impressed with.  
 
To celebrate me and Didds did an airshow on the Gyrocopters however I think our landing skills are in need of some serious training 🤣🤣
 
Loved how Lee and Turbo let me have the first condo in the new pad and me and Turbo have turned it into a luxurious Log Cabin!!! Looks Ace!!! 
 
Air Traffic Tower coming along nicely too 😁
 
Anyways......Thanks everyone, needed this today, was tiring but genuinly an awesome day. 
 
#GGFG

Wanted to offer since it's not a money thing, we already own it and are not using it.  I get it, maybe we look into another game in general. 

I'm pretty cool with it either way tbh, although it would be good to see what extra is 20.1 so we know what we're getting. I've not played Valheim for a while but i'm pretty sure when I go back to it, the main server we have will be enough for now. Do you think we should have an idea about what we might wanna do on the new one if we do? I'm still really happy to play the current server btw, we've made some awesome stuff on there so far.

So friends, @RenFengge and I have a our own server humming along that is currently running Valheim. We were chatting today and thought that it might be good to have a truly new experimental server for 7 days and keep the current one on 20.0 Stable. One reason for this would be all the hard work that the team has already put into the 20.0 build would probably have to be wasted if we upgrade to the latest. The experimental beta server could have some neat builds as well but knowing we might have to nuke it at some point. We know it can be a pain in the ass to have two servers but wanted to throw it out there. We think repurposing our second Valheim server to 7 days could be fun. Thoughts?
 
@Diddums @GazzaGarratt @crispymorgan  @phil bottle @tronic44 @Ajay  @Tar-Eruntalion  @Plumbers Crack  @FallenDark200  

Right, firstly, great thread to start a discussion Justin @FallenDark200 . I appreciate people are starting to creep out of the woodwork and be more visible for the overall cause. I can't ever get enough of that.
 
The concept is great, the mechanics is a little different in how it would work. I looked into a Points system before which had many integrations, and it can work but its complexity can also cause errors and not really work in how want to. Rather than look at the solution, what we're trying to achieve here is essentially a perk that gives back to FGers that help out in special ways e.g. donating to the FGFGF and overall cause. Based on that and what we can pull out on here, is a way to create a specific group from when either people donate. I can also link that to a membership style element that could be easier for people so its already set up rather than having to chip in as and when.
 
However, you also have to consider people for the last few years have donated just off the back of their goodness and when its financially right for them to do so. That choice should never be taken away. I look at this as a great addition and incentive to help people that already donate get potentially something back and encourage others to chip in and 'share the load' as we sometimes say over here.
 
I started drafting membership style things anyway so people can gain more from this place over time, and hopefully that alongside Achievements will be great ways for people to have fun here and help many other FGers in the process - because thats what the end goal should be about.

oooo sounds like a great idea to get some gift giving going all around hell yea Christmas is late!

Ok some may know I play to much destiny and I left the d2 clan a month ago wasn't the place for me and I'm home again. I was chatting with @GazzaGarrattand @Teenwolf25 last night about some ideas.
 
Let me start of by saying i know we didnt have a FG Christmas this year and that kinda sucks. So I was thinking maybe we could do monthly raffles for the UK guys and a raffle for the Westerners. 
 
I'm not sure what kind of giveaways or raffles we could do since most of us play on different systems and live all over the place but I'd like to get something setup.
 
@GazzaGarrattis currently in the process of doing achievements and medals for certain games and attributes for the community and maybe we can set goals to actually win more raffle points or something along those lines like more entries.
 
Now for what I had for an idea of raffles and giveaways would be anything from gift cards to maybe even merch. Going into the merch idea as well I know @GazzaGarrattmyself and @Teenwolf25  were discussing things in the pipe line because right now its just Lee trying to get things sorted but if we could get everyone a piece of merch would be brilliant. I know how much Lee likes to give back.
 
Now to go into the part no one likes the money backing behind it. Now I know not everyone can afford to donate which is totally fine but if we could get everyone to donate a dollar each month to the FG raffles and giveaways that would be insane how much we could grow and expand it. I'm going to try to be more proactive on the website since I actually sat down on the site for the first time on my pc last night. 
 
Also one last thing I'd like to add the three of us also discussed tournaments last night and I think it would be a brilliant idea to even hold raffled tournaments each month but we have to get everyone involved and I understand why Lee does.
 
So on a ending note please leave comments here on the forum or feel free to DM on Discord. Discord name is FallenDark200#8371 thank you have a gg day.

The desert horde base is exactly what @TurboR56Mini  and I wanted when we were first playing. Just to survive horde night in peace and not die.
 
I, however, have come to love the chaos and watch things blow up now lol.
 
I think the lack of spawning has to do with no actual land mass near us. I would have thought they would have spawned in the water.. but nope.. Just on a tiny tiny sliver of land that didn't have water on it lol.