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the world record for the longest time playing a video game
J4MES OX4D replied to Dylanimo's topic in Any General Discussion
I would NOT advise this purely for the huge health risks that many gamers are oblivious to. Around 25,000 people in the UK die annually of Deep Vein Thrombosis and more and more of those are actually young people who have died as a result of inactivity caused by long gaming sessions. Some of these incidents have occurred from just a long weekend of gaming time. If I was attempting a world record gaming session; my first port of call would not be some Guinness rep but insuring a full medical team is in place. This may seem like a harmless marathon of a hobby but I'd be extremely vigilant of the risks unlike some of the people who have attempted this already. Good luck but don't rush into rash decisions. -
Forest hammer West Ham 5-0! The Hammers had quite a depleted squad out but that is a dreadful result and the overall performance was terrible. I'd say they're certs to go down
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The fixed loadouts are different to COD and each one differs significantly not just in relation to weapons but to the players abilities. Too many players opt purely for Assault which can be problematic against infantry on major modes such as Conquest. It's ideal for TDM games but you've really got to mix it up when playing the likes of Conquest Large which can be tough long-drawn battles where tanks and air support is prominent and effective against foot soldiers. It's hard to gauge who is playing what roles when you have 31 other players on your team but most BF players play honestly, tactically and have a good grasp of what the objective is and how to play it. You gotta chose a squad role that you think would be beneficial to you and the team. Even if a few players are going walkabouts or not playing effectively; you usually have enough firepower on your team to readdress the balance. Just don't get too bogged down defensively and lose spawn points or flags else it's takes a mammoth effort to get a grip on the match.
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Conquest + Operation Locker + 64 Players = Hell on earth! Paracel Storm is an incredible spectacle with interchanging weather and excellent effects. The China Rising maps are a bit of a disappointment though but I cannot wait for the revamped Second Assault DLC!
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This is what I love about the PC version; just join a non-French server!
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Conquest is pretty good also - basically a large scale version of Domination. This mode is exceptional with 64 players. TDM is really broken in BF4 with really a really bad spawn system and watered-down maps. I would take this mode with a pinch of salt in regards to the overall quality of BF4 and the modes. Once you play on the PS4; you'll really notice the significant step up.
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Oh and Aston Villa losing 2-1 at home to Sheffield United and Rochdale beating Leeds 2-0!
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FA Cup is looking tasty so far; Blackburn drew 1-1 at home to Man City. Holders Wigan currently 3-3 with MK Dons. Macclesfield 1-1 with Sheff Wed. Grimsby beating Huddersfield 2-1. Kidderminster holding Peterborough. Newcastle 1-2 down at home to Cardiff. Southend 3-1 up against Millwall and we have Arsenal v Spurs to look forward to...
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Bollocks to Heavy Duty mode; just bring back the Barebones playlist and make objective play the main source of XP. Also bring back Hardpoint and Headquarters; two heavily objective-focused modes. Oh wait; IW couldn't give a toss about playing the bloody objective so that's probably why these two popular modes were removed! Tossers
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COD 4 was brilliant; the game was fresh and players didn't grasp what effect K/D would have on society and self-esteem. Players just wanted to play and kill. The fixed killstreaks meant you had to work to unlock them and the maps didn't inspire camping. The general pacing on matches were fast, frantic and fun without the politics we see in today's Call of Duty games. I absolutely loved MW2 but I can't help but feel that game created the stereotypical 'noob' that is all too common today. The good K/D image, YouTube self-obsessiveness and the general way people have adapted to others's game styles has had a huge detrimental effect on quality and the winning mentality. IW don't help themselves taking away the elements that was salvaging the franchise; rewarding players for playing the objective. You take this element away and all players have is killwhoring. So many players just don't want to win matches either. Kudos to Treyarch for attempting to change the way players play and their attitudes - Black Ops 2 worked exceptionally well and rewarded players for playing any objective and in some instances more than a few kills. The games flowed better and there was a real competitive edge but Infinity Ward have stripped all of that in Ghosts and have reignited everything that was tactically intolerable in Modern Warfare 2. Ghosts is a fucking mess of a game. It has lots of excellent points but they have really taken it back to the stone-age of pure shite player styles and it seems they actively encourage it.
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I love the arcade-style COD format as it plays like the good old days in terms of pace like Unreal Tournament, Quake III and Counterstrike but the major difference has been the killstreaks which along with the K/D ratio, has affected significantly the way the community play the game. I used to love barebones in MW2 as players had little to play for in terms of chained killstreaks so it was all about the gunplay and people actually came out into the open when they had nothing to camp for. The killstreaks in the last two COD games have been pretty poor tbh. In BO2, I only used a handful and it got far too repetitive and in Ghosts; they're nothing special. IW have really botched it by taking away the scorestreak element particularly in Kill Confirmed. Pure scorestreaks made the format better but now Ghosts is about kills again; there is more excuse to camp which is bloody infuriating. I'd also remove the K/D factor and just advertise kills and SPM.
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Just popped back on the Alpha and it doesn't seem to work for me. A few others seem to be experiencing the same thing. I create my character make as default and when I go back to the menu; my character has my selected clothes but is female. I spawn in on a server and I'm a female yet if I go back into the character customisation; I'm showing as my created character. Weird!
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Dark Souls £3.99 Garry's Mod £1.49 COD Ghosts £26.79 Bioshock Infinite £6.24 Dishonored £3.74 Skyrim £3.74 CS:GO £2.99 Arma III £23.99 Payday 2 £11.24 Tomb Raider 2013 Edition £5.99 Age of Empires 2 HD £3.74 Borderlands 2 £4.99 The Stanley Parable £5.99 Company of Heroes 2 £10.19 Batman Arkham Origins £19.99 Metro Last Light £8.49 Saints Row IV £15.99 Chivalry Medieval Warfare £4.24 Total War Rome 2 £14.99 Football Manager 2014 £17.49 Assassins Creed Black Flag £29.99 The Walking Dead Season Two £14.24
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They couldn't afford to get both Ozil and Higuain as they would've breached the fair play rules. They only walked away with a £6.7m profit on the last count back in September so Berbatov is probably a player within their price limit. Hernandez is also whispered but if Arsenal want to dip in properly; they'll have to sell before they buy. I think Sagna leaving is a huge possibility now
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Far Cry 3 back to £4.99
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Natural Selection 2 just £1.89 from £18.99. Very highly rated game MP strategic FPS game
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Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal all winning today and Spurs currently 2-1 up at Old Trafford
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Just Cause 2 £1.99 The Walking Dead Season Two £14.24 Test Drive Unlimited 2 £3.74 Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition £8.49 Civilization 5 £4.99 Super Street Fighter IV £3.74 Rayman Legends £12.49 VVVVVV 39p
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Bioshock Infinite £6.24 plus the Season Pass is now £3.99 from £15.99 but only for the next 4 hours...
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I cannot use guns in BF4 without good irons. I can barely get a hitmarker on someone and some of the weapons are so restrictive in view; you can only hip-fire spray and pray just to try and unlock a reflex
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Kill Confirmed used to be my favourite game mode in Black Ops 2 but now it's just shit! Killwhores and campers galore.
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Agree with Jordie. It's a pretty linear strategic game. Some people really rate it but I struggled to get into it and ultimately got bored very quickly. There is good customisation options but the basic play around the levels is pretty bland. Worth looking at a few YouTube videos to see how it plays but I personally wouldn't recommend it from experience.
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Mark of the Ninja £2.39 (91% on Meta) Half Life 2 £1.74 Company of Heroes 2 £10.19 X-Com Enemy Unknown £7.49 Grid 2 £7.49 LA Noire £4.99
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The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition back to £3.74
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I had Black Ops 2 on the 360 and there was always a steady 120-350k online. I think the Playstation 3 probably gets similar traffic too. Unless they beef up the COD concept into the next gen; I think those figures will drastically diminish. I dunno how many play Ghosts on the PS4 and Xbox One but BF4 having nearly 80k so soon is fairly massive and with games like Destiny and The Division along with Titanfall on the horizon; there will be plenty of choice for players in the MP sector compared to the 360/PS3 era when you really only had COD, FIFA and an ultimately scaled-down Battlefield series.
