Baabcat

I'm nowhere near as excited for this cod as I was other iterations. With that said i'll def still get it and it'll probably be the 1st purchase for the PS4.
It's not that I don't think that the game has it's faults. It's just that even with the faults it's still the best arcade FPS game. I like my instant gratification with these games, even if it comes with a dose of rage!

I got a photo of Rich on my phone as well...
 

Hummus
Expected: 2/10
Received: 7-8/10

EUROGAMER 2013
 
Well, that was good!!
 
Met up with Dave Cator at London Liverpool Street and travelled to Earls Court quite quickly, getting there about 10 minutes after opening to be met by a queue of approx 2 - 3,000 people! but it moved through fairly quickly
 
No sign of Rich, Cal and the others with all day tickets and a quick call revels they're waiting on bacon sarnies
 
Earls Court is a big place and it quickly developed into a big place full of queues!
 
Upstairs in the 18+ are we started of with Battlefield 4 (queue time approx 1 hour) played on XBones - amazing even on those gimpy XB controllers!! well worth the wait to play one battle and I think this will be on my Crimbo wish list if not earlier. Queue wait was also livened by being lucky enough to catch a BF4 T-shirt being lobbed out randomly to the hordes
 
Still no sign of the rest of the "all dayers"
 
Back down stairs to CoD Ghosts (QT just under an hour). This was not quite so impressive and also played on the dreaded XBone. This time I couldn't figure out how to start the bloody game and the alloted time was for a TDM so, with a couple of guys on the otherside who knew what they were doing it was all over very quickly. From what I saw and the action I managed to get I think that Ghosts is probably run and gun and BF4 is more a thinking man's game
 
Still no sign of the guys with all day tickets (they're waiting for Tam to get out of the shower) so we stopped for a pizza then on to the Sony PS4 (QT about 40 mins to get into the area) to try out the next gen console
 
CELEBITY ALERT!!! - spotted Jason Bradbury from The Gadget Show in the PS4 area
 
Once you got into the PS4 area you're given two tickets to try different games and each one was valid for about 6 different games. Reasonably good idea to keep the waiting times down so we decided first of all to try DriveClub. Stunning graphics especially when compared to the PS3 drive game (Gran Tourismo 6) being shown outside of the area. All I can say are my memories are correct and I can confirm I am worse at driving games than FPS but it gave me a good laugh
 
The we queued for another FPS, Backlight I think which was letting you play a complete round of the game but my legs were shot so it was "Dave, gimme your bag. You queue for a go " and I sat on the floor. 10 minutes later Mister C had done the maths and had worked out with 6-7 people in front of him taking 8-10 minutes to complete a go on the game.....naah!
 
Still no sign of the others so we go for a wander around the smaller stands which were quite interesting and the retro area bringing back early computing memories - Doom anyone? Loads of the old machines as well
 
Then, just before 5.00.....text "We're here and getting our wristbands!"  then "we're at the bar" (naturally!   )
 
and so we have....
 
 

Cal, Tam, Jenna and Rich
 
 

 
Rich Euan and Stretch
 
 

 
Dylan, Kyla (Diddum's better half) and Rich......anyone spotted Rich's plan yet?
 
 

 
Dave C, Dave (Didds) and....Rich
 
 
Having taken refreshments and worked out who was who we gave them the low down on what we'd seen etc and the agreement was "try BF4" which was upstairs.....in the over 18 section. We tried but withou age ID it was no go for Dylan so while the others went off he and I wandered around the main hall and got a photo opportunity for him
 

 
I can't for the life of me work out why he wanted his picture taken with this young lady!!
 
Reunited with the others we mooch around the rest of the show, Didds buys a graphics card, we mooch, Didds pre-orders BF4 to get some free stuff then at 6.55 the PA gives out that the gig is over and please leave. So what shall we do?......
 
You got it!!
 

 
Dave and Rich in an intense debate, about Lego I think
 
 

 
Apparently Jenna was the only one to remain sober the previous evening
 
 

 
Someone comments that Euan and Dylan look like they're from the same family rather than Dylan and Tam being brothers. They didn't think much of this for some reason......
 
 

 
...but it all ended amicably!!
 
And so it ended, the first real Forum Meet-Up and we found out that we're all a pretty likeable bunch who seem to get along well. This is obviously sanitised sober version from the show. What went on back at Diddums flat I just don't know and will wait to see the photos which they'll hopefully post when they eventually wake up!
 
We gotta do it again!!

No pics from last night, must have been messy

Stretch, Cal, Rich, The Man!

Shit. I'm in Manchester.

I'm not allowed to drive the plane .
Heading to work, 4.15 can't come quick enough!

Reminds me of one of my favourite Viz jokes,
What's French and comes in buckets?
Moi
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Awww Bob man!! You should take at least one of our mobile numbers just in case you do find time for a quick pint but if not man, we'll meet next time. I can already tell they'll be a next time

Mine was at least a buckets worth

So how about a thread where we can post short funnies of GTA?
They can be yours or they can be clips you've seen on YouTube, just post and be happy
 

This is for you...

Ah, the relationships built in a gaming forum.
 
 

 
I like this place.

Childrens TV - Andy Pandy, The Wooden Tops, The Flowerpot Men, Muffin The Mule (I kid you not, the days of innocence) and TV was black and white
Family TV (yes, we all watched TV together kids, in one room!!!) - Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Sunday Night at The London Palladium, Doctor Who, The Saint
Football (not eggball) - two teams of 11 with no substitutes
Family car - Ford Prefect no seatbelts fitted
My first cars - Learnt in a Rover 100 (2 1/4 ton straight 6 monster!) and Mk 1 Ford Cortina
Information Resources - walk to the Public Library, an absolutely brillant place which made you think!!
Those were the days!!

Thank You

So here it is.
 
I have typed up numerous things on my notepad starting from when I first found out to just the other day. I haven't posted any of it because it just sounds corny. But I kind friend reminded me that if it's something sincere, it cannot sound corny.
 
When I first found out what you guys were doing I was with my mother as usual. We were watching TV together. It was a commercial and I was checking the forum on my phone and my mom was reading her Angel books.. And when I read the reveal, I tried to get my mothers attention. When she finally looked at me and I told her what you guys were doing, we both started crying. She cried more than me. At this time in my life, we were fighting for our house with the mortgage. My house was up for sheriff sale at least 8 times the past 2 years. But we kept fighting and fortunately we're still living in it! I hope in regards to the house, things are done for a while. And we just keep on getting better in regards with money and all.
 
After crying happy tears another emotion set in. I didn't want to get my hopes up. Growing up, my parents consistently got my hopes up. If they promised we were going to go somewhere on the weekend it ended with a "We'll do it the next weekend." Then next weekend hit. "We'll do it next weekend." It wasn't just for car rides. It was for other things as well. I learned at a young age to never ever get my hopes up. I was the same way with this. Because I was this way, I didn't tell anyone else in my immediate family until my girlfriend convinced me that it was going to happen and I deserve to be excited about something.
 
So now the ball is rolling, Dave is sending me some screen shots of his Paypal showing me how much you guys were donating and I was very shocked. What bothered me the most is not knowing who was donating all this money. I really wanted to individually thank whoever was apart of this. So for those of you who want to keep your anonymity, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. You have shed light on what has been a very bad year thus far. In particularly, I want to thank Dave. Way back on the MW2forums, I got some great laughs from you calling people out in posts, and at the same time I was like man that guy is a real douche bag at times. After mending our relationship at the end of the FPSHQ, I felt like it was way passed due, and i'm happy that we could be friends. Now we're here at our new home, Forever Gaming. If I were to have told myself a few years back that you would be someone that I would cherish as a friend, I would have said "Yeah, right." But now that you are... I guess you're stuck with me.

 
I love you guys.
 
PS: The most boring thing about having a new computer is installing everything! 
 
I will take a picture of everything set up when it's all at my desk. Right now I have my computer on my dresser so my TV can be used as a monitor. Then my keyboard is on my hamper and I use my mouse on my knee. Not ideal for gaming, but this will do with installing things and looking at the forums. 

I agree with you 100% Steve. He's done one hell of a job with getting these forums up and running and putting together both of the PCs. Great job Dave

I just want to say something which has not been said yet..
 
I had no big deal in this (Mikes PC) or Tommys, I only kicked in $10-$20 here and there, I know other like Jay kicked in much more, but I think we need to bring to the fore front what a good person Dave is. He headed up, bought, built both these Pc's for Mike as well as Tommy. How many guys would even think to do this for a fellow friend whom they never even meet in person??
 
Dave you are one hell of a great guy bud, and I for one, even though I can't say I know you in person, I'm proud to at least be able to call you a "friend" Dave. Living across the pond I wager a bet we will never meet, but I sure hope maybe some day we would be able to sit down and share a drink together because you sure seem like a hell of a good guy whom I would like to know in persaon.
 
Steve

Skyrim humor:
 
If you meet a troll, run away a bit and make sure you stand on higher ground by running up a hill. Turn around and use the Ice Form shout on said troll so he rolls down the hill. Sit back and watch, epic lulz.