[Dakar the Fourth]

Dude, you did an excellent job, even if it was Social. And didn't you win us the last Rocket Race last night driving?

[sek929]

Yep, Sandtrap is a lot easier to navigate than Valhalla, I always end up fish-tailing in the goose on Valhalla.

Also, you were RL'ing magnificently.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Which was out of the ordinary for me.

I'm still pissed I blew that Valhalla game where you were driving, but to the other teams credit, they took a calculated shot at where they thought we'd be, where I was waiting to see where they were before I emptied out my RL.

[::maroma::]

Get a room you two.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

stogie / chuckit: you guys haven't expressed any interest thus far, but I'm not above soliciting / begging for your participation. Having 4 teams would be perfect. Remember, guests are welcome.

Hells yeah, I'm up for it. I love Rocket Race. I've just learned not to commit myself to anything until I'm sure I'm actually free when it's happening.

It's a shame more people don't play Rocket Race on Xbox Live. It seems like half the people in any match have no idea what on earth they're doing.

[Stogieman]

So are Chuckit and I teammates? If not, I can team up with my brother. I told him how awesome the last meet-up was and he really wants to participate in the next outing.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by ::maroma:: 

Get a room you two.

After we leave your mangled burnt-out mongoose in the sand.

[::maroma::]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

After we leave your mangled burnt-out mongoose in the sand.

Odd fetish, but to each his own I suppose.

Looks like decog is on board with being my wingman. But have we decided on a day/time yet? During the week would be best for us, but I'm open to the weekend. That would mean I'd need a backup since decog is usually unable to play on the weekends.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

Hells yeah, I'm up for it. I love Rocket Race. I've just learned not to commit myself to anything until I'm sure I'm actually free when it's happening.

It's a shame more people don't play Rocket Race on Xbox Live. It seems like half the people in any match have no idea what on earth they're doing.

Originally Posted by Stogieman 

I can be your backup if decog flakes out on you. If not, I can team up with my brother. I told him how awesome the last meet-up was and he really wants to participate in the next outing.

Or we could have you and your brother as a team and ::maroma:: and chuckit as the other.

I love how this went from not enough people to too many in a morning.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Well, looks like I've made a fine mess with my meddling.

[sek929]

Have fun herding cats.

[::maroma::]

I'll gladly take Chuckit as my teammate if he doesn't mind.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

It's a shame more people don't play Rocket Race on Xbox Live. It seems like half the people in any match have no idea what on earth they're doing.

Or the other half aren't really interested in playing it correctly.

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When we finalize the teams I'll give a break down of the rules and scoring.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by sek929 

Have fun herding cats.

What does that even mean?

[sek929]

Think about it...

I likened the difficulty of teaming everyone up to herding cats, which is a cliché for something difficult or impossible.

[Dakar the Fourth]

I think you've been at your parents too long.

[sek929]

I resemble that last remark!

[Dakar the Fourth]

Dude, if you're bored, look up Farm Sluts. Then be glad that's not you.

Edit: I love you so much, here it is

[sek929]

That ending was disturbingly hilarious.

[Dakar the Fourth]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Teddy Bear and motor oil scene.

[sek929]

Great minds think alike, my favorite as well.

[klb5090]

and you guys wonder why this 'community' doesn't attract new members, haha. I think people fear posting under this close net group.

[Dakar the Fourth]

You've managed to worm your way into our hearts though.

[klb5090]

...i repeat ...FEAR to post under this group, just kidding.
It truly is in my mind a group within the macnn group and i'm proud to be a part of it, and all of the trash talk that goes along with it.

[Dakar the Fourth]

The important thing is this thread wouldn't be half the fun it is if it weren't for all the OT chatter. Granted, it might be all the worthless banter between sek and I that might turn some away.

[klb5090]

I think what makes this thread is the talk/banter/trash talk/bull****/pictures. The chatter between you and sek is what makes this thread hilarious.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Oh, it should be mentioned that sek found out last night that I tend to talk a decent amount of trash in Rocket Race of all places. Particularly in game, as we pass tumbling teams and mongooses being righted.

[sek929]

Thank you, thank you.

I'd like to thank boredom and late night THC sessions for making this all possible.

Also, puppies.

and kittens

[sek929]

There was one RR match last night where Dakar landed on 4 wheels almost all the time, no matter what number of outrageous flips we did.

[Dakar the Fourth]

I still think that's a Rocket Stunts setting, not that I've ever seen something to lead me to believe that can be done.

I can't figure out what the difference between Rocket Race and Rocket Stunts game type is otherwise, unless its merely there as an added clue as to what type of track you'll be racing.

[Stogieman]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Or we could have you and your brother as a team and ::maroma:: and chuckit as the other.

Sounds good to me. When is this gonna take place?

[Dakar the Fourth]

Well, that depends on how much time you guys would like to spend preparing. I'm good for our usual Thursday (moved to a later time to accommodate chuckit), but if not we can schedule it for early or even late next week. (or, since it's two parts, early and late next week)

[::maroma::]

Doesn't matter to me. But as I said, if its during the week I can most likely get decog on board.

[sek929]

Dakar, PM me your AIM sn to make coordination an easier task for the future.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by ::maroma:: 

I'll gladly take Chuckit as my teammate if he doesn't mind.

I'd be cool with that.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Pic of the Day

Not one of my proudest performances in a warthog, but the tail did end up splattering the guy, so it kinda balances out.

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Originally Posted by sek929 

Dakar, PM me your AIM sn to make coordination an easier task for the future.

I'm pretty sure you have it, since you had it in your away message a week ago.

[Dakar the Fourth]

As the new maps slowly approach, I've been trying to read as much info as I can on them. Latest info I got is the Heroic Map pack will be released for free before the Legendary, meaning we have a month or so to play with them before the new maps come out. I also think that since the nature of the announcement will cause sales to abruptly plummet, we won't get more than a week's heads-up on when they do become free. Legendary is set for a Spring release. I thought I might pose a few guesses, for the hell of it.

Heroic: Somewhere between March 15- April 15
Legendary: Late April to Mid-May

They revealed Ghost Town just two weeks ago, and even before I saw it, I figured it'd be the least interesting map. Another map Space Camp, sounds like it'll be aesthetically my style (as long as it doesn't replicate bungie's penchant for burnt-out locales, while the other, Cottonball sounds like it's right up my alley:

I’ll talk about the biggest one first. And it’s HUGE. For the purposes of this, we’ll codename it Cottonball. I guess a game of Big Team Snipers would be possible, but anything else would be comical without vehicles. This is very much a large scale objective game map – designed first and foremost with CTF and Assault in mind. The map is almost, but not-quite-perfectly symmetrical. Some natural geology prevents each base from being a simple mirror image of the other. I say natural, but the map is set on a Halo, so, natural’s not exactly correct.

The map leads to the kind of long, drawn out megabattles that hearken back to the days of the original Halo and the crucial to and fro of an epic LAN party. Its inclusion of a surprising vehicle or two may make it even more interesting than it already sounds.

I’ve played this a lot (although less, by necessity than the other two) and I have found a couple of very compelling and addictive rhythms. The map is large enough so that even when a team makes off with your flag, there’s still a lot of ground you can use to catch up. The other is that each side has some wonderful shortcuts – natural and mechanical – that may not make great flag escape routes, but might let a mobile pursuer cut off escapees.

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I also had a really, really random game idea. We're getting closer to holding our Rocket Race GP. Foundry, one of the Heroic maps, has a variant involving goals and a giant soccerball named Grifball. I imagine we could hold a League for that too.

Then, I imagined setting up an arena (with decent cover) for a dodgeball like game. Each side starts with 5 players. When you die, you are eliminated, however you can return if a player on your team kills an opponent by beatdown (In cases of double-beatdown both players return to the field). I'd also add safezones for both teams so players could return to the field without being camped.

Man, I need other ways to kill time at work.

[Stogieman]

Halo Dodgeball? Sounds awesome! Is there way to set it to plasma grenades only?

[Dakar the Fourth]

Oh god, that'd take forever

[klb5090]

Sticky and spike grenades would be ridiculous... and oh so much fun.

[sek929]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

I'm pretty sure you have it, since you had it in your away message a week ago.

I take it you've never heard of using %n?

It displays the screen-name of whoever is looking at said away message.

So no, I do not have your sn.

[Dakar the Fourth]

You bastard. You've made me look like a fool.
(I still PMed it to you a while ago. Shall I do it again?)

[sek929]

I know not of this mysterious PM you speak of.

[Dakar the Fourth]

It happened around the same time I started this thread.

Never you mind, I will resend it.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Alright, PM sent.

As for our Rocket Race teams, does the NNGP Commish need to step in here and make a ruling?

[sek929]

Of course I had to drive in all the RR games we played last night, some of my more abysmal driving was due to the 6 Sam Whites I downed while bowling (I also did horrendous at that too)

[Dakar the Fourth]

I'm talking about ::maroma::, stogie, and chuckit, drunky.

[sek929]

Well then I'd like to make a ruling too...

You're a jerk-ass!

That is all.

[Dakar the Fourth]

I'll have the Thread Stenographer make a note of it.

[::maroma::]

Umm... I'm going to nix decog since he's an unreliable gamer (as far as availability I mean). I'm up for being teamed with Chuckit, or whoever else wants a decent driver, but poor rocketeer as their buddy.