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klb5090 · Mar 25, 2008, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Alright, looks like its time for me to explain.

When I first got my new computer I was pumped at having a fresh clean large HD (my old HD was 40 GB, my new one was 250 GB).

I torrented stuff to hell. I think I dled like 50 gigs in 3 months. Well, Verizon didn't take too kindly to that, so they throttled my connection.

Two months back I decided to see if I could get my old connection back. So I asked to be "upgraded". They told me it wasn't possible to get the top tier line in my house. I asked why I was paying for that connection previously if it hadn't been available. Of course the rep has no response.

So the lying ****ers won't let me upgrade to a decent service, and I'm not desperate enough to go on cable. **** cable.

In short, another teabag has been added to your quota.

BLAH BLAH BLAH....all i got out of that is that you have People PC Online....
That sucks dude, the cable business is ALMOST as bad as cell phones

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 25, 2008, 11:41 PM

*ahem*

We're waiting, maroma.

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 12:37 AM

Anyone there?

Sign on if you are, I wanna Halo 3 it up!
guess who had to many Sam Summers?

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 02:26 AM

Well I hope you guys are happy..

I just played the spooky cabin level of condemned, in darkness, with my headphones blasting and kinda stoned...

Jesus christ this game gets my heartbeat up...

There's this giant rabid bear, and... well I don't want to ruin it for KB.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 08:39 AM

pwned

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 09:49 AM

Pic of the Day

Originally, I thought this was listed as being on one of Heroic maps, but having played them last night, I have no idea what map this is. Anyone?

Heroic Map Pack, Initial Impressions (Because everyone wants to know what I think, I'm sure of it)

Foundry
I'd hate to play a 4 v 4 game here. Seems like it'd be perfect for LTK. Seems smaller in person.

Oh, stogie getting spawn-****ed on a 1v1 game last night is a little worrisome.

Standoff
The best way to describe it is as the inverse Isolation. Isolation is a map where you keep climbing to the center, essentially cutting off battle. Standoff seems to be the opposite -- everything dips to the center, which is probably why I hear this is a mess of a slayer map, but great for Objective games. I have my doubts about 8 v 8 games here, too. The bases are very, very cool, though.

Also way smaller in person. Seeing a pattern?

Rat's Nest
A little simpler than I expected, and surprisingly, the bases seem to join a little too easily in the middle. I suspect bungie wanted to promote this area for battle, but it feels like its too short a trip from the base spawns. A slightly more complex outer ring and perhaps a basement would have been nice. Slightly smaller than I expected. I'm curious how 8 v 8 plays out here, as well.

Final thoughts
Really glad I didn't pick these up when they originally came out. I'm not terribly inspired by these maps (may change with more play).

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The one nice thing I've done is I've gone and dled the blank Foundry canvas for some map making.

More importantly, however, is I've found Foundry recreations of famous GoldenEye levels -- Facility, Stack, and (surprisingly) Complex. I look forward to trying these out.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 10:06 AM

Oh wow stogie, you and I are incredibly dumb. I forgot there was a Heroic DLC playlist we could have played on last night.

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 12:07 PM

hey guys sorry about the late notice but i just talked to Apsolid and hes going to North Carolina today for a job interview so he'll be gone till sunday, i may be able to find a replacement driver if we can't reschedule the NNGP for another day.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 12:09 PM

No, with so much on the line, I won't screw you over by having to take a new driver (As much as I'd like to win).

We'll meet anyway and just have fun on the new maps. Everyone down with that?

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

No, with so much on the line, I won't screw you over by having to take a new driver (As much as I'd like to win).

We'll meet anyway and just have fun on the new maps. Everyone down with that?

Alright cool, thanks all.
I should be on late night, Jim Cramer (idk if anyone knows who he is) is taping his show 'Mad Money' at PSU today so i'll be there all day (economics and finance majors are "encouraged" to attend) So after i get back and get some food i should be on for a while.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 12:45 PM

$5 if you shoot a tranq dart in the guy. He's such a phony, though.

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

$5 if you shoot a tranq dart in the guy. He's such a phony, though.

5$? i'll work on it, haha. Believe me i really don't feel like going but its one of those things.
EDIT: Plus i get to miss all my econ classes for it....

::maroma:: · Mar 26, 2008, 12:56 PM

Jim Cramer cracks me up. I dig watching him go crazy on economics.

I'm down for gettin some new map action in tonight. Last night sucked. Stuff at work went crazy and I ended up in the office until 10:00. I had my girlfriend download the maps for me though. So I'm all set there.

I'm fully expecting today to be a normal day at work, so I should be on about my usual time.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

I had my girlfriend download the maps for me though.

That is hot. Pics?
"Oh yeah, grab that controller." "I love it when you scroll down quickly." "Confirm that download, you dirty, dirty girl."

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

That is hot. Pics?
"Oh yeah, grab that controller." "I love it when you scroll down quickly." "Confirm that download, you dirty, dirty girl."

...no words...the most hilarious thing i read all week

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Jim Cramer cracks me up. I dig watching him go crazy on economics.

I agree with that, i must say through all of the econ classes i've had (A LOT) i've never had one as exciting as he is...haha

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 01:11 PM

It occurs to me...

Official Meet-up Tonight!
That means you, Dex13, Andy8, and chrisgilpin
Make sure you have downloaded the Heroic Map Pack to play.

Stogieman · Mar 26, 2008, 02:09 PM

So are we going to play any Grifball ball tonight?

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 02:10 PM

God help us. If we have enough people.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 02:19 PM

Alright, I downloaded the Grifball Map and Game type. Be warned, I also downloaded recreations of The Facility , Stacks, and Complex from GoldenEye, so we'll be doing some serious LTK there, too.

I can't wait for Halo to complain I have too much custom content.... Time to delete more films, I guess...

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Alright, I downloaded the Grifball Map and Game type. Be warned, I also downloaded recreations of The Facility , Stacks, and Complex from GoldenEye, so we'll be doing some serious LTK there, too.

I can't wait for Halo to complain I have too much custom content.... Time to delete more films, I guess...

ah facility, i missed your blue bathroom and ear banging sliding doors. I cant wait to play Halo with the golden gun in Facility.

Dakar did you happen to see the Foundry map where the guy build the Millennium Falcon? ridiculous

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 02:25 PM

Nope, but I saw a Flying Saucer.

klb5090 · Mar 26, 2008, 02:29 PM

i think a Dakar-a-fied standoff could be pretty awesome, although i think its too small for BTB but maybe some 5v5

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 03:11 PM

Count me in for tonight's festivities.

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 03:15 PM

Standoff is awesome for CTF and Bomb...Slayer ends up being a cluster-**** in the center of the map.

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

pwned

I got pwned so many times I had to eventually consult the tubes on how to stay alive.

Even with cheating that part is intense!

::maroma:: · Mar 26, 2008, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

That is hot. Pics?
"Oh yeah, grab that controller." "I love it when you scroll down quickly." "Confirm that download, you dirty, dirty girl."

Oh, it was hot for sure. I'm posting pics on www.girlsdoingmenialtasksonxbox.com tonight.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Standoff is awesome for CTF and Bomb...Slayer ends up being a cluster-**** in the center of the map.

Well, we'll be finding out the hard way. I need to learn the maps flaws before I can fix them.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Oh, it was hot for sure. I'm posting pics on www.girlsdoingmenialtasksonxbox.com tonight.

Nice, I have a monthly subscription there. I usually log on to warm myself up before the prostitute I hired comes over to scrub my toilet while I watch.

sek929 · Mar 26, 2008, 03:28 PM

You're pure gold today, Dakar!

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 26, 2008, 03:30 PM

Today. Pfffft

::maroma:: · Mar 26, 2008, 03:33 PM

I'm so excited to play the new maps I can barely contain the resulting boner.

Also (unrelated note), I think we should make trophies from the likeness of Dakar, much like an Oscar, to be given to winners of various NN tournies. But, instead of a sword, what would Dakar be holding?

Stogieman · Mar 26, 2008, 04:10 PM

A box of tea bags.

::maroma:: · Mar 26, 2008, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

A box of tea bags.

Perfect!

Chuckit · Mar 26, 2008, 10:30 PM

So everyone knows, I'm joining in tonight. I'm still downloading the map pack, so I'll be on when I actually can join in.

Andy8 · Mar 26, 2008, 10:44 PM

I am downloading the map pack now, I am not sure i will get it done in time before i need to head to the office, work has been crazy of late (actually having to do some work) :

sek929 · Mar 27, 2008, 01:29 AM

Well KB I finally got around to testing out a Standoff-o-Rama since you said the sky gets all jazzed up.

Besides the weird halo around the hog and sat. dish it came out pretty good. However, it showed up terrible in the preview panel in HuginOSX but looked much better after stitching. It is obviously still a little screwy, but one you stitch the image it seems to take a lot of the curse off.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 01:37 AM

Well that was a bit of a let-down as meet-ups go. I know we didn't play on them much, but I'm curious what everyone thought of the new maps.

klb5090 · Mar 27, 2008, 03:01 AM

Originally Posted by sek929

Well KB I finally got around to testing out a Standoff-o-Rama since you said the sky gets all jazzed up.

Besides the weird halo around the hog and sat. dish it came out pretty good. However, it showed up terrible in the preview panel in HuginOSX but looked much better after stitching. It is obviously still a little screwy, but one you stitch the image it seems to take a lot of the curse off.

Looks good bro, a lot better than mine. Idk what the f*** i did wrong but everyone i did had some weird sky action.

Andy8 · Mar 27, 2008, 03:22 AM

I enjoyed the few games that i was able to join you guys for today.

New Maps - i need to spend a bit of time to have a look around a bit more, i walked in blind today

::maroma:: · Mar 27, 2008, 11:36 AM

Same here, that was the first time I've played those maps. But I like them so far. If nothing else, its a nice change of pace. Definitely want to play them more.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 01:21 PM

You people will become as jaded as I in time.

The thing about the new maps is they all seem to be very specialized -- not many of them are pulling double duty as far as game-types are concerned, though Rat's nest is definitely the closest and best.

::maroma:: · Mar 27, 2008, 01:30 PM

Yeah they seem to be very game type specific. Have you guys tried License to Kill on any of those yet?

I did enjoy the indoor map with the Warthog and Ghosts. That was pretty fun for TS. I liked the danger associated with driving vehicles. The potential to give up a double or triple kill ups the thrill factor a bit.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 01:39 PM

LTK seems only really playable on Foundry, though I'm sure it would work on Rat's Nest to a much lesser degree.

I do enjoy Rat's Nest. I think I may be Forging that map before Standoff.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 02:18 PM

Since it's been a while, I think I'll get on tonight and take a bunch of pictures.

I have to say, it seems like we always have an odd number of people, making team splits impossible. You'd think random chance would give us even teams about as often, but no...

I have to say Social SLayer is a pain since we have such a huge range of skill between our best and worst players. Still, I had a really good time (at the end) of that Last Resort game. I was in full-on panic mode when I managed to clear out Camp Froman with the Shotty and consequently beg for reinforcements while under turret fire.

Pair of semi-fun (depending if you were on the top or bottom half) Four-for-alls to close up the night, just like we used to two months ago. Of course now ::maroma:: is much deadlier, and I'm a little more efficient, making the games more lop-sided than before.

sek929 · Mar 27, 2008, 02:54 PM

Two suggestions: Forge a RR for Rat's Nest and Standoff, fun ensues.

Hell, maybe I'll try my hand at it. I think a Rat's Nest Trick map would be awesome...but I have no idea how make the floating checkpoints.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Forge a RR for Rat's Nest and Standoff, fun ensues.

Nah, I'll be waiting for bungie's official maps before I do anything.
Edit: I should check if they haven't already placed them since these maps came out after the Rocket race hopper, though

Originally Posted by sek929

Two suggestions: Hell, maybe I'll try my hand at it. I think a Rat's Nest Trick map would be awesome...but I have no idea how make the floating checkpoints.

Place a crate. Put check point on top of crate. Delete crate.

klb5090 · Mar 27, 2008, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Two suggestions: Forge a RR for Rat's Nest and Standoff, fun ensues.

Hell, maybe I'll try my hand at it. I think a Rat's Nest Trick map would be awesome...but I have no idea how make the floating checkpoints.

I think rats nest would be awesome as a RR, i may have to do some of this 'forging' i hear so much about

klb5090 · Mar 27, 2008, 03:20 PM

this gets me thinking about how crazy Avalanche i still prefer Frostbite RR will be.

Sidenote: Sek, after a few more hours of RSV2...i have a conclusion...you need to get it.

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 27, 2008, 03:23 PM

GTA needs to arrive. Frickin' month to go.