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If it's like Tuesday, should be good.
kb, I'll probably be on earlier than 10, keep an eye out if you're not already playing.
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Probably later than Tuesday.
I miss the Dakar of old, staying up till 2 playing with Fatty
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Originally Posted by sek929
Probably later than Tuesday.
I miss the Dakar of old, staying up till 2 playing with Fatty
I miss him too, but after the hell I went through trying to get on a normal schedule after spending the holidays going to bed between 4-6 am (Lots of sleeping right after work until 11pm or later), I'm happy to be on a conservative, but normal schedule.
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2 down, 3 to go (Mansion, Subway, Tyro Station). Looks like Horde is gonna take a few weeks to complete, like my Insane Campaign.
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sek, you I should try out Wingman some time, if you think you can take the frustration. I mean, we should be able to steal at least 1 game out of 20.
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Seems our stats from the Annex game did go through last night.
For kb and stogie's consumption:
I'm particularly amused that in nearly 23 minutes I used less than 15 seconds of cover. I find cover to be a detriment to both mobility and field of vision, and not very useful unless you're actually in a shoot-out.
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Hey. How are all of you doing? Playing Gears 2 still, I see. Cool. I still don't have a PC version. And now I can't even play the first.
Is The PC Version of 'Gears of War' Locking People Out?
You can check Epic's forums too. Its insane. They said they're fixing it, at least, but they've given us crap for support, so I'm not expecting them to try and hurry at all.
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I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
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Epic's support sucks. But in 3 years will this entire debacle effect Gears 3 sales? I doubt it.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Seems our stats from the Annex game did go through last night.
For kb and stogie's consumption:
Where's the stats from our horde match? I want to see how many kills that loser Bogues stole from me.
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It doesn't track private games.
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Originally Posted by Stogieman
Where's the stats from our horde match? I want to see how many kills that loser Bogues stole from me.
Who me? Nahh never
....anyone gonna be online later? i should log on around 8/9pm till 12/1am
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I should be getting home from scouting Circuit City then, so I'll join you.
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I won't get home until 6:30 or 7:00 PST. I'll be online shortly after.
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so looks like i'll be a little late (9pm), i'm unsure how it slipped my mind but the pens are playing....
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Apparently I am involved in a power hour tonight.
I'll be on around 12, and probably not plugging my mic in
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Good meet-up last night guys. Too bad Fatty joined us late and missed out on the achievement. Maybe we can meet-up again today and help him out on the final two maps. Unfortunately my brother won't be able to join us tonight. Remember, he's going to a Sharks game with my dad tonight. They're playing the Blackhawks and he got front row seats behind the Sharks bench.
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Originally Posted by Stogieman
Good meet-up last night guys. Too bad Fatty joined us late and missed out on the achievement. Maybe we can meet-up again today and help him out on the final two maps. Unfortunately my brother won't be able to join us tonight. Remember, he's going to a Sharks game with my dad tonight. They're playing the Blackhawks and he got front row seats behind the Sharks bench.
Yea good meet up for sure, glad we got to knock out that achievement, too bad the power hour put fatty out of the game till late but its a worthwhile excuse. Unfortunately i'm unavailable tonight, but if you guys want to help fatty knock that out go to town.
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I should be around all day. If I'm away from my xbox, leave a message on here.
stogie, if you get on we can bang out Act 3 maybe?
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Ill be on at 11:30-12 tonight.
If we don't have enough folks the HordeNN can wait for another night.
(By the way, power hour with Southern Comfort = hilarity)
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Just say no to SoCo.
If I'm home then, I'm more than happy to do the mult in a futile attempt to get you guys your guardian achievements...
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I'll be on stogie, just making myself some grub now.
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Fatty O Rama Gears 2 Limited Edition Ruins Panoramaâ„¢
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Are we going to Horde it up tonight and help sek get his achievement?
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I think we need a 4th player. So it depends on Mr. Bogues.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
That must take forever.
It's a pain in the ass to get the camera to A. Be high enough and B. stay put while panning. I like the idea of taking pics while the game is going on, but the silly limitations they put on camera movement is beyond me.
Originally Posted by Stogieman
Are we going to Horde it up tonight and help sek get his achievement?
Originally Posted by Dakar V
I think we need a 4th player. So it depends on Mr. Bogues.
If we got 4 then I'll be on around the same time (little past 11) if not, I'll still be on for a little matchmaking. Last night's first match was a Warzone battle that took all 9 rounds, well 8.9 rounds. We were down by three rounds early on, we battled back to tie it up and were well on our way to seize the final round. Host quits. In fact the connection to the host was lost on easily 60%+ of the matches I played last night.
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Originally Posted by sek929
It's a pain in the ass to get the camera to A. Be high enough and B. stay put while panning. I like the idea of taking pics while the game is going on, but the silly limitations they put on camera movement is beyond me.
That's what I was implying with forever. I might add that having the "shoot picture" with the melee button wasn't very wise, either.
Originally Posted by sek929
If we got 4 then I'll be on around the same time (little past 11) if not, I'll still be on for a little matchmaking. Last night's first match was a Warzone battle that took all 9 rounds, well 8.9 rounds. We were down by three rounds early on, we battled back to tie it up and were well on our way to seize the final round. Host quits. In fact the connection to the host was lost on easily 60%+ of the matches I played last night.
I'll keep an eye out, if I'm not already on.
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Things I learned last night:
• Finishing a kill makes you a homosexual
• Having a kill 'stolen' makes you a gigantic d-bag
And, man, was I a ghost of my usual self last night.
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Nevermind that it's the point total and not the amount of kills you get that determine your rank.
In other news my last game of the night turned into my finest performance in days, especially since I was the lowest ranked person in the game.
That was mostly due to my mastery of the melee/shotgun combo that's all the rage these days.
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Originally Posted by sek929
Nevermind that it's the point total and not the amount of kills you get that determine your rank.
I considered that, but how does it work spread around 7 game types? As it is, we're on virtually equal footing on one execution or warzone.
I been meaning to ask, though, what's the deal with that gun you were hot for a few nights back?
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The revolver (i have no idea what it's actual name is) is a downing machine! If someone stands still enough to get two direct shots they'll end up crawling on the ground. Makes an excellent mid range support weapon and deters people more so than Lancer fire.
Not to mention if you are lucky enough to pull off a head shot it'll explode their head without a problem.
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Two direct shots where?
I know I tried the Hammerburst for a game or two, but after doing 3 body shits the ****er was still standing. Whether that's because it's underpowered or lag is irrelevant, because either way, I'm not going to be able to get **** down with it.
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Near head level. Three shots anywhere else will still bring them down.
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Wait, I misspelled shots "shits" and it went through?
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I thought there was something I was missing about this game.
(Hold RB and hit Y to **** on opponent)
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I was browsing the gears forums and they were commenting on how a has too many functions.
What does LB, do anyway?
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Tac/Com, lets you see where your buddies are.
A game that certainly has way to many functions for a 360 controller is GTA IV.
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Ha, I do use that a lot, but I don't realize it's there.
Y should be remapped to one of the sticks. It doesn't do anything but special executions, right?
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AFAIK, yes, Y doesn't have any other function than the 'beatdown' execution.
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So Bogues, you gonna be on tonight or do I get watch Smallville on time?
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Bogues doesn't even check these forum regularly anymore, let alone play Xbox.
I thought senioritis was supposed to affect your school-work not your internet play.
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Minor update:
Hey all,
I wanted to let you know that we just made a tweak to help with two-piecing. We didn't want to nerf the attacker as that seems unfair so instead we reduced the melee stagger recovery time a tiny bit. This creates a small window in which the defender can now evade away from the attacker before being shotgunned. Obviously evading perpindicular is always the best choice.
Anyway, give it a try and let us know what you think!
Thanks,
Rod.
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Aw man. Two-piecing & sawing are the only ways I can get kills in Multiplayer.
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Have you tried asking nicely? Just a thought.
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Great, just as I start mastering that dick move they un-dickify it a little.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Have you tried asking nicely? Just a thought.
I use to do that all the time on Halo. "Hey guys. Would one of you fine fellows be so kind and allow me to run you over with my vehicle? I still need to get Mongoose Mowdown achievement."
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I still can't believe I got that achievement.
BTW, you're still good with the BOOM!shot. And planted grenades, I'd hope.
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I'll be on by 12 if any of you fools will be around.
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Who do you think you are? Mr. T?
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