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15/11/07 The Frustrations of TOTW

People who have not played Anarchy Online will not get this reference although I still recommend reading it as you will certainly be able to pick up on the nuances. Its a comical take on what each class will learn (usually painfully at someone else's expense) when they get to the Temple Of Three Winds. Enjoy :)

MPs learn:

1. that their pets can and will train them

2. That their pets are retarded and have a fetish for doorways.

3. That their Nukes are perfectly designed to get them killed.

4. They are expected to have all composite nanos.

5. including the 8hr cm at level 25.

6. They are expected to have infinite Nano.

Engineers learn:

1. that their aura's can cause issues and that their pets will train them.

2. That their Bots can be expensive as hell.

3. That everyone thinks they are substituit tanks.

4. That their pet has an unholy fetish for Aztur.

Crats learn:

1. that not all charms are created equal.

2. That they will be expected to XP buff everyone 50% or more at level 20

3. That their pets have an strange desire to get them killed.

Advies learn:

1. they are not immortal.

2. They can be OD'd

3. They are expected to substitute tank for Aztur.

4. They are expected to substiut Doc at the same time as number 3

Enforcers learn:

1. how much they rely on Doctors.

2. How to Die spectacularly.

3. Mongo actually stands for Many Other Nasty Gits On me.

4. to Develope a fear of the Taunt.

Doctors learn:

1. that when folks Die they will be blamed even if they arent in the team.

2. That they are expected to substituit tank everything.

3. that the words "lets train to DOT" will mean the death of someone.

4. and that Number 3 is their fault even though they said No.

5. How to deal with Tell hell.

6. How to deal with Ninja team invites, 500 of them, all at once.

Keepers learn:

1. that everyone and their mother thinks they are Enfo's

2. How to deal with 500+ demands for Essence.

3. That since everyone else carries guns they should too.

4. that there is little to nothing there for them.

5. Every team will expect them to tank Aztur for them. with no compensation.

Shades learn:

1. that absolutely no one under level 100 thinks they are worth teaming.

2. That they are supposed to be able to kill Azture in two hits.

3. That they are selfish jerks because you wont buff anyone.

5. That you just wasted alot of time in ToTW for Dark Memmories and thats it.

6. How to count adds.

MA's learn:

1. the power of the grind

2. That everyone expects you to tank, including the enfo.

3. That everyone expects you to Doc, including the Doctor.

4. That you are gimp because you dont have a weapon equiped.

NT's Learn:

1. You will Die, quickly.

2. What "glass cannon" means.

3. AOE effects are not nessesarily a good Idea.

4. How to run away....

5. That Single Nukes are expected to kill everything at once.

6. AOE nukes should be used in Azturs room.

Agents Learn:

1. How to deal with 500+ tells demanding CM/CI/GSF/HOT/Essence/FG/XP at the same time.

2. How to deal with no one wanting to help them get armour.

3. How to deal with sudden agro after that AS just attracted the attention of the one mob in the room that will kill you in one shot.

4. How to deal with Everyone and their mother thinking you are a Dmg god.

Traders Learn:

1. Just how much use your heals are.

2. that you are expected to tank.

3. How much worth those team wrangles are.

4. Just how cool a slow shotgun is.

5. how to deal with 50000+ tells demanding a wrangle.

6. How to deal with Ninja invites, followed by 500+ demands for wrangle followed by "you have been kicked from team"

Fixers learn:

1. How to deal with 50000+ demands for GSF (even if you are only level 25)

2. How to tank as you will be informed that you are going to tank.

3. How lovely it is when GA runs out while you are tanking.

4. How its your fault no one can run away from GOT fast enough.

5. That you can in fact keep the Enfo alive, along with the shade, the agent and the Doctor all at once.

Soldiers learn:

1. Everyone Forgets about them but thats okay its time to learn that right?

2. Your Reflects and stuff will keep the entire team safe, if they dont you are a noob.

3. Everyone knows that the best weapon for a Soldier is whatever you happened to pick up out of the weapons machine the in basic shop.

4. By the way you are going to be the Tank didnt you know that?

5. how to deal with 500+ demands for RRFE, and Essense of behemouth.

6. Soldiers are expected to take orders from the team leader, you are soldiers arent you? So SHUT UP AND SOLDIER!\

7. That FA will in fact bring a largish number of heavily armed men to speak with you about the noise.

Source Thread.

Posted by Konrad at 8:51 AM
Categories: gaming, haha

04/11/07 H/\lf life in 60 seconds!

Found a simply great video on youtube today - "blah blah blah Mr Freeman" !! Anyone who has played both halflife games will understand it immediately despite the fact some of it is in German. I am not normally one for simply posting videos or links to things I find, but I felt this warranted it! :)

I would also like to thank my friend Simon (Gingerbreadman) for taking the time to write the previous post on my site. It is a good summary of a simple method of checking the integrity and stability of the RAM in your computer. Bad RAM has a habit of generating strange and unusual errors which sometimes makes it difficult to trap the source of the error. Read more.

Posted by Konrad at 3:51 PM
Edited on: 04/11/07 4:42 PM
Categories: gaming, haha

30/10/07 Stephen J Fry, Space Man.

So it appears the delightfully peculiar (but awesome) Stephen Fry has started his own blog. By the looks of things he will be 'blessaying' about gadgets and other Fryish trivia. It is strange to think of Stephen Fry as a celebrity - after all, he just humbly gets on with the job, providing witty satirical entertainment rather than having a fan base of screaming morons and making an ass out of himself. In this modern age of A (to H) list so called 'celebrities,' it is a refreshing change to see someone who unassumingly is so unfazed and unspoilt by the lime light while still retaining his character, which is almost its own subtle brand. Indeed, its hard to read his blog without his hearing his voice in the back of your head.

What he has posted so far is a lot of fun to read and I wish him all the best on this latest endeavour.

Image source

Posted by Konrad at 12:31 PM
Categories: haha, news, random

Another kick in Microsoft's DX10 Crotch

At the risk of annoying all the blog syndicators I ping to when I update (ok... 2) I just had to write a brief post about the Crysis demo. It is simply stunning, but you already knew that. What is more impressive is that a user called LennyRhys found a very simple modification which allows most of the Dx10 effects on Dx9 Hardware or in Dx9 mode.

[quote from original thread]

I'm one of the few VERY happy people in the crysis community at the moment. I ran the game with everything high at 1680x1050 and it looks awesome, very playable, no lag.

C2D E6750

Gigabyte P35 DS4

2GB OCZ Platinum 800MHz

Nvidia GF 8800GTX

All at stock

If you tweak the configuration files in \CVarGroups\ by copying and pasting the "very high" settings (1st paragraph) IN PLACE of the "high" settings (last paragraph) the game will load the highest possible settings even though the drop-down menus display "high.". The difference between "high" settings and the tweaked settings is immense: shadows are deeper, more realistic; the leaves have better reflective properties, better textures; the colours are better; and the level of detail is simply stunning.

[/quote]

The whole thing is reminiscent of the CellFactor: Revolution mod. According to the developer, the game would only run with a AEGIA PhysX card. A modification was quickly found which allowed it to be played in software with most of the 'snazzy' new features. Here are a selection of images from the thread, as you can see, this minor modification makes the game look even more stunning...

 

Posted by Konrad at 12:08 PM
Edited on: 31/10/07 11:32 AM
Categories: editing, gaming, haha

12/10/07 BSG Season 4 Trailer.

The site that streams Beyond The Red Line's videos appears to be down for maintenance I found the sign rather amusing.

Also the season 4 BSG trailer is up on you tube I simply cannot wait for the new season. The end of season 3 was so different and shocking it took me a good few hours to digest what we discovered about the Cylons and 4 of the final 5. Absolutely amazing TV!

Posted by Konrad at 2:32 PM
Categories: haha, news, random

10/10/07 The Lost Goldeneye Moments

I was randomly looking for a quote from Goldeneye (the movie) on youtube last night when I discovered a collection of videos showing the various fun things you can do with a bit of gamesharking. The kind of things you can do are really impressive, for example, the first few preview pictures show dual wielding of weapons but with the actor camera angle / height changed. Whilst this looks excellent with dual magnums, two RPC90s or KF7s look a little weird. Did someone say gigantism? From guards that don't fit in the dam level to enormous remote mines.

One of the more fun alterations was changing the default actor model from the standard Russian guard to Natalia or the scientist models. Still more entertaining was Sean Bean replaced by a Goldeneye satellite which walked around the end of the facility level. There appeared to be several codes which just made the default soldiers go crazy, from shooting at right angles to the player to shooting at the idiot with the box on his head. The final six pictures showed multiplayer fun from levels which definitely were not included as official multiplayer maps (train, dam, cradle and depot.)

I discovered a glitch that could be exploited on the facility level many years ago. I never posted it online as I though everyone else knew about it, but recently I discovered no mention of it anywhere on the official Goldeneye fan sites. It is simple enough to do. When at the end of Facility, talk to Alec but get close to the door. Immediately when the alarm sounds, run through the door into the lab area. Ourmov WILL NOT spawn, meaning you can return to the bottling room and shoot at guards to your hearts content. Alec will even help you.  I will post a video guide to this (although its trivial to perform) soon.

Gameshark Videos:

Part 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Posted by Konrad at 9:50 PM
Edited on: 14/10/07 10:55 PM
Categories: editing, gaming, haha, n64, random

08/10/07 Jack Thompson = Hitler?!?

Just a quick post tonight. I was busy reading and exploring the web (as usual) when I came across this excellent portrayal of Jack Thompson. In case you don't know Mr Thompson, he is a conservative Christian lawyer from Florida who believes the root of evil in our society stems from violent video games. He has sued retailers and run various campaigns to ban various computer games. Well the gamers at Extra life (with the help of our friend Adobe Mischief-shop) decided to let their feeling be known about this individual.

Jack Thompson 1 Jack Thompson 2 Jack Thompson 3

Image Credit - http://www.myextralife.com

Posted by Konrad at 10:51 PM
Edited on: 08/10/07 11:10 PM
Categories: haha, random

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