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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby EggChen on 19 May 2009 17:28

Nightwatch wrote:Though many positive hopes have been dashed so far, take Far Cry 2 for instance.


Ah FarCry2, my game of the year, until I tried it.

The hype was so good, and even the reviews, but when I tried it, well I thought it was a different game. I'm either going to replay Bioshock next or ahem, try Clear Sky again..... I'm still spending far too much time in GTA IV, and I need to restart Fallout 3 again. I loved that game, but I made the mistake of trying GTA IV while in the middle of F3 :-"
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 19 May 2009 17:38

Yeah fallout 3 is an interesting game. Enemy seems to almost immortal, very very hard to kill. Two clips to head, then if you're lucky, they're down. But, it has a certain air of its own. Quite enjoyable. Brilliant graphics, and as you've put it in one of your earlier posts I remember, the horizon is excellent.

But Far Cry 2 played only about an hour on my PC. Then it started crashing. I restarted the game, this time it got worse, started crashing every 5-10 minutes. Not playable. I left it there. Thousands of complaints all over the Internet on the same issue. ATI and Nvidia all effected, all versions, and all drivers, no change. I think it's again a multi-Core CPU matter. Because it was only common thing that everybody seemed to have it.

Well, GSC is slowly becoming a much better guy in this when all those new games start kicking the players in the wrong places. :mozilla_smile:
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 20 May 2009 05:20

Maybe its a quad-core problem? I don't have a clue really. It is
strange as I've played into Far Cry 2 about 3 hours now and it
seems to be perfectly stable. As far as gameplay, I also thought
it was crap but now I'm beginning to like it. It also starts to open
up after awhile and is truly a beautiful visual game. At first I
thought "damn this game is ugly". If you can stand the first 3 hours or so it gets much better. I don't think its good business
for them to make you play 3 hours before you like it. Most would
give up by then...I almost did. Using a AMD dual-core 2.8ghz, 4
gb RAM and the new GTX275. Still XP SP 3.

Nightwatch...FO3 makes you gain experience points and a few
levels before you can kill anything. You shoot like a spazz until
then...didn't like that too much. But Mods cure everything!
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 20 May 2009 06:07

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someone posted this on MSN and said..."there are females in Stalker". LOL...is this guy jaded or what? =))
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 20 May 2009 06:24

sorry for the spam but THIS is the prettiest gaming I think I've
ever seen....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fh-OdfBtlA

watch in HIGH DEF...please!
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby DARK TEMPLAR on 20 May 2009 14:41

On behalve of the forgotten ones i say hello to you


Now on to the matter at hand. Due to a rather weird discovery i made recently, i'm forced to run sort of a social experiment. The fallowing guestion is a part of it.
Please do anwser

What do you think of me and why so?
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby VINTAR on 20 May 2009 15:15

I would say that for your age, you are definitely out of the ordinary, but pleasantly so. I mean, why be normal :-bd keep true to yourself and bugger what the rest say or think. Thats what i do...... Well, except for when it comes to my wife :-)
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 21 May 2009 13:06

audioave10 wrote:sorry for the spam but THIS is the prettiest gaming I think I've
ever seen....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fh-OdfBtlA

watch in HIGH DEF...please!

very nice :thumbright:
But am I correct in thinking that it seemed like an exact scene from Far Cry (1st one) from the Island scene where you enter the caves?

audioave10 wrote:someone posted this on MSN and said..."there are females in Stalker". LOL...is this guy jaded or what?

LOL =))

Hmm, on the Far Cry 2 problem, it could be a Quad-Core thing, as you put it; rather than just a more general multi-core issue which would include the Dual-Cores as well. Our systems are near in power scale, but somewhat different, too. Intel vs AMD, 260 to 275 and Vista to XP. Those things may be making the difference in why I can't play it at all, and you seem to be going quite alright. Needs some thinking on it.

I'll try Fallout 3 with modes later, as I felt the same when I played.


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Now on to the matter at hand. Due to a rather weird discovery i made recently, i'm forced to run sort of a social experiment. The fallowing guestion is a part of it.
Please do anwser
What do you think of me and why so?

Well, my opinion on you, is that you are quite a mature mature guy who makes a very good effort to evaluate things thoroughly and also manages to keep his cool greatly. :thumbright:
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 22 May 2009 04:28

Dark Templar...sometimes you are ..well..DARK!
The location you give under your avatar is a dead giveaway. :D

Nightwatch...I'm replaying the original Far Cry now and the area
is similar. Far Cry was the best looking game ever when it came
out...before Doom 3 or Half Life 2. But the BIG difference now is
shadows and light sources. Crysis is more "natural". Gameplay
is the important thing but damn it IS pretty.
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 22 May 2009 19:35

I know, the original Far Cry (no I) had spectacular scenery and color all around. You're right there, too, now they use shadows somewhat better. So that clip scene on the viseo was based on Far Cry I island beach scene. :mozilla_smile:
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 24 May 2009 20:31

Guys, as you may well know, some recent incident has put me in a very difficult, awkward and an uncomfortable situation. A situation which subsequently has forced me to take some necessary actions as I have found myself required to do so.

It is something like as I always mention in reference to the hypothetical possibility of someone posting a copyrighted material link or any software crack link, etc, and that regardless of what I actually think of such a matter (frankly, personally, I wouldn't care less in the moral perspective of the matter) still I would be required to remove such things in order to prove that the web site and its management is not actively and willingly promoting or allowing such activities, which then would be totally illegal.
(Whether we like some laws or not, as long as they remain in force and we want to remain in the clear, this is the way it goes)

But publishing Hacking Codes and saying that "possibly this guy might have used a code like this to probe the internal (secret) email accounts of the website) does not go quite well, particularly when it's seen and noted by other websites.

I am forced to take action on that individual. The site cannot be allowed to be implicated as if allowing such actions, and the management closing their eyes to it.

It is always easy and sometimes convenient for some individuals to think that they are exempt from responsibility of their own actions and only the website will suffer, they can just go somewhere else. However, things do not work like this in real life, unless the management allows them to happen and becomes a part of it, which this site and this management has no intention of closing their eyes and being a part of it by doing so.

Therefore, action has become necessary, as such an action is needed to be seen taken.


Besides, causing serious danger, concern and alarm by publishing hacking codes on Internet whether knowingly or not, which like leaving a loaded gun in a public place, there are other some very uncomfortable implications of this matter.

This is very serious. No one in the world wishes that someone has the ability to bypass their locked front door, turn off their alarm, check their drawers, look under their beds, read their notes and data at their will and mercy, then leave their home (if the homeowner is lucky in that instance).

I don’t like this feeling and knowledge that someone can actually, just as he wishes, even if it is just for fun, CAN look into your database while having a nice cup of tea, check private email accounts, access security keys…

No one likes to have the vulnerability against anyone who can at their wish can probe your PC and read and in fact may cause damage to your data and system. That's why, consumers spend billions of dollars every single year to buy security software and remove this vulnerability.

Having this possibility in your living room is not a comfortable feeling at all. No one likes to live in the mercy of another.

The feeling is just bad enough.
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Grump642 on 25 May 2009 01:31

You seem to be "between a rock and a hard place". While I hate to see this happen, I understand that your duty is to protect the website. This site has become like "home", and the people here are like friends. I would hate to see that destroyed. For whatever it's worth, I stand behind you.
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 25 May 2009 05:34

This picture is called "Stalker". Anyone know what game this came from?
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Or is that from a movie?
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 25 May 2009 15:03

For information:

Guys,

Further to the aforementioned situation and to the conclusion of it,
After trying to evaluate the situation as calmly as possible, while all the elements of the matter that I mentioned above still ringing uncomfortable alarm bells in my head,

-in the light of the past friendship (at least from my side it was so) with that individual,
-and considering thoroughly what he said in this post that he had been threatened with court actions several times before and in the light of that a banning action (which is the legally expected outcome of such a situation he has put himself in) from a website with such a reason would seriously affect his current and future situation, as the claimants or prosecution would not miss their chance of using this ban against him as a concrete collaborating evidence either in any current case or in any future conflicts if any were to arise, but also would use it to re-open those abandoned cases as he refers. I don't want to be one who kicked the chair.

Therefore, officially, he is not banned. I have chosen the option of the least I can do, while I am aware that I need to do something and to be seen doing it, his access to internal email sending, search, avatar change, picture posting, email address change and editing privileges have been removed, yet he can still read and post.


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This has taken a very big toll on me, too, and I was reminded by relatives that I have been arguing with them in recent days rather harshly and somewhat unnecessarily. This is just a website maybe in technical terms, but as Grump642 has very nicely put, this has become also another home and I consider everyone as a friend. That makes this situation even harder.

I am not an academic; and I lack "those posh discussion ways and manners of academics." I have from a bit of a (as it may be called) tough background -part military- and with all my best intentions I am trying my best.

I hope this individual will leave things as they are, because we would like to leave this incident behind and keep on with daily normal things. But if he wants to drag this on, he will be banned and I will have to report this to the hosting company as I have to, as in any future incident I wouldn't like to be in a situation as if withholding information relevant to the Internet Security.

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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby VINTAR on 25 May 2009 15:16

Nightwatch, whatever your decision is, im sure all of us will stand by you. Although i dont know all of the details of the situation, i think you have handled it to the best of your ability and admirably for revoking the ban as i agree that could stir the pot a bit more. Does this then explain the sudden disappearance of a certain forum member whos name wont be mentioned for fear of association? :-)
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Nightwatch on 25 May 2009 16:47

Thanks for your notes Grump642 and VINTAR

PS: I do not mention his name, (same for the reason of officially not banning him), as explained above, for still trying not to make his situation worse and not enable others to use this incident against him (in any probability) to reopen their court claims, or in any future conflict he may have. This is all at least I can do.
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby VINTAR on 25 May 2009 18:25

Happy birthday to the rock. And may you have many more :-)
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby Balious on 25 May 2009 18:31

Hey everyone seems some things have happened while I haven't been online. Although I don't know the details of what happened but I agree with the others in saying you handled it in the best of your ability. With everyone saying this is a home and we all friends reminds me of that one song on One Piece (an anime) and how the crew treat each other as family.

When I saw Nightwatch's post on saying happy birthday to Rock I wondered why I didn't get it so I checked my profile and to my dumbness I never put it in #-o one day my dumbness may be the end of me im sure. Im also quite surprised of how many people get born on this day. I found out at least 4 people now including rockingmtranch.

Anyway I am back from a good day of celebrating my 18th and got a few good presents I like :D one of them being red alert 3 for xbox 360. Although I would prefer it on PC to play against other people I am still happy I got the game :D

Not sure what else to say apart from happy birthday rock :ymparty:
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Re: 100 Rads Bar... Home of the Off-Topic Topics!

Postby audioave10 on 25 May 2009 18:56

Happy Birthday...Rock...you old geezer... =))
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