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Agreed loki. I tend to let whatever mod we're currently using take care of the egregious team imbalances on west unless its a simple numbers advantage thats easily taken care of by a swap.

Hes not saying they shouldn't be allowed to work together, just that, typically, when they do work together it causes the teams to be stacked. I think its a given that we'd all prefer to play with those we consider friends instead of against them. However, this often will lead to imbalances that need to be addressed.

Good luck out there John, hope everything turns out as well as it can.

They've been sold out everywhere around here Supposedly Toys R Us got another shipment yesterday, but it was already sold out by the time we got there.

50' DLP HDTV 1080P capable. Just under 1,500. Got mine last week. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-HL-S5087W-10...p;s=electronics

Just because I'm too stubborn to stay out of it and apparently I like repeating myself. I've never said that the PS3 will be perfect. I've only been advocating giving it a chance to see what they do with it once its released and making our decisions then. As far as 360 vs PS3 vs Wii, theres no reason to have any one of them at this point in my opinion. All your questions of looking for some uber feature of the PS3 can be asked of the 360 too. They're just a more powerful version of their predecessors. The games that come out in the next year or 2 will make or break all of the systems. I don't understand how we can make our decisions on any of these next gen systems based solely on the hardware.

Just to clarify. I'm not offended by your opinion or anyone else's. Its your opinion, this is a forum, you can say what you want. I just don't see any further point in continuing this conversation as our stances havn't changed from our very first posts.

I'm done as well. I've tried to be nice and keep it all civil and just have a discussion about the merits of the various systems. Obviously thats not what everyone wants. Say what you want, I'm done.

This is probably my last post on the whole DWP thing. Anyway, I think DWP does make it harder for the losing team to come back. However, this is negated or at least somewhat negated by West's use of team balancing mods, so this is a moot point. I have been in favor of the prices changing to balance out some of the weapons against each other. I'm hoping that the economy settles itself out and the weapons that I enjoy using and need to practice with for matches/scrims won't always cost a ridiculous amount. Unfortunately, theres nothing to be done about this. At this point, whenever I play on west, I don't buy deagles, AK's, or m4's. I buy a usp and an AWP or maybe some random SMG. I am in no way assisting the prices of these weapons going up, yet they still rise. Ultimately, I grin and bear it for the time being and hope to all that is good in the CS world that it comes to a conclusion we can all be happy with.

I don't think we've been bickering at all the last few posts. Its actually been based on facts or questions about facts.

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The 360 patch issue I was referencing was the reports that a small percentage of people who d/l'd the 1080p patch had their systems stop working and they had to send them in to MS and pay the shipping/fix fee which came out to about $160. Personally, I've had no problems with my 360 yet either. But, I don't really play it so its practically new still. Although BetaMax was beaten out by VHS, its still used by most, if not all, high quality video recording. As for BlueRay, with 11 out of 13 (or something like that) major film companies backing it (mostly cuz sony owns half of them) I think it'll do ok. As far as comparing ps2 to 360 for hardware failure issues, I would certainly hope this generations hardware performs better than the last. Hopefully PS3 continues the trend of better hardware for the newer generations. Alas... I tried to get a Wii... but was denied

Yah, it was a slam on the xbox. I don't know how many problems they've had and hell, I own a 360. I just figured that since people consistently bash on the ps3 based on stuff they heard and without knowing everything that it'd be fair game to use it on the 360. Its not usually my style to use that tactic and I don't really enjoy it nor am I very good at it. I was simply getting tired of hearing the same type of somewhat true bashes against the ps3 by some people on here so I figured I'd throw it back at them. And my open mind comment was aimed at Anonymo/Maverick since those are the main two sony haters/xbox fanbois from what I've seen them post so far. Also, I have yet to actually defend the PS3 from anything that has been factual. My arguments have all been purely in favor of giving them a chance to see what they do with it. I've been saying the whole time that it all comes down to the games that come out for the various systems. Any one of the 3 could win, depending on the 1st/3rd party support.

Yah, console prices are getting nuts. But I think thats due to the level of technology in them. They are starting to approach pc's made for gaming. Will they ever compare with a pc in a straight up power test? Of course not. Consoles will always be behind, its the software that people buy them for. Myself, I have a gaming pc, ps2, xbox360, ps3(ordered), and I plan to buy a Wii. Why? Because there are enough games (or I expect there to be) on each of those platforms thats its worth it to me to have them. Also, I work in the games industry and I can sort of rationalize my expenditure as market research.

Theres a thread for this already, voice your opinions there, probably more likely to be heard. http://www.gamrs.co/forums/in...showtopic=30470

If you say so. I've never said that the PS3 won't have problems. I was just pointing out that the system you guys seem to love has its own share of issues. At least I have an open mind about the systems coming out.

wow maverick... can't believe you're still ranting about the ps3. I guess you could always go get a xbox360 and hope you don't get the red light of death... oh yah... gl with all their patches working too...

Yah... I was on the T's when this comeback occurred. Was very unpleasant I might add. The CT's definately stepped up their game and played like a real team. This caused the T's to utterly disassemble and just get trounced for the last few rounds. All in all, well played CT's. You made me a sad panda.

I'd like to select multiples from the last question as I believe that teamwork, atmosphere, server performance, and maps are all very important.

If we're still talking about FF12 and whether or not the combat stops. I think its only fair to fully explain it. First of all. There is the Gambit system. This basically lets you set up rules that your party members will act on. Be it attacking a nearby enemy or casting heal on an ally whos hp reaches a certain level. These are all done in real time throughout combat. Secondly, theres an option "Battle Mode" which can either be "Wait" or "Active". With "Wait", gambits and actions are all done in real time. However, whenever you press the X button to bring up a menu to choose an action manually, combat stops until you've made a choice. With "Active" combat doesn't stop even while you're choosing your actions. Allies and enemies will go about their normal activities while you make your decision. From what you've said, "Active" seems like your cup of tea. Although, I'm quite willing to bet that the game will be more difficult with this setting. Also, whenever you do a mist quickening (special attack that uses all mp), it kind of stops combat. You enter this seperate mode where timing, luck, and some small amount of strategy comes into play to determine how much damage you do to the enemy. Think that about covers it.

No. The deagle is not the root of all happiness. Its just the most convenient example of DWP in all its glory. No other gun has risen in price 600%.