ZeroDamage

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Happy birthday young fella.

I've noticed that the server can be full and then a map such as Lost Temple, Contra or Russka can come on and the server will empty. I like these maps but they are not good maps for middle of the day play. Just a heads up from what I've seen the past couple of weeks.

Also, is there a reason Aztec and Nuke are not on the rotation? Aztec will typically fill a server and Nuke is just great fun when the server is full (in the evenings).

I had it on pre-order thinking this game would be great. It has some coolness too it but comes off as an uninspiring MMO trying to be something it isn't by latching onto the LOTR license. I am disappointed.

Zero, don't EVEN start a debate....specially by quoting someone. State your opinion and get out.

That's exactly what I did. (And I removed the quote. No intention of starting a debate)

This should be nice and I hope we see all manufacturers take this route. (Although I doubt they will since they will lose money to those who prefer to only upgrade one part rather than buy a whole new laptop)

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He was a pretty good painter. Too bad he is known as the most evil person of our time and times past.

http://mostinterestingblog.blogspot.com/20...od-painter.html

Actually Cranky the only GC server left is Retrocedence... I mean aim lab is still up but that's a free server and not stock.

Why not turn it into a full time Gun Game server. It seems to be quite popular.

It's his business if it is happening right outside his house. If someone kills another down the street and you see it, do you not call the police because it is not your business?

My metabolism is pretty good and I run a few times a week. I am not too worried about it nor do I plan to drink a lot. Just once in a while perhaps. Wife and I drink some wine or what not every now and then.

I will be in Memphis in two weeks on a business trip. Anyone live in the area?

I plan to start at the top and then work my way down. I may have had it before when I was in the Navy but I honestly do not remember. It was like 10 years ago. I am getting old and my tastes have changed in regards to food and what not. Why not beer?

Cujo is right about all that. I also want to point out that you can have a DX8 based video card like a Geforce 4 and still have DX9 installed. Most any game made for the foreseeable future will be backwards compatible down to DX8-9 even if they support some extra features for DX10. Do not worry about it, everyone with a modern system should be fine (X800/6x00 based cards).

Ok. I have not tried any yet. I was seriously under the weather yesterday and did not want to ruin the experience. Anyway, there are quite a few imports to choose from around here.

My question is this: What Guinness should I go for? There is... (I am trying to recall since I was feeling quite sick when I stopped yesterday)... Extra Stout and Draught. Those were my two options... so which should a noobie be trying first. I have to buy a 6-pack, there is no mixing and matching and at 9 bucks a pop, I have to go with the best odds with this. Oh yeah, and the Draught came in a can as well; I assume bottle is preferred?

They have Magic Hat but Guinness is what I will try first.

Oh yeah, any recommendations on Sam Adams type I should try out? I am a little in the dark on beers where mixed drinks and the like I know fairly well (I was in the Navy after all).

Oh yeah, anyone live nearby wonna come by and share in a six pack? Even if I like it, I do not see myself drinking it all gone this weekend.

The original Fable is playing on the 360 by the way. And it looks great on the 360 as well due to AA and AF working on it.

There is one in the works apparently. According to David D. anyway.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2005030474,00.html

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?c...=0&id=40745

Nah, I am honestly not asking due to peer pressure. That kind of stuff doesn't work on me. I just want to try out a few. Maybe I will be more pleasurable in game. :-P

ZD, im very curious to what town you live in. You said it was southwest Va... then you say its a college town. Did we live in the same town for my 5 years of college?

 

Those are three good beers, but I doubt you will like them if you haven't acquired a taste. Also a great beer that is hard to find around southwest Va is Magic Hat. I was up in blacksburg last weekend and I found a few bars that have that on tap.

 

You also might want to try Blue Moon.. its not a MANS beer, but I think it is pretty tasty... and one more, stop by any grocery store and you will probably find a hefeweizen. Its a wheat beer. I have found almost all hefeweizen beers taste the same and I really like them. It will more than likely be in a yellow case

Yeah, I live in Christiansburg now. Only been here a couple of months. Work at the same place as Dweez although I have yet to meet him. Yep, I work at VT.

Anyway, I remember seeing Magic Hat when I lived in Maine. Yep, I miss the place since that is where most of my friends are. I miss Moxie too but that is a story for another day. (try mixing that with some vodka. yum)

I will take a look for that as well, the hefeweizen stuff.

So, before I get home tonight, I plan on stopping and trying out a few of these to see if I like any of them. Having grown up in Maine and having greatly enjoyed the taste of "Moxie" I am fairly sure I can find a beer or two that can be enjoyable. Sounds like Guinness is on the top of the last as is:

1. Guinness if I can find it around here.

2. Sam Adams Boston Lager

3. Newcastle

I guess I will give these 3 a try first. I am sure since this is a college town that there is a liquor store or two somewhere around. Thanks for the input everyone. Keep them coming if you have any recommendations.

Bump back to the living world. This thread sort of goes along with my thread in the Chit-Chat section.

UPDATE

 

Keith Richard's Agent has informed the media that he was joking the whole time.

When you joke about something like that, you make it obvious that you are joking. I actually believe that he did do it and is now working on Damage Control.

Season premier was tonight. Probably my favorite of favorite shows. I can't say that I like it more than Heroes and BSG but it is at the top of my list of alternative shows (not sci-fi). I like it more than 24.

Other than this guy being about as wierd as they come.... I do not know how to comment about such a thing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../03/nash103.xml

Rolling Stone 'snorted father's ashes'

 

By staff and agencies

Last Updated: 7:54pm BST 03/04/2007

 

Rolling Stones wildman Keith Richards claims he snorted his own father's ashes during a drugs binge.

 

Keith Richards snorted his father's ashes

Richards is known for his hard-living lifestyle

 

Richards made the extraordinary admission in an interview with NME magazine.

 

"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," he said.

 

"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared, he didn't give a s***.

 

"It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."

 

Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002 aged 84.

 

The 63-year-old rocker also recounted his worst drugs experience.

 

"It was when someone put strychnine in my dope. It was in Switzerland. I was totally comatose, but I was totally awake. I could listen to everyone, and they were like, 'He's dead, he's dead!', waving their fingers and pushing me about, and I was thinking, 'I'm not dead!'," .

 

But he said: "I've no pretensions about immortality - I'm the same as everyone else - same as you, same as everybody.

 

"I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.

 

"Some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral. The obit columns are of quite an interest to me these days. I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all."

 

Richards predicted that Pete Doherty could be the next drugs casualty - and told him to leave supermodel Kate Moss alone.

 

"My advice for Pete Doherty is that he should shut up and leave her," he said. "I don't know the man, all I know is he's pushing his luck and there it is, but so is Kate, who I know very well.

 

"Kate wants to play with bad boys, and she's done one, and then another one, and then another one. Badabing, badabang, badaboom. She'll live, the boys will die."

 

And he warned rock stars not to emulate his fabled drug-taking.

 

"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life," he said.

 

The Rolling Stones will kick off the European leg of their A Bigger Bang tour in June.

 

Last year their touring was interrupted when Richards reportedly fell out of a palm tree while on holiday in Fiji.

 

But Richards said: "I wasn't climbing a tree. I was sitting on a shrub. I was sitting on that shrub again today, but I happened to fall off it the wrong way that day."

 

He underwent brain surgery after the accident and revealed: "I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain. I've got pictures of it, mate. They cut my head, brain, skull open, went in and pulled out the crap, and put some of it back again.

 

The full interview is in the new issue of NME, out tomorrow.

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What a most informative thread. This should be stickied somewhere.