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Gaming / Re: World of Tanks
« on: 24-10-2010, 20:10:23 »
People like me? Off the high horse and calm down mate.

I've not agreed to any EULA and I didn't even sign in to the forum to find that picture - its there clear as day for anyone to read and look at. Along with loads of other pictures and information. I don't even have a forum account. One picture. No massively big secret.

Anyway, mod edited my post and then I deleted it. You can calm down now.

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Off-Topic / Re: The Great Football thread
« on: 24-10-2010, 20:10:51 »
PSV 10 - Feyenoord 0

What happened there then.

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General Discussion / Re: I belive champage is in order....
« on: 24-10-2010, 20:10:29 »
Because it's the Battlefield blog?

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General Discussion / Re: I belive champage is in order....
« on: 24-10-2010, 11:10:21 »
You gift people a link to what is essentially a free full Battlefield game, and half of them bitch about SPECACT skins?

Jesus Christ.

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Off-Topic / Re: 762 Server Information
« on: 21-10-2010, 23:10:23 »
Strangely enough, I've never really had a problem with the 762 servers.

Apart from the massive annoying green server message and that one player not being banned for using two accounts at once, everything seems alright.

Guess its just a matter of time though.

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Off-Topic / Re: UK armed force Defense review
« on: 21-10-2010, 23:10:26 »
Saw it coming a mile off.

Sympathy for the thousands of workers, servicemen and families that are going to lose their jobs because of this. A fair few of the armed forces projects listed above hold a lot of communities together.

The Torries near ruined where I live back in the 80s. Suffice to say I do not like them very much.

As a graduate I feel sorry for current students as well. Its going to get a lot tougher for you lot.

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Off-Topic / Re: Mafia II: Guns, Booze, Demo!
« on: 20-10-2010, 00:10:28 »
I can now buy the War Hero Pack for £1.99. Yay!

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Gaming / Re: Fallout New Vegas
« on: 19-10-2010, 18:10:33 »
Yeah, should be quite different. Walking into a new game with no expectations means I won't be disappointed in the slightest.

Last game I did that with was Resident Evil 2, and its still my most favoritestestest game ever.

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Gaming / Re: Fallout New Vegas
« on: 19-10-2010, 18:10:58 »
I just found out I have close to £25 credit accumulated on my GAME reward card over the course of several years and a fiver left on my trade-in card.

Seems likely I will be 'buying' this game. Despite the fact I have no idea what its about/what it is/what Fallout is in general.

No harm done I suppose.

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Intentional or not, veterans do quite often recollect things wrongly or inaccurately comparable to what evidence suggests.

Remember, you're asking someone who's been through an awful lot to recall very minor details that happened a long time ago. Memories tend to deteriorate over time.

Having spoken to several veterans before this almost always seems to be the case. It's not clear as day. Sometimes the details are lost because they just didn't know what they were fighting, or where. In most situations they will assume the worst... If you ask them if they were fighting something that has a drummed-up reputation like the Tiger, they will more often than not say yes. The History Channel should take some responsibility for this, but if they ask a veteran questions they are often obliged to tell the story of their experiences.

Am I calling veterans liars? Certainly not. But details do get lost in translation.

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Off-Topic / Re: The North Korea Crazy thread!
« on: 16-10-2010, 20:10:21 »
If the situation leads to war and 'we' push an offensive back into North Korea, don't underestimate the possibility of desertion by the KPA. Or at least the civilian population not willing to put up a fight.

Of course it could go completely the other way, but I think a good percentage of the population aren't exactly comfortable with the current leadership. In particular the conscripted portion of the army. Take into account the untold numbers of North Korean citizens and enlisted men trying to flee the country via China and even the North-South border every year.

However I don't think it will lead to war in any situation. Jong-Il will probably pass away and the next one to take his place (whichever son it may be) will probably be more than willing to open talks with the West.

Having said that, I really can't see the situation getting much better for North Korea in any regard.

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Gaming / Re: World of Tanks
« on: 15-10-2010, 00:10:23 »
Till 6:00am CET, IIRC.

Only the game server is running during the maintenance.


Side note; 38H is immense. 25,000 free exp converted and ready for the US stuff.

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Usually, regular or seasoned FH players will group up. There are a handful of players who are always willing to make a squad and invite non-grouped players that they recognize.

I don't really need to mention clans because they're almost always grouped. The only ones that hurt teamplay are the ones that have two players in their squad and lock it. But hey, happens.

Unfortunately, new players tend to think of FH as vanilla Battlefield 2 were grouping isn't necessary to do well. Grouping isn't even a consideration to them. When they go off on their own, get killed repeatedly and ragequit they never, or hardly ever, come back to the mod. Case in point; the popular servers tonight filled with the 'regular' players were full so I joined a relatively low populated game on a server I've never heard of before. I decided to stick with one or two players who I recognized as seasoned players who were trying to cap the same flags/move forward in the same direction as me for two rounds, generally keeping each other out of harms way and chipping in when needed. So we're doing well, my score is decent, and the next thing I know I get 10+ vote kick attempts on me from six different players I've never seen before attempting to boot me off the server. Two never spawned and were on my team, so I suspect they were keeping tabs on me. I wasn't cheating, spawncamping or anything considered 'wrong'... just keeping next to other players and not trying to be on my own. I wasn't necessarily always in a squad, but I stuck with other players. And we did well. The opposite team had players that did well and you could recognize that they were sticking together (whilst not necessarily grouped) and putting up the best resistance. Those that were new and trying to vBF2 were putting the votes in.

I tend to find that you don't need to be in a squad/grouped in FH to do well/kill/complete objectives as long as you go with the general 'flow' of the game and follow the other players. Those that don't bugger off on their own and get completely overwhelmed do well. Those that do get annoyed and leave.

Sticking together (again - not necessarily grouping, just staying by your team-mates) is essential in FH2. It was essential in FH1. Unfortunately, a handful of players will never do this. And they're the ones that get pissed off at the mod and bugger off... I don't see the point in chasing them and trying to get them to stick together. Some players have a mental block.

TLDR version; you'll never be able to get some people to work together, besides the ones that already do - and those players are most often regulars.

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Gaming / Re: Project Reality Mod v0.9
« on: 12-10-2010, 22:10:00 »
For my own reasons, I've never been a fan of PR. But I respect the work the devs put in and they've come up with some quality stuff.

Case in point; http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=uhYpx11uLnc&feature=related

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Brilliant models. One criticism though; might just be the viewing angle, but the 75 on the E2 looks too short and the diameter too large.

76 seems fine. Besides that, can't complain. White-wash effect on the Jagd is brilliant.

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