Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Halo Hell no
So the thing going around campus right now is the Halo beta from Microsoft. After playing this..game, I can say that I know why it is a good console game, but for PC it is the suck. My roommate and I were playing with some other people on campus and getting a lot of lag. Now I know it's still a beta, but netcode is a pretty big deal in a game which features it's multiplayer a lot. Netcode should be basically done in alpha stages, at least so it's smooth over LAN. We got our asses handed to us, but it was halo, so I don't feel ashamed. Plus, they had some dumb clan name in front of their names, so I am willing to bet they have played a lot of halo on xboxy. The movement in halo seems very consolish, still. Jumping is like you're on the moon or something. I bet it's part of the plot of halo (which I am unsure of) but the reason for it is so you can control your jump better on the gamepad. This feature just ends up slowing you down in PC, because you can point yourself easier. The weapons in the beta are also not up to par with PC games because they are still the exact same games in the console game. On PC it is just too simple to kill people because you can aim easier with a PC (Once you are used to the lag). On of the guns even shoots stuff that follows you, and then you die. And the rocket launcher is too overpowered, etc... People who know Halo in and out will own the multiplayer because they will find these guns and camp them. There is a lot of the classic "I shot him like fifty fucking times!", reminding me of the days of CS. The style of gameplay is different enough from other PC games to make it marketable, but I just don't find it appealing. Sorry to those Halo nuts, I'm still not going to play it with you. Maybe the final release will fix some things, but I can say right now that I will never pay money for this game. All in all, I think I will keep waiting for Half - Life 2.Halo Beta's Grade = C-
Friday, August 08, 2003
LanOhio Breakfast
Eclipse is drinking bawls at LanOhio LAN
Eclipse: Good morning, n00bie
Blackrazor: Good morning to you, n000000bieeee!
Eclipse: Your server went down, n00bie!
Mother fucking Toshiba Laptop is one crazy n00bie, n00bie!
Blackrazor: Damn! This Laptop is one unpredictable n00bie, N00bie!
Hey Ghetto! Whatcha doin' n00bie?
Ghetto: Your favorite, n00bie, BS and spam!
Eclipse and Blackrazor high-five
Blackrazor: Bitch! You ma numma one n00bie!
Ghetto: OH! Hold on my n00bies! Whats missing here?
Eclipse and Blackrazor: OH!
Eclipse: are we some dumbass n00bies or what?
Ghetto starts playing some ghetto rap music loud over speakers
Nebbish barges in
Nebbish: Hey! What are you doing?
Ghetto turns off music
Nebbish: Whats up, n00bies!
Everyone laughs
Blackrazor: Yo, nebbish, whats with all that crazy gear, n00bie?
Nebbish: Oh, I come here for rest of day. Anybody call for me, you tell them, this n00bie gone LANNin.
Nebbish turns around, on back of shirt is "n00bie gone LANNin"
Everyone laughs
<Exit Nebbish>
Airmack enters on phone
Airmack: Oh, really? Did you see the new Brad Pitt movie? He's so cute, gotta go.
Everyone stares at him
Airmack: What?
Eclipse: What? What? I tell you what. Your posts were taken down, n00bie.
Airmack: Its not so bad.
Eclipse: Not so bad? You posted everything but interesting stuff.
Blackrazor laughs
Airmack: So what? I can post whore anyways.
Eclipse: You can post whore? If n00bie post whores, n00bie no practice gaming. If n00bie no pracice gaming, n00bie no beat darkseed. If n00bie no beat darkseed, n00bie only wins second in tourney and gets no prize, n00bie!
<Airmack starts to cry>
Eclipse sighs and looks around
Eclipse: There, there, my little n00bie, its ok. It's ok
Airmack: I'm sorry, n00bie
Ghetto turns music back on
Everyone dances to it
Big ed: Yo! Did someone order a case of bawls?
Everyone: We did! N00bie!
Friday, July 11, 2003
On another note…
I will not be going to Quakecon 2003 this year. I am sorry to all the people I promised I would go. At the beginning of summer, it looked like I had a pretty good chance at being able to go. However, as the time for QC comes nearer, it is more apparent that the middle of August is going to be pretty stressful with work at Six Flags, work at ResNet, entering school again, and trying to get my pilot's license all around that time. There was still a small possibility of me going, but it would be a longshot and very expensive even if i ended up not going, so I have decided to stop planning for it now, so I am not disappointed later.Once again, sorry.
I would have owned :D
Thursday, June 12, 2003
For all of you going to Quakecon
There will be an informational meeting for all of us going to quakecon 2003 in an AIM Chatroom tonight around 11 or 12pm. Dan, whose AIM s/n is "Barkenchicken", or myself (Eclipse278) will be inviting people to the chatroom, so if you want to be involved, contact one of us. If you cannot make it to the meeting, I have created a page on my site where we can keep official information here. The link will also be made available on the "Recent Links" section to the left on the main page, and on the "Features" page. Here you can make sure we know you are coming and other important stuff to keep this organized for everyone. This year we really are going! We are going with or without you, so it's up to you guys to make sure you know what's up, and up to you guys to make sure we don't leave you behind. Talk to you all tonight.This meeting was cancelled because Dan was sleepy :D
Sunday, June 08, 2003
It is a mystery
Why Computer Crash?So at the codex lan my computer would crash non-stop in any game. Its been like this for a while now, off and on. It crashes in every game, and every once and a while in Windows it just reboots. At tim's lan I took out a stick of 256mb ddr RAM from my computer and it was instantly fixed for about a week. I traded my Radeon 8500 for codex's Geforce4 MX 440. These cards are about the same, though i got better frames in Q3 with the Radeon, and better frames in RtCW:ET with the Geforce. So I went home after the LAN and tore my computer completely apart. Every thing I could take apart was taken apart. I even ripped the CPU Heatsink apart and I cleaned it all. I also used a lot of tape and creativity to hide some of the extra wires to improve airflow, though i dont think heat was a problem. This took most of the day, and it was a little boring, but I haven't built a computer in so long it was a little fun. Also, I put my Sound Blaster Audigy back in, no use in having it sitting on the desk anymore. So far, its been much better, all the unusual sounds are gone and its been perfectly stable. If it messes up again, you can bet you'll hear from me again.
I'll leave you off with the specs of my computer then:
