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Off Topic / loving reselling old games
« on: September 11, 2010, 10:39:07 PM »
Quick rant,

Went to EB Games with my 14 year old cousin, he brought 4 games to sell. On their site they said they are 10$ each resale value.

We get there, 2 of the games are only 5. The other 2 have 1 small scratch each and are -5 $

WHAT THE forget

loving hate reselling games to EB games and stuff, i remember trying to resell stuff too and you always get forgeted over in the end.

Discuss reselling games and being lowballed by the place.

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Off Topic / These Kids Wear Crowns
« on: August 17, 2010, 09:09:44 PM »
Nothing special here...

just wondering if any of you have ever heard of them, if you live in Canada you might of seen them on disband.

They now have a recording contract and are signed, i grew up with two of the members and i'm very proud of them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wU3Rry1f0

Enjoy!

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Off Topic / Jess's Weekly Guides
« on: August 16, 2010, 09:01:05 PM »
So I've decided to do something new and help my adorable wonderful community of morons people out. Every week I'll post something from a females perspective to either help you wonderful boys mature or general info.

If you don't know how girls and boys work hit the back button... seriously.



Today i will teach you on how to secure you're future with having future forget buddies. I get a few messages asking me for dating advice and "IS SHE INTERESTED IN ME?!" questions constantly.

Considering about 95% of you are male and haven't touched a girl or even know what to do with a girl you'll probably want to listen up!


What's a forgetbuddy Jess!!!!???? A forgetbuddy is usually a female friend... or a non close female that you know who you have meaningless "fun" with.

Most of you are in high school and this is the perfect time to make female friends, the best way to go about this is to talk to as many loving girls as you can. Even if you don't stay in contact with them during high school and simple meeting of the person after high school or at a party helps you get mad bonus points, plus gives you a reason to be like HEY I REMEMBER YOUR TITS YOU!


Now this is just my suggestion, but you always want to make female FRIENDS, if you become best friends you've just cut your chances of sleeping with said so person and you wont get anywhere near the girl.

WAIT TILL AFTER HIGHSCHOOL, i can't tell you how important it is to not try and sleep with the girl till after high school... high school is the awkward years of relationships and girls often don't want to get involved with lesser guys or inferior guys... unless you're super popular don't bother. Plus the highschool drama is insane.


AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, after high school is the best time to start talking to those female friends you made in high school... always talk abit first... constant joking around is needed... never mention becoming in a relationship.. always joke around say you're hot and stuff we eat that stuff up.(You're never more serious than when you're joking). Being witty helps and humorous... girls enjoy guys who are funny...


Anyways I'm drifting, now at this stage you should of achieved the following.... a small friendship and a talkative relationship with a few girls.... enough of a friendship not to be awkward around the girl... and you should both be making random loveual jokes about each other. Congrats if you've reached this stage.. you can now start jokingly asking for more. If she bites into your jokes and isn't like 'DID YOU JUST SAY YOUD TOTALLY SLEEP WITH ME WTF" high five! keep going till she  finally says id for sure do you ;)

At this point it should be easy fishing.... you're both comfortable with each other and you've got a unspoken friendship which few know about... it's you're job to get yourself in.. litterly.

KNOW HOW FAR TO GO, now let me make this clear... NEVER DATE THE forgetBUDDY. You'll regret it so much, it often never works out... and after a month you'll most likely be dumped or have dumped her. All your work down the drain and you'll be upset.

Why would i want a forget buddy? OK, i understand at 14-17 your all in love with the idea of love. It's hard to explain but you actually want less of a relationship when you're older and more freedom to do with you want without being tied down to one person. Not only can you have multiple forget buddies if you're a genius.

NEVER BRAG TO YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT HER, this will kill your special friendship... girls hate when you tell your friends and we always find out, most of the time being forget buddies is a secretive thing.... trust me dont spill the beans. Also don't tell your parents... jesus christ.

Troll: OMG JESS I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WROTE THIS!

Grow up seriously.

You can all thank me in a few years, stay tuned to my next guide on whatever i feel like.

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Games / X3 Terran Conflict MEGATHREAD (Space Empire Game)
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:28:39 PM »




Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2BYxSivFZE

I started writting up a huge thing about this, then i remembered the friendly people at somethingawful posted a huge threada bout this, i've snipped it up abit but the full review and everything posted bellow this goes to them.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2985240

I honestly suggest reading the original thread, but this also skims the basics of that thread. Enjoy :)

My own thoughts on the game... Very complex, think of it as a space game where you are building a empire and military is second on your mind, you can cruise around in a single ship or control a giant fleet from your capital ship. Nothing beats cruising along to find a huge AI battle going on with capital ships.

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Argons: Humanity, separated from the Sol system several hundred years prior to X3: Terran Conflict. Their ships are average in every way, capable of doing any task but not being particularly great at it. Capital ships are huge monolithic bricks, while their small fighters resemble jet fighters in space. Allied with the Boron, and dislike the Paranid
Boron: Space hippy squids, pretty much.  Their fighters are fast and poorly armed but have special weapons, and their capital ships are very powerful but usually have a big achilles heel. All their ships resemble aquatic life, and have iridescent hulls. Allied with the Argon, and dislike the Split
Teladi: Hyper-capitalistic amphibians. Their craft are slow as stuff and look like they were cobbled together from junk, but they have a forgetton of shields and huge cargo bays. Neutral to all races, including Pirates.
Paranid: Theocracy of beetle-like aliens. Their ships are some of the most powerful of all races, but have pathetic cargo bays and are usually very expensive. Ships look like something out of Star Trek. Allied with the Split, dislike the Argon.
Split: Humanoids obsessed with fighting (think Klingons). Their ships are very fast and powerful, but have poor shield strength. Ships are very angular and blade-like. Allied with the Paranid, and dislike the Boron.
Terrans: The human government residing in the Sol System, separated for hundreds of years from the Argon. Their ships are far superior in every way to the other races, but lack variety in weapons and are extremely expensive. All their ships are blindingly white, with their fighters looking like a futuristic jet-fighter and their capital ships looking like uh, LEGOs.
ATF: Not a race, but the military of the Terran government, specifically for dealing with the Xenon. Their ships are a mash of odd angles, and look somewhat like the Forerunner technology of Halo. They can easily overpower any single ship in the game.
Goner: Not a race, but a faction of Argon citizens that believed in the existance of Earth. Their ships are unarmed and slow, but their capital ships are massive and can dock other capital ships to them.
Pirates: Not a race, but a faction comprised of every species in the X-universe. Their ships are old and outdated, with flame paintjobs. Their ships are usually stolen Argon, Teladi, and Split ships, with the occassional unique pirate-built ship. Attacks all races, except Teladi.
Xenon: Terraformer drones sent out by the Terrans hundreds of years ago, software glitch caused them to start "terraforming" everything, including stations and ships. Their ships have no generic stats, with each class having wildly different stats. Ships resemble partially finished buildings with their innards exposed. Attacks all races.
Kha'ak: Hive mind bugs. Their light fighters have paper armor and weak weaponry, but their capital ships are extremely powerful. Fighters look like flying pyramids, while the capital ships look like hives. Their fighter craft also tends to come into battle linked up, and then split when engaged. Attacks all races.
Yaki: Pirate faction. Their ships are usually customized Paranid ships, mixed with unique Yaki capital ships. Attacks all races, including Pirates

Race info done by saber15

Important info everyone asks about, read this first before you go any further:

Should I buy the X3: Gold bundle on steam?
NO! Just buy Terran Conflict. The games are mostly identical, and there is nothing in X3 Reunion that you do not get in Terran Conflict, unless you want to play the really, really crappy storyline missions (which is not why you play X3 in the first place), there's no reason to own Reunion AND Terran Conflict.

Should I do a custom start?
NO! Custom starts have none of the story content in it, and it cannot be enabled or turned on later, which means that there are many things in the game that you will not be able to get, such as the Player HQ. If you are just starting for the first time, pick the Terran Defender or Argon Patriot start. It has a basic tutorial and it gives you several excellent freebies to get you started. Do this start even if you want to be a trader, as it can be a long, slow, boring process to start becoming even remotely successful as a trader, this start will give you a leg up.


What is X3: Terran Conflict?

X3: Terran Conflict is a new stand alone expansion for the X3 universe. Egosoft has hired many of the talented members of the team that made the popular Xtended mod for the game, and integrated a lot of their ideas into the game, making it bigger and better in almost every way. They've redone the mission system, reworked the UI, and have even worked in better fleet management and command.


What exactly is X3?

X3 was the 3rd part of the long running series X of games based on space flight, exploration, trade, and combat. You can do almost anything in this game, from flying a fighter and hunt down pirates, or be a trader making money and building a trading empire, or you can be a fleet captain commanding capital ships waging war across the galaxy.

If you could think about it in comparison with other games, think of it like Freelancer, only much more detailed on every level. The space flight feels more like a flight sim, the trading is much more detailed. It is also claimed to be EvE Online the single player version. The scale of your ships, the size of your fleets, and the empires you create are on roughly the same scale as EvE. If you're oldschool, you can think of it as Elite for this generation.

If you see a ship in this game, with very few exceptions, you can purchase, command, and fly that ship, including the largest of battleships. Combat can be as small as you in a light fighter dog-fighting a single opponent, to your fleet of battleships and carriers deploying wings of fighters and frigates into massive frays of cannons and missiles flying everywhere. If you're good, you can even force pilots to eject, and you can steal their ships from them for yourself...

The trading in this game is very involved. You can ship goods between stations, or even build your own stations and manufacture goods. You can automate massive trading fleets to earn you money while you're off fighting the good fight. The economy is very alive, and will carry on without you. There are even AI corporations in Terran Conflict that will actively compete.

It's a very large game with a very large scale. Since it is such a large game, there can be a rather steep learning curve, but if you persevere, you can have one of the most amazing experiences in gaming.

What's so great about these Egosoft guys?

When X3 first came out, it received many bad reviews for being a buggy piece of poo poo. They poured over the game for a long time and fixed the game and re-released it in it's 2.0 version, and it was a much smoother, well polished game that was incredible to play. So, some of the bad review scores for the game will reflect the older broken game.

Egosoft as a company are great, they are very active in their community, spend a lot of time pouring through the user created content and actively support the content that is well polished and fits the game. They even hosted the Xtended mod on their website, and ended up hiring several of the mod team to work on Terran Conflict.

X3 was also one of the first games to drop Starforce protection from disc copies, and also to favor the Steam distribution method.

Since these changes, they've consistently released solid updates and incorporated plenty of good new content, some original, and some from the community itself giving lots of recognition to the community members who contribute.

So, what does this game look like?

Well, for a game with such scale, you would think it would sacrifice things visually. You would be wrong to think so, as this is one of the most gorgeous games I have ever played:

I'm sold, where do I get this?

On Steam right for $19.99, or get both X3: Reunion, and X3: Terran Conflict for $29.99

Should I buy the X3: Gold bundle on steam?
NO! Just buy Terran Conflict. The games are mostly identical, and there is nothing in X3 Reunion that you do not get in Terran Conflict, unless you want to play the really, really crappy storyline missions (which is not why you play X3 in the first place), there's no reason to own Reunion AND Terran Conflict.

There are disc versions available, and you can now enter your registration code from your disc version to activate the game on Steam!


What the hell do I do in this game I am so lost!

Turbo D posted:

    This is pretty handy - Dummies Guide to X3:TC
    http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=268611

The learning curve with this game is huge, and it can take a long time to sort things out, but it's worth it. Just take baby steps as you play the game, and you should come out okay.

Take everything one slow step at a time. The world around you is patient enough for you to expand slowly. Don't feel like you need to learn the game all at once.

Here's pretty much the order of things you will want to do:

    * Get good enough to stay alive in a dogfight and you can go a long way (hint: be sure to use WASD to strafe). Start out small attacking some of the lighter Pirate ships that are flying alone or in very small groups. Learn when to disengage to keep your shields up and avoid Hull damage. Repairing ships at stations is prohibitively expensive, so use your repair laser, no matter how long it takes, until you can afford to fix things.
    * Learn how to upgrade your ship properly and help keep it in tip-top shape with good weapons that work well for you.
    * Do some station defense missions. Most stations have little icons next to them. The red target is combat missions, go to the "comms" section of the station and find out what they want. If it's a station defense: do it. The ships attacking are focused on the station and not you, so you will not get swarmed, and you can take your time. You can earn a lot of money this way, and get better at fighting.
    * Learn to capture a ship next, it'll be a good source of upgrades and free lumps of cash. Sell anything you get unless it's much better than yours, and you can afford to fix it. Learn how to transfer things between ships, so you can get wares and weapons off of captured ships, or transfer your weapons onto a better ship you have captured. The station defense missions should give you lots of opportunities to do this.
    * Learn how to have an AI wingman. Keep one or two around, sell any other ships you capture till you earn some extra cash.
    * Learn to explore, maybe buy yourself a light, REALLY fast ship (The Teladi Kestrel is the perfect choice for this), dock your combat ship somewhere (don't sell it) and go flying around to different sectors. Get to know where places are, places to stay away from, know where the right stations are to get the goods and gear you want. If you want to, map the whole galaxy. This will help later when you start trading, which leads to:
    * Install EST and Learn how AI traders work. There's some good guides out there on how to get started. I personally think you should avoid doing trading yourself because it's REALLY slow. The ships are slow, the process is slow, and while you make a lot of money with relatively low risk... it's SLOW, and NOT FUN, like combat missions are!
    * Learn how to manage a fleet of traders, and keep them running properly. Money will start flowing in quickly. Also, be aware that sometimes they will be destroyed, and there's very little you can do about it. Roll with it, replace the ships and keep going.
    * Buy a TM class ship (like the Argon Magnetar). They're cheap. Get used to using a mobile base a bit, and how to manage your ships with a mobile home base.
    * Buy your first Capital Class ship, one of the TL class Facility deployers and learn how to use Facilities, buying, deploying, and linking them. There's great guides for this as well. Do some station deploy missions with your new TS, they earn you a LOT of money with little investment of time and resources. Don't worry so much about Capital Class combat, because you're not in a position to do so yet with just a TL or TM.
    * Buy an M6 to get a bigger, stronger ship. Get used to fighting in larger ships with turrets as a primary mode of combat.
    * Buy a Destroyer (you will probably have to rep up quite a bit before you can). Learn how to outfit your ship with good weapons and how to use a Capital class ship in combat. There's some great guides for this too.
    * Buy a Carrier - Learn how to use fighters as support weapons and managing a larger fleet, giving fleet orders to other ships and ordering them into combat effectively.
    * Buy more Cap ships, buy a VARIETY of Cap ships, buy lots of facilities and Conquer the Galaxy / Start actually PLAYING the single player campaign.

There's no hurry to do ANYTHING in this game, take your time, and move at your own pace.

Combat Tips
Make sure that you're using "boresight shooting" (default to CTRL) when in a dogfight. All of the auto-aim systems in the game are disabled when you use mouse shooting (default right click)

Auto-aim has 3 modes: Off, Semi, and Full. Semi gives you a target leading point you can aim at, and full is proper Auto-aim that does most of the work for you. You need Fight Command Software MK1 for Semi, and MK2 for Full. You may have to turn on Auto-aim after you install the ware (default to K)

Use strafing! Especially against capital ships and their slower moving projectiles. Enemies shoot at where you're GOING to be, so even a slight adjustment to the left or right may save you a tonne of damage.

M5's are NOT for combat. Some people enjoy flying them because they're so fast, but they have absolutely no durability, and will be plinked out of the sky before you even know it. Unless you're a fantastic pilot, make sure you're flying at least an M4, preferably an M3. This rule is especially true for AI ships, if you assign them as wingmen, or launch them from a carrier, they will probably get killed really fast. There are some mods and wares that set them into recon modes, which is what they're best at.

Out Of Sector combat is determined by a turn based system. It's based on the power of the guns on your ship, and the armour and shields that it has. There's no consideration for mobility, or accuracy. A ship built for in sector fighting will die OOS, and an OOS set ship will die in sector. It's a bullstuff system, but that's how they built it. Make sure your OOS ships (the ones you have protecting your stations) have high damage capacity weapons (HEPT, PSP, etc.) and the best shielding. This system is why Xenon Q's run into your sector and wreck everything in sight, even much larger battleships and carriers.

This game is so SLOOOOOOW, it took me an hour to fly from one gate to another!
Turn on Time Compression, or SETA (Singularity Engine Time Accelerator). Default button is 'J'
You can change the amount of compression in the general options, anything above 10x is not recommended, as it has been known to cause problems.

Should I do a custom start?
NO! Custom starts have none of the story content in it, and it cannot be enabled or turned on later, which means that there are many things in the game that you will not be able to get, such as the Player HQ. If you are just starting for the first time, pick the Terran Defender or Argon Patriot start. It has a basic tutorial and it gives you several excellent freebies to get you started. Do this start even if you want to be a trader, as it can be a long, slow, boring process to start becoming even remotely successful as a trader, this start will give you a leg up.

List of ship classes:

Here is the list from the Manual, from largest to smallest

M1 = Carrier
M2 = Destroyer
M7 = Frigate
M7M = Missile Frigate
M8 = Bomber
M6 = Corvette
M3+ = Advanced Heavy Fighter
M3 = Heavy Fighter
M4+ = Advanced Medium Fighter
M4 = Medium Fighter
M5 = Light Fighter/Recon

Transports:

TL = Large Transport/Station Deployer (same class as M1/2, can carry 5-15 fighters)
TM = Military Transport (Carries 3-6 fighters, Marines, support ships)
TS = Freight Transport (Sector/Universe Traders)
TP = Transports (Useful for transporting people. Can transport and deploy Marines)

What does an S/M/L mean in the Shipyard?

S = Unequipped. Base model ship with no weapons or shields.
M = Basic equipment - Usually a lighter shield or two, (usually a class below the best that can be equipped). A light set of weapons
L = Fully equipped - full shields and a good set of weaponry

Regardless of S, M, or L, all of the ships base stats are still the same, only equipment is different. An Eclipse M3 S is going to be just as fast as the L version once they're fully upgraded.

Additionally, the base model of a ship can vary depending on the classification:

Raider: Faster, lighter shields, less cargo space.
Vanguard: Slightly faster, equal shields, better energy capacity
Sentinel: Slower, Heavy shields, less cargo
Hauler: Heavier Hull, Larger cargo capacity

Terran Campaign
How do I scan the Pirate Station?

Get within 500m of the station and stop, a "scanning" message should appear. Wait, and it will complete on it's own.

How do I know what ships to smuggler ships to scan?

Mission critical craft are shown at the TOP of the sector list, separate from the regular ships floating around.



Follow the ones at the top of the list and scan them.
They turn red, and are now attackable, kill them (slowly if you want to capture them (I've had a 50% capture rate so far})
DO NOT scan any of the ships that are in the full list of ships at the bottom of the list. Those are regular innocent people.

There are usually a bunch of Dukes transports there, they are already red, but they are NOT the guys you need to scan and kill. Kill them anyways (slowly for capturing of course), because it's good karma with the Teladi

How do I capture things?

    * Fly close to the ship you want to capture. 60-100m at least. Make sure not to collide with it, as you will blow it up.
    * Press "Shift+E" to bring up the eject confirmation. Select "Yes"
    * Target the ship by clicking on it. Start moving forward slowly, and keep approaching slowly.
    * At about 50m, with the ship targeted, press "i"
    * As you close to about 40-30m the "Claim" option will appear. Press "Backspace" to stop moving.
    * Select "Claim"
    * If the ship is damaged, pull the trigger to fire your repair beam
    * Repair the ship to full (this can take some time on large ships)
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Games / Caesary
« on: June 21, 2010, 10:40:35 AM »
http://www.caesary.net/index.do

About Caesary
Caesary is based on the history of the Roman Empire, the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor, Augustus.

The Roman Republic, which preceded it, has been weakened and subverted through several civil wars. Several events are commonly proposed to mark the transition from Republic to Empire, including Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator (44 BC), the Battle of Actium (2 September 31 BC), and the Roman Senate's granting to Octavian the honorific Augustus (4 January 27 BC).

Roman expansion begins in the days of the Republic, but reaches its zenith under Emperor Trajan. At this territorial peak, the Roman Empire controlls approximately 6.5 million km2 of land surface. Because of the Empire's vast extent and long endurance, Roman influence upon the language, religion, architecture, philosophy, law, and government of nations around the world lasts to this day.

But rebels are rising and threatening the stability of government while city corruption spreads far and wide. Seigniors resort to extreme violence for political dominance and land ownership, forcing millions into homeless and destitute situations. A dark cloud has overshadowed Roman Empire and underneath it everything falls to ruin. No doubt this is a time for serious change and the power for change rests in your hands!

Here at Caesary you will be filling in the role of a small consul, expected to apply the resources and troops at hand wisely to write the glorious chapters of your life! In such a complex web-game as Ceasary, your leadership and management skills will be brought to the test! Make your talents shine now!


In conclusion, it's browser based game, made to be played idly but you don't have to.

It's somewhat like Evony but more action packed.

Why start now? The game just opened a new server so everyone is really low levels!

I'm having a blast atleast give it a try.

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Off Topic / Being a actor means you can sing?
« on: June 13, 2010, 11:03:12 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj841C-fkwE


Small example of what i've just heard on tv the last 2 minutes.

Will Smiths son can now rap?


Also justin bieber sucks, but atleast all he does sing whine sing.

There's so many other actors who become singers. I can understand that if you can actually sing, but you cant tell me every actor who go to a singing career can sing.


Discuss opinions etc.

(Also J Smith sounds like a girl while rapping in my link).

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Off Topic / The new Justin Bieber ugh.
« on: June 03, 2010, 09:37:02 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/user/CodySimpsonMusic

Cody Simpson


Anyone else getting tired of all these young singers. I mean Justin Bieber is bad enough and he's 16.

This kid is 13... all his songs are about love and getting girls. He's 13...? Seriously?

Also Flo Rida totally lost cool points for being in that song.

Honestly he sounds like a girl in some of his songs, if no one told me his name and said it was a girl i'd totally believe it, i'm not understanding how these kids do well in the music industry.

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Off Topic / Stop asking for Steam gifts/games!
« on: June 02, 2010, 11:27:36 PM »
Please stop asking for people to steam gift you games.

No one is going to gift it to you. There's about 4 new threads just today with people asking for stuff.

 Most of the time it's people asking and no one even knows you in the community.

You have to understand that this forum is mainly 10-16 year olds. Most of these kids need mommy and daddy to buy them everything so they arent much different from you if you're asking.

Getting to be a real pain seeing 3 threads a day with people asking for stuff.

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Off Topic / Human Centipede
« on: May 21, 2010, 12:27:36 PM »

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Off Topic / Home Schooling is a joke now
« on: May 07, 2010, 02:18:55 PM »
The hell has happened to home schooling in the last few years.

I'm going to give MY view of home schooling.

I'm writtting this because i personally know 3 friends who have been home school. Most of them have taken it as a complete joke, they always joked around about how they did 2 hours of work then did nothing else all day.

Well now they are all in adult education catching up on grades just to pass highschool and they are 20. I couldn't help but laugh at them and realize how stupid home schooling has become.

I mean seriously home schooling has become abit ridiculous. What happened to the times of home schooling your kids if they had a problem learning and couldn't receive the proper attention. Or the nearest school being wayyyy to far away (Which is really rare).


Now on this forums i think I've seen about 10 people say they are home schooled.

Madmittens you say you're home schooled, not to pick on you or anything but do you do anything? You're on the forums 24/7?

Seriously, bugs the hell out of me when people are being home schooled for no reason at all, and on top of that they aren't even getting a education out of it but wasting time.

I honestly haven't met or heard of one kid who's home schooled who has taken it seriously, it's always a joke of "OH i do nothing - oh i have 4 hour long lunches - i do nothing all day). Honestly can't think of one person that i've talked to or know whos being home schooled who has ever said "oh ya it's hard, or ya i do loads of work everyday".

This is just my personal view of home schooling, i find it's just changed so much and it always seems to be the over protective mommies doing this or the dumbstuff mom protecting her kids from society.


Remember everyone has a view on this and no one is going to have a correct view.
Also no one who is being home schooled can really be blamed, blame the parents who shape the child.


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Off Topic / Post your Internet Speed
« on: May 05, 2010, 12:42:45 PM »
Post you're Internet Speed



http://www.speedtest.net/
Use this site.


Just got my internet upgrades for a 1.50 more a month... went from 2x as fast to 3x as fast now.


(Old topic of this is super old)

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Games / Supreme Commander 2
« on: April 13, 2010, 09:27:28 PM »
Hey guys,

i'm curious about supreme commander 2.

I really liked the first one.. it had a really epic feel to it. What i liked alot about it was the whole super units you could create. Nothing was cooler than building a colossus or a giant mothership and see the mothership slowly crash into the ground when destroyed.

I love the fact of having huge units supported by smaller units and huge aerial battles.



Now, i've looked at a few reviews and all the maps look small! i remember in the first one maps where huge and games took awhile.. everything looks so fast paced now.

So does anyone have it? is it any good etc...

Thanks for the feedback! <3

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Off Topic / Children with things they don't/shouldn't have.
« on: April 04, 2010, 05:06:37 PM »
One of my biggest pet peeves would probably be children having items they shouldn't have or do not need.


It being Easter weekend i had my 11 year old cousin come over for dinner. She just got a Iphone for her birthday. Now it's not the price that shocks me it's the fact that she has this...

First off i don't remember being 11 and needing a cellphone.. or even needing anything on the iphone it has offer.

I asked her why she asked for a phone in the first place and her answer was "Because everyone wants a cellphone". I checked her call history and it had about 12 calls from home and 4 unknown numbers received. She had made 8 calls. All this in the past 2 months. Now i myself only got a cellphone when i was about 17 and never saw a real reason to needing one until i was older.

Now this is just my example. I'm constantly seeing very young kids with things they don't need or shouldn't have. Some cases its the parents fault for buying it for the kids.. it's just weird to see how generations are changing.

Anyone else care to add to this :), and hell if your pretty young and you have something you know you don't really need but have feel free to tell us about it :P

(Please don't turn this into a flame war... also no one cares about the luxurious things you have and want to flaunt off).

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Modification Help / Someone make small space ships / pods
« on: January 30, 2010, 11:29:17 PM »
Well, it's come to my attention that no one has yet to make a small flying space ship or escape pod.

There's a few big space ships but they are very clunky and er.. well not to fun.

What we need is something like this.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/battle%20star%20galactica%20viper/jfhi/Battlestar_Galactica_Viper_by_Corey.jpg

Escape Pod
http://spaceship.brainiac.com/Galoob/galoob-escape-pod.gif

These are a perfect example for a good fit into a tube which can be launched out.
What we have now are these huge spaceships that need a freaken highway to fly out.


If i'm completely blind would someone be so kind and point me in the right direction to a decent spaceship?


But it would be wonderful if someone could make these :)

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Off Topic / Microphone/Headset Feedback Problem
« on: April 17, 2009, 08:31:11 PM »
I'm having a problem with my headphones, everytime i talk into the micrphone the sound like loops. If im not talking theres a constant buzzing noise always.

I had this problem before updating my sound card and its still here. I've tried two different headsets its not the headsets.

People say they can hear their voices in ventrillo when im holding down my talk button. I've googled stuff but i have no idea what to do nothing anyone suggested has worked.

anyone have any ideas...?

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