The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Barman on July 14, 2008, 10:31:12 AM
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Anybody play/played it? whistle:
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Not me noooo:
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nope.
pourquoi rubschin:
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I used to play Total Annihilation at work which is a war/death/kill strategy game…
It is a bit long in the tooth now tho and I haven’t played it for years. I discovered the other day that Supreme Commander is its ‘spiritual successor’ so I’ve ordered a copy from Amazon for 32.50 plus shipping…
The graphics and everything look quite cool and I’m looking forward to playing it – I figures if anybody else played we could compete on-line and have a pub league or pub team (not Wenchy or the other girls obviously).
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I'll pass on that thanks.
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Wot he said whistle:
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Thirded noooo:
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Well, if you don't want to play with me then I don't want to play with you!
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Well, if you don't want to play with me then I don't want to play with you!
eeek:
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Well, if you don't want to play with me then I don't want to play with you!
eeek:
Sounds like a negotiable position to me whistle:
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Well, if you don't want to play with me then I don't want to play with you!
eeek:
Sounds like a negotiable position to me whistle:
eyes:
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She could bring her pony.
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Man on a train says to a pretty girl "Excuse me miss ~ if I gave you £1000 would you kiss me?"
Pretty Girl replies "Yes, yes I would"
Man says "If I give you £1 would you let me fvck you?"
PG (outraged) "What kind of a girl do you take me for?"
Man "We have already established that my dear ~ now we are negotiating the price"
*Not original, variously ascribed to Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, GBS and others.
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Is this anything to do with Daleks?
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Is this anything to do with Daleks?
noooo:
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Is this anything to do with Daleks?
shrugs:
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Supreme commander is ok but l rate C&C 3 or Company of Heroes more.
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Supreme commander is ok but l rate C&C 3 or Company of Heroes more.
Well I've bloody ordered it now! cussing:
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Carried away by the packaging eh? Should have "consulted" first. whistle:
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Carried away by the packaging eh? Should have "consulted" first. whistle:
You're right of course... but the link to Total Annihilation would have persuaded me anyway...
Strangely, i tried to order it on-line and download it from two different sites - once at $19 and from a UK site at £12. both refused (after filling in dozens of boxes of course) because the location was 'restricted' then I found it on Amazon for £2.50. Result!
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Carried away by the packaging eh? Should have "consulted" first. whistle:
You're right of course... but the link to Total Annihilation would have persuaded me anyway...
Strangely, i tried to order it on-line and download it from two different sites - once at $19 and from a UK site at £12. both refused (after filling in dozens of boxes of course) because the location was 'restricted' then I found it on Amazon for £2.50. Result!
For £2.50 you are forgiven .... Your op (quoted below) puts a very different spin on it.
I used to play Total Annihilation at work which is a war/death/kill strategy game…
It is a bit long in the tooth now tho and I haven’t played it for years. I discovered the other day that Supreme Commander is its ‘spiritual successor’ so I’ve ordered a copy from Amazon for 32.50 plus shipping…
The graphics and everything look quite cool and I’m looking forward to playing it – I figures if anybody else played we could compete on-line and have a pub league or pub team (not Wenchy or the other girls obviously).
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Carried away by the packaging eh? Should have "consulted" first. whistle:
You're right of course... but the link to Total Annihilation would have persuaded me anyway...
Strangely, i tried to order it on-line and download it from two different sites - once at $19 and from a UK site at £12. both refused (after filling in dozens of boxes of course) because the location was 'restricted' then I found it on Amazon for £2.50. Result!
For £2.50 you are forgiven .... Your op (quoted below) puts a very different spin on it.
I used to play Total Annihilation at work which is a war/death/kill strategy game…
It is a bit long in the tooth now tho and I haven’t played it for years. I discovered the other day that Supreme Commander is its ‘spiritual successor’ so I’ve ordered a copy from Amazon for 32.50 plus shipping…
The graphics and everything look quite cool and I’m looking forward to playing it – I figures if anybody else played we could compete on-line and have a pub league or pub team (not Wenchy or the other girls obviously).
Oh yes... must have forgotten the shift key... (http://www.amazon.co.uk/THQ-49304-Supreme-Commander-PC/dp/B000FNA2QY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1216040865&sr=8-3) noooo:
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Prawn! point:
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Grumpy's recommended pc games:
FPS
Call of Duty 4
Stalker
Half Life 1,2 & expansions
Bioshock
Postal 2 - if you have a really twisted sense of humour & have had a lousy day
System Shock 2 - Old school game now abandonware. Download available on Home of the Underdogs
Doom 3
FEAR
AVP2
Tron 2.0
RPG
Neverwinter Nights 2
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Driving
NFS Most Wanted
Colin McRae Dirt
Strategy
C&C 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
Starcraft
Total War series
UFO series
Homeworld series
Sims
Mechwarrior 4 Mercs
Mechwarrior Venegance & Black Knight
Freespace 1&2
Third Person
Assassins Creed
John Woo's Stranglehold
That should be a good starter for you BM
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Good Heaven's ~ should we set up a Children's Room?
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No... leave them outside with a bag of crisps and a bottle of lemonade. ;)
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It would soon be followed by a no pets sign whistle:
My dad's a major strategy game player and has been since he used to kick my arse playing Rebelstar on the speccy back in the day
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eeek: My Father used to play chess with me ~ You know, with a wooden board and pieces that you had to pick up between your finger and thumb and move them around the board. Sometimes we played Cribbage with real playing cards.
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eeek: My Father used to play chess with me ~ You know, with a wooden board and pieces that you had to pick up between your finger and thumb and move them around the board. Sometimes we played Cribbage with real playing cards.
Still do with my daughter ~ she's a dab hand at crib but has yet to beat me at chess. My son on the other hand, I have trouble prising him away from the computer.
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Grumpy's recommended pc games:
FPS
Call of Duty 4
Stalker
Half Life 1,2 & expansions
Bioshock
Postal 2 - if you have a really twisted sense of humour & have had a lousy day
System Shock 2 - Old school game now abandonware. Download available on Home of the Underdogs
Doom 3
FEAR
AVP2
Tron 2.0
RPG
Neverwinter Nights 2
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Driving
NFS Most Wanted
Colin McRae Dirt
Strategy
C&C 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
Starcraft
Total War series
UFO series
Homeworld series
Sims
Mechwarrior 4 Mercs
Mechwarrior Venegance & Black Knight
Freespace 1&2
Third Person
Assassins Creed
John Woo's Stranglehold
That should be a good starter for you BM
eeek:
Where do you find the time?
And how do you remember all the controls? noooo:
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I have never heard of any of this stuff rubschin:
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Grumpy's recommended pc games:
FPS
Call of Duty 4
Stalker
Half Life 1,2 & expansions
Bioshock
Postal 2 - if you have a really twisted sense of humour & have had a lousy day
System Shock 2 - Old school game now abandonware. Download available on Home of the Underdogs
Doom 3
FEAR
AVP2
Tron 2.0
RPG
Neverwinter Nights 2
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Driving
NFS Most Wanted
Colin McRae Dirt
Strategy
C&C 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
Starcraft
Total War series
UFO series
Homeworld series
Sims
Mechwarrior 4 Mercs
Mechwarrior Venegance & Black Knight
Freespace 1&2
Third Person
Assassins Creed
John Woo's Stranglehold
That should be a good starter for you BM
eeek:
Where do you find the time?
And how do you remember all the controls? noooo:
I think we may have to nominate him for the Virtual Pub "Geek of the Year" award
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I still play the occasional game of chess & cards but I like the variation l get with the computer. Plus l also design and create custom content for some games.
The list has been built over a few years BM, I found out that it helps my insomnia. As for the keys the fps games use the same basic key binding and the others are more mouse than anything else.
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
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I still play the occasional game of chess & cards but I like the variation l get with the computer. Plus l also design and create custom content for some games.
The list has been built over a few years BM, I found out that it helps my insomnia. As for the keys the fps games use the same basic key binding and the others are more mouse than anything else.
No Counterstrike in there? noooo:
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
Or it could be peeing up the wall in the bogs... I was quite good at that I seem to remember... rubschin:
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I still play the occasional game of chess & cards but I like the variation l get with the computer. Plus l also design and create custom content for some games.
The list has been built over a few years BM, I found out that it helps my insomnia. As for the keys the fps games use the same basic key binding and the others are more mouse than anything else.
No Counterstrike in there? noooo:
No web connection as l refuse to pay British Tossercom £125 to send an engineer out to test my line when l know they just need to send a test signal before connecting my phone line
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
drumroll: drumroll:
What is all this about then anyway, some Pak Man game thingy?
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
drumroll: drumroll:
What is all this about then anyway, some Pak Man game thingy?
I was beginning to think "Stony Ground" ~ thank God you came along. tunble:
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
drumroll: drumroll:
What is all this about then anyway, some Pak Man game thingy?
I was beginning to think "Stony Ground" ~ thank God you came along. tunble:
I was thinking of a parrot named "Onan". . .
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Could be anything really. rubschin: Perhaps he's a plant.
drumroll: drumroll:
What is all this about then anyway, some Pak Man game thingy?
I was beginning to think "Stony Ground" ~ thank God you came along. tunble:
I was thinking of a parrot named "Onan". . .
lol: lol: lol:
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When I was 11, I was seeded no.2 for Surrey. Even though I had beaten the no.1 twice last time we played. But it doesn't irk me. Much.
At what? rubschin:
Sorry - chess.
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It is here... cloud9:
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I bet it doesn't install.
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I bet it doesn't install.
Installing now... whistle:
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Fingers crossed.
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Fingers crossed.
It works! cloud9:
Just set up the video and multi-screen options... what could go wrong...? shrugs:
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That'll be the last we hear of him for a while then.
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That'll be the last we hear of him for a while then.
i am still here... whistle:
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Fingers crossed.
It works! cloud9:
Just set up the video and multi-screen options... what could go wrong...? shrugs:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bysoft.se%2Fsureshot%2Fbluesaver%2Fscreenshot.gif&hash=dbe99d945880786a8d7553203cd4cab19af1b18e)
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Nope... multi-screen play mode at the moment... whistle:
I'll see if any upgrades are available... after all, what could go wrong? shrugs:
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eveilgrin:
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Still here... whistle:
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I'll warn you now BM as far as graphiics are concerned the game is a resource hog. Your best bet is to get the latest graphics drivers for your card.
Try here as it also does game optimised drivers:
www.guru3d.com (http://www.guru3d.com)
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After all, what could possibly go wrong?
eveilgrin:
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I'll warn you now BM as far as graphiics are concerned the game is a resource hog. Your best bet is to get the latest graphics drivers for your card.
Try here as it also does game optimised drivers:
www.guru3d.com (http://www.guru3d.com)
I have a HD 2600 XT and got the latest drivers on installation... it seems to fly along... cloud9:
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I'm guessing you are only on the early stuff. Wait till you get loads of units on the screen. whistle:
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I'll warn you now BM as far as graphiics are concerned the game is a resource hog. Your best bet is to get the latest graphics drivers for your card.
Try here as it also does game optimised drivers:
www.guru3d.com (http://www.guru3d.com)
I have a HD 2600 XT and got the latest drivers on installation... it seems to fly along... cloud9:
He is doomed for sure noooo:
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I'm guessing you are only on the early stuff. Wait till you get loads of units on the screen. whistle:
Indeed... first battle, VICTORY TO ME! cloud9:
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If you do end up hooked on this game there is also an expansion pack for it.....
I still say you are better off playing C&C 3 though. point:
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Grumpy's recommended pc games:
FPS
Call of Duty 4
Stalker
Half Life 1,2 & expansions
Bioshock
Postal 2 - if you have a really twisted sense of humour & have had a lousy day
System Shock 2 - Old school game now abandonware. Download available on Home of the Underdogs
Doom 3
FEAR
AVP2
Tron 2.0
RPG
Neverwinter Nights 2
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Driving
NFS Most Wanted
Colin McRae Dirt
Strategy
C&C 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
Starcraft
Total War series
UFO series
Homeworld series
Sims
Mechwarrior 4 Mercs
Mechwarrior Venegance & Black Knight
Freespace 1&2
Third Person
Assassins Creed
John Woo's Stranglehold
That should be a good starter for you BM
eeek:
Where do you find the time?
And how do you remember all the controls? noooo:
I think we may have to nominate him for the Virtual Pub "Geek of the Year" award
I'm not a geek, these 2 are geeks:
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The bride and groom grasped one another's dart launcher-clad wrists and stared into each other's starry eyes.
Fifty armour-clad guests, including several "Jedis" and a white caped "Elvis" in a rhinestone-studded ammo belt, stood reverently at attention. A couple of superheroes showed up late.
What better place to hold a "Star Wars" themed wedding than a green patch of grass just outside the famed Comic-Con convention where thousands of fans have congregated this week to revel in all manner of superhero and sci-fi lore?
Friday's wedding ceremony, based on the language, costume and lore of a fictional Mandalorian race in the "Star Wars" movies, was the brain child of Tenille Kuhlman, 30, and Thomas Kuhlman, 39, avid fans who decided that the convention was a perfect place to gather far-flung members of their close-knit "Star Wars" fan club to celebrate their special day.
The couple met online two years ago, said Tenille Kuhlman, who said she was at first was hesitant to embrace the Mandalorian lifestyle. "When I met him I knew what every Joe Blow knows about 'Star Wars.' It just sort of turned into life for us."
Last winter they married in a civil ceremony and settled in Yuma, Arizona, yet Thomas Kuhlman longed to receive a Mandalorian blessing of their union. "I said, 'Hey, that's never going to happen,'" Tenille Kuhlman said.
But according to clan creed, Mandalorians don't make threats, they make promises. The wedding quickly began to take shape. Yet 10 minutes before the ceremony was to begin, despite her careful planning, Tenille found herself still wearing her "I Love Nerds" T-shirt, nervous and without makeup.
Friends stepped in to help. "Hey, come on guys I've got jobs for you to do!" one Mandalorian shouted. "Bounty hunters are all about jobs!" an eager warrior replied.
With that friends quickly set up a makeshift arch and helped the bride, blushing from the heat of the hot summer sun, into her homemade armour, which included metal thigh plates, metal collar, cape, belt, and plastic cuffs known as gauntlets which in movie lore, are capable of shooting darts.
The guests -- in full regalia including helmets, boots and jet packs -- formed two lines and created a light sabre arch leading toward the altar.
"I don't have my fake gun!" somebody shouted. "That's OK," said another guest. "This is a wedding ceremony. I left mine in the car."
The crowd fell silent as Tenille, escorted by armour-clad P.J. Reindel, a police officer from California who she met online, walked her down the aisle toward Thomas, who stood under an archway decorated with white faux roses.
The bride and groom held their helmets in their hands, a solemn sign of Mandalorian respect. As they grasped wrists, Tom Hutchens, a 30-year-old IT professional and erstwhile Mandalorian preacher, began the ceremony.
"Vodas," he said, using the Mandalorian word for "friends," "Outsiders, Jedis, everybody, welcome. This is a contract between two Mandalorians who made a journey and future together and bled together and will continue to bleed together until their last day," he said.
After reciting their vows in both Mandalorian and English translation, the jubilant crowd shouted: "Oya!" which in Mandalorian language means "celebration."
"I now pronounce you Mandalorian husband and wife," Hutchens said.
I do have some standards hound whistle:
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Slightly off topic (but I’m sure Admins will allow it), I watched and episode of the Long Whine Down the other day – Ewan McGregor on another motorbike holiday with his ‘friend’ Charlie…
Anyway, they stopped at some site in Africa where they filmed the original Star Wars – it is now a tourist attraction. Charlie and Ewan spend some time inside taking pictures of themselves in front of Star Wars posters and pictures of scenes from the film – Ewan had a ‘t’ shirt with ‘McGregor’ emblazoned across the back…
Not one bugger recognised him – gutted he was! point:
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