Mario's in da HOUSE!

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:08 pm

chriscaffee wrote:Tom Clancy isn't shit. I can't speak for GTA as I've played it for about five minutes, but I would submit that the five minutes I played weren't shit.

Tom Clancy isn't shit because it has guns.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:17 pm

He is just gonna reply some shit about how GTA has guns and he doesn't like that or whatever. Then a pointless argument is gonna break out about it, so no one say anything about it, I shortened it.

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:19 pm

Terrorists have guns! We don't like them!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:23 pm

While it's true that shooters will draw me like a moth to a flame and about 60% of my total game collection is comprised of shooters of one form or another, there are some real losers. Wolfenstein comes to mind. Again, I only played GTA for about five minutes and it didn't turn me off right away, nor did it really interest me. I do have Rainbow Six 3, but the main Clancy games I play are SC and SC2. I'm looking forward to SC3, as coop is always cool and I am interested to see how the coop will work in an espionage setting.

I also haven't played Ghost Recon as 3rd person shooters don't interest me that much. Brute Force is an exception due to it's 4-player system link coop and squad death match mode.

RS3 isn't so much bad as it just isn't great. It's okay at everything and isn't really exciting. Though it isn't all that boring either. What killed it for me is the one-person per console rule of multiplayer. When you have a group of 4-8 people and only two can play RS3 at a time while everyone can jump into a game of Halo, it's pretty apparent which comes out on top.

The only other problem aside from multiplayer limitations is that it tries to be realistic, but at the same time is pretty ludicrous. I know everyone whines about the M82, but it is really under-powered if anything. Theoretically you could be blasting people through walls with that thing. And what's up with carrying some 20 pounds of ammo for an assault rifle, but only able to hold three grenades for your M203? And why can't your M203 be attached to the M4, M16, MP5 or any other rifle for that matter?

Non-consolidation of magazines, ditching machine gun belts with less then 10 rounds and proper reloading is pretty cool, but it really isn't enough. Also, how does one justify the use of the M1 when the SPAS-12 carries more total ammo, reloads faster and has a higher magazine capacity? Options such as under-barrel shotguns and more of use for the sniper rifles would also have been interesting. What's the point of being able to put a bullet in a 1-inch circle a kilometer away when you play nothing but urban levels?

In any case, final point: I would consider a game like "The Grinch" to be shit. Not RS3.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:04 pm

Looks like your efforts were in vain, LS.

I thought I'd try my best.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:17 pm

Damn it all!

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:31 pm

chriscaffee wrote:gun talk

tl;dr

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:58 pm

Why do people sexualize hobbies in an attempt at wit?

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:22 pm

You talk about guns the way most guys talk about sex.

I fixed it; is this more satisfactory?

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:18 pm

I don't think Caffee talks about guns anymore than Baba talks about music or j-man posts his "ohnoes!!!1" picture.

Post by **Esrever** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:19 am

Everybody at the GHZ gets a "thing." Whether or not it is actually true is irrelevant. Chriscaffe loves guns like most men love women, just like how Del is still 5 million pounds even though we've seen photos, and Popcorn still has a slutty mom even though none of us have met her.

Actually, being the "gun nut" is probably not so bad by comparisson.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:38 am

Amazing Grant wrote:I don't think Caffee talks about guns anymore than Baba talks about music or j-man posts his "ohnoes!!!1" picture.

Does this count the name, avatar, and location?

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:31 am

Esrever wrote:Del is still 5 million pounds

4 and a half million. I've been doing crunches.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:29 pm

It's not all myth. I really am sexy.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:29 pm

Does this count the name, avatar, and location?

Speaking of avators, am I the only one who noticed Del spelled "pompous" wrong near her avator or did she intended that way? I'm no grammer nazi, just curious.
~Neo

Post by **Delphine** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:41 pm

Neo Yi wrote:Speaking of avators, am I the only one who noticed Del spelled "pompous" wrong near her avator or did she intended that way? I'm no grammer nazi, just curious.

OH MY CRAP. This has been explained before. It happened <a href="http://ghzforum.nathantsui.com/viewtopi ... 2">here</a>.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:48 pm

You misspelled avatar. Is that an attempt to be funny? If so, it only warranted half a giggle.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:35 pm

Rainbow Six is gay crap on consoles. You have a health bar.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:57 pm

Four tic marks actually.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:45 pm

And that is not a health bar how?

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:48 pm

Because four tics isn't a bar. The word you are looking for is "gauge."

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:13 pm

It's still a blatantly homosexual way of carrying things out. Only someone like Zeta would think of giving someone health 'ticks'.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:31 pm

It's a bar, composed of four pieces.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:04 pm

I used to get into heated arguments on whether Twix was a cookie or a candy bar (it's obviously a candy bar).

I just thought that was relevent to this discussion, since they're both pointless and all.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:39 pm

I kinda want a Twix now.