Shouldn't have done it...

Erlik ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 4:08 PM · edited Sat, 14 December 2024 at 7:42 AM

I finally installed my new computer: AMD 64 3800, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia 6600 GT. And what was the first thing after Windows that I installed? Not Bryce. Nor Cinema. Not even Rhino. It was Need for Speed: Most Wanted. I installed it at 10 o'clock Saturday evening. And went to bed at quarter to five in the morning. Fortunately, didn't play at all yesterday and spent just three hours this evening. I've been bad. And I've got tons of things to write plus I'd really like to finish a pic or two and apply for Expose. Bwaaaaah!

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RodsArt ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 4:17 PM

LOL, hope I'm not tempted when I get my new pute. (bad game, bad game)

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AgentSmith ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 4:21 PM

Oh...I had to uninstall all my video games it got so bad. My self-driven obsession to "kill bad guys". AS

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Rochr ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 4:48 PM

Games are evil i say! :) Erlik, hurry up finishing those Expose images. Not much time left.

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AgentSmith ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 4:56 PM

as I fantasize how great my Unreal games would look like on Erlik's rig...

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Quest ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 5:23 PM

LOLYou guys are nutz! That why Im saving for my Xbox 360 premium. Keep the computer for computing and the game console for gaming. Only problem there is that once you get the fever, you wont leave your TV set to go start rendering for Expose.

PJF ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 5:31 PM

Luckily (?) I have the hand-eye coordination of a concussed bee, so I'm utterly crap at computer games.

Saves a fortune in money and time.

bandolin ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 5:57 PM

I have about a half dozen games sitting right here on my desk that I haven't even opened yet. I didn't think it was possible but 3D art takes up way more time than gaming. And every time I try to play a game, a little voice says "You've got a dozen unfinished scenes, STOP SCREWIN' AROUND AND GET CRACKIN'!" Anyone else feel this way? @ PJF: I'd love to have that kind of coordination. I'm like a thumbless Parkinson's patient on a caffeine IV drip. @Quest: Obviously don't have a wife to nag you to death or kids that clamour for comp time.


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Erlik ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 5:59 PM

Yeah, right, pjf. There are games that require absolutely no hand-eye coordination and they eat time BIG time. :-) Like Civilisation, for instance.

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TheBryster ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 6:01 PM

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Swade ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 7:34 PM

Lol Erlik I have Need for Speed: Most Wanted and it is some serious fun. I also play Battlefield 2. Never got into Unreal Tournament too much. Then of course I have my beloved Bryce. Problem is I have a serious case of Brycers Block and it becomes maddening at times. 8

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PJF ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 7:59 PM

"There are games that require absolutely no hand-eye coordination and they eat time BIG time."

Yeah, but those generally require speedy intelligence - so that's right out the window for me. I can get a really high IQ score if I take hours to take the test. Against the clock - dipshit land.

Mind you, when I'm fit and exercised (about ten years ago) I can clear minesweeper in next to no time. I didn't even need to mark the mines in the beginner and intermediate levels. Zzziiiip!

And - despite nearly always mashing my words up when speaking, I can say:

I'm not a pheasant plucker
I'm a pheasant plucker's mate
I'm only plucking pheasants
'cos the pheasant plucker's late

really, really fast - every time - without any social misconduct whatsoever.

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Incarnadine ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 8:28 PM

UT2k3 Doom3 (and ROE) Quake4 (waiting to install) I work at photography and these games when inspiration is off courting someone else.

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ysvry ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 9:06 PM

still havent finished underground 2 , i play ut 2004 too sniper mode i like the best.

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AgentSmith ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 9:23 PM

I wanna play "Fear", but my old Geforce 4 can't handle it, time to upgrade...

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CrazyDawg ( ) posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 10:57 PM

Strangely enough i have all NFS games that came out, Sports car GT, warcraft 1 & 2, Hexon, Doom, Medal of Honour and a few more games that came out around the same time NFS did. I have never played any of them. I have one game on my computer i play now and then and that is called Ricochet, bit like DX Ball only better :)

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Quest ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 12:06 AM

LOL@ Bandolin, oh Godamn no! You gotta be crazy if you wanna be free and get married anyway. What is that all about? I don't have those problems. So, now that I have a 42 Plasma HD TV, how do you think those Xbox 360 HD games gonna look? More submergence perhaps in HD? Oh, yeahno one to nag back at me either. Living my life and loving it. But I need someone to get me my water. ROFLMAO! I actually had an old doctor tell me thats what I needed and he was serious. PJF, you are absolutely hysterical! ;)

Rayraz ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 4:21 AM

need for speed... the only game that doesn't bore me even if I'm playing for more then 2 hours hehe

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danamo ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 4:22 AM

Well Quest, I've seen old pictures of St. Bernard dogs with a small cask of brandy slung around thir necks. Maybe you can have Gertrude carry around a small thermos of ice-water,lol.

Quest ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 12:13 PM

ROFLMAO! Danamo, there is no Gertrude, shes a figment of my imagination. Fact is, Im highly allergic to most fury pets. Gertrude was my facetious comeback to Angs equally facetious question of my having a wife since she knows full well that I dont. Ang and I are good friends and often talk over the phone. But Im still perfectly healthy enough to get my own water. ;)

danamo ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 2:27 PM

No Gertrude..? Gee, next thing ya know you'll be telling me there ain't no Sanity Clause! Gotta bridge you want to sell me? ;-)

Quest ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 2:40 PM · edited Tue, 14 February 2006 at 2:48 PM

LOLsorry, just a childhood wish I guess to have a snaggle-tooth bulldog named Gertrude kinda cute I thought. But I do have a bridge for sale and there might be a Sanity Clause attached to it in the receipt. ;)

I did have a parakeet named Condor tho!

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Ang25 ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 6:21 PM

Oh no, that bridge is already mine! after I come up with another $4,399,999.00. :P

TheBryster ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 7:54 PM

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Ang: Would that be London Bridge?

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Ang25 ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 8:54 PM

Well after I finish paying for the Brooklyn Bridge, sure, I'll buy London Bridge from you Chris. :P

danamo ( ) posted Tue, 14 February 2006 at 9:23 PM

Geez Ang, If I had known ya needed a bridge I would'a built ya one for free.;-)

Rayraz ( ) posted Wed, 15 February 2006 at 5:32 AM

Ang is gunna start a bridgeclub? :-P

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Gog ( ) posted Wed, 15 February 2006 at 5:52 AM

I still have quake 4 waiting to install, I know the work is going drop when I do...

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Incarnadine ( ) posted Wed, 15 February 2006 at 7:03 AM

I hear you on that!

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pauljs75 ( ) posted Wed, 15 February 2006 at 9:43 AM

Then of course there's an old classic capable of running on just about any PC known as Total Annihilation. A good way to totally anihilate around four hours or so if you're not too careful. (And for those with no coordination, don't mention Windows comes bundled with a few varieties of solitaire.)

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