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    MvC3

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    I just installed kmeaw on my Ps3.

     

    Now I'm waiting patiently for my delivery of the game.

     

    Can anyone point me in the direction of a good internal HDD and can I just "transfer" my data to it like I normally would?

    What Movie Did you Just Watch?

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    Wall Street

    Wall Street 2

     

    The first film was spectacular. Really took me by surprise because I figured it was going to be a bore, but the characterization of everyone in the film is intense and to a certain degree believable. It's not like other films where the good guy and the bad guy are expressed by extreme actions from different sides of the hero/villain spectrum. The film feels comparable because you have definitive reasoning towards their actions, and ones that make sense. I really enjoyed it, will watch again, no idea how you would go about making a film about Wall Street any better.

     

    The second film however was atrocious. Everything that happened up until the last 25 minutes of the movie, feels like filler. I personally wanted to see the film start at the end (without the sudden heart Gekko grew at the end), with Gekko being more than a cry baby the entire film about how his daughter doesn't give a shit about him (news flash: that "twist" with the 100 mil throws his character so far into the evil spectrum that giving a shit about his family over the span of a few months suddenly becomes unbelievable). Aside the sudden character shift at the end of the film, I'll completely ignore the idea that these 2 power players would ever even consider having a conversation with Lebouf. The film feeds us that he's "good" with the numbers, but the skill that is shown with him is nothing but horrible. The first film's protagonist did show him succeeding time and time again so it made sense that the guys on top wanted him around, the second film however shows a character that sucks at investing yet tells us the big dogs consider him a protegee. My biggest gripe however was the story, it sucked balls. Made no sense, things happened for happening (the first film had that, like the dude getting fired, but it set emotional tone), and adds Fox going against the morals he learned in the first film (Why did it happen then?). It was piss, and I wish I could force everyone working on this film to drink it.

    Help me build my rig

    in Nerd's Chatter [/nerds]

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    Then how about just bringing down the quality of the parts? I still think you can build a really good machine even with the prices that are listed, you just have to tweak things here and there (like Shiba said, 6 GB triple channel is nice, but do you really need it?).

     

    I managed to build a decent rig with 600 (later on I upgraded my card with 150 on the side as well). I did have a lot of help from the guys here and locally, I still think it's possible for you to do it.

    What did you play most recently?

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    Been playing WoW for the past month, I'm waiting for cataclysm like no tomorrow come next week. Have a guild of 10 Locals so its pretty bad ass, also I've realized that its much cheaper than what I was doing prior to me re-starting the game. The grind-fest is slowly disappearing from the game (I made a new toon, at level 30 atm), in the time that its taken me to level to 30, I've helped save one of the major city leaders from dying, cleared an entire area of opposite faction mobs with nuclear missiles, and watched an Orc die in my hands for the sake of the Horde. I don't believe that in its current setting WoW can beat what I expect in a MMO (for you still from time to time, spot instructions from the designers to extend your time playing), but until Guild Wars 2 I'm stuck playing what I can, and its the best at the moment in the genre (WoW I mean). I only hope that when it does get released, GW2 does beat my expectations and it becomes what the original goal of an MMO was all those years ago when I was first introduced to the genre.

    Help me build my rig

    in Nerd's Chatter [/nerds]

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    I prefer AMD atm, it offers more flexible choices with the other parts. I haven't been keeping up with the Intel series post I7 however and that could have changed. If you're building a gaming rig, then I would think twice about sticking a quad core in it, it is the way of the "future" but most if not all games require nothing more than a duel core (again, opening up more space with other parts).

     

    With video cards, I would go ATI series straight up, they have a shit ton of more cores, the only thing that I would consider from the Nvdia 4XX series would be the speed, if it's not a 58XX it won't go faster than the Nvdia, and even then I don't know the difference between the DDR5 ram sticks in the 58XX series over the DDR3 in the Nvdia enough to tell you if it is indeed faster (it's what I've been told).

     

    I believe Cindr lives by the Asus, I'm currently using one as well and so is everyone around here who I've helped build or built for, I've never had a problem with them except for a bios chip upgrade on my first rig that took for a loop (I expected problems so it wasn't that bad).

     

    Do you have a case? They're easy to find (I have 4 empty ones in my room atm, they're "outdated" but a case is a case), could give you another $20-100 to save up on depending on you're goal with aesthetics. Also make sure you have a screwdriver if you're putting a mobo (with a static strap for the wrist, I've been told you just need to be barefoot on a hard floor but its a safety thing) into some cases. Are you going to "burrow" windows or purchase it for yourself?

     

    I'd help you go more into detail but I'm low on time atm, and I'm sure there are other members on the board that have the ability of being more informative, just throwing out there my 2 cents for now.

    What Movie Did you Just Watch?

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    I'd be able to go at it Shiba, but to each their own, it's in my personal opinion one of the most fun films I've ever watched, even if it goes against a ton of rules in standard film. I'm not saying it's an Oscar worthy film that influences emotion the way a good film does (however it does move me), but it did entertain me, immensely.

     

    I just watched Sherlock Holmes, maybe it's because I went in expecting shit (word of mouth by my friends, one even told me the ending was disappointing for him while I found it fitting and the entire point of Sherlock), but I found it interesting. I'm a little disappointed that they insisted on focusing the story on Holmes relationships and not him himself. The story however was compelling and I was consistently attempting to keep up with the movie's train of thought (from the very beginning , the "little" things was what I was looking for). I enjoy movies that I can't figure out the ending with using story analysis (as long as the end makes sense, Shit Shymalon has been horrible with that since the 6th sense, and even then I can't vouch for that movie since I haven't seen it in a long time), I'm hoping there is a sequel :).

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