I got suspended on XBox

[Game Girl]

Because my motto said "F**k soceity"

Thing is, I changed that to something else BEFORE I got suspended, yet they still suspend me.

I mentioned it to my parents and they said "Well, you did something wrong. Now you've learned a lesson."..and I said "Yeah. Don't speak your fucking mind on XBox."

Apparently having an opinion is wrong.

[Robespierre Richard]

So is paying $50 a year to play video games with other people over the Internet.

[Comrade J]

Maybe they're just really harsh on typos.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

I don't think it's so much you have a wrong opinion, they don't like the use of 'inappropriate' language in profiles. My girlfriend had the same problem, she had 'Fuck' in her profile and got suspended for that.

I have to echo what Robespierre Richard said though. Seriously, don't bother with 360, get yourself a gaming PC if you don't have one, then Pirate Windows 7 Ultimate to get your Xbox Live money back.

[SacRedMan]

An Xbox isn't really the place to have an opinion.

[Robespierre Richard]

I don't think it's so much you have a wrong opinion, they don't like the use of 'inappropriate' language in profiles. My girlfriend had the same problem, she had 'Fuck' in her profile and got suspended for that.

I have to echo what Robespierre Richard said though. Seriously, don't bother with 360, get yourself a gaming PC if you don't have one, then Pirate Windows 7 Ultimate to get your Xbox Live money back.

Or you know, pstriple that has 7 cores at a fraction of the price that a gaming pc would be.

Let this now be a thread of platform wars.

[The Douche]

What the fuck kind of nerdario plays games on a computer? What is this, 2001? Are you all 12 years old? Is this real life?

[Bronco]

Football Manager is the only reason to play games on the Computer

[Robespierre Richard]

What the fuck kind of nerdario plays games on a computer? What is this, 2001? Are you all 12 years old? Is this real life?

fzLtF_PxbYw

[Leonid Brozhnev]

Or you know, pstriple that has 7 cores at a fraction of the price that a gaming pc would be.

Let this now be a thread of platform wars.

PS3 GPU is outdated so the majority of that processing power is wasted. Besides, gaming PC doesn't automatically mean 'expensive', I have a 3 1/2 year old PC which cost me £500 (PS3 was £250 at the time). I've only updated the GPU once and it can run any new multi-platform game better than the current generation consoles ever will. I've downloaded enough to pay for about 20-30 PS3's, the amount of shit I can do on this is worth more than any fucking console, seriously. :lol:


What the fuck kind of nerdario plays games on a consoles? What is this, 2001? Are you all 12 years old? Is this real life?

Fix'd... back then in an age of dial up and the late death of the PS1, console gaming was cheap and plentiful. Now it's expensive and bland in a market saturated by fucking first person shooters. You have be on some heavy, mind altering medication to be a console player today.

[The Douche]

PS3 GPU is outdated so the majority of that processing power is wasted. Besides, gaming PC doesn't automatically mean 'expensive', I have a 3 1/2 year old PC which cost me £500 (PS3 was £250 at the time). I've only updated the GPU once and it can run any new multi-platform game better than the current generation consoles ever will. I've downloaded enough to pay for about 20-30 PS3's, the amount of shit I can do on this is worth more than any fucking console, seriously. :lol:



Fix'd... back then in an age of dial up and the late death of the PS1, console gaming was cheap and plentiful. Now it's expensive and bland in a market saturated by fucking first person shooters. You have be on some heavy, mind altering medication to be a console player today.

There are games other than FPS? Why?

[bcbm]

http://www.whitewhine.com

[Robespierre Richard]

PS3 GPU is outdated so the majority of that processing power is wasted. Besides, gaming PC doesn't automatically mean 'expensive', I have a 3 1/2 year old PC which cost me £500 (PS3 was £250 at the time). I've only updated the GPU once and it can run any new multi-platform game better than the current generation consoles ever will. I've downloaded enough to pay for about 20-30 PS3's, the amount of shit I can do on this is worth more than any fucking console, seriously. :lol:



Fix'd... back then in an age of dial up and the late death of the PS1, console gaming was cheap and plentiful. Now it's expensive and bland in a market saturated by fucking first person shooters. You have be on some heavy, mind altering medication to be a console player today.

That sounds like a pretty crappy computer then, crappy enough to play the 150-200 games you say you've torrented over the last 3 1/2 years and played for what would have to be a few days each. I mean PC has its niche — strategy games, simulations, minecraft, that don't really require a lot of processing power unless they're the shitty ones that are feature-crippled 3D versions of previous games, but otherwise it's kind of pointless. And then there's the whole utility thing — do you have friends over to play Black Ops/FIFA? Do you watch Blu-Rays? Do you like watching Netflix or movies you download not-in-front-of-your-computer? No? Then you're probably ok as you are.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

There are games other than FPS? Why?
There use to be. Then bro's got into gaming hard...

[Red Commissar]

Because my motto said "F**k soceity"

Thing is, I changed that to something else BEFORE I got suspended, yet they still suspend me.


Yeah, it doesn't matter if you changed it before your suspension. What ever they saw when it was reported by someone (this is usually what happens honestly) or they somehow come across it themselves, they act on it.

Generally most of these gaming things have strict ToS's that don't want profanity or 'controversial' matters. The "Code of Conduct (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Legal/CodeOfConduct)" puts it,





Don't create a gamertag, profile content, Avatar action, Avatar content, or in-game content that other users may be offended by. This includes, without limitation, anything related to or suggestive of: profane words/phrases, topics or content of a sexual nature, hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs), illegal drugs/controlled substances, or illegal activities.
Don't create a gamertag, profile content, Avatar action, Avatar content, or in-game content that references controversial religious topics, notorious people, organizations, or sensitive current or historical events that may be considered inappropriate.
Don't distribute, post, publish, upload, disseminate or discuss defamatory, infringing, obscene, sexual or unlawful materials in any format (images, audio, video, text, etc.). Prohibited materials include, without limitation, child pornography or illegal drugs. “Sound alike” words or phrases or puns that reference these topics are also prohibited.
Don't post links to websites that violate the Code of Conduct.

Their use of 'without limitation' pretty much means it's up to them once they get a profile reported if it crosses the line. Again, they base this off the time when the profile is reported or flagged, not how it is at the time of action. I don't have to deal with Xbox live not having a console but there's plenty of internet stuff that references people getting their accounts suspended because of something they put in their profile- sometimes reported by someone they knew 'for the lulz'.


Interestingly enough a recent change has expanded the breadth of what is an 'inappropriate' avatar. Much to the chagrin of the TACTICOOL xbox gamers, you can't have a gun in your avatar.


It would be interesting to see if there are stats for how many people get suspended for the above and how many get suspended for cheating, hacking, piracy, etc.

[The Douche]

There use to be. Then bro's got into gaming hard...

I've been called worse things...

[Ele'ill]

PC is infinitely better than console. Fuck consoles, what a joke they are.

[bcbm]

pc costs way more money

[Game Girl]

Okay, I don't want this to turn into a console war. I'll tell you why I prefer consoles though;

1) My PC is overloaded with photo editing programmes. There isn't any space for gaming shit.

2) Maybe I actually ENJOY the consoles. Did you ever think of that?

3) I'M A FUCKING GAMING NERD. I woulden't be much of that if I DIDN'T own any consoles.

Okay? Good.

[bcbm]

no need to yell

[NewLeft]

Play games with headset, scream into headset the entire time.

[Pirate Utopian]

PC gamers are the lowest form of life.

[La Comédie Noire]

If I wanted to get called gay by a bunch of 12 year olds, I'd just go back to middle school.

[ColonelCossack]

3) I'M A FUCKING GAMING NERD. I woulden't be much of that if I DIDN'T own any consoles.



I'm a game nerd and I don't own any consoles... or a PC... 0.0

Da Fok?

[NewLeft]

If I wanted to get called gay by a bunch of 12 year olds, I'd just go back to middle school.

Very true. I know all too well. Like the cliche, it turned out that the kid who had a problem with me was actually gay himself!

[Franz Fanonipants]

real proles stream w/psn

lol

[Robespierre Richard]

PC gamers are the lowest form of life.

Immortal Technique fans.

[Rooster]

What the fuck is an xbox?

[NewLeft]

What the fuck is an xbox?

Sorry leninist, they didn't make them in 1917.

[PhoenixAsh]

What the fuck is an xbox?

I believe it is a surprise set you order at Christine Le Ducq....I am not entirely sure though.

I own a shoddy PS3. The CD thing gave out a month or two back but it game through recently only to die again. Thing costs about €200 to replace since it happened 33 days out of warranty (when it would have been 30 I would have probably gotten it for free since they usually are very lenient on this shit)

Sucks.

[Susurrus]

If I could afford a good gaming pc, I would be pc. As is, any game post-2006 or so I must play on a console. And I don't have any consoles.

[Pirate Utopian]

I have a few FPS but most are my little brother's and I never play them. I play free roam shit. Go around and fuck shit up, fuck doing shit in teams, they cramp my style.

[Invader Zim]

Or you know, pstriple that has 7 cores at a fraction of the price that a gaming pc would be.

Let this now be a thread of platform wars.


You have an odd idea regarding the cost of building a gaming PC. It still costs about £200 to buy a decent PS3. You can easily gut an old desktop and ugrade it to play modern games for that much. I did it myself and I can use my machine to do a lot more than gaming which is unfortunately about all you can seriously do with a PS3, despite its browser, etc. And the games for the PS3 cost a mint. PC games are extremely cheap by comparison.

And lets be honest, the only games worth playing on a console are football games, driving games and worms, then the otherwise cumbersome controllers come into their own. For everything else, literally everything, the good old PC provides the superior gaming experience.

[Invader Zim]

If I could afford a good gaming pc, I would be pc. As is, any game post-2006 or so I must play on a console. And I don't have any consoles.


Provided you have some of the peripheries and a few bits and bobs in your existing machine it really doesn't need to cost that much to get your machine to a standard that can handle most of the games that have come out over the last few years.

To be honest the real upgrading bottleneck is typically the motherboard, because processor sockets change relatively rapidly. But you can pick up a couple of gigs of extra ram pretty cheaply. Old processors, which top the range the motherboard can take are also pretty cheap as are old graphics cards.

Do you know what hardware you currently have in your machine?

[Ele'ill]

pc costs way more money

Not really, and PC is infinitely more upgradeable and modifyable and more powerful and more patchable and more fixable and more funable. Because of these reasons, PC is the way to go.

[Rafiq]

Not really, and PC is infinitely more upgradeable and modifyable and more powerful and more patchable and more fixable and more funable. Because of these reasons, PC is the way to go.

Which is more expensive.

[Aloysius]

My problem with PCs (as gaming machines) is that I can't afford a computer capable of playing Skyrim.
That's literally it.
If I had 4 gigs of RAM, an Intel i5 processor and whatever bumfuck graphics card I need (along with all the other bits and bobs needed to put that shit together) I'd be the happiest 16-year-old on the planet.

[Invader Zim]

Which is more expensive.


Well, that depends entirely on what you want to do with it. If you do what I do, which is never buy a new PC, and only upgrade the one you have to a moderate specification just to keep being able to play a few games, etc. Then it isn't that expensive. For example, I upgrade a couple of items probably once a year or so (new ram, new processor, whatever) that way even though you are still only a couple of years behind the prices are extremely low. That way my system is always above the waterline of the ever rising technological tide, and I'm not spending say £800 every few years to do so. Instead I spent £50 every year or so (though often less or not at all). So that way I can still play most of the newer games without forking out £200-£300 on the latest console say every three years.

However, this only works for a finite period of time. Eventually, you will max out your motherboard. It just won't take any better processor, graphics card, memory o whatever. At that point it might be worth spending some money, on a decent new board, at which point you will need a new processor too, and possibly new ram and a new graphics card (but given that most boards are backward compatible, not necessarily).

The problem with it is that you need to be relatively knowledgable regarding hardware, and it can take quite a few hours of research and scanning ebay for the right component at the right price.

In fact, imagine it like an RPG.

[Invader Zim]

My problem with PCs (as gaming machines) is that I can't afford a computer capable of playing Skyrim.
That's literally it.
If I had 4 gigs of RAM, an Intel i5 processor and whatever bumfuck graphics card I need (along with all the other bits and bobs needed to put that shit together) I'd be the happiest 16-year-old on the planet.


What do you current have in your machine? I ask, because you don't necessarily need a whole new machine, all you might need is a good look on ebay.

After all, I managed to make my machine play skyrim by buying a new graphics card, it cost me £25. I also doubled my ram, because I had been paid and thought why the hell not (which probably helped) and only spent £30 doing so. I effectively decreased the age of my machine by literally 3-4 years with £55, and with the processor I bought a year or so earlier for £35, by about 5-6 years.

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

whats your xbox live gamer tag?
im always for a talk with a fellow commie.
and where you terms of service banned or suspended. and if so for how long

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

Not really, and PC is infinitely more upgradeable and modifyable and more powerful and more patchable and more fixable and more funable. Because of these reasons, PC is the way to go.
consols only need upgrading once every 8 or so years, pc's are not top of the line for months if not weeks

[hatzel]

My problem with PCs (as gaming machines) is that I can't afford a computer capable of playing Skyrim.
That's literally it.
If I had 4 gigs of RAM, an Intel i5 processor and whatever bumfuck graphics card I need (along with all the other bits and bobs needed to put that shit together) I'd be the happiest 16-year-old on the planet.

Kids today...so easy to please them, yet still so very very difficult...

On my computer I have Freeciv and Simutrans. Fucking awesome games.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I've been called worse things...
I wasn't calling you a bro :lol: It's true though... a lot of macho-minded guys flooded the video game market buying only FPS's. I think this picture depicts the industry as of the last 7 years or so...


http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189391_10150161388257065_594262064_7851810_4902868 _n.jpg

[KR]

It's the end of the world!

[KR]

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[KR]

PC gaming's got better graphics than any of the consoles. The best console by far is ps3 Xbox sucks balls.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

PC gaming's got better graphics than any of the consoles.
Since when has that ever mattered?
SNES > modern games
I'll take better gameplay over pretty graphics any day.

[Invader Zim]

I'll take better gameplay over pretty graphics any day.


In which case consoles take a total beating anyway, what is your point? Or are you one of those peeps who thinks that the Fanal Fantasy series is actually worth playing?

[Game Girl]

In which case consoles take a total beating anyway, what is your point? Or are you one of those peeps who thinks that the Fanal Fantasy series is actually worth playing?

Eh, Final Fantasy is 95% cutscenes..

[Ele'ill]

consols only need upgrading once every 8 or so years, pc's are not top of the line for months if not weeks

Yes, because the games on consoles continue to suck for those 8 years while the PC games are constantly being launched on new engines with better graphics and a more interactive environment.

Also a PC doesn't need to be upgraded every week or month or year even.

[X5N]

Console gaming sucks. All the potentially good PC games get dumbed down for the consoles.

Unfortunately, I can't play games anymore because my GPU blew up.

[Kotze]

How many people on XBox have you won over for communism?

[Zostrianos]

Things you can do on a pc you can't do with a console:

- Install patches and mods
- Tweak, mod, and alter the game as you wish (since you have access to all the game's files) and edit or create new levels. With consoles? No
- Game controllers? You can get them for pc's, no need for a console
- You can burn copies of pc games for backup. With console games? Nope, if you damage or lose your game disk, too bad you gotta buy a new one
- You can do a million other things with a pc besides gaming. You can't do much else with a console
- You can upgrade a pc, add more ram, a new videocard, etc. With consoles? Nope
- Consoles often have limitations that the pc doesn't. Games for the first X-Box had to be cut down because the X-Box has shitty memory capability, so they had to cut down levels and graphics in a lot of games so they could run on it (this is the reason why Doom 3 is extremely cramped, because the devs wanted to cater to the X Box crowd and so had to cut corners in level size :thumbdown:)

PC wins, hands down

For all these reasons, I never played on consoles and I never will. And what I find really strange is that consoles continue to remain popular despite the obvious advantages of computers. I can't understand it

[bcbm]

Things you can do on a pc you can't do with a console:

- Install patches and mods
- Tweak, mod, and alter the game as you wish (since you have access to all the game's files) and edit or create new levels. With consoles? No
- Game controllers? You can get them for pc's, no need for a console
- You can burn copies of pc games for backup. With console games? Nope, if you damage or lose your game disk, too bad you gotta buy a new one
- You can do a million other things with a pc besides gaming. You can't do much else with a console
- You can upgrade a pc, add more ram, a new videocard, etc. With consoles? Nope
- Consoles often have limitations that the pc doesn't. Games for the first X-Box had to be cut down because the X-Box has shitty memory capability, so they had to cut down levels and graphics in a lot of games so they could run on it (this is the reason why Doom 3 is extremely cramped, because the devs wanted to cater to the X Box crowd and so had to cut corners in level size :thumbdown:)

PC wins, hands down

For all these reasons, I never played on consoles and I never will. And what I find really strange is that consoles continue to remain popular despite the obvious advantages of computers. I can't understand it

things can do on a coonsole and not a pc- not be a fucking nerdario

[Invader Zim]

Yes, because the games on consoles continue to suck for those 8 years while the PC games are constantly being launched on new engines with better graphics and a more interactive environment.

Also a PC doesn't need to be upgraded every week or month or year even.


And as I pointed out, those upgrades can be very cheap if you know what you are doing.

[Invader Zim]

things can do on a coonsole and not a pc- not be a fucking nerdario


Well, that isn't really true. My good friend, and former house mate, was addicted to console gaming and he did a PhD in quantum physics, making him the nerd king.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

In which case consoles take a total beating anyway, what is your point?
He made a point about graphics. Beautiful graphics are a nice feature, but sadly that tagged along with great gameplay is far from common these days. So my original point was, who cares about graphics? Older games emphasized gameplay, storylines, themes, etc.

Or are you one of those peeps who thinks that the Fanal Fantasy series is actually worth playing?If we were going to make this statistics, no. I like FF4 and FF6, and that is it. That's an extremely small percentage of FF games I like. So no, the series isn't worth playing. Wait, do you even play FF these days? Last time I checked, it's a movie with an occasional battle you get to fight :lol:

[Ele'ill]

nerdario

at least we'll never use that word like ever

[bcbm]

beer makes the truth come out

[black magick hustla]

pc gaming is for rich people or people who don't spend on food and instead eat ramen. obviously a ba member would like pc gaming cuz theyre all nerds and buttheads

[Aspiring Humanist]

Who gives a shit Xbox games turn you into a mindless Nazi fuck anyway

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

beer makes the truth come out

Aren't you like 14?

Ok, I pay 500 dollars for a computer now. But an extra 16 gb of ram for 2000, an intel i7 extreme for 1,000, a flat screen tv for 800, and 500 for a decent graphics card.

Oh and 200 dollars for the os
4,200 for a decent pc.

Where an I getting all this money at?

[bcbm]

Aren't you like 14?

next october i will be but i started drinking when i was 11

[Zostrianos]

Aren't you like 14?

Ok, I pay 500 dollars for a computer now. But an extra 16 gb of ram for 2000, an intel i7 extreme for 1,000, a flat screen tv for 800, and 500 for a decent graphics card.
Oh and 200 dollars for the os
4,200 for a decent pc.
Where an I getting all this money at?

Are you serious? Where do you live?
Here is Canada you can get a decent 1gb video card for 80$, a decent size flat monitor for 200, 2gb ram sticks for about 20$...if you're paying more than this you're getting screwed big time

[Invader Zim]

Aren't you like 14?

Ok, I pay 500 dollars for a computer now. But an extra 16 gb of ram for 2000, an intel i7 extreme for 1,000, a flat screen tv for 800, and 500 for a decent graphics card.

Oh and 200 dollars for the os
4,200 for a decent pc.

Where an I getting all this money at?

Firstly, in what world do you require 16gb of ram? My machine runs skyrim just fine with 4. Hell, on release Skyrim had a bug which prevented it from even using more than 2. Your PS3 contains only 256 mb of xdr dram.

Secondly, you can buy 16bg of ram for £64 ($100).

Thirdly, you can pick up a decent i7 for well £250 ($386). And why would you get an i7? What are you planning to do? I can run Skyrim with my AMD X2 4400.

Fourthly, a decent graphics card does not cost $500, unless you are going for some really meaty card. Hell, you can pick a HD 6950 for £200 ($310) and I would go an entire series lower than that.

Five, who pays £500 ($800) for a monitor?


So even if we go with the really high spec nonsense machine you're suggesting, with a £500 monitor (:rolleyes:), it is still only going to cost you
$2,396, no where near the $4,200 you are talking about.


Here is what I would get for the price of a PS3:

AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3GHz - £60
8gb DDR3 - £30
ATI HD 5770 - £60
generic motherboard - £50

Everything else I already have.

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

Firstly, in what world do you require 16gb of ram? My machine runs skyrim just fine with 4. Hell, on release Skyrim had a bug which prevented it from even using more than 2. Your PS3 contains only 256 mb of xdr dram.

Secondly, you can buy 16bg of ram for £64 ($100).

Thirdly, you can pick up a decent i7 for well £250 ($386). And why would you get an i7? What are you planning to do? I can run Skyrim with my AMD X2 4400.

Fourthly, a decent graphics card does not cost $500, unless you are going for some really meaty card. Hell, you can pick a HD 6950 for £200 ($310) and I would go an entire series lower than that.

Five, who pays £500 ($800) for a monitor?


So even if we go with the really high spec nonsense machine you're suggesting, with a £500 monitor (:rolleyes:), it is still only going to cost you
$2,396, no where near the $4,200 you are talking about.


Here is what I would get for the price of a PS3:

AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3GHz - £60
8gb DDR3 - £30
ATI HD 5770 - £60
generic motherboard - £50

Everything else I already have.
i was guestimating

and who wouldnt want a flat screen for their monitor? thats what i have

[KR]

Aren't you like 14?

Ok, I pay 500 dollars for a computer now. But an extra 16 gb of ram for 2000, an intel i7 extreme for 1,000, a flat screen tv for 800, and 500 for a decent graphics card.

Oh and 200 dollars for the os
4,200 for a decent pc.

Where an I getting all this money at?
4200 is't a lot if you spend your money wisely, off course it also depends on how much you earn but if you earn an average salary it is't too much. Besides i'm pretty sure you can get a much cheaper pc that is just as good, and you dont need 16 gb of ram, 5 should be enough to play any game.

[danyboy27]

pc costs way more money

pc are way more versatile than console. It dosnt take a PHD in rocket science to make emulators work on a pc. On the other hand if you want to do that with a console, it might be more tricky.

Also if you update your pc from time to time you can run all the latest game at a good price. I doubt you can update your processor or video card on a ps3.

ALSO, FPS are meant to be played on a computer.

what else can i say? modding is not exactly somerthing you can do on a console.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

Kids today...so easy to please them, yet still so very very difficult...

On my computer I have Freeciv and Simutrans. Fucking awesome games.

Someone else plays simutrans? :lol:

[Leonid Brozhnev]

That sounds like a pretty crappy computer then, crappy enough to play the 150-200 games you say you've torrented over the last 3 1/2 years and played for what would have to be a few days each. I mean PC has its niche — strategy games, simulations, minecraft, that don't really require a lot of processing power unless they're the shitty ones that are feature-crippled 3D versions of previous games, but otherwise it's kind of pointless. And then there's the whole utility thing — do you have friends over to play Black Ops/FIFA? Do you watch Blu-Rays? Do you like watching Netflix or movies you download not-in-front-of-your-computer? No? Then you're probably ok as you are.

Win7 Ultimate x64, 3.0Ghz AMD PhenomII 940 x4, 8GB Ram, XFX Radeon HD 6850. Its a decent all round PC, good enough to work on, good enough to game on. Skyrim on the highest settings I get 35-50 fps. For a PC that cost me less than £650 total over a 3 1/2 year period, that's saved me literally thousands in software costs... pfft, consoles don't even begin to compare.

Its not just myself, I download stuff for other people without the means, my current download tally on usenet alone is 3.3TB (yes, Terabytes). Games are probably the bulk of my downloads, but I also have music, movies, programmes (Photoshop, 3DsMax, Maya which in themselves are a few grand to purchase). I don't watch Blu-rays myself... what's the point? A movie isn't ruined for me if its just a 700mb AVI file instead of a super Hi-def surround sound 50GB blue-ray monster with all the crappy extras. I want to watch it on a bigger screen, I just save it onto a flash drive and plug it into my Xbox then watch it on TV... its pretty much all my Xbox is useful for. Even in some unlikely scenario where I absolutely, definitely have to watch a Blu-Ray or I'll die, I can pick up an external Blu-Ray player for £50.

PC has it's niche... it's niche being pretty much everything, except maybe... Racing games? Sports games? Meh, never play them anyway so I wouldn't know. I mostly play Company of Heroes and Men of War (never touched Minecrap), which do actually require quite a decent PC to play... I enjoy modifying games to get the most out of them. My friends in RL aren't really gaming buddies, with the exception of my brother and maybe his friends. When people come to my house, we don't play video games, we usually watch movies, have a drink and listen to music. The people I play online with are people I met online and became friends with online, so If I ever feel like a game of CoH or Men of War, I can just contact them over Steam or something.

Only thing I critise my PC for is not being mobile enough. I'm away from it quite a lot which impacts on my work severely. I would get a Laptop, but THEY are expensive... more so than regular desktops in regards to processing power.

[#FF0000]

if you spend 4,200 on a computer you fucked up unless you wanted some 3d home theater shit that will last you until we reach the singularity


Racing games? Sports games?

Nope. You can find both on the PC (i'm sure you can find mountains of games if you include sims in your "racing games category").

only thing you're really lacking on pc is like

jrpgs.

[Ele'ill]

pc are way more versatile than console. It dosnt take a PHD in rocket science to make emulators work on a pc.

Yeah, this is another excellent point. Who the hell needs to buy a console to play console games?

[Ele'ill]

I think this debate has officially come to the full conclusion that consoles suck and PC's are AWESOMEx10.

[#FF0000]

yeah but no seriously pc gaming is better

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/

there and now no one will ever be confused by dumb computer bullshit ever again

[Ele'ill]

I used that site to get up-to-date with hardware stuff when I built my new machine.

[danyboy27]

Yeah, this is another excellent point. Who the hell needs to buy a console to play console games?

Well, personally there are some franchise that are litteraly meant to be played on console mainly beccause those who decided to make a pc version of it fucked up big time, also there are game that are meant to be played on the sofa, mortal kombat for exemple.

Personally, one of the most disgusting thing i saw was when they made a civilisation and a worms game for the console. Seriously, WTF, i litteraly died a little inside when somebody told me about it.

[danyboy27]

I hate consoles and mac pretty much beccause once you got one, you are a slave to the proprietary hardware, if something goes wrong, you are litteraly fucked and doomed to look on Ebay for cheap knockoff spare part.

If something goes wrong with my PC i am always confident that i will be able to find what i need to fix it.

My current ps3 is making a weird noise but i procrastinate to change one of the aging fan beccause i know its gonna be a nightmare to open the damn thing, locate the trouble and look on dealextreme to find the goddamn part.

Pc are usually straightfoward, if a fan make some weird noise, you know in 2 min wich one is broken, it will take an avearge 30 min to get the part and another 2 min to install it.

[Decommissioner]

pc gaming is for rich people or people who don't spend on food and instead eat ramen. obviously a ba member would like pc gaming cuz theyre all nerds and buttheads

PC gaming is not that expensive. My PC is up to date for the most part and I can play all the latest games. I only spent around 150 in upgrades, and my pc will remain at least decent for another couple years before I have to worry about more upgrades. Just take your computer and add the parts you need, it's simple.

I play consoles plenty, but I will say PC is better for one simple reason: Steam.

Catch a steam sale and all of a sudden you're paying like two bucks for really good games. Totally worth it.

[bcbm]

you have a pc and you pay for games?:confused:

[9]

next october i will be but i started drinking when i was 11

I dont play video games except sometimes SNES, when Im drunk and with friends (i.e. Im not a nerd}, and honestly I have no idea what anyone in this thread is talking about. However, I lol'd.

[X5N]

The one advantage XBox has is that in multiplayer, most of the players have mics, while in PC multiplayer a majority don't. It's more fun when everyone has a mic.

[black magick hustla]

(i.e. Im not a nerd}

you discuss with a bunch of manchildren communsism on message boards i digress

[9]

True.

[Ele'ill]

The one advantage XBox has is that in multiplayer, most of the players have mics, while in PC multiplayer a majority don't. It's more fun when everyone has a mic.

A lot of PC multiplayer games have in-game voice options and the ones that don't you can always use teamspeak/rogerwilco/the other ones I can't remember.

[CynicalIdealist]

you discuss with a bunch of manchildren communsism on message boards i digress

PC gaming isn't THAT expensive brah.

Although I'm guessing PC gamers are of a higher class status than your average gamer.

[∞]

I'm not gonna pay 1200k to see Skyrim in better graphics. I'll spend that extra $800 on cheap hookers and cocaine.

[#FF0000]

of course you won't because skyrim has shit graphics no matter what

[Franz Fanonipants]

you discuss with a bunch of manchildren communsism on message boards i digress

i think a lot of them are literally children

[kitsune]

The problem with comparing the cost of a console to the cost of a computer is that it's a false choice. You're going to need a computer regardless of whether you get a console. A more valid cost comparison would be between a console and the cost of optimizing a computer for gaming with more RAM, a better graphics card, a more powerful CPU. Even that's questionable because those enhancements are better for much more than gaming.

Comparing advantages and disadvantages of either approach is fine, but rather pointless in determining which is "better." What's better is whichever one you enjoy more. If you prefer playing on a console, then the console is better for you. If you prefer playing on a PC, then the PC is better for you. It's a subjective experience, not a universal truth.

[Invader Zim]

i was guestimating

and who wouldnt want a flat screen for their monitor? thats what i have


You guestimated wrongly, in fact you were off by about 50%, the machine you described would cost around half (if that) what you suggested.

As for a monitor, mine cost around $150 about 4 years ago.

[#FF0000]

The problem with comparing the cost of a console to the cost of a computer is that it's a false choice. You're going to need a computer regardless of whether you get a console. A more valid cost comparison would be between a console and the cost of optimizing a computer for gaming with more RAM, a better graphics card, a more powerful CPU. Even that's questionable because those enhancements are better for much more than gaming.

Comparing advantages and disadvantages of either approach is fine, but rather pointless in determining which is "better." What's better is whichever one you enjoy more. If you prefer playing on a console, then the console is better for you. If you prefer playing on a PC, then the PC is better for you. It's a subjective experience, not a universal truth.

people who don't like what i like or like what i don't like are wrong though

[Pirate Utopian]

PC has no fun games unless you like MMORPGs.

[Ele'ill]

PC has no fun games unless you like MMORPGs.

Even if you think PC-only games are unfun (:rolleyes:) I've played MarioKart64 with my roommate recently and took a pause to check my email.

[#FF0000]

http://i.imgur.com/keKYq.png

[NoOneIsIllegal]

http://i.imgur.com/keKYq.png
I want to play that 2nd game. First picture looks waaayyy toOoOoOoo serious.

[Pirate Utopian]

Even if you think PC-only games are unfun (:rolleyes:)

They are. Name one fun PC game.

[Ele'ill]

They are. Name one fun PC game.

I'll name a few. Tribes, Half-life, bf3, starcraft, age of empires, Skyrim, F.E.A.R., Farcry,

[Pirate Utopian]

I guess PC games are just not for me. I like stuff like GTA and other free roam stuff.

[Ele'ill]

GTA was PC

[Prometeo liberado]

What the fuck kind of nerdario plays games on a computer? What is this, 2001? Are you all 12 years old? Is this real life?
SO what about piercing your nose and wearing plaid pants? You know what I mean CMONEY!:p
Taken from its a good day thread.

[#FF0000]

I guess PC games are just not for me. I like stuff like GTA and other free roam stuff.

you can get most of those on PC

though nowadays they're making folks wait for the PC release. LA Noire was only just released on PC and I don't think Red Dead Redemption is even available.

but idk i personally just like PC exclusives better than console exclusives (ARMA, Dwarf Fortress, STALKER, Total War etc. etc. etc. etc.) and I can get most console games on PC anyway.

[Pirate Utopian]

Before I had a PS2 I had Vice City on PC, the controls were terrible. You couldnt fly a helicopter.

[#FF0000]

yeah i use the xbox controller on those games.

[GPDP]

am i really that drunk or did moot decide to host /v/ on revleft's server

[∞]

>Comes to revleft
>only talks about video games, drugs, and his dick

I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

[GPDP]

Don't forget dat feel threads

[Invader Zim]

Before I had a PS2 I had Vice City on PC, the controls were terrible. You couldnt fly a helicopter.


Eh? It is really easy.

[Pirate Utopian]

No it's not. I never got that mission where you had to blow up the construction site using minihelicopters, therefor I never did the whole Haitian/Cuban storyline.

[Os Cangaceiros]

What an informative thread. I don't know anything about any of this shit, I've never owned a console, never played PC games. Well, not true actually, I used to play Halo until I realized how lame it was and then I stopped.

[Rafiq]

I played skyrim on pc, and it sucks compared to playing it on xbox. Oblivion, on the other hand, is much better on pc.

Consoles are made to last a long time without updating them. They're better, depending on the type of games you like. Free roam games are better on consoles, so are fpses.

[Pirate Utopian]

Halo is insanely boring.

[GPDP]

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5715/1259822024908.png

This is all y'all.

[Invader Zim]

No it's not. I never got that mission where you had to blow up the construction site using minihelicopters, therefor I never did the whole Haitian/Cuban storyline.



That is pretty much the easiest mission in the game.

[Ele'ill]

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5715/1259822024908.png

This is all y'all.


Yeah but PC is superior to console.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Yeah but PC is boring to console.
fixed for truth.

Started playing a few hours on Resident Evil 2 the other day. Reminded me why I love console gaming and how I can get immersed into it.

PC Gamers... ugh, I hear enough of their bologna in the breakroom at work. MMORPG's suck, enough said.

[#FF0000]

fixed for truth.

Started playing a few hours on Resident Evil 2 the other day. Reminded me why I love console gaming and how I can get immersed into it.

PC Gamers... ugh, I hear enough of their bologna in the breakroom at work. MMORPG's suck, enough said.

Nah PC games are better and I'd rather get a game on PC than on console if it's a choice.

Also MMOs are garbage and no one will ever deny this.

[bcbm]

never played PC games.

then why do i have your age of empires cd?

[Panda Tse Tung]

That is pretty much the easiest mission in the game.
No, that would be driving to the hotel.

[Ele'ill]

One of my favorite pc games ever as a kid

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[9]

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[Decolonize The Left]

I don't play pc games anymore, but I have no idea why you'd pay money for a console, pay more money for a television, pay more money for games, and pay more money for a subscription to some of the games. Then pay even more money when new games come out. Then pay even more money when you need the new console.

That's just dumb.

With a pc you have your computer, which you use for all sorts of shit, and games. You can download them for free and upgrade your comp for free as well.

- August

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I think some people are confusing exclusive PC games with exclusive Console games... If a game comes out that is on both consoles and PC, you obviously pick the PC. That's a fact.
I've been talking about exclusives. I think games that only on consoles have been overall better than games only on PC's.

[#FF0000]

I think some people are confusing exclusive PC games with exclusive Console games... If a game comes out that is on both consoles and PC, you obviously pick the PC. That's a fact.
I've been talking about exclusives. I think games that only on consoles have been overall better than games only on PC's.

Yeah, in the past year that might be true.

[Ele'ill]

No, I would wait for exclusive console games to be ported over to PC for emulation and then use a console controller.

[Ocean Seal]

Aren't you like 14?

Ok, I pay 500 dollars for a computer now. But an extra 16 gb of ram for 2000, an intel i7 extreme for 1,000, a flat screen tv for 800, and 500 for a decent graphics card.

Oh and 200 dollars for the os
4,200 for a decent pc.

Where an I getting all this money at?
No offense but you have to be really bad at picking out parts if your computer costs this much, I bought a pretty leet computer a while back for like $450. I skimped on some stuff though and the thing sounds like a fucking chopper because the case, fans, power supply were really cheap.

But yeah PC gamers are annoying because they're just such fucking elitist pricks. and console gamers are all 12 year olds who can't go for more than 10 seconds without saying you're gay.

[∞]

btw WRPG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>JRPG.