http://www.bigbanggamers.com Gaming Community Big Bang Gamers Big Bang Gamers Evo RSS Parser 60 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/images/evo/minilogo.gif http://www.bigbanggamers.com 94 15 BigBangGamers en-us bigbang@bigbanggamers.com 2012-05-20T07:32:15-04:00 hourly 1 2012-05-20T07:32:15-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3281#23139 i too talked with all his friends (which are all mine) to warn them
unfortunately, a couple still got hit and got their BP stolen. i walked them though the steam ticket process hopefully they get their items back soon.]]> 23139@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Fake Dharma sending out FAKE LINKS 2012-05-09T07:24:46-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3277#23133 foreveralone @ Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:43 pm Wrote: Ahhh... im more of an NRL gal considering my best friends hubby is a footy player
All my friends like afl though lol , i just dont follow it. doesnt interest me much
That's OK.  You're at least the 3rd Aussie in these forums I've tried to talk about the AFL to, who thought I was talking NRL.  One of these days I'll say "footy" to an Aussie in here and they won't say Rugby back.  :lol:  I only mentioned the Eagles because you posted a link that lead to what appeared to be a Perth publication, so I thought you might be from that area, and the Eagles were at the top of the ladder, and they still are 5-0.  Then you posted another link from what appears to be a Sydney publication, and the Swans just happen to be 2nd on the ladder, also 5-0.  You are probably from neither place.  :lol:  

Regarding your story about the overpricing.  We've got some other names for such activities here in the states.  Whenever it's done near a disaster such as an earthquake, tornado, hurricane, any sort of natural disaster, we call it price gouging.  We shake our heads in disgust when vendors charge 2, 3 or more times what they would normally charge for staple items like food, water, batteries and fuel.  We are so disgusted by the practice as a society, that some vendors have been fined and even jailed for the practice.

On the other hand, if you are visiting a "tourist trap", any sort of amusement/theme park, any sort of event at an arena or convention hall, zoos, museum, even movie cinemas, you'll get the same extravagant 2X, 3X+ pricing.  Before you get the whole idea of "Next time we're bringing our own...." out of your mouth, one of the employees points to a sign that says bringing your own is prohibited.  This practice is known as The American Way, and it's been going on long before my time started.  Some folks respond to the overpricing with comments like "I'm in the wrong business.", or "Quite a setup you've got here.", comments that show a bit of envy.

The bottom line is that if people keep paying high or extravagant prices with no protest, rest assured that high and extravagant prices will continue to be charged.]]> 23133@http://www.bigbanggamers.com I.T Software / Hardware overpricing in AUS 2012-05-02T14:33:29-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3279#23125 ]]> 23125@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Cockatrice 2012-04-27T10:16:16-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1912#23117 23117@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Post your rig. 2012-04-25T01:35:26-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3208#23107
It SHOULD be set to normal campaign , But we have people who change the game mode through lobby so if you ever need to change it use the lobby]]> 23107@http://www.bigbanggamers.com L4d2 2012-04-22T03:03:20-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3275#23106 yoda @ Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:18 am Wrote: Ranting?. Yeah, you might be right there Jim. We are becoming a Nation of socialists.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned your Father's reaction to such behavior twice.
The values and norms we grew up with, are no longer the same values of todays generation.  :(
I forgot to mention my Mother then?  Her too, believe me.  On this point I'm sure I agree with you 100%.  I don't think I'm a skilled enough writer to express just how much I agree.  This touches me first hand, seems like more and more each day.  There was just an incident the other night.  We've always had kids in the complex here, but in the last year we've had a batch of wild ones.  They've broken a window and an outside light fixture belonging to the apt I rent, this all within the last year.  Neither of these were any sort of accident, such as ball playing.  These were intentional, malicious acts.

I'm not so good at telling the age of kids, but if you're 3-4 feet high, and it's 10:00PM, and it's a school night - yeah I have a story about my parents for that one too.  I can't believe these kids are running around at that time of night on a school night - and at their age, any night.  Every time I talk to another adult about what my parents would have done, there's a nod, a look on their face - they understand.  And I don't think it's so much about whatever beating, it's that we never would have even thought about doing something like that.

Just the other night, I had a group of kids playing outside right in front of my apt, on a weeknight.  It was extremely loud.  Sitting in my apt trying to concentrate, I felt like I was in the middle of a playground.  I thought it was later, but it was exactly 9PM when I finally had enough and went to the door to say something.    There were 7 of them out there total.  It immediately became a territorial dispute, because they lived "here" too.  My argument was "No, I live here [pointing straight down], you live up there [pointing at their apt]".  Why don't you go play in front of your apt?  "We're playing in the grass by the light."  So it goes back & forth a few times until one of them tells me "get over it".  There was that flashback to my parents.  You want to talk about neighborhood watch?  Every parent on my block and even those further away that my parents knew, all had permission from my parents to smack me upside my head if I needed it.  More than one man would have knocked me flat if I'd have told an adult to "get over it".  So anyway I took a step forward and said something like "No, there's not any getting over it, we're going to get a parent or the police or someone...".  Turns out the 32-year-old Mother is a petite woman.  She looked like one of the kids to me.  :lol:   She promised not to bother me anymore and I apologized and went back inside.  I saw her again a couple of days ago without her kids, and apologized again to her.  We had a short conversation and I again brought up what my parents would have done and how things are different today.  There was that look again - another parent who knows exactly what I'm talking about.

Even the police, both officer and non-officer employees of the local department here in town that I've talked with all say the same thing - that people misunderstand the law, and that in fact you can legally spank your kids.  Since my daughter is grown and lives over 3000 miles away, that isn't my argument to get involved in.  Without looking, I'm sure they are just telling people what they want to hear.  They won't be there when the other claw of the state is there removing children from their parent's custody.  That whole machine has turned into one big mess.  It's not about the kids, it's about the business side, keeping the machine running.  And the school teachers and officials, that's not just another chapter, they have their own book.  All of a sudden teacher's word trumps daddy's.  That really is a whole other book.

They are tearing us apart from the inside, indoctrinating our children.  We are heading for a generational war the size of which hasn't been seen in this country since "Don't trust anyone over 30".  This time, I fear the aftermath will be more like "Logan's Run" and less like "Cocoon".]]> 23106@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Trayvon Martin Shooting 2012-04-19T11:21:04-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2694#23100 Squiggly: You guys let them get a sentry up on center point?
Irish: How did we do that?
Jenny: Hard work and determination
Irish: Our blood and sweat
Jenny: The tears of small children?
Irish: The broken dreams of cockney orphans maybe.]]> 23100@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Quotes from the Server 2012-04-06T04:40:13-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3276#23093
Desktop PC - a dying breed?  After CES 2012, some people think so.  Word is that All-In-One PCs will replace traditional desktops in the mainstream, and desktops will find a new home in the enthusiast market.  I hate to admit it, but they might be right.  Not that it's what the market particularly wants, but what will be thrust upon it.  What manufacturers are looking to do is not only sell you a computer, but sell you the servicing of it as well.  They want to cut out the DIY crowd.  We say the same thing happen gradually with automobiles.  Some All-In-Ones are being marketed with peripherals like a keyboard and mouse, with touchscreen as an option.  That's just to suck you in.  The day will come when you go to plug your keyboard into a new-bought All-In-One, only to discover that there is no port for it.  It's a "true" All-In-One, everything you need is in there.  And if any part of it needs servicing, good luck with that.  You can try the DIY approach.  There's a old laptop that my buddy was going to "fix" over a decade ago.  He did get it apart - and all of those parts now sit in a box on a shelf in a closet.  I'm not holding my breath waiting for that one to get fixed, and even if it was fixed, it's far outdated now.  You can always take it back where you bought it.  They can probably fix it for you.  Of course, they will take the opportunity to explain the economics of it to you, that for the money you'd spend fixing this one, they can sell you a brand new one for just a little more.  If you stick to your guns, they will take the item from you, have you sign some take-it-or-leave-it agreement, and give you an approximate date on when it will be ready.  You may as well put the PC in a rocket and aim the rocket at Mars and launch the rocket and hope the Martians fix your PC and send it back.  Sure, it might come back, then again it might not.  For some related horror stories by BBG members, search these forums for "No So Best Buy".

They might be right about the All-In-Ones replacing traditional Desktops, but I don't agree with the time lines some are giving.  The next year or two?  I was checking some pricing and I don't see it.  Besides, what is an "All-In-One" anyway.  For making phone calls, texting, watching Youtube videos, and figuring out where your six is in comparison to where you want it to be, a smartphone will do the trick.  This is all some people need.  For technologically challenged, smaller devices mask the deficiency.  People that don't know what they are doing just feel less stupid staring at a handheld device then they do staring a 20" monitor.  Perhaps that's because it's harder for others around them  to detect that they don't know what they are doing.

Under heavy fire from the core Team Fortress player base over it's "FTP" a.k.a. "Free To Play" option, Steam has announced TF3 will soon be available for beta testing.  The TF3 client will not support FTP, and best of all, rumor is all of your items from TF2 will transfer in.  In a recent interview, Gabe Newell stated:  "The core group of players, those that were there from the beginning, they let us know that we had made a big mistake with FTP, and we listened, hence TF3.".  Some long time players of the game remain skeptical, saying that TF3 will really be just TF2.1 - more of the same.  "Not true.", says Newell.  "There will be some new maps, and some other surprises that we don't want to let out of the bag yet.  The most important thing for true fans of the game is that there will be no more intermingling of FTP and those who actually bought the game.".  Of course, players that did buy the game will have the option of staying in TF2 or moving to TF3, while the FTP community will be stuck at TF2.  Some of the FTP crowd is equally disgruntled.  One FTP player who wished to remain anonymous said "Hey, Steam made the decision to make the game FTP.  The caveats of FTP were clearly defined at the time.  Why should we be treated as second class citizens now?".  When Newell heard this, he chuckled and responded "FTP will still be available in TF2.  As a matter of fact, there are no plans to change anything at all in TF2 at the moment.  TF3 will be available as an option for those who actually bought TF2.  If the FTP players want into TF3, buy TF2. It's $20, come on.".  An inside rumor says that beta keys will be going out in a semi-random manor, with preference based on the number of "unusuals" a player has.  The TF3 beta keys will start going out as early as later today.  Techwatch has obtained one beta key for the first person who uses it:
[spoil]The entire preceding paragraph was complete fiction - April Fools![/spoil]]]> 23093@http://www.bigbanggamers.com In the line of fire - Techwatch 20120401 - TF3 Beta Special 2012-04-01T07:16:20-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3274#23090 23090@http://www.bigbanggamers.com Saxton Hale Admin 2012-03-24T23:54:45-04:00 http://www.bigbanggamers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3269#23084 23084@http://www.bigbanggamers.com CS:GO Beta review 2012-03-23T15:20:37-04:00