The perfect ending is everyone loyal and everyone survives. I had the perfect ending on my first playthrough too, and I got the achievement for level 30 right at the very end. I'm the only person I know that managed to get it in one playthrough (not sure it can be done without the DLC). Now THAT is what you call a completionist whore. :p

Well, I just picked up ME2 on thursday and have played to the point where you meet Sheen's charachter. Like the way you can view your Shephard from multiple angles while creating the face. I'd hoped for something like that.

The perfect ending is everyone loyal and everyone survives. I had the perfect ending on my first playthrough too, and I got the achievement for level 30 right at the very end. I'm the only person I know that managed to get it in one playthrough (not sure it can be done without the DLC). Now THAT is what you call a completionist whore. :p


Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you technically get it without doing everyone's loyalty missions? Unless there's a special ending if you do.... Because I didn't do all the loyalty missions, but not everyone died.


Well, I just picked up ME2 on thursday and have played to the point where you meet Sheen's charachter. Like the way you can view your Shephard from multiple angles while creating the face. I'd hoped for something like that.



You can change the angles in the first one, it's just a horrible system and the lighting sucks.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you technically get it without doing everyone's loyalty missions? Unless there's a special ending if you do.... Because I didn't do all the loyalty missions, but not everyone died.


TBH, I don't know, because on every one of my four playthroughs, I've done all the loyalty missions. I suspect that the people you use at the end for the choices you have to make at least need to be loyal, not sure about the rest.

You can change the angles in the first one, it's just a horrible system and the lighting sucks.

Hmm....will have to take another look as I obviously never noticed it before. thanx.

*checked it out, and yeah, it could have used more work.

I didnt make Tali loyal and she ended up with a rocket to the face...poor Tali.

Oh, don't tell Niner, he'll be upset.

I love what they did with Tali in ME2. She was probably my least favorite character in the first game, but in the second I dropped everything I was doing with Miranda and boarded the Tali bandwagon >.>

I also decided that I should own physical copies of my favorite albums. So I started out with my single most played album according to my Zune account.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx358/zerstorer23/d2c28ff2001e76c84a630de2d10592e0_fu.jpg)

and another that was available at the record store I popped into today:

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx358/zerstorer23/album-welcome-to-sky-valley.jpg)


Good boy! :)

Your ship's name better be good, 'cause I want a good laugh, Dath.

I have 4 actually, my first was a constitution class called the Essex (got the gamestop version of the game), when I got promoted to LT Commander I chose a constitution refit which was named the Essex as well, same registry number but with A at the end of it, also got a science vessel called the USS Kristian and an escort vessel called the USS Event Horizon

USS Event Horizon

That film sucked, and where are the funny names Dath? I'm disappointed. :carms:

That film sucked, and where are the funny names Dath? I'm disappointed. :carms:

DATH TAKES CAPTAINING OF STARSHIPS SERIOUSLY!!!!

As serious as your meth habit, it seems. :carms:

yes

new chocolate lab puppy is a very good thing... unless she tries to pee inside :¬:

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^^^Ah yes... So innocent. Hopefully you can avoid the destructive chewing as well.

Dawwwwwww, puppies :D

Since my other netbook, an EEEPC 1000hd got its screen cracked the other day and replacements cost too much, I opted to upgrade:

http://i41.tinypic.com/ffa2e0.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322PYZO/ref=oss_product)

I loved my last one and it was the perfect size for a laptop, although it only got about three hours of battery life watching video. This will change all that. :D

I got in to the StarCraft II beta \o/ Be jealous of me.

I wrote up a blog post (http://www.thegamingvault.com/2010/03/starcraft-ii-beta-diary-part-one-how-does-i-mine-fish/) on my hilarious failures of the first few matches. <.<

Awwww everyone else but me is getting the beta-key : (((

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/99_Songs_Album_Cover.jpg)

Streetlight Manifesto - 99 Songs of Revolution: Volume I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Songs_of_Revolution)

Even if these are simply covers of songs, they're covers of songs as done by Streetlight Manifesto, and considering their last full cd was in 2007, I'm f***ing ecstatic.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/92/65/4631b340dca0a254f21d7010.L.jpg)

http://www.starwars.com/img/theclonewars/dvd/news20091023/tcwboxset_dvdimg.jpg)

http://images.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.overclock.net/attachments/intel-motherboards/93826d1231839262-evga-x58-classified-will-fit-into-x5820classifiedcs1ai1.jpg&usg=AFQjCNFwHB-tc7aqFbFw55IA9FOBDieFEA)

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Sweet Jesus I'm happy

Very good thing: Finally getting my family's income tax return check in the mail, 3-4 weeks after we were supposed to have it.

This is such a huge mood lift, you have no idea. We're supposed to be out of this place by the end of the month, and this check was the only thing keeping us from being able to get into a new place.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/92/65/4631b340dca0a254f21d7010.L.jpg)

I'm waiting for the Blu-Ray versions to come out. That should be awesome.

It's family tradition for everyone to splurge on one thing with the tax return while we use the rest for bills/savings for family trips/other important things, and this year is no exception.

I just preordered the Deluxe Hardcover edition of this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Coheed_and_cambria_year_of_the_black_rainbow.png)

Which comes with the cd itself of course, a sort of Making Of DVD, and this:
http://www.columbiarecords.com/artist/coheed/yotbr.novel.cover.jpg)

A 352 page novel of the story of the CD.

For those of you who don't know, each Coheed CD has told a part of what's known as The Amory Wars, and both their first released cd (Second Stage Turbine Blade) and their third cd (Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness) both had comics release showing the story. They've also been a large hassle, with us fans still waiting for them to do one for In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 and No World For Tomorrow, as well as a supposed remake of Burning Star IV. So this time, Cluadio said f*** it, and just wrote a novel alongside writing the album, and including it with the deluxe edition of the cd.

tl;dr it needs to be April 12th like right now.

EDIT: Amazon released an image of the full package:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9402/yobr.jpg)

Squee!

I think artists writing fictional books around their albums should be a more common event. Though, in the case of Mastodon's Leviathan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%28album%29), they'd just include a copy of Moby-Dick with way more metal cover art.

I'm waiting for the Blu-Ray versions to come out. That should be awesome.

Indeed. I always had the theatrical versions on DVD, and only after all these years I suddenly decided to buy the extended editions. Since I still don't have a Blu-Ray player yet, I bought the DVD versions. I guess the Blu-Ray versions will come out when "The Hobbit" movie arrives in theaters.

I'm getting to where I wait for the multi-disk Blu-ray ultimate extended special complete collector's gold edition of everything before I actually buy it. That means it'll be awhile till I pick up Avatar or the LotR+Hobbit on Blu-ray. Things are getting even more complicated with all the 3D stuff coming out now, but I don't expect I'll even bother with that for a very long time.

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:joy:

How much are you planning on overclocking that thing?!?? :eek:

Why not just go straight to the liquid nitrogen?

:D

Whoa. Cool Anthony--how many CFM are each of those fans?

@edlib: There is a liquid cooling option and I have seen many an impressive getup for custom machines. If you ever need an alternative use for a radiator or a transmission cooler, this makes a good alternate use. :D

Parts of the budget were very good today. For me anyway.

Stamp Duty scrapped for homes below Ј250,000 for first-time buyers

It was 1% on homes over Ј125,000.

Should mean I have an extra Ј1,300 in my bank account when I move into my new home in a week or so (I'm hoping to complete before the end of the month).

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=506873430516227655#)

:joy:

new chocolate lab puppy is a very good thing... unless she tries to pee inside :¬:

http://acdcfanbill.com/images/belle_march_2010_smaller.jpg)
http://acdcfanbill.com/images/belle_march_2010_2_smaller.jpg)
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http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5355/puppyf.jpg)

Because I felt like it.

cool, nice blur effect :)

God damn cuteness OVERLOAD!!

Whoa. Cool Anthony--how many CFM are each of those fans?

Combined CFM is around 102. Later on I may replace the noctua fans (which are really nice and dont really need replacing) with 150cfm delta fans (that is..150cfm for each fan.) Problem is, theyre louder than an f-16 taking off around 8000rpm

I plan to have at LEAST a 4.2ghz overclock, if not a little higher if the temps hold.

Just got our storage shed today, now the real packing and moving can begin.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=506873430516227655#)

:joy:
OH whaaaat?! I thought you were kidding...that...is both insane and awesome.
Love how the guy is using a salvaged refrigerator compressor. Those things are amazing, and you could even run it in reverse as a vacuum pump.

Combined CFM is around 102. Later on I may replace the noctua fans (which are really nice and dont really need replacing) with 150cfm delta fans (that is..150cfm for each fan.) Problem is, theyre louder than an f-16 taking off around 8000rpm

Hmm. Not bad. Not bad.

I don't know if Comair Rotron brand is any quieter, but they do make all kinds of heavy duty fans for removing massive amounts of heat. Look them up, I'm sure you might find something good. I have one of their DC fans I'm using for an electronic project, and I think it is rated at 235 CFM. Not really quiet, but it certainly cools!

I plan to have at LEAST a 4.2ghz overclock, if not a little higher if the temps hold.

Wait--4.2 gigs?! Hot Damn. Forgive my rant but, for your consideration to shopping around for that project:

For a heatsink compound: Arctic Silver, or Antec 5. THE BEST 2 brands out there I have ever seen. (Usually at Fry's electronics.) $20-30 for a single tube and these are 99.9% silver compound.

Next, there's all sorts of approaches to liquid cooling. Maybe consider buying a 'transmission oil cooler', or similar mini-radiator that J.C. Whitney sells in various sizes for fairly good prices. Try eBay auto stores as well, namely look for the Dana-Long brand.

For fans, heat sinks, enclosures, and accessories you might check out places that sell to pro's (and hobbyists) at factory wholesale prices:
http://www.alliedelec.com)
www.Mouser.com) (They send you a big thick catalog for FREE if you buy from them more than once within a month.)
www.digikey.com)
www.newark.com)

Also these electronic surplus stores sell this kind of stuff. Check back from time to time as their stock always changes and you could end up with a steal of a deal.
www.surplussales.com)
www.goldmine-elec.com)
www.electronicsurplus.com/)
www.suburban-electronics.com/)

Best of luck and happy hunting. :D

OH whaaaat?! I thought you were kidding...that...is both insane and awesome.
Love how the guy is using a salvaged refrigerator compressor. Those things are amazing, and you could even run it in reverse as a vacuum pump.



Hmm. Not bad. Not bad.

I don't know if Comair Rotron brand is any quieter, but they do make all kinds of heavy duty fans for removing massive amounts of heat. Look them up, I'm sure you might find something good. I have one of their DC fans I'm using for an electronic project, and I think it is rated at 235 CFM. Not really quiet, but it certainly cools!



Wait--4.2 gigs?! Hot Damn. Forgive my rant but, for your consideration to shopping around for that project:

For a heatsink compound: Arctic Silver, or Antec 5. THE BEST 2 brands out there I have ever seen. (Usually at Fry's electronics.) $20-30 for a single tube and these are 99.9% silver compound.

Next, there's all sorts of approaches to liquid cooling. Maybe consider buying a 'transmission oil cooler', or similar mini-radiator that J.C. Whitney sells in various sizes for fairly good prices. Try eBay auto stores as well, namely look for the Dana-Long brand.

For fans, heat sinks, enclosures, and accessories you might check out places that sell to pro's (and hobbyists) at factory wholesale prices:
http://www.alliedelec.com)
www.Mouser.com) (They send you a big thick catalog for FREE if you buy from them more than once within a month.)
www.digikey.com)
www.newark.com)

Also these electronic surplus stores sell this kind of stuff. Check back from time to time as their stock always changes and you could end up with a steal of a deal.
www.surplussales.com)
www.goldmine-elec.com)
www.electronicsurplus.com/)
www.suburban-electronics.com/)

Best of luck and happy hunting. :D

Ahh I think I worded that poorly, I'm planning on getting up to 4.2ghz minimum, not being 4.2ghz faster than stock speed :p Since that would require... well... monumental cooling (http://www.overclock.net/cooling-experiments/671177-12-feet-under-1000-square-feet.html)

Anyway, turns out the noctua thermal compound actually beats artic silver 5. I still have a tube of AS if it works better though :p

btw, thanks for those links

Ahh I think I worded that poorly, I'm planning on getting up to 4.2ghz minimum, not being 4.2ghz faster than stock speed :p Since that would require... well... monumental cooling (http://www.overclock.net/cooling-experiments/671177-12-feet-under-1000-square-feet.html)

Ah, gotcha. Lol, yeah that certainly would.

Anyway, turns out the noctua thermal compound actually beats artic silver 5. I still have a tube of AS if it works better though :p

btw, thanks for those links

Oh cool, I'll try it out. Thanks. Glad to help wherever possible.

:golfclap:

In other news, I'm still cleaning my room and packing s***, 12 hours with a few hours for breaks in it all :D

EDIT: 14 hours, with about 3 hours worth of break time in all, with my big green garbage bag count reaching 5 bags stuffed as full as could be. Not too bad. My room is mostly done, got the last half of my closet and my drawers to go and that's basically it. I personally will be fully packed and ready by tomorrow night. The rest of the house however is a different matter entirely, but unfortunately that's basically 95% not my s***, so I'm not a whole lot of help when it comes to that. Basically, I'm hoping the only things that will be in my room by Saturday will be my monitor, my 360 and some necessary paraphernalia (MW2 and ME2, controller, charge cable, headset) and a suitcase full of clothes.

I'm hoping the only things that will be in my room by Saturday will be my monitor, my 360 and some necessary paraphernalia (MW2 and ME2, controller, charge cable, headset) and a suitcase full of clothes.


Your priorities make me grin :D

Pre-ordered. Can't wait!

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Got this real cheap, and have been meaning to play it for months.

http://img.game.co.uk/ml/3/3/1/5/331560ps_500h.jpg)

Went out to my bro's university apartment in the middle of Washington. Went shooting out in the middle of nowhere. I found some RAM and a motherboard!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4470518980_53987b8ab3_b.jpg)

Used, but... recognizable.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4470496320_611c1bfb1a_b.jpg)

What's funny is that I found random parts of the decimated computer which all matched the crappy zombie-Compaq I use myself. Same DVD drive cover, same memory card reader, probably the same motherboard. Man, my computer is getting old. : \

Also, my bro's gun so far.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4469718509_c4597ef162_b.jpg)
(If you can't figure it out, it'll look a lot like this, but olive drab instead of black. [Link] (http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx358/zerstorer23/finished.jpg))

:nvr4get:

Finally got this on Friday.
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I am in something of a trip-hop phase lately. Curse slacker radio.

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^^^ I hear Borderlands is a crazy good game. Fun as all get out. A blast to play.

Actually a few here have gotten it. Curious, anyone here care to elaborate their experiences (good/bad/indifferent)?

Actually a few here have gotten [Borderlands]. Curious, anyone here care to elaborate their experiences (good/bad/indifferent)?

I got it in the Steam sale but as my computer is boxed up while I move house (and even when I do move I won't have internet for a week or so) I have not played it yet. Looking forward to giving it a go though.