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NWR Forums Discord / Re: My Brute - New World Regime - Join the Clan
« on: July 09, 2009, 07:05:30 AM »
Do you have to accumulate tournament wins to go up in rank or do you just have to get far enough into a single tournament?
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread
« on: July 09, 2009, 07:01:08 AM »
So I looked at the Nintendo Channel's numbers on Conduit trying to determine tentative numbers but I've forgotten how to do the math.
The total hours spent playing are 74,522. The average per player is 10 hours and 42 minutes. So about 116 people have the game who use the Nintendo Channel tracking feature. The question is what percentage is that of the total. I've forgotten what that was. Does anyone know? 5% is stuck in my mind but that would mean only about 2320 people got the game so that can't be right. Am I off on my math? Can anyone help me turn this data into a rough figure? Or do we not have enough data to come up with a figure. I'm rusty with this kind of math. Maybe it's 0.5% but that still lowballs it at 23,200. 0.05% would make it 232,000.
I only have my Wii available to me right now so I can't easily search for the actual percentage numbers. I found it on a site attempting to predict WiiWare sales. Also, is my math right if the percentages are accurate?
Might be fun if we could try and calculate the sales. I suppose we could try a control calculation with a game that's total sales are better known (like Mario Kart or something) to find the correct percentage. I'll try it out tomorrow when I have access to a proper computer.
The total hours spent playing are 74,522. The average per player is 10 hours and 42 minutes. So about 116 people have the game who use the Nintendo Channel tracking feature. The question is what percentage is that of the total. I've forgotten what that was. Does anyone know? 5% is stuck in my mind but that would mean only about 2320 people got the game so that can't be right. Am I off on my math? Can anyone help me turn this data into a rough figure? Or do we not have enough data to come up with a figure. I'm rusty with this kind of math. Maybe it's 0.5% but that still lowballs it at 23,200. 0.05% would make it 232,000.
I only have my Wii available to me right now so I can't easily search for the actual percentage numbers. I found it on a site attempting to predict WiiWare sales. Also, is my math right if the percentages are accurate?
Might be fun if we could try and calculate the sales. I suppose we could try a control calculation with a game that's total sales are better known (like Mario Kart or something) to find the correct percentage. I'll try it out tomorrow when I have access to a proper computer.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 152
« on: July 09, 2009, 06:26:22 AM »
You're too kind when speaking of us forum members as opponents. Thanks for the complements.
I don't notice much of a downgrade in graphics for multi. Sure, it lost a lot of the special effects, but they are still nice.
I don't notice much of a downgrade in graphics for multi. Sure, it lost a lot of the special effects, but they are still nice.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread
« on: July 08, 2009, 07:37:57 PM »
Monster Hunter G already passed Mario & Luigi 3. WS Resort is coming on fast as well.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Animal Crossing: City Folk
« on: July 08, 2009, 07:20:41 PM »
Did you order the WiiSpeak bundle version? A lot of places have those cheaper than a WiiSpeak separately.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: We need to make a thread for hilarious YouTube videos.
« on: July 08, 2009, 06:18:05 PM »12482
General Chat / Re: In the dreamtime
« on: July 08, 2009, 06:13:41 PM »
OK, I just woke up from a crazy-go-nuts dream. To set up, though, I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to play Conduit. I ended up playing through the last half of the campaign and beat it then played online and mostly dominated the maps for hours. I finally go to bed around 6AM and then...my videogame dream.
I was agent Ford. Except I had a name that started with 's'. I can't remember what it was, so I'll just roll with Stratos since that was likeley what it was. I was on a mission to same Solid Snake. I was sneaking around and taking out guards in the plains/forest place. It was like I was playing Metal Gear completely from the first person except the guards were the SWAT troopers from Conduit and the guns were from it as well. I could even 'pause' the game and a big Wiimote covered my view like how in Goldeneye you looked at your watch and it filled up the screen to be your menu. I could reset that part of the level by pressing minus if I messed up.
So I rescued Snake and asked him to help me on this critical mission to get...something. It was always vague what I had to get. But somebody had it and was abusing it. I had been working for this big spy company buisness person, but I knew he was bad news. I went along with his plans anyway even though Snake and I had planned to defect from him and find my old boss who we knew we could trust with the artifact once we found him. Strangely both of the bosses were at a fancy dinner party down the street and we could go talk to them at it when we needed help and advise.
So after saving Snake, the next mission had us going to this huge mansion in a part of town that was snowing. Apparently the guy was holed up there. So we some squads of troops on our side, but the don't do anything. They just follow us around saying military terms like 'clear' and 'move move move!'. They blew the mission several times and we had to reset. Snakes getting PO'd at them by this point so we create a big distracting fight in a huge hall of the mansion and leave the squad there fighting the other guards.
Snake and I split up. I go up some stairs and there is a crazy party going on upstairs. Like college frat party.. There are drunk people everywhere. Actually, most of them were underage so it was probably a high school party. I watched as this girl was getting thrown and kicked around. I assumed she was drunk at first and they were having a laugh, but it got more violent and she was obviously in pain. I took her from them and picked her up to discover her hip was broken. She told me that she had some odd issue but everyone said that if she threw herself into the wishing well out back she'd be cured. That was how her hip got broken. (
) There was this weird cut scene/flash back in badly pixelated DS 3D graphics that showed her falling into the well. Strange.
I decide her health is more important than the mission so I run out of the mansion and there is a police officer/security guard there. I go up to them and ask if they can get some medical professionals there (did I really have to word it like that?) They lady points to a person in a crowd of protesters outside the manision protesting...something and says "Jesus would be glad to help, his church is next door". And this guy walks up dressed like Jesus but obviously a drunk crazy hobo says, "Sure, let's mozey on over to my place and see who's up and willing to help this lady". As we walk aroung the building the other side has all of this weird black stuff all over it and it looks like some 7-year olds tried to make a haunted house all in black on the side of the church. There's all this red writing and creepy satanic stuff on it. As we walk in the Jesus Hobo yells out, "Oh, they've redecorated, neat!" There's a line of these people (most of them midget height) who had black snuggies on that covered their faces.
I was getting worried and turned to see the Jesus Hobo had wandered back out the door mummbling to himself. The girl has lost consiousness at this point. I see all these bloody tools on the walls and decide I'm leaving. Suddenly there are guards everywhere as I realize it was a trap (never listen to Hobo Jesus) . I make a run for it gunning these guys while I carry this girl (she is very light thankfully). I run into a supermarket when I discover from my old, good boss that the girl is a link to the guy we are chasing. He wants her for some reason. Snake tells me I'm on my own because he's preoccupied. I swear I hear the party I left in the background of his transmission (thanks, Snake...).
We race through the supermarket, and I'm trying to not hit civilians, but no one seems to notice us. Everyone just keeps going about their business. I think I got all of the pursuing guards and make a break through the parking lot. Suddenly a van pulls up and a woman that looks like Sarah Palin and a boy jump out of the car. Apparently it is her mother and her boyfriend. All of a sudden the girl regains conciousness and is healed (and sober now too, nice trick). But out of the supermarket comes this crazy guy that I know instantly is the target we were after. He wants the girl back and says he will stare down anyone who gets in his way. Apparently he has this power from the artifact we were supposed to get that makes people lose their souls attachment to your body if you stare into his eyes. Thus you die. He also has a gun and all mine apparently dissapeared in the store. The mom and him start gatting into this fight that looks like one of those parental domestic disputes while the evil dude points the gun at the girl. The boy tries to be all heroic and stands in front of the girl but I throw him out of the way and say, "are you mad? I have body armor, you don't, get the car warmed up".
The evil guy starts talking to me and monologuing about his super power and how no mortal man has the willpower to overcome it's pull to sever your soul from your body. I say try me. We stare into eachothers eyes and I hear this weird whispering and blackness *AHH* I wake up, but this weird muddy wake up and I saw my room and everything, but I was all floaty inside like there was no gravity, I lay my head down and it was like I warped back to myself and regained conciousness (was I really awake or was that one of those 'dream' wakeups?) I hear the girl screaming. I see I'm on my knees, but I look up and I have my hand around they evil guys neck. He's shocked to see me regain conciousness like that and I squeeze. His eyes bulge and I hear a crack in his neck. Suddenly I hear the communication chime but it sounds like my phone. It rings again and I wake up to my phone ringing....it's 2PM.
Wow. This is what staying up all night playing videogames does to me.
I was agent Ford. Except I had a name that started with 's'. I can't remember what it was, so I'll just roll with Stratos since that was likeley what it was. I was on a mission to same Solid Snake. I was sneaking around and taking out guards in the plains/forest place. It was like I was playing Metal Gear completely from the first person except the guards were the SWAT troopers from Conduit and the guns were from it as well. I could even 'pause' the game and a big Wiimote covered my view like how in Goldeneye you looked at your watch and it filled up the screen to be your menu. I could reset that part of the level by pressing minus if I messed up.
So I rescued Snake and asked him to help me on this critical mission to get...something. It was always vague what I had to get. But somebody had it and was abusing it. I had been working for this big spy company buisness person, but I knew he was bad news. I went along with his plans anyway even though Snake and I had planned to defect from him and find my old boss who we knew we could trust with the artifact once we found him. Strangely both of the bosses were at a fancy dinner party down the street and we could go talk to them at it when we needed help and advise.
So after saving Snake, the next mission had us going to this huge mansion in a part of town that was snowing. Apparently the guy was holed up there. So we some squads of troops on our side, but the don't do anything. They just follow us around saying military terms like 'clear' and 'move move move!'. They blew the mission several times and we had to reset. Snakes getting PO'd at them by this point so we create a big distracting fight in a huge hall of the mansion and leave the squad there fighting the other guards.
Snake and I split up. I go up some stairs and there is a crazy party going on upstairs. Like college frat party.. There are drunk people everywhere. Actually, most of them were underage so it was probably a high school party. I watched as this girl was getting thrown and kicked around. I assumed she was drunk at first and they were having a laugh, but it got more violent and she was obviously in pain. I took her from them and picked her up to discover her hip was broken. She told me that she had some odd issue but everyone said that if she threw herself into the wishing well out back she'd be cured. That was how her hip got broken. (
) There was this weird cut scene/flash back in badly pixelated DS 3D graphics that showed her falling into the well. Strange.I decide her health is more important than the mission so I run out of the mansion and there is a police officer/security guard there. I go up to them and ask if they can get some medical professionals there (did I really have to word it like that?) They lady points to a person in a crowd of protesters outside the manision protesting...something and says "Jesus would be glad to help, his church is next door". And this guy walks up dressed like Jesus but obviously a drunk crazy hobo says, "Sure, let's mozey on over to my place and see who's up and willing to help this lady". As we walk aroung the building the other side has all of this weird black stuff all over it and it looks like some 7-year olds tried to make a haunted house all in black on the side of the church. There's all this red writing and creepy satanic stuff on it. As we walk in the Jesus Hobo yells out, "Oh, they've redecorated, neat!" There's a line of these people (most of them midget height) who had black snuggies on that covered their faces.
I was getting worried and turned to see the Jesus Hobo had wandered back out the door mummbling to himself. The girl has lost consiousness at this point. I see all these bloody tools on the walls and decide I'm leaving. Suddenly there are guards everywhere as I realize it was a trap (never listen to Hobo Jesus) . I make a run for it gunning these guys while I carry this girl (she is very light thankfully). I run into a supermarket when I discover from my old, good boss that the girl is a link to the guy we are chasing. He wants her for some reason. Snake tells me I'm on my own because he's preoccupied. I swear I hear the party I left in the background of his transmission (thanks, Snake...).
We race through the supermarket, and I'm trying to not hit civilians, but no one seems to notice us. Everyone just keeps going about their business. I think I got all of the pursuing guards and make a break through the parking lot. Suddenly a van pulls up and a woman that looks like Sarah Palin and a boy jump out of the car. Apparently it is her mother and her boyfriend. All of a sudden the girl regains conciousness and is healed (and sober now too, nice trick). But out of the supermarket comes this crazy guy that I know instantly is the target we were after. He wants the girl back and says he will stare down anyone who gets in his way. Apparently he has this power from the artifact we were supposed to get that makes people lose their souls attachment to your body if you stare into his eyes. Thus you die. He also has a gun and all mine apparently dissapeared in the store. The mom and him start gatting into this fight that looks like one of those parental domestic disputes while the evil dude points the gun at the girl. The boy tries to be all heroic and stands in front of the girl but I throw him out of the way and say, "are you mad? I have body armor, you don't, get the car warmed up".
The evil guy starts talking to me and monologuing about his super power and how no mortal man has the willpower to overcome it's pull to sever your soul from your body. I say try me. We stare into eachothers eyes and I hear this weird whispering and blackness *AHH* I wake up, but this weird muddy wake up and I saw my room and everything, but I was all floaty inside like there was no gravity, I lay my head down and it was like I warped back to myself and regained conciousness (was I really awake or was that one of those 'dream' wakeups?) I hear the girl screaming. I see I'm on my knees, but I look up and I have my hand around they evil guys neck. He's shocked to see me regain conciousness like that and I squeeze. His eyes bulge and I hear a crack in his neck. Suddenly I hear the communication chime but it sounds like my phone. It rings again and I wake up to my phone ringing....it's 2PM.
Wow. This is what staying up all night playing videogames does to me.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Animal Crossing: City Folk
« on: July 08, 2009, 05:20:23 PM »
I've been hoarding pitfall seeds for a few games I have in mind.
I ended up not going on last night, I kind of hit a blah mood and didn't feel like going on. I couldn't really fall asleep either. I still need to add EasyCure's FC. Did you post it here or is it in the AC FC thread?
I ended up not going on last night, I kind of hit a blah mood and didn't feel like going on. I couldn't really fall asleep either. I still need to add EasyCure's FC. Did you post it here or is it in the AC FC thread?
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General Gaming / Re: Lucasarts to bring backcatalog of P&C Adventure Games to Steam
« on: July 08, 2009, 05:10:05 PM »Steam just put up the first wave of Lucasarts releases. Fate of Atlantis for only $4.99, in perfect working order on Windows XP?! I am so ****ing buying that now, instead of $49.99 (plus tax) for the Indiana Jones Wii game (w/ Fate of Atltantis). Hell, I might get the Last Crusade game as well at that price, since I thought I'd be paying $10 for Fate of Atlantis anyway.
Yes great prices! I may even get Republic Commando for $10.
I could do without seemingly having to have Steam open to play it, though. But ah...Fate of Atlantis. I haven't played this game in over 15 years, and it still holds up quite nicely. Bliss...I just got to my favorite part of the game, where you have to choose what path you'll take through the game (and they ARE quite different).
You know, I always chose the same path because I thought it was the only way to get the girl to come with you to help. I'll have to try one of the other paths this time.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Animal Crossing: City Folk
« on: July 08, 2009, 02:14:16 AM »I'll join you. I'm not quit in the mood for Conduit right now and I want to try and see if my crazy luck is still going strong. Rainbow Stags, here I come!
Use your luck to find my game.
How in the world would I know where it is? Have you cleaned your room lately?
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 08, 2009, 02:00:54 AM »If I play local I play LAN. I do that quite often but I never play a FPS with multiple people on the same console.
Well, back in my day, you had yer split screen, and only yer split screen. And we were happy. None of this new-fangled world wide web nonsense. Why, on some games, you actually took turns playing! Imagine that! [/grump grump old man mini rant]
Old people are lameo.
That's funny because you are older than me by a few months. So come join me and Cranky Kong in our rockers and wax over the glory days of games when you could count the different colors on your fingers.
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 08, 2009, 01:54:35 AM »If I play local I play LAN. I do that quite often but I never play a FPS with multiple people on the same console.
Well, back in my day, you had yer split screen, and only yer split screen. And we were happy. None of this new-fangled world wide web nonsense. Why, on some games, you actually took turns playing! Imagine that! [/grump grump old man mini rant]
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Animal Crossing: City Folk
« on: July 08, 2009, 01:48:59 AM »
I'll join you. I'm not quit in the mood for Conduit right now and I want to try and see if my crazy luck is still going strong. Rainbow Stags, here I come!
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 08, 2009, 01:46:43 AM »Framerate is a very solid 30. I have not played a local multiplayer on a FPS for at least 3 years now. Why would you? Smaller screen, bumped down graphics, and the other person can look at your screen....Because then you can play with 4 people without everyone having to own the system and a copy of the game, and you don't have to deal with possible disconnections, poor quality voices, and other problems which can arise from online gaming.
Local multiplayer > online multiplayer. Always has been, always will be. The best games offer both, like Mario Kart Wii.
I do second Mop it up's thoughts. Local > Online. Though online is still fun. And I prefer playing without a headset. Less clunky and my ears don't sweat.
Local Multiplayer= Limited to playing with people you live by.
Local Multiplayer = not being shut in nerds like us and getting real friends
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:38:21 PM »I hope so too because it sounds like the game has enough issues without a bad conversion.
What's that supposed to mean? Just because your AC buddies are obsesed with it and don't play AC with you as much anymore does not constitute a problem with the game.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Have you ever seen this happen first-hand?
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:36:21 PM »
Was he drunk? That freaking makes no sense. Funny though.
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:29:00 PM »
Nice turnaround. I hope there is no PAL issues like with Madworld.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Unofficial Wi-Fi Night - Super Smash Brothers Tenth Anniversary
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:28:02 PM »
I voted for the 9th. Though I might be working then. I have to check.
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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:26:20 PM »All The Conduit discussion is banned until it has been released in Europe.
As you were.
Is there even a release date for over there? I know HVS's WiiWare games have yet to go across the Atlantic.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 05:14:23 PM »I still haven't changed from the default.
I changed my bounding box size, bumped up the sensitivity a bit, and max'd the vertical look constraints. Would like a better control for my melee attack, as currently it spazzes out my view when I try to smash someone. Ends up in a lot of flailing around...
Here is what I Have (from what I can remember)
weapon change is mapped to Wii remote motion, gernade nunchuck still, melee A button, shoot b button, lock on down on control pad.
What do you do for jump?
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 05:09:24 PM »
I've thought about remapping the melee to the grenade swapping button to avoid that, and I may also up my turning speed.
You can increase your vertical look?!? Looks like I have to change soon, then.
You can increase your vertical look?!? Looks like I have to change soon, then.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Percentage of your Wii collection that's rated M.
« on: July 07, 2009, 05:07:45 PM »Yeah, I could certainly live without the graphic cutting of people in Prototype...
In Personal experience... Most of my friends feel they need the graphic violence. I find that it is over the top, and makes a game less appealing..
They need the violence? Are they getting a high off of it or something? I think those arguments are odd :/
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Conduit
« on: July 07, 2009, 05:03:41 PM »
I still haven't changed from the default.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Gooberville
« on: July 07, 2009, 04:59:00 PM »
Well, she's already declared me to be a goober in previous threads and posts. So I would say it depeneds on how much you and I are alike. If you're similar to me, then you are a 'goober'. If you aren't, then you are a 'stoopid face'
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: My Brute - New World Regime - Join the Clan
« on: July 07, 2009, 04:54:52 PM »
It's always exciting when one of your pupils levels up. More EXP for me!!! 
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