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General Chat / RE:WW not holy enough? What?

« on: August 30, 2003, 04:01:04 AM »

Termin8: He didn't actually praise GTA3, because he said

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For those that think a 2 is too harsh, I would have given this a 1 except for the fact that I felt this game didn't deserve to be placed in the ranks of Diablo and Grand Theft Auto III.

He's referring to the Christian Rating, which means a lower rating is more anti-Christ or something. So he's putting it above Diablo and GTA3.

As for religion, I'm the skeptic/religious basher. I hear a whole heap of Christianity stuff from friends who are in church, and I've listened, but it doesn't add up. They say it gives answers, but after five years at a religious school, it still left questions.

Funny story, we had a week of Christian lectures with weird names, such as "Religion Sux", "Bad People Go To Heaven", and "He Knows Where You Live", at Uni a week or so ago. Now I steered way clear of these, but a friend of mine who went told me a funny story.
At the lecture of "Bad People Go To Heaven," the people showed a video of people answering questions. One question came up, "Who do you think goes to heaven?" and this was one of the responses...

"Ummm, everyone. Except those people with the shifty eyes."

Ah well. I hope there's a thermostat in hell.

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 30, 2003, 03:55:27 AM »

Apparently the 'hard mode' was basically tweaking the enemy AI, which may possibly mean tougher boss battles and stuff. Or not?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:nintendo's appalling support in australia

« on: August 28, 2003, 08:54:30 PM »

vroenis: It's the supplier's fault. Those games were discontinued because a non-Nintendo supplier decided it was pointless to provide a large amount. Gamenation screwed me over with Skies (I completely missed the launch until PIAC told me he had his) and I only got Burnout 2 because my local EB got one out of nowhere.

As for the Cube Clubs, I don't know of any other GC fans like me around here. I know of some who have Cubes, but I wouldn't invite them along to something like this.

PIAC: There's always the summer holidays. I'm happy to make my way to Sydney, as long as work allow me to get some time off *shakes fist*

Infernal:
*scene at GameNation*
Boss: "This Gamecube order is missing something! Joe, what else can we ship?"
Joe:  "We've got 500 copies of DOA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball."
Boss: "But they're for XBOX."
Joe: "And?"
Boss: "OK, make it happen."

Ooh, I hate those fools.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 28, 2003, 08:39:24 PM »

I have a few remarks about this topic:

- Microsoft have more to gain than Nintendo. They're not making money from the Xbox, and have basically no market in Japan. Nintendo on the other hand, are plodding along, making a healthy profit out of a smaller market share. Sure, 'you have to make a loss to make a profit', but how much loss will it take?

- The companies have huge differences in terms of goals and strategy. In terms of established software and hardcore fans combining with mainstream gamers and recognisable brandname, there are obvious benefits, IN THEORY. Just like communism works, IN THEORY. But to make it work requires the two companies to work together, and I just can't see that happening.

- The Sony/Nintendo partnership would be successful because it has the most popular console combined with the most recognisable characters and games, but in terms of co-operation, I see Sony wearing the pants in that partnership.

- I know Sega has major debts, but I can't understand why Nintendo wouldn't buy them. Sure it's $2 billion, but Nintendo can probably absorb that, integrate the company as a major second party like SK and Retro, and get them to work on some new stuff! Nintendo needs Sega on their side, and their side only. It may not be the best business decision, but it should pay dividends in the long term, by winning back market share.

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 28, 2003, 07:36:53 PM »

Infernal:
Happy Gilmore is a classic, probably my fave Adam Sandler movie.

"Son of a bitch ball! Why didn't you just go HOME! ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME?! ANSWER ME!!"
"Uh-oh. Happy learned to putt!"
"The price is WRONG, bitch!"

*starts attacking Infernal leg with putter*
You're right.  Mini-golf is fun

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General Chat / RE:forums have fanboys?

« on: August 28, 2003, 04:39:35 AM »

You remember wee-man? Ahahaha, the flaming from Mario and PIAC! Good times.

I agree with Rick's view that a forum should not be a secret society, but a place of information and communication. Which is why I'm here and not there.

This was from the guy who started the thread about Rick's editorial:

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Guys.. the PGC forums may suck, but where did I bring up the PGC forums in the topic that I started? Nowhere. I said he wrote an excellenet editorial. He may have been as ass to you, but I asked what did you think of what he said? I don' want no "eh Fanboy Garbage" Half of you guys just suck at replys. You say things but don't have them backed up. I want to know why it's fanboyish if you say it is. Not that it is. That tells me nothing.

Bam. N-philes summed up in one paragraph.
Shortdude123, you're welcome here anytime.
As for the rest, well

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:"Eye Toy" The new and exciting product?

« on: August 28, 2003, 04:28:41 AM »

 Eye-Toy = hotcake product. Not because it is a huge revolution, but because it is easy to play, and can be played by anyone with two arms (or one). I could find many a fault with it, but I'll just say its good and bad to see simple games reaching mainstream audiences, and not hearing the fanboys crying out that they have the greatest game ever.

As for the GB Camera and PD, I didn't hear about the crashing problems. I'm pretty sure that Rare could have found a way around the problem. I believe they pulled the idea because the game was reaching final development just after the Columbine shootings, whenever that was, and they thought it was a smart idea to avoid criticism (and we all know that all violence is caused by games, NOT!!!) and just take that feature out.
It's a shame that society likes to go on witch-hunts to solve their problems.

end rant  

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 28, 2003, 04:15:23 AM »

PIAC, did you ever play Mario Party, and play the mini-games where you have to rotate the control stick as quickly as possible? My friend and I had this trick, where you do it in the palm of your hand.
Needless to say, it hurt REALLY bad after a while, and his was quite worse than mine. Like bleeding. Meh.

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 27, 2003, 05:58:34 PM »

Termin8: The thumb thing is too true.
I can crack my left thumb with ease sometimes. It's the only finger I can do. Meh.

And Mario? He went mad.
But he's always been mad.
*throws theory out window*

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 26, 2003, 02:11:52 AM »

Sure Infernal. Sure.

*backs away*
*runs*

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 23, 2003, 02:21:19 AM »

Care Bears. Ugh. That's a part of the 90s I want to forget.
*loads shotgun*

My favourite all-time cartoons are, in no particular order, Inspector Gadget, Transformers, TMNT, Samurai Pizza Cats, and Looney Tunes.

But my favourite cartoon in the present is the Simpsons. A distant second goes to Futurama, and then all the rest.

Simpsons Quote(s) of the Day:

Ack - *drunk*"How can ace be one AND eleven? What kind of God would allow that!"

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Duffman: "Duff beer is brewed from hops, barley, and sparkling clear mountain... what?"
Person: "Goat!"
Duffman: "Eh.. close enough!"
Homer: "Aah! You can really taste the goat!"

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 20, 2003, 06:00:54 PM »

Termin8: Just wait until you find the adult Sheegoths!
My favourite part is the Phazon Mines, and the boss in there is awesome!!!
*adds "Finish Metroid Prime in Hard Mode" To To-Do List*

KnowsNothing: MP is awesome eh? Sometimes I had to remind myself to breathe.
And you've NEVER beaten Solitaire? You need to play it more

And on the subject of good cartoons, I saw the new Inspector Gadget on Cheez TV this morning while I was half awake. Doesn't beat the original at all. Brain (the dog) is nowhere to be found, and there were two mini-robot Gadgets following Gadget around instead of Penny and Brain. Boo!

And Danger Mouse? Man, I miss that too.

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General Chat / RE:My PC is a liar

« on: August 18, 2003, 09:04:06 PM »

160Hz? That's just wrong. At 1280x1024, mine can only do 60 or 70Hz, and mine is only a few months old.
As for your problem, I'm guessing your going through the on-screen display. I can't think of another way.
Get Grey Ninja, he has a rep for this kinda thing.

And as for PIAC, IRC is weird.
*runs*

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 18, 2003, 09:00:10 PM »

SOS sounds like a fun game.
Heh. Bupbow! I want to see that in a game when you lose a life or something.

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"Hell is full of Gamecubes with no controllers"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! TEH HUMANITIES!

*puts down bag of sugar*
I've had my moment

Man, Eternal Darkness is sitting there, laughing at me. I want to play it, but I want to just sit down one night and have the pants scared off me. I'm just too busy at the moment.
But not too busy for MSN get!

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General Chat / RE:a lesson in writting utter lies!

« on: August 18, 2003, 03:48:00 AM »

Honestly, if it takes Silicon Knights to get a MGS game to the Cube, then I give it two thumbs up.
I don't think MGS3 is that far along. Why can't Kojima be working on multiple projects, as supervisor. Miyamoto does. You look through the credits of many of the games, he's in there somewhere.

Rare is Rare. Sure, they made some classics. But the fact that they've a part of Microsoft Game Studios for a while, and only have a rehash of Conker makes me think Nintendo did the smart thing.
And what about Kameo? That was quite close to being released on the Cube before this all happened, and that's gone completely from the radar. Dont' give me this 'port' garbage, Rogue Leader was done in nine months from scratch, so there.
And you can keep Perfect Dark Zero. If some fanboy waves that game in my face whenever it comes out, if it even does, I will punch him in the face.
I cried. I remembered. I moved on.

And Djunknown hit the nail on the head with software developers.

Nothing is impossible. Two years ago, who'd have thought Metroid Prime would be first person?  

EDIT: Jack Lantern, I haven't heard of GMR, but I wouldn't trust EGM as my toilet paper let alone a source of gaming news.

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General Chat / RE:What is it with Pepsi lately??

« on: August 18, 2003, 03:34:33 AM »

*wants some of Termin8's mojo*

It's after 10 at night. I feel tired as hell. Who do I turn to?

CAFFEINE GET!!

Just thought you guys would like to know. I'm not a coffee person (tried it, can't get hooked) and the sugar helps as much, probably more.

*bounces of wall*
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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General Chat / RE:a lesson in writting utter lies!

« on: August 17, 2003, 04:44:58 AM »

*explodes*

Nah, some just can't be saved. No matter how many words (or hits of a baseball bat) can be beated into an idiot can they have their minds opened.

Yes, the mini-DVD is unhackable. Because the data is written in the opposite direction to normal DVD drives, it is near impossible to read, let alone duplicate.
Meanwhile, piracy of XBOX and PS2 games is rising. But he didn't mention that did he?
I stopped reading after the Mortal Kombat bit, because I'm sick of hearing it.

OMG IT HAS BLOOD. ITS THE L33T3ST EVA! *dies*

And the light argument? WTF. There are many good lights available, especially for the GBA, and that's one reason why I can wait for an SP.

Yeah, I'd spam this guy good if he had the guts to back up on this gutless column.
*starts searching*

EDIT: OMG, He's the Sony Editor. He couldn't possibly be biased. He must know everything in the world.
And his e-mail is there. Look under "Contact Us" in the menu bar. Or click here

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General Chat / RE:Who are the people from the Original Planet Gamecube Boards that are still here today?

« on: August 17, 2003, 04:31:51 AM »

*reminisces*
*realises he still can't spell *

Anyway, I've been around since the EZBoard days, and the PlanetN2000 site. Like Termin8, i found the site through Tendo Box, after being annoyed with IGN (and still am).

I was Shifty2k2, for some reason the name Shifty was taken, and the rest is history, or something.

Mario: You were game_freak333? You?
*explodes*

And hearing about 13 or 14 year old kids here makes me feel very old. I'm 19 next month. Ugh.
But hey, I'm Aussielite! Or is that OZ1337?

Speaking of old members, what happened to Dr Gakman? I remember him being very vocal on the EZboards about this and that.

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General Chat / RE:which neglected mario character are you?

« on: August 17, 2003, 04:24:10 AM »

Bowser!
- Italian Plumbers are always ruining your day.
- You are the King. The Master.
- Can sometimes be a fire hazard.

Too True!!

And my favourite question
Which word puts the most fear into your heart?
Monkey. Definitely Monkey.

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 16, 2003, 08:02:25 PM »

HOLY POOP ON A STICK TERMIN8!
*is jealous*

That sounds too cool. I wonder how much each of the units costs, when you add in the "throwing you around the track" feature, and the seatbelts.I'll bet its over AU$5000 I WANT ONE ANYWAY!!!

KnowsNothing: Give MSN another shot. Often most of the guys in this thread (Mario, Termin8, Infernal and myself) are on, talking about anything and everything, and bowing before teh almighty pie!
Jooooiiiin us!

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 15, 2003, 05:33:31 PM »

$44 postage!!!!11 What are they sending it by? Cloud Transport or some weird hippie thing like that? Meh.

And $150-odd isn't worth it. Sure its a great game and all, but its $150 dammit!

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 14, 2003, 08:52:48 PM »

"Did you actually get to see the carbon rod?"

Lucky Infernal! This just makes me want GX even more.
And Initial D is an intriguing concept. For the uninitiated, it's an arcade equivalent of a memory card in this racer. It stores data on cars owned, and mods done to them.
I'd give it a go, but I'd rather throw my money at something more significant, like F-Zero AX!

WHERE ARE YOU, F-ZERO? HEELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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General Chat / RE:What is it with Pepsi lately??

« on: August 13, 2003, 07:12:50 PM »

I'm a Coca-Cola man myself.
Pepsi's ok, but I only have it once in a while.

Vanilla Coke is horrible. I keep being told its nice, and for some stupid reason I continue to try it.

But I'll stick to beer personally. My favourites are Coopers Pale (normal) and Hahn Premium (expensive).
*drives topic offroad*

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 13, 2003, 07:08:03 PM »

Ah, I see.
How about a massive bashing on MSN?

*gets told off*
Sorry Billy!
Hey, wait a sec!

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General Chat / RE:Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: August 13, 2003, 01:24:35 AM »

I'd just like to send peewee a message.
I think Mario and PIAC were being too nice with you in regards to those rumours.
If you want to give us some news, back it up. That's how things work around here.
I don't think the mods made it clear, so I'm just letting you know.
If you want to argue with me about this, I'll find time.