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NWR Forums Discord / animecyberrat has been rebanned
« on: October 12, 2006, 08:57:47 PM »
Start sending your protest letters to Japan.

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with no provocation from me. It's doing this even as windows starts up. Anybody have any idea why this might be happening?

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NWR Forums Discord / $250: too much or too little?
« on: October 04, 2006, 06:46:09 PM »
I think it's too much and some person who posted his opinion on his blog agrees with me. Discuss.

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NWR Forums Discord / Copwiiright infringement
« on: September 25, 2006, 07:44:44 PM »


Sound familiar? Wii's not looking too original now, huh?  

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Nintendo Gaming / Turnabout Courtroom 4
« on: September 25, 2006, 06:19:12 PM »
Here's a trailer filled with awesome.

I'm still a bit worried that Capcom will be dumb and won't bring this game, the first Gyakuten Saiban game built from the ground up for the DS, over to the States. But the logo for Justice for All has helped ease my fears a bit. Why else would they change the name of the series in America, from 'Phoenix Wright' to 'Ace Attorney', if not to prepare for the game that Phoenix Wright doesn't star in?

...That's right. No Phoenix in this one. And no underage female psychic sidekick, either. (There's an underage female magician sidekick, instead.)

But anyway. Was that murder scene in the trailer stylish, or what? It's like they've taken a page out of Hotel Dusk.        

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From ign Far Cry interview: "Fabrice Cuny: Overall the Wii is more powerful than an Xbox, even if the Xbox can do some stuff that the Wii can't."  

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Nintendo Gaming / Guitar. Hero. Wii.
« on: September 20, 2006, 11:27:09 PM »
I suppose this was inevitable - the wii is made for specialized controllers.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/733/733721p1.html

It's so nice to think NIntendo's next console won't be left out of stuff like this. I'm a bit ashamed to admit I've never played the original...but I'm really looking forward to losing my guitar hero virginity by rocking my wii soon.

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NWR Forums Discord / The $250 price point: another angle
« on: September 20, 2006, 10:32:03 PM »
You guys are saying it's alot but I don't think it's really that much. Discuss.

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General Gaming / Bioshock
« on: September 20, 2006, 08:30:27 PM »
Q: What is Bioshock?

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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Your character survives a crash landing in the middle of the Atlantic ocean and manages to swim to a lighthouse that is oddly sticking out in the middle of the sea. Inside is a small one-man bathysphere that takes you to Rapture. Rapture is a city made by an ex-Soviet citizen who created a super-capitolist city on the ocean flor encased in a huge glass dome. The city is spawling and filled with 50s-era sttyled buildings, but when you arrive it's in ruins. One of the focal points of the game is a substance called "Adam". It's a mutagen made from a sea slug that secretes pure stem cells. The question is this: How much of your humanity will you give up for power?

Gameplay terms, it's a sci-fi horror FPS with many ways to achieve an objective.


Q: Sounds great! When can I get a copy?

A: In North America, it's coming out for both the Xbox 360 and PC on August 21.

Q: Will I be able to play it on the crappy PC I bought five years ago?

Probably not! Here are the system requirements:

Minimum:
   
Operating System: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (single core)    
System RAM: 1 GB    
Video card: DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)    
Sound card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compliant card    
Internet connection: Required for activation
Hard disc space: 8 GB of free space

Recommended:

Operating System: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
System RAM: 2 GB
Video card: DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 7900GT or better) or DirectX 10 compliant card (NVIDIA 8600 or better)
Sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi (Optimized for EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0/5.0 compatible cards)
Internet connection: Required for activation
Hard disc space: 8 GB of free space

Q: What does the game look like?

A: Like this:







Q: This game looks so good, I want to give its creators as much money as possible.

You should get the Collector's Edition, which comes in an embossed steel case, and includes a soundtrack cd, a making of dvd, and a 6 inch tall Big Daddy figurine.

Q: Where can I get more information?

Check out the offcial site, or the cult of rapture (another offcial site), or the game's wikipedia page.

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(Originally, a different post occupied this space. In it, I pointed to this video, and fawned over it.)  

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NWR Forums Discord / Star Fox Mafia (interest thread)
« on: September 16, 2006, 05:11:11 PM »
Because I can't let a good idea die, I'd like to lay out what I'm planning for a future mafia game. If you like what you see, post here to say that you'd be interested. If enough people are interested, the game will happen at some point (several people are already lined up to host, so it'd happen after those games.) So, without further ado, I present:





With the Lylat system at peace and no new missions forthcoming, the Star Fox team was taking a much needed break. Fox was relaxing on Sauria when he got a distress call from Slippy....



Fox quickly shared the news with the rest of the team, and General Pepper.













And so Fox, Falco, and Krystal boarded the Great Fox 2 and made their way to the Lonely Hearts Inn, a vacation satellite orbiting Cornaria. Soon after their arrival, the following message was sent:

"Report to General Pepper from Fox McCloud:

Outside communication has been cut off, but we finally managed to get a message through. We've made it to the Inn, and Slippy and everyone else is okay. But the situation is far worse than we thought - Star Wolf is being lead by Andross, and he's here on the satellite! To make matters worse, he's flooded the corridors with deadly gas. My team, every vacationer, and me are trapped in our individual rooms - the only places that are safe from the gas.

We're going to try and take care of Andross and Star Wolf - we know they're trapped in their rooms too, so it'll be a piece of cake for R.O.B. to drop bombs on their locations. The only problem is - we've checked the guest list, and they aren't on it. Which means there are four traitors on board who are hiding and protecting the bad guys in their rooms, and we don't know who they are.

It isn't all bad, though. Each room is equipped with a powerful Ultra 64 computer, and I can talk with everyone on the satellite over the Ultra 64 network. We've decided that everyone will vote on who the traitors are. Whoever the vacationers decide is a bad guy, will be blown up. It'll be tricky, because the traitors will be able to vote too, and Andross and Star Wolf will be able to monkey around with us as well. But it's our only option. I hope no innocent people are killed.

Fox Out."






The bad guys taunt Fox and company by day, and kill by night.

Andross - BlackNMild. Kills one vacationer every night. If he dies, he gets to choose a successor. Has the power to make the traitor who is protecting him appear like an innocent vacationer to the investigator.
Wolf O' Donnel - Blackfootsteps.
Leon Powalski - Mario.
Panther Caroso - Mystic Gohan.




The traitors - each one is hiding a separate bad guy. If a traitor is voted out, both the traitor and the bad guy he is protecting dies.




Fox McCloud - while better known as a fighter pilot, Fox is also a skilled investigator. He can determine the role of one person each night.




The Doctor - There is a Cornarian army doctor on board, identity unknown. He can protect one person every night.


And finally, there are the innocent vacationers.





The Ultra 64 network is divided into three sections, or "threads":

-Open channel: Discuss goings-on here.
-Voting booth: Vote for who you suspect here.
-Slippy's Updates: See the results of votes, and who the bad guys have killed, here.

Every day, you vote for you suspect is hiding a bad guy in the "Voting Booth" thread. Everyone can vote, including people with roles. Every night, the bad guys can kill one person, Fox can investigate one person, and the doctor can protect one person (via pms).

You can lie, claim whatever you want, and even reveal your role. However, you are not allowed to quote or show screenshots of pms. While alive, you most post in a mafia thread at least once every 2 days. While dead, you must not participate in the game in any way.

Before the game starts, you can choose to play as any character in the Star Fox universe, and I will pm you an appropriate avatar in addition to your role.




Anyone interested?  

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Nintendo Gaming / Packaging!
« on: September 14, 2006, 10:44:21 AM »
http://www.planetgamecube.com/media.cfm?artid=2533&MedTID=4&medtndx=3

So sexy. Love the huge 'Wii' logo. I like the fact that packaging is so....confindent. It screams 'you know you want me' in the same way that Apple packaging does.

Also glad that they didn't put a picture of WiiSports on the cover. Though I'm a bit mixed about the heavy use of baby blue.

Now if we could only get some game boxart....

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NWR Forums Discord / DOnkey Kong 64's multiplayer
« on: September 10, 2006, 01:08:00 PM »
Discuss.

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NWR Forums Discord / Ignore this.
« on: September 04, 2006, 11:37:12 AM »
Nothing to see here.

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NWR Forums Discord / unlock the code!!!111
« on: September 02, 2006, 03:13:27 PM »


Viral marketing campaign by Nintendo or the work of some loser with too much time on his hands? We report, you decide!

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NWR Forums Discord / Whining is effective
« on: September 01, 2006, 09:52:01 PM »
I didn't want these to go to waste. 'These' being some things I posted when I was banned from another board. I was, maybe, 13 or 14 at the time?  (Names changed to protect the...um...people involved.)

These were posted after I was 'found out', but before I was banned...

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What the hell? I recommend this board to a couple of friends, and we all get shunned from the Press Start community? I mean, yeah, Hoggle was an idiot...but I wasn't expecting all of the members (and mods) of the forum to be idiots about this too.

I'm not very tech savvy. I don't know how we all have the same IP address. geeky john suggested that it was because we all live in the same area, and I bought that. Maybe, because I'm only attributed to a few posts from that IP address, its simply because I posted at Nerds4Ever a few times while over at his place, in between Time Splitters 2 matches. I really don't know, though. What I DO know, however is that geeky john, Hoggle (and recently Aughra), and I are three separate people.

I'm not quite sure what else to say beyond that. I think most of you who know me at all (I have been around awhile...mostly at Press Start Boards, of course, but still...), should hopefully think of me as a somewhat intelligent, honest person. And, at the very least, I should think, if I were to pull something like this, I would do it with a bit better sense of humour than this. So I would hope most of you would believe me when I say I'm not a multi-account-using idiot.

I had a much longer defence written out, but it seems to have disappeared. If I can find it, I'll post it. Meanwhile, I'll just say, I plead innocent as charged. Thank you.


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I'm a bit more upset about this than I should be...I've just been screwed over one too many times in the real world, and I don't like the fact that it's happening here.

I guess what I really don't like is that people seem to think I'm this stupid. I'm not. Not only are you suggesting I created a couple other identities for no apparent reason, and then failed to use them for any real purpose (whether it be humorous or otherwise), but that I then made another account after you had tracked our IP address, solely because I didn't like the new gay man avatar. Yeah, that makes sense...throw away my long-held identity and ignore the fact that you'd easily know it was me. I'M NOT FRICKEN STUPID.

<way more useless information than you need to know>I said before that I invited a few friends over. Let me elaborate (I had already written this out, but, as I said, I lost it). geeky john has been a good friend for a relatively long time. We both happen to be game geeks, and we both frequent video game message boards. As it turns out, geeky john signed up for IGN Insider (that lucky snob...), and spent, and still spends, his time at the IGN boards. Of course, I constantly bragged about the craptacular Press Start Boards, and, recently, the Nerds4Ever Boards...mostly because I was rather jealous. He let me view Insider material, of course...I know the password, but he politely asked that I didn't post on the IGN message boards under his name. So, anyway, he actually went ahead and joined Press Start Boards before it sank, and all was good. Then he joined Nerds4Ever Boards, and all was good. Then he told a friend of his, Hoggle, about the Nerds4Ever boards...and all was not good (I think that's what happened, how he found out about it, anyway). I know Hoggle, he comes over for multiplayer game matches, and even went with us to the Cube Club. Unfortunately, I think he's a bit more used to chat rooms, instant messaging and such. I have nothing against him, but I'll be the first to admit he acted a bit...um...unruly here. He has already, obviously, created 3 separate accounts: Hoggle, Aughra and animal.</way>

There have only been two times I have ever used an alias on these boards. One was, obviously, wandering-yank. I think that falls under Supervillian_Mod's "joke avatar" category, I only used it once (and then one time after that on accident), in an attempt to be humorous. The second was at the Press Start boards, and was so incredibly, obviously me I'm still shocked no one figured it out. It was a joke identity I used for a while, also as a vessel for humour. I'll give a cookie to anyone who can guess who it was (and NO, it wasn't HOTCARL or SoVeryGay).

So there you have it. Everything I said is true, and I will continue to stick by my statements, no matter what silly avatars you stick on me and other people.

On a side note, could you check to see if I have ever posted from a different IP than the one listed? I know this won't prove anything to you guys, but I certainly know I've posted from other places than home, and I want to confirm that geeky john's theory is true.

So, anyway, if you guys want to play a little Survivor, then, hey, fine. Let's vote people off the island! Who first? Hoggle, geeky john, or me? I vote I stay, of course...because I'm selfish and I was here first. But first let's all drink delicious and refreshing cans of MOUNTAIN DEW(TM)!  

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Or just ban all of them, because they're all retards anyway.

You can't do this to me! I'm Wandering Foster Brit !
I demand an immediate apology!

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You know what? At this point none of "them" has proven himself to be a usefull or even tolerable board member. Just ban the IP.

Ahahaha. Please define what you would consider a "usefull" board member. If you cannot tolerate me, then sorry. I'm assuming it's because you are adamantly opposed to any message board posts longer than a short sentance.

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Does anyone else but me find this just plain retarded?

Yeah, I find this whole charade pretty much retarded.


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Please, EVERYONE join the bandwagon bash my intelligence and competence without actually making an intelligent counter argument yourself! These "conversations" are so stimulating, I can't help but enjoy myself!


I think I was banned before I had a chance to post this next one...
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*wandering-brit Niavly [naively] continues to try to convince people of innocence, people shrug and turn to the side [of the] person who has [the] power to ban them.*

I guess what really doesn't make sense, to me at least, is that your entire argument is based on one fact: all three of us have the same IP address. Well, whoop-dee-doo. As many people, including myself, have been quick to point out, there are many alternate explanations for this. Nothing else really adds up. There is no conceivable reason for me to have multiple accounts like this (go ahead, try to name one reason. Name one thing I have gained or could've possibly gained by doing this). There is an obvious disparity between the three of us in terms of personality and opinion (not that this couldn't be faked, but, once again, why? We're all average shmoes.) And, hey, I'm not an idiot.  I know this board doesn't tolerate crap. And, if I were the shmuck you make me out to be, I certainly wouldn't be, at this point, denying that I'm a multi-user troll while still continuing to post under my fake names.

I hope that most people think of me as an at least somewhat decent guy. I try very hard not to do things to people that I wouldn't wish on me. I mean, look at my posts. I hardly ever make fun of anyone. I hardly ever swear. I know that sounds a bit, uh, self-gratifying, and it is, so sorry. But what you are essantially doing is attacking my character...you have nothing to go on but my word on this, and you're saying, 'no, sorry, your word isn't good enough. You're a lying idiot.'

Oh well. I rant much too long. Thank you, to those of you have shown at least a shred of common sense in this matter. Namely, Whacko88 and ColSanders


These next ones were posted on some other board...
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It's a shame that I can't get in there, because I'd just copy and paste the thread that did me in. It's all ludicrously funny, anyway.

What it all boils down to is that my town broadcasts the same IP address for every internet user, and I had some friends-well, a friend, who was surprisingly, uh, trollsome. In the end, after much arguing and gay-man-avatar placing, the entire IP was banned from Nerds4Ever.

It still seems kind of strange, though...I mean, I never curse, I never make fun of anybody, ever, and my posts are always excessively long. Sorry for bragging, but it seems to me that I would be the last sort of person to be banned from a message board....

Ah well. Guilty until proven innocent. And I don't think anybody really cared for me one way or the other, so its nobody's loss but mine.


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He found out about the boards from another friend, who I reccomended the boards to. They both started posting, and mr. troll created multiple accounts and wrecked general havoc. Supervillian_mod looked up his IP address so as to ban him, and linked Mr. troll, some other guy, and I all together in one big, ban-worthy clump.
     

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NWR Forums Discord / September is Vudu avatar month
« on: August 31, 2006, 07:02:11 PM »







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NWR Forums Discord / While we're all writing open letters
« on: August 30, 2006, 04:41:07 PM »
Dear Sony,



Sincerely, Wandering

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NWR Forums Discord / A big thank you to SUPER
« on: August 24, 2006, 07:25:55 PM »
Who is the awesomest, coolest, funniest person in the whole world.


you should blame him for everything that happened instead of me

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NWR Forums Discord / hey guys i think im having a seizuryawvr
« on: August 24, 2006, 03:39:30 PM »

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NWR Forums Discord / I shoot puppies for fun
« on: August 24, 2006, 03:31:17 PM »
You gotta problem with that?

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NWR Forums Discord / Attn: Everything is back to normal
« on: August 24, 2006, 01:06:43 PM »
Or as normal as things will ever be. I was just having some fun. Feel free to make new topics, as long as they don't suck, and post in old topics, as long as you have a good reason.

Well, go on about your business then. Have "fun" or whatever.

Might as well get used to it - SUPER's never coming back.  

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NWR Forums Discord / Mafia X: Werewolves vs. Circus Freaks In Space
« on: August 24, 2006, 10:48:23 AM »
Hark! The werewolves are growling. BlackNMild, MysticGohan, blackfootsteps and [Mario were celebrating their victory when they realized they didn’t have anyone left to eat. They realized there was only course: going into space. But first they had to get magical powers from the great wizard Asdhasdhtnjgflsngf.

Meanwhile, the circus freaks were also going into space. But they didn’t realize they would have to face off in a war with werewolves in space. They left and said goodbye to their families, not knowing the danger that awaited them. But they knew soon after, when the werewolves took over the spacestation, and started killing the circus freaks. Now, only the townies could save the day.

Meanwhile, the evil dr. k was planning on blowing up the spacestation. He had everything he needed except diamonds from the center of the moon.


Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, Dr. K's biiter rival, Dr. Q, was working up a mysterious scheme of his or her own.

Rules:
Every day, you vote for who think is a werewolf. It is suggested that you vote for BlackNMild, MysticGohan, blackfootsteps, and Mario, but you can vote for whoever you want. Every night, the werewolves kill one person.

Roles
Asdhasdhtnjgflsngf – is only to be trusted on Tuesdays
The fire eater: can choose one werewolf per night and see if he is actually a werewolf.
The mystery man: no one knows what he can do.
Keeper of the diamonds – if he dies, the diamonds from the moon go to the person who killed him.
The swordeater– he can kill one of the four werewolves every night.
The bearded lady – can alter the outcome of a vote, if she wants.

The four werewolves – they each have a magical power
Mario can kill an extra person each night
Blackfootsteps can halt the outcome of a vote one time.
MysticGohan can turn one person into a werewolf, if that person doesn’t already have another role
BlackNMild, leader of the werewolves, decides who gets to kill and who they kill every night.

Anyone who doesn’t sign up will be banned.    

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NWR Forums Discord / This month is blackcurrant jam appreciation month
« on: August 24, 2006, 08:27:44 AM »
Because I like blackcurrant jam.  

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NWR Forums Discord / enemies of the state
« on: August 23, 2006, 10:18:57 PM »
Hey. How's it going. I've just been reading up on the forum rules. Look what I found:
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Show respect to the Moderators

Hey. Guess what I am. If you guessed 'banana cream sundae', you've been banned! Guess what some of you guys haven't been doing. If you guessed 'covering wandering with chocolate sauce', you're right! And also banned.

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Originally posted by: zach
Not like it matters, we all know wandering doesn't have the balls to do it anyway.

I'm sorry. Do what, again? Ban you?

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
Hahaha, I missed my ban while I was in the shower!

Hahahahahahahahaha. Maybe you won't miss this one. Banned.

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Originally posted by: Smoke39
Pff. Wuss.

Banned.

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY FUNHOUSE!!!!!!

O rly? Banned.

Wandering's funhouse has one rule. ONE. Not that hard people.


Now then. Anyone else? Didn't think so.

Bans will be lifted tomorrow morning because I'm a nice guy.    

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