BOO nvidia. ATI is better imo.
With that said, the 580 is damn good value.
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Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II
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| Topic | PC Building Topic part two |
| Metal_DK 05/12/12 12:34:00 PM #7 |
BOO nvidia. ATI is better imo.
With that said, the 580 is damn good value. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | I don't get the appeal/obsession with Wrestling |
| Metal_DK 05/12/12 9:37:00 AM #18 |
the acting is so horribly bad that i dont understand it's appeal either.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Biggest travesties ever to disgrace the contests. |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 11:19:00 PM #12 |
starcraft's run was awesome even if it kinda deserves an "*" next to it
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | What games have you beaten more than once? |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 8:35:00 PM #8 |
a bunch
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| Topic | Sega shifting focus to digital and social games as packaged game sales decline |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 4:34:00 PM #15 |
Man, the future of gaming really ****ing blows.
its been pretty bad since like 2006 -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Current/former retail workers, share the customer tropes you hate |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 3:47:00 PM #6 |
when people complain about the coupon that won't scan. When I worked at target, if the coupon was expired, we couldn't scan it in and take the 40 cents off or whatever.
If i could make it work for them, trust me, i would. But i can't hack the machine for you, so shut the hell up. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Sega shifting focus to digital and social games as packaged game sales decline |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 3:38:00 PM #2 |
sad, but i also dont blame them.
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| Topic | NBC renews Parks & Rec (and The Office, sigh) |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 1:58:00 PM #44 |
I'm pretty sure that's only significantly true of reality television. But regardless, the importance of ratings are reliant on how hard it is to reach a target audience, not how many of that target audience actually watches. That's why the 18-49 ratings are the ones everyone primarily uses. People 50+ don't even matter to advertisers in prime time. It's not that people 50+ don't buy anything, it's just generally thought they can be reached with anything. That's why Harry's Law won't get renewed when it brings in 12+ million viewers.
you are right that reality tv is a big factor, but women watch more dramas too. I think networks are trying to make sitcoms more female friendly (ie, shows like whitney and two broke girls) since they know how much women watch tv as a whole. Its an untapped market for sitcoms. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | NBC renews Parks & Rec (and The Office, sigh) |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 1:30:00 PM #40 |
I think it's really weird that NBC is giving Whitney the superstar treatment. That show was easily the most advertised new sitcom last fall, it got the best lead-in the network could offer, it was one of the first shows to get a full-season pickup... and even though its ratings have stayed weak, even after all that, it's getting a second season.
thats because whitney is one of the few sitcoms that NBC has is more aimed toward the female demographic. Women watch more and more tv then men, cable and network. There is a reason why the two most popular new shows last fall were Two Broke Girls and New Girl. NBC knows this, and they are trying to get that female viewership. They think Whitney gives them a better chance for getting the female viewers. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Holy hell Gamefaqs has bad taste |
| Metal_DK 05/11/12 1:07:00 PM #23 |
gaming is cheap if you buy smart.
Aka not give in to a dumbed down game like diablo 3 is -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Sony reports record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) |
| Metal_DK 05/10/12 2:38:00 PM #81 |
They literally said that it is not a game console months before release, and I remember people here going crazy saying that games are the only reason people will buy a PS3. Now you look at your friend's lists and everyone is watching Netflix. If it just played games, yeah $600 would be ridiculous. But for what it could do at the time, it was a bargain.
gonna have to disagree here. Even for at the time, it was nowhere near a bargain. Spot on about sony tvs a few posts ago. By far the most overrated tv. Its a decent tv, but horrible when you factor in bang for your buck. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Can you name these well-known 90's songs played backwards? |
| Metal_DK 05/10/12 1:00:00 PM #15 |
20/24
missed: Nothing Else Matters, Get Down, Ironic, The Show Must Go On Funniest one backward: Suck My Kiss -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | There is no justification for gay marriage, pot, or prostitution being illegal. |
| Metal_DK 05/09/12 9:08:00 PM #22 |
^i guess you think cigarettes and alcohol should be illegal too then
hell, coffee too, i know people who cant function till they have it in the morning. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | If you've never played a game like Dota |
| Metal_DK 05/09/12 12:13:00 PM #28 |
Dota ruined warcraft 3's custom map scene, so screw em.
aeon of strife > dota also -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Rank/Rate the 6 Avenger movies. |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 10:37:00 PM #19 |
ya, i dont see somebody devoting enough time to watch slightly more than 1 movie a day on average.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Rank/Rate the 6 Avenger movies. |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 10:17:00 PM #13 |
Iron Man: 8/10
Avengers: 7.5/10 Thor: 5.5/10 Iron Man 2: 5/10 Capt. America: 4/10 The Incredible Hulk: 4/10 -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Is Tales of Vesperia worth $15.99? |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 1:15:00 PM #30 |
top 5 game of the gen imo
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Elder Scrolls Online |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 12:28:00 PM #7 |
^ thats only true if it is indeed a wow clone. Some games have deviated a little from wow, but nobody has tried something major.
Well, eve has. But that game isnt a casual mmo, so ya. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | How long are the Banjo Kazooie games? |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 7:49:00 AM #15 |
am i the only one who thought tooie was significantly better than kazooie?
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Your 5 favorite video games from the current gen |
| Metal_DK 05/08/12 7:36:00 AM #23 |
Not a very good gen, but there are some decent games in it
MGS4 Valkyria Chronicles Tales of Vesperia Demon's Souls NHL 10/11/12 Really impressed with the NHL series the past few years, the only sports series that has really made improvements lately. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Joss Whedon is a man who can do no wrong. |
| Metal_DK 05/07/12 8:32:00 AM #42 |
buffy's first 4 seasons were great. Season 5 was better than 6 and 7 (which i thought were pretty bad honstly). But seasons 5, 6 and 7 all had problems. Or i should just say a major problem.
It didnt really bother me though, the later seasons of buffy mighta been meh, but around that same time (2001/2002) angel started becoming really good. Firefly is great, everyone knows this though. Anyone who has watched firefly/serenity and hasnt checked out the anime outlaw star should imo. Surprisingly similar imo. Dollhouse isnt that good, but its still watchable and better than most crap on tv these days -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Go.See.Avengers. [no spoilers ITT, just praise] |
| Metal_DK 05/06/12 6:36:00 PM #90 |
thought it was very good. As a major critic of the marvel movies (the only ones i felt were good prior to the avengers were xmen 1 and 2, and iron man 1), I must say this was well done.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Anyone here still a PC gamer? (Building topic) |
| Metal_DK 05/06/12 11:34:00 AM #19 |
Im not gonna lie, i prefer ATI right now over NVIDIA. I think the 6850 series is the best overall bang for your buck in the market right now. Hell they are probably even cheaper now then when i bought mine.
I also feel solid state drives are becoming increasingly valuable. They are still kinda expensive, but man do they speed up your PC. You dont need to install everything on it, but I'd consider putting any games you plan on playing regularly and windows (and any software like a photoshop or something). -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Come into this topic thinking of a Normal Pokemon. |
| Metal_DK 05/06/12 9:01:00 AM #13 |
clefairy
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Donkey Kong Country 2 |
| Metal_DK 05/05/12 9:49:00 PM #9 |
top 15 or so of all time+++
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Part 2 of The Top 50 Games Every Gamer Should Know About is complete! |
| Metal_DK 05/04/12 4:09:00 PM #9 |
the n64 did deserve 1 or 2 more games. Probably SM64 and Goldeneye, maybe star fox 64 as well.
With that said, the list overall is pretty damn good. Good blog. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | The Elder Scrolls Online announced! |
| Metal_DK 05/03/12 2:58:00 PM #37 |
If they make one MMO, itll be the end of their single player games. Probably not a good thing, but im all for an MMO to finally replace WoW. Hopefully its not a boring clone cash in.
While I can understand why people use the term "WoW clone" it's not like WoW was a terribly original model for an MMO or anything. Also even clones can be successful. Rift is extremely like WoW. The pvp maps are basically the same, same 3 talent tree system, similar instanced dungeons, etc. WoW wasn't a completely original model, but it was the first mass advertised MMO. It had a very dedicated userbase backing it (early 00s blizzard fans....nuff said), and it and EQ2 were the first major MMOs after high speed internet became the majority (2003/2004 ish) Most importantly, it was very casual friendly from the start and only got more casual friendly. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Reminder: Friendzoning doesn't exist. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 7:47:00 PM #119 |
girls that have friend zoned you tend to not even give a damn about what you have to say/think unless they are lonely and want that reminder that they have some guy in the palm of their hand.
Not blaming em though, might as well do it when guys use girls all the time too. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Freedom, Liberty, Ron Paul - The Topic [no wars] [no income tax] [no TSA] |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 6:54:00 PM #160 |
Sears, Roebuck, and Co. - founded 1886
US Interstate system - built in the 50s. Hmm....which caused which to be built? thats not really a fair way to asses it. Sears was originally a mail order catalog, and didnt even have a major department store till 1933. Sears also saw its largest amount of growth in the 50s and 60s when they first started placing stores in suburban areas. I see the general argument of what you are saying, and there is some truth to it. But sears definitely saw benefits from the us interstate system. We don't owe our lives and luxuries to the gov't specifically, but we don't owe them to the corporation specifically either. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | top 10 worst N64 games of all time |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 2:16:00 PM #13 |
the original SSB is by far the best
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 1:51:00 PM #45 |
and ya. MWC, youre being a straight up idiot right now.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 1:36:00 PM #39 |
While this is true, I wasn't just talking about the padding. There is MUCH more regulation as to how a player can go after another these days; helmet-to-helmet hits, horse collar tackles, chop blocks, facemasks, late QB hits...all of these are things you could do in the game back in the day that you can't do now without getting penalized. As well, at least in recent years, concussions are being viewed as far more serious than they were, and as such players aren't coming back onto the field one week (or the same day!) after getting one like they used to.
I suppose it probably evens out in the end, but I still dispute the phrase that it's becoming increasingly dangerous. i agree that concussions are being viewed more, thus causing people to think that its happening more. But some other things. All of those things are very serious, some of the most serious injuries in football. And it does appear that the number of these infractions are declining a bit. But when I played high school ball, i remember my coach reading an article to us saying how the average NFL OL, RB, DL, TE, and LB takes the equivalent of about 5 car crashes a game. I really wish I still had that source. The amount of increased penalties does not "even out in the end" of seeing guys like haloti ngata maul a QB/RB causing his head to bounce off the ground on a perfectly legal play. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 1:19:00 PM #35 |
Actually, football nowadays is a lot safer than it used to be (Still not good for your health or anything, of course). So saying it's becoming "increasingly dangerous" is a big misnomer.
If you really think football will ever die over players health, you're really overestimating how many people care that football players go through this kind of thing. Actually, it is becoming increasingly dangerous. Ray Lewis generates about 1000 pounds of force when sacking a QB. Guys like Jack Lambert and Jack Tatum (most feared hitters of the era) were wimps compared to today's LBs and Safeties. Due to the science of working out. The game is faster than ever. Sure padding might be getting better, but the speed of the game is increasing faster than the technology of the speed of the prevention methods. F = m*a. The average weight of a player is increasing, and the speed of the game is increasing. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 1:12:00 PM #33 |
And all three are still around; not "extinct".
Football is never, ever dying out. Become less popular? Sure, eventually. But it won't be because of concussions. however those sports' decline was because of popularity decline to the general public Football's death would be because its becoming increasingly dangerous for a players health. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 1:01:00 PM #29 |
people said the same thing about boxing and horse racing back when they (and baseball) were the big three sports. Hell baseball is pretty much becoming 3rd to the NBA now too.
I understand the NFL today is bigger than those sports when they were big (early 1900s), but the bigger they are...., etc. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Junior Seau found dead of apparent suicide in his home. |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 12:54:00 PM #27 |
both my parents did not support my decision to play high school football back in the early 00s. Because of the health issues. And this is at the high school level. After I finally got to start a few games my senior year, some of the hits made you feel like ****. And i must say again, this was at the high school level.
The game has evolved so much in the past 25 or so years due to things like the science of working out. Players in the earlier eras had huge health effects, and in the present we have linebackers who can generate hundreds or even thousands of pounds of force to make a tackle. Ya medicine is better, but not good enough. I really can see the game going extinct if these mental issues that concussions can cause become very prominent. RIP Seau. I feel really bad for him and his family right now. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | C/D: The standard 40-hour workweek = nonexistent work-life balance |
| Metal_DK 05/02/12 8:10:00 AM #81 |
time management is the most important thing you can learn in college. Took me four years, but i eventually got it.
Jobs that you do 40 hours a week and give you the ability to pretty much forget about work when you arent there are fine. Hell id argue they give you more free time than being a full time college student. Jobs that make you do things when you get home (ie grading homework if you are a teacher or somethin) would piss me off though EDIT: also sometimes i believe that "hour of sleep before midnight is worth 2 hours of sleep after midnight" thing you always hear. So going to bed at like 10pm would give you the "8 hours" from 10pm to 4am. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Skyrim DLC announcement today, 100 bucks it's Morrowind related. |
| Metal_DK 05/01/12 12:15:00 PM #41 |
they dont need to do anything special for the 10th anniversary, but it woulda been cool.
And Morrowind and Daggerfall are way better than Oblivion and Skryim. Skyrim was a step back in the right direction though -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Save My Final Fantasy X Moment: Day 6 (59 remain) [ffx] |
| Metal_DK 05/01/12 7:57:00 AM #53 |
Learning the Jecht Shot
Laughing Scene -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Anagram plays through Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (spoilers) |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 11:11:00 PM #59 |
if you dont have the mark and recall spells, get em.
Morrowind is such a great game, god i wish i could play it for the first time again. Well, at least i have countless mods to explore. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) trailer released |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 8:27:00 PM #7 |
its really hard to top the dark knight.....i dont expect this to. But it should still be a good flick.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | the worst part about Steam is easily... |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 2:33:00 PM #9 |
Except this story is likely bogus and there's nothing wrong with needing steam to play a game.
its kinda dick to the consumer to force people to have steam to play it, but part of that is accepted due to how we've moved to a service based economy and because of the piracy aspect. Steam to me is great for indie titles and older games, but until i see cheaper prices for brand new titles, id rather just take the physical copy. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | The Scale of the Universe |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 11:06:00 AM #7 |
also minecraft world represent
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| Topic | The Scale of the Universe |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 11:02:00 AM #3 |
wait the USA is larger than pluto? Wow i never knew this.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | UK possibly going to block The Pirate Bay |
| Metal_DK 04/30/12 10:17:00 AM #13 |
germany (2nd or even most important economy in europe) is kicking ass in this recession. Most of europe is failing hard though....
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | So my relationship with my father is essentially dead now. Ask me anything. |
| Metal_DK 04/29/12 10:07:00 PM #98 |
i once dated a girl 7 years older than me (she was 30, i was 23). Honestly i still miss her sometimes. Very mature about things and had common sense. Wasn't the hottest girl around, but was pretty ****in great.
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Ugh, why is "The Avengers" doing so well? |
| Metal_DK 04/29/12 5:51:00 PM #105 |
i mean the way i write my posts ill admit i come across maybe as "im right, dont question it". I don't use things like imo, as i think all those types of words do is weaken your stance and in general are just a waste of time.
Burton's batman movies are cheesy, but they nowhere near compare to the spidermans. Especially two and three. Everyone can feel free to think what they want. I'm just a firm believer that the marvel super hero movie blow up that we've seen starting around x-men 1 has in general been a bunch of boring action movies with a lot of special effects. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Ugh, why is "The Avengers" doing so well? |
| Metal_DK 04/29/12 5:43:00 PM #102 |
lol good one
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Ugh, why is "The Avengers" doing so well? |
| Metal_DK 04/29/12 5:31:00 PM #96 |
because they are? I mean marvel movies id imagine are at least 75% of the superhero movie fad at this point..... Just because batman/tdk were godly doesnt mean the majority of super hero movies are all legit or something.....
-- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
| Topic | Ugh, why is "The Avengers" doing so well? |
| Metal_DK 04/29/12 5:25:00 PM #92 |
You're saying this cause Nostalgia Critic did that bit on it aren't you?
no, the only Nostalgia Critic stuff I enjoyed was surprisingly his history of the power rangers thing. Your original statement didn't say Marvel, it said Superhero movies. no it didnt. It said "The only good marvel superhero movies are xmen 1 and 2. Possibly the first iron man" Iron man. First Class. Thor. Captain America. I said Iron man was decent. First Class didn't hit with me. Sorry. And im not sure how anyone could think Capt America was good. Id give it a 6/10 or so, but not "good". I watched the first one again in March, I enjoyed it. I don't remember what 2 and 3 is like, but if you're the type of person to agree with this topic... the first one is the best one. The 2nd and 3rd is when it turns into an entire cheese fest with things like MJ running in a wedding dress in slo-motion with a really bad smirk on her face, and spiderman crowd surfing. All three arent anything special though. -- Pride. Passion. Excellence. Metal_DK Currently playing: Sengoku Rance, Starcraft II |
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