The Official Rant Thread

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:20 pm

"What we shouldn't be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up."

Played like a Pro.

[IA]Paul · Post by **[IA]Paul** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:30 pm

It's fucking America. "FEAL GUD, MAEK HAPPEH WURDZ AND GET UHPLOZ." Instant election.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:28 am

I hate frickin sitting here when nobody is awake and just hitting the refresh button over and over again, even though I know there isn't going to be any replies.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:52 am

One reply for kirk,

signed, ScottyGEE

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:59 am

Excellent.

Now I'm going to go to bed... 5AM. Been up 24 hours. Great success.

noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:24 pm

Alright, I just purchased two of these hotties for my snowboard:

So yesterday I really excited about my new buy, and screw them on to my board. Everything is perfect, they fit, etc. I tried them for size with my boots; it is a great fit. So now I'm really excited to go snowboarding again, as anyone who buys new gear should be. But, when I check weather.com:

"SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW MAY CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES."

I mean come on, I'm really starting to hate Mother Nature. We've had way to many storms this year, and it's only late February. Oh, and it's supposed to hit interior valley, where I live too. -_-

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:37 pm

Just go. I've been snowboarding in whiteouts a lot this year, and it isn't that bad if you have goggles. Sometimes it gets so bad you may have to stay in the lodge for a minute, but it's not that bad. If anything it makes the experience better.

noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:39 pm

JK-47 wrote:Just go. I've been snowboarding in whiteouts a lot this year, and it isn't that bad if you have goggles. Sometimes it gets so bad you may have to stay in the lodge for a minute, but it's not that bad. If anything it makes the experience better.

I would go If I lived closer, but it's an hour and a half drive up to the mountains and back from Sacramento, and the tickets a Boreal are $39. I think I'll just wait until the storm passes.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:42 pm

Nooooo!

I got promoted to Major by accident.

I was going to leave a bunch of games so I could keep my captain rank.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:49 pm

Well, your signature still says Captain for me, so just remember not to fix it.
But yeah, that sucks.

Call Xbox support, mbmb?

"Hello, I was wondering if you could derank me in Halo 3?"

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:52 pm

Wow. I have quite a few rants, so here we go...

1. We're going to the Bahamas tomorrow. I know it should be fun and awesome, but I just don't feel like leaving home for a week and having to make up a full week's worth of schoolwork. I'm not too mad about this since, I mean, it's the bahamas, but still.

2. Half-Life 2 just shut my computer down. I got to the part on Water Hazard where you go up the ladder and find 2 combines and a helicopter outside waiting for you, and so I kill the 2 combines and try to own the heli with the mounted guns. The first time I try, it crashes and I impatiently restart. I wait for the damn thing to load, turn all the settings down to the lowest (which was really just turning texture detail down from high to low) and tried again. I actually got it, and it flew away. So then I go down and back to my boat, and when I face the way I'm supposed to go, which happened to be the same general direction the helicopter was previously, it crashes again. This time I be really patient and after like 5 minutes, a blue box surrounded by a black box shows up and tells me that my graphics driver (igfx.exe or whatever it is (I have integrated Intel graphics)) failed and shut down my computer. Well, I don't know when I'm going to try playing that again.

3. The final thing to top this string of unfortunate events off was I downloaded 3DMark06 to see how bad my computer really was. I ran the tests, noting that in each of the tests the FPS ranged from a measly 0 FPS all the way to a meaty 2 FPS, and when it was finally done I thought that at worst I'd get like maybe 3000 or even 2000 if I was really unlucky.

Well... I was completely wrong. Scroll down to see my results.

...

Nuff said. I'm about ready to rob a bank just for a small $1000 for a better computer. I'm fed up. This has to end. I have to make some money or I might suffocate in the fumes my computer emits while phailing at playing 3-year-old games.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:17 pm

Why not try running Windows XP? Your computer seems like it can hardly run Vista, let alone any games.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:33 pm

You've got similar specs to my laptop there.
You should run XP for games. I've noticed that there is a notable boost in games with my laptop and I'm sur eyou will too.

aAnd honestly, I don't think there is a feature in Vista that when you downgrade (in b4: "or upgrade lolololololololololololololol") you will really really be missing that much. Especially if you get improved performance.

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:49 pm

Sigh... it's no use. If I want to play games, I should have better graphics. Period. Number 1, I don't even have enough space on my HD for a whole different OS, and 2, idk if my dad would let me install it from his disk. Even if I did downgrade/dual boot, I would only get slightly better performance. It's just not worth it.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:54 pm

Just downgrade, and are you sure you'd only get a slight performance boost? I'm sure you'd get a pretty substantial one.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:58 pm

Phone got stolen.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:07 pm

Veegie wrote:Phone got stolen.

My phone just broke. First phone I've ever broken, Now I have to go get a new one. I'm probably just gonna have to stick with a piece of crap for a while. My contract is almost up anyways though.

I'm most angry because the SIM card is busted, and the screen is completely cracked. Now I can't see any of my contacts. I have to copy them all from my computer onto my new phone again.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:09 pm

Veegie wrote:Phone got stolen.

D: Sucks.

And yeah, 0m3g4Muff1n987, Intel Graphics aren't good for games like Half-Life 2...

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:43 pm

They aren't good for anything.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:54 pm

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

damn you Xtreme...