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I'm rather annoyed at DLC for ninja gaiden 2.
Ninja gaiden 2, a game I'm hyped about has just revealed its plans for alternate costumes... They look great! They are fully completed and everything! But the catch? Oh, rather than you know, putting it on the disc...They're going to make us pay to have them. They are already done, they add no experience to the game, they could be loaded on the disc. But NO! we have to pay them 200 MS points to get a different visual touch.

What's wrong with unlocking it in game like in Halo? For a game so brutally hard, you'd think they'd reward you for excellent efforts (like the prequal too). But (yes I know its a business) this money grabbing really aggravates me. To me, its worse than paying for weapons in battlefield: bad company, because they're done, but they do absolutely nothing.

Oh sure, I can choose not to buy it...Teach those fools a lesson! The internet screams. Oh, you mean like against Halo 3's map pack pricing? Or Gears of War? Horse armour?

Those things still get sold, they still get a tonne of money and boycott's do hardly anything.



Speaking of Halo 3's map pack, I'm kinda regretting this one. Whilst I've had a lot of fun with them. I haven't had nearly enough playtime as I did with the heroic one. With GTA out, I'm feeling I kinda wasted my money :(
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the worst part is that most of those costumes will probably be on the disk already and you still have to pay to unlock it. >.> you have to pay even more for content you already bought.
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[Scotty]GEE, I kinda agree with what you're saying about the Legendary DLC. But really, Blackout doesn't appeal to me (not a big fan of lockout), at least not alone (I sometimes just fuck around in the maps alone). I love Avalanche, but I've been making a map and it's a pain in the ass so I've steered clear of it. Ghost Town . . . I dunno, I see it in the menu, but I'm like, "What real fun factor is there to play this map alone?"

Well really, I'm just going through a bored stage on Halo 3.

I'm trying to get my skill up, but I'm fucking tired of Lone Wolves. Everyone is a fucking alternate account and they're saying "IM SO PRO UR ALL NUBS GET PWNED." And my skill level is like, 14 in Team Slayer and Objective (my highest is 38), so that won't work. So really, I'm left with Team Doubles. If you go into Team Doubles alone, you're fucked. You're fucked in the fucking ass by fucking alternate accounts and "pro" players. So I go in with my friend, who's roughly my skill, but a slightly better tactician than me, so we're a good team. But he'd studying for a test right now, so my skill level is stuck, and I'm stuck playing rumble pit because I'm tried of ranked playlists and idiot teammates on social.

I tire of rumble pit anyway, with all the 8-year-old sergeants yelling "U GUISE ALL SUK WERE PWN U" and Colonels saying "You guys are all faggots, shut the fuck up, we're pro, and you're fucking gay" and the flamers singing and then yelling "SHUT THE FUCK UP" whenever someone tells them to stop (The reason I don't set it to mute all is because there are some people I actually enjoy talking to on LIVE who are intelligent individuals; really, I've become fond of the British/Australian players because of their attitudes and accents. I've yet to encounter a rude British/Australian player. Less than three.).

So with all this LIVE crap, I'm reduced to playing the empty maps over and over, and playing Campaign. Nothing wrong with campaign, but I've played it so much, I find The Covenant boring (it's my favorite level). I've actually considered playing Cortana and Floodgate, because I've played the other levels so damn much.

In conclusion, I need to get out more, but I can't because I'm sick. My sexy skin is white now. :(

Brief Note: All the expletives seem like I'm going over the edge and I'm a Halo-crazy guy, but not really. There was like one F-bomb up there and then I was like "I NEEDZ TEH SHOCK AND AH." So I added them.
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Halo 3 Coop is all I've been doing recently (with Halo 3, and I haven't played that in awhile)

Right now I'm playing WoW and GTAIV. Probably all I will be playing for awhile, I need a break, and WoW is awesome for those kinds of breaks.

I'm leaving for the weekend in a few minutes, so I won't be around to play anything.
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I could never play wow. I just get too turned off by the idea of paying a monthly fee for a single game.
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Aumaan Anubis wrote:I am so sick of society.

Why should I care about what others think about me? Why should I eat with, 'good manners,' if really, one shouldn't care about what others think of them? Why should I try not to embarrass my family when really, I don't give a hell about what anyone thinks of my family. Appearances are 9/10ths I really just want to abandon everything. I can't take anything seriously, anymore. Apparently that’s not true
Really, I always thought I was Catholic. Then, I'm taking this "Sacraments and Prayer" class that I find I'm disagreeing with many teachings. It's just crazy. Heh...
Society is so retarded. If people would actually think, it could be a lot better. There is so much wrong and ignorance in that statement. As stated… Appearances are 9/10ths.
People honestly try to teach me what I should act like. Like, parents, I mean, all they want to do is make me do things the 'proper' way. I ask them, and they say, yes, I should care about what others think about me. Did you ask why again?...look inward.
That idea can only bring worry and stress. Unless you know how to deal with it. This is unfortunately different for each person... and can only be taught by self.
I'm sick of living the way that authorities make us. I'm sick of everything that makes up a societal life. Is that societies fault?

I was watching Into the Wild, and most of it makes sense to me. The kid just left his family, and went to go out and live in the wild. He met some people, he did some work, he lived on his own. He was independent. I totally want to go do something like that. I'm just so pissed. patience is a virtue. My parents annoy the hell out of me.Oh my...thats never happened before. Past and Future. I just want to get out of here. I just want to go somewhere, somewhere they have no control over what I do, somewhere where they can't contact me. You don't know what you have in till you lose it. I just want to freakin' live my life instead of worrying about all this crap with human relationships. It's just so dumb as to why humans are forced to go through this during their lives. There’s that frustration again...even a bit of confusion.

There are so many things that I want to do, but I can't, because one, with all this crap, I don't have the time. Two, I don't find myself able to actually get up the nerve to do anything. Three, I don't have my license(goddammit). Four, I'm not even positive as to what I want to do. I just want to live my life as I feel like it. It kind of sounds like an excuse ... although I laugh at what you’re saying here, It sounds like your getting ahead of yourself instead of dealing with the now.

My favorite quote in the movie, Into the Wild, was "If you want something in life, reach out and grab it." Sometimes it is that easy...Sometimes.
I want to do that. But what makes us happy? I've apparently lost the ability to know what makes me happy. I really don't know what I want, but I do want something, I just haven't figured it out, yet. (Think about others...you are not the first, you will not be the last. Time and patience my dear sir. It’s hard, undoubtedly so, but find a passion and run with it. Again…Find something you have a passion for and run with it. Find.Build.Grow.Exspand...do what you will. Crying often only makes tears. And It doesn't happen overnight (usually) I just want to live alone for awhile, I just wanna get out of here. School, law, debates, politicians, arguments, worry, judgment, control, power, etc. All of it is just crap. They're all fundamental aspects of society, and they bring us no happiness. Who is this us? What about the people who enjoy politics?( >_> weirdoes :P )
I wanna get the hell out of here.

Maybe I'm just sick of routine. Maybe I'm sick of my mom asking, "hey can I borrow your phone?" when I know that she'll have it all day.Who's paying the bill? Why doesn't she freakin' get a phone that works, instead of using mine? Oh drat...there’s that money thing again. Maybe I'm just sick of going to school every day, meeting the same people every day, and seeing them as friends, when really, there's only one person in my life who actually truly entertains me, and I won't to be with. But of course, I can't, because of what society has done to us. Oh wow

I really don't know what to do. My life lacks action, lacks any dynamic element for me to appreciate. How can I appreciate life when I'm not living it?You poor thing Where do I start living it? Through my own observation of human behavior, and of ideas and emotions, and just my own knowledge, I feel that I've learnt a lot about life. These things are relatively expressed in my rant. But how does one begin to live life independently? Do everything...Independently. Wash your clothes, clean your (or the) dishes, Spit in your hands and groom you hair. Your just another individual in a rush (it seems) to grow up. I wonder if your parents ever did or said the same thing. Oh how I wish to be young they say...Oh such humor. How can one break free of all the guidance and teaching needed to progress?

The idea is infuriating. Life needs to change. Life is Change.
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Yeah, I have to agree with the post above. Every single Matrix that has been released has been awesome.
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0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:Yeah, I have 3.50 which is just high enough so that I can use Lumines and not have to do a pandora battery, but I don't want to pay $50 on ebay that everyone's offering it for. :cry:
I am still using my Pandora battery as if it's normal, except in order to turn it on I need my memory stick in it. If you don't want to do that you can order a 3rd party battery, open it up, cut the pin off, make your memory stick into a magic one, and presto. you can get really cheap batteries at www.dealextreme.com

To use a Pandora battery that has its pin cut like a normal one you have to download a program called Pandora Uninstall and make your memory stick into a ipl multi-loader. (This is all based off memory, I suggest you look for a good quality tutorial).
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There are too many noobs and flamers these days.
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I got two pandora batteries, if you want one I could sell one to you for $20-30 maybe? Or you can send me your psp and I'll downgrade it to you for free if you pay the shipping, but there's always the problem of not trusting everybody on the internets.
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Would $20 work?
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DrXThirst wrote:Would $20 work?
Yeah. Do you have MSN?
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Yeah, but I can't work out anything right now. I have some stuff to do before my Mom gets here to pick me up to take me to the movies.
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DrXThirst wrote:Yeah, but I can't work out anything right now. I have some stuff to do before my Mom gets here to pick me up to take me to the movies.

Alright.
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When I made my battery Pandora I actually touched a wrong part of the battery with the safety pin and it started smoking :o It still worked in the end, but I can see why you wouldn't want to take the risk. If you need any help with psp related stuff you can pm me and I will do my best to answer.
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Agh. Every buyer that goes for my processor always ends up having something else happening that takes a lot of money on the day they said they would pay. >:[
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My micro sdhc to pro duo adapter doesn't work. *Rabble, rabble, rabble*
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Grr... the buyer for my auction hasn't paid yet. It has been 1 day. :?
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