Rad, you are going to be so disappointed you didn't pre-order your Gears 2 from Gamestop! Guess what I got in my treat bag:
I guess since you declared you are out, they went with the Dark Temptation instead of the White Chocolate! You get the spray and the shower gel! It makes you as "irresistable as chocolate" the can says!
I have never seen Men's cologne in a can, so I am a bit nervous!
Ooooh... Bunky's rolling "dark temptation" tonight? That's herny! It's a good thing Rad is out, or white chocolate and dark temptation might become combustible when mixed together!
TV Gears 2 is the opium for the masses. Designed to placate the sheep and distract them from the enormous shift of wealth from the majority to those at the top of the corporate world. With that said, I'm a little disappointed I won't be joining y'all tonight, but so be it. I'll get it eventually.
Rad is gonna get it in 2012 when it goes "Greatest Hits" (and Gears 3 hits).
But, he does get to roll Obama 'N' Palin style all by his lonesome in Mercenaries 2 (of all the 2's to come: RockBand, Gears, Saint's Row... you're going with Mercenaries?!).
Yeah, yeah... I know, I know... "Don't you have some Earth 2 to watch?"
True dat. I think I love Horde mode the best, though. Cooperation is fun! But then again, so is the Castration Situation.
For those that missed it, last night we were playing and one of Bunky's teenage nephews beat us handidly one round, prompting him to tell us it was "domination."
This was met with silence from us.
But then, for the next thirty minutes or so, following each round -- til he could take no more and left -- said nephew had to listen to us obnoxiously recite a seemingly endless list of words that ended in "-ation" at the end of each round: Anal-penetration, proclamation of domination, citation, process fornication, etc etc etc. Perhaps you had to be there -- to hear the Bunky guffaws, Zilla cackles and Bert laughter -- to fully appreciate the hilariousness of the situation.
Don't try to out asshole us, kids!
Rad - You just don't get shit like that in Fable 2.
I was playing a bit this morning and Logan just wouldn't leave me alone, wanting my controller - even a controller witout a battery wouldn't suffice, he could tell he wasn't manipulating anything. I finally relented and went back to reading the paper. So Heather gave him a few pointers and shot some video of the result.
Rad - You just don't get shit like that in Fable 2.
True enough. All we get is achievements for having orgies.
But seriously Gears 2 was a lot of fun, what little I've gotten to play of it thus far. Horde sounds the most fun to me. And I'm looking forward to trying out the campaign. It sounds like they've added a lot to it. New enemies, more epic scale, etc.
As for Logan, that's pretty funny. I've noticed with my nephews and niece that they somehow know when they're being duped (given a controller that's not plugged in) even if they have no idea what controls anything somehow they just know when you're trying to placate them and they'll have none of it.
And let's not forget "get into my pants, Charles!"
A friend of one of Bunky's nephews is convinced that Bunky is "trying to get with" him:
teenager: "What is she? Like 50?"
me: "52 actually. Oooh yeah, the fruit is just getting ripe on the tree!"
Upon hearing the kid's name is Chuck, Bert offered up a parody of the Juggernaut cartoon parody: "I'm the Bunkernaut bitch!" "Get into me pants, Charles!"
Zilla have you forgot I was trying to "get with" those kids. They are not my nephews. Ghostryder is Keggman's nephew and Triple Wide is one of his friends.
At 52 your memory does start to go, however I still can remember my nephews!
I tell you, when the lag is kicking, it is shitty and Old Ross really comes out. I just now got very unfairly chainsawed by Zilla, as I was about a million miles away from him according to my TV, to which I responded with a tapestry of cursing. Moments later, I was disconnected. Probably for the better...
I had pretty bad lag when I first got on Friday night. I ended up having a match start with me in camera mode being able to look at my own frozen guy if I could find him on the map. I also couldn't hear NickNick on the FunkyRhubarb machine. It reminded me of when I couldn't hear Ross ever on some game a while back (I think this was in one Gears one?)
I really haven't experienced much lag at all in Gears 2 (whether hosting the game or not). I heard some complaints last night early on (Spider and Jay B along with Ramshackles), but it went away (possibly around the time you left Bert - Spider, can you confirm?). I know for a fact a friend of mine (sifigi) has a bad connection (he's always red-barring it in Halo 3). I like playing with him, but it's so bad I don't invite him to games anymore. I have had weird sounds issues like Rad mentioned (someone not hearing someone else). But it's been limited.
Awesome game. I love Horde along with everyone else (we got to the 35th wave or so last night), but the other competetive game-types are great fun too (execution, guardian, wingman, etc). I'd love to see Ramshackles and Rad stick around once Horde has been mastered, but I have my doubts.
I think we tend to have the most fun when the chitlins aren't involved (basically all of Bunky's nephews and boys she's trying "to get with").
I agree about the chits. It's enough that I have to hear Zilla's cackles which can even overpower the sound of the chainsaw at times... but to hear a little baby talking about domination is too much for my sensitive ears.
There has got to be a way to keep matches to invite only.
In Gears 2, "Private Matches" allows only people on your friends list to get in. Guess what, Bunky? If you don't wanna play with someone... take their ass off your friends list! Problem solved!
The PullMy Pigtails account is more exclusive. It is limited to people I actually play with when I am traveling for work, and only a couple of older nephews have made the cut.
Maybe I will start rocking the Pigtails online more often and reduce the Chitlin traffic, and make Bunky more of the Funky Rhubarb brand.
I won't be able to be a Cougar on the prowl for Chitlins
Maybe I will start rocking the Pigtails online more often and reduce the Chitlin traffic, and make Bunky more of the Funky Rhubarb brand.
It cracks me up that this sentence is so steeped in JA-speak that it is completely opaque to outside observers. It's a code harder to crack than the Enigma.
So, I thought I'd aplogize for my abrupt exit from the game last night. I still don't know if the host leaves if that kills the game for everyone. Anyone know for sure?
It's frustrating enough to play against the chitlins, but then PraDuh or PrahDuh or PlayDoh or whatever has to throw out the sarcastic "Nice try..." after he kills me. Really? To borrow a phrase, it's not my brand.
I still want to know if there's a way to ban specific people from joining your game.
To answer your question, Robot: As host, once you left, it just kinda freezes up. I left and started a new lobby and got folks back in. It's too bad it doesn't just switch party leaders on the fly (like Halo 3). The double-loading lobby is annoying too.
Oh and I have no use for the chitlins either, Spider. And I know EDGE and Rad are with us. P'DUH and Napalm? Really? Eff 'em! As long as they remain on Bunky's list they can get in though, so take it up with her. EDGE says it's part of Bunky's "No Gamer Left Behind" program.
Who's going to be on tonight? I can try to get Bells, although they're leaving to MN in the morning so I don't know...
I should be online tonight for a while - Heather and Logan are going out of town for a couple of days, which leaves me time to get some repairs done around the house, and to game my ass off.
I just had a thought, hopefully someone here can either try it or tell me if they know...
What if we fill the leftover spots with Bots? When someone else that we WANT to play logs in, we pull a bot and invite. Otherwise, the game is 'full', right? Or does automatically remove bots as others join?
Honestly, I'd rather play against silent bots than mouthy chi'lins any day.
Also, I've started using the term 'Delta-Bravo' as a covert replacement for douche-bag. If you hear me use it in game, hopefully it isn't directed at you :)
I was playing a bit this morning and Logan just wouldn't leave me alone, wanting my controller - even a controller witout a battery wouldn't suffice, he could tell he wasn't manipulating anything. I finally relented and went back to reading the paper. So Heather gave him a few pointers and shot some video of the result.
Yeah, my son hit that stage at about the same age. At first, I could give him a Wii controller, but then he learned the difference between the two. For a while, no battery fine. Then with a battery and on, which is too bad, because his favorite button is the media button because it has the biggest effect on the screen... d'oh
Exactly! That's what Logan is doing. He likes the shiny, glowing Xbox button, since it makes that tab slide out. But I'm trying to train him to use B, since it will back you out of anything, and then, in Gears at least, will rev up the chainsaw and rumble the controller. He'll be sawing through Locusts in no time. And having nightmares...
