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GEARS OF WAR 2
Entered on: November 7, 2008 12:40 PM by Jackzilla
It's out, bitches! Who's playing tonight?

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From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 7, 2008 12:41 PM

I'll be on with NickNick, plus Bunky, Edge, Spider and crew will be on!

Ramshackleton?  You in!?


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 7, 2008 12:45 PM

I'm in, biznatch! 


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 7, 2008 12:48 PM

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!


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 7, 2008 12:59 PM

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!


 
From: NickNick Entered on: November 7, 2008 1:08 PM

I seriously think my favorite part of this game is going to be the ability to go "Weekend at Bernie's" with your victims.

And Bunky, Zilla's been without chocolate for quite a while, you might want to watch out for some unnecessary extreme diddling tonight.


 
From: Radmobile Entered on: November 7, 2008 1:21 PM

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.


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 7, 2008 1:25 PM

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?"


 
From: Radmobile Entered on: November 7, 2008 2:09 PM

Ok, so it turns out I'll get it soon (today probably) but I don't expect to play much, if at all, tonight.  I know, I know, blasphemy! 

We'll just have to test the Dark Temptation/White Chocolate theory another time.


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 7, 2008 2:57 PM

Ooooohhhhh.. Rad's in...THAT'S hernie..... You know you want to play with us!


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 9, 2008 12:55 AM

To all you non-Live players, sorry for not posting!  We be loving us some GEARS 2!


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 9, 2008 8:27 AM

True dat.  I think I love Horde mode the best, though.  Cooperation is fun!  But then again, so is the Castration Situation.


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 9, 2008 9:58 AM
Ross said:

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.


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 9, 2008 10:09 AM

And let's not forget "get into my pants, Charles!"


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 9, 2008 10:11 AM

So am I bad parent?

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.


 
From: Radmobile Entered on: November 9, 2008 10:23 AM
Jackzilla said:

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.


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 9, 2008 11:51 AM
Ross said:

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!"


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 9, 2008 12:05 PM

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!

Rad, things went full daff, you missed out!


 
From: Crockett Entered on: November 9, 2008 1:42 PM
It was a night of pure fornication and delight-ation.
 
From: Crockett Entered on: November 9, 2008 1:43 PM
Despite the angry crank syndrome going on, did you get to take any dictation, Bunky?
 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 9, 2008 2:39 PM
Yes Crockett. With some manipulation, I was released from crank probation.
 
From: Ross Entered on: November 9, 2008 9:15 PM

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...


 
From: Radmobile Entered on: November 10, 2008 7:03 AM

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?)


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 10, 2008 9:15 AM

Re: Lag in Gears 2

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").


 
From: Radmobile Entered on: November 10, 2008 9:37 AM

Yeah, I'm certainly more likely to stick arround when the chitlins aren't involved.  When I'm not too busy with Lego Batman demos that is.


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 10, 2008 9:43 AM

Yet again, I had no Chitlins on last night. Just minors I am trying to get with.

I keep getting disconnected on Saturday night, but have only had a few seconds of lag here and there.

There has got to be a way to keep matches to invite only.


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 10, 2008 9:54 AM

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. 


 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 10, 2008 10:03 AM
Bunky said:

 

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!


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 10, 2008 10:29 AM

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 ChitlinsCry

 


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 10, 2008 1:27 PM
Bunky said:

 

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.


 
From: NickNick Entered on: November 10, 2008 3:01 PM
Bunky said:

I won't be able to be a Cougar on the prowl for ChitlinsCry

 


I don't buy the cougar story, Bunky. Sorry, you're just not old enough for a cougar yet.
 
From: Ross Entered on: November 12, 2008 8:56 AM

Semi-germane to Gears:  I just came across this quote while listening to one of my skeptical podcasts:

"A certain portion of the human race
Has certainly a taste for being diddled."
Thomas Hood (1799-1845), British poet. A Black Job.


 
From: RobotSpider Entered on: November 12, 2008 10:33 AM

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.


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 12, 2008 10:54 AM
Sorry Robot. No worries, we have all done it. Jack was out early too... There has got to be some sort of invite only feature.
 
From: Jackzilla Entered on: November 12, 2008 11:45 AM

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...


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 12, 2008 12:14 PM

Chits?  Get 'em OUT!

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.


 
From: Bunky Entered on: November 12, 2008 12:20 PM
I was trying not to game tonight, but maybe I will hop on early so I can go to the gym when Patrick gets home. Chitlin free, bitches!
 
From: RobotSpider Entered on: November 13, 2008 8:35 AM

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 :)


 
From: RobotSpider Entered on: November 13, 2008 8:38 AM
Ross said:

So am I bad parent?

 

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


 
From: Ross Entered on: November 13, 2008 9:28 AM

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...


 

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