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#1 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 2 days, 21 hours ago

@samstrife said:

The SOCOM games are the best competitive shooters to date (2 was unreal). The prospect of playing them on the PC is exciting as all hell.

Easily. SOCOM II is still the best multiplayer experience I've ever had.

#2 Edited by aurahack (2064 posts) - 2 days, 21 hours ago

@mcghee:

edit: why can't i gif to save my life. i miss the html editor.

#3 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 2 days, 22 hours ago

@demoskinos said:

This is still going on? I'm assuming the mods must be away today for this dumb thing to still be not locked up.

sTOP TRYING TO SILENCe US

#4 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 2 days, 22 hours ago

@themanwithnoplan said:

I think this happens to everybody at some point. It definitely doesn't hurt to step away from a hobby for a while. Personally, I never completely quit games, but I've had a few 2 to 3 month periods where I barely played them.

Sums it up nicely.

I'm at a point right now where all I'm playing Dota 2 and I'm finding my spare time much better spent reading, writing, or doing things online. School made it so that I didn't get to play much over the past year and it's helped me focus on my artwork a lot more as a result. It'll come back, though. I'll play something and that'll suck me back in. It's happened before and it'll most likely happen again. Don't sweat it or anything. Enjoy your time away from it and it'll feel fresh when you go back.

#5 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 2 days, 22 hours ago

@fluxwavez said:

No. That's a fucking stupid idea.

Once again, the GB community continues to reassure me by having this be the very first reply. Phew.

#6 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 3 days, 19 hours ago

@bestusernameever said:

@oldguy said:

@mattyftm said:

@mooseymcman said:

It comes with the vertical stand?

Vertical stands are overrated. What this thing needs is a horizontal stand!!

You, Sir, do not know "where it's at"... give me diagonal or forget it.

I don't think you quite get it, I want an upside down stand or nothing, this thing would look amazing hanging from my ceiling.

You guys are living in the past—the real money's in a cloud stand.

#7 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 4 days, 1 hour ago

@darji said:

I will hire school children who open the boxes for me and pay each one of them 5k.

I like the way you think.

#8 Posted by aurahack (2064 posts) - 4 days, 20 hours ago

That page that the Xbox Support guy linked to was no help at all. :c

I dunno, I'd imagine they'd have the same policy in place. Either way, that's really bizarre. Even if I did "earn" the ban, it would be super fucked for me to be unable to access something I payed money for and is sitting on my console's hard drive. (Though I suppose the same goes for Sony in this matter? I assume you're locked out of the full version of your games if you get your butt banned on there, too.)

#9 Edited by aurahack (2064 posts) - 4 days, 20 hours ago

Some people are saying you should get a job but dude: If a job would interfere with your studies too much—don't do it. As someone who just graduated college, the only advice I can give anyone is that you will value the little free time you have. Spending it working will drive you insane, especially when the workload at school gets heavy. I was in a really intensive program, though, so maybe I'm an edge case. Either way, having time to spend doing other things here and there let me hold on to my sanity when I wasn't spending hours upon hours doing homework.

It's tough, but you'll manage. I barely played any games this year and missed out on just about every massive exclusive towards the end of last year. I was just too busy and all my money was going towards supplies. (illustration student) When I did play games though, I got a lot of mileage out of replaying some stuff in my collection. If you still have your PS1 or PS2, play some games you might have missed out on or replay something you loved. You'd be surprised how different a game can be as an experience if you come back to it years later. If your PC is moderately decent, you can play cool indie games that'll keep you busy from time to time.

Shit sucks for sure but it'll pass. Video games are cool as fuck but it's not like you'll suffer without them. Focus on what's important and when it's over, you'll appreciate diving back in so much more.

(Also man, maybe you should try holding off on the pre-order. Having some money on the side to be able to do things > day one next-gen system. There is nothing worse than constantly answering "Sorry man, I'm broke." to friends who ask you to go out drinking or hanging out and shit.)

#10 Edited by aurahack (2064 posts) - 10 days, 8 hours ago

@jrinswand said:

Friend me, especially if you have a mic. My Steam ID is Jrinswand.

I'm trying to play a lot right now because I've been watching a lot of streams and YouTube vids (particularly Purge's), and I want to become a better player. My W/L ratio is abysmal right now, but hey, I guess time heals all wounds, right? Or something?

Purge's vids are great. He throws a lot of jargon around that might be a little obfuscating at first but I've learned a great deal from watching him play. His in-game guides are great, too.