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What up ya..I am 19, live in Naperville, IL and I go to school in Chicago. I am pretty friendly guy, so hit me up if you wanna know anything

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ay ay ay!!!!!!!!!!!!

Added by pyromaniac on Oct. 4, 2008 | |

This post relates to: Baseball Bat

So have you ever wondered what it feels like to get your heart broken.... to be disappointed over and over again ..well you should become a cubs fan because they deliver on that .
To the ppl who are wondering what the fuck is going on, the Chicago Cubs got swept in the FIRST fucking round, just like last season and this was not supposed to happen. Also, it will be 101 years since these bunch of idiots have won the world series. I am sooo disappointed/pissed off now that I cant even really express myself, so instead, I think this picture pretty much sums up how I feel...me and another 10 million cubs fans nation wide....that big ass bottle of vodka is looking real good now!!

What it feels like to be cubs fan.....

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Have a request for you all

Added by pyromaniac on Sept. 24, 2008 | |

This post relates to: Madden NFL 09

Hey guys, so you guys are probably like wtf, another blog this soon but I have a favor to ask you.This dude named Shawn started an NFL prediction thread that is located over here and we would like it if more people would join. The thread already has about 21 people and we recently changed the rankings system so as to better help the new comers be more competitive. We have big plans for that thread, if more people join that is and yeah...if you are interested in joining, either leave a comment on this blog or PM Shawn who is the head cheese. Also, just so you guys know, it is a pretty simple concept. You just predict the winners every week and you dont even have to predict the scores on the games, so yeah. It is pretty simple stuff. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Also, its free :) and we have free cookies there...yumm!!

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Force Unleashed Impressions so far...

Added by pyromaniac on Sept. 17, 2008 | |

This post relates to: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Well its been a while since I wrote a blog and to be honest with you guys I really didn't plan on writing one about this game but here I am....Anyway I am about 5 hours through Force unleashed...which is a like 60% of the game I believe. Anyway so far this game has been nothing short of unspectacular...It is kinda like Too human except with better graphics and a somewhat better gameplay. I dont want to rant on and on so lemme just put forth some of the highlights and the not so good parts..which are unfortunately numerous.

+ The game's story is good and I have an Idea where it will go and it is easily the highlight of the game
+ The force powers when powered up are absolutely amazing
+ The Voice acting is solid, especially for the main character
+ Environements look solid and are "fully" destructable...objects bend very nicely, especially metal
+ The boss fights are bad-ass...the "real time" endings/moves are cool

- The game's camera makes Too human's look saintlike...seriously, if people can't make the camera system fucking work in a 3rd person action game then DONT DO IT. During certain instances the Camera gets stuck behind like a rock which has fallen on the ground and I am sitting there holding the controller, mashing buttons like a monkey and hoping that something happens. What happens more often than not is that I die

- This leads to my second bigger gripe about this game, I am playing on the "hardest:" difficulty they have and I am currently at a part where I have to kill like a billion enemies who all have powered armor and are resistant to my force powers...you know what that equals.. It equals wayyy tooo many deaths. I am not the person who usually complains about this because I am man enough to admit that I am not the best player. However, what really makes this ridiculously annoying is the fact that when every you die you have to do the whole fucking section allll over again. I mean I get to like the last part and die and this has happened like 5 times so far(not kidding) and I have to restart all the fucking way at the start. It is sooo annoying that it just makes me wanna do bad bad things to the entire design team that worked on this game

- Another thing is this game may look pretty and spectacular but it is not Assassins creed...in the sense that it is a pretty narrow, follow this path game. Although that is kinda disappointing it is no big deal. However, in the Raxis prime level there was a lott of jump here and jump there shit and I am not the greatest judge of where to jump and I ended up trying to jump here or there(They looked like perfectly legit places to jump) and I would fall and then I would have to restart the section all over again.

- There are also glitches in this game...my fav. one so far has been one where I pulled off some sick combos and killed 2 Rancors who were attacking me and went to face the 3rd one. Along the way I killed quite a lot of enemies mind you... and then guess what happened....my character just froze. He just stood there while they pounded him to oblivion. Even more messed up is that the audio and the video is not in sync in some of the cutscenes...it is kinda my pet peeve and I found it to be very discerning.

- Also how could I forget this one...you are going to have one helluva time focusing on one enemy, this is tied in with the shitty camera system. Also, certain enemies will knock you down if you get too close like Rancor's and if you are a person who likes to get up close and personal you might as well put down the game right now because it is one of the enemies that will knock you down with its attack and apparently star killer is a wussy and takes like one hour to get up again...just in time for it to walk up to you and do it all over again. Not balanced at all....

- Controls are not responsive and that is one of the most annoying aspects, especially when you have like twenty enemies breathing down on you

- Also, let me throw in one last thing, the character models are not that great, Juno eclipse in particular looks messed up. I expected somewhat of a better graphics in that sense

I seem to be complaining a lot and it is not really my style to be hating on a game...hell I tried Too human for like two weeks but this game is pushing me towards just yelling fuck you and tossing it out the window. This game is not for everyone is what I am trying to say and it looks like the boys at gamespot have gotten it right. I would give it a 3 stars out of five.Also let me remark that I havn't finished the game and maybe it will get better later on but for now it has been somewhat of a dissappoitment. THe only thing that keeps me going is the fact that the story is good and my force powers just rock

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1st thousand points-8.5 days, 2nd thousand points-1.5 days

Added by pyromaniac on July 30, 2008 | |

Yeah so I crossed the 1000 point mark yesterday at around mid-day, unfortunately I had to go to work so I didn't get to enjoy it a whole lot yesterday and today I had to go to summer school . So I came back at around 4'0 clock and in a period of like 3 hours I have added a good 500 points worth of stuff. Live edits rock. So anyway, when do you predict you will get to the 1000 point mark? If you have crossed it what do you think you will have in a weeks time?
I predict that I will have about 3500 points..its getting harder to find stuff to edit and add but I am sure I can find something.

p.s. I am on page 2 now..in the list of the top users and whatever

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Throwing out some numbers..special one week edition

Added by pyromaniac on July 28, 2008 | |

So i've been here one week and I thought I should just throw out some numbers

- 100 posts
-93 total subs
- 43 accepted
-15 rejected...most of them came after me waiting four f'in days and then someone else came in and made one..Fun
- Most time waiting on a sub- 5 days or 120 hours(I am still pending on that one), I think that is a little more than the goal of 24hrs the guys had
- 13 pages of images
- Most points gotten on a sub- 51 from Call of duty although I have high hopes for my pending subs on CCS Class battlecruiser and The Arbiter. I had high hopes for the ark page but someone else came in and posted..bummer but its good though.
Oh and I am on page4 in the top users list.. :)
- 56 friends...love every one of you guys..especially those who comment on my blog :)

so yeah how do you guys compare? Also, happy one week anniversary

p.s. I have made 3500 image moderations..hellz yeah

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Reviewed by pyromaniac
July 21, 2008

good mindless fun

Two words to describe the game Crackdown would be *mindless fun*, there is little thinking involved in this game because the game play is revolved around you monkey jumping buildings and blowing the hell out of anyone who gets in your way, whether it be friend or foe. In that aspect Crackdown does a good job providing you with a good mixture of weapons that will keep you entertained. The basic pretense of the game is that you are a super agent who is charged with ridding the city of gang infestation. There are three different kinds of gangs(although they pretty much act the same way and do the same stuff) and there are 21 different bosses to find and kill. You are kind of an RPG agent in the sense that you have 5 major skills that evolve as you "exercise"/use them more them more. For example, one of your 5 "core" skills as they are called is firearms. So, the more you use your firearms, the better your auto aim gets and in general your accuracy improves. Likewise you have other skills like strength, which when you max out will enable you to pick up trucks and use them to crush enemies. While these elements of the game are entertaining, you will probably spend a lot of time jumping from rooftop to rooftop in search of agility orbs that improve your athleticism, enabling you to do some pretty wacky stuff(check out You-tube for some of the videos if you are interested). While leveling up these skills will keep you interested for some time, the game gets pretty repetitive and you will end up losing interest doing the same stuff over and over again. The game has some what of a main story line but it is really just an excuse to blow up some more stuff. With that said the game is definitely more fun if you have someone else along for the ride, especially if it is a buddy of yours and you are playing co-op. Nothing is more funny than knocking him/her/it off the top of a skyscraper when he/she//it just spent 5 minutes climbing it up. The game also looks very good, as the city is very well modeled and the especially the agency cars look very detailed and are very fun to drive.......... and crash. Over all Crackdown is a good game that has an effective game play mechanism but the lack of different sceneries doom the game. If you are looking for a game that is very accessible and somewhat of a stop-gap until the game you want comes out, then this is your game.

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Reviewed by pyromaniac
July 21, 2008

very enjoyable

With its solid story line good and the excellent game play will make you feel as though you have stepped into your characters shoes this game is a must buy for anyone looking for a solid FPS. The game's scope is huge and in certain set pieces you can see hundreds of enemies and allies battle it out in huge detailed environments. It also offers tonnes of weaponry and grenades and the action will keep you on your toes. The A.I. especially in the harder difficulties is a lot of fun to play it and will push your skills to the maximum. RFOM strikes a delicate balance between challenging and impossible that very few games nail. In fact you can argue that the A.I. enemy on harder difficulties in RFOM is even better than the likes of COD4 and Halo3. The graphics are not going to blow away anybody but everything is modeled very well and the characters look alive and real.
RFOM's multilayer is a great asset as it will have you coming back long after you have finished with the single player. The sheer number of people will amaze you and there are no visible glitches or lag even with all these people playing. RFOM is a solid experience overall that everyone should enjoy.

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Reviewed by pyromaniac
July 21, 2008

Solid game

This game was one of the most hyped and anticipated games of 2007, it was promoted as a game where a wide open setting and an emotional roller coaster of a story were the main driving force . It came damn close to accomplishing both. From the moment you start the game you will be in awe of the graphics and the amount of interaction that takes place. Characters are beautifully modeled and the graphics rival that of any other game out there. Then again it is to be expected of a game that is running on the unreal3 engine. The audio in the game is exemplary, especially the voice acting. The audio complements the graphics very well as characters give very good performances and the weapon effects are good too. The opening cut scene puts the basic story in place and the developers take an unique approach when you "make" your character that is very refreshing.
The first mission is considered to be a tutorial of sorts but you can immediately see that Bioware put in considerable time and effort into the story. By the end of the first mission the game will have you saying "hell no he did not do that/" This in itself is a feat that has only been accomplished by few games; games in which the first level sets the bar for the rest of the game. Mass effect for the most part meets and or exceeds the bar that was set. My only complaint about the story was that if you have seen the trailers and the ad's they give away some key plot elements. Still though its fun to be playing the game and get to a certain point and remember the ad and go "This is going to happen now".
Just like every other RPG, ME also has a number of side quests, although the number of side quests might not exactly be mind boggling, they all for the most part have different plots and lots of different characters to interact and kill. Also, bioware has gone ahead and included unchartered worlds for you to explore. However, this is where things start to break down, most of the side quests take place on these uncharted worlds and most of the building and the caves you will fight in are the same models. In fact I think they only have about 4 kinds of building and caves. Over a period of time this gets incredibly annoying. Also, unlike the main plot which keeps you guessing and wanting more, the side quests dont really get you involved. The main reason for doing these side quests comes down to credits and leveling up, both of which can easily be achieved. This brings me to my next point; you will accumulate a lot of money by the end of the game and you will frankly not have much to spend on. Most of the weapons and ammo are already available from fallen enemies. This transitions to one of the worst aspects of mass effect, that is the inventory system. You automatically pick up weapons/ammo/grenades/mods from fallen enemies and there is no clear way of managing them. They are just clumped together in your inventory menu and if you reach 150 items you will be forced to convert the excess into omnigel, while this doesn't seem bad consider that you do not get to chose what you convert to omni gel. Everything you pick up must be converted before you can move on and they cannot be dropped either. It seems like bioware really did not think this through.
Another problem is while the graphics are breathtaking to say the least, you will clearly see a lot of little quirks. Some times if you walk into an area you can see that the textures take a little while to load. However, this really isn't much of an issue and you will hardly notice it. Another problem is that the MAKO driving part isn't really that fun as I had helluva time controlling it. However, this is a personal opinion and must be taken with a grain of salt as you might like it.
The game isn't exactly long considering other games(oblivion), clocking in at a little over 20 hours but it does offer lots of replayability. Also, the game offers up a tremendous amount of "knowledge"; knowledge in the sense that there are detailed manuals explaining every species and every technology(this info is in the codecs). So, Bioware has really tried to make this universe as believable as possible. With the upcoming downloadable content ME is going to offer up even more excitement. Overall it is a very solid game that will keep you entertained for hours.

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Reviewed by pyromaniac
July 21, 2008

call of duty 4 is one of the best games I have ever played

Every now and then there comes a game that doesn't revolutionize the gaming world but has enough in it that it is an instant hit. Call of duty 4 is such a game. Right from the onset on the game you will find yourself immersed in it. I had more fun in the first couple levels(The prologue) than I have ever had in a FPS before and that is saying a lot. The game makes you feel as though you are part of a team and what you are doing and experiencing is real.
You play the game through the eyes of an SAS member and a Marine Force Recon soldier. While you don't learn a whole lot about them, the way the game is designed and the way the other characters interact with you makes you feel for these characters. This is achieved through a good Story line that has it's share of surprises and then some. I wont ruin anything for anyone but I have to say that the set pieces in the story are some of the best. "Walking" through a city that had just been nuked is probably one of the best experiences that I have ever had in a game regardless of its genre. While the first half of the story is unpredictable and will literally have you grabbing the edge of your seat the game's story line does become somewhat lackluster later on. However it still remains a visceral experience that will be enjoyed by many. The game still has a lot of sequences where you Run and gun in a manner of speaking but it also includes sections where you can get the real feel of an spec ops soldiers as you sneak around and shoot up people with your sniper rifle and your silenced rifle. My only complain would be that these parts are not too often and were much more enjoyable than the arcade style run and gun. However infinity ward has done an excellent job of throwing in multiple stuff in the game such as the AC-130 you get to control which was a lot of fun. There is also an arcade mode in the game and you can track your scores over XBL and compare them with your friends and people all over the world.
Online is probably the biggest part of COD4 and it rivals that of Halo3. Infinity ward has nailed the formula for success with COD4's online mode which has everything from customizable/unlockable weapons to unlockable perks.
It is easily one of the most deepest online modes on the planet. Also on a personal note it seems that there is a lot less of the immature kids on COD 4 compared to Halo 3 which makes the game that much more fun. The weapons react the way you would expect them to and you will feel as though you are a real soldier when you are playing this game. This is a must buy for anyone looking for a good game

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