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did you even bother reading it? You can swim for a limited time. Jeez. R* aren't stupid enough to let you swim for long enough to reach the other islands.

He's being sarcastic, and I'm going to assume you were as well. And I know you meant to say 'I think', I'm not stupid. I just don't have a clue what the hell you're talking about. 'There was one'. There was one what?

Er... what the hell are you talking about?

I totally agree with Pyro. All I want is to at least have some chance of surviving when I zoom over the hill, only to discover that it's a cliff.

Or, you could all just stop posting in here. It's like the 'Saddam has been captured' topic. People said, after a while, 'this topic should be closed, because everyone knows Sadam has been captured'. A lot of people clearly don't understand why topics are locked. So, if you dont want this topic to be posted in, dont post in it.

In the next GTA game, your charecter will be able to break into cars, run for miles, shoot with pinpoint accuracy. He will outrun the army, fly helicopters with no training, assasinate, joyride, carjack... but he will not be able to swim. Part of what makes GTA so great is it's keeping in with the atmosphere. When you walk into Ammu-nation, you don't have menu screens to remind you you're in a game: the camera merely zooms in on the weapons on the wall. The game doesn't even have a main menu - if there is nothing on the memory card, it starts a new game for you! Maybe the reason R* won't let us swim is because a thwocking great oxygen meter will shatter the atmosphere? After all, Oxygen meteres are the only way to do it, right? Wrong. Half-Life perfected this system, and Half Life is the best game ever, so Rockstar should learn from it. It works like this: When you jump into water, for a short period you can swim normally. Then, as you run out of oxygen, your health slow goes down, 5hp at a time. The lower your health goes, the faster it goes. When you come out of the water, your health will gradually go back to whatever it was before you jumped into the water (minus any damage you might have taken in the water from guns, etc.). This perfectly represents it: the less your health is, the shorter you'll be able to swim for. When you come out, you gradually recover your breath (ie. health), so, unless you drown, swimming won't do you any permanent damage. It might sound complicated, but its not. If you havn't played Half Life (shame on you!), do so and you'll see how well it works. It would be perfect for GTA, and it would bring an end to all those frustrating, annoying deaths you constantly suffer, through no fault of your own, when a police car rams you into the water, or you don't see the sea until the last moment.

Don't worry, I'll answer it for him: there is none.

Normally, when Chris is installing someone, the forum 'skin' still appears, and you see a message left by Chris explaining why. That didn't happen this time. It looked like an error. The old forum was constantly crashing. I hope this doesn't happen again. Oh, and the other reason the clock is stupid: if you're using IS Greeystyle (the other one sucks, anyone who disagrees is wrong), you can hardly see the clock without highlighting it. Black text on a dark grey background works like an inflatable dartboard.

Personally, IU'd prefer it to be set in the Present day... but then GTA3 was present day, they might want to make it different.

I was browsing through PCGamer (Just about the only PC magazine you should buy), and I came across the following article: Well, I don't know about GTA:SA at E3, apart from the fact that it was there. But this is the first time I've heard anything about it being set in the 70's. Any comments?

Er... this Casino is open, read through the topic. I run it now.

I really can't believe my eyes. As I write this, 5 members are online... and 51 guests! Even the massive GTAforums usually has roughly the same amounto f guests as members online. I guess it's good that people are visiting the site... but, if you're a guest and you're reading this, could you at least take the time to sign up, even if you're not gonna post very much? It takes about twenty seconds to do, and, boy, do we need members.

Meh... I'd be R2D2. Shame about episodes I and II sucking, though.

Well, now that Biggy's leaving, I guess I'll be running it now? Biggy, if you're going to shut down the Sopranos, at least don't shut down this casino.

Cool... it said I have an IQ of 135.

Stab.

Well, seeing as Pyro's forums doesn't work, I spent ten minutes putting together my own one. The Hosting Forums? Sorry Pyro, but the people actually need a hosting forum which they can upload to.

That's not the point. He's still one of the forum's key members.

Sam, have you never got 3 stars before? They do do just that.

The Lord Of the Penises: The Fellowship of the Penis The Two Penises The Return of the Penis Scary Penis (Scary Movie) Snow White and the Seven Penises. Dude, where's my penis? Jurassic Park: The Lost Penis. Penis Wars: The Phantom Penis Attack of the Penises A New Penis The Penis Strikes Back Penis of the Jedi South Park: Bigger, Longer Penis.

Because this way it's much easier to manage the money, seeing as the money the Casino earns, and the money we earn from other things, like posting and the arcade, remain clearly seperate, thus making it easier to give all Sopranos members a fair share of the profits. Plus, it acts like a gang bankn account. Now, you have three choices, spasmod: Make a bet here PM your comments and suggestions. Shut up.

So, are we going to install this Karma hack or not? I like the sound of the verbal warning hack more than the Karma one, it'll stop people like spasmod saying we give warnings for tiny things, by giving us an 'in-between' warning. EDIT: I've just split all the 'Cam shouldn't be an admin' spam away from this topic and into the dungeon.

R&C2 was cool, but the plot licked ass, and it was nowhere near as funny as R&C1. I've beaten both of them loads of times, though. Y'know what really pisses me off? In the US version of R&C2, Slim Cognito's ship shack sells about ten more different paint jobs than the UK version! I hope they include something like the Insomniac museum again in R&C3. That rocked!

Why would there be a pic of you on ebaumsworld?

Part 16: Unactive. A man walked into the Greasy chopper. He strolled up to the bar as if he was above everyone else there. He shouted instructions to the bartender. The man next to him recognised the voice. He looked up, surprised. “Joey?” he said. Joey looked at the man. He jumped. “Steve?” “Yep.” “Hey, Steve! How’ve you been?” Steve sipped his beer. “Well,” he said, “since Vercetti was arrested, I’ve been threatened, abused, shot at, spat on, injured, nearly arrested, and yesterday, I got fired from my ‘non-criminal’ job. Which,” he added, “is why I’ve been here all day.” Joey chuckled. “Well,” he said, “since Vercetti was arrested, I’ve made a small fortune from street racing. But, you said you’ve been nearly arrested? Why, what have you been up to?” Steve smiled. “Just because the gang I was in gets dissolved, that’s not enough to stop me. Same goes for you, obviously. You said you’ve been street racing.” “Yeah, but that’s basically all I’ve done.” “Y’know what,” interrupted Steve, “I’ve been thinking. Why hasn’t anyone tried to bust Vercetti out?” Joey chuckled again and patted him on the back. “Boy, half a year and you’re still a total newbie. The legal battle’s still going on, Steve! If someone bust Vercetti out, that’s all the evidence they need! But anyway (he lowered his voice), its funny I should run into you, because I need men for this thing I’ve been planning.” Steve raised his eyebrows. “Yeah,” continued Joey, “I’ve already got three men, but I need a few more. You’d be perfect Steve, you’re an amazing shot! No, don’t deny it, you are, I’ve seen you at the shooting range. If we pull this off, Steve, we won’t need Vercetti. We’ll be made men! Screw Vercetti, we could start our own gang! So, tell me, do you want in?” Steve shrugged, but his mind was already made up. If this was as big as Joey made it out to be, it could be all he needed to restart his career. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could do anything, Joey thrust a slip of paper into his hand and left the bar, leaving his drink behind him.