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  1. Well, I can't find the post in which he posted his setup.

    Anyway, yes, a bit of hacking will get your game to just dump all that shading, but what then? That's going to be ugly as fuck. The experience will be gone.

    Seriously this gameplay business is overrated. What makes HL2 so good? Certainly the idea of being part of the world. Seeing the citadel totally fuck up in Ep1 and start of Ep2 does add to the experience. You know how the sphere above the citadel are actually just two polygons? It's the shaders that make it look awesome.

    It's not to sell graphic cards, it's for the experience.

    And I do like digital eye candy. In fact, graphics give me a boner. I love it.

  2. You do realize a course like that would or any training would usually set you back at least 200 USD, right?

    I don't think anyone will give a crap about 1 USD.

    Don't think we've got anyone on these forums that can use Zmodeler either. I do use Autodesk 3ds Max, but I only use it to render models in the program itself, so I can use it for video editing. No idea how to use it for games..

  3. I'd say boredom. Only then would I start thinking about bullshit like that. But it's a fase, you know.. At the time it grows, I'd assume one would be curious. Especially since at the time boys with a big penis used to brag about it at school (quite funny to think of it, haha).

  4. That's an overclocking cooler.. though it can be used for passive cooling, I'd go for a cooler that's actually designed for passive operation.

    Unless you want to OC and just want silent operation.

  5. In an attempt to discover any other life form that fucks pizza's, I found this [Link removed].

    NSFW and all. Didn't watch the video. Stopped as soon as I saw his face, but it might be the real deal anyway.

    No idea if this is acceptable. Please notify me, or just remove the link if it's.. well.. not ok. I seriously don't have an idea as I haven't even looked.

    Edit: Nah, don't think it's ok.

  6. Oh, wow.

    Just as I thought we wouldn't sink any lower than the "Fuck a pizza instead of a girl! ('How to' included)" thread, I see this topic. Nevermind, it's amusing.

    Haven't measured for like a year or so.. a) I really don't give a crap anymore and have realized that lenght isn't all that interesting at all. And B) The ruler I've got lying in my room just goes to 6.4" (probably typed that wrong. We work with the metric system here. A year back, when I just turned 15 or around that time, it was just a little under 7", 6.8 - 6.9'ish or something like that I think. Not much difference now. Probably 7.1". Will probably stay that way though.

    Now lets hope nobody I know is ever going to find out I posted this..

    To think of it, it really wouldn't make a difference. I don't care.

    Edit: Hurray, I've made my first topic in a very, very long time :D

  7. Dude... you do know what shaders are, right? Well, probably you don't.. Of course they aren't going to give an option for leaving everything unshaded. What next? Wireframe?

    Money driven.. yeah right bro. Come on, they aren't going to spend tens of millions for nothing.

    And tell me, what are the specs of your brothers setup? All hardware that wasn't EOL in february will be up to date. That of course doesn't mean a budget card will do much.. but they're all DX10 and shader model compliant.

    Onboard won't cut it though.

  8. The camera.. Why the heck cant it be attacked to stay in the same place ? I constantly have to click and release the Caps button to set the camera behind my chars when doing corners and such.

    The camera seems very fine to me. It's even better than the Vice City cam, to be honest it was horrible.

    I cannot stand the camera in the PC version. I'd really like to be able to see where I'm headed without having to use the mouse.

    What I really dislike about the PC version is that I Cannot use my PS2 or PS3 controllers that I have plugged into my PC that work for every other game on the planet. Is the logitech dual action useable with it (supposedly works according to the patch release notes, but I'd like to know for sure before buying one), or am I going to have to break down and buy a 360 controller?

    That's the thing I love about the PC version, using a mouse. I hate controllers and just love keyboard mouse stuff.

    But.. how are you driving then? You only need one hand on the keyboard for that. Right hand for camera and shooting, right?

  9. It's a system with a flaw. The system is corrupt. ;)

    Ah, yes. It that sense it is.

    I was more thinking in terms of having leaders that take hold back tax-payers money for themselves, which isn't the case in the Netherlands. In fact, nobody working for, or being paid by the government may earn more than 180 000 EUR. And over that sum there still is 50% tax, so people working for the government really can't get these massive salaries.

    Though there were a few exeptions.. But that's changing now, as the government thought it to be rediculous that a few being paid by tax-payers money, were earning sums exceeding that sum.

    That aside, our system does have a huge flaw in my opinion.. even though they call it 'humane', it just isn't logical.

  10. I sort of know what you mean.

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    Out of personal experience I'd say, just drink some, go out. You'll meet nice people. I'm sure you'll find at least one of them that you'll actually like. Have a chat (not all that difficult when under the influence). Not to say that will lead to immidiate sex, and seriously, you shouldn't. Sluts are shit. But you'll get in contact with them and all. Keep in touch, get a network of female friends and unless you're dirt ugly (and assume you're not), a moment will arrise. You'll know it at that time.

    Just don't chicken out then :P I know it takes some guts at first. After that it won't be all that hard.

    But really, you have to feel ready. Don't do it for the sake of doing it. Do it because you really like a person. It's much better then. No regrets afterwards either.

    And with your friends, meh, just laugh about it. They'll quit, I'm sure. And if they're good friends, they'll try to hook you up with some nice girl.

    This might be shitty help though which might only work here, but assuming Australia isn't all that different, just try that.. maybe. If it makes some sense to you.

    And don't sweat it about telling a girl. They won't mind. Well, the right girls won't mind. If they do, then it isn't a person for you anyway.

  11. I didn't fiddle with it for long. Didn't even install all the drivers and stuff. But my first impression just wasn't all that great... Might be because I simply was expecting more after it was praised to the sky.

    Only thing I did really like was how fast all programs would start up. It's really instant. Click, bam, it's there. But I just can't get over the new taskbar...

    I'll upgrade later on.. at SP1 I think. Or when I'm doing a major upgrade, as Vista is going to bitch about the sudden hardware changes and will want me to either call Microsoft or buy a new license.

  12. Just Kelloggs.

    Now this may sound weird, but try it with V once :o Like, that instead of milk. It's really nice actually.

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    But you might hate it though... V is one of those drinks you either love or hate.

    Red Bull should give a similar effect though.

  13. I don't like Win 7 really. Can't get used to the new Dock'ish taskbar.

    I hate apple's dock. Why did MS have to copy that part of OSX...

    Well maybe it works with MS's twist to it. Haven't used Win 7 all that much. Installed it. Played around. Deleted it.

  14. Get a TR Ultra 120 Extreme!

    It's great! Well, only get it if you want to overclock your CPU. Otherwise it just isn't worth it.

    Maybe an Asus Silent Square? It's silent and not all that expensive or anything (:.

  15. No...

    I said go to some local shop. You know, those shop run by computer enthusiasts. I'm sure you'll be able to find them. I'm sure you could simply get the hardware from Newegg and get such shop to build the computer for you. Or have them also order the stuff, w/e.

    Side comment about PSU's: Yeah, they always go for the bare minimum. Make them pretty much not upgradable.

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