BlackListedB
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Cheats in general fall under an all encompassing umbrella one can argue, I feel some of what I've seen listed as cheats is fun and harmless, however, the money being artificially well over most usable limits, and offered without any solicitation in MP sessions, that's the most grevious one so far, the other would be unable to kill certain members, not only in GTA but also RDR MP.
If you get killed and can't kill the other player in defence, just the same, there's something wrong. Cheats that have people leveled well beyond the normal level, though I'm sure it's very hard to tell how many hours are legitimatelly played by all involved
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Hey guys, was out post holiday shopping, happened on a $30 PS3 80Gig that couldn't read discs, which when GTA V came out, I had just transplanted a 40GB model with a new BD Bluray media drive, and yeah, it's STILL working perfect!! It made the $30 dollar one a no brainer for me to tackle the same thing twice, I'll keep you apprised how that pans out.
While dismantling however, this one was CAKED in dust, it took a good day to clean it completely, by hand, no compressed air! just water, paper towels and Q tip like swabs from Radio Shack. It required EVERY part be cleaned front and back, and may I say, what I learned is you guys better take heed of your own hardware situation.
Warranty be damned, it won't save your unit from breaking down when it's clogged top to bottom with dust, so make sure it stays as clean as possible, if you have a warranty and don't like using screw drivers yourself, get someone to have a go at it, if required. I would NEVER keep one running as dirty as this one was, even if performance hasn't changed, it won't die from lack of cooling and air circulation. I didn't put new thermal paste on, but I rubbed the contact surfaces with fresh, clean PT to make sure they seat fresh.
The Xbox mention comes about via the pawn shop just up the street that sold me my latest, they offered me still more for repair, but given the 360's poor track record and issues with assembly, jury's still out on me actually offering to take them off their hands, but I wonder what you guys would do...pass or go?? It's tempting if they're an awesome deal, and there's parts that I could use, the main issue is the media drive yet again, highly mechanical of course, as such, more likely to fail over time.
I shot a good number of videos of the Playstation dismantle stages, I'll link some of those once they're posted. Hopefully it gives some idea about the component issues related to the 80Gig model PS3 that's represented by the SKU CECHK01 that I have in this case, I'm using the metallic shield off that model's drive as reference for a replacement, the previous ones don't have internal enclosures, for example, black plastic PSU unit for these versus a silver, more exposed, and prone to high heat one for earlier 40 and 60GB originals.
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The guy who hosts Rebel radio supposedly is semi-famous for what he does, but I have trouble just understanding him! haha
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I'd like NOT to believe you didn't understand a word I said, you should know what a lobby is, you should know what losing a connection to MP means, or entails.
While I was online, probably in the XBL version GTA 5, I overheard a 15 year old, or younger gamer on a headset telling another who said he was 8 that that was 'cool'.
I'm 47, I don't believe it's right OR cool for people under the age of an R rated movie to be exposed to interactive games that strive to classify themselves as such, which Rockstar pointedly have done in explicit content time in and time out, I'm not here to judge your competency but I believe MATURE means something and should be respected as the control that keeps content away from people who are frankly too young to be confronted with it.
There's a moral compass involved on the gamer end that's not in the content of the fictional story and character, if there were no worry or concern in that regard, you'd have violent and unethical content raising or teaching the youth around the World, parents are not up to the task when we see them failing time and time again in their requirements as parents.
That rant said, I'm talking about whatever problems arise using the Multiplayer features of GTA because as mentioned, this is Rockstar's FIRST time full out online server design, and as we've seen, it's also HIGHLY flawed. It's a somewhat massive task to make an online game that branches from such a large scope single player experience, but as we've seen, the users of it are highly impatient. That shows another facet of the lack of maturity of which I speak
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As long as you stay away from spam, you're OK
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I have the freely found Acer Extensa 5420, AMD dual core model like your specs, though at the 5620 model, the Extensa series switches to an Intel based chipset, everything on it is the same however, it can use an MXM II graphics card on each version.
I also bought an HP 8510P laptop as well, there are plenty around built for business use, it offers a better resolution, MXM 2 built in and HDMI output, but it has a slow SD card reader compared to the multi card version used on Acer models, likely due to a faster bus, also the Acer models using discrete graphics should look just as good, but mine is integrated to the chipset, though still ATI based on their ownership coming from AMD. Though your computer maker is no longer in business, you do appear to support MXM possibly, and dual core at least on the low end. The HD2xxx ATIs are from the year 2007, just so you know, they've already been supplanted with a good number of full model range cards from both nVidia and ATI. ATI is supporting both of the new gaming consoles, so consider nVidia for all future PC cards, currently they might tend to offer better PC gaming, and in the same situation, a PC betters any tablet or laptop in existence.
The laptop you have might be a higher version of the stock HP Compaq 8510P based on it's HD2600 ATI graphics with only 256MB dedicated RAM, but the theory holds a better GFX card could mate to it, BIOS is a major issue though.
I'd say look for an upgrade from what you have, and MXM is still a good bet if you go to III or higher, since they're larger and handle more voltage demands, not to mention the heat that GPUs give off!
MXM2 tops out with a 9600 as I posted some time ago, or 8600GT. I wound up buying one that doesn't work. There's an eBay seller offering repairs on MXM cards for only about $50, so it's worth consideration if you want to send them your card! I'm mulling it over actually given my contact with them and they said if they can't fix it, you're only out shipping, IIRC, they won't charge but they do recycle them for parts I believe. They list repeatedly on eBay but I believe they ARE in the UK. I think it's reasonable price listed as an auction starting bid, but they will repair them for what they're asking, so just look for those auctions under card repair and ask the person via eBay about your situation so they know what issues you have
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I'm on my way back from Xmas with my parents, like a lot of people, I missed the snow completely due to the holiday timing, Rockstar may have to consider how this effects a large swath of fans precluded from the fun. We all downloaded the gifts, as I see it. I started up PS3 for the first time with online, and I ran into a myriad of signing on to a session that didn't end abruptly, or people who wouldn't commit to the jobs where the more people who would take part would add to the fun you get out of it. Sad thing that effects both versions of GTA V.
PSN has better cars floating around, but seemingly far less aircraft, compare it to XBL and there's airplanes and helis at every typical landing pad! STRANGE.
The money issue was largely absent from the sessions I spent on PSN, but there were also far fewer players, this is something that typically effects PSN though, I hope it changes still
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I got on PSN tonight, later toward and after midnight Central Standard Time, that's when I was able to keep the signal going, however, there was an initial warning about Rockstar's Cloud Servers, then more then one TIMED OUT errors which cut off online availability and you're sent back to single player, so you're left manually selecting online from there again. It's even more maddening time spent waiting to play the game!
Another aspect I find maddening is if I'm willing to wait for a more complete MP lobby for jobs requiring more then one or two players, why can't others commit?? I went with someone else's selection, waiting less then a minute for more people then just us, and he left, I had to do the job alone, but I too get tired of waiting, but I give it a proper chance, and do the same within RDR MP.
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I posted a YouTube segment on the money making problem at GTAC then our site went offline again, typical host payment issue yet again, not a surprise THIS time since it was again the end of the month and it had to be billing due.
The video was two months old now, it showed what I consider a legitimate way to use procedures within the game to generate cash, you repeat and rinse in the endeavor but it would be time consuming and is based on vehicle sales within the game, which is allowed, what needs to be dealt with however, is the billions of dollars just issued to everyone in a session, at random, offered as bounties and such. If you're reading the comments on Newswire, you can see the cheaters and hackers are what everyone is currently fuming about, and with valid reason.
I find it odd no one has joined in the discussion over here, are you content with what's happening in GTAOnline?!?! I can't believe that.
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You shouldn't post a personal message as a thread, for one, use a title generally related to any PS3 owners, and more to the point, I was with my family over the Xmas holiday, so I'm among those complaining about no snow in Los Santos, because I also missed out, I have to create my PSN character and start the tutorials for GTAOnline with PS3, since as I confessed earlier, I was paying for Xbox Live and using that for the online and playing GTA 5 on PS3 offline, so far, anyway
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Never heard of it. If you were to be hoping about Rockstar Games, remember that they don't license any actual vehicles for the game, but that there are obvious comparisons, hybrids combining various elements, but the Emperor and other Cadillac models are nearly complete replicas, the 67 Eldo and the Fleetwood seen in GTA V
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BTW, again our newly restored GTAChronicles site has gone offline, but at present I'm celebrating Christmas with family and friends, and I'm sure Trip Mills is as well, so we can't get back online straight away, I posted the same issue thread over there, but I'd like to field input from everyone, I've discussed this online with fellow gamers, but it's still an important event within GTAOnline, and how they might tackle legit money making schemes, based upon how the game is designed, or a true cheat where there's more harm then good as a result
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Rockstar Newswire update shows the Xmas gifts they're giving this year, but no word back on all the problems people are having with GTAOnline in particular and even some issues present in GTA offline. I haven't seen much of the current ones noted...but I have lost connection a few times, and been given large sums of cash multiple times, this in about two sessions perhaps, lastly, on XBox Live
What do you guys make of the current state of GTAOnline, and has it been rough going more so on PSN then XBL or vice versa??
MERRY CHRISTMAS BTW!!!!!
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Check your spelling... next time. You got a lot of errors in that, but most confusing is what ERA has to do with GTA V ??.... It's a modern era setting. There are hopes of a 70s setting for some Rockstar franchise, and might be circa 1979 if Agent ever comes to fruition.
Regardless, there's plenty of memorable moments in GTA game play, as you noted, but a cougar is not likely to appear at the top of Mount Chiliad, only as you climb it at lower altitudes.
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While it's interesting to hear gamers chat in online about the cheats and other user activity, I don't think being frank about how to subvert the game is something TGTAP or other major fan sites will condone, it goes against fair gaming as intended by Rockstar, that means THEY would generally disapprove of all these cheating methods. Kapesh?
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Been watching my newly setup cable subscription, I get the Velocity channel among many others, they have a show about restoring lost classics, doing so with about $12,000 for resto work, and purchases up to $10,000 USD. What's most interesting is the time they're able to 'flip' a restoration (3 weeks in one show example!), along with some costs being less then 10K for parts and labor in the restore, to me that seems like mission impossible, it would be in the Midwest, USA
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Claude's a stooge, just doesn't do much other then cow tow, play both sides against the middle, he lacked personalities because Rockstar were just getting the chemistry right with how to involve the user's character amidst NPC, and the AI that's always been improving, but for the fast following Vice City on GTA III's success, they spent a lot more time making the key protagonist part of the story, and backstory
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Vice City, whether Stories or not is STILL a 1980s setting. Regardless, realities with GTA and the USA or Mexico are really not intentional at all, the closest similarity exists with Red Dead Redemption still
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I found one of my old magazines Electronic Gaming from 1983, in fact, scanned on the site referenced below. One of the fun things are the old ads, and not only that multiplatform rag I picked up lots of Apple computing mags I still own today, some 30 years later!!
This online site pays the same reverent homage, and you owe it to yourself to take a look and explore the history that you most likely missed. I've been a gamer since those late 70s and early 80s, to this day!
Some think I'm creepy and strange because of this, but I challenge them to show their history of gaming that's anywhere as exhaustive covering 20 to 30 years of electronic gaming.
It's key to see how electronic technology plays it's part evolving the very concept year after year
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People I don't know hit me up on Social Club or via messaging in XBL, I'm going to try my hand at GTAO via my PS3 in short order though, since I have to test-try a few things, like the suggestion that I have to pay to use the Online feature, as MS requires for Xbox360.
Someone later said paying for online and more is part of the PSN service changes for PS4, and not PS3. I'm left wondering about any changes yet to come from Sony, and I'm worried they could backtrack progress (adopting MS' policies, though we know already what backlash occurred when they made stiff user demands.)
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I still wonder why you vets don't give me a run for my money. I divide my time between here and GTAChronicles, but regardless... Only time I found it hard to keep up with the highly populated GTAForums, and guess what??!!
I don't even patronize that site any longer, but I kept up an even more active stance back then, it's no wonder I drove them nuts.
HA!
Anyway, this evening found the latest Retro Gaming UK mag, features a short making of for GTA3 with two former DMA staff involved in it's fruition.
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I have been declining job offers on the phone, most you can also initiate yourself stepping into highlights on the map while not in a vehicle, however, I avoid these because of the waiting required in lobbies, there's also voting on continuing after the fact, this voting process can fall apart easily based on people not taking part and opting out, and you're left waiting longer, but this is always a negative part and parcel aspect of bad sportsmanship from the participants, not the actual system of multiplayer lobby design options.
We should field response on the forums about how you guys deal with the problematic nature that seems inescapable, we all know there's mature and not so mature gamers on both consoles. Not just GTA for instance.
My favorite way to level up and make cash, weapon ammo as well are the added gang locales around the freeroam map, you can engage a red-circle area, and clean up! It's easy and no one else is required to do so
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Probably would get kicked off GTAO to do these updates, but I've been offline now more then a day because I could only hardwire connect to one device, and that be THIS ONE! hahaha
Anywho, updates to GTA 5 as I noted before, give the game a fresh coat of paint at it's best, I was at the pawnshop last night Pawn America locale, and they had copies of GTA 5 for both consoles at a used price of $25 USD! That's half of what most of us paid! ALREADY, I wondered about this factoid once we were hearing the major sales records broken upon it's release, now everyone can afford a copy if they have that pawn shop access to software and hardware like I do, however, I couldn't wait to get both my copies!
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I'm watching Behind the Music and thinking Alice Cooper, or Lemmy of Motorhead, say, in some reference to Love Fist.
(PS3 / 360) Tactical Gaming
in GTA Online
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PS3 is free PSN still, as I noted playing GTA 5 online, I had put it off but had delved into my RDR GoTY edition, and I play legit. PS4 I can't comment on, but I wouldn't get paying for PSN and offering the premium service as they have prior. I also noted the Game Save option for PS Vita, PSP, PS2, PS on the PS3, I find this odd to some degree as there's supposed limits for backward compatibility, but long been a rumor that firmware support might be added as they found a way to do it, there's the PSN downloads of full games, but I admit I haven't done much of that to know what works and what doesn't. I do plan to try my PS2 games out once I complete the latest PS3 project.
Right now I'm using USB via PC to add that needed PS3 OS firmware update/upgrade for the latest PS3 I've been talking about, it actually refused to boot, I used it's original drive, but it was formatted on my 40GB working system, and just as a test, but swapped back over. Previous experience, it's prompted me to format at the boot up of the system, this time it's searching for firmware before it can do anything, can't even use networking directly, far as I can tell... a direct cable might work, but doesn't seem likely.
Anyway, sure that's gone a little off-topic, but I hope informative if you're interested in the hardware directly. I like testing these theories that are out there, if it can be done on the cheap!