RE: King Motors Baja Review with pictures
Sir not appearing... You win best screen name ever. 10 Internets for you and a cookie. Sorry for off topic guys, I just had to say that. :)
Posted on: 11/19/2009 10:17 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: My Nutech TBII Pro Race kit is on the way
Thread cleaned up. Again. When I delete posts from a thread, I don't expect the discussion to continue as if the posts had never been removed. Please stick to the topic in the OP. Thanks.
Posted on: 11/19/2009 9:18 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Homemade monster servos
Thread cleaned up. If you do not have anything positive to say, don't post. Any more trolling and further action will be taken against the instigators. Enough.
Posted on: 11/19/2009 9:05 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: My Nutech TBII Pro Race kit is on the way
[quote]ORIGINAL: mooman007uk [quote]ORIGINAL: rckiwi Great stuff I can't wait for you to receive the car! I know how excited I was when mine arrived[:D] I have worked closely with Nutech Racing and alot of things have changed in the cars since I first got mine! Nutech are just getting better and better[:D] My sample Mege Monster is ready and I should have that next week[:D][:D][:D] [/quote] you better not get your sample before i do or you'll be on my bugger list too[:D] they were supposed to be putting it together at the end of last week but haven't heard anything back from Chris yet i totally agree with the ongoing R&D from nutech, doing it the right way and ironing out any problems [i]before[/i] they release new models. i think they'll be a major contender in a very short time and it's nice to be onboard just itching to get my NMT...ordered it with black wheels and clear body...got to get some more colours and masks and come up with some sort of paint job great thing is the Canadian distributer...vancouver hobbies.. is only 40mins and a boat ride from me [/quote] Will I get on your bugger list if I get my Sandstorm Pro before you get your MM? :) If I do, I'll put it in my sig ("I'm on moo's bugger list"), with pride. :)
Posted on: 11/18/2009 11:27 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: The real deal
Yeh, it looks great like they all do, but to this date, I've NEVER seen one going full speed or in fact more than about 5mph. I musta seen tons of videos of them idling, but never one going flat out with gears engaged. Anybody know of such a vid?
Posted on: 11/4/2009 3:19 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
It's heavy on the shooting skill. I hear that a lot of people find it challenging. The story isn't very well fleshed out and has a disappointing end (so I'm told). A lot of opportunities were missed, the RPG element is very basic with only 4 semi-customisable (and radically different) character classes, but the gun play mechanic is unrivalled in my opinion out of current gen games. The weapons are awesome, every one feels great to fire, and feels like it would do damage, it's just one of those rare games, like Half Life/Quake/UT that just feels 'right' in every way. When you die, you don't feel cheated, though it can be tough at the start (and it's a bit of a slow starter), but it accelerates very quickly once you get to about level 12. When you clear a whole group of bandits including their 'badass' members with only critical hits, and take not a single bullet in return, you'll feel you did an 'awesome thing'. :) Plus the search for guns is life-consuming. You'll start to get 'gun chest' withdrawal if you don't see one for a while, opening those little presents in the anticipation, that out of over 17 million weapons, this will be one of the awesome ones. You won't keep many weapons longer than a couple of levels, you'll find ones that you really like, that suit the way you want to play the game, then you'll only discard them if you find similar but more powerful ones. At level 32 I have about 10 guns that I carry, you can only equip 4 at a time. You'll find guns EVERYWHERE, and what you don't want, you sell, in order to buy more guns. lol! Did I mention this game is really all about guns? It'll be considered by hardcore gamers as one of the games that didn't get the recognition it deserved, I believe. Personally, it's my game of the year, and I know I'll still prefer it to CoD6 when it comes out, because it's more my kind of game. But it won't be everyone's game of the year.
Posted on: 11/4/2009 3:08 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
Wow, you musta been unlucky on the snipers, I haven't had anything less than 251 (some with 4x elemental) for MANY levels. In fact, some people who have seen my vids have asked if I'm using an exploit to get better weapons. Of course I'm not, but apparently, my arsenal is fearsome for my level. I guess I just have a knack for spotting the good guns. :) Weapon farming in New HAven is a the ticket for snipers. I usually gtet 4 snipers on that run, and my current one came from one of the shops, as did that mental revolver.
Posted on: 11/4/2009 10:44 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
Wow, level 40 Sledge! Still, his weapon is crap, as long as you are at least 20 feet away, you're fine. :) I lured him out through the door, ran to the end of the corridor and sniped him from out in the open, he couldn't hit me with his scattergun at all from 15 metres. :)
Posted on: 11/4/2009 9:47 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
I'm glad I kept my Eridian sniper then, it's pretty rubbish on humans, I was wondering what the hell it would be good for. :)
Posted on: 11/4/2009 8:56 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: WARNING!! - Watch out doing business with Oversize RC in Melbourne, Australia!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: splcrazy it wouldnt be the first time oversizerc pulled stunts like this on their customers , it sounds like they recieved your order but were too lazy to prepare the order and send it out , but in the end everyone that complained about not getting their orders all ended up recieved them , but recieved them VERY LATE , this is the main reason i dont buy buy cheap chinese rc imports cos then this is the sort of headaches you will get from crap hobby shops such as this , stick with genuine original rc's and genuine hobby shops to avoid this LOL [/quote] I don't see what Chinese products have to do with one Australian importer that can't seem to keep his customers happy. It's time we start changing our idea that all Chinese companies are cheap and copiers. They are not. Be careful how you use the word 'Chinese', lest you are considered racist. Lets not forget one of the best companies in this hobby (Thunder Tiger, makes HPI look pitiful), is Chinese through and through, and has made wholesale improvements to the previously US firm Team Associated after their acquisition. Where you come from has no bearing on how you conduct business.
Posted on: 11/4/2009 6:06 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
I hadn't noticed that aim assist is on the PC, I'm sure it's not on though. I hit shots I expect to hit with and miss when I miss, there's nothing odd going on as far as aiming is concerned. I hate autoaims. I'll add you on Gamespy. I don't see how you finished it and you're only on lvl38?? I'm level 33 now, and I'm probably about 3/4 done with it. I expect to hit lvl 45 before I'm done with the first playthru. I'm a bit of a compulsive completionist though, I always make sure there are no other side missions available before I progress the main quest.
Posted on: 11/4/2009 3:42 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: WARNING!! - Watch out doing business with Oversize RC in Melbourne, Australia!!
I believe the whole issue stems from communication (or lets say a complete lack of customer care). All those who had good experiences, seem to have had 'no' experience. I'm not saying they didn't buy anything of course, what I'm saying is that they ordered, and the stuff came. What more can you ask right? Nothing, of course, that's the ideal way it could go down. But if they had needed to contact the guy for whatever reason, they would seen have been on here just like everyone else. It's amazing how long someone will wait as long as they have reasonable communication.
Posted on: 11/4/2009 3:02 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
, but you need some serious hardware to run it like that. PS. always Foxy, my surname is Fox
Posted on: 11/4/2009 2:55 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids from yours truly. :)
[quote]ORIGINAL: iexion [quote]ORIGINAL: Foxy Iexion, it's not quite cell shading, it's like manga meets cell-shading, meets film noir meets god knows what. [/quote] Most of the games now use a mix of different graphics technique's. Like how Tekken 6 still has some polygons (the same things they used back in Tekken 2 [:'(]) Or how StreetFighter 4 has that awesome water painted
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:55 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
Some of those sound good, some don't. Check out my new vid in the other thread I just added with my new revolver. It's just silly! If your acid sniper has a x4 modifier, it's pretty awesome. IF not, or it has a slow firing rate, then it sucks to be honest, there are some snipers with 400 base damage, a 4x elemental, 2x zoom, 2.0 firing rate, AND 5 shell clips, as well as the obligatory 150% criticals of course.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:34 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
Here's a couple of vids for you guys... This game is amazing. It may be a touch sketchy in the RPG element, but the first person shooter gameplay is simply awesome, dare I say better than half life's... Here's a little taste... Vid 1 is the first Arena battle in the second arena you encounter in the game (in the story you are expected to compete in the Arenas, there's three of them afaik, I haven't seen the third one yet), most people make it to this area between levels 25 and 30, if you're mid 20s, it'll be extremely challenging. I was level 28 and had to retry the third one (no vid, it was much too long, a 10 minute full on battle) many many times. Very very hard. I'm not very impressive in this first vid, but it's acceptable. Sorry it's at night, you can still see what's going on, but it's not great, I wasn't prepared to wait for daybreak to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0OFdtCKQtw Vid 2, second Arena Battle, same arena, more bad guys and in daylight. I performed much better as well this time, better weapon management, use of the arena, etc. I cleaned up basically. Note also the second wind feature as I am killed near the finale, but manage to bring myself back to life by taking out a bad guy. This is cool as hell, when you're about to keel over, you can get a burst of adrenalin IF you can kill someone while dying yourself. Cool stuff. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLse8wsNSdo And here's a third short one, just me taking the bandits by surprise and decimating them with my accuracy. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTaWc8N8wI As you can see, it's the gun variety that gives the game its spice. Constantly switching guns depending on the situation. I have a few better guns now actually, I found a couple of beauties today, including a new sniper rifle and MAD machine pistol. :) Go to post 17 for the fourth vid, my demonstration of the finest revolver I've seen in the game to date, vid in HD too.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:32 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
Prepare to say 'Holy Cow!' anyone who's played the game, the rest of you, trust me, this gun is AWESOME! At my level it's the answer to any problem I come up against. I found it when I started playing today in a weapons vending machine in New Haven. :) It's orange label loot, a revolver with a mad zoom, amazing accuracy, fast reload and INFINITE AMMO! Oh, did I forget? It also happens to have the most damage I've ever seen from a single revolver bullet. :) I've also maxed the skill that makes 40% of my shots fire two bullets simultaneously, so sometimes I'm shooting 840 base damage. It's insane, check out new vid in HD, my first HD. The only problem is I'm a hunter, but I no longer have a need for a sniper rifle. Oh well, never mind, eh? :D[8D] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rnldhmpWE[/youtube]
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:31 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Epic iphone and ipod apps... post em up...
Tell us about it?
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:25 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: How is Grid for PS3?
Yes definitely. Think of it as an on-road version of Dirt 2. I doubt it will hold your interest forever, but getting into a new car has that 'I can't wait to see how it drives' anticipation. Driving the Top Secret Supra round the docklands tracks is particularly adrenalin-fueled. The eBay motors feature is well implemented, makes you think you might find something interesting. Come to think of it, driving the Chevy Lacetti touring car was awesome as well. Yeh. I definitely look back on it with fondness. Is it reduced price now? If it is, I'll pick it up for my PS3 as well.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 12:09 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: How is Grid for PS3?
Oh yeh, crashes put burnout (and just about any other game featuring crashes) to absolute shame. I used to look forward to wrecking spectacularly. Particularly rolling a Porsche GT3 (real GT3 though, for the GT3 class at le mans) 50 times at the Cirque de la Sarthe (sp?). Good crashes, very realistic.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 12:01 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: How is Grid for PS3?
I have it on the PC, and it's one of very few games I regret getting for the PC (I should have got it on PS3). It's really an arcade game, better played with a pad than a wheel, but it's a very good racer. Good fun. The only thing I didn't like about it was being forced to try all the classes. I hated driving the mustang you get at the start. The drifting is HARD, imo. The JGTC Cars are great fun, great handling. The time rewind feature is nice as well. You should pick it up if you're looking for a fun and good value racer.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 11:58 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Forza Motorsport 3 tomorrow
oops! :)
Posted on: 11/3/2009 11:45 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: WARNING!! - Watch out doing business with Oversize RC in Melbourne, Australia!!
oversizerc has so many bad feedbacks on this forum its ridiculous.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 4:00 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Forza Motorsport 3 tomorrow
To be honest, why bother with clutch and shifter? The MS wheel has flappy paddles (tiptronic) gear changers behind the wheel. Since I play mostly GTR (in which the cars have this or sequential stick), I've got used to using paddles, and it would set my game back to change it now. So I just imagine all my cars have tiptronic gearboxes. :) If you really want though, just ick up a second hand G25. Now that the G27 is out, you should find them for good prices.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 3:48 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
There's no aim assist on PC!! I hit lvl 31 last night. We should DEFINITELY play together, I've been waiting to find someone at the same level. I'll be on at 18.00 to 22.00 tonight, our time. (Athens/Istanbul/Minsk according to windows, GMT-2)... Any chance? PS, Sniper because I'm Mordecai, don't you see those 4000hp criticals? I can get them up to 5000 if I put my Sniper mod on. I'm a level 10 sniper. :) Check out my fave guns... http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/foxy42_s2k/Borderlands/ That double anarchy (the purple one) is the one you can see me spamming that badass psycho with near the end of the first Arena battle. Unbeleivable for spamming untold rounds at close range.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 3:33 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
Revo racer. 17 million guns and counting...
Posted on: 11/3/2009 2:18 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
Iexion, it's not quite cell shading, it's like manga meets cell-shading, meets film noir meets god knows what.
Posted on: 11/3/2009 2:18 AM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
By the way, there's a nice trick for healing. You've killed Sledge, right? WELL I hope you didn't sell Sledge's Shotgun, it's one of the most powerful weapons in the game, but ONLY at absolute point blank range. Anyway, the trick is to have the stat that lets you heal otehrs by shooting them. When you have this, just point blank them in the back or chest with sledge's shotgun and they'll be full health in one shot. :)
Posted on: 11/2/2009 6:49 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands PC/360/PS3
You'll find the best stuff in shops, don't worry. This is a good run for weapons... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4_LHKTkPEQ There's also TWO weapons vending machines on the high street in New Haven, good place to find cool stuff.
Posted on: 11/2/2009 6:36 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Borderlands gameplay vids. **New 4th vid (HD) added** :)
The graphics are very cartoony, but very vivid, cool looking, and effective. The accuracy is all about the weapons. Some are accurate, some ar not, you will collect a small collection of favorites very quickly, but there's always a better gun round the corner. I've had and discarded literally hundreds of different guns, maybe thousands. Only 8 I've wanted to keep. Killing things and looking for cash, loot and guns is what keeps you going in the game. :) I play CoD etc, but on the PC. Since you haven't been in off topic for that long, you may never have heard me mention it before, I used to be ranked worldwide at Unreal Tournament 2k4. I don't practice much any more, but I hope the core skills are still apparent from that vid. I was top 1% of the world at games like this at one time. But as with all things, it comes down to having time to practice, and getting old. This is what you would call a twitch shooter, my style. If you like CoD etc, then you like tactical shooters. Different style. You may find the pace of the game a bit disturbing, it's non-stop, and you never know if your next encounter wil be a walk in the park, or a life threatening experience! You need good reflexes and decision making, that's why I like it so much, it brings back the important skills to the genre that have been missing since the first half life, quake, UT, etc.
Posted on: 11/2/2009 5:52 PM by Author "Foxy" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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