Avian Gamers Network

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1st Feb 2008

For consoles, I am a MS fan. Not a Fanboy, just a fan. My reasons are:

1. Tons of quality titles to choose from. I feel the 360 exclusive titles >> the PS3 exclusives.

2. The online Live service (I pay about $60/year) > the PS online functionality.

3. Their newer chipset seems to have corrected, or at least, lowered the risk of the dreaded "red ring of death" so the likihood of failure hardware has improved. Maybe not quite as good as PS3 as I have not heard much about their hardware failure rate. No need to be as scared about the 360 quality as it once was.

4. Bang for the buck is greater with the 360. Even with the blu-ray functionality of the PS3, I feel like I get my money's worth out of my 360. Though admittedly this is a smaller point than the others as the price difference between the two should be averaged over the course of 5 years (average cycle lifetime of the console).

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

Everything Angelus said is correct.

If you have a 1080p 40+ inch TV, then might you have a decent argument for the Blu-Ray functionality of a PS3. But with that said, I have all three and the only one that I feel I get my money out of is the 360. There are more games that I enjoy, more exclusives that I care about, and to be honest, I haven't ever seen an appreciable difference in the graphic quality between the two systems.

No matter what you choose make sure you hit me up with your gamer tag/PSN ID. I've been playing WoW exclusively recently, but when burn out I'm sure I'll be back to my consoles.

PS - Avoid the Wii. $250 paperweight. I'd sell mine right now if I could most of my money out of it.

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Thanks for the info....

I forgot to mention I don't even have a decent TV yet. All the screens I have are a 19" flatscreen for my comp, a 17" in reserve and an old 14" TV which is about half my age (Got it from the school since they were throwing it out).

And I did a check on the pricetags.
The 360 cost 2200 DKK so it's below the 400 US$
The PS3 cost 3200 DKK (565 US$)
And the Wii cost as much as the 360 (400 $)

The games cost 600 DKK for each console so that's 105 US$

Currently having exam preperations and mandatory papers (those that are used to meassure whether or not I'm eligible for an exam)...

Looking forward to December... Last exam after 5 months internship and I can then call myself a system administrator. With a monthly pay of min. 25.000 DKK prior taxes. (and tax is 42 %) If you want the after taxes in dollars here ya go:
25.000 DKK/5,67 = 4409 US$ (prior taxes)
4409*0,58 = 2557 US$ (after taxes)...

Is that much compared to US, Canada or UK for that matter?

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1st Feb 2008

Ditto everything Angelus said. I've played quite a bit on both, and the bang for the buck in on the 360. That and all the cool kids in Avian play it. HA!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Oh and a note about the cost of games... Ebay is the place to be. You can find bundles of 15-20 good games going for $60 US. But realistically in 2 months, you're only going to be playing CoD Modern Warfare 2 anyway.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Perhaps, but there is one thing that won't change for me.

FPS and RTS will never be good on console. For that I need mouse and keyboard.

Anyway I wanna mention something that happened to me this morning.
I was going through two auction sites, the danish and greenlandic equivalents of eBay and I found an old NES for sale the the greenlandic site.
My curiosity was peaked and I began seacing for old nes on the danish site. I searched and skipped all the wii stuff untill I saw one called "Lylat Wars" for N64. Lylat Wars is the european & australian version of Star Fox 64, which I played like crazy years ago.
I then seached wikipedia for it and read the articles... While I read I stumbled upon other N64 games on the auction site and read about those too...
But Star Fox 64 had the profound effect on me that I felt tears in my eyes when I realized that I have grown alot older, some twelve years in fact, and that I miss those carefree times alot now...

I'm in the middle of exams at the school and is pretty stressed out so I think that has something to do with it...

Anyway I'm dusting off my gamecube and borrowing "Star Fox: Assault" from my friend's younger brother and I'm gonna start some serious game therapy after school...

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1st Feb 2008

Are you going to be playing MW2 yourself tho? That is the question. (slight dig cause I haven't seen you on to play WaW with)

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

Been there, done that. Hated it. I do NOT like WaW. Went back to CoD4. Been playin it here and there, in between WoW stints. And yes, I'll be purchasing MW2. Shotguns FTW!!!1!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Well perhaps I don't need to get one of the new consoles...

I need a new PSU for my comp and a new graphicscard...

Luckily for me one of the graphicscards I have had eyes on for a while has dropped about 250 US$ to a mere 200 US$
A 500W PSU cost about 90-100 US$.

The graphics card I wanna buy is a ATI Radeon HD4870 w/ 1 gig of DDR3

Correction it is a ATI/AMD Radeon HD 4670 w/ 1 gig of DDR3

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1st Feb 2008

This is a day for a sort of celebration.

I have purchased an Xbox 360 Elite (120 gigs) military appreciation edition with three games bundled plus the whole Band Hero package as part of the bargain.
300 US$. Then I found Star Wars Force Unleased (vanilla edition) in the sales binch for 20 bucks...

The other three games are Lego Batman and Pure. Left 4 Dead was bundled as part of military appreciation...

Guess what I am playing

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1st Feb 2008

EVerything above for the 360 I agree with. The online service is great. I use streaming Netflix through the XBox constantly. Another huge plus, for me, is the ability to connect the 360 to my home computer network. That allows me to load up Media Center on the TV to give guests limited access to only media files I choose, like music. Let's them play DJ at parties. I can also play my movies from my PC on the 360, which is great because I have 100's of movies on the PC. Hmm.. watch it on the 22 monitor at a desk, or on the couch up on 57" inches? Easy choice

PM me your gamer tag. I've often got a friends only L4D game going

Haven't hooked it up to the internet yet though I presume I will do tonight by around 8 PM (-4 GMT)
Currently working as a civilian contractor for USAF, which explains the L4D bundle...

But I was wondering whether or not we had a list of Avian 360 gamer tags somewhere on the forums...
Can't find it on the private forums.

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1st Feb 2008

Funny thing about your OP Azz, a PC with those specs would only set you back about $500.00 US dollars today. Less if you get it on Sale.

As far as Cavin' in goes, we are planning on finally getting a console in the next 3 months as well. We will be getting a Wii, and unfortunately it will primarily be for Sports and Fitness, but that's a start....

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Robert
Second President, Avian Gamers

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DDO - Cannith - Guijanitor - Paladin/Rogue (4/1)
DDO - Cannith - RicochetItor - Rogue (5)

Those specs I set out were for a bugdet machine nine months ago... While still "respectable" yet the specs are already getting very obsolete...

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1st Feb 2008

Just got Fable II premium pack on sale last night

Haven't played it yet, but found alot of good reviews on the net.

I don't wanna read any walkthroughs or boiled down tips on this and that, while risking spoilers so...

Any advice? What to expect? (I know the reviews, but I prefer seeing a normal humans opinion, not from a guy who plays games and talk about them for a living...)

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1st Feb 2008

Anywho I just picked up Star Wars: Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition, so I'm sitting with a vanilla SW:FU for an Xbox 360 (NTSC)

Anyone who wants it? I can mail it in a few days.

I'm not gonna pick the first and best, since I want everyone to have a chance to chime in, why they deserve it...

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1st Feb 2008

I liked Fable 2. The co-op mode was disappointing though. Nice mix of hand-to-hand, ranged, and magic combat styles.

I think it was overhyped, but still was a good time.

My advice would be to get into the real estate aspect of the game quickly. Can make some good money.

Oh and also, lesbian marriages are hot.

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

BTW I discovered I lose less renovn by killing my wife myself outside town rather than divorcing her.
Alternatively I could just make her tag along untill I met some bandits that could kill her and lose no renovn at all.

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1st Feb 2008

This post in isolation is terribly disturbing!

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X2-PB

Pathfinder Kingmaker Campaign:
Gednan Malithanar - Wizard (1)
Dukin Thunderstrike - Ranger (1)

Star Citizen: - https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
AntanKarmola on their forums

Star Wars: The Old Republic: - Not really playing
Antare Karmola - Jedi Guardian (32)
Antan Karmola - Jedi Shadow (21)
Arianae Karmola - Gunslinger (20)

Well aware of that. Chose the words very carefully

Try and say that among married men sitting in a bar... what do you think the response would be from the other patrons?



Oh!!! BTW! Post #1500

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1st Feb 2008