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coop / Re: How long does it take for the game to restart?

« on: June 28, 2013, 08:08:44 AM »

There's a few loyal Coop players and they all prefer the sv_gravity 400 setting. Probably because I relentlessly indoctrinated them into the benefits and fun factor of said setting. However if someone connects and asks for normal gravity, I will always oblige them. Until, of course, they realize the folly of their choice and are assimilated into the flying coop cult.
 

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: February 23, 2013, 10:21:10 AM »

Smoking...

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: February 14, 2013, 06:01:22 PM »

Hi Duke - nice hearing from you. I wasn't sure if you even played amymore. But specing counts in my book.

I rarely drop in here anymore but I still troll Vanilla and the Co-ops. Maybe I'll see ya there sometime.

- Rec
 

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: February 12, 2013, 09:00:29 PM »

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: January 14, 2013, 07:51:04 AM »

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art, music, etc. / Re: Obscure Music Videos

« on: October 20, 2012, 03:56:30 AM »

Here's a complete car chase with fleeing cars, police cars and ambulances - all played with harmonics on a Fender Strat. Perfect for playing at maximum volume for the neighbours, some sunny morning....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ3R6YpVN0I&feature=related

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: September 29, 2012, 12:27:21 PM »

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Science / The History of the Earth

« on: September 03, 2012, 01:34:26 PM »

From cosmic dust, to the planet we know today, this is a documentary covering 4.5 billion years of our planet:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzFZUCRM34&feature=related


Also one interesting chapter when the Earth lost 95% of it's living creatures about 250 million years ago:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn62AjIpWMw&feature=related

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/dev/random / Re: What is the most money you have won at a Casino?

« on: June 09, 2012, 02:41:24 PM »

The ONLY game where the odds can be in your favor is Blackjack. This realisation started back in the 60s with a book called "Beat the Dealer", written by a statiscian. When computers became more readily available more stats were run to optimize the basic betting strategy, as the mix of small cards vs 10 cards changed. I was heavily into studying Blackjack in the early 80s. I could count, but it was a real mental task to keep a running count of all the hands played while remembering the best betting strategy. All the casinos were on to this new phase of the game and countered by increasing deck stacks (up to 8 in a shoe), changing rules on "soft" hands and evicting people suspected of counting. The fun was over. The best times to take down the house were in the 60s and 70s when casinos didn't believe the game could be beaten. In fact it was their most profitable game.
That said the best I ever did was being up a few hundred dollars in Monte Carlo on a European vacation. I also hit Baden Baden in Germany and a few other smaller casinos. Interesting times...

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art, music, etc. / Re: Obscure Music Videos

« on: June 08, 2012, 05:24:32 PM »

Tribute to Bob Welch - onetime member of Fleetwood Mac (70s) and solo artist, who died recently. His well known hits were Sentimental Lady and Ebony Eyes. But this one he wrote with the Mac is more obscure. A kind of jazzy groove thing - Hypnotized.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8ZeTlMpnfHk

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Q2 Training Camp / Re: Hi! New player here.

« on: June 03, 2012, 10:44:24 PM »

If it is of any value here I have found there are inherent problems with the Microsoft "Comfort" series of mice. They are not gamer friendly mice. I had a Comfort 3000 mouse that would not recognize MOUSE3 in Quake 2. I use that button (scroll) for jumping. Nothing I did could fix it. I only bought because it had a decent DPI (1000). If you search other forums, there are many gamers who have had various problems with the Comfort line.
Buy a Razor Death Adder or a good Logitech.

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: May 09, 2012, 02:32:47 PM »

Gotta love the subway....

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: April 18, 2012, 10:27:09 PM »

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: April 12, 2012, 12:06:53 AM »

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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures

« on: April 05, 2012, 06:37:32 PM »

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