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30/05/2006 Cavemen!I've found the Cavemen! And now I want to lose them again. I found them over at Trixies site when she is talking about sexism in gaming.
These idiots are being so shallow minded. Don't even waste you're time with the link if you don't want to get all pissed off. I am so sick and tired of the racist, sexist, overall ignorant tone of people on live lately. Tonight I'm having a great time on Burnout Revenge (which I just rented) until I run into this guy who won't stop yelling the N* word. And I am playing in the "Family" gamerzone!! I know there aren't many "Family" players out there but this is ridiculous. The other night my sister was playing UNO and a couple of guy's started razzing her cause she's a girl and saying very rude stuff... like breaching the code of conduct rude. I had to get on the mic and then I got screamed at too, so I left the game. I hope they go to leave "left game" feedback on me and see that I'm an Ambassador. (if they can read)
I don't know what Live needs to put an end to this type of behavior, but something has to happen. If you go to the store you can't start yelling racial slurs for no reason. You'd get your ass kicked. And being rude and sexist in public isn't gonna make friends any faster. Sooner or later people will hopefully realize that when you are playing games on the Internet, you ARE in public and need to act like a normal human.
Why should I have to mute the voice through the TV when my daughters are around?
I should be comfortable for my wife to try out Burnout online, but I'm not.
I would like to emphasize the importance of leaving approppriate feedback for people. No, you aren't tattling, you're just doing you're best to create a nicer community. The trolls will eventually end up stuck playing with themselves (no pun intended) and we'll all be enjoying fresh, freindly competition.
"I hereby swear on 'The Ring Of Light' that I will always leave appropriate feedback and never let the ignorance win. In doing so I will help create a nicer community that will also be more "new person friendly". If I ever fail in my duty to leave appropriate feedback, may the 'Red Lights of Death' strike my console down, forcing me to endure weeks of Xboxless meditation."
If you also swear to always leave appropriate feedback, please post a comment. Maybe we could make a clan of people who are against ignorance online? Don't get me wrong, I may cuss a little when someone hits me with a draw four in UNO, but the sexism and racism HAS to stop.
Thanks for listening
JPsmooth42 27/05/2006 LMAOCheck out the title to this article. I'm still laughing while writing this, best pun yet! http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=140597 If you can stop your childish giggling and read the article, you'll see that Miyamato hints at more functionality that hasn't even been announced yet.
JPsmooth42 25/05/2006 Microphone in Wii remotehttp://www.megagames.com/news/html/console/nintendosurpriseskeepcoming.shtml Nintendo keeps the surprises coming with the announcement of a mic in their Wii remote, making online games even more enjoyable- no silly headset.
JPsmooth42
24/05/2006 Can't wait for Live DownloadsKotaku is talking about the "Live Downloading" update for the 360, and it is getting me excited. My wife is watching a movie "Mists of Avalon" (one of her fav's) and I just saw on Major Nelsons site that the Hitman Demo is available for download. I wish I could download it while she watches this 3 hour movie. Here is what Kotaku had to say-
Active Download Coming to Xbox Live Who knows, it might be live now. Microsoft is listing Active Download as an addition to the Xbox 360 skill set. The post says the service is scheduled to hit yesterday, though I'm fairly certain that's wrong. Active download will let you do lots of fancy things, like: Each item that you download is downloaded separately in the background. This lets you continue to use the console while you download an item. You can stream music, play DVDs or CDs, play arcade titles, and play games while you download an item from the marketplace. If you start to play an online game, the download is automatically paused while you play the game to help prevent game lag because of network congestion. This helps you receive the best online gaming experience that the network can provide. All downloads are associated with your profile. If a download is paused or if the download is interrupted, the download will resume the next time that you connect to Xbox Live. You can add items to the active downloads list at any time by selecting more items from the marketplace. Apparently your Xbox 360 will message you when the download starts and is finished. But can it tell me when it's time to go eat and sleep before I slip into a psychotic episode?
Pretty neat stuff if you ask me. If anyone has tried the Hitman Demo, please leave you're thoughts on it. JPsmooth42 23/05/2006 Rep/ BF2:MC I was thinking about Cluskevirds questions about rep and feedback today and decided to check my own rep. Turns out I'm not as soft and lovable after all- it say's 28% of players avoided me!
This seems like alot too me, and you can imagine the shock I felt when reading this. Looking closer it say's that 50% of the avoiding players were avoiding me because I "quit early". This is very frustrating to me because even though I really enjoy getting on live and playing with others on a rare occasion I must quit the game early.
You see I have two beautiful daughters and no matter how much fun I am having sometimes I must put gaming on hold to tend to my family. Key word is Family, which is my gamerzone~!
 Also my sister has been playing UNO when I'm not around, I'll have to ask her if she's been leaving any games early.
The system also didn't say why the other 50% avoided me. Oh well, I guess that is the price I'll pay for putting my family first. 28% seems like alot of people to me though, and my stars on my gamercard haven't changed. I am confused.
I rented Battlefield 2: Modern Combat on Sunday and I'm having alot of fun with it. It is pretty much the exact same game that I played on the original Xbox(released last October) with some awesome graphics and silky smooth online play. Online this game thrives, with super hard achievments based on the medals from the Xbox version ie: get ten kills with a sniper before dying, play 50 games online, ect. These achievments are about as hard to earn as some of Perfect Dark Zero's. I've played for two day's and only gotten one (five major victories online) and it only gave me five points! I feel like I should get an achievement for getting an achievement in this game.
One glaring flaw in this game is the glitch they are having with the microphone. Seemingly at random your mic stops working and you can no longer hear or say anything through your mic. It is really frustrating in such a team oriented game. I guess EA is working on a fix, and there current statement say's you need to log off Xbox live and log back in to fix it. This is just a band-aid for the problem because I'll just lose communication after a few games. Also heard that if you don't use the guide button at all, you won't lose the mic, still need to try this one. Anyways, I wouldn't be posting about it if it wasn't such a darn fun game.
JPsmooth42
P.S. I am a little more aware of "feedback" so I'll try to game online when I know I can devote at least 1/3rd of my attention, and only leave if really have to.
Edit- Just found this over at Bungie- its e-mails from people who got banned, very funny stuff.
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=waaahmbulance
19/05/2006 CommunityI just wanted to post and thank all the people who stop by here. We have really built a community and it feels good.
Example: when everyone was downloading their asses off last Tuesday (I had 11 friends online, noone playing a game!) I was wondering if I was the only one having slow downloads, so instead of checking the forums or calling support, I messaged everyone with the handy-dandy message center in Xbox.com asking if anyone else was having this problem. Minutes later I had nine messages, all from fellow bloggers! Pretty neat. Then I got onto some chat with a local buddy and he told me he called support and their answer was that the server went down.
Later that night I played some UNO with some people from Spaces. Pretty neat to play with Fourzerotwo and ask him how E3 was treating him and compliment Haloaded for his write-up about Halo 3. I also played Fenyx, Backdraft, FNG and JO3PA. And I'm looking for you Cluskevird.
I am probably pre-ordering the Wii and Twilight Princess next time I get paid. The guy's at Gamecrazy said it will probably only be $199 for the Wii but I expect it to be $299 at the least. Don't be surprised when they have two different price points (a new innovation). Heck, Nintendo might even go with 3 price points just to be a step ahead of Microsoft and Sony.
My little sister is playing UNO online for the last couple nights. She likes it alot, but it makes me kinda nervous. She sometimes acts half her age (she's 26). She really likes the sound of her own voice, if you know what I mean! I kinda had to lecture her over her language (she was cussing) and how less is more when chatting on live. Also had to tell her not to entice anyone if they are talking alot of trash. Also had to tell her about the feedback system. Damn, I needed a chalkboard.
She's doing much better now, but she's trying to be too nice almost, saying good job and nice move almost every round. Oh well, if ya run into please have patience. Shes really sweet and I really hope she doesn't run into any idiot gamers. I'd hate for her to run into some of the personalities I've seen in Halo2.
Thanks for listening
JPsmooth42
EDIT- I also found my name is finally on the list of Ambassadors over at Xbox.com. 16/05/2006 Advent ChildrenI watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children last night, and it was pretty cool. The story was very confusing, especially if you havn't played the game for eight years. The fight scenes and the overall quality of the C.G. are what sold me on it. Very intense battles and an epic fight at the end. I think this is a must see for any nerd.
I also watched Gramma's Boy, and was impressed. If you havn't heard about this movie, it's about a 35 year old game tester who gets kicked out of his house and is forced to live with his Grandmother and her two roommates. Many of the scenes are in the game studio, and many of the plot points revolve around gaming (and pot, which is always funny). The "villian" in the movie is a super annoying game dev, who talks and acts like a robot for no reason, and thinks he's cool because he dresses like Neo. He is really a fun character to hate, only downfall is his name was JP. Why couldn't it be a cool character named JP. I guess only annoying jerks go by the tag JP..... JPsmooth42 12/05/2006 Rayman for WiiThe Rayman commercial for the Wii looks amazing! If you haven't seen it check it out here.
http://media.revolution.ign.com/media/821/821585/vids_1.html It looks like this platform may really revolutionize gaming with motion sensitive gaming. But then I always remember the lamo "Power Glove" for Nintendo. I wish I could read more info on how the controller feels. 11/05/2006 Peter Moore interviewHere is a great interview with Peter Moore by gameindustrybiz.com
He hints at a Gears of War demo, speaks of the price of PS3, importance of GTA4 and other cool tidbits of E3 goodness. Its quite the read, but I thought it was well worth the time.
Is anyone up for some UNO or GRAW? I'd really like to try out some Co-op GRAW before I have to return it on Monday. If you are interested, message me via Xbox. No- I said message, not MASSAGE! That would be cool though. JPsmooth42
09/05/2006 Halo 3 announcement
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=Halo3Announcement
08/05/2006 PS3 date and price announced
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705838p1.html Not much to say here except OUCH!!! $600!!! And it will reach US shores on November 7th. I can't see telling my wife I'm spending 650 bucks to play Metal Gear. There will be two price points (Deja Vu-anyone else feel it?). $500 for the 20GB $600 for the larger 60GB HD.
Also I heard about the controller being like the Wii's but the link isn't working so don't quote me. (Update http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705836p1.html Now you can quote IGN) Sounds like Sony is very creative. I bet their online service will be called Playstation Live.
JPsmooth42
New stuffI just played the new Test Drive Demo and it is alot of fun. You have 40 miles of open road to explore and share with others online. The controls are a little touchy but the online world is neat. Just driving by other random players, and joining in an online match are both fun. The downside is there is a time limit to the demo. But I guess you have to have that because of the demo's value. This one is worth the space on your hard drive.
I rented GRAW so if anyone is up for some online action, you'll probably catch me online. Still not on the list....But I just posted in Xbox.com and it seems to me that I've recieved my FORUM ICON!!! This is really exciting to me, I never thought I would achieve this level of nerdiness. First my Xbox live Diamond card, then my very own blog that real people (and I suspect cavepeople too) visit everyday, and now a forum icon. I knew they were coming out this week, so I almost went and changed my sig and my motto so I wouldn't get flamed too intensely for it saying Ambassador on my sig and not have the icon. So after posting, I take a look at some other posts looking for the new icon. I see it on Backdraft123's, and then I scroll down to mine, lo and behold, I've got it. I'm gonna do alot of gaming this week, I rented Burnout and I'll probably spend some time in PDZ, Halo2 and DOA4. I'll most likely rent GRAW also.
On other news, are we all too lazy to actually spell out our favorite games? GRAW, PDZ, COD2, THAW, DOA4 KOTOR. I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of games also.
Come on America,"Good thing I didn't spell out Dead or Alive 4, cause I need all the time I can save to play Oblivion, wait I can save time on that one also, I'll just call it O...". It's not like any of these games have real long names. Call of Duty, whew, that one took the wind out of me, lets try another. Dead or Alive.... just a sec ,I'm out of breath.... Knights of the Old Republic. OK that one was long, but there have been times on the forums (I'm sure you guys have seen it also) where a newer person has to ask "What is COD?" because all the forum junkies are too elite to actually spell out the name of the game.
I'm actually thinking of starting a thread for the imaginary game TRT3. And if you guys helped out and posted it it also, it would be sweet. We could talk about the revolutionary graphics and story. If I decide to do it I'll post a link to it through here. I'll do anything to mock the uber-elite forum junkies that flame you if you aren't lurking in the forums all day.
On that same thought, why do people get so mad if you don't use the search function? The forums are for communicating and it seems that some trolls get soooo mad if you post something old, or ask a question? This type of behavior keeps me from spending alot of time on the forums. The worst is right before a huge game launch, and you try to visit the Official Forums. I visited The Elder Scrolls Forums and asked a couple questions right before release and all I got so flamed for not using the search function.... and the search function didn't even work. My point here is to kinda make new people to our community feel welcome.
Thanks for stopping by,
JPsmooth42
07/05/2006 Cave menThe 360 voice website has changed in the last twelve hours. It now features a graph, with your gamerscore over time as well as the top 10 games played. I don't understand how Feeding Frenzy is at the top of my list, because I only played it for a couple hours, and I've logged tons of time into Burnout and Oblivion.
Speaking of Burnout, I am enjoying this game more than I thought I would. I might end up buying it, because my wife likes to play it also. She never gets into games, never until now.
I am getting pretty excited about E3. Nice to see that fourzerotwo has been chosen as an "official" E3 blogger by Xbox. I visit his site often so it'll be nice to hear a familiar "voice" bringing all the news. I have a link on my page if you're just some random person that is looking at my site by accident or something. Actually, I bet everyone who sees my site has already been to fourzerotwo's. Except for people who live in caves.
To stay on topic, I've been trying to get some hits from the lucrative cave dweller demographic, but it hasn't been paying off. Oh well, maybe they are visiting my site and not posting. If you are a caveman or cavewoman, please take a second to post here, if for no other reason as to prove me wrong.
Thanks for listening to my totally random blurbs
JPsmooth42
05/05/2006 A break from OblivionI decided to take a couple day break from Oblivion, so I went and rented Burnout Revenge. It is a ton of fun (I knew it would be from the demo). There is one unexpected plus to this game- My wife is playing it! My wife has never really gotten into gaming, she likes DOA4 and she'll mess around on Bankshot Billiards with me, but now she is gaming for real. She is actually competing with me.. and now I have to go to work.. and she's gonna play all day and get better than me... and I'll come home and she'll whup up on me.. maybe I should take the controller with me or something.
JPsmooth42 04/05/2006 4000!Last night I passed the 4000 mark on my gamerscore! I got three new achievements on Feeding Frenzy, one new one on Geometry Wars (250,000pts-don't mock me Haloaded) and I beat the main quest in Oblivion.
Yes, after 110 hours I finally put down the side quests and saved Cyrodill from the evils of the Deadra. The ending was rewarding and now I can feel good about starting a new character. Any ideas Cluskevird? I know you were tossing around some fun ideas a month ago. If anyone has any unique skill sets let me have 'em.
My 360 has a couple blogs under her belt. (yes its a her, can't you tell she is shaped like a woman). If you'd like to see them, I've got a link on the right.
Also you might see that I moved some stuff around, putting my blog list on the left and random links on the right. Wait, my 360's blog should be on the left, with the rest of my friends...
I would like to thank everyone for the nice comments about my Ambassadorship. I doubt I'll get it back now... doing my best to not e-mail Trixie or spam her blog about it... I'll just wait and see what happens... maybe she'll read this lol...
Thanks for stopping by
JPsmooth42 03/05/2006 DUHI just got an e-mail back from Trixie. It looks like I got removed from the list because I didn't respond to an e-mail she sent out on April 26th. I never saw it until just now when I went searching through my e-mails garbage bin. I don't know how it got there (I do share e-mail with my wife) but I e-mailed Trixie an apology and hopefully I get reinstated. I would be really dissapointed if not. Xboxlive AmbassadorshipIs ambassadorship a word? Either way it seems like I've been taken off their list. I think it is probably because I haven't played any online games since Oblivion was released. But the program launched right about the time Oblivion came out, and honestly I haven't had any desire to go online since then. I do admit that I wasn't helping anyone during this time, but I am very obsessive about games, focusing all of my attention on a certain game, until I have completely devoured it. Then I move onto another game, most likely an online one. Have any of you fellow bloggers heard any reason for dismissal? I don't really feel like asking this question on the Xbox forums cause everyone would probably start flaming. Sorry for whining, I just feel like a real dork. I was so excited when I heard that I would be doing this, and now I have to vent.
Thanks for listening
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