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  1. Before my gaming time shut down this summer, I was chasing you BOLD in ESO and was way out of your league.  I sunk quite a bit of time and really enjoyed ESO.  I got a new gaming laptop for work so I recently downloaded Skyrim, Fallout 3, and Civ V as I love those games...

     

    ESO is an interesting game; as an actual MMO there are quite a bit of elements going into it that make it almost a "work activity". Questing. Crafting. Dungeons. PvP. Etc. There is a lot there to focus on. I have been adventuring with my cousins when I can; they definitely go hard in the game.  I've established myself as a respectable enchanter crafting glyphs for players in Tamriel; I've made about 200k in gold mainly doing just that and selling vampire bites.  At nearly VR4, I am doing OK given the limited amount of time I spend on the game.

    Destiny is still my gaming passion on the PS4 but I enjoy that social aspect on ESO that happens with my cousins there. They are on a whole other level/format than me, with multiple characters are VR14 already and pretty strong under the hood.

    What type of gaming laptop did you end up getting?  Are you looking at some other titles to pick up for it later?

  2. I have always been a fan of actors McQueen, Newman and Gardner as bonafide auto racers; recently I discovered that actor Patrick Dempsey (Greys Anatomy) has been pursuing a racing career of his own in a quest to reach and race Le Mans.  Amazon has a documentary series featuring Dempsey and his racing team.  Some of you may be interested in checking it out yourselves.

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HD7BGA6/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_AIR2vb158SC2N

  3. I've watched a few sessions of friends playing it; I find it pretty engaging to watch. Not sure I would spend a lot of time with it personally, but it seems very social. I am still hoping we come together on something soon that both myself and mXm are really into. #itcan happen

    In the meantime my time is still split between Destiny, ESO and GTAV.

    I recently bought a Japanese import Vita (The Gundam collectors edition in white) and have been playing Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment game while on the move.

  4. I heard this song by FOEBros in the Destiny Bungie Day video that released last week; good stuff. Highlights one of the Destiny DLC's that released earlier this year. If you watch any anime, its got a very anime intro feel to it (which I appreciate a lot).

  5. Strange, my last reply here was deleted (or I never hit submit).

    Project Cars was the latest game purged from my library; it is a fantastic game and I believe will have a ton of longevity among the simulated racing community. I am just not willing to put the necessary laps in to really make it worth playing.

    I noticed The Division is getting a beta in December on XB1, so hopefully a PS4 beta will quickly follow!

  6. Every year, roughly post-E3, I end up deleting a number of games from the console that I haven't played in awhile. Its a practice I've had for about five years and it has been liberating. Every game I've removed, save a few, I have enjoyed countless hours of gameplay. Then comes the time for me to take stock of what I'm really enjoying and delete the rest.  Rather than list all the games I have removed this weekend, I'll just highlight what I am playing:

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    Destiny

    Both of those games are long term commitments for me; I have retained two other games that I enjoy but have no idea when (or if) i'll get back to them anytime soon:

    Grand Theft Auto V

    Project Cars

    Over the next 6-8 months, I'll be adding two games to the rotation alongside TESO and Destiny:

    Star Wars Battlefront

    The Division

    I expect to get a lot of time in with both of those (in different ways, for instance Battlefront is going to be the title I run two when I've got a relatively small window of time, like 15-30min).

    I thought it would be a good exercise to share with the rest of the mXm family what my gaming hustle is looking like right now. At the moment the only title I would cross paths with anyone here is Project Cars (Andy, I've been appreciating your invites even though I don't accept them at the moment!) Maybe I will see some of you on Battlefront as it looks like it will be a solid replacement for the latest Battlefield, which I couldn't get into that much.

    At this time I still think I am building a game PC in January, but we'll see. There have been some goings on in my life recently that has me reevaluating whether or not to buy one at all.

    Hope you all are doing well. Be easy and take care!

     

  7. Very cool and fun! Thanks for sharing; I apologize for not getting in on the action, but, you can only play so many games at once, and I am knee deep into a Destiny event that is running for a week (or at least I was; now I'm working all weekend!)

  8. Who is still playing the game? I'm about a month out before I make a decision to start purchasing parts for the build. Lack of activity in this thread makes me wonder if I should be buying new parts for my motorcycle instead!


    Also, I just discovered that Sennheiser makes gaming headsets. God help me; that's almost enough to make me go full pc, no console, period.

  9. I hope to get back on the track sooner than later; the next month is busy for me with our 16yr wedding anniversary (been together 19yrs), my 41st and fathers day, plus a couple of weddings I have to travel for. In the meantime, I am grinding away with friends and family in Destiny; plus Neal Stephenson's new book just came out, so I have to get my reading on as well.

    Hope you are all good.

    BTW, Andy owes me breakfast. This cat came all the way down here and got turned out by Boston and had to skip breakfast. Get your whiskey game tight, son.

  10. The directional/mini-compass that was in persistent in the middle is pretty cool. I will have to look for that. Also, there seemed to be a chat notifier or something that would pop up on the right; I wonder what that was.

  11. So here are those Mustang race cars we tried handling around the track yesterday. I set the suspension up as stiff as it'll go.  They're just terrible cars.

     

    Those stock cars were SO hard to handle, man. We nred to figure out the best circuit to race those on. To my knowledge none of the oval tracks exist in the game yet.

    Also, can you create a PCARS subforum under Gaming? Sounds like we are embedded enough to warrant it at this point, right?

  12. One thing I've noticed this game is much less forgiving about is weight transfer of the car. If your car isn't properly set when you hit a corner or dip in the track, its going to throw you in a direction you don't want to go.  There's one track I always fuck up on with a slight left turn over a crest, and I'm hitting the brakes too late as I go over the hill and my ass end kicks out and I'm the grass. The first 2 or 3 laps is always like that until I remember that turn.

    I find Gran Turismo and Forza were more forgiving in that aspect. The car would usually stay planted, or at the most wobble a bit.

    I looked at the weight balance of the car I was running and it was 60/40, which explains why I was so loose in the rear when I did oversteer. Been testing other car balances and seem to be able to handle then better somewhat. 

  13. I stink pretty bad at this game which is somewhat refreshing. I will really habe to step my game up to get good as I don't have natural skill with pure racing simulations.

    Learning how to read the car in response to my driving and what the environment is doing as well will be a steep curve, but I will master it with more time in the saddle.

  14. With my situation, my company just acquired a mobile ad company that I am now the head of so a lot of my free time is getting that converted over to our network.  Its a moneymaker and got to feed the beast since it pays the bills. For me personally, I have never been a PC gamer so it doesn't matter what the game is, I just don't do PC.  ARMA III looks great and I am sure its a lot of fun, I just wont be putting any money or time in building a PC to run it.

    FYI BOLD, I took your $60.00 today and picked up Project CARS.  So when I do find time to play, I can at least compete with everyone's race times and play something mXm plays regularly.

    Trust me man,  My mind and heart says hardcore gamer, but my life says Father of 4, Director of Sales for AAW and head of Mobile acquisition of AMT.  The acronyms I do not wish to post here so it doesn't get picked up in a google search and link this site to what I do.

    Odin~

     

     

    Sounds like you are doing big things, Man. Congratulations on a successful hustle.

  15. That's a negative BOLD.  Your other "homies" talked you into ARMA III which is why the mass exodus from BF: Hardline.  Myself, Flyers and Dirtnap still play BF: Hardline as we aren't PC players. 

     

     

    What? I have played that game every day for the past two weeks and haven't see you play once! It's all good though. It can happen ;)

    BTW, Kotaco brought up ARMA 3 but I'm guessing my enthusiasm based on Jesters videos is what got other heads with PC's to make that jump. 

    Get on my ARMA3/DayZ wagon son!

  16. EXCELLENT overview, man. I forgot the game released, so I will need to verify my download happened! Will give it some gameplay starting today. 

    Damnit. The US digital download is STILL not available in the store. I hope they get that sorted soon. It couldn't be preordered for the same reason.

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