At 11/25/09 12:51 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote: color fix

Yeah I like that. Thanks mate!

Can somebody make me a relatively simple sig, something similar to what I currently have, just "sushi13" written in a cool font or with a neat design?
Thanks in advance!

First time I played Morrowind I couldn't get used to it and so I gave up and played something more straightforward.
Decided to give it another go and found it pretty fun but I got way too far into the main quest without doing anything else and realised I would need to do a lot of grinding to make up for it. Gave up again.
Third time was the charm. I took a different approach; did some guild quests and just went out exploring. I ended up having a really great time and subsequently it's now one of my all time favorite games.

At 11/22/09 03:55 AM, Captain-Ben wrote:

At 11/22/09 03:50 AM, Apeman1813 wrote: I personally find it kinda funny, but I felt they might've crossed the line a bit with this... I'm not even religious.

THERE IS NO LINE

I have to agree. Organised religions will use any dirty trick they can to get what they want.

I've been waiting for Dante's Inferno for quite some time now. Sounds like a really sweet idea. Hope it doesn't disappoint like Clive Barker's Jericho; another game that sounded really great and I was looking forward to for a long time but was very poorly executed.

At 11/24/09 10:07 PM, Hemlok wrote: Is it your actual gamertag or just one you keep track of all the members? Either way send me a message on my gamertag since I can not see friend requests due to a full list.

It's one to keep track of the members. You'll need to add it to your friends list to be included in future updates.

Most of us have added the gamertag now, we're just waiting for Jonas, BBM, wafflecake12, Lagamuffin, AllMightyBruce, DumbassDude and Hemlok.
If you speak to any of these guys give them a push in the right direction. The sooner they add the gamertag the sooner I will start a new thread.

Phew just finished Dead Space on impossible. Not especially hard but it definitely took me longer than I thought. Guess I haven't spent as much time gaming in the last week as I normally would. I'm glad to be moving onto a different game after spending 10-11 hours playing Dead Space whereas I normally can't spend more than 5 hours on one game without wanting to play something else.

Epic Tier 3 Engineer - 150G

At 11/23/09 11:57 PM, malachi117 wrote: I call dibs on last post in this thread before we lock it.

So yea, I have to be the last post.

Something tells me that BBM will get the last post when he locks the thread.

At 11/23/09 10:21 PM, Dr34m3r wrote:

At 11/23/09 08:57 PM, sushi13 wrote: So far the gamertag is doing well; got 11 people on the friend's list so far. It would be nice to get as many of the regs as possible on there before we start the new thread. That's 14 or 15 more of you.

Added it.
And yea, I'm keen for some trading. Why not?

Anything you want from the list I made for Aci6?
What do you have?

So far the gamertag is doing well; got 11 people on the friend's list so far. It would be nice to get as many of the regs as possible on there before we start the new thread. That's 14 or 15 more of you.

Sorry for the double post but I should point out that everything is almost ready for the new thread to be started. Me and BBM are still looking at a problem with the script but hopefully it should be sorted by the time we need it.
The first post of the new thread will include any of us regs who are on the friends list of the gamertag I created, NG Leaderboard. Once the majority of us are on there I will start the new thread.
BTW I know the avatar isn't great. I wouldn't have made one but it forced me to so I just created an incredibly generic looking guy. I'm open to any good suggestions.

At 11/23/09 02:51 AM, Dr34m3r wrote:

At 11/22/09 09:20 PM, sushi13 wrote: Maybe soon you'll be right. The Aussie dollar is kicking arse at the moment. BTW as the only other Aussie 360 gamer I know of how do you feel about doing some game trading with me?

OI!

Awesome another Aussie? Wanna do some trading?

At 11/23/09 01:58 AM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/23/09 01:49 AM, sushi13 wrote: Yeah I rented Modern Warfare a long time ago and beat it.

They're rental games for offline players since there's little replay value. Still good though.

Agreed, but I had to rent from Blockbusters at a high nightly rate. I only had it for 3 or 4 days and it was a bugger trying to get all the achievements in that time.

At 11/23/09 12:10 AM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 10:59 PM, sushi13 wrote:

I have or used to have most of the games that you've got. I wouldn't mind trading something for GRAW.

Yeah, I really need to get some more games. I forgot to mention Modern Warfare, but I assume you've played it. I wouldn't mind trading GRAW for Overlord.

Yeah I rented Modern Warfare a long time ago and beat it. GRAW for Overlord sounds like a good trade to me. PM me your address and I'll PM you mine. Unless you live in Sydney and would rather do it in person.

At 11/22/09 10:37 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 10:30 PM, sushi13 wrote: Can't really think of much off the top of my head. I have a stack of games sitting around and it would be good to do some temporary trading for something I haven't played yet. Is there anything you particularly want?

World At War, Modern Warfare 2, Borderlands, Prototype, SKATE.
I have; Dead Space, G.R.A.W (cheats on it nets an easy 600 gamescore), Kameo (600 on one playthrough), Fracture, Crackdown, Bioshock/Oblivion, Gears of War 1 and 2, Halo 3, Monster Madness, Fatal Inertia, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.

World At War, Prototype and Skate are all things I'd want. Don't have MW2 and I have Borderlands but I'm still in the middle of playing it.
I have or used to have most of the games that you've got. I wouldn't mind trading something for GRAW.
I have: Alone in the Dark, Party Animals, Burnout Paradise, Dirt, Crackdown, Dead Space, Fear, Fear Files, Flatout Ultimate Carnage, Stranglehold, Forza 2, The Godfather, Gun, Hitman Blood Money, BK Nuts & Bolts, Kane & Lynch, Mass Effect, Mirror's Edge, GRAW 2, Ninja Gaiden 2, Unreal Tournament 3, The Orange Box, GTA4, Overlord, PGR3, Quake 4, Far Cry Instincts Predator, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Condemned 2, Sega Mega Drive Collection, Test Drive Unlimited, Tomb Raider Legend/Anniversary/Underworld and Viva Pinata.

At 11/22/09 10:14 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 09:20 PM, sushi13 wrote: Maybe soon you'll be right. The Aussie dollar is kicking arse at the moment. BTW as the only other Aussie 360 gamer I know of how do you feel about doing some game trading with me?

I don't mind, it just depends on whether I have any games you want; I have a a stack of 30 dollar games (though they're not that bad) but a few bigger ones. What are you looking for anyway?

Can't really think of much off the top of my head. I have a stack of games sitting around and it would be good to do some temporary trading for something I haven't played yet. Is there anything you particularly want?

At 11/22/09 08:26 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 08:15 PM, sushi13 wrote:

At 11/22/09 08:10 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 08:07 PM, sushi13 wrote: It's good for Australian prices.

That's what I thought, seems to be the standard for old or just plain shitty Xbox 360 games. What that's in American dollars? 40-odd I would assumed.

Nah it's about 25.

I feel silly now for going up :P

Maybe soon you'll be right. The Aussie dollar is kicking arse at the moment. BTW as the only other Aussie 360 gamer I know of how do you feel about doing some game trading with me?

At 11/22/09 08:10 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 08:07 PM, sushi13 wrote: It's good for Australian prices.

That's what I thought, seems to be the standard for old or just plain shitty Xbox 360 games. What that's in American dollars? 40-odd I would assumed.

Nah it's about 25.

At 11/22/09 08:05 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 07:57 PM, Jawdyn wrote:

At 11/22/09 07:43 PM, Aci6 wrote: Man this game is fun, well worth its 30 buck I paid for, unlike some of the other games... I'm looking at you Fracture...

You paid $30 for Crackdown?

Why? Do you think that's bad or good?

It's good for Australian prices.

At 11/22/09 11:17 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 11/21/09 08:35 PM, Makeshift wrote:

At 11/21/09 07:15 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: You guys suck.

How come you've never been on my friends list!?

Well OK i'll just go and add Makeshi- OH WAIT WELL THATS FINE AND DANDY

Also you never talk on MSN sushi.

wat

Well at least it looks like it's working now. My computer is on most of the time but often not in front of it. You messaged me yesterday but by the time I went to respond (like 5 or 10 minutes later) you had gone offline.

At 11/22/09 07:48 PM, Aci6 wrote:

At 11/22/09 04:51 PM, falz3333 wrote: actually australia has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

I'd have to see some links to support that

Likewise. I just can't believe that. I've been all over the world, lived in different different countries and Australia is probably the nicest place I've ever been.

Bing is a piece of crap.

No. You're just making connections that aren't really there. Look at almost any country and I'm sure you'll find a lot of violence in its history.
I don't think that you can say that Australia has a recent history of violence just because some convicts were sent here over 150 years ago. Britain and Ireland also sent convicts to North America between the early 17th century and the revolutionary war but I wouldn't cite that as recent violence either. Look at the history of Australia and you'll find it a pretty peaceful country. The only conflicts that I can think of Australians taking part in are because they gave support to the USA or Britain in their wars.

Well it looks almost everybody has posted their opinions and even if the few that haven't go completely against the grain it still wont be enough to change the majority.

The results are as follows:

1) Should we remove people who have changed their info or left the site?

Almost everybody answered "yes" to this, and I received numerous suggestions about making restrictions to stop people signing up and never contributing to the community. More about that later.

2) Should we allow modders and gamesavers on the leaderboard?

This had more mixed opinion than 1) but the majority response was "no". As I explained in a previous post the communal gamertag will not accommodate modders or gamesavers who get caught by Microsoft and I think this is good enough for now. In the future if anybody is known to be modding or gamesaving and has not yet been banned by Microsoft we, as a community, will have to decide what to do based on the circumstances.

3) Should we set up a communal gamertag and have everybody on its friends list?

I don't think there was a single person who said this was a bad idea. I will be implementing this very soon.

4) What do you think of the required 500 posts to join the leaderboard?

Most people are happy with the current requirement and as such it will not be changed. There has been mention of other possible restrictions and I think this is a very good idea.

5) Should we start a new thread and lock this one?

There were a number of people who didn't like this idea although the majority answer was "yes" with various reasons cited. So we will be starting a new thread really soon.

Further restrictions.

Frankly I think the best restriction we can make is that people who wish to be part of the leaderboard should take an active role in participating in the thread. The 500 posts will ensure that anybody who signs up will be at least reasonably committed to Newgrounds and I propose that to remain part of the leaderboard and be included in the updates everybody should be required to make at least one post in this thread every fortnight.
Do you agree with this?

I can't see Microsoft making it free and I really don't care. I'm happy to pay a few bucks per month for the service. In fact you almost never hear people who use XBL complaining that they have to pay for it; it's the people who don't have it who moan about the price. And anybody who doesn't like Xbox always uses it as an insult against Xbox Live.
Basically the people who complain don't know what they're complaining about and probably wouldn't buy a 360 even if XBL was free and the people who pay are clearly happy with paying.

At 11/21/09 01:02 AM, Dr34m3r wrote: Sushi, how many more people do we need to get opinions from so far? Because it seems like majority opinion all points one way.

Most of the regs have either posted in here or PMed me now. I still haven't seen any answers from Fezz, Tramps, wafflecake12, AllMightyBruce or Somaguye.
Jonas posted about modding but hasn't actually answered any of the other questions and Lagamuffin is banned for 2 weeks but will hopefully PM me his answers real soon.

At 11/20/09 11:47 PM, malachi117 wrote: And I'm not sure if I read it right, but if the other idea was to make new account for the new leaderboard, I don't want to. I hate having to play and unlock things with more than one account.

No fucking way would we ever do that. The idea is to create a gamertag and add everybody who wants to be included on the leaderboard to it's friends list, just for reference purposes and to make running updates smoother. That and starting a new thread.
There is no way in hell I'd start my gamerscore over again from 0 just for an online leaderboard and I'm sure everybody else would say the same.

Just because everyone's playing Modern Warfare 2 right now doesn't mean it's the best 360 game. As far as I'm concerned MF2 is little more than a cash cow and that alone should knock it back at least 20 places.
Honestly I don't agree with a lot of the list. Dead Space and Dead Rising should both be much higher up in my opinion. And a lot of games that I really love aren't there and they can't possibly all be in the top 5.

I imagine the top 5 will include Oblivion, Mass Effect, Fallout, Modern Warfare and maybe Gears 2.

That's just stupid.

When I was young, like 15+ years ago, cartoons were well made, well thought out and actually had some relevance to reality. And a lot of them were more than just entertainment. They were either factually informative like The Magic School Bus and Captain Planet or taught some life lessons like Recess and Rugrats.
Now days all I see is mindless, materialistic crap. I blame Pokemon for stirring up the idea that cartoons can also be marketing tools.