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Trading Grounds / FS: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB
« on: March 18, 2013, 07:55:43 AM »
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801

Had it for a little over a year or so. Bought it from Preston. It's in great condition and doesn't give any problems. Card is around 4 years old. I've never overclocked it.

Reason for sale: Sitting in a PC that has an AMD A-10 5800k and isn't being used for gaming at all.

Asking price: $350


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Trading Grounds / FS: Wii Games
« on: March 13, 2013, 10:21:25 PM »
Posted this a long time ago and still have some stuff lying around.

Super Paper Mario
Mario Party 8
Wii Play
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Wii Music
Madden NFL 08
Scarface The World is Yours
Redsteel
Rayman Raving Rabbits

$500 for all the games above.


Rockband 1
Rockband 2
Rockband Track Pack Volume 1

Rockband Kit:
Drums Kit: Special Pads are attached
2 Guitars
Microphone
Custom Pedal
USB hub

$600 negotiable for the entire Rockband Set including games. (It is compatible with Rockband 3)

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Trading Grounds / FS: Acer Aspire 5536-5883: $1300 Price Drop!
« on: March 13, 2013, 08:59:33 PM »
http://www.cnet.com/laptops/acer-aspire-5536-5883/4505-3121_7-33707256.html

Screen size: 15.6"
Keyboard: Full size
CPU: Athlon X2 QL-64 2.1 Ghz Dual Core
RAM: 3 GB
Hard Drive: 320 GB
HDMI/VGA output
Webcam and Microphone
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (Genuine)

Additional Info:
- Age: 4 years
- Comes with Laptop Sleeve
- No dead pixels
- No major cosmetic damage. Some scratches and scruff marks- Brand new replacement charger.
- Brand new battery (See link below

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001M7GUDQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=10VY55FR06GXRV98YBKB&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938731&pf_rd_i=507846

Problems:
- Bluetooth doesn't work (since i got it for some strange reason).
- Sound is a little distorted due to what i believe may be a slightly busted speaker.
- Webcam seems to have died but I'm trying to fix it.

Asking price: $1300

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Power Supplies / LF Recommendation: Surge Protectors
« on: December 28, 2012, 03:18:09 PM »
Looking to get one or two surge protectors for a friend.

What is it for?
 - Flat screen TV
 - Wii
 - Cable box/Modem
 - Laptop

Very simple. Don't need anything over the top. I see Wizz has a few but I just need to know what's important in selecting one especially as this is for a place in the curepe/st augustine area, and for those who know people/live/work there, you know there are frequent power issues in that area ie dips, surges, outages etc.


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Media / Soca 2K13
« on: December 10, 2012, 10:38:25 PM »
Kes and Bunji coming out hard this year! Not impressed with Machel excuse for music.. There are some others around but nothing that have caught me like the ones below.

The Kes + David Rudder isn't exactly Soca but its a good throwback to some good calypso with some lyrical content!

Soca Monach this year should be good IF certain individuals compete. And if Machel in jail well boi!  :awesome:















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The MOBA Dome / DOTA 6.75
« on: September 30, 2012, 11:33:59 AM »
Of course these changes will eventually hit DOTA 2 in a timely fashion. New heroes, new items and a lot of balances and ability tweaks

http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.75

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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/activision-blizzard-Sale-Buyers-Acquisition,news-15812.html

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French media conglomerate Vivendi has come under enough financial pressure that may force it to offload one of its crown jewels: Activision Blizzard.

Vivendi is strangled by a pile of only slowly declining debt that currently stands at about $15.5 billion. The sale of Activision Blizzard, which is majority-owned by Vivendi, could alleviate the growing pain substantially. The 60 percent stake Vivendi holds is estimated to be worth about $10 billion. According to Reuters, Vivendi may have started fielding potential buyers, which reportedly include Time Warner as well as Microsoft.

When asked for comment, both companies declined to comment on Activision Blizzard, but did not deny their interest either. Similarly, Vivendi did not deny that Activision Blizzard is for sale and said that "all options are on the table". As attractive as Activision Blizzard may be as a game publisher, it would be relatively easy for Vivendi to part ways as it is not a core business for the company.

Founded back in 1853, and headquartered in Paris, Vivendi's heart is in music publishing and TV broadcasting.

Well now, this has to be one of the most interesting things i've read recently. Shivadee whey u dey?

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Microsoft Xbox / Microsoft announces $99 Xbox 360!
« on: May 07, 2012, 06:08:01 PM »
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Microsoft has made its $99 Xbox official. The 360 with Kinect and a 4GB HD is available in Microsoft stores, and is only sold with a 2-year commitment to Xbox Live at $14.99 a month. Check it out on the official Microsoft site. Print the coupon and stop by a Microsoft store for the cheapest ever Xbox.

My question: is this kind of subsidized console going to catch on? We did the math, and the ultimate savings over traditional Xbox ownership is about $39 over two years, but the $15-a-month version of Gold might have some extra content.

So what do you think? Is this a good idea or not? Anyone planning on picking one up?

I highlighted the "catch". Still not a bad deal though.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/723534/microsoft-announces-99-xbox-360/?cmpid=sn-110418-facebook-28-fbfantrack

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http://gizmodo.com/5903021/bp-oil-spill-aftermath-eyeless-shrimp-clawless-crabs-and-fish-with-oozing-sores

Well now....

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Al Jazeera  just published an astonishing report on the after-effects of the BP oil disaster, and it's not pretty. There are an alarming number of deformities in sea creatures: mutated shrimp, fish with sores and lesions, eyeless crabs and more. It's unlike anything local fisherman have ever seen.
How bad is it?

The effect that the oil spill and its reckless cleanup has on sea life is frightening, damning and sad. Here's a list of deformities that Al Jazeera found in its report:


Shrimp with tumors on their heads[/li][/list]
Shrimp with defects on their gills and "shells missing around their gills and head"[/li][/list]
Shrimp without eyes
Shrimp with babies still attached to them
Eyeless fish
Fish without eye-sockets
Fish without covers on their gills
Fish with large pink masses hanging off their eyes and gills
Crates of blue crabs, all of which were lacking at least one claw
Crabs with holes in their shells
Crabs with shells that have no spikes or claws or misshapen claws
Crabs that are dying from within


The fishermen, scientists, and seafood processors who talked to Al Jazeera are all in unison: They've never seen this before. Some have worked in and around the Gulf for over 20 years, and most have seen thousands and thousands of fish. This is the first time they're seeing the mass mutation and destruction of seafood.

And it's not just the obvious deformities. Tests of the oysters that wind up on our plates have shown elevated levels of nickel and vanadium according to the Natural Resources Defense Council . And the jury's still out on arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury levels.


When did this start?

Scientists and fishermen are pointing to the 2010 BP oil disaster—and the dispersants and chemicals used in its cleanup—for creating these deformities. Specifically, the solvents used to clean up the spill are powerful enough to dissolve oil, grease and rubber. That's great for cleaning up an oil disaster, but terrible for the environment and worse for humans, not to mention the toll taken on anything that lives in the Gulf. And the thing is, these dispersants have always been known to be mutagenic. The chemicals very probably altered the genome of sea life.

Prior to the spill, only one tenth of one percent of Gulf fish had lesions or sores on them. After the spill, according to the University of South Florida, many locations showed 20 percent of fish having lesions with as much as 50 percent in other areas.


What exactly is the cause?

Dr. Jim Cowan of Louisiana State University believes that chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which the EPA terms as "a group of semi-volatile organic compounds that are present in crude oil that has spent time in the ocean," are causing the majority of problems. Fish and other sea creatures are being exposed to PAHs, which affect both the immediate health of the fish itself and the victim's genome.

On top of that, the dispersants used to clean up the oil spill are known to be toxic to humans. Symptoms of exposure include "headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pains, chest pains, respiratory system damage, skin sensitization, hypertension, central nervous system depression, neurotoxic effects, cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular damage." Even more damningly, it can disturb the growth and development of a fetus.

Essentially: BP is cleaning up a spill with acid, and acting surprised when the floor disappears.

The government has lost control

The FDA, EPA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) all refused to comment on the awfulness that's happening in the Gulf. BP, the company who created this mess in the first place, refuse to take the blame, saying the seafood in the Gulf is "as safe now as it was before the accident." The evidence, of course, indicates otherwise.

What happens next?

The Gulf of Mexico provides nearly half of the seafood caught in the US (40%). With its inhabitants dying or suffering mutations before they're caught, it looks like seafood shortages are inevitable. According to various fishermen, brown shrimp catch has dropped by two-thirds, white shrimp have been wiped out and some fishermen's seafood catch are ten percent of what they normally are. Seafood, as America knows it, has changed. And without the proper funding or commitment or BP accepting the blame, these effects might last longer than anyone thinks.

Darla Rooks, a lifelong fisherperson from the Gulf, says it best:

"We're continuing to pull up oil in our nets. Think about losing everything that makes you happy, because that is exactly what happens when someone spills oil and sprays dispersants on it. People who live here know better than to swim in or eat what comes out of our waters."

The cure may not have been worse than the disease. But it looks like it was nearly as bad. [Al Jazeera , Daily Comet , WSJ , Local 15 TV  via @joeljohnson ]

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The MOBA Dome / DOTA 2 Guides
« on: March 29, 2012, 07:10:35 AM »
Very informative video. The rest of this channel also has guides to heroes as well. Check it out.


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News / Batman is real!
« on: March 29, 2012, 01:54:55 AM »
This story is quite admirable. Blessings to this man for the heart he has. Snowtiger posted this on her facebook and i had to share it with you all.

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Who is the Route 29 Batman? This guy.
By Michael S. Rosenwald

View Photo Gallery: Meet the Route 29 Batman.



Police pulled a man over on Route 29 in Silver Spring last week because of a problem with his plates. This would not ordinarily make international news, but the car was a black Lamborghini, the license plate was the Batman symbol, and the driver was Batman, dressed head-to-toe in full superhero regalia.

HOLY MOVING VIOLATION!

It didn’t take long before images of the Dark Knight’s encounter with law enforcement began turning up in Facebook news feeds, on CNN and the London tabloids. The episode even made it into Jimmy Fallon’s monologue on NBC earlier this week.

Jokers emerged instantaneously too. “Let him do his job,” one commenter urged on the Post Web site. “Batman has expensive taste,” noted another. Meanwhile, questions about Batman’s identity mounted: “Did they make him take off his mask?” someone asked.

No, they did not. Even Montgomery County police honor a superhero code of conduct, just like the Howard County officers who once helped him with a flat bat tire. Batman told officers his real name was not Bruce Wayne but Lenny B. Robinson, and that his real tags were in the car. (He was not ticketed then, but has been before for a heavy bat foot.)

The Caped Crusader is a businessman from Baltimore County who visits sick children in hospitals, handing out Batman paraphernalia to up-and-coming superheros who first need to beat cancer and other wretched diseases.

I actually know Batman. His parents are dear friends of my wife’s family, and I see him at holiday dinners where my 4-year-old son believes he is the real-life Bruce Wayne. “Daddy, he’s Batman, too,” my son will whisper to me. Though Batman has long been aware that I’m a journalist, he has never suggested I write about him. He does not crave publicity. Like his comic book namesake, he doesn’t seek credit for what he does.

“I’m just doing it for the kids,” he says.

But in light of him going viral — “Gotham City is on the verge of chaos,” Anderson Cooper informed CNN viewers — I asked him whether I could unveil the man behind the mask. He acquiesced but suggested I do so by accompanying him to the cancer ward at Children’s National Medical Center in Northwest Washington for a superhero party thrown by the Hope for Henry organization.

On Monday, he pulled up in his black Lambo with yellow Batman symbols on the doors, the floor mats, the headrests — pretty much everywhere — and he was dressed in his heavy leather and neoprene uniform that he bought from a professional costume maker.

He carried two large bags of Batman books, rubber Batman symbol bracelets and various other toys up to the front desk, where the check-in attendant asked him his name.

“Batman,” he said.


Lenny B. Robinson and Wonder Woman (Leslie Vincent from Cast of Thousands) visit patients at the annual Hope for Henry Superhero Celebration at Georgetown University Hospital. (Allen Goldberg)

Camera phones were snapping. A man in line said, “That’s the guy who got pulled over.” Someone asked where Robin was, and Batman replied, “Home studying for the SATs.”


The check-in attendant asked for identification. Batman said it was in his Batmobile. The check-in attendant, just doing her job, asked for his real name. “Lenny,” he announced. “B, as in Batman. Robinson.”

It took Batman approximately 20 minutes to reach the elevators. He stopped to hand out Batman toys to every child he saw, picking them up for pictures, asking them how they were feeling. LaTon Dicks snapped a photo of Batman standing behind her son DeLeon in his wheelchair. She’d recognized the Batmobile on her way in to the hospital. Like everyone else, she’d seen a TV report on him being stopped by the police and protested, “You can’t pull over Batman.”

When Batman finally reached the elevator for the slow ride up to the cancer ward, I could see his face already sweating behind the mask. He told me he loses 5 to 6 pounds in water weight when he wears the superhero uniform. He paid $5,000 for it. He spends $25,000 a year of his own money on Batman toys and memorabilia. He signs every book, hat, T-shirt and backpack he hands out — Batman.

Batman is 48. He is a self-made success and has the bank account to prove it. He recently sold, for a pile of cash, a commercial cleaning business that he started as a teenager. He became interested in Batman through his son Brandon, who was obsessed with the caped crusader when he was little. “I used to call him Batman,” he told me. “His obsession became my obsession.”

Batman began visiting Baltimore area hospitals in 2001, sometimes with his now teenage son Brandon playing Robin. Once other hospitals and charities heard about his car and his cape, Batman was put on superhero speed dial for children’s causes around the region. He visits sick kids at least couple times a month, sometimes more often. He visits schools, too, to talk about bullying. He does not do birthday parties.

His superhero work is limited to doing good deeds, part of a maturation process in his own life. In his earlier years, he acknowledges that he sometimes displayed an unsuperhero-like temper and got into occasional trouble with the law for fights and other confrontations. Putting on the Batman uniform changes and steadies him.


Lenny B. Robinson, a.k.a. Batman, behind the wheel. (Jonathan Newton - The Washington Post) “Eventually, it sinks in and you become him,” Batman told me. “It feels like I have a responsibility that’s beyond a normal person. And that responsibility is to be there for the kids, to be strong for them, and to make them smile as much as I can.” He understands that might sound corny, but he doesn’t care.

Batman stepped off the elevator on the fourth floor of Children’s. Spider-Man and Wonder Woman were there too — both professional actors from talent agencies, on the clock. He picked up a little boy and said, “I have a present for you.” He shook hands with a father and handed him a yellow rubber Batman bracelet, saying, “This will bring you good luck.” The father said, “We need good luck.”

The parents always say that.

Batman asked each child his or her name. He lifted up almost every child. Many were weak, their hair thin from chemo. He always told them, “I have a present for you.” When a little girl ran away, perhaps a bit scared, Batman said, “That’s the story of Batman’s love life.” (He is divorced.)

Batman overheard a mother tell someone that her toddler was going home the next day, and holding the toddler, and hugging him gently, Batman said, “I’m really glad you are feeling better.”

Stephanie Broadhead of California, Md., was leaning against the wall while her 10-year-old daughter Claire was having her face drawn by an artist. Claire has leukemia. Batman stopped by to marvel at the picture and hand Claire some gifts. “This makes a very hard thing to deal with a little easier,” Claire’s mom said.

Superhero visits to hospitals let kids be kids in a scary, adult place, but the activities are indeed therapeutic, too, the chief doctor on the cancer floor told me.

“These visits provide an immediate boost for these kids,”said Jeffrey Dome, the oncology division chief at Children’s. “Some of these children have to stay for weeks or months at a time. That wears down the children and it wears down the family. You have to keep up morale. A visit from a superhero is sort of like a fantasy in the middle of all this hard-core therapy.”

As Batman wandered around from child to child, I asked him, “Isn’t this hard?”

His children are healthy. My children are healthy.

“We are very lucky,” he said. “All I can say is we are very, very lucky.”

The party began winding down. Spider-Man changed out of his costume. Wonder Woman changed out of hers. They said goodbye to Batman, still working the floor, as he posed for a photo with a patient’s father. The father thanked Batman and said, “I saw you on the news — Route 29.”

“I think everyone saw me on Route 29,” Batman acknowledged. He asked the nurses at the front desk whether there were any children who couldn’t come out of their rooms to see him.

Assured that there weren’t, Batman headed back down to his Batmobile, followed by the mother of a baby girl with cancer and her healthy 4-year-old son, whose only goal in life at that moment was to see the Batmobile. When the boy saw the car, I thought his eyeballs were going to separate from his body. (Batman is actually in the process of having a just-like-the-movies Batmobile built for $250,000, but it’s not ready yet.)

Batman revved the engines and blasted the audio system — the Batman theme song. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Batman! He revved the engine some more. The little boy didn’t want to say goodbye, but his mom told him, “Batman needs to go fight the bad guys.”

The little boy cried.

“I want to go help him fight the bad guys,” he said.

His mom said, “You need to go help your sister fight cancer.”

Batman sped away.

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Ole Talk / 11-year-old passes CAPE subjects
« on: March 27, 2012, 04:14:56 PM »
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/11-year-old_passes_CAPE_subjects-144314385.html

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Somma Chevalier brought her parents great joy after she wrote the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) at the tender age of 11.

Her mother, Marsha Badri-Chevalier, praised her daughter's efforts after she received four 3s, one 2 and one 4 in the following subjects: Mathematics 3, English Language 3, Principles of Accounts 2, Principles of Business 3, Social Studies 3 and Human and Social Biology 4.

Described by her mother as an intelligent child and someone who grasped things very quickly, this remarkable youngster after completing her Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) Examination last year passed for a secondary school in Trincity. She then signed up for CAPE in January privately and wrote the exam alongside students who were at least four years older than her.

Now 12 years old, the soft-spoken but confident Somma elected not to go to the school for which she passed but instead enrolled as a form one student at Chevalier and Associates Limited, a private institution in Arima run by her father which she attends with her two older siblings.

The school population is approximately 100 and each class has 30 students. Her brother, Mlinzi 13 and sister Siande, 15 also wrote the CAPE examinations and secured 2s and 3s in the same subject areas. According to Chevalier a regular school day for her children starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 6.30 p.m. Apart from doing their regular subjects, Somma, Mlinzi and Siande also do lessons. Learning Mathematics, Add Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Biology, French and Spanish to name a few, Chevalier says the goal is to have all of her children do their A levels in the next two years.

Some people might say that you are pushing your children too fast or too hard, how would you respond to this? the Express asked.

"That's why I don't allow them to do too much school work on the weekends. It is their time to have fun and watch TV or play games," she said.

Chevalier said, "While I am proud of all my children, unlike my two older children who were exposed to the CXC curriculum already, my youngest, Somma was coming straight out of primary school and for her first time I think she did extremely well."

While some people would have misgivings allowing an 11-year-old to write the CAPE examination, Somma said she felt confident in her abilities and felt she was ready to write the exam alongside her older siblings. Determined, clever and obstinate at times, Chevalier says her daughter is like any regular child her age.
So how does one prepare to write SEA and then CAPE shortly after?
According to Somma there is no secret formula. It takes hard work and lots of revision in all the subject areas. The most important thing you can do for yourself is to go into the exam with a mindset that no matter what I'm going to do my best, she said.

So what is the secret to success?

According to Chevalier's brother Mlinzi—motivation
He said, "It is important to be motivated. My dad really motivates us in all the subject areas to do our best.
"Honestly if it were left up to me, I would play whole day. I am glad that my dad is there to get me to buckle down and hit the books. He says that I have a high retention level, the highest he has ever seen. If I was in the public school system I might not have been this lucky and probably just let my talent go to waste," he said.

What is it like having your father as a parent and a teacher?

"There are definitely advantages and disadvantages," Somma chuckled and said.

"For one, no one picks on you at school because your dad is the teacher. And two if I want a snack and don't have much money, I could go to him and ask. The disadvantages are if someone else does something wrong in class they would get a lecture. If we did something wrong, he would talk to us very sternly and we know not to do it again or else we would have to face the consequences. My dad firmly believes in the phrase, spare the rod and spoil the child," she added.

When Somma is not at school she enjoys reading, swimming, football and watching television. She loves watching Judge Judy and says she wants to be a magistrate when she grows up.

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Wacky World of Weird News! / Man names his daughter Facebook??
« on: March 26, 2012, 12:05:59 AM »
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/egyptian-man-names-his-baby-girl-facebook.html

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Egyptian man names his baby girl 'Facebook,' reports say

An Egyptian man has named his recently born baby girl "Facebook" in the wake of the 18 days of protests that used social media as an organizing tool to overthrow the government there.

Al-Ahram, an Egyptian newspaper, first reported that Gamal Ibrahim, a man in his 20s, chose to name his first daughter Facebook as a way to honor the role the website played in Egypt's undergoing revolution, according to CNN.

Google executive Wael Ghonim is among the many Egyptian organizers who used social media to mobilize demonstrators with his "We Are Khaled Said" Facebook page.

Ghonim has said he started the page days after Khaled Said was killed in public by Egyptian police, with the police receiving no punishment for the man's death.

Other websites and social media services, such as Twitter and YouTube, were also used by organizers in the protests that began Jan. 25, and the words "Facebook" and "Twitter" were seen on signs and spray-painted on walls during the demonstrations.

A translation of the Al-Ahram report provided by the website TechCrunch said: "The girl's family, friends and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. 'Facebook' received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name."

Officials at Facebook, the website, were unavailable for comment on Monday morning.

I really don't recall seeing this being posted here. It's from last year yes but wow.. Quite an interesting and crazy world we live in no?

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The MOBA Dome / DOTACINEMA.com's Top 10 Weekly plays.
« on: March 22, 2012, 11:40:12 PM »
Some cool vids these guys bring out:






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PC Gaming / The Top 15 Best-Selling PC Games
« on: March 22, 2012, 01:32:42 AM »
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/587-best-selling-game-list.html

Very interesting list. Click the link to see the sales, wasn't feeling to type that out as well. Blizzard the PC gaming monster yes, followed by EA. Some BIG titles in this list which i have contributed to as well. The Sims, SC2, WoW, BF3 being those games. I'm surprised that there aren't some other titles here but then you'd have to consider piracy taking away a lot of sales as well as the consoles. Minecraft tho??? I didn't think people payed for that....

#1 - The Sims

#2 - StarCraft

#3 - Myst

#4 - The Sims 2

#5 - Half-Life 2

#6 - Minecraft

#7 - Battlefield 3

#8 - Sim City 3000

#9 - Half-Life

#10 - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

#11 - Riven

#12 - StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

#13 - Counter-Strike

#14 - Diablo 2

#15 - Cossacks: European Wars

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Reviews, Previews & First Looks / Angry Birds Space
« on: March 20, 2012, 09:19:03 PM »






I think this looks quite interesting. Puts quite a spin on the gameplay. Launches in 2 days =D


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Ole Talk / Redbull can't give ReDjet wings..
« on: March 17, 2012, 01:20:04 AM »
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ReDjet_flies__no_more-143021035.html

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ReDjet flies no more
Story Created: Mar 16, 2012 at 10:57 PM ECT
Story Updated: Mar 16, 2012 at 10:57 PM ECT
Low fares airline REDjet has suspended all flights around the Caribbean as of 11.59 last night.
The suspension of flights is "until further notice", the Barbados-based airline said in a statement last night.
REDjet chief executive Ian Burns said despite the airline performing well, the company could no longer continue to provide a service.
Burns said REDjet was not subsidised with assistance from any government.
The airline started operating from Barbados to Trinidad in July last year and offered flights to nine destinations around the Caribbean.
"Our aircraft and our dedicated staff are performing extremely well and we are willing and able to continue to provide affordable transport across the Caribbean and beyond, but we cannot," he said.
The company said it is hopeful it will receive State assistance to allow it to get recently approved routes established

"Unlike the heavily subsidised airlines that serve the region, REDjet does not receive any assistance...We have seen other carriers drastically cut their fares in an effort to shut down REDjet and return to high fares and business as usual with no regard to the negative impact on travellers. Unlike us, they do not have to be profitable to stay in business," the statement said.
REDjet advised that passengers booked on flights from today should contact the call centre 24 hours before scheduled departure time for an update on their flight status. Those affected will be offered refunds or the option to travel with REDjet upon commencement of services.
Further announcements regarding services will be made on Monday.
The airline maintained that the suspension was only a "temporary cessation of flights".

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Local PC Gaming Streamers / VirtueTT Streams
« on: March 16, 2012, 02:30:53 PM »
Disclaimer: GATT is not responsible for or endorses anything said via voice or text by myself or anyone else viewing my stream

Link to stream: http://www.twitch.tv/virtuett

Games Streamed: DOTA 2, Battlefield 3, Dungeon Defenders, StarCraft 2, Heroes of NewErth

Usual days for streams: Weekends

Usual times for streams: Any time

Language: [NSFW]

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Hardware, Tweaking & Networking / CPU and GPU Hierarchies (March 2012)
« on: March 15, 2012, 02:46:32 AM »
Pretty useful tables i must say. Basically laying out all the options there are right now from high end to low end and showing the both sides - Intel vs AMD and Nividia vs AMD.

CPU: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

GPU: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

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