Roxona

Thanks E for bringing me and my son in last minute. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it with the craziness that is my schedule these days. Plus, we had to make a side trip to the ER last night before logging in because my son broke his foot on the way to get his hair cut. That boy will do ANYTHING to avoid getting a hair cut!

Anyway, it was a really fun run. Fire Fix gained two levels. We killed most everything we could get our villainous claws on and sped quickly through the missions. Thanks Matres for leading the team. May I suggest a different team name?

Team Amboosh!

LOL!

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Luna hit 50 with ArtemisMoon upon completion of the 3rd mission - Congrats again!

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Gratz, Luna!!!

Sorry I didn't make it in time for the TF. The guy I'm dating unexpectedly found someone to watch his kids (they live with him), so we were able to go out.

I should have left a message, but it was so unexpected I forgot.

I hope yáll had a good time!

Vaya con dios!

I love this TF and haven't done it in sooo long. Put me down as TBA. I need to see if I have anyone who could use the exp.

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don't forget that if you die close enough to a glowie you can still interact with it if you use the target window options and choose "interact"

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Jim became very, very good using this technique.

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team 2 finished in 4:53:54 with 63 deaths

1. Jim Archer arch/mm blaster
2. Aurora Nebula grav/rad troller
3. Earthmender earth/emp troller
4. Motorpsycho Nitemare psi/mm blaster
5. Kitty.Stoner stone/ss tank
6. Petra Neutron ill/rad troller
7. Archantos fire/kin troller

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Doing this TF in under 5 hours is amazing to me. I once did it with a PuG in 10 hours...Oiy!

I had a great time. It's been eons since I stayed up that late playing CoX or otherwise, and I only had to get up and wake myself up once!

Thanks all for the great time, and thanks Jim for leading it!

Hey, Luna. My date had to cancel out tonight, so I'll be around to fill a spot if you need someone.

Hey, E. If you have room, I would like to join y'all tonight.

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i had great fun as well, even if i did fall asleep a couple of times in the last 2 missions

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Jim?

Hi, E. I'll probably be around if you need any help.

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I gotta cancel at last minute, drunk buddy needs ride from bar. 30 minutes away. [censored] idiot.

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I know it's inconvenient you, but I'm glad he called you.

Well his computer is here, but I got roped into carpooling four of the boyscouts home, so we would be pretty late getting back and I still need to load the client onto his new computer. Sooo, I hate this, but please take our names off the list.

Bah! Carpools!!!

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By the way, just finished getting my 2nd blaster to 50. In order to finish rounding out my collection, my next toon is gonna be a troller. Any suggestions? I refuse to play FotMs or replay powersets which means no */FF, */rad, */kin, or earth/*.

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I recently rolled a grav/storm. Not a whole lot of damage, so this is definitely a toon you will have to play with in a team.

Hey Luna. J's computer didn't come in on Friday, and I'm not sure if he will be home in time to accept delivery today. I had taken the day off from work, so I could be home when UPS delivers it. The stupid credit card company declined my purchase because they thought it was a fraudulent transaction. They've done this to me two times in a row now. Geez! Just because I don't use my credit card that often doesn't mean that when it does get used it's auto-fraud.

Anyway...I'll keep you up dated with what's going on.

I was on a team with guy that according to his badges had been playing the game since inception.

He asked what "EB" meant.

It must be a slow news day in Virtue today...

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If the new engine is much prettier but more demanding, a currently acceptable machine might not cut it.

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This. Pre-I14 the laptop was running "okay" and that's being somewhat generous. The graphics were horrid and the lag was sometime obnoxious, but for the most part, the game was playable. Post-I14, the laptop freezes and crashes on a regular basis. I can only guess how the Rogue Expansion will affect it, but I can't imagine the new CoX engine being any gentler.

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To the OP thanks for asking this question..I am a guy gamer and is ashamed to admit somewhat ignorant of computers..plug it in and run it..laughs..I am looking at buying a new system for my wife who also plays COX, it is a surprise...so all this information your post has solicited has helped me out a lot...

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Cool! I'm glad it has helped you, too. You're wife is sooo lucky! What a nice surprise!

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Nah it's cool, if we have enough people for three teams I don't mind running it. up to you though, this is your baby after all.

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Quite honestly, unless a lot of people weenie out, I think we're going to be running 4 teams Monday night. It's a bit unusual for me to get that many sign up's the first day I post the list. We already have 3 full teams as it is. I've expanded the list for a fourth team already

Luna

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I saw you broadcast that last night and thought to myself..."How much does a weenie go for these days?"

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Nah, dump the big names. I Just picked up a new computer from Newegg. Cost me just over $600 and that was including a new 20' LCD monitor and shipping.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
4GB DDR2 800 RAM
500GB 10,000RPM 3.0GBs SATA
DVD/CD RW
Nvidia 9500GT 1GB PCIe
Vista Home Premium 64bit

CoX plays and looks beautiful on it.

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A guy I have been teaming with recently recommended Newegg in addition to everyone here, so I decided to check it out. The system you purchased is identical to the one he gave me a link to, and the one I decided to buy.

I've been tracking it through UPS, and it should be delivered tomorrow.

Thanks, again, everyone for your help. Maybe next time I'll be a little more adventurous and build one on my own.

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I'm not even sure that you can still find 512MB RAM.....?

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You can here!

Wow!!! Thank you all for such great information. You have all really helped me, and I'm sure I'll be able to find something that will work great for my son in my price range.

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Hmmmm. I wonder how the yet to be released Expansion Pack - Going Rogue -- will affect your computing experience.

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This is my thought as well. Once I saw the announcement this morning about the Expansion Pack, I knew I was going to have be more proactive in replacing my son's laptop.

...and that's the thing too. He has a laptop now, so I will have to get him a monitor, etc. I'll look at that link to NewEgg.

I agree the second build would be best if not for the video card, but unfortunately that was the best one offered with that particular package.

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omg seriously, if u buy a dell i'm going to cut my big toe's nail off, seriously dell has the worst parts ever, and the worst customer service in the history of customer service.

don't ever do alienware as well they are owned by dell.

seriously the best thing you can really aim for is an imac. they come with boot camp so u can install windows on a partition so he can still run windows based games on the mac natively.

but even if u don't come to your senses and go mac, just for the love of all things alcohol, sweet, spicy, sour and musical do not buy dell. i'd seriously have second thoughts about even receiving a dell as a gift, thinking is there a bomb inside or rat poison boiled into my beer? dell=devil

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Wow! Sounds like you had a terrible experience with Dell! I've been using my laptop for a couple of years now, and the couple of times I had to call for tech support, I always got someone knowledgeable and surprisingly easy to understand (The last time I called their tech support was in the Phillipines). I really like the fact that I could call them 24/7 whenever I had a problem.