Tyrrano
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Hmm, I find my Psy dominator pretty boring.
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Well, it wasn't getting to the point of using the checksum. I finally got it to work by rebooting (again) and starting up the launcher and just leaving it alone. As long as I didn't click the UPDATE button I was able to exit and restart it normally. Eventually I opened it and it said "ready to play". At that point I could start normally and let it go thru and check the updates.
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Quote:I think all of the pre-Freedom unlocks still work.Originally Posted by Dark Energon
A friend gave me a code from the CoV box, made a new account under my own master account and 1st toon i could make was a VEAT, without being level 20. Yes it was a VIP account, but still, VEAT as 1st toon without having a level 20 toon 1st seemed odd. -
Quote:Are you sure that's a bug, Raj? I assumed that, once you've unlocked the epics, they remain unlocked regardless of premium/VIP/sewer rat status. In fact, I was able to start a new Kheldian recently, though I assume that since I've only gotten to, er, what's the new epic unlock level again? 30? ... on two servers, that I could only do Epics on those two servers, just like before Freedom.Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Note nowhere are Epic ATs unlocked by reward tier - although a bug allows some people to keep access without specifically paying for it as a premium player.
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One nice thing I noticed for those of us unable to be perma-VIP - I returned as a premium player after about a 6 month hiatus. I had about 6 server slots on Virtue from previous vet rewards and used my global slot on Infinity. Last month I splurged and paid for a VIP month, played all the characters I hadn't touched and so forth, then lapsed back to premium last week. While my slots were all locked into those two servers, when I logged in I was able to re-select which characters I wanted to play. I had been curious as to whether I'd be stuck with the same 7 characters that I'd been playing prior to ponying up.
The nice thing for me in all of this is I can concentrate on a few toons for awhile. When I decide to shake things up, I can VIP for a month, then re-select the toons I want to play when I lapse back to premium. Also, I mistakenly unlocked the wrong character on Infinity this time around, so I'm glad I can reset that choice next time.
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OK, trying to let the NCSoft Launcher download the latest patch. I click on CoX in the main screen and I get the 'trickle downloading...' message. If I then click the UPDATE button to get it to download at full speed, the launcher locks up and does nothing. The trickle download also doesn't seem to be really doing anything, although Task Manager shows it to be using some CPU cycles. I tried it several times yesterday.
Today I was still getting the same behavior, forced it to stop, then retried the launcher. Now it says 'downloading' in lieu of the trickle message, and Task Manager shows it using CPU, but I'm afraid to click on UPDATE.
I'm attaching the usual CoXHelper and HiJack logs. And yes, I know it says the drivers are out of date. *WAY* out of date. This is an older workstation built for CADD work. It has plenty of memory and decent processing power and the video card ... well, it was state of the art before CoH launched.
Still, I'm used to running on minimum settings and it runs ... decent. I had to work hard to get the drivers up to date as they are - I don' t think there is a newer one for this card. Since it's a work computer that I leave at my contract site, I don't plan on upgrading it anytime soon.
CoH Helper output...
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at April 11, 2012 10:20 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_gdr.101019-0340)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Precision WorkStation 370
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz, ~3.6GHz
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 1800MB out of 3325MB available
Page File: 3759MB (1406MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD800ADFS-75SLR2) 44317MB out of 76285MB (58%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.3790.3959 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Sound Notes: No sound card was found. If one is expected, you should install a sound driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: ATI FireGL V3100
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI FireGL V3100 (0x5B64)
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6912
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 11:51:48 PM
Driver Language: English
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: ATI FireGL V3100 Secondary
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI FireGL V3100 Secondary (0x5B74)
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6912
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 11:51:48 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description:
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0M3849
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: UNKNOWN
BIOS Release: 20060707******.******+***
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (4)
World Texture Level: Unknown (3)
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.300
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Disabled
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 0.677
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
HiJackThis output...
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 10:31:51 AM, on 4/11/2012
Platform: Windows 2003 SP2 (WinNT 5.02.3790)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In SSV Helper - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_TRAY] "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgtray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 3.3.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\quickstart.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O15 - ESC Trusted Zone: http://runonce.msn.com
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgpp.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: AVG WatchDog (avgwd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Event Log (Eventlog) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service 64 - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService64.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdatem) (gupdatem) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service (ImapiService) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\imapi.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Net Logon (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NitroPDFReaderDriverCreatorReadSpool2 (NitroReaderDriverReadSpool2) - Nitro PDF Software - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Nitro PDF\Reader\2.0\NitroPDFReaderDriverService2x64.exe
O23 - Service: NT LM Security Support Provider (NtLmSsp) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Plug and Play (PlugPlay) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: IPSEC Services (PolicyAgent) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Protected Storage (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (RDSessMgr) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\sessmgr.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Security Accounts Manager (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Virtual Disk Service (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: WMI Performance Adapter (WmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe (file missing)
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End of file - 6819 bytes -
Maybe the devs don't want players to remain 'grey'. It's a transitory phase. The only reason they did it was to please all the RPers who wanted to be able to cross sides. It wasn't for more power-gaming options. At least that's my opinion.
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Heh, I've been out of work for four months, and Freedom has helped me keep my sanity. On my first day back at work, this happens.
I guess the servers missed me.
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Wait. The servers are down?
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Quote:They'll show up on the 'FIND CONTACTS' button. If you know where they are, you can just walk up and talk to them. If you're too low level, they step through the opening dialog until mission start, then say "Um, come back later, lowbie". If you've outlevelled them you get thru the dialog then get the 'I've got no more work for you' dialogs.Originally Posted by Hopeling
In a related vein, I leveled a hero from 10 to 27 since i22, and was never directed to the new Steel Canyon contacts. Are they supposed to auto-introduce on leveling up, or be introduced by other contacts, or what?
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Hmm, just about any of my heroes would have saved Laura Lockhart. What, they didn't figure 20-odd level heroes would have the Alchemist accolade by now?
As for Tyrrano, he'd eat Captain Mako. Literally. Yum, shark meat. Power of the Leviathan, my big dinosaur butt! -
Quote:Yah, I really did, but for some reason I can't seem to find that forum. I think perhaps I left my brain out on the back porch in a pickle jar. So I put it here. I wouldn't complain if it were moved. Like anyone'd care if I complained! =DOriginally Posted by Aggelakis
"Opinions?" isn't something that players can help you with. Other than saying "yes, we have opinions".
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OK, I know I'm risking ridicule and outright ostracization, but I played thru this new arc last night and flat-out loved it. Sure, it was a bit hokey and contrived in some ways but it was a good evolution of where they've been going to make missions like this more interactive. I actually found myself outraged - my normally calm and collected samurai character went thru 5th column baddies like, well, a katana thru nazis. I really felt myself get *into* the arc in a way I simply hadn't experienced before.
Maybe I'm too easy to please. There wasn't much in the way of actual *choices* but it did feel that way a bit, far more than most CoX content anyway.
Looking forward to trying the other new content. Opinions? *dons asbestos undies* -
I suppose I must be in the minority, but I've always liked Jack - he seems better behaved than most pets to me. My only 50 is my Ice/Emp, and Jack makes him *far* more solo-able than otherwise.
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Thanks Aries, but as someone else mentioned XP Pro 64bit doesn't have a SP3. Meanwhile I have gotten this thing working properly now. The compatibility mode that Codewalker pointed me to got me over the hump. :thumbup: Thanks, all!!!
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Quote:Oh, yeah, this is definitely the right track.Originally Posted by Codewalker
Most likely it's not the hard drive, but rather the disk controller on your motherboard. Especially if it's a SATA drive, XP is old enough that it doesn't have drivers for those built in.
I actually found the proper driver. This station doesn't have a floppy, which made things ... problematic. Did manage to get it set up to read it from a USB drive. I had to pre-install the drivers during setup, and the first time it didn't want to see them. Anyhoo, thanks for the help, you put me on the right track.Quote:Originally Posted by Codewalker
You've got a few options. ... The other option is to find 64-bit XP drivers for your motherboard's disk controller. The manufacturer may have these, but 64-bit XP was pretty rare so they may not. When you find them you have to either put them on a floppy disk (yes, I said floppy) and tell XP setup to load them, or burn a new XP CD with the drivers slipstreamed in. nLite is a good tool for that.
I'm sure I'll be back - something else is bound to blow up in my face.
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Le sigh,
Long time no talk to you guys. Miss me? I've been playing some since 'premium' came along, which was nice since I've been out of work since November. Gave me something to do between interviews and resumes. Anyway, I'm picking up some contract work and to facilitate that I got an older workstation from a former employer for free. It's a Dell Precision 370, set up for CADD work. ATI FireGL card with 1MB, plenty of RAM. Might even be able to run CoX better than this laptop I'm playing on. (See, there *is* minimal CoX content here!)
Here's my problem.
The machine has 32-bit XP Pro installed, works fine. My version of AutoCAD 2011 is 64-bit. Due to broke-ness and not wanting to get into the whole Win7 upgrade dance right now, I'm trying to install XP Pro 64-bit. But when I try to boot from the install CD, setup can't find the flippin' hard drive and aborts the install. The Hard drive is a fairly common Western Digital - I find it hard to believe there's not a driver on the setup CD that would work.
I've always been impressed with the knowledge and skills of many of the folks on here - you've helped me out of many problems over the years. So I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this. -
Quote:Jim has a habit of rattling that particular cage. Tho I honestly haven't seen him logged in in *ages*. As to rumors of any particular characters having CoX 'avatars', I will neither confirm nor deny.Originally Posted by seebs
There's wording saying that you grant them ownership insofar as that's legally enforceable. Which may be a little, a lot, or not at all. I would not recommend trying it. (Note also the complete lack of clear protections for your own copyrights. And note the rumors that Jim Butcher has a Thugs mastermind named Johnny Marcone.)
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Quote:This. It's always been a fairly overwhelming ambush, especially when it's your first 20 and you're not ready for it.Originally Posted by Ironblade
I have also noticed this with the Steel Canyon tailor. As I recall, the last few times I ran the mission, the ambush size was 7 or 8 enemies (with me solo and set to +0/x1).
To be honest, though, I prefer it this way. It gets the hunting done faster. If I'm getting overwhelmed, I just duck back inside Icon. -
Quote:Oh come on! *EVERYBODY* knows you *HAVE* to hyphenate "game-mechanically"!!!!($#&ZOMG!!Originally Posted by seebs
How to Suck at City of Heroes (and Villains)By learning to really suck at CoH, both game mechanically and socially, ...
Now you've done it. My nasal lining will never be the same. I think Diet Coke hurts worse than the regular stuff...Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
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Quote:Overtly hiding cash isn't a good thing - it'll eventually blow up in your face. If you fight that much over $15 a month, there are other issues at work.Originally Posted by MT_Head
Do what I do, find a way to make some extra cash not easily traceable (I play in a band) and buy the two month sub cards at gamestop so she doesn't see it come out of the bank account. Out of sight, out of mind, yes?
To the original question, I'll be waiting awhile. It's not so much the money for GR itself, but my only CoX-capable computer (my laptop) just died *again* and I'm unwilling to keep paying to fix it. It's a heat problem so even if I *do* fix it, I won't be playing CoX on it anyway. (The latest fix only lasted a month)
Since my finances currently preclude me from putting a new system together, I'll be on the sidelines for awhile. :*( -
Quote:If he counted nearly 1500 unhidden, I'd bet the cap is around 2000. Assuming it's a nice, round number, of course.Originally Posted by Mr_Zek
So are we thinking about 1600 or 1700 limit?
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Quote:Lots of people are set hidden. If you see 50 on search, there's probably 2-3 times that easy.Originally Posted by CatAstrophy
I was seeing 50 people on every side today on search.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they consider extending the 'free transfers' and so on due to this.
Not that it helps me any, as my laptop died again and I'm unable to play at all.
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Quote:*hands CMA a Clorox wipe (lemon fresh)*Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
You two owe me a new monitor, the old one just got covered with Pepsi. That stuff smarts coming out your nose you know
That should take care of the monitor. Pepsi shouldn't hurt it, unless you somehow managed to aim behind the monitor and get it in the cooling slots.
*rummages around in storage*
Here's a never-used Microsoft ergo keyboard. Afraid I can't do much for the acid in your nose, tho. Maybe dissolve some Tums in water and snort it?