The Energon Pub

by **Absolute Zero** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:35 am

Raphael Prime wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:
With a smaller ammount of people, it's likely to get the same people in matches. I haven't run into it to often though.

Yeah, i don't think i've really ran into the same person more than once really that i can recall. And i checked last night, PSN does have a 'block user' list, though i'm not exactly sure how it completely works.

I think it's just to block them from sending you messages. Most of the times I've run into the same people over and over has been while playing BC1 and BC2.

by **Raphael Prime** » Sun May 16, 2010 3:29 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:
With a smaller ammount of people, it's likely to get the same people in matches. I haven't run into it to often though.

Yeah, i don't think i've really ran into the same person more than once really that i can recall. And i checked last night, PSN does have a 'block user' list, though i'm not exactly sure how it completely works.

by **Neo Crusader** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:53 pm

So, I am back to playing.

As for consoles, I have a 360, can't wait for WFC to be released, but until then I'll stick to MW2 multiplayer. Should probably renew live too :lol:

by **Absolute Zero** » Fri May 14, 2010 11:11 pm

Raphael Prime wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:The big arguement for paying for live is that they ban cheaters, PSN doesn't. PSN doesn't even have a way to avoid people you don't want to play with. Which, in general, is only annoying when you run into the same arsehats in every match.

That's true. Though on PSN i don't think(at least i haven't found the way to) you can follow anyone, even in your recently played list, into a game. I've only been able to do it with people on my friends list.

With a smaller ammount of people, it's likely to get the same people in matches. I haven't run into it to often though.

by **Raphael Prime** » Fri May 14, 2010 8:52 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:The big arguement for paying for live is that they ban cheaters, PSN doesn't. PSN doesn't even have a way to avoid people you don't want to play with. Which, in general, is only annoying when you run into the same arsehats in every match.

That's true. Though on PSN i don't think(at least i haven't found the way to) you can follow anyone, even in your recently played list, into a game. I've only been able to do it with people on my friends list.

by **Absolute Zero** » Fri May 14, 2010 4:38 pm

Burn wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:The big arguement for paying for live is that they ban cheaters, PSN doesn't. PSN doesn't even have a way to avoid people you don't want to play with. Which, in general, is only annoying when you run into the same arsehats in every match.

That's what I think about HMW and you.
You left that one waaaaaaaay open for me there AZ, no way I wasn't taking it!

Didn't think you'd bother reading it... *L*

by **Burn** » Fri May 14, 2010 4:13 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:The big arguement for paying for live is that they ban cheaters, PSN doesn't. PSN doesn't even have a way to avoid people you don't want to play with. Which, in general, is only annoying when you run into the same arsehats in every match.

That's what I think about HMW and you.

You left that one waaaaaaaay open for me there AZ, no way I wasn't taking it!

by **Absolute Zero** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:44 pm

The big arguement for paying for live is that they ban cheaters, PSN doesn't. PSN doesn't even have a way to avoid people you don't want to play with. Which, in general, is only annoying when you run into the same arsehats in every match.

by **Raphael Prime** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:16 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:BC2 is win. Way better than MW2 in my opinion. Though, it's best on PC unfortunately. At least if you play online.

The reason I think 360 has the better games is simply the online community. There are way more people on live than on psn unfortunately. Most of the really good games are available on both, but a lot of the fun of playing those games, for me anyway, is playing with people. That said, I own BC2 on PS3. *L*

Yeah, again, i enjoyed the BC2 demo i played. But MW2 has eased me into the FPS genre. Up until i got the BC2 demo and MW2, the last FPS i played was Golden Eye on the N64, haha. Yeah, there's no doubt the XBL community is larger than the PSN, but i like the free online play over $60 a year when that could be spent a brand new game or DLC.

by **The {Rage Bot}** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:24 pm

pfff, I am still waiting for Star Wars Battlefront 3 or Online or whatever they are going to call it. However, Starcraft 2 is coming out in July and I think that will take precedence over any other game for PC ever made up to that point. hahaha

by **Absolute Zero** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:46 pm

Optimus Prime007 wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:BC2 is win. Way better than MW2 in my opinion. Though, it's best on PC unfortunately. At least if you play online.

The reason I think 360 has the better games is simply the online community. There are way more people on live than on psn unfortunately. Most of the really good games are available on both, but a lot of the fun of playing those games, for me anyway, is playing with people. That said, I own BC2 on PS3. *L*

Most first person shooters are better on PC in my opinion. I think the Battlefield games always were better on PC, even though i enjoy playing Bad company on 360. I used to play PC Games alot back in the day, Counterstrike, Team Fortress, Quake. I play here and there but im more on the 360 now.

*L* The only reason I think the PC version is better is because you're not locked into your squad. PS3 and 360 (at least in the first one for 360) you can't talk to people not in your squad, and you can't change squads mid game.

by **Optimus_Prime007** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:52 am

Absolute Zero wrote:BC2 is win. Way better than MW2 in my opinion. Though, it's best on PC unfortunately. At least if you play online.

The reason I think 360 has the better games is simply the online community. There are way more people on live than on psn unfortunately. Most of the really good games are available on both, but a lot of the fun of playing those games, for me anyway, is playing with people. That said, I own BC2 on PS3. *L*

Most first person shooters are better on PC in my opinion. I think the Battlefield games always were better on PC, even though i enjoy playing Bad company on 360. I used to play PC Games alot back in the day, Counterstrike, Team Fortress, Quake. I play here and there but im more on the 360 now.

by **Absolute Zero** » Wed May 12, 2010 3:30 pm

BC2 is win. Way better than MW2 in my opinion. Though, it's best on PC unfortunately. At least if you play online.

The reason I think 360 has the better games is simply the online community. There are way more people on live than on psn unfortunately. Most of the really good games are available on both, but a lot of the fun of playing those games, for me anyway, is playing with people. That said, I own BC2 on PS3. *L*

by **Raphael Prime** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:34 pm

Optimus Prime007 wrote:
Raphael Prime wrote:I'm trying(and will continue to try my best) to get back into this thing. But ever since i got the PS3, it's been one game after another hogging my attention, Madden, NHL, FFXIII, FFVIII, MW2. Love this system. So glad my 360 died for a second time, haha. And i see Skate 3 and War for Cybertron stealing some time in the future too.

Red Ring of Death? I love my PS3 too, but ever since I got my 360 I only play PS3 for Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gran Turismo 5 that comes out this fall/winter.

E74. RROD came along back in '07. Well after my 360 died, which luckily happened a day after i got my PS3, i took my NHL10 for 360 and traded it in to get it on PS3 instead, free OTP, yeah i was up for that haha.

And AZ, as i said, MW2 has eased me into FPS, so i have no plans right now to even get MAG. Would like to play BC2, enjoyed the demo a bit. And as far as better games, PS3 has just as many as far i'm concerned. Because most of what i play is either PS3 exclusive or available on both systems.

by **Absolute Zero** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:49 pm

Do. Not. Play. MAG. Unless you're gonna play Sevr.

PS3 better system. 360 has better games... Has anyone here picked up Record of Aragest War?

by **Optimus_Prime007** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:50 am

Raphael Prime wrote:I'm trying(and will continue to try my best) to get back into this thing. But ever since i got the PS3, it's been one game after another hogging my attention, Madden, NHL, FFXIII, FFVIII, MW2. Love this system. So glad my 360 died for a second time, haha. And i see Skate 3 and War for Cybertron stealing some time in the future too.

Red Ring of Death? I love my PS3 too, but ever since I got my 360 I only play PS3 for Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gran Turismo 5 that comes out this fall/winter.

by **Raphael Prime** » Tue May 11, 2010 4:35 am

I'm trying(and will continue to try my best) to get back into this thing. But ever since i got the PS3, it's been one game after another hogging my attention, Madden, NHL, FFXIII, FFVIII, MW2. Love this system. So glad my 360 died for a second time, haha. And i see Skate 3 and War for Cybertron stealing some time in the future too.

by **Absolute Zero** » Tue May 04, 2010 6:56 pm

I'm usually pretty good at pulling stuff apart and putting it back together correctly. My mom made sure of that after I pulled apart every G1 transformer I ever owned as a kid, including Sky Lynx and Tripticon. She hated that. I haven't tried as much with the newer stuff, but... can it really be harder than a perfect grade gundam? .. Probably...

I'm still waiting on my first unemployment check, but I have kind of an idea for a seeker, no colors, just the idea of slapping valkerie wings on a seeker jet, and seeing if they'd work.

Yeah, the WH:40k stuff is pretty pricey. Most of the vehicals run $50-$75.

How much does your average kitbash run you?

alldarker wrote:Just found out about this thread, to which I'd also like to subscribe.
I too don't post too regularly, except of course when AZ and I are debating statistics , and I usually just dump my 'Bots in whenever I get the chance, which is actually quite often, but always in the European timezone waking hours.
Anyhow, I've always wondered what the 'Cons do better than us that makes them succesful in the tournees: do they really save up best 'Bots for certain mission types: or do they pool up and all enter at the same time? And also, the 'call for back up threads'... how succesful are these?
I mean, I just throw the 'Bots in whatever missions are available mostly: filling missions with plenty of opposition is a no-brainer, while missions with all 'Bots and no 'Cons are mostly a waste of time, so if avoidable, I enter other missions. Still, during my playing hours, I am often enough having to refresh the mission page to generate missions 'cause there aren't enough available. There's usually hardly a cause for me to request back up or even to back up fellow 'Bots...

You should try to get more active in the forums here. We need as many people to be active as possible.

by **Burn** » Tue May 04, 2010 2:45 am

Absolute Zero wrote:
Burn wrote:Amored Core weapon packs are pure awesome for kitbashng purposes.

Really? Hmm... I honestly didn't know they made them... I know that most of the 1/100 scale gundam weapons work with alternators and more or less bots of that size... but I didn't know about the AC parts. As soon as I get me an unemployment check, I'll have to see about getting me some of them.

Bludge used a number of AC weapons packs, plus the Gundam shield. The axe came from some other series which had about 4 weapons packs, none of which were that great.

Hecatomb used WH:40K weapons. Problem with WH stuff is the weapons aren't sold seperately and it's a lot of money to shell out for "spare parts"

It's not really realistic, but I'd like to learn how to take like a Land Raider or Valkerie from WH:40K and completely screw with that to make it into a transformer...

It's realistic. You'd probably want to do a mix of re-shelling and scratch building. Neither of which i've ever attempted and honestly don't think i'll ever get to that skill level.

The reason I recommended a seeker and/or Sideswipe is like I said, they're VERY easy to disassemble and re-assemble. Some of the more modern figures are a little more complicated on the inside so they're probably not the best to start on, unless you really are good at taking things apart and putting them back together with no spare parts left over.

(aka what happens when Burn assembles furniture)

by **alldarker** » Tue May 04, 2010 2:37 am

Just found out about this thread, to which I'd also like to subscribe.
I too don't post too regularly, except of course when AZ and I are debating statistics :-B

, and I usually just dump my 'Bots in whenever I get the chance, which is actually quite often, but always in the European timezone waking hours.
Anyhow, I've always wondered what the 'Cons do better than us that makes them succesful in the tournees: do they really save up best 'Bots for certain mission types: or do they pool up and all enter at the same time? And also, the 'call for back up threads'... how succesful are these?
I mean, I just throw the 'Bots in whatever missions are available mostly: filling missions with plenty of opposition is a no-brainer, while missions with all 'Bots and no 'Cons are mostly a waste of time, so if avoidable, I enter other missions. Still, during my playing hours, I am often enough having to refresh the mission page to generate missions 'cause there aren't enough available. There's usually hardly a cause for me to request back up or even to back up fellow 'Bots...

by **Absolute Zero** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:28 pm

Burn wrote:Amored Core weapon packs are pure awesome for kitbashng purposes.

Really? Hmm... I honestly didn't know they made them... I know that most of the 1/100 scale gundam weapons work with alternators and more or less bots of that size... but I didn't know about the AC parts. As soon as I get me an unemployment check, I'll have to see about getting me some of them.

It's not really realistic, but I'd like to learn how to take like a Land Raider or Valkerie from WH:40K and completely screw with that to make it into a transformer...

by **Burn** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:22 pm

Amored Core weapon packs are pure awesome for kitbashng purposes.

by **Absolute Zero** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:50 pm

Burn wrote:Trawl E-Bay and find yourself a junker Seeker or Sideswipe.

Two easy to disassemble figures to start on.

What about the extra parts?

by **Burn** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:36 pm

Trawl E-Bay and find yourself a junker Seeker or Sideswipe.

Two easy to disassemble figures to start on.

by **Absolute Zero** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:24 pm

Burn wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:Put up threads to get people active. Do any bots work on profiles for their characters or kitbashes? I know the cons do, and they're more than willing to share that work with each other. Anyone here an artist? Anyone draw stuff aside from robots?

I heartily endorse threads that showcase creativity.

As far as kitbashing goes, there's plenty of work in the Transtopia forums you can look at, or if you're one of those people who don't like venturing out of the HMW forums, you can always post here and i'll help out. Just because i'm too lazy to kitbash anymore doesn't mean I can't help!

That's one of the things I've wanted to get into... but I don't know where to start.