X Box 360 Elite

[mockney piers]

hee hee, yep, old age creeping in. I got massacred on the new levels on CoD5 by people with suspiciously, and depressingly high pitched voices.

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Man, that sucks! I remember popping in to a SFIII third strike tournament a year ago, and this one kid kept turtling (sitting in the corner, bunging out projectile attacks etc) and his opponent was easily twice his age. So it got to round 3 and the kid got pwned, as the older bloke used a little known exploit. The kid screamed shenannigans, after spending the whole 3 rounds using the cheapest "tactics" imaginable, and really got into the other guys face.

He was told to shut up, the kid stood up and kept ranting, older bloke knocked him out in one blow to the skull, it was pretty cool to see the crowd cheering "Perfect!" then one joker shouted "Finish him!", old blokes reply "I already did, innit?".

Also franken-superfami is cool http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-17807-Back+from+the+Dead%2C+the+Core+Duo+Vista+Powered+Super+Famicom+(SNES).html

[mockney piers]

Disturbing but funny.

I guess it should go without saying that everyone mimicked the Tekken series "Perfect!!"?

Blessed are the geeks, such a beautifully strange subculture.

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

If you want to see beautiful and strange, pop into Super Potato, or stalk a member of Clover and marvel at their god like Danmaku (lit. "Bullet Hell") skills.

EDIT: "Perfect" stems from the SF series, but to see a really impressive "Perfect" you need to be watching some skilled KOF players.

[ratty]

Panic over - I have managed to route an ethernet cable!

[Cooper]

My 360 RRoD'd a couple of months back. Microsoft refused to fix it for free on account of it being second hand, which I think's BS - if the previous guy hadn't registered it I'd have been fine, and I don't understand why it being second hand makes the RRoD *more* likely! Gah!

Anyhoo, now I've either gotta pay 'em ?60 for repairs or find a new one on the cheap. I'm gagging to get my hands on RE5 too.

[mockney piers]

I may save my cash for another game

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/624-Resident-Evil-5

Err, don't click if you're easilty offended btw

[SeanMacGabhann]

"I never thought I'd miss that wailing, jug-eared chimp.."

marvellous

Cooper: Sorry to hear about your RRoD - been there myself etc. I don't think many companies will touch secondhand goods tho. The newer 360s are much more reliable and my HDMI arcade model has been rock solid for nearly 2 years (touch wood etc)

[Cooper]

Yeah, this is it. I'm going to have a crack at repairing it myself one of these days. Figure I've got nothing to lose. The annoying thing is that I love the 360, but I'm a bit chary of buying another second-hander for fear of it Red Ringing again, and I certainly can't afford a new one at the minute. Guess I really ought to have cut down on those eight hour C&C marathons. Did you send yours off to Microsoft Sean?

[mockney piers]

I RRoDed too. Microsoft were pretty good about it I must say, but I'm not surprised they won't touch second hand goods, though can see your point, if it's still under warranty then what's the problem?

Welcome to the forum btw, and more especially the geeks room, not many of us in here frankly, it's nice, quiet and friendly :)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Yep, and everyone I know who sent to MS said they were surprisingly impressed at the turnaround

But having been a Sony boy since PS1 I am not giving up a 360 in my room for anything - best console I have ever owned. What's your Live profile ID Cooper?

[Cooper]

Well, it *was* Mad Banjo Jack but I let the membership expire, so I guess I've just gone back to silver status now. Would agree with you about the 360, it's a quality system, and this is coming from a guy who never thought he'd turn his back on Nintendo.

Cheers for the welcome too, Mockney! Always good to get a bit of geeking in, that's what I say.