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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 22:04:04 GMT
.... please can I have my Ninja status back? I know I strayed from the Ninja path, even managing a couple of no spend weeks I am so sorry I have realised this week that I am a true Ninja at heart I took delivery of an Itaste MVP and have managed to totally hide it in front of Mr Karma, whilst using it most of the time apparently it looks similar to my GD box mod Mind you, he wasn't here when the postie delivered it.... .... unlike when the postie delivered my new Robust! I usually work things out so no parcels get delivered whe Mr Karma is home, didn't realise he had a day off on Friday Mr Karma.... why did the postie knock the door Me... he was delivering a parcel Mr Karma...... so what was the parcel Me....just a parcel Mr Karma.... something must have been in the parcel Me..... Do you remember what's happening next month? Mr Karma....huh? Me....Christmas! and if you want some nice surprises, please stop interogating me about what the postie is delivering! note to self..... best buy some nice surprises for Mr Karma's Christmas Genuinely made me laugh, nice one. Think I will use the xmas trick too What do you think to the Itaste Karma, was thinking of getting one based on Todds review, and the fact I think it looks really smart. But I already have 2 new Lavatubes, 2 new VV Kgo/Egos, and 1 twist, all bought within the last month or so with a Zmax and another twist on their way, plus the lavatube and various other things I already had... Do I need it? Should I get one?
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 21:35:16 GMT
I'm sorry but I just dont trust G4S and I completely refuse to do business with them... ... Just look at mess they made of providing security for the Olympics!
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 21:32:27 GMT
I am saddened by this, I've enjoyed his videos, hes a down to earth kind of chap, doesn't try and put on the big glitz and glam kind of performance, just gives you honest, down to earth, informative views in the way that he sees fit. His competitions are great too, he is so generous with them. I only hope you can reconsider Todd, as its nice having you around. 9:05 for anyone interested P.s sorry if this has already been mentioned elsewhere, had a quick look, and didnt find anything, but I do have lots to catch up on, if it has been posted elsewhere could the mods please merge
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 21:19:15 GMT
alvo, i have just been having a read around a few forums and im wondering if part of my problem could be ive turned off aim assist in the main menu, have you got an opinion on this. It does help ragjoy, when people disappear behind walls, sometimes if you're holding the analogue stick just right (don't ask me how, lol) then the crosshairs will automatically track them, I've found this useful with fmj, as you can kill them through walls. But I don't use fmj any more, instead I use a silencer / suppressor and laser sight on the PDW-57 which is an SMG. The silencer is supposed to reduce the power of the gun, but I swear it seems to increase it, especially on SMG's. Of course this stops you showing up on the enemy radar when you fire, and decreases kick too, bonus. Coupled with a laser sight, so that you can aim from the hip with accuracy, no need to look down the sites, and you're all set for close quarters domination of the enemy. A few things I've found, lag, it has a much bigger effect on black ops 2, because of the increased damage it takes to kill somebody, so if you're suffering lag, you'll have a hell of a time, and it will look like people are killing you in a couple of shots, but if you watch the kill cam, they shot you loads before you died. It doesn't happen much, but when it does it's annoying. And the look speed/aim speed needs increasing in the options IMO, if you haven't already.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 20:42:23 GMT
Bacon... PS Sorry firin, bad timing and coincidence I guess
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 20:35:28 GMT
I could go in to a rant but instead what I will do is rise above it and say silent. If only the same could be said for others. P.S. We love Chrissie! Not the silent type pal, if I kept my mouth shut, I'd never get anywhere with anything Although it does get me into trouble regularly
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 20:23:41 GMT
What a complete and utter load of bollocks. Firstly if they'd already sought legal advice, they'd know that what they are actually wrongly accusing Chrissie of is libel and not slander, by definition. Secondly, I am assuming that Chrissie banned them for unsolicited promotional PMs, or spam, as it's better known, and not for "bribery" as they are trying to claim in public. Chances are that Chrissie has a record of this, and so anyone making any accusations otherwise could possibly be guilty of libel themselves. Not only that, but anyone sending unsolicited messages for the purposes of advertising a product, service or business should be very careful, as there are laws out there protecting people from such spam, and I'm unsure of the details of those laws.
Chrissie I have screenshots of some of the accusations made against you if you do ever need them, but to be honest, I highly doubt you will, I believe this is just a scare/smear campaign, with no backbone what so ever.
I know one thing, I for one will never, ever, purchase anything off this company, nor would I recommend them to anyone. I should think most people are thinking the same. So as usual, when a company tries to take on a consumer run organisation, there can only be one loser in the end.
Thanks Chrissie and the rest of the admin team for being quick on the draw, keeping the trash out, and making this forum such a great place to hang out.
NOTE: The views expressed in this post are purely my own points of view, they do not necessarily reflect the points of view of the AAEC Forum, Chrissie, Or any other moderators.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 17, 2012 17:19:54 GMT
I can see straight away why we both think differently of it ragjoy, I love the running around reflex based closed quarters combat, it's why I fell in love with the first modern warfare, and for me at least, it's what's been missing from the series since, I hate big camper style maps. I love the increased speed of the online game too, it's so much harder and much more of a challenge. I don't love the spawn system, it needs fixing, had the same problem on MW3 and other cod games, and it was always eventually fixed with a patch, so why they keep releaing a new games, using the same IW engine, and don't address the problem before release is beyond me.
I love the more objective based online gameplay, more people, including myself, are playing properly, for objectives on objective based games, instead of always protecting their KD ratios... MY KD ratio is shockingly low now, but I don't care, I'm enjoying playing.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 16, 2012 1:23:29 GMT
Not touched campaign yet staf not touched the game much since the first couple of nights, but I'm off monday and tuesday, and I have COD related plans
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 23:48:07 GMT
To be fair one day, they do 'work' too those Eastern Europeans, My last job before I started doing what I do now was on an electronics production line, (with breaks, and good pay lol) and there were a fair few eastern Europeans there, and I have to be honest, they put most of the Brits there to shame, they generally work very, very hard, whilst the British girls were more interested in socialising, and chatting about what was on TV the night before, I'm kind of sorry to say that, but it's how it is. I know I too am making generalisations, but it's how I saw it.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 23:32:23 GMT
to be fair addict, my experiences are from around a decade ago, I am 29 now (I think) and it was shortly after leaving school and college that I experienced places, and conditions, like this, working with agencies. I completely believe oneday though, I expected it to be the case to be honest. I imagine that there are places just as bad, if not worse these days, partly because of the economy, but also for other reasons that I will only go into briefly, as it's a little bit of a grey area, and not one I know a great deal about. I am not against immigrant workers, not at all, our economy is built on them. But in my understanding, they unfortunately are willing to work longer hours, with less breaks and benefits, for less money, and in some cases, small companies take advantage of this. I'm under the impression that this leaves unskilled British workers in a sticky position, if they genuinely want to work for a living, and these types of positions are all that is available to them, do they just fall into line?
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 22:44:53 GMT
addict, I can't put it any simpler than this, I've worked in places like that, if not worse, here in England, I've done long shifts with no breaks, for less than minimum wage, I've been told if I don't like it, there's always someone else willing to do my job. I'm not saying those conditions are perfect, I am saying they are no worse than some places here in the UK, and I have the experience to back it up. And this was all before the economy got bad, when I was young, working on production lines for agencies. I wonder what it is like now, now these types of employers know that the employee has even less options.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 21:48:10 GMT
Not cloud cuckoo land, just a sad feeling that someone thinks that by making such a video they can give the impression that conditions are somehow acceptable. In the discussion following the video, the film maker said that the intensive labour is cheaper than mechanisation because they work 8 hours per day without a break and that those children (for they looked little more than children to me) are taken from their villages to live what more than likely is a bed to work existence. Telling us how much worse off they could be is no more than the 21st century version of the "we are saving them from themselves" type of comments used in past centuries to excuse slavery. Anyway, I suppose this isn't the place to discuss western attitudes to exploitation in other regions of the world. I do think, however, that the fact that almost everything e-cig related is made in China could be an achilles heel for those campaigning to make vaping acceptable to the powers that be. The cigarette industry had the advantage of being a source of employment and revenue which no doubt helped them survive for so long whereas when politicians look at vaping they will see almost all profits going to China. I'm sorry addict, I think you're over reacting a little, people do 8 hour shifts without breaks over here without breaking a sweat. China isn't your average 3rd world country, it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This isn't some sweat shop, it's a normal production line, just like many found all over this country. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the idea of my cheap clothing being made by kids in sweat shops in india, indonesia and wherever else, I've seen the conditions those poor children have to work in, and it isn't nice. However this is China, in China the top jobs are very hotly contested, anyone failing to make the grade ends up working in places like this, just like here in the UK. Yes many of them have to relocate to work, I wouldn't like that, you obviously wouldn't like that, but there are people all over the world, developed countries, and undeveloped, who relocate to work. Also, I have no idea where the child labour angle is coming from, I can't see any children in that video, (I've just watched it again to make sure I hadn't missed something,) and again just like here, China has a strict age limit of 16 before you can work.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 17:37:18 GMT
Ahh mat, I don't understand how this could have happened, Mass Effect isn't even an activision game, it's their arch rivals EA, so how did they end up being mixed up. strange.
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Post by alvoram on Nov 14, 2012 10:24:11 GMT
I'm staying out of the PSU debate, because I've always just bought the cheapest, highest wattage, PSU I could find, and never had a problem, so I'm not really sure what the big deal is, but maybe I've missed something. #1 reason is cheap psus are usually rated at a power they can't even sustain, lower temperature (good ones are rated at 50C, or in the case of the cheapest chinese psus - lack some safety approvals for a reason beyond that there are still some diifferences, but not necessarily worth the price for the improvement. Good PSUs rated for higher temperatures usually use longer lasting parts - the parts most likely to die are the capacitors and the fan. I would only use a PSU that has 105C rated capacitors, most the cheap ones use 80C ones that age faster Experience tells me otherwise, I have only ever bought the cheap higher wattage ones, and in 12 years, I've never had any problems. Maybe that's just a testament to the vendors listed above. I've had to replace a few for other people, in machines bought from large retailers (Time spring to mind, remember them lol) but I could usually attribute that to increased heat around the PSU due to dust build up and lack of maintenance.
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