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Doubt it's that hard. Finished the first two sets without failing once. Thousands of people have that trophy yet there's over 100 pages of whining about patching it on playstationtrophies.org.
Yea of course the first two sets are easy, it is level 6-8 that can be a pain... some people used two people to complete it. I got lucky when I did it, I don't know what it was but it seemed to almost do it on it's own, this was after several hours doing it. and that was only on level 6-8 for the final drinking game.

 
Spoken like someone who's never had to face any a day in their life. No offense.
go fuck yourself.

no offense.

ps - I thought you didn't bait, jerk. my god, between having to read your posts here and on other forums, you are officially a bigger asshole than even [redacted]. i mean, seriously. just pure unadulterated shit spewing out of your mouth encased in a holier than thou attitude. I mean, my post was clearly joking, and if anything, anti-racist, as I was telling someone they shouldn't have racist thoughts while playing a game. Your post here is racist as fuck, implying my race based on stupid speculation and then, worse, judging me for it. Oh enlightened one, you're full of shit.

No offense.

 
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I tried PC gaming, I built a very capable AMD rig for around $400-$450 when I did it. PC gaming has come a long way and controller support is now very good. I had a wireless 360 controller hooked up with their usb receiver which worked well.

Even with all that said I still just prefer consoles. Windows is bloated and kind of annoying for gaming. I'm interested to see where the STEAM OS goes but I feel like it will be quite some time before it's 100% viable for all games. If I had to choose though I would prefer a Linux desktop to a Windows one currently. I for some reason also started to hate looking at a PC tower all the time, because in general they are all ugly. Yes, even the plain black one I built. I like that companies are trying with things like the little Brix boxes but from what I've read they get really hot. The alienware alpha might have the right idea at least in form factor...that can house a decent graphics card and be somewhat compact and not overheat. The problem with a system like that is your limiting your upgrades right off the bat. Not too mention you are starting at $550 with only an i3 processor. I'd take a PS4 over that. I can build my own but case options still suck in my opinion for something living room worthy. It's getting better but not fast enough for me.
Lots of misconceptions in this post, but the biggest seems to be you're missing out on the huge amount of case options out there. Do you think something like this is ugly:
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You do realize the majority of PC games support controllers now right? Plug your DS4 in, hook your PC up to your TV and run Steam Big Picture mode and it's almost a console experience.
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The DS3 and DS4 still won't work without one of those funky workarounds. Don't get me wrong, when it does work it works fantastically, but it isn't just "plug and play" like with consoles. I'm not dissing PCs, btw. Tons of advantages.
 
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fuckin' A. Gotta make a 3.5 hour drive to sign the lease to my new place. Was hoping they'd email me it like my last landlord.

Also, how the fuck do you trade 19 copies of madden?
Why would you even want to? I make $30+ an hour. Unless I'm magically getting $30 for each game, I don't care.

For what? Store credit to buy more games?

And you have to train each cashier how to handle your special transactions?

Not worth it.

 
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The DS3 and DS4 still won't work without one of those funky workarounds. Don't get me wrong, when it does work it works fantastically, but it isn't just "plug and play" like with consoles. I'm not dissing PCs, btw. Tons of advantages.
*sigh*

Here, I've shared this probably a half dozen times already, but apparently you've missed it: http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInput-Wrapper-for-DS3-and-Play-com-USB-Dual-DS2-Controller

Install it and your DS3/4 is now plug and play and works as a 360 controller. If you're going to say that saving 2 seconds from performing this install is an advantage for consoles, then I'll accept that I'm wasting my time and people will simply make up silly justifications why they prefer one platform to the other.

 
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Why would you even want to? I make $30+ an hour. Unless I'm magically getting $30 for each game, I don't care.

For what? Store credit to buy more games?

And you have to train each cashier how to handle your special transactions?

Not worth it.
The guy that did it probably doesn't make $30 an hour.

 
Lots of misconceptions in this post, but the biggest seems to be you're missing out on the huge amount of case options out there. Do you think something like this is ugly:
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Misconceptions? Like what? Those cases are awful. Almost all PC cases are.

 
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Been slowly paying off students loans and have them down to under $900. There was never much incentive to pay them off quick as the type of loan the interest % is barely over 1% and I get a credit to pay for that small amount of interest on my taxes each year. I pay off my full CC balance monthly. The automobile I purchased used has been paid off for years.
Mine are 6.8% and 4.5%, IIRC. They're the highest-interest debt I have. My house is 3.25% and the car 3%.

 
go fuck yourself.

no offense.

ps - I thought you didn't bait, jerk. my god, between having to read your posts here and on other forums, you are officially a bigger asshole than even [redacted]. i mean, seriously. just pure unadulterated shit spewing out of your mouth encased in a holier than thou attitude. I mean, my post was clearly joking, and if anything, anti-racist, as I was telling someone they shouldn't have racist thoughts while playing a game. Your post here is racist as fuck, implying my race based on stupid speculation and then, worse, judging me for it.

No offense.
Dude, are you kidding?!?! I did not mean any offense by that. There is no fucking subtext so chill. I don't know what race you are but, yes, I assume if you can make that kind of statement you've probably never dealt much racism. Jesus, it's like you're looking for a reason to be upset with me.
 
Misconceptions? Like what? Those cases are awful. Almost all PC cases are.
For starters why are you paying $550 for an i3? If you think PC cases are ugly, then where does the PS4 stand because it's basically a PC case in and of itself (you can probably find some that look just like it)? Windows is bloated, but you it's irrelevant if you buy a decent PC as it counteracts whatever performance impact Windows is having on your gaming (I don't know what else you mean by bloated). And there are plenty of upgrades still available for smaller boxes, as they're becoming more popular in general and as such companies are coming out with smaller parts to fit them. You won't be able to install some huge ass graphics card, but you certainly aren't boxing yourself into a corner with whatever parts you buy at the start, and this is only going to get better.

I don't have a problem with people liking consoles, but your reasons for disliking PCs seem either trivial or like I said, a misconception.

 
Dude, are you kidding?!?! I did not mean any offense by that. There is no fucking subtext so chill. I don't know what race you are but, yes, I assume if you can make that kind of statement you've probably never dealt much racism. Jesus, it's like you're looking for a reason to be upset with me.
If i make the statement that I didn't feel the need to make racist comments during Sleeping Dogs, I must be a white male that's never dealt with racism? I gave someone a hard time for saying they wanted to say racist things, and that means I've never dealt with racism?

I'm not looking for a reason to be upset with you, I just think you're a complete jerk at this point. Seriously, unbelievably so. To think that a month ago I thought you were massively improved and actually being reasonable.

If you don't see the issue with implying someone doesn't have a valid opinion on a topic because of their race, which you guessed at, by the way... oh wait, of course you don't. You're the czar of enlightenment.

Let's see, we can also add that to the time you called me out for being a 'dude' in putting down my opinions on sexism in games because you misremembered something else I said and because I don't agree with your assessment of sexism in games. You're laughable. So ridiculously judgmental in your quest to claim being unbiased and above it all. If you were just being a jerk, that would be one thing, but you clearly think you're a martyred saint.

 
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The wife and I both had some cc debt when we got married in December. 2k/5k or so. That's gone now and we're just running monthly balances that we pay off at this point. We did just pay for our tickets to Rome (late honeymoon in April) with CC, but we'll be paying that off immediately from savings.

Other than that...I've got student debt, the car, and the house, and she's got her car which she'll have paid off sometime in the next six months.
Secured debt like mortgage (which I have) and car (which I paid off a few years ago) doesn't bother me as much as unsecured debt like CC debt. That's the stuff that irks me to have.

Student loan debt, luckily I had a pretty good paying part time job and attended a state school (even my MBA was only a touch above $20,000) so I was able to get through school without loans.

 
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seems a squirrel nerve has been touched

pc gaming is dandy. I think the ps4 is a little ugly but not frightfully so. I also discovered that it can get louder than my tv at normal volume if I leave it enclosed in the cabinet. I'm sure you can build a decent gaming rig for $400 bucks.

I just don't wanna, that's my entire reasoning.

wait, does it have treasures of montezuma? then I might change my mind.
 
I worked full time since I was 16. Paid off my college tuition semester to semester, with FAFSA of course. I paid for my car full in cash and I don't use credit cards except for gamefly/internet/emergencies/electric bill. I pay mortgage on my house, but it's lower than my rent on my old city apartment. We don't buy anything unless we need to usually, and we wouldn't buy anything expensive if we couldn't afford it.

I used to run a flipper group on cag before they turned off groups in cag 3.0. I was very lazy tho. It was just the fun glitches and the bbv flips and bestbuy rz free games, etc. I never pricematch or tried to scam anyone. I became friends with my bestbuy buds and banned and unbanned through gamestop through years. I havnt flipped anything really this year except just for free rentals i.e. sacred 3/wolfenstein/etc.

 
also learned that for the 10k honor trophy in tom:arena you have to have all 10k at once. fuck that noise.

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I keep trying to find an animated gif of token doing that funny hand thing when he says 'I'm out' in that one episode of south park. you guys all know what I'm talking about I'm sure.
 
seems a squirrel nerve has been touched

pc gaming is dandy. I think the ps4 is a little ugly but not frightfully so. I also discovered that it can get louder than my tv at normal volume if I leave it enclosed in the cabinet. I'm sure you can build a decent gaming rig for $400 bucks.

I just don't wanna, that's my entire reasoning.

wait, does it have treasures of montezuma? then I might change my mind.
same... I don't want to have to take the time to upgrade my rig, or install a patch or driver or what not. I love coming home putting the disk in and going... They talked about it on Podcast beyond, and they stated that PC gaming is superior, however with their busy lives, they don't have time when they come home to do PC gaming and would rather just come home, turn on the PS4 and go... no worrying about anything else.

 
yea right now we are living off my income alone, and FAFSA is a joke, has me responsible for my wives full tuition, and we can't even get enough loans this upcoming school year to cover books just because of cost of credits.  It is such a horrible system when our friends in Scotland go to university for free and laugh that we are having to pay.

 
For starters why are you paying $550 for an i3? If you think PC cases are ugly, then where does the PS4 stand because it's basically a PC case in and of itself (you can probably find some that look just like it)? Windows is bloated, but you it's irrelevant if you buy a decent PC as it counteracts whatever performance impact Windows is having on your gaming (I don't know what else you mean by bloated). And there are plenty of upgrades still available for smaller boxes, as they're becoming more popular in general and as such companies are coming out with smaller parts to fit them. You won't be able to install some huge ass graphics card, but you certainly aren't boxing yourself into a corner with whatever parts you buy at the start, and this is only going to get better.

I don't have a problem with people liking consoles, but your reasons for disliking PCs seem either trivial or like I said, a misconception.
$550 is the starting price for the Alienware Alpha with an i3 was my point. Not that I'm paying $550 for an i3 processor. I'm saying I'd take a PS4 for $400 over that. The PS4 case is probably only somewhat more attractive but it's fairly thin and isn't as bulky as even the ugly box looking X1. I'm not saying it's perfect and I realize I want more than what is currently possible but I want to see smaller computers in general. You are right there are smaller boxes, available upgrades for them, and they are slowly becoming more popular.

This has only been in the past few years though and I feel like most companies have been slow to adapt. If I could find a case similar to the alienware alpha (without the dumb logo and lights) and throw one of these in (or more current equivalent): http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/176785-nvidias-new-maxwell-powered-gtx-750-ti-is-hyper-efficient-quiet-a-serious-threat-to-amd I might go for it.

I realize my complaints may seem trivial but something like this is my worst nightmare:

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I never purchased 90% of the books in college and was magna cum laude. I could have done better if I tried.

I used a backpack someone threw away that was perfect condition and I would borrow class mates books if needed (rarely) or I would copy the pages that were necessary (like chapter summaries/etc). I went to UMSL 4 years and rode the metrolink/subway everyday. Woke up at 6, classes from 8-1, work from 2-10, go home sleep, repeat.

Routines are the quickest way to the grave.

I was workstudy in highschool, stayed after everyday to clean up the rich kids messes. We got to work over the summer 8 hours/day even tho we were 15/16 cuz we had work permits and 50% of the minimum wage we made went towards our tuition. Christian Brothers Academy ;) All dudes. My dad was upset it wasn't rotc anymore. Uniforms and mandatory hair cuts, etc.

Hard work builds character, but I have more than enough character now, I just wanna take it easy.

 
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Secured debt like mortgage (which I have) and car (which I paid off a few years ago) doesn't bother me as much as unsecured debt like CC debt. That's the stuff that irks me to have.
While I understand and somewhat agree with that, I think that idea is why so many Americans are OK with being in debt. Even my sister who majored in finance will pull out the "good" debt thing when we have talked about the subject in the past. All debt is bad even if it is secured. We found out just how secure a lot of mortgages were recently didn't we when our entire economy went to shit?

Not meaning to rail on you, it is just a pet peeve of mine and you happened to use the right combo of words to get me started.

 
While I understand and somewhat agree with that, I think that idea is why so many Americans are OK with being in debt. Even my sister who majored in finance will pull out the "good" debt thing when we have talked about the subject in the past. All debt is bad even if it is secured. We found out just how secure a lot of mortgages were recently didn't we when our entire economy went to shit?

Not meaning to rail on you, it is just a pet peeve of mine and you happened to use the right combo of words to get me started.
No I'm with you. I already did one lump sum payment on my mortgage and will hopefully do another large one next year. I'm all for erasing all my debt, I hate paying interest. But it's just things like houses and cars are useful life tools, whereas a lot of people's credit card debt involves things like expensive electronics and going out to expensive meals.

It's not fair to judge everyone with CC debt as irresponsible with money like Zimm pointed out, but I'd bet more than 50% of all credit card debt in the US is on frivolous and non-essential expenses. To me, you shouldn't be buying those types of things on credit.

 
Frisky'd. I think the game looks fun.

The good news is that we'll be releasing Citizens of Earth for $14.99 on each of the five platforms it's available for. That's PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and PC if you haven't been keeping count!

In effort to have more champagne time - whoops, I mean CAMPAIGN time! - we are pushing back the release of Citizens of Earth from October, 2014, to the coincidentally-more-suitable election month: November!

No one likes delaying games, but hopefully the $14.99 price point for 30+ hours of classic JRPG-inspired entertainment will assuage those pains.
 
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No I'm with you. I already did one lump sum payment on my mortgage and will hopefully do another large one next year. I'm all for erasing all my debt, I hate paying interest. But it's just things like houses and cars are useful life tools, whereas a lot of people's credit card debt involves things like expensive electronics and going out to expensive meals.

It's not fair to judge everyone with CC debt as irresponsible with money like Zimm pointed out, but I'd bet more than 50% of all credit card debt in the US is on frivolous and non-essential expenses. To me, you shouldn't be buying those types of things on credit.
Actually, you should be buying those kind of things on credit. You just have to be able to afford them when you do so you can pay off the CC bill that comes at the end of the month. Got to get your % back from the credit card company. I love the fact that the CC companies refer to people like us as deadbeats.

 
seems a squirrel nerve has been touched

pc gaming is dandy. I think the ps4 is a little ugly but not frightfully so. I also discovered that it can get louder than my tv at normal volume if I leave it enclosed in the cabinet. I'm sure you can build a decent gaming rig for $400 bucks.

I just don't wanna, that's my entire reasoning.
I just take issue when people continue to spout false info or make up ridiculous justifications for why they don't like PC gaming.

I'm fine with people liking consoles, just don't start saying you play them because it's less expensive or requires significantly more effort (I won't deny it takes more to put together a PC than plug in a console, but it's ridiculously easy now and basically like putting together a giant lego set).

same... I don't want to have to take the time to upgrade my rig, or install a patch or driver or what not. I love coming home putting the disk in and going... They talked about it on Podcast beyond, and they stated that PC gaming is superior, however with their busy lives, they don't have time when they come home to do PC gaming and would rather just come home, turn on the PS4 and go... no worrying about anything else.
Because you don't have to install patches and upgrades on PS4? At most you're looking at upgrading your graphics driver every month or two, and Steam takes care of all your game updates. It's really no different, except one requires you take a few extra minutes to download a driver instead of hitting a button and having the console do it.

If I could find a case similar to the alienware alpha (without the dumb logo and lights) and throw one of these in (or more current equivalent): http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/176785-nvidias-new-maxwell-powered-gtx-750-ti-is-hyper-efficient-quiet-a-serious-threat-to-amd I might go for it.
Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163252&cm_re=silverstone-_-11-163-252-_-Product

 
No I'm with you. I already did one lump sum payment on my mortgage and will hopefully do another large one next year. I'm all for erasing all my debt, I hate paying interest. But it's just things like houses and cars are useful life tools, whereas a lot of people's credit card debt involves things like expensive electronics and going out to expensive meals.

It's not fair to judge everyone with CC debt as irresponsible with money like Zimm pointed out, but I'd bet more than 50% of all credit card debt in the US is on frivolous and non-essential expenses. To me, you shouldn't be buying those types of things on credit.
Here is what irks me Tyler, I work in loans so I see people Debt to income and all that jazz... What bothers me is when I see people who make 100k-250k a year, but have past due credit cards that are maxed out at 50-100k!! They have the income to pay that off quickly if they tightened their belts a bit. If I can live off of 30k and put my wife through school, they can surely just pay that debt!

My goal is to not have any unsecured CC debt once my wife gets a job. Students loans suck because well barring coming into a large sum of money, I know that my wife and I will be paying loans for a very long time. But it is what it is and that was our choice.

Our house is great debt to have, we bought when the market was low at a low interest rate, are paying less then all our friends who rent, and when we look to grow our family, we are sitting on a nice pile of equity since the housing market bounced back.

 
I signed up for a financial literacy class at work (I get paid $50 to attend) and right on the intro flyer it said the average American credit card debt is $7000, which caught me rather off guard.
wow-- I want a job that pays me to learn . My job pays me to know already. I know nothing and fortunately my boss will never read this

 
I just take issue when people continue to spout false info or make up ridiculous justifications for why they don't like PC gaming.

I'm fine with people liking consoles, just don't start saying you play them because it's less expensive or requires significantly more effort (I won't deny it takes more to put together a PC than plug in a console, but it's ridiculously easy now and basically like putting together a giant lego set).

Because you don't have to install patches and upgrades on PS4? At most you're looking at upgrading your graphics driver every month or two, and Steam takes care of all your game updates. It's really no different, except one requires you take a few extra minutes to download a driver instead of hitting a button and having the console do it.

Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163252&cm_re=silverstone-_-11-163-252-_-Product
Squirrel, how much money have you spent buying/upgrading your pc? Curious.
 
Squirrel, how much money have you spent buying/upgrading your pc? Curious.
I'm gaming on a $550 laptop right now, so exactly that much. So far it's played everything I've thrown at it as well or better than consoles, which is good enough for me. I plan to buy a desktop later this year/early next and plan to spend about $600 on it.

 
I signed up for a financial literacy class at work (I get paid $50 to attend) and right on the intro flyer it said the average American credit card debt is $7000, which caught me rather off guard.
u really do live in a world of puppies and kitties. American debt has been a thing for decades. Its been near that amount a long time. And I love all the cags talking about having no debt etc. You guys are NOT the average American.
 
*hoping for PS+* :pray:
I've been doing my best waiting for everything PS4-related to hit PS+, and I gotta say it's hard. I mean, 2 games a month is nice. But there's a lot of games out there on PS4 that I want. To be fair most of them haven't been on sale yet, but there's a ton of games that I won't be able to hold back on when they hit 50% off or more.

One thing that does help me wait is the shitty new price structure though. Even at 50%, games like Transistor and Swapper are going to be $10. I don't like paying that much for digital games.

 
I'm gaming on a $550 laptop right now, so exactly that much. So far it's played everything I've thrown at it as well or better than consoles, which is good enough for me. I plan to buy a desktop later this year/early next and plan to spend about $600 on it.
Not to be like the rest, but spending $1150 for PC gaming... fuck THAT NOISE.

Everybody has their tastes and I'm cool with it. But those costs add up. I don't see added costs for console and if you buy one, you know what you're getting into. /discussion
 
Actually, you should be buying those kind of things on credit. You just have to be able to afford them when you do so you can pay off the CC bill that comes at the end of the month. Got to get your % back from the credit card company. I love the fact that the CC companies refer to people like us as deadbeats.
I don't consider that buying "on credit". Yes it's on your credit card, but if you pay it off every month then it's not really on credit to me. It's just an alternative method of paying cash.

My friend works at a bank and he has recruited most my friends to join up with him, but he knows not to bother with me because I'm actually good at managing my money to make sure I don't pay bank fees or CC interest.

 
wow-- I want a job that pays me to learn . My job pays me to know already. I know nothing and fortunately my boss will never read this
This is part of our Wellness Incentive, something we've been getting for the last few years to help encourage full time employees to improve their health and lifestyle choices. It's really cool. We're eligible for up to $600 this year. You can be damn sure I'll be getting all of it.

 
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