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Netnavi
02/20/09

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Sorry Fahey, but the trolls are ripe on xbox live. They see kindness as weakness and competition as an excuse to be a jerk.

I haven't been online in forever and I'm kinda wondering if I should even keep it. If I do play online I just stick to friends. That's the best bet.

If you hear some whining about someone losing or trying to start something with you, then just leave the room and don't feed the trolls.
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Pyrefly
02/20/09

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Wow great to see my subscription money at work!

Oh wait...
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Bialia
02/20/09

@Pyrefly: The bizarre thing is, if you were going in blind and had no idea what Live/PSN was like, you'd think that the PSN (which admittedly has its share of idiots too) would be more infamous for being loaded with asshats than Live- if only because Live is a paid service. You can use the PSN and pay jack squat. If you're paying good money for the privilege to play online, you'd think you'd be more appreciative and not want to jeopardize that.
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zentex
02/20/09

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here is a novel idea for MS...have the xbox protect itself from syn flood attacks. *gasp*
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Xelmon
02/20/09

@Mike Fahey:

Novel idea of being nice to each other, but the fact that people went this far, just to get back at other gamers... Well, that's just bullshit.

If he handed you your ass, he handed you your ass, and that's all.

+ It's a game, it's not like you screwed someone else out of a job.
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Pata-pwn(TM?)
02/20/09

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Is it me or is this the only picture in the world where Jolie is unattractive?
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Duin
02/20/09

@Pata-pwn(TM?): No, it's not the only one.

There are many, many more.
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Xagest
02/20/09

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Yay for Friend Codes? I mean, you can't get kicked offline if there's nothing to play, right?
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Atomsk88
02/20/09

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"Some hackers are even running booting services, where players can pay to have their rivals knocked-off, so to speak."

It finally happened; hackers have become the hitmen of the future!
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Aye Mak Sicur
02/20/09

@Atomsk88: Why would you pay $20 to disconnect someone from Halo, when you could just not spend $20?
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jandlecack
02/20/09

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Why that picture...why that picture...why, why why why why why.....:'(
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Chalkdust
02/20/09

@Jandlecack: What were they thinking with that haircut on Jolie? Ugh..
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(Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
02/20/09

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Set up Linux and block yourself with so many proxies that even if you were looking for small children on the internet the FBI couldn't find you.
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Curse lily
02/20/09

@D Mitsuki ...stocking gasoline, to burn those bridges he's ...: ಠ_ಠ
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
02/20/09

@Curse_Lily: Thank you... I will be saving this for later use:

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FEAST
02/20/09

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low orbit ion cannon'd
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liquid_kore
02/20/09

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Haha oh script kiddies, you aren't "hack0rz" by running a script.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
02/20/09

@liquid_kore: But I hacked the Gibson.
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DarkSonic999
02/20/09

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In Other News; The RROD virus is spreading. Instead of fixing the problem, Microsoft has chosen to coverup the incident, stealing consoles infected with the virus for research purposes, and giving affected users 'new' ones
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fearing
02/20/09

@DarkSonic999: In still other news; Forum troll makes one millionth RROD joke, thinks it's still funny.
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gold163 (° д° )
02/20/09

@fearing: It's less "haha" and more "waaaaahhhbawwwwlllllll"

Seriously, it's annoying. They don't break down THAT often, do they? It's not like every 360 you touch redrings. And they don't steal consoles, people turn them in, knowing that they're going to get a new one from Microsoft at this point in time.

BTW, is the RROD really a virus? I thought it was linked to overheating problems; something about some processor frying or summat.
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Comatose Turtle
02/20/09

@DarkSonic999: ...Am I going to get attacked and killed if I say I chuckled a little bit?

I can't believe how serious you're all taking this post...
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SeraphX2
02/20/09

@gold163: Dunno. My friend and his friend are both on their 8th XBox's and alot of people have gone through many consoles.
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NeVeRMoRe666
02/20/09

@SeraphX2: I don't want to blame your friend, but 8 xboxes?!? Really? Maybe their just not taking care of them right. I'm still on my first one and its been used heavily for the last two years *knocks on wood*. My Brother, gf, and a handful of friends all have 360s of varying SKUs and time but I have yet to actually see a physical RROD. Hmm...Maybe its the Canadian weather?
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CosmicElement
02/20/09

@Comatose Turtle: Watch yourself, these Xbots will tear you to shreds.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/20/09

@fearing: seems pleased.
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Comatose Turtle
02/20/09

@CosmicElement: Great... Now I'm being consoled by someone who says "xbots". Here I go: I'm walking away now.
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Purple Dave
11/25/08

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I remember noticing the pilot files when I realized that using them as your wingmen would result in them being killed off permanently for _everyone_ if you let them die in a real mission. Also, using other players as your wingmen would result in the same thing, but for their actual save-game character, and they would behave according to how the player played them. I would always quad-link my X-Wing cannons (my reflexes were good enough that I could pop a TIE that was literally flying across my nose), and my save-game character would always quad-link as well, firing sparingly and maintaining a low shot-to-hit ratio. The guy whose computer I played on, however, would run his cannons in single-shot mode and lean on the trigger. His save-game character would just fly around with a constant stream of fire lighting up the sky in front of him.

And then there was the other issue, which was that both of us would regularly opt to send all of our wingmen home as soon as the mission started, so we could rack up the maximum number of kills. Then, when we were informed that it was time to return to base, we'd stick around anyways and see what might show up (ideally, a Star Destroyer that would send out some TIEs for us to play with). Whenever we told each others' save-game characters to go home early, they'd ignore us and keep flying.

Anyways, my trick in all of this was to create a copy folder where we could keep updating duplicates of all the pilot files. That way if we died or got captured, we could restore our characters without having to replay everything. And we wouldn't get pissed at each other for getting our characters killed.
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dowingba
11/24/08

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Who hasn't hacked old PC games? I made a custom AI script for Total Annihilation. And everyone and their mother modified the 500 unit patch to be like...more than that many units. Oh and I made an Arm version of the Krogoth and Krogoth Gantry. But it would crash the game usually..
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Scazza
11/24/08

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When I was about 8 or 9, playing the original command and conquer, I remember finding all the games units info was held in a massive text file. Editing it would allow you to run custom units, give various properties to units like more HP, etc... then with some further tweaks it would be useable via LAN games.

I didnt turn out to be some hacker... waste of talent I guess...
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Komrade Kayce
11/24/08

@Scazza:

Wow, flashback Scazz.

I did the exact same thing. I remember discovering the Chem Warrior units that way. Little flamethrower guys who would shoot green instead of red fire.
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excaliburps
11/24/08

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He thinks he's so cool hacking game files when he was just 9. Well bully for him I already killed 3 people with my bare hands,found out the scientific definition of love and impregnated 3 supermodels before I was 9...Hah!
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Morberis
11/24/08

@excaliburps:

And yet here you are still using Kotaku lite while the rest of us are using Kotaku GOLD.
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freakout
11/24/08

@excaliburps: I always thought the scientific definition of love was playing X-Wing. :D
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excaliburps
11/24/08

@Morberis: Hah! You just think I'm using Kotaku for noobs! I actually have the keys to the tower. Yes it's with me. I'm plotting how to cut Crecente's hair while he's asleep.

@randomshagz: Why it's here with my key... =D

@freakout: Hmm close. The secret is something I'll take to my grave! Or if Duke Nukem Forever comes out. Whichever comes out first.
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