Recent content by eddycurrents

Thanks for the suggestions. My flash plugin is up to date. Setting my browser to block the website (just zero it out in hosts file) should work, but how would I find out what that site is?

As per title, the eGO message of the day is crashing my game and sometimes locks up my system, needing a reset. The only way I can join a server is if I hit Continue fast enough to skip the MOTD. I guess it still loads in the background though, because If I go to another server, or the server...

I found AoC fun for a few hours but the gameplay needs balancing. Knights with 2 handed swords do almost all the killing. Archery needs some kind of feedback, because 90% of the time you don't know where your arrows went. Arrows are basically invisible, they fly slowly, they drop fast, so...

I'm a Canadian living in the Excited States. I was born in TO but I lived most of my life in Edmonchuk. Got my engineering degree at the U of Eh. Played the coolest game on earth on the road and on ice, wearing jeans and a toque. Snow came in September and lasted til March. I learned how to...

I got the AudioFX Pro 5+1 gaming headset. Its claim to fame is it was "designed" by Ben Heck but it ain't all that. It is supposed to have force feedback and 5.1 sound. The 5.1 sorta works -- you can hear sounds behind you but they always sound *right* behind you -- and the force feedback...

If you use Firefox (and who doesn't) you can use the Tor extension. I used that to access Torrentspy... before the MPAA finally got their way.

Do you still have 2 GB of memory? It would be under System Properties in XP (shortcut Windoze Key + Break) but I don't know where it is in Vista. If it only shows one GB one of your DIMM's has popped loose or has gone tango uniform. I know Vista is a memory hog. 2 GB is plenty for XP but...

24 hr clock > 12 hr clock How many times have you set your alarm on p.m. when you thought it was a.m. ... and slept through something important? If we all used a 24 hour clock that would never happen!

Some suggestions: - defrag hard drive, especially C: - update / reinstall mouse drivers - update / reinstall mobo chipset drivers (make sure it covers your USB controller) - try same thing in safe mode - try different USB port, preferably different set of ports if you have more than one (e.g...

Your link gives me a 404 error. If you are pointing here: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/teamfortress2boa/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-44996713&pid=437678 Like I said, it's not the same error. I did try it anyway and it didn't work.

It must have something to do with our server mod. I can join other servers, but not ours. :( Right after loading the map, just as it is about to display the MOTD etc., I get a crash with this message: The exception Privileged instruction (0xc00000096) occurred in the application at location...

And don't forget, the 4850 is true single slot. The 4870 and all the high end nVidia cards actually take up two slots. So if you use SLI, you only have 3 slots left in a standard mobo, in fact more like 2.5 because a lot of mobos have one half width slot. With a pair of 4850's you still have 5...

I thought the OP was making a general rant. So on that thread... yeah snipers annoy me too. Chickenpoop bastages staying out of harm's way and peeing in bottles and snickering to themselves after a headshot. Snipers annoy everyone. Snipers even annoy themselves. When I play sniper, I can't...

So many things affect ping! Your network connection, your ISP, the server, the time of day, even your PC itself. If your PC is behaving normally but pings are up, I would look to see what else is running. You may be downloading something (e.g. Windoze update) or someone else on your network may...

Just thought it had to be said. Sasha was a raucous screamer but Natascha, she's a big gal with a deep throaty voice that demands your attention. My vote for worst minigun sound ever: the minigun from Doom. They just used the pistol "crack" sound and ran it faster. It sounded like Chinese...