Special Update 6-11: Obviously, after writing so much reviews on realistic physics, this would be an update and a minor tribute/homage to legendary prankster Ryan Dunn as well. Homefront was released with realism put into a new height in game graphics. Except one thing, it was THQ's first game to be released. Problems in glitches and graphics go up against exceptionally well-put together gameplay physics. The Tony Hawk game artist manufacturers have come into a new height of gameplay with the biggest detailed environments you will ever see in a fps online strategy game.

The guns as well are grade A physics. The tanks themselves are unusually very powerfully unfair but hard to earn, being able to blow up people behind cars, buildings and fences with powerful armor..so beware(wat? no fusilage explosion weak spot-hit effect?!?). The online mode explores some minor glitches during setup except that might be because of the demo version I am playing. With a load of options and custom gun setups, its easy to over look the browse feature being glitchy anyways. Who even likes prying eyes? Really though, the only problem or qualm I came across with this game is that one thing..THe graphics. Okay so they're North Koreans. Not middle-eastern muslims and mexicans. Thats passable. Some wear akward hoodlum gangster hats having to do with teh specops setup, that's passible. The Korean army or mexican army watever don't carry skateboards. Thats passable, but for one thing, the characters in the US army kind of have cartoony manerisms, a slight akward run is added here or there. Although this is just a demo review, the one thing I had with this and gwar 2 was the sniper modes of the games. At least in the demo versions, not full versions certain stages made the sniper mode the most fun. Usually games have hard sniper modes, I didn't find anything bad about homefront's sniping capabilites. Easier to use than bfbc2. And the drones even are fairly hackable in terms of getting lots of points. Click on this long link for a real indepth review. One thing this game does have though is fun and realism and it would be all passible if you didnt grow up with tony hawk.

There's a first time for everything. Ever since TOny hawk 2 has had Thq its been the master of skateboarding games and realistic environments, but if you have a company say...the gran turismo artists do something like this its going to feel weird unless they invented the genre like EA has with their winning bf 1942 mechanics. I'm an amateur independent reviewer so it may be a bit biased. Do profesionals tell amateurs to do their job? No. Can the winning odds change drastically. Yes! Can you snipe 5 or 10 guys and get away with it? Hell YES! In all due respects though..Ryan dunn may you rest in peace. A true akward reminder that we are alone in the vast universe. Having lost a family member of my own, I have gone through the same experience. Practice makes perfect. To all skateboard enthusiasts and daredevil stuntmen, The end.

Here is a quick blog I might get back to after playing some dreamcast and 360 recently. I started the list with the new age of technology started back in 2000, a significant jump in design and feel towards games where Arcade gameplay actually manage to hit the comfort of your home. I feel the sixth genre was the revolutionary age of technology for videogames. The 7th genre didn't leap that much forward as the 128bit genre did where bits no longer mattered. This defined graphics as opposed to new gameplay which the 32-64 bit genre did with 3d and 128 bit took in a whole new level with better than arcade experiences as opposed to worse hence trees looked like blocks 60 fps was non-existant. The game systems in general are for pro gamers and noobs. This will rate the hardware&graphics mostly and then touch upon the fanbase. A list of systems below show the true failure and success:

• Dreamcast - Directed towards Hardcore gamers, successful because it was Sega's last system, failed because of hardcore gaming and lack of good third party support. Truly failed because sega planned it eg AAA grade arcade chip in little grey or white box. Great for arcade gaming, beating gamecube in funfactor and simplicity. A hacker's dream come true. Though this much is known, dreamcast was the first system to ever beat PCs in its own game which are technology ie better ports of test drive le mans, star wars racer, mortal kombat etc. Since then consoles have excelled pcs after their releases. Sega&Capcom saved this console and the 128-bit genre of future videogaming from 2d into its 3d transition although nothin' is as fast as the genesis but unfortunately later devs caught on. Dreamcast was however the easiest way to mod a console, you simply don't. Yet because of its bumpmapping graphics and svga support (through hdmi) some consider ps2 the genesis in terms of hardware. This would be true if put under a side to side hdmi visual test. In other words, comparing the ps2 to dc is like the genesis to the snes, its fast and cool in certain views, perspectives or gaming genres eg in the screw attacks or fighting-based anime games.
• Ps2 - Directed towards mainstream gamers, first system i didnt care for or like, successful because of number of japanese games in given genres and backwards compatibility to the godly psone, failed because of graphics (imo), invention to bandwagon and of ports, also compatible with 90%percent of cheesy psone games and some DVD movies. Overall fanboys like it because its the best sports game system around and an overall good realistic simulator console due to its superior 'alien' vector based environmental scaling technology. The vector graphics have one qualm though, poor anti-aliasing and even worst hdmi support. Harddrive support makes this one dreamcast and xbox 360 very mod friendly. Like dreamcast, a great peripheral hardware console with strong third party support.
• Gamecube - Directed towards mainstream gamers, successful because units sold and has nintendo and ati graphics on it, IMO partially failed because of lack of hardware and targeted towards a certain type of kiddy audience such as 9 year olds and eighth graders. Built like a game console, graphically and artistically from a developers point of view of course. The controller sucks though. Great for RPGs, japanime games and bad nintendo exclusives with an average rating at best, only second to dc funfactor rating. Inventors of the AA release titles whom cant be beat though, is dc and gc with games such as rogue squadron and soul calibur.
• Xbox - Here we have the first successful american made videogame system. Directed towards underground and mainstream gaming...failed because of lack of real japanime games (rpg, sci-fi adventure). First rise of mainstream 90s borefactor pc gameplay ^& graphics; eg $$DEV$$$ gaming. Successful because of graphics, ports..and halo of course. A stable console with stable graphics. Next to dreamcast, a hackers mod come true. A good console when it comes to finding the best versions or ports of things. With shiny reflective textures and graphics, its a console you want the best version too. First succesful online gaming console as well.
• Wii - Ah, finally the console market's own version of a macintosh. Directed towards casual gamers, successful because of teenagers and very casual gamers, unsuccessful because well, under-powered. First of the 'future home' stereotype concepts which combines categories from movies, computers, and games all rolled in one as entertainment value. Still beats ps3 and xbox 360 in the dust..well market wise. As for hardware, its ridiculed yet mysterious. Wii's powerpc has technical specs such as which outpace the competition in hardware effects and stability which are unnoticed by the lame populace of bullying gamers (minor cite: its ram is un-unified, like the ps3, giving both processing powered games eg blur effects, wide environments ala maken x type gameplay and smooth fps graphics an edge). The platform itself is easy to use and creative for the mass. A successful marketing campaign imho, now that i think about it with Wii U being the only 8th gen with outflanking technology to rise. The good exclusives go here. However the difficulty in modding it does too.
• Xbox 360 - Spiritual successor of Dreamcast directed towards Hardcore gaming, successful because of new age steam engine PC gaming interfaces and dashboards such as firmware updates, partially failed because of controller and bandwagon borefactor games with easy gameplay & good graphics only. It has speed and fluidity, lots of it. No glitches. The little girl's 'i have a small daughter' type console, or if you know how to play games, it is the genesis of the seventh gen. Pc only franchises like ME3 or Mass effect series in general put it in good ranking though. For users with slow computers and kids under age 3 with mics and online 'skillz' or wat i like to call luck. The new interface and hard-to-find games though say otherwise. Over-g, perfect dark zero, etc all good and hard imo. This console has everything you need including a gleaming shine or complete quality (minus the cpu power) over the competition. Even thought the old models of ps3 gets hotter than a kitchen stove, in engineering terms the xbox 360 freezes up more frequently. After a few years I noticed since buying it, the games lock up if you play them too much. One would say its called the lox box 360 lol. But really, the controller's lithium packs on xbox 360 do not last for more than a few weeks. If a game with high vibration is played, it kills the battery immediately. Ps3 is simply more advanced, like japanese cars..their electronics do not break unless abused. If you just want to play games go for this console.
• Ps3 - Hardcore pro gamers and some japanime emo freaks. Sucks because of the invention of borefactor games which came to being in xbot 360, death to the fun factor. Successful because of interface and graphics, partially failed because of PC only games on it are fun and franchises were mundane. It had something to do with the fact that Ps3 was locking up too I guess, but really...ps3 has a slightly harder interface to use. Sorry, haven't stumbled upon its and xbox 360's modding community as of yet. Wide environments and worth not buying a PC for online gaming. However, PCs are better imho if you have a slow one eg xbox 360 is just like a pc with the same games practically. The games are strictly japanese on this one and is a reason why it may be favored (art-style in japan much greater than us..how they do it know one knows!:o). Directed towards an older darker generation. Ability to take console graphics to a new level.
• PC - Never really failed yet lacks the luster of hit console gaming franchises combined with big hd tv screens (2400 dollar hd-tv gaming rigs are of-course an exception often with gamebox, steam, standby modes for quickboots, alienware, configs etc which nowadays is possible..not in 2003 though) and old skool gameplay (which technically it can emulate, do or find in a game or two via dosbox, mame, psxe and other hit emulators eg 2006-present videocard harware accel pcs). The PC is the king of consoles with better apps to compete with future consoles as well. Proof is its technology to render via wide pipelines, proof throughout history consoles could not touch pcs graphically in the fps/sim games genres. With iobit's gamebooster for library storage, hdtvs and advanced systemcare cleaner for fast configs it even acts like a console nowadays...that can obviously do a lot more. PC is great, unless you get a virus. Getting a virus means surfing the internet for a day or having hardware more than 2 years of age unfortunately. Ever get a CDROM that interferes with your 'ram'. Its called tracers. Its also called the PC's Achilles heel, hackable xps...and power hungry idiots who work for microsoft that know things like C++ or better yet digital signatures bypassing your cookies and locking on to your registry via rootkits whom can overwrite drivers even to controlling the hardware functions..hmmm control...ohhhh stop criminals I'm a hero now. No wait, ruin the community of an international hobby of gaming. PCs will always be broken in this regard because no one wants to pay for an outdated o/s or a virus scanner that does 'everything'. Yet unfortunately its the best and fastest, its new hardware will always be near the console as an app based simple machine. But then again this might be a 3 month illusion for the common user. Always better depending on the hardware and software. Bad because unless its an fps, its usually a better port on the consoles regardless.

FIXME: system repair mini-Tutorial, Readme, files&backup saves list

Computer specs and Conflict Reports

Specs: AMD athlon xp 1100 mhz/Nvidia 6200 agp 8x card/2 cdr+dvdr/2 111gig hd/3 system fans/512 mgs cheap ddr ram/700-1000 watt expensive ps

Conflicts:2 cdrs, dvdrs will conflict with one another. You can only really have one

open channel irq (bus channels still conflict whether its win 98, xp or dos).

-Here is an overhauled pc I recently fixed with every component running effectively. Failures: Dvdr drive doesnt work accurately and internet can still crash though (due to updates, no ps2 kb, lack of ram and lack of bios access).

Read to FIX-MY-PC for advice or just do the following: under repair in xp disc (compatible with 64bit xp pro) go into msdos, type chkdsk /r and ure spyware free, clean boots masterboots etc as well. Make sure to do this after cleans, repairs and scans. Dont plug in your pc to the internet or the network registry settings wont be fixed. The article below to read is optional or what I used to do to fix hardware issues when installing a custom mb.:cool:

TIP: You need to downgrade as well as upgrd. Two hard drives don't take alot of strength except if its an old mb with lots of data on it, and if the hard drive is a whopping 111 gigs it may cause programs with a computer which has like 10 400 dollar editing programs on it to crash. Lol. IDK though, i had a mb randomly explode on me once. k.

What we did to prevent resets.

New power supply, good. Put settings in 16 bit mode, performance desktop tweaks, registry mechanic services stopped

running the major operations. Took out AVG (its known to have major fw conflicts and large heavy duty performance issues, only

for expensive pcs with lots of ram). Installed a game friendly avast virus system. Took out norton. Defraged hd.

What's the cause of the problem: XP simply needs more than 512 megs of ram.

It reccomends 768 megs of ram to operate effectively mostly if you have two hds, 2 cdr/dvdr drives, usb devices being used, and lots of data.

The expensive ps helps except it wont do alot against overheating. The only problems which will occur are the resets when two or more programs are used,

and no dvdrw cdrw functions for writing cdrs (sorry you need more ram for temp storage data or to uninstall a cdr conflicting program, if there is more than two). Programs like Youtube will crash, new updates and heavy duty programs like windows service pack 3/netframework etc are cause of this.

What needs to be done:

Get a keyboard thats not usb to get into bios. Tweak settings to make o/s run slower eg mhz and ram speed may need to be in stable or low settings.

Clean dust from cpu, fans and mb every once in a while to prevent overheating by opening case with a fourhead. IMPORTANT: make sure cords arent stretched because if

cords are stretched or pulled power issues will occur no matter what. If you do the above, everything can return back to normal. Then you can use a hi-resolution, this card is made for it. You can even have a sleek green task bar menu for all i care. 

My Theory: Open to see if dvdrw cables are not even a little loosened, make sure cables are placed in correctly. I have never known a PC to run with a cdrw and dvdrw.

This is a major problem. As well, you just need one dvdrw because it writes cdrs too. Right now, all of the problems are fixed except you cant use the dvdrw. Only cdrw.

One or the other will work because of the irq conflicts under device manager. oh yeah, use reg mechanic under quicklaunch for easy computer maintenance and repair just in case (you may have spyware, bugs or ip tracking-to get rid of this u just reinstall xp by selecting upgrade, nothing will change or be lost, these 'virus' cookies are ineffective anyways because they are cleaned, they just install programs and dont really hijack pcs *money, spam and advertisment related*, expensive ip hijacking programs for the military do that). -A major hacking program which hacks your booting process is still not known to the major mainstream public yet sometimes I wonder. To counter this so called 'trojan' reinstall winxp under a different folder, eg windows3 etc and at the same time do this while unplugged from the internet. On to xp, useful run-time programs (under type run) to check are dxdiagnosis or dxdiag, regedit, and msconfig.

++Of course i only use advanced system care in turbo game mode with ram booster, smart defrag, silent game mode in avast+gamebooster to make my pc run fast (up to 3x faster frame rate then before) for games. Oh yeah, broken taskbars, missing files, broken registries mean you are not repairing your registry every 3 or so months.  This includes Defraging the harddrive.  If files start appearing where they shouldnt be you probably should.  As well, if setup stops running that's a case of a broken registry from data cycling too fast or maybe you got spyware.  You should probably unplug the internet and do a repair msconfig prompt under xp boot (chkdsk /r) every 3 or so months if you use a pc or labtop.  If a company wants you to get a new pc they just cycle data to your ip address and overflow it with 404s i think, with revenue involved one visit to a company website can be tons of data directed to your ip addy.  Now your pc is as stable as a console game system and youre getting what you paid for in the first place.

ADVICE: As long as nothing you don't recognize is in the command menu (msconfig under run), or program files your computer will be safe. Often times, people like Igor will delete glitches or invisible folders. What I found out is there is a fast disk option that saves power. If you check it off it will revert all the files under the harddrive to its original speed. The scan wont move, or mess your files and it's speed/file search option doesnt really work anyways. Compacting the files helps too and then do a defrag. True, they are invisible and unrecognizable except sometimes its just misplaced from the winxp folders and too many random programs and folder saves(hd copying and registrys arent perfect, think of thousands of record players stuck on one another). Regedit will get rid of known spyware, uninstall programs but be careful. Thats how data works. Thats it for now.

Quick Step: To fix XP quickly in a business environment you need to reinstall it upon boot normally, then put XP in a different folder, call it 'windows2' or 3. You will have two O/S's and be able to manually move/delete files and folders without backing them up. This step removes all trojans from scratch as well as keep your system clean by not installing illegal software. make sure you have visible folders, and move or back up your documents and settings. The program files folders will only save small programs not large ones which take up the registry. Trojans hide in program folders, registrys and the taskbar in order to become a nusance. I find uploading the quickest way to back-up and restore save files.

Quick-step Guide

Final Conclusion and Quick Summary.

To get rid of spyware, you just need to go to msconfig>check hide microsoft services, check startup items off and youre good to go. Make sure to uncheck any ms unaffiliated services. As you know, spyware hacks things like netmeeting by replacing it or controlling it with code and unaffiliates itself with microsoft. Winxp alone works as two o/s, one explorer network tcp protocal, and another desktop integrated upon it. No reinstall, Spyware is gone, it might still bug usbs and stuff though so a win xp o/s may help.

As well, to prevent slowdowns, check your firewall settings. Its most likely you have 3 or 4 illegal connections. These idiots will do anything to somehow destroy youre computer via registry. They can even do it with native software, eg multiple drivers on a cdrom. Uninstalling the drivers is best if you find multiple unwanted drivers (unverified by microsoft) for hardware devices such as harddrives & dvd/cdroms. Believe it or not, updates and upgrades of multiple programs cause slowdowns as well, so you would have to keep old programs for out-of-date computers to work properly or uninstall plugins and special features for instance downgrading your internet browsers may help performance as well uninstalling programs which use system resources extensively may help. Finally, the final solution is to browse your registry, even if you have a copied xp, its most likely its build for opensource networking. Here I will briefly rec to download the plethora of icp/tcp resetting programs outthere and rename your hosts file under system32/drivers/etc for safety from bad connections and lag jumps from malware albeit usb bugging might need a fresh reinstall.

Delete all programs under programs in regedit and msconfig you found. Usually preinstalled registry entries such as virus scanners, spybot and other multiple registry monitoring programs are the real cause of slowdown. Then dust off the circuitry and you have it. Large towers require this type brand of cleaning. Case closed. There, you are done. Your xp is back to normal. If you want to be super safe, Reinstall winxp multiple o/s like windows2 or seomthing with internet unplugged. The ultimate solution i found was well, to download Gamebuster and its components on this harddrive. Software now adays is more important then hardware on system stability, and thanks to gamebooster, my pc runs as stable as my xbox 360, disabling and blocking programs its a virus/malware scanner, registry cleaner, game booster, defrag pcbot all-in-one.

• The real key though is just to install Gamebooster and Advanced system care 5 (ram boosting tool+game mode) to make your pc run fast. Smart Defrag and Io malware fighter are optional therefore reccomended. From my experience, a standard ati 1220x videocard and 800 megs of ram ran from 20fps at 80% to a whopping 60 fps on cs source at any given stage. Nowonder, they should have done this years ago. What a waste of money for something you pay for until now. Make your 2008 outdated 1.0 ghz pc finally work! It didnt make sense!?! To tell you the truth software should be built around games. Also, I recently found out custom mbs with like 2 ide slots that noone ever buys, you know the cheap ones have ram issues. If you are a owner of these types of boards, to alleviate this problem, get a hd-tv or use your own monitor@800x600 i guess. Also you might want to keep your ram at 1gigs not 2 for stability. More ram won't help the problem, and the boards aren't made for hi resolutions like 1024. That's life. I finally found this out about the hardware even though this section idoesn't mention it. Xp is unstable. Its what we the consumer pay for!!! Its all about the software. So that's how consoles work!

Source: 'Wiki spyware article'

Notes

-Problems which only occur on custom-built pcs with small mbs (not yours). No updates will be installed, you can't put too many programs on the hd. Andrew noted this once and told me, he said never to buy a custom built mb (meaning smaller ones with one ide channel, one slot etc.) because you will have power issues. My mb happens to be custom built, but cheap! About 50 dollars cheaper. hehe. I actually had problems for three years on finding the exact connector to the ps that was broken (1 out of 6 connectors were shocked from an old mb with ram incorrectly placed), finally pin-pointing it and not stretching the cdrom ide cables. Now with 2 seperate currents I can use 2 dvdrws and 3 fans. I was reinstalling my pc every 3 months and not knowing why. No more resets! I was copying programs which copied sound files incorrectly. That was the problem which lost all my files. A year ago though, my computer would simply go off because of plugging in too many usb devices. This immediately told me i needed to take out the dvdrw and throw it away. It was broken because it was built wrong, tdk built it so the circuitry would overheat (next to the plastic plating). Would not rec tdk dvdrws. Anyways. The power supply issue was resolved simply by turning both fans inside the ps to cool it (if it faces the other direction, youre really doing nothing from making that thing overheat..and yes ps overheat!). In my own personal experience, it didnt go off (have problems) for a year because I simply wasnt playing games with the controller (2008-09 was my break from gaming year). Because of these small hardware issues + badly manufactured parts I bought and couldn't return (in summary bad hds, usb connection glitches, 2 rws, updates and installs, videocard failures, bad connectors or loose connections, 1 gig ram reccommendations etc.) At this time, i had faint knowldeg of 64 bit xp pro as well (did not know u could chkdsk /r from dvd..or simply forgot about it. Every time a hardware boot would come up, id just install over xp a fresh o/s. I keep only a few things on the customized board, and usually leave the case open. Minor note: one gig crashes the pc as well as my 2, regardless so updates and reccommended specs didnt work. The trick i used to have is to not update the machine, because it will cause power problems on small mbs with lots of hardware. Feel free to download any update and put (install) as much programs as you want in it. I basically ran into every single one of these problems at least once. Turns out, the cords were being pushed out because of the timeline difference in the mb 2007 model and ps to the 2004 cdroms (if the thing doesnt boot, the computer moved and cords were loosened causing boot errors). They just didnt fit in right, so tape was the final deal breaker or correct fix (note not part of the alienware computer designs, which work differently using the xp pro o/s and the hd slots of the new models are really an unknown to me). Well hope this tutorial helps. This PC fix it or fix-my-pc guide is kind of just a common sense guide for error-reporting. It took me 8 years to finally realize the manufacturer to my ps had the fans in backwards with no airflow for the cause of misfortune above, which is another factor from problems constantly reoccuring (no wonder my cpu fan fried and my pc was always hot! lol ;p).

The 32-bit Wars

This is a tough call, Saturn is def better in terms of innovations. It had the generic games which the psone was won over by in the mainstream, some games include the sports titles, racing and fighting. It had one thing the psone never had though, and that was good 2d-3d platform sidescroller, rpg, shooting and fighting. What later defined the ps2 was already here in the saturn. Which I still regard the Saturn as the Ps2 remake it is clearly not. A generic system, hard to code for, with rare game genres that are fun, Saturn being sidescrollers, puzzle, rpg and action while ps2 being rpg, fighting, racing, sidescroller and sports. As for psone, it was an all around great system which made ps2 look like a bandwagon seqeulizing train. Except Ps2 was not for those 'certain' game genres(imho it was better with sports games, technically and visually in achievement then anything else). Which remains to tell you the subject of this article, it should be ps2 vs saturn, except psone had the sports titles as well. Anyways it is Psone vs Saturn in games but it is ruled out because psone has so many more in its library, and it was faster with better 2d-to-3d original game franchizing series ala ffx7, tekken, etc. It had held the genres of rpg, fighting, racing, and action 3d platforms, while saturn had god of war style adventure 3d platforms (which like the tekken effect is not really 3d). Well thats my quick fact, Saturn being untapped, and more powerful like the ps2 was supposed to be (besides Psone had the polygonal grinding effect everyone hated, there was a name for it, i forgot at the moment but the polygons could never stay in place for too long). Some examples of the 32bit generation are in its technology, Saturn being more powerful if developed for correctly. For instance, Sega Rally would never see the light of day correctly on psone (note only xbox 1 exceeds in rally graphics to the saturn and new gen games), mortal kombat would never be fluid yet psone counters this with faster games, faster is better than computations i believe. Psone I guess maybe that in combination with award an winning game series, and creativity ala toshindin and tekken will win it. In sports however these consoles were deemed horrible compared to its 8, 16 and 128 bit counterparts (if you ask me sports were a transitioning point from 2d to 3d here making no difference and dullness a factor unless you count n64 which i believe excels better than both in sports and true 3d adventure games). This was proven in games like fifa and nfl at a low polygon counts and low fps. Like virtua fighter 2 and panzer dragoon's revolutionary designs and graphics, this genre was not as good in the game hardware department for the 70 percent of the third parties. Two different systems only placing third behind the first snes genesis race and after the xbox 360 vs ps3 one in terms of games and technical likenesses in comparison. Saturn just clearly has more ram. Clearly arcade technology is more better than vector based engines, yet vectors are cheaper to manufacture, a sign that technology is going backwards however sony is always faster as a processor and more complex whether it be video-ram, effects and particles, or computations itself. Sega is and always will be a sega first system yet the Playstation has it all.

Updated: Spell Check'd

The dull mainstream chats are always useless. People use it to compromise dull emotions in games. These popular paraphrases may be realized in certain aspects of games such as the term 'lol' 'asl' or 'rolf' The harsh and popular terms are usually 'noob' 'owned' or 'pwned' Rare are the terms actually used in games to effect gameplay in case no mic arises. These terms are a given in certain strategy games, one in example will be Zerohour. This game has the most fluid lingo to date without mic and fps gameplay or with strategic positioning. The terms in the game listed below will compromise an action. To find games easily as well is a given. These are actually useful terms to obtain skill quickly.

Rush - to rush a base

Sac - to sell a command center and earn money

Norush, No base Rush or Oils are free, bunker, no bunker - to not rush a base, only rush center, oils or supplydepots

GW/GWAR/NO AIR/NO SW/ 5min10min15min - only ground units, ground war units with No AIR can play, mainly airforce gen and super weapons are left out (unless with swgen it limits to one sw because of the no aurora/tanks part). The standard rush time is 10 minutes, i find air highly effective with any usa gen because of mh helis and stealth bunker busters. When in stealth in large norush maps, its not always effective given the inf money thing.

AOD NO LIMIT, $$$No Money - art-of-defense, team vs ai maps, custom maps, or maps with computer units

No Stat, No money- small maps, custom, no money, no stat worldbuilder maps

NO DEMO/NUKE/UPGRADE - This goes for china and gla although i think these rules are useless because they can be stopped past a 5 min rushtime.

PRO RULES/2BUS/3H/no nuke/1sw/swgen/etc - Pro rules are rush rules with limitations

NOOB RULES/NO SW/10min no rush - Noob rules are no rush rules without limitations

Pro Rules, Noob rules - no spam, no rush 2b3h (2bus, 3humvee) usually implies bunker game. Noob Rules are 10 min no base rush. Pro rules are everything goes, usually 1 sw per swgen, no nuke upgrds, no aurora unless highly organized.

Swg and auroras - Super weapons gen, often they make secret super weapons cheaply under nuke gen or swgen. Auroras can take out sws, one in particular is the swgen aurora which takes out warlords.

NO GLA - GLA can easily rush and often cover large maps quickly. The key attack which makes gla cheap is easy funds to gain, and it can slow down a non-gla opponent rather quickly by drop offs and easy bomb targets to make equal.

Bunker Noobs - Bunker noobs arent nec easy, sometimes they are as good as pros. Usually, in a game of chess you checkmate, while playing against bunker noobs, they check mate you. For instance, twilight map with airforce gen against inf, gives inf the possibility to bunker and therefore gain easy upgrds. One upgrd can easily win the game, if strategically played.

RLS - I seen this term around, it may mean teamspeak? Maybe Real-Life Strategy tactics? Same as aod. Not really sure.

MM/DC/MH/FW/SPAM/Scudbug - Mismatch or disconnect and spam usually to gain a win, maphacks are just spamming quickly or spammers who replay the same map constantly , messing with your opponent usually on a win-win game, or not following rules, scudbugs in GLA are often incorporated in older versions of the game. Firewalls are usually by first time players who do not configure there computer correctly.

Secret strategy lingo - Usually certain armies do good on certain maps against others, which is why a 4v4 or 3v3 will kick any player with a certain army. For instance, China nuke kos gla easily, mostly when no sw is on. Air gen kills during rush time. IDK, USA gen seems to be worst esp against lasergen, except it kos china nuke easily when 1v1. It also kos gla. GLA is the best army when it comes to cheese tactics or control of map most quickly, + money build up. Usagens are useful in large areas or maps which can spam almost as effective as gla if your intuition (as to finding how your player is playing) is good enough. Chinainfgen beats usa easily though. I prefer china gen, which kos oils and can bunker warlords for even play against gla on pro rules. Small things, like certain jeeps against hit and run tactics or wat not can easily make a game challenging. Except this implies a rebuilding game that can last up to 8 hrs if that evenly matched. It has unusual teamspeak to say the least. Basically it all depends on how you play the map not the game :-/

Relevant command keys: Q,W,E,X & F and crtl+0-9. These inhibit the ability to cheese or do things quickly. Q selects every unit available, W selects every air unit, E selects every unit of a type. X disperses units from air attacks when spamming. F creates a formation and finally crtl+numbers selects groups to attack in that formation. This is a quickfix to an unsteady learning curve in the game and usually gives you the ability of a quickwin without rushing. A few relevant aspects to a pro air player.

My Complaints on fake pro gamers AND EA

I, personally find the rules irrelevant. The game itself does not need rules. It just needs cooperation from the massive amounts of hackers involved. This game in particular is very well-balanced. The more even the opponents, the more fun the game is, intuition is also a key factor. 4v4 is extremely fun yet rare. Here are some replays and maps of fairly good game saves on C&C zerohour. It is highly organized at times, which make it an around great osg aka known as the rts genre (online strategy game? lol i made that one up). I am really just fed up with EA on this game actually. It has god-like hacks ONLINE to people who have certain versions such as 1.4 instead of first decade. Many know of the DC genex hack or watever. This is the exact reason why these emotional fascist fascismo **** (the fff. made that one up too) who play this game made rules like no auroras in the first place. I mean personally hello?!? Basically god doesn't need elitists and pig **** like this. Because they know u can stop them in a totally balanced game. Zerohour is fun because of hidden tactic and artsie strategem not **** beaters. If you want to be pro, why not use the ctrl number keys and force selection? Half pro gamers don't even know how...and if they do they do it with the gay hack to select offscreen vehicles. Watch here perfect cheat game in progress where the user uses control hack and spam. They can't even read the manual right...for instance, W means select air units americanos. Actually just ignore this whole article AND the stupid rules i listed, I'm wasting your time anyways. Why would anyone re-release a game and completly encrypt it? Duh, derf let's make realife or irl formations in CCG useless. And say good buy to no $$$$$. Unfortunetly, the germans also use a new money hack to let the americans cheat even more online (for zerohour v1 and not fd, so therefore to make the germans looks stupid by late encryptions albeit at the same time ruining the game online which is made with a BIG mistake by EA completly). See a gay tag like [ggx] Viper? Just ignore. I P3RSONALLY play cs source sometimes, so here are some sprays. And best of all it has AH or anti-hack/anticheat. The game is full of holes and up for sale on Ebay.

So herer's the list of quick matches and easy typos. Well thats it, there are a few other useful terms which I will get back at.

Here is a breif definition on what defines First Person Shooters

There is sometimes disagreement regarding exactly what design elements constitute a first-person shooter; for example, Deus Ex is sometimes considered a first person shooter, but may also be considered a role-playing game as it borrows from this genre extensively. Most often they are regarded as First-Person Action Adventure games or First-Person Role Playing because of the large number of options, tasks and selections to choose from in its gameplay. Games such as Maken X and Breakdown have both realistic qualities and artistic s t yle to the gameplay, borrowing subject matter from Arcade games and real-life. They are split up inbetween action and shooter and are also known as First-Person Arcade shooter. Usually they are regarded as first person action games. Some games have mods and elements which transition it between first person and third person yet are still first person because of the advantages in gameplay difficulty, for instance the lack of accuracy and aim. While other games have elements of multi-platform vehicular combat scenarios in combination with third-person views such as the Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront series, they are often described as multi-platform shooters. Some commentators may extend the definition obliquely to include combat flight simulators, as opposed to characters on foot. Third person shooters or simply TPS may follow the same scenario, although its more common with 2d platform tranisitions into 3d.

Quick Guide to setting up your PC

Recently after installing a trojan, I noticed it kept reappearing on my machine after many needed reinstalls. I tried to wipe clean the bug via bleach in window washer many times. What it does is hides itself in invisible software from older operating systems like Ubuntu. That creates a type of chaos where no other operating system can handle itself in (because Ubuntu is known to stay in the system's hard drive). Basically past operating systems couldnt even help the reccomended government dod (department of defense) method of doing so. So I figured to get a tech on the issue to help me out. Here is what he said.

1. Boot to Dos via win xp boot any version...
2. Debug -> enter
3. -F_200_L1000_0 enter
4. -A_CS:100 enter
5. 3CDO: 0100_MOV_AX, 301 enter
6. 3CDO: 0103_MOV_BX, 200 enter
7. 3CDO: 0106_MOV_CX, 1 enter
8. 3CDO: 0109_MOV_DX, 80 enter
9. 3CDO: 010C_INT_13 enter
10. 3CDO:010E_INT_20 enter
11. 3CDO:0110 enter
12. -G enter
13. Control_Alt_Delete
14. Window wash with bleach clean boot DOD 7 reccomendations
15. Block work group with Norton/Antivirus/PC Tools or Internet Security.

Or just use fix mbr, fixboot and Delete L commands in winxp boot DOS (pirated) before bleaching 7-pass and formatting. You can now say good bye to little spyware guy!

I hope this helps, the fact that privacy is a big issue institutes a type of chaos upon society. The gaming world, xbox 360 and ps3 do not have to face this chaos. Spyware only effects open explorer 32 bit operating systems because of the low scum of the earth known as third parties. Sometimes torrents are an issue, so only download popular ones with plus 100 users. I am just telling the world how to get rid of it.

As for these people...they follow the same path of destruction. They create chaos instead of restore it. Therefore karma plays into being. Karma is something like the knowledge of repitition. These people will repeat there bad actions one way or another because of their following this left path. To not learn from there mistakes is there own fault in the harm they are doing to individual souls. They repeat and follow the four collective sins of harrasment, exploitation, violence and murder. The greatest sins of them all. They hence, will go the way of the birds. Now that angst is out of the way lets move on...

Configuring your PC:question:

After getting some good advice on this board, i decided to post my configuration setup for anyone having troubled with Hijackthis logs etc. Background or powerful programs for viruses include, combofix, smtfraud, killbox and Stopzilla. The four basic programs I have which block attackers are (Mj reg watcher is bad or just too powerful!) PC tools in startup menu, reg mechanic, superanti spyware, spyware doctor anti-virus and browser defender. These work great, while my desktop is tweaked with pc tools tweak manager, scanned and immunized with spybot/spyware blaster and specs seen with cpu-z, I can now safely log onto almost any picture on google images Superspyware works well with Malware and immunizations with spyware. Spybot (WITHOUT tea timer) and Spyware blaster is good for explorer, and regarded as useless in most cases a good scanner and that is it eg privacy settings turned on in firefox is making immunizations strictly an internet explorer bad website function. The trick here is phishing so to turn spybot teatimer off (5 mb in task bar slows down computers) and delete the entries so you must turn a strong registry watcher/firewall on as a replacement. BTW Unlocker is a great program to delete anything you find suspicious or any running programs.

Performance hikes will occur, if you google 99 ways to make your pc faster. Often times or not its basic settings, and sometimes you will run into an interesting tweak here and there. One is a Performance desktop tweak, the other is tweak manager or simply adjusting start up times and ram size. Its good to make a drivers menu under documents for things you don't need.

Manually I set my basic settings and check them everyonce in a while. I set gov time on, and delete the firefox registry settings (a tracking? cookie makes it 8kb instead of four in window washer) with basic internet exp and firefox tweaks, I can manage to tweak security settings, net meeting or any third party protocol (delete them if found under Component services) and the sharing under my computer. I hope this helps anyone setting up a new computer. Window Washer and CCleaner are great for finding extra files undeletable. Your performance will increase and at the same time be safe from hackers, malware, phishing, spyware, viruses and trojans.

Other programs that might work which are free are reimage (for driver and technician help), registry booster, and wise registry cleaner. For backing up, don't even bother burning a cd, an unstable system rarely even lets the cdr function work even with power tweaking. Try Raid and partition your hard drive. Save your wanted files on a partician. An A: drive is required for this.

Diagnostics for windows functions are completly optional except for window washers and pc tools maestro's free space remover and shredder. Other than that, Auslogics defragment defrags registries much faster, and Im sure there are uninstall programs like wise disk cleaner out there. Hackers will always be on a computer as long as you are. Oh, I will even add a tutorial to devert mister invisible. On a gaming PC the smallest amount of programs will suffice like just one virus scanner (avast or pc tools) and one ati driver without windows updates, depending on your machine's age. Its best to run normally on 64-bit machines or a minimum configurations setting with only games because they get in the way of performance, mostly if its amd dualcore and not a pentium. Organization of the desktop is interesting enough, putting folders in documents for drivers and software labeled 'Web' Pictures, Videos and 'Drivers' may help. Iconizing the desktop and quicklinks section will as well.

Overclocking works in Bios well if you have a computer mb made for it. The more adjustments in fsb and cpu ratios, the better off. The only problem is it usually requires a powerful fan, and a cool mb. Another fact you should consider is ram. Buying more ram is tricky, sometimes ram comes in different voltages, even the ram by the same manufacturer and same model number can be hazzardous. Sometimes mb do not take ram well, so these little things like a DDr2400's voltage meter of 333 instead of 400 can really screw you up, or cause unwanted minor pauses and glitches. These freezes also occur in hardware like 2 dvd roms sharing the same power cable and other minor adds or unknown tweaks. See the article below for more details on this section. Well thats it for hardware settings. Lets move on, and continue back to the software.

Tutorial on custom settings

• If you have window washer it should say 1 kb under internet after 2 cleans or so. If it doesn't uninstall under control panel and manually delete every firefox folder. And then, delete all of your reg files under regedit. Type 'regedit' under run and go to edit and find to find unwanted files like 'Mozilla' or 'firefox' folders. Delete the files. Its good to have this french program called 'Unlocker' to delete registry files. Delete the folders you find in 'search' or program files as well. Do this to uninstalled programs whom you know which files they are affiliated with.
• Go to My Computer (not shortcut), under Properties in My computer uncheck remote assistance. Also in calender and date put government time instead of windows time.
• In services under control panel disable third party support such as error reporting, Human interface (hotkeys), Netmeeting remote, Remote registry, routing and remote and wireless zero configs.
• Internet explorer has third party settings and first party settings such as recycle empty bin (an interesting fact is spyware can clone itself in any registry with invisible folders and bots). These folders are invisible because winxp do not recognize them and they are impossible to access). Devert controllers who reroute your IP addy aka IP hijackers by a search on desktop and location with this in mind. Invisible folders=bad. For instance, the ie address bar is an important must have for these invisibles.
• Here's an important one, in Component Services under Component Services>Computers>COM+Apps>COM+Explorer delete all active third parties. For instance it will say third party or something.
• In windows firewall under network properties uncheck remote assistance remote desktop, file and printing and UPnP Framework. For performance issues make sure v-sync is off, and system restore as well.
• In MSconfig type 'msconfig' under run. In startup uncheck any program you dont recognize. Such as sys32dll or ctfmon etc. (these are spyware) stuff like adobe or installed programs for windows are ok. Its good to uninstall ctfmon.
• Go to tools from there and in IE options make sure to uncheck the third party protocols in advanced as well. There are other minor tweaks that I cant recall at the moment but this should set XP straight for now.
• Program recomendations: spywareblaster, unlocker, avg, registry mechanic, CCleaner, wise cleaner 3
• A money saver in the long run (all free except for reg mechanic and window washer search in google) for antispam, antivirus, adware, malware, phishing and antispyware.

In case you do get trojans though, killbox and combofix worked for me once or twice. Hijack this can also pinpoint system restore settings etc. This is important for me because I search the internet for quick tidbits of information on how to get things done that I forget, webdesign, html, game saves etc. It also helps me play games, and use utorrent more safely. BTW google earth needs to be disabled in order not to conflict with programs such as avg, or norton although nowadays mainstream virus databases have such large data bases that they tend to slow down computers anyways. These configs are good, easy, safe and fast! If you want to go the extra length though, get an IP blocker such as malware 2.0 or better yet the free spywareguard program. If youre still concerned with performance drops use sandra-lite. A good reg watcher, antivirus, spyware and phishing malware tool is the pc tools compilation. All you really need is a stable operating system that covers these sections from the lists above: 1. Spyware, Malware, trojans for Spam blockage and third parties. 2. Antivirus and Phishing for IM and Emails 3. FireWall and Bleaching for IP tracking and DNS tracers. The top name brands that I reccomend are Auslogics, PC tools and Wise Cleaner. Older programs like ad-aware and spybot are good as well. There you have it, my crash course on system repair.

Buying New parts?

In case you forgot the error of stable computers is over. Buying a mb will break down eventually due to competition and economy. The mbs I have bought from newegg.com have cost me over 1000 dollars worth in scams. New egg.com is now the official garbage sale on the internet to me. They have sent me broken ram, fake mbs, and downed hard drives. The manufacturers send these products to newegg for some reason...Well ok, try different websites. Anything but newegg. Try it complete if necessary. The custom hardware defects from Newegg or from the manufacturer themselves. Ebay is the same story. If anything buy the computer newly manufactured and from a friend or family member. This maybe a stupid issue to complain about but I know its there. The problems I mean, and fake manufactured equipment they are now selling me. So, I am like you know what you pay for my loan...and at the same time get a immoral cause for the devices which I review...From kingston ram, to western digital harddrives, to ati brand videocards, everything is broken and lasts about 1 month instead of the intended 3 years from my 2002 equipment (which I sold intentionally to earn profit). The problem is there, built or ready, Lower nature does not desist on this one major flaw of harrassment. The culprit was not Newegg but popular boards. Most reviewers on the net don't know an apple from an orange, eg Asus only builds stable, popular AND expensive boards. The others by Asus are...well...custom pc crap. A plethora of problems such as Bios tools not working, or inability to use service pack updates, hard drive locks and power issues will most likely come with the board itself if under the 200 dollar range. I DO NOT reccomend boards with 1 ide channel and custom ones that dont stay at a hovering 70 degrees while unable to use pciexpress cards...eg false advertised power saving consumption boards or watever. Well, anyhow It will def. freeze you for a while on building an ideal custom gaming PC or simply giving up and buying xbox 360. A key rule lies here, know your mb manufacturer. If worst comes to worst, buy the best hardware on newegg. Truthfully though, Ebay is like a thieves denn while Newegg is like a wonderland of toys. I have been directly ripped off by Ebay and laughed at by Paypal. I have been indirectly ripped off by Newegg, by bad intuition on the site or fake specs and bad reviews. What I would like to say directly by the larger corporations such as Asus, Western Digital and ATI. Because of this, Old=most stable. In my book, from my exp, a scammer's paradise is where currents flow but nothing happens. Which is exactly what happened to the newer equipment I bought.

The Danger of Corporate Built hardware

After my friend purchased the Shuttle X German computer from an international euro built company in Germany, I was thankful not to possibly deal with connection issues anymore. After that, my dreams went downhill. The 'German' (probably an american company based in germany given germany's superior durability, reliability and authenticity in technology) Computer Shuttle X had many problems starting with custom drivers, and ending with a 200 watt power supply powering a 150 gig hard drive. Dont get me wrong, I like everything German made but I don't think these custom computers were german made. They need maybe an extra lesson on computer technology that I am going to give them. The 200 watt power supply wont even suffice to power a pentium III. The drivers are soo hard to find, anyone not used to the internet will be lost, and the 756 megs of ram or watever is in need of a downgrade. This brings me back to my SOYO days when the soyo motherboard was literally regarded as trash to an inexperienced user. All computers, literally need tweaking if built from scratch. Some motherboards need just the right amount of ram, while the 200 gig hard drive idea comes at a price. 80 gigs or less is reccomended for Asus (or anything for that matter), 756 megs of ram for the fast pipelines of the Soyo and 1 gig for the Asus. I am talking about back in 2004-2007 when computers didnt need high powered cooling fans and expensive tubingwith case refrigeration systems. This computer is called the ideal gaming computer, the custom built, easy managing never brakes in xp era, no matter what virus you get, government programs are always on the net somewhere to counter them (non-trademarked or uncopyrighted at least). Anyways back to why computers need custom hardware and not labtops. Usually corporations have one known brand which penetrates are the others in the market and is most likely the most expensive, Alien Hardware for instance, whether it will be Desktop or Tower have the same cords as a poorly built computer (eg Shuttle X n1g is actually good, except it needs less ram and little programs to run effectively or the company possibly favors the more stable Pentiums eg fsb@200 with Bios functions off). Actually now that I think about it, its more like a tweaking issue. Shuttle X is not really a gaming pc either, and it works fine if you reset the power button continiously. It is a business computer for experts because of major configurations and tweaks. Reccomended for business, because it has a dozen or more ports and functioning I/O drives in the front for every basic need of a camera to a flash drive to headphones and usbs. It is Just an example of what a gaming Asus PC should not be if you tend to get a 200 dollar video card and such.

Reasons why Computers should be Custom built

1.) Bad connections, a connection directly to the motherboard is needed for a large harddrive. Manufactureres have yet to learn the importance of a tower and those clunky mb connecters and a labtop. Even then the new port hard drives on PCs tend to break. Barrucada is probably the best here.

2.) Custom drivers and software, this will be the case for downgrading if virus databanks get too big and slow the computer. It is also wise to get malware blockers which block every known ip config on the open explorer I call XP. This will lead to safer results if downgrading. Upgrading just clenches the fist of the software makers into buying new software. This and the computer will most likely last longer and be faster. Choose an O/s which you are familar with in configurations as well, for instance Linux or Windows to get your work done.

3.) Not so great Videocards. I always vie for the standard which saves money, is the most popular and is a top leading manufacturer eg Nvidia and Ati technology. Note: I have tested a ati brand x1550 on a asus dualcore 3000 2.2 ghz ati x1220 motherboard. Basically, the videocard destroyed itself. It conflicted with the mb, reducing the ram and cpu speed and glitching, so I have reason to believe Ati videocards are not compatible with onboard ati mbs. ATI...Blowing money, destroying lives...well actually the mb ran great until my experiment of which somehow speed is permantently reduced and the card a dead brick.

4.) A standard device for motherboards, which we call customization of ram (synchronizing ram of a similar brand is very important if you don't expect cache pausing and slow downs, same with ps wattage while cdroms being universal) and knowing the limit of too many programs. Games can be played, except this is a toll taken for a hard drive which runsoff of the motherboard of a 300 watt power supply. Last but not least sound, soundboosts up the computer significantly but it is not required for speed. What speeds up the computer is the ram mobo cpu and videocard as mentioned. 2 gigs of ram on a 1gig computer is a no go, no matter how fast your ram is, the mbs most likely wont tak it. The most cost effective and stable computer is one with the following brands, Baracuda, ATI, ASUS, AMD and Kingston Ram. For all you new computer owners or enthusiasts I hope this helps...

-On to harddrives, not so sure if it does help or not, but I think harddrives and space slow down start up times, albeit soyo is MUCH slower than Asus and custom built shuttle x PCs, but when it loads it loads to stay in performance. I have bought 2 different 100+ gig harddrives which failed automatically or due to 'to much stuff' on hd (in nature of the shuttle x's poor choice for component selection and heavy PC use not reccomended:(). This article was referenced with experience from Asus and Soyo mb gaming pcs as well as the shuttle x business pc.

-On Motherboards, avoid buying motherboards w/o good advice. For instance, the really early Asus motherboards from 2003 were the most stable, while the later motherboards were not. The small custom ones, I mean. If your motherboard is customized from Asus, or not the standard you will most likely have Bios, heating and power issues. Try buying the most expensive version of the motherboard you are trying to get (by the company who made it). Usually a customized mb has only one pci slot, and one ide channel for instance. Motherboards are unique nowadays. I have an mnv1 that I bought and since its customized, it fails after 3 months (customized boards fail easily dispite what reviews say). I still kept it though, because the pc industry ripped me off 1 too many times. I just use win64 and do a system repair. I never update and always reinstall drivers once bugs start appearing. Works great and I reccomend reinstalling CD drivers instead of using windows update if you want to keep a customized mb like a 64bit os running. Keep it simple, network packs are usually the cause for these network conflix as well.

As for free Ethernet, anything works and the service provider is always at fault. After obtaining google wifi you will see why. The signal jumps or transports if you will, from one device to another by waves which came from an evenhigher tower or signal that pulsates if you will. These waves dont bend but the electrons do which is why indoors or anywhereaway from the door is needed for pointing the reciever in the opposite direction which works most of the time. I finally passed this solution by aiming my reciever directly to the transmittor next to a transparent door. The transparency knocks the signal around (slows it down) so people in the California area can enjoy a cool half or more dsl speed free internet and not have a problem with losing signals at peak hours of shared service. If youre house is pointing away from the transmittor or surrounded by concrete walls tough luck. A long ethernet cable here will suffice for the ruckus wireless. I have dealt with many crooks one for instance is DSL Extreme. The Comcast, or Local nets most likely will take your money for good service to their servers, honestly though I think the Internet should be for free or at least with a small or one time payment. Although Comcast is simply the best, the truth here is cable will always be faster than wireless optics even by the same service provider. Not noticably, but faster, for instance cable dls at 1.3-2 megs per second, wireless at 1.3-1.1 peak, well worth the price, usually.

Basically my babbling leads to one thing, custom built pcs whether PC or Business (eg small motherboards with 1 ide or fitted design) might be cheaper, but hell of a lot more unstable only able to use weak powersupplies and updates so be prepared to downgrade your service pack 3s, startup programs and spysweepers or so on. Anything free or cheap nowadays should stay that way. Anyways, I hope that clarifies anything of value.

Splitscreen/Multiplayer vs Cross-platform vs Online gaming

Having grown up with multi-player gaming on consoles, I am as old school as you can get. Cross-platform gaming has given me an edge to experience online play during the years of its exceeding popularity and golden age, the early millenium. The only problem was the transition of big egos to the console arena (a possible theory why chat funtion literally droped as a keyboard tool pass the first year of dreamcast's online play releas). Dreamcast lead the pioneer genre into new territory, and it hasnt changed or got worst since. Because the PC always changes due to hackers you get horrible lag complaints, hackers, and chat abusers (also known as trolls) and this horrible transition is helped with the keyboard function. Later consoles learned from this but few knew of the horrible facts.

Fact #1 You don't need to be good at playing games so they robotized it, or made it more boring on console. From my exp. though, in crossplatform gaming against other users on Quake III for instance the rumors about PC advantages were all but sceptical. PCs ARE NOT BETTER THAN CONSOLES. YOU DONT NEED A KEYBOARD AND MOUSE. Sheer biasm _albeit I prefer track ball to optical mouse, because you can clean the track ball and doesnt break, hell of a lot more durable which reminds me the ps/2 dc adapter always glitched up hereafter or heretherefore). Cross-platform online gaming is much needed in these genres for consoles and PCs alike. I have met many gamers who I could beat with a controller. It all has to do with the brain function and eye movement. Although I;m not that good, I admit I remember beating many PC and console players with kb, mouse and bba on a dreamcast. No performance issues here. So do PCs play better than consoles? With the hardware as a lack of advantage, this is no pure myth and practice is put into place;).

Fact #2 Who are the hackers? Nothing but abusive, and distortive 'kids' without realizing it. I play xbox 360 and get team bashed via xbox live, I play with PC and I choose to help the team greatly and bash with random peeps. Its a win lose situation, except I prefer a fair game instead of a fixed match. Noob bashing is there for both genres though:twisted: I played CS:Source for a year and managed to sniper hack with the scout (snipe through walls) and get 40 kills in under 10 min with the scout. Same with zero hour on rush, there are plenty of games who use intuition as a method of play. I play BF 2 on 360 and get owned by teambashers daily to weekly sneaking maybe one or two game wins in. There is never a total pro, winner or loser. I won against the easiest army China against a japanese pro gamer on a no win 2 play narrow china inf hacking map. Many more wierd instances made online gaming fun. Its there and thats why I play. Where There is a will there is a way. Hackers will always win and lose except dont realize its only a game so move on. Hacks are for gamers who can manipulate the technology somehow. Sometimes you win, othertimes you dont.

Fact #3 Empty servers, like isketch for mac users (personally for me better than ps aka photoshop in terms of mouse control), is a common occurence after a few months to a few weeks. So many games even bad ones, have online function on consoles. Without mods or updates, they go away for a really long time. Although Ps3 and Xbox 360 do have crossplatform (with PCs only though) gaming to illeviate this sickness, its of rare rpg games like Shadowrun, or PSO which only dedicated mmrpg fans commit themselves to. Ps3 vs xbox 360 anyone? No console has achieved a universal base as of yet to compete with other console players due to corporate infrigement on server collaboration I guess. Pso on dreamcast and gamecube the only game to break free from this mold, while 4x4 evo did have mac users as well there is no universal console-system game that popular. Fans with a strong fanbase of PCs can always keep servers from old games as far as 1996 still up, although corporate company-owned servers are another story. Empty servers is a common occurence on online Console games, and something to make a friends list useful. Just look at SegaNet, it was a hit until about a year. Nuff' said here.

Fact #4 Hackers can even penetrate the game console market, because these pro gamers are that good. Once you know a little about your surroundings you can win against anyone at least once. This is a tall tale sign of gaming, and no matter what bans, restrictions, or passwords there are it just gets easier. Voice Chat and communication on consoles (except for maybe xbox live) has gone slightly down hill for its market though even if kb chat's hackably annoying, voice chat is abusive and verbal abuse is..just..gay. Console gamers dont want to admit it, but PC is the way its heading now, and in the future, if you like it or not. They even look like PCs. One more thing, PC gamers. Just because the technology is superior doesnt mean it REALLy is. Just look at Dreamcast, or other consoles. PC's are custom built therefore the littliest hardware fail becomes a big one in terms of running a game the way you want it to run. The voice chat and random choice menus for its maps+the irrelevant updates arent anything to rave about in its Console games. One example being Halo 3 another being many others. For me, Less control=less fun although games like xbox 360's racing gem Grid make up for this...crash n' burn...hehe. These random faults with online games are not exactly a good transition for PC gamers. PC will always rule the online arena. Console will always have the primitive cartridge plug and play feel to me though to kick, bang and invite some friends over. VIVA SNES!

MP/LAN/Splitscreen

On the good side, consoles have easier navigation, easier buttons configurations (give or take eg good for arcades bad for sims or dumbed down versions), less options and better asthetics (usually unless ported) for multi and single player.
RPG, or MMRPG seem to be okay on both systems, whilst games like fps have great differences in gameplay, PC usually being better or more addictive because of its new game modes, mods and community ala cs:source. It delivers pure addiction and time killing. In my exp, Group playing keeps the adrenaline pumping. All in all splitscreen games such as golden eye will always have the emersion factor with friends that mp games do not deliver and LAN extends this play (a unique exp for the not so cheap gamer) from the Arcade to home. Gameplay wise, longevity and accesibility PC wins, uniqueness with random fun or gameplay factor consoles do except PCs will always be king in the online arena. Both being as addictive with massive and minor communities (such as Halo 3 etc).

Ps3 open source vs Xbox Live

*On a sidenote, my theory on fun gaming was always to Feed the Addiction. This is a given though, Xbox live is a temporary phenomon and way to controlled. Maybe to expand its restrictions, or to create a safer environment for games and its gamers maybe not. Xbox live excells in interface, no lags and server stability. Communication is a given or a standard that PC will always hold best to me. Its good to pay extra for everything thats already there and not needed of configurations though. Ps3's free pc like gaming options on the internet mp make it more successful than xbox's robotic scheme, which certain xbox third party games have dismissed as well, I mean hello level selection anyone? In the future, I'd like to see more cross-platform games for the empty servers though like Dreamcast once had. Community mods, open source upgrades and downloadable content make PC a winner even if its not in the category though.

Updated: With more games doing cross-platform still being a handful of games, it is hard to imagine why? Longer servers, more peeps, it would benefit this gens ps3, 360, pc players yet it doesnt. The reason is cross-platform sucks. The handful of games which do cross-platform for mac/pc did not make it big. The games which do cross-platforming are usually not made for it, hence 3rd party games. Longer lasting servers=longer lifespan in games+unwarranted cheating options. Like most innovations in technology via the 32-bit genre, the vmu, fishing rod, kb+mouse gameplay, realtime weather racing, dreamcast brought it to a begining and end with a total of 3 games (q3, sega swirl, 4x4, a few capcom games in japan only though). Its fun if its a coop thing. On a side note...Maybe next gen? Who knows.

After spending sometime studying the exclusives on both Xbox 360 and Ps3 for the next few years I was skepticle on the 360's performance in this category. This speculation has recently soon faded. The xbox 360 has a key market share that the PC developers don't touch on Ps3. On top of that the graphics of Ps3 are somewhat unique, or used for certain games that are apparently different in the xbox 360 and PC market. Here I will take a deeper look and list the coming and recently released genres. I will only include games that are 9.0 or greater and exclusives already released on each console.

1.) PS3 - MGS 4, Killzone 2, Gran Turismo, Afrika, eight days, god of war 3, FFXII, motorstorm, Resistance 2, Uncharted 2, wipeout HD, little big planet

2.) Xbox 360 - Halo Reach, Splinter Cell: conviction, Fable III, DOA 4, Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, Halo Wars, Gotham Racing, Over G fighters/ace combat 6, Forza 3, Gears of War 3, Race Pro, Race Driver grid, Viva Pinatua, Left for Dead 2, Flatout, Guilty gear 2 overture

Note: a complete list can be found on wikipedia.

Analysis Comparing both platforms, xbox 360 seems to exceed in mp and online gaming due to its comfortable controllers. Ps3 is more of an individual, pro or noobie experience except it could get good if it werent for the aweful control. In the future, xbox 360 will stay on top for mp games and ps3 for its own section. Ps3 will lead this genre is fps innovation though, I'm afraid. Ps3 is just overall more powerful, its cpu is not bandwagon and it is second best in its, Sony's, design only to psone ala 1. psone 2. ps3 3. ps2 which most gamer's i think consider awful due to its boring nature and darkened bandwagon game genres. Horror games arent all that good unless its on like gamecube and immersive like the RE series, it just didnt have enough arcade games or addictive ones to tell the truth. Ps3 though is a stable console with the much needed next gen interface.

My bias Opinion

So I noticed, unless you are a fan of Ps2, these games are going to suck on ps3. Unless you are familar with these games, most of the god-of-war sidescrollers are graphically better as well as the arcade games on 360. Ps3 gamers are elitists, meaning they like slow boring games and buy the console for maybe one game but 360 has numerous PC games and can get many games. So far, 360 is far numerous and imho more fun. Ps3 lacks what 360 gets, while it does have numerous epic hits, that alone is not worth a ps3 console. Given the number of non-exclusives being exactly the same and better in areas like texture effects against environment effects (detail vs environment, speed vs physics) with its gameplay being exactly the same, I would say 360 is better because of the number of games. The Ps3's exclusive physics engine for its cell processor running multiple tasks wont give this console glory in this run. These tech facts and the sole use of xbox 360's hardware with companys such as Sega, Namco and Capcom put this console in the Gold (sonic vs glitched sonic games, Bioshock vs dark Bioshock and other games vice versa etc.). Though rare, ps3 games are hard to beat in design as opposed to fun factor..but in the end it is just a unique art style integrated to gameplay and japanese companies have a key eye on both (for ex lost planet 3 or ninja gaiden artstyles and different scenes). If PC consoles dont go that direction than most likely consoles wont. As for the faithful sony owner of its lineups its another story ofcourse. Ps3 has the potential yet its not all there, eg reflections, environments and hardware, which make xbox 360 have alot of potential too! I can make it look better than ps3 with the right HDTv and equipment as well. Smaller environments are a given except for a certain group of those 'fun' games eg grid, etc. Bottomline is PS3 is still a PC on a console, Xbox 360 is a videogame system on a console.  Most perfer ps3 over 360 in fps, and 360 is better then ps3 in fast paced cartoony games due to the realism factors involved with the graphics and hardware.  One outflanks the other, yet they are soo evenly matched noone knows which one.  As well, on 360 they, the developers, usually choose to give up large environments for fps and detail. The graphics vs the brawn or environment and effects is a choice of preference against quality so ... Srry Ps3, you lose for now.

Quick Detailed In-Game Comparison

Here I will add a quick game comparison analysis + a past console generation comparison of genesis vs snes to prove my point on the graphics differences. I will use Bad company 2 as an example of the differences you might see in games within development (see homefront review). What ps3 lacks is detail and effects, whilst 360 its function and realism in its graphics eg bf:bc 2 is a perfect example. In one version you can't go outside a tank view to hide in smoke..with the turret cannon, i think...wait these things are upgradable...even if you can the smoke effects look horrid on 360 yet the explosions more detailed..or use a secondary tank turret within the cockpit view, the sound sounds less realistic as well yet on the 360 version it hardly stutters and you get snow effects and more particle effects eg wierd winds, blowing leaves, visible threading on the camo jackets etc, sometimes as the case with homefront, you get more levels as well. I did notice the stages had bigger environments on ps3 like maybe an extra walk area on the shipyard, a peak, etc. Stages were included in ps3, Not too sure though, may need more stages and dlc to compare from a dev point of view. If it is a devkit point of view, the ps3 graphics wins in realism, aliasing and sounds but 360 in textures, speed and fluidity. Well, there is pluses and minuses on both consoles. Except for one thing, the ps3 version may hold more data, which you think would mean more extra levels...if it wasnt because of the fact that it is used for cinema! Thats right dvd size matters not for games unless you watch movies. Its a matter of preference over quality but to me the hardware is the same as what the genesis was to the snes. Xbox 360 and ps3 are as equal as pie and cake on this one.

New Designs

The new designs just reinforce my decision, except maybe xbox 360 has what Ps3 has had already. I see the shiny new designs as an aesthetic for the 360 and a game for the ps3. The Ps3 slim is great and the xbox 360 Super elite as well except one went one direction while the other in an opposite one. Oh Well, once again its gaming as a private gamer or noob as I call them, and gaming as a pro gamer. The pro gamers would probably get the ps3 slim and xbox 360 arcade or elite, while the private ones would get the ps3 standard or xbox 360 se. In otherwords, those shiny surfaces have a steep price tag, eh? Or is it the other way around? As for past systems there really wasnt a technology war as equal as this one compared to its coorporations. Anyways, comparing dreamcast to ps2 is like comparing apples to oranges or xbox to ps2 as opposed to xbox 360 to ps3 because ps2 is a hybrid system, built astetically without graphics in mind (basically an alien system when it comes to gaming, vertex polys shading being inferior to mostly outdoor enviroments such as sports games or gta). The sixth and fifth gen being the best so far, its technology though was anything but equal in terms of complexity, games with graphics and function, ergo dreamcast vs gamecube yes, psone vs saturn maybe, ps2 vs n64...yes? ps2 vs xbox..no. Genesis vs snes was the only true successor in this field but I guess their really is no ground to step on here, in the past gens, aye.