I would have bought this if it was available 2mths ago :p.

Ah well, my 560ti DS will have to do the job. Buying new is less fun though.

Im still running 06 hardware(Q6600) with a GTX260. I really really want to upgrade but everytime I plan a build I ask myself what for and give up the effort.

If anything id get a new video card only.

Going i7 (maybe i5 pending on pricing) new modo. maybe getting 2 more 4gb sticks and 2 660tis on black Friday / cyber Monday.

I got my shit pushed in last night. All this MVM has ruined my PVP skill, wow.

Lest you found a class to play.

What do you play that you need SLI? certainly not TF2

To be honest with you, I haven't experienced a black Friday or cyber Monday that offered better deals than one could find any other day of the week. Unless you are planning to go camp a best buy or staples, then MAAAAYBE, otherwise IMHO...meh.

You missed a good game last night. It was split, myself, blaen and swevik on one team. It got challenging towards the end because the teams balanced out really well.

Anything made in the last year at ultra settings and that will be released in the next 2 years. I can play a lot of stuff but not max ultra settings at lest at 45+ fps.

Source is 8 years old and the version that runs tf2 does not take much.

And I was talking about gw2 like blaen was.

Sorry I missed the trade offers until too late last night. I'll try to be on tonight since no worky inna mornin! I went to bed at 10:30 last night to catch up on my zzzz's.

tf2ers. buy my card. It's still a newish card. Got it beginning of this year. I'll throw in a personal photo of myself (or one of my Ex's)
https://www.miataturbo.net/stuff-sal...200-obo-68246/

Played with some randoms last night, I think 3 were together of the 6. 3 squad tickets from them... we managed to win hooray!

No warming lube no good :giggle:

I was with some decent guys but they started dropping off and something was buggy so nobody new could get on. That was early though. I was off but not logged out of steam. Sorry for missing the invites.

Its OK, hit me up next time youre on.

Does anyone have any scrap metal or one refined metal to donate to a good cause?

I'm going to try to get on now, but I expect I might get interrupted.

No scrap metal, I don't think. Where would I find that, my backpack?

Got your note, I'll see if I can break down a couple of items to create some scrap metal- I've honestly never really used the crafting system much.

How many do you need?

How do I break down things so you can craft? Teach me how and I will see if I can make anything happen.

Smelting any two identical weapons, or any two weapons from the same class, produces one scrap metal

I only need one refined metal.

Thanks man.

Just played machine massacre MvM with a random group of guys, except 3 of them turned out to complete the tour at the end of the game. The team consisted of, 1 medic, 1 spy, 1 pyro, 1 heavy, 1 engie, 1 demo. It was crazy. At first I said no spy gtfo, but the dude insisted he knew what he was doing. I wasnt expecting to win so I said fine whatevs.

Our krtiz medic would charge our demo while he set down the sticky bombs. The spy would sap ubercharge medics as they dropped. Then the kritz stickies would go off and destroy the medics and heavily damage the super heavy/soldier. In parallel the kritzkrieg medic on our side would uber either the heavy or the pyro and it made short work of damn near anything. It was friggin crazy. I am convinced a spy in the right hands can really make a difference, same for the medic.

We had 4 tanks on the last wave and it was absurd. We didnt have to repeat a single wave. We beat the round in under an hour.

I'm not normally much of a fan of Machinima-style videos, but this one is really quite good. Beyond the obvious amount of work and dedication to the technical aspects of the production, it actually manages to tell a funny story and involve you in the emotions of the characters. Reminds me a great deal of the early Pixar short films (Tin Toy, Luxo Jr, etc.)



Click through, and embiggen at HD. It's worth a few minutes of your life.

Helps to be familiar with the back-story of Engineer as told in the "Meet the Engineer" video, as well as have some familiarity with the maps and the back-story of Poopy Joe. (eg: now we know the real truth about what happened to him.)

You also need decent speakers or headphones. The soundtrack is nearly inaudible on laptop speakers, and the music is what really tells the story here.

Gorramnit.

It looks like i'll be on late tonight. Have someone late for the gorramn appointment and it's looking like I won't be here for 9pm EST TF2 - maybe 10pm is doable though.

This shit is real right hur.

What it's like to play online games as a grownup - The Oatmeal

Excellent spraypaint tag of the Miataturbo.net logo right by the spawn exit last night! I definitely need a tutorial on how to do that now. I'm also thinking of changing my screenname to include [MT] now. Gotta reprahsent!

Use Joe's file.
https://www.miataturbo.net/gaming-91...20/#post923241

Then just google some directions, it is basically "copy vtf file into steam folders, options within game, load file... spray away"

going to attempt to play tonight around 9pm ish EST, If anyone else is down that is.

Hmm. Split's link didn't work for me above, so here's a direct link to the actual file:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...logo_trans-zip

A quick howto on implementing the spray, taken from Convert Any Image into a Game Spray

Odd, it takes me to your post when I click it.

Anyways, just follow Joe's guidance :)

I think I see the problem.

It looks like you have the "posts per page" value set to the default on your account, whereas I have it maxed out on mine. So for you, that post appears to be on page 20, whereas for me it's on page 7. Thus, the link you posted refers to a page that doesn't exist for me, and the forum isn't correctly translating between these formats.


EDIT: Nevermind- the forum (and your link) are working properly. I was just being impatient and not waiting long enough for it load.

Many thanks for the tutorial! I have the files saved in the correct folder and will log on and become a vandal later tonight.
I feel naughty.

We must get a group of MT people going into public games, and vandalizing EVERYTHING now!

I've been playing on that Phoenix server alot*, mostly because they seem to draw a lot of players who don't suck and aren't horribly annoying.






* alot = alot.

I don't know about annoying but I certainly suck at playing compared to some others. Last night there was a really good sniper on another team and there was a pretty average one. I learned from the good one and started stalking him. I actually got him a few times. If you do the same thing more than once you might get pwned.

I need a sniper rifle that doesn't shoot tracers, lol.

Same guy I went spy to hunt and kill? Guy actually got me once when I went spy, which is pretty impressive.

Well, by "annoying" I mostly mean things like mic spamming (deliberately playing music / noise into the voice chat channel to piss people off), 8 year olds who just learned how to use profanity showing off their new skill at every opportunity, and so forth. Basically just general immaturity / asshattery.


Yeah, I know what you mean. There are some classes that I'm both good at an enjoy playing, and some that I just suck at and hate.

Scout and demo are good examples. I just can't stand being a scout, and while I'm good at laying traps with demo's stickylauncher, I don't think I've ever scored a kill with his grenede launcher.

Spy is another- I apparently don't have the coordination required to simultaneously sap three sentries, backstab the engineers who laid them, and re-disguise without anybody seeing me.



Funny thing is that some folks don't seem to notice or care.

Doomsday is probably my single favorite map right now. I love playing it as a pyro against an opposing team with multiple snipers. Those damn snipers seem to fall in love with the idea of standing on that ledge back near the broken crate area. So naturally I take great joy in rushing them from behind and immolating them. I'll then duck back into the tunnel (not the sewer, but the upper tunnel) and wait for them to re-appear. Sometimes they'll cautiously scout out the area from afar (without realizing that I can see their laser sight from where I'm standing) before taking up their old position again, at which point I rush out and kill them again.

And again.

And again.

come get some gamer cards and be pro.
https://www.miataturbo.net/stuff-sal...e-slots-68382/

getting on a bit early

Heading in :)

Remember when I shot you in the face with my flamethrower and you died?

Those were some good times.





(Paraphrased from GLaDOS' dying monologue.)

I have the .WAV file of that quote that I extracted from the game files a few years ago set as my ringtone right now. It gets some interesting looks from the uninitiated.

Pissed after some fucking tard decided It Was The Right Thing To Do to desecrate a friend's recent death.

Anyone down for some late night TF2? I'll probably be on late tonight. First time I've ever let a forum post get to me, but that was way the fuck out of fucking line. Holy fuck.

I've had this game for a couple years but never actually played it. Someone want to help me get into it? be gentle...

BTW Steve I feel betrayed. I didn't know you believe in video games... You too Lars.

Sure, join the MT group on Steam Tasty. Most of us are happy to help out.

da fuq is it called? I tried a bunch and the only hits I got was for MT, but there are 13 pages of groups.

miataturbo.net is the Steam name

sweet, can't play now, but will get with ya'll soon. joined up.

Sounds good Tasty. Steam Community :: Group :: miataturbo.net is the actual address if anyone needs to know.

Was fun tonight Cave. Nice games!

I'm disappointed that I must re-initiate the spray logo on every new server and can't go back and do it once in game.

Leg is in a bigger cast that hurts more then expected. First time I have sat at a desk all week and only doing it for work. Might be up to play some next week.

So, based on last night's in-game discussion, I am thinking about changing the group avatar. The FM2 turbo system is nice, but I'm thinking we may need something more reflective of the MT theme as a whole.

What do you guys think about this? Do you prefer the current avatar, or might we go with something a bit more thematically-appropriate. A rainbow? A kitty? A kitty superimposed over a rainbow?

Yes. Play with us.

How about that fairy woman in green superimposed on the giant compressor wheel you made a little while back?

I'm still partial to the kitty's head in front of the compressor housing with the "Because kitties and turbos are awesome!" script.

I considered it briefly, but TurboFairy doesn't scale down to avatar-size well. It's just an unrecognizable blob.


That's an excellent idea, actually. I may superimpose the turbokitty onto a more amusing background, but that's a pretty iconic and recognizable piece of art which pretty much sums up MT perfectly.

You could simply use what we are using currently and place the kitty/turbo into the O location. Just simple spice up :p

Sounds epic Joe!

Hows MVM sound tonight?

Hell of a good game, yall. That last wave was a bitch, but we made it happen. I don't think I've ever had that many sentry busters all in a row...

My apologies if it's discussed earlier in this thread, but I'm having trouble joining MT games. I've tried to join games with MT members, and get "This server only accepts connections through matchmaking."

What do I need to do differently to join MT games?