Quick roll call

[Gemini]

Why on God's green earth would anyone want to talk to Palin again? He was an egomaniacal troll elevated to a position of authority that he had done absolutely nothing to warrant or deserve.

[Negi]

I always saw Palin as a role-model of sorts.  He's like me but if I somehow got control of CC.  I'm definitely smarter is the only thing.

[Xelxiuz]

Well I don't mean like a decade and still run the newest games, I meant it won't break even after a decade of use. Durability is what I am after, since I can't risk the thing breaking down on me. And I've had a lot of things break down on me. Lots. Granted you can't complain about free crap, but still.

I don't understand what you said on the Intel CPU. If I get an i7, does this mean I can't get an ASUS motherboard?

Lastly =P this laptop is older than the computer I used when I first started here on CC. That's the longevity I want, albeit, the ability to run a web browser more smoothly would be nice. If this thing could run SC2/D3, I wouldn't even bother for an upgrade even if I had to play 800x600 lowest settings like I did on WoW.

Though, I always do feel a little empty when stuff like FO3 comes out and I can't even touch it with a 10 foot pole. So this time, I do want to be able to play nice games for once >.> but it's not like I want to forever from now on.

=] I liked Palin, he was like what would happen if RCX went inside a mirror. Made the place feel balanced out. You had someone who was dead serious about his work, and someone who...well yeah. And he was a completely different breed than Negi, Mucky, and Cheesechild in terms of humor. Of course, this stems from the fact that I never had to deal with him in anything remotely important.

But then by that basis, Mantis was definitely a cornerstone of my old CC experience, even more so than Desler at some point <.< but I'll refrain from saying more about what kind of experience that was, as I'm sure you all can relate.

[IskatuMesk]

NCIX, huh? That's the site HKS/I use. He's more knowledgable about recent hardware than I am and could probably set you up with something reasonable.

Lasting a decade... highly unlikely. I'm running an i7 920 quad core, 12gb of corsair dominator, and a 4870x2, an insanely powerful system. I'll be good for two years at best.

In short;

Avoid Nvidia cards. They are bad. Nvidia is bad. Bads.
AMD and Intel both offer decent cpus.
Always buy brand-name power supply eg OCZ, Corsair, ect.
Asus mobos are good. Make sure you get a mobo that fits the socket of your cpu/vis versa.
For sound card, Creative XI-FI is probably your best bet.
4gb ram minimum, aim for 8gb. I got 12gb because I am a multitask freak and run 6 instances of 3ds max, maya, and XSI, and tons of other shit.

All my ATI cards have sucked in comparison to any Nvidia I ever bought.. Bought my friend's Nvidia card overheated.

which cards and which nvidia cards

/e

Xel >

Asus is a brand. My board is an Asus Rampage II Extreme, a$550 beast with 6 SATA2 connectors (six hard drives, the one I'm waiting on will bring me to 5.5 terabytes), some nice overclocking powers and great performance. This is a board specifically for i7's.

The CPU's all have a slot. An i7 won't fit a board slotted for a P4 or a Core 2 Duo.

[Taeradun]

Gah, what was the name of the guy with the corsair?

Quirriff.

lol, only 2 days ago I discovered I still had him blocked on MSN, and almost straight after I unblocked him a window popped up with him saying something boring so I just ignored it

[Archangel]

Long long ago, I composed a list of the many (or few...I can't remember) ways "to know if you're Queer...if."

But I can't find it and it's probably not as funny as I remember it being as an adolescent.

[The Oracle]

I remember Quirriff.  He used to post smack-talk about my beautiful LotC campaigns.  Said if they weren't canon, they shouldn't be made. 

[Frozty]

I remember Quirriff.  He used to post smack-talk about my beautiful LotC campaigns.  Said if they weren't canon, they shouldn't be made. 

Heresy.  I just remember how I always dreaded reading his annoying follow-ups to anything that was remotely enjoyable.

[Archangel]

I remember Quirriff.  He used to post smack-talk about my beautiful LotC campaigns.  Said if they weren't canon, they shouldn't be made. 

I swear to God I'll get you those lines. ...Just as soon as I get Lavarinth his. ...Just as soon as I get back home from set ...Just as soon-

[AA7Dragoon]

Yes, Palin never did much, but he was one of the original CC members of our time.  He's even older than me.  In fact, Palin deserves a lot more credit than people give him.

It was Palin who led the effort to restart CC under campaigncreations.org when the .com shut down.  I still remember the thread at the Star Alliance forum where Palin posted, "Who wants to start CC again?" and then rallied all the members to rebuild the site.  It was a critical moment in CC's history, and Palin was a leader at that moment to save the day.  So he still has my respect.

I still remember Quirriff and his Dark Templar avatar.

[The Oracle]

Promises...promises

I remember Quirriff.  He used to post smack-talk about my beautiful LotC campaigns.  Said if they weren't canon, they shouldn't be made. 

I swear to God I'll get you those lines. ...Just as soon as I get Lavarinth his. ...Just as soon as I get back home from set ...Just as soon-

[Mr.]

I still remember Quirriff and his Dark Templar avatar spray painted corsair.

[IskatuMesk]

I didn't really mind Palin I just felt he could have done a lot better. There are definitely worse people in the community that I can think of. Palin had an amusing sense of humor. He was one of the best trolls.

I still remember him trying to convince me on IRC that he could swing around a big, round metal table to beat someone in a fight.

[DrumsofWar]

I remember Quirriff.  He used to post smack-talk about my beautiful LotC campaigns.  Said if they weren't canon, they shouldn't be made.  

Heresy.  I just remember how I always dreaded reading his annoying follow-ups to anything that was remotely enjoyable.

I remember hearing that Quirriff was some kid who was bed-ridden so that might explain a few things.  Sodon was writing a bit for RockPaperShotgun as well as playing WoW.  Anyone know where Admiral Styles went to?

Also, Palin was more man than any of you.

[Xelxiuz]

Even Adun? 8O!