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OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon Deluxe

sihumchai — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:00:16 +0800

Initial 1st Post:

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OpenTTD
OpenTTD is an open source game engine for the Chris Sawyer game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Yes, it's TTD, and it's alive and well. Open-source development since 2004, and currently updating daily through the nightly builds. With more and more features being added, it's no wonder why there's still so many TTD addicts.

OTTD takes a bunch of changes, from TTDPatch, and it's own community ideas, turning it into the one of the best business tycoon game on the net.

Best of all, it's free. All you need to have is the old TTD files, the graphics(GRFs) and the game music(GM, optional).

You can get the old Windows version here, from abandonia!
And get the latest STABLE version of OTTD here!

Installation is fairly simple. When running OpenTTD 6.2 install, when it prompts for "Copy Graphic Files", un-check it. Get the windows(or DOS) version of the game, and copy all .grf files over to OpenTTD/Data. That is all. Additionally, if you want music, you can copy the folder "GM" too. Addictive stuff.

Screenshots

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Current list of active Tycoons, and Industrialists:

1. Sihumchai Transports
2. Grif Transports
3. Amirsubhi Transports

Soul Calibur Legends

sihumchai — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:00:38 +0800

QUOTE(samurai20 @ Dec 14 2007, 10:55 AM)

already sold out .. lorr.. damn pity.. but never mind .. got Soul Calibur... wlaweii this game rock!!!!!!!!!!

p/s: GFX for the game like PS2 game gfx.. dont care la.. janji best...
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Good HUH?

Can you tell me the high points of this game?

(will split/merge if needed)

[Recruitment] "Gaming Blog/Site"

sihumchai — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:04:10 +0800

Position for a "Brain Stormer" for an upcoming "Gaming Blog/Site".

As per thread title, we are looking for two(2) "Brain Stormers" to fill in these positions for an upcoming "Gaming Blog/Site". Your responsibilities and tasks are to improve many aspects of this gaming blog/site through guidance, and direction. You will also be responsible for coming up with unique ideas, on how and where to improve, in order to push our blog/site into a further and improved development. You will also be the pioneer, one of the core members of this team.

Requirements:

Innovative!
Must have sense of humor, wit, and some sarcasm.
Dedicated.
Have no life. A little bit is fine.
An interest in starting gaming blog/rant/review site.
Being able to think outside the box.
Short vision (not your eyesight!)
Able to come up with new ideas.
Have own transport (for meeting up/discussions).
In-tuned with the gaming world, and have passion for it.
Passion for writing is a must.
Must not smell.

Additionally, here are some attributes that we are also looking for in a core member of this team.

Being able to work for free (eventually, you will be paid in long term).
Experience as a web designer is an added +.
Being a blogger is also an added +.
Being a hawt chick gives you infinite +'s.
And more.. but can't think now.

If you are interested, and do meet some requirements, kindly private message me, or Reveur with the following details.

QUOTE

Name: _________
Age: ________
Occupation: _________
Platforms owned: (preferably next-gen)
Blog: (optional)
Biography: (write a little bit about yourself) (Optional, but it would make our choices easier)

Details here are scarce, should you join us, you will be ~~kidnapped~~ brought to a secret hideout where all our discussions are handled. We look forward in finding new 'pioneers' to help us manage this site, and with that, thanks for reading!
_________________________________________________

Greetings all,

We are impressed with the amount of applicants who have applied for this job as a "Brain Stormer", however, we are now looking for writers.

Simply put, writers will be responsible for handling daily to non-daily articles and reports. We will be segregating the individuals, as we see fit depending on your writing style, and which category you may belong to. This is how we are going to do this.

Your are required to write one(1) article for us to review, you may choose between the two topic options.

Gaming is.. ?
What game would you like to see made as a movie? And who will be in it? Please elaborate.

There is no limit to how much you can write, so go crazy. This article, is to be handed up as soon as possible(2 days), as we will require time to read through, and review the articles. Articles must be sent to me, and/or Reveur.

On the 19th of September, we will no longer accept any new applicants, and on that day itself, we would decide on the writers that we like And once that happens, we would be scheduled to meet each other, and have a discussion on the 23rd if it's possible.

Thanks!! If there are any questions, please, ask away.

And to those who already applied before this, you are on higher priority

[Recruitment] "Gaming Blog/Site"

sihumchai — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:18:28 +0800

Innovative!
Must have sense of humor, wit, and some sarcasm.
Dedicated.
Have no life. A little bit is fine.
An interest in starting gaming blog/rant/review site.
Being able to think outside the box.
Short vision (not your eyesight!)
Able to come up with new ideas.
Have own transport (for meeting up/discussions).
In-tuned with the gaming world, and have passion for it.
Passion for writing is a must.
Must not smell.

Additionally, here are some attributes that we are also looking for in a core member of this team.

Being able to work for free (eventually, you will be paid in long term).
Experience as a web designer is an added +.
Being a blogger is also an added +.
Being a hawt chick gives you infinite +'s.
And more.. but can't think now.

If you are interested, and do meet some requirements, kindly private message me, or Reveur with the following details.

QUOTE

Gaming is.. ?
What game would you like to see made as a movie? And who will be in it? Please elaborate.

Handheld War: PSP vs. NDS

sihumchai — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:52:06 +0800

To try and end all redundant threads, I've created this topic solely for it's arguementive purpose.

No more "PSP or NDS, which better?" threads, instead, we have just ONE thread to make all discussions.

Similarly, the Next Gen Console thread has been unpinned, that's where the other "PS3 vs. 360" debate goes to.

Points to keep on this thread:

Why is X handheld better than the other
User testimonials based on experience

[Important] Nintendo Section Readme

sihumchai — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:30:49 +0800

[center]::: The Nintendo Newbie Guide aka World 1-1 :::[/center]

Welcome to Lowyat.NET's Nintendo community, while the Princess is not in this castle nor you can find cute creatures to throw red/ white balls at. We provide a place for you to conduct discussions about Nintendo game consoles and games.

But if you are lost and don't know what to do here, read this simple guide below to know more about how this section operates. Actually you can just read the rules and skip the rest if it's too long. ;-)

The Rules:

Search Before Posting
You can use our Nintendo Games Thread List (incomplete) or use forum search engine. Duplicate/ redundant threads may be merged/ moved/ removed without notice.
No Piracy Discussion
We support the hard work of game developers by purchasing their games. Please report piracy related threads/ post to the moderating team instead of replying it.
No Sales Threads
Please use the Garage Sales (Games) section. But you may use our pinned Nintendo Chamber of Commerce & Trade to advertise your sales.

Starting a Thread:

Use Search!
Mentioned in the rules section up there, please check if there's an existing thread out there before posting new ones.
Topic Tags
You'll be given option to set a category to you thread when you're opening a new one. It greatly simplify browsing and searching for everyone so be sure to use it if you can.

Games is for game related threads, Troubleshooting is for those with technical problems, and Gatherings is for gaming meetups or setting up a local community.
Topic Title
Games thread should be titled with it's full official name (if available) followed by it's platform (3DS. DS, Wii, etc) in brackets. For troubleshooting threads, it's better to mention the problem in the title instead of just putting "Help me!" or something like that.

Browsing:

Topic tags
Is the main page too cluttered with non-games threads? Don't worry, just use the check box on the lower right of the page to pick which kind of threads you want to see. Please check if you've used this function if you can't see threads for other categories. And also this option uses browser cookies.

The Nintendo Kopitiam:

Click here to visit! (look for the new version if the topic in this link is closed)
Nintendo Kopitiam is a place for the LYN Nintendo regulars to chat, spam and relax. Anything goes (you can even talk about Sony and Microsoft there), as long as it's within the Board Rules. So have fun there!

Read Me First Please!

sihumchai — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:39:06 +0800

Read Me First!

Greetings netizens, this here thread is for first-timers, and should help you to navigate through the treacherous subforum that is Console Couch. It is adviced that you read this completely, before moving on to posting and reading. (psst: Red texts are links and clickable, and will redirect you to the corresponding thread)

Console Couch is the main hub for all gaming discussions, this does not include PC-gaming, and that belongs to Gamers Hideout(no.. not the shop ). With that being said, Console Couch has three subforums, divided by the console make which is:-

Nintendo
Sony/PlayStation
Microsoft/Xbox

If your queries are solely dependent on a specific console or handheld, for example: PlayStation 2, it would be best if you head in the right subforum and ask these questions. But beware, most of the questions you have to ask, has most likely been answer before, therefore most netizens here would advice you to kindly "search before asking". The search function can be found at the top of the page, or at the bottom of the page.

If you do not find what you're looking for, please, feel free to ask in one of these threads:-

For consoles:
Nintendo Wii and Gamecube Thread
Xbox 360 Talk Thread
PlayStation 2 Community / PlayStation 3 Community Threads

For handhelds:
PSP Community Thread
Nintendo DS Thread

How about some frequently asked questions(FAQs)? Our netizens here have provided extensive help among all the gaming console and handhelds, here are the most frequently updated, and discussed threads around.

Nintendo FAQs:
FAQ for Nintendo DS (see 1st page)
Nintendo Wii and Gamecube Thread (see 1st page)

Sony/PlayStation FAQs:
PSP for beginners
PSP first time buyers guide from Console Couch (may be outdated)
PlayStation Tech Talk

Microsoft/Xbox FAQs:
Xbox Live, and how to connect to
[Xbox] Buyers Guide / FAQ
Windows XP Media Center
Region Free Games List
Using AmBank NextG card for Xbox Live

If you STILL can't find what you're looking for, and you're too lazy to create a thread, or maybe the question doesn't need a thread, then you can always ask in our topic-less threads. Or, you could always hang out with the netizens that frequent there, think of it as a place to relax and talk about anything you want. (except that, Xbox 360 talk isn't really a kopitiam)

Nintendo Kopitiam
Sony KopiOHitam
Xbox 360 Talk

With that out of the way, Console Couch and it's subforums also handles trade. Have a game you want but can't find it? How about that game that's been sitting on your shelf for ages, why not sell it? These threads are created specially for the gamers here to trade their stuff! Best part, it's all original!

Nintendo's Chamber of Commerce and Trade
PSP and PS3 Official Trading Thread
Pasar Malam 360! (with exclamation marks!)

Or.. you could always go Garage Sales, either way

Who's online? We are! These threads will help you locate gamers in the lowyat community. If you openly accept them, they'll accept you too, check out them network IDs, gamertags, and horrendous friend-codes here:-

PlayStation Network Community
[Xbox]MY Gamercard Database
Nintendo Wii Codes Corner / Nintendo [DS] Wifi-Connection(WFC) Friend Codes

List of owners? You can check them here!

PlayStation Network Community (see 1st page)
Lowyat.NET PSP Owners List
[Xbox] MY Gamercard Database
Nintendo DS thread (see 1st page) / DSLite Owners List inactive

And with that, we hope you have a pleasant time surfing through Console Couch, enjoy your stay! And do remember this is a no-post count subforum, so please do not ask why 'my post ain't increasing', the Lowyat.NET FAQ would tell you that Console Couch is home to alot of SPAM too

[Newly Added]
Want to buy a game/console? Maybe you're searching for price. Don't waste time asking the forumers, ask THESE guys!

Retailers/Dealers which cheap stuff! (and rep! )
Gamers Hideout Sdn. Bhd w/ Djinn & Eddy
Smart Choice Enterprise (SCE) w/ sce
Gamers Solution (City Bazaar) w/ Bernard Moh
Ps Zone Game Trading w/ nelsonkoay
Beat_Boyz6 "Gamer's Corner" w/ Beat_Boyz6

The truth about being a game programmer

sihumchai — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:35:15 +0800

http://ea-spouse.livejournal.com/

EA: The Human Story
[Nov. 10th, 2004|12:01 am]

My significant other works for Electronic Arts, and I'm what you might call a disgruntled spouse.

EA's bright and shiny new corporate trademark is "Challenge Everything." Where this applies is not exactly clear. Churning out one licensed football game after another doesn't sound like challenging much of anything to me; it sounds like a money farm. To any EA executive that happens to read this, I have a good challenge for you: how about safe and sane labor practices for the people on whose backs you walk for your millions?

I am retaining some anonymity here because I have no illusions about what the consequences would be for my family if I was explicit. However, I also feel no impetus to shy away from sharing our story, because I know that it is too common to stick out among those of the thousands of engineers, artists, and designers that EA employs.

Our adventures with Electronic Arts began less than a year ago. The small game studio that my partner worked for collapsed as a result of foul play on the part of a big publisher -- another common story. Electronic Arts offered a job, the salary was right and the benefits were good, so my SO took it. I remember that they asked him in one of the interviews: "how do you feel about working long hours?" It's just a part of the game industry -- few studios can avoid a crunch as deadlines loom, so we thought nothing of it. When asked for specifics about what "working long hours" meant, the interviewers coughed and glossed on to the next question; now we know why.

Within weeks production had accelerated into a 'mild' crunch: eight hours six days a week. Not bad. Months remained until any real crunch would start, and the team was told that this "pre-crunch" was to prevent a big crunch toward the end; at this point any other need for a crunch seemed unlikely, as the project was dead on schedule. I don't know how many of the developers bought EA's explanation for the extended hours; we were new and naive so we did. The producers even set a deadline; they gave a specific date for the end of the crunch, which was still months away from the title's shipping date, so it seemed safe. That date came and went. And went, and went. When the next news came it was not about a reprieve; it was another acceleration: twelve hours six days a week, 9am to 10pm.

Weeks passed. Again the producers had given a termination date on this crunch that again they failed. Throughout this period the project remained on schedule. The long hours started to take its toll on the team; people grew irritable and some started to get ill. People dropped out in droves for a couple of days at a time, but then the team seemed to reach equilibrium again and they plowed ahead. The managers stopped even talking about a day when the hours would go back to normal.

Now, it seems, is the "real" crunch, the one that the producers of this title so wisely prepared their team for by running them into the ground ahead of time. The current mandatory hours are 9am to 10pm -- seven days a week -- with the occasional Saturday evening off for good behavior (at 6:30pm). This averages out to an eighty-five hour work week. Complaints that these once more extended hours combined with the team's existing fatigue would result in a greater number of mistakes made and an even greater amount of wasted energy were ignored.

The stress is taking its toll. After a certain number of hours spent working the eyes start to lose focus; after a certain number of weeks with only one day off fatigue starts to accrue and accumulate exponentially. There is a reason why there are two days in a weekend -- bad things happen to one's physical, emotional, and mental health if these days are cut short. The team is rapidly beginning to introduce as many flaws as they are removing.

And the kicker: for the honor of this treatment EA salaried employees receive a) no overtime; b) no compensation time! ('comp' time is the equalization of time off for overtime -- any hours spent during a crunch accrue into days off after the product has shipped); c) no additional sick or vacation leave. The time just goes away. Additionally, EA recently announced that, although in the past they have offered essentially a type of comp time in the form of a few weeks off at the end of a project, they no longer wish to do this, and employees shouldn't expect it. Further, since the production of various games is scattered, there was a concern on the part of the employees that developers would leave one crunch only to join another. EA's response was that they would attempt to minimize this, but would make no guarantees. This is unthinkable; they are pushing the team to individual physical health limits, and literally giving them nothing for it. Comp time is a staple in this industry, but EA as a corporation wishes to "minimize" this reprieve. One would think that the proper way to minimize comp time is to avoid crunch, but this brutal crunch has been on for months, and nary a whisper about any compensation leave, nor indeed of any end of this treatment.

This crunch also differs from crunch time in a smaller studio in that it was not an emergency effort to save a project from failure. Every step of the way, the project remained on schedule. Crunching neither accelerated this nor slowed it down; its effect on the actual product was not measurable. The extended hours were deliberate and planned; the management knew what they were doing as they did it. The love of my life comes home late at night complaining of a headache that will not go away and a chronically upset stomach, and my happy supportive smile is running out.

No one works in the game industry unless they love what they do. No one on that team is interested in producing an inferior product. My heart bleeds for this team precisely BECAUSE they are brilliant, talented individuals out to create something great. They are and were more than willing to work hard for the success of the title. But that good will has only been met with abuse. Amazingly, Electronic Arts was listed #91 on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2003.

EA's attitude toward this -- which is actually a part of company policy, it now appears -- has been (in an anonymous quotation that I've heard repeated by multiple managers), "If they don't like it, they can work someplace else." Put up or shut up and leave: this is the core of EA's Human Resources policy. The concept of ethics or compassion or even intelligence with regard to getting the most out of one's workforce never enters the equation: if they don't want to sacrifice their lives and their health and their talent so that a multibillion dollar corporation can continue its Godzilla-stomp through the game industry, they can work someplace else.

But can they?

The EA Mambo, paired with other giants such as Vivendi, Sony, and Microsoft, is rapidly either crushing or absorbing the vast majority of the business in game development. A few standalone studios that made their fortunes in previous eras -- Blizzard, Bioware, and Id come to mind -- manage to still survive, but 2004 saw the collapse of dozens of small game studios, no longer able to acquire contracts in the face of rapid and massive consolidation of game publishing companies. This is an epidemic hardly unfamiliar to anyone working in the industry. Though, of course, it is always the option of talent to go outside the industry, perhaps venturing into the booming commercial software development arena. (Read my tired attempt at sarcasm.)

To put some of this in perspective, I myself consider some figures. If EA truly believes that it needs to push its employees this hard -- I actually believe that they don't, and that it is a skewed operations perspective alone that results in the severity of their crunching, coupled with a certain expected amount of the inefficiency involved in running an enterprise as large as theirs -- the solution therefore should be to hire more engineers, or artists, or designers, as the case may be. Never should it be an option to punish one's workforce with ninety hour weeks; in any other industry the company in question would find itself sued out of business so fast its stock wouldn't even have time to tank. In its first weekend, Madden 2005 grossed $65 million. EA's annual revenue is approximately $2.5 billion. This company is not strapped for cash; their labor practices are inexcusable.

The interesting thing about this is an assumption that most of the employees seem to be operating under. Whenever the subject of hours come up, inevitably, it seems, someone mentions 'exemption'. They refer to a California law that supposedly exempts businesses from having to pay overtime to certain 'specialty' employees, including software programmers. This is Senate Bill 88. However, Senate Bill 88 specifically does not apply to the entertainment industry -- television, motion picture, and theater industries are specifically mentioned. Further, even in software, there is a pay minimum on the exemption: those exempt must be paid at least $90,000 annually. I can assure you that the majority of EA employees are in fact not in this pay bracket; ergo, these practices are not only unethical, they are illegal.

I look at our situation and I ask 'us': why do you stay? And the answer is that in all likelihood we won't; and in all likelihood if we had known that this would be the result of working for EA, we would have stayed far away in the first place. But all along the way there were deceptions, there were promises, there were assurances -- there was a big fancy office building with an expensive fish tank -- all of which in the end look like an elaborate scheme to keep a crop of employees on the project just long enough to get it shipped. And then if they need to, they hire in a new batch, fresh and ready to hear more promises that will not be kept; EA's turnover rate in engineering is approximately 50%. This is how EA works. So now we know, now we can move on, right? That seems to be what happens to everyone else. But it's not enough. Because in the end, regardless of what happens with our particular situation, this kind of "business" isn't right, and people need to know about it, which is why I write this today.

If I could get EA CEO Larry Probst on the phone, there are a few things I would ask him. "What's your salary?" would be merely a point of curiosity. The main thing I want to know is, Larry: you do realize what you're doing to your people, right? And you do realize that they ARE people, with physical limits, emotional lives, and families, right? Voices and talents and senses of humor and all that? That when you keep our husbands and wives and children in the office for ninety hours a week, sending them home exhausted and numb and frustrated with their lives, it's not just them you're hurting, but everyone around them, everyone who loves them? When you make your profit calculations and your cost analyses, you know that a great measure of that cost is being paid in raw human dignity, right?

Right?

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This article is offered under the Creative Commons deed. Please feel free to redistribute/link.

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Now that's just horrible. Especially the last paragraph

Just wanted to share.

Nintendo DS Gathering May Ed. Pictars!

sihumchai — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:09:18 +0800

Alright, been procrastinating the whole evening/night, this is what I get(and you get) at 1am.

Attendees(and their colors!):
Sihumchai - Stripes
Shiv - Floral
Berns - Black
Penmen - Lime Green
Phoenix - Red
Prime_Minister - Grey
Yuki (last pic)- White w/ Green stripes ala XBOX SUPPORTER GET HIM!

So me and the missus wanted to eat at Vivo's.. so.. and.. Penmen wanted to get this pizza-waffle-blueberry-jacobs crackers-vanilla-ice-cream-thingie there too, so we sambung there.

Not much pictars tho', cause I'm a bad shot. Threw the ugly ones away

Thanks for waiting guys. For the pictures, and the gathering itself

SONIC and MARIO at the OLYMPICS!

sihumchai — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:55:15 +0800

Official site: http://marioandsonic.sega-europe.com/en/index.html

Coming Christmas 2007!

QUOTE(Joystiq)

Bitter competitors since the 16-bit era, Mario and Sonic are finally burying the hatchet and starring in a game together: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Characters from both franchises battle it out in Olympic-style games such as swimming, the 100 meter dash, and table tennis. The worldwide launch is this holiday season, so prepare to finally discover who's faster -- Mario or Sonic.

[Edit] COULD be hoax/rumor/April fool's prank.. Or it could be a good thing Btw, this is coming out for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii.

Console Skeletons I: Wii

sihumchai — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:27:11 +0800

From Peer's Blog, IGN.

QUOTE

So far, I've noticed two issues with Nintendo's latest console that have the potential to greatly annoy frequent players. The most dramatic is the stray pixel issue, which I've seen crop up on two machines so far.

My own Wii at home does it during Wario Ware cut-scenes, in the Wii News channel, or when pausing VC games. Small, flickering pixels will pop up in certain places on screen, but instantly disappear when unpausing or moving to a different area. Initially, I chalked it up to a problem inherent to how Wii renders certain types of graphics, then I suspected a component cable connection issue or 480p bug, but now that I've seen it occur inside a few games on one of our office Wiis I have a feeling this is related to the GPU overheating. Allegedly, leaving Wii in standby mode (orange light) will mean that the system continues to emit heat which could potentially overheat and damage the graphics processor. Given that we have two Wii consoles next to each other in the office that see about the same amount of play -- and one has the problem and the other doesn't -- it's pointing more towards a susceptibility in certain units. The verdict is still out as these issues either aren't that widespread or they're subtle enough to not annoy some folks out there.

If you haven't encountered the sparkling little stars on your system, chances are you've shaken hands with Wii's much more benign skeleton cousin: the black hole. Have you ever turned on your Wii and tried to access a channel and the system went black, your controllers turned off, and nothing happened? Of course, you have. I affectionately nicknamed this effect "Wii Disconnect24-Seconds." Apparently, my Wii likes to laze about and doze off when it's in standby mode (in addition to having itself a GPU BBQ) instead of actually downloading content. The moment I jerk it awake out of its adventures in Slumberland, old Wii shuts out the world and gets cracking on getting data. I've seen it happen with the Mii channel, when accessing mail, or with some of the newer content areas. After 20 seconds or so I usually get up from my couch and threaten to reset the unit. But it senses my evil intent, says "I cannot let you do that, Dave" and quickly gets me back to my regularly scheduled programming. It's a confounding issue that will no doubt be fixed with a "Loading" screen via a future firmware upgrade, but it's pretty mystifying why it's taken this long to crop up.

The last skeleton I want to bring up is luckily an issue of the past (well, hopefully). When WiiConnect24 first went live, a number of units went brick and ceased to work. My brother-in-law's Wii was unable to go online after the firmware upgrade was installed and had to be replaced outright by Nintendo. I've also heard of some people who couldn't use their Wiis at all after the firmware upgrade went awry.

Have you experienced any of these issues? Have you discovered any other Wii Skeletons? Post below.

Terrible annoyances. I. Victim. Black Hole.

Any other nuisances found?

A Malaysian Gaming Site

sihumchai — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:38:35 +0800

As discussed on Console Couch forum, I bring you the following thread.

QUOTE(zio @ Dec 4 2006, 04:14 PM)

Basically, I have been talking to sihumchai and we are both very interested in making a "gaming site/blog/journal" that will bring the latest news in console gaming.

If you know joystiq.com, we are basically trying to achieve that. So, we are hoping to bring to you the latest news on all 3 consoles, news that are relevant to local gamers, and of course report on the events and happenings that the local shops and gamers organise.

You will think, why do we want to do it? As the local gaming community grows, I think it is time we have something on our own to put us on the map. This will start off as a voluntary project and trust me, its not going to be easy. So, we are looking for volunteers, people with a passion in gaming with skills in:

1. Design
2. Web programming
3. Writing

If you think you love gaming, you don't mind working for free (I'll belanja teh o ais limau once in a while), and you fit into our job scope above, post here or PM me. We are hoping to kick it off before CNY next year or even earlier if everyone put in lots of effort.

Oh, we also need a name. And suggestions so far has been:

1. 3formalaysia.com
2. batangria.com
3. gamingmalaysia.com

More suggestions welcomed.

The Team So Far

Writers:
1. sihumchai - Nintendo camp
2. zio - All 3 camps
3. haflife - Anything and everything good
4. Xenofreak - XBOX
5. elfreakz - Sony
6. yikyeou - Sony

Web Developer
1. zorocaster
2. elfreakz

Graphic
1. elfreakz (a lil bit)
2. skyracer
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QUOTE(sihumchai @ Dec 4 2006, 04:26 PM)

We are trying to achieve that "gaming blog" status, with writers that are passionate about their console/handhelds.. You'll be free to express your own knowledge, and point of views in this "blog". Things like why the 360 only comes in white, and why PS3 has to be so shiny.. (just a joke )

Application for writers are many, but we'll need to know which camp you belong to, too!
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Please, let us know if you're interested. Our crew is slowly expanding and we hope to be the best "gaming blog" in Malaysia.

Sony PSP - Nintendo DS WiFi Fiesta Reloaded

sihumchai — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:32:18 +0800

Date: 2nd December 2006
Time: From 2:00pm onwards
Venue: Burger King, Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur (click spoiler for directions)

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

For those who are going to PC Fair at KLCC Convention Centre on the 2nd, can stop by for a while and have a quick wireless multiplayer with us.

Activities:
Wireless Multiplayer
Photo Session
Lucky Draw

Lucky Draw Prizes for this event:
Elite Beat Agents

And Animal Crossing, proudly sponsered by Djinn of Gamer's Hideout!

And Lumines 2!!

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OTO/EBA: "Without a Fight" or "Ready Steady Go"

sihumchai — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:32:32 +0800

I think 'Ready Steady Go' gives much more adrenaline rush.. The non-stop action of pressing 'markers' up to 10-15 hits..

However 'Without a Fight' has some crazy "phrase" markers which rolls way too fast and distorts the music a little.. Making it a little off-beat.

[Edit] My opinions based on "Hard" mode, "Agent Chieftain here"

Do you recognize this cheat code?

sihumchai — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:12:41 +0800

Answered by Malaysian: Sonic 2 cheat codes

Just curious to know how many people loved this game.

Hint: It was on the Genesis/Mega Drive.

[Edit] So many views! But no votes! I take that as a 'no'. ~~Still collecting votes~~

Removing the intro movie for BF2142

sihumchai — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:04:03 +0800

Removing the intro movies (Tag: Guide)

The intros of the BF series games are pretty impressive. After having seen them about a dozen times though, they get annoying. You dont want to see the movie or the logos flickering over your screen anymore, you want to get into the action and play the game. Here is how you can do it.

We are not responsible if you do something wrong with this guide and your computer or your game does not work anymore. So doing anything described in this guide is at your own risk!

You first need the basic directory where you installed your game. I call it for now InstallDir. Now you need to go with your windows explorer to the folder InstallDir\mods\bf2142\Movies and take a good look. You see some files ending in ".bik" there. Those are the movies. Now you an either rename them (popular is to rename the ending to ".bak" which is an old name for backup files) or if you are sure what you are doing, simply delete those files. Again, do not delete them unless you are sure what you are doing there.

You can also just rename the movies directory to movies1, this will also disable the intro movies.

From now on, when you start the game, you will no longer see those intro movies, neither the company logos. The screen might flicker a couple times, and then you see the login screen directly.

Source: http://bf2142fever.com/content/Removing_the_intro_movies

[WTA] Help me upgrade my CPU for BF2142

sihumchai — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:58:22 +0800

Since I don't wanna hijack any other threads..

I need your opinion and suggestion to which graphic card to buy for me to play BF2142 smoothly, with a little eye-candy.

Current rig:

AMD XP 1800+ .. ATI 9550 SE(AGP), 512 MB ram.. and that's about it. (not my rig either )

Should I upgrade all 3?

Do you think upgrading one section would help improve framerates and load times?

I'm thinking of getting a new GPU, and a set of 512 ram.. Does processor speed play a very big role? Or do you think 1800mhz is about enough?
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If so, which card? I'm looking for something budget priced, not TOO budgets, but good enough to run the game smoothly.

Are you krazy enough for Wii launch?

sihumchai — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:16:49 +0800

Kerayze I tell you, KRAZEY!

My favourite thing about the DS is....

sihumchai — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:46:58 +0800

.. is that I hate it because it's too addictive.

I bought it, because I wanted fun on the go, 5 minutes, ZIP!!.. But damn, it's goes from 5, to 10, to 30..

I should have bought the PSP.. but then again, the load times are just as long as Kelana Jaya till Taman Bahagia by LRT.. *bad-dum-tish*!

Sorry, bad joke. Damn you Nintendoe!!!

Bring Tingle's RPG to the U.S!

sihumchai — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:36:40 +0800

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