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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65139452652660426752011-04-21T10:49:04.944-07:00The Old Retarded Blog<img src="http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9519/2142tagko3.gif"><br> <i>online gaming commentary & community</i> <br> WOOF!The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-57010388577540160932006-11-27T11:30:00.000-08:002006-11-27T11:45:16.365-08:002142 Best Weapons: Engineer

Finally got to check out the anti-air rocket thingie the other day, so here comes another installment of 2142 Best Weapons.The big tank-gun thingBetter than the default, but nothing totally amazing. It's main utility is in not having to guide your shot, so you can pop up, fire, and get back in cover fast. It does a bit more damage than the default rocket, for instance if you shoot a tank in the

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-39803905530633058872006-11-20T13:56:00.000-08:002006-11-20T14:17:49.133-08:002142 Gripes

Ok, I've played enough hours to start making a list of complaints about the platform and the gameplay. Titan modeThe big selling point in differentiating 2142 from its predecessors is almost unplayably laggy when the action shifts from battling over the missile silos to attacking or defending the titans themselves. And it's much, much worse if a commander moves the titan around after the shields

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-13911996609013791992006-11-20T13:53:00.000-08:002006-11-20T13:54:54.019-08:002142 Review Review: Armchair General

clicky clickyNot much more than a puff pieces that skims the surface of the game and decides that it's pretty fun, even if it is a lot like Battlefield 2.ZZzzzzzzzz.Two paws down.

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-56616280165371382352006-11-15T12:22:00.000-08:002006-11-15T12:45:01.081-08:002142: on the topic of unlocks

One thing I love about the Internet (among many, many, many, many others) is the access granted to the thoughts of foreign gamers who's English skills lag a bit behind their enthusiasm for sharing insights.For example, this exceptionally entertaining post on the unlocks for the support class.I urge everyone to read it in its gorgeous entirity, but here are my favorite bits for the ADD crowd:on

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-16474521674060560532006-11-15T11:21:00.000-08:002006-11-15T12:19:31.922-08:002142 Best Weapons: Support

I'm too lazy to copy and paste the disclaimers and warnings, so just scroll down to the Best Weapons: Assault post below for your daily dose of iron and vitamins.Ganz Heavy Machine GunI know the name of this one because it sucks so hard it stuck in my mind. What a piece of crap! I does a bit more damage and has slightly better armor penetration than the default LMG, but compensates for these

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-74962883357999059042006-11-13T10:33:00.000-08:002006-11-13T11:03:48.612-08:002142 Best Weapons: Assault

I've had experience with most of the unlockable weapons now and figured it was past time to shoot my mouth off.First, a suggestion:Unlocks are precious.If you roll with a decent squad you should be getting plenty of temporary battlefield unlocks- when you get close to your dream weapon, give it a test drive. Weapons are a matter of taste and the ones I think are fantastic might not suit your

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-68404158255030592922006-11-12T17:33:00.000-08:002006-11-12T17:40:05.836-08:00How To Disable the 2142 Intro Movies

courtesy of Ivan, via one of his shadowy online resources:Disabling the Intro MoviesThe introductory movies to BF2142 add to the startup time for the game, as well as the memory usage. To disable them permanently, you can't use the +restart command line command, as this no longer works. I also don't recommend deleting the movie files - this may cause problems with verification of client

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-79556269046373656572006-11-12T17:25:00.000-08:002006-11-12T17:29:16.697-08:002142 Squad Unlock Review

courtesy of our very own Von Demon via the Tips, Tricks & Tactics thread on the Tard Forums:I've been using the Squad Leader upgrades for awhile so here are my thoughts on the equipment effectiveness.1. Deployable Spawn: Need a minimum of one additional squad member to deploy. Great for back capping as it allows instant redeployment close to the objective but make sure to keep it out of any

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-76733211960100115692006-11-09T14:44:00.000-08:002006-11-09T15:01:11.584-08:00shitty server alert: clan [NC]

I've played there a few times with no problem, then today I got kicked by a stat-padding prick named [NC]Skunk because I got tired of orbital strikes, went recon and blew up the radar dish. Skunk was commanding, and camping at their base in a tank, so I was promptly blown up. Even though commanders cowering at the base in armor that would be more use at the front is lame, fair play for getting me

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-49289746556648944292006-11-08T13:56:00.000-08:002006-11-08T14:10:05.175-08:00New Old Video Card

Glocks' Upgrade Altar, Artist's ConceptionKudos to Snowfarmer for not only offering up his old video card to the Upgrade Altar, but shipping it out with such alacrity it arrived today, just in time for my weekend.Sure, a 9800 Pro 256 may not be cutting edge, but it's a substantial and welcome upgrade to my current card.Plus, it's AGP, which perfectly suits the slightly archaic motherboard demands

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-55157056079910050322006-11-07T15:20:00.000-08:002006-11-07T15:29:27.458-08:002142 Grenades

battlefield 2142 grenade, artist's conceptionDoes anyone else get the feeling if a butterfly flaps its wings in China, the grenade you've just thrown will spontaneously veer off course like a boomerang, or hit the ground and bounce 20 feet, like a Superball?I can't be the only one wrassling with these damn things...

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-86699537965982273532006-11-04T13:32:00.000-08:002006-11-04T14:08:27.139-08:00Review of a Review

2142 review from bit-tech.random comments:The screenshots make me wonder what game they're playing. =(Vehicles, vehicles, vehicles...blah. The walker and the hover tank are neat, the rest are OK I guess.No comments on the similarities to BF2, since I didn't play enough of it to generate an opinion. I'll just say I like 2142 and have been playing it constantly, and I played BF2 maybe three

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-89004450333768560112006-11-01T13:00:00.000-08:002006-11-01T13:07:57.237-08:00NWN2 diary/trailer

I haven't checked it out since I don't have sound at work, but apparently it shows gameplay with voice-over from one of the devs.Of course, said voice over in a previous trailer nearly made Ivan & Gordo lose their respective lunches (something about how faithful the game was to 3rd generation D&D rules...I think it overloaded their geek capacitors), so you may want to approach with caution.As a

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-34550650251421189432006-10-31T10:53:00.000-08:002006-10-31T13:37:58.216-08:00Most Humiliating FPS Screw Up of All Time

Was on with Vinnie, Bravo & Mac last night, and Vins reminded me of my promise to post the grim tale of my worst ever FPS screw up. Being a Tard of my word, here it is.So, I'm in a squad with Doc, Mac and some strangers on that one desert map where it's raining. The only vehicles are two mechs and some dune buggys. Spotting the walker at our base after a respawn, Doc and I clambered aboard

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-30827098328828165632006-10-30T18:01:00.000-08:002006-10-31T13:09:23.576-08:00l337 asshole alert

{tcb} clan.Hopped on their server just now and was confused by a message about "no armor or ban!".I mean, I don't like vehicles so I can see the logic...but why play a Battlefield game if that's your attitude?Anyway, long story short, I took 'armor' to mean, uh, ARMOR, y'know. Tanks n' stuff.So I hop in a dune buggy and go tearing up the hill to get into the mix, ignoring the walker parked

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-57051196181725863682006-10-28T12:53:00.000-07:002006-10-28T13:57:29.357-07:00Gaming Hangovers

As I sit at the keyboard today with an actual hangover (thanks to an early Halloween party) I am put in mind of the rarer (for some) but equally disorienting virtual hangover.The earliest one I remember was the result of an afternoon-long Asteroids binge. I couldn't close my eyes without seeing vector-drawn rocks hurtling through the skies for the rest of the night.The worst one was probably the

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-101676954519029302006-10-27T19:12:00.000-07:002006-10-27T19:19:13.814-07:002142 Roll Call

Community folk who are retail enabled:MacattackSnowfarmerVinnieGordoIvanVonDemonthe de rigeur couple of peeps who I always forget to mention when making these sorts of lists,and of course, Moi.If you're hesitating for fear of a mass exodus once the new car smell wears off, let me assure you it'll be many thousands of miles before I trade this one back in to the dealer. Haven't liked an FPS this

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-69165088629448967372006-10-25T14:02:00.000-07:002006-10-25T15:04:30.202-07:00call for info

I want to put together a little history of some of the clans who hung out on South and other Hauze servers over the years and I need some help, my memory not being what it once was.I'm looking for member lists and some brief history of clans MIF, DEL, iMPC, {bfd}, @o@, c0a and any other clans that were 'regulars' on ORD servers over the years.drop me a line atoldretardeddog at gmail dot comor,

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-21091434300833802302006-10-24T13:33:00.000-07:002006-10-25T10:50:01.120-07:00History of ORD membership

The Tard ranks are fairly exclusive, due more to the laziness and apathy of founding fathers than any perception of superiority; the fact is we'd rather play games than wrangle with a huge mob of members.For most of our history, we've worked with a 'hard cap' of 20 Tards. It seemed a small enough number to manage itself without a lot of top-down directives and was also the size of a full CS

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-46970063243026351922006-10-24T13:10:00.000-07:002006-10-24T13:28:02.746-07:00The History of the Old Retarded Dogs

A Brief History of ORD The urge for collective gaming flows strongly in the blood of the founding Tards.More than twenty years ago Gordo, Goatfoot & Glock would gather for weekly pen-and-paper RPG fun. Chainmail, D&D, AD&D, C&S, Runequest, Tunnels & Trolls, Call of Cthulhu, and many lesser known titles (Stalking the Night Fantastic, anyone?) were played and enjoyed.Additions to the gaming

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-87360892795343484282006-10-24T11:08:00.000-07:002006-10-24T12:34:00.481-07:00Battlefield 2142 further impressions

I'm getting a better grip on things- I've entered that phase of development where I know what I should do but flounder on the execution. Either I hit the wrong key, or miss the target, or trip and fall. Still, it's better than wandering through the battlefield like an Alzheimer's patient who can't remember where they parked the car. Progress is progress. I have discovered one odd skill- I

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-82863097964774311192006-10-23T11:34:00.000-07:002006-10-23T11:41:37.067-07:00The First Smiley

clicky clicky.See, reading this blog is educational.

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-73788288026918170442006-10-22T12:43:00.000-07:002006-10-22T13:28:31.815-07:00battlefield 2141: early review

Played a few hours over the past couple of days, enough to get a solid first impression. So far I'm a big fan of the game itself, independent of EA's amoral corporate behavior. The objective-based gameplay is well polished, the maps I've played so far are balanced and provide for heated action, a bit more infantry-centric than the demo (which is a good thing- my main gripe with the demo was

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-32786129909444372792006-10-21T12:25:00.000-07:002006-10-21T15:12:19.410-07:00Logitech Gaming Keyboard

It looks pretty sweet to these eyes. Of course, I'm a recovering gadget-whore who used to be a sucker for any techno-treat making dulcet promises to make up for my lack of killin' fury in various games, so take it with a grain of salt.But this part tickles me:System Requirements * PC with Pentium® processor or compatible * 256 MB RAM * 20 MB of available hard disk space * CD-ROM

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-21173095410880805582006-10-21T10:57:00.000-07:002006-10-21T11:53:40.661-07:00FPS: Battlefield 2142 Retail

So it turns out the spyware scare was something of a tempest in a teapot.Yeah, the retail game calls home with details of your behavior.But it restrains the window-peering and keyhole-peeping to in-game activities.Which is like having a neighborhood peeping tom next door who restricts his viewing to your living room & kitchen. Still odious, but not completely beyond the pale.I'd likely still

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-73125450322135554382006-10-18T10:32:00.000-07:002006-10-18T11:41:43.640-07:00FPS: Battlefield 2142

This is the latest potential rallying point in the ceaseless quest to reunite the Tard Nation under the banner of a single FPS shooter. One of the problems with maintaining the existence of a 'clan' over any substantial period of time is that its members came together under the umbrella of a certain game (Counterstrike, in our case). Surviving the inevitable fall from grace of the alpha game is

The Old Retarded Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688140482051030274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513945265266042675.post-76918020328358278382006-10-17T13:40:00.000-07:002006-10-17T15:48:28.541-07:00Welcome

How was I to know, in those halcyon days when wrangling daily Tardhauze updates meant riding my dinosaur to the HTTP factory and carving posts out of raw html with stone axes and fire-hardened sticks, that one day the entire process would be automated by a sexy GUI and a corporate behemoth would happily pick up the hosting tab in return for 'content'?A bleak history Generation Myspace remains

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