Christmas presents

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 04 Dec 2006, 11:04

Just unwrapped an early present, just in time for next weekends drag nationals, a brand spanker 6.1MP digi camera. It takes the clearest pictures, and is still point and shoot which makes it so much better for car shots

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 04 Dec 2006, 15:40

A new computer.. My ultimate dream

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S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 05 Dec 2006, 22:03

now I'm gonna get a new PS2 (silver), I gotta wait till febuary to get my Wii and a new comp

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 05 Dec 2006, 22:09

I'm not sure, but I think I'm getting a DCC decoder from my dad. Would accompany my birthday present from him very well.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 05 Dec 2006, 22:09

i got a shotgun for my b-day which is close enough to christmas. FOR christmas i want maybe another subwoofer for my home theater system

Post by **Pabl0z** » 06 Dec 2006, 03:20

I haven't wished for anything.
There's nothing that i really need atm.
New headphones might be nice, but i don't really _need_ those.

darknight788 wrote:i got a shotgun for my b-day...

Only in America...

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 06 Dec 2006, 03:58

Why on Earth do you need a shotgun?

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:11

Everyone needs a shotgun right? Guys? I got a .223 last Chrissy, but I actually use it quite often, so I guess it wasn't that bad, and I'm a licenced shooter, so it was a very practicle present really

krazyammo · Post by **krazyammo** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:13

really hoping for command&conquer the first decade and some clothes. and maybe get mw again since my current one is all sctrached up

Fishwhiz · Post by **Fishwhiz** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:16

i know the perfect christmas gift for most of us here:
i would rejoice if all of a sudden ea visits this site and sees what they need to do and fire larry lapierre.

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:32

krazyammo wrote:really hoping for command&conquer the first decade and some clothes. and maybe get mw again since my current one is all sctrached up

Good choise aye, I picked up C and C at a 50% off sale, and its great, I've started right from the start at Tiberium Dawn, and just been playing through all of the campaigns, and it really speaks for the series that even the first games are still so entertaining

krazyammo · Post by **krazyammo** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:39

if i don't have C&C the first decade i might just buy it. and if Ea made the nfs series like the C&C series(despite it being a different genre) they should make the next nfs entertaining, fun, and full of customization(and i mean full as in more autoscuplt and all cars tunable)

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:45

Yeah it would be great if they did console versions of the original NFS games, like they did with a lot of the old atari games. I can't find the older NFS games anywhere. But C&C is definitely worth its money. I would have payed that price just for Tiberian Sun + Firestorm. Can't wait for C&C 3, it looks so smooth

krazyammo · Post by **krazyammo** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:48

yea tiberium war is gonna be good, just hope my computer is fast enough to run it and i'll ask my dad for the specs on my comp

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:50

xHaZxMaTx wrote:Why on Earth do you need a shotgun?

everybody needs means of protecting themselves i also got a ruger .22 , 7mm ( can blow your head off 6miles away ), a recently acquired remington 1100 12 guage, and im getting my conceal and carry and im going to try to get a .45.

C&C generals is one of the best games ive ever played, no bugs or anything to complain about. its hard to remember it came from EA

krazyammo · Post by **krazyammo** » 06 Dec 2006, 04:52

now if they made generals like that imagine if nfs11 was like that(again despite the fact it's a different genre)

Driv2Slow · Post by **Driv2Slow** » 06 Dec 2006, 05:21

Fishwhiz wrote:i know the perfect christmas gift for most of us here:
i would rejoice if all of a sudden ea visits this site and sees what they need to do and fire larry lapierre.

*crowd cheers*

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 06 Dec 2006, 05:27

they dont just need to fire him he should be condemed from earth or something

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:01

darknight788 wrote:
xHaZxMaTx wrote:Why on Earth do you need a shotgun?
everybody needs means of protecting themselves i also got a ruger .22 , 7mm ( can blow your head off 6miles away ), a recently acquired remington 1100 12 guage, and im getting my conceal and carry and im going to try to get a .45.

C&C generals is one of the best games ive ever played, no bugs or anything to complain about. its hard to remember it came from EA

A 7mm that can blow your head off? Has this been proven, as I've seen 9mm rounds go through someones head (i know its sick, but hey Iim into counter-terrorism etc). Tru it will PWN someone, but no blow there head off, perhaps tear the rear of the skull away, but the entry wound will still only be slightly bigger than 7mm. I'm not ripping on you, I'm interested in it, as I like to learn about stuff like that.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:07

WTF kind of gun has a range of 6 miles? Golden Gate Bridge times 3.5.

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:22

Oh really el oh el, I'm in australia so we talk in kilometres. At that range a 7mm bullet would lose its path no problem. A Barett .50Calibre could probably make that distance, I've seen one of those put a shell through the front and out the rear of a V8 engine at 1.5 miles so I guess, after wind flow, spin etc was determined then a Barett could still do serious damage at that range.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:25

ooops lol i just realized i typed 6 instead of 2. a 7mm has a range of about 2 miles when you use the right cratridge the bullet can exit the barrel at about 4000 fps or roughly 2730 mph or 4368 km/h and when you have a hollow point round.... well yea when a hollow point round hits something going that fast it explodes thus leaving a very large hole or in some cases that ive seen done with raccoons it completely splits them in half.
7mm bullet ----

9mm bullet ----

as you can see the 7mm bullet has waaaay more power behind it compared to a 9mm

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:52

Actually, no, I can't see. Mind finding another pic or hosting it yourself?

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Dec 2006, 06:20

there fixed

SomeKindOfMonster · Post by **SomeKindOfMonster** » 07 Dec 2006, 10:09

Ah ok, I usually referencee rifle bullets in imperial size .303 .30-06 etc, but still, 2 miles is a hell of a long way, and you'd need a dead perfect day, without even a sparrow's fart of breeze, and even then at that range, it would be very hard to get an accurate shot. LOL I remember the first time I shot a feral cat with a hollow-point .243, the only thing holding the 2 halves together was its spine. I was surprised that a reasonably small rifle could have that much impact. As for hollow points, the reason they have such an impact, is that the hollow in the tip forces air fowards, creating like a hammer of air in front of the bullet, so the bullet isn't actually what hits the target, but the air in front of it, allowing the tip to explode after impact, fragmenting and causing much more damage than a standard tip. Also carving an "x" in the tip has the same effect, but with bigger fragments