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My buddy is going away for a year(to  well let’s say he is going away to a camp  and not going to be able to log in for one year) and has left me responsible for his World Of Warcraft Account. He has a level 79 something or other and a level 80 something or other, his account will bill him once a month and he says the payments are all taken care of, So I am not responsible for anything other than logging in and keeping his friends in his clan/guild/gang/family/nerd farm. I have no idea what I am in for .

but as of right now I am 60% in the way of downloading game 3 of 3. Wrath of the Lich king.  Now I do not know what anything is so I am not super excited about this but, I will try and tell you guys how it goes, as it goes.

I have already received the password and user name for his accounts so, I will be logging in, sad thing is, his friends might not know that I am not him. LOl that will be fun. I awill not be typing messages until I know what’s all up and get a good understanding of the game. I hope there aren’t little things he does regularly that they expect me to do.. No matter what they say, I’m not giving aay his crap because I have no idea what’s good and what’s not good… somethings might be lame at first and then later I might need it… really I do not know.

He is my buddy so I am not going to screw up his stuff.

Well right now the game is being installed on my secondary drive,  I know it sounds dumb, but the drive is empty and has 350 gigs of storage is on sata, my main drive is 160 on ide.

processor is amd 5600+ dual core

vid card is evga nvidia  9500 gt 512 mb

3 gigs pc 6400

I believe I can handle the game, he has been playing for the last three years with his onboard nvidia 7100 video card, single core 1.8 g cpu and 512 mb memory, If he can do it, I should be ok… I am not going to upgrade just for this stupid game..  unless I really get into it… I doubt that. I really would hate to get to much into the game and bamm… he comes back early and I have to give the crap back away.

Weapons list

Mobsters Cliche

Prizes for Completing missions Platinum

How to get 200 more Energy

How to make a Hitlister

Full screen Mobsters

How to get your Hitlist Value up

Effective Accounts on Mobsters

I created a forum on one of my other websites and started to just blot down all the stuff I notice as I go along

Weapons list reflects typical weapons as you are at my level . Cliche is just a list of crap I am sick of hearing, and well when you are a pro at the game, anything you say from that last, will just irritate someone who is not as new as you… really saying something you have seen said so many times, does not qualify you as something greater.

How to get 200 energy, well it tells you how without installing crap or giving your password out.  When you read it and find out, you are going to kick yourself for not seeing it. lol   it is litterally under your nose.

full screen mobbies, just takes you to the mobsters flash ap circumventing the myspace iframe. I use it because that stupid messenger is poorly coded and uses some of my screen relestate. I bought a large screen so I can see more, force me to block my screen a bit and you really upset me.

How to get your hitlist value up,  well if your value goes up, you get more people adding you to top mobbies, giving you more energy for missions. and you are more costly to HL.

Effective accounts on the game?? WEll simply stated, you can create all the accounts you want, meaning you can create some accounts for specific tasks while in battle.

And yes I link to my other website, because I want you people to add stuff, so sign up and add to the stuff in my list, or heck argue with me.

My profile has been created and my system specs have been updated.
I am now trying to figure out what the trick is to get the beta. I sent everything.
It never said “we’ll get back to you”
nor did it say ” yeah if you suck, we won’t even acknowledge you”
but it is letting me download an older Starcraft..
Think that means something?
lol maybe I am waiting an email .

but just head to blizzard’s site and get in on it.
http://www.blizzard.com/us/

here is what they send for info

Beta opt-in FAQ

What is the Battle.net beta opt-in?

The Battle.net beta opt-in adds a Battle.net account to a pool of potential beta testers for upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games. To be considered for upcoming betas, you must create a beta profile (see below) and indicate the preferences for which betas you wish to participate in. Once you have successfully uploaded a beta profile, the associated Battle.net account is added to a pool of potential beta testers for upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games. You can begin the opt-in process by clicking “Beta Profile Settings” in Battle.net Account Management.

What is a beta profile?

A beta profile is a snapshot of your current system specifications. It includes such information as how much RAM you have, available hard drive space, your graphics card and driver, and other information about your system. We gather this information to ensure that we are able to test our games on a wide range and distribution of systems.

How do I get selected to become a beta tester?

Participants for each beta test will be selected from the pool of eligible testers who have opted in based on their system specifications, beta-test preferences, and other factors, including pure luck. Opting in does not guarantee you will be selected to participate in a beta test.

How will I be notified if I am selected for a beta test?

In the event you are selected to participate in a beta test, you will receive an e-mail informing you and directing you to Battle.net Account Management, where you will be able to download the beta client and obtain a beta key.

Why do I have to download an application to create a beta profile?

Our beta opt-in application allows us to gather information about potential beta testers’ systems quickly and accurately, helping us ensure that the resulting pool of beta testers we select most closely represents the range and distribution of systems we wish to test.

How does the beta opt-in application work?

Running the beta opt-in application quickly and automatically generates a profile based on your system specifications. It then displays this information and asks if you wish to submit the specifications to create a beta profile for the Battle.net account you used to download the application.

What if I am having problems getting the Opt-In application to run on my computer?

If you find you are having issues with or downloading the application please check with our troubleshooting guide here.

Does the application also profile the software I have installed on my system?

No, the opt-in application simply scans the major hardware components of your system, along with your graphics card driver. Other system information, such as the contents of your hard drive, is not scanned.

I created a new Battle.net account, but I’m unable to opt in. Why?

In order for a Battle.net account to be able to opt in to upcoming beta tests, you must have at least one Blizzard Entertainment game attached to the account. Please note that the World of Warcraft trial edition does not count toward this requirement.

When I first signed up for a Battle.net account, I checked a box to indicate I wanted to participate in Blizzard betas, but I didn’t upload a system profile. Do I need to complete this new process?

Yes. In order to be considered for the any upcoming Blizzard Entertainment betas, you’ll need to upload your beta profile through the application found in Battle.net Account Management.

Will entering multiple times improve my chances of being selected?

Each Battle.net account can only opt in once, so you are unable to opt in multiple times to improve your chances.

According to TomsGuide.Com
There is discussion of W.O.W. The movie being produced. Back in the day We used to wish to see Bruce Willis as Jim Reynor. Now, I would settle for Brad Pitt instead. But it looks like we will see the team from the LOTR Series put together the Animation engine again and plop out a movie that makes no sense in relation to the free roam mmorpg.
i’m not for this. Blizzard must be out of their mind. unless they plan to just do a “Warcraft” movie. that actually has a story , A trilogy in fact. But again, Starcraft has a real story and great animation.

and to the rest of that link. Guitar hero the reality show??? WTF!!!!

Today April 21st, Microsoft released a new update to WINDOWS LIVE . The forums at GTAFORUMS.Com goes crazy.
Looks like Microsoft bundled some lines of code that totally trashed what few users and players of Grand Theft Auto IV, that Rockstar Games had left. The game seems to work fine in Multi- Player , but has traumatic effect on Single player mode. You can no longer tweak and adjust your game. The game stutters so bad and hangs up, that no one can get even four minutes of play time to test out said tweaks. It kind of looks intentional.
Picture this:
Rockstar games might have actually put the screws to Microsoft, for allowing cheats in thier online community, and well, looks like they might have barked up the wrong tree. Sad part is, they are contracted to them, so they can’t just drop the windows live program.

This of course is where the modders and tweakers need to come together. MTA-IV and Iv-mp need to band together and make something quick to save Rockstar in this.

Now this is pretty much speculation, but man it would be scary if it was true.
Xliveless is the way to go, but patches are hard to get and use once you do that.

If you feel that Microsoft needs to Address this, Sign below with a response.
Let our Text be read, we need to prove there are more than just a hand full of out there.

Call it a petition. Call it a group effort. I just consider it a gathering of upset customers.
We are customers of Microsoft, we are displeased.

Even if you do not agree with my opinion, let your’s be read and lets let Microsoft hear from us.
Just reply to this with your opinion on the matter.
Digg it for me

The game is great, but there are so many sounds.
The look is amazing and the 3d, you almost feel it. The voice over is excellent acting. EA has a great team on this game. So long as they don’t do what they did the rest of the games. You know, cut corners and costs and press fast timelines to pump out so much garbage to keep us pacified, that the game becomes stick figures and “speed racer” sound effects.
Level 6 the hard mission with the 10 k ton goat see thing with three red arms that come out and slap you.

Shoot the arms with your fastest gun, shoot them at the brown and yellow glowing balls. It takes about 10-15 shots each.
Do not waste time with the explosive canisters. Keep in mind that you will have to destroy those arms twice.
At the mouth of the beast you will see he will shoot meteor looking objects at you. When you shoot the meteors, they will not explode till second shot. first shot will send them back in the direction they came from, unless they build momentum. If they get fast enough before you shoot them, they will just stop, until the next one slaps into it and causes it to explode. Soooo , with that said. here is the trick:
As the beast opens it’s mouth you will see one meteor about to launch, shoot that , the next one will smack into the back of it, causing them both to explode in it’s mouth. This causes a bigger effect than if you just shoot him. Easier said, keep shooting him in the mouth while it is open. Steadily keep blasting. If you can, walk in a clockwise direction around the rim of the tube you are in.

You will kill him.

10 minutes into this level and you will see a familiar face. Have your gun ready and your clip full. you will be protecting this person. If you are not a complete jerk.!
Now be on the lookout. Level 4 suit coming soon. Cost 35 big ones.

Playing Grand Theft Auto IV I was having the issue of images vanishing after just minutes of gameplay. The more the stuff I had going on, the worse it got. I looked online for the capacities of my motherboard. I found that the native memory I was using, What the manufacture says on the box that my motherboard came with is 667mhz. No where on the box did it signify that I could go any further. So I Googled my motherboard. What I found was lots of people like myself did what I did. We all bough what we thought was the max memory for the board. 2 Gigs of 667mhz ddr2. but others experimented and found that it can handle greater than 800 mhz ddr. So I headed to the electronics store and bought 4 gigs of pc 6400 800 mhz ddr2 memory. Then when I got home, I tried to find teh forums that I saw earlier. By that time I found a handfull sites selling the same motherboard, the specs they had on those sites showed greater than 800 mhz..Dang. but I did the install.
You would not believe the speed increase I gained from this. The game has no lag issues. I stay at 30 fps min, and never have any stutter, never have any vanishing items. just that small step up and doubling my memory, the game plays like a gem.
The canned air in the heatsinks didn’t hurt me . So I think I am well on my way. See you online. I will be at gtaclans.com when I am not actually in game.

The glitch is confirmed, it is there in the PC version also
one minute video, shouldn’t harm anyone to wait one minute.

for the record I have
amd2 5600 dual core
Nvidia 9500 gt 512 mb
4 gigs of Ballistix pc6400 ddr2 memory
Windows Vista Service pack 1
22 frames per second looks like that.

The pop ins didn’t happen until I converted the game.
Strange how that worked.

Anyhow I found where everyone went on the xbox 360 version and the playstation 3 version of the game, and decided I would drive there in a Banshee. I mean why not, it’s a fricken Banshee!!!
The swingset shreds that car fast.

I like very few others, Have had as little to do with seeing GTA IV missions and feature. I did this to avoid ruining the game for me.

Even though Rockstar Never told us about a pc version to come, I still had hope.

So here is a review from a non paid true Grand Theft Auto player/lover.

For starts I had an issue with the game it gave me a fatal error. . After some research found that it was just a sign in error with Rockstar game’s server. simple fix, don’t sign into Rockstar’s social club untill they fix it.

Check in every now and again. I am kind of thankful for this because I want to get to know the feel of the game, and the way it plays and how the cars handle before I jump into a mass of retards cussing and climbing all over everyone with shotgun shoot outs. Yeah I played mta a few times and sa-mp in fact gtaclans.com is my site :-). So here is my run down of first day impressions.

The controls

I was disappointed with the lack of control features, until I figured out how to double click on the configuration. Double click it you will be a bit happier. For the most I just went with their controls but still tried to make it feel like older gta games.

Camera angles kinda irritate me a bit. I can’t find where they have the setting “steer with mouse” so the camera angles will be automatic. I hope someone shows me something before I just sit and submit.

The game when controlling the car, well it feels a bit like True Crimes. I would almost swear EA had a hand in this game.

The feel

Yeah it feels like Liberty City. But a bit more angry, with a few pedestrians really making you not like ditsy people. They talk on the cell phones all the time and say the ditsiest stuff.

When you fall, you feel it in your stomach as you have with older gta games. You almost lose your breath when it’s a 30 foot drop. anything further and the shock dissipates.

The cars feel like real cars, you over steer you slide, you under steer you skid and bump the wall (in the junker cars)

Game Play and Missions

Yep it’s GTA.

The missions keep you creaking in your chair as you actually try and lean different directions as if it will Help Niko.

The bad guys are more human now. They can lose a fight and do it looking like a person scared and hurt.

So far the three or four missions I have completed, are a tad short and easy.

First mission is always finding your house.

Second mission really reminded me of the second mission in gtaiii.. You have to go drive somewhere and pick up some girl somewhere. actually it was two but only one mattered to the person who sends you. or was that a later mission. no matter it still feels familiar.

Graphics

My video card is not the latest greatest and highest, so my settings are really low, and yet I still love the way this game looks.

With everything set at the lowest setting, it still looks better than any other GTA game out there set at max.

With everything set just a notch above lowest settings, the game looks better than console versions. I have been watching videos all day. in fact they where playing the game at the Game Stop I went to as I was picking up the game. I still liked the way it looked on the XboX360 except for that stupid blur thing they do with the current gen consoles.

Pay phones, if you wreck into them, set off some pretty blue sparks. it’s amazing what happens and how it looks.

As you crank up the settings, billboards look better with clearer text, so does the graphiti and road, but my video card ran slower and slower every time I cranked it up.

I found a nice low setting and really have a beautiful looking game play.

My favorite game of the GTA games, is still GTAIII, Second would be San Andreas. but I bet if I soak in as many hours on this one as I have with all the others, it will soon shoot to first. I loved Grand Theft Auto 3 for the simple fact that it taught me how to tweak, overclockand update/upgrade my computer. Vice city did nothing for me. it was a yellow stained flop . I mean it was like Rockstar said “heh I figured out how to make it smother” so they plopped outa game. San Andreas on the other hand tugged on the resources of my computer and once again I had a mission. The game was long, large and a blast with tons of places to drive through.

I watched the forums at gtaforums.com as I have for the past 4 years, as soon as I had a hint the game might hit pc. I watched it all the way up till I got home from work today with the game in my hands. tons of people had issues with the video. Man they got mad and would lash out at anyone who tried to help, as if they where being called stupid. but with a process of elimination, we found it was Nvida video cards and a specific driver. The fix was to just un-install the game, Delete all grand theft auto iv folders. un-install the drivers, whip out your cd that came with your video card, install those drivers and re-install the game. Pretty darn simple. Rockstar did say they have a patch in the works to resolve the issue. Read the gta forums , they will help you. There is talk of doing a back up of your entire registry before playing. if you have an issue and have to roll everything back. use th backed up registry. not sure how that works.

Well as I was saying, I was prepared for the worst . well not the worst, let’s not tempt fate.

Well day one is complete. Tomorrow when I have had more sleep, I will work the controller settings and see if I can fix that dang camera.

issues for me are as follows: camera angles, CD key registration (you have to put the dashes in), Can’t sign into windows live until you do the  windows live update, and can’t use all features until Rockstar fixes the servers

scale 1-10 , I give the game an 8 . that is first try experience, let’s see if tomorrow helps or hurts that score.

I will be back with the multiplayer report in about 5 days. I want good practice first.