AMD Gaming Evolved/Rapter/Rapt

For those fortunate enough to do PC gaming and have AMD graphics card, they are sort of taking on Valve (and others) with the ability to buy games online. However, with Gaming Evolved. you play games to earn points (1 point every minute), and points make purchases...

The number of points needed for anything are extremely high - Titanfall requires 30,000 points, which would require 500 hours of gameplay...

That's about the same amount of time Swanny spends on GTA5 each week so he is laughing,I doubt I do that amount through the whole year if not 2 years

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

For those fortunate enough to do PC gaming and have AMD graphics card, they are sort of taking on Valve (and others) with the ability to buy games online. However, with Gaming Evolved. you play games to earn points (1 point every minute), and points make purchases...

The number of points needed for anything are extremely high - Titanfall requires 30,000 points, which would require 500 hours of gameplay...

You missed the UN out just before the word Fortunate

No, pretty sure I didn't

That's a nice idea. Might be a lot of hours but if the prices are competitive with other places you may as well buy them there as you will earn a free game at some point...I'd be lucky if I got one after a year lol

I've slowed down a bit on the GTA front at the mo

All i play is Zelda Games on the Wii U what you playing matey

How long has this been running I wonder? I guess you need an account too? I've only just changed my graphics card from AMD to Nvidia too.

I just didn't fancy running my gpu at 90°C so went with Nvidia once more. Sounds like a decent enough promotion for AMD tho. I'd have done all right through Skyrim!

I dont know how long its been going - I think I had it installed with the latest graphics drivers and the base program is still in beta too...

9 more hours of Red Faction : Armageddon and then I'm an elite player! It is a good game, but I'm not sure whether I can get 9 hours out of the main game (I've completed the game 3 times already) - I may break a habit of a lifetime and buy the expansion pack for it...

Edited by deleted (Mon 20-Jan-14 13:12:28)

Just googled Red Faction : Armageddon to see what it was about and the weapons look good. The voices remind me of playing Project Eden many years ago now.

What has me most excited for PC gaming is down to the Oculus Rift. Provided it performs well it certainly has the potential to revolutinise FPS type games.

And has long as they can stop people getting headaches...

Armageddon is rather good - whilst it is linear (unlike the previous instalment), it is fun, and destroying buildings never gets old.

I've got one more difficulty level to go with RF (Easy mode)... Might save that for another day...

I do, of course, have a lovely video of the game here

Edited by deleted (Mon 20-Jan-14 15:29:21)

That looks pretty cool, kind of cathartic. Destroying stuff is therapeutic. How come you ditched YouTube then?

I didn't like the direction that YouTube was going really - I've ditched all of Google's stuff now. My search system is now DuckDuckGo.

I was naughty and bought the Path To War DLC, downloaded it a few hours ago and just completed it - it is rather short!

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

I didn't like the direction that YouTube was going really - I've ditched all of Google's stuff now. My search system is now DuckDuckGo.

Apart from youtube my house is a google free zone as well. I use www.startpage.com

Edited by deleted (Mon 20-Jan-14 22:27:50)

Your Quakers Toady

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

I didn't like the direction that YouTube was going really - I've ditched all of Google's stuff now. My search system is now DuckDuckGo.

I was naughty and bought the Path To War DLC, downloaded it a few hours ago and just completed it - it is rather short!

Yeah i would use that if i was searching those sites you use like Trainspotters R Us

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

I didn't like the direction that YouTube was going really - I've ditched all of Google's stuff now. My search system is now DuckDuckGo.

Care to elaborate? I realise you're a bit smarter than, um, some on this forum. My own feelings are Google have been getting far too invasive lately for me. You've got to have a Google+ profile now it seems for just uprating a YouTube video. It doesn't help that they wanna share what you're doing with all your contacts and anybody you may have once emailed, including tech support at some obscure android app developer.

It's [censored] annoying. I deleted my G+ profile and had to create another one when I realised I'd lost the ability to comment or even review android apps or anything on YouTube. It's a pita.

Anyway. I use Ghostery and Adblock Plus meself with Firefox. I like Chrome as it's nice and zippy but I'm falling out of love with Google fast.

I'd change my search provider but they all seem to be pretty crud for finding stuff really and I can't be arsed.

Google is Skyrim It's everywhere and keeps getting bigger.

Try www.startpage.com it uses googles engine, I've been using it for years now and always find what I'm looking for. I also use Ghostery, donotrackme+ and firefox

Yeah, I should change search provider. Thanks Swanny. I did try your link when you last mentioned it on here a while back. Might try getting into the habit of using an alternative search engine.

Google is Skyrim? No, it's Tamriel! Yeah. Spent too many hours in the land of Elder Scrolls. I think Nelly's just jealous as the flowers and everything look so much better on PC than PS3. I still wouldn't rate the graphics as being mind blowing or anything. Far from it really. The world is good tho. Not sure about Google's world. It scares me...

No, pretty sure I'm not a Quaker... Are you a member of the "Religious Society of Friends" though ? If so, do you know George Fox ?

Edited by deleted (Tue 21-Jan-14 18:52:50)

You do need to know the difference between standard gauge, Indian gauge, Irish gauge and narrow gauge.

Quackers.....was meant to say

Spelt it wrong ....so no change there as my spelling is not my strongest point

Just my vast knowledge in Gaming ?

I realise you're a bit smarter than, um, some on this forum

So very true!

Google have been getting rather too big for their boots - first the NSA stuff, then we have all the privacy concerns with them (or as Google sees it unconcern). YouTube has adverts in it, and with all the changes that they want to do with comments and email scanning for adverts, it was time to reduce my presence on their systems...

Also lost interest in Android too

so no change there as my spelling is not my strongest point

Really ? Would never have guessed

Just my vast knowledge in Gaming ?

Which Rowland brothers game did you like the best ?

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

I realise you're a bit smarter than, um, some on this forum

So very true!

Google have been getting rather too big for their boots - first the NSA stuff, then we have all the privacy concerns with them (or as Google sees it unconcern). YouTube has adverts in it, and with all the changes that they want to do with comments and email scanning for adverts, it was time to reduce my presence on their systems...

Also lost interest in Android too

Meaning himself I may add

Roland Browning

What has Grange Hill got to do with it ? I was enquiring after TimeyWimey's favourite Rowland Brothers game, not whether he watched BBC Children's programmes.

Edited by deleted (Tue 21-Jan-14 20:07:47)

You catch on quickly!

The NSA have intercepted/collected data from many companies not just Google so I don't see how you can hold that against them. Advertising is understandable as that's how they make money from their free products.

I do understand your concerns about privacy though as we have so much information stored by companies online these days.

He'd left Grange Hill by 1988 then disappeared off the radar. Where did he hide for the next 5 years? Is it really a coincidence Mayhem in Monsterland released in 1993? I suggest another scandal of Milli Vanilli sized proportions.

I mean look? He's got computer programmer written all over him.

And where do Creatures 1 & 2 fit into your "theory" ?

Edited by deleted (Tue 21-Jan-14 22:00:31)

Now ranked as Eilte in Red Faction. Apparently, if I want to be the #1 player, I've got to play it another 386 hours...

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

I realise you're a bit smarter than, um, some on this forum

So very true!

Google have been getting rather too big for their boots - first the NSA stuff, then we have all the privacy concerns with them (or as Google sees it unconcern). YouTube has adverts in it, and with all the changes that they want to do with comments and email scanning for adverts, it was time to reduce my presence on their systems...

Also lost interest in Android too

Not meaning to disappoint you but the emphasis was on, ahem, 'bit'. And um, 'some'. And also 'this' forum. Yeah. No need to expand. You get the picture.

NSA? Like Trance says, haven't they practically sucked up the entire Universe's data? YouTube's ads were quite clever I thought. The video uploader chooses whether or not to include one or used to since I haven't uploaded anything in ages and you can skip ads or block them too with adblock plus so no problemo?

I'm with you on the email scanning tho. Being a long time Android user my gmail a/c is used solely for that and though I'm a boring git I still wouldn't really be happy with Google trawling through my personal emails regardless. What annoys me is just their tentacles are getting into everything these days and it's hard to see what you're signed up for as there's far too much personal info, contacts and everything on your phone that you kind of owe a duty of care for not to reveal to all and sundry on the smegging interweb.

I'm also losing it with Android but have to say maybe that's ennui talking more than anything else (for my part). Just plain old boredom. Android has to be the best thing that's happened to mobile phones in general really unless you can afford to pay for an iPhone. I was always more in favour for an open platform for the masses and not being sucked into some elitist brand snob platform that sees being commercially ripped off by Apple as a favour and indication of their superior social status.

Anyway...

Yeah. The important issue of Roland Browning! Lol. Bring hm back I say! Didn't recognise him in Blackadder! Not surprising without his trademark Roley glasses tho I suppose. How time's have changed. I bet the Beeb couldn't re-run old episodes of Grange Hill these days for fear of being sued a lot. They'd be fattist, sexist, ageist, homophobic and xenophobic and everything I guess. Ah, the good old days. We haven't really come very far in being truly fair and sensitive to understanding and tolerating societal differences: these days it's all hidden under a veil of political correctness but the exact same sentiment is still there. What a load of [censored] the world is eh?

Edited by deleted (Thu 23-Jan-14 12:43:49)

I found that both Grange Hill and Blue Peter suffered from what I call the "2001 Effect"

Google recently acquired BostonDynamics who makes these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g

Yeah, I read all about that. They won't apparently be renewing BostonDynamic's military contract though. Do no evil eh? Lot of speculation as to what Google actually do wanna do with their AI and robotic cars and suchlike.

Have they not learn't anything from the Terminator movies?!? How long before Googlenet becomes self aware and tries to destroy the human race?

In reply to a post by astateoftrance:

Have they not learn't anything from the Terminator movies?!? How long before Googlenet becomes self aware and tries to destroy the human race?

Have to admit that's what I would do if I was a higher form of intelligence: destroy the human race! would be the first thing on my agenda for inter-galactic supremacy. Doesn't make sense not to eh?

We must stop the machines now! Or else we could end up with a situation like Neo encountered in the Matrix or the one Prof Swanny was on about in his holographic projection thing...

Haha yes we have had enough warnings from movies.

Yeah, let's hope computers don't get any funny ideas and start watching movies themselves when they're clever enough. Uh oh. Why do I get the horrible feeling I've just jinxed the fate of humanity?



Whatever happens though, there will be a sequel that's for sure. Not sure if it'll be the machines making the movie or not though. It gets complicated. Matrix or projected universe? Do we even have a physical existence? If so, are we batteries or what? And if AI is good enough to create a simulated existence then why bother populating with dysfunctional human beings at all with all their short comings? So I guess we're in charge then? Or they - the machines - just want us to believe that. But why???????

Swanny's earlier video link will explain my ramblings

*My brains exploded

Same thing happened to me! Now you get where I was coming from!! Haha. Sorry to do that to ya. I should have warned you first.

Anything with intelligence would know that humans cannot be allowed to carry on as they are or the planet and everything on it will be destroyed. But maybe we will become the machines??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hbkh4hXEk#t=110


Also more on the holographic universe http://aeon.co/magazine/nature-and-cosmos/can-we-tel...

I'm still trying to put mine back together

Crikey mate, why did ya have to do that eh? I'm a sucker for more. Yeah I'm really just a nano bot running a human simulation programme cos I'm bored? Being a robot ain't what it's cracked out to be? Eh? My fellow automatons?

Good job I gave up smoking the erb

In reply to a post by SPOOKish:

Same thing happened to me! Now you get where I was coming from!! Haha. Sorry to do that to ya. I should have warned you first.

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

I'm still trying to put mine back together

Bought and completed the DLC. Here is a lovely video of some of it.