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N64 · 22-09-2012 07:38PM

So I got 100mb upc in today.

Steam does not give me full download speeds, but origin does

gooch2k9 · 22-09-2012 07:41PM

N64 wrote: »

So I got 100mb upc in today.

Steam does not give me full download speeds, but origin does

Thats MB downloading not Mb. You're getting 72Mb there.

smileyj1987 · 22-09-2012 08:18PM

Headshot wrote: »

Got these fair nice headphones from ebay, perfect for pc gaming but the **** of a seller wants to relist because he's upset of not getting enough money
From what iv read to, I cant do **** all
Its no wonder I rarely use ebay anymore, how a seller can get away with this is beyond me

That has happened me a good few times on Ebay so I only purchase items off power sellers now . I think Ebay really needs to sit down and say no more of this . They should make it a contractual obligation for a seller to sell the item to highest bidder even if they are not happy with the price .

PseudoFamous · 22-09-2012 09:51PM

gooch2k9 wrote: »

Thats MB downloading not Mb. You're getting 72Mb there.

I'm sure he understands the difference, as he talked about origin maxing it out.

origin oftentimes does max out the connection, their servers are insane. They're seriously trying to get a higher marketshare.

N64 · 22-09-2012 09:57PM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

I'm sure he understands the difference, as he talked about origin maxing it out.

origin oftentimes does max out the connection, their servers are insane. They're seriously trying to get a higher marketshare.

AFAIK, EA outsource their hosting to Akamai (which also host the like of facebook and twitter) so that explains why they have fast speeds :pac

One thing I can't get my head around is why my wireless adapter is getting low speeds off my new router. I can only get between 1-2mbps over wifi however my laptop can get a respectable 66mbps in the same spot in the house. I might try the homeplug option.

VenomIreland · 23-09-2012 02:11PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well no mining time today. Some littlecprick in banton kept annoying us. Stealing things from our container and fecking off. Then while friends was home to take his badger someone looted container with badger too. I could not attack as it was his container . Now we are trying to get in to some corp so we could attack both.
Btw anything we could use to stop people from warping out? Feckers just loot and warp out!

On a good side I am finally in my osprey! some mining power in it! Now to upgrade some mining upgrades, science and electronics to have more CPU!

They were most likely trying to get you to steal back from their container so they could shoot you, it;s a common tactic. There's really no way around it if you jetcan mine.

ShadowHearth · 23-09-2012 02:33PM

VenomIreland wrote: »

They were most likely trying to get you to steal back from their container so they could shoot you, it;s a common tactic. There's really no way around it if you jetcan mine.

sup m8!

yeah, he figured out i am noob so he just left me be.

me and my buddy joined so casual corp. They buying ore for a very nice price. a lot more then anything in the market. I learned how to do contracts in corp too.
I am full blast training for retriever and covetor. so far i got basic equipment for osprey, 25 mil in account and 10mil worth of ores. so i sgould be able to buy my own retriever by the time training will be finished ( 6 days

) . Looks like our little corp can sell ships for a lot cheaper too.

VenomIreland · 23-09-2012 03:40PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

sup m8!

yeah, he figured out i am noob so he just left me be.
me and my buddy joined so casual corp. They buying ore for a very nice price. a lot more then anything in the market. I learned how to do contracts in corp too.
I am full blast training for retriever and covetor. so far i got basic equipment for osprey, 25 mil in account and 10mil worth of ores. so i sgould be able to buy my own retriever by the time training will be finished ( 6 days ) . Looks like our little corp can sell ships for a lot cheaper too.

Just remembered a good tip, make sure your clone is up to date and if you ever get podded (get your pod blown up) make sure to update it immediately.

Tea_Bag · 23-09-2012 04:19PM

just ordered my basket on specialtech for my WC gear. **** just got real.

Headshot · 23-09-2012 04:23PM

so how will i be waiting on till you sell them to me lol

ShadowHearth · 23-09-2012 05:01PM

VenomIreland wrote: »

Just remembered a good tip, make sure your clone is up to date and if you ever get podded (get your pod blown up) make sure to update it immediately.

my current clone ( standart one) holds up to 900,000 points. i am only at 380.000 atm, so i dont need to bother with clone now?

VenomIreland · 23-09-2012 05:02PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

my current clone ( standart one) holds up to 900,000 points. i am only at 380.000 atm, so i dont need to bother with clone now?

No, but you'll need to upgrade every time you go over your clone's max and everytime you get podded.

Brian · 23-09-2012 05:20PM

what ISP do you have Shadow?

Headshot wrote: »

Got these fair nice headphones from ebay, perfect for pc gaming but the **** of a seller wants to relist because he's upset of not getting enough money

From what iv read to, I cant do **** all

Its no wonder I rarely use ebay anymore, how a seller can get away with this is beyond me

Which headphones, and what price? You might have dodged a bullet

Bazzo · 23-09-2012 05:23PM

VenomIreland wrote: »

No, but you'll need to upgrade every time you go over your clone's max and everytime you get podded.

To be honest I'd just get an Omicron grade clone or something. 42 mill SP for 4.7 mill ISK, it's really not that high of an investment(any more).

VenomIreland · 23-09-2012 05:43PM

Bazzo wrote: »

To be honest I'd just get an Omicron grade clone or something. 42 mill SP for 4.7 mill ISK, it's really not that high of an investment(any more).

Yeah, but don't you then have to re-upgrade each time you get podded(It's been a while since I played and even longer since I've been podded)?

Serephucus · 23-09-2012 05:45PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

just ordered my basket on specialtech for my WC gear. **** just got real.

Parts list pl0x.

Headshot · 23-09-2012 05:51PM

Brian wrote: »

what ISP do you have Shadow?

Which headphones, and what price? You might have dodged a bullet

Audio Technica ATH-AD700

60 euro I won them for, **** of a seller was upset I got them so cheap

Iv now bought the Sennheiser HD 598 H, what ya think of them Brian?

Bazzo · 23-09-2012 06:01PM

VenomIreland wrote: »

Yeah, but don't you then have to re-upgrade each time you get podded(It's been a while since I played and even longer since I've been podded)?

Yes, but my character is 7 years old and I haven't been podded once(admittedly I play on and off for months at a time).

As long as your reasonably careful you really shouldn't be getting podded, unless you're a hardcore PvPer(and even then if you get podded a lot it probably means you're not very good :P).

4.7 mill is only like 40 mins or so of AFKish mining in the new retriever these days anyhow.

ShadowHearth · 23-09-2012 07:06PM

Brian wrote: »

what ISP do you have Shadow?

Which headphones, and what price? You might have dodged a bullet

ISP m8?

edit: internet provider? eircom m8.

ShadowHearth · 23-09-2012 07:08PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Yes, but my character is 7 years old and I haven't been podded once(admittedly I play on and off for months at a time).

As long as your reasonable careful you really shouldn't be getting podded, unless you're a hardcore PvPer(and even then if you get podded a lot it probably means you're not very good :P).

4.7 mill is only like 40 mins or so of AFKish mining in the new retriever these days anyhow.

heh i still to get one. thats what i am working towards to.

mining with osprey and then picking up can with hoarder is a pain in a hole, while playing borderlands 2 and watching bleach. 3 monitors wtf!

ED E · 23-09-2012 07:26PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

heh i still to get one. thats what i am working towards to.

mining with osprey and then picking up can with hoarder is a pain in a hole, while playing borderlands 2 and watching bleach. 3 monitors wtf!

Brother did this(LoL +netflix) but that is getting ridic now.

ShadowHearth · 23-09-2012 08:14PM

ED E wrote: »

Brother did this(LoL +netflix) but that is getting ridic now.

Surely I posted this here before:

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Just now it's eve, borderlands 2 and bleach.

I could never go back to 1 monitor. Multytasking ftw.
I currently have to go to eve every 3 minutes to can ore. When I will get the ship I want I'll be able to leave it mining for good 15 minutes and don't bother with caning ore

Bazzo · 23-09-2012 08:40PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Surely I posted this here before:
Just now it's eve, borderlands 2 and bleach. I could never go back to 1 monitor. Multytasking ftw.
I currently have to go to eve every 3 minutes to can ore. When I will get the ship I want I'll be able to leave it mining for good 15 minutes and don't bother with caning ore

Probably ever 5-10 mins actually. You deplete asteroids fairly quickly in a mining barge. Unless you're mining huge Veldspar asteroids or something.

VenomIreland · 24-09-2012 09:44AM

Bazzo wrote: »

Yes, but my character is 7 years old and I haven't been podded once(admittedly I play on and off for months at a time).

As long as your reasonably careful you really shouldn't be getting podded, unless you're a hardcore PvPer(and even then if you get podded a lot it probably means you're not very good :P).

4.7 mill is only like 40 mins or so of AFKish mining in the new retriever these days anyhow.

Ah I suppose, I've only ever been podded twice (once by self destruct to quickly travel halfway across the galaxy and once when the celestial I chose at random was behind an accleration gate).

Brian · 24-09-2012 10:33AM

@Headshot ah that's a shame. The HD598s are great though, good buy.

@Shadow I see... was hoping UPC had suddenly branched out to North Cork.

Bazzo · 24-09-2012 11:14AM

VenomIreland wrote: »

Ah I suppose, I've only ever been podded twice (once by self destruct to quickly travel halfway across the galaxy and once when the celestial I chose at random was behind an accleration gate).

That's unusual, were you actually podded? NPCs will never shoot a pod, or was someone ganking you in a mission or something?

VenomIreland · 24-09-2012 11:16AM

Bazzo wrote: »

That's unusual, were you actually podded? NPCs will never shoot a pod, or was someone ganking you in a mission or something?

Me and my 2 mates were out blowing people up in low when some thrashers warped in on us. I got scrammed immediately and I tried to warp out when I got in my pod but I selected a celestial which turned out to be behind an acceleration gate

EDIT: At least, I think I was podded in that situation, I may have gotten out with my pod but it's been so long since the incident that I can't remember if I got out or not.

Bazzo · 24-09-2012 11:18AM

VenomIreland wrote: »

Me and my 2 mates were out blowing people up in low when some thrashers warped in on us. I got scrammed immediately and I tried to warp out when I got in my pod but I selected a celestial which turned out to be behind an acceleration gate

EDIT: At least, I think I was podded in that situation, I may have gotten out with my pod but it's been so long since the incident that I can't remember if I got out or not.

Ah, I see. I assumed you were doing a mission because of the acceleration gate.

ED E · 24-09-2012 05:39PM

Hey lads, anybody spot any bargains on netbooks? Helped the gf buy something but screwed up by believing the specs Argos listed so looking to make it up by getting her something decent. Only problem is she started college today so need to get sonething by the end of the week.

Craig B · 24-09-2012 06:18PM

ED E wrote: »

Hey lads, anybody spot any bargains on netbooks? Helped the gf buy something but screwed up by believing the specs Argos listed so looking to make it up by getting her something decent. Only problem is she started college today so need to get sonething by the end of the week.

This? Little expensive but decent specs.

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