I just picked up a couple of new games.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:54 am

I stopped into Best Buy today to pick up the expansion pack for Doom 3, when I notice another title sitting next to it on the new release rack. I figured since I've seen the trailer to the game and it looked awesome, I'd buy it. So has anyone else picked up LOTR, Battle for Middle Earth and what do you think? I haven't loaded it yet. I'll probably play the new Doom3 tonight and get around to LOTR BFME tomorrow.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:01 am

I thought Battle for middle earth sucked..

tho, im REALLY used to "normal" RTS style play.. and its quite different

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:12 am

Shit....

I hope you're wrong.

I really liked star craft. Is the iterface anything like that?

Post by **FlamingTP** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:13 am

shit no dude.

oh and the $30 Doom 3 thing you picked up takes about 2-3 hours to beat.

Testoclesius · Post by **Testoclesius** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:25 am

YourGrandpa wrote:I stopped into Best Buy today to pick up the expansion pack for Doom 3, when I notice another title sitting next to it on the new release rack. I figured since I've seen the trailer to the game and it looked awesome, I'd buy it. So has anyone else picked up LOTR, Battle for Middle Earth and what do you think? I haven't loaded it yet. I'll probably play the new Doom3 tonight and get around to LOTR BFME tomorrow.

lol bad luck baldy :lol: battle for middle earth is an even bigger waste of time than your job :lol:

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:53 am

FlamingTP wrote:shit no dude.

oh and the $30 Doom 3 thing you picked up takes about 2-3 hours to beat.

Don't forget the multiplayer upgrade.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:37 am

i bet you didn't pay for those with $2 bills since you're still posting.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:45 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i bet you didn't pay for those with $2 bills since you're still posting.

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Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:52 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i bet you didn't pay for those with $2 bills since you're still posting.

?

sorry, thought you'd heard.

PUT YOURSELF in Mike Bolesta's place. On the morning of Feb. 20, he buys a new radio-CD player for his 17-year-old son Christopher's car. He pays the $114 installation charge with 57 crisp new $2 bills, which, when last observed, were still considered legitimate currency in the United States proper. The $2 bills are Bolesta's idea of payment, and his little comic protest, too.

For this, Bolesta, Baltimore County resident, innocent citizen, owner of Capital City Student Tours, finds himself under arrest.

Finds himself, in front of a store full of customers at the Best Buy on York Road in Lutherville, locked into handcuffs and leg irons.

Finds himself transported to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, where he's handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service is called into the case.

Have a nice day, Mike.

"Humiliating," the 57-year old Bolesta was saying now. "I am 6 feet 5 inches tall, and I felt like 8 inches high. To be handcuffed, to have all those people looking on, to be cuffed to a pole -- and to know you haven't done anything wrong. And me, with a brother, Joe, who spent 33 years on the city police force. It was humiliating."

What we have here, besides humiliation, is a sense of caution resulting in screw-ups all around.

"When I bought the stereo player," Bolesta explains, "the technician said it'd fit perfectly into my son's dashboard. But it didn't. So they called back and said they had another model that would fit perfectly, and it was cheaper. We got a $67 refund, which was fine. As long as it fit, that's all.

"So we go back and pay for it, and they tell us to go around front with our receipt and pick up the difference in the cost. I ask about installation charges. They said, 'No installation charge, because of the mix-up. Our mistake, no charge.' Swell.

"But then, the next day, I get a call at home. They're telling me, 'If you don't come in and pay the installation fee, we're calling the police.' Jeez, where did we go from them admitting a mistake to suddenly calling the police? So I say, 'Fine, I'll be in tomorrow.' But, overnight, I'm starting to steam a little. It's not the money -- it's the threat. So I thought, I'll count out a few $2 bills."

He has lots and lots of them.

With his Capital City Student Tours, he arranges class trips for school kids around the country traveling to large East Coast cities, including Baltimore. He's been doing this for the last 18 years. He makes all the arrangements: hotels, meals, entertainment. And it's part of his schtick that, when Bolesta hands out meal money to students, he does it in $2 bills, which he picks up from his regular bank, Sun Trust.

"The kids don't see that many $2 bills, so they think this is the greatest thing in the world," Bolesta says. "They don't want to spend 'em. They want to save 'em. I've been doing this since I started the company. So I'm thinking, 'I'll stage my little comic protest. I'll pay the $114 with $2 bills.'"

At Best Buy, they may have perceived the protest -- but did not sense the comic aspect of 57 $2 bills.

"I'm just here to pay the bill," Bolesta says he told a cashier. "She looked at the $2 bills and told me, 'I don't have to take these if I don't want to.' I said, 'If you don't, I'm leaving. I've tried to pay my bill twice. You don't want these bills, you can sue me.' So she took the money. Like she's doing me a favor."

He remembers the cashier marking each bill with a pen. Then other store personnel began to gather, a few of them asking, "Are these real?"

"Of course they are," Bolesta said. "They're legal tender."

A Best Buy manager refused comment last week. But, according to a Baltimore County police arrest report, suspicions were roused when an employee noticed some smearing of ink. So the cops were called in. One officer noticed the bills ran in sequential order.

"I told them, 'I'm a tour operator. I've got thousands of these bills. I get them from my bank. You got a problem, call the bank,'" Bolesta says. "I'm sitting there in a chair. The store's full of people watching this. All of a sudden, he's standing me up and handcuffing me behind my back, telling me, 'We have to do this until we get it straightened out.'

"Meanwhile, everybody's looking at me. I've lived here 18 years. I'm hoping my kids don't walk in and see this. And I'm saying, 'I can't believe you're doing this. I'm paying with legal American money.'"

Bolesta was then taken to the county police lockup in Cockeysville, where he sat handcuffed to a pole and in leg irons while the Secret Service was called in.

"At this point," he says, "I'm a mass murderer."

Finally, Secret Service agent Leigh Turner arrived, examined the bills and said they were legitimate, adding, according to the police report, "Sometimes ink on money can smear."

This will be important news to all concerned.

For Baltimore County police, said spokesman Bill Toohey, "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."

The other day, one of Bolesta's sons needed a few bucks. Bolesta pulled out his wallet and "whipped out a couple of $2 bills. But my son turned away. He said he doesn't want 'em any more."

He's seen where such money can lead.

Post by **Mogul** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:55 am

FlamingTP wrote:shit no dude.

oh and the $30 Doom 3 thing you picked up takes about 2-3 hours to beat.

Are you serious? Man, you must've blazed through it or something. I spent probably close to ten hours on it. But then again, I'm one of those guys that replays battles like five times before I'm satisfied with how much health and ammo I've got after it's over.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:12 am

BFME is simply amazing. Sure, the gameplay depth lacks a bit, but the environments are amazing and the generals engine really shows its stuff with things like individual unit rag-doll physics.

Post by **CaseDogg** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:50 am

Testoclesius wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:I stopped into Best Buy today to pick up the expansion pack for Doom 3, when I notice another title sitting next to it on the new release rack. I figured since I've seen the trailer to the game and it looked awesome, I'd buy it. So has anyone else picked up LOTR, Battle for Middle Earth and what do you think? I haven't loaded it yet. I'll probably play the new Doom3 tonight and get around to LOTR BFME tomorrow.
lol bad luck baldy :lol: battle for middle earth is an even bigger waste of time than your job :lol:

:icon19: i knew when i saw the thread you'd have posted in it. :icon14:

Post by **DooMer** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:56 am

ive been playing d3 ctf. Its pretty fun despite the lag. I dont think theres any linux binaries yet, so queers are hosting on their 56k.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:16 am

Testoclesius wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:I stopped into Best Buy today to pick up the expansion pack for Doom 3, when I notice another title sitting next to it on the new release rack. I figured since I've seen the trailer to the game and it looked awesome, I'd buy it. So has anyone else picked up LOTR, Battle for Middle Earth and what do you think? I haven't loaded it yet. I'll probably play the new Doom3 tonight and get around to LOTR BFME tomorrow.
lol bad luck baldy :lol: battle for middle earth is an even bigger waste of time than your job :lol:

How in the fuck would you know? I thought you didn't play nerd games. Lying faggot.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:34 am

BFME, is pretty good and the units are pretty easy to control. I just wish they'd automatically attack when under fire. Instead they just stand there and let the computer shoot them.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:35 am

DooMer wrote:ive been playing d3 ctf. Its pretty fun despite the lag. I dont think theres any linux binaries yet, so queers are hosting on their 56k.

I played a couple games too. I just need to learn the maps and weapons placement.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:09 am

YourGrandpa wrote:Shit....

I hope you're wrong.

I really liked star craft. Is the iterface anything like that?

Its NOTHING like starcraft.. AT ALL..

trust me, im pretty forgiving when it comes to RTS games.. Middle Earth just SUCKS..

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:20 am

I wouldn't say it sucks. The graphics are good and the units have some pretty cool actions.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:21 am

YourGrandpa wrote:I wouldn't say it sucks. The graphics are good and the units have some pretty cool actions.

Never said graphics and animations were bad.. the GAME is bad

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:36 am

SOAPboy wrote: Never said graphics and animations were bad.. the GAME is bad

Really? The single player mode was great IMO.

Post by **SoM** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:44 am

i only played the good side of LOTR:BFME single playah and uninstalled it after about an hour...

thank god for torrents

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:37 am

YourGrandpa wrote:BFME, is pretty good and the units are pretty easy to control. I just wish they'd automatically attack when under fire. Instead they just stand there and let the computer shoot them.

yeah, thats pretty anoying.
but i thought it was quite an amazing game.
the SP campaigns are both a ton of fun and provided me with hours of enjoyment...
i bought it the first day it was out, and still enjoy picking it up on occasion.
but its really only fun if you're a LOTR fan.
not a good game for RTS-nerds and goth-boys.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:04 am

SoM wrote:i only played the good side of LOTR:BFME single playah and uninstalled it after about an hour...

thank god for torrents

Thats one i wish id of torrented :icon33:

Post by **U4EA** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:24 am

BFME was too repetetive and monotonous. The missions which actually spurred the story forward (Isengard, Helm's Deep, Osgiliath, Minash Tirith) were fun as. From a strategic perspective, it was all too simple (and that's coming from someone who sucks at strategy games).

Testoclesius · Post by **Testoclesius** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:52 pm

scourge34 wrote:
Testoclesius wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:I stopped into Best Buy today to pick up the expansion pack for Doom 3, when I notice another title sitting next to it on the new release rack. I figured since I've seen the trailer to the game and it looked awesome, I'd buy it. So has anyone else picked up LOTR, Battle for Middle Earth and what do you think? I haven't loaded it yet. I'll probably play the new Doom3 tonight and get around to LOTR BFME tomorrow.
lol bad luck baldy :lol: battle for middle earth is an even bigger waste of time than your job :lol:
How in the fuck would you know? I thought you didn't play nerd games. Lying faggot.

i know fucking everything mate :lol: like what a trailer trash nerd you are :lol:

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