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by grizz
Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:36 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: New system, new D3 graphical problems
Replies: 12
Views: 2274

Yeah, even a used 64mb nvidia off of Ebay is better than Intel integrated graphics. I've never had D3 play well with those.
by grizz
Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:46 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Here's one of my kids pursuing his latest hobby.
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by grizz
Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:57 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Re:

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I hope you don't get offended by this, but your children are idiots.
:D[/quote]

I do get offended. Maybe we'll meet in person some day. Or better yet maybe you'll meet one of them.
by grizz
Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Re:

Bet51987 have you ever broken a bone while having fun? No. I've never been physically hurt. Bee One of my sons broke his ankle last year coming off the high bar in gymnastics, had to get a steel plate and 10 screws put in. He was back working out in 3 months. Another broke his wrist the year before ...
by grizz
Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:40 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How is your winter treating you?
Replies: 59
Views: 5292

Been taking my chain saw out in the forest the past few weeks stocking up on firewood. Finally got cold enough Thanksgiving weekend to fire up the woodstove. Been raining, snowing, and freezing the past week. I love it.
by grizz
Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:24 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Re: Mr. Obvious Says...

TIGERassault wrote:
grizz wrote:Yeah Tiger, hard to believe I won the school spelling bee 2 years in a row, ain't it? :P
Spelling? But you made a grammar mistake!

Gah, this is not my favourites of threads.
(yes, that was also done on purpose)
Don't go talkin' about my Grammar. She was a sweet lady. :roll:
by grizz
Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Re: Mr. Obvious Says...

TIGERassault wrote:
grizz wrote:you're
Gawd damnit, between you and Bet...
Yeah Tiger, hard to believe I won the school spelling bee 2 years in a row, ain't it? :P
by grizz
Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I will never paintball again.
Replies: 92
Views: 8225

Re: Mr. Obvious Says...

Bet51987 needs more practice. Keep in mind Bet51987 that you are addressing an audience that essentially since birth, have played games like chicken with knives, darts, bricks, rocks, and basically anything that we can throw or maim with. Also BB guns in my time still could shoot through plywood ...
by grizz
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:53 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving, y'all ......
Replies: 25
Views: 1920

Back at ya. Fill 'er up. :P
by grizz
Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:58 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Problem with D3 v1.4
Replies: 21
Views: 1882

Make sure your antivirus isn't trying to run or update in the background.
by grizz
Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:12 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: If you weren't human, what would you be?
Replies: 68
Views: 7298

Me.
by grizz
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'mm Backkkkk
Replies: 10
Views: 889

Good to see you again.:D Fun brawlin' with ya the other night. 42 now huh? I remember 42, kinda.
by grizz
Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:10 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The strange things that kids say
Replies: 14
Views: 1139

I think, therefore I am. At least I think I am, therefore I must be. :?:
by grizz
Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:32 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 1947 -2007
Replies: 19
Views: 1658

Wow, another one older than me.( I turned 50 this year.) When I started playing D3 online a year ago, I figured I'd be the old man.

I think at least half the current players are over 40, and a whole lot are over 50. Yeehaa. :wink:
by grizz
Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:23 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Blue Falcon
Replies: 16
Views: 2235

I only got to play him a couple of times, but he was enjoyable. Throw my name on please, Bett.
by grizz
Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: CTF Rant
Replies: 67
Views: 8694

We just finished an enjoyable game in Tower Dread. Doing a level that no one is familiar with seems to even up things a little. I actually scored a few flags.
by grizz
Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:34 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 419 scam
Replies: 15
Views: 1488

When I had a Juno e-mail address, I use to get those almost daily. Kept me busy putting them on my \"blocked\" list, as they change e-mail addresses constantly.

They haven't gotten my new e-mail addresses thankfully. If half of those had been real, I'd be richer than Bill Gates.
by grizz
Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:48 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: CTF Rant
Replies: 67
Views: 8694

The Wet Spot and Underground Shark 1.1 are 2 of my favorite CTF levels. Abend 2 can make for an interesting CTF game too.
by grizz
Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:06 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Diet?
Replies: 32
Views: 3186

Re:

I need the opposite. I weigh 103 and want to know how I can ADD weight. No matter how much I eat, I weigh the same. Bee You're only 19 Bett. I've seen your picture, you don't need to change a thing. :wink: When I was 19 I could eat 3rds at dinner and never gain a lb. I'm 6', and I weighed 150 lbs ...
by grizz
Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:58 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: RIP Robert Jordan
Replies: 6
Views: 749

Robert Jordans books are addictive. I read the entire Wheel of Time series, and was hoping he would finish the last one, as he seemed to be improving for a while. In his blog, he said a biker gang stopped at one of his book signings and threatened to desecrate his grave if he died before he finished ...
by grizz
Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:14 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Secret Society
Replies: 54
Views: 4369

Did I miss something? :?
by grizz
Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:36 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The scariest thing
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

My kids don't even get to watch Lord of the Rings 'till they're 9 or 10. the older teens have seen Van Helsing, Riddick, and Underworld. Slashers don't get shown in my home. The older kids and I watched films like Saving Private Ryan together to give them an idea of the reality of war, though I let ...
by grizz
Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:51 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: CTF Rant
Replies: 67
Views: 8694

The best way I know to deal with stuff in the game is to remember its only a game. We play to win, cause that's part of the fun, but it really doesn't matter whether we win or not if we're having fun and enjoying the people we game with. *Braces himself for sarcastic, biting remarks* CTF would be ...
by grizz
Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Video Fix?
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Thanks Bett, thats what I needed. I had a .wav extracted from the video 5 minutes after I saw your post, sweet and easy. I'll let you know how the editing turns out.
Maybe I'll post it somewhere for you to critique, since you sing. :D
by grizz
Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:53 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Video Fix?
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Hiya Bett, My son used my wifes 6.2 mp Nikon to record my daughter singing. It records in .mov format, and I used Yasa to convert it to .avi & .mpg. We recorded my son's wedding on our VHS-C video recorder, onto a dvd recorder from there, then to my computer where I converted it to .mpg with Nero 7 ...
by grizz
Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:16 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Video Fix?
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

At the risk of sounding as green as I really am, how do I separate the video and audio?
by grizz
Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Video Fix?
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Video Fix?

My son video-recorded my daughter singing at an event, but he was standing under a ceiling fan when he did the recording. It picked up a lot of static noise from the ceiling fan, very annoying. :cry: I would like to turn this into a DVD for grandparents, etc., if I can edit out the static. anyone ...
by grizz
Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Vortex out of date issue
Replies: 4
Views: 1346

I'm getting the same error now.

Packet.dll not found

Vortex won't start at all since updating.

Edit


Found a solution here (Links to the .dll's) :

http://www.planetdescent.com/asp/forum_ ... picid=8728

Works after adding them.
by grizz
Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:03 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Video Editing?
Replies: 5
Views: 882

I'm new at video editing, but just finished compiling a DVD of my sons wedding :D using a combination of Nero and Windows Movie Maker. It came out pretty decent, nice menus, several different chapters and videos, along with a number of slide shows. I was able to combine and edit pretty well using ...
by grizz
Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:41 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spiders!
Replies: 55
Views: 5806

I grew up in a rural area of north Texas, and there was still quite a lot of superstition / misinformation about spiders in general, and tarantulas in particular. :roll: I can remember watching adults, terrified, yelling as they tried to kill a tarantula with a long handled hoe, certain they could ...
by grizz
Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:55 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spiders!
Replies: 55
Views: 5806

My son worked here http://www.spiderpharm.com/ for a couple of years, up until he left for college last week. It's an interesting feeling walking through the place, with nearly 100,000 spider in racks stacked higher than your head. Everything from brown recluse to tarantulas from Martinique bigger ...
by grizz
Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:34 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Cell Phone
Replies: 23
Views: 2144

Two of my sons have Verizon, and they're happy with it. It's not cost effective for me though. My land line with an internet connection good enough to run a D3 dedi server runs me less than $75 a month, long distance included. My wife keeps an old bag phone in her car for emergencies, on which we ...
by grizz
Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:54 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Cell Phone
Replies: 23
Views: 2144

Re:

Foil wrote:I'm happy being stuck in the stone ages without a cell phone. No unwanted interruptions, no chance I can be put "on-call" at work, saves me a few $$... :wink:
X2
by grizz
Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:52 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: D3 Mod: GroupC v3.0
Replies: 12
Views: 9621

Just downloaded it. Looks like fun. Thanks for the work. :D
by grizz
Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Do you have a Myspace?
Replies: 42
Views: 3423

by grizz
Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Old games(Pre-dating 1998)
Replies: 32
Views: 2470

Re:

Old, ha! You kids don't know what OLD is! :) lol. I was playing Pong and first Gen Atari console when I was 11. ...before PC's existed. In the strictest sense -personal computers-, not comercial mainframes. Pong came out when I was a teenager. People would actually quit playing foosball to play it ...
by grizz
Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:58 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: What the hell is Jailbreak, and why aren't we playing it?!
Replies: 2
Views: 2277

It's fun. :!: :!: :P
by grizz
Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:26 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Why is descent so unique?
Replies: 32
Views: 2873

I started in D3, then bought copies of D1 & D2 on Ebay to try after I got hooked on D3.

I still like D3 best for single AND multiplayer.

'Course I've never played D1 & D2 online, only on LAN against my kids. Don't even know where to find them online.
by grizz
Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 4th of july plans
Replies: 18
Views: 1809

Swim and watch fireworks in Bagdad with the wife, kids and friends. (Bagdad, Arizona, that is :) )
by grizz
Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:46 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Awesome Free Software
Replies: 59
Views: 34940

http://www.e-sword.net/'

Free Bible Software download. Better than most \"for purchase\" programs.