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Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

MA-Horus posted:

There are days when I miss my 21" Trinitron

There are never days that my back misses it. That fucker was drat close to 100lbs

Bringing my tv back and forth from college was loving brutal.

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shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

and every ounce of it right at the front of the wide end

the most awkwardly balanced objects ever to exist on god's earth

# ? Sep 10, 2022 23:54

Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

September Current Events - Nothing from this millennium please

# ? Sep 10, 2022 23:55

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

MA-Horus posted:

There are days when I miss my 21" Trinitron

There are never days that my back misses it. That fucker was drat close to 100lbs

I had a 21" european Sony trinitron TV I bought in Iraq in 2005, might have weighed 50 pounds. It was a beast though, and worked fine with any voltage I plugged into it.

Now the 25" trinitron from the mid-90s, that was stupid heavy. As was the 32" my friend had in college. Absolute back breakers.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:00

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

shame on an IGA posted:

and every ounce of it right at the front of the wide end

the most awkwardly balanced objects ever to exist on god's earth

I�m shocked there weren�t more stories about them being dropped and broken.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:08

MA-Horus: Dec 3, 2006; I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

Marshal Prolapse posted:

I’m shocked there weren’t more stories about them being dropped and broken.

Lol, you're not breaking one of those bad boys. Theyre breaking whatever they fall on.

My Trinitron wasn't actually that bad. A guy I went to LANparties with had a 21" Viewsonic and the gun on that thing was 2 feet long I swear

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:18

kupachek: Aug 5, 2015; This man’s brain is trembling in the balance between reason and insanity, and as he stalks on with clenched fist and sword in hand, as though he still saw those murderous Russians gunners.

Marshal Prolapse posted:

I�m shocked there weren�t more stories about them being dropped and broken.

I've deliberately broken a few of them, the face tends to be nice and thick, and will repulse a bat.
The emitter hidden in the housing though? quite fragile. A toetap can be enough to fragment that.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:23

LtCol J. Krusinski: May 7, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

kupachek posted:

I've deliberately broken a few of them, the face tends to be nice and thick, and will repulse a bat.
The emitter hidden in the housing though? quite fragile. A toetap can be enough to fragment that.

When I was in high school on the baseball team, someone found a TV on those roller stands schools used back in the day. It was just there behind the gym.

One of the� dumber, of my teammates got the bright idea to beat the poo poo out of it with his aluminum baseball bat.

That day I learned two things that school (up to that point) had not taught me. 1) CRT TV�s have some kind of capacitor or something that can give you a gently caress off jolt even when they�re not plugged in and 2) Aluminum is an excellent electrical conductor.

Fun times.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:34

El Mero Mero: Oct 13, 2001

Hyrax Attack! posted:

Really dug Perfect Dark single player but in my experience multiplayer was only fun for folks who really knew the game, unlike goldeneye where a casual fan could figure out how to move and shoot, without having to worry about secondary fire modes or why everything was blurry (even when they respawned because of a glitch with how poisoning worked)

Laptop guns, remote controlled missiles, and proximity mines were funny as gently caress. We banned the farsight though since it was too enraging/unfair

# ? Sep 11, 2022 00:49

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Perfect Dark's X-music was absolutely perfect for multiplayer matches, either with people, bots, or challenges. Fuckin loved that poo poo.

Also there's jack poo poo for news today, just complete college football hilarity and a hilarious Ukrainian advance, all covered in other threads :toot:

# ? Sep 11, 2022 01:10

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

MA-Horus posted:

Lol, you're not breaking one of those bad boys. Theyre breaking whatever they fall on.

My Trinitron wasn't actually that bad. A guy I went to LANparties with had a 21" Viewsonic and the gun on that thing was 2 feet long I swear

Oh god I can't even imagine how many people those things wrecked over the years.

kupachek posted:

I've deliberately broken a few of them, the face tends to be nice and thick, and will repulse a bat.
The emitter hidden in the housing though? quite fragile. A toetap can be enough to fragment that.

I was always more concerned with the plastic shell tbh.

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

When I was in high school on the baseball team, someone found a TV on those roller stands schools used back in the day. It was just there behind the gym.

One of the� dumber, of my teammates got the bright idea to beat the poo poo out of it with his aluminum baseball bat.

That day I learned two things that school (up to that point) had not taught me. 1) CRT TV�s have some kind of capacitor or something that can give you a gently caress off jolt even when they�re not plugged in and 2) Aluminum is an excellent electrical conductor.

Fun times.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 01:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

When I was in high school on the baseball team, someone found a TV on those roller stands schools used back in the day. It was just there behind the gym.

One of the� dumber, of my teammates got the bright idea to beat the poo poo out of it with his aluminum baseball bat.

That day I learned two things that school (up to that point) had not taught me. 1) CRT TV�s have some kind of capacitor or something that can give you a gently caress off jolt even when they�re not plugged in and 2) Aluminum is an excellent electrical conductor.

Fun times.

Yeah a lot of makers scavenge old TVs for parts and you very quickly learn to short the fuckoff huge caps in those things as soon as you have the back off.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 01:33

Leave: Feb 7, 2012; Taking the term "Koopaling" to a whole new level since 2016.

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Did anyone else play Timesplitters or am I rowing that boat alone?

For reference, the 2004ish Timesplitters. It had an interesting multiplayer deathmatch.

I played a shitload of Timesplitters 2 multiplayer with my friends. I always really liked those after battle awards they gave for most accurate, most kills, longest time with a monkey, stuff like that.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 01:55

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

I bounced a thrown brick off the front of a CRT from a good five feet away. drat near hit me back for my impudence.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 02:52

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

I found out the hard way that .22 short can't penetrate the front glass on an IBM 5153

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Leave posted:

I played a shitload of Timesplitters 2 multiplayer with my friends. I always really liked those after battle awards they gave for most accurate, most kills, longest time with a monkey, stuff like that.

Splatoon 3 just launched yesterday and brought that feature in, second best thing about the game right behind being a multiplayer shooter with no voice chat

shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Sep 11, 2022

# ? Sep 11, 2022 03:03

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Did anyone else play Timesplitters or am I rowing that boat alone?

For reference, the 2004ish Timesplitters. It had an interesting multiplayer deathmatch.

It was bad rear end. I remember that as the only good PS2 death match multiplayer game.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 04:21

Natty Ninefingers: Feb 17, 2011

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Did anyone else play Timesplitters or am I rowing that boat alone?

For reference, the 2004ish Timesplitters. It had an interesting multiplayer deathmatch.

Fuckin loved that game

# ? Sep 11, 2022 04:32

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Bored As gently caress posted:

It was bad rear end. I remember that as the only good PS2 death match multiplayer game.

That I remember it at all is surprising. I wound up playing a lot of deathmatches against AI, but it was still fun and weird. It was the era of Halo 2. Socom 2, I think, was more the rage on ps2 at the time. If you had an xbox and a ps2 at the time, you probably played more Halo. Nuts how big that game used to be. And how far it's fallen.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 04:32

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Did anyone else play Timesplitters or am I rowing that boat alone?

For reference, the 2004ish Timesplitters. It had an interesting multiplayer deathmatch.

Oh yeah played a ton on a friend�s GameCube. Something about a monkey running around? It was a fun time. Also watched him play Eternal Darkness and the bathtub jump scare got us good.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 05:10

El Mero Mero: Oct 13, 2001

MA-Horus posted:

Lol, you're not breaking one of those bad boys. Theyre breaking whatever they fall on.

My Trinitron wasn't actually that bad. A guy I went to LANparties with had a 21" Viewsonic and the gun on that thing was 2 feet long I swear

I was that guy. That 21" viewsonic slipped when I tried to lift it out of my trunk and it bashed a fist sized hole in the trunk floor. The monitor was fine.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 06:09

kupachek: Aug 5, 2015; This man’s brain is trembling in the balance between reason and insanity, and as he stalks on with clenched fist and sword in hand, as though he still saw those murderous Russians gunners.

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

When I was in high school on the baseball team, someone found a TV on those roller stands schools used back in the day. It was just there behind the gym.

One of the� dumber, of my teammates got the bright idea to beat the poo poo out of it with his aluminum baseball bat.

That day I learned two things that school (up to that point) had not taught me. 1) CRT TV�s have some kind of capacitor or something that can give you a gently caress off jolt even when they�re not plugged in and 2) Aluminum is an excellent electrical conductor.

Fun times.

That really is the best scenario for secondhand learning. Skip the shock but gain the knowledge.
Not sure what it is with highschool baseball players and electricity, but I remember a couple of them discovering capacitors and using them on one another in the dugout during lunchhour. The vivid imagery of one of them making a hrrk noise and having his skoal spit dribble down his chin continues to be amusing.

Marshal Prolapse posted:

I was always more concerned with the plastic shell tbh.

Understandable, but also pretty resistant. I don't think I ever managed to hurt one beyond scuffing the plastic accidentally. Damaging them deliberately took effort.
Heck, I dropped the 14" triniton for one of my LC's down the (carpeted) stairs accidentally back around '94 and it suffered no ill effects, but that was the last time I carried them together.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 07:30

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

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# ? Sep 11, 2022 08:26

Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Did anyone else play Timesplitters or am I rowing that boat alone?

For reference, the 2004ish Timesplitters. It had an interesting multiplayer deathmatch.

Looks like it's time for me to plug James Bond 007: Nightfire for the amazing multiplayer on Gamecube. That's probably a solo row as well though

# ? Sep 11, 2022 11:16

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

don't forget

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pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

don't forget

https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1568935781447729153

# ? Sep 11, 2022 16:08

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

pantslesswithwolves posted:

https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1568935781447729153

Also the 21 year anniversary of Seth McFarlane missing his flight.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 16:14

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

Soul Dentist posted:

Looks like it's time for me to plug James Bond 007: Nightfire for the amazing multiplayer on Gamecube. That's probably a solo row as well though

Oh hell yes. That game ruled. And continued the tradition of Oddjob being overpowered as hell, cause his hat had insane aim assist and could nail cross map shots.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 17:01

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

Arrath posted:

Oh hell yes. That game ruled. And continued the tradition of Oddjob being overpowered as hell, cause his hat had insane aim assist and could nail cross map shots.

That game was notablr for sitting in a corner with an rc helo, an rc tank, or an rc missile.

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maffew buildings: Apr 29, 2009; too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

today we remember the best day of dick cheney's business career

# ? Sep 11, 2022 17:49

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

My favourite 9/11 memory is downloading porn as a horn teen and it opening with a dedication to 9/11 lmao

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:17

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

I was in mechanic's trade school for 9/11 and we were still reeling from Dale Earnhardt's death at Daytona that year.

Tragic times. I think I spilled my beer more that year than any prior.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:20

Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

Never forget

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:21

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

My favourite 9/11 memory is downloading porn as a horn teen and it opening with a dedication to 9/11 lmao

Hello fellow One Nite in Paris viewer.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:31

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

https://twitter.com/gallardo_ortega/status/1569004391792877568?s=20&t=ePaPrUmBtm3j8d2B593O2g

Loling think of Irish Joe checking into a United flight at Dulles

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:37

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/gallardo_ortega/status/1569004391792877568?s=20&t=ePaPrUmBtm3j8d2B593O2g

Loling think of Irish Joe checking into a United flight at Dulles

Wuthering? Why?

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Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

A bunch of heads of state piled onto a coach bus to attend a funeral sounds like the wacky concentration of targets that would seem outlandish for setting the stage of London Has Fallen.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:40

Grip it and rip it: Apr 28, 2020

Flikken posted:

Wuthering? Why?

Helicopters are unseemly

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:44

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Yeah that�s for the head of states of Tuvalu and Kyrgistan, Joe�s flying Air Force One into a military airfield and flying Marine One to his motorcade.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:44

Xakura: Jan 10, 2019; A safety-conscious little mouse!

Arrath posted:

A bunch of heads of state piled onto a coach bus to attend a funeral sounds like the wacky concentration of targets that would seem outlandish for setting the stage of London Has Fallen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-YQmM0fMM

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/gallardo_ortega/status/1569004391792877568?s=20&t=ePaPrUmBtm3j8d2B593O2g

Loling think of Irish Joe checking into a United flight at Dulles

"Can you imagine Joe Biden on the bus?" Indeed, only trains are good enough.

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 13:17

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

FrozenVent posted:

Yeah that�s for the head of states of Tuvalu and Kyrgistan, Joe�s flying Air Force One into a military airfield and flying Marine One to his motorcade.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:50

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