Grand Thumb Auto X: The Fellowship of the Thumb

[toblix]

So, I keep forgetting (because we keep changing it all the time). It's tuesday, right? At 21:00 GMT. Who's gonna show up?

[miffy495]

I'd be in at about 21:15, as with this week.

[n0wak]

Present.

[Nachimir]

Should be

[Horticulture Tycoon]

I get home from work about 22:00 GMT, I'll jump in if I can. Assuming there isn't another blizzard, or I don't simply forget.

[miffy495]

Sure, just go to the gamertag exchange and add one of us. Should be no problems from there.

[ysbreker]

If I don't forget, like last time I'll be there!

[James]

How would one (me) go about getting into such a thing?

[n0wak]

How would one (me) go about getting into such a thing?

All you need* is to show up on Tuesday and message one of us. We'll send an invite to the party.

* And an XBox 360, XBox Live membership, and a copy of GTAIV.

[James]

THEN IT'S A DATE provided I remember and so on.

[toblix]

Does anyone know how we should do things if we end up being 9+ people one night? The party limit seems to be eight players, but I assume one can do "friends only" games and stuff like that...

[miffy495]

I really don't have enough experience with the party system. Do they really limit it that much? At any rate, I'm excited to see some new faces tomorrow. Really gives me something to look forward to when I get home from class.

[Nachimir]

It's my dad's birthday today, so there's only a 50/50 chance I'll be around.

[toblix]

Really gives me something to look forward to when I get home from class.

Yeah, I was going to hang myself when I got home from work today, but now I'll do that tomorrow instead.

[ysbreker]

Since I'm not having Internet at my home for the coming month I'm afraid I can't make it

[James]

That was fun. I'd like to apologize for my increasingly terrible performance and inane banter.

Is there any chance of doing something similar with Left 4 Dead 360? I feel like I ought to be playing that game more.

[toblix]

Aaaand that's a wrap. This was a race-heavy GTA, which is fine by me since i love racing. The endgame was also sweet... I'm sorry I totally dominated you with rockets, guys. I can't help being the best GTA player the West has ever known.

[miffy495]

Is there any chance of doing something similar with Left 4 Dead 360? I feel like I ought to be playing that game more.

Damn, I would be totally in, but my L4D is the PC version. Pity.

[James]

I'd get that, but my PC is fairly appalling. One day I'll sort it out or buy a new one, I guess.

Fuck you, plates!

[n0wak]

[toblix]

Who's that in fifth place? What a loser.

[miffy495]

I gotta say toblix, every time I finished a race and it gave me the option to watch a player's screen, I watched yours. You do some crazy shit, good sir. Always fun to observe.

[toblix]

Yeah, I'd rather jump off a bridge in a burning ice cream van than finish last.

n0wak, those clips are fucking awesome. Do you use a mobile cell phone or something? I have half a mind to set up a camcorder next week and see if I can get something cool.

[n0wak]

Yeah, it's super lo-fi. Have a point-and-shoot camera that takes video and it's set up just to the side of the tv (hence the skewed perspective).

[James]

Who would have thought?

Looking at it, it's way too dark. My camera seems to do that. I'll have a look at the settings, I guess. Also, it looks pretty appalling in SD. In HD it seems to look better, but it's pretty much a slideshow for me, so I can't really tell.

I don't think I caught much of particular interest, and my PC's a bit appalling at playing even remotely hi-res video, so it's a bit of a pain to find anything good, but I'll have a look. Hopefully there's something less tedious than this clip. I experimented with putting it into GIF format, but I was having difficulty making it so that I could tell what the hell was going on. But anyway, that is a thing. Or some of a thing. Or something. I DON'T KNOW, I TRIED.