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[_Chris_]

Kick, punch, its all in the mind, if you wanna test me... I'm sure you'll find...
Okay allow singing parappa on my ones.

Getting drunk and rambling on here used to be fun dammit...
Well.... Seeing as i just spent £120 on a fucking sexy ounce, i'm gonna treat myself to a bong... Or six...

[JasonA]

a sexy ounce.. hahaha

[_Chris_]

What? It is sexy, i payed for an ounce... Well street prices for ounces of this stuff are about £200 nowadays so paying £120 is amazing, i love my dealer. And to top it off, its a little bit over an ounce, so i payed £120 for more than what most people get for £200.


I
Fucking
WIN


Yes i do.

[JasonA]

Agreed, nothing like getting more for your money - sounds like you are enjoying it anyway

[46Matt]

I was actually lured by one of the ads on the forum homepage today! Signed upto ESPN for a month after seeing they had two Spurs games in that time.

I'm really trying hard not to get games on release as the price drops so quickly, but ME2 is really testing my resolve, the 1st is one of my favourite games and I want 2 so badly but hoping it will drop in price over next few weeks. If nothing else gives me a chance to get thru the small backlog of games I have at the mo.

And also, 14"!! what do you do with that??? crazy

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by 46Matt

I was actually lured by one of the ads on the forum homepage today! Signed upto ESPN for a month after seeing they had two Spurs games in that time.

I'm really trying hard not to get games on release as the price drops so quickly, but ME2 is really testing my resolve, the 1st is one of my favourite games and I want 2 so badly but hoping it will drop in price over next few weeks. If nothing else gives me a chance to get thru the small backlog of games I have at the mo.

And also, 14"!! what do you do with that??? crazy

I know - it cant be all that healthy...

Back to gaming, I haven't bought a game since MW2! It's been the first CoD game I've never got bored with constant play, yet it's been destroyed by glitchers who are pissing me off.

Because I didn't like the first Mass Effect Im not bothering with the 2nd - my next game is on it's way 'Burnout Paradise' for £7.50 it looks great.

I really want BadCompany2 also, but you just know GAME will drop the price after 3 or 4 weeks. The only games I buy on release day are Call of Duty, Gears & Halo

[_Chris_]

And AvP.

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by _Chris_

And AvP.

Im going to start the demo download in a bit, just as well do it so that hopefully its done before I wake up - then I can pretend it was there all along & I didnt have a looooooooooooooooong wait for it

[46Matt]

Burnout Paradise is a great game, I need to get back to it really. Let me know if you want a game or two online.

Have read some really mixed thoughts on AvP, seems to be a marmite game from the demo, either people love it or hate it.

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by 46Matt

Burnout Paradise is a great game, I need to get back to it really. Let me know if you want a game or two online.

Have read some really mixed thoughts on AvP, seems to be a marmite game from the demo, either people love it or hate it.

Yeah it turned up today... it looks great.

My console has this 'Open Tray' 'Close Tray' issues where it dont recognise any discs - but if I keep pushing the button repeatedly it does eventually read the disc after a while - anyone else have/had this issue?

There no RRoD, but my drive is had it I think.... it takes me a good 15 mins or more after the disc is in the console before it loads a game.

EDIT: found what causes the problem, the lens runs up & down on a small track to read the disc - when a disc is inserted the lens should be closer to the center of the disc - but with this error, the lens gets stuck on the track more towards the top part of the disc. My console is out of warranty & MS would charge me £90 for fixing this !! So I have bought an Xbox360 opener tool kit on ebay for £2 and will fix the bitch myself since its only a matter of moving the lens back down to the bottom of the track

[46Matt]

No brainer really for £2. Sure that I had a similar problem with the original Playstation although not so much of an issue as you could see the lens.

[JasonA]

I can get games to work but I have to constantly keep opening & closing the tray until eventually it'll pick up the disc... it would have been better if we could see the 360 lens since even if there is one bit of dirt on it, we can't remove it ourselves

[46Matt]

That's the kind of thing that would piss me right off. Would a lens cleaning disc help at all, or is it just getting stuck and not positioning correctly?

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by 46Matt

That's the kind of thing that would piss me right off. Would a lens cleaning disc help at all, or is it just getting stuck and not positioning correctly?

Its getting stuck... when I finally managed to get Burnout Paradise started (which I must say is fantastic!!!) it stopped reading the disc, so I spent 20 mins getting the disc to recognise again so I could install to HDD.

Now I've taken the disc out to put MW2 in, I have to spend as long as it takes to try & get it reading that - seems that its a common problem when I googled 'xbox360 open tray error' & happening to more & more people. Some people have to have new disc drives replaced by MS for £90 since replacing them yourself is classed as modding & your console gets a Live ban.

[_Chris_]

My console has done this to many many times, most of them were while warrenty was still active, then it happened last year... That console now sits downstairs.

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by _Chris_

My console has done this to many many times, most of them were while warrenty was still active, then it happened last year... That console now sits downstairs.

This irritating disc drive error is more annoying than RRoD isnt it, because it tests your patience - & i'm out of warranty for the disc drive, but still covered by 3yr warranty for RRoD on this Elite bought Aug 2007. Damn (saying that) just realised if I open my console now - then I void warranty if I get RRoD before Aug 2010 I may buy an Arcade Console cheap and just slap my 120GB HDD on it...and somehow encourage my elite to burn out before August...

Burnout Paradise for £7.50 is the best thing I've bought in ages, I saw it on Games on Demand and was tempted to get it - but the download of it would have given me a stroke plus used games are much cheaper! When I finally managed to get it working there was a HUGE 1.20GB Update on this game & you couldnt play online without it. !!!

Also pre-ordered Halo Reach today, but desperately waiting to find out when the next CoD is out...praying Treyarch dont put Care Packages in it !

[Chris]

t1i.

[JasonA]

Hooray - my little 360 Opener tool came today, its only a little metal ruler looking thing & a Torx 8 & 10 screwdriver. Needed to follow & online guide to use it though to line up all the clips & correct screws to take out.

Spent 15 minutes opening it, used a vacuum to gently remove a LOT of dirt & dust, then took apart the DVD Drive, re-greased the lens track, cleaned the lens itself with a damp cotton bud, dried with the other end of it - put the whole lot back together and as of today (well right now) it reads all the discs fine, no more open tray error!!!!

To fix cost me £2 for the tools, MS wanted to charge £97 in total for the repair & drive replacement with an up to 10 day wait...

However if I get RRoD I am screwed since I voided my 3yr RRoD warranty which is up August or Sept this year

[46Matt]

Good stuff! I would have taken the same chance on that as you going into the last 6 months of the warranty. £97 isn't far off the cost of a brand new console anyway, with a 3 year warranty as well.

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by 46Matt

Good stuff! I would have taken the same chance on that as you going into the last 6 months of the warranty. £97 isn't far off the cost of a brand new console anyway, with a 3 year warranty as well.

Thats what I thought, if it didnt work after my own attempt of getting into the dvd drive - I would have just bought new & then sold my Elite to a repair shop, many buy them for £70 and sell it on for much more after they do what they do to them

[46Matt]

After saying that have just seen that you can now get an Arcade for £99.

[Rossko_UK]

Everyone should buy Darwinia on XBLA, it's great. Been waiting for two years for it after Nino got me into it. Still rocks.

[Chris]

Very bizarre story....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8519681.stm

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by Chris

Very bizarre story....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8519681.stm

If I was terminally ill, I would want to go to sweden for suicide in one of those clinics - you drink a huge glass of lemon flavoured barbituates and dead in 30 mins without even feeling any pain. That is what I would want from my family and they all know - fly over, I go to bed in the clinic, drink the drink, fly back in a coffin.

[Chris]

Oh, I'm the same way. I'm all for assisted suicide. It's just the way this guy admitted to it was very odd.