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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:01 pm
Post subject: Who said I don't have a life? |
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In one of my existences, not as crafty Deirdre the Warlock in World of
Warcraft, where I normally do well, nor as the urbane Francis Camus in
Second Life, but as the up-and-coming hood in Grand Theft Auto, I'm
being presented with a difficult challenge one of the gun aficionados
out there may be able to help me with. I have to waste two thugs from
the opposition, driving away from me as I'm in pursuit. One of them
has a shotgun; I have only a pistol.
Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions.
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Charles Riggs
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designquest10
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:50 pm
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"Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them all would
be the most effective approach?
Rapid obliteration might take you to a more interesting level of GTA. |
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M. J. Powell
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:31 pm
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In message <1130676633.178871.282390@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
designquest10 <dhk64@yahoo.com> writes
| Quote: | "Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them all would
be the most effective approach?
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I think you mean 'careering' not 'careening'. Careening' is to roll a
ship over to clean its bottom. No sign of nautical matters in Charles'
question.
Mike
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Pat Durkin
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Who said I don't have a life? |
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"Charles Riggs" <chriggs@éircom.net> wrote in message
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In one of my existences, not as crafty Deirdre the Warlock in World of
Warcraft, where I normally do well, nor as the urbane Francis Camus in
Second Life, but as the up-and-coming hood in Grand Theft Auto, I'm
being presented with a difficult challenge one of the gun aficionados
out there may be able to help me with. I have to waste two thugs from
the opposition, driving away from me as I'm in pursuit. One of them
has a shotgun; I have only a pistol.
Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions.
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Shut the game down and restart it, gun ablazing. |
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Michael Nitabach
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:14 am
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"M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:QIOfeSB5sMZDFw8l@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
| Quote: | In message
1130676633.178871.282390@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
designquest10 <dhk64@yahoo.com> writes
"Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait
for them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one
then the other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too
close to them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The
local gun shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US
setting, is out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one --
would you think that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them all
would be the most effective approach?
I think you mean 'careering' not 'careening'. Careening' is to
roll a ship over to clean its bottom. No sign of nautical matters
in Charles' question.
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"Careen" in the sense used is perfectly standard American English.
And we've been through this before, more than once.
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Mike Nitabach |
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Bill Bonde ('by a commodi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:27 am
Post subject: Re: Who said I don't have a life? |
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Charles Riggs wrote:
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In one of my existences, not as crafty Deirdre the Warlock in World of
Warcraft, where I normally do well, nor as the urbane Francis Camus in
Second Life, but as the up-and-coming hood in Grand Theft Auto, I'm
being presented with a difficult challenge one of the gun aficionados
out there may be able to help me with. I have to waste two thugs from
the opposition, driving away from me as I'm in pursuit. One of them
has a shotgun; I have only a pistol.
Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other?
George Clooney in "The Peacemaker" drives around nuclear weapons |
scientist Nicole Kidman and is forced to dispatch some "bad guys" who
murdered his friend. He has only a handgun and a car against their
myriad of weapons and a car, so he uses his car to ram the "bad guys" in
their car effectively stunning them just long enough for him to put them
down with his pistol. It's an effective scene in an otherwise throwaway
film, might work in your video game too.
| Quote: | I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun.
Shotguns are extremely lethal short range instruments. I read somewhere |
that only ten percent of the people shot with handguns die but ninety
percent of the people shot with shotguns at short range do. Does the
game let you nancy boy yourself on the mean streets for the cash to buy
a boss Barrett fi'ty cal with Swarovski optics? Because that could solve
your problem.
| Quote: | The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
How can a gun shop be out of shotguns? If the game is in the US, pretty |
much every other house will have at least one. Of course many of them
will be pointed at you if you try a smash and grab. In a UK setting, you
might be able to get you an air rifle and convert it to fire .22 calibre
powder rounds, sort of a zip gun with some hope for accuracy.
| Quote: | I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Stand just at the car's door jam and rap on the window. Ask for a light |
for your smoke and when the guy says he gave that up for his health, tap
him a few new ones between his ocular vents.
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Had Tolstoy confined himself to war or peace, he could have been
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M. J. Powell
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:34 am
Post subject: Re: Who said I don't have a life? |
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In message <Xns96FF90CBD89C6mnitabachacedslcom@216.196.97.140>, Michael
Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> writes
| Quote: | "M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:QIOfeSB5sMZDFw8l@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
In message
1130676633.178871.282390@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
designquest10 <dhk64@yahoo.com> writes
"Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait
for them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one
then the other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too
close to them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The
local gun shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US
setting, is out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one --
would you think that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them all
would be the most effective approach?
I think you mean 'careering' not 'careening'. Careening' is to
roll a ship over to clean its bottom. No sign of nautical matters
in Charles' question.
"Careen" in the sense used is perfectly standard American English.
And we've been through this before, more than once.
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But I don't speak American.
Mike
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Michael Nitabach
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:31 am
Post subject: Re: Who said I don't have a life? |
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"M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:hGSzdhAIBSZDFw6T@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
| Quote: | In message <Xns96FF90CBD89C6mnitabachacedslcom@216.196.97.140>,
Michael Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> writes
"M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:QIOfeSB5sMZDFw8l@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
In message
1130676633.178871.282390@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
designquest10 <dhk64@yahoo.com> writes
"Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait
for them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one
then the other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get
too close to them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun.
The local gun shop, not that they aren't all over the place in
the US setting, is out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal
one -- would you think that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them
all would be the most effective approach?
I think you mean 'careering' not 'careening'. Careening' is to
roll a ship over to clean its bottom. No sign of nautical
matters in Charles' question.
"Careen" in the sense used is perfectly standard American English.
And we've been through this before, more than once.
But I don't speak American.
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Why blame others for your own ignorance? You don't see me in the
French usage forum castigating people for posting in French.
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:32 am
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:34:32 +0000, "M. J. Powell"
<mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | But I don't speak American.
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Oy!
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Charles Riggs |
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J. J. Lodder
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:02 am
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M. J. Powell <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | "Careen" in the sense used is perfectly standard American English.
And we've been through this before, more than once.
But I don't speak American.
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Do you really believe you can avoid that completely?
Jan |
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M. J. Powell
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:34 am
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In message <Xns96FF9DF71C228mnitabachacedslcom@216.196.97.140>, Michael
Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> writes
| Quote: | "M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:hGSzdhAIBSZDFw6T@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
In message <Xns96FF90CBD89C6mnitabachacedslcom@216.196.97.140>,
Michael Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> writes
"M. J. Powell" <mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:QIOfeSB5sMZDFw8l@pickmere.demon.co.uk:
In message
1130676633.178871.282390@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
designquest10 <dhk64@yahoo.com> writes
"Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait
for them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one
then the other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get
too close to them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun.
The local gun shop, not that they aren't all over the place in
the US setting, is out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal
one -- would you think that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them
all would be the most effective approach?
I think you mean 'careering' not 'careening'. Careening' is to
roll a ship over to clean its bottom. No sign of nautical
matters in Charles' question.
"Careen" in the sense used is perfectly standard American English.
And we've been through this before, more than once.
But I don't speak American.
Why blame others for your own ignorance? You don't see me in the
French usage forum castigating people for posting in French.
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M. J. Powell
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:34 am
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In message <q8bam1dks09ikkilosls80t5mu87775b2u@4ax.com>, Charles Riggs
<chriggs@?.net.invalid> writes
Oy! Charles?
Mike
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:32 pm
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:34:55 +0000, "M. J. Powell"
<mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | In message <q8bam1dks09ikkilosls80t5mu87775b2u@4ax.com>, Charles Riggs
chriggs@?.net.invalid> writes
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:34:32 +0000, "M. J. Powell"
mike@pickmere.demon.co.uk> wrote:
But I don't speak American.
Oy!
Oy! Charles?
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Yes?
Oh, you meant why the Oy!, I suspect. We've been down this road many
times in AUE. Not only is American the wrong word to use when
referring to the American language, I find it somewhat insulting to
educated Americans. The English we speak isn't identical to that
spoken by educated Londoners, but that doesn't make it non-English,
which "American" implies.
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:32 pm
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:09:45 GMT, "Pat Durkin" <durk183@sbcglobal.com>
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"Charles Riggs" <chriggs@éircom.net> wrote in message
news:hn19m15nvv8e7eppi1ln29m3v2sp2ckv8u@4ax.com...
In one of my existences, not as crafty Deirdre the Warlock in World of
Warcraft, where I normally do well, nor as the urbane Francis Camus in
Second Life, but as the up-and-coming hood in Grand Theft Auto, I'm
being presented with a difficult challenge one of the gun aficionados
out there may be able to help me with. I have to waste two thugs from
the opposition, driving away from me as I'm in pursuit. One of them
has a shotgun; I have only a pistol.
Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Shut the game down and restart it, gun ablazing.
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I'm not sure you're attuned to the nuances of _Grand Theft Auto_, Pat,
but thanks for the suggestion anyway.
How's life in America these days?
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:32 pm
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On 30 Oct 2005 04:50:33 -0800, "designquest10" <dhk64@yahoo.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | "Do I ram their car, back off a reasonable distance while I wait for
them to get out of their car, then attempt to shoot the one then the
other? I can't think of a better way, for when I get too close to
them, I get blown away by the boy with the shotgun. The local gun
shop, not that they aren't all over the place in the US setting, is
out of shotguns, but I might be able to steal one -- would you think
that necessary?
I'm open to any and all suggestions."
Perhaps putting pedal to the metal and careening through them all would
be the most effective approach?
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I thought of that: hijack a truck and just ram the hell out of them: a
simple solution, perhaps, which I will try. Thing is, the game
designers clearly intended I use the pistol they mention. My man even
told me where to find one.
| Quote: | Rapid obliteration might take you to a more interesting level of GTA.
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I'm finding it challenging enough even at the low level I'm currently
at. You oughta see the havoc I cause when attempting to drive down the
road, keeping in mind it isn't kosher to hit pedestrians, etc.
Thinking of World of Warcraft, once one reaches level 18 or so, the
quests become so difficult the enjoyment decreases. Each time a
character of mine has got that far, I've started over at level one,
but with a different class of character for variety. I like warlocks
because they can have a pet to help out with the fighting. Plus, mine,
when I'm Deirdre, is rather cute.
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