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brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 08:37 AM

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EvilAvatar.com has graciously sanctioned this Steam group and we are proud to say that we invite you all to join. Sign up now to blast Pandora baddies with your friends from EvilAvatar.com!

In the days up to Borderlands release on the PC (the 26th of October), we will be accepting ideas for events and play-alongs. Please post in the comments section of the group to be heard and one of the group admin's will try to put something together.

Evil Avatar Steam Group for Borderlands - EABRDRLNDS (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/EABRDRLNDS)

Thanks be unto Modeps for allowing this group!

Syl

10-12-2009, 11:25 AM

Alright, Borderlands is definitely a go on day one. =)

brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 12:26 PM

Yup, I'm getting pretty excited for this now. I hope it's a lot of fun, cause the only type of game to ever truly "consume" me is a loot gather type. Give me tons of side quests (procedurally generated now, hell yeah) and I'm good for a long time.

sgtslappy

10-12-2009, 12:28 PM

I'd much rather play this on my PC than my 360, but my PC can't handle it. Probably.

:[

yutt

10-12-2009, 12:30 PM

pwnophobia

10-12-2009, 12:32 PM

I'd much rather play this on my PC than my 360, but my PC can't handle it. Probably.

:[

My PC isn't the greatest and I've decided to get Borderlands via Steam. Just do it!

Anenome

10-12-2009, 12:40 PM

Nice, can't wait for the first time I find an orange-epic weapon. I sincerely hope it's in a category I can use :P Or that they setup some sort of online auction house. Get it done, Gearbox ;) Or I'll just save it to trade with someone.

Anenome

10-12-2009, 12:41 PM

You folks better keep us informed on how this turns out. I am resisting being excited by it as L4D2 and WoW will take up enough of my limited free time.

However! I still look forward to a distant future which involves playing lots of Borderlands.

Considering that Borderlands is basically L4D and WoW combined, I think you're going to find it irresistible ;)

pwnophobia

10-12-2009, 12:42 PM

Or I'll just save it to trade with someone.

Okay, we're gonna both drop them on the ground AT THE SAME TIME.

1....2.......3.

HEY, YOU DIDN'T DROP YOUR WEAPON? WTF ANENOME IS OFFLINE? SON OF A BITCH!

brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 12:42 PM

I'd much rather play this on my PC than my 360, but my PC can't handle it. Probably.
:[

Well, can your system run Unreal 3? If you turn down the graphics can it? Borderlands uses the Unreal 3 engine so I'm guessing if you can run that then you can run this.

(Why they have yet to release system requirements is beyond me, it's only the Unreal 3 tech. I doubt it'll be THAT resource intensive.)

pwnophobia

10-12-2009, 12:44 PM

(Why they have yet to release system requirements is beyond me, it's only the Unreal 3 tech. I doubt it'll be THAT resource intensive.)

System Requirements

o OS: Windows XP/Vista
o Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
o Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
o Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
o Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
o Sound: Windows compatible sound card

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980/

brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 12:47 PM

Okay, we're gonna both drop them on the ground AT THE SAME TIME.

1....2.......3.

HEY, YOU DIDN'T DROP YOUR WEAPON? WTF ANENOME IS OFFLINE? SON OF A BITCH!

EvilAvatar's Borderlands Steam Group Group History Log

Kicked Member - October 26th @ 2:14pm - Anenome
reason "Stole Orange Epic Weapon from pwnophobia, disconnected after loud, laughing sound"

:eek: ;)

Anenome

10-12-2009, 12:48 PM

Okay, we're gonna both drop them on the ground AT THE SAME TIME.

1....2.......3.

HEY, YOU DIDN'T DROP YOUR WEAPON? WTF ANENOME IS OFFLINE? SON OF A BITCH!

Lol, the barter economy in ancient times was exactly this system. Way it works is you both drop items at a considerable distance. This should work, long as you can mouseover a dropped weapon from a distance to have its stats pop up. If both are happy, you both begin moving towards the opposite weapons--switching sides, to claim your trade. This makes it nearly impossible to cheat.

However, there is a character in the game who can move super fast >_> so, probably most people would not trade with that class.

All of this is still pure speculation. I don't know why so many are so concerned about this issue when it would be an exceedingly easy and logical one to patch into the game. And, as has been pointed out before, it worked with Diablo.

Anenome

10-12-2009, 12:52 PM

Sarconix

10-12-2009, 01:12 PM

You folks better keep us informed on how this turns out.

Seconded. Interested in how this is, but busy with work for the next couple of works. Thanks!

pwnophobia

10-12-2009, 01:21 PM

My system's several years old now, but with a newish card (8800GT), only 2 gigs memory, and can handle those req's just fine. But then again, I could run Crysis without stutter back when it was new and Crysis being a slideshow for most people was the big joke >_>

My system is no better: Dual Core AMD 4600 +'s, 2 GB of DDR2 RAM and a Nvidia 9600 GT(or maybe S?) 512 MB card and I'm buying it for the PC!

brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 01:27 PM

My system is no better: Dual Core AMD 4600 +'s, 2 GB of DDR2 RAM and a Nvidia 9600 GT(or maybe S?) 512 MB card and I'm buying it for the PC!

AMD Phenom II X4 940
Radeon 4870X2
8GB HyperX 1066Mhz

Yeah, I'm ready....

yutt

10-12-2009, 03:51 PM

Considering that Borderlands is basically L4D and WoW combined, I think you're going to find it irresistible ;)
That is my hope and fear. I hate the standard MMO interface, as I am much more of an FPS person. But WoW has the best multiplayer coop (in the form of raids and instances) of any game I've played. L4D comes close, and has much more enjoyable gameplay.

Someday soon there will be a perfect storm of these game types. Borderlands sounds like another step in that direction.

sgtslappy

10-12-2009, 09:27 PM

System Requirements

o OS: Windows XP/Vista
o Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
o Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
o Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
o Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
o Sound: Windows compatible sound card

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980/

But is that recommended or basic requirements? I'd go out and buy a new video card right now if I didn't have to upgrade my shotty 350W PSU.

brandonjclark

10-12-2009, 10:34 PM

But is that recommended or basic requirements? I'd go out and buy a new video card right now if I didn't have to upgrade my shotty 350W PSU.

Bro, you can get a mid-range Sapphire Radeon 4870 series for around $155/free shipping (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102849) and a CoolerMaster 600w PS for $80 shipped (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036) as well.

*That's only $255 and your smokin!

Anenome

10-12-2009, 10:54 PM

That is my hope and fear. I hate the standard MMO interface, as I am much more of an FPS person. But WoW has the best multiplayer coop (in the form of raids and instances) of any game I've played. L4D comes close, and has much more enjoyable gameplay.

Someday soon there will be a perfect storm of these game types. Borderlands sounds like another step in that direction.

I agree completely. My most ardent hope is that Borderlands is wildly successful to encourage Gearbox to make a sequel as an MMO. That would rock.

Anenome

10-12-2009, 10:56 PM

But is that recommended or basic requirements? I'd go out and buy a new video card right now if I didn't have to upgrade my shotty 350W PSU.

When I got the 8800GT I had to buy a new power supply. $50 or so? If I recall. Maybe it was $20, I forget. Anyway, installed it myself without much problem--even though I accidentally unseated the heatsink off the CPU >_> Had to go buy some Arctic-Chill and it was all good again.

Anenome

10-12-2009, 10:57 PM

Bro, you can get a mid-range Sapphire Radeon 4870 series for around $155/free shipping (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102849) and a CoolerMaster 600w PS for $80 shipped (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036) as well.

*That's only $255 and your smokin!

- Yeah, I was all worried I was gonna spend like $500 when my GPU fizzed. Instead I got out the door for much less, like barely $250.

brandonjclark

10-13-2009, 07:09 AM

- Yeah, I was all worried I was gonna spend like $500 when my GPU fizzed. Instead I got out the door for much less, like barely $250.

Oh hell, I could've linked to a MUCH LESS inexpensive solution, but those links get him a FAST videocard and an 80+ efficient powersupply that'll last a decade. I think it's worth spending just a little extra for the better parts since you'll probably hand it down someday, you know? A computer I built in 2002 is still running strong at my parents house, and is their primary PC. Little do they know they have a P4 3.2GHZ~3.5 with a Radeon 3850 under the hood and 2GB of HyperX DDR400:) now I don't mind visiting my parents house so much, hehehe

pwnophobia

10-13-2009, 07:12 AM

Oh hell, I could've linked to a MUCH LESS inexpensive solution, but those links get him a FAST videocard and an 80+ efficient powersupply that'll last a decade. I think it's worth spending just a little extra for the better parts since you'll probably hand it down someday, you know? A computer I built in 2002 is still running strong at my parents house, and is their primary PC. Little do they know they have a P4 3.2GHZ~3.5 with a Radeon 3850 under the hood and 2GB of HyperX DDR400:) now I don't mind visiting my parents house so much, hehehe

Hrm, I need to update my motherboard because its capped at 2 GB. How much do you think an upgrade, with 2 more GB of ram, would cost me?

I could give you the actual specs of my computer when I got home.

Syl

10-13-2009, 08:04 AM

Hrm, I need to update my motherboard because its capped at 2 GB. How much do you think an upgrade, with 2 more GB of ram, would cost me?

I could give you the actual specs of my computer when I got home.
Ram is roughly $10-15 a gigabyte until you get into the insanely expensive stuff.

I have 8 gigs of DDR2 PC6400 low latency ram and it cost me an incredible $90 or so with shipping. (4x2 gig sticks)

Syl

10-13-2009, 08:06 AM

Edit: the motherboard, however, will bring up issues. If your motherboard is capped at 2 gigs, it's obviously an older motherboard, maybe even DDR1 . You'd probably do better to just upgrade the processor while you're at it and move up to DDR2 ram.

brandonjclark

10-13-2009, 08:07 AM

Hrm, I need to update my motherboard because its capped at 2 GB. How much do you think an upgrade, with 2 more GB of ram, would cost me?

I could give you the actual specs of my computer when I got home.

I'd be literally overjoyed to help, just post em.

*Side thought, if you continue to run XP, it won't register more than 3GB of "usable" RAM, so keep that in mind.

Kragg

10-13-2009, 10:01 AM

I'd much rather play this on my PC than my 360, but my PC can't handle it. Probably.

:[

Slappy, I'm in the same boat, so we can play on the 360 if you choose to go console with me.

I just can't deal with any slow down in an FPS. :/

brandonjclark

10-13-2009, 10:10 AM

Slappy, I'm in the same boat, so we can play on the 360 if you choose to go console with me.

I just can't deal with any slow down in an FPS. :/

Not to start a war or anything, but I think it's strange you can't suffer ANY slowdown in an FPS but you have no trouble using a controller.

Kragg

10-13-2009, 10:15 AM

Oh hell, I could've linked to a MUCH LESS inexpensive solution, but those links get him a FAST videocard and an 80+ efficient powersupply that'll last a decade. I think it's worth spending just a little extra for the better parts since you'll probably hand it down someday, you know? A computer I built in 2002 is still running strong at my parents house, and is their primary PC. Little do they know they have a P4 3.2GHZ~3.5 with a Radeon 3850 under the hood and 2GB of HyperX DDR400:) now I don't mind visiting my parents house so much, hehehe

A quality PS is huge. I have an Antec 1000w and it's a powerhouse that has been running for years.

See, my limitation is my CPU. I'm running a 2.0Ghz AMD Athlon (3200 I believe, can't remember off the top of my head.)
I have 4gb of RAM (I'm running xp) and an NVidia 9800GT 1gb, which you would THINK would be a decent rig, but alas my CPU creates quite the bottleneck. I can play most mid-range games decently, but even DOW 2 gave my rig a kick squa' in the nuts because of the high CPU requirements.

Kragg

10-13-2009, 10:19 AM

Not to start a war or anything, but I think it's strange you can't suffer ANY slowdown in an FPS but you have no trouble using a controller.

I grew up on a keyboard and mouse for FPS, so no worries.

But that's like comparing a guy with a broken leg to a retard.

They're both "slow", but there's a difference. :)

brandonjclark

10-13-2009, 10:23 AM

I grew up on a keyboard and mouse for FPS, so no worries.

But that's like comparing a guy with a broken leg to a retard.

They're both "slow", but there's a difference. :)

Oh shit man! That's made me lol. Quite "siggable", to tell you the truth!

modeps

10-13-2009, 10:25 AM

Oh shit man! That's made me lol. Quite "siggable", to tell you the truth!

You too can hear Kragg run his mouth on the latest episode of SHOTGUN (http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=97312)!

Kragg

10-13-2009, 10:30 AM

You too can hear Kragg run his mouth on the latest episode of SHOTGUN (http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=97312)!

Awww, thanks for the plug Modeps.

BTW, I'm still drinking in the irony that you created a Steam group for this game after the conversation we had on Sunday. :)

/colonelclinkvoiceON "PITCH-FORRRRRRRD!!!!!!"

modeps

10-13-2009, 10:31 AM

Awww, thanks for the plug Modeps.

BTW, I'm still drinking in the irony that you created a Steam group for this game after the conversation we had on Sunday. :)

/colonelclinkvoiceON "PITCH-FORRRRRRRD!!!!!!"

I didn't create it buddy. Brandonjclark did.