Who here does not have a TV, or is it just me?

[daverave999]

Quite a lot of 11 - 13 year olds don't watch TV. Mind you, they play Guitar Hero instead. Which is shite.

I reckon you'd love the South Park Guitar Hero episode if you haven't seen it.

[El Catador]

the last game I played on a PC was Half Life 2 a long time ago

Am I he only one, or did other gamers start feeling 'protective' of their AI teammates when they played this game?
I found myself trying to keep them behind me so they wouldn't get killed (and felt guilty and annoyed if they did!!!).

I need my head examined ... I know ... seriously!

Quite a lot of 11 - 13 year olds don't watch TV. Mind you, they play Guitar Hero instead. Which is shite.

Reminds me of the 'South Park' episode 'Guitar Queer'o' (available online), where the boys spend hours and hours perfecting how to press four coloured buttons on a plastic guitar in time to the music ... if they're gonna invest that much time into it .. why don't they learn how to play a 'real' one in the first place??

EDIT: Sorry Dave crossed post, I was having a brew and gazing into space as per usual.

[Robusto]

Reminds me of the 'South Park' episode 'Guitar Queer'o' (available online), where the boys spend hours and hours perfecting how to press four coloured buttons on a plastic guitar in time to the music ... if they're gonna invest that much time into it .. why don't they learn how to play a 'real' one in the first place??

Exact, Cat. Exact.

I must watch that episode. Haven't seen it, men.

[Lee Nub]

[QUOTE=El Catador;66159]Am I he only one, or did other gamers start feeling 'protective' of their AI teammates when they played this game?
I found myself trying to keep them behind me so they wouldn't get killed (and felt guilty and annoyed if they did!!!).

I need my head examined ... I know ... seriously!



LOL i was the same, still am . Its even worse in mmorgs mate as you have someone screaming at you to not let them die. I used to spend more time in guild raids with my online friends than with my real life friends at one point

[Lascaux]

i know what you mean there dub, i was massively into final fantasy XI for a few months and spent more time with online friends than the real ones!
with final fantasy XIV looming round the corner, i fear the same may happen again. but at least the online friends won't complain about the cigar smoke when i light up before a raid

[Pantomimehorse]

while I have a massive telly I very rarely use it to watch TV, I use my 48" LCD as my PC screen so all those downloaded movies and tv shows I get from my friend 'Don Load' look fantastic. All I use actual tele broadcasts for now are the occasional documentaries really.

[Lascaux]

oh wow you know 'don load'?
he's my cousin in america. he gives me all the US TV shows the day after they're aired. lovely gent!

[Drewmidorn]

I stopped watching TV regularly when i reached about 17, a child of the digital age i prefered computer games. the last time I watched anything was on christmas day and it was torture,

i love my american dramas, the wire, lost, dexter etc but I watch all these online.
i'll never get a TV, any odd program that is actually any good i can always download/stream online.

I kind of aggree, but I do have a TV and a DVD player as I love my movies and, as Lascaux says, american drama... so I just buy the box sets.

I don't have a sky box, but I would miss some of the documentaries on the BBC without a terrestrial telly. Although funnily enough I usually watch them on the i player!

[Ryan]

I know a couple who have never had a TV.
I've been in their company quite a few times over the years when somebody asks something like "Did you see 'Big Brother' last night?"
When they reply that they do not have a television, the person who posed the original question almost always gives an embarrassed/guilt-laden response such as, "Well I just have one for the news, the odd documentary, etc." as if having a television makes them less intelligent.
The best answer, finally, came when one woman simply said "Why not? they only cost 100 quid".

[daverave999]

The best answer, finally, came when one woman simply said "Why not? they only cost 100 quid".

Brilliant!

Also, this thread reminded me of this.

[skyhigh]

[QUOTE=Lee dub;66165]

Am I he only one, or did other gamers start feeling 'protective' of their AI teammates when they played this game?
I found myself trying to keep them behind me so they wouldn't get killed (and felt guilty and annoyed if they did!!!).

I need my head examined ... I know ... seriously!



LOL i was the same, still am . Its even worse in mmorgs mate as you have someone screaming at you to not let them die. I used to spend more time in guild raids with my online friends than with my real life friends at one point

And you probably will again Lee when SWTOR hit us..

[Lee Nub]

Yes indeed sir, we should plan the Co-heee-ba guild

[snooky]

Well i watch less and less TV ive got an expensive 7:1 set up and to really enjoy films have to wait for the neighbors to go out, I watch live sport HD and films mainly , but seriously thinking of dumping Sky. But love good DVD's the sound scares the crap out of ya.

[crslaytor]

me too
I am thinking about buying another monitor, but not a TV

[saggel]

I don't have a TV