Darth Yoda

A friend of mine had a stroke a while back. He"s a good artist. He"s wanting to get back into drawing. Check out his site. http://jessiann7.deviantart.com/gallery/ Might ask if he can help if you need some work done. Tell him Yoda sent you.

Like Shamu says.......take advantage of any schooling. Why? Look at the people who have an education versus those who don't............. No offense to anyone meant here. You'll find those who have an education usually do better than most others. Stay away from drugs, cigarettes and anything else that can unknowingly ruin your life. No more preaching from me.

I'll donate some empty bottles.

Congrats dude.........While playing please be sure to turn off your anti-yoda hax.

Tried rubber snakes placed in obvious places?

I had this same problem with Cod:UO. I had to contact activision and request a new disk. You will be required to give info printed on the disk to receive a new one. So if it's a dl copy your out of luck.

Congrats dude!!!!!

Congrats dude......good times ahead................

Need to get him a MadCat Cyborg mouse. It's adjustable for smaller hands.............. Congrats dude.

Thanks guys. Got my avatar and sig up now.

What size is the average sig? Some members have music playing when you hover over the sig. How do you do that?

Has anyone downloaded this and virus checked it?

Go to majorgeeks and look in the security section. They have a program or two to find keyloggers. I visit the site alot. They have some really goodstuff, lots of it free or trial versions.

I dont think ping and background programs conflict unless the programs eat away too much memory. But its still a good idea to kill unneeded stuff. Press Crtl-alt-del to bring up Task manager, look at Apps and processes. If you see something you dont need kill it by hitting end process. BE CAREFUL!!!!! Most are needed but Adobe, Quicktime and other stuff is a sure shot. Also click the start/run button type in msconfig/ok. Look at the tab that says startup (?, can't 'member offhand). These are things that start when you boot up. Again you'll see bunches of important and not important stuff. Google each entry and decide what you need to kill to reduce both boot times and improve system resources.

Try to route all cat5 or network cables away from electrical and power cables. Do you use a router? Mine add 40ms to my ping. Look at the newer gaming routers if needed. Stay away from "supplied" networking programs. Sierra wireless program adds 100 ms to my ping. Had to buy a cradlepoint router to avoid this hit. (some routers can bypass proprietory software. Seirra or Sprint routes your signal through their towers and not neccessarily the quickest way). Use asshort of a cat5 cable as you can. Wont help much but every sec counts. Get a trace route program, learn to read it and adjust as needed. Use a good firewall that allows a gaming config. This shuts down all traffic except the gaming ports you need. Kinda hard to configure but well worth the effort. Good for about 15 ms on my system. Move to Chicago. Expensive but the best way to reduce you ping. When I first started playing on the site, my ping was around 190-200. I now connect at about 90-110 using Sprint wireles. My biggest hit is from Sherman Texas to Dallas. It's all wireless untill my signal hits Dallas then it goes wired. 20ms from Dallas to Chicago, 20 thru my system and 60 from my house to the tower and to Dallas. Iwould go DSL but its not offered in my area. Anyway sorry for the long post but I hope it helps.

When using a new mobo remember to install the 4in1 (usb, onboard video and otheers) drivers first. Usually on the install CD. Then video andother drivers. If you don't do 4in1 first it will cause odd problems like you descibe. Hope all goes well.

Congrats

Congrats dude!!!!

robykey1234 please turn off your anti-yoda hax!!!! Congrats

Good choice of clans Pyroron. Congrats

Congrats Poseidon.

Congrats !!!!

Congrats dude!!!

WOO HOOO!!!! I aint the newbie no more!!!!!! Congrats dude.

If you go the Ebay route, make sure it's a NEW IN BOX game. Friend of mine bought one that had been used and Punk Busted. Check gogamers.com (I think), they are pretty cheap.