I'm back....AGAIN...

[Cowski]

I want to start out by sincerely apologizing for just about bailing on you guys all this time. In retrospect, and after I've signed on now...I feel slightly ashamed of myself for not checking in with you guys at least every so often. I generally take pride in keep tabs with people that have touched my life in one way or another & you guys have.

With this all said, it's time to play catch up...AGAIN.
I read the most recent threads that you guys have here. It's eerily quiet and that is sad. Seems the game is hanging on by a thread and with DC Universe out there, I'm sure a lot of hard-core players have jumped ship to head over there. I considered it when I was going through my games to play something different. But I'm a creature of habit. (sometimes) A guy I work with played DC Universe for a bit. I won't lie...it intrigues me. But not enough to give up on CoH.
I had a rather long dry spell of MMO's last year. I signed off of Warcraft in October of '09 and didn't play ANYTHING till August of last year. Was MMO'd out. Fired up WoW to prepare for the new release in December. Played my fill till just yesterday. Then got a hankering for some more CoH. Reinstalled it and got back in. Sad to see no one on my friends list is playing anymore. So thought I'd check back here to see what is what & from what I can piece together, some hard-times have fallen on my old friends as well.

Stat...From what I can understand it sounds like you had a little girl that couldn't wait to go full-term. How's she doing? Is she getting stronger? My thoughts & prayers go your way.
I understand you're out a computer too. Been there, done that. It's no fun.

BD & Scrum...I'm not 100% sure of your status. Are you playing at all? I just got back on yesterday & am still re-familiarizing myself with everything. And trying to make heads & tails of some of the new stuff.

I won't lie...I'm on at least 1 month...perhaps 2. All depends on how things go for me in game, of course. I'm waiting on Duke Nukem Forever to come out on May 3rd -- err....June 14th. Then will probably be focused on that game. And also I got a '07 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic motorcycle last year that I ride a lot. I spend little time on the computer if it's dry & above 50 degrees out.

Well that's it for now, guys. I hope to eventually see you on again. If not, I totally understand. Miss our antics together & who knows what the future will hold.

If you're on facebook, look me up. John Waclawski

Again, I am sincerely sorry for being away so long.

John
aka Cowski

P.S. Thank you for the Birthday wishes guys. I don't deserve them but appreciate them very, very much!

[statixman]

No Apologies needed my friend. Life takes precedent in all matters. My baby girl is doing great but has acid reflux so won't take full bottles so that is what is keeping her in the NICU in Toledo Childrens Hospital. I'm awaiting my tax returns and installing new carpet and painting a few rooms, if all goes well and I have money left over I will be getting a brand new puter(nothing fancy). Found one on tiger direct for $632 but the wife about lost it on me so I will be buying something that will at least play CoH. I will be back, with a daughter and stopping drinking beer, I need a diversion. I will not be on all the time but I will be back. Hope to see you all very soon.

[Cowski]

Stat,

Glad your little girl is doing so well. Do they have any idea how to solve the acid-reflux issue? Is she at home with you guys? When our daughter was born, she couldn't keep her body temperature high enough so she was in an incubator for about 10 days. She'll be 21 (years) this year & doing fine.

$632 seems like a lot of money for a computer. Is this a pre-built system or what? Send me the link. My son just built one from scratch for less then $300. That was EVERYTHING! If you already have some parts we can probably do it for less. But as I know so well...family first.

Glad to hear you doing ok. Will stay in touch!

John

[statixman]

She is over 2 months old and still in the hospital. They just put her on baby zantac last night in hopes it will help. We aren't trying to rush anything, we just want her healthy so when she finally is able to come home she is not going to have any problems what so ever.

As for the computer, I have my old dell that when it turns on it locks up about 2 minutes after it turns on and does NOTHING. A friend told me to slave the hard drive and pull the pics music and movies off and then wipe it and reinstall windows....problem is I don't have windows and I'm reluctant to do things like that and I don't know if it's worth putting money into. Its got a 3.0 hyper-threaded processor, 2 gigs ram, 250 hard drive and a junk off a video card. Sound card is good just not sure what it is without being able to get back into it.

This is one I was looking at. www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7221312&CatId=4928#

But this is the one I wanted. www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6713387&CatId=4928

[bdblade]

Welcome back John, glad to see more then 3 ppl in the forum again lol. Its been pretty busy on my end, ive been away from the game for over 300 days. Hoping to get back on, but they are talking about maybe having to go up north to oakland for a bit. Not sure if that is going to happen or not, but been trying to get back on, just seems like every time i try, something else comes up. I just need to stop trying and let it happen Hopefully when i do get back on, its for more then a couple of days. Ive kept my account active this whole time, so i can just jump back in. I did the latest update, but that was as far as i was able to get that night.

As for stats comp. $300 is a great deal. Hope things work out with the tax return and your daughter stat, and look forward to seeing u guys soon.

[statixman]

Well John how good is that puter your son built? Do you think it could play CoH in ultra mode? I would love to get one that cheap but I don't know how to put them together either. Just wondering about it.

[Cowski]

Mar 28, 2011 12:33:33 GMT -5 statixman said:

Well John how good is that puter your son built? Do you think it could play CoH in ultra mode? I would love to get one that cheap but I don't know how to put them together either. Just wondering about it.

Pros:

• 6-core AMD processor running @ 2.8ghz -- It's overclock friendly to 3.2ghz.
  
• 4gigs of DDR3 high-speed ram (includes built-on ram memory coolers)
  
• case w/450watt power supply (may have been 500)
  
• 5.1 dolby surround sound built on mobo (MSI mobo I think)
  
• high speed dvd burner
  
• 1tb high speed (7200rpm) WD SATA hard drive
  

Cons:

• No operating system. He's dual booting with Linux & Windows 7 64-bit
  
• Built in video card. I want to say it's a NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI HDMI video card sharing onboard ram.
  

I can get the exact info when he's online...he's at work right now so can't get a hold of him.
But all in all, yeah, I think a 6-core AMD 2.8ghz processors will run the game very well. I would add a better video card to run it in ultra-mode though.
If you're not afraid of building your own system & throwing your own operating system on, it's a great set up. Personally he 'n I build our own systems this way we know the components going into it.

I like Tiger Direct, great products, great prices. But for a more personal aspect, more control over what you're getting, my #1 stop ALWAYS is newegg.com.
We went there then shopped through the DIY PC Combos.

[bdblade]

As for the operating system, if you can get your hands on someones xp disk, i got a fresh new code waiting for u. We have to downgrade some of our computers for customers, so we use the xp codes for us.

[scrum]

Wow, I haven't checked the HoD boards in a few days and were buzzing here. I've been proccupied with (Japan, Libya, NHL Hockey, High School Baseball etc..).

Welcome back Cowski, sorry to say Its just me and Mach who are somewhat regular in the game these days, Babs is on a bit too. With the Incarnate Alpha Slot now available in the game I generally just run TFs on my 50s for the shards to build them up. Hope to see you on soon.

Stat is going to quit drinking beer! lolololololololololol.....................................

BD I'm kicking you from the SG when you hit 365 day off, so quit making excuses.

[bdblade]

lol wow that sucks. Ill see what i can do