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Fusilades are on one of Simeon's import / export lists that the sends to you via text and cream is a pretty cheap respray color. He was probably prepping a car for sale at the docks. Yeah that was a dick move, but his dumb luck for not creating a private session for himself so that he could do the job in peace. I have begun the practice of fitting any import / export cars I steal on pub servers with an Ignition Bomb or a Remote Bomb because of douchebag ambushers that lie in wait at LS Customs and try to shoot you as you leave..

Disagree, there. Especially with the hack-money being gone, most people are going to be hesitant to blow you up, and will instead prefer to shoot you. Armor very definitely helps with that. I'm saying that Armor should provide you from bullets and some explosives. That's the way it works in real life when it comes to up-armored HUMMV's, MRAP vehicles and ballistic POV's, so it can't be that hard to sim. That's what I do for a living. Cars shouldn't be anywhere near as durable as a tank but you should be able to survive at least one non direct hit even if the explosion totals the vehicle. A direct hit should still blow you up, though. Best defense against being shot by randoms is simply not to put yourself in that situation. Do the majority of your play with your crew or your friends in private sessions.

Hell yeah he should've been worried. Order 66, man. By the time New Hope rolls around, Palpatine and Vader had an entire government and an army at their disposal dedicated to wiping out Jedi. Even Yoda bounced to Dagotbah to avoid detection.

Nah, that was the one thing that Lucas got right. The jobbing out of Maul and Dooku only seems dumb from a metaplot perspective. If you look at it from the context of the story, it makes perfect sense. Maul and Tyrannus were expendable. Palpatine was after Anakin the whole time.

We knew Obi-Wan was a bad-ass, but he was still in Qui-Gon's shadow. When Obi beat Maul, the student became the master and passing of torches is one of the core theme of the franchise.

I was okay with Maul getting what was coming too him in Ep. 1. His purpose was to establish Obi-Wan as a bad-ass. Mission successful since Maul had to use Dark Side chicanery because he couldn't beat Obi-Wan legit in a saber battle. Obi-Wan was about to go through Maul like a spoon ful of Draino.

Yeah, there is no way I'd mistake Natalie Portman for a mid-teen or peg the character Padme herself as portrayed by Portman as a sixteen year old.

The failing point of PM is that Anakin is a kid when we first meet him. I know that we're supposed to be terrified by the prospect that this innocent, altruistic child is going to become Vader, but then Padme is in her mid twenties when Anakin is like nine or ten. Makes the pending relationship veeeery creeeepy... Can we at least get some clarification that says that humanoids from Naboo have a longer life span / age slower or that the stupid medachorians age Anakin faster than normal and give him preternatural maturity?.

There's a platinum award associated with blowing up ground vehicles (I am 358 out of 500) and one associated with shooting down police helis.

No, Obi Wan and Darth Maul (Ray Park > everyone, Duel of Fates playing in the background = Epic) going head to head beats anything in Clones. Second best fight of the franchise behind Obi Wan vs. Anakin in RoTS if you completely ignore the bad science of the Jedi using a fighting style that is totally ignorant of the fact that their traditional weapon has an omni-directional cutting surface. If you factor in "smart science," then the best lightsaber brawl is Luke vs. Vader in Empire Strikes Back since they both fight with the fucking plasma torch pointed away from themselves and always towards the other guy.

A 100% uparmored Mammoth or Sandking will be taken out by one grenade/sticky bomb/RPG. Tanks? Not so much. My grenades must suck or my aim is bad. In the past, it has taken me two or three grenades to fully demolish the 100% uparmored heavy duty SUV of a bounty target, but that was a couple of patches ago. No real sense in investing in armor if the vehicle can't survive at least one grenade blast that isn't a direct hit, even if it is damaged to the point of being undrivable. I don't have regular access to an RPG in Free Mode since I am only Rank 80-ish.

Final battle shoulda been on Kashyyyk with the Chewie = Exiled Royalty sub-plot as the Starkiller Kid drafts intended but mother fuckers wanted to sell toys.

I know the reason they made that policy was to protect people from getting griefed as they came out of mod shops (the reason I never try to pinch one of Simeon's green icon premium repos in a public room), but now it is being abused. When a guy comes out of a mod shop, he's not targetable for a couple of seconds, so guys with bounties on their head will always take their POV into a mod shop and sit in there for as long as they can. They know that you can't target them immediately after they exit and if you sticky bomb the entrance to LS Customs and claim the bounty by blowing up their car with them in it (I have done this like five times), you get Bad Sport Points. There is also the Passive Mode Vehcular Manslaughter tactic. I think it is penalty enough just to be forced to pay the repair bill.

I don't think it's nerfed yet, but I haven't checked the update details page lately. There are quite a few threads at the GTA formus posted by guys who own tanks that find themselves in Dunceland hours after going on rampages because of the player car bomb tactic. I don't really sympathize but I can see their side of the story. There is no sense in putting tanks in mutliplayer if you are going nerf their durability and penalize players for using them as they were intended ergo to blow shit up. An 100% uparmored Mammoth or Sandking is nearly as hardy as a Rhino. They are more mobile and the cost of replacing them is significantly less. More importantly, no one earns Bad Sport Points or insurance costs for blowing up a Rhino. I think they at least need to remove the Bad Sport Points associated with blowing up a POV and just make you pay the repair bill. It's not really fair that you can lob a grenade at a guy on foot and suffer no ill effects. but if you blow him up in his car, you get Bad Sport Points and have to pay to have his car replaced. I used to head target guys in cars that came after me, but then someone got the bright idea of going into Passive Mode and just running you down. Dude is immune to direct bullet damage but can still kill you if he hits you with his car. If I retaliate with explosives and blow him up along with his car, Bad Sport Points and a repair bill for me.

Khajiit as a starter race or GTFO, Bethesda.

Blue Panther vs. Ultimo Dragon circa 1993. This match was on free television and was the second contest on the card. I'd have paid PPV level amounts of money to watch this match as a main event. I love how Panther is all pimp with his Lucha big-booty ring girls and Ultimo is all pimp with his geisha troupe.

I have taken out a tank driver with a Heavy Sniper Rifle during one of the times I competed in the Saving Ryan's Privates deathmatch. I think it was pure luck and Bull Shark Testosterone. Sniper Rifles and the heavier variant can fire a bullet wtih significant penetration ability. I have fired normal sniper rounds that have passed through both side windows of a car and scored a headshot the guy hiding behind it. If you are going to use a car as cover, hide behind the front or the rear of the vehicle.. If the tank is coming direcly at you and you are feeling foolish and brave enough, the driver is situated on the right side of the tank. You should see the gunnery slit on the lower right side just below the entry hatch. You will need Luke Skywalker levels of Force assisted accuracy to hit that target, but it is direct headshot if you do. You will know where the sweet spot is because you will see the player's gametag and health bar pop up in your scope! That indicates that he is a fair target and a well-placed shot will kill him.. Call Lester and pay to have your game tag taken off the map to give yourself a minute to prep your shot without getting blown the fuck up. I mostly just stick to guerilla tactics and my grenade launcher when I am faced with a tank rampager, can't get back to my apartment, and don't feel like quitting out of the session. The best tactic I have seen is when every other player in the room gets into their POV's and just make kamakaze runs at the tank. The amount of Bad Sport points and Insurance Fees the tank driver can accumulate is pretty astounding and the player can get transported to Dunce Cap Land with a much lighter bank balance in no time flat.

Yep, four at once so they must've all been in the same vehicle or in a really tight grouping. Most I've gotten at one time was three. I went after a $5K bounty and two of my quarry's crewmates decided to come to his rescue and chase me down. Never corner a guy with a grenade launcher when you are sitting in a bright red Sandking XL. And I hate guys in Passive Mode that try to hit you with their POV. Getting Bad Sport Points and having to pay off their insurance premiums for defending myself blows goats.

Today is Jenny Hale's birthday! DRINK IT, OR I'LL BLIND YOU ONE EYE AT A TIME~!

I met him for the first time last night. Literally, within 30 seconds, he said this. To paraphrase Shawshank Redemption: Young punk. Mr. Rock and Roll. Cocky as hell... I liked him immediately. I remember one night where my alerts menu scrolled "melraz has killed..." for like nine or ten players in a row. The dude is a machine and I am glad he's on our side.

That pic is actually fucking awesome, man! I just got my Canis Mesa Off-Road and I love it!

I don't actively recruit per se, but I leave the door open so to speak. Moongirl is an exception because she is the daughter of a family friend. I didn't really want to bring in a non-board member, but she had no place else to go. Most of the gamer girls I have played golf with are aligned with the crew that their husband or boyfriend belongs to. I have run into one or two unaffiliated female players looking to soldier up, but they usually end up joining one of the girl power crews like Female Gods. And yeah, guys like me will throw a sticky bomb on your car and detonate it if you go into passive mode, try to run me over in a car, and think that you are safe because you are immune to direct player damage.

My girlfriend arrives tonight and unless I do something stupid and she gets angry at me, we'll be headed back to Maryland either Friday night or Saturday morning for Supa Bowl / UFC 169 weekend. By the time I get back on Monday, you may be able to do some catching up in GTA Online like you did in ME3.

We had Aaron in chat last night and it was great. There will be opportunities to shake off the blues, bro. We will try to get the band back together as Summer gets closer. I plan to have my XBone by the time Watch Dogs comes out.

Great car pics, guys! I hope one of us wins. I was going to submit a pic of my beloved Elegy RH8 but the entry period ends tomorrow and my girlfriend is headed down tonight so that we can bail for Maryland on Saturday morning for Supa Bowl / UFC 169 weekend. I might not be on that much until next Monday, so I won't have be in-game to get a photo of my car before the deadline. Bah. For all of my encounters, I've only successfully recruited one girl gamer to the crew, awesome racer though she may be. Most of the females I have run into in the past are already members of other crews. I tend not to start the conversation, because I am sure they get unsolicited Friend Invites or PMs all the time, so their guard against the creepy is already up. I just give them golf tips (Stop hitting into the wind, homegirl...) or public server survival advice like "Don't go into your Pause menu in the middle of the street!!!!!!" and that's how the dialogue begins. I know of one or two sets that are all girl or mostly girl units: Female Gods and the Suicide Girlz are the ones I see online most often. I may be persona non grata with Rank 441 Female Gods member, qx INFAMOUS xp, over a little PIT move I put on her during an auto race that sent her off the Route 69 overpass near Lago Zancudo and into the rocks below. Hopefully she has forgotten about that. No bad deed goes unpunished because I still came in second after all of that chicanery (spun out on the final turn... fuck....) and had to win one more race for an engine upgrade for my Elegy.