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The Falcon is a great set. We had a lot of fun with the Lord of the Rings sets. Almost scored the tower or orthanc at one point lol.  Battle for helms deep!  The ships where the ghosts run off. 


The England bridge was a lot of fun too. We found it on super sale one. It took a very long time to make and it's huge.

@Strubes BLUEVOODU.   


Dont forget to put this information in your profiles as well.  There are many services you can add in your profile.  Unfortunately...  psn and Xbox live do not provide easy direct links anymore.  I personally created a lot of the background 'stuff' for these services to get them ready for profiles including little images in your left side profile info listed in posts ... where it was possible and the service provides direct links. 

If that does make sense... look at @Kinikko post and you'll see a small twitch icon under the user information.  Or anyone that lists their steam profile -  like mine on this post.

@Strubes Dark souls remastered will be awesome.  I need to play more dark souls 2.  I used to play demons souls... that game was pretty hard too lol


I played a bit of the original Game Boy Tetris last night.  Because Why not?

I started playing Fortnite for the first time tonight. It's alright. Still like PUBG better right now but I'll give it a good chance to change my mind. I feel like the learning curve is greater with Fortnight with all of the structure building and whatnot.

@mastermario do it on the ps4.  Let's play

Played pubg with @mastermario and @SpartanEvolved

Played Fortnite a little tonight. Got 3 kills  on a couple matches and 2nd place on 1 match.

@Aya-Kun and @Jack ...I think you convinced me to buy this game. I might wait for it to come down on price a bit. Sounds like it's a must have.

Thank you for the suggestions. I'm looking into ways to start creating a few reviews and what not...

Maybe I'll stick with steam screenshots and games for the time bring... as well as other systems (such as PS4) to take screenshots. 

@Mai Valentine which version of animal crossing is that?

[Goal]

Alright.... It's time for the CDGC (Chicken Dinner Gaming Community) Member contest. 

Goal:  Outside the gifts... the goal is to get members to join the site (good quality members), to help this site grow, and contribute to the overall future of the boards and all connecting Chicken Dinner Gaming Sites.


Tier 1 - Chickendinnergaming.com Member Contest - Prize $30.00 Amazon Gift Card.
- Whoever brings the most members to Chickendinnergaming.com wins.
*  Open Invites to all.

Tier 2 - Chicken Dinner Gaming Steam Group Member Contest - Prize $20.00 Amazon Gift Card.
- Whoever brings the most members to Chicken Dinner Gaming Steam Group wins.
* I cannot seem to open membership invites for all.  Anyone have a good idea how to handle this?  I guess members can try to join, we will accept, and members will have to keep a tally?


Tier 3 - Chickendinnergaming Discord Member Contest - Prize $20.00 Amazon Gift Card.
- Whoever brings the most members to our Chicken Dinner gaming Discord channel wins.
* Open to invites for all.


Teh UBER Prize:
To the member that can drive 50 or more members to the site (I know... lofty goal), you will receive a $75.00 Amazon Gift Card AND a rare Starfox Weekend Pin from 1993 I think it was.  I won this competition in our city back then and I don't have many of these left.  The 75 will replace the $30 for Tier 1 at that point.


Timeframe:
Now until Dec 31st, 2018 23:59:59 (Midnight January 1st 2019)


Rules:
1.)  No Spamming Allowed - please refrain from Spamming sites.   This doesn't mean don't invite... it means don't spam links all over sites. 
2.)  It is up to you to be honest about who you brought on as members.  If you are not honest, you are disqualified.  I don't think we will have a problem with this.
3.)  You will have to give me the pertinent information required to send you the amazon gift card(s).
4.)  All gifts stack.  If you win the $30 Chickendinnergaming.com membership AND the Discord... you get $30+$20.  You can win all 3.   If you bring 50 members on chickendinnergaming.com win Tier 1 and 2 - you get $75 + $20 + Starfox pin.
5.)  Registration agreement mentions 13 year old as a requirement...if you have a son / daughter and supervise them... I will waive this - but remember we need good conversations etc.
6.). You must be a member of their forum to participate and any forum member existing or in future may participate... except me.

Ideas for Members:
1.)  Friends
2.)  Co-workers
3.)  Family members
4.)  Members of other sites you visit

Remember... this is to help the site grow.  Even if you don't win, you are helping us to move forward.

If there are questions, post it up.

Starfox pin:

Couch, usually in a slouchy position. Even laid back on a bed with a DS, 3DS, etc.

Lol good response. That made me chuckle. Me too at times.

It is on my list.  Nintendo games rarely seem to ever go on sale.

@Grindspine lol no.  85-90% of them appreciate.   Tempted some day's to buy a case and sit on them... then years later trickle them out.

There will be more as well - Currently working on a few dev projects to bring cool new features to the site.  Check the Backlog Tracker topic at some point when you have a chance.

Does @Strubes  know you joined up? 

I have a Titan gaming chair by Secret Labs and I personally love it. It's meant for taller and larger people so it's perfect for my type of build.

https://secretlab.co/products/titan

@Jack  OOooo... Fancy.  That chair looks pretty cool.  Pricy... but looks good.  I might check this out in the future.  I still just use an Executive Leather chair. I've had it about 10 years now - not bad for $150 back then.  The Titan chair looks pretty cool.

I dig the Titan Napa... but not sure it's worth $999
titan-napa - secretlab.co

New Event Mode - War Mode: Desert Knights - steamcommunity.com


According to the article:

War Mode is back. This time around you'll enlist in one of 10 five-man squads and battle it out on Miramar. As before, you'll respawn in a plane after every death. The first team to get 200 points wins.

Check below for the full details, and let us know what you think!

EVENT SCHEDULE

STARTS: May 3, 7pm PST / May 4, 4am CEST / May 4, 11am KST
ENDS: May 6, 7pm PST / May 7, 4am CEST / May 7, 11am KST

AVAILABLE QUEUES

5-Man Squads on Miramar (All Regions)
NA/EU/AS/SEA/OC/SA: TPP & FPP
KR/JP: TPP

Now... I didn't play the deathmatch mode called war before.. I guess it was originally launched 3 weeks ago... but this was brought back.

Anyone try it?  Is it fun?

Here is a link to the article:  PUBG disables personal item trades to thwart third-party resellers- pcgamer.com

Link to the Steam Article:
Temporarily Turning Off Personal Item Trades - steamcommunity.com

Per the Announcement on Steam:

Hi everyone,

Starting today, we're going to temporarily turn off access to "personal trades" for all PUBG items.

Some context: Normally, players can trade items using either the "Market trade" or "Personal trade" features. "Market trade" lets you sell items through the Steam market system. "Personal trade'" is supposed to allow friends to trade items without any costs attached.

Recently, though, we've seen a few cases of players using the personal trade function to sell items using third party sites. This is essentially an abuse of the system. To prevent this, we're temporarily turning off personal trades while we search for a better solution. Once we figure out a way to prevent abuse, the restriction will be lifted.

Thanks for reading, and we hope you understand!
PUBG Corp.

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I didn't realize they were still updating Black Mesa. Looks like there were several recent updates - some engine updates for stability with Radeon 300,400, and 500 graphics cards...etc..

The most recent update is for Fixes and Multiplayer servers:
Black Mesa Fixes and Multiplayer Servers - Steamcommunity.com

Notes per the article:

We fixed:

• The tentacles in Blast Pit not responding to explosives
• Problems with CSM on lower settings and improved CSM performance
• Humvee using experimental texture that caused FPS drops
• Invalidated old saves as we forgot to set that with the first deployment. Sorry if that inconvenienced anyone.

AND

Multiplayer
We also found a nasty bug on our Linux servers. We are working on getting that sorted as soon as possible. For the time being our MP servers are down. Once we have them up, we will plan a play date so we can REALLY test the servers and blow off some steam with everyone!

Does anyone still play this game?

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Here's what will happen...


We'll finally get together, start some seasonal characters, get mid 20's (this is really optimistic) then the season will roll...

@targetrasp AND THEN we do it all over again!   

so much has come out lately I've not powered mine on since February.

That right there...  that's problem #1 lol.  Too many games come out these days.  Unlike movies... it's impossible to catch up unless all your time goes to games.

Awesome @Jack and @Kinikko (I still keep writing Aleeock...)  - We will definitely get this underway.     Thank you (in advance) for your help with this.

Thinking about a Google+ and a couple other type pages as well.

Although I have an Xbone as well, the PS4 is definitely my go to system. The exclusives are much better and there's just more available on PS4.

@Jack I know this is a full reversal from what I used to do... but PS3 and PS4 are my main systems.  I used to never buy Sony but the PS3 format was so good it swayed.  Least favorite is Xbox still... 360 menus were so sluggish IMO.

I also play on the Switch and a few other handhelds.

@Jack I'm very interested in this title.  I have not picked it up yet.  The Epic boss battles... those were great in the older versions and I'm hearing VERY good things about the newest version.

How does this play and look compared to the PS3 versions?

I find myself jumping on Diablo for a solid week every season. I've just played the game SO much that I can't stay into it for more than a week or so. I've played every class to death.

@Jack Do you play on the PC?  I'm assuming so... but if that's the case... @targetrasp and I have been trying to get together (Somewhat lol) on this game to play.  We should try to coordinate.

lol it's all good @Jack   - there are others In the same boat. That happens and the past is in the past.  The plan is for this board to prosper and last for a very long time. 

I  hope to have the member contest posted up tonight as a way to start attracting more members.  The more people post, the more others will post, and the faster we will pull ahead.  That's the cycle we're trying to start.  We are farther ahead than the 1st forum we started - just takes a little pushing to move things forward.

I know this is a bit of an older video... but noticed it was showing off an old Gameboy Cartridge styled Steelbook.   Now... I bought the special edition and it definitely didn't come with this.... I wish it did!  There was also a Pin.   What mine came with was the sound track, game, and a reversible case insert that made it look like Samus Returns Gameboy Box - which was kind of cool.

metroid-samus-returns-special-edition-appears-to-come-in-a-giant-game-boy-cartridge - ign.com

Edit:  OOOOO... it was the Legacy Edition:
Metroid Samus Returns Legacy Edition 3DS  - Amazon.com

That's pretty frickin cool..... but pricey

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@targetrasp I have to start calling you double - O negative now lol.  I also noticed recently  good amount of my buys have been rehashes.  Worthy rehashes... but rehashes all the same.

@retro junkie were you into the shenmue series?

@retro junkie yeah... we do that with most movies. There's a select few - Star Wars, marvel movies....  Etc.... That we go to see.

I personally really enjoy imax movies. But they are pricey.  I definitely want to see this movie again. We didn't see Thor ragnarok before hand... but ended up buying it the day after lol.   Ah I wish I saw it before hand now.  That was such a good movie too.

I never thought I would see the old EGA community reunited under another name. I like it though! I'll be seeing you all around.

Welcome back @Jack   we are glad to have you back!  Post up - we are just getting started and could use your help

Lol - it's like the people of Asgard - it's not a place, it's a people.  It is where the people are 

Also - member competition coming soon!  You can also notify members now in replies such as:

@BLUEVOODU

You will see a blue box pop up. It should notify the member they were mentioned in a post... handy for replies and what not.

Pumped... though I don't know if I'll buy another copy of the game.  HOWEVER... having Ikaruga on a mobile Platform I can take anywhere... that would be awesome.  It appears the price will be $15... which is a bit hefty for a digital game IMO.  There will be Online Coop... That sounds like it would be fun.

Ikaruga Will be Dual Phasing to Switch Later This month - Nintendolife.com

Anyone else looking to purchase this game?

Comments? Thoughts?  Post it up

Nintendo's New Chief Sees 1B Future in Mobile Gaming -cnet.com

This really isn't shocking.  The article mentions Pokémon Go and the success from that game... It appears they're going to start loosening their belt and bring more games to Mobile platforms.  This would be a big difference from how Nintendo has conducted business in the past.   

Interesting aspect of this article - They stated Pokémon Go was more popular than Facebook


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I'm in. Fodder for BV's backlog tracker... anyone want to start taking bets on which will be available first?

Am I allowed to bet? Lol

Did anyone see this?   I know these games were huge in the past... not sure if anyone is still a fan of the games or not:

Shenmue 1 and 2 PlayStation 4 - Amazon.com

Looks like  "This item will be released on December 31, 2018."

Is anyone pumped for this?


Thoughts? Comments?  Post it up!