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Sorry but I have had a very bad week on the job. Lot of customer issues. I was planning on a little something, still am. Just need some time, hopefully this weekend. I would like to address the present state of retro gaming. Specifically from a collector perspective. And give a few pointers.

And thanks for the space!!

I was just kidding with you lol. 

Hopefully the job gets better!  I totally understand the craziness... in the same boat.  It seems to be like that everywhere.

Just a reminder - Maybe we can relax this.


It was a pain dealing with the bots the last time... so far, no bots... though bots are visiting now.  This includes the web crawlers..etc.

After Signing in AND then 2 posts.. you will no longer have to do the captcha thing.   So... smooth sailing from here on out for you at post #2.

Who... does #2 work for?!

I am crediting you... good sir!

lol... welcome back strubes!  Glad to have you

I still consider the PS Vita current gen... games are still being made for it... but it appears to be mostly downloads.

Who has one and still plays it?   I dig the format... and you can send PSN messages and get regular trophies on the go.  IT's definitely been my go to gaming device lately.

SpartanEvolved and I were playing StarCraft 2 Legacy of the Void when it was still beta.  They changed up so many mechanics... and the early game was a lot faster.. compared to Heart of the Swarm or the original Wings of Liberty.

We were building pretty quick... not expecting super early attacks with minerals and vespene coming in quicker due to more probes/scvs/dones at the beginning of the match.   

All of the sudden, a couple cruisers teleport to the back of our base and just wipe us out.   it was super frustrating but all we could do is laugh about it.  I think shortly there after, we stopped playing SC2.

This is one heck of a good game.     I played it on the PS4 when it 1st came out.    It's time to go back to it again.   I haven't started Shadow of War either... waiting for the price to come down.

CGD Game Night sounds like a good forum to start.

There is a mod for incorporating videos from other sites... I can look into installing that.   Once SMF 2.1 becomes a release Candidate... we will upgrade.  this will give us some of the features MasterMario is looking for... IE calling out members using @mastermario.  It's currently a mod for our version, but hasn't been updated in a year.  I could try to install it to see if it successfully installed.  I'm still looking into a gallery concept - though trying to understand what about the xenforo gallery is appealing - or how to implement something like that here.

Forum Games - we used to do that, it was popular, and it fell off... but definitely would look into it again.  Man... Flash games really fell off the face of the Earth lol.  Those used to be the rage.

We have a Discord and steam group now... it would be cool to start centering some stuff around those - per your idea.  So there's opportunity for both for posting outside.  Definitely will look to expand these offerings.  Discord link is in the PUBG section:
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/index.php?topic=7.0

Last - Is the forum really stone age / outdated?    See... I get where social media went and how sites are created now.  Lack of focus and most content centered on "right now" in a  top to bottom vertical fashion (in comments for the event).   Where all comments are centered around each event... but not so much a community.  It has become about the "me."     But maybe we need to look at structuring a certain way. 

I know this community will start small and slow.  Purposefully... I haven't done a lot of SEO or publishing - yet.   I've invited several old members.  I see a few came back.    If anyone wants to invite people - I say do it and get more people here.

PUBG - you'll have to try it. It's an adrenalin rush.  I'm pretty sure Spartan about puked when playing it because of the adrenaline rush lol

haha, anymore you'll have to send me an invitation through outlook to schedule a meeting!

LOL... I can do that   I totally understand... life becomes busy.

I've been wanting to try it again. I got it when it first came out but couldn't get into it then. I've heard the expansions have made it a lot better though, so it sounds like it is worth giving another shot.

That's the same boat I was in... I decided to try it once the expansion came out.  It was a lot more fun - especially after the Diablo 3 auction house was killed off.

It would be cool if we could coordinate D3 at some point - create a scratch character... and run from there.

My favorite review said... all 88 achievements in 9 minutes.

$1.00... 88 achievements ... in 10 minutes.  Don't Tell SpartanEvolved.  I've seen him play odd games for achievements.  MasterMario had a pretty funny Xbox live screenshot from awhile back.

Is this the GOTY version?

Yeah... same here.  It's not for lack of a good feature either.

I'll free up some time... we should get on D3 and play.   I've really had the bug to play this again.

That's true.. Beta, UMD, Super Nintendo CD player... Er PSX... wait... that ended up doing pretty well

...Sony MSX Wiki Page... I just looked that up.  Definitely interesting.  I didn't even pay attention to that on the page.  Thanks for pointing it out.

As the page states "MSX2 is not to be confused with the protein Msh homeobox 2."   Yeah... I followed that rabbit hole too.

I thought this was interesting.   I saw it on Discord the other day  ... I had forgot this from the past.

HAL (Kirby creators) created its name to put each letter ahead of the letters in IBM.  Each letter put them 1 step ahead of IBM.

HAL Laboratories, Inc Wikipedia Page

Fun Fact for the evening.

Since this is Chicken Dinner Gaming (Chickendinnergaming.com)...  I figured it would be worthy to note <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/781100/Winner_Winner_Chicken_Dinner/>Winner Winner Chicken Dinner</a> on Steam.   

No.  This is not PUBG.  Just Release January 23, 2018... seems like they may be trying to capitalize on Winner Winner Chicken Dinner as well lol

lol had to razz him a bit on that one.  Gold watch - Sounds like something they need to add into Animal Crossing.

you know... we had this as a mod back on EGA... but it became a normal feature.  I never really used it.

According to the SMF site:

A Buddy List displays all of the members on the forum whom you have added as a "buddy". This list will also show their online status and contact information if available. If your administrator has enabled the buddy list, you can work with your buddy list from your profile.

I don't care if nothing exists... go ahead and start populating.  We can move whole boards around posts intact if we need to merge / mold / move.

Don't be shy 

ANNNNDdddddd... looks like I'm posting 1st in it

[Currently Working on]

Breaking this out from the suggestions Post.

I am removing AIM and YIM.  ICQ is a thing again... so I'll leave that.   MSN is now SKYPE, Right?

Per Target... I'm Adding Skype (probably means removing MSN), Adding Facebook... is there anything else you would like to see?  Any other important services to add?


Currently Working on:
1.) Facebook Profiles - Direct Link
2.) Youtube Profile - Direct Link
3.) PSN - Username text.
4.) Battle.net - Username and # text
5.) XBOX LIVE - Gamertag text
6.) Switch Friends Codes
7.) Discord Link
8.)  Google+
9.) Twitter
10.) Instagram
11.) Twitch

I still have Lego Lord of the Rings in the PS Vita.   I will probably stay on that until it is completed 100%.

Probably going to try to surprise koala Spartan with some PUBG this Saturday (watch... he's busy) lol.

Yeah... we definitely need to figure out some different but good.  Im trying to come up with some ideas. That's why I have it open right now and accepting all suggestions. 

If you have ideas that you would like to see, throw them out.

Hopefully we can get some others to chime in on it too

There you go!  Added to the console and handheld section.

Post up what you are playing this week... write a short review and discuss what games have your attention.

What do you think?  Should we create retro gaming board?

I could put it in the consoles category.  Do you like the layout so far?  Like I mentioned, everything is moldable right now.

Lol.    Welcome retro! 

I played this a couple months ago... it's still pretty fun.   They sure made the game A TON better with Reaper of Souls.

Does anyone else still play?

So... you love to play PUBG and get Chicken Dinners.  So what's your strategy?

Are you more aggressive and go for people?  Do you wait for perfect drop while the blue circle closes?