I don't recall any of your /. posts, but I love this one. I'm setting you to fan immediately. More to my point, people from the Quake generation, as I was from the Doom generation, always talk about their prowess at gaming....but they always seem to leave out modern titles. I would agree with you 100% that MW3, MW2 or CoD games ARENT the same as Quake, as they arent the same as Doom, but why havent gamers in our generation evolved (I know that answer actually: job, kids, wife, bills)? We always talk about our own accomplishments and never appreciate what others have done. StarCraft 2 might be this guy's Doom 2. There is something totally satisfying about dominating a game against others. I used to win LAN matches on our old PS/2 token-ring network in high school (where people who knew and played Doom religously) where I was in the 100s in frags and the others were in negatives.

Now, we get to modern gaming, and everyone bitches about the "tea-bagging" Halo tweens, as if snotty brats ruined gaming. We were snotty brats too, we just didnt have voice chat! LOL! I had a guy call me a hacker piece of shit for beating him 5 times in a row on Virtua Fighter 5 on PS3 the other day. I never knew a hack to any fighting game, EVER, that pressed buttons for you. I seriously had to block him from my PSN account because the messages kept coming. There are always haters to success, always, no matter your occupation or talent. I get frustrated when I play MW2, MW3, Battlefield 3, because my skills just arent there anymore, but I dont dedicate my time to one game. I can usually hit middle of the pack on end rankings. These kids have what we used to have, love and moxy to put yourself into something that gives you joy, completely. Sometimes it so happens that in the nerd world, maybe you arent good at anything else. I really think these guys are amazing, and most importantly, they are truly doing something they love. Its not for the money, its for the emotional reward. Technology was always so cool to me, and I grew up poor with a single mother who worked two jobs, I know how gaming can fill a void in your life. Some people are just a no go for sports, acting, modeling, what have you....its better to be known for something than nothing. I'd rather be have the highest score at anything than die unknown making $45k a year at some mindless job. These guys are young yet, I think we should celebrate what they can do because we never had the chance to do so with such monetary compensation, and I'm positive there are more than a handful of people on /. who would have been unbeatable in their day at their game of choice. Kudos to these guys, and I honestly do hope their love of gaming brings them success, not ridicule as it used to be!

Lots of professional athletes die because of their profession, they push their bodies too hard. Drug addicts are trying to fill a void in their lives and push their bodies too hard as well. If you are so dedicated to one thing, anything, and it costs you your life, sometime people just wouldnt mind going out that way. I remain impressed, and I think we all should be as well. I'd rather almost reach Mt. Everest and die climbing at 32, if I loved climbing, than die at 70 after 50 years of rewardless drudgery in a cubicle. Everyone, think about it.

This is portion is false, completely. Fuel useage aside, it had extreme thrust from its afterburners for takeoff, and could function wuite well on a small scale airport / runway. We have flown to and from BGI in Barbados for years, and its far from a large aiport with very long runways. Its a very small airport with only one runway, for both arrivals and departures, that doesn't appear to be any larger than a standard regional airport, I'm not talking Dulles, or Charlotte or even Pittsburgh, Im talking regionals. Yes, that was one of the 4 main ports of call for the Concorde, and there is currently one there at the aeronautics museum at their airport.

The airport at Grantley Adams International (BGI) in Barbados is about 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit every day, all year. I can attest that its concrete, all of it, the tarmac, the runways, the staging areas, etc. I'm not sure about what the traditional building methods are in the states for airports and roads (road construction never fucking ends here in western Pennsylvania either, I feel you) but it seems damn sturdy for their needs. No matter what some posters said above, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that in any place in the world where temps hang around 100F that they would use concrete instead of asphalt. I think concrete isnt used as much for roads or highways in the states, as it doesnt have the nicer "ride" as softer asphalt. That was always my guess. I didn't think it had anything to do with durability or cost, as concrete would largely be better in our enviroment, since the snow plows pull huge chunks of the asphalt up here every winter.

You know, still bothers me that people always mention "men" doing this, I can't wait for the day more women do it. I would love to be a stay at home dad!

The best part of that article is they "continued their actions after being warned by Brighton police." Niiiiceeee. "Hey, stop stealing!" Good work there officers!

Damn, I wish you didn't post AC, I was going to ask if I can use one monitor for both or if they use different monitors. Sorry if I seem uninformed on Amiga, its new to me in almost every sense.

Sweet man, thanks for the links! I'll check those out when I get out of work.

I posted this above, but you seem like another in-the-loop Amiga fan to ask, so I am reposting below:

For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.

For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.

You forgot to mention that the iRam DIMMs have rounded edges!

Wow, thanks for the link! I heard about this before, but didn't have the opportunity to check into it at that time, and have since forgotten. Many of their reward packages are really sweet!

I enjoyed Uncharted as well. In my trophy-whoring ways, I played the hell out of it, but beating it on the hardest difficulty drove me nuts and I gave up. It still haunts me. I remain impressed with those who can platinum it. Never played 2 or 3, mostly because of the required online trophies.

By the logic above, wouldn't it be pronounced Kensaw?

So, they don't catch as many fish?

That wasn't reallly that long ago. Barbados baby!