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[asianaussie]

what's the melbourne cup again

i spent today turning up to a non-existent exam and reading badly translated light novels

also inb4 somebody calls star king out for hitting on me

 

[ciaza]

yeah i know - i read your facebook status

the melbourne cup is the race that stops the nation. it didn't stop you, therefore, you're not part of our nation.

 

[asianaussie]

one could argue that i would not want to be part of a nation which drops absolutely everything to watch the hilariously ironic sport of horse-whipping

it's ironic because whipping animals for no reason other than acclaim is describable as barbaric, whereas it's still considered 'high class'

 

[ciaza]

whipping horses doesn't hurt them, so it's not barbaric by any means

 

[cheeseball341]

it's ironic because whipping animals for no reason other than acclaim is describable as barbaric, whereas it's still considered 'high class'

Your mum whips me and I still consider her all class.

 

[asianaussie]

i just wanted to use the phrase 'hilariously ironic'

can i take that as an indication to regard you as forever whipped, dean

 

[The Star King]

rofl wat Australia are you serious

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at a wrestling fan supporting that kind of thing though

Also aa are you free for dinner on Friday?

 

[Dsc]

****** cupcakes

 

[asianaussie]

i actually am free and it is conceivable i could make it to springfield by then

i would make a joke about spooning here but to be honest it's not my thing (both that sort of joke and the concept of spooning)

just know that i did indeed consider taking the joke to its illogical conclusion for funsies

 

[Dsc]

but ****** cupcakes!

 

[cheeseball341]

DAMN! aa is cradlerobbing.

 

[Ocean]

Usually when you get older you begin to appreciate more sophisticated tastes.

 

[jimmyjoe]

Just saw that the kid who's been spamming the boards is banned.

 

[ballin4life]

so the place I interviewed today had a game room with SSB64. Controllers were pretty pristine too.

HDTVs though =(

talked about smash64 a bit in the interview too haha

 

[Sangoku]

Just saw that the kid who's been spamming the boards is banned.

Cool thing. He obviously didn't understand how to use the forum.

 

[asianaussie]

at least he made the place lively

for like 5 minutes

 

[M!nt]

HDTVs though =(

Sorry im not in the know, but why is this a bad thing. Screen lag? Is it that noticeable?

 

[SSBPete]

Sorry im not in the know, but why is this a bad thing. Screen lag? Is it that noticeable?

i think there is a little bit of delay. not with all HD's though.

 

[ballin4life]

Sorry im not in the know, but why is this a bad thing. Screen lag? Is it that noticeable?

Yes HDTVs lag. I've never encountered an HDTV that didn't lag at all (compared to an old school TV).

It's very noticeable if you're used to a TV with no lag. You can adapt to it obviously (it's like the lag playing online, just no lag spikes).

 

[The Star King]

Some are worse than others, but all of them have some sort of frame delay.

I got my Raphnet adapter but not my Hori yet so I am using a Gamecube controller for now. Might be just playing CPUs for a little while.

 

[DMoogle]

My HDTV doesn't lag when playing console N64.

 

[Sempiternity]

My HDTV doesn't lag when playing console N64.

It does, but some are hardly noticeable.

I thought my HDTV didn't lag, but then had a pro Melee player over and he said it lagged and was noticeable. Nothing beats a CRT.

Somebody needs to develop some sort of HDMI connector so we can play lag-free. I'm not even sure of the science behind that or if that would even work?

 

[M!nt]

So does playing ssb on the computer have screen lag as well, considering a computer monitor can output in HD?

 

[Sempiternity]

That I don't know. Composite to HD lags, but I have no idea how USB works. When I play offline, it doesn't seem to lag...

 

[M!nt]

Oh is that what makes it lag? the conversion from SD -> HD? I didnt think HDTVs would upscale composite.

 

[Sempiternity]

I don't think emulator lags. It outputs at whatever resolution you want, and is designed differently (for better) to avoid the scaling process, which like you mentioned, creates the lag.

The N64 outputs at 240p, and an HDTV upscales that to 720p/1080p, which is a pretty big jump, creating lag. There's no way to get around this without purchasing extra hardware (and even then, that's not a perfect solution).

 

[ballin4life]

My HDTV doesn't lag when playing console N64.

how do you know? have you played side by side with an old TV? I know my TV (which isn't even HD lol) lags just a little bit, but it's only noticeable if I switch from a nonlaggy TV directly to it.

So does playing ssb on the computer have screen lag as well, considering a computer monitor can output in HD?

it doesn't feel 100% right to me, but that might just be imperfections in my controller adapter

 

[DMoogle]

I haven't tried side-by-side, but if it does lag, it's definitely less than 1 frame (i.e. less than 1/60th of a second).

 

[Sempiternity]

Consider yourself lucky, then. As far as I've witnessed, it's seemingly random how much an HDTV lags. I have a tiny 720p that lags badly, but my roommate's 1080p hardly lags at all (I don't notice it).

 

[sharksquail]

I'm pretty sure the reason hd tv's lag is not because you are going from sd to hd, but because you are converting an analog signal to a digital signal.

 

[Sempiternity]

Nope, it's scaling.

 

[KnitePhox]

It does, but some are hardly noticeable.

I thought my HDTV didn't lag, but then had a pro Melee player over and he said it lagged and was noticeable. Nothing beats a CRT.

Somebody needs to develop some sort of HDMI connector so we can play lag-free. I'm not even sure of the science behind that or if that would even work?

the video connection needs to go from analog to digital one way or the other(hdtv's have built in upscalars), so there will be lag on HDTV's if you try to play on a genuine console.

i myself have dabbled in rgb modding a n64 and found its only worth it if you have a european hdtv or a ridiculously priced upscaler; and even then, the n64's you can rgb mod will output analog rgb which is still processed to a digital signal unless you use (AGAIN) a CRT RGB monitor.



TL;DR most likely will not work.

 

[Sempiternity]

So the solution? BUY A CRT (but not an HD CRT!)

I figured it wouldn't work... wishful thinking...

AT LEAST THERE'S STILL THIS

All you need is a couple thousand dollars and you can enjoy gaming (almost) lag-free!

 

[M!nt]

I haven't tried side-by-side, but if it does lag, it's definitely less than 1 frame (i.e. less than 1/60th of a second).

I cant wrap my head around something being less than one frame. It just blows my mind for some reason. lol

 

[Battlecow]

All HDTV's have delay.

 

[ciaza]

So the solution? BUY A CRT (but not an HD CRT!)

I figured it wouldn't work... wishful thinking...

AT LEAST THERE'S STILL THIS

All you need is a couple thousand dollars and you can enjoy gaming (almost) lag-free!

who buys a crt?

in melbourne when the guys needed an extra one we would walk down the street to find one of the thousands who just leave them on the side of the street for people to take =D

 

[Sempiternity]

Don't know if you guys have been keeping up with this guy, but he's got some pretty solid TAS videos.

 

[DMoogle]

So, big news for people with money stuck on Full Tilt Poker. An French investment group called Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has been seriously looking at buying FTP for the past several weeks, and they released a public statement (the first investor group to do so) saying that they intended on purchasing it as long as negotiations with the DOJ went well.

A statement was released yesterday saying that the negotiations have ended positively, and another statement was released by GBT that the final papers should be signed within 15 days. They're to basically write a $150M check for the DOJ to distribute to all U.S. players, and it looks like the the rest of the world's players are going to have an option to either cash out or become a FTP shareholder (or just leave their money on FTP and continue playing).

So, WOOHOO!

 

[ballin4life]

sweet now I can get my 75 bucks

do you know how the delivery is going to work? i know I should just check 2+2 but I figure you're in the know =)

 

[Olikus]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Prosmasher64#p/u/11/4lBfTA2cD6k lol