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"Stupid bloody Robert De Niro"

No i haven't lost my mind and this is actually about the PS2.

So there i am, back from HMV with a shiny copy of Heat in the bag, go upstairs and place the disc in my PS2 after unwrapping it and eventually getting the bloody thing out the case. (Whoever came up with the idea for those press down release thingy's aught to be shot)

2 seconds in and suddenly i hear this loud clicking, quickly turn off the PS2 and inspect the disc. Nothing wrong it seems so i put it in again and the clicking happens again. Turn it off and give up, deciding to put a PS2 disc in to see what happens. No clicking but a huge loading time results along with my joypad decided to turn it's analogue control off at inappropiate times. Games still work but with vastly increased loading times, a few times where i have to restart the game as it keeps going back to the browser screen and a couple of instances where the sound gets screwed up (La Pucelle Tactics, battle song gets stuck on same note all the way through even though the voices of the characters are fine)

So thank you bloody much Mr De Niro, all because i wanted to see things get blown up and shot my PS2 gets screwed up after 4 years loyal service

You read heat? Isn't that the thung with the advert with that stupid blonde that makes you want to puke? It just goes to show, nothing good can come from going to HMV. Stick to SR.

Yea, will have a burial for the poor thing tomorrow.

Alas poor PS2, we had some good times. Now to be laid to rest and for me to get a nice shiny silver one, which will actually go with the rest of my stuff

i almost feel sorry for a ps2.





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how sad i am.

:D

Well now the tray won't even open so that's definitly died a painful death. Can turn it on but i don't get the hypnotic blue light and the tray doesn't open like i said. Ah well off down the computer fair on Sunday (stupid trader not being there yesterday)

FantasyMeister wrote:
A little research and it turns out that
> the clicking could be caused by the lens slamming against the disc as
> it spins around due to bad alignment/unbalanced disc whilst
> games/movies try to load up certain parts. I sent the disc back to
> SOE and got a free replacement,

and a severely damaged lense no doubt?

lalakersrule wrote:
> 2 seconds in and suddenly i hear this loud clicking, quickly turn off
> the PS2 and inspect the disc. Nothing wrong it seems so i put it in
> again and the clicking happens again.

I got that with EverQuest Online Adventures on the PS2, it's the only game that causes clicking. A little research and it turns out that the clicking could be caused by the lens slamming against the disc as it spins around due to bad alignment/unbalanced disc whilst games/movies try to load up certain parts. I sent the disc back to SOE and got a free replacement, no more clicking.

lalakersrule wrote:
> Nah i do like the occasional good old game of cricket on my
> computer.
> Was a big fan of Brian Lara Cricket

oh dear god. i LOVED that game. it was not only one of the first but a half decent attempt at it. I vividly remember the first time i played it strangely enough on the psx. i was all out for 10 in my first innings having hit a six with graham thorpe and everyone of my players being bowled.

My mates younger brother then put us to shame with a 47...

:|

Mav wrote:
> I had that on the PSX. The comedic value of the commentary was second
> to none.
>
> "There's runs here! There's trouble here!"

boycott and agnew rawked! "so, geoffrey...", "and that's safe- and that's out"(glitch)"annnd that's out!", "we could be in for a treat today"

and my fave (in a yorkshire accent from geoffers-

"that's gone many a mile!"

lol + :Dx5 = good times

:D

Mav wrote:
> *slaps forehead*
>
> You're the muppet. That was Sylvester Stallone.
>
> Robert De Niro was in Taxi Driver, Godfather pt. II, Goodfellas, Once
> Upon A Time In America, Heat, and many other classics.

i...er... i knew that...yeah!

:D

stallone is my figure of hatred then!
:)

I've just had to fix my Xbox.

Stupid knockoff consoles.

On the pluse side, I can now play Ninja Gaiden!

YAY!

lalakersrule wrote:
> Nah i do like the occasional good old game of cricket on my computer.
> Was a big fan of Brian Lara Cricket

I had that on the PSX. The comedic value of the commentary was second to none.

"There's runs here! There's trouble here!"