[Amen]

I'm gonna be getting my geek on! I ordered the Turtle Beach headset for my PS3 this morning so I can game like a real MLG nerd. Anyone else have these? Or know people who use them?

I picked them up because I've heard people say they use them to hear people creeping around corners online, or camping. Otherwise, I figure they'll come in handy for when I'm playing at night and don't wanna OD with the volume. Win or Lose?

[santana]

thats interesting didnt think console games used that element of sound in online gaming.. figure the standard would always be to have it blaring on a tv set in 5.1


I use to play counter strike 1.6 like my life depended on it
I had countless pairs of sennheiser headphones I would rock.. because in CS1.6 hearing footsteps and other subtle soudns was a tactical portion of the multiplayer combat

I wonder if disabling all the fancy pants 5.1 surround sound features on a console and making it straight stereo will give you more of an advantage

when wearing headphones, using true stereo helps to differentiate sounds coming from depth rather then left and right

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From what I understand, these are stereo headphones. (I imagine 5.1 headsets are a gimmick anyway). But I can attest to the depth of console games.

I used to have my original Xbox hooked up through a TV that was hooked up to a standard 2.1 Sony shelf stereo. This was when I was about 19, living at home and couldn't thump my games at 2 a.m. So I'd take those $30 Sony earmuff headsets from Best Buy and plug them in while playing Soldier of Fortune and Rainbow Six: Black Arrow online. That shit was the truth.

You don't know how many times I'd be strolling around a map and hear someone's footsteps above me on a metal grate, making me go in for the KIIILLLLLLLLLL. It came in handy when hearing grenades get selected and knowing when a dude was trying to reload versus preserving fire. Loved it.

[santana]

Amen, on 21 January 2010 - 12:07 AM, said:

From what I understand, these are stereo headphones. (I imagine 5.1 headsets are a gimmick anyway). But I can attest to the depth of console games.

I used to have my original Xbox hooked up through a TV that was hooked up to a standard 2.1 Sony shelf stereo. This was when I was about 19, living at home and couldn't thump my games at 2 a.m. So I'd take those $30 Sony earmuff headsets from Best Buy and plug them in while playing Soldier of Fortune and Rainbow Six: Black Arrow online. That shit was the truth.

You don't know how many times I'd be strolling around a map and hear someone's footsteps above me on a metal grate, making me go in for the KIIILLLLLLLLLL. It came in handy when hearing grenades get selected and knowing when a dude was trying to reload versus preserving fire. Loved it.

thats interesting. im guessing the xbox versions of games are just a ported version of the pc counter part.
having played cs1.6 for so many years has cursed me... i turn into a pissed off nerd 10 minutes into a console multiplayer fps game. i curse out all the flaws in the game play and issues of unbalance...oh and my noobiness with the joysticks. then i shut it off and leave it for a month.

[Amen]

One of my good friends prefers FPS on PC as well. I could never get into it. Keyboard has always been for writing for me, I guess. I tried to PC game for a while when I was young. I was really into Tomb Raider and Diablo lol.

[santana]

Amen, on 28 January 2010 - 08:56 AM, said:

One of my good friends prefers FPS on PC as well. I could never get into it. Keyboard has always been for writing for me, I guess. I tried to PC game for a while when I was young. I was really into Tomb Raider and Diablo lol.

Diablo multiplayer was the shittttt
amazing game for its time
diablo 2 kinda sucked

keyboard was never really a friendly gaming device. But i would take it over a controller any day of the week. The amount of bindings and key combos are limitless. When games started to have consoles you could script in.. you could execute multiple key strokes by just pressing one key.

[Jetsfan115]

fyi u can use a 360 controller on any windows PC

[santana]

Jetsfan115, on 21 March 2010 - 06:09 PM, said:

fyi u can use a 360 controller on any windows PC

wired or unwired?

[Jetsfan115]

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wired or unwired?

Wireless.

And with windows 7 its plug and play. no drivers needed.
I recently downloaded a copy of avatar on my laptop as a test game and it runs smooth as hell. graphics are ok with my ATI Radeon 4570 HD video card but not near the 360 or PS3 standard if i want it to run smooth. graphics are better then the PS2 or original xbox graphics though.

I didn't even need to map buttons for the game (although i made a few mods to the scheme) but i loaded it up plugged in the controller and hooked my laptop up to my TV with the HDMI port. i mean i needed somehthing to play while my 360 is in the shop lol

here is the controller

http://www.bestbuy.c...%20pc&cp=1&lp=1

65.00 from best buy for the controller and adapter. although i brought mine online for 60.00 including shipping and tax

here is a pic of the set-up (even though my room is a mess haha) you can see the game running on my TV with the adapter sitting on my laptop and the controller next to it

[Jetsfan115]

santana, on 28 January 2010 - 08:11 AM, said:

Diablo multiplayer was the shittttt
amazing game for its time
diablo 2 kinda sucked

keyboard was never really a friendly gaming device. But i would take it over a controller any day of the week. The amount of bindings and key combos are limitless. When games started to have consoles you could script in.. you could execute multiple key strokes by just pressing one key.

Mad Catz made a controller for all systems with 2 programmable buttons on it. i remember i had one for the original xbox and it made fighting games soooo easy lol

[santana]

ok so wireless
..lofl

Jetsfan115, on 03 April 2010 - 08:32 PM, said:

Mad Catz made a controller for all systems with 2 programmable buttons on it. i remember i had one for the original xbox and it made fighting games soooo easy lol

yeah thats cute and all but im talking about complex binds and scripts that execute a serious of actions for you. either actions or communications depending on the scenario you use them in.