GTAF General Chat Topic

[meta187]

 

 

 

 

 

So you just watched an amazing news story or want to rant on about your miserably emo life whilst cutting yourself and masterbating to anthropomorphic hentai?

 

Possibly you just want to say,"hi" to the majority of the forums and chat about nothing in particular.

 

This is an open topic chat thread for just that so rather than hitting the why not hit the here.

 

Normal forum rules apply, no flaming, spamming, triple posting or posting links to wares or pornographic material, we're all quite efficient at finding those things for ourselves.

 

Mingle, chat, ramble on or debate. All are welcome.

 

 

 

 

Nice Threads, Man.

Below is a quick reference list of some of the more well used topics on the boards for newcomers pulled from the first 50 pages of the General Chat (Off-Topic)Board to help you avoid making repeat topics and also to assist you in seeing some of the *ahem* cultured topics we cover here at GTAForums.

 

 

 

Topic	Description	By
.5V srenots murof laiciffo ehT, The official forum stoners V5.	Pot smoking hippies, degenerates, dopers, slackers and occasional Democrats, welcome.	Slynke
The Funny Picture Topic., OC or GTFO	Got a hilarious pic or at least one you consider funny? Share it here.	andylovesGTA
Member Photos, Show us your Mugshots - PICS OR GTFO	GTAF Usermembers post your hopefully semi-nude pics here.	RetroSpazzin
GTAF Newsletter, 100+ Subscribers	Want to keep up with the latest GTAF News? Look here.	gamesguru
Grumpy Old Forumers, Rant about anything	Have a bone to pick with society, media, politics, religion or the family pet? Sound Off here.	Gareth Croke
The Video Topic, Post all Youtube Videos etc here!	Posted by some oppurtunistic douche who knew one day Youtube tags would be a major factor here at GTAF. Anywho, post your favorite Youtube clips here.	meta187
The Hot Chick Topic v4.0 [NSFW][56k Warning] One more time?	T&A, On Display.	Picolini
The alcohol topic, Beer, spirits & ales:discuss here	Just What it Says. Raise a Glass, Cheers, Salud', all that good mess.	Pr0xy_fl00d3r
Random Animated GIFs Topic, GTAF’s Resource for Animated GIFs	Exactly like the Funny Picture topic, only the pics jiggle.	CCPD
Internet Relay Chat, talk to fellow forumiers live, We're cultured scumbags!	Home Thread to GTAF's IRC Crowd. Copy/Paste your favorite chat log shenanigans here.	eggburt
Quotable Notables @ GTAF, Mark V	A few humorous and witty things get said between the waves of "lulz" and pics of fake motivational posters. Post Them Here	Naomi
The Firearm Topic, for gun owners	Would you like to act out your GTA fantasies in real lfe? Seek Help. People who simply enjoy the happiness found in a warm gun post here.	NorthwestRastafarian

*If we missed a well used thread or you would simply like to change the description on your topic listed send me a PM and it will be ammended as soon as possible.

 

 

Well there ya go, no frills or gimmicks, a very simple premise: Chat.

 

GTAF Staff, Forum Veterans, GTA Modders, Noobs, Official Gang Members and MP Gang Members, Undiscovered PBM's and PC literate chimps.

 

Have at it, the floor is yours.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2010 by meta187

[darthYENIK]

I've been wanting a topic like this in Gen Chat for a while, but didn't think anyone would agree. Anyway...

 

 

FIRST!!!!

[Jonny_Tightlips]

The fact that you don't have a medal under your name (and Slamman DID) amazes me.

 

Good sh*t, reference topics = Quality...

 

 

...vQ.

[meta187]

I've just noticed that every private sector of the forums has a General Chat topic for catch all type posts and the largest chat sector doesn't. I've seen tens of dozens of topics locked this year for being too short or slightly irrelevant. Not every one joining the forums for the 1st time is going to have the experience to know the difference and some feel obliged to start Introduction topics and the like just to get to know other members. This gives every one from the top on down some common ground.

 

 

[Scifen]

I don't understand how some people put together topics slightly like these and they always seem to fail miserably with like "f*ck you noob", "fall asleep on a train track & sh*t". Then meta shows up on this unicorn, puts some witty wording together throws a few chopped and screwed pictures here and there and bam everyone is like "meta you rock", "meta you are like jesus, barrack obama and ghandi al into one like tootsie roll & sh*t"

 

[Robinski]

^^

It's because Meta's obviously put some effort in here, and presented it well. It's a lot more than a simple "Here's a topic for you to spout your sh*t in lulz". Although to be honest, I'm unclear about this thread: is it a reference topic, or a chat topic (like this for OGA members)? 'Cos to be honest with you, I'm not sure a lot of the denizens of GenChat could use it properly. Prove me wrong GC!

[meta187]

 

Prove me wrong GC!

Here's to hopin'.

 

And yes it's like our General Chat topic in the OGA extended to everyone else so that people don't have to necessarily make multi-paragraph topics just to say "hello" or simply talk about something they had on their mind, without getting shouted down for being off topic or simply making a poor one.

 

*Love you too johnson. The unicorn takes no offense.

 

 

 

 

So how's everyone's weekend going?

 

I did absolutely nothing today but smoke a bit, play some Bioshock 2 and upload the new DLC for it and take the family out to the park.

 

The weather was good so we took advanage of it, I think it's going to be disgustingly hot again this time next month.

Edited March 14, 2010 by meta187

[darthYENIK]

I haven't played Bioshock 2 yet. I rented and beat the first game, during a really terrible time in my life, and I don't want to bring up any of those bad memories.

[The Guru]

My weekend, well quite interesting. I remember that I went to a Hookah bar yesterday afternoon and then took a rickshaw to a friend's house. Had some pot and then went off buying drinks for the night. My memory stops from the part where I left from the booze shop. Edited March 14, 2010 by The Guru

[Robinski]

My weekend's been pretty boring so far. Went out and got wasted at a friends 18th Birthday on Friday night then spent yesterday morning recovering. It was also a personal celebration for myself seeing as the day before I got my results for my January A Level exams (A in law, A in Maths and A in Critical Thinking btw). I then went about frantically cobbling together a Mothers Day present in town whilst unashamedly listening to my recently acquired Lady Gaga album (yes, I must be a fa**ot). Possibility of football with the lads later today.

 

To be honest with you, the whole reason I made this post was to gloat about my the three As I got, as I'm generally not a very smug person in normal life but have needed an outlet for my smugness. It doesn't help that I outperformed my friends so if I bring it up around them I'll feel like a dickhead.

[Punk-in-Drublic]

I like this thread, and yaay, the alcohol topic is on that list!

 

As for my weekend, just the usual, went out on friday and had a few bottles of cheap dry cider with one of my Punk mates, picked up some fit girl (albeit she had a bottle of Vodka ). went back to my mates uncle's house and had a few joints, I was smashed.

 

Then on Saturday I got pissed again, went home at 2 am, nothing exciting.

 

Today Im gonna stay in I think.

 

BTW, where can I buy Buckfast?

[meta187]

 

I haven't played Bioshock 2 yet.  I rented and beat the first game, during a really terrible time in my life, and I don't want to bring up any of those bad memories.

Funny you should say that I was playing Ogre Battle 64 while I was sicker than I've ever been in my life and got a really sh*tty ending on it. Wouldn't go near it now, it was also just a pretty shiity game posing as a Tactics style RTS. I have several other games I have specific life memories attached to I'm sure.

 

Effing Hour lost today, Fall Back sure. Spring Forward? Kill that noise.

 

 

During his time as an American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin, author of the proverb, "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise", anonymously published a letter suggesting that Parisians economize on candles by rising earlier to use morning sunlight.[16] This 1784 satire proposed taxing shutters, rationing candles, and waking the public by ringing church bells and firing cannons at sunrise.[17] Franklin did not propose DST; like ancient Rome, 18th-century Europe did not keep precise schedules. However, this soon changed as rail and communication networks came to require a standardization of time unknown in Franklin's day.

 

If I didn't love the $100 bill so much, I'd go water the flowers on ol'Benny boys grave.

[Oblivionz]

This weekend's been a lazy weekend for me, really. I had plans on Saturday to hang out with an ex but they didn't end up working out, so I skyped with Chris.

 

Also; sorry I didn't call last night, Meta. Chris' phone died, and I fell asleep at around 4am.

[Ats.]

Very nice topic, I just thought that GTAF needs a topic like that. Just chat and chill.

[trip]

It's been raining all weekend. Yesterday I made the mistake of drinking a NOS(high powered energy drink) too late into the evening. Even though I drank a handful of beers too, I still ended up all awake and jittery through the wee hours.

 

I actually played single player IV for a few hours

 

Hi everybody.

[meta187]

 

I actually played single player IV for a few hours

 

 

I've really been thinking about getting back into MP a bit just to socialize with more people from GTAF, If you haven't played the TBoGT DLC yest definitely pick it up, it finally brought a good sense of humor back to the GTA franchise that wasn't quite as present in the main storyline and TLAD.

 

And for the record I don't think of you as a "freak" tripmills, you seem like a genuinely nice dude.

 

@Obliv: S'all Good, I have a few errands to run mid day but I'll be around this afternoon and evening.

[Voodoo]

That Century Gothic is a little hard to read, meta. Maybe try Arial.

 

 

[Punk-in-Drublic]

I hate The Ballad Of Gay Tony's multiplayer, I much prefer the original or The Lost & Damned. Saying that, I never go on my xbox anymore.

[Rebel]

I got to borrow Fallout 3 from a friend, had it a couple of days and sometimes I really enjoy it, other times I'm thinking ''what the hell do I do?'' Still this weekends been pretty good for me, no mother to worry about for Mothers day though since she's not even in the same country!

[Oblivionz]

BoGT is the BEST MP experience on IV, Jake. I don't know what you're on about.

[riquenunes]

*h3nr1qu3 looks for a mod's post in the topic*

*h3nr1qu3 doesn't find any*

*h3nr1qu3 starts to think this topic won't last long*

 

But I liked it, I missed a topic like this, I might chat with you guys later.

[Punk-in-Drublic]

BoGT is the BEST MP experience on IV, Jake. I don't know what you're on about.

It's all the morons with the Buzzard, I entered a free mode once and every time I spawned I got raped by some level 10 virgin in that damn helicopter. I prefer death match on original IV over anything.

[meta187]

I took the DLC off my main harddrve and bought the discs for the extra radio station, Vice City FM. But I'd totally pay for another round of DLC to play some more missions along side Yusuf Amir , that dude had me dyin' laughing through every mission.

 

@Voodoo: Changed it to arial, it is a little easier on the eyes though I really do like the Century Gothic font. Haven't adjusted the font tags in the index yet that'll be a bit more painful.

 

 

On a totally different subject, we have any dog experts floating around?

 

We adopted a border collier-chow mix back in January and really should have started crate training her back when we bought her. My wife finally got tired of her sh*tting and pissing all over the house so we went out and got her a pretty good sized crate yesterday. In the last 48 hours, we've taken her outside like 5 times, she's peed once but refuses to take a crap anywhere but the carpet in front of my bathroom. I'd rip up a square of it and take it outside with us if I thought I could easily replace it but Chow is a stubborn breed. Any Suggestions?

Edited March 14, 2010 by meta187

[Voodoo]

You created a bigger problem for yourself by not crate training her right away. Whatever you do now is going to take a lot of work and patience. Maybe pick up some pee pads and set one in that spot at all times. Then, restrict her to the crate except for regular walks until she learns to go outside. Don't give in to the crying. This dog is going to be with you for years - a couple of weeks of work is definitely worth it.

 

 

[meta187]

 

You created a bigger problem for yourself by not crate training her right away.

I seriously said the same. Like we definitely should have started this right off the bat. Even as I'm typing this she's yelping at me but we're trying not to give in to her. We started her out on the Pee pads and they were pretty much hit or miss, sometimes she would use them sometimes she'd step directly to the left of them and piss on the carpet. I have a feeling it's going to be a rough couple of weeks.

[Voodoo]

If you put a blanket over the crate with an opening at the front so she can look out, the cave-like atmosphere has a calming effect and may quiet her down while she's in there. Also, walk her immediately after each feeding and take her outside a couple of times between as well. It sounds like she's marked the house pretty well with her urine scent, so maybe try taking her to the same place that she went outside over and over after feedings.

 

 

[Aussiebushmatt]

Women, eh?

 

Clichés aside, my girlfriend of seven months decided to break up with me this morning. She said that she didn't like me in the same way that she liked me when we were first going out. However, I was with her yesterday and we were getting on great, as usual. I am completely baffled. It's very out of the blue.

[trip]

 

You created a bigger problem for yourself by not crate training her right away.

I can not stress the importance of proper crate training. It can be a bit difficult to pull of if started too late. Good sized crate? It should be just big enough for the dog to walk into, turn around, and stand up. Too much room is not a good idea. And I'm sure you know it is suppose to be a very positive thing/place for the dog too. I had the coolest first job. I worked in the specialty pet industry for 9 years.

 

meta, thanks for understanding...and yes I have played through all of the IV episodes both single and MP.

 

Edit:

Voodoo, it sounds like we have the same dog crate thoughts. I was going to mention the blanket cave thing too

People always like to think their pets have the same type of thoughts their owners do. Dogs are are den animals happy, comfortable, and content in their little nook caves and what not. Since a border collie can be a hyper aware breed the blanket cave thing also helps them to relax, since they only have to be aware of the cave/crate opening door area. Nothing is going to sneak up or go one behind them, so they can relax a bit more.

 

*'tard edits included

Edited March 14, 2010 by tripmills

[greebo-man]

seriously though, what is it with this musical chairs game in officials nowadays, it's all recruit, recruit, recruit, or, if you are already in one, change.

[Punk-in-Drublic]

seriously though, what is it with this musical chairs game in officials nowadays, it's all recruit, recruit, recruit, or, if you are already in one, change.

Thats what I was thinking, it seems that The Connection have just had about 100 new members, most of them from other Official gangs.