XB1 //Tick's Car Meets & Pics Thread//

[yello cactus]

here is a sneak peak of what i'm bringing

 

Was the emblem done in the R* emblem creator?

[fullxthrottle94]

Sadly I won't be able to make it to the event I'm going to a surprise party for family. Wish I could be there have fun! See yall at the next one

Never mind won't have to leave until 730 so I'll b able to be there for the beginning

[steve dogg 51]

Evening tick ... If there is room would love to jump from the reserves to the main list. No worries if not.

 

im currently reading "agents of sheild ... 101 facts".

As I've never seen it, I hope there is no written test planned as a mini game.

Edited May 29, 2015 by stevedogg51

[yello cactus]

Likewise; i'm a S.H.I.E.L.D newbie but my son watches it...but unfortunately he hasn't really given me any tips :$

[s5hane]

 

here is a sneak peak of what i'm bringing

 

Was the emblem done in the R* emblem creator?

 

no idea, it's a crew i joined a while back with my mate, but if it was then someone has mad skills

[Freddy1Krueger]

 

Starting to get really fed up of getting killed in a meet by the same person for no reason

 

 

Edited May 30, 2015 by Freddy1Krueger

[livejoker]

S.H.I.E.L.D Examination X (S.E.X)

May 29th, Friday @ 4PM PDT//5PM MDT//6PM CDT//
7PM EDT//8PM ADT//12AM (Midnight) BST//
2AM EEST (Sat.)//4:30AM IST (Sat.)//
11AM NZST (Sat.)

Feedback:
Call in some food for the next few days because this is a long one...again!

The S.E.X was going to be as what the G.O.A.T is to Fallout 3; a memorable test that would have players grin to one another when it was mentioned. In my mind, the S.E.X would be a running joke of passing or failing the tests presented and players would discuss like high school teenagers on their grade after it was complete - even as far as being a joke in other meets whenever tests would be done. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be. The high expectations was met with a letdown. The package showed a superb meal cooked by Gordon Ramsay himself but what they got was two microwaved corn-dogs prepared by a blind cook. With last week's Minigame Night being a success, it was clear in my mind that this highly-anticipated meet would be an easy win. But the race started and I realized I was driving an electric car that runs on the sun and the race was set at night.

My character/personality of S.H.I.E.L.D instructor wasn't fully fleshed out and not applied as well as I wished. My enthusiasm was masked by my worries of keeping everyone on track and not sitting in place for too long. The format that other hosts have developed where we drive/cruise to each minigame start isn't for me as those few moments of walking into the circle while the others wait around is excruciating! The cruising is a filler; there to waste time and test the patience of people. There's no laidback feeling to the cruise, making it useless to do. The games were okay but they clearly weren't for a meet such as this.

First off there was the race and that was worst than the golf game that I couldn't figure out how to host and cut short by Xbox LIVE going down on us! It had a bunch of ramps at the start that I intentionally made harder from my previous tests of the race as I thought it would be too easy. Most of the racers spent a good portion of the race on those ramps. So that was a failure.

We then cruised to the gang attack/capture where two teams fought to recover the Infinity Stones stolen by gang members. With limited weapons and spawning into FIB Buffalo's, it was the best so far and made everyone take part in it. Captures seem to be the most popular as it gives the initiative to work in teams as well as screw around. This one could use some work and only then will it have a chance at being replayable.

The "last" game was a rally race - my first ever. I'm not the first to do rally races where people are paired up but I'm the first that I know of that used the rally mode as how it was made: using the d-pad to put arrows on the screen and the driver following those instructions. Shout out to Steve for exiting as the lobby (as we found out) wouldn't start with uneven players. Steve was brought back as a spectator. I was paired up with PoisonedGas and while I had notes of where all checkpoints were, I only drove where Poisoned would make me go. At the end, most players told me that it was a great game. Now was it fun because it was actually fun or because the other games were sh*t? I don't know but I will work on more rally races and give them purposes. It's a very fun game and glad that I got some testers to try it out for me.

Now the issue that happened during recess...it's a tough call. First off, we've got a player who's a friend of someone (one of those) who didn't have a mic/I couldn't hear them so that's already a red flag for trouble. Players who act out are typically those with no ties to the other players, no cares as to their actions - leaving the friend in trouble as they were the vouchers for them. Then we got a player who's a regular to meets around here but is known to act out. When he's not acting out, he's a really cool dude that I enjoy talking to but once that short-fuse is lit he becomes a player that no host wants. So it's with regret but determination that I'm putting only one of those on the following list:

MagnumF4 is blacklisted for continued acts of violence towards problematic players as well as acting out of the norms of meets such as using a gun when melee weapons were only allowed.

Other links to meets that Magnum has been an issue can be dug up on demand. Two of those were during Steve meets. I can and I will look through 70 pages if you want me to.

Magnum is a great guy (he even came in 3rd for the first race!) so it's a shame that he calls his acts of violence as self-defense, despite being told time and time again to take those issues with the host. His headstrong attitude and selfishness in terms of meet attendees and hosts has made him a time bomb; unsure if he's going to blow up or not. He's been given more chances than anyone only because he has ties with other regulars as well as hosts. But for how long can these ropes last without dropping the whole cargo with him? His ways need to be changed, not ignored.

Freddy posted a video above depicting flairs being shot. The flairs were being shot before I left for recess so I asked for no flairs to be shot as cars can blow up and police could arrive. Despite my warning they kept the "harmless" act of shooting flairs. The video doesn't show that one of those flairs apparently hit xXWakeUpJeffXx, to which his own mistake was to shoot a pistol bullet back at Magnum in his own warning. Magnum shot a flair back while Wake retreated to a rooftop for safety, only to use his sniper rifle once he got shot with flairs again. But that retreat could've been seen as getting to cover but this is the part that's fuzzy for me: how Magnum managed to blow up all the cars around us despite Wake being away from the group.

I'm unsure if Jeff is new to car meets so I told him that if any issues take place that it needs to be taken with the host. Self-defense helps no one no matter what the situation is. It's much better to look at the issue from both sides and discuss the issue on the forum so it's clear and understood on what took place and what actions are justifiable. Jeff spoke to me after the meet and told me his side of the story and it matches what the video showed (by looking at the kill feed). Now Jeff would normally be warned or blacklisted as I don't know the guy and he wasn't using a mic. The fact he had the guts to talk to me in private and clear up the issue makes him alright in my book. The same cannot be said for Magnum; who acts on his short patience and who can't be bothered to tell me in private what took place despite presenting the opportunity in the past to do so.

Seeing Magnum is a regular, I'm going to cut a deal. I want to join a meet where Magnum not only doesn't kill anyone, accident or not, but also offers input/suggestions on the meet and helping out however he can. Take it or leave it: it's the only way of getting off my blacklist. Hosts can't keep putting in time preparing meets only to get it destroyed in seconds. Your actions can't be excused time and time again. If you're reading this and wish to voice yourself please send me a private message here or on Xbox LIVE so we can speak.

The bitching is done,
let's look at the fun!

Pictures:

Instructor Penelope ready to instruct young studs!


Are those young studs hiding from me?!


"sh*t, you stole my cover! Don't let it see me!"


The Blues Brothers showed up - no idea they wanted to be agents:


I finally found all the studs and we voted on...
"Most Likely To Be An Agent" which fullxthrottle94 won. Congrats!


"Most Likely To Be An Agency Vehicle" was won by myself (Tick), which I was surprised as so many others fitted the bill:


The next category was...guys, I need to take a picture. Guys, stop playing the invisible piano....GUYS!


"Most Likely To Be Driven By An Intern" was a tricky category as it was pretty much open at to what it could mean. It was won by Outkast, congrats!


"Most Likely To Be Driven By The Top Agent" was won by -------------------- (deciphering code: MTB). Congrats!


Two vehicles had custom plates and those things ain't cheap so we voted on "Best Plate" which was won by Freddy. Congrats! Hey, maybe now you can have sex on a plate...I'll show myself out.


The short cruise to Down The Drain where we had the first event:


The rookies weren't the only ones who were wet! Meeeeow!


Right before leaving for recess, flairs can be seen:


It all seem calm...


Until death itself showed up!


What's going on here?


Oh! It's that fun game for the whole family: retrieve the Infinity Stones from gang members!


Little Timmy doesn't have a license but he can mow down people as if they were small plants!


The city budget is funding this, you know:


The police arrive in force after someone was playing "f*ck the police" through the windows of the apartment building:


NO WITNESSES!


I was proud of my studs as they profiled everyone:


No minority was left unchecked - they were all strip-searched as well as fingered:


But this one got past them and I had to change rooftop!


After securing the freedom of America by killing people, we met up here:


An ambulance is always part of a meet, despite not signing up:


We all thought it was a top Agent...


Nope! Just a guy in a white suit (think you can see him?):


We parked up here, ready for the rally:


But it took a while to park correctly...


There we go! Not suspicious at all:


After the rally, we headed back into the city to take on Grove Street:


We had a lot of fire power:


But once we arrived there was no gang members in sight!


So I focused on getting my car unstuck:


My car was screwed but I heard gunshots - happy that gang members had arrived!


Then I realized we were fighting cops:


We retreated back into the past by looking at the previous jobs of each trainee: a prison bus driver, a firefighter, an ambulance driver, a military personnel, or a N.O.O.S.E tactician:


Snapmatic gave me a great last picture before it stopped working. Great....

Results:

Race:
1st-Wank
2nd-Spunky
3rd-Magnum

Capture:
1st-death
2nd-spunky
3rd-yello
Most kills- Steve

Rally:
1st-outkast and death hound
2nd-me and poison
3rd-magnum and mtb

For the rally I originally asked for a message on Xbox LIVE or here on which gangs were located at each checkpoint. This was a last minute attachment so I do not require your notes. I will simply post the gangs for those curious:

Start point: Maze Bank Arena/Stadium Parking Lot
1st Checkpoint: The Ballas - Grove Street
2nd Checkpoint: The Families - Chamberlain Hills
3rd Checkpoint: The Vagos - Rancho
4th Checkpoint: Marabunta Grande - El Burro Heights
5th Checkpoint: Noose Headquarters - Palomino Highlands
6th Checkpoint: Martin (get full name) House - Vinewood Hills
7th Checkpoint: Trevor Philips Residence - Grand Senora Desert/Sandy Shores
8th Checkpoint: O'Neil Brothers Residence - Grapeseed
Finish Point: San Chianski Mountain Range Boat Yard

A point system was made to determine who passed and who failed but everyone tried each test with determination and will. I now unofficially call you all agents! Now I'm out of here before S.H.I.E.L.D realizes that they fired me two years ago...

 

Edited May 30, 2015 by livejoker

[Freddy1Krueger]

*feedback & pics*

 

Thanks for the video on that, Freddy. The incident that took place during recess WILL be looked into. I can't believe there's still some killing going on despite how far meets have evolved. I'm going to work on something to make these incidents happen in a controlled environment and make it clear that any killing OUTSIDE of that controlled environment will result in warnings and bans. This sh*t is disrespectful to the host and the other players in the lobby - no matter who started it. I'll address this later along with my feedback.

 

Thanks to all that joined! I do feel I've let some of you guys down as you were all excited for the theme. But I'll keep the harsh self-criticism for my feedback.

 

I don't no why the video quality is so low on the 360. Maybe I need to check all my settings. The meet was going great and I was having loads of fun. But when we are all just sat there waiting for everyone to return and all of a sudden we all get blown up for no reason

[s5hane]

tick's S.E.X event was fun and chilled (except a certain incident that happened) everyone had really interesting cars and outfits and seeing a conga of black cars drive past is soo totally not suspicious my fave test was the capture one (forgot the name) because of the madness and how the other team managed to distract us long enough to win without us knowing (i see what you did there) it was fun hanging with everyone and i hope to do it again soon, also my mic decided to stop working which was a major plot twist.

 

[

the rookies gathering, a lot of nice cars showed up.

 

here we see some agents outside of their natural habitat.

 

someone being interrogated or they insulted his suit.

 

someone tried to hit on tick.....till he turned around.

 

here we see an agent in action looking all badass and stuff

 

i wonder if he noticed.

 

who killed tick, find out in the next episode of S.E.X.

 

 

Edited May 30, 2015 by s5hane

[steve dogg 51]

I have missed very few of ticks meets in the last 8mths, they have all been v good, great and amazing . This was not his best, and I’m sure he will be overly critical of it.

Within this feedback I will not say Tick you should have done this or that- That would be like ObiWan pulling Yoda aside and saying “you know this force thing you do, I think you should do it like this” .

 

I will Try and relate my own experiences to what I think Tick may have been feeling about last night.

I had a little felling that Tick Was uneasy about this Meet. In the Car park, he was slightly shorter with his answers, his tone a smidgen sterner and was without that same level of glimmering passion sewn though, his description of the night ahead.

 

Why I thought? Has he had a bad day? Maybe? Or is he nervous? TICK ... nervous..... Never??

 

It was a slightly different meet for Tick I believe a first (correct me if I’m wrong) .We love his Car Meets. We love his Mini Games nights: so it seemed the answer to combine them both. Easy! As daft as it sounds, it’s not that easy. It’s so hard to tie in a mini game to a theme. And I personally think you did a cracking job!

 

But, I think you made it difficult for yourself. I run a lot of my raw, meet ideas, themes and mini games past Tick. Its kind of a safety net for me. To stop me from cocking up and planning something crap. Tick does not have that luxury, he does things and 9/10 times they are right. He al;so works hard in the background, providing confidence for new hosts and offering advice.

 

Tick you have always told me don’t make a theme too Niche. It may be due to my limited experience of the show but it seemed pretty niche theme ? Compared to running a super hero theme, or secret agent, theme.

 

I will be honest I’ve never seen S.H.IE.L.D. I had to Google it. And frantically message cactus for ideas. 10mins before the meet, I was shaggy doo at the lighthouse with only 40k. “Its like men in black I think”. Is what cactus told me, just as an oracle passed. Blacked out windows, blue/black paint and I was done. sh*t I still look like shaggy! Change of clothes but no money for a haircut. Well I guess shaggy is off for tryouts.

 

Some great cars on-show at the vote. People (apart from me) putting loads of effort in. I wish I could explain and make my own voting categories as well as tick does.

The cruise I really, enjoyed it did not feel like passing time I was getting into the feel of been a black ops unit, not speeding but disregarding red lights, travelling in convoy. I really loved this bit of the meet.

 

The first game. Tough and frustrating just like a real driving test, I Loved the challenge. I have made a few technical frustrating, difficult close on impossible off-road tracks. When planning a section for a meet, I have to constantly remind myself. Don’t make it to tough. When testing and creating you get a load of practice on the race, 20-30 runs at it, you forget how difficult it is or question if you should make it harder and then make it harder. At a recent Xbox one meet I hosted it took the whole lobby 50 min to pass the first check point. I had planned the race would only run for 45 mins.

 

We went to recess, shortly after I returned all hell broke out. Magnum & flares. Firstly flares there is no need, saying they are not been fired near anyone is not an excuse. Magnum you frustrate me. After this meet we did some trails in a large group, you were calm helpful and patient. Offering your truck to people who needed it and talkative. But then there’s the other you not listening to reason, having to react to things you should just let slide and leave to the host. Don’t get me wrong I like having you at my meets and enjoy banter at other players meets. But please stop reacting, because if you do hosts have to react. I’m willing to step up and offer you a place if you want it at the next meet I run. As per ticks plan, I’m doing this sticking my neck on the line and risking losing people who may think twice about joining the meet because of this.

 

After this we started up the next mini capture game. I never understood the stones thing or the back story, but loved the game. Fast frantic action with limited weapons (I never got a gun) I used the buffalo. It was a strange mix of demo derby and capture. Which was epic fun loved every min of it. I somehow managed to score the most kills?

 

The Final game I opted out of but I got some great footage in spectator mode. The Video should be up shortly. It looked like great fun; I could also hear every word which was great. Oukast getting excited stating we can win this!

 

Overall I had a very good night. Maybe my lack of understanding of the theme lowered my expectations. But I had fun in good company what more can I ask for. Thanks again Tick and the rest of you guys.

 

Pictures:

 

Rookies were tempted with the promise of a better pool vehicle

The blue brothers reunion

nice group shot

cactus why ?

 

 

great car, a lot spent 100k on the number plate. I understand your frustration

before the last event

 

 

Edited May 30, 2015 by stevedogg51

[outkast_ryder]

Feedback:

 

FINALLY! Tick's first meet after a very long sabbatical. Let me be very clear when I say this I am not giving negative feedback this is just an observation on my part and I hope I am not being too judgmental about my views. I do not wish to offend anyone who attended and most importantly not the host. With that being said...

 

This was not like the other meets Tick had host in the past. Those meets were almost too perfect. This one missed the mark because of one rotten incident in my opinion and I am not holding it against the host. Things got out of control when the host was away and the entire lobby was on recess. Maybe if he was present, he would have nipped it in the bud. Had it not been for that one, this would have surely made it as one of Tick's amazing meets in my opinion. I will not call out and put my thoughts about the recess massacre as I feel that incident has been dealt with quite aptly by the host during the session and on the forum. So thumbs in the bum ( in a good way ) to Tick on that front for taking control of the situation and handling it in the best interest of the lobby.

 

To the meet I felt so out of place when I rolled up with my theme and I f*cking loved it when I won in a category. Thank you all who voted for me. In my head I was playing the role of ass-piring agent Outkast who was enlisting to be an agent of SHIELD. I wanted to apply for the post of a secret agent on successfully passing the exam who worked undercover as a valet.

 

So after the voting we cruised nicely although I do not know who kept bumping into me time and time again. I dismissed the irritation and assumed it was just lag which was further confirmed when XBL spazed out on everyone. Everyone was enjoying themselves and there were laughs all around, especially before the games could start. I really wished I could have clicked more pictures but then again I was having way too much fun.

 

Loved the confusion in the capture game and would surely like to play that one again. IMO the best was the team race where one person was behind the wheel while the other gave directions. This one was really fun. It involved total team co-ordination and it really helped keep in tune with the theme. I teamed up with DeathHound who knew the map much better than the GPS and I was glad. There was a point where we were in last position and I frikin almost screamt like a little girl when we won! So thanks DeathHound for helping us score a win! (thumbs in the bum)

 

All in all (minus the sour recess event) it was a great meet. It seems like this meet could have been a bit better but then again I am not complaining. After all, when you try to ride a bicycle after a while who wouldn't be a little rusty? I am surely looking forward to the next one Tick and welcome back good sir! (and thumbs in the bum for you too)

[fullxthrottle94]

Lots of fun can't wait for the next. And in the words of the famous blues brothers. "I want white toast no butter"

[MTBB47]

I will get pics and that up shortly guys sorry for the delay. Just got off a monster session after chewies meet this moirning (now close to 12 hours later). Need to get of the xbox/computer for a bit and eat some food shower etc lol

[yello cactus]

A bit late but here we are...

S.H.I.E.L.D Examination X (S.E.X)

 

Tick, thanks again for another meet. I like the idea of having a not just a theme but also a story to with it and i think it worked on the night.

The first game; Loved it. Don't get me wrong, it was frustratingly difficult but i enjoyed it. What's the point in making an easy challenge?

The incident with the flares and destruction has been talked about. Nuff said.
The mini capture game; initially i thought, what the hell's going on but once it started it was great fun

The Rally race was excellent but since i've never done a Rally, i didn't realise you canhit the D pad to give instructions so i was just shouting to Hash to turn left right etc We were 2nd at one point until we caught some air...a lot of air; and we kind of exploded into an impressive ball of flames

 

Overall, i enjoyed the meet Nice work Tick.

On the negative side, my capture card failed to record which i'm disappointed with as i thought the footage captured would have been great so all i have are photo's from the start. Soz

 

 

Dark colours were the order of the day for the S.H.I.E.L.D Rookies

Another dark car...

and another dark car

2 dark cars...

whoa-whoa...who the hell brought a red and white car!

The almost Blues Brothers

A horribly ugly female (debatable) S.H.I.E.L.D agent briefs the rookies

[livejoker]

I will be honest I’ve never seen S.H.IE.L.D. I had to Google it. And frantically message cactus for ideas. 10mins before the meet, I was shaggy doo at the lighthouse with only 40k. “Its like men in black I think”. Is what cactus told me, just as an oracle passed. Blacked out windows, blue/black paint and I was done. sh*t I still look like shaggy! Change of clothes but no money for a haircut. Well I guess shaggy is off for tryouts.

I just woke up and this made my day.

 

Guys, especially Outkast, I accept all positive and negative feedback. I'm not scared of being told that I suck at something so I should change it or just stop doing it. The games that work great I keep around because you guys tell me time and time again that you love them. So please tell me what you don't like so I can remove/repair those parts. You're actually helping me by telling me straight up what you dislike about my meets. That way I can work on a formula that works great. I will admit my downfall for this meet was two things:

 

1 - trying a format that isn't for me. Yello is most notable for doing this (Steve as well...? I remember Yello the most with his Sanchez meet, if I recall correctly - but Steve as well when we were at that racing track with the tour bus) where we cruised to each event. I love this so much that I thought I could do it. Well, I can't. And it's great because it's Yello's/Steve's thing and I can't do it. Having your own thing isn't an easy thing so latch onto that, guys, because you do it great.

 

2 - I actually had 3 themes in mind and picked the easiest one/the clearest on paper. Having 3 themes and you gotta do games to make those themes work is a f*cking chore. I did the games but my mind was still on those other themes, "what if I did this one instead?".

 

The recess incident is being worked on. I've talked to Magnum and we're going to work on this together so when I feel that he's ready to be unbanned, that's going to be a green light to all other hosts that Magnum will only brings his good side (the one we all love). Now I don't want anyone else discussing this issue, okay? There are far worst incidents that have happened (a lobby full of trolls comes to mind) and Magnum is still a very good friend of mine. I have no hard feelings and only wish for the best for him.

 

So remember the half-applied theme of rookies? We'll now you're agents as I said at the end of this meet. Hey, who knows, maybe my redemption will be a meet where you're all actual agents and do some real agent sh*t. Great, now I gotta destroy this post because I just said the idea for my next meet.

 

Thanks for all the pics and feedback! It's one of my favorite part of meets: seeing another point of view and hearing your opinions (seriously)! So thank you.

Edited May 31, 2015 by livejoker

[MTBB47]

Sorry about the delay. I had a full on weekend meeting and greeting new members of Off Road All Stars so havnt been on the forum much.

 

First of tick (and this goes to all hosts) Dont beat yourself up when things dont go to plan. I think i can speak for everyone here saying that its not the fact that the meet goes perfectly to plan that makes us enjoy it. Its the hanging out with a bunch of friendly people, having a good laugh and playing a game we all love. I know there are instances that frustrate people but that's just life isn't it? If the world was perfect it would be bloody boring to live in.

 

The agent theme was cool, I enjoyed it alot. You did pull it off quite well. The mini games were great, the people that came all embraced the theme and dressed to suit and brought the right cars.

 

The first game was great, it took some off us alot longer to get up that first set of ramps but it was a challenge and i love a challenge. Perfect driving exam :-)

 

The incident, sorry tick just a few things, i agree its not a huge incident but yea not cool anyway. Im kinda stuck in a really hard position here, magnum and i play gta together almost everyday helping each other with daily's and just general shanangins. I know what your saying Steve, 9.9 times out of 10 he is a bloody great guy but he does have a short fuse and i can see how hard/frustrating that is for hosts. I don't think he reads these forums at all so he wont of seen your comment. He spoke to Tick about it over the weekend and i don't think he has understood whats been said, he thinks he is banned from everything full stop. Im trying to relay things to him, that i see people post on here but its hard to get the whole message across. I know he looks at facebook so if anyone wants to clear things up with him maybe there is the right place. Anyway....

 

The capture game was fun and fast pace, Im loving all these captures that are limited weapons and close combat tick, definitely keep that up :-) Makes for a very fun competitive game. I must agree, i didnt quite understand the back story but got the idea quick enough and had a great time. The rally race was great fun, im sure i would have failed miserably had it have not been for Magnums knowledge of the game, i just told him somewhere roughly to go and he got us there quick smart. We went from last to 2nd at one stage, I was using arrows to start and voice to tell him where to turn. That wasn't working well at all! I gave him locations and bingo we started really moving. Im really looking forward to the video steve :-)

 

Again my lack of pictures (and lack of GOOD pictures) shows i was having fun tick so keep up the good work and ill see ya at your next :-) Well probably before that actually :-)

 

It appears black is the color of agents :-P

And the only other shot i got was this one

 

I had cleared my camera before this event but was having to much fun to snap pics. I say this every time i know but i will take more next time.

[livejoker]

I actually encourage people to take less pictures at my meet so they can enjoy the meet itself. I'll need to make planned recess' and photo ops at certain points in the meet so photographs can go crazy. But that means less variety in pics but more coordination from the lobby for group pics. I don't really have time at the moment due to work but I'll redo my whole format and see if I can make a meet format that works for me. Something different from what I do and what other hosts do. But it's hard as the current formulas work great so it's definitely a head-scratcher.

As for Magnum: I do hope he reads the forum. I read my last post - the one saying, "unbanning Magnum meaning green light to all other hosts" (or such) and I can see how it can be misinterpreted. My blacklist is my own and only as a reference. Other hosts can use it if they want. Magnum is only banned from my meets because I want him to understand what he's doing. Other hosts can agree or disagree with me but that doesn't mean he's banned from other meets! I don't control any other meet that isn't hosted by me. I make suggestions, that's all. Plus we all know Magnum as he's a regular so I don't want my "tap on the wrist" to change his meet habits. I want him to join as many meets as he can and just enjoy himself (in a safe and respectful manner). The verdict I posted here can be taken by other hosts if they want but I'm not talking for any of them. Just myself. So no; Magnum isn't banned from other meets! Anyway, when I have time I'll chat with Magnum and we'll work together on making him a must-have to meets (if he wants). I'm hoping he realizes he has a lot potential just waiting to burst out and become a shining example of a near-perfect attendee. I also hope (to which I told him) that I'm only doing this to help him. He's a really unique player so bringing out his good side only would make others sign up to a meet just because Magnum is on the list.

Edited June 2, 2015 by livejoker

[livejoker]

The No-Host Meet (Impromptu Session)

June 8th, Monday @ 6PM PDT//7PM MDT//8PM CDT//
9PM EDT//10PM ADT//2AM BST (Tue.)//
4AM EEST (Tue.)//6:30AM IST (Tue.)//
1PM NZST (Tue.)

Feedback:
This one was quite special. Bored out of my mind, I wandered in the Find A Meetup section for a meet to join and I checked out a thread that Crow, one of my friends, posted in. It was a "old school" car meet but that's not what caught my attention. It's who was hosting it that made me interested - none other than DudePerfect. I joined one of his meet weeks ago and it went horrible due to his lack of attention for the meet and the players being restless...as well as laughing at his "authority", which he had none. I gave him pointers and advice even helping him build a nice thread which he hasn't kept. He's making these throw-away threads; looking for a quick-fix instead of building his reputation. It doesn't help when we're a few players in the lobby and he asks us to wait because he wants a Lost Slamvan after hearing one was at the meet spot (Crow's). I said that he had a meet to do and could get the van after. A few minutes later he disappeared. I'm still not sure if he left for a van or had to catch his bedtime (which he said was at 10PM, his meet starting at 9PM).

A friend of his (which I won't name as it's not his fault/responsibility) took the hosting spot but he wasn't even in the lobby. I asked where he was and told us he was loading the game up. We waited in the LS Customs parking lot for a good 20 minutes from the start of the meet time until I decided to cruise out as the friend-host was no where to be seen. He did send me a friend request which I accept 5 minutes later to see if we'd get an invite or something. Nope. We were left host-less. I took the lead but asked others to be at the front of the group when cruising and involving everyone as much as possible.

I get a lot of sh*t for saying bad stuff about meets, some even not wanting me to join as fear of bad feedback. You know what? This sh*t pisses me off when hosts don't give a f*ck. It doesn't matter if you're hosting for 15 other players or for 4 players. You host to have a good time. Even if DudePerfect had a full lobby, I'm sure he'd still be as attentive as Stevie Wonder in a staring contest. I remember when I was younger and wanted to join clans in Battlefield 1942 but being told I was too young. DudePerfect isn't being told that as the car meet community is quite supportive (depending who you run into) but he totally ignores the responsibilities a host has. I tried to help him out and support him, lending him my rules and the "Knowing A Little About Your Host", which I'm the only host to do so but this guy can't even start a meet. Now I'll probably get some backlash for this but saying the truth is the best way to root out bad players/hosts and to help them figure out what the problem is. I'm not perfect either; going as far as giving myself harsh feedback and urging attendees to "give it to me straight". The difference is that I can take it while others can't.

Onwards with the actual meet! There was 5 consistent players which is the amount of players you typically have at the end of the meet who stick around to chill for a good bit of time. I cruised a little but once we hit that coastline highway the others urged me to put the hammer down. We raced down in our old-schoolers, stopping at a gas station and then in Sandy Shores. After some pictures, we took on the canyon roads, some of us in the horrible-handling Slamvan. Stopped at the beach for a surprised explosion of a car (which was unasked for), regrouped on the street and raced to Paleto Bay. I then tested something out that I've had on my mind for a long time: we parked up and I asked players to drive the car to their left (well, 3 to their left as someone used a "randomizer", picking a number for us). It was a good experiment and it's definitely something I want to do in a dedicated meet. We arrived in Grapeseed and rested in one of the players' owned home. That's the end for me as I had to go but I hope the others stuck around and cruised a bit more.

For 5 players and no host, it was a great meet! I would totally do this again.

Pictures:

I was pissed that we were still here after 20 minutes!


But there was some good sights to keep me occupied:


And slightly damp between my legs as one man was jerking off to my truck:


The "Old School" meet quickly turned into a Slamvan reunion:


Some great variety showed up:


This would be a great picture if that guy wasn't standing there:


This man (right) kept pointing at stuff:


A LOT of stuff:


"Guys, we should light this up a bit..."


*sigh*
"Yeah, that's good enough."


My favorite shot of the meet, hands down:


The Xbox 360 showing its age here:


But still producing amazing moments like this one:


We then wondered for a good 2 minutes how this car ended up here. We deduced it was one of those drivable car-boats that crashed in a rock:


Crow kept spinning out on the road for some reason:


He's going to spin much more as we're headed for the canyon roads:


Why did we stop?


Oh, wow. Now I understand why we stopped:


Quick dip by the beach:


But someone had to get a sunburn:


Here we can see a suicidal Sabre. Suicidal Sabre sounds like a great car movie!


One of the many stops we made was at a "1950's styled gas station" which had no actual gas tanks:


We had a great laugh about it:


Here we tried the "drive the 3rd car to your left":


My car at the far end (Warrener) made me the lucky driver of the blue Elegy:


I'm a cougar and he's a cowboy:


The final shot. Sadly no men pictured here wanted me. I think I found the only house in Los Santos that had 4 gays living in it:

 

Edited June 9, 2015 by livejoker

[livejoker]

*bump/update*

The servers have been worst and worst - played for about 2 hours today before I got kicked from GTA:O with a message saying my cloud data could not be loaded. I was also working on some new games for a long time now but seeing how unreliable the servers are, I'm kind of scared to announce a date for what would've been my next Minigame Night which would've promoted my next theme meet, following from the S.E.X meet. So yeah, nothing going on. I do want to move to Xbox One around November (main word here is "want") but I plan on making Xbox 360 meets nonetheless. I'm just curious if the servers will be fixed up to keep doing these meets or if they'll stay as sh*t as they are now. In the meantime, enjoy some pics that I snapped of Outkast and I working on a new game involving a small object in a big tunnel:

[steve dogg 51]

Servers are crap at the moment on both xbox1 and 360 I'm also having lots of issues with chat cutting out

 

Looking forward to having you on the one tick, backwards capability should make meets on the 360 more popular.

 

Plus the new one interface looks like the invite process should be streamlined

 

Can't wait for the next mini games night having missed the last

[fullxthrottle94]

Yea my servers are crap too if I'm in a room I'll be there for 30 min before my cloud data can't be loaded or I lost connection due to an "unknown network error" hopfully rockstar or xbox fixes the problem

[Mangled Crow]

Yo Tick, i just thought of a very great idea, since Independence Day is Coming Up i think that we should start up a Independence Day Themed Car Meet, what do you think, a lot of fireworks, a range of activities, and just plain old fun, sound reasonable to be made into a car meet or nah? anyways just a thought, tell me what you think bro.

Edited July 2, 2015 by LDHalcrow1215

[livejoker]

Yo Tick, i just thought of a very great idea, since Independence Day is Coming Up i think that we should start up a Independence Day Themed Car Meet, what do you think, a lot of fireworks, a range of activities, and just plain old fun, sound reasonable to be made into a car meet or nah? anyways just a thought, tell me what you think bro.

Damnit. Here I was on vacation, planning my next meet and here comes Crow with a really good idea. Will update first post with details in a few hours!

[fullxthrottle94]

 

Yo Tick, i just thought of a very great idea, since Independence Day is Coming Up i think that we should start up a Independence Day Themed Car Meet, what do you think, a lot of fireworks, a range of activities, and just plain old fun, sound reasonable to be made into a car meet or nah? anyways just a thought, tell me what you think bro.

Damnit. Here I was on vacation, planning my next meet and here comes Crow with a really good idea. Will update first post with details in a few hours!

 

 

Awwwwwwweeeyyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhbbbbboooooiiiii

[livejoker]

Guys, I think I went overboard with the first post...I...I might've made a mistake.

[PoisonedGas]

If it is possible could I get an invite?

GT is PoisonedGas

I have a mic

And the theme is MERICA

[yello cactus]

First post is fine although i lost my sight half through and threw up.

GT: yello cactus

Mic: Yes

Theme: Will Smith

[outkast_ryder]

Do i want in ???...

 

 

 

GT: OutkastRyder

Mic: YES! YES!

Theme: Happy Independence Day America!

Edited July 3, 2015 by outkast_ryder

[Mangled Crow]

Glad to see my idea has worked for Tick , awesome im bringing my coquette classic and sovereign motorcycle

 

GT: LDHalcrow1215

Mic: Sadly No (Damnit)

Theme: Independence Day Theme (hooray for america )

[livejoker]

Date section looks like this:



Guys, please feel free to tell this to any friends. All are welcome! Forum or not. Xbox or not. Just tell them, "hey, this weirdo is doing a 4th of July meet and wants to jack off on you because freedom!" I never do such a short notice meet but this one has specifically-made games that I made last night! The word for this meet is like my herpes; it should be passed around.