Dark Side Alliance http://www.darksidealliance.com/ en Sun, 20 May 2012 14:07:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.darksidealliance.com/iSkin_Black/misc/rss.jpg Dark Side Alliance http://www.darksidealliance.com/ Anyone dollow the NHL? http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34567&goto=newpost Sun, 20 May 2012 05:13:13 GMT Any fellow hockey fans out there? Definatly rooting for the kings to win the cup since my bruins got knocked out in the first round against the... Any fellow hockey fans out there? Definatly rooting for the kings to win the cup since my bruins got knocked out in the first round against the crapitols ]]> Sports haVok http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34567 Drunk RaTix http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34566&goto=newpost Sun, 20 May 2012 04:57:18 GMT
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The longer you keep me waiting, the more beligerant I will get in this shoutbox.So help me god, I will post Deslock's S&M vader outfit on the main page if I go ignored.. DO NOT IGNORE MY WRATH!!!





Yeah, accept RaTix's wrath....

See me for who I'm really am...and "tremble" in my absolute greatness...

Shao Khan, yeah, you're a "bitch" compared to the awesomeness that IS Deslock.

I'm an excellent Masturbatier. None of you can even touch yourself as great as I can. Just even looking at myself gets me excited, I rule that much.

What can I say...? Some of us have "it", and some of us just doesn't.

God bless ya RaTix, and know that we love ya dude. And we will always have your back no matter what. :) ]]> Cantina Deslock http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34566 Lost in Translation http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34555&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 23:03:23 GMT Nope not the crappy Bill Murray movie, just I Dark Elf explaining my absence from both the Warhawk division and the site here. As I explained... Nope not the crappy Bill Murray movie, just I Dark Elf explaining my absence from both the Warhawk division and the site here.

As I explained to Reaper and Rage, I lost my "crappy yet well paying" job back in late December as I was screwed due to the "economy" haha. Shortly after, 3 days later, my apartment was broken into and most of my shit was taken. The worse idea I ever had was to kept alot of my personal info stored on my laptop and it too was taken along with my brand new TV I adored. Thanks to the whole mess I ended up having to get a fraud alert on all my credit info, and as a result of losing my laptop, my email was compromised. Yet life springs forth and I've managed to crawl out of my lowly hole and I've moved into a new place (safer!!!). Now that I'm in my new place, I finally bought a new TV and a used PS3. Life lesson learned...don't live in a questionable neighborhood and always keep doors and windows locked.
I see that the Warhawk division has migrated to Starhawk. Just bought it and hopefully I can get online in the next day or so. How have you guys been? ]]> Dark Elf http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34555 Lemme see your ink.... http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34552&goto=newpost Sat, 12 May 2012 16:53:04 GMT I posted my new tat in the Gears 3 thread but later realized that most of the PS3 guys wouldn't check the thread to see it.....Then I thought it would be cool to have a thread where people could show off their ink if they wanted too. I have 2 others, 1 I will post when I take a pic of it and 1 that doesn't show up well in pictures(until I get it colored) so here is my newest one(last night).

I had the artist take a pic of it after he finished the outline before he started the color and shading.


And here is the finished tat, I put a picture of a Gears grenade next to it so you who don't play Gears(I am sad for you) will know what I was going for we decided to go with the concept art of the nade.



So lets see some other people post pics of their ink. ]]> Cantina fromunda http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34552 Customer Support Experience http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34551&goto=newpost Sat, 12 May 2012 00:45:00 GMT Well, last weekend I tried to use a 48 HR trial so I could make Monday's and Tuesday's practice. I ended up spending about an hour on the phone Monday night, with Customer Support. Shitty thing is, I received ignorance. The guy on the other end was just acting like a plain D-bag, and sounded like he didn't want to be there. He told me my account was temporarily suspended because I owed them 19.99. Which some how I felt was incorrect. I waited on the phone for 30 minutes on a supervisor. I got so frustrated from his idiocy that I hung up, and said to myself I'll call later in the week.

Well It took only 15 minutes when I got home from work today. To get everything resolved... Turns out the guy on the other end Monday night, was reading my account summary from back in February. He then canceled my Elite membership (By accident), From what they told me that is. The lady on the other end today not only renewed my Elite membership. But she funded a 40$ concession to my bank account, on behalf of the cancellation for Elite. She also gave me a whole month of live for free, on behalf of the wrong information I was given about my billing. In which I asked none of! My only intention calling today was to hopefully get someone better, and pay my 19.99. What I got was unexpected.

I'd say that's a pretty damn good experience for support. I was highly please to hear that, but I didn't expect anything but to pay my bill.. Pretty good Friday I'd say.

Anyone else have some other interesting encounters with cross platform customer service. ]]> Xbox 360 Reaver http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34551 DSA Gaming Quotes http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34544&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 23:04:13 GMT I know we have had threads like this in the past but since we seem to be on this collective/universal trend, I figured I start a big post that is... I know we have had threads like this in the past but since we seem to be on this collective/universal trend, I figured I start a big post that is opened to both platforms and all games. That way we just have one great big collection of funny quotes or moments from all of our wise and wonderful DSA members! I would say just simply put the name of the game/platform that was being played and then what was said. Let the laughter begin!

Battlefield 3 Xbox 360

You can hear Mellow's girl in the background discussing or tying to discuss shoes with him

Me: Great. We're in the middle of a war and Mellow is discussing shoes. ]]> Gaming Forums Andy http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34544 BF3 Tournament! http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34543&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 21:40:51 GMT I just found this and thought I would post it. It is for both PS3 and the 360. http://virgingaming.com/tournaments/worldwide-conquest/ Not... I just found this and thought I would post it. It is for both PS3 and the 360.

http://virgingaming.com/tournaments/worldwide-conquest/

Not sure if this is something Ratix would be interested in us joining. ]]> Gaming Forums Reaper316 http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34543 Minecraft: Xbox Edition http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34542&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 16:20:15 GMT A few of us play this on the PC, but it has just been released for the Xbox. It is more or less the same core game. Currently there are no mods or... A few of us play this on the PC, but it has just been released for the Xbox. It is more or less the same core game. Currently there are no mods or skins for this version. But there is 8 player co-op. Mine craft in its self is a lot of fun and I enjoy it. Also minecraft only get better with age, Monjang has continually adding content to the pc verstion and by the sounds of it will do the same for the xbox.

If there is enough people interested I would be willing to pick it up on the xbox also.

Xbox Market Place: Minecraft Xbox Edition

Minecraft Wiki: Minecraft Xbox Edition

Game Trailer Video review Minecraft Xbox Edition ]]> Xbox 360 Cottoinc http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34542 BF3: Better Battlelog Addon http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34538&goto=newpost Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:44 GMT http://getbblog.com/ This is an add-on that works with Firefox or Chrome. It integrates BF3Stats.com with the official battlelog website, adding... http://getbblog.com/

This is an add-on that works with Firefox or Chrome. It integrates BF3Stats.com with the official battlelog website, adding MUCH more details and depth to your stats tracking.

Another cool aspect is that it imbeds the http://symthic.com weapon info right into the site as well. So you can easily see which weapon attachments and combinations of them, alter the weapon's accuracy when firing from all positions. A great way to help tweak your loadouts. ]]> Gaming Forums RaTix http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34538 BF3Stats.com http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34537&goto=newpost Tue, 08 May 2012 17:15:23 GMT Server stats for both DSA BF3 servers can be found on bf3stats.com. Here are the direct links to the info pages. 360... Server stats for both DSA BF3 servers can be found on bf3stats.com. Here are the direct links to the info pages.

360
http://bf3stats.com/server/360_54ffc...7-09ae4e89b569

PS3
http://bf3stats.com/server/ps3_6a116...e-dc144104fd75


There are also banners and images with live stats, like player sin room, current map, etc.. that we can use. I will probably integrate these into the site when I redo the pages and sections. ]]> Gaming Forums RaTix http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34537 HEY!! i would like to join the clan :) http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34535&goto=newpost Tue, 08 May 2012 16:53:27 GMT hello DSA. i would like to thankyou for creating this amazing website!! now how do we start the recruiting process?? hello DSA. i would like to thankyou for creating this amazing website!! now how do we start the recruiting process?? ]]> TheRealSlimStnr http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34535 PS3: BattleField 3 Social gaming http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34525&goto=newpost Wed, 02 May 2012 23:36:50 GMT This thread is intended for all to see. If you are interested in playing BF3 tonight we have a server up. Dark Side Alliance. Join us we will... This thread is intended for all to see.

If you are interested in playing BF3 tonight we have a server up. Dark Side Alliance.

Join us we will be playing Normal mixed servers.

Enjoy, Play fair and put your mics on Teamchat. ]]> Cantina RageProphetXIII http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34525 GOP Delegate Breakdown http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34516&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:48:02 GMT With all the speculation and erroneous delegate counts on various MSM news sites, I wanted to figure out what the real delegate count actually is. Or... With all the speculation and erroneous delegate counts on various MSM news sites, I wanted to figure out what the real delegate count actually is. Or at least close to it with the information available. Here is the breakdown I came up with on delegates by states, and by how they are assigned (Winner Take All States, Proportinal States, Non-Binding).

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Non-Binding
28 Iowa
36 Colorado
40 Minn
24 Maine
43 Washington
32 Idaho
29 Wyoming
52 Mossouri
26 Montana
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310


Proportional
12 New Hampshire
28 Nevada
27 Alaska
76 Georgia
41 Massachusettes
28 North Dakota
43 Oklahoma
58 Tennesse
20 Hawaii
50 Alabama
40 Mississippi
46 Louisiana
28 Conneticut
95 New York
19 Rhode Island
55 North Carolina
28 Oregon
36 Arkansas
45 Kentucky
155 Texas
23 New Mexico
28 South Dakota
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981


Hybrid Proportional
30 Michigan
66 Ohio
17 Vermont
49 Virginia
40 Kansas
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202



Winner Take All
25 South Carolina
50 Florida
29 Arizona
23 Puerto Rico
19 D.C
42 Wisconsin
37 Maryland
17 Delaware
172 California
50 New Jersey
40 Utah
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504


Hybrid Winner Take all
46 Indiana
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46



Direct Election
9 N. Mariana Islands
9 Virgin Islands
9 Guam
9 American Samoa
69 Illinois
72 Pennsylvania
31 West Virginia
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208


Advisory
35 Nebraska
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35



Total Delegates
2,286

Ignoring all the Non-Binding delegates from caucus states, and counting only the bound delegates from Winner Take All, Proportional, and Direct Election states and Territories. These are the numbers for Romney.

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Romney
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WTA
2 SC
50 FL
29 AZ
22 P.R.
18 D.C.
33 WI
37 MD
17 DE
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208


Proportional
8 NH
14 NV
16 MI
8 AK
21 GA
41 MA
7 ND
36 OH
13 OK
17 TN
9 VT
43 VA
7 KS
9 HI
12 AL
14 MS
5 LA
28 CT
15 RI
92 NY
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507

Direct election
9 N. Mari
7 Virgin Isl.
9 Guam
9 Am. Sam.
43 IL
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77

SubTotal
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792

And here are the bound delegates for Ron Paul

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Ron Paul
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Proportional
3 NH
5 NV
6 AK
8 ND
1 OH
4 VT
3 VA
3 HI
4 RI
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37

Direct Election
1 Virgin Isl.
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1

SubTotal
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38
Again, this is ONLY BOUND DELEGATES from Winner Take All, Proportional, and Direct Election States. The reason I took these states is that with the results already in, it's pretty set as to how many delegates each candidate gets.
The numbers were taken from the WashingtonPost.com website. If you go by RealClearPolitics.com counts, which vary for some reason, Romney has about 729 Bound Delegates (838 Total Delegates minus the 109 non-binding delegates they gave him).

So if you take all the Unbound delegates and assume they are all for Ron Paul (Probably most are, but not all, but let's just assume all of them are), you get 348 Delegates for RP.

Ron Paul's strategy of picking up unbound delegates and even having supporters getting elected as delegates for other candidates, really only pays off if it becomes a brokered convention. Where the first round of voting does not yield the needed 1144 delegates for any candidate. Then all delegates become unbound and can vote as they wish. So the main obstacle now is stopping Romney from getting the 1144 delegates from bound delegate states.

So if Romney has 729-792 Bound delegates already, he still needs 352-415 bound delegates to get the first round vote at the convention. There are at this time, 744 Delegates left.

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Ind.
46
Hybrid winner take all

N.C.
55
Contest on May 8
Proportional

W. Va.
31
Contest on May 8
Direct election

Neb.
35
Contest on May 15
Advisory

Ore.
28
Contest on May 15
Proportional

Ark.
36
Contest on May 22
Proportional

Ky.
45
Contest on May 22
Proportional

Tex.
155
Contest on May 29
Proportional

Calif.
172
Contest on June 5
Winner take all

Mont.
26 - Not counted as all Non-Binding Delegates are already counted as Ron Paul's
Contest on June 5
Non-binding

N.J.
50
Contest on June 5
Winner take all

N.M.
23
Contest on June 5
Proportional

S.D.
28
Contest on June 5
Proportional

Utah
40
Contest on June 26
Winner take all
Romney has to win about 48%-56% of the votes in the remaining Proportional and winner take all states.. Or rather Ron Paul has to get 45%-53% of the votes in the remaining states to stop Romney from clinching the nomination.

Without a doubt it is an uphill battle, but not "Mathematically impossible" as some MSM outlets are trying to report.

I have also noticed some comments from others saying that the Bound delegates don't actually have to vote for who they pledged to vote for. I don't know how much stock you can actually place in that and if that's actually true or not, but worth mentioning. ]]> Politics RaTix http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34516 Investments/Money http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34515&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:17:46 GMT I know this isn't exactly politics but I didn't know where else to put this thread. This also might need to be placed in a private section, not sure though. Basically I'm curious if we have any investors in the clan.

I know that the stock market is up and down these days, but are there any good things to put money into? I have a good 401K going and I have a savings account but I feel like I could do something better with my money then to have it sit in an account and not gain very much interest.

I'm open to suggestions and would like to see what some of you are doing. ]]> Politics Reaper316 http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34515 <![CDATA[Major Overhaul for Madden '13]]> http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34513&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:44:45 GMT For all you Madden fans out there, the developers have said that the gameplay has gotten a huge overhaul primarily on the offensive side. Passing... For all you Madden fans out there, the developers have said that the gameplay has gotten a huge overhaul primarily on the offensive side. Passing game is the area where the biggest improvements have been made. Could make for the best game ever. Here is the article that has all the details: Changes for Madden '13 ]]> Sports Andy http://www.darksidealliance.com/showthread.php?t=34513