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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 68ROX on September 17, 2007, 09:31:39 PM
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This afternoon and evening were invaded by mystery fog.
Knights were attempting to take P14 in LW and the enemy cv was shrouded in mystery fog down to 100 feet.
The only folks who seemed to be adversely effected were knights attempting to re-claim the base.
On the other side of the map....
Knights were shrouded from the rooks cv by the same low-level mystery fog.
If we're up against another obstacle other than being always outnumbered...please let us know.
Please advise us that the game is in an inside way against us.
Or at least explain how the mystery fog comes up magically to help our enemies.
At least explain how weather effects all adversely, and not just one side.
Unexpected mystery fog below 14,000 to protect one side against another seems to be a real fog of biased play.
In any event, the thick fog below 14,000 is total BS...
Make weather equal or die as a game.
68ROX
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I had this problem before. Couldn't see one dang this. A new video crad fixed that.
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Are you suggesting somehow that HTC is biased against the Knights?
That's about all I can figure from what you wrote. Your implication is the other team didn't have the same fog to deal with.
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Wouldn't the fog make it hard for anyone? You might see the same argument from the other side, Hey HTC, what the heck man? We were trying to keep a base we took and the fog was so thick we couldn't see squat? Whats up? Are you trying to side with the Knights and make it difficult on us?
Equal, like That?
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Are you suggesting somehow that HTC is biased against the Knights?
Geez Dan...
You know he does!! ...and against Fw's, 109's, non-British cannons.....the list goes on....... :)
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This was a new feature linked to ENY HTC introduced a while back. I forget the post, but you can search 'Fog' or 'Fog of War' or something like that...
My guess is that nits ENY was ridiculously high and so the "Fog of War" rolled in to equalize things for rooks and bish.
You could've just switched sides or moved to a different arena.
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Your not the only one.. WE rooks were taking port yesterday fog was on the ground and so thick that u could not see 1000yrd. It was the same for the pilots and gvs
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Originally posted by 68ROX
In any event, the thick fog below 14,000 is total BS...
I thought FOG was suppose to be low lying, right?
below 14,000 ft? if it is at / above then it would be SMOG I presume?
:D
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Originally posted by 68ROX
In any event, the thick fog below 14,000 is total BS...
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Down in the south, we call 14,000ft fog........clouds!
:aok :D
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Cartoon paranoia has reached a new high.
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Originally posted by SkyRock
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Originally posted by 68ROX
In any event, the thick fog below 14,000 is total BS...
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Down in the south, we call 14,000ft fog........clouds!
:aok :D
:rofl You beat me to it SR :rofl
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lmao
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I think it's all the Weed the Knights have been smoking.
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Once upon a time a very nasty dragon used to ravish the land, eating all the sheep and making living hard for the locals. So the village folk clubbed together and hired a brave Knight called Sean Connery who was actually in league with said dragon. Twas some kind of scam I believe to screw the villagers outta everything they owned but some chick got in the way of the deal. Anyways long story short Connery gets the chick and the dragon lays eggs in our port. When it gets to noisy the dragon lays a screen down.....the dragons breath. The dragon has sworn never to hurt people again and the dragons breath makes life a little difficult to see, so people especially noise ones leave.
It's not fog it's the dragons breath.
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Hey Rox...you just discovered that 3 ports have fog on Smpizza? It's been there all the time!
At the start of the map, one port for each country has fog. I know the schedule for when it rolls in and how long it lasts, but I won't tell. :t
Oh..I almost forgot. The fog goes down to the deck in many places...not 100 feet. :)
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Originally posted by FireDrgn
Your not the only one.. WE rooks were taking port yesterday fog was on the ground and so thick that u could not see 1000yrd. It was the same for the pilots and gvs
Wow I can't beleive I missed that, I love fighting in bad wheather, makes things all the more interesting.
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That fog fight was really good fun, something a bit different to the normal furball. Nice to see a CV survive the attention of buffs for more than 5 minutes in the MA as well.
Kudos to Nhawk for creating the fog of war.
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There is nothing "mysterious" about the fog at those 2 ports. They have been there since the SMPizza map was released.
I love that fog at those 2 ports ... it adds an interesting twist to both the attack and defense of those ports.
Just another "frustrated" whine ... had the fog worked in his favor ... we never would have heard about it.
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Originally posted by SlapShot
Just another "frustrated" whine ... had the fog worked in his favor ... we never would have heard about it.
People do only notice things when they do not work in their favour.
I remember that veteran Knight player seriously claiming "Rooks have a cheat that prevents a base from flashing!"
Ladies and Gentlemen, that is what happens when people never switch countries and take a game to seriously at the same time...
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Thanks for the flames....
I am just saying, I have never wittnessed "mystery fog" before....on any map.
I HAVE noticed cloud formations between 5K and 10K more recently (in the bombsite, they look like "vertical" clouds, whispy, almost a Cirrus formation at a level more suited for "puffy" clouds in RL) lately.
The "mystery fog" just looked very convinient...socking in both ports were trying to take at the same time.
If the "mystery fog" has been discussed here before, please provide the link as all I get when I search is "invalid search string"...and I would like to learn more about it.
Thanks!
68ROX
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Originally posted by 68ROX
Thanks for the flames....
I am just saying, I have never wittnessed "mystery fog" before....on any map.
I HAVE noticed cloud formations between 5K and 10K more recently (in the bombsite, they look like "vertical" clouds, whispy, almost a Cirrus formation at a level more suited for "puffy" clouds in RL) lately.
The "mystery fog" just looked very convinient...socking in both ports were trying to take at the same time.
If the "mystery fog" has been discussed here before, please provide the link as all I get when I search is "invalid search string"...and I would like to learn more about it.
Thanks!
68ROX
Rox, you should have expected the flaming, but I wasn't flaming, I was being funny! SkyRock<--------owns humor!:D
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Originally posted by LYNX
Once upon a time a very nasty dragon used to ravish the land, eating all the sheep and making living hard for the locals. So the village folk clubbed together and hired a brave Knight called Sean Connery who was actually in league with said dragon. Twas some kind of scam I believe to screw the villagers outta everything they owned but some chick got in the way of the deal. Anyways long story short Connery gets the chick and the dragon lays eggs in our port. When it gets to noisy the dragon lays a screen down.....the dragons breath. The dragon has sworn never to hurt people again and the dragons breath makes life a little difficult to see, so people especially noise ones leave.
It's not fog it's the dragons breath.
Lynx,
I believe the name of the movie was Dragonheart and Sean Connery played the voice of the dragon, while Dennis Quaid played the knight.
Not a bad film, but not an award winner either.
Spazz
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I like it.... I chased a 163 into the fog.... he hit a tree, I got a kill....
I was a knit
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I wonder if HiTech sits at his monster corner office with dozens of computer monitors, and like Zeus, sees the events unfolding in MA's. As a whim hits,(ie,,,,I hate the knights) he just interjects random FUBAR situation and tilts his head back roaring with laughter. HA HA HA HA HA HA<--------(lighting bolts and thunder crashes)
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Originally posted by Xargos
I think it's all the Weed the Knights have been smoking.
Busted:aok
I'll leave the bong at home next time, sorry guys.:noid
I must admit, I was there yesterday and I landed three kills on tanks with an LVT. It was certainlyNOT easy, frame rate was in toilet. Also my squaddie (who has recently lost peripheral vision on the right side of both eyes due to a stroke caused by a botched angioplasty) got the capture. Frame rate still slower than pond water. Time for new Vid card.
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Originally posted by Spazzter
Lynx,
I believe the name of the movie was Dragonheart and Sean Connery played the voice of the dragon, while Dennis Quaid played the knight.
Not a bad film, but not an award winner either.
Spazz
Thanks for the correction. I was going to write a long winded tail about dragons breath but then I thought F*&^ it......couldn't be arsed and went to the MA.:D
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Originally posted by 68ROX
Or at least explain how the mystery fog comes up magically to help our enemies.
1. They see the big red dar bar coming.
2. They all gourge on beans.
3. A loud rumbling is heard.
4. The sweet smell of success.
Mystery Fog explained.
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Originally posted by 68ROX
Thanks for the flames....
I am just saying, I have never wittnessed "mystery fog" before....on any map.
I HAVE noticed cloud formations between 5K and 10K more recently (in the bombsite, they look like "vertical" clouds, whispy, almost a Cirrus formation at a level more suited for "puffy" clouds in RL) lately.
The "mystery fog" just looked very convinient...socking in both ports were trying to take at the same time.
If the "mystery fog" has been discussed here before, please provide the link as all I get when I search is "invalid search string"...and I would like to learn more about it.
It's not a mystery...it's always been on the Smpizza map. P14, P31 and P69 to be exact. As I said in my last reply, one port from each country has fog at the start of the map. And it comes and goes on a time schedule, not by who's attacking who.
Trust me I know, I put it there. :)
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Originally posted by noTch
I wonder if HiTech sits at his monster corner office with dozens of computer monitors, and like Zeus, sees the events unfolding in MA's. As a whim hits,(ie,,,,I hate the knights) he just interjects random FUBAR situation and tilts his head back roaring with laughter. HA HA HA HA HA HA<--------(lighting bolts and thunder crashes)
Perfect!
:rofl
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Originally posted by noTch
I wonder if HiTech sits at his monster corner office with dozens of computer monitors, and like Zeus, sees the events unfolding in MA's. As a whim hits,(ie,,,,I hate the knights) he just interjects random FUBAR situation and tilts his head back roaring with laughter. HA HA HA HA HA HA<--------(lighting bolts and thunder crashes)
:rofl
I'd like to have that power for just one day
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Originally posted by noTch
I wonder if HiTech sits at his monster corner office with dozens of computer monitors, and like Zeus, sees the events unfolding in MA's. As a whim hits,(ie,,,,I hate the knights) he just interjects random FUBAR situation and tilts his head back roaring with laughter. HA HA HA HA HA HA<--------(lighting bolts and thunder crashes)
I have met a few players who honestly believe this is true, and he has a big red "DISCO" button to disco players (at the most annoying times) who make too many waves on the forums.
:O
Shamroc
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Originally posted by NHawk
It's not a mystery...it's always been on the Smpizza map. P14, P31 and P69 to be exact. As I said in my last reply, one port from each country has fog at the start of the map. And it comes and goes on a time schedule, not by who's attacking who.
Trust me I know, I put it there. :)
NHawk <>...
Thank you VERY much for the reply, and the information!
It WAS very much a mystery for me, as in all the times I have played on that map, I had never encountered it in any third of the map knights were on prior to yesterday. Many knights at the time were surprised by the thickness of the "pea-soup"....especially at 2 ports simultaneously.
If you can, please also advise of the lower strata of "puffy" clouds between 5 and 10K...
Are they also on a "schedule"...is there a slight N/S or EW direction (with out wind) at these stratas?
It's cool to be able to duck into these could banks in dogfights adds to the realsim...
I'm not a fan of John Carpenter's "The Fog".....enveloping cv groups and ports, however, as it's not a feature elsewhere on the maps.
Thanks for the info!
If someone can provide a link to any previous bbs discussions on the fog, I'd love to learn more.
Thanks!
68ROX
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Originally posted by shamroc
I have met a few players who honestly believe this is true, and he has a big red "DISCO" button to disco players (at the most annoying times) who make too many waves on the forums.
:O
Shamroc
He does have a big red disco button. Seen him use it too. Christmas Eve 2005 I was attached to Doobs' plane as an observer and we were following HiTech around in his Santa Sleigh. Finally Doobs asked me if I thought he should try and kill Santa. I said sure why not so he did. Within seconds of killing Santa I found myself in the tower and Doobs was kicked for 15 minutes. I also got to witness the big red button at the 2006 con in action. :aok
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Originally posted by Hornet33
He does have a big red disco button. Seen him use it too. Christmas Eve 2005 I was attached to Doobs' plane as an observer and we were following HiTech around in his Santa Sleigh. Finally Doobs asked me if I thought he should try and kill Santa. I said sure why not so he did. Within seconds of killing Santa I found myself in the tower and Doobs was kicked for 15 minutes. I also got to witness the big red button at the 2006 con in action. :aok
LOL I have no doubt they can kick people at will, but my point is there's people who think he sits there all night disco'ing people who he simply doesn't like - like full time - like every disco they've ever had is because Hitech is on the other end in some dark room illuminated by CRT reflections, surrounded by old pizza boxes and empty 2L bottles of diet coke, rubbing his hands and laughing manically. :aok
Shamroc
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Originally posted by shamroc
LOL I have no doubt they can kick people at will, but my point is there's people who think he sits there all night disco'ing people who he simply doesn't like - like full time - like every disco they've ever had is because Hitech is on the other end in some dark room illuminated by CRT reflections, surrounded by old pizza boxes and empty 2L bottles of diet coke, rubbing his hands and laughing manically. :aok
Shamroc
That would explain why Combat Tour isn't finished yet... :noid
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Originally posted by Lusche
That would explain why Combat Tour isn't finished yet... :noid
ROTFL !!!!!!!!!1
Watch out man... don't get on his bad side, because you *POOF*
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Originally posted by shamroc
ROTFL !!!!!!!!!1
Watch out man... don't get on his bad side, because you *POOF*
I am already there: 14 *POOF*s this tour so far...
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Originally posted by shamroc
LOL I have no doubt they can kick people at will, but my point is there's people who think he sits there all night disco'ing people who he simply doesn't like - like full time - like every disco they've ever had is because Hitech is on the other end in some dark room illuminated by CRT reflections, surrounded by old pizza boxes and empty 2L bottles of diet coke, rubbing his hands and laughing manically. :aok
Shamroc
Holy cow I just remembered I need to stop by on the way home and pick up a case of Scotch.
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Originally posted by 68ROX
Thanks for the flames....
I am just saying, I have never wittnessed "mystery fog" before....on any map.
I HAVE noticed cloud formations between 5K and 10K more recently (in the bombsite, they look like "vertical" clouds, whispy, almost a Cirrus formation at a level more suited for "puffy" clouds in RL) lately.
The "mystery fog" just looked very convinient...socking in both ports were trying to take at the same time.
If the "mystery fog" has been discussed here before, please provide the link as all I get when I search is "invalid search string"...and I would like to learn more about it.
Thanks!
68ROX
We get it. You didn't know it existed, and you imagined it singled out the Knits.
That is why we are educating you.
Frankly, that fog has never helped me and my squad, but it was fun as heck to fly through. Cheers to HTC for variety!
ps, I suppose it's not a huge mystery that you didn't recognize fog if you think it has to be above 14,000 feet. :)
As far as the flames? Go back and read your post, think of the attitude you projected. You didn't get it, so you assumed it was a personal assault. Chill next time. Take it slower and ask first.
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actually, on my cheapo dell laptop with intel video, I dont see no stinkin fog. I see right thru that crap! Sorta flashes in and out kaleidoscope style just like the clouds. Cant hide from me!
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In Alberta we call it to many cows on a cool morning .
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Originally posted by 68ROX
NHawk <>...
Thank you VERY much for the reply, and the information!
It WAS very much a mystery for me, as in all the times I have played on that map, I had never encountered it in any third of the map knights were on prior to yesterday. Many knights at the time were surprised by the thickness of the "pea-soup"....especially at 2 ports simultaneously.
If you can, please also advise of the lower strata of "puffy" clouds between 5 and 10K...
Are they also on a "schedule"...is there a slight N/S or EW direction (with out wind) at these stratas?
It's cool to be able to duck into these could banks in dogfights adds to the realsim...
I'm not a fan of John Carpenter's "The Fog".....enveloping cv groups and ports, however, as it's not a feature elsewhere on the maps.
Thanks for the info!
If someone can provide a link to any previous bbs discussions on the fog, I'd love to learn more.
All clouds on all maps are time based. Direction and speed varies, depending on how the clouds were created by the person who made the map or cloud system.
I'd have to unarchive the Smpizza source to check direction and speed of the other cloud patterns. But I'd hazard a guess that they are moving at 30mph in one direction or another. :)
So far as I can recall there has been no discussion about the fog on Smpizza in the past.
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This just in...
It was just Skyrock blowing smoke :D
<>
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Originally posted by NHawk
So far as I can recall there has been no discussion about the fog on Smpizza in the past.
I have never seen a discussion about the "fog" either ... When the map came out, those who ran into it accepted it for what it was and/or dealt with it.
Personally ... I love it !!!
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I like it too. I wish (I know, I know) we had bad weather & snow storms... you know... el-em-ents?
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Originally posted by SlapShot
I have never seen a discussion about the "fog" either ... When the map came out, those who ran into it accepted it for what it was and/or dealt with it.
Personally ... I love it !!!
If you love the fog and if the last map I (we, it was a joint effort) submitted gets put online, you'll think you've died and gone to heaven on one part of the map.
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Originally posted by VonMessa
Busted:aok
I'll leave the bong at home next time, sorry guys.:noid
I must admit, I was there yesterday and I landed three kills on tanks with an LVT. It was certainlyNOT easy, frame rate was in toilet. Also my squaddie (who has recently lost peripheral vision on the right side of both eyes due to a stroke caused by a botched angioplasty) got the capture. Frame rate still slower than pond water. Time for new Vid card.
Hi VonMessa,
All of a sudden I started suffering from low frame rate for no apparent reason ...seemingly after the last update. A reset to default on the video pop-up from the clipboard fixed it finally. :huh
I had bad frame rates before but that was resolved with a good cleaning of the heat sink fins in the laptop I use. They were virtually blocked.
VERY VERY sorry to hear about your squaddie...
TIGERESS
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FOG
I helped capture one of the ports with heavy fog. I flew my C47 50 feet off the deck with enemy fighters all around. They couldn't see me and we captured the port. Very Fun to deal with elements. I almost hit the hanger coming in to the map room. LOL
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Ok the cat's out of the bag, Rooks have a secret bad weather bomb. We use C47's to seed the clouds above friendly ports and CV's. We are also in testing with invisible tree that we plant in front of our GV's.
With our weather bomb, our invisible trees and our embedded spies, you might as well surrender, because all your bases will soon belong to us.
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we're just tryin to party GOD!!!!!
:cry
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P14 was fogbound for Bish too.
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Originally posted by NHawk
If you love the fog and if the last map I (we, it was a joint effort) submitted gets put online, you'll think you've died and gone to heaven on one part of the map.
What new map? Any picture of it around? When did you submit it? When will it be only?
I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it! :)
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What new map?
The one we submitted.
Any picture of it around?
Yes.
When did you submit it?
The day it was submitted.
When will it be only?
Believe it or not, the day it goes online. It could be that soon!
I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it! :)
SIT!
Lay Down.
Roll Over.
Good boy. :)
Throw a bone and some people go nuts. You just have to calm them down. ;)
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:lol
But you didn't tell me where to find the pictures!!!! :furious
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Originally posted by Gianlupo
What new map? Any picture of it around? When did you submit it? When will it be only?
I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it! :)
:aok
Yeah, what he said.