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So i've just completed all my christmas shopping.

Everything is bought, wrapped and hidden from both the kids and Debbie :)

It's great to be organised for a change.

I think i'll go into town next weekend and just walk around with a smug grin on my face as I watch all the last minute "panic buying"LOL

It's bl@@dy freezing here too. Its 28F and, whilst we've lost the snow it's way to cold to go outside for long.

I haven't been on server as much as i'd like to have been recently.

Things in my "normal" life are fairly hectic. 

Work's really busy at the moment and, if things continue in that vein then i'm in for a bonus at christmas (it should go a fair way to paying for the kids presents). 

With the new football season having commenced in Scotland my saturdays and a few mid week evenings are spoken for. I'm a pretty fanatical follower of my team and go to every game home and away no matter what the weather or how far the journey is.

We recently played in the UEFA cup qualifiers which led to a day trip to Gothenburg, which was enjoyable as i'd never been to Sweden before. We lost :( but hey, at least we qualified and it was a great trip all the same.

I'm starting to feel old as my eldest daughter is sitting her standard grades this year at school and it seems only yesterday that she first started any sort of school at all.

I guess it has a bearing on my gaming time as well. I'm taking more of an "interest" in the kids and we're spending some quality time together now that they're old enough to appreciate certain "fun interests". 

I had them skiing on Sunday at the newly opened indoor ski arena about an hour from our home and i'd forgotten how much fun falling on your butt in snow can be LOL.

Hopefully as the next few months leading up to christmas progress i'll be able to devote more of my time to once, once again, patrolling the servers 7 or 8 hours a night. Until then you're just gonna have to get used to me only being on for 3 or 4 hahahahaha.

See you on the Assault servers soon.

Rob

Ok so i finally got my New Sharkoon Majestic 5.1's.

They ARE a hefty piece of equipment but not any bigger or heavier than the Medusa 5.1's i'd killed.

The set up on pc is almost identical to the Medusa's complete with the same demos and sound field set up.

I have to admit to being disappointed at first as, when first installed, the sound on CSS was god awful :( However, i installed the latest drivers and "expirimented" with the individual settings and volume controls and must now admit to being really impressed.

The bass set up even has in-built vibration which is a really weird sensation at first use but becomes a really nice bonus feature to them. the sound is deep and clear for being a USB headset and the volume control allows you to set tem up to "accentuate" certain sound fields.

I  swear that these can do nothing but improve your ganing as i can hear things on server that were previously unheard. The sound quality is excellent when gaming, listening to music or watching dvd's and the in-built pc graphic equaliser allows you to set these up to suit your media.

The mic is small and unobtrusive and can be removed really easily should you not wis to use it.

I hope they last up to the abuse they're gonna take as i've a feeling i'm gonna grow really fond of these babies.

I'd highly recommend them to anyone who's looking for a new (fairly inexpensive) gaming headset. 

Well I've killed my 5,1 Medusas :(

After 2 years of continuous use they finally bit the dust and died. The volume control went well haywire and either went FULL BLAST or mute.

So i've had to go and buy a new set. Looked all over and finally plumped for Sharkoon Majestic 5.1 (New V3) with external sound card including high end amplifier, vibrating bass and inbuilt mic.

I get them on Tuesday so meantime have to use a crappy pair of Plantronics.

Anyone use the Sharkoons?

   

I'm Back!! Just recently back from vacation to Corfu in Greece and what a brilliant holiday it was. Greece is going through a heatwave and temps ranged from 40C to 50C at the peak time of 3pm. Luckily the hotel had copious amounts of beer and it was brought to you as you requesed it! We spent 2 weeks lounging by the pools, drinking beer and getting really tanned. The hotel also had internet so i was able to check in once or twice to keep in touch. I'd recommend Corfu to everyone as the scenery is fantastic, sea is reall blue, beer and food is great and the locals are really friendly. We tried to book again for next year but the hotel is FULLY booked for next july :( Ah well back to Spain again.    

Killer sandcastles more deadly than sharks?