Hello again! I’m back from Uni now for the summer, but I’ve had a while off now due to exams and such. Last week you had to endure the horror that is Steven, so I hope you have all recovered in time for this week’s Community Round-Up!
First up, the participants list for the TSA DiRT Showdown Tournament went up yesterday, so you can have a look at that too. There are still spaces left if you wish to join, check the article for details.
Tuffcub brought back some prezzies from his trip to New York, in the form of a bunch of t-shirts to give away to one lucky winner. The competition closed yesterday, so I hope you sent in your picture of your worst fashion disaster!
And now, let’s see what we’ve got this week with the TSA Meets.
Bodachi hosts the usual Uncharted 3 meet beginning at 7pm tonight, while sanmartinez revives the Bioshock 2 meet at 9pm. Tomorrow, R1MJAW hosts the usual DiRT Showdown meet at 6pm, as the Starhawk meet begins at 9pm, hosted by An-dz.
Monday night begins with Tomhlord’s GT5 Meet starting at 7pm, as quinkill brings the payne with the Max Payne 3 meet at 9pm.
And lastly, Death_in_Flamez hosts Thursday’s Battlefield 3 Premium/DLC meet at 7pm.
Make sure to check back for the usual meets that go up later during the week such as Forrest’s Friday Night Battlefield, or Youles’ WipEout 2048 Vita meet.
And finally, remember that you can create your own Meet as long as you have 250 TSA Points.
Starting with the reviews as usual, we’ll begin with Kris’s review of Babel Rising, the Move-based PSN game which was released this week, and earned itself a tasty 8/10. Also this week, Peter reviewed Game of Thrones, giving it a 3/10, due to the unfortunate nature that “every good idea is killed in the implementation.”
At the other end of the scale was Dragon’s Dogma, receiving a 7/10 from Dan, who suggests it’s a great start if Capcom decide to do a sequel. Lastly, the new addition to Sins of a Solar Empire, Rebellion, received 6/10, from Jonathan, who you’ll probably know better as Yogdog.
Moving onto the Community articles now, Bunimomike was the star of the final edition of Meet the Reader, who was interviewed by Hanny in the audio interview. No WeView last week meant no Verdict this week, but it’s Darksiders in the hot seat now, so go on over and leave your thoughts for the game. As all the E3 news has finally died down, the Staff have chosen their best bits and thoughts from the conferences, collected by Jim. I’m sure the results of TSA’s E3 Bingo will be announced shortly. In the meantime though, why not read Greg’s What We Played #57 to see what the staff have been up to.
I was meant to give you an update for the start of June, but with me being away and what not it’s a tad late. Anyway, here’s the latest update for TSA’s Folding@Home Team (#78731):
| Team Rank | Grand Score | Total Work Units |
| 302 | 48,374,304 | 82,244 |
For the Top 3 Folders, RedStarGlow remains at the top, with Deathbrin and SilverCider behind. More stats and the full leaderboard can be found here, along with information about the project. I’ll try to give you an update on the first Saturday of each month so you can see how the Team’s doing.
The Forums still aren’t quite back to full functionality after their upgrade the other week, but I’m sure they will be soon. Anyway, let’s take a look inside, and remember you need to be logged into view General Chat.
- Fillip2k asks which FPS he should move onto next after enjoying BFBC2’s single player.
- Sympozium asks what did you get up to while downloading all the PS+ goodies.
- Roy is upgrading his mobile phone and would like your advice, as a first time smart phone chappy.
- Lastly Elder Mike celebrated the big 2-1. The old guy’s getting even older!
Of course, I’m just scratching the surface, so make sure to dive in and have a look for yourself!
Last week, Kozak from Ghost Recon took on Sephiroth from Final Fantasy. It was an easy victory for Sephiroth, with the final score being 8 – 2 in his favour. This week, he’ll be taking on Juliet Starling, the star of Lollipop Chainsaw.
As a side note, if you’d like to see your favourite character take part in the showdown in future, feel free to send an email to [email protected] with your character and their pros and cons, and I’ll be happy to include them in! Anyway, let’s see the battle:
Sephiroth
Pros:
- Can destroy a planet.
- Very skilled fighter and considered to be the very best.
- Has an army of Fangirls to rely on.
Cons:
- Can only fly in a circle, due to only having one wing.
- Was defeated by a boy, I’ll bet that was really embarrassing.
- Could destroy a planet and yet he chooses to summon Meteor? So he is not very smart…
Juliet Starling
Pros:
- Has a chainsaw. Need I say any more?
- Wears a skimpy cheerleader outfit, which could serve as a distraction.
- Descended from a long line of zombie hunters. Maybe even Abraham Lincoln?
Cons:
- Clinically insane – she carries her boyfriend’s (still living) decapitated head around with her wherever she goes.
- The middle one of three sisters. That stuff’s always really tough.
- Aside from cheerleading and dismembering zombies, her other main hobby is karaoke…
That’s all for this week. Remember to leave your votes below for the showdown and thanks to Tef for helping me out as usual. Anyway, see you all next week!
– Gazza finally returned to his Round-Up duties this week, and put this post together!
Death_In_Flamez
I think I’ll have to go for Sepiroth again on this one……she is hot though. Give her that at least…..
Taylor Made
I don’t know who Juliet or Sephiroth is, please don’t ban me from the site
Taylor Made
Oh lol how I wish I could delete my comment dam you TSA the humiliation!!
I will go with the lollipop lady, Juliet oh Juliet where art though
Roynaldo
Die
freezebug2
The Quote and reply function returned to the forums yesterday, for some of us anyway, so just the menu bar to be added and it’s all done I think.
Nice mild round up, after last weeks loony tunes…..just kidding, Stevens round ups are refreshing and enjoyable, he does have a talent :P
teflon
Yeah, it’s nice to get back to normality!
ron_mcphatty
I’m such a loser, no idea who Juliette is and I’ve only got a vague idea about Sephiroth, so my votes for Juliette on the basis girl power needs some supporters again. Is she from Resident Evil or something?
ron_mcphatty
I just read the article properly, my question about resident evil can be re-filed under ‘rhetorical’ :)
hazelam
i think even if Redstar stopped folding right now it would take anybody months to catch up.
and much as i’d like to vote for Juliet, girl power and all that, i’m going to have to go for Sephiroth again.
that cheerleader outfit would distract me, but i don’t think it would have any effect on old Sephy, he’s clearly got a whole Oedipus thing going on.
and Abe Lincoln hunted vampires, not zombies, haven’t you seen the ads for that upcoming biopic about him? ^_^
ron_mcphatty
Ooh no, that sounds exciting though, I do love a well researched and historically accurate Hollywood romp!
teflon
Damn. I got mixed up with that… :-\
Aquastyle
Have to give it to Sephiroth again, Juliet just seems way too crazy for anyone’s good.
Roynaldo
Yeah, still cant decide on the phone thing at all. All you young whipper snappers know better than me :) Cheers for the link Gaz :)
As for the fight I dont think anyone who knows anything at all about me doesnt know which way im going but just to make sure. Big man Sephiroth wins….. probably always will.
MadJunkBoy
my vote goes to Sephiroth! chainsaw girl doesn’t stand a chance!!
nice round up! =D
Origami Killer
Why have I not commented on this yet? Juliet for me, she could lick my lollipop any day of the week.
TheDeathAvenger
What could possibly go wrong …..