Jones - there is a main menu/quit screen.

Areas relevant to Stranger quests are purple on the map. They'll show up on your minimap when you get close enough, but you can open your main map to see where the purple area is and ride in that direction.

In the case of the quest you're talking about, look


You don't accept anything -- just follow them/save them/do what they say and you'll get fame and honor (or not, or lose it) depending on what you do.

You need the lasso. Once you have it, you need to lasso them, hogtie them, and take them back to the sherrif.

You get the lasso

Yeah I understand that its just Iwould never spend money on a code that could be used up already. Be I have a great feedback score on ebay so maybe I can sell it.

Well it looks like MP is going to be a no-go for me. I've tried it about five times and it always bumps me from Free Roam within minutes of starting up and then just sits on the loading screen forever. Yippee.

I finally finished Mass Effect 2 so I can now jump into this one. Talk about a change of scenery!

I tried free roam for about an hour last night and didn't have any issues. What's the point of earning money in that mode? And do you get something for clearing out one of the enemy bases? I was having trouble figuring out what to do, exactly, to earn XP. Then I saw the challenges in my stats, so I spent about 10 minutes rolling around to at least get to level 2.

Thanks! I finally got it. Now if I could just figure out these damn duels.

What problem are you guys having with the duals? I haven't lost yet. Here is what I do.

As soon as the word "dual" flashes on the screen, hold down the left trigger. A targeting reticule will pop up at the guy's feet. Move it up towards his body. When it gets to his chest, start pumping the right trigger. The faster you pump it, the faster your blue gauge fills up. When you hit the top, BAM. You unload full clips into these cocksuckers.

Also, this world is huge. However I still find it annoying how padded out the missions are. I have had enough of this "follow" or "escort" this person somewhere. I swear 80% of the time to complete missions are just getting there.

I just got a "ringer" in horseshoes. I sure can't do it consistently though!

Duels can also be won by shooting the gun out of the hand of the other guy. You get more fame and whatnot for doing it as well.

I just starting playing last night and so far, I'm having trouble with the aiming of this game. I'm just too slow so far...

Just like every GTA mission.

Do I need to use the same e-mail as my PSN account to join the Rockstar Social Club?

My assassins outfit/gamestop pre-order code just went for $36.00

The more vital the area you target is, the faster the meter fills. I just aim for the head and pull the trigger repeatedly - never fails. Sometimes when I want to get cute, I shoot the gun out of his hand first.

So I was playing with the volume low and didn't realize the train was right behind me on my left as I was riding on the road near the tracks. I took a left turn to cross the tracks and... whammo!!

Did you get paid?

Nope, dumb chick is claiming that the auction said it was for the game, and it took her boyfriend to read the description and tell her it was for the code. So that makes me at fault apparently.

Not that you would or even really should, but don't you just love how sellers can't leave negative feedback for buyers anymore?

I have never sold anything on ebay... but if this is the case then doesn't it make it really damn hard for a seller to know who is legit and who is a load?

Yeah, thats fucked up.

Yup.

Damn, I stopped to look at some dead guy next to his dead horse, and got killed by a freakin mountain lion that jumped out of nowhere!

Yeah a mountain lion has completely slaughtered me and my horse a couple times.

Thanks for reminding me on that. I read about it earlier before I got the game and totally forgot about it. Did like punching them though.

K&A Jones - are you sure you didn't already complete the 'first' part of that mission (if we are in fact talking about the missing kid mission)??

I say this because the purple dot (which sticks out like a sore thumb on the map) by hanging rock only leads you to a quick review of "eveidence" followed by a quick cut scene that shows marston holding up a shoe and looking at some blood on the ground.