The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
03-24-11, 08:26 PM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
03-25-11, 12:25 PM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Remember all those classic Midway arcade games which were delisted from the Marketplace without warning way back when?
Well, Defender's back on the Marketplace.
Full version only (400 points), no trial version. Weird.
Well, Defender's back on the Marketplace.
Full version only (400 points), no trial version. Weird.
03-25-11, 12:32 PM
#2628
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Remember all those classic Midway arcade games which were delisted from the Marketplace without warning way back when?
Well, Defender's back on the Marketplace.
Full version only (400 points), no trial version. Weird.
Well, Defender's back on the Marketplace.
Full version only (400 points), no trial version. Weird.
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03-25-11, 12:33 PM
#2629
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Maybe there's a chance for Midway games to enter and revitalize Game Room!
ROAD BLASTERS!
ROAD BLASTERS!
03-25-11, 12:54 PM
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03-26-11, 01:21 PM
#2631
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
On that note, there are several little GUI tweaks I think they missed out on. The most obvious to me is hand percentages. When the table has gone All-In and the action is dead and the cards are flipped, there's no reason to not have percentages on there. I beat a lot of people and I can't help but thinking they're ahead because they have AJo to my J8s when there are flush or straights staring them in the face. Simple enough to implement.
03-26-11, 01:26 PM
#2632
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Anybody planning to try non-Beginner's Texas Heat today? I'm definitely in for the first four rounds starting in an hour and a half. The later games are out unless I bust out early in the monthly game I play with friends.
03-26-11, 03:01 PM
#2633
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
12 people in this lobby before the game even starts. That's a good sign! I'll know in 25 minutes if it holds and if the ranking holds...
Aaaaaaaaand as I was typing that, I got dropped due to network issues
I think I see Groucho there at the double diamond table.
Aaaaaaaaand as I was typing that, I got dropped due to network issues
I think I see Groucho there at the double diamond table.
03-26-11, 03:27 PM
#2634
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
The rankings are working! Congrats, Groucho! Looking at those numbers, I was one "Smart Fold" away from gold that game 
03-26-11, 03:50 PM
#2635
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm sitting at $4.6M with 6 minutes left. Chuck is 2nd with 300k
Have 15k XP
Have 15k XP
03-26-11, 09:12 PM
#2636
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I tried out Texas Heat for the 1st time tonight. My bankroll was about 14,000 going in and i'm now at 216,000 so that certainly was good. At one point i was at a table with all human players but i ended up with an all AI table where i was chip leader at over 3 million. Hit four kings at one point for that hot hand award. The whole presentation of it is very nice but certainly could do with a bit more human competition.
03-26-11, 09:34 PM
#2637
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
At one point today in "Texas Heat" the game glitched and deposited 77,000,000 into my bankroll.
But then it self-corrected and drew it back out.
But then it self-corrected and drew it back out.
03-27-11, 10:56 PM
#2638
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Pinata gave me the friend ax
Sure we never play, and I generally mock your achiever whoring, but I only have like 3 friends, so it hurts...
Sure we never play, and I generally mock your achiever whoring, but I only have like 3 friends, so it hurts...
03-28-11, 08:32 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I don't understand how the matchmaking works. A game starts and you and I are in the same waiting area. We join the same table. You win with your bullshit bluffs and I drop down to double diamond. When I get back up to triple diamond, you're gone. You're still playing. Somewhere. But you're gone from my game "area".
03-28-11, 08:36 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm assuming everything is peer-to-peer with no host migration. So, if one player drops or has connection issues it creates a chain reaction that essentially kicks everybody into their own private room.
03-28-11, 09:03 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Another gripe I have: I wish you could save your progress in the pro takedowns. I was playing in the all pro tourney last night and had to quit after only 2 people had been eliminated. I lost 100K bankroll.
03-28-11, 09:10 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm still torn about FHP. Lots of you guys are talking non-stop about this game, so I fell like I'm missing out on something that's potentially fun (as well as sitting on a pile of unused points), but 80% of your collective posts about this game are complaints or frustrations, so that keeps cooling my interest in it.
03-28-11, 09:23 AM
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03-28-11, 09:51 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm still torn about FHP. Lots of you guys are talking non-stop about this game, so I fell like I'm missing out on something that's potentially fun (as well as sitting on a pile of unused points), but 80% of your collective posts about this game are complaints or frustrations, so that keeps cooling my interest in it.
03-28-11, 10:56 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm still torn about FHP. Lots of you guys are talking non-stop about this game, so I fell like I'm missing out on something that's potentially fun (as well as sitting on a pile of unused points), but 80% of your collective posts about this game are complaints or frustrations, so that keeps cooling my interest in it.
03-28-11, 11:10 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
FHP is a diamond in the rough. If they decide to active support and improve it, it could be great. They've already fixed the "Ranking: -1" problem server side, so I hope this is indicative of a positive trend.
03-28-11, 11:53 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I'm still torn about FHP. Lots of you guys are talking non-stop about this game, so I fell like I'm missing out on something that's potentially fun (as well as sitting on a pile of unused points), but 80% of your collective posts about this game are complaints or frustrations, so that keeps cooling my interest in it.
03-28-11, 11:55 AM
#2649
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
I don't understand how the matchmaking works. A game starts and you and I are in the same waiting area. We join the same table. You win with your bullshit bluffs and I drop down to double diamond. When I get back up to triple diamond, you're gone. You're still playing. Somewhere. But you're gone from my game "area".
What I don't have are bullshit bluffs. I simply put pressure on bots. With the doubled antes and blinds, there was insane money in the pot before it even gets to me. Only a fool wouldn't see the equity there.
Also, Texas Heat isn't about the chip counts, it's about the XP. Which of us got a Gold Medal? Yeah, that's right!
03-28-11, 12:01 PM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Speaking of XP, I found a decent way to "grind." Go into the pro takedowns and play one of the $1000 guys. Go all in on every hand. You will win a lot of hands in row and get ~650 XP per hand.
Last edited by orangecrush; 03-28-11 at 12:22 PM.