The old thread was getting kinda long, so i'd thought i'd start a new one, given its a new year and all. For those of you who don't know - we had a thread called random rants that was very big a while ago. It was started by KiLLA last summer and I know i certainly enjoyed waffling on in it about all sorts of stuff and nonsense! Post whatever pops into your head really. If something has pi**ed you off recently, or maybe you've just had a bad day - let everybody know about it. It can be serious or just plain stupid - it doesn't matter

Remember - this was the thread that the * *emoticon was originally designed for. Its true i tell you! As if i'd lie *:2devilish:

Par example:

Here's something that's sticking in my throat right now - fuc**ng PAL release dates. I'm predominantly referring to MGS2 and FFX, but this s**t happens time and time again. We have to wait until when – fu**ing May for FFX – what the hell is that all about? It’ll be out on Platinum for NTSC before we chuffing well get hold of it grrrrrrr. Oh, its so we get localised vocals so it makes more sense to us (have nicked your wording Mad, but no dis or grief meant to you personally). Oh yeah i 'd forgotten that the game was set in Yorkshire and that eveyone in the US predominantly speaks Swahili, so we clouldn't possible understand what's going on if we had the same version. What a load of cack!

Oo oo, we get some extra disc on the making of MGS2, so that makes up for over 3 ½ months of wait – I don’t fuc**ng think so (Mad’s already pointed out you can get it online anyway). Is that the reason? Is that the real reason? I should blimmin well cocoa! March 8th the new release date hmmmmm. Does it strike anybody else as funny that out of some strange accidental coincidence this new date is suspiciously close (only few days before in fact) the official launch of the X-box in Europe. Does this strike anybody else as somewhat convenient for Sony. Wow, Sony couldn’t have planned this better themselves could they? How lucky are they? :P

OK we all know that Sony need to do what they can to compete in Europe with the old X-box and Cube – but do they really have to treat us gamers like a bunch of muppets? I mean, the largest demographic of PS2 owners is the early to mid 20’s – that means that the majority of PS2 owners are not little ‘my life is so unfair’ wannabe script kiddies who’ll believe anything they see on MTV. Most owners actually have a certain amount of life experience and understand how things work in ‘real life’.

Sony - If release dates are going to be put back for strategic business reasons – at least have the decency and respect for the people who’s purchasing power keeps your company in business to give it to us straight. Giving us some flimsy, poxy, bulls**t reason is not going to fool anybody with slightly more intelligence than retarded roadkill.

A great deal of Playstation gamers respect and are loyal to Sony – it would be nice if that worked both ways for a change wouldn’t it?

Maybe i'm completely wrong, maybe i'm just cynical?

There again.....maybe the earth is fu**ing flat.