Air Buccaneers is an old mod for UT2004 that died a year or so ago, but I recently re-discovered it and was just having a blast in instant action mode. I recommend some of us get together and have an online match, maybe breathe some life into this mod. It's seriously the mod with the most promise (as a concept) that I've ever seen for UT2004, and it's a real shame it was so under appreciated. So, if you have UT2004, go download this mod (the downloads still work) and come join! PM me if you want in, and ill see what I can do server-wise. Keep in mind, I have terrible, terrible DSL where I live so if you want the game to be any fun at all someone else might have to host. But first, I just want to see if people want to play at all!

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Whoa, is this like swashbuckling hot-air balloon pirates?

This air bukkake looks fun

I love Air Buccaneers!

Unfortunately I don't have a PC that play it reliably right now (My laptop is at the end of it's lifespan and overheats playing flash games).

Still, I'f there is a game coming up, I will try to join.

That's exactly what it is.

Take it apart and clean the dust out, numbnuts.

Actually, dust isn't the problem. The problem is with the thermal contact between the heat pipes and Proc. I've cleaned/thermal-greased/re-seating the thing four times over the past year already, but it just doesn't seem to stick in place any more (I'm guessing that after 4 years of abuse things are just generally bent/warped).

Of course, once I get my tax return this year it will be time for a whole new system anyway

Haha, West Wind > Rob

Also, I'd love to play. It looks fantastic. We can also try Jailbreak sometime, that's a classic UT2K4 mod.

I can host on my RITgasm internet connection.

Buy one of those fancy melt in heat sink deals.

I remember playing this at a LAN party years ago. Lots of rum was consumed. >_>

...It's a laptop.

Yeah, ever take one apart?

They come apart just like regular computers, and have lots of regular computer parts.

****, you can even hunt out better components if you know what will fit.

Excellent! I'd love to play. If you have IM, contact me when you're available, I'm ibanezGiO961.

You mean the thermal adhesive tape/patches? Ive though about those but I've always just had thermal goop handy. *Shrugs*

Mostly I've just been lazy, and also I bought an Xbox 360, so I've been using that for most of my gaming, but you can't play Air Buccaneers on the Xbox... yet...

You might try this stuff, West Wind.

That was exactly the junk I was talking about.

The extra external battery that came with my laptop actually blocks the air intake due to a design flaw. Isn't that :awesome:.

Be careful with those. Arctic Silver burns flesh and gives cancer.

Artic Silver will burn THE **** out of you.

And comes in little mini-syringes that feel remarkably drug like...

The only problem with thermal goop is the fact that once the stuff gets on you, it takes like a week to get it off again. It's kinda cool though when it fills in all the little ridges on your finger so you can clearly see your fingerprint in silver.

It's not hard to get off at all. Any household solvent should work. Acetone, alcohol, etc. Hand cleaners like Fast Orange should work.