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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: shipfan55 on December 02, 2007, 02:19:24

Title: School Buses
Post by: shipfan55 on December 02, 2007, 02:19:24
Anyone on here that goes to school use the bus? If ya do, what brand is it? MY favorite brand is Thomas-built buses!they have minoutours and soem of the newest buses ever!

(http://www.snopes.com/horrors/graphics/bus.gif)

I found a website thats pretty freaky.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/Spambot/candymeth.asp (http://www.snopes.com/horrors/Spambot/candymeth.asp)

Add a response to this if ya ride the bus!
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Sam on December 02, 2007, 09:49:45
I can't really see what that site has to do with school busses ???


I go to school with public transport and don't really care on wich bus I am. As long if I get there well and on time.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Roebot 65 on December 09, 2007, 13:56:28
 >:(Why i9s this message on here this is a shipsim forum not a bus forum also the website has nothing to do with buses!
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Roebot 65 on December 09, 2007, 13:57:23
P.S. I dont ride the bus you not very smart person!
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 09, 2007, 13:58:24
I was dreading this day... The day when I find myself agreeing with sf55.

It IS small talk and you can talk about pretty much whatever you want to.

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Roebot 65 on December 09, 2007, 14:00:27
 >:(THIS IS NOT A BUS FORUM
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 09, 2007, 14:01:04
But it's called Small Talk. You can post offtopic things here.
Title: Re: ytj
Post by: Roebot 65 on December 09, 2007, 14:04:09
trj
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 09, 2007, 14:04:50
I mean topics, that have a proper title, and some sort of point.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 09, 2007, 14:13:32
Yes, as weird as a topic about School Bus types is :D, Shipfan has every right to start one, without having to put up with people shouting and making angry responses.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: mvsmith on December 09, 2007, 15:32:01
This is a Ship Simulator forum, and unless you can explain what school busses have to do with Marmite, they have no place here.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 09, 2007, 15:37:56
But this place is Small Talk! :D You don't have to talk about ShipSim here! ;D
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: saltydog on December 09, 2007, 15:47:11
I've seen weirder topics.., though I, of course, would never start one.. ;)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 09, 2007, 15:53:05
This is a Ship Simulator forum, and unless you can explain what school busses have to do with Marmite, they have no place here.

apart from 53 sets of Marmite sandwiches being transported to school every morning...

Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: shipfan55 on December 10, 2007, 02:10:39
THATS IT! IM SICK OF YOU GODAMN IDIOTS BRINGING THIS **** INTO MY POSTS ALL THE TIME!!!IIM NEVER COMING ON SS FORUMS AGAIN, SO GOODBYE, AND GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE!!!



EDIT: Stuart
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: trains on December 10, 2007, 02:23:54
I HATE SCHOOL!!!!!!! WHO CARES BOUT IT???????!!!!!!
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Master Captain on December 10, 2007, 03:09:00
THATS IT! IM SICK OF YOU GODAMN IDIOTS BRINGING THIS **** INTO MY POSTS ALL THE TIME!!!IIM NEVER COMING ON SS FORUMS AGAIN, SO GOODBYE, AND GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE!!!
holy cow man, calm down, so people don't like this topic, big deal, doesn't mean you have to leave the forum, all though you may get banned for cursing :-\
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: mvsmith on December 10, 2007, 06:16:47
Banning may be the least of his worries if his blaspheming drives someone into a psychotic rage. :)
As for consigning someone to Hell, that is far above his pay grade.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 08:41:00
THATS IT! IM SICK OF YOU GODAMN IDIOTS BRINGING THIS **** INTO MY POSTS ALL THE TIME!!!IIM NEVER COMING ON SS FORUMS AGAIN, SO GOODBYE, AND GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE!!!


EDIT: Stuart
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 08:42:27
THATS IT! IM SICK OF YOU GODAMN IDIOTS BRINGING THIS **** INTO MY POSTS ALL THE TIME!!!IIM NEVER COMING ON SS FORUMS AGAIN, SO GOODBYE, AND GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE!!!

So, there IS a God after all.

Stu

PS. Shipfan55 has been banned (not permenant) for gross misuse of the forum.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 10, 2007, 09:41:34
I agree on the profanity part, but come on, his profile says he's 10 years old, you adults could have posted less sarcastic or negatively to his off topic threads. (this is small talk after all). So he likes busses, so what? You don't have to knock that.

10 year olds might not understand sarcasm sometimes, and if marmite is discussed in lenghts then why can't he have his non-SS threads without silly or sarcastic remarks. If you have no opinion about a thread topic, then why post negatively and make a young forum member feel bad?  What if I would say I hate marmite, in every topic it comes up in.

Oh and btw... I hate marmite, it is made from the devil's dingleberries and it stinks... there!



Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Voics on December 10, 2007, 14:13:04
Relax, I'm sure the kid will be back.

Here's something to cheer you up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbxN4NO38k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbxN4NO38k)

Edit: guess I better include a bus... I like this one:

(http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/gallery/d/7739-1/Crown+School+bus+001+_1_.jpg)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Spencer on December 10, 2007, 14:36:35
Roebot 65 - There is no need to get angry a topic about buses in a SMALL TALK forum. That is what the small talk forum was setup for. If you haven't got anything nice to say in a forum, don't say it at all. There are nicer ways to get your point across and that was not one of them  :-\

mvsmith - I think the marmite joke has gone far enough :(  It was funny, but I think ShipFan55 is fed up with you and Stuart of highjacking threads with marmite all the time  :-\

ShipFan55 - You should of not said those things, they cost you a ban but I do agree with you. However there was no need to get quite so angry because look what's happened?  :-\  :(

I just hope we can get this topic back on track again  ;)

Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Wout on December 10, 2007, 15:34:45
We have certain rules on this forum, one of them is the following:

Quote
Off-Topic Posts
Okay, so you probably won't get banned for an off-topic post, but c'mon, try to post suitable subjects on each of the appropriate boards. Off-topic posts will most likely be deleted, and further action may be taken against repeat offenders.

From now on we will act if members decide to ignore this rule, even in the 'small talk' section. When someone opens a new topic he does that for a reason, and it can be very annoying if other users just ignore that reason and evade the subject. No matter what the subject, please respect the topic starter. If you can't do that for any reason, don't reply.

Good luck and have a great time on the forum despite the forum rules!
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: mvsmith on December 10, 2007, 15:54:03
CaptainSpencer
I was pointing out—perhaps too subtly for some—that school busses were not the only subject that was not related to ships.

Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 16:42:02
I agree on the profanity part, but come on, his profile says he's 10 years old, you adults could have posted less sarcastic or negatively to his off topic threads. (this is small talk after all). So he likes busses, so what? You don't have to knock that.

I have nothing against buses at all. It may surprise you to know that I own a bus and coach company and am in the process of selling it as I am going to travel the world. I have nothing against bus enthusiasts either.

I do apologies, however, if some people have been offended by Marmite comments.

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Sam on December 10, 2007, 17:39:48
Well, I steel think the topic is pretty stupid.
But hey, who cares?

@Shipfan55

Ever heard of the game busdriver?
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 10, 2007, 17:47:20
I've got the demo for that. It's good. nice graphics
 :)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 10, 2007, 19:55:47
Yeah i've played the Demo of that game.  it was pretty enjoyable.  However, I held off of buying the full game because the lack of a front view made driving pretty difficult.  It also, ideally needs a steering wheel and pedals, which i don't have and don't deem a wise investment for just that game.  Plus someone posted in a review on Play.com that it doesn't recognize the same axis of both the accelerator and brake pedals on some wheels set ups. 

If a second version is released with these issues addressed i will probably get it.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:19:03
I couldn't get busdriver to run as it had one frame update every 2 seconds... is that just me then? Maybe low memory?

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Spencer on December 10, 2007, 23:21:02
I couldn't get busdriver to run as it had one frame update every 2 seconds... is that just me then? Maybe low memory?

Stu

Could either be your graphics card or your memory (RAM). Can you send me your dxdiag please Stu?
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:21:51
Could either be your graphics card or your memory (RAM). Can you send me your dxdiag please Stu?

That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Spencer on December 10, 2007, 23:23:04
That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu

 :o  I'm offended!!  :D

Nothing against DJM though  ;)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:26:02
After driving the damned things all day- and then pawing over the paperwork for them at night, I don't WANT to play games about them  :D

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Master Captain on December 11, 2007, 00:46:51
i just recently bought Bus Driver, great game. Call me nuts, but i've been looking for a bus driving game for years. Along with a ship simulator, and my wishing payed off. ;D
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Voics on December 11, 2007, 10:20:10
I played the demo for an hour and it didn't suck as bad as I expected.
Analog controls would definitely help, although the game's limited and simplistic.

I'd like to see a Bus Tycoon where you run the business, purchases buses, brand your own fleet etc. Or a hard-core first-person version which offers the entire dashboard, gear shifting, Track IR ability, etc.

Edit: I've just tried the 18 Wheels of Steel demo. It's actually got a lot of the above features... career mode and business modelling and on the sim side lights, wipers, ignition, gear shifting, detailed cabins and mouse look, which translates into some basic Track IR capacity.

Shipfan55 you should try both demos, they don't take long to download.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: dharl on December 11, 2007, 17:09:48
Have to give that go!   More of a shipping fan, but like Stuart as I work in shipping, after spending 10 years driving a ship then a day telling ships where to go and sorting out the paper work..do i want to spend all evening driving the ships again at home...? Dont think the wife will let me  ;D

Will have to down load these two when's she not looking!  ;)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 11, 2007, 18:20:33
That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu

Ha, You had me ROFL there! :D ;D
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 11, 2007, 19:52:06
Edit: I've just tried the 18 Wheels of Steel demo. It's actually got a lot of the above features... career mode and business modelling and on the sim side lights, wipers, ignition, gear shifting, detailed cabins and mouse look, which translates into some basic Track IR capacity.

I've played it, it's good fun, and with a released patch you get full TIR support. I don't know wether it's for both ( i think there's 2 "18 wheels of steel" titles out there) but the one I have is called "hauling"  IIRC.

Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Tomaten on December 11, 2007, 20:02:25
there are many  ;)

18 wheels of steel Convoy
18 wheels of steel Across Amerika
18 wheels of steel Pedal To The Metal
18 wheels of steel Haulin
18 wheels of steel American Long Haul

and one new that is under developing
name: Euro truck simulator
link: www.eurotrucksimulator.com
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 11, 2007, 20:21:21
Cheers, didnt know there were that many  ;D

Euro truck simulator looks real good, that would be one I'll be checking out when it's released, I think
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: trains on December 11, 2007, 21:23:36
I've played it, it's good fun, and with a released patch you get full TIR support. I don't know wether it's for both ( i think there's 2 "18 wheels of steel" titles out there) but the one I have is called "hauling"  IIRC.


10-1 on the last transmit.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 12, 2007, 00:31:21
I'd like to see a Bus Tycoon where you run the business, purchases buses, brand your own fleet etc. Or a hard-core first-person version which offers the entire dashboard, gear shifting, Track IR ability, etc.

I do that for real (at least until the sale goes through and I'm FREE!!!) and it isn't that much fun, believe me!

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Voics on December 13, 2007, 09:50:03
Well Stu I guess you won't be playing this one either: http://www.bussimulator.nl (http://www.bussimulator.nl)

(the title's in italics so it has to be awesome)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 13, 2007, 21:27:03
Oh, it's being made by Vstep!  ;D
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 13, 2007, 22:04:21
Oh, it's being made by Vstep!  ;D

What makes you say that? I didn't see any vstep branding anywhere.

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 13, 2007, 22:05:58
I think he's joking ;D
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 13, 2007, 22:09:22
I think he's joking ;D
Ah, right. Sorry. Been up too many hours.

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Shipaddict on December 13, 2007, 22:09:48
I know how you feel :)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 13, 2007, 23:54:29
I'm not joking, I saw it on one of the sites (not official) that said it was being made by the same people who made Ship Simulator.  The box art even has the same font for the writing, then again, the Ship Sim box writing was a copy of FS.  I'll see if i can find the page.

EDIT:  Here it is, don't know how accurate it is though:  http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=72224 (http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=72224)
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: mvsmith on December 14, 2007, 01:17:50
Bus Simulator is developed by Contendo, a firm that produces and localizes games. They are located in Birmingham and Dϋsseldorf. They probably have contracted the game to some other firm.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 14, 2007, 23:39:40
That webpage must be wrong then.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: LucAtC on December 15, 2007, 00:26:15
Hello,
Of course,  8) you were not joking, but the webpage you gave as a reference was also (I think) not wrong:
In this forum page, I guess not  ;) being alone to have read further down the answer of coolbus
Quote
by coolbus on Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:10 pm
UPDATE

Developers:
The developer of Ship simulator "Vstep" will not develop Bus simulator 2008
Astragon has now choosed a new developer "contendo"
And Astragon, as far I am aware of it, is distributor or publisher of Shipsim in Germany? Schiffsim?
Regards,
Luc
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Nathanael on December 15, 2007, 13:00:45
Hey, that Bus Simulator game looks awesome as well as the Euro Truck Simulator. I am playing this Tram driving thing which I just downloaded. trying to work out the controls. lol.
Nathanael
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Titanic on December 15, 2007, 14:51:09
Ah yes! Buses! I used to be a big fan of them. I still like thwm now. But I say that even this is small talk it is not a place for busses. Anyway I dont ride the bus to school.
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Captain Davies on December 15, 2007, 16:22:01
Hello,
Of course,  8) you were not joking, but the webpage you gave as a reference was also (I think) not wrong:
In this forum page, I guess not  ;) being alone to have read further down the answer of coolbusAnd Astragon, as far I am aware of it, is distributor or publisher of Shipsim in Germany? Schiffsim?
Regards,
Luc

Ah, yes, maybe it would have been a good idea to read further down... :-[
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Stuart2007 on December 15, 2007, 22:02:21
Ah yes! Buses! I used to be a big fan of them. I still like thwm now. But I say that even this is small talk it is not a place for busses. Anyway I dont ride the bus to school.

If you change your mind, I have a 'few' real buses for sale at the moment.

Stu
Title: Re: School Buses
Post by: Nathanael on December 16, 2007, 15:11:19
when is that Bus Simulator released. It looks pretty good. Also, when does that Euro Truck Sim come out too?
Cheers,
nathanael