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Friday Night Fights: Grand Theft Auto IV edition photo

The Internet has been ablaze with Grand Theft Auto IV "news" this week, and it's driving me absolutely insane. Sure, it was nice hearing tidbits about the game before it was released, but can everyone shut up about it already and just play the damn game?

If any of you share my frustration, I urge you to jump online tonight with the Friday Night Fights crew for some good old-fashioned simulated bloodshed to release all of that stress you've built up during this week.

Oh, and for those of you who can't remember when FNF kicks off, it generally starts at around 10:00 p.m. EST, although it varies for some games (check after the break for more specific times).

[Thanks, bunnyrabbit2, CaffeinePowered, CannibalCalvin, coonskin05, power-glove, and Y0j1mbo!]

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  • Games:
  • • Bomberman Live
  • • Burnout Paradise
  • • Call of Duty 4
  • • Condemned 2: Bloodshot
  • • Gears of War
  • • Halo 3
  • • Ikaruga
  • • Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  • • Rock Band / Guitar Hero III
  • • Team Fortress 2

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  • Games (more info):
  • • Burnout Paradise
  • • Call of Duty 4
  • • Unreal Tournament 3
  • • Warhawk
  • Hosts:
  • • MrSadistic - SaintSadistic (Unreal Tournament III @ 8:00 EST)
  • • Y0j1mb0 - k0wb0y-b33b0p (Call of Duty 4 @ 10:00 EST)
  • • shipero - Shipero (Grand Theft Auto IV @ 11:00 EST)
Additionally, Pedro (MGO ID = Pedro) will be hosting tonight. Here's how to join his match: "go to Lobby Select, then Free Battle, then pick EVA for the server, then go to Join Game, and finally find the Destructoid game. The password will be dtoid."

fnf wii2

Mini-guide for meeting up with Dtoiders for Super Smash Bros. Brawl:

The IRC way: head on over to this Web site (or start up your own IRC client) and type "/join #dtoid-brawl" without the quotation marks.

The Ventrilo way: download and install Vent. Then use the following info to log onto Dtoid's server:

• IP/Hostname: VOICE-VA2.BRANZONE.COM
• Port: 3790
• Password: None

Once you're in, you'll need to use the password "ftw" to access the Social Lounge.

The 360 way: use your Xbox 360 to chat with people on your friends list. Steam or IM are good alternatives too.

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  • Games
    • Agent MOO: Maximum Overdeath (free download)
    • TrackMania Nations Forever (free download)

    • Team Fortress 2
    Server: Destructoid.com - TF2 (more info)
    IP: 8.12.20.112:27015
    Password: alsococks

    Server: TF2 Server for/by the Dtoid Community (more info)
    IP: 216.6.226.149:27015
    Password: dtoid

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48 comments | showing # 1 to 48

ZServ's Avatar
ZServ at 05/02/2008 18:07
I'm a backup host for coonskin for GTA; Also, I will host other games if asked. Only R6V2 and H3 though ;o
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 05/02/2008 18:13
I won’t be around tonight — I’m seeing Iron Man with power-glove and casualweaponry! Woohoo!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 05/02/2008 18:15
I want to so bad..
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 05/02/2008 18:25
I would, but Live won't connect me from in-game. Sorry.
bunnyrabbit2's Avatar
bunnyrabbit2 at 05/02/2008 18:31
euro fnf is currently still trying to run. join us
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 05/02/2008 18:37
@Samit Sarkar:
You will not be disappointed. Stay after the credits though.
mix's Avatar
mix at 05/02/2008 18:42
WOOT! I'm in for der PS3 GTAIV.

PSN: Saffron
Respectable Gentleman's Avatar
Respectable Gentleman at 05/02/2008 18:44
I WILL be there. Oh just you wait.
Neveras's Avatar
Neveras at 05/02/2008 18:45
Going in for some PS3 GTAIV, It'll be nice to be in a room without retards for hosts.

PSN - neveras07

Feel free to add me.
FiveStar's Avatar
FiveStar at 05/02/2008 18:53
I'll be on 360 GTA IV.

Gamertag: Afrodium
robotplague's Avatar
robotplague at 05/02/2008 19:03
I should be up for some 360 GTA IV way later tonight:

Gamertag: robotplague
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 05/02/2008 19:06
@The-Excel: I always do. Seriously. It doesn’t matter if I’m seeing a comic book movie or There Will Be Blood — I always stay through the end credits because I like to see the music they used in the film as well as the locations where they filmed the movie.
Zatsuga's Avatar
Zatsuga at 05/02/2008 19:07
Only at ~40% on GTA IV, and I haven't unlocked all the isles yet. Can't wait for multiplayer next week though.
iDano84's Avatar
iDano84 at 05/02/2008 19:09
gta iv

360

idano84
MrSlippery's Avatar
MrSlippery at 05/02/2008 19:11
GTA4 sounds like a good time.

GT is OnlyMrSlippery.

360, of course. Cops and Crooks, sucka.
adultswim810's Avatar
adultswim810 at 05/02/2008 19:12
ive got the kritzcrieg in tf2!(nocheats.) also i've been wondering why there are so few pc games, like we could have cod4 and like cs:s or something
Husky Hog's Avatar
Husky Hog at 05/02/2008 19:12
I'm gonna be gone until around 11.00 PST

so I think I'll miss you guys

but have fun!

also just got my skyfire invite w0000t!
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 05/02/2008 19:16
I might make an appearance on GTA IV 360 style.

Gamertag = Affinitia
tsunamikitsune's Avatar
tsunamikitsune at 05/02/2008 19:19
I'm up for some GTA4 if I don't end up spending time with my girlfriend tonight.

GT:kaizokukitsune

@B-Radicate
You should [url=http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/tsunamikitsune/having-issues-with-playing-gta4-online-i-may-have-a-fix--84407.phtmlcheck out my guide[/url] and see if you can fix your GTA connection issues. :D
UMF Skibum's Avatar
UMF Skibum at 05/02/2008 19:19
I'll be on tonight, probably by 10. X360 Tag: UMF Skibum.

Feel free to add me even if you aren't gonna be on tonight - I'd love to have some more Dtoid people to play with.
tsunamikitsune's Avatar
tsunamikitsune at 05/02/2008 19:20
Quisling's Avatar
Quisling at 05/02/2008 19:46
All the cool kids still have their GTA IV shrink-wrapped.

No? Ah well. I may be on CoD, but I'll probably just sleep.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 05/02/2008 19:49
I need to play some single player, but I WILL be on. After last week's fiasco at trying to play COD4 while getting massively hammered on jack and coke resulted in me vomiting all over my sister's bathroom, I'm flying clean and sober tonight. Unless someone buys me a drink.

:hic:

I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT TILL I GET MY OWN PLACE AGAIN IN JULY!

I'm going to have 5Mb UP!

15 Mb DOWN!

I WILL BE ABLE TO HOST EARTH on that connection.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 05/02/2008 19:59
@dvddesign: Jack & Coke? You seem like my kind of guy. Very classy. Also, are you getting FiOS? That’s what I have at home, and on the PC that’s wired to the router, I’ve gotten speeds as high as 26 Mbps down. And even on wireless, it’s still around 10 Mbps. Man, I love FiOS.
Quisling's Avatar
Quisling at 05/02/2008 20:03
All the cool kids still have their GTA IV shrink-wrapped.

No? Ah well. I may be on CoD, but I'll probably just sleep.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 05/02/2008 20:05
FiOS is the shit. I used to have AT&T FiOS, but they capped the connection for users at 6Mb down. I'm moving in June to a place with Verizon and they got 15Mb down guaranteed.

Also, Gentleman Jack and Coke.
SuperD1984's Avatar
SuperD1984 at 05/02/2008 20:08
eh huh, what GTAIV -SuperD1984 allthe way from Glasgow
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 05/02/2008 20:21
Jack & Coke, I could use that right now. I'll be playing COD4 all night.


No new maps yet.
GTA IV ordered, should've arrived today but didn't.
I'm ill and sneezing my head off so kicking my ass is easy tonight.
Lord_Satorious's Avatar
Lord_Satorious at 05/02/2008 20:36
Someone invite me to the Xbox 360 Call of Duty 4 games, my gamertag is 'Lord Satorious'.
joemoemino's Avatar
joemoemino at 05/02/2008 20:48
If Im on around then, someone can send me an invite for some GTA IV.

Xbox Live: commyzthatdont
BetaMaster's Avatar
BetaMaster at 05/02/2008 20:59
Well, shipero's friends list is full. My PSN is ThaddeusSieger; canan anyone host some GTA IV FNF action?
JoeFitz703's Avatar
JoeFitz703 at 05/02/2008 21:02
so yah, i don't have gta4 yet. but i would like to invite everyone else that doesn't have their copy yet for a little experiment of mine. just pm me if your interested tonight. btw, knowledge of dnd v3.5 rules and access to a players guide are greatly greatly encouraged.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 05/02/2008 21:25
Thanks for adding ammo moondays to beyond fnf, grim!


No GTA for me this weekend, outta town for a wedding.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 05/02/2008 21:28
I can't connect to anyone's game for some fucking reason. I've been kicked from 4 matches from Coon and 2 from snail.

Sometimes, I hate you Xbox Live.
nebben's Avatar
nebben at 05/02/2008 21:31
can anyone please tell me how to contact an admin to be upgraded from guest to member? i hardly ever use vent and i got the channel set up fine, but i can't see anyone else and everything i try to enter says "guests not allowed. contact an admin to be upgraded to member"... but i can't see any admins :(
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 05/02/2008 21:40
Will be seeing Iron Man as well. Have fun, folks.
nebben's Avatar
nebben at 05/02/2008 21:40
^ sorry, i should have been more clear. this is obviously a request for accessing the vent server for ninty stuff :)
NotAZombie's Avatar
NotAZombie at 05/02/2008 21:47
Gentlemen Jack is amazing. Oh, FNFs.

Gamertag = TheAmazingGlaze

Go ahead and add me I'm just gonna fill up my friends list with dtoid people.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 05/02/2008 21:55
Team Fortress 2 all night long.
Quisling's Avatar
Quisling at 05/02/2008 22:04
Also, Gentleman Jack and Coke.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/02/2008 23:00
No Mario Kart Wii love this FNF?
RAB's Avatar
RAB at 05/02/2008 23:44
nobodys accepting my invites =[
RskimB's Avatar
RskimB at 05/03/2008 00:05
I keep missing these, hopefully i'll get in on some GTA action next week

RskimB
OldschoolVgamer's Avatar
OldschoolVgamer at 05/03/2008 00:18
When is GTA4 for PC coming out? This is BS...
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 05/03/2008 05:46
I joined in the EU-FNF and it was the best online experience I've had in years!

We had tons of fun :-D

Goofing around with helicopters and stuff :-D
gotdurnrite's Avatar
gotdurnrite at 05/03/2008 09:56
I'm mad I missed this last night. I spent last night playing pool and watching the Rockets get their asses handed to them.

I'm still down for some GTA 360 fun this weekend if anybody's down.

GT: GotDurnRite
mix's Avatar
mix at 05/03/2008 12:15
Think I might have misses it (forgot I had to finish painting) but I hopped on at 9pm (BC time) and only 2 people on my friends list were on.
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 05/03/2008 20:50
Hahahahaha, all I had to do was look at the pic and I busted out laughing.
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