I am being serious people! Read on, and if you don't have anything good to say, then leave!


The point of this is to show how you should realize how fortunate you are to have what you have while others have worse things or nothing at all!












Obviously, Christmas is near, and some of us are fortunate to have one. Sadly, some of us are in a tough spot and even worse spot than you think (As far as being on the streets).

This will be my first Christmas without my dad and will be a small Christmas due to family complications. I am sure others are in the same spot or worse, as I mentioned.

I had a idea as a tribute to those with not much to nothing at all: Play a game of your choice at the lowest graphical settings you can get it for a minimum of 30 minuets or less and post a screenshot here to get added to the list.

Now hear me out: I know there are ones that have nothing at all, and my original idea was to have a game-free weekend but obviously that is impossible with these forums and hard to prove. BUT, I have noticed, ever since joining these forums, that most users have decent rigs to low end rigs to none at all. And again, a lot of people that literally have nothing. Do you remember at the grocery store or movie theater, the person working will ask if you would like to donate to [insert charity here] and you get your name on a star or whatever, then hangs on the wall/window? This is kind of like that.

Now here is the deal: Over the weekend, pick a PC game of your choice and play it for 30 minuets or less at the lowest graphical settings possible. Even if it is a old game like Morrowind, still play at the lowest you can get it. Then take a screenshot of the game you are playing, and I will put it in the OP, just like the donation example I gave earlier.

The point of this is to show how you should realize how fortunate you are to have what you have while others have worse things or nothing at all!

Please, no trolling, spam, flaming, and all the bad stuff. I am just doing a simple "charity" type thing except you only pay with respect and recognition and get recognized in the OP for your kindness.

Thank you...

Contributers (Username,game played,how long,screenshot for proof)
tgl1992, Fallout: New Vegas, 10 minuets, http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae50/tgl_2010/FalloutNV2011-12-1615-40-10-97.jpg

Capital, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, 5 minuets, http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9125/2011121600001.jpg

Suffca, Solitare, time N/A http://oi42.tinypic.com/mai6nl.jpg

Starforce9, Crysis 2, time N/A, http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq102/Starforce9/C2LowestSettings.jpg

Alecto, Quidditch World Cup, 30 minuets, http://i.imgur.com/OyAfT.png

Lady Nerevar, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, 40 minuets, http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2766/arenaz.jpg

Comrade Dispenser, Half-Life 2 & Minecreaft, 20 minuets/few seconds, http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2549/hurflafftu.jpg & http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5879/minecrap.jpg

Turns-The-Page, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, time N/A, http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr212/Qeros/MORRTERR.jpg

Sivartus, Limbo, time N/A, http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/651000236646804454/F8F1FBCAAADF3ED4211A3CED3B9D47ABA5B9F9F9/

Thumbtack Jake, The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings, 30 minuets, http://i39.tinypic.com/2v3liys.jpg

trira, Left 4 Dead, time N/A, http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/651000236647093121/4899D1EE6864563CA5D40E55B97278BD4873C52A/

Troyatz, Portal, 30 minuets, http://i.imgur.com/lnCcP.jpg

kerm, Painkiller, time N/A, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSfgKx1olI

Medivh, X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse, 10 minuets, http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2880/xmenlegends2riseofapoca.jpg

vtastek, MDK/Metro 2033, 20 minuets each, http://i.imgur.com/hPTzh.png & http://i.imgur.com/dYEeh.jpg

povuholo, Deus Ex: Human Revolution/Trine 2, 20 minuets, http://i.imgur.com/ro1jz.png & http://i.imgur.com/syXm9.png

Alright, doesn't sound like it'd trouble me too much. I'll post me playing Skyrim at the lowest settings possible.

Edit: After my eyes stopped bleeding from the initial booting up, I managed to get my blood soaked finger onto F12 before collapsing for a short while onto the floor, paralyzed. I can no longer move the lower half of my body, but http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9125/2011121600001.jpg is the screenshot.

Edit 2: I played for like 5 minutes.

Thanks!

Also, I edited the OP to make a clear point: The reason for this is to make sure you know that you are fortunate to have what you have while others have worse to nothing at all!

What do I get if I record the 30 minutes and put them on Youtube?

Wouldn't hurt! Just make sure I know what game it is and how long it is

I might have to do that.......lowest settings including resolution? I dont know if I can go back to 800x600 after using 5760x1080 for 2-3 months now.

http://oi42.tinypic.com/mai6nl.jpg

Shrieks in horror

If you want...

Basically, the lower the better but the aim is lowest texture, lowest AA/AF, lowest distance, etc.

Thanks!

Some actually don't have access to something as simple as that so I will put it in the OP

I do have an unmodded Morrowind installation lying around aside from MGE. Just need to switch that off and turn the view distance down.

Ah, 640x480 Morrowind at lowest view distance...

Ah, well I was playing at lowest settings.....except for resolution. Everything was as low as it could go, no DX11 or High Res Textures......ah looks so....shocking. http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq102/Starforce9/C2LowestSettings.jpg

Thanks!

Crysis 2?

Yep, Crysis 2.

Should I turn the character shadows on or off? I always thought they looked horrible and made the game look worse instead of better.

Sure, but it is up to you, to be honest.

I don't see the point in this but I'm going to go do it with oblivion.

Dwarf Fortress has no need for http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-2741-abbeysounds

Never heard of that game.

EDIT: Oh...I don't get it...

http://i.imgur.com/OyAfT.png

I can't believe I just spent half an hour of my Friday night playing that [censored].

Thanks, but just to be fair, it didn't have to be 30 minuets
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Reminder to some: I don't mind if you joke around in a positive manner, but please refrain from posts like "I don't see the point/I don't want to do this with xxx game".

AAAAAGH!

It's not far off oldblivion bad.

I played Morrowind on the lowest settings in 600x400 for three years, I can try that if my old laptop will survive the boot up process.

Wow, Oldblivion...

Totally forgot about that mod

I played the http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2766/arenaz.jpg. I wish we could get that level of dialog interaction back